Brokeback Mountain

Rick Perry's Anti-Gay Ad Jacket: A Strange Coincidence

AMERICAblog | Matt Ortega | Posted 12.08.2011

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Rick Perry launched an anti-gay ad called, "Strong." In the ad, he attacks gays openly serving in the armed forces....

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Williams Has Same 'Hunger as Monroe,' Says My Week With Marilyn Director

Felice Arenas | Posted 01.23.2012

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Felice Arenas

Both are flaxen-haired, beautiful, and have had their personal ups and downs dominate headlines. But what is the most striking similarity between Michelle Williams and Marilyn Monroe?

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WATCH: Brokeback Seinfeld?

Posted 10.21.2011

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Seinfeld mash-up parodies have been hot on the Internet this year, but we can guarantee you haven't seen everyone's favorite sit-com like this before....

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7 Great Gay Couples In Literature

Posted 09.27.2011

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We know we're a little late, but in honor of same-sex marriage officially being legalized in New York state and this GOOD post about gay romances in l...

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GLAAD Needs To Rethink Awards, Or Its Mission

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adrian Margaret Brune

GLAAD and its media awards used to celebrate the "unsung heroes" -- the regular people writing about LGBT issues and putting their lives on the line to stand up to the mainstream.

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Highlights This Week: Swimsuits, Cezanne, King Tut

Posted 05.25.2011

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Love, mummies and street art. It's been a busy and eclectic week on the Arts page: from lots of Valentine's Day love to mystifying sculpture inspired ...

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PHOTOS: 10 Most Romantic Films of All Time

Tiffany Shlain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tiffany Shlain

A recent evolutionary study on the large size of the human brain proposes that it did not grow for a greater capacity for knowledge, but for our grea...

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Attention, Oscar Whiners: Get Over It!

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

OK, that's it - I'm officially tuning out all further Academy Award whining, prognosticating, analyzing, deconstructing and every other kind of Oscar ...

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Michelle Williams Talks Daughter, Heath Ledger

Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Williams met late ex-fiancee Heath Ledger on the set of 'Brokeback Mountain,' but so far, it's been too difficult to show their daughter, fou...

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Brokeback Mountain Sears Its Brand Into the American West

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Gregory

For miserable people who think of gay people negatively: get over it, you might be married to one!

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'Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun,' Bollywood Gay Romance, Hits Indian Theaters Amidst Controversy (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been hailed by some critics as India's answer to "Brokeback Mountain," but not everyone is thrilled about "Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun," the first Bo...

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Banned Books Week 2010

American Library Association | Posted 05.25.2011

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American Library Association

15 of the most iconic, popular, and/or celebrated movies of all time -- all of which are based on books that have been banned, formally challenged, or burned.

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Robbie Williams Goes Brokeback

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Giltz

Only the Brits would ever be cheeky enough to do something like this. Robbie Williams has reunited with boy band supergroup Take That but first he has a new single off his greatest hits compilation.

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The Bachelorette Episode 2 Recap: Brokeback Bachelorette

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tasha Gordon-Solmon

Cardboard Kasey told Ali she looked "absolutely imaginary"...because that terrible outfit couldn't possible exist in real life?

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Cowboy Ethics Code Could Pass Wyoming Legislature: No Bull

AP | MATT JOYCE | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Some members of the Wyoming Legislature want to instill "cowboy ethics" in state law, lest lawmakers and citizens forget the st...

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'Dunno Y . . . Na Jaane Kyun' To Give Bollywood Its First Gay Kiss

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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India may confront one of its longest held taboos this year, as the film "Dunno Y ... Na Jaane Kyun" threatens to present Bollywood with its first gay...

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The Golden Globes a Disappointment: Gervais was Mixed and Lots of Winners Weren't Prepared

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

The Golden Globe awards are often the best of the awards shows, because they're more freewheeling and it appears no one really takes them seriously.

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Brokeback Mountain Reclaims the American West

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Gregory

With the intertwined shirts from Brokeback Mountain holding fast on its walls, Museum of the American West has opened up a line of progressive, informative, bigot-fumigatin' dialogue.

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Amazon Censors Gay Books

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

What progress we have made that a few stories on the internet can make a giant like Amazon apologize and change because their actions offend notions of equality and decency that include LGBT Americans.

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Hannity, The Kiss and Barney Frank, Gay Superstar

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Jenkins

It is a measure of Hollywood's insecurity that we are probably months away from it being more acceptable to be a gay soldier than to be a gay actor.

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Final Close Ups on Faces Framed in Classic Films: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

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Penelope Andrew

Two actors from Gone With the Wind--Evelyn Keyes who played Suellen O'Hara and Fred Crane who played Stuart Tarleton one of Scarlett's many beaus passed away in 2008.

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"Brokeback" Furor As Italian TV Cuts Sex Scene

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — Italian state television cut a gay sex scene from Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," as well as a sequence showing the lead characters kissi...

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Bless This House

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman MacAfee

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Opera, is dark as it undergoes a year of renovation. It is a house of past and perhaps future artistic importance in two art forms.

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Bad Idea, Mr. Wuorinen

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Annie Proulx, New York City Opera, Gerard Mortier, Close Range, Brokeback Mountain, Charles Wuorinen, Serialism, Entertainment News
Ivan Katz

Although it's not accurate to say that every facet of the adaptation of Brokeback Mountain is utterly wrong-headed, there is enough bad thought in this proposal to fill a reservoir.

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"Brokeback Mountain" To Become An Opera

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Anni...

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