In this clip, Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-Winning screen writer of Milk Skypes with Oprah, who apparently gave Lance some calming advice just before the award show. He talks about how he wanted his acceptance speech to "pay forward" the inspiration he personally drew Harvey […]
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Academy Awards Open Thread
The 81st Academy Awards will air tonight on ABC. The award show will be live cast from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles at 8:30 p.m. ET. One of the movies I’m hoping gets recognized is Gus Van Sant‘s Milk, the biopic of Harvey Milk […]
Critics Choice Award Nominations Honors Milk, Splits a Home
Some interesting nominations for the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards have been announced. In what should make for some awkward dinner conversation, Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is up against wifey Angelina Jolie's Changeling for Best Picture. I was particularly excited about […]
Movie Review: Milk
In his newest masterpiece, Gus Van Sant brings the story of Harvey Milk to life. Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office as a Supervisor for the city of San Francisco. He became heavily involved in the gay-rights struggles of the […]
Milk Opens Today!
The Gus Van Sant biopic of Harvey Milk opens today! Milk opens on limited release, but if you live in a big city you should have no problem finding it. Wide release is set for December 5. Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Roger Ebert […]
Proposition 8 Update
Election day is finally here, and a Proposition 8 update is in order. Proposition 8 seeks to ban gay marriage in California after a May Supreme Court decision deemed it legal. If passed, this would mark the first time in American history same-sex couples have […]
James Franco on the Cover of Out Magazine
James Franco is on the cover of Out Magazine and talking about his role in the new Gus Van Sant biopic Milk. Franco plays Harvey Milk’s lover in the movie, and the two definitely have more than one make-out scene. One of the funny stories […]
MILK
This is probably the movie I’m most excited for this WHOLE YEAR! The story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to office in America will be told by a great director, Gus Van Sant. Enjoy the clip! -Andy