Jamie Nares and Thurston Moore holding up the hastily printed-out photos of the Harry Roskolenko chopped up death mask sculpture: “I called it The Poet Is A Book.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Ecstatic Peace Library Rock ’n’ Roll Round Table inside the Oak Room of The Algonquin on September 12, during the James Hamilton Linger On: Unseen Portraits of The Velvet Underground exhibition, music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman introduced me to Thurston Moore (co-founder with Eva Prinz of the Ecstatic Peace Library) and filmmaker/artist Jamie Nares (featured in Celine Danhier’s Blank City as James Nares).
Jamie Nares with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on natural timing: “I’d say that the rhythm was the strongest characteristic of my guitar playing.”
In the first instalment with Jamie Nares we touch on Rome ’78, Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino couture dress for Jamie, a party for Andy Warhol’s Athletes series,...
At the Ecstatic Peace Library Rock ’n’ Roll Round Table inside the Oak Room of The Algonquin on September 12, during the James Hamilton Linger On: Unseen Portraits of The Velvet Underground exhibition, music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman introduced me to Thurston Moore (co-founder with Eva Prinz of the Ecstatic Peace Library) and filmmaker/artist Jamie Nares (featured in Celine Danhier’s Blank City as James Nares).
Jamie Nares with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on natural timing: “I’d say that the rhythm was the strongest characteristic of my guitar playing.”
In the first instalment with Jamie Nares we touch on Rome ’78, Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino couture dress for Jamie, a party for Andy Warhol’s Athletes series,...
- 9/24/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Apple TV+’s 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything is immersive and fairly ambitious. The eight-part documentary series wants to run 33 revolutions per minute, and only comes up about a third short. It captures how musicians’ fingers were on the pulse of the day’s headlines and the laid the tracks for the nights’ rhythms.
Artists sang the news, sometimes causing it, other times reacting. Rock and roll had grown up and rock musicians took on responsibilities. Rhythm and blues got loose and soul musicians took to the streets. A former University of California philosophy professor named Angela Davis was charged with aiding and abetting the murder of a judge and Aretha Franklin personally offered to post bail.
The documentary series points out how The Beatles took the lead on youth culture movement during the 1960s, and how the elder society tried to beat it down in the 1970s,...
Artists sang the news, sometimes causing it, other times reacting. Rock and roll had grown up and rock musicians took on responsibilities. Rhythm and blues got loose and soul musicians took to the streets. A former University of California philosophy professor named Angela Davis was charged with aiding and abetting the murder of a judge and Aretha Franklin personally offered to post bail.
The documentary series points out how The Beatles took the lead on youth culture movement during the 1960s, and how the elder society tried to beat it down in the 1970s,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Pat Loud, America’s first reality TV star, passed away on January 10 at her home in Los Angeles at age 94. I knew Pat through her oldest son, Lance, and it was clear to me from the beginning of our decades-long friendship that she never fully recovered from the negative reaction to that first reality TV show, “An American Family,” which aired on public television in 1973.
Pat and her husband, Bill, gave permission to filmmaker Craig Gilbert to document their family of five children over several months at their Santa Barbara home. He filmed 300 hours, and cut it down to 12 episodes of one hour each.
When the series aired, it shocked for two reasons: Pat asked her husband for a divorce on grounds of infidelity, and their 20-year-old son Lance, living in Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel, made no effort to hide his homosexuality. It was the latter controversy that most rocked the family.
Pat and her husband, Bill, gave permission to filmmaker Craig Gilbert to document their family of five children over several months at their Santa Barbara home. He filmed 300 hours, and cut it down to 12 episodes of one hour each.
When the series aired, it shocked for two reasons: Pat asked her husband for a divorce on grounds of infidelity, and their 20-year-old son Lance, living in Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel, made no effort to hide his homosexuality. It was the latter controversy that most rocked the family.
- 1/12/2021
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
William Loud, the patriarch of one of the first reality TV families, died today of natural causes. His death was announced on the Loud Family Facebook page.
According to the post, he died at 9:40 Am and was attended by all surviving members of his family. He was 97 and died at home.
An American Family was a television documentary that was filmed from May 30 through December 31, 1971 and first aired in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service. The series ran one season of 12 episodes.
The documentary was a cultural hotspot in its time, showcasing family turmoil and the coming out of Lance Loud, one of the family sons, who is credited as one of the first openly gay TV characters.
It was one of the first reality TV series and spawned a nationwide discussion on the various issues spotlighted in the Santa Barbara, Calif. family. The resulting fallout led...
According to the post, he died at 9:40 Am and was attended by all surviving members of his family. He was 97 and died at home.
An American Family was a television documentary that was filmed from May 30 through December 31, 1971 and first aired in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service. The series ran one season of 12 episodes.
The documentary was a cultural hotspot in its time, showcasing family turmoil and the coming out of Lance Loud, one of the family sons, who is credited as one of the first openly gay TV characters.
It was one of the first reality TV series and spawned a nationwide discussion on the various issues spotlighted in the Santa Barbara, Calif. family. The resulting fallout led...
- 7/27/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week we reminisced about Vito Russo with two related docs: the essential The Celluloid Closet and the 2011 HBO doc Vito. This week we turn from a pivotal figure in silver screen Lgbt history to a pivotal one for the small screen. I’m talking, of course, of Lance Loud, who famously came out in An American Family in 1973 when the Loud family became the subject of a PBS docuseries, what many deem to be one of the first reality shows in American TV. Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, Cinema Verite (watch on HBOGo) follows the behind-the-scenes drama behind that infamous and breakthrough program.
For Americans, as we saw last week, many of the images they saw of homosexuals on movie screens were outright stereotypes. But they really paled in comparison to the images they were getting from the media. In 1967, CBS aired The Homosexuals an episode of CBS Reports.
For Americans, as we saw last week, many of the images they saw of homosexuals on movie screens were outright stereotypes. But they really paled in comparison to the images they were getting from the media. In 1967, CBS aired The Homosexuals an episode of CBS Reports.
- 11/25/2015
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
Patching together portraits of his beloved Portland streets, bits of Shakespeare’s Henry IV via Welles’ tumultuous Chimes at Midnight, and vignettes of a narcoleptic vagabond hustler whose motherless anxieties send him travelling through time and space in shimmeringly nostalgic deep sleep, Gus Van Sant‘s My Own Private Idaho is a wildly original amalgam of cultural references and personal investments that transcend a mere tip of the hat. Riding high in the wake of Drugstore Cowboy‘s Hollywood success, Van Sant convinced River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, two rising Tinseltown heart-throbs, to take a serious risk, committing themselves, against the loudly voiced opinions of their agents, to a pair of overtly homosexual roles in a film that opens with an off-screen blowjob. After River was awarded the prizes for Best Actor from the Venice International Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards and the National Society of Film Critics Awards...
- 10/20/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Whether or not you agree with today's Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage(*), there can be no argument that this was a historic day in America. (*) And as a reminder, this blog is not the place to debate the merits of that ruling. In watching the news coverage of the decision, reading the official Court opinion and the four dissenting ones, it was hard not to think of the not insignificant role TV played in paving the way for this decision. This was a case that wound its way through the courts, just as the wave of state-level cases did over the last few years, and it involved lawyers and activists and politicians and judges. But it also involved changing attitudes across the country about gay people and same-sex relationships, and that's where pop culture in general and TV in particular come into play. TV shows come into our homes (and these days,...
- 6/26/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
With the publication of with his seminal 1977 book, White Trash, Christopher Makosburst on to the photography scene and made a name for himself as the first photographer to record the convergence of the “uptown” and “downtown” worlds, as Debbie Harry fondly remembers. This raw, beautiful volume chronicled the punk scene as it came of age on the street of New York. Interspersed in the mix are portraits of boldface names, including Andy Warhol, Man Ray, Tennessee Williams, Halston, John Paul Getty III, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Zandra Rhodes, Divine, Lance Loud, and Marilyn Chambers, among others. Over the years, the book became a cult classic, selling for up to $500 on Amazon. Glitterati Incorporated is...
- 1/24/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Tom Daley has the third best selling calendar of the year in the UK, despite being for 2013 and only being released a month ago. So who's topping Daley? One Direction holds the number two spot, while the top slot is held by Justin Bieber.
The Talk's Aisha Tyler will be guest starring on Glee as the mother of the younger Puckerman, Jake. That should make for an interesting family dynamic.
The latest positive indicator for Mitt Romney's campaign is that the Redskins lost this weekend. For the last 18 elections, if the Redskins won the home game before the election, the party that was in power stays in power, but if they lose, the other party takes over.
Kylie Minogue says that she's working on her new album, and while she may embrace her inner Ibiza, she hopes to bring songs like "Flower" that are more personal into the mix.
The Talk's Aisha Tyler will be guest starring on Glee as the mother of the younger Puckerman, Jake. That should make for an interesting family dynamic.
The latest positive indicator for Mitt Romney's campaign is that the Redskins lost this weekend. For the last 18 elections, if the Redskins won the home game before the election, the party that was in power stays in power, but if they lose, the other party takes over.
Kylie Minogue says that she's working on her new album, and while she may embrace her inner Ibiza, she hopes to bring songs like "Flower" that are more personal into the mix.
- 11/5/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
At last night's GLAAD awards in Times Square, the nation's leading Lgbt advocacy group recognized those entertainment figures who've done the most to further gay-rights awareness in the past year. Dancing With the Stars, which has featured openly gay Carson Kressley (previously on Queer Eye) and transgender contestant Chaz Bono, was named outstanding reality-tv show. Cinema Verite, the HBO miniseries about the 1973 PBS miniseries that chronicled the public coming out of Lance Loud (who later headlined the Mumps), was also honored. And Lady Gaga's rainbow-themed Born This Way nabbed her outstanding musical artist. In a nod to Glee, which is nominated for outstanding comedy series, which will be announced later this spring in California, Cory Monteith (who plays Finn) and Naya Rivera (Santana) were brought on to host yesterday's ceremony.
- 3/25/2012
- by Andre Tartar
- Vulture
Every Friday night, my kids, my wife and I boot up the TV and watch a week's worth of our favorite shows. We don't all like everything the same. Personally, I feel like Glee has jumped the shark, and it took a while for my kids to warm to the pitch black humor of Louie. Still, we watch it all, together (usually over Thai food). It's an important time for our family in which issues arise that normally would not. Sometimes my wife and I must answer questions we'd rather not, and sometimes my kids get questions they'd rather avoid. But after a long, rushed, hectic week apart, this "TV Time" brings us closer. Unfortunately, in this digital age, this is a rarer occurrence than you might think.
Once upon a time, in "the days before the 'Net," families all over America gathered together, in front of an electronic hearth,...
Once upon a time, in "the days before the 'Net," families all over America gathered together, in front of an electronic hearth,...
- 12/21/2011
- by Evan Shapiro
- Aol TV.
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here. (And be sure and include your city and state and/or country!)
Q: So Lance Loud was the first openly gay person on reality television, on An American Family in 1973. I assume The Real World’s Pedro Zamora was the second. So who was the third? – Martin, Philadelphia, Pa
A: Norman Korpi (who is gay, but was portrayed as bisexual on the show), appeared on the first season of The Real World in 1992 and actually preceded Zamora, who didn’t appear until the third season, in 1994.
In the U.S., the first non-Real World reality show participant was Survivor’s Richard Hatch in 2000.
Since then, there have literally been hundreds. It’s surprising how far we’ve come so quickly, isn’t it?
Q: With the royal wedding fever gripping England two weeks ago, a question struck me, in terms of gay rights.
Q: So Lance Loud was the first openly gay person on reality television, on An American Family in 1973. I assume The Real World’s Pedro Zamora was the second. So who was the third? – Martin, Philadelphia, Pa
A: Norman Korpi (who is gay, but was portrayed as bisexual on the show), appeared on the first season of The Real World in 1992 and actually preceded Zamora, who didn’t appear until the third season, in 1994.
In the U.S., the first non-Real World reality show participant was Survivor’s Richard Hatch in 2000.
Since then, there have literally been hundreds. It’s surprising how far we’ve come so quickly, isn’t it?
Q: With the royal wedding fever gripping England two weeks ago, a question struck me, in terms of gay rights.
- 5/11/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Whedonesque okay so supposedly Joss Whedon started shooting The Avengers today. I've long said this movie will never happen so if cameras are actually rolling (do people still say that anymore with digital cameras?) and they don't stop production at some point unexpectaly I'll be totes wrong. And I'll be happy to be wrong (so long as the movie is good.)
Pajiba the ten movies people most lie about having seen when they haven't.
Movie|Line Stephanie Zacharek reveals the summer movies she's most looking forward to... even though she hates writing about trailers.
Acidemic remembered Jesus, via Franco Zefferilli, for Easter. I did such a bad job with Easter at the blog. I didn't even post a bunny picture. What's wrong with me? I'm normally such a holiday-friendly guy. Do you have a favorite Jesus portrayal from film or television?
Gold Derby looks at the possible Best Comedy Actress lineup at the Emmys.
Pajiba the ten movies people most lie about having seen when they haven't.
Movie|Line Stephanie Zacharek reveals the summer movies she's most looking forward to... even though she hates writing about trailers.
Acidemic remembered Jesus, via Franco Zefferilli, for Easter. I did such a bad job with Easter at the blog. I didn't even post a bunny picture. What's wrong with me? I'm normally such a holiday-friendly guy. Do you have a favorite Jesus portrayal from film or television?
Gold Derby looks at the possible Best Comedy Actress lineup at the Emmys.
- 4/25/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Lance Loud is generally considered the first openly gay person to ever be shown on television, when his family was the subject of the 1973 PBS documentary "An American Family." Saturday night (April 23), a movie about the making of that documentary, "Cinema Verite," premieres on HBO.
Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Nightmare on Elm Street" 2010) stars as Lance, a role he says turned out to have many more layers than he originally thought.
"When I read the script I thought he was just this kind of flamboyant guy. But when I watched his interview, I saw that he was such a myriad of things," says Dekker. "He was famous for being the first openly gay young guy on television and in the public, and that was a brave thing to do in that time. He had this confidence to go completely in his own direction and no matter how eccentric or daring it was,...
Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Nightmare on Elm Street" 2010) stars as Lance, a role he says turned out to have many more layers than he originally thought.
"When I read the script I thought he was just this kind of flamboyant guy. But when I watched his interview, I saw that he was such a myriad of things," says Dekker. "He was famous for being the first openly gay young guy on television and in the public, and that was a brave thing to do in that time. He had this confidence to go completely in his own direction and no matter how eccentric or daring it was,...
- 4/23/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Chicago – How did we get here? How did the reality TV craze start? Some would have you believe that it is a modern trend and its popularity in the ’00s and ’10s has certainly been striking, but it’s much older than that. In 1973, when a film crew showed up at the Loud family household to shoot the 12-part series “An American Family,” which has been credited as being the start of the trend, do you think they envisioned a future that contained “Real Housewives of Orange County”?
TV Rating: 3.5/5.0
HBO’s “Cinema Verite” chronicles the making of the PBS documentary series and the impact it had on the Loud family. It’s led by Pat (Diane Lane) and Bill Loud (Tim Robbins), who struggled with marital issues including the specter of a looming divorce while the cameras rolled. Bill obnoxiously acted up in front of the camera and baited...
TV Rating: 3.5/5.0
HBO’s “Cinema Verite” chronicles the making of the PBS documentary series and the impact it had on the Loud family. It’s led by Pat (Diane Lane) and Bill Loud (Tim Robbins), who struggled with marital issues including the specter of a looming divorce while the cameras rolled. Bill obnoxiously acted up in front of the camera and baited...
- 4/23/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
James Gandolfini, Diane Lane, and Tim Robbins
Psychologists have long known that the mere act of observing someone changes that person's behavior. They call it the Hawthorne Effect.
In 1971, a visionary documentarian named Craig Gilbert had the crazy idea to film an actual family in their home over many days and turn the resulting "story" into a TV series, An American Family, that aired in twelve parts on PBS in 1973.
It was the invention of "reality" television, and it was a sensation at the time, and a huge controversy, in part because the family's oldest son Lance was gay (but also because the marriage between Pat and Bill Loud slowly, but dramatically unraveled on screen).
The documentary about this one particular family turned out to be a nexus of a number of important social forces all simmering just under the surface of the time: the rise of feminism and gay liberation,...
Psychologists have long known that the mere act of observing someone changes that person's behavior. They call it the Hawthorne Effect.
In 1971, a visionary documentarian named Craig Gilbert had the crazy idea to film an actual family in their home over many days and turn the resulting "story" into a TV series, An American Family, that aired in twelve parts on PBS in 1973.
It was the invention of "reality" television, and it was a sensation at the time, and a huge controversy, in part because the family's oldest son Lance was gay (but also because the marriage between Pat and Bill Loud slowly, but dramatically unraveled on screen).
The documentary about this one particular family turned out to be a nexus of a number of important social forces all simmering just under the surface of the time: the rise of feminism and gay liberation,...
- 4/19/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
These are big, big Glee spoilers. Most of it you knew, even if you didn’t “know.” It has to be this way to move the plot forward. Still, majorly spoilery. But also, the Kurt/Blaine stuff makes me very happy.
WWE is going to partner with GLAAD to embed anti-bullying messaging into their shows, which are marketed as PG entertainment. While the dialog between WWE and GLAAD began after homophobic remarks (scripted, mind you) by John Cena, I’m happy they’re trying this. I just wish I knew how you made professional wrestling “anti-bully.”
Quentin Tarantino is suing his neighbor over his “intolerably loud macaws.” This is not, despite all appearances, viral marketing for the release of Rio.
Nick Youngquest has teamed up with Nous Model Management to “Defend Equality.” While I’m happy about that, and how consistent Nick is in his advocacy, I suppose what you...
WWE is going to partner with GLAAD to embed anti-bullying messaging into their shows, which are marketed as PG entertainment. While the dialog between WWE and GLAAD began after homophobic remarks (scripted, mind you) by John Cena, I’m happy they’re trying this. I just wish I knew how you made professional wrestling “anti-bully.”
Quentin Tarantino is suing his neighbor over his “intolerably loud macaws.” This is not, despite all appearances, viral marketing for the release of Rio.
Nick Youngquest has teamed up with Nous Model Management to “Defend Equality.” While I’m happy about that, and how consistent Nick is in his advocacy, I suppose what you...
- 3/18/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
In a few months, HBO will once again fictionalize the creation of a famous work of nonfiction, although this time it's the reality series that started it all: An American Family. The Sopranos' James Gandolfini stars as Craig Gilbert, the producer who followed the Loud family for the 1973 PBS series, while Pat and Bill Loud are played by Diane Lane and Tim Robbins, while Thomas Dekker plays their gay son Lance Loud. Robbins and...
- 1/9/2011
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
(Rodney Bingenheimer, the subject of Mayor Of The Sunset Strip, and Andy Warhol, above.)
Filmmaker George Hickenlooper passed away on October 29, 2010, at the way too early age of 47. This is an interview I did with George in 2004, around the release of his documentary Mayor of the Sunset Strip, which I consider one of the very best films ever made about the entertainment industry and one of my Top 20 Films of the past decade. Hickenlooper's last film, Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey, has just been released. This article originally appeared in Venice Magazine.
With Mayor of the Sunset Strip, George Hickenlooper takes us on a tour of the modern history of celebrity, via the life of legendary pop music impresario Rodney Bingenheimer.
By Terry Keefe
Filmmaker George Hickenlooper clearly loves the dreamers that drive the entertainment industry, but he's also very familiar with how Los Angeles can eat them alive. Many...
Filmmaker George Hickenlooper passed away on October 29, 2010, at the way too early age of 47. This is an interview I did with George in 2004, around the release of his documentary Mayor of the Sunset Strip, which I consider one of the very best films ever made about the entertainment industry and one of my Top 20 Films of the past decade. Hickenlooper's last film, Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey, has just been released. This article originally appeared in Venice Magazine.
With Mayor of the Sunset Strip, George Hickenlooper takes us on a tour of the modern history of celebrity, via the life of legendary pop music impresario Rodney Bingenheimer.
By Terry Keefe
Filmmaker George Hickenlooper clearly loves the dreamers that drive the entertainment industry, but he's also very familiar with how Los Angeles can eat them alive. Many...
- 12/22/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Bravo's Boy Meets Boy was ahead of its time. The 2003 dating reality show, which had confirmed bachelor James Getzlaff choose between a bevy of available men (some of whom were secretly straight), was one of the first shows specifically geared towards the personal and romantic lives of gay men.
The cast of Boy Meets Boy
Alas, Bmb didn’t exactly burn up the airwaves and its first season was its one and only. Nor did it set off a stampede of similarly themed programming.
Nonetheless, reality TV has always had at least a hint of gay. Even the first reality show, An American Family, also gave us Lance Loud, the first openly gay person on television, . And Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the flagship that led Bravo into a new age of gayness and popularity, not only helped make gay judges and “experts” a staple of competitive reality TV,...
The cast of Boy Meets Boy
Alas, Bmb didn’t exactly burn up the airwaves and its first season was its one and only. Nor did it set off a stampede of similarly themed programming.
Nonetheless, reality TV has always had at least a hint of gay. Even the first reality show, An American Family, also gave us Lance Loud, the first openly gay person on television, . And Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the flagship that led Bravo into a new age of gayness and popularity, not only helped make gay judges and “experts” a staple of competitive reality TV,...
- 12/16/2010
- by Jamie Maurer
- The Backlot
The A-List: New York's Reichen Lehmkuhl
In our parent company Logo's new reality show The A-List: New York, a “docu-soap” about the lives and loves of six social-climbing gay men, there’s a scene where Reichen Lehmkuhl is about to have sex with his boyfriend in a hot tub.
“Oops,” says the boyfriend, Brazilian model Rodiney Santiago, as he slips his swimsuit off.
But just as things are really steaming up, Reichen’s cellphone rings. When he climbs out of the tub to answer it, it turns out it’s Austin Armacost, one of the other A-List-ers – the guy that the show has clearly telegraphed is going to try to come between Reichen and Rodiney over the course of the season.
Austin tells Reichen he wants them to go out to dinner, even as Rodiney sits stewing in the hot tub.
The A-List: New York's Rodiney Santiago
Is there any...
In our parent company Logo's new reality show The A-List: New York, a “docu-soap” about the lives and loves of six social-climbing gay men, there’s a scene where Reichen Lehmkuhl is about to have sex with his boyfriend in a hot tub.
“Oops,” says the boyfriend, Brazilian model Rodiney Santiago, as he slips his swimsuit off.
But just as things are really steaming up, Reichen’s cellphone rings. When he climbs out of the tub to answer it, it turns out it’s Austin Armacost, one of the other A-List-ers – the guy that the show has clearly telegraphed is going to try to come between Reichen and Rodiney over the course of the season.
Austin tells Reichen he wants them to go out to dinner, even as Rodiney sits stewing in the hot tub.
The A-List: New York's Rodiney Santiago
Is there any...
- 9/27/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" star Thomas Dekker has joined Tim Robbins, Diane Lane and James Gandolfini in the cast of HBO's movie "Cinema Verite."
The film will tell the story of PBS' 1970s documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the Loud family of Santa Barbara, Calif., as it went through the breakup of a marriage and other issues.
Robbins and Lane are playing parents Bill and Pat Loud, and Dekker will play their son Lance, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lance Loud came out as gay at the end of the series, shocking audiences at the time. Gandolfini is playing the show's producer, Craig Gilbert.
Dekker's casting as Lance Loud is somewhat interesting considering his exit from "Heroes" in 2007. On the NBC show he played Claire's (Hayden Panettiere) friend Zach, who was widely assumed to be gay until the network said otherwise. When Dekker left the show for "Sarah Connor,...
The film will tell the story of PBS' 1970s documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the Loud family of Santa Barbara, Calif., as it went through the breakup of a marriage and other issues.
Robbins and Lane are playing parents Bill and Pat Loud, and Dekker will play their son Lance, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lance Loud came out as gay at the end of the series, shocking audiences at the time. Gandolfini is playing the show's producer, Craig Gilbert.
Dekker's casting as Lance Loud is somewhat interesting considering his exit from "Heroes" in 2007. On the NBC show he played Claire's (Hayden Panettiere) friend Zach, who was widely assumed to be gay until the network said otherwise. When Dekker left the show for "Sarah Connor,...
- 6/18/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Giant, expensive blimps, Matt Lucas in Bridesmaids, and what do we think of Adam Lambert's new haircut?
Thomas Dekker has signed up to play Lance Loud in HBO Films' Cinema Verite, a behind-the-scenes look at TV's first reality program, An American Family, which premiered on PBS in 1973. Lance was one of the first out people (characters?) on television and became something of an icon, running with Andy Warhol. He developed drug and alcohol problems, and succumbed to complications of HIV and Hepatitis C in 2001 at the age of 50.
Simpsons fans, this is something I never noticed before. Please be seated, and make sure you don’t have liquid in your mouth, because I can’t be responsible for wet keyboards.
I've been pretty vocal about not being interested in the movie adaptation of the game Battleship . But now comes news that hottie Alexander Skarsgaard has signed to star opposite Taylor Kitsch,...
Thomas Dekker has signed up to play Lance Loud in HBO Films' Cinema Verite, a behind-the-scenes look at TV's first reality program, An American Family, which premiered on PBS in 1973. Lance was one of the first out people (characters?) on television and became something of an icon, running with Andy Warhol. He developed drug and alcohol problems, and succumbed to complications of HIV and Hepatitis C in 2001 at the age of 50.
Simpsons fans, this is something I never noticed before. Please be seated, and make sure you don’t have liquid in your mouth, because I can’t be responsible for wet keyboards.
I've been pretty vocal about not being interested in the movie adaptation of the game Battleship . But now comes news that hottie Alexander Skarsgaard has signed to star opposite Taylor Kitsch,...
- 6/18/2010
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
This week! Dave Franco, the "first" comings out, and whether the "hoyay" in Merlin is intentional! Plus, what's with Rolling Stone's horrible Glee article?
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!)
Q: So I don't usually do this (fans self), but I have to know, Mr. Monkey, is Dave Franco, younger brother of super-awesome gay friendly James Franco, a friend of Dorothy? I only ask this because of a reference he made in a short interview: “Once a week I would meet up with the coolest teacher and we’d go over my work. All my friends were like, Soooo… once a week at lunch you meet up with Mr. Schulenberg to talk about poetry. (smiles) They all thought I was having sex with my teacher. But I really just loved to write and it was a nice outlet.
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Q: So I don't usually do this (fans self), but I have to know, Mr. Monkey, is Dave Franco, younger brother of super-awesome gay friendly James Franco, a friend of Dorothy? I only ask this because of a reference he made in a short interview: “Once a week I would meet up with the coolest teacher and we’d go over my work. All my friends were like, Soooo… once a week at lunch you meet up with Mr. Schulenberg to talk about poetry. (smiles) They all thought I was having sex with my teacher. But I really just loved to write and it was a nice outlet.
- 4/14/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Back when “reality TV” was mostly game shows and beauty contests, PBS introduced a show that tackled family problems on air in a way that had never been done. An American Family was a 12-part series that showed the Loud family dealing with the separation and divorce of parents Bill and Pat.
The year was 1973, and An American Family dealt with subjects that simply weren’t discussed in public — including the coming out of eldest son Lance. In fact, Lance Loud was TV’s first openly gay character.
What was shown in the series was just a fraction of some 300 hours of footage of the Santa Barbara family and the goings on behind-the-scenes were every bit as compelling as what we saw. Now HBO is making a movie, Cinema Verite that dramatizes what went on during the filming.
So, what makes a scripted movie about filming a documentary worth telling you about?...
The year was 1973, and An American Family dealt with subjects that simply weren’t discussed in public — including the coming out of eldest son Lance. In fact, Lance Loud was TV’s first openly gay character.
What was shown in the series was just a fraction of some 300 hours of footage of the Santa Barbara family and the goings on behind-the-scenes were every bit as compelling as what we saw. Now HBO is making a movie, Cinema Verite that dramatizes what went on during the filming.
So, what makes a scripted movie about filming a documentary worth telling you about?...
- 4/12/2010
- by thelinster
- AfterEllen.com
(Rock 'n Roll High School director Allan Arkush, above. Photo courtesy of NBC.)
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on April 24th.
Jersey City native Allan Arkush has enjoyed a prolific career in television, currently producing and directing for the hit series “Heroes.”
He started in show business at Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East concert theater in New York City, then worked for the equally legendary low-budget movie producer Roger Corman. 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of Arkush’s solo directorial debut, the beloved cult classic Rock ‘n Roll High School.
I met with Arkush in his home office in West Los Angeles, and tried to keep from drooling all over his killer record collection.
Did you go to Springsteen last night? I thought he was amazing.
Allan Arkush: He really was. I thought it was interesting that he started out with some fairly dark songs: “Badlands,...
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on April 24th.
Jersey City native Allan Arkush has enjoyed a prolific career in television, currently producing and directing for the hit series “Heroes.”
He started in show business at Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore East concert theater in New York City, then worked for the equally legendary low-budget movie producer Roger Corman. 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of Arkush’s solo directorial debut, the beloved cult classic Rock ‘n Roll High School.
I met with Arkush in his home office in West Los Angeles, and tried to keep from drooling all over his killer record collection.
Did you go to Springsteen last night? I thought he was amazing.
Allan Arkush: He really was. I thought it was interesting that he started out with some fairly dark songs: “Badlands,...
- 5/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
In modern reality television’s 16 years on cable and eight years on network, the genre has given television more (and often better) gay portrayals than scripted programming. Whether part of competitions in artificial contexts or fly-on-the-wall footage of real people's lives, reality TV has offered moments so unexpected that viewers might not have believed them if they occurred on a drama or sitcom.
With the fall television season now underway and reality shows bound to create more such moments – Dancing with the Stars has Lance Bass and Survivor has a gay contestant once again, among others – now's a good time to look back at some of the more memorable moments, ranging from progressive portrayals to cringe-inducing scenes.
11. Lance Loud takes his mother to a drag show on An American Family
If An American Family aired in 2008, it likely wouldn’t register with the same impact it had in 1973 since the...
With the fall television season now underway and reality shows bound to create more such moments – Dancing with the Stars has Lance Bass and Survivor has a gay contestant once again, among others – now's a good time to look back at some of the more memorable moments, ranging from progressive portrayals to cringe-inducing scenes.
11. Lance Loud takes his mother to a drag show on An American Family
If An American Family aired in 2008, it likely wouldn’t register with the same impact it had in 1973 since the...
- 2/4/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
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