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- J. EDGAR HOOVER: GAY OR JT A MAN WHO HAS SEX WH MEN?
- DT LANCE BLACK CRACKS HOOVER’S PRIVATE GAY LIFE WI OPEN "J. EDGAR"{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 JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 8, 2011/8:32 AMBY JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 8, 2011 / 8:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DT LANCE BLACK CRACKS HOOVER’S PRIVATE GAY LIFE WI OPEN \"J. EDGAR\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-11-08T13:32:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-11-08T13:32:51.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}DT LANCE {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;}FALL IS UPON , AND THAT MEANS A STREAM OF PRTIG FILMS ARE HTG THEATERS LOOKG TO IMPRS DIENC AND GRAB THE ATTENTN OF AMY AWARD VOTERS. ONE OF THOSE FILMS IS J. EDGAR, A DOCU-FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF J. EDGAR HOOVER, WHO HELPED FOUND THE FERAL BURE OF INVTIGATNS AS WELL AS S FIRST DIRECTOR, A JOB HE HELD UNTIL HIS ATH {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 CLT EASTWOOD-DIRECTED FILM, LEONARDO DICAPR TAK ON THE ROLE OF HOOVER OM HIS TWENTI UP UNTIL THE AGE OF 77. THE STELLAR ST CLUS NAOMI WATTS AS LONGTIME HOOVER SECRETARY HELEN GANDY AND JUDI DENCH AS HOOVER’S DOMEERG MOTHER. THE RE RELATNSHIP OF THE FILM, HOWEVER, IS FELY {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;}THAT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HOOVER AND HIS PROTéGé, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI CLY TOLSON (ARMIE HAMMER, THE SOCIAL NETWORK) MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE ALL BS AT THE OFFICE, BUT BEHD CLOSED DOORS THE TWO SHARED AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP AT A TIME WHEN GAY RELATNSHIPS WERE NEVER SPOKEN OF AND WERE STILL FILLED WH MUCH SHAME. THAT SAID, THE TWO WOULD SPEND YEARS LIVG TOGETHER AND TOLSON WAS HOOVER’S SOLE HEIR UPON HIS {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 SCREENWRER OF J. EDGAR IS DT LANCE BLACK, AND HE KNOWS A B ABOUT WRG FILM BGRAPHI HAVG WON AN AMY AWARD 2009 FOR MILK. IN CRAFTG J. EDGAR, BLACK HAD TO DIG EP TO FD MATERIAL ON THE VERY PRIVATE HOOVER AND ALSO DUCE EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HOOVER AND {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;}AT THE PRS NFERENCE LATE LAST WEEK, SAT DOWN AT THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS FOR SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WH THE SCREENWRER AND, ALSO, TIRELS ADVOTE FOR EQUAL {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 FILM OPENED THE AFI FT. HOW WAS SEEG THE MOVIE WH AN DIENCE?{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;}DT LANCE BLACK: IT’S ALWAYS REVELATORY BEE YOU NEVER KNOW IF THEY’RE GOG TO LGH, WHERE THEY’RE GOG TO LGH, WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT TEAR UP, WHERE THEY MIGHT GET FIDGETY THEIR SEAT. YOU’RE TAKG FOR A RI. OFTENTIM YOU GET THAT EARLIER WH TT SCREENGS BUT CLT DON’T DO {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;}DLB WH J. EDGAR DIRECTOR CLT EASTOWOD AND STAR LEONARDO {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;}AE: YOU SEEM TO BE BEG THE GO-TO GUY FOR B-PICS…{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;}DLB: IT SEEMS THAT WAY, DON’T ?{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;}AE: IS THAT MERELY BEE THAT’S YOUR WHEELHOE, OR IS JT THE WAY THGS ARE FALLG?{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;}DLB: I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID, ‘OH, AREN’T YOU AAID OF BEG PIGEONHOLED AS A B-PIC GUY?’ AND, WELL, ’S A NICE LTLE PIGEONHOLE! I’M CUR ABOUT THGS AND PEOPLE, AND I DON’T LIKE TO PEND, NECSARILY, ON THE NEWS REPORTS. EVEN JT THE LTLE B THAT I’VE BEEN THE NEWS I’M LIKE, ‘WELL, THAT’S NOT EXACTLY RIGHT.’ BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY’RE REALLY LIKE AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND GETTG TO EXPERIENCE OTHER PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE IS {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;}YEAH, I’M DOG THE BAREFOOT BAND RIGHT NOW, COLTON HARRIS-MOORE, AND THEN AFTER THAT IS [JON KRAKER’S] UNR THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, WHICH ISN’T A B-PIC BUT A TE LIFE STORY. IT’S THAT THG. IT MIGHT SOUND TRE BUT THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE UNR VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANC THE MORE I FEEL A PART OF THIS MON HUMANY. WE’RE REALLY SIAR. PEOPLE ARE VERY SIAR. IT ALMOST IS SPIRUAL A WAY. I DO LIKE {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;}AE: ONE OF THE THGS I READ THE PRS NOT WAS WHAT A MYSTERY HOOVER WAS. HOW DID YOU APPROACH THAT OM A MOVIE STANDPOT AND DRAMATIZG HIS LIFE? DID A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE THE FILM HAPPEN? WERE THEY ASSUMPTNS?{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;}DLB: I TRY MY BT TO ALWAYS ROOT THGS TTH SO ’S SOMETHG THAT ’S ANCHORED . I DON’T WANT TO JT PLETELY MAKE SOMETHG UP OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH PECIALLY IF ’S A PIVOTAL MOMENT. THERE ARE SOME THGS YOU N MAKE UP OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH WHICH ARE JT ABOUT CHARACTER AND THAT I FEEL MORE FORTABLE DOG. BUT CERTALY PLOT IS SOMETHG THAT WILL BE SEEN BY PEOPLE AND REFERENCED AS HISTORY OR TTH SO I TRY TO ANCHOR {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;}SO, THGS LIKE A FIGHT A HOTEL ROOM THAT THE TWO SHARED. [HOOVER AND TOLSON] REALLY DID SHARE THIS HOTEL ROOM AND THIS FIGHT WAS OVERHEARD BY PEOPLE ADJOG ROOMS AND, FACT, CLY ULDN’T E TO WORK FOR A WEEK BEE OF A BLACK EYE. YOU KNOW, THGS THAT WORK ASSOCIAT DON’T NORMALLY DO. SO THGS LIKE THAT ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE… OR THE WAY THE ACTRS WOULD FLIRT WH HOOVER IS ALL DOCUMENTED THEIR OWN TOBGRAPHI. THE STORI HAVE BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD OF HOW DISTERTED HE WAS SOME OF THE MOST BETIFUL WOMEN OF HIS {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;}TO ME, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANCHOR AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE DONE YOUR WORK NOT ONLY REARCHG THE PERSON AND EVERYTHG YOU N FD OUT ABOUT THEM AND DO THE HARD WORK, TOO, BUT ALSO REARCH THE TIME AND KNOW THE L OF THE TIME. I THK FORTUNATELY LEAV A LOT OF GRAY AND I LIKE GRAY AND LEAVG THGS LS FED [AND] LETTG THE DIENCE PARTICIPATE THAT. THERE WAS NO WORD ‘GAY.’ GAY DIDN’T MEAN WHAT MEANS TODAY. GAY MEANT YOU WERE HAVG A GOOD TIME. HOMOSEXUAL WOULDN’T BE ED UNTIL LATER WHEN WAS ED TO FE A {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;}DICAPR (RIGHT) AND ARMIE HAMMER AS CLY {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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE WORD, THEN? WAS ‘QUEER’ OR WAS JT NOT TALKED ABOUT?{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;}DLB: IT WAS A LOVE THAT DARED NOT SPEAK. A LOT OF REARCH I DID WERE WH MEN WHO ARE NOW THEIR 80S AND 90S…I MET WH THE PEOPLE AND MORE WHO TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LL ‘GAY LIFE’ ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN’T HAVE A WORD FOR THEN. THIS WAS PRE-SEXUAL REVOLUTN, PRE-STONEWALL. EVEN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN BEDROOMS, WAS SOMETHG THAT WASN’T DISCSED AND SOMETHG THAT WAS KNOWN TO BE DANGERO AND BETTER LEFT UNFED. I THK THAT WAS WHY WAS IMPORTANT THAT NOT BE PUT TO DIALOGUE THE FILM. IT’S THE ACTN L AND THANKFULLY WE HAD LEONARDO AND ARMIE WHO ULD REALLY BRG THAT SUBTEXT TO LIFE. I HOPE YOU FEEL THERE’S LOVE BETWEEN THEM. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WORDS, THEY’RE TALKG ABOUT HIRG HIM AS SEND CHARGE AND REALLY ’S A WEDDG {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;}AE: AS POWERFUL AS HOOVER WAS, HE SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE AN OUTSIR EVEN AT HIS MOST POWERFUL. HE HELD HIMSELF OFF OM PEOPLE AND I ULDN’T HELP BUT RRELATE THAT TO THE CLOSETED 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;}DLB: LET’S BE HONT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE POWER WHO ARE THE MOST VEHEMENTLY ANTI-GAY. HOW OFTEN DO WE FD OUT THAT THEY HAVE A LOVER SOMEWHERE OR THEY’RE FOUND WH A RENT BOY? OR BATHROOM STALL? AND THEY’RE ACTG LIKE CLOSETED GAY MEN OM THE 50S. THEY’RE ACTG LIKE THERE’S THIS THG, AND I FEEL LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, TAK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THEY HAVE SOMETHG TO HI TO KNOW THE POWER OF SECRETS. I THK HOOVER KNEW HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI, AND WAS TE. AT THAT TIME IF YOU ME OUT WASN’T LIKE NOW. YOU DID LOSE YOUR FAY, YOUR JOB, YOUR STANDG THE MUNY. IT ALL WENT AWAY AND I THK HOOVER UNRSTOOD TIMATELY THE POWER THERE AND UNFORTUNATELY HE STARTED TO WIELD AGAST SOME OF HIS {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;}AE: I GUS HIS WORK AND CREATG THE FBI THAT ACTUALLY WORKED TO HIS FAVOR TO KNOW TO KEEP CERTA SECRETS AND E THEM WHEN HE NEED {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;}DLB: IT MA HIM GOOD AT WHAT HE DID, BUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT HE DID WAS GOOD WAS {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;}AE: AND THEN THERE WERE HIS MOMMY ISSU. YOU SEE HEAVILY THE SCENE WHERE HE TRI TO E OUT TO HER AND SHE TELLS THE ‘DANDY STORY.’ I WAS CUR IF THAT WAS A TE STORY OR WAS A CREATN…{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;}DLB: NO…{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;}AE: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, THEN? IT’S SUCH A POWERFUL {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;}DLB: HIS MOTHER IS BASED ON A LOT OF REARCH, AS WELL, AND THANKFULLY SHE WAS A PERSON ABOUT TOWN AND WE DO KNOW SOME THGS ABOUT HER AND HE DID LIVE WH HER UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED. HE ONLY LIVED TWO HOM [AND] THE PHONE LE FOR EMERGENCI WENT STRAIGHT OM THE FBI TO HIS CHILDHOOD BEDROOM UNTIL HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD AND SHE PASSED AWAY. THEN HE MOVED TO HIS ADULTHOOD HOME WHERE EVERY ROOM WAS A PORTRA OF HER. HE OBVLY REALLY RED FOR HIS MOTHER AND HE WAS THE MAN OF 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;}HIS FATHER WAS MENTALLY DISABLED AND SO THAT RELATNSHIP WAS THERE AND THE THGS THAT [HIS MOTHER] SAID, ALTHOUGH HEO, I DON’T THK ARE SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHG ANY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID BACK THEN. THERE WAS NO SUCH THG AS G OUT OR ACCEPTG YOUR GAY KID. IT WAS SEEN AS A PROBLEM AND DISEASE AND YOU KNEW WOULD BRG GREAT SHAME TO THEM AND TO THE FAY. IT JT WAS NOT ALLOWED. IT WAS NOT AN OPTN. IN ONE OF THE BT EXAMPL OF WHERE THGS SEEM SO SIAR TO WHERE THGS ARE TODAY STILL IS WHEN I DISVERED THE STORY OF BARTON PK, WHO WAS A KID HOOVER’S NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WAS FOUND A HOOP SKIRT AND A BON AND WAS PUNISHED FOR AND THEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE FOR . THAT WAS A TE {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;}DICAPR WH DAME JUDI DENCH A SCENE OM J. {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;}AE: JUDI DENCH SAID THE PRS NOT THAT SHE SE HER CHARACTER AS LADY MACBETH-LIKE. DO YOU SEE ANNIE HOOVER THAT WAY?{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;}DLB: I GUS I N SEE THAT. SHE CERTALY, OM ALL ACUNTS, AND [JUDI HAS] PROBABLY READ THE SAME THGS I’VE READ, WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY TERTED REGAG POWER. HER FAY HAD BEEN SEEN AS A GREAT AND FLUENTIAL AND WELL-RPECTED FAY D.C. AND THEN THIS HBAND THAT SHE MARRIED STARTED TO LOSE HIS MD. WOMEN THAT TIME, GENERAL, ULDN’T SHOW UP AT A PARTY. YOU WERE ALWAYS ON THE ARM OF SOMEONE. SHE HAD TWO SONS AND THOSE WERE HER OPTNS. ONE OF THEM WAS KD OF SATISFIED WH FAY AND HOME BUT THE OTHER ONE, BEE HE WAS NIED FAY AND LOVE AND HOME, STARTED TO BEE VERY AMB AND STARTED TO HOLD ONTO ADMIRATN AND POWER AND THIS BENEFED HER GREATLY BEE ALL OF A SUDN THEY WERE BEG VED TO PARTI AGA AND HE WAS THE NEWSPAPER AND THE FAY WAS THE NEWSPAPER FOR GOOD REASON SO, THAT WAY, BUILD YOUR {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;}AE: YOU’RE SO VOLVED THE FIGHT FOR EQUALY AND WHEN WE HEARD NEW YORK HAD PASSED THEIR LAW ’S BEEN HARD NOT TO WONR WHAT’S TAKG SO LONG WH CALIFORNIA? I KNOW ’S MORE PLITED THAN THAT, BUT WHERE ARE WE?{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;}DLB: WE SUED THE STATE FERAL COURT SO WE’RE MANDG THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT APPLY TO ALL GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE – I’M TALKG ABOUT WE AS AFER (AMERIN FOUNDATN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS), OUR FOUNDATN – AND WE’RE SAYG THAT WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY GAY AND LBIAN PERSON ACROSS THE UNTRY SERV THIS RIGHT, WHICH THE SUPREME COURT LLS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC {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;}IT IS GOG TO TAKE LONGER. WE WON, WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC TURN, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND A CISN IS CREDIBLY WELL-WRTEN AND CREDIBLY STRONG AND WE FEEL VERY SECURE THAT AS MAK WAY TO THE US SUPREME COURT THAT WE’LL NTUE TO W. WE HAVE CISNS G VERY SOON SO E DECEMBER THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WILL WEIGH WH THEIR OPN ON STANDG AND THE 9TH CIRCU WILL FALLY MAKE THEIR CISN SO WE’LL KNOW VERY {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 HEAR PEOPLE BEG CRIL OF THE URTS SOMETIM BEE THEY SAY THEY’RE ACTIVISTS BUT THE COURTS TAKE THEIR TIME, AND THEY REALLY NSIR THGS AND ’S NOT A FAST PROCS AND ’S BY SIGN AND ’S A GOOD SIGN. I’M THE LEAST PATIENT PERSON THE WORLD WHEN TO GAY RIGHTS BUT I DO WANT THIS CISN TO BE MA A WAY THAT ONCE ’S DONE, ’S DONE AND THAT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC BEHD AND THAT WE N HAVE THIS SE LOOK LIKE LOVG V. VIRGIA WHERE ONCE PASSED OUR CHILDREN LOOK BACK AND GO ‘I N’T BELIEVE THAT WAS EVER AN ISSUE.’ THAT’S GOG TO TAKE THE URTS REALLY, REALLY NSIRG EVERY TAIL AND MAKG SURE THIS IS DONE {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;}J. EDGAR OPENS LA AND NY ON NOVEMBER 9TH AND THEN WI RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 11TH. FOR MORE ON THE FILM, VIS THE J. EDGAR {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
J. EDGAR HOOVER: GAY OR JT A MAN WHO HAS SEX WH MEN?
Hoover was a gay cross-drser.
DT LANCE BLACK CRACKS HOOVER’S PRIVATE GAY LIFE WI OPEN "J. EDGAR"{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 JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 8, 2011/8:32 AMBY JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 8, 2011 / 8:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DT LANCE BLACK CRACKS HOOVER’S PRIVATE GAY LIFE WI OPEN \"J. EDGAR\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-11-08T13:32:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-11-08T13:32:51.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}DT LANCE {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;}FALL IS UPON , AND THAT MEANS A STREAM OF PRTIG FILMS ARE HTG THEATERS LOOKG TO IMPRS DIENC AND GRAB THE ATTENTN OF AMY AWARD VOTERS. ONE OF THOSE FILMS IS J. EDGAR, A DOCU-FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF J. EDGAR HOOVER, WHO HELPED FOUND THE FERAL BURE OF INVTIGATNS AS WELL AS S FIRST DIRECTOR, A JOB HE HELD UNTIL HIS ATH {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 CLT EASTWOOD-DIRECTED FILM, LEONARDO DICAPR TAK ON THE ROLE OF HOOVER OM HIS TWENTI UP UNTIL THE AGE OF 77. THE STELLAR ST CLUS NAOMI WATTS AS LONGTIME HOOVER SECRETARY HELEN GANDY AND JUDI DENCH AS HOOVER’S DOMEERG MOTHER. THE RE RELATNSHIP OF THE FILM, HOWEVER, IS FELY {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;}THAT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HOOVER AND HIS PROTéGé, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI CLY TOLSON (ARMIE HAMMER, THE SOCIAL NETWORK) MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE ALL BS AT THE OFFICE, BUT BEHD CLOSED DOORS THE TWO SHARED AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP AT A TIME WHEN GAY RELATNSHIPS WERE NEVER SPOKEN OF AND WERE STILL FILLED WH MUCH SHAME. THAT SAID, THE TWO WOULD SPEND YEARS LIVG TOGETHER AND TOLSON WAS HOOVER’S SOLE HEIR UPON HIS {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 SCREENWRER OF J. EDGAR IS DT LANCE BLACK, AND HE KNOWS A B ABOUT WRG FILM BGRAPHI HAVG WON AN AMY AWARD 2009 FOR MILK. IN CRAFTG J. EDGAR, BLACK HAD TO DIG EP TO FD MATERIAL ON THE VERY PRIVATE HOOVER AND ALSO DUCE EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HOOVER AND {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;}AT THE PRS NFERENCE LATE LAST WEEK, SAT DOWN AT THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS FOR SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WH THE SCREENWRER AND, ALSO, TIRELS ADVOTE FOR EQUAL {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 FILM OPENED THE AFI FT. HOW WAS SEEG THE MOVIE WH AN DIENCE?{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;}DT LANCE BLACK: IT’S ALWAYS REVELATORY BEE YOU NEVER KNOW IF THEY’RE GOG TO LGH, WHERE THEY’RE GOG TO LGH, WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT TEAR UP, WHERE THEY MIGHT GET FIDGETY THEIR SEAT. YOU’RE TAKG FOR A RI. OFTENTIM YOU GET THAT EARLIER WH TT SCREENGS BUT CLT DON’T DO {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;}DLB WH J. EDGAR DIRECTOR CLT EASTOWOD AND STAR LEONARDO {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;}AE: YOU SEEM TO BE BEG THE GO-TO GUY FOR B-PICS…{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;}DLB: IT SEEMS THAT WAY, DON’T ?{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;}AE: IS THAT MERELY BEE THAT’S YOUR WHEELHOE, OR IS JT THE WAY THGS ARE FALLG?{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;}DLB: I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID, ‘OH, AREN’T YOU AAID OF BEG PIGEONHOLED AS A B-PIC GUY?’ AND, WELL, ’S A NICE LTLE PIGEONHOLE! I’M CUR ABOUT THGS AND PEOPLE, AND I DON’T LIKE TO PEND, NECSARILY, ON THE NEWS REPORTS. EVEN JT THE LTLE B THAT I’VE BEEN THE NEWS I’M LIKE, ‘WELL, THAT’S NOT EXACTLY RIGHT.’ BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY’RE REALLY LIKE AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND GETTG TO EXPERIENCE OTHER PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE IS {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;}YEAH, I’M DOG THE BAREFOOT BAND RIGHT NOW, COLTON HARRIS-MOORE, AND THEN AFTER THAT IS [JON KRAKER’S] UNR THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, WHICH ISN’T A B-PIC BUT A TE LIFE STORY. IT’S THAT THG. IT MIGHT SOUND TRE BUT THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE UNR VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANC THE MORE I FEEL A PART OF THIS MON HUMANY. WE’RE REALLY SIAR. PEOPLE ARE VERY SIAR. IT ALMOST IS SPIRUAL A WAY. I DO LIKE {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;}AE: ONE OF THE THGS I READ THE PRS NOT WAS WHAT A MYSTERY HOOVER WAS. HOW DID YOU APPROACH THAT OM A MOVIE STANDPOT AND DRAMATIZG HIS LIFE? DID A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE THE FILM HAPPEN? WERE THEY ASSUMPTNS?{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;}DLB: I TRY MY BT TO ALWAYS ROOT THGS TTH SO ’S SOMETHG THAT ’S ANCHORED . I DON’T WANT TO JT PLETELY MAKE SOMETHG UP OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH PECIALLY IF ’S A PIVOTAL MOMENT. THERE ARE SOME THGS YOU N MAKE UP OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH WHICH ARE JT ABOUT CHARACTER AND THAT I FEEL MORE FORTABLE DOG. BUT CERTALY PLOT IS SOMETHG THAT WILL BE SEEN BY PEOPLE AND REFERENCED AS HISTORY OR TTH SO I TRY TO ANCHOR {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;}SO, THGS LIKE A FIGHT A HOTEL ROOM THAT THE TWO SHARED. [HOOVER AND TOLSON] REALLY DID SHARE THIS HOTEL ROOM AND THIS FIGHT WAS OVERHEARD BY PEOPLE ADJOG ROOMS AND, FACT, CLY ULDN’T E TO WORK FOR A WEEK BEE OF A BLACK EYE. YOU KNOW, THGS THAT WORK ASSOCIAT DON’T NORMALLY DO. SO THGS LIKE THAT ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE… OR THE WAY THE ACTRS WOULD FLIRT WH HOOVER IS ALL DOCUMENTED THEIR OWN TOBGRAPHI. THE STORI HAVE BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD OF HOW DISTERTED HE WAS SOME OF THE MOST BETIFUL WOMEN OF HIS {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;}TO ME, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANCHOR AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE DONE YOUR WORK NOT ONLY REARCHG THE PERSON AND EVERYTHG YOU N FD OUT ABOUT THEM AND DO THE HARD WORK, TOO, BUT ALSO REARCH THE TIME AND KNOW THE L OF THE TIME. I THK FORTUNATELY LEAV A LOT OF GRAY AND I LIKE GRAY AND LEAVG THGS LS FED [AND] LETTG THE DIENCE PARTICIPATE THAT. THERE WAS NO WORD ‘GAY.’ GAY DIDN’T MEAN WHAT MEANS TODAY. GAY MEANT YOU WERE HAVG A GOOD TIME. HOMOSEXUAL WOULDN’T BE ED UNTIL LATER WHEN WAS ED TO FE A {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;}DICAPR (RIGHT) AND ARMIE HAMMER AS CLY {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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE WORD, THEN? WAS ‘QUEER’ OR WAS JT NOT TALKED ABOUT?{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;}DLB: IT WAS A LOVE THAT DARED NOT SPEAK. A LOT OF REARCH I DID WERE WH MEN WHO ARE NOW THEIR 80S AND 90S…I MET WH THE PEOPLE AND MORE WHO TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LL ‘GAY LIFE’ ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN’T HAVE A WORD FOR THEN. THIS WAS PRE-SEXUAL REVOLUTN, PRE-STONEWALL. EVEN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN BEDROOMS, WAS SOMETHG THAT WASN’T DISCSED AND SOMETHG THAT WAS KNOWN TO BE DANGERO AND BETTER LEFT UNFED. I THK THAT WAS WHY WAS IMPORTANT THAT NOT BE PUT TO DIALOGUE THE FILM. IT’S THE ACTN L AND THANKFULLY WE HAD LEONARDO AND ARMIE WHO ULD REALLY BRG THAT SUBTEXT TO LIFE. I HOPE YOU FEEL THERE’S LOVE BETWEEN THEM. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WORDS, THEY’RE TALKG ABOUT HIRG HIM AS SEND CHARGE AND REALLY ’S A WEDDG {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;}AE: AS POWERFUL AS HOOVER WAS, HE SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE AN OUTSIR EVEN AT HIS MOST POWERFUL. HE HELD HIMSELF OFF OM PEOPLE AND I ULDN’T HELP BUT RRELATE THAT TO THE CLOSETED 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;}DLB: LET’S BE HONT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE POWER WHO ARE THE MOST VEHEMENTLY ANTI-GAY. HOW OFTEN DO WE FD OUT THAT THEY HAVE A LOVER SOMEWHERE OR THEY’RE FOUND WH A RENT BOY? OR BATHROOM STALL? AND THEY’RE ACTG LIKE CLOSETED GAY MEN OM THE 50S. THEY’RE ACTG LIKE THERE’S THIS THG, AND I FEEL LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, TAK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THEY HAVE SOMETHG TO HI TO KNOW THE POWER OF SECRETS. I THK HOOVER KNEW HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI, AND WAS TE. AT THAT TIME IF YOU ME OUT WASN’T LIKE NOW. YOU DID LOSE YOUR FAY, YOUR JOB, YOUR STANDG THE MUNY. IT ALL WENT AWAY AND I THK HOOVER UNRSTOOD TIMATELY THE POWER THERE AND UNFORTUNATELY HE STARTED TO WIELD AGAST SOME OF HIS {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;}AE: I GUS HIS WORK AND CREATG THE FBI THAT ACTUALLY WORKED TO HIS FAVOR TO KNOW TO KEEP CERTA SECRETS AND E THEM WHEN HE NEED {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;}DLB: IT MA HIM GOOD AT WHAT HE DID, BUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT HE DID WAS GOOD WAS {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;}AE: AND THEN THERE WERE HIS MOMMY ISSU. YOU SEE HEAVILY THE SCENE WHERE HE TRI TO E OUT TO HER AND SHE TELLS THE ‘DANDY STORY.’ I WAS CUR IF THAT WAS A TE STORY OR WAS A CREATN…{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;}DLB: NO…{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;}AE: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, THEN? IT’S SUCH A POWERFUL {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;}DLB: HIS MOTHER IS BASED ON A LOT OF REARCH, AS WELL, AND THANKFULLY SHE WAS A PERSON ABOUT TOWN AND WE DO KNOW SOME THGS ABOUT HER AND HE DID LIVE WH HER UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED. HE ONLY LIVED TWO HOM [AND] THE PHONE LE FOR EMERGENCI WENT STRAIGHT OM THE FBI TO HIS CHILDHOOD BEDROOM UNTIL HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD AND SHE PASSED AWAY. THEN HE MOVED TO HIS ADULTHOOD HOME WHERE EVERY ROOM WAS A PORTRA OF HER. HE OBVLY REALLY RED FOR HIS MOTHER AND HE WAS THE MAN OF 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;}HIS FATHER WAS MENTALLY DISABLED AND SO THAT RELATNSHIP WAS THERE AND THE THGS THAT [HIS MOTHER] SAID, ALTHOUGH HEO, I DON’T THK ARE SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHG ANY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID BACK THEN. THERE WAS NO SUCH THG AS G OUT OR ACCEPTG YOUR GAY KID. IT WAS SEEN AS A PROBLEM AND DISEASE AND YOU KNEW WOULD BRG GREAT SHAME TO THEM AND TO THE FAY. IT JT WAS NOT ALLOWED. IT WAS NOT AN OPTN. IN ONE OF THE BT EXAMPL OF WHERE THGS SEEM SO SIAR TO WHERE THGS ARE TODAY STILL IS WHEN I DISVERED THE STORY OF BARTON PK, WHO WAS A KID HOOVER’S NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WAS FOUND A HOOP SKIRT AND A BON AND WAS PUNISHED FOR AND THEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE FOR . THAT WAS A TE {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;}DICAPR WH DAME JUDI DENCH A SCENE OM J. {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;}AE: JUDI DENCH SAID THE PRS NOT THAT SHE SE HER CHARACTER AS LADY MACBETH-LIKE. DO YOU SEE ANNIE HOOVER THAT WAY?{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;}DLB: I GUS I N SEE THAT. SHE CERTALY, OM ALL ACUNTS, AND [JUDI HAS] PROBABLY READ THE SAME THGS I’VE READ, WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY TERTED REGAG POWER. HER FAY HAD BEEN SEEN AS A GREAT AND FLUENTIAL AND WELL-RPECTED FAY D.C. AND THEN THIS HBAND THAT SHE MARRIED STARTED TO LOSE HIS MD. WOMEN THAT TIME, GENERAL, ULDN’T SHOW UP AT A PARTY. YOU WERE ALWAYS ON THE ARM OF SOMEONE. SHE HAD TWO SONS AND THOSE WERE HER OPTNS. ONE OF THEM WAS KD OF SATISFIED WH FAY AND HOME BUT THE OTHER ONE, BEE HE WAS NIED FAY AND LOVE AND HOME, STARTED TO BEE VERY AMB AND STARTED TO HOLD ONTO ADMIRATN AND POWER AND THIS BENEFED HER GREATLY BEE ALL OF A SUDN THEY WERE BEG VED TO PARTI AGA AND HE WAS THE NEWSPAPER AND THE FAY WAS THE NEWSPAPER FOR GOOD REASON SO, THAT WAY, BUILD YOUR {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;}AE: YOU’RE SO VOLVED THE FIGHT FOR EQUALY AND WHEN WE HEARD NEW YORK HAD PASSED THEIR LAW ’S BEEN HARD NOT TO WONR WHAT’S TAKG SO LONG WH CALIFORNIA? I KNOW ’S MORE PLITED THAN THAT, BUT WHERE ARE WE?{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;}DLB: WE SUED THE STATE FERAL COURT SO WE’RE MANDG THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT APPLY TO ALL GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE – I’M TALKG ABOUT WE AS AFER (AMERIN FOUNDATN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS), OUR FOUNDATN – AND WE’RE SAYG THAT WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY GAY AND LBIAN PERSON ACROSS THE UNTRY SERV THIS RIGHT, WHICH THE SUPREME COURT LLS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC {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;}IT IS GOG TO TAKE LONGER. WE WON, WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC TURN, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND A CISN IS CREDIBLY WELL-WRTEN AND CREDIBLY STRONG AND WE FEEL VERY SECURE THAT AS MAK WAY TO THE US SUPREME COURT THAT WE’LL NTUE TO W. WE HAVE CISNS G VERY SOON SO E DECEMBER THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WILL WEIGH WH THEIR OPN ON STANDG AND THE 9TH CIRCU WILL FALLY MAKE THEIR CISN SO WE’LL KNOW VERY {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 HEAR PEOPLE BEG CRIL OF THE URTS SOMETIM BEE THEY SAY THEY’RE ACTIVISTS BUT THE COURTS TAKE THEIR TIME, AND THEY REALLY NSIR THGS AND ’S NOT A FAST PROCS AND ’S BY SIGN AND ’S A GOOD SIGN. I’M THE LEAST PATIENT PERSON THE WORLD WHEN TO GAY RIGHTS BUT I DO WANT THIS CISN TO BE MA A WAY THAT ONCE ’S DONE, ’S DONE AND THAT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC BEHD AND THAT WE N HAVE THIS SE LOOK LIKE LOVG V. VIRGIA WHERE ONCE PASSED OUR CHILDREN LOOK BACK AND GO ‘I N’T BELIEVE THAT WAS EVER AN ISSUE.’ THAT’S GOG TO TAKE THE URTS REALLY, REALLY NSIRG EVERY TAIL AND MAKG SURE THIS IS DONE {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;}J. EDGAR OPENS LA AND NY ON NOVEMBER 9TH AND THEN WI RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 11TH. FOR MORE ON THE FILM, VIS THE J. EDGAR {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
Dpe rampant speculatn — that Hoover was gay, a cross-drser or had no sex life — the tth about his sex life is nearly impossible to p down.
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