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Ben Whishaw To Play Freddie Mercury

Openly gay British actor Ben Whishaw has been cast to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic to be directed by Dexter Fletcher. Mercury died in 1991 of complication from AIDS, but it is said his last days will not be the subject of the film. Sacha Baron Cohen was due to play the Queen frontman but left the production in …

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Actress Eleanor Parker Dies At 91

Variety has the obituary: Oscar-nominated actress Eleanor Parker, best known today for her role as the Baroness, the lady friend of Captain Von Trapp who loses out to Julie Andrews’ Maria in 1966 film “The Sound of Music,” died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia at a medical facility near Palm Springs, Calif. She was 91. In the 1950s, …

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Actor Paul Walker Dies In Car Crash

TMZ reports: Paul Walker — best known for his role in “The Fast and the Furious” movies — died Saturday afternoon after a single-car accident and explosion in Southern California … TMZ has learned. The accident happened in Santa Clarita — north of Los Angeles — and according to multiple sources connected to Paul … the actor was in a …

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Uncommon Douchery: Erik Estrada Stars In Liberty Counsel Movie With Mat Staver

Kyle Mantyla writes at Right Wing Watch: On the heels of Rick Santorum’s flop as a movie mogul, it looks like the professional anti-gay activists over at Liberty Counsel have been bitten by the acting bug and decided to try their hands at filmmaking as well, with the release of a feature film called “Uncommon” starring none other than Erik …

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Tired Old Queen at the Movies #121

Clip recap: Errol Flynn and Olivia deHavilland make movie magic in William Keighley and Michael Curtiz’ s 1938 spectacular; “The Adventures Of Robin Hood.” Sumptuously shot in Technicolor and featuring an unbelievable supporting cast featuring Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone at their villainous best, along with Alan Hale, Eugene Pallette , Una O’Connor and a cast of hundreds, it’s the …

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TRAILER: Noah

Two weeks ago I posted the first trailer for this “religious epic” and today we get Paramount’s trailer for audiences overseas.

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About The Real HIV/AIDS Buyers Clubs

Focus Features’ Dallas Buyers Club continues to perform strongly in theaters, moving up to #10 on last weekend’s list of top grosses as the release widened to more than 650 houses. Focus writes: Jean-Marc Vallée’s DALLAS BUYERS CLUB dramatizes the story of Ron Woodroof (played by Matthew McConaughey), a real man who, after being diagnosed as HIV+ in 1986, did …

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Frothy Flick Flops

Despite aggressive marketing to evangelical churches nationwide, Rick Santorum’s first movie release appears to be a major flop. The power of prayer has failed to save The Christmas Candle, the new release from Rick Santorum’s faith based film studio, EchoLight. The Christmas Candle, set in the fictional English village of Gladbury and billed as “a timeless holiday film for the …

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Susan Boyle Sings For Frothy Mix

The Christmas Candle, the first film from the Christian movie studio headed by Rick Santorum, opens today. Making her acting debut in the film is Susan Boyle, and the studio just posted the below song which will appear on the movie’s soundtrack. Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Weinstein Company, today’s Swag Tuesday give away is a prize package for the film Philomena, which opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Friday and nationwide next week. The Weinstein Company presents: Philomena, in theaters this THANKSGIVING. Based on the incredible true story. The highly acclaimed new comedy from director Stephen Frears. Starring Dame Judi …

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Sesame Street: The Hungry Games

“May the cookies be ever in your flavor.”

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TRAILER: Noah

Yet another bible movie.

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TRAILER: Heaven Is For Real

Oy vey.

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TRAILER: Squared

From the director’s Facebook page, via HuffPo: From my dating experiences, I was bothered when guys called me their “Geisha” and other derogatory terms. I also often hear people ask gay couples, “Who’s the woman in the relationship?” and point to the Asian guy. Society often objectifies Asians, especially gay Asians, and view them as submissive, feminine, and passive.

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Internet Killed The Video Store

As CNN puts it, your Blockbuster late fees are now waived. On Wednesday, DISH Network, which purchased Blockbuster in 2011, announced it was closing the chain’s 300 remaining U.S.-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centers. “Consumer demand is clearly moving to digital distribution of video entertainment,” said DISH president and CEO Joseph P. Clayton in the press release …

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TRAILER: Sing Over Me

Clip recap: The trailer shows Christian singer-songwriter Dennis Jernigan as he shares about his lifelong struggle with same-sex attraction and the redemption he’s found in Christ. Despite Dennis’s notoriety as a musician (he penned “You Are My All in All” among many other world-renowned worship songs), this is the first time he has spoken in-depth about his homosexual past and, …

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Quote Of The Day – Orson Scott Card

“I’ve had no criticism. I’ve had savage, lying, deceptive personal attacks, but no actual criticism because they’ve never addressed any of my actual ideas. Character assassination seems to be the only political method that is in use today, and I don’t play that game, and you can’t defend against it. All you can do is try to offer ideas, and …

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TRAILER: X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Trailer recap: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future. 4M views …

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Today’s Google Doodle: Edith Head

Edith Head was born 116 years ago today. She won eight Oscars for costume design.

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Frothy Mix: Satan Runs The Film Industry

“This is a tough business, this is something that we’re stepping out, and the Devil for a long, long time has had this, these screens, for his playground and he isn’t going to give it up easily. And so I ask for your prayers for me, for our company, for TBN, for everybody involved in The Christmas Candle. And I …

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