Luke Evans
The Advocate, September 3, 2002
The Advocate: How did you decide you were going to be open about your sexuality?
Luke Evans: Well it was something I'd spoken to a lot of people about, including my boyfriend at the time - we've broken up now - but at the time when I just got Taboo, I knew that even though my part was a straight character, everybody knew me as a gay man and, in my life in London, I never tried to hide it. I knew I was going to have to do interviews with gay magazines, so I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to have to be open’. It’s who I am. And if people don’t like it, then I don’t want their jobs. I've never been a very good liar, which is another thing...
The Advocate: Aren't actors all good liars?
Luke Evans: Well, it's not nice. Look at George Michael, let's say. I mean, he hid it for so many years, and then he gets found out in a really awful way... Y'know, you start a slippery slope downward, and I don't want to start that at 22. If that means I'm going to be a poor man at 60, then at least I've lived a happy, open, gay life and not had to hide from anybody.
The Advocate: Do you think it might be different in the UK than in America?
Luke Evans: Well, it depends on how big you are. It's not a big issue, and it's never going to be a big issue for me; whether I'm successful or if I weren't successful, at least I'll never have that skeleton in the closet they can rattle out. Y'know what I mean?
Eight years later...
Wales On Sunday, September 19 2010
RISING actor Luke Evans is rapidly gaining star status after landing yet another major Hollywood role and romancing Charlotte Church’s ex – ex-PA, that is.
Fresh from playing breastplate-baring Zeus in Immortals and Apollo in Clash Of The Titans, 31-year-old Evans is sword fighting once again in a re-make of The Three Musketeers.
And Evans, from Aberbargoed, is described as “top farmer totty” for his role in Brit-com Tamara Drewe, has a special reason to be careful with his blade now he is dating stunning fashion industry marketing expert Holly Goodchild.
Miss Goodchild, 27, former personal assistant to Welsh singing superstar Church, said at the Tamara Drewe movie premiere: “Luke’s lovely – we’re really old friends and it just sort of happened.”
She added: “We are nowhere near engaged but things are really good.”
Source: That Time Luke Evans Talked About Being Gay
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 800 of 2286 Newer› Newest»Country singer Chely Wright, who came out as lesbian last year, married Lauren Blitzer in an interfaith ceremony Saturday at Blitzer’s aunt’s home in Connecticut.
Wright met Blitzer, an LGBT rights activist, just two weeks after she came out. Saturday’s ceremony was officiated by both a minister and a rabbi because Wright is Christian and Blitzer is Jewish, People reports.
Wright, 40, and Blitzer, 30, both wore white wedding gowns but decided to forgo veils because, Wright told People, “We like our hair too much!”
More than 200 guests attended the wedding and a reception featuring barbecue from New York restaurant Blue Smoke and music by a DJ. “Bands at weddings make me nervous,” joked musician Wright, who also said the food was “Lauren’s idea” — Wright does not eat meat.
Wright also stressed to People the advantages of coming out: “The freedom of being out and open about who I am allowed me to find and fall in love with Lauren — the most amazing woman I've ever known.”
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Chely_Wright_Weds_Girlfriend/
ryan_project
Well this is what rock bottom looks like. I'm watching Maggie Gyllenhaal talk about the G-Spot.
6 minutes ago
Wright met Blitzer, an LGBT rights activist, just two weeks after she came out.
Jake?
I don't think the fact that he's never been married is proof that he's gay (or anybody else) but, the fact that he's never been in a long term relationship (and for argument's sake I consider 1 year+ "long term") is proof to me that he must be gay. Hell, I don't think he's had a relationship that lasted 4-5 months or longer than a few dates. He's either gay or has some very serious issues.
Plus, his "relationships" all seem fake. Some people here have said in other threads and I couldn't agree more that when a relationship is REAL and not for PR (whether the people are really gay or just media whores) the paps catch them doing daily, normal things like all couples and also when a relationship is real, couples don't like the attention that much. I think that's the best test if someone is gay - better than gossip, relationships past, gay face, gay voice, interpreting couples pictures and "chemistry" and so on.
I vote for GAY GB.
P.S A lesser possibility is that he's asexual (yeah, such people exist) or his junk doesn't work (either a physical problem or psychological).
kitkatkels23
Our #SundayFunday was complete with visits from Sophia, Austin, Stephen, James, Rob, and Ian. #bestchatever lol
10 hours ago
ZapAdRem
I really want to know why Maggie Gyllenhaal is trending at 1 on Yahoo. Maggie Gyllenhaal? Seriously? #BetterThanBieberIGuess
1 hour ago
Can't you read, 10:07 AM?
No wonder with rude people like you!
That's perfectly legit question, 10:25 AM, nothing rude or inappropriate about it.
Uh ok, I can read, and I can see that people don't post here at any where near the rate of 6 or twelve months ago. And you are rude!!
10:41 AM - you are the rude one.
I can see that people don't post here at any where near the rate of 6 or twelve months ago.
Jake is boring without beards?
Yes he is boring. That's why I want him to get married to a woman . Think about all the comments this would create
Well, Jake is rich enough to get himself a nice wife.
Yes he is boring..
That's why I want him to get married to a woman . Think about all the comments this would create
Jake has a life and he's working. How about you get one, a Life or a Job..
He's not here on this earth to appease your needs of fun because you're bored.
How self centered you appear.
Jake has a life and he's working.
Yes, Jake is working after 14 months (more, less?) of free time (- movie promotion time).
He's not here on this earth to appease your needs of fun because you're bored.
Jake works in entertainment industry - that is his profession. He makes tons of money and has tons of free time. He's young. One would expect Jake to make better use of his time.
Or at least work on his career.
^^^
And,,, as an Adult, he may very well choose to do what "HE" wants with HIS time. And when he wants to, not what you want him to do when you want.
You don't think his life fits your script of a good talented actor and what they should be or not be doing, you can find another actor who does fit "YOUR" script.
It's easy.
12:56 PM - fangirl much? Adults express their opinions, they don't just kiss celebrity asses.
James Franco got us looking so crazy right now after announcing that he’s getting into porn…as a director.
Whatever, man. Beggers can’t be choosers!
Franco first broke the news on Conan, but we assumed at the time that he was joking. Well, the joke’s on us! Homeboy is hard at work on a documentary about the porn industry, and has been spotted at the San Francisco Armory, home to porn juggernaut Kink.com.
To be honest, even if James Franco were simply adopting a kitten named “Porn,” he would still have our full and undivided attention. We’re very much looking forward to this.
12:56 PM - fangirl much? Adults express their opinions, they don't just kiss celebrity asses.
How does stating the obvious equal kissing a celebrity's ass. Oh I know how. It doesn't.
How does stating the obvious equal kissing a celebrity's ass.
LOL! Please READ 12:56 PM comment.
12:56 PM = typical silly fangirl talk, tying to sell lame bullshit like "what you want him to do when you want" and being pissed off because someone dared not to like what Jake is doing. Transparent.
VIDEO: Ryan Gosling Broke Up A Fistfight In NYC Today…
What a man!
fangirl much? Adults express their opinions, they don't just kiss celebrity asses.
No ass kissing needed. You're on a site dedicated to Jake.
So I assume you DO LIKE him?? Or are you here just to trash?
The statement stands, if the star, in this case Jake, does not meet your standards and approval, no need to frequent a fan site dedicated to the star, Jake that is.
See, No Ass Kissing. It's easy.
Just a decision.
I thought this was a site dedicated to waiting for Toothy. If you want a fansite go to the new IHJ or OMG. Try saying something critical over there and SK will have your throat or most certainly quickly change the subject.
There will no dicussion of Chely Wright's wedding on OMG. SK doesn't like it when an Gay person does something that makes the community proud. She pretty much thinks your trashing Jake and will quickly post right after and change the subject back to how wonderful Jake and Austin are when they are making a mockery out of what being Gay means..
I thought this was a site dedicated to waiting for Toothy. If you want a fansite go to the new IHJ or OMG. Try saying something critical over there and SK will have your throat or most certainly quickly change the subject.
You have got to stinkin' be kidding me with this comment. It's got to be about the most perplexing comment I've seen in ages on here or on OMG.
Just what exactly is Jake doing right now that could be hacking people off, other than maybe being bald?
Let's see - he's not bearding right now - hasn't been since Swift last November. He's not even had his name floated with a potential beard since the Olivia Wilde thing and even that was beaten down quickly. He just finished having a top selling DVD in Source Code. He's presently working on a tiny-budget, indie film. He's not been arrested, been caught in a drunken stupor, gambling fiasco, not been caught with drugs, and he's not doing blatant photo ops like coffee & shopping.
So what exactly does Jake need to be doing right now that will make him "worthy" of a compliment or a friendly observation?
What extraordinarily impossible expectations someone has.
And anyone can say something fiery on OMG - for Pete's sake, I do it all the stinkin' time.
That statement is beyond stunning with its inaccuracy. To lump OMG with IHJ is an insult.
Yes he is boring..
That's why I want him to get married to a woman . Think about all the comments this would create
And this idea is beyond comprehension. Someone would rather Jake marry a woman just so they can have something to talk about? What in the absolute hell?
And btw, sorry but he can't anyway. Jake is already married.
Actyally it's an insult to IHJ to lump it together with OMG.
Oh yeah, one of the reasons I stopped posting on OMG is SK's and others swarmy view of gay men, she thinks all they do in their free time is fuck and camp it up.
Got tired of her I bet Jake and Austin are fucking like rabbits and other sexual inuendo she posts when she is pissed off at him.
And btw, sorry but he can't anyway. Jake is already married
Ohyou
Never change!
Jake is already married.
yeah, right. Someone did state that you believed in red pigs flapping their butterfly wings, singing "And I am telling you I'm not going" all while sprinkling pixie dust on Reese Witherspoon.
the fairytales that Adults believe. sheeeesh...
Maybe he's not exclusively gay.
The statement stands, if the star, in this case Jake, does not meet your standards and approval, no need to frequent a fan site dedicated to the star, Jake that is.
One more time - all fans are NOT silly fangirls like you.
And anyone can say something fiery on OMG - for Pete's sake, I do it all the stinkin' time.
You also kiss SK's ass and support all her fiction all the time.
And btw, sorry but he can't anyway. Jake is already married.
Wishful thinking is just that - wishful thinking. Or maybe you have something, anything to support that speculation?
Maybe he's not exclusively gay.
Jake is "cured" and is now ex-gay?
Maybe he's not exclusively gay.
Is that why Jake dates females too? Oh, wait, he doesn't.
Michael Jackson lives! He's currently losing his grip over Libya. See photo -- http://t.co/hYqQbK7
17 hours ago
Poor Austin, he has nothing to tweet about.
LOL, poor, stupid trolly.
Screen Captures - Television - Publicity Shows - Today Show
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WOW! The earth is trembling! NYC
After 13 years of marriage, Will Smith and his wife and Jada Pinkett Smith have separated, In Touch Weekly is reporting. The magazine comes to this conclusion via an "insider," and the couple's publicists haven't yet returned messages to confirm.
Let's hope so.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith:
"Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false," the couple said in a joint statement Tuesday. "We are still together, and our marriage is intact."
INTACT?!? LOL!
WOW! The earth is trembling! NYC
August 23, 2011 1:57 PM
Yeah it was trembling here in the DC area at the same time, however, unlike you, I left that damn computer because the house shook to much for me. Not use to that here.
I was on Twitter, not anywhere near the US - you can bet that I wouldn't care about computers or tweets if I was in NYC :)
E! News is going to have a behind the scenes look on the filming of EoW on tomorrow's show.
I hope that will be more interesting than behind the scenes photos :)
Batman star Tom Hardy shows off his tattooed biceps - in a pink vest
In touch with his feminine side ....
Tom Hardy looking better with less muscles
... and hanging out with guys!
Jake Gyllenhaal gets his hands dirty with at-risk kids video
Today Show
Great idea, really like it!
Dave Franco Fucks Himself: VIDEO
Like brother like brother.. or something like that!
He wasn't joking. Well done Dave, I'm sure James is very proud.
VIDEO: Ryan Gosling Broke Up A Fistfight In NYC Today…
According to Herrera, Gosling took the two fighting men to the corner and asked them what happened. When Gosling learned that one man was being accused of stealing the other's painting, he asked the vendor how he could make things right.
"He dug into his wallet and took out a $20, gave it to the guy," she explained. Gosling asked the vendor, "Does this settle his debt now?" The vendor agreed and Herrera says they all just went their separate ways.
Tom Hardy looking better with less muscles
True, just like Jake.
Gotta love Ryan G. :)
Ryan Gosling Carries Dog Through Airport
Why Jake can't be more like Ryan?
Because you're old enough to walk but not old enough to use a wheel chair
Why Jake can't be more like Ryan?
Because then he wouldn't be Jake the imperfect. So I take it you really like Ryan? Whatcha doin' here then?
5:03 PM, I'm not talking to you no more!
Not phased by the earthquake today. I was too busy preparing to do battle with Irene. #hurricaneirene
23 Aug
Very proud to see the D-word next to my name again. Take a look -- http://say.ly/ezoDdK
10 hours ago
Jennabeans24: James, Paul, Austin & Sophia all directing....Joy WHERE U AT?
9 hours ago
daweiner: On a completely different note, Ryan Gosling is killing it. He'll be what Jake Gyllenhaal was supposed to be.
16 hours ago
Interviews > E! News: 'End of Watch' Interview
IHJ screen captures
After 10 years together, Sara Gilbert and Allison Adler have ended their relationship, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
The Talk co-host and actress, 36, and Adler, 44, will share custody of their two children, son Levi, 6½, and daughter Sawyer, 4.
Gilbert and Adler, a television producer and writer, began dating in 2001.
Somebody posted this on Gawker:
I don't know how Will and Jada have managed to keep their bearding off of the general public's radar. People keep saying that it's an "open secret" in LA that they are both gay-- but I wouldn't even call it that. These two attend swinger parties in some of the tonier LA neighborhoods TOGETHER. They're having same-sex-sexy-time IN FRONT OF STRANGERS. I mean... you don't even have to be famous to wind up at one of these parties... just beautiful. How has no one ratted them out to the press yet?
And, like the blind item writer, I am one [reputable] degree of separation from this info.
nothing lasts forever...
Except Jake and Austin's love!
DUH!!!
We know you're hearing conflicting reports about a certain celebrity couple. So, you want to know what's really going on? Of course you do! Here you go:
1. Saying that their marriage is "intact" is simply a fresh way of saying that they are not yet divorced. Therefore, it is a true statement.
2. Celebrities want to be in control of the timing of announcements about their personal lives. They get really irritated when information leaks out prematurely. This couple is no exception. The info was leaked and they are furious. Expect them and their publicist/s to continue to deny any rumors to maintain a modicum of control until all the pieces are in place for the divorce.
3. Whenever a couple insists on excessive PDA and statements about how manly/ womanly/ sexually active they are, you should immediately suspect that at least one of them is bearding for the other. In this case, it's a double bearding.
4. There are two publicists involved, not just one, and they are not playing well together. One contributing factor is a recent agent/agency shuffle.
5. Although the couple hasn't really spent any time together in the past month or so, the one thing on which all publicists can agree is photo ops! So you should expect several staged photo ops in the near future of the "intact" family. There will be lots of big, fake smiles and boisterous, fake laughter and playful, fake cuddling. They're actors, people. All of them. Actors know how to fake happiness.
6. Leaking information that a woman is having a secret affair with her costar is a very creative way of trying to convince people that your client is heterosexual. She is not.
7. Don't expect anyone to come out of the closet on this one as a result of the divorce. Their livelihoods depend on them being perceived as stereotypes of an A-list masculine action hero and a sexy and devoted mom.
8. Threats of lawsuits are mere blustering and are meant to discourage the media from printing additional stories. The truth is that this couple would never actually expose themselves to discovery (e.g. interrogatories, depositions, requests to produce documents).
9. They're done.
10. Yes, we're sure. We have only one degree of separation from this couple.
Blind Gossip
Shutting down production tomorrow. Can't wait to dance with this large woman called Irene.
11 hours ago
blettany: I've been waiting for the Joe Namath biopic starring Jake Gyllenhaal for four years now. Let's get this show on the road.
5 hours ago
Jada and Will.
Jada can get away with being labled bi or gay because she's pretty. Most beautiful and attractive "Women" will get a pass. No matter how the man looks, he will be scrutinized or torn down with negative comments from most. MOST!
These rumors have been out in the African America comm. for some time now. I say so what let them live there lives how they want to.
The Rum Diary - Official Trailer
Looks like fun!
Most beautiful and attractive "Women" will get a pass.
Women get a pass because people don't really care about their sexuality, men rule the world, A-list men make much, much more money than any A-list actress.
The truth is that this couple would never actually expose themselves to discovery (e.g. interrogatories, depositions, requests to produce documents).
This type of case would not have "discovery". Sheesh! Talk about bluster - who is the bag of wind posting this?
New York to shut all transit systems tomorrow at noon. Irene sucks!
:)
The Rum Diary - Official Trailer
Johnny and Puerto Rico - who could ask for more? :)
It does look good!
Johnny, Puerto Rico and Rum. ;)
I ♥ Puerto Rico! Can't wait to visit again!
Zachary Quinto will play a gay character when he joins the cast of Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy new haunted house series American Horror Story for four episodes this fall, reports Deadline.
The series stars Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton as a married couple who move into a mysterious new home in Los Angeles for a fresh start following the wife's miscarriage and the husband's infidelity. Oscar- and Emmy-winner Jessica Lange costars (and steals every scene) as a nosy neighbor. Quinto will appear in at least four episodes as a gay man who once owned the house and befriends Britton's character.
The pilot, which pays homage to classic horror films, particularly Rosemary's Baby and The Shining, as well as TV's Twin Peaks, is filled with creepy characters, nudity, sex, and violence that make it one of the most provocative produced for television since Murphy's own Nip/Tuck. American Horror Story will premiere on F/X October 5.
Quinto previously played gay characters in the sitcom So NoTORIous and in the recent Broadway revival of Angels in America and last appeared on television in the sci-fi series Heroes. His next film Margin Call, in which he costars with Kevin Spacey and Penn Badgley, opens October 21.
Watch the teaser for American Horror Story below.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/26/Zachary_Quinto_Joins_Ryan_Murphys_Horror_Series/
...is filled with creepy characters, nudity, sex, and violence that make it one of the most provocative produced for television since Murphy's own Nip/Tuck.
^^Sounds good.
Zachary Quinto will play a gay character
But this doesn't sound good.
I ♥ Puerto Rico! Can't wait to visit again!
But we know you didn't really go
*Wink*Wink*
Austin was in Puerto Rico with Sophia Bush - we have his PHOTOS and fan PHOTOS from Puerto Rico.
MeetingBoy: Tuesday earthquake, Friday Mayor Bloomberg evacuates city for a hurricane, and now Jake Gyllenhaal's dad is on the phone about something...
16 hours ago
Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in The Gambler, a Paramount remake of the 1974 drama. James Caan starred in the original as an academic whose gambling addiction begins to get the best of him. William Monahan is writing the script as a potential directing vehicle for Martin Scorsese. Irwin Winkler and Bob Chartoff are attached as producers. DiCaprio recently completed the Clint Eastwood-directed J. Edgar, and he’s playing Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann’s remake of The Great Gatsby for Warner Bros, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. DiCaprio then takes a villainous turn in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Django Unchained for The Weinstein Company.
OT: Is this a joke?
http://www.gaypatriot.net/category/gay-marriage/
Of course that isn't a joke, just another modern moral / educational dilemma.
I never will get conservative gays/log cabin gays.
How the hell can they even consider voting for the likes or Perry or Bachmann? Talk about self hatred.
I guess they are more interested in other issues than gay rights.
I guess they are more interested in other issues than gay rights.
other issuse such as:
Bigotry, hidden racism, open racism, smaller Govrenment or no govmt in peoples lives except when "THEY" want it, as in government controlling women reproductive rights, govmt taking away gay US citizens rights. And a whole host of far reaching government involvement for "their" issues. They think they are the only ones with rights and think they speak for the American People.
Conservative gays ala Log Cabin gays need a brain or they should find a group who accepts and respects them as part of the "American People" and a human being because the conserative Republicans and Tea partiers Don't.
Wake up.
This year, it's all about having a home or a job, not being foreclosed upon, losing your life savings in the stock market, or food to eat, medical care, Social Security, and the economy going down the drain, and corruption in gov't and those whom we entrust to control our money. Come down out of that Ivory Tower!
Whoever addresses the flagging economy issue the best (or claims to) will win. Period.
1:32 AM, you should wake up.
That's democracy - something that free world is claiming to be the best thing ever.
^^Exactly, we may not like what we read/hear, but we defend their right to say it. It's free speech. I also find it very informative to follow, even though most of their ideas are diametrically opposed to mine - but I like politics. Gay people need jobs and a stable economy too.
Just goes to show that a woman can't give a decent blowjob...
That's democracy - something that free world is claiming to be the best thing ever.
Bullshit. The hypocrisy runs amock with politicians, especially the GOP, Republicans, and the Tea Party.
Most of those jobs comes with lifetime HEALTH CARE.
While they don't care about anyone else's Healthcare.
Those politicians all claim to hate government while trying to get a GOVERNMENT JOB!
The Tea Party used the word Socialism to the extremes, BUT, most of them are old and don't want anyone to touch their Social Security and Mediare. (What?) They were Used as pawns for Corporate America. They didn't know it then and some still don't get it.
LMAO, Really crazy shit.
The Tea Party / Republicans are not interested in the least of creating jobs. They don't care about the "American People", they just don't want the person who is NOW President to win another election. They will tear down the economy and down size and get rid of jobs just to do that. Not one of them have a jobs plan. In the past Dems and Repub would put aside their difference for the better of the country. Not NOW.
I wonder Why??????
I'm against gay marriage . Why ? Because I'm catholic and marriage is a sacrament not just some thing to get righst with. So please call it something else
There is no gay marriage - gay people are fighting for EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS and marriage equality.
Marriage has nothing to do with religion.
Marriage is a civil contract between two people.
12:16 PM, your religion feelings are your private matter and don't you dare using them to treat other people like second class citizens.
Good posts 11:23 and 12:24.
Our govt is broke. It is no longer working for the people. I really don't think it can be fixed by the ballot box anymore. All politicans are full of BS. I believe Obama is a good man but there is nothing he can do. Not sure how the heck we can get back on track:-(
I know one thing that has to be fixed and that is the job market. We are no longer an indudtrial society. Those types of jobs are gone. Between that and outsourcing no woinder people are out of work. The GOP along with big business don't even want to pay minimum wage. The money being made by business now does not go into creating more jobs. Anyone who thinks that is crazy. Trickle down is a joke.
I wish a man like Warren Buffet would run for President. We sure need someone like that. Someone who has been there and is willing to tell the truth.
Anonymous said...
I'm against gay marriage . Why ? Because I'm catholic and marriage is a sacrament not just some thing to get righst with. So please call it something else
Then the govt shouldnt call the legal bond between a man and a woman marriage either.
Not sure how the heck we can get back on track
I think no one knows how to do that.
Good Morning Everyone. Just gonna grab a quick shower and some coffee before I head out to go looting. #HurricaneIrene
27 Aug
Irene couldn't blow out my birthday candles. #HurricaneIrene
27 Aug
Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols on Going Green at Home, at Work, and In Between (Interview, Part 2)
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AN: This oil spill was really a big catalyst for us to really jump on the issue and start to motivate people.
SB: And to make the issue public and to really let people know how passionate we are about it. We're both pretty private, we're not the kind of people that are always running around trying to get our names and faces out there. We avoid that sort of thing and with being public about things you're passionate about does come an infringement on your privacy.
But that's what happens, now we have to acknowledge publicly things about our private life, like our relationship. There comes a point when you realize being quiet for your own convenience is no longer acceptable. and for us it was worth it to say look, we've got to put ourselves out there a little bit but this is so important, that it matters.
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SB: Austin and i were just at Bonnaroo with a lot of our friends, and one of the things I love so much is that Bonnaroo really promotes itself as a green festival, and at every single location where there's a garbage can there's a landfill, a compost and a recycle can. We noticed this year that people were just leaving garbage wherever they were, and we were so grossed out at the main stage in this huge field waiting after one concert to see another that we went over to the food vendors, got giant plastic bags, and started picking up recycling and garbage to take over to the stations. As we were these crazy people walking around picking up other people's trash, we had fans of our show going, "Oh my gosh, this is so exciting, can we take pictures of you?" And we looked at each other and said, "If you bring us ten pieces of recycling, we will take a picture." So then all these groups of young people started running around this huge field, and then they'd count off ten pieces of recycling and then we'd take a photo with them and someone else would come up--for an hour we cleaned up!
...
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PG: You both just recently started using Twitter [Ed: Follow Sophia and Austin to stay in touch with their ongoing efforts]. How has that affected your outreach?
AN: We were scared of Twitter, but we thought, how can we get this message out? So three days before we left we started the feeds and tried to get as many of our fans following as possible. As soon as we got down to the Gulf, we got messages from Brazil, Australia, all over the place, saying, our news is not telling us about this, we know nothing about this oil spill, if it wasn't for you guys Tweeting about it we wouldn't know anything about it. I know that each country covers it's own news more but I was amazed that they weren't hearing about the oil spill all over the world. People are really affected and angry everywhere.
SB: One of the things that's really amazing is seeing people saying, thank you for finally using Twitter for something good. We're not sitting here going hey, going to lunch here and then going on a jog--that's not information that's helping anyone. And what's been so special for us is the amount of information that's come back. People saying, look at this town that's newly running on wind energy in Sweden, and in Norway we're doing this, and in South America we've come up with these kinds of alternative fuels. It's really fascinating and it is something that ends up making you hopeful. People look at this and think they can't do anything, but everybody can. It's as simple as taking bags to the grocery store with you so you don't take plastic anymore.
...
As soon as we got down to the Gulf, we got messages from Brazil, Australia, all over the place, saying, our news is not telling us about this, we know nothing about this oil spill, if it wasn't for you guys Tweeting about it we wouldn't know anything about it.
I feel second hand embarrassment for those two fools.
But that's what happens, now we have to acknowledge publicly things about our private life, like our relationship. There comes a point when you realize being quiet for your own convenience is no longer acceptable. and for us it was worth it to say look, we've got to put ourselves out there a little bit but this is so important, that it matters.
Sophia and Austin are idiots.
I think that is an awesome post from Sophia and Austin - whether they are a couple or not, you can't take away from them that they are doing good things for the environment, and share that interest as friends.
I think that is an awesome post from Sophia and Austin...
Please tell me you are joking.
8:50 AM - using environmental issues for self-promotion is something no one should be proud off.
At least they are being constructive and highlighting different causes. No need to be negative about everything
There comes a point when you realize being quiet for your own convenience is no longer acceptable. and for us it was worth it to say look, we've got to put ourselves out there a little bit but this is so important, that it matters.
LMAO!!! Sophia Bush is stupid and shameless.
At least they are being constructive and highlighting different causes.
Sophia and Austin are just looking for a cheap way to promote themselves.
You don't know that. I choose to think positively. Like the "Real M" said yesterday, she thought it was silly that weather reporters were out in the elements reporting. How else can they communicate the severity of a storm? She must think everyone should use her method, make something up without proof and report it. lol
You don't know that.
I can read so I do know that Sophia and Austin are phonies.
Sophia and Austin are just looking for a cheap way to promote themselves.
^^ Maybe, but seems like they go to a lot of effort for something you think they are not sincere about.
What effort is that?
9:31 AM, phonies like Sophia can't pretend all the time - so while selling their bullshit they say moronic things like this:
But that's what happens, now we have to acknowledge publicly things about our private life, like our relationship. There comes a point when you realize being quiet for your own convenience is no longer acceptable. and for us it was worth it to say look, we've got to put ourselves out there a little bit but this is so important, that it matters.
9:31 AM, phonies like Sophia and Austin can't pretend all the time - so while selling their bullshit they say moronic things like this:
AN: This oil spill was really a big catalyst for us to really jump on the issue and start to motivate people.
SB: And to make the issue public and to really let people know how passionate we are about it. We're both pretty private, we're not the kind of people that are always running around trying to get our names and faces out there. We avoid that sort of thing and with being public about things you're passionate about does come an infringement on your privacy.
But that's what happens, now we have to acknowledge publicly things about our private life, like our relationship. There comes a point when you realize being quiet for your own convenience is no longer acceptable. and for us it was worth it to say look, we've got to put ourselves out there a little bit but this is so important, that it matters.
If Sophia and Austin become more passionate about environmental issues we can expect to see their sex tape!
They can be morons and still believe in the causes they tweet about.
Sure 9:51 AM, Sophia and Austin are sacrificing because they believe in the causes they tweet about. They attend fashion shows and pose for photos because that is necessary for supporting the green way of life.
As soon as we got down to the Gulf, we got messages from Brazil, Australia, all over the place, saying, our news is not telling us about this...
And we should say big thanks to Austin because without him countries like Brazil or Australia wouldn't know about Gulf disaster!
Oh please. It's not all or nothing. You do what you can.
Re: The Tea Partiers
An example of a great gov't organization is FEMA. FEMA is probably the most well-organized, efficent gov't organizations I have ever had the pleasure to have to had contact with, even if under not-so-great circumstances. Efficient, helpful, and their estimate of our flood damage was almost down to the penny accurate. So no or very little waste. I wonder what the conservative GOPs and Tea-Pariers have to say about that.
Oh please. It's not all or nothing. You do what you can.
Austin and Sophia are doing it for free publicity.
Austin and Sophia needed something to tweet about - Austin stil does, lol!
Boring life = no material for tweets.
LOL!
Please tell me you are joking.
using environmental issues for self-promotion is something no one should be proud off.
Sophia Bush is stupid and shameless.
Sophia and Austin are just looking for a cheap way to promote themselves
^^ All mean spirited posters who would be jumping for joy if it were Austin and Jake holding hands saying they were doing these things together.
The need to attack with some here are like childish grade school kids.
Look, Jake and Austin are over. Austin chose Sophia! Get over it. You don't like what they're selling, move on and stop beating that dead horse.
Austin and Sophia's been together now many years????
Don't go away mad, just go away.
I wonder what the conservative GOPs and Tea-Pariers have to say about that.
They would say the President caused the Harricane!
The funny thing is, Some would believe it.
Austin looting in Wilmington, NC
Doesn't look like boring life to me!
lol, I think you are right, 11:43.
Austin and Sophia's been together now many years????
Austin and Sophia are filming OTH together for 4 years.
All mean spirited posters who would be jumping for joy if it were Austin and Jake holding hands saying they were doing these things together.
Please, Jake is better off without Austin.
Austin and Sophia's been together now many years????
LOL - Have the OTH Forum posters invaded this blog? Only clueless teenage girls believe Austin & Sophia are for real.
^^^
Who cares if A/S are together. One thing is true, he and JaKe are NOT together.
What are you a Austin is gay forever fanboy / slashgirl?
The way I see it, it's no different from a OTH fangirl.
What are you a Austin is gay forever fanboy / slashgirl?
So is Austin only a "part-time" gay?
Promoting a cause is a good thing but Sophia is so sanctimonious,and making fans pick up trash to get a photo is obnoxious
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ROFLMAO at the comments abot being forced to talk about their oh so private lives.
One thing is true, he and JaKe are NOT together.
You just keep trying to soothe yourself with that. Pepto-Bismal might also help.
You just keep trying to soothe yourself with that. Pepto-Bismal might also help.
Okayy, Well an enama or sticking your finger down your throat might help you because you are full of it. You know, shit!
Simply Clicking your heels together and wishing and hoping won't get it.
Put a fork in it already will you.
You know damn well Austin and Jake are no longer together if they ever was anything but friends and fuckbuddies.
Deal with it.
^^ but if it makes you happy to continue to say they're together..
Whatever makes you happy.....
Even if it's absurd, not true and nothing points to it.
Someone sure is working themselves into a lather over Jake and Austin still going strong ;)
Picking up trash to get a photo is not obnoxious, it's a novel idea. But then again, with all the trash building up in the oceans, and the polar ice caps melting, perhaps human's trash throwing habits will make its way up to the North Pole and create a plastic "trash cap" for the wildlife to rest on?
What's obnoxious is adult men and women leaving trash around at a music festival when there were ample trash cans around!
Picking up trash to get a photo is not obnoxious, it's a novel idea.
Give me a break, Sophia made that up. Where are all those photos with fans, how come no one saw them?
Maybe there are photos.
Sophia is a lame famewhore who uses her #littlevoices to prop up her fizzling (non-existent) career
LOL
Austin's career is fizzling too, what a great match! I mean OTH, really? How embarrassing for Austi-poop!
Maybe there are photos.
There are no photos, Sophia made it all up.
Austi-poop makes up crap too, what a match!
He doesn't, he's just sending secret messages!
You know damn well Austin and Jake are no longer together if they ever was anything but friends and fuckbuddies.
Deal with it.
LOLLLLLL!!!! Classic. That is so lame. Amusing tantrum.
Jake and Austin are still very much together and there is nothing to deal with. No need for the pink stuff on this side of the road!
Ah huh. Sure they are.
Just how stupid do Anderson Cooper — and Entertainment Weekly — think we are?
Really, really stupid, apparently.
In a profile of the celebrity newsman in the magazine's latest issue promoting the upcoming talk show Anderson, Cooper talks about a lot of things:
•His favorite TV shows.
•Intimate childhood details and memories.
•The emotional impact of his dad's death when Cooper was ten.
•The emotions he felt when he learned his brother had committed suicide.
And yet, in the second-to-last paragraph of this lavish four-page spread, the magazine also tells us, "There's no clarity, however, on whether Cooper will address the one topic many people want him to talk about: his personal life. For years, he has declined to speak about it."
"The less I know about reporters, the better, from my perspective as a viewer," Cooper tells us. "I'm not interested in their personal lives."
WTF? Didn't Cooper just spend the whole profile talking about some of the most intensely personal moments of his life? If that's not his "personal life," what is?
Oh, right. Cooper won't answer the question, "Are you gay?" And he won't give any details about the "person" he is or isn't dating — although he slyly allows that he might talk about it on his new talk show, saying, "I'm going to do stuff that's real and natural to me. But I certainly want to be a fully formed human being."
But wait, now I'm really confused. Didn't Cooper just tell us that he doesn't want to know anything about the "personal lives" of reporters?
Look, I'm not surprised that Cooper is offering these ridiculous, contradictory rationalizations to avoid answering questions that might reduce his Q-rating. He might call himself a "reporter," but first and foremost, he's a celebrity with an "image" to protectively guard.
But what the hell is Entertainment Weekly doing totally carrying his water and going along with this charade? This isn't just intellectually offensive, it's bad journalism: after all, the most basic part of journalism is to tell the truth, and what both the magazine and Cooper are telling us — that he doesn't discuss his "personal life" — simply isn't true.
I was also under the impression that it's not the job of a journalistic outlet to merely help a celebrity hopelessly shill some upcoming project, which is basically the role that Entertainment Weekly has been reduced to here.
Shorter EW Anderson Cooper interview: "I hate it when reporters talk about their personal lives, and I don't talk about mine, except when I'm talking about the death of my dad or the suicide of my brother — but I just might come out as gay if you tune into watch my new show!"
Does entertainment "journalism" no longer even pretend to point out blatant, wildly self-serving hypocrisies on the part of their subjects?
Even worse, Cooper (and Entertainment Weekly's) bald P.R. spin worked: dozens of media outlets breathlessly repeated the news that Cooper might — just might! — be coming out on his new show.
Look, I get it. It's complicated when a celebrity comes out, especially a celebrity as famous and widely liked as Cooper.
It's especially complicated when the celebrity is living in the "glass closet" — the term coined to describe celebrities who are open among their friends and family, and even professionally, among their colleagues, but who still refuse to acknowledge their gayness to the public at large (who generally have no clue).
Here at AfterElton.com, we've written about these issues many, many times — even as we've long defended (not endorsed) the right of all GLBT celebrities to remain closeted if they choose to.
Likewise, there are definitely celebrities, gay and not, who really don't talk about their personal lives in any capacity. Daniel Craig is one, Ewan McGregor is another. They don't write memoirs or agree to "personality" profiles, and they only talk about their artistic projects.
But that doesn't describe most celebrities, who will gladly divulge very intimate details in order to promote their new project, and it absolutely doesn't describe Anderson Cooper, who's willing to talk on the record about the suicide of his brother. I can't really think of anything more personal than that, unless maybe we're talking about specific sexual practices.
By contrast, merely acknowledging one's gayness, or naming the person you're dating, doesn't seem very personal to me at all. After all, that's the kind of thing you put on your social media profile, available to even the slightest of friends. Or it's something you might indicate to someone within five minutes of meeting them at a party or the office.
I know, I know. Some people still freak out about gayness, so it's a "big deal," whether it's "personal" or not.
But would it kill Entertainment Weekly to at least pay lip service to some of the hypocrisy and contradictions involved here? Because I'm kinda tired of having my intelligence insulted.
http://www.afterelton.com/tv/2011/08/anderson-cooper-entertainment-weekly
"The less I know about reporters, the better, from my perspective as a viewer," Cooper tells us. "I'm not interested in their personal lives."
True, he's interested only in personal lives of cute, male reporters :)
On IMDB, another thread about Luke's sexual orientation was deleted.
Scouting in Kinston, NC. If you roll through, Kings has the best country fried steak and hushpuppies. Thanks V.
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End of Watch, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is filming at the Montebello Golf Course in Montebello, CA tonight
17 hours ago
E! News went behind-the-scenes on the set of End of Watch to talk to stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick. Jake revealed to Ben that he thinks Anna is very sexy. I can’t wait to see these two paired up on screen!
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US actor James Franco will not be making his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth this autumn, his publicist has confirmed.
The 127 Hours star had been set to appear opposite Nicole Kidman in the play, which tells of an ageing actress and the gigolo who exploits her. Franco's publicist did not state why the 33-year-old was no longer involved.
The actor is currently filming Oz: The Great and Powerful and studying for a doctorate in English at Yale. Franco, currently on screen in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, will also soon to be seen in long-running US soap General Hospital.
The actor, who co-hosted the Oscars earlier this year, has a number of films in various stages of production.
Sweet Bird of Youth had been one of most anticipated plays this season because of Franco and Kidman's involvement.
Someone is just getting nowhere with whatever it is they're wanting to say.
LOL!
Is trolley upset because OMG has a post up showing Jake and Austin wearing the same khaki pants with a hole in the right knee? Can't wait to see the "explanation" for that.
Who gives a shit Destiny?
Pants are similar, but not the same - Jake's aren't long enough to fit Austin.
AG Adriano Goldschmied the Khaki Pant Colonial Beige Ripped
Jake is sharing clothes with with Gavin Rossdale!
Can't wait to see the "explanation" for that.
1. Pants aren't unique, they are made in > 1 quantity - I'm sure you know that.
2. Special didn't post a photo where we could see Austin's pants and compare.
3. So far we only have "proof" that Jake shares his pants with Gavin Rossdale.
Always consider the source!
If there are photos of Austin's pants where we can see for sure that his pants are different, it wouldn't surprise me if Special K would "forget" to post them.
Special K isn't interested in the truth - her agenda is to prove that Jake and Austin are together, married with kids.
Is trolley upset because OMG has a post up showing Jake and Austin wearing the same khaki pants with a hole in the right knee? Can't wait to see the "explanation" for that.
Come on Destiny, you are smarter than that "khaki pants" joke.
ONTD - Close-Up Shots of Henry Cavill as Superman on the 'Man of Steel' Set
Sorry, but that "bulge" is silly.
Nothing silly about THAT bulge!
Destiny, those posts above were deleted before SK did that post, sorry to disappoint you.
BTW, I looked at the full set of pics at IHJ and the pants that Jake are wearing appear to be lighter, and I don't think it's because he is outdoors because he is in the shade at one point. Also the holes are more shredded, Mr. Soapy's appear to be just a straight tear and they also look to be darker, more tan and the material looks different.
I didn't point this out over there because I don't want to add to her comments.
I agree - there is no reason to believe Jake and Austin are wearing the same pants.
Jake is sharing clothes with with Gavin Rossdale!
LOL!
1. Austin looks very young in that photo.
2. The wonders of photoshop!
3. Torn pants are fashionable and not unique.
4. The liklihood of them fitting both well is "slim".
Jake is sharing clothes with with Gavin Rossdale!
Well, Gavin is cute, isn't straight and lives in LA... :)
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