Today's Spotlight is Candis Cayne.Candis is the first transgender actress to have a recurring role on a prime-time network television series in the United States.
Candis was born Brendan was born as Brendan McDaniel in Hawaii. Raised in Maui by her parents teachers at
private school in Hawaii, she was raised in a loving supportive, nurturing, artistic environment. A classically trained dancer, she left high school moving to LA and getting a job on a cruise ship for a few months to raise money for a move to New York. Once in New York, she started performing as 'Candis Cayne' at Boy Bar, a gay bar in early 1990s New York City and participating in Wigstock, the annual drag festival in the East Village. Her participation in Wigstock led to her being asked to do choreography for To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and led to a role in the movie Stonewall. She began transitioning in 1996. In 1997 Candis co-starred in the RuPaul music video A Little Bit of Love with fellow drag icon Jazzmun. She also appeared as the lead role in the 1998 independent film Mob Queen. She worked with RuPaul again in 2007 , in a movie called Starbooty. In 2007 she also landed the role of Carmelita, a transsexual who is having an affair with married New York Attorney General Patrick Darling (played by William Baldwin), in the serial drama Dirty Sexy Money.
Candis was the 2001 winner of the Miss Gay Continental U.S.A. national pageant for transgendered people.
She and her husband DJ Marco have been together since 2003 and have one child.
Candis Canye profile
**Link Fixed**
Great personal profile of Candis talking about herself and her life.
Candis at NY Pride 2008
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Out Spotlight XXXVII
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Man, so hard to resist doing that "first" thing, but I find it so annoying, not going to!
m, I've got to ask you something. Are you a fan of TLIYL? If you are, we have something in common.Tell me if you know what I'm talking about.
Not even following football this year. Our team is not there at all.
Saw a really good movie yesterday; these people have good cable. It was In the Land of Women (I think) with Adam Brody, Olympia Dukakis, & Meg Ryan. It's just a good movie about life.
Good to hear from you, Kacie; have you ever tried - I think it's called Zicam or something like that? It's for colds & it's over the counter (it's expensive like $12-13 a bottle). You have to start taking it at the exact onset of feeling your cold coming on but it really does work. Altho, don't like to really recommend it if you already take medications or anything like that.
Great Spotlight today. I didnt know anything about her. I want to read her profile but the link is incomplete :(
"He did not realize until a woman came up to him and said, "Matthew, you just won the Olympics!" And then he started crying. It was so sweet."
Yes, it was a very sweet moment.
Im so happy for him.
Good morning, Clarity; we're the only ones up, lol! Already walked the dog, been to church & inhaled my McD's iced coffee. Glad I go home today; this finding a WI FI outlet could get expensive, keep having to buy something to eat so's to not feel guilty hooking up.
Everyone have a good Sunday. I hope I can catch Matthew's dive somewhere;maybe it'll be on Youtube.
Kacie, I had no idea someone wrote a book on Reese. Last night, came across Legally Blonde on TV & wistfully had to move on. I used to love that movie; now I can't stomach it whatsoever. I'd be curious to see that book; maybe would help me understand her as a person.
Bye, y'all; I need to get back & check on lil Sammie. Wicked, I'd love to attend one of those Blessing of the Animal services. I've wanted to take several dog aquaintances to one of those.
The book on Reese is just based on
interviews that she has given. It
just talks about her big break in
"The Man In The Moon", how she met
Ryan, they married, had kids, and
all. The only mention of Jake is
they met on Rendition, already knew each other and had a crush on
each other and that they have been
dating for awhile now. That really
was it. I may just have a sinus
infection because my head is just
a little stopped up. I just hope
that Jake does not let Austin go
completely out of his life. He
may deeply regret it someday. That
is just my opinion. I will catch
all of you later on in the week.
I have to go back to working three
days next week!
They put the fauxmance crap in the book? LOL!
do you expect reese to ever tell the truth about anything?
I was ready to comment on the spotlight...and then DERAILED! All about Matt Mitcham again! That final was too exciting and he was flawless.
I'm going to watch it again; I TiVo'd. :)
I was able to catch Matt's diving on TV last night. So cute that he did not even realize he had won the gold.
Prairie Girl, I have no idea what TLIYL stands for. My main interests are Jake, Austin, Heath and BBM related slash. I've been checking knivesandlint.com since TDK, but most of that slash is too violent for my taste. I've been enjoying the posted art though.
Wicked, I'd love to attend one of those Blessing of the Animal services.
Tink was not too bad in church this morning. She barked a bit but I was able to keep her pretty calm. We couldn't let her go up and be blessed because she would have caused a ruckus with all the other animals. Potter went up and was blessed and he was as good as gold. There were all sorts of animals there- dogs, cats, hamsters, hermit crabs, etc. Now both dogs are exhausted!
I'm going to watch it again; I TiVo'd. :)
You were smart, Valentino! Here's the dive on Youtube.
Matt's final dive
Video's kind of poor quality.
thanks for all your olympic commentary, I've really enjoyed it. Although I don't think team GB can boast any out gay gold winners (although we do have our best number of gold medal wins since 1904!!!) we do have a rather wonderful out sports presenter who might be worthy of inclusion in your out spotlight compendium.
go team GB
Sorry about the wonky link for Candis' profile. It is now fixed.
Definitely check it out.
Re:Tink and Potter.
Glad to hear that Ms. Tink did well during, she can be a good girl, and I knew my Potter boy would be good as gold. : )
That's Meg - I will definitely put her on the list for a future Out Spotlight.
I'd like to watch the video of Candis Cayne, but it keeps having trouble loading and stop and starts. Is anyone else having that trouble?
Thought you all might find this interesting. Here's a rundown of the 10 out Olympic athletes and how they did-
Matthew Mitcham, AUS, diving- gold in 10 m platform
Gro Hammerseng and Katja Nyberg, NOR, handball- gold in team event
Natasha Kai, US, soccer- gold in team event
Lauren Lappin, US, softball- silver in team event
Linda Bresonik, GER, soccer- bronze in team event
Rennae Stubbs, AUS, doubles tennis- made it to second round
Imke Duplitzer, GER, fencing- made it to quarterfinals
Victoria Svennson, SWE, soccer- made it to quarterfinals in team event
Judith Arndt, GER, cycling- 41st in the women's roadrace
So out of 10 out athletes, there were 4 golds, a silver and a bronze. Not too bad, eh?
Spooky has a couple new quick glimpse of Austin in some clips from Prayers for Bobby production.
m, right; I remembered that slash was one of your interests. This Land is Your Land, the author wrote the last chapter for an "m" to cheer them up. I thought maybe it might've been you. Thanks for replying, tho, appreciate it. : ) It'd be great to have a discussion to find out any of your favorites, if you were so inclined. If not, that's okay. I wondered if there was already some TDK fiction out there; I'm not into any violence at all, either. And I haven't seen the movie yet, tho I am, but I'll tell you what, for a villain, Heath made the sexiest one I've ever seen. I've only seen 2 shots of him in that nurse's uniform and I don't know why, but that did something for me, lol.
Doing my piles of laundry now, catch up & get out the doghair.
We couldn't let her go up and be blessed because she would have caused a ruckus with all the other animals.
lol! Are you saying she's a bit of a bad influence? She might've surprised you. Anyway, I'm sure some of the sprinkling of blessings fell upon her, even if she was in the back.
Reese walking Atticus
Tink was not too bad in church this morning. She barked a bit but I was able to keep her pretty calm. We couldn't let her go up and be blessed because she would have caused a ruckus with all the other animals.
what a relief, i thot she was like that only with me. so she's still a little heathen. no wonder potter behaved in a hurry to get blessed cuz the poor boy needs all the help he can get living with tink. so what happens for the next year when she's not blessed? is my girl gonna get more bossy and demanding? god i have a headache.
I'm sure some of the sprinkling of blessings fell upon her, even if she was in the back.
she probably had to be locked in a closet.
i shouldn't complain i mean look what i have to put up with just to get walked on a street nowadays. blech. worse is people take pics for every dog spot and kitty puss to laugh at. my reputation as a stud's dog is ovah.
There is no way in h*ll Reese is watching that dog or letting that dog stay at her house. You can bet the photographer was called in to take that picture especially after what was said in the German tabloids.
what was said in the german tabloids?
Anonymous said...
Something from German tabloids. Supposedly Reese is a control freak and Jake's friends don't like her. Finally they say Jake realized that himself and some say this relationship will break soon.
X17online claims that Atticus is always over at Reese's house in Brentwood.
Do you actually think that Jake and Reese's PR are aware or give a damn about a German rag?
The rag claims that, gasp, Reese is a control freak and his friends don't like her and that Jake realizes NOW that she is a control freak and some say they will break up soon.
If you believe that fan fic then you must believe that they are actually dating, because if they aren't then how can they eventually break up.
File that under Reese hates Atticus and wants Jake to get rid of him to Atticus being the ring bearer for their wedding to Reese's "list".
^^^ Hi babbler!
I've been trying to post and watch Candis Cayne's profile a couple of times today and to no avail thanks to office work I had to bring home, family, family and again family and endless phone calls! I watched Candis' NYC Pride clip though. Man, what a great-looking lady! Like Clarity, I had no idea who she was before today. Thanks for that Spotlight Spesh! I'll make sure to watch her profile later tonight when things are a quieter.
Can I add that I am so, so, SO happy that Matthew Mitcham won the Gold? To me this is one of the very best things we got out of these games, along with Gro & Katja's victory, of course!
I watched Matthew's video linked in the other thread, so great and heart-warming to see how loving and at ease he and his partner were with each other as he was speaking to the journalists. Thanks Clarity for posting the link to his Web site.
So out of 10 out athletes, there were 4 golds, a silver and a bronze. Not too bad, eh?
Wonderful and quite instructive, Wicked. :) :) :)
And Kacie, take good care of you. Sinus infections can be such a drag, particularly in summer when the temperature is still hot. Hope you get well soon.
P.S. We have those "blessing of the animal" services over here too, but even in my wildest dreams I can't imagine bringing my two happy-go-yappy poodles to one of those! Here's hoping that there's some kind of very patient god up there who looks down kindly on that crazy duo.
P.P.S. Lots of interesting comments posted these last few days. I can't comment often but I try to lurk as often as I can. Had time to watch The Closet video. Very beautiful and moving.
I suppose that could be Reese in that picture with the German Shepherd. It's hard to tell because it's her back. Somebody's watching Atticus for a century while Jake's been in NC, Paris, London, and now Morrocco. I'm kind of annoyed with him with regards to him being a petowner. Just thinking about it, I'm surprised a movie actor would own a dog. They're not home 3/4 of the time. Are you going to kennel them everytime you're filming for a movie? And if Reese indeed has been watching Atticus, which I just don't know if I believe that, then who in the heck has been watching him when she left to go to NC, London, Paris, and then Morrocco? That poor dog. Passed around like that. Really, as an animal lover, I feel sorry for Atticus.
Atticus is Reese's the next best PR thing since Jake isn't in town.
Atticus is Reese's the next best PR thing since Jake isn't in town.
Reese hs a french bulldog at home so what difference does it make if she is watching Atticus.
I assume they have some kind of house/dog sitter or they are dropped off at a kennel.
There are pics on another site and yes, it's Reese and Atticus
whooops! Im Jayna (who doent care for lil stumpy dogs)
Lol, Jayna! I see you caught yourself Anon again!
Sure it looks good online for her to be caring for Jake's dog. I don't give that big a rat's you know what. But my beef is, as a responsible petowner and being responsible for watching someone else's dog, and surely loving dogs (?) she's no better leaving Atticus so often and for long periods of time. Sure, what, probably the maid watches him now when she's gone? I'm just saying that, just like having children, with owning a dog, comes everything along with it, and that is spending time with it. If you can't do it, then for gosh sakes, don't get a dog. They deserve better than that. Sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine, pun intended.
Beagle dog, Suzy Sunshine, howled non stop and refused to eat when we went on vacation without her. Poor dog sitter went mad as a hatter
You have a beagle, Jayna? Like the Westminster prize winner this year? That's always something I worry about with a new dog that I'm sitting, that they won't eat. Sometimes they do that. Or if the owner leaves them alot, they start to tear things up. I've know several dogs to do that, tearing Christmas ornaments off the tree, tearing up books, and getting into the trash. Don't think dogs don't know how to show emotion. They will definitely show it when they're upset. : )
Not that you leave your dog alot, Jayna, let me quickly explain my statement! Sometimes they do it just out of separation anxiety. I've watched a wiener dog who used to make a real mess doing his business on the carpet everytime his owner left.
I'm a proud pet Aunt to a Viszla (Penny) and Japanese Chen (Tobey)and of course my Potter boy and Ms. Tink. Who you already know.
But Penny is 46 lbs of muscle (Viszla - Hungarian pointer) who thinks she is a tiny petite flower and can sit on your lap. Food stealer, getting a closed plastic bag off and eating an entire plate of chocolate chip cookies, leaving you the bag the plate and the twist, who takes christmas ornaments off with her nose and hides them, eats dollar bills, rolls on dead worms and is afraid of vacuum cleaners. Oh and she brings you her fleece blanket and stands by her bed till you come over and swaddle her for the night. Every single night.
Tobey - is 10 lbs, and is built like a cat with a dog face and a bloomy tail. He likes to eat off a china dish, crawl up on piles of pillows to sleep, frolics in the yard biting the heads off of flowers, howls along with Mary J Blige in his sleep and EATS christmas ornaments, but only the ones that are sparkly or have pearls. (Why? he likes to make sparkly poop)
Yes Penny & Tobey live together. What a pair.
Now that I have bored you with my proud Auntie pet moment will let you go.
Suzy Sunshine was nothing but herself. A black man had to lean against a telephone pole he was laughing at me so hard when I was attempting to train her to walk properly. "Lady, that's a hound dog!" She once tore apart a whole foam rubber mattress when we went out to a movie. Separation anxiety, sure enuff!
p.s. Olympics posts were brilliant and wonderful! Thanks so much!
Reese walks Jake Gyllenhaal's dog in Santa Monica
Hmm, doesn't she have her own dog? Yet we so rarely see her with her dog. Guess that's because her walking her dog is not a photo op.
prairie girl can i come live with you? please?
Funny, just substitute Jake in that picture and its the same photo op as always.
Atticus and Reese don't look at each other either (good dog) but they walk closer than she and Jake.
they walk closer than she and Jake.
well no shit. do you see how she gives me 2 inches of leash?
Sure, Atticus, you come right on over & we'll cuddle. I love a dog who cuddles. And since I have never left this wonderful country, you don't have to worry about me going to Rome, London, Paris, & Morrocco.
Special, those are quite the dogs, lolll! I can identify. I once left my dinner on the dining table & Barkley, one of the wieners, jumped up on the chair and was into my food in a flash! Giminy's, I laugh about it now but back then, I was, like, get out of my food, Barks! I'm starved!
A foam mattress! Giminy's, Jayna. That's hilarious. Dogs are funny creatures, aren't they? And they give such unconditional love.
....that blue leash has a lead of 15 feet but what does she do, she makes sure to coil it up right next to the nub. i think its because i liked the other lady better. she was looking at me and smiling and i wanted to be closer to her and i tried but ol control freak wanted to make it look like we were bffs to the cameras so she made the leash real short. and shit what the hell were we doing walking in the street? i'm a clean sidewalk dog not a asphalt oil ghetto hound. my only consolation was if a car ran into us she woulda got hit first cuz she was on the outside but then with that damn short leash i probably woulda gone right with her. shit. i thot my bad days were over when i got adopted by a movie star and now look at me i'm just a piece of pr meat for some dumb bitch and my daddy is gone all the time playing dressup. when i'm dead in a few years he'll be crying tons and wishing he was better to me but right now i don't matter very much.
You know, if the walk was solely for Atticus's benefit, it could/should have happened in that exclusive gated community of Reese's where there is less traffic, fewer chances of distractions, less stress, etc. Give the animal a chance to be out there, a leisurely stroll to smell nature, feel the wind through his fur, grass between his paw pads.
Or out jogging - we all know that Reese jogs every day - to give Atticus and his energy a good workout that probably gets cranky after being cooped up all day inside.
But, what does the poor dog get? Santa Monica concrete, a short leash and a photo op.
Thought using the kids was bad. Reese has no shame.
Can't really see
thanks peta.
and when we crossed the street were we in a crosswalk? noooooooooo.
she made sure they got lots of pix!!! said...
Reese walks Jake Gyllenhaal's dog in Santa Monica
Hmm, doesn't she have her own dog? Yet we so rarely see her with her dog. Guess that's because her walking her dog is not a photo op
Very good point "She made Sure".
ITA! I am certain that the dog is staying with Austin.
i wonder if atticus is in a boarding kennel that's in that area and reese took him out for 15 minutes for a quickie walk around the block and some pr. could be the other female was a kennel person. the dog certainly looks more into her than reese and vice versa.
But, what does the poor dog get? Santa Monica concrete, a short leash and a photo op.
Exactly, peta. Good points. Or how about an off leash area? I know I'd rather walk my dog on an uncrowded neighborhood sidewalk than a street sidewalk. Where in the heck is he supposed to do his business? And where are the baggies in her hand for the, um, dog deposits that are sure to come with that exercise? Is he supposed to drop 'em in front of the boutiques? Believe you me, you walk a dog, you are definitely going to get some of that action. Come to think of it, I've never seen the poop bags in her hands when she walks him. Guess he never does it.
There were pap pics of Reese and her dog before she went to Morocco.
According to one pap site, Atticus is always over at Reese's house in Brentwood.
I've seen that chick with Reese before, last week where Reese was out with her kids hiking, that chick was there with her son, there are pics of her going back when Reese was still with Ryan.
Jake must approve or otherwise we wouldn't see her with Atticus, we have seen her with Atticus more this year rhan with him if you go by pap pics.
Jake has walked Atticus on concrete plenty of times along with the dog park, i'm sure he approves.
Jake when home took Atticus (and when he had Boo) out to a dog park for off leash time. And even on the beach he would let Atticus off his leash.
Jake and Kiki took Atti for obedience training when they first got him, and Atticus has alway been well behaved.
Arf,
Hi again babbler!
They always claimed that Jake and kiki shared custody of Atticus which I never believed, Kiki has a dog and I have never seen her walk Atticus after they broke up, another bs tabloid story.
Sure Jake walked Atticus and Boo at dog parks and off the lease but when was the last time we saw photo ops of Jake and Atticus at a dog park? Boo is in doggie heaven I assume and Atti is getting on in age.
Reese or a dog kennel, methinks that Atti is not on his top ten list for attention these days.
When was the last time we saw Jake and someone who isn't his beard?
Arf, I have no doubt Atticus is with Mz Reese with his approval, how could that not be so? I don't think anybody is disputing that fact. I'm questioning her consideration in walking him everytime they're on the internet, on the car exhaust-filled, shopping bag sidewalks of California when, like Peta says, there's a private, less traffic-to-worry-about gated community or public parks to exercise him in. Where would you rather walk your dog?
Don't think Boo is gone to the great doggie park in the sky, I think he has new home. Puggles, although super stinking cute are high maintenance dogs. If it wasn't a good match, sure that Jake found a perfect home for Boo.
Does he really need to walk his dog down the middle of Santa Monica for attention? No he can spend time with his dog away from the cameras.
Jake doesn't just kennel his Atti he sends them to LA Dogworks.
"L.A. Dogworks in Los Angeles, which says its customers include Jake Gyllenhaal's Atticus and Nicole Richie's Honeychild and Foxy Cleopatra, offers a "Zen Den" — touted as an "eastern retreat" to promote the "total wellness experience" through massages, aromatherapy and other services."
November 2007
From People:
"Jake Gyllenhaal, dropping his German Sheppard, Atticus, off for a spa day at LA Dogworks in Hollywood. And it's not cheap! Treatments there start at $200."
Atti to LA Dogworks
Wow, Reese is sure turning on the smiles for the paps in these pictures with Atticus. She's smiling more with him than she did the whole time in pap pictures with Jake in Europe. And, yeah, what is up with the 5 inches of leash? Maybe if they weren't walking between all the cars & down the middle of streets, there wouldn't need to be the need for 5inches of leash on him. Sorry, no one can convince me that this isn't a photo opportunity to strut Atticus around, showing that she has possession of Jake's dog. And like someone else said, Atticus is the next best thing, since Jake's still in Morrocco. Heaven knows, she hasn't been all over the tabloids lately. Gotta keep the name out there somehow.
Wow, did anybody see that tower of humans in the closing ceremonies? That was something else.
Zen Den
Press and videos
Ah, I see we're back to the every other week Reeke stroll, with Atticus as usual filling in for Jake while he's away filming. Reese would walk a rock if it could be readily identified as being from Jake's back yard.
Great spotlight today. I knew there was a transsexual character on that series, but I had no idea that the actress playing her was a transsexual as well.
Reese would walk a rock if it could be readily identified as being from Jake's back yard.
Hysterical Dest
I am sitting here laughing out loud at the thought of Reese with a leash around a large boulder and a half smile half grimace on her face as she drags it down Robertson.
That was great, Destiny, you sharp wit, you! A great laugh-out-loud for me to go to sleep on. Got the Big V coming up these next 3 days, whoo hooooo
Checked out LA Dogworks and the dog den cage free boarding looks better than a most college dorms. And they play Animal Planet and educational animal videos on a big flat screen TV.
I would pay good money to see Reese pulling a boulder down the street.
You guys crack me up re the boulder on a leash. I did not bother to look at the pictures. It does occur to me that if Reese were not "dating" Jake, would there be any interest in pictures of her at all? I doubt it.
Prairie Girl, yes I did read This Land is Your Land. Several times in fact. I'm not the M referred to though. I rarely comment on authors works -just don't have the time to comment and read since I read almost every story linked on DC forum. OMG is the main place where I actively participate. Once in a while I comment at WFT2 but as an anon because most people there use anon. Also, M would not work as a user name for Live Journal. Already taken. If the group ever discusses slash, I'll gladly mention some favorites.
next time i'll try to have an 'accident'
Why does broadwing always speculate about whether Jake approves or not? Of course Jake approves, it's a fauxmance.
Reese would walk a rock if it could be readily identified as being from Jake's back yard.
I always get a little concerned when I see Reese walking Atticus - why doesn't she ever take him to a nice park with grass, the beach, her gated community, she's always walking him on concrete, in car exhaust, as some of you have mentioned above. She seems like such a multi-tasker, it's probably more convenient for her, plus an undeniable photo op.
Gosh, that boulder comment is just as funny this morning. I don't excuse the walking Atticus downtown all the time; not when we've had the picture evidence of state parks in CA. Shouldn't be so hard, I suppose, never actually been to CA. Perhaps they have no small parks, off leash areas, walking trails, and private neighborhood sidewalks like they do elsewhere in the US. Oh. Wait. There is the beach, as others have mentioned. Hmm. Can Photographers wear flip flops in the sand while operating a disc camera?
Gotcha, m. I didn't realize about names not working in more than one place. You can tell I've not used mine anywhere else. OMG & LJ are the only places I've ever commented on. I'm too intimidated to do it anywhere else; took a hard forever for me to do it here. HA! Now lookit. Can't shut me up here. :-#
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