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Saturday, Aug 30, 2008
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Deep Inside Hollywood |
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| Deep Inside Hollywood | ||
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Arrested Development Back in Development It's more than a rumor - it's a confirmed "maybe." And in Hollywood that's as good as saying it's actually happening. So while no ink has hit a contract, and no cameras have rolled, the fact remains that the critically beloved and unjustly cancelled sitcom Arrested Development is currently "in development" as a feature film. Writer Michael Hurwitz is attached, as are directors Joe and Anthony Russo. But what Queer readers will be excited about is the emergence from Ellen-related semi-retirement of Portia de Rossi. She's been kicking around and just hanging out since the show ended, taking it easy with the occasional appearance on Nip/Tuck. But when the film finally comes to pass, audiences will get to enjoy her comedic talents again as the vapid Lindsay Bluth Funke, estranged wife of closeted Gay Tobias (David Cross). Hollywood, make this movie! Oasis' Gallagher Picks Up Booky Wook When your band is so successful you can spend years between recording new albums, and you're a rich rock star with time on your hands, what do you do next? Acting, that's what. David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and even Huey Lewis have all tried their hands at it. Now it's '90s Brit-pop bad boy Noel Gallagher's turn. The Oasis star has signed on to be in My Booky Wook, the film adaptation of British comedian Russell Brand's autobiography. Gallagher will play what reports are calling "a seedy homosexual" alongside Gay Little Britain star David Walliams. Meanwhile, Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin has also been approached but has yet to commit. Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart) will direct, but no release date is set yet. And if acting doesn't pan out for Gallagher, he's always got his Oasis gig to fall back on. Tilda Swinton Meets the Coen Brothers So she has a male partner. So she has two male partners. Does that make the now-Academy-Award-winning actress Tilda Swinton any less of a Queer film icon? Romeo thinks not. And now the Oscar-equipped iconoclast has found her way into the arms (figuratively speaking) of Best Picture winners Joel and Ethan Coen, as well. Co-starring in Burn After Reading, a comedy about two gym employees trying to sell a disk containing a CIA agent's memoirs, she'll work opposite Michael Clayton co-star George Clooney once again, as well as Brad Pitt and Coen regular Frances McDormand. From there Swinton heads off to work with indie icon Jim Jarmusch, as well as with rocker Marilyn Manson as he makes his own directing debut. Oh yeah, and then there are those Narnia movies no one plans on seeing. The Other Keener Girl Finds Sarah Marshall She may look remarkably like her Oscar-nominated sister Catherine, but Elizabeth Keener is hiding in no one's shadow. Reinvigorating this season of The L Word as the fire-breathing party girl Dawn Denbo, the Lesbian actress has moved out of the bit-part world and into full-on memorable character roles. Once this season's L episodes finish airing, newfound fans will get a chance to see her in April's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Revolving around a heartbroken man on vacation who discovers that his ex-girlfriend is at the same resort, the romantic comedy was written by How I Met Your Mother regular Jason Segel and co-stars Segel and Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars). And if this up-and-comer's screen time turns out to be limited, then remember, there are no small roles. Romeo San Vicente always preferred Blur to Oasis. Romeo can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com. |
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