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Classy & Classless
2009-09-14 22:45:00
All at the same time, in fact. Can we officially declare Kanye West as “Douchebag of the Century”? And Beyonce as “Goddess of the Century”?  She is talented, smart and classy. The Leftists that embraced him when he said “President Bush hates black people” should be ashamed of themselves now.  *crickets chirping* -Bruce (GayPatriot)
Delete Files: The Worst of Pop Culture, 8/28
2009-08-28 17:00:00
Check the calendar, kids.  It's Delete day.  Every Friday, the Kyles Files airs out the worst of pop culture...from idiotic celebs to foot-in-mouth politicos to Snuggies for dogs! Chicago items are also up for an X-out....So nominate whatever is working your nerves.  Check out the additions to my past delete files.  I don't hog all the fun.  Now, check out this week's pop culture perps and then let me know who or what else we should add to this list.  If you feel I unfairly ousted a person, place or thing, share that as well.   Who knows? I might release them from the delete dungeon.  But enough chitter chatter. Let's do this... The Republicans need a "great white hope," huh?...
Pop Culture Pundits: Time for a Kramer Comeback?
2009-08-28 13:55:00
If you read today's RedEye or my earlier post, you got a sneak peek at some of our Pop Pundits who will be featured in the paper.  Here are even more of the local tastemakers, pop eaters and artists I asked to weigh in on the question of the week.  Michael Richards is on the cover of Entertainment Weekly because he and his "Seinfeld" castmates will be on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" this fall.  Do you think he has served his pop penance?  Does he deserve to be back in the public eye? My take on the issue is here. Now, check out the pundits' opinions, after the jump.. Credit: "Seinfeld"...
Delete Files: Worst in Pop Culture, 10/14
2009-08-14 16:04:00
Somebody get me some soap.  This week, pop culture is so dirty that I need a whole hot bucket o' suds to get it clean.  But I'm down for the good fight.  Let's do it like we do it every Friday with our "Delete Files."  Bad pop culture, places and things-- consider yourselves on notice!  You are about to be served your notice.More...after the jump....
Julie & Julia:A disjointed über-chick flickwith a brilliant performance by
2009-08-09 08:18:00
As French fades in importance as an international language, my knowledge of that Romanic language serves me less well than it might have when I first started studying it. To be sure, I can still read French literature in the original. And haven’t had to rely on translations of some of the scholarship ...
Delete Files: Pop Culture's Worst, 7/31
2009-07-31 15:30:00
Ooooh, you're in trouble.  Well, not you.  Just the bad celebs, people, places and things due for a pop culture time-out.  Yes, it's Friday and time for our weekly Delete Files.  (Don't worry, no animals, children or plant life will be harmed in this process.) Last week, my beloved Kyles Filers went straight spider monkey on an assortment of bad eggs including Joe Jackson, "Video Vixen" Karrine Steffans, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger and the godawful Gosselins.  This time around, the following need to sit.the.hell.down.somewhere.&nb-sp; Check it out: Credit: AP Photo/Akira Suemori      ...
The Young Obi-Wan Kenobi. . .
2009-07-23 09:15:00
. . . is absolutely brillianit in eight different roles in Kind Hearts and Coronets. I only wish they had done a little more with Lady Agatha.
Michael Jackson Memorial Circus & Real Heroes
2009-07-07 17:36:00
This is a “repost” from my Twitter account: $50 says Jacko is still alive and will burst out of his casket with Bubbles and Macaulay Culkin and burst into song while fireworks explode. I half-expect it to happen.  Only MJ could get away with it too.  Mostly. In the meantime, real heroes are dying in ever increasing numbers ...
An Ordinary Looking Actor with an Extraordinary Talent
2009-07-03 00:09:00
For the fourth time since I moved to LA, I trekked up to Hollywood Boulevard to honor a legend who had recently passed by laying flowers on his star on the Walk of Fame.  The large wreath is something the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce places over the star of each individual when he dies.  Mine ...
In Memoriam Karl Malden
2009-07-02 09:25:00
One of the greatest character actors of all time has died. Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in A Streetcar Named Desire, died of natural causes yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 97. He made up for his ordinary looks by his extraordinary performances, distinguishing himself in three films directed ...
On the estates of eccentric icons
2009-07-01 23:01:00
Back in the late 1970s, just after Howard Hughes passed, people would regularly come forward saying with fantastic stories detailing how they  met the reclusive billionaire, with him promising them part–or all–of his fortune. Most, if not all of those stories turned out to be fabrications.  As I read the various (and often conflicting) stories on ...
The Tragedy of Michael Jackson
2009-06-26 23:07:00
One day I’ll have to sort out why I always felt for Michael Jackson, but not for his contemporary (born just two weeks before him), the pop star who calls herself Madonna, whose popularity, like his, derives, in large part from her ability to put on a great show. Both have enjoyed tremendous success ...
Opening today in New York and LA:Stoning of Soraya M, Film Detailing Women?
2009-06-26 18:32:00
As the mullahs’ attempts to suppress the popular uprising in Iran makes manifest their brutality to all, it is particularly timely that The Stoning of Soraya M opens today. This movie tells the story of an Iranian women stoned to death because her husband, who wanted out of their marriage accused her of adultery when ...
Goodbye Michael Jackson
2009-06-26 16:05:00
I woke up to an appropriately gray morning. While we don’t usually do sentimental-type things like this on the blog, I had to offer up a moment of respect and thanks for this gifted artist. He gave us all a lot…at great cost to himself. Michael Jackson was the source of enormous joy for me as ...
The Cultural Moment of Michael Jackson?s Passing
2009-06-26 05:34:00
When Anna Nicole Smith died, a friend of mine, not himself a fan of the professional celebrity, said he burst out crying.  He “couldn’t help” feeling sad.  And so I felt earlier today, upoing learning of the passing of Michael Jackson.  I did not cry, but felt a certain unfathomable sadness. He was, quite simply, one ...
Michael Jackson, dead?!?
2009-06-26 00:42:00
So reports the AP:  AP Source: Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital. UPDATE:  Freaky that he would die on the same day as Farah Fawcett, two pop culture icons who rose to national (and international prominence) in the 1970s UP-UPDATE:  E! Online has more on the death of the King of Pop. Jackson enjoyed a level of success ...
Is Barack Obama to Politics what Ben Affleck is to Movies?
2009-06-26 00:30:00
This thought occurs in the wake of the ratings bust of the Obama health care infomercial. Both looked good in their early performances before a national audience (Obama in his 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Affleck in supporting roles in Dazed and Confused, Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare in Love).   But, only when each ...
Memo to David Letterman: If Fonzie Can do It, So Can You:Say, ?I was wrong?
2009-06-16 20:18:00
In one of her many (all worth your attention) posts on David Letterman, Cynthia Yockey recalls an episode of the 1970s TV series Happy Days which made a “lasting impression” on her: It encapsulates why all of us who are outraged at David Letterman?s vile rape jokes about 14-year-old Willow Palin and his unfunny, degrading remarks ...
On the Private Lives of Public Figures
2009-06-16 00:14:00
I just learned that quite recently a detail of the private life of a prominent gay person (very likely not a Republican) was made public.  I had always thought it was primarily for political reasons that such things were exposed.  But, I guess people’s prurient obsessions transcend politics. It does seem that in this internet age ...
Left Gets Their Pound of Flesh With Prejean?s Dethronement
2009-06-13 01:10:00
As many of you know, Carrie Prejean was dethroned earlier this week as Miss California and replaced by someone whose name will be forgotten as soon as the publicity over her recent crowning subsides.  If it is true that Miss Prejean breached her contractual obligations, as pageant executives contend, then this action was entirely justified. Given, ...
I Blame Cher
2009-06-12 00:59:00
Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono is changing gender from female to male But, then again, Chastity, er, sorry, Chaz, has a Republican father and here in Hollywood, they’re the ones who get blamed for all manner of ills.
9-23-37: Thoughts on Memory
2009-06-10 09:36:00
Perhaps, it happened because in hitting on an idea for a new screenplay, my creative mind had come alive, pushing aside everyday details. On Monday, after working out, while spinning the dial on my lock, I could no longer remember the combination.  When I had stopped at 27, I knew that wasn’t the second number, but ...
The Joy of Having a New Script Idea
2009-06-09 08:27:00
Sunday and Monday were days I used to dream about (and delight in) when I aspired to make it as a screenwriter.  It had been a while since I enjoyed the delight of playing with a story idea and seeing the characters come alive in my mind. A few years ago, when I was developing a ...
Land of the Lost: Perfect Popcorn Movie
2009-06-06 02:30:00
Fanny and Alexander it ain’t. If you want to see a movie this weekend that will stimulate you intellectually and remind you of the pains and pleasures of childhood, don’t see Land of the Lost.  But, if you grew up in the 1970s and enjoyed the TV shows of Sid and Marty Krofft and want to ...
A Weekend (Almost) Devoid of Politics/Thoughts of Actors & Acting
2009-06-01 10:18:00
Perhaps, it’s because most of our readers know us only as guys who blog primarily about politics that they assume politics is all we do.  And sometimes, a lot of news relates to the things we blog about, it sometimes seems that way, to me at least. And yet, Bruce loves his dogs and is fascinated ...
See Up
2009-05-31 08:00:00
And that, my friends, is the essence of what I have to say about the latest release from Disney-Pixar.
On the Complementarity of Actors & Writers
2009-05-30 03:36:00
Just over ten years ago, as I was outlining my first screenplay, I dreaded having to write a scene near the story’s climax.  A middle-aged man would come face to face with the woman he had always loved, but whose affection he rejected for the sake of social propriety, his defining flaw.  Given how much needed ...
What Price to Avoid Boredom?
2009-05-30 01:58:00
Oscar Wilde once wrote, “The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.“ That idea came to mind Wednesday when, as my headache was beginning to ease up, I had to run a few errands.  I was at the Grove checking out prices and specs of a new Mac while buying a few ...
Rope as a measure of gays? cinematic progress
2009-05-11 10:28:00
Not in the mood for large crowds this weekend, I was pretty much a homebody, reading a lot and watching the latest movies to arrive from Netflix.  All three I had seen before, one holding up better than the other two, perhaps, in part, because it was shorter, but largely because it provided a window ...
Carrie Prejean?s Adversaries Continue to Secure Her Fame
2009-05-08 11:44:00
When it comes to Carrie Prejean, sometimes I feel like Al Pacino in the Godfather Part III, “Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.” I had thought I was done blogging about her, but then, someone on the left will just try to extend this woman’s fifteen minutes of ...
My sort-of review of Star Trek
2009-05-08 10:36:00
If I had become a film buff in my youth instead of my adulthood and pursued an educational and career trajectory similar to that of my film-loving peers in this town, I might have learned to become more critical about the films I see and far more cynical about the industry than I actually am. Long ...
Did Joe the Plumber Just Jump the Shark?
2009-05-05 10:30:00
Back during the fall campaign, I was impressed with Joe the Plumber for better criticizing then-candidate Barack Obama’s tax plan than did the Republican Presidential nominee.  He explained in simple terms how higher taxes on the “wealthy” discouraged others from working hard as they aspired one day to be so rich. But, just because you can ...
Angela Lansbury: From Venomous Vamp to Lovable Aunty
2009-05-04 09:08:00
Actually, from my experience it’s the other way ’round. I just watched the Harvey Girls where the woman I first knew as a lovable witch played Judy Garland’s vampish rival for John Hodiak’s affection.  Probably because I had first seen her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks where I was a very young’un, she always had that aunt-like ...
How Perez Hilton?s Name-calling Hurts Gay Marriage Debate
2009-04-28 16:25:00
When Pajamas asked me to write on the Perez Hilton-Carrie Prejean kerfuffle, I thought to put his name-calling in a larger context.  After all, that blogger was not the first to slime someone who supported the traditional definition of marriage. To whet your appetite, here are the first three paragraphs: Had I known gay marriage advocates would ...
Carrie Prejean?s Public Relations Victory
2009-04-27 21:25:00
In the court of public opinion, advocates of traditional marriage scored a huge victory over advocates of gay marriage last week, perhaps their biggest public relations victory since the adolescent temper tantrums following the passage last fall of California’s Proposition 8. While many of our readers (and most of our critics) surely disagree with Carrie Prejean’s ...
Atlas is Beginning to Shrug:Michael Caine Prepares to Exit UK Due to Tax Hi
2009-04-27 16:00:00
It looks like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s warning is coming to pass.  No, not about the curse of some poetic cat or mysterious opera fan, but about “an ‘exodus of talent’ from Britain as taxes skyrocket.“ Oscar-winning actor Sir Michael Caine “has threatened to quit his native Britain if the government implements another tax rise“: The government has ...
Perez Hilton Gives Obama a Pass for Taking Same StandWhich Earns a Beauty Q
2009-04-27 07:18:00
We here at GayPatriot never tired of showing how many leading of the national gay organizations show greater loyalty to the Democratic Party and its candidates than they do to gay people and our issues.  This goes back at least to 1996, when the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) refused to rescind its endorsement for then-President ...
Bea Arthur: The Passing Of A Gay Icon
2009-04-26 01:11:00
We are having a party tonight at a dueling piano bar in Charlotte. To our great shock, the piano player announced the death of Bea Arthur. In memory of her, the first song was the theme from “Maude”. I am quite saddened by her passing. I loved her in “The Golden Girls” and thought she ...
Another Reason to Like Ingmar Bergman
2009-04-24 09:46:00
While I find some of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s films tiresome, I’m always amazed by his capacity to write with light, how he frames a shot and captures an image. When his movies are good, however, they are brilliant. I recently recounted how Fanny and Alexander moved me. I also find his films ...
Time to Remake 49th Parallel
2009-04-14 10:18:00
When a reader (who has become a friend) praised 49th Parallel, a World War II propaganda film he had seen on cable, I added it to my Netflix queue and agree with my friend’s assessment.  Not only does it hold up quite well, but it begs to be remade. This film tells the story of six ...
Philadelphia Sports Fans Lose The Voice Of A Generation
2009-04-13 22:38:00
I am shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Philadelphia Phillies sportscaster and broadcast legend Harry Kalas.  It is fitting however that he died behind the sports microphone — doing what he loved.  What a great way to go. His voice is known by anyone who followed the Phillies or saw numerous shows ...
Fred Astaire: This ?Old Man? Can Dance
2009-04-12 22:38:00
Perhaps it’s because I first saw Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno (when he was 75), the legendary screen hoofer always strikes me as an old man even when playing a young man, even in his celebrated 1930s musical comedies when he was not yet 40. And perhaps that perception makes his dancing seem all the ...
Outing Republicans: Formula for Hollywood Success
2009-04-11 01:18:00
Here we go again.  Someone else is trotting out the tired trope of the left about the hypocrisy of closeted politicians.  “Oscar nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick is turning the spotlight on closeted American politicians in his latest documentary, ‘Outrage.’“ - And given the current sensibilities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he stands ...
Blaming Conservatives for Murder:How the Left Scapegoats Conservative Media
2009-04-07 19:55:00
In one of my favorite flawed* movies, the 1991 flick The Fisher King, Jeff Bridges plays Jack Lucas, a radio talk show host whose offhand on-air remark to an unbalanced listener cause him to go on a shooting rampage in a swamp Manhattan restaurant, killing the wife of Robin Williams’s Perry, causing the latter’s breakdown. There, ...
Hollywood Likes the Redeemed Hooker
2009-04-03 15:30:00
Last night, I watched L.A. Confidential for the first time since I had since it over a decade ago in its initial release.  And while I agree that it’s a great movie which stands up, I still don’t get those who define it as one of the greatest movies, if not the greatest movie, of ...
Did Barney Frank Violate House RulesWhen He Questioned Sanity of GOP Collea
2009-04-03 00:42:00
Last night I watched the wonderful (though dated) Mister Roberts on DVD where James Cagney’s Captain Morton (with a thick New England accent) helps us understood another mean-spirited New Englander, the unhappy Barney Frank.  Cagney, resentful of “college guys” who pushed him around when he was growing up, takes it out on his crew, bullying ...
Gran Torino: Revenge at the Box Office
2009-03-29 23:27:00
Although it received no Oscar nominations (probably due to its non-PC theme), Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, one of the best movies of 2008, continues to chug along at the box office, having taken in over $145 million in domestic ticket sales alone.  And this on a budget of $33 million. Seems that while conservative movies may ...
Have you ever seen a movie. . .
2009-03-28 05:38:00
. . . that made you cry only after you saw it? I just saw Fanny and Alexander for the first time in my life.   It was beyond brilliant.  And I just wish I could find a way to write about it that does justice to a film that so “gets” childhood and our relationship to ...
Mel Gibson, Braveheart & Freedom
2009-03-19 09:10:00
I just watched Braveheart, a movie I have long enjoyed, for the first time since learning of Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic tirade in 2006 when pulled over for driving under the influence.  Given Gibson’s comments, I feared I might not see past his past behavior.  I was wrong.  The movie overcomes any negative image I had ...
What Ayn Rand Has to Say About the Human Condition
2009-03-18 22:16:00
Back when I was regularly writing screenplays and trying to determine a strategy to market my work, I paid careful attention to the weekly box office.  I would carefully study those charts to see which movies were flashes in the pan and which held up over time. Sometimes, after watching a film’s preview, considering its stars ...
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