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Hey–What Are The ‘Brokeback’ Boys Doing On The Pelham 1-2-3?
5:30AM Seth | Via Towleroad, we bring this production still from The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, in which John Travolta is upstaged by two doomed cowboy lovers who appear to have wandered into the wrong movie. More »
6:00AM Seth | It’s Pretty Much Over When the Gay Sheepherder Fails To Sing. Hey, gays—want another slap in the face? The departure of its artistic director means that New York City Opera’s lofty plans to mount an opera based on Brokeback Mountain have fallen through. Sadly, we’ll never hear the sweet sounds of Jack Twist’s angelic tenor and Ennis del Mar’s more dominant baritone on arias like, “You Know I Ain’t Queer (Me Neither),” and “You Need to Shut Your Slop-Bucket Mouths, You Hear Me?” nor will we experience the full fury of a 300-person choir singing the “Carmina Burana”-esque climax accompanying Ennis’s fateful first “taking” of Jack in their hillside pup-tent. [Variety] More »
How the ‘Anne Hathaway Loves Anal Sex’ Rumour Fooled The Internet
2:40AM Kyle Buchanan | It’s the rumour that’s been burning up the internet for the last few days: in an upcoming issue of Esquire, actress Anne Hathaway will open up about her love of anal sex. After describing it as one of the most sensual things she’s ever done and something that makes her feel “feminine in a very special way,” the actress supposedly says, “Every woman should try it, otherwise they miss out on something amazing.” While Hathaway has played her fair share of sexually provocative roles in films like Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, we were skeptical of her newfound candor; nevertheless, the rumour has only built up steam over the last few days (it was spread by Gawker, LA Rag Mag, and thousands of other sites). Emboldened by our investigation into Megan Fox’s own magazine confessions, we knew we had to find out: are these Hathaway quotes for real, and if not, where did they come from?
‘Brokeback Mountain’ Author Not Interested in Your ‘Zombie Jack Twist’ Fan Fiction
5:00AM Kyle Buchanan | An Important Drama like Brokeback Mountain has been many things to many people since its release three years ago, but who knew it was a budding franchise? Not only is the cowboys-in-love tale going opera, but ardent internet fans continue to sequelize the film with fan fiction, side stories and improbable follow-ups. Why, even Defamer has gotten into the act — Ang, the rights for “Ennis and Jack’s Outrageous UFO Adventure” (above) are still available. Call us! However, there’s one person who finds these add-ons downright Jack Nasty, and she’s Annie Proulx, the tale’s original author. As she told the Wall Street Journal:
4:12AM Defamer Hollywood | Our progressive neighbors to the North — they of universal health care and stealthy American media insurgency — may yet cede their place among North America’s movie industry vanguard. The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that the country’s Conservative leadership wants no part of backing “any film or television show that it deems offensive or not in the public’s best interest – even if government agencies have invested in them.” Naturally the Canadian left is mortified envisioning a future sans even the tamest of subversive exports. “Would this committee put money into Juno?” asks Toronto lawyer David Zitzerman. “It might not want to encourage teen pregnancy. Would the government put money into a film with a dirty title, like Young People Fucking? Would they invest in something like Brokeback Mountain? They might not want to encourage gay cowboys to have sex together in Alberta.” Hollywood studio heads, having long endured the repercussions of Canadian filth from Strange Brew to Paul Haggis, were rumored to vigorously laud the move in a conference call Thursday. More »
Heath Gone, Two Remaining Points On A ‘Brokeback’ Love Triangle Try To Pick Up The Pieces
5:46AM Seth | Instruct your assistant to hold all your calls, poor yourself a tumbler of whiskey, and fire up the Bose Wave to ease you into haunting opening strums of Gustavo Santaolalla’s “The Wings”–this next one’s going to be a little rough. Sources from the New Mexico set of Jake Gyllenhaal’s new movie Brothers tell People that the actor is “devastated” since learning of his Brokeback Mountain sharpshooting partner’s death: More »
Ill-Gotten ‘Crash’ Oscar Returned To Rightful Winner
6:50AM Defamer Hollywood | We’d like to offer our gratitude to an attentive reader, who pointed us to today’s AFP story on a lawsuit Crash director Paul Haggis recently filed against producer Bob Yari, which for one fleeting, poorly fact-checked moment righted one of Hollywood’s most egregious wrongs. Even though the wounds inflicted by those heavy hands had long ago healed, briefly revisiting what could have been was still a nice way to begin this Tuesday morning. ‘Crash’ director sues producer over film profits [AFP] More »Short Ends: Jake Gyllenhaal Can’t Avoid Tired ‘Brokeback’ Jokes Even On ‘The Today Show’
5:50AM Defamer Hollywood | Did Meredith Vieira just make a suggestive little whoopsie when bringing up Brokeback Mountain with dreamy-eyed cowboy-bottom Jake Gyllenhaal? We think she did! [via Good As You] · Our favourite Helen Mirren music video seems to have disappeared from the YouTubes, but Idolator has collected a few more to soften the blow of the loss. Giant fucking robots came to the West Hollywood Target. We expect that we’ll be seeing more “Paris Hilton in jail” costumes this Halloween than we’d like. More »Brokeback Brian
7:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Yesterday, a reader threw a good scare into us by pointing out that YouTube superstar Brian Atene, whose too-infrequent video dispatches are the only real Art being produced in the industry today, had yanked all of his previous clips but one, leading us to believe that the gifted, possibly insane monologist might be headed towards a tragically early retirement. More »
