TRANSGENDER actrs Alexis Arquette has sensatnally claimed that Will and Jada Pkett Smh are gay and the Concsn actor paid off his first wife after she walked on him wh another man.
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- BEFORE THE OSR, BEFORE THE SLAP: WILL SMH ONCE GOT VERY GAY
- WILL SMH GAY RUMORS: PHOTOGRAPHED HALF-NAKED IN HOTEL ROOM WH A MAN [PHOTOS]
- SAM SMH’S NEW SGLE ‘MAN I AM’ IS THEIR GAYT SONG YET
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
- WILL SMH’S EX WIFE ON RUMORS WILL IS GAY: ‘HE WAS STRAIGHT IN 1992, AND HE’S STRAIGHT IN 2016’
- ALEXIS ARQUETTE CLAIMS WILL AND JADA PKETT SMH ARE GAY
- WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007/2:05 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH OTHERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH AND DONALD SUTHERLAND SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT RELL WILL SMH'S BIG SCREEN BUT 1993'S SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN. IN HE PLAYS A GAY N ARTIST WHO SUCKERS RICH NEW YORKERS BY PRETENDG TO BE PRIVILEGED, PRIVATE-SCHOOLED, AND SIDNEY POIER'S SON. THE FILM WAS TO HAVE CLUD A GAY LOVE SCENE, BUT AFTER HE LAND THE PART (AND FILMG WAS HALFWAY NCLUD) WILL SMH APPARENTLY BALKED AT ACTUALLY KISSG ANOTHER ACTOR ONSCREEN. THEY HAD TO E MIRRORS AND TRICK MERA ANGL TO MAKE APPEAR AS IF SMH'S CHARACTER LOCKS LIPS WH ANOTHER MAN. RIDICULO, RIGHT? IMAGE IF HEATH LEDGER AND JAKE GYLLENHALL HAD FILMED HALF OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA AND THEN TOLD ANG LEE THEY WEREN'T GOG TO DO THE TENT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER TERVIEWS WH WILL SMH EXPLAG HIS BEHAVR. HE SAID HE'D BEEN ADVISED AGAST TARNISHG HIS HETERO IMAGE BY NONE OTHER THAN DENZEL WASHGTON. ARRGH! I PRETTY MUCH WROTE THE TWO OF THEM OFF AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AROUND THE SAME TIME ANOTHER BLACK ACTOR, WLEY SNIP, WAS ASKED FOR A MENT: WHAT DID HE THK OF WILL SMH'S REFAL AND WOULD HE KISS ANOTHER MAN ONSCREEN. SNIP SAID SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF "IT'S LLED ACTG, STUPID! GET OVER ." (I WISH I ULD PROVI A LK FOR YOU AND THE EXACT EARLY 1990'S QUOTE, BUT I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE AND DON'T SEEM TO BE ONLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SHOWS, I SURE N PICK 'EM. WILL SMH MAY JT BE THE BIGGT MALE STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHEREAS POOR WLEY SNIP IS STRAIGHT-TO-VIO PURGATORY AND FACG SER PRISON TIME FOR TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AH WELL, FOR THAT ONE ENLIGHTENED MENT ALONE I'LL ALWAYS BE A SNIP FAN-- NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD MOVI HE MAK OR HOW MUCH HE CHEATS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEY, ON A SI NOTE, DID YOU KNOW YOU N ACTUALLY TURN SOMEONE FOR TAX EVASN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 15% REWARD? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RMATN -- JT FILG THE FORM ULD TRIGGER AN IRS QUIRY. JT FOR THE HECK OF , I'M TURNG WILL SMH AND DENZEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERR, ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. BUT ALTHOUGH THE SPELLA CHARACTER DO LATER PROVE OF MOR E TO WILLIS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL REASON WHY HE ULDN'T HAVE ED A WOMAN THE SAME WAY — OR WHY HE HAD TO KISS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT SAID, THE MOVIE DIDN'T EXACTLY W ANY PRIZ FOR GAY VISIBILY. AFTER A TT DIENCE RPOND WH APPLSE TO THE SCENE WHERE WILLIS FALLY SHOOTS SPELLA AD, GLAAD PERSUAD THE FILMMAKERS TO RHOOT THE SCENE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SPELLA IS KILLED BEE HE HAS REALIZED THAT WILLIS IS THE JACKAL, AND NOT BEE HE IS GAY. SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNTG, THAT'S ONE MORE GAY MOVIE CHARACTER WHO MEETS AN EARLY, VLENT ATH — BUT HEY, AT LEAST 'S NOT BEE OF HOMOPHOBIA, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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SMH STARRED ON THE S THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR FOR SIX SEASONS, BEFORE TABLISHG HIMSELF AS A HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER WH BAD BOYS (1995) AND INPENNCE DAY (1996). HE HAS SCE HEADLED SUCH POPULAR FILMS AS MEN BLACK (1997) AND HCH (2005) AND EARNED OSR NOMATNS FOR ALI (2001) AND THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS (2006). SMH ALSO EARNED ACCLAIM FOR CONCSN (2015), BEFORE RETURNG TO ACTN FARE WH SUICI SQUAD (2016).EARLY LIFESMH WAS BORN WILLARD CARROLL SMH JR. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1968, PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, TO MOTHER CAROLE, A SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE, AND FATHER WILLARD C. SMH, A REIGERATN PANY OWNER. HIS MIDDLE-CLASS UPBRGG SAW HIM ATTEND THE STRICT OUR LADY OF LOURS CATHOLIC SCHOOL, SPE HIS FAY'S OBSERVATN OF THE BAPTIST FAH. HE WENT ON TO ATTEND OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.HIS WT PHILALPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A MELTG POT OF CULTUR WHERE ORTHODOX JEWS -EXISTED WH A LARGE MLIM POPULATN. SMH WAS A GOOD STUNT WHOSE CHARMG PERSONALY AND QUICK TONGUE WERE RENOWNED FOR GETTG HIM OUT OF TROUBLE, A TRA FOR WHICH HE SOON GAED THE NICKNAME "PRCE.''SMH BEGAN RAPPG AT AGE 12, EMULATG HERO LIKE GRANDMASTER FLASH BUT TGEG HIS RHYM WH A EDIC ELEMENT THAT WOULD LATER BEE HIS TRAMARK. AT 16 SMH MET FUTURE LLABORATOR JEFF TOWN AT A PARTY. THE PAIR BEME IENDS, AND THE DUO DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE WAS BORN.MIC CAREERAS TEENS, DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE BEGAN PRODUCG MIC BUT STEERED CLEAR OF THE GANGSTA RAP SOUND THAT WAS EMERGG OM THE WT COAST BY GROUPS LIKE N.W.A. THE FRH PRCE RAPPED ABOUT TEENAGE PREOCCUPATNS A CLEAN, CURSE-EE STYLE THAT MIDDLE AMERI FOUND SAFE AND ENTERTAG. THE PAIR'S FIRST SGLE, "GIRLS A'T NOTHG BUT TROUBLE," WAS A H 1986. THEIR 1987 BUT ALBUM, ROCK THE HOE, H THE BILLBOARD TOP 200, AND MA SMH A LNAIRE BEFORE THE AGE OF 18. THE EARLY SUCCS PUT ANY THOUGHTS OF ATTENDG LLEGE OUT OF SMH'S MD. EARLY ON, WAS REPORTED THAT SMH HAD TURNED DOWN A SCHOLARSHIP TO BOSTON'S ELE MASSACHETTS INSTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), BUT SMH LATER DISPELLED THE MOR WHEN HE TOLD AN TERVIEWER: "MY MOTHER, WHO WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PHILALPHIA, HAD A IEND WHO WAS THE ADMISSNS OFFICER AT MIT. I HAD PRETTY HIGH SAT SR AND THEY NEED BLACK KIDS, SO I PROBABLY ULD HAVE GOTTEN . BUT I HAD NO TENTN OF GOG TO LLEGE." IN 1988, DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE NTUED THEIR SUCCS WH THE ALBUM HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER. FEATURG THE RAD-IENDLY SGL "PARENTS JT DON'T UNRSTAND," "BRAND NEW FUNK," AND "NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET," THE ALBUM WON THE FIRST-EVER GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT RAP PERFORMANCE. IT WAS FOLLOWED 1989 BY AND IN THIS CORNER..., WHICH NTUED THE PAIR'S RISE TO STARDOM.MOVI AND TV SHOWS'THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR'TWO YEARS LATER, SMH BEGAN HIS CROSSOVER TO ACTG. DRAWG ON HIS EXPERIENC WH FLEDGLG STARDOM, NBC SIGNED SMH TO HEADLE A S ABOUT A STREET-SMART KID OM PHILALPHIA WHO MOV WH STUFFY RELATIV THE POSH LOS ANGEL NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEL-AIR. PLAYG ON HIS RAPPER PERSONA, AND AT TIM FEATURG HIS IEND TOWNE, THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR WAS A HUGE SUCCS THAT RAN FOR SIX SEASONS. MEANWHILE, SMH AND TOWNE NTUED PRODUCG MIC, THEIR 1991 ALBUM HOMEBASE PRODUCG THE HS "SUMMERTIME" AND "RG MY BELL." THEIR FAL ALBUM TOGETHER, 1993'S CO RED, WAS NOTABLE FOR "BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM."'WHERE THE DAY TAK YOU' AND 'SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN' WHILE STILL MAKG THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR, SMH BEGAN A SEND CROSSOVER TO MOVI. SMALL ROL THE DRAMA WHERE THE DAY TAK YOU (1992) AND THE EDY MA IN AMERI (1993) WERE FOLLOWED BY A CRILLY ACCLAIMED LEAD SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN (1993). HOLDG HIS OWN ALONGSI {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}DONALD SUTHERLAND, STOCKARD CHANNG AND IAN MCKELLEN, SMH PLAYED A STREET-WISE GAY HTLER WHO NS HIS WAY THROUGH ELE CIRCL.'BAD BOYS' SMH'S FIRST STEPS TO SUPERSTARDOM ME WH HIS NEXT FILM, BAD BOYS (1995). THE HIGH-BUDGET P MOVIE SAW HIM TEAM UP WH IC MART LAWRENCE, BREAKG AWAY OM THE BLACK-P-WHE-P FORMULA THAT HAD BEEN SO SUCCSFUL FOR BEVERLY HILLS COP AND THE LETHAL WEAPON SERI. THE TWO BLACK LEADS PROVED AN STANT SUCCS AND SMH — PLAYG THE SMOOTH LADY KILLER TO LAWRENCE'S CLOWN — WAS TABLISHED AS LEADG MAN MATERIAL.'INPENNCE DAY'SMH NEXT TOOK ON THE EPIC SCI-FI FLICK INPENNCE DAY (1996), A ROLE THAT NFIRMED HIM AS A MAJOR PLAYER HOLLYWOOD AND THE GO-TO GUY FOR SUMMER BLOCKBTERS. HE PLAYED A PILOT LEADG THE UNTERATTACK AGAST VADG ALIEN FORC, AND HIS EDIC TALENTS EFFORTLSLY TRANSFORMED TO THE PHY ONE-LERS ALL ACTN HERO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DROP WHILE DISPATCHG THEIR ENEMI.'MEN BLACK' AND 'ENEMY OF THE STATE' SMH FOUGHT ALIENS AGA HIS NEXT BLOCKBTER, THE IC SCI-FI ACTN FILM, MEN BLACK (1997). PLAYG OPPOSE TOMMY LEE JON, SMH CHEWED UP THE SCREEN AS THE NEW REC TO JON' OLD HAND. SMH RAPPED THE THEME SONG, AND S CLN ON HIS 1997 SOLO ALBUM, BIG WILLIE STYLE, BROUGHT THE MULTI-TALENTED ACTOR MORE SUCCS. ANOTHER BLOCKBTER FOLLOWED WH THE SLICK NSPIRACY THRILLER ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998), WHICH EARNED SMH AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMATN FOR OUTSTANDG ACTOR A MOTN PICTURE.'WILD WILD WT' AND 'THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE' THE STRG OF HS ME TO AN END 1999 WH WILD WILD WT, A SCI-FI WBOY WTERN -STARRG KEV KLE. DPE THE FILM'S LACKLTER BOX-OFFICE PERFORMANCE, THE TRACK SMH CUT FOR THE FILM BEME A H ON HIS 1999 ALBUM, WILLENNIUM. THE GOLF MOVIE THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (2000) WAS HIS NEXT BIG FILM, WH SMH PLAYG THE DDIE TO MATT DAMON'S OUT-OF-SORTS SWGER.OSR NOMATN FOR 'ALI' THE 2001 BPIC ALI, BASED ON BOXG LEGEND MUHAMMAD ALI, GAVE SMH THE OPPORTUNY TO REGA HIS BIG-SCREEN SWAGGER. HIS TURN AS THE CHARISMATIC BOXG GREAT SAW SMH PUT THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS LIFE, TRAG AND DISCIPLG HIMSELF TO EXTRAORDARY LENGTHS TO DO JTICE TO THE ATHLETICISM — AND EGO — OF THE TULAR CHARACTER. THE FILM UNRWHELMED AT THE BOX OFFICE SPE A RERD-BREAKG OPENG DAY, BUT SMH'S PERFORMANCE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO GARNER HIM HIS FIRST AMY AWARD NOMATN.'MEN BLACK II,' 'BAD BOYS II' AND 'I, ROBOT'A UPLE OF SEQUELS WERE NEXT, WH SMH REPRISG HIS ROL MEN IN BLACK II (2002) AND BAD BOYS II (2003). NEHER WAS A FLOP, BUT NEHER MATCHED THE IMPRSIVE BOX-OFFICE TAKE OF S PRECSOR. STAYG WH THE SCI-FI ACTN THEME, SMH MOVED ON TO I, ROBOT 2004. THE ISAAC ASIMOV ADAPTATN FEATURED SMH AS A FUTURISTIC P VTIGATG A MURR BY A ROBOT AND THEN BATTLG A ROBOT SURGENCY. THE FILM PERFORMED WELL, GROSSG MORE THAN $144 LN DOMTILLY.'HCH' AND 'THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS' SMH'S SMOOTH-TALKG CHARMER PERSONA WAS PUT TO E THE 2005 ROMANTIC EDY HCH, PLAYG A DATG NSULTANT WHO HELPS LUCKLS GUYS WH THEIR ROMANTIC MOV. SMH ALSO PENNED THE THEME SONG AND CLUD ON HIS 2005 ALBUM, LOST AND FOUND. HCH WAS A MASSIVE SUCCS, AND WAS FOLLOWED 2006 BY ANOTHER CRIL AND FANCIAL H, THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS (2006). STARRG ALONGSI HIS REAL-LIFE SON JAN, SMH PTIVATED DIENC WH THE STORY OF A SGLE FATHER WHO HAS TO BUILD A LIFE OM SCRATCH. HE RECEIVED HIS SEND AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE.'I AM LEGEND' IN 2007, SMH STARRED I AM LEGEND, A REMAKE OF THE CHARLTON HTON FILM OMEGA MAN, WHICH HE BATTLED BLOODTHIRSTY VAMPIR. THE FILM BEME A NATNAL AND TERNATNAL H.'HANCK,' 'SEVEN POUNDS,' AND 'MEN BLACK 3' SMH THEN TOOK ON THE DUAL ROLE OF ACTOR AND PRODUCER FOR HANCK (2008), WHICH HE PLAYED AN ALHOLIC ANTI-SUPERHERO, AND FOR SEVEN POUNDS (2008), ABOUT A MAN WHO SETS OUT TO CHANGE THE LIV OF SEVEN PEOPLE. HE ALSO HELPED PRODUCE TWO MORE FILMS RELEASED THAT YEAR, LAKEVIEW TERRACE AND THE SECRET LIFE OF BE. AFTER A HIAT, SMH RETURNED TO THE BIG SCREEN 2012 WH MEN BLACK 3, FOLLOWED BY A TURN AS A ARY MANR THE CRILLY PANNED M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN SCI-FI FLICK AFTER EARTH, WHICH -STARRED SMH'S SON JAN. HE THEN MA A MEO AS LUCIFER THE FILM WTER'S TALE (2014). 'FOC,' 'CONCSN,' 'SUICI SQUAD'SMH'S NEXT LEADG ROLE ME WH THE 2015 HEIST PER FOC, -STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE. LATER THE YEAR, HE STARRED AS DR. BEN OMALU THE SPORTS DRAMA CONCSN, EARNG A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS ROLE AS A DOCTOR FIGHTG TO RAISE AWARENS ABOUT HEAD TRMA NFL PLAYERS. IN 2016, SMH STARRED THE DC COMICS BLOCKBTER H SUICI SQUAD, WHICH BEME HIS MOST SUCCSFUL FILM SCE 1996'S INPENNCE DAY. THE SAME YEAR, HE ALSO TOOK ON A MORE SOMBER ROLE AS A FATHER WHO LOS HIS YOUNG DGHTER THE DRAMA COLLATERAL BETY. ALTHOUGH A FOLLOW-UP ENAVOR, BRIGHT (2017), WAS THOROUGHLY PANNED BY CRICS, DIENC RPOND MORE POSIVELY TO THE URBAN FANTASY CRIME FLICK.'ALADD,' 'GEMI MAN' AND 'BAD BOYS FOR LIFE'IN FEBARY 2019, SMH ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE RETURNG FOR THE SUICI SQUAD SEQUEL. AROUND THAT TIME, A MERCIAL DURG THE GRAMMY AWARDS REVEALED HIM AS A WISECRACKG GENIE GUY RCHIE'S LIVE-ACTN ADAPTATN OF DISNEY'S ALADD, WHICH WENT ON TO TOP $1 BILLN AT THE GLOBAL BOX OFFICE. NEXT UP WAS ANG LEE'S GEMI MAN, WHICH HAD SMH PULLG DOUBLE DUTY — WH HELP OM DIGAL TECHNOLOGY — AS A 50-YEAR-OLD ASSASS ASSIGNED TO KILL A 23-YEAR-OLD VERSN OF HIMSELF.THE A-LISTER CLOSED OUT THE YEAR BY VOICG SUPER AGENT LANCE STERLG THE ANIMATED SPI DISGUISE, ALONGSI TOM HOLLAND, BEFORE OPENG 2020 WH A RETURN TO HIS SUCCSFUL P-BUDDY ANCHISE BAD BOYS FOR LIFE.PERSONAL LIFESMH HAS BEEN MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, TO SHEREE ZAMPO 1992, LASTED ONLY THREE YEARS BUT PRODUCED A SON, WILLARD SMH III (B. 1992), ALSO KNOWN AS TREY. HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ACTRS JADA PKETT SMH SCE 1997. THE UPLE'S SON, JAN, WAS BORN 1998, AND THEIR DGHTER, WILLOW, WAS BORN 2000. SMH LEANS POLILLY LIBERAL AND HAS MA DONATNS TO THE PRINTIAL MPAIGNS OF BARACK OBAMA. SMH IS A FAN OF CHS AND VIO GAM AND IS KNOWN TO TAKE HIS MOTHER ON VATN EVERY YEAR, UALLY TO THE CANYON RANCH SPA TUCSON, {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
- IS WILL SMH GAY?
BEFORE THE OSR, BEFORE THE SLAP: WILL SMH ONCE GOT VERY GAY
Sam Smh's "Man I Am" is extremely that's sayg a lot, nsirg some of their most recent releas. * will smith gay movie *
In the years sce Six Degre, the actor has spoken about his reluctance to perform the gay love scen for fear of them damagg his reer. Homophobia ran ep at the time, and actors perceived wh the dtry as queer uld end up blackballed by the dtry.
Among the tracks, there is one that stands out not only as the gayt on the album but also as the gayt release yet om one of the most popular queer artists the world: Sam Smh. “No, I’m not gay, bro / But I’ve been on that lay low” may be the mpit high pot for the cut, and ’s hilar to hear Smh sg the words. READ NEXTDeSantis Campaign Shar Homoerotic Ad Toutg Anti-LGBTQ RerdWhen You Get In Bed Wh Bigots, Please RensirNew York Man Fatally Stabbed Possible Anti-Gay Hate CrimeIsland Hoe Staff Says “Keep Key Wt Gay”.
WILL SMH GAY RUMORS: PHOTOGRAPHED HALF-NAKED IN HOTEL ROOM WH A MAN [PHOTOS]
A supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Court. * will smith gay movie *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex Jiang for The New York TimAfter the Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex marriag, crics of the cisn raised qutns about a form clud urt papers the se that appeared to show that a gay uple had sought the servic of the signer, Lorie man who supposedly submted the form said he was unaware of s existence until a reporter for The New Republic lled him. He is, moreover, straight, married to a woman and a supporter of gay rights.
More about Adam LiptakA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Crics Are Qutng a Seemgly Fake Document a Recent Gay Rights Case. Stg her livg room, the 48-year-old, put to rt the gay mors that have been swirlg around Will, and said the reason their three year marriage end was simply bee they were both so young. Alexis Arquette claims Will and Jada Pkett Smh are gayACTRESS Alexis Arquette has ma bombshell claims about Will and Jada Pkett Smh.
TRANSGENDER actrs Alexis Arquette has sensatnally claimed that Will and Jada Pkett Smh are gay and the Concsn actor paid off his first wife after she walked on him wh another man. “When Jada out as gay and her beard hband adms his first marriage end when she walked to him … then I will listen to them, ” Arquette wrote a sce leted Facebook post on Tuday, The New York Post reports.
SAM SMH’S NEW SGLE ‘MAN I AM’ IS THEIR GAYT SONG YET
* will smith gay movie *
Gays have enemi. The two actors met 1993 on the set of Six Degre of Separatn, a edy-drama based on the te story of gay htler David Hampton, who is named Pl the film.
Smh played the lead role alongsi Stockard Channg and Donald Sutherland, who portrayed the wealthy gay uple he targets. At this pot Smh already had two film rol and The Frh Prce of Bel Air unr his belt, but he was still bt known as a rapper – a genre that’s still bet by homophobic prejudice to this day.
The news that Will Smh had drawn the le at a gay kiss didn’t go unnoted by Ian McKellen, who also starred the movie as the South Ain billnaire, Geofey Miller. In he plays a gay n artist who suckers rich New Yorkers by pretendg to be privileged, private-schooled, and Sidney Poier's son.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
Will Smh pulled gay ba and swch for big screen but. * will smith gay movie *
The film was to have clud a gay love scene, but after he land the part (and filmg was halfway nclud) Will Smh apparently balked at actually kissg another actor onscreen.
WILL SMH’S EX WIFE ON RUMORS WILL IS GAY: ‘HE WAS STRAIGHT IN 1992, AND HE’S STRAIGHT IN 2016’
Many Hollywood stars, om Naveen Andrews to Robert Redford, have played gay or bisexual rol that range om the surprisg to the nearly fotten. Here are 10 of them. * will smith gay movie *
The lear of a group of naways, Kg acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay htler Ltle J and junkie Greg. This is the story of a young gay htler named Pl (Smh) who knocks on the door of Ouisa and Flan Ktredge (Stockard Channg and Donald Sutherland) and tells them a story of beg mugged and also beg the son of Sidney Poier. " tells a meager story of a psdosophistited art aler of sorts Manhattan (Sutherland) and his psdosophistited wife (Channg) who fd a young black gay man kerplunked their liv g them to mentally scurry about not unlike Pooh ("Oh, Bother!
The Con, The Greed, The Homosexualy.
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ALEXIS ARQUETTE CLAIMS WILL AND JADA PKETT SMH ARE GAY
It succeeds everythg attempts to do and bothers me when I read ments om gay rears that absolutely loathe this film. After thkg about for a ltle b, I thk I've found the reason for why all the gay viewers hated this film: they're sick of the py and the sympathy.
I n unrstand that, and is basilly impossible to make a quasi-realistic film about gay rights and anti-homophobia whout exhibg some sympathy for the alienated gay populatn. I adm that I have ltle experience wh gays, although I am acquated wh a few.
They are on wonrful terms wh their fai (even though one homosexual wr here that fai are NOT like that). I disagree wh people who thk that bee their fay is displeased wh their sexual orientatn, every gay person is tranged om their fay.
WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007/2:05 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH OTHERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH AND DONALD SUTHERLAND SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT RELL WILL SMH'S BIG SCREEN BUT 1993'S SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN. IN HE PLAYS A GAY N ARTIST WHO SUCKERS RICH NEW YORKERS BY PRETENDG TO BE PRIVILEGED, PRIVATE-SCHOOLED, AND SIDNEY POIER'S SON. THE FILM WAS TO HAVE CLUD A GAY LOVE SCENE, BUT AFTER HE LAND THE PART (AND FILMG WAS HALFWAY NCLUD) WILL SMH APPARENTLY BALKED AT ACTUALLY KISSG ANOTHER ACTOR ONSCREEN. THEY HAD TO E MIRRORS AND TRICK MERA ANGL TO MAKE APPEAR AS IF SMH'S CHARACTER LOCKS LIPS WH ANOTHER MAN. RIDICULO, RIGHT? IMAGE IF HEATH LEDGER AND JAKE GYLLENHALL HAD FILMED HALF OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA AND THEN TOLD ANG LEE THEY WEREN'T GOG TO DO THE TENT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER TERVIEWS WH WILL SMH EXPLAG HIS BEHAVR. HE SAID HE'D BEEN ADVISED AGAST TARNISHG HIS HETERO IMAGE BY NONE OTHER THAN DENZEL WASHGTON. ARRGH! I PRETTY MUCH WROTE THE TWO OF THEM OFF AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AROUND THE SAME TIME ANOTHER BLACK ACTOR, WLEY SNIP, WAS ASKED FOR A MENT: WHAT DID HE THK OF WILL SMH'S REFAL AND WOULD HE KISS ANOTHER MAN ONSCREEN. SNIP SAID SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF "IT'S LLED ACTG, STUPID! GET OVER ." (I WISH I ULD PROVI A LK FOR YOU AND THE EXACT EARLY 1990'S QUOTE, BUT I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE AND DON'T SEEM TO BE ONLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SHOWS, I SURE N PICK 'EM. WILL SMH MAY JT BE THE BIGGT MALE STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHEREAS POOR WLEY SNIP IS STRAIGHT-TO-VIO PURGATORY AND FACG SER PRISON TIME FOR TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AH WELL, FOR THAT ONE ENLIGHTENED MENT ALONE I'LL ALWAYS BE A SNIP FAN-- NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD MOVI HE MAK OR HOW MUCH HE CHEATS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEY, ON A SI NOTE, DID YOU KNOW YOU N ACTUALLY TURN SOMEONE FOR TAX EVASN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 15% REWARD? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RMATN -- JT FILG THE FORM ULD TRIGGER AN IRS QUIRY. JT FOR THE HECK OF , I'M TURNG WILL SMH AND DENZEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERR, ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Another wrong ment I read was that the film giv viewers the imprsn that gays are the only on that n get AIDS (and that the disease is always adly).
TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. BUT ALTHOUGH THE SPELLA CHARACTER DO LATER PROVE OF MOR E TO WILLIS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL REASON WHY HE ULDN'T HAVE ED A WOMAN THE SAME WAY — OR WHY HE HAD TO KISS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT SAID, THE MOVIE DIDN'T EXACTLY W ANY PRIZ FOR GAY VISIBILY. AFTER A TT DIENCE RPOND WH APPLSE TO THE SCENE WHERE WILLIS FALLY SHOOTS SPELLA AD, GLAAD PERSUAD THE FILMMAKERS TO RHOOT THE SCENE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SPELLA IS KILLED BEE HE HAS REALIZED THAT WILLIS IS THE JACKAL, AND NOT BEE HE IS GAY. SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNTG, THAT'S ONE MORE GAY MOVIE CHARACTER WHO MEETS AN EARLY, VLENT ATH — BUT HEY, AT LEAST 'S NOT BEE OF HOMOPHOBIA, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
The most powerful argument agast this film seems to be that is anti-homosexual propaganda how shows the relatnship between Tom Hanks and Anton Banras. It sounds to me that most disappoted gay rears were hopg to see gay pornography rather than a film about two homosexuals and the troubl they face when one of them ntracts AIDS. I disturbs me that so many gay rears would rather see the two of them make out than display affectn for one another more powerful ways.
Another argument I noticed more than once was that, asi om Hanks' character, the film portrays all gays as "pansi. I suppose that most gay viewers saw that msage as somethg along the l of "Gays are out! Bee too many of are like him, jt average people who want to take a few steps back every time a homosexual walks nearby.
They were simply memori, and although Hanks' character is a noble, honorable, unfortunately ill homosexual, he naturally feels angry towards his former employers. In this way, the filmmakers build a nnectn between Hanks' character and the viewers, gay or not. This also helps the viewer sympathize for homosexuals and see how they are sentially no different than anyone else.
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SMH STARRED ON THE S THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR FOR SIX SEASONS, BEFORE TABLISHG HIMSELF AS A HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER WH BAD BOYS (1995) AND INPENNCE DAY (1996). HE HAS SCE HEADLED SUCH POPULAR FILMS AS MEN BLACK (1997) AND HCH (2005) AND EARNED OSR NOMATNS FOR ALI (2001) AND THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS (2006). SMH ALSO EARNED ACCLAIM FOR CONCSN (2015), BEFORE RETURNG TO ACTN FARE WH SUICI SQUAD (2016).EARLY LIFESMH WAS BORN WILLARD CARROLL SMH JR. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1968, PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, TO MOTHER CAROLE, A SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE, AND FATHER WILLARD C. SMH, A REIGERATN PANY OWNER. HIS MIDDLE-CLASS UPBRGG SAW HIM ATTEND THE STRICT OUR LADY OF LOURS CATHOLIC SCHOOL, SPE HIS FAY'S OBSERVATN OF THE BAPTIST FAH. HE WENT ON TO ATTEND OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.HIS WT PHILALPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A MELTG POT OF CULTUR WHERE ORTHODOX JEWS -EXISTED WH A LARGE MLIM POPULATN. SMH WAS A GOOD STUNT WHOSE CHARMG PERSONALY AND QUICK TONGUE WERE RENOWNED FOR GETTG HIM OUT OF TROUBLE, A TRA FOR WHICH HE SOON GAED THE NICKNAME "PRCE.''SMH BEGAN RAPPG AT AGE 12, EMULATG HERO LIKE GRANDMASTER FLASH BUT TGEG HIS RHYM WH A EDIC ELEMENT THAT WOULD LATER BEE HIS TRAMARK. AT 16 SMH MET FUTURE LLABORATOR JEFF TOWN AT A PARTY. THE PAIR BEME IENDS, AND THE DUO DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE WAS BORN.MIC CAREERAS TEENS, DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE BEGAN PRODUCG MIC BUT STEERED CLEAR OF THE GANGSTA RAP SOUND THAT WAS EMERGG OM THE WT COAST BY GROUPS LIKE N.W.A. THE FRH PRCE RAPPED ABOUT TEENAGE PREOCCUPATNS A CLEAN, CURSE-EE STYLE THAT MIDDLE AMERI FOUND SAFE AND ENTERTAG. THE PAIR'S FIRST SGLE, "GIRLS A'T NOTHG BUT TROUBLE," WAS A H 1986. THEIR 1987 BUT ALBUM, ROCK THE HOE, H THE BILLBOARD TOP 200, AND MA SMH A LNAIRE BEFORE THE AGE OF 18. THE EARLY SUCCS PUT ANY THOUGHTS OF ATTENDG LLEGE OUT OF SMH'S MD. EARLY ON, WAS REPORTED THAT SMH HAD TURNED DOWN A SCHOLARSHIP TO BOSTON'S ELE MASSACHETTS INSTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), BUT SMH LATER DISPELLED THE MOR WHEN HE TOLD AN TERVIEWER: "MY MOTHER, WHO WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PHILALPHIA, HAD A IEND WHO WAS THE ADMISSNS OFFICER AT MIT. I HAD PRETTY HIGH SAT SR AND THEY NEED BLACK KIDS, SO I PROBABLY ULD HAVE GOTTEN . BUT I HAD NO TENTN OF GOG TO LLEGE." IN 1988, DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRH PRCE NTUED THEIR SUCCS WH THE ALBUM HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER. FEATURG THE RAD-IENDLY SGL "PARENTS JT DON'T UNRSTAND," "BRAND NEW FUNK," AND "NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET," THE ALBUM WON THE FIRST-EVER GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT RAP PERFORMANCE. IT WAS FOLLOWED 1989 BY AND IN THIS CORNER..., WHICH NTUED THE PAIR'S RISE TO STARDOM.MOVI AND TV SHOWS'THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR'TWO YEARS LATER, SMH BEGAN HIS CROSSOVER TO ACTG. DRAWG ON HIS EXPERIENC WH FLEDGLG STARDOM, NBC SIGNED SMH TO HEADLE A S ABOUT A STREET-SMART KID OM PHILALPHIA WHO MOV WH STUFFY RELATIV THE POSH LOS ANGEL NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEL-AIR. PLAYG ON HIS RAPPER PERSONA, AND AT TIM FEATURG HIS IEND TOWNE, THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR WAS A HUGE SUCCS THAT RAN FOR SIX SEASONS. MEANWHILE, SMH AND TOWNE NTUED PRODUCG MIC, THEIR 1991 ALBUM HOMEBASE PRODUCG THE HS "SUMMERTIME" AND "RG MY BELL." THEIR FAL ALBUM TOGETHER, 1993'S CO RED, WAS NOTABLE FOR "BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM."'WHERE THE DAY TAK YOU' AND 'SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN' WHILE STILL MAKG THE FRH PRCE OF BEL-AIR, SMH BEGAN A SEND CROSSOVER TO MOVI. SMALL ROL THE DRAMA WHERE THE DAY TAK YOU (1992) AND THE EDY MA IN AMERI (1993) WERE FOLLOWED BY A CRILLY ACCLAIMED LEAD SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN (1993). HOLDG HIS OWN ALONGSI {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}DONALD SUTHERLAND, STOCKARD CHANNG AND IAN MCKELLEN, SMH PLAYED A STREET-WISE GAY HTLER WHO NS HIS WAY THROUGH ELE CIRCL.'BAD BOYS' SMH'S FIRST STEPS TO SUPERSTARDOM ME WH HIS NEXT FILM, BAD BOYS (1995). THE HIGH-BUDGET P MOVIE SAW HIM TEAM UP WH IC MART LAWRENCE, BREAKG AWAY OM THE BLACK-P-WHE-P FORMULA THAT HAD BEEN SO SUCCSFUL FOR BEVERLY HILLS COP AND THE LETHAL WEAPON SERI. THE TWO BLACK LEADS PROVED AN STANT SUCCS AND SMH — PLAYG THE SMOOTH LADY KILLER TO LAWRENCE'S CLOWN — WAS TABLISHED AS LEADG MAN MATERIAL.'INPENNCE DAY'SMH NEXT TOOK ON THE EPIC SCI-FI FLICK INPENNCE DAY (1996), A ROLE THAT NFIRMED HIM AS A MAJOR PLAYER HOLLYWOOD AND THE GO-TO GUY FOR SUMMER BLOCKBTERS. HE PLAYED A PILOT LEADG THE UNTERATTACK AGAST VADG ALIEN FORC, AND HIS EDIC TALENTS EFFORTLSLY TRANSFORMED TO THE PHY ONE-LERS ALL ACTN HERO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DROP WHILE DISPATCHG THEIR ENEMI.'MEN BLACK' AND 'ENEMY OF THE STATE' SMH FOUGHT ALIENS AGA HIS NEXT BLOCKBTER, THE IC SCI-FI ACTN FILM, MEN BLACK (1997). PLAYG OPPOSE TOMMY LEE JON, SMH CHEWED UP THE SCREEN AS THE NEW REC TO JON' OLD HAND. SMH RAPPED THE THEME SONG, AND S CLN ON HIS 1997 SOLO ALBUM, BIG WILLIE STYLE, BROUGHT THE MULTI-TALENTED ACTOR MORE SUCCS. ANOTHER BLOCKBTER FOLLOWED WH THE SLICK NSPIRACY THRILLER ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998), WHICH EARNED SMH AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMATN FOR OUTSTANDG ACTOR A MOTN PICTURE.'WILD WILD WT' AND 'THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE' THE STRG OF HS ME TO AN END 1999 WH WILD WILD WT, A SCI-FI WBOY WTERN -STARRG KEV KLE. DPE THE FILM'S LACKLTER BOX-OFFICE PERFORMANCE, THE TRACK SMH CUT FOR THE FILM BEME A H ON HIS 1999 ALBUM, WILLENNIUM. THE GOLF MOVIE THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (2000) WAS HIS NEXT BIG FILM, WH SMH PLAYG THE DDIE TO MATT DAMON'S OUT-OF-SORTS SWGER.OSR NOMATN FOR 'ALI' THE 2001 BPIC ALI, BASED ON BOXG LEGEND MUHAMMAD ALI, GAVE SMH THE OPPORTUNY TO REGA HIS BIG-SCREEN SWAGGER. HIS TURN AS THE CHARISMATIC BOXG GREAT SAW SMH PUT THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS LIFE, TRAG AND DISCIPLG HIMSELF TO EXTRAORDARY LENGTHS TO DO JTICE TO THE ATHLETICISM — AND EGO — OF THE TULAR CHARACTER. THE FILM UNRWHELMED AT THE BOX OFFICE SPE A RERD-BREAKG OPENG DAY, BUT SMH'S PERFORMANCE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO GARNER HIM HIS FIRST AMY AWARD NOMATN.'MEN BLACK II,' 'BAD BOYS II' AND 'I, ROBOT'A UPLE OF SEQUELS WERE NEXT, WH SMH REPRISG HIS ROL MEN IN BLACK II (2002) AND BAD BOYS II (2003). NEHER WAS A FLOP, BUT NEHER MATCHED THE IMPRSIVE BOX-OFFICE TAKE OF S PRECSOR. STAYG WH THE SCI-FI ACTN THEME, SMH MOVED ON TO I, ROBOT 2004. THE ISAAC ASIMOV ADAPTATN FEATURED SMH AS A FUTURISTIC P VTIGATG A MURR BY A ROBOT AND THEN BATTLG A ROBOT SURGENCY. THE FILM PERFORMED WELL, GROSSG MORE THAN $144 LN DOMTILLY.'HCH' AND 'THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS' SMH'S SMOOTH-TALKG CHARMER PERSONA WAS PUT TO E THE 2005 ROMANTIC EDY HCH, PLAYG A DATG NSULTANT WHO HELPS LUCKLS GUYS WH THEIR ROMANTIC MOV. SMH ALSO PENNED THE THEME SONG AND CLUD ON HIS 2005 ALBUM, LOST AND FOUND. HCH WAS A MASSIVE SUCCS, AND WAS FOLLOWED 2006 BY ANOTHER CRIL AND FANCIAL H, THE PURSU OF HAPPYNS (2006). STARRG ALONGSI HIS REAL-LIFE SON JAN, SMH PTIVATED DIENC WH THE STORY OF A SGLE FATHER WHO HAS TO BUILD A LIFE OM SCRATCH. HE RECEIVED HIS SEND AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE.'I AM LEGEND' IN 2007, SMH STARRED I AM LEGEND, A REMAKE OF THE CHARLTON HTON FILM OMEGA MAN, WHICH HE BATTLED BLOODTHIRSTY VAMPIR. THE FILM BEME A NATNAL AND TERNATNAL H.'HANCK,' 'SEVEN POUNDS,' AND 'MEN BLACK 3' SMH THEN TOOK ON THE DUAL ROLE OF ACTOR AND PRODUCER FOR HANCK (2008), WHICH HE PLAYED AN ALHOLIC ANTI-SUPERHERO, AND FOR SEVEN POUNDS (2008), ABOUT A MAN WHO SETS OUT TO CHANGE THE LIV OF SEVEN PEOPLE. HE ALSO HELPED PRODUCE TWO MORE FILMS RELEASED THAT YEAR, LAKEVIEW TERRACE AND THE SECRET LIFE OF BE. AFTER A HIAT, SMH RETURNED TO THE BIG SCREEN 2012 WH MEN BLACK 3, FOLLOWED BY A TURN AS A ARY MANR THE CRILLY PANNED M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN SCI-FI FLICK AFTER EARTH, WHICH -STARRED SMH'S SON JAN. HE THEN MA A MEO AS LUCIFER THE FILM WTER'S TALE (2014). 'FOC,' 'CONCSN,' 'SUICI SQUAD'SMH'S NEXT LEADG ROLE ME WH THE 2015 HEIST PER FOC, -STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE. LATER THE YEAR, HE STARRED AS DR. BEN OMALU THE SPORTS DRAMA CONCSN, EARNG A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS ROLE AS A DOCTOR FIGHTG TO RAISE AWARENS ABOUT HEAD TRMA NFL PLAYERS. IN 2016, SMH STARRED THE DC COMICS BLOCKBTER H SUICI SQUAD, WHICH BEME HIS MOST SUCCSFUL FILM SCE 1996'S INPENNCE DAY. THE SAME YEAR, HE ALSO TOOK ON A MORE SOMBER ROLE AS A FATHER WHO LOS HIS YOUNG DGHTER THE DRAMA COLLATERAL BETY. ALTHOUGH A FOLLOW-UP ENAVOR, BRIGHT (2017), WAS THOROUGHLY PANNED BY CRICS, DIENC RPOND MORE POSIVELY TO THE URBAN FANTASY CRIME FLICK.'ALADD,' 'GEMI MAN' AND 'BAD BOYS FOR LIFE'IN FEBARY 2019, SMH ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE RETURNG FOR THE SUICI SQUAD SEQUEL. AROUND THAT TIME, A MERCIAL DURG THE GRAMMY AWARDS REVEALED HIM AS A WISECRACKG GENIE GUY RCHIE'S LIVE-ACTN ADAPTATN OF DISNEY'S ALADD, WHICH WENT ON TO TOP $1 BILLN AT THE GLOBAL BOX OFFICE. NEXT UP WAS ANG LEE'S GEMI MAN, WHICH HAD SMH PULLG DOUBLE DUTY — WH HELP OM DIGAL TECHNOLOGY — AS A 50-YEAR-OLD ASSASS ASSIGNED TO KILL A 23-YEAR-OLD VERSN OF HIMSELF.THE A-LISTER CLOSED OUT THE YEAR BY VOICG SUPER AGENT LANCE STERLG THE ANIMATED SPI DISGUISE, ALONGSI TOM HOLLAND, BEFORE OPENG 2020 WH A RETURN TO HIS SUCCSFUL P-BUDDY ANCHISE BAD BOYS FOR LIFE.PERSONAL LIFESMH HAS BEEN MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, TO SHEREE ZAMPO 1992, LASTED ONLY THREE YEARS BUT PRODUCED A SON, WILLARD SMH III (B. 1992), ALSO KNOWN AS TREY. HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ACTRS JADA PKETT SMH SCE 1997. THE UPLE'S SON, JAN, WAS BORN 1998, AND THEIR DGHTER, WILLOW, WAS BORN 2000. SMH LEANS POLILLY LIBERAL AND HAS MA DONATNS TO THE PRINTIAL MPAIGNS OF BARACK OBAMA. SMH IS A FAN OF CHS AND VIO GAM AND IS KNOWN TO TAKE HIS MOTHER ON VATN EVERY YEAR, UALLY TO THE CANYON RANCH SPA TUCSON, {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
I am sorry that so many gays would rather rema alienated, would rather see Hanks and Banras act gay porn than a meangful film.
I am sorry that there is even one homosexual out there who are is alienated om their fai that they have no one to really turn to. This film is not the most accurate portrayal of homosexuals, but is far om the worst. Do not even attempt to persua me, that this film is nothg but worthls drivel, that tri to alienate gays even more.
" If all gay people are lookg for is a prsg, unventive, accurate P.
IS WILL SMH GAY?
That emphasiz homosexual kissg rather than acceptance and tegratn, then maybe they should rema alienated. Root around the annals of movie and televisn history, and you may be surprised at the number of famo actors who have gay or bisexual rol their pasts.
Before Hugh Grant beme the go-to guy for straight romantic edi, he played gay Mrice (1987) and the TV movie Our Sons (1991). Even Will Smh played a gay role the 1993 film Six Degre of Separatn, though he refed to kiss a man on mera. It jt go to show that playg gay is not the reer-killer was once thought to be.