Many people noted that the first promotional one-sheet for Tom Ford's debut film A Single Man , made no reference to the fact that the film is an adaptation of a book written by a gay man (Christopher Isherwood) about a day in the life of a gay man.

Wrote the Hollywood Reporter, last October: "Published in 1964, the novel centers on a gay man who, after the sudden death of his partner, is determined to persist in his usual routine, which is seen in the span of a single, ordinary day in Southern California."

And the second one-sheet , like the first, features Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, and no reference to the gay elements of the film (except for, perhaps, the fact that Firth seems lost in thought - perhaps thinking of something gay?). I've been told that Tom Ford personally had a hand in designing the one-sheet you see above.

The film's trailer had some of the gay elements removed for American audiences.

Ford told guests at a private viewing party Sunday night that the film's not a gay film:

“It’s extremely autobiographical. When you watch it, you are inside my head for an hour and a half. I’m fortunate enough to have experienced extreme materialism in my life, but the point of the film is to remind us of the little things in life — not some new shoes you bought or a new car. Life’s about living in the present. We live in an artificial world. In the fashion business, you live in the future for the next collection. But when I spend time on my ranch in New Mexico—with the sun above me and the rattlesnakes growing under the bush—I appreciate the present. I wasn’t trying to make Terminator 12. But this is not a gay film. I don’t even think about that. There are so many gay characters on TV that it’s almost become a cliché.”
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New York magazine tried to clear the issue up with Harvey Weinstein at a screening last night:

Is it difficult to to market a movie about a gay romance?
No, Brokeback Mountain did pretty well. Midnight Cowboy did pretty well. If you know how to market, you can market. There's an audience for it.

The poster seemed to play down the gay part.
I'm good. You got enough. Thank you.

The film opens in limited release in December.

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Colombian airliner Aires offered passengers of one of their flights a live concert of vallenato singer Peter Manjarrés while flying 33,000 feet above the country. Despite the not-optimal acoustic, some slight turbulence and the chaotic party that followed the show, the airliner announces there will be similar shows like this on board of their airplanes.

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Critical and box-office success of 'Inglourious Basterds' makes the writer/director one of the entertainers we're thankful for in 2009.



Let us give thanks to the milk-drinking maniac, the scalp-collecting Nazi killers, the beautiful Holocaust survivor who plotted to blow the Third Reich to smithereens! Yes, give it up for "Inglourious Basterds," for Christoph Waltz's evil, opportunistic Nazi colonel, for Brad Pitt's Southern-fried lieutenant and his band of brothers, for a deftly interwoven tale about vengeance, violence and sin. And let us sing the praises of the man who made it all happen: writer/director Quentin Tarantino.

In a year teeming with mega-budget franchises based on children's toys and comic books and other variously recycled ideas, "Basterds" may not have been the biggest film of 2009, but it was arguably the most affecting, and it gave moviegoers hope that Hollywood could still deliver original stories that were also broadly entertaining (and profitable). In an exclusive chat with MTV News, Tarantino looked back at the filmmaking process and the movie's critical and box-office triumph and revealed that we just might be seeing more of these Basterds in the future

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All right. I don't usually make posts like this. I can't remember the last time I did, or if in fact I ever have, but sometimes you just have to say FUCK IT and write a wanky screed about Adam Lambert and The People Who Are Wrong On The Internet About Him, so here it is.

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Anyone care to speculate what she saw in there?

Peek A Boo.

I shall /dance, for last night a guildie pointed something out to me. I got Honorable Mention in Blizz's comic contest this month with my "Epic Flying Mount" doodle!
This makes me very happy...so happy, I just had to brag about it.

And I shall leave you with this holiday message:



(What? I got bored this morning after i'd finished slaying turkeys. Kinda felt sorry for the plump little birds.)

There’s a scene in “New Moon”—in which Taylor Lautner swiftly rips off his shirt to reveal his six-pack and bulging biceps—that probably gave the theater full of tween girls their first “funny feeling” downstairs. This Rolling Stone cover may just take that ecstasy over the top. Prediction: this will be the best selling issue of the magazine this year, by far.

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Hot, fug, or inappropriate?

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/fatal.forklift.accident.2.1331293.html

A Chicago Lawn neighborhood man died when he was struck in the head by a forklift late Monday while working in an industrial park in southwest suburban Chicago Ridge.

talks about Brothers,Tobey Maguire and what he thinks about the "3 best actors of their generation" claims.



a clip from Brothers:

BROTHERS: He's Dead - Funny videos are here


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lol @ shag/sag.and he makes the best faces.

This layout is not recommended for journals. I am working on a journal version which will just scroll down. But you have to wait for that one.

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What do you do / how do you feel when total strangers strike up a conversation with you?

I guess it depends on the scenerio.

So let's narrow it down to stuff like waiting at a busstop, on a bus/train/some public form of transport, at the supermarket.. that kinda thing.

I always feel really awkward, but I don't wanna seem rude or unfriendly. So I never know how to handle the situation.

..to elynne, with big hugs and best wishes for the year to come.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—In a continuing effort to destroy their roster and ultimately cause their team's collapse, Nets officials announced Monday that the franchise was entrenched in a long-term re-demolition process.

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