Ellen Weds Portia…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Aug 17th, 2008
2008
Aug 17

BREAKING NEWS

DeGeneres marries girlfriend

 

 

 

U.S. comedian and talk show host weds actress Portia de Rossi

 

Reuters
August 17, 2008

 

U.S. comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres married her long-time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, at their home in Los Angeles on Saturday, according to People magazine.

 

DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, exchanged handwritten vows in an intimate ceremony attended by 19 guests, a representative for the couple told the magazine.

 

The couple have been dating for about four years and have been open about their relationship, appearing at red carpet events in Hollywood together.

 

DeGeneres announced her plans to wed de Rossi, the former Ally McBeal actress, on her talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in May after California’s Supreme Court overturned a state ban on same-sex marriage.

 

DeGeneres made broadcast history in 1997 when her TV alter ego came out of the closet on her ABC sitcom Ellen, becoming the first openly gay lead character on U.S. prime-time network television.

 

She previously had a relationship with actress Anne Heche.

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Outfest 2008…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jul 5th, 2008
2008
Jul 5

OUTFEST 2008

The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

July 9-21, 2008

 

Opening Night: Breakfast With Scott (2007) 

 

 

 The oldest continuous film festival in Los Angeles, Outfest 2008 features 212 films and videos from 25 countries in 7 different venues over 13 days.

 

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW

 

The festival boasts 116 separate public programs – 8 galas, 65 features, 12 short film programs, 16 panels and special events, 8 platinum programs and a 2-day music festival, Boom!

 

On Wednesday July 9, Outfest honors Donna Deitch with the 12th Annual Outfest Achievement Award preceding the Opening Night Gala film BREAKFAST WITH SCOTT.

 

On Monday July 14 the Legacy Project Gala unspools the restoration premiere of WORD IS OUT the second film to be fully restored as part of The Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation.

 

LEGACY PROJECT: Word is Out (1978)

 

Now in it’s second year don’t miss Boom! The two-day Outfest Music Festival with a diverse line-up of musicians from rock to hip hop to electro with an emphasis on indie artists who appeal to a LGBTQ audience.

  


Outfest 2008 also includes over 30 parties and receptions most of which are open to the general public or to festival badge and ticket holders.

 

 FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS, SHOW TIMES AND OTHER INFORMATION, VISIT OUTFEST 2008’s WEBSITE

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Gay marriage now legal in California…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jun 17th, 2008
2008
Jun 17

 Joy blooms on California’s first day of legal gay marriages

 

 

 A newly married couple, Joe Alfano, left, and Frank Capley hug in the rotunda
of San Francisco’s City Hall. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

 

By Tami Abdollah, Duke Helfand and Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

 

June 17, 2008

 

More than 1,451 marriages licenses were issued or scheduled to be issued as of 3 p.m. today in California — nearly three times as many as on a typical June day — as gay couples across the state embraced the first opportunity to wed legally in the wake of the state Supreme Court’s rejection of a ban on same-sex marriages, a Times survey found. READ MORE
 

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 George ‘Sulu’ Takei to Marry on Sept. 14

 

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (June 17) - Star Trek star George Takei is ready to “live long and prosper” with his partner of 21 years.

 

Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles.

 

The 71-year-old actor, known for his role as Sulu on the Star Trek sci-fi TV series, was the first to pay $70 for a marriage license in West Hollywood early Tuesday. The marriage license is good for 90 days.

 

Takei was jubilant, saying “it’s going to be the only day like this in our lives and it is the only day like this in the history of America.”

 

He told reporters and a swelling crowd outside the West Hollywood city auditorium “may equality live long and prosper.”

 

Gay Pride Parade…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jun 9th, 2008
2008
Jun 9

Gay pride parade draws thousands in West Hollywood

 

 

(Los Angeles Times)

 

The recent California Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage lends added significance to the event.

 

By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 9, 2008

 

As many as 175,000 revelers, from the spectacularly garbed to the sedate, converged on West Hollywood on Sunday for the city’s annual gay pride parade, a celebration given added meaning since the state Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex marriage last month.  READ MORE.

Outfest Wednesdays…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on May 28th, 2008
2008
May 28

TONIGHT

 

OUTFEST WEDNESDAY: Un Chant D’Amour (1950)

 

Wednesday, May 28, 7:30pm Rigler Theatre @ The Egyptian

 

 

UN CHANT D’AMOUR (A Song of Love) - brand new 35mm print, restored and uncensored!

Dir. Jean Genet, France, 1950, 25 min.

 

Outlaw writer Jean Genet originally made the silent film UN CHANT’ D’AMOUR for Parisian gay porn collectors. Set in a prison, the sexual fantasies of the prisoners are played out in the sado-masochistic environment of their surroundings. Banned in France upon its release for explicit sexuality, the film is voyeuristic and erotic while remarkably poetic and romantic.  Genet’s sole directorial effort has proved its importance in queer film culture, influencing works from Andy Warhol to Todd Haynes.

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With: GENET


Dir. Antoine Bourseiller, France, 1981, 52 mins

 Jean Genet speaks candidly in 1981 about his prison experiences, his sexuality, and his work.

 

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