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  • 'C.O.G.' to Open Outfest 2013, Starring Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Casey Wilson

    To many people, C.O.G. is their position in a factory-mentality workplace. But when it's the title of a movie based on a short story from David Sedaris' book Naked, it's the promise of poignant charm and laughter.

    Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's film has been chosen as the feature film of the Opening Night Gala for this year's Outfest. This 31st edition of the Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival will be unveiled Thursday, July 11.

    C.O.G. presents Glee vet Jonathan Groff as a cocky college grad who feels that a cross-country road trip is necessary in order to become a successful writer. Faster than you can say "Grapes of Wrath," he ends up working at an apple farm in the Northwest—and I don't mean an iPhone factory. Surprised by his new fish-out-of-water status, he is soon surrounded by challenges to his lifestyle and perspective about real life. Written and directed by Alvarez, this is the first movie version of a Sedaris composition. The cast includes True Blood alumni Dale Dickey and Denis O'Hare, with Quantum Leap's Dean Stockwell, House of Cards' Corey Stoll, Happy Endings' Casey Wilson and Pretty Little Liars' Troian Bellisario.

    Attention for C.O.G. comes at the perfect time to help Jonathan Groff's growing career. Among his current workload is an untitled series for HBO about a group of gay friends living in San Francisco. Many sources are calling it the queer version of the hit series Girls, which leaves an important question: Who is going to play  the chubby, low-self-esteem Lena Dunham character who doesn't mind doing nude scenes?
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  • Texas Judge Orders Lesbian Couple to Live Apart or Lose Kids

    McKinney,Texas Republican Judge John Roach Jr. is enforcing a “morality clause” he put in Carolyn Compton’s divorce papers ordering her partner of almost three years, Page Price, to leave the house the couple shares or Compton will lose custody of her children, according to the Dallas Voice. 

    The “morality clause” underscores the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.  The clause says Compton can only have someone related to her “by blood or marriage” after 9:00pm when her children are home. Since Texas does not allow marriage equality, Page must leave.

    “Our children are all happy and well adjusted. By his enforcement, being that we cannot marry in this state, I have been ordered to move out of my home,” Price wrote on her Facebook page. She also noted that Compton’s ex-husband, once charged with stalking Compton, rarely sees their two children with whom she shares custody.

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  • Watch: Kathy Griffin Calls For Lesbian Presidency

    Renee Sotile and Mary Jo Godges of Traipsing Thru Films interviewed funny lady Kathy Griffin on the Red Carpet at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's 'An Evening With Women' on Saturday night. She would love to see prominent lesbian money maven Suze Orman elected President of the United States.
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  • Brutal Murder of Gay Man Shocks New York

    Early Saturday morning, just blocks away from the Stonewall Inn, Elliot Morales, 33, allegedly taunted Harlem resident Marc Carson with anti-gay slurs before shooting him in the face, killing him on the spot. New York City police called the shooting a hate crime – the latest in a shocking rise in hate crimes in the famously diverse city.  According to the New York Post, the murder is the 22nd anti-gay attack this year.

    NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, reminded the city that there was a time when such hate crimes against gay people were common. "We refuse to go back to that time," said Quinn, who represents Greenwich Village in the city council. "This kind of shocking and senseless violence, so deeply rooted in hate, has no place in a city whose greatest strength will always be its diversity."

    GLAAD notes that:

    “Carson is the fourth gay victim of violence in New York City in the last several weeks, but the first fatality. On Monday, GLAAD, elected officials, LGBT community leaders and allies will be marching from New York's LGBT Community Center to the site of Friday's shooting, to demand an end to hate crimes against the LGBT community. The march will begin at 5:30pm.
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  • Watch: France Gets Marriage Equality

    On Saturday, May 18, French President Francois Hollande signed marriage equality into law, despite protests and his own low political poll ratings. France – a largely Catholic country – now becomes the14th country to allow same sex marriages, along with Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay and New Zealand.

    Last Tuesday, May 14, Brazil’s National Council of Justice ordered notary publics to register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, according to the AP, effectively legalizing gay marriage in Latin America’s largest country, as well. In the US, 12 states and Washington D.C. and 12 states recognize marriage equality. In France, Montpellier mayor Helene Mandroux told Reuters that "Love has won out over hate" – though she also expressed concerns that the first wedding scheduled for May 29 in her southern city may also see violent protests. Read More

  • Deep Roy of 'Star Trek' Takes on 'Abercrombie and Zombie,' World of Warcraft Film in the Works

    Deep Roy, the Kenyan-born 4'4" actor who plays Scotty's little alien friend Keenser in Star Trek Into Darkness, has chosen a horror/comedy film as his next project. It's an independent film called Abercrombie and Zombie.

    With all the recent media-spurred controversy over the Abercrombie & Fitch admitted alienation of plus-size customers, you can be sure that all the undead in Abercrombie and Zombie will be able to fit in tattered clothing from AF stores.

    Brad Goreski client Rashida Jones and pal Will McCormack have signed on with Warner Bros. to develop TV projects. Will, who had a recurring role on his sister Mary McCormack's series In Plain Sight, previously worked with Jones as co-writers and co-stars of the film Celeste & Jesse Forever.

    Nerds the world over are having wet dreams with this news: Source Code director Duncan Jones has been handed the reins to direct the live-action movie version of the video game World of Warcraft.
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  • Billboard Music Awards Tonight, Plus 'The Cleveland Show' and 'The Simpsons'

    Among those slated to perform on tonight's Billboard Music Awards are Prince, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera. For those who can't get enough of Taylor Swift, you are getting back together.

    The Grammy winner will be interviewed on tonight's 60 Minutes. Watch out, Scott Pelley—the girl is still on the husband hunt. But the Swifter use doesn't end there—she'll also appear after the show in CBS' competition to the Billboard awards. It's the two-hour music special ACM presents Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night featuring performances by Swift, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Ne-Yo. Yes, you read that right.
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  • 'SNL' Finale Airs Tonight, 'American Psycho' at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Ben Affleck makes his fifth hosting gig on tonight's season finale of Saturday Night Live. Can we expect a mash-up skit spoofing Fargo and Argo? Nah, SNL writers aren't that creative.

    Although you can count on some type of homage to Bill Hader, who leaves the show after tonight's episode. Don't worry about Seth Meyers' recently announced departure—he won't be leaving the news desk until next year, when he takes over for Jimmy Fallon, who steps into Jay Leno's spot on The Tonight Show.

    Oh, and one other guest for tonight is Kim Kardashian's baby daddy Kanye something-or-other as the musical guest. If I had my way, I'd have Kanye do a skit playing the dean of the Chris Brown Humbleness & Humility Academy. 

    Don't be alarmed when you hear screams coming from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery tonight. The latest Cinespia outdoor screening is the cult favorite American Psycho. Naturally there will be long lines leading out the gates and onto Santa Monica Boulevard. And that's not just to see Christian Bale's chainsaw-wielding blood-covered naked body chasing a victim down a hallway. After all, it's Hollywood. We just call that Tuesday.
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