Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente August 2, 2010 Amy Adams Is The New Janis Joplin. Yes, Really. Years ago, as the search for an actor to play Janis Joplin heated up, the late Brittany Murphy saw her apparently very impressive audition tape float around Hollywood and the smart money was on her. (People tend to forget that Murphy was a good singer.) Then they talked about Melissa Etheridge.... 

Cast of Torchwood (Photo credit: BBC) Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente July 26, 2010 Torchwood touches down stateside Don’t panic, Torchwood fans: News of a possible American version of the series for Fox probably won’t result in a shoddy, gutless, copycat disappointment. Instead, creator of the  Doctor Who-inspired spinoff, Russell T. Davies , is on board for the pilot and he wants... 

Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (Photo credit: Columbia Pictures) Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente July 19, 2010 Streep meets Thatcher at the movies? She’s already accomplished so much, but now it looks like Meryl Streep will become the British Prime Minister, the 1986 version anyway. The Julie & Julia star is currently in talks to star in a biopic about Margaret Thatcher, Prime... 

Cynthia Nixon (Photo credit: New Line Cinema) Deep Inside Hollywood By Romeo San Vicente July 12, 2010 Cynthia Nixon catches The Big C Time to shake the embarrassing sands of Abu Dhabi from Cynthia Nixon’s resume with some fresh work, wouldn’t we all agree? Well, she’s got some – and the new gig will take her right back to a premium cable channel sitcom, Showtime’s upcoming Laura Linney-and-Gabourey... 

Cocktail Chatter A Yankee Sazerac by Ed Sikov “This is like Jezebel,” I snarled as I leafed through the cocktail books. Some were mine, but most came with the house, which was built by the guy who owned Showers – a bar in Chelsea that features guys in Speedos drenching, self-lovingly soaping and rinsing themselves onstage. The old gang showers at the Columbia gym were hotter. Anyway, I was researching... 

Cocktail Chatter Snobs invent Fire Island Iced Tea by Ed Sikov Six of us were lined up in beach chairs judging the gym rats on parade at the water’s edge. “Why does that guy have ‘Bondi’ printed on his ass?” I inquired. “I love Make Way for Tomorrow, too, but it’s a strange film to be referenced on a musclehead’s butt.” “It’s not Beulah Bondi, darling. It’s Bondi Beach in Australia.”... 

Book Marks by Richard Labonte July 26, 2010 Missouri, by Christine Wunnicke, translated by David Miller. Arsenal Pulp Press, 134 pages, $12.95 paper. In a literary landscape littered with daunting doorstops, it’s a tonic to come across a short novel – a novella, really – that packs an expansive story into just a few poetic pages. Wunnicke’s atmospheric account of improbable romance was published... 

Book Marks by Richard Labonte July 12, 2010 From the Closet to the Courtroom: Five LGBT Rights Lawsuits That Have Changed Our Nation, by Carlos A. Ball. Beacon Press, 288 pages, $27.95 hardcover. From Stonewall to ACT UP to pro-marriage rallies, queer activists have taken to the streets to fight for rights, says law professor Ball. But this riveting book’s focus is on the parallel track of courtroom... 

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