Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente August 1, 2011 Dustin Lance Black’s 8 is coming soon During the Proposition 8 trial over the legality of marriage equality in California, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk) got down to work reading transcript after transcript of the proceedings. The result? A new play titled 8. The finished work consists of dramatized readings, dialogue... 

Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente July 25, 2011 James Franco tells yet another gay story with Sal It looks like James Franco is making gayness his primary cinematic concern. First he played Harvey Milk’s boyfriend in Milk, then Allen Ginsberg in Howl. Currently he’s directing and starring as doomed young gay poet Hart Crane in The Broken Tower (hitting film festivals near you right now)... 

Deep Inside Hollywood by Romen San Vicente July 18, 2010 It’s abs ahoy for 300: The Battle of Artemisia Remember when Sarah Silverman hosted the MTV Movie Awards and noted that the title 300 was the answer to the question, “How gay is this movie on a scale from one to ten?” Well, get ready for more sweaty Spartans and their digitally enhanced abs to grace the screen now that a sequel, 300: The... 

Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente Goldie Hawn sneaks a peak at The Viagra Diaries Who sits down to watch TV instead of getting online or playing a video game? Baby boomers, that’s who, and their sitcom needs are, more and more, getting the attention of Hollywood with shows like Hot In Cleveland and Men of a Certain Age. And if all goes as planned another player called The Viagra Diaries... 

Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox Deep Inside Hollywood by Romen San Vicente July 4, 2010 Hugh Jackman can’t help loving musical theater If you want to get technical about it, Hugh Jackman has already made one movie musical: Happy Feet. Granted, you didn’t see him in the film, but that was his singing voice coming out of one of those dancing penguins. So it kinda-sorta counts. And yes, the Aussie... 

Photo Credit: Downtown Records Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente June 27, 2011 Weinsteins pick up Madonna’s W.E. The Weinstein Company has picked up Madonna’s second feature as a director, W.E., for American distribution later this year. You might not remember it, but yes, Madonna did direct a 2008 feature film titled Filth and Wisdom that approximately 11 people paid money to see,... 

Photo Credit: FOX Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente June 20, 2011 Chloe Sevigny summons her killer instinct With Big Love behind her, Chloe Sevigny seems to be ready to let the bodies pile up. She’s been talking about producing and starring in an HBO project about ax-murderer Lizzie Borden – who may or may not have been a lesbian – and now she’s set to play a pre-op MTF trans... 

Photo credit: Magnolia Pictures Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente June 13, 2011 Elijah Wood will turn ‘Saucy Gay’ Elijah Wood’s suddenly very busy again. Now that the two Lord of the Rings prequels have titles (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again), release dates (December 2012 and 2013, respectively) and a cast that includes co-stars like Ian McKellen,... 

Photo credit: ABC Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente June 6, 2011 Carrie ruins prom for everybody. Again. Once Is Not Enough is more than just the name of a best-selling Jacqueline Susann novel, it’s how Hollywood does business all the time, cranking out remake after remake as fast as they can. The latest: another version of Carrie. The classic ’70s horror film from Brian DePalma has... 

Photo credit: Columbia Pictures Deep Inside Hollywood by Romeo San Vicente May 30, 2011 Paperboy delivering McConaughey and Efron Two high-profile gay filmmakers collaborating on a sexy thriller? That’s the news with The Paperboy, a feature being produced by Pedro Almodovar and directed by the officially-way-overbooked Lee Daniels (Precious). Based on the 1995 Pete Dexter novel of the same name,...