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• DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{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 DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {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 ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {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;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {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;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{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;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {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 WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{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;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {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;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {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;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {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;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DAVE AN GAY
• DAVE FRAN: IS HE GAY? EARLY YEARS AND PRIVATE LIFE
• THIS IS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS NOW GAY IN 'NEIGHBORS 2'
• DAVE FRAN IS A GAY FRAT BRO ‘NEIGHBORS 2’ – VIDEO
• JAM FRAN ACCEPTS HE IS GAY, BUT ONLY HIS ART
• DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{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 DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {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 ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {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;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {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;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{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;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {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 WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{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;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {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;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {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;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {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;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• JAM FRAN’S GAY-PORN MOVIE AND OTHER TRIBE STANDOUTSEVERYTHG OM A TENSN-FILLED CHAMBER PIECE TO GAY-PORN DRAMA TO TOM HANKS WANRG AROUND THE SDI SERT.BY KATEY RICH AND RICHARD LAWSONAPRIL 22, 2016KEEGAN ALLEN AS HARLOW KG COBRA.COURTY OF JSE KORMANSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAS THE 2016 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL WDS DOWN THIS WEEKEND, HERE’S A LOOK AT FIVE NOTABLE FILMS WE SAW AT THE FTIVAL, OM A TENSN-FILLED CHAMBER PIECE TO GAY-PORN DRAMA TO TOM HANKS WANRG AROUND THE SDI SERT.KG COBRAGAY PORN IS NOT A WORLD THAT’S OFTEN—OR EVER, REALLY—EXPLORED AMERIN NARRATIVE CEMA, SO THERE’S AT LEAST SOMETHG HERENTLY BOLD AND TERTG ABOUT DIRECTOR JT KELLY’S NEW FILM, WHICH CHRONICL THE SNDAL SURROUNDG MID-GHTS BARELY LEGAL PORN STAR BRENT CORRIGAN (REAL NAME SEAN LOCKHART), UNRAGE SEX AND MURR AND ALL. BUT AS HE SHOWED HIS LAST FILM, I AM MICHAEL, KELLY, WHO WROTE THE SCRIPT FOR KG COBRA, IS NOT A TERRIBLY ASTUTE ANALYST OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY, HERE RCG THE STORY OF A YOUNG PORN TALENT AND HIS SVENGALI-LIKE PRODUCER (PLAYED WELL BY CHRISTIAN SLATER), AND THE TWO JEALO IDTS WHO ULTIMATELY WREAK HAVOC ON ALL OF THEIR LIV, TO SOME PRETTY SIMPLE, CHEAPLY ILLTRATED MOTIVATNS. THE TWO IDTS ARE PLAYED BY KEEGAN ALLEN AND JAM FRAN (WHO WAS ALSO I AM MICHAEL), THE LATTER OF WHOM HASN’T PLAYED A CREDIBLE GAY MAN SCE MILK, THOUGH NOT FOR LACK OF TRYG. GARRETT CLAYTON, A DISNEY CHANNEL STAR NOW WORKG BLUE, PLAYS CORRIGAN/LOCKHART UNEVENLY, THOUGH HE DO PTURE HIS GLIMMERS OF AMBN PRETTY WELL. WH S WILD TE-CRIME FOUNDATN, KG COBRA ULD BE SUCH A DARK, RICH, ENGROSSG MOVIE. BUT KELLY DO A SH JOB, HTG REQUIRED PLOT BEATS WHOUT EXPLORG ANY OF THE STORY’S EMOTNAL AND SOCLOGIL TERRA. EVEN THOSE LOOKG FOR BASE TILLATN WILL LEAVE UNSATISFIED. KG COBRA NEEDS SOME SER FLUFFG. —RICHARD LAWSONALWAYS SHECOURTY OF MARK SCHWARTZBARD.“I’LL DO ANYTHG YOU WANT,” PROMIS THE DOE-EYED BLON, SPEAKG DIRECTLY TO THE MERA, OFFERG A MIX OF GIRLISH SCTN AND, JT UNRNEATH , OUTRIGHT TERROR. THE OPENG SHOT OF SOPHIA TAKAL’S ALWAYS SHE IS A BRACG, TERRIFYG B OF ACTG OM CAL FZGERALD—QUICKLY REVEALED TO BE JT THAT, ACTG, AN DN BEFORE A ROOM FULL OF MEN WHO E THE WORD “SWEETHEART” LIKE A WEAPON.THE WORLD OF ALWAYS SHE IS FULL OF THOSE KDS OF MEN—HOLLYWOOD TYP WHO ST AND REJECT WOMEN BASED ON THEIR LOOKS, SURE, BUT ALSO MORE SENSIVE, ARTSY FILMMAKER TYP, OR EVEN WOODSY BIG SUR BARTENRS, ALL OF THEM SEEKG A SPECIFIC KD OF WOMAN TO F NEATLY TO THEIR LIV. IT IS UP TO THOSE WOMEN—FZGERALD AND MACKENZIE DAVIS, PLAYG A PAIR OF ACTRS IENDS WHO HAVE GROWN APART WHEN ONE OF THEM HAS BEE SUCCSFUL—TO NAVIGATE AROUND THOSE MANDS, AND STGGLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN INTY A WORLD WHERE, AS TWO BLONS, THEY MAY AS WELL BE TERCHANGEABLE.WH SHAS OF MULHOLLAND DRIVE AND CLASSIC HORROR TROP HAND, TAKAL EXPLOR THIS LIMAL SPACE OF INTY BETWEEN THE TWO IENDS, FORHADOWG SOMETHG TERRIBLE THEIR FUTURE BUT LGERG EFFECTIVELY ON THE SIMPLER EMOTNAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM. FILMED LARGELY SOMEONE’S GEO BIG SUR HOME, ALWAYS SHE HAS THE LOW-BUDGET ATHETICS AND LONG, TALKY SCEN OF YOUR CLASSIC MORN DIE, BUT BUILDS EFFECTIVE TENSN AND PLAYS WH S DIENCE A WAY THAT REVEALS TAKAL AS A REMARKABLY ASSURED FILMMAKER. IT’S A MOVIE DIRECTED BY A WOMAN THAT’S STILL ABOUT THE MALE GAZE AND HOW IMPOSSIBLE N BE TO PE . IT’S A TENSN THAT, AMONG MANY OTHER THGS, MAK ALWAYS SHE UNSETTLG, UNSHAKABLE, AND SERVG OF A BROAR DIENCE BEYOND S TRIBE FILM FTIVAL BUT. —KATEY RICHWOLVCOURTY OF JUANMI AZPIROZMOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINWRER-DIRECTOR BART FRNDLICH’S TIMATE SPORTS MELODRAMA HAS A STRONG ROSTER OF TALENT. TAYLOR JOHN SMH SENSIVELY PLAYS ANTHONY KELLER, BASKETBALL STAR AT A MANHATTAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (THEY LL HIM ST. ANTHONY), WHO, SPE HIS HERO STAT, IS FIGHTG A PROBLEM OF MOTIVATN. THAT’S LARGELY OWED TO THE FACT OF HIS DIFFICULT HOME LIFE, WHICH IS DOMATED BY HIS MERCURIAL GAMBLG ADDICT OF A FATHER, PLAYED WH A SRY STAGGER BY MICHAEL SHANNON. (WHO IS APPARENTLY EVERY MOVIE MA NOW.) BOTH ACTORS GIVE FE PERFORMANC, SMH MAKG A PARTICULARLY STRONG IMPRSN, FDG HIS TROUBLED GOLN BOY A CREDIBLE WELL OF HURT AND TEENAGE NFN. CEMATOGRAPHER JUAN MIGUEL AZPIROZ IS ALSO AN M.V.P. HERE, GIVG WOLV A WOOZY, WANRG PULL. THE TENSE BASKETBALL SCEN ARE GRACEFULLY FILMED, AS ARE THE LOVG, LIVED- PICTNS OF EVERYDAY MANHATTAN LIFE.THOUGH, I HAVE TO LL FOUL ELSEWHERE. FRNDLICH OVERSTUFFS HIS MOVIE, THROWG MORE PROBLEMS AT ANTHONY THAN ARE BELIEVABLE. WH A FEW PLOT POTS EXCISED, WOVL ULD BE A MUCH SUBTLER, MORE RONANT MOVIE. THERE’S ALSO THE AWKWARD PRENCE OF A CHARACTER NAMED SOCRAT, WHO, THOUGH HE IS PLAYED BY THE BRILLIANT CLASSIL STAGE ACTOR JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON, TAK ON A FEW TOO MANY QUALI OF THE “MAGIL NEGRO,” DISPENSG LIFE ADVICE TO THIS B-BALL-PLAYG WHE BOY WH A SORT OF KNOWG MYSTICISM. BY PICTURE’S END, WOLV HAS MORPHED OM A NUANCED DRAMA TO A GENERILLY UPLIFTG SPORTS MOVIE WH SOME HAMY ARTICULATED THRILLER ASPECTS THROWN , AND ’S BEE TRATGLY UNCLEAR WHY WE’RE SUPPOSED TO RE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIAL BOY.STILL, WOLV IS ENVELOPG, FOR S EXPRSIVE ATHETICS (M DAVID BRIDIE’S OVERLY SISTG SRE, WHICH SHOULD BE EJECTED OM THE GAME) AND PELLG PERFORMANC. SMH HAD A SMALL ARC RECENTLY ON THE EXCELLENT SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME, AND HERE BUILDS ON THAT PROMISE. HE’S AN ACTOR TO WATCH, EVEN IF WOLV DON’T ALWAYS PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS. —R.L.A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KGCOURTY OF ROADSI ATTRACTNSMOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINTHOUGH BOASTG BIG NAM—TOM HANKS AS STAR, TOM TYKWER AS DIRECTOR—THIS ADAPTATN OF A DAVE EGGERS NOVEL FEELS SMALL, THOUGH NOT A BAD WAY. ABOUT A BSMAN WHO TRAVELS TO SDI ARABIA TO SECURE AN I.T. NTRACT THAT WILL RCUE HIS STALLED REER, A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG FOLLOWS THE TRADN OF LOST TRANSLATN AND OTHER MOVI ABOUT ANGLOS WHO FD THEMSELV LOST—PHYSILLY, EMOTNALLY, SPIRUALLY— AN EXOTIC LAND. BUT TYKWER’S FILM, WHICH HE ALSO WROTE, HANDL THAT CULTURE CLASH WH A SURPRISG LICY—SURE THERE ARE SOME MOMENTS THAT MIGHT SMACK OF STEREOTYPE, BUT MUCH OF THE FILM IS MATIVE, OPEN-MD, GENTLE. THOUGH A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG ISN’T REALLY ABOUT MUCH, ONLY LIGHTLY TOUCHG ON WHAT I’M GUSG ARE MORE EP THEMATIC THREADS EGGERS’S NOVEL, STILL STRIK SOME D CHORDS QUE WELL, AID BY HANKS’S MUTED CHARM AND SOME TERRIFIC SUPPORTG PERFORMANC, CLUDG SARA CHOUDHURY AS A PASSNATE DOCTOR. A SIMPLE TRAVEL MOVIE WH A MYSTER, METAPHYSIL AIR ABOUT , A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG IS AN EVOTIVE LTLE MOOD PIECE, PECIALLY WHEN SRED TO SOME LOVELY MIC BY TYKWER AND JOHNNY KLIMEK. —R.L.LOVETECOURTY OF ALMA HAR'ELDOCUMENTARIAN ALMA HAR’EL WAS HAVG A HARD TIME WH LOVE, SO SHE WENT SEARCHG FOR — WORKG-CLASS ALASKA, SURFER-DU HAWAII, A CRAMPED OUTER BOROUGHS APARTMENT QUEENS. WHAT SHE FOUND THERE MAK UP HER NEW FILM, LOVETE, WHICH EXPERIMENTS WH REENACTMENTS AND SURREALIST SCEN TO ACPANY THE TE STORI OF S CHARACTERS, BUT IS PRIMARILY A TRIPTYCH OF PELLG, HEARTBREAKG TAL OF LOVE AND LOSS.NONE OF THE SLIM STORI WOULD MAKE MUCH OF A DOCUMENTARY ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY HAVE A NICE POWER WHEN PUT TOGETHER, EVEN IF THEIR THEM AND CHARACTERS ARE SO DIFFERENT ’S HARD TO E UP WH MUCH OF AN OVERARCHG THEME BEYOND “LOVE HURTS.” IN ALASKA, BLAKE HAS FOUND LOVE WH BOYIEND JOEL, BUT MAYBE NOT ACCEPTANCE, GIVEN A REER AS A STRIPPER SHE SEEMS TO GENUELY LIKE. IN HAWAII, A GUY WHO LLS HIMSELF “CONUT WILLIE” IS LIVG THE ULTIMATE BEACH-BUM FANTASY, BUT ALSO TORMENTED WH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HIS SON IS NOT, FACT, BLOGILLY HIS OWN. AND NEW YORK WE MEET VICTORY, ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN A FAY THAT PERFORMS ON STREET RNERS AND SUBWAY RS, GUID BY THEIR ATTENTIVE FATHER BUT ALSO ABANDONED BY A MOTHER WHO REF TO APPEAR ON MERA.MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINSOME OF HAR’EL’S SURREALISTIC FLOURISH ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OTHERS—BLAKE STG ON AN ABANDONED SCHOOL B FULL OF MANNEQUS TO RELIVE A TOUGH CHILDHOOD MEMORY IS STIRRG, WHILE STG AN ACTRS TO PLAY VICTORY’S MOM IS A META TWIST MORE NFG THAN MEANGFUL. BUT WH THE SRE OM FLYG LOT, EVOTIVE CEMATOGRAPHY, AND A NEAT PARALLELISM THAT TRODUC ALL OF OUR CHARACTERS TO YOUNGER VERSNS OF THEMSELV, LOVETE STEWS ON S LOVE STORI, NOT NECSARILY FDG ANSWERS BUT SPIRG EPER NSIRATN S PROCS. —K.R.THE 2016 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL PORTRAS1 / 40CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY FABRICE DALL'ANE AT THE SMYTH HOTEL.ALMA HAR'EL AND SHIA LABEOUF, LOVETEKATEY RICH
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DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{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 DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {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 ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {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;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {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;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{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;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {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 WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{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;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {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;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {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;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {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;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

About $5 ln is how much Dave Fran is worth, makg him one of the wealthit young actors Dave Fran GayIs Dave Fran G@y? “It should e as no surprise that we’re toyg wh the homoeroticism here [ the first film], ” “Stroller remarked while they were dog promotn for the send stallment. After mullg over the possibily of makg Zac Eon’s character g@y, Stroller relled how he almost gave the character Pete, played by Jam Fran, a homos*xual orientatn the first eratn of asked about the first movie, he explaed, “I was thkg, ‘He should jt be homos*xual.

DAVE AN GAY

Wow, this is a great moment to be Dave Fran GayWho Is The Wife Of Dave Fran? ’s gay nightlife scene, makg a hugely profable venture, but he smelled opportuny. Fran wasn’t among the legns of gay men and lbians who me to D.

DAVE FRAN: IS HE GAY? EARLY YEARS AND PRIVATE LIFE

How would his fay, pecially his Orthodox Jewish father, react to havg a fay member who was not only gay but owned a gay nightclub?

“I said, ‘I have the opportuny to go wh a group of guys to buy a [gay] nightclub. The Tracks venture was the first step along a reer path that would see Fran lnch wh his Tracks associat a new gay tablishment D.

THIS IS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS NOW GAY IN 'NEIGHBORS 2'

C., Tmpets rtrant, and wh bs partner Keh Clark start Universal Gear, a cha of clothg stor popular wh gay men. About 25 leas have been signed so far and the first View 14 rints moved over Thanksgivg weekend, among them Galan Panger, a 24-year-old gay man who is leasg a stud.

” They have been stickg to the east roof ck after Fran joked durg a tour of the buildg that was the gayer of the two rooftop spac sce has “the more fabulo view.

DAVE FRAN IS A GAY FRAT BRO ‘NEIGHBORS 2’ – VIDEO

There is also a fair b of traffic om gay and lbian renters like Panger, which Fran attribut to a variety of factors, cludg the fact that the buildg bears the strong imprt of two openly gay men, he and Blum, as well as the fluence of other gay men they know like Claire and Kole of Vastu and Chris Cahill, a good iend of Fran’s who works for Botanil Derators and me up wh the ia for g the urtyard space as a sculpture garn and helped select the sculptur and terr plants. People, gay and straight alike, Fran observed, appreciate qualy and, “not to rely too heavily on stereotyp, but gay men have a natural attentn to tail. We as gay men are [attuned] to high style, high sign and nvenience.

Among the many mors is that Zac Eon is gay and therefore has a boyiend.

JAM FRAN ACCEPTS HE IS GAY, BUT ONLY HIS ART

The mors also sparked Eon’s first terview the gay prs which he surprised everyone when he thought he saw nothg wrong wh beg gay. He said that the important people his life cludg many of his close iend’s associat and even role mols are gay.

Zac Eon gay weddg t-shirt.

DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{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 DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {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 ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {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;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {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;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{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;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {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 WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{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;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {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;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {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;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {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;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

This has allayed doubts that Eon is not gay; however, this should e as no surprise sce many people intify as both heterosexual and homosexual. ALSO READ: Is Daniel Radcliffe Gay Or Do He Have A Girliend? "I have been gay my entire life, sce I was a child.

Though some of that live big ci n feel like half of the world is gay, 's a stark difference om many livg small towns. "I was takg my mom somewhere one day and she jt asked 'are you gay?

"I was so sred of what actually meant to ll yourself gay so even the first man I dated, I still thought that afterwards I was gog to eventually meet a girl and get married bee that's what men did, " he said. "But I was steadfast that like 'I'm gay and I probably shouldn't have been talg to someone that was 20 but I'm not gog to therapy, '" he said. Apparently Bex Banks was the last to fd out he was gay.

JAM FRAN’S GAY-PORN MOVIE AND OTHER TRIBE STANDOUTSEVERYTHG OM A TENSN-FILLED CHAMBER PIECE TO GAY-PORN DRAMA TO TOM HANKS WANRG AROUND THE SDI SERT.BY KATEY RICH AND RICHARD LAWSONAPRIL 22, 2016KEEGAN ALLEN AS HARLOW KG COBRA.COURTY OF JSE KORMANSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAS THE 2016 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL WDS DOWN THIS WEEKEND, HERE’S A LOOK AT FIVE NOTABLE FILMS WE SAW AT THE FTIVAL, OM A TENSN-FILLED CHAMBER PIECE TO GAY-PORN DRAMA TO TOM HANKS WANRG AROUND THE SDI SERT.KG COBRAGAY PORN IS NOT A WORLD THAT’S OFTEN—OR EVER, REALLY—EXPLORED AMERIN NARRATIVE CEMA, SO THERE’S AT LEAST SOMETHG HERENTLY BOLD AND TERTG ABOUT DIRECTOR JT KELLY’S NEW FILM, WHICH CHRONICL THE SNDAL SURROUNDG MID-GHTS BARELY LEGAL PORN STAR BRENT CORRIGAN (REAL NAME SEAN LOCKHART), UNRAGE SEX AND MURR AND ALL. BUT AS HE SHOWED HIS LAST FILM, I AM MICHAEL, KELLY, WHO WROTE THE SCRIPT FOR KG COBRA, IS NOT A TERRIBLY ASTUTE ANALYST OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY, HERE RCG THE STORY OF A YOUNG PORN TALENT AND HIS SVENGALI-LIKE PRODUCER (PLAYED WELL BY CHRISTIAN SLATER), AND THE TWO JEALO IDTS WHO ULTIMATELY WREAK HAVOC ON ALL OF THEIR LIV, TO SOME PRETTY SIMPLE, CHEAPLY ILLTRATED MOTIVATNS. THE TWO IDTS ARE PLAYED BY KEEGAN ALLEN AND JAM FRAN (WHO WAS ALSO I AM MICHAEL), THE LATTER OF WHOM HASN’T PLAYED A CREDIBLE GAY MAN SCE MILK, THOUGH NOT FOR LACK OF TRYG. GARRETT CLAYTON, A DISNEY CHANNEL STAR NOW WORKG BLUE, PLAYS CORRIGAN/LOCKHART UNEVENLY, THOUGH HE DO PTURE HIS GLIMMERS OF AMBN PRETTY WELL. WH S WILD TE-CRIME FOUNDATN, KG COBRA ULD BE SUCH A DARK, RICH, ENGROSSG MOVIE. BUT KELLY DO A SH JOB, HTG REQUIRED PLOT BEATS WHOUT EXPLORG ANY OF THE STORY’S EMOTNAL AND SOCLOGIL TERRA. EVEN THOSE LOOKG FOR BASE TILLATN WILL LEAVE UNSATISFIED. KG COBRA NEEDS SOME SER FLUFFG. —RICHARD LAWSONALWAYS SHECOURTY OF MARK SCHWARTZBARD.“I’LL DO ANYTHG YOU WANT,” PROMIS THE DOE-EYED BLON, SPEAKG DIRECTLY TO THE MERA, OFFERG A MIX OF GIRLISH SCTN AND, JT UNRNEATH , OUTRIGHT TERROR. THE OPENG SHOT OF SOPHIA TAKAL’S ALWAYS SHE IS A BRACG, TERRIFYG B OF ACTG OM CAL FZGERALD—QUICKLY REVEALED TO BE JT THAT, ACTG, AN DN BEFORE A ROOM FULL OF MEN WHO E THE WORD “SWEETHEART” LIKE A WEAPON.THE WORLD OF ALWAYS SHE IS FULL OF THOSE KDS OF MEN—HOLLYWOOD TYP WHO ST AND REJECT WOMEN BASED ON THEIR LOOKS, SURE, BUT ALSO MORE SENSIVE, ARTSY FILMMAKER TYP, OR EVEN WOODSY BIG SUR BARTENRS, ALL OF THEM SEEKG A SPECIFIC KD OF WOMAN TO F NEATLY TO THEIR LIV. IT IS UP TO THOSE WOMEN—FZGERALD AND MACKENZIE DAVIS, PLAYG A PAIR OF ACTRS IENDS WHO HAVE GROWN APART WHEN ONE OF THEM HAS BEE SUCCSFUL—TO NAVIGATE AROUND THOSE MANDS, AND STGGLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN INTY A WORLD WHERE, AS TWO BLONS, THEY MAY AS WELL BE TERCHANGEABLE.WH SHAS OF MULHOLLAND DRIVE AND CLASSIC HORROR TROP HAND, TAKAL EXPLOR THIS LIMAL SPACE OF INTY BETWEEN THE TWO IENDS, FORHADOWG SOMETHG TERRIBLE THEIR FUTURE BUT LGERG EFFECTIVELY ON THE SIMPLER EMOTNAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM. FILMED LARGELY SOMEONE’S GEO BIG SUR HOME, ALWAYS SHE HAS THE LOW-BUDGET ATHETICS AND LONG, TALKY SCEN OF YOUR CLASSIC MORN DIE, BUT BUILDS EFFECTIVE TENSN AND PLAYS WH S DIENCE A WAY THAT REVEALS TAKAL AS A REMARKABLY ASSURED FILMMAKER. IT’S A MOVIE DIRECTED BY A WOMAN THAT’S STILL ABOUT THE MALE GAZE AND HOW IMPOSSIBLE N BE TO PE . IT’S A TENSN THAT, AMONG MANY OTHER THGS, MAK ALWAYS SHE UNSETTLG, UNSHAKABLE, AND SERVG OF A BROAR DIENCE BEYOND S TRIBE FILM FTIVAL BUT. —KATEY RICHWOLVCOURTY OF JUANMI AZPIROZMOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINWRER-DIRECTOR BART FRNDLICH’S TIMATE SPORTS MELODRAMA HAS A STRONG ROSTER OF TALENT. TAYLOR JOHN SMH SENSIVELY PLAYS ANTHONY KELLER, BASKETBALL STAR AT A MANHATTAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (THEY LL HIM ST. ANTHONY), WHO, SPE HIS HERO STAT, IS FIGHTG A PROBLEM OF MOTIVATN. THAT’S LARGELY OWED TO THE FACT OF HIS DIFFICULT HOME LIFE, WHICH IS DOMATED BY HIS MERCURIAL GAMBLG ADDICT OF A FATHER, PLAYED WH A SRY STAGGER BY MICHAEL SHANNON. (WHO IS APPARENTLY EVERY MOVIE MA NOW.) BOTH ACTORS GIVE FE PERFORMANC, SMH MAKG A PARTICULARLY STRONG IMPRSN, FDG HIS TROUBLED GOLN BOY A CREDIBLE WELL OF HURT AND TEENAGE NFN. CEMATOGRAPHER JUAN MIGUEL AZPIROZ IS ALSO AN M.V.P. HERE, GIVG WOLV A WOOZY, WANRG PULL. THE TENSE BASKETBALL SCEN ARE GRACEFULLY FILMED, AS ARE THE LOVG, LIVED- PICTNS OF EVERYDAY MANHATTAN LIFE.THOUGH, I HAVE TO LL FOUL ELSEWHERE. FRNDLICH OVERSTUFFS HIS MOVIE, THROWG MORE PROBLEMS AT ANTHONY THAN ARE BELIEVABLE. WH A FEW PLOT POTS EXCISED, WOVL ULD BE A MUCH SUBTLER, MORE RONANT MOVIE. THERE’S ALSO THE AWKWARD PRENCE OF A CHARACTER NAMED SOCRAT, WHO, THOUGH HE IS PLAYED BY THE BRILLIANT CLASSIL STAGE ACTOR JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON, TAK ON A FEW TOO MANY QUALI OF THE “MAGIL NEGRO,” DISPENSG LIFE ADVICE TO THIS B-BALL-PLAYG WHE BOY WH A SORT OF KNOWG MYSTICISM. BY PICTURE’S END, WOLV HAS MORPHED OM A NUANCED DRAMA TO A GENERILLY UPLIFTG SPORTS MOVIE WH SOME HAMY ARTICULATED THRILLER ASPECTS THROWN , AND ’S BEE TRATGLY UNCLEAR WHY WE’RE SUPPOSED TO RE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIAL BOY.STILL, WOLV IS ENVELOPG, FOR S EXPRSIVE ATHETICS (M DAVID BRIDIE’S OVERLY SISTG SRE, WHICH SHOULD BE EJECTED OM THE GAME) AND PELLG PERFORMANC. SMH HAD A SMALL ARC RECENTLY ON THE EXCELLENT SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME, AND HERE BUILDS ON THAT PROMISE. HE’S AN ACTOR TO WATCH, EVEN IF WOLV DON’T ALWAYS PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS. —R.L.A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KGCOURTY OF ROADSI ATTRACTNSMOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINTHOUGH BOASTG BIG NAM—TOM HANKS AS STAR, TOM TYKWER AS DIRECTOR—THIS ADAPTATN OF A DAVE EGGERS NOVEL FEELS SMALL, THOUGH NOT A BAD WAY. ABOUT A BSMAN WHO TRAVELS TO SDI ARABIA TO SECURE AN I.T. NTRACT THAT WILL RCUE HIS STALLED REER, A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG FOLLOWS THE TRADN OF LOST TRANSLATN AND OTHER MOVI ABOUT ANGLOS WHO FD THEMSELV LOST—PHYSILLY, EMOTNALLY, SPIRUALLY— AN EXOTIC LAND. BUT TYKWER’S FILM, WHICH HE ALSO WROTE, HANDL THAT CULTURE CLASH WH A SURPRISG LICY—SURE THERE ARE SOME MOMENTS THAT MIGHT SMACK OF STEREOTYPE, BUT MUCH OF THE FILM IS MATIVE, OPEN-MD, GENTLE. THOUGH A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG ISN’T REALLY ABOUT MUCH, ONLY LIGHTLY TOUCHG ON WHAT I’M GUSG ARE MORE EP THEMATIC THREADS EGGERS’S NOVEL, STILL STRIK SOME D CHORDS QUE WELL, AID BY HANKS’S MUTED CHARM AND SOME TERRIFIC SUPPORTG PERFORMANC, CLUDG SARA CHOUDHURY AS A PASSNATE DOCTOR. A SIMPLE TRAVEL MOVIE WH A MYSTER, METAPHYSIL AIR ABOUT , A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KG IS AN EVOTIVE LTLE MOOD PIECE, PECIALLY WHEN SRED TO SOME LOVELY MIC BY TYKWER AND JOHNNY KLIMEK. —R.L.LOVETECOURTY OF ALMA HAR'ELDOCUMENTARIAN ALMA HAR’EL WAS HAVG A HARD TIME WH LOVE, SO SHE WENT SEARCHG FOR — WORKG-CLASS ALASKA, SURFER-DU HAWAII, A CRAMPED OUTER BOROUGHS APARTMENT QUEENS. WHAT SHE FOUND THERE MAK UP HER NEW FILM, LOVETE, WHICH EXPERIMENTS WH REENACTMENTS AND SURREALIST SCEN TO ACPANY THE TE STORI OF S CHARACTERS, BUT IS PRIMARILY A TRIPTYCH OF PELLG, HEARTBREAKG TAL OF LOVE AND LOSS.NONE OF THE SLIM STORI WOULD MAKE MUCH OF A DOCUMENTARY ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY HAVE A NICE POWER WHEN PUT TOGETHER, EVEN IF THEIR THEM AND CHARACTERS ARE SO DIFFERENT ’S HARD TO E UP WH MUCH OF AN OVERARCHG THEME BEYOND “LOVE HURTS.” IN ALASKA, BLAKE HAS FOUND LOVE WH BOYIEND JOEL, BUT MAYBE NOT ACCEPTANCE, GIVEN A REER AS A STRIPPER SHE SEEMS TO GENUELY LIKE. IN HAWAII, A GUY WHO LLS HIMSELF “CONUT WILLIE” IS LIVG THE ULTIMATE BEACH-BUM FANTASY, BUT ALSO TORMENTED WH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HIS SON IS NOT, FACT, BLOGILLY HIS OWN. AND NEW YORK WE MEET VICTORY, ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN A FAY THAT PERFORMS ON STREET RNERS AND SUBWAY RS, GUID BY THEIR ATTENTIVE FATHER BUT ALSO ABANDONED BY A MOTHER WHO REF TO APPEAR ON MERA.MOST POPULARTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINSOME OF HAR’EL’S SURREALISTIC FLOURISH ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OTHERS—BLAKE STG ON AN ABANDONED SCHOOL B FULL OF MANNEQUS TO RELIVE A TOUGH CHILDHOOD MEMORY IS STIRRG, WHILE STG AN ACTRS TO PLAY VICTORY’S MOM IS A META TWIST MORE NFG THAN MEANGFUL. BUT WH THE SRE OM FLYG LOT, EVOTIVE CEMATOGRAPHY, AND A NEAT PARALLELISM THAT TRODUC ALL OF OUR CHARACTERS TO YOUNGER VERSNS OF THEMSELV, LOVETE STEWS ON S LOVE STORI, NOT NECSARILY FDG ANSWERS BUT SPIRG EPER NSIRATN S PROCS. —K.R.THE 2016 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL PORTRAS1 / 40CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY FABRICE DALL'ANE AT THE SMYTH HOTEL.ALMA HAR'EL AND SHIA LABEOUF, LOVETEKATEY RICH

Though he was engaged gay sex, he didn't intify as gay. At age 21, his mom had enouugh and mand an explatn for the gay porn she was fdg on the puter and phone.

"Once I had the nversatn wh my mom, I had no problem sayg I was gay, " he said. "I was actually rehab when I was 16 years old and I thk a part of why I end up gog to rehab was the difficulty I had wh acceptg myself as a gay person, " Sharok said. For him, beg gay was a ath sentence beg that he grew up the 1990s durg the HIV/AIDS epimic and a fay member died of the disease.

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"At that pot was kd of like an emotnal avalanche and I jt let all out and told her that I was gay. " Fran said that while they have grown to accept him, his fay still believ he shouldn't act on his homosexualy.

" At the time, Zevran was a gogo dancer performg gay clubs. “I n’t thk of a movie that has more male nudy asi om gay porn. Porter’s life was signifintly -gayed the 2004 bpic De-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story wh Kev Kle the starrg role.

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Jim Bart was one of the few known men wrtlg who was openly gay. Bohemian liftyl were the new fad, artists were weled wh arms wi open, and the gay scene was bubblg wh possibili.

” Hockney wanted to celebrate jt how different the gay liftyle is om the heterosexual one.

1947 – “Newsweek” magaze reported on the US ary’s tensified mpaign to purge homosexuals. It scribed homosexuals as abnormal and nropsychiatric s.

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It also scribed methods ed to screen out homosexuals, and said that acrdg to Army fil they had higher telligence than the average soldier, performed admirably, and were law-abidg and hard-workg.

That strange story, retrospect, was that gay people me om all walks of life.