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Love and Other Disasters is out on DVD. Emily Jackson, "Jacks" (Brittany Murphy), who spent her childhood in America, now lives and works in London, at British Vogue, and shares an apartment with her gay friend Peter (Matthew Rhys, Brothers and Sisters), a screenwriter. Peter is a particular focus of her repeated attempts to help him find true love. When cute Paolo (Santiago Cabrera, Heroes) shows up at the office, Jacks makes it her mission to bring the two men together but sometimes LOVE is not like the movies... Watch a trailer...
Love and Other Disasters, a French/UK modern romantic comedy produced by Luc Besson and David Fincher, starring Brittany Murphy, Santiago Cabrera, Matthew Rhys, Catherine Tate, Elliot Cowan, Stephanie Beacham and with special appearances from Gwyneth Paltrow, Orlando Bloom and Dawn French, directed by Alek Keshishian (Madonna: Truth or Dare aka In Bed with Madonna). Love and other disasters is now available on DVD here.
In Sunday's Brothers & Sisters season finale episode, the Walker family and guests have gathered in the living room to watch Kevin (Matthew Rhys) exchange vows with longtime beau Scotty Wandell (Luke Macfarlane). This is no typical TV wedding. It's a gay commitment ceremony - the first same-sex union on American network TV between series regulars. "It's all very progressive, evolved and about time," says Rhys. "It's a milestone, and I was really quite pleased that I got to be a part of it," echoes Calista Flockhart, who plays Kevin's big sis Kitty. "It would be interesting to go down the adoption route and see from a legal aspect how Kevin would campaign for that," says Rhys, whose character is an attorney. Executive producer Monica Breen assures, "They will be a family. Kevin deserves a stable relationship in the same way that Kitty, Sarah and all the others deserve it. He will be facing many questions in his life — but now he has someone to share that with." Watch a video...
Brothers & Sisters, starring Sally Field, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths, Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, Sarah Jane Morris, John Pyper-Ferguson, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Kerris Dorsey, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Rob Lowe, Luke MacFarlane, Eric Winter. The Complete Season One of Brothers & Sisters is available on DVD here.
On ABC's Brothers & Sisters last episode, Moral Hazard, as expected (see previous post) Kevin (Matthew Rhys left picture) and Scotty (Luke MacFarlane right picture) share a life-changing moment with Kevin's proposal to Scotty. Next episode, Prior Commitments, airing on Sunday May 11 will see Kevin and Scotty make a commitment to be life partners. Watch a video of Kevin asking Scotty to marry him...
Brothers & Sisters, starring Sally Field, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths, Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, Sarah Jane Morris, John Pyper-Ferguson, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Kerris Dorsey, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Rob Lowe, Luke MacFarlane, Eric Winter, airs on ABC sundays at 10/9c. The Complete Season One of Brothers & Sisters is available on DVD here.
Ugly Betty received the outstanding comedy series award for the second year in a row at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Another ABC show, Brothers & Sisters, received the best drama series award. Both shows, which feature openly gay or transsexual regular characters, received the same awards last year from GLAAD. Janet Jackson with the Vanguard Award and Rufus Wainwright with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, were also honoured for their efforts in fighting discrimination. Comic Kathy Griffin was also given an award for her reality TV show My Life on the D-List.
On ABC's Brothers & Sisters, Canadian actor Luke Macfarlane plays Scotty Wandell, a gay man in a serious relationship with Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys). Next month, in the season finale he'll dress his best and say his vows as his character marries his same-sex partner. In an exclusive interview with the Globe & Mail, the 28-year-old actor confides that he wants to be married himself some day, and has finally decided to go public with his own sexual orientation. Though no secret to his family and close friends, Macfarlane has, until now, been guarded about his personal life as a gay man: "I don't know what will happen professionally... that is the fear, but I guess I can't really be concerned about what will happen, because it's my truth." Read full article here... Brothers and Sisters returns Sunday April 20th 10/9c on ABC. Watch a video...
Welsh Hollywood star Matthew Rhys is now patron of a Welsh festival celebrating gay and lesbian film, the Iris Prize Festival. The Cardiff-born actor agreed to become a patron of the event after winning critical acclaim as gay lawyer Kevin Walker in ABC's drama Brothers And Sisters. In an IC Wales interview with Karen Price, he says he’s proud his character goes against stereotypes. Kevin is not the first gay role which Rhys has landed. He played a homosexual in his first play Cardiff East, in which he had to appear naked on stage. And, along with his best friend Ioan Gruffudd, he was one half of the camp couple Hob and Nob in Very Annie Mary, which was directed by Sara Sugarman, who is also a festival patron. “Sara wanted us to be 100% cliched,” laughs Rhys. But the actor has won praise for portraying Brothers And Sisters’ Kevin in a non-stereotypical way. “I had a long chat with the creator and one of the writers. They said, ‘Don’t go off and research gay people.’ He’s just a guy who happens to be gay. He’s not governed by his sexuality. He has none of the cliched feminine traits. He’s a regular guy.” The Iris Prize is produced by the Festivals Company. The Company was formed in 2006 by Berwyn Rowlands and James Nee. The purpose of Iris is to create an annual international prize to recognise, celebrate and promote gay and lesbian moving image content, which will also promote tolerance, acceptance and further understanding of the credibility and business of gay and lesbian filmmaking. The Festival will be held at Cineworld and Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Wales, from October 4 to 6. Tickets can be purchased online at www.irisprize.org.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has released a new public service announcement (PSA) denouncing the use of anti-gay words and homophobic jokes. The PSA is part of GLAAD’s new series of “Be an Ally & Friend” PSAs featuring 22 entertainers. Nine ABC stars appear in the spot (in order of appearance): Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Sara Ramirez (Grey's Anatomy), Rebecca Romijn (Ugly Betty), Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty), Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice), T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy), Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters) and Becki Newton (Ugly Betty). Knight and Griffiths were both recently nominated for an Emmy for their roles. Watch the video...
The campaign encourages people to be straight allies and help combat homophobia, sending viewers to online resources to give them the tools to do so.
Brothers & Sisters returns tonight Sun Sept 30 for a second Season on ABC at 10/9c. Nora (Sally Field) and the Walker family desperately await word from Justin (Dave Annable), on the premiere of the second season, Home Front. Watch a promo video (left video) and a sneak peak of tonight's episode (right video)...
Brothers & Sisters, starring Sally Field, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths, Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, Sarah Jane Morris, John Pyper-Ferguson, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Kerris Dorsey, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Rob Lowe, Luke MacFarlane, Eric Winter, returns tonight on ABC at 10/9c. The Complete Season One of Brothers & Sisters is available on DVD here.
With the arrival of the 2007-2008 television season, the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) representations on scripted network television continues to decline, according to an analysis of the upcoming season conducted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). The study shows that, despite improved quality, LGBT representations will represent only 1.1% (7) of all series regular characters in the 2007-08 broadcast television schedule, down from 1.3% (9) in 2006, and 1.4% (10) in 2005. For 12 years, GLAAD's "Where We Are on TV" report has analyzed the character makeup of the network's scripted programming. From information provided by the five broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW — GLAAD examined 87 scripted comedies and dramas announced to air this upcoming season, and counted a total of 650 characters. The seven LGBT regular characters appear on five scripted programs: Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, The Office and the midseason series Cashmere Mafia. Six of these seven characters are on ABC, with no lead or supporting LGBT characters scheduled to appear on CBS, FOX or The CW. Cable programming and unscripted reality television, however, include numerous diverse representations that better reflect the LGBT community.
Jennifer Beals (L World), Charlie David (Dante's Cove), Eric Winter (Brothers & Sisters), Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters), Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck), John Barrowman (Torchwood), Gregory Michael (Dante's Cove), Reichen Lehmkuhl (Dante's Cove), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck).
BROTHERS & SISTERS - The Complete Season One
Enter the complex world of the Walkers, and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other’s differences. Get caught up in one of television’s most reflective and sophisticated dramas. The show premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006 after Desperate Housewives and airs Sundays at 10 P.M. The acting ensemble includes two-time Oscar-winning actress Sally Field, Golden Globe-winning actress Calista Flockhart and Emmy-nominated and Oscar-nominated actress Rachel Griffiths. Available now on DVD here...
BROTHERS & SISTERS - The Complete Season One on DVD, starring Sally Field, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths, Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, John Pyper-Ferguson, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Kerris Dorsey, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Sarah Jane Morris, Rob Lowe, Luke MacFarlane, Eric Winter, Emily VanCamp, is available on DVD here. Brothers & Sisters will return for a second Season on ABC on Sunday September 30th at 10/9c pm. Watch a sneak preview of Season 2 premiere...
TIMES HAVE BEEN BETTER
In the French comedy Times Have Been Better, Jeremy (Arnaud Binard) excels at everything. While only 30 he has just been promoted to an executive position at the bank. In his parents' eyes he's the golden child, much to the chagrin of his younger brother, Robin (Olivier Guéritée), who has been the only one in the family privy to Jeremy's sexual predilections. But when Jeremy unexpectedly stops by for Sunday Brunch and announces that he's just moved in with, well, his boyfriend, things begin to percolate: Jeremy's parents always fancied themselves as progressive and liberal. After this piece of news - not so much. They embark on a comical quest to find out what caused Jeremy's homosexuality. Times Have Been Better DVD will be released on September 25, pre-order your DVD here...
TIMES HAVE BEEN BETTER, (Le Ciel Sur La Tête), starring Arnaud Binard, Stephane Boucher, Charlotte de Turckheim, Bernard Le Coq, Franck de la Personne, Olivier Guéritée, directed by Regis Musset. Winner of Best Foreign Narrative feature at the NewFest New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Times Have Been Better DVD will be released on September 25, 2007, available now for pre-order here. Watch a trailer...
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - The Complete Third Season
The women of Wisteria Lane are back, and it’s time to air some dirty laundry. In the Emmy Award-winning show’s sensational third season, the gossip is juicier, the secrets are more scandalous and the revenge is even sweeter. In season three, which began airing on September 24, 2006, Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) marries Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan), whose past and involvement with a recently discovered dead body becomes the main mystery for most of the season. Meanwhile, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) has to adjust to having another child around the house as a previously unknown daughter of her husband arrives, and both the Scavos leave their careers to start a pizzeria. Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) goes through a rough divorce, but finally finds new love in Fairview's new mayor. Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) sees her chance to make her move on Mike (James Denton), who's suffering from amnesia, and Susan moves onto a handsome Englishman whose wife is in coma. And Edie's family relations are explored throughout the season. Available now on DVD here...
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - The Complete Third Season on DVD, starring Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Nicollette Sheridan, Doug Savant, Kyle MacLachlan, Shawn Pyfrom, Joy Lauren, James Denton, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Josh Henderson, Dougray Scott, Kathryn Joosten, is available on DVD here. Season 4 premieres on ABC on Sunday September 30, 9/8c pm. Watch a Season 4 video promo...
