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Winona Ryder opens up to "BlackBook"
6 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST
If you lived through the late '80s, it’s hard not to have a soft spot for Winona Ryder. Little Noni with her pixie haircut and her big eyes, her pale skin and her goth before goth was even a thing sensibilities. Ten years have passed since her last big splash in the movies with Girl, Interrupted. Since then she has still worked steadily, though often in smaller roles and less high-profile pieces. And she has kept largely to herself and often shunned the spotlight.
So it was great to read her take on her own life now in the new BlackBook interview to promote her upcoming film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. For a person who doesn’t give interviews all that often, she sure gives great copy.
On why her career has slowed:
"One of the worst things you can be is mediocre. I get offered »
- dorothy snarker
TV Alert: "The Wanda Sykes Show" premieres this Saturday
5 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST
One of the high points on last year's Lgbt Roller Coaster Ride of Terror was Wanda Sykes coming out as gay and married. It's not every day our community gets an intelligent, hilarious, high-profile woman of color as a spokesperson — especially one that isn't afraid pull punches.
This Saturday night (Nov. 7), Fox is launching The Wanda Sykes show, which should be the perfect platform for Sykes to push as many buttons as the FCC will allow.
Wanda has been making the daytime talk show rounds over the last few weeks, stopping in to chat with Oprah, Joy Behar on Hln and the women of The View. In every interview, she's spoken openly and affectionately about her wife and their six-month-old twins.
In fact, she and Oprah got philosophical over her sexual orientation, with Oprah saying:
When you admitted you are gay and open — not that there needed to be an »
- stuntdouble
The Weekly Geek: Could Captain Janeway "Trek" Again?
5 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST
Star Trek Voyager fans, prepare to have your heart rates accelerated to warp speed. Kate Mulgrew, the actress who portrayed the wonderful, dynamic, possibly lesbionic Captain Kathryn Janeway, has expressed an interest in appearing in a new Star Trek film. The Geek Files blog has the scoop:
Asked by Sci Fi Now if she'd consider a role in the new films, she said: "I would, I'd love to return to Janeway. I'd love to do her in a movie. I think he'd be wise to do it, don't you? He should get me and Picard in there. It's a brilliant idea.”
The latest Star Trek film covered its tracks in re-launching the “original” series with Kirk, Spock and the gang — but it also allowed for the possibility for other characters in the universe to appear. With a touch of creative sci-fi imagining, Picard and Janeway could totally make cameos.
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- d-word
Jessica Capshaw dishes on Calzona's future in the hospital and in the bedroom
5 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST
Thanks to @lindsaydp1 for pointing us in the direction of a great new interview with Jessica Capshaw, where she dishes on Arizona and her relationship on Grey's Anatomy with Sara Ramirez's Callie.
Here's an excerpt in which she tells TVGuide.com about Arizona's sexuality, her intimate future with Callie and if a wedding could be coming up for them.
TVGuide.com: What's in store for the future of Callie and Arizona's relationship?
Jessica Capshaw: This season has been about cementing a very mature and grounded relationship and taking it forward. This is a drama, of course; there will be conflict, but for the time being, they're enjoying being in a relationship that seems stable.
Tvg: We have not seen Callie and Arizona get intimate this season. Sara Ramirez said they probably are. What's your take on that?
Jc: Definitely, of course it's happening. They're in a committed relationship. »
- Trish Bendix
Kristen Stewart gets taken out of context
5 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST
Kristen Stewart used the words "I'm a lesbian" in an interview and, of course, it gets taken out of context.
Here are some of the headlines about this statement:
"Kristen Stewart's Lesbian Confession" Blackbook Magazine
"Twilight star Kristen Stewart on dating Robert Pattinson: 'We are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian." Telegraph
"Lesbian Kristen Stewart" Contact Music
Ironically, this is what Kristen was hinting at in her original interview when she made this statement. In response to constantly being asked about dating Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, she said she'd rather keep something to herself because no matter what she says, the press is going to run with it. And, it appears she was right.
Kristen told Entertainment Weekly:
I've thought about this a lot. There's no answer that's not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation. "Ok, we are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian. »
- Trish Bendix
AfterEllen.com visits the set of "Venice"
4 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST
Season one of the highly anticipated web series Venice was shot in Los Angeles last week, and AfterEllen.com was invited to the set to catch up with the hardworking and attractive cast. They are shooting primarily in, you guessed it, Venice Beach, with headquarters in a hipster hotel where we met in one of the suites.
As we've previously reported, a great cast for the series has been assembled. Series creator Crystal Chappell (Guiding Light) will play the lead, Gina, a designer and lesbian who has been out since her teenage years. Jessica Leccia (Chappell's former love interest on Guiding Light) will play Gina’s ex, and possibly future, girlfriend, Ani.
Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia
Leccia and Chappell in a production still from Venice
The details of their relationship have not been confirmed and everyone is very tight-lipped about plot specifics. We do know that Gina will hook up with attorney Tracy, »
- Sarah Witness
Kristin Bauer could play the next lesbian vampire on "True Blood"
3 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST
Last week, True Blood creator Alan Ball talked with The Advocate about future gay characters on the hit HBO series. The show has already featured a handful of queer characters, including Vampire Queen Sophie-Ann (Evan Rachel Wood, her lover Hadley (Lindsey Haun), the fabulous fry cook/drug dealer Lafayette and season 1's Eddie.
Ball said:
We'll be meeting the vampire king of Mississippi and his long, long-term companion — and by long-term I mean really long-term — Talbot. I think Lafayette may meet a love interest, and certainly Pam, who works with Eric, she's certainly got a lesbian vibe — I don't know that that's all she is, but she certainly does seem to appreciate the women.
Pam is played by Kristin Bauer, who serves as Eric's wingwoman at the vampire bar, Fangtasia. Her interests included fancy pumps, showing no mercy and now, apparently, the bar maid, Ginger.
"I wouldn't be surprised," Bauer »
- Trish Bendix
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" nabs two new leading ladies
3 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST
Talk about your shift change. Law & Order: Criminal Intent is getting an overhaul and then some as its adds bisexual actress Saffron Burrows and Oscar-nominated actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to its upcoming ninth season.
The new cast members come in the wake of the departure of four series regulars: original stars Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe along with Eric Bogosian and Julianne Nicholson. Jeff Goldblum will be the only remaining principal cast member.
Nicholson’s Det. Megan Wheeler is being replaced by Burrows, who will be Goldblum’s new partner. Mastrantonio, meanwhile, will become the first female captain for the Major Case Squad, taking over for Bogosian.
Mastrantonio had a recurring role on Without a Trace, but this will be her first regular TV gig. I’m glad to see she is back; I had a little thing for her back in her Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves days. »
- dorothy snarker
Have yourself a merry little Christmas with the Deschanel sisters
2 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST
Christmas is coming early for Bones fans — both literally and figuratively. The rumored Deschanel sister pairing is actually happening, in fact it has already been filmed for the show’s Christmas episode to air Dec. 10. This will mark the first time Emily and Zooey Deschanel will appear on screen together.
Zooey will appear as Margaret Whitesell, a distant relative to big sister Emily’s Dr. Temperance Brennan. According to Zap2It, Brennan’s father (Ryan O'Neal) invited Margaret to spend Christmas with him and Brennan in an episode titled “The Goop on the Girl.” In the episode, Booth and Brennan investigate the explosive death of a man in a Santa suit during a bank robbery. I hope for Zooey’s sake she isn’t the girl with said goop, because — you know — ewww.
Last week, series creator Hart Hanson tweeted about Zooey’s appearance saying: “The Deschanel sisters working it together! »
- dorothy snarker
"Brazil's Next Top Model" lesbian contestant gets voted off
2 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST
AfterEllen.com reader Marcia tipped us off that Brazil's Next Top Model lesbian contesant Giovahnna Ziegler was voted off last week. Judges Fernanda Motta, Carlos Pazeto, Dudu Bert holini, Erika Palomino and Duda Molinos thought Giovahnna didn't make the cut after the latest challenge on the show's third cycle.
In her exit interview, 18-year-old Giovahnna said (roughly translated):
I'm a subversive a little arrogant lesbian tagger. My dream was to replace Kate Moss, but I will try something else for now, otherwise join the Federal Police force. All ready for Dyke March
To keep up with Giovahnna, you can follow her on Twitter, which you may have to translate, if you don't speak Portuguese.
Do you think Giovahanna has a future in modeling? She's sure working that tape. »
- Trish Bendix
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