Powered by Max Banner Ads Deep Inside Hollywood December 28, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente Wicked Menzel going to Glee As if this show couldn’t get any gayer, Broadway’s alliance with Glee – specifically, the show’s stuck-like-glue ties to Wicked – continues to pick up steam and may even spark a renewed love of showtunes in America’s heartland. First they brought in Kristin Chenoweth... 

Deep Inside Hollywood December 21, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente Extra Man visits Sundance The Sundance Film Festival, where serious indies get scooped up for distribution at prices they’ll never match at the box office, is right around the corner. And one of the highlights is sure to be The Extra Man, from writers Jonathan Ames and Shari Springer Berman (who co-wrote and co-directed the awesome American... 

Deep Inside Hollywood December 14, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente Kelsey Grammer: Conservative in a Cage Former Cheers and Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has never been very secret about his conservative politics. He votes Republican and he co-starred in the little-seen right-wing comedy An American Carol, in which a Michael Moore-style director is portrayed as an unpatriotic Scrooge. So what to make of the... 

Deep Inside Hollywood December 7, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente Jennifer Hudson to star as Winnie No, not “The Pooh.” The beloved, Oscar-winning Dreamgirls song-stomper Jennifer Hudson is going to play Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson, in a new film titled Winnie.  One problem: she’s not nearly as adorable a public figure as either her husband or Hudson, having gotten herself into more than her share... 

Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente DUMBLEDORE’S BOYFRIEND IS A VAMPIRE You don’t know Jamie Campbell-Bower yet. But you will, and soon, especially if you’re a rabid Twilight or Harry Potter enthusiast. Bower co-stars, however briefly, in New Moon as Caius, leader of the Volturi. What’s that, you ask? Well, the Volturi are a powerful coven of vampires who figure prominently in the upcoming... 

Deep Inside Hollywood November 23, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente Santa visits Neil Patrick Harris As long as Neil Patrick Harris is already running Hollywood – at least that’s how it seems these days – he might as well participate in some Christmas specials, right? So the How I Met Your Mother star has lent his voice to a new animated holiday special, Yes, Virginia, based on the famous 19th century... 

Deep Inside Hollywood November 16, 2009 By Romeo San Vicente James Franco visits The Broken Tower Here’s how heterosexual James Franco is: He’s played gay three and half times. First as James Dean, then as Harvey Milk’s boyfriend and soon he’ll play Allen Ginsberg. The “half” was when his stoner drug dealer character seemed very fond of Seth Rogen in Pineapple Express. And now the former... 

Deep Inside Hollywood By Romeo San Vicente November 9, 2009 Madonna makes another movie. Guy assists. Madonna is going to direct again. What, you say you didn’t know she’d already directed one feature film? Well, she did. And it was called “Filth and Wisdom.” It was bad. Came out in 2008. A handful of people saw it. So she’s giving it another go. After promising not to be in the film, the... 

Deep Inside Hollywood By Romeo San Vicente November 2, 2009 Ryan Reynolds gets his own Tootsie Ryan Reynolds knows the gays love him already for all the shirtless woodchopping he did in that Amityville Horror remake. And he confidently glided through a gay role in the oddball indie The Nines, refusing to turn it all into caricature and lowest common denominator stereotype. Now comes his first comedy... 

Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente EWAN MCGREGOR TO STAR IN A GAY MOVIE … AGAIN Romeo’s still waiting for the long-delayed homo romantic comedy I Love You, Philip Morris to finally open in U.S. theaters, but Ewan McGregor (who plays Jim Carrey’s jailhouse beau in that film) has already lined up a role in yet another gay-themed movie. He’ll play a son who gets a double-whammy of news...