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Obama Has Dustin Lance Black Saying 'Yes We Can' Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 05.11.2012

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Dustin Lance Black, Oscar-winning writer of the movies "Milk" and and "J. Edgar," is back on Team Obama. Black told the Huffington Post Wednesday a...

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Are You a Friend of Azealia Banks?

Tomas Mournian | Posted 05.03.2012

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The Los Angeles LGBT Heritage Month Writing Contest encourages queer youth to make a video or write -- poem, essay, short story -- a creative work connecting to their life with a larger history.

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Dustin Lance Black Takes to YouTube for Historic Prop 8 Play (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.08.2012

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Academy Award Winner Dustin Lance Black stopped by the What's Trending studio to talk about his new play, 8, that premiered live on YouTube and his su...

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Dustin Lance Black Talks '8' Play, Marriage Equality And The Coming Out Struggle

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.06.2012

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On the weekend in which a star-studded reading of the play "8" was performed in Los Angeles, raising $2 million for the American Foundation for Equal ...

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WATCH: Star-Studded Play Based On Prop 8 Premieres In California

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.04.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Martin Sheen commanded the stage with his impassioned portrayal of an attorney arguing for gay-marriage rights; Jane Lynch inspire...

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Watch Brad Pitt, George Clooney In Prop. 8 Play Online

Posted 03.05.2012

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Dustin Lance Black's traveling Prop. 8 play, "8," landed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles Saturday night with its star-heavy cast, includ...

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Brad Pitt Joins '8,' Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 Play

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 03.01.2012

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Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 play has been slowly picking up stars as it makes its way across the U.S., and the latest announcement is one of its bigg...

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Watch Academy Award Winners Give Their Take On Best Picture Nominations

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.20.2012

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I sat down with two Academy Award winners -- Jon Landau (Titanic, Avatar) and Dustin Lance Black (Milk) to discuss their favorite movie moments.

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PHOTOS: Octavia & Dustin Tell Intimate Stories On Stage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 02.18.2012

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Stories are often told in Los Angeles. They range from you'll-never-guess-who-I-saw-at-Urth to the variety of comedies, dramas and fantasies that we s...

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LISTEN: Dustin Lance Black Talks Bringing Prop 8 Trial To Life

Charlotte Robinson | Posted 03.24.2012

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I talked to Dustin Lance Black about this and his new play 8, which finally provides the actual words of the Prop 8 trial transcripts, first-hand observations of the courtroom drama, and interviews with the plaintiffs and their families.

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Alec Baldwin & Julia Roberts' Emotional New Story

Posted 03.22.2012

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Alec Baldwin and Julia Roberts have signed on to star in "The Normal Heart," a big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning stage show about the early da...

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George Clooney, Jane Lynch Join 'Milk' Screenwriter's Gay Marriage Play

Posted 01.18.2012

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"Milk" and "J. Edgar" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's gay marriage play "8" will feature an star-studded cast for its March premiere in Los Angeles....

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That Prop. 8 Play Is Going National This Year

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 03.18.2012

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NEW YORK — For anyone who missed the star-studded, one-night-only Broadway debut of the gay marriage play "8" or can't get to Los Angeles this s...

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George Clooney Speaks Out On Gay Marriage

Posted 03.14.2012

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A long time supporter of marriage equality, George Clooney said on Thursday that he believes its conservative opposition is facing an inevitable decli...

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LGBT Predictions For 2012

Laurence Watts | Posted 02.26.2012

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During this month, journalists do one of two things: write an article summing up the main events of the year almost gone, or write a forward-looking piece about the year to come. 2011 was a great year for the LGBT community, but I think 2012 is going to be even better.

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George Clooney Makes A Big Statement

Posted 02.13.2012

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Ever a crusader for civil rights, George Clooney has become the first star to join the Los Angeles production of Dustin Lance Black's play, "8." Th...

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WATCH: 10 Moments In Gay Media History

Laurence Watts | Posted 02.04.2012

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WATCH: Dustin Lance Black Reveals How He Came Out

Nathan Manske | Posted 01.17.2012

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J Edgar: One of the Year's Major Disappointments

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 01.17.2012

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The acting in J Edgar is okay with DiCaprio trying to fill in the gaps that surrounded Hoover's history. But an actor can only do so much with a weak script and Dustin Lance Black's script is very weak.

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Movie Review: J. Edgar

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.07.2012

Let's see: Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar," which opens in limited release Wednesday (11/9/11) before going wider on Friday, features a fully committed per...

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'Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays' Ready To Take The Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 01.04.2012

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The battle for marriage equality is about to spill out of the political arena and into the dramatic one, thanks to a group of prominent playwrights an...

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Play Enacting Prop 8 Trial Debuts At Same Time Video Of Trail Is Released

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 11.20.2011

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NEW YORK -- A play based on last year's federal court fight over California's gay marriage ban made its Broadway debut on Monday night with an all-sta...

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Another Star Joins Morgan Freeman, John Lithgow In Prop 8 Play

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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NEW YORK -- Producers have revealed the glittering final cast list for a new Broadway play about the legal battle over same-sex marriage in California...

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Prop 8 Play Ready For Broadway

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 11.13.2011

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NEW YORK -- Dustin Lance Black sat in court and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter, who is a board member of...

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Proposition 8 Play Will Be A Star-Studded Affair

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.17.2011

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Last month, we got the news that a play about Proposition 8, directed by Dustin Lance Blank, was headed to Broadway as a benefit show for the American...

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