Let me get this straight.....

So Bret Easton Ellis tweeted this:
 
 Let's just say it.  Epically stupid.

Sadly this does nothing to help bring change in Hollywood. And is indicative of the closet that Hollywood wants to continue to keep stars in.


But here's the question that struck me after I read it.

If Ellis  believes a gay man can't play straight, is he then saying a straight man can't play gay or bi?

And what does that say about Austin playing Martin in Ellis' The Informers?

 OMG Olympics 

Tennis

Because who wouldn't want a match between the tummy peeking

 and short shorts?

 Who needs medals?

Miss(ing) Informers

We saw a little bit of behind the scenes of Informers when it was being filmed, but know as the movie comes out we are finding out more about what happened behing the scenes. We knew that they cut out Brandon Routh's (the vampire storyline) part in Informer even before shooting started, but looks like that they edited more than that.

In an interview with The Cult, author Bret Easton Ellis says that there many different cuts of Informers.

DW: Were there other cuts that were floating around at one point?

BEE: Yeah, many cuts. Even some that they showed. Personally, I prefer longer cuts. There’s about forty minutes that I think are missing from the movie. So it feels… (pauses)… I don’t know, it’s just that, there are endings to a lot of these stories that just aren’t in the movie now. There was like four or five more very long scenes…

DW: But important scenes?

BEE: I think very important scenes. Simply within the Chris Isaak / Lou Taylor Pucci father / son Hawaii scenes that comes to a head.

DW: I forgot how that storyline ended?

BEE: Because it doesn’t.

Read more of The Cult interview here.

Talking to the AV Club Ellis says there are 45- 50 minutes of it that you won't see.

AVC: How much does the finished film resemble the script?

BEE: Very little. [Laughs] Gregor would have to admit that too, and so would Marco. This is not me complaining. That’s the fact. The 95-minute version of The Informers is very different from this sprawling, epic movie that Nick and I had in mind when we wrote the script. For some people, that probably sounds like its own kind of hell, but there’s a lot more resolution in our script, and it was also kind of lighter, funnier, more Altman-esque. This is a very different creature. I like the movie. It is very different in terms of tone and style from the movie we were thinking of when we were writing the script. There’s also literally 40 or 50 minutes missing from it in terms of stories being resolved, and…

Read more of the A.V. Club

While many have wondered if some of Austin's less than dressed scenes were editing to get the MPCAA's R -rating, now you wonder if there are more scenes of Austin's that were in those 40-50 minutes. Wonder if it will show up on DVD. ; )

What we do know is that Martin is sleeping with Laura, friend Graham's mother, Graham's girlfriend Christie, and Graham himself. He's a Billy Idol fan (had to get that in there). And is a music video director.

We had pictures of them filming this scene when they were in Uruguay, and now we see what they were filming.

Party scene

Martin and Graham

It's been hot this week in LA and it looks like things are heating up for Austin too.

Signing a two year contract for a One Tree Hill (and you know it he made sure it was pay or play), The Informers opening nationwide in the U.S. (which unbelievably which is the first time since Glory Road) , and oh yeah and he's the big birthday guy tomorrow , and as a diva who shares the same birthday put it best, "hello gorgeous." (name that picture)

The Cult

A.V. Club

Check out more clips trailers and pictures from The Informers over at Austin Nichols Journal

Steel Cage Jake Match

Let's get ready to ruuuuuummmmmmmmbbbbbble........

It's The Informers vs. Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Both written by literary heavy hitters

Both set in 80's

Both have colorful characters

Both have actors with rocky pasts



Both have disjointed narratives

Both have bisexual relationship


Both have a wild blonde



Both have a threesome

Both have Jon Foster

Both open in April
(The Informers (April 24) - The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (April 11)

Both have gotten mixed reviews

Both star co-stars and people very close to Jake



Oh my! Check out the newest pictures of Austin in The Informers over at Spooky's
The Man in Black - I am without words.


Sweet Ending:

Maggie Gyllenhaal thinks if brother Jake's acting thing doesn't work out, he could be a chef. "Jake makes a mean chocolate zucchini bread." Cindy Adams - yesterday's column in the NY Post. And here's today with an "interview"with Peter.

Here's one to try:


Chocolate Zucchini Bread:

1 1/2 cups shredded raw zucchini (about 1/2 pound or 227 grams)

1 cup (140 grams) all-purpose flour

1/2 cup (45 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted (not Dutch-processed)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 cup (120 ml) safflower or canola oil

1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar

1/2 cup (105 grams) light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3/4 cup (125 grams) semi sweet chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in the center of the oven. Grease (or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray) a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan. Set aside.

Grate the zucchini, using a medium sized grater. Set aside.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground allspice. Set aside.

In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract until well blended (about 2 minutes). Fold in the grated zucchini. Add the flour mixture, beating just until combined. Then fold in the chocolate chips. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the bread has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 to 65 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes, then remove the bread from the pan and cool completely.

Makes one - 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf.

Please excuse my forgetfulness:

To all of those gathering and celebrating

Here We Have a Story for the World
Here we have the story for the world,
A tale of justice served and freedom won,
Principles of goodness, universal,
Printed out on stone by God's own hand.
Yes, the past was bloody, and the old
Promise was by faithlessness undone.
And wonders ceased, memories turned brittle,
Shadows fell, and love turned into land.
Still, the story breathes the air of words
Old and new, a tale not writ in stone,
Vast as the hard history of a people
Ever changing, ever one, a grand
Recital running through time's glass like sand.

- Nicholas Gordon

Happy Passover!

BEEing there

What do you get when you take two superheros, a mistress of a former presidential candidate, an Oscar winner, a prince and a goose? A modern age fairytale? No you have the odd and twisted world of Bret Easton Ellis connections. The superheros who both have had their scandals - you know, the mistress well she was the inspiration for one of Ellis' characters, Alison Poole, the Goose came as an angel to some but acts like a devil to others, he comes with the prince who ganders, and the Oscar Winner well, you can make your suggestions where she fits into this modern day LA tale. But just in case you can't figure out how she does to Easton, remember this?

So what's your best BEE take on this LA tale? Or just your own?



Your OMG Olympic Moment

Equestrian Dressage
Equestrian is the only Olympic sport where man and animal are established team-mates, and one of the few where men and women compete on equal terms.

It is the ultimate in team sports, a horse and rider working together for years to hone feats of grace, daring, agility and speed.The horse performs set movements, or tests, in response to its rider's subtle aids and signals. The event is conducted over three rounds. In the first two, horse and rider perform a set routine of dressage movements, including passages, pirouettes and piaffes in a walk, trot and canter. The third round is freestyle, with routines individually choreographed and performed to music.

Jake Equestrian Dressage - Third Round FreeStyle Program performing to the Zap Band's More Bounce to the Ounce.