"What struck me is that even if Harvey Milk had not been a politician, he would have been a political figure,'' Penn says during an interview to promote his new film '' Milk.'' The critically acclaimed film, directed by Gus Van Sant, opened in late November to mark the anniversary of the shooting and is playing at Civic's 19th Street Theatre through Jan. 11.Penn lets others judge how well he has played the role. One such person is Cleve Jones, who is played by Emile Hirsch in the film. Jones was a close friend of Milk. He says that next to his mother and father, Milk was the biggest influence in his life. Along with being the founder of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Jones travels the country as a motivational speaker and a political activist. ''I think there is a version of that that comes from this film. You are watching a lot of very good-hearted human beings. How they decide to [have sex] is irrelevant'', Penn says". Source: www.mcall.com
January 6 - Jake picking up food From Pizzeria Mozza. January 6 - Jake & Reese Shopping At Ralph Lauren.January 7 - Leaving Peet's Coffee & Tea In Santa Monica.
Reese Witherspoon poses in the press room in a classic LBD at the 2009 People’s Choice Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday (January 7) in Los Angeles.
The 32-year-old actress picked up the PCA trophy for Favorite Female Movie Star for her work in the comedy Four Christmases. She beat out fellow actresses Angelina Jolie and Keira Knightley. Congrats, Reese! Source: Justjared.buzznet.com
"Jake Gyllenhaaland girlfriend Reese Witherspoon (pictured below) visit a doctor’s office building together on Tuesday (January 6) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Jake seemed to be in a really good mood, smiling for photogs!
On Sunday night, the couple was very open about their PDA at the Lakers basketball game in Los Angeles. Jake planted a kiss on Reese, which was caught on the Staples Center’s Jumbotron screen for all to see". Source: justjared.buzznet.com
A musical video featuring some pictures and stills of Emile Hirsch, in the films "The dangerous lives of Altar boys", "The Emperor's Club", "The Mudge Boy", "The girl next door", "Imaginary heroes", "Lords of Dogtown", "Alpha Dog", "The Air I breathe", "Into the wild", "Speed Racer" and "Milk".
Songs "Wild Thing" by The Troggs, "Rave on" by Waylon Jennings and "Oh, boy!" by Buddy Holly.
"On screen, Ellen Page has played a pregnant teen, an X-Man and a dark metaphorical cousin to Chris Hansen. And now she will play one of us. The 21-year-old actress has been attached to the feature film adaptation of Freeheld, the true story of a terminally-ill lesbian's struggle to pass her pension benefits to her partner.
Good As You reported on Friday that Cynthia Wade, the director of the Oscar-winning short documentary, was turning her film into a full-length feature with Ellen attached. Based on the life of Laurel Hester, "Freeheld" follows the New Jersey police detective lieutenant's fight after her cancer diagnosis to give her pension survivor benefits to partner Stacie Andree. Ellen would play Stacie. The prospect of having ac actress as talented as Ellen star in a story as powerful as Laurel's is beyond exciting. In a country where three states just repudiated (and in one just flat-out reversed — dammit, California) our right to marry, a film like this could go a long way to opening people's hearts to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender relationships.
Of course, before we start hailing the feature-version of "Freeheld" as the lesbian Philadelphia, the movie needs to get made. Wade has partnered with the producers of Erin Brockovich on the project. But she said it could take one to two years to get the script and — as we all know — a lot can happen in one to two years. Still, given that Ellen's lesbian teenage werewolf movie has fallen through, this could be our best hope to finally see Ellen hug a woman with her legs in friendship, and then some". Source: www.afterellen.com
Penn lets others judge how well he has played the role. One such person is Cleve Jones, who is played by Emile Hirsch in the film. Jones was a close friend of Milk. He says that next to his mother and father, Milk was the biggest influence in his life. Along with being the founder of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Jones travels the country as a motivational speaker and a political activist.
''I think there is a version of that that comes from this film. You are watching a lot of very good-hearted human beings. How they decide to [have sex] is irrelevant'', Penn says".
