Cinematherapy

Move over Masters and Johnson.

It's the Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard's who are taking over with their cinematherapy approach to human sexual response.

First it's assessing the situation with Peter in Kinsey.

For men having trouble rising to the occasion It's the little blue pill and Jake's movie Love and Other Drugs.

For the ladies, who in the words of Glimmer Twins "Can't get no Satisfaction", it's the next movie Maggie's working on with Hugh Darcy and Rupert Everett. "Hysteria" is a rom com about the history of the vibrator.

And for those wishing further exploration there is

"Center of the World"

and "Secretary."

Just Julian!

It might not be the softer side of Sears, but the softer side of Austin instead. In a Three Faces of Eve kind of move (Could we call it the Two sides of Twitter?) Julian has broken free to let himself be heard.

Hey CW can we say spin off?

He's a sensitive guy.
Who likes to cry.
He's just Jul-ian!

He's a super sweet.
With nails like a candy treat.
He's just Jul-ian!

He's showing the side
They told him to hide
He's just Jul-ian!

It's Justtttt Ju---lian!

That's Me!

Episode One: Julian breaks free of the tyranny.

Mary Richards Julian Baker is a single woman fella who, at age 30, moves to Minneapolis after breaking off an engagement with her boyfriendBrookeDavis(TM) after two years. SheHe applies for a secretarial job at TV station WJM, but is offered the position of Associate Producer for the station's "Six O'Clock News." SheHe befriends her his tough but lovable boss Lou Grant (Edward Asner), newswriter Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), and buffoonish anchorman Ted BaxterRon Burgandy. Mary Julian later becomes the show's Producer. With a special guest appearance from Betty White as Susan Nivens.

'Cause Who can turn the world on with his smile?

Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?"
Well it's you Jules, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

"You're gonna make it after all."

Now Toss the hat!


While reading Julian's tweets is like a twitter version of a Lifetime Television movie and a commercial for a feminine hygiene products,(In soft focus, walking along a beach with gentle waves) he does drop tons of hints, did you catch them?

Just waiting for Julian to tweet he's got that not so fresh feeling.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight is a fixture in New England news and has been one of the most recognized faces in Boston for the past 27 years. During his career he has been the news anchor for all three major news stations in the Boston area. A throwback to the traditional anchorman he not only delivers the news, he is a newsmaker in his own right, becoming the first openly gay newscaster in the United States. Today's Out Spotlight is Randy Price.

Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Price attended Louisiana State University, where he got his start in broadcasting on college radio. He continued his career while serving in the U.S. Air Force, working for Armed Forces Radio and Television. After completing his commission he went on to work as television news reporter at KERO-TV in Bakersfield, California, then moved up the ladder to a bigger market and a new job in Toledo, Ohio as the anchor of WTVG News.

He then made the move to Boston, one of the top media markets in the country, in 1983 coming to WBZ-TV where he anchored the evening news for 12 years, becoming one of the most familiar faces in Boston. In 1995, he was arrested for driving under the influence, his second offense, and pleading no contest he attended court-mandated counseling and resigned from WBZ. Price called the arrest a professional and personal wake-up call. Having to sit out for a year as part of his non compete clause in his contract, he used that time to focus on his recovery and build his a home in Kittery, Maine, which he shares with his husband.

"The better part of my career has come after that. It was the beginning of my most successful chapter in what I do."

A year later he joined WHDH-TV as a freelance reporter, and then was promoted and back in the anchor chair in 1997. First starting as the morning anchor and then being promoted to anchoring the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. He consistently won the ratings race for the 11 p.m. news. On February 6, 2009, he was let go from WHDH-TV. The following day The Boston Globe quoted him saying that station owner, Ed Ansin, had told him "we need to move in different directions." The word was that Price voiced his complaints about how the station sensationalized the news for flash more than presenting for substance, to management and there was a distinct difference of philosophy. Just four months later on June 2, 2009, Price was named morning anchor at WCVB-TV.

During Price's distinguished career in Boston he has been honored with numerous humanitarian and professional awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award for best newscast, the broadcast industry’s highest honor.

He is also known for his work on behalf of gay rights and is active member of the Boston and New England LGBT communities. After being the first news anchor to come out in the US, he is a role model for up-and-coming gay broadcast journalists and for members of the Boston gay community. He has been active in Boston's Pride celebrations and has grand marshaled the annual Boston Pride parade several times. He has served as a guest and keynote speaker for many LGBT groups and events all over New England, and has hosted the annual prom for Boston area LGBT teens, sponsored by the Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth.

Price met his husband Mark Steffen at a bar while working as a reporter in Bakersfield, Calif., in the late 1970s. As they say opposites attract, for them, both in personality and looks, and they connected right from the start.

"He was on television, but I really didn't watch television," says Steffen, who radiates a mellow Californian surfer vibe, while Price comes off as energetic and animated. "He was dark and intense."

"Mark is more into the big picture. I'm more of Mr. Fix-It," says Price. "He's everything to me. He's so much that I admire -- the honesty, the integrity." (Boston Globe)

In the mid-1980s, Price had been living with Steffen for almost a decade, and had grown tired of reading stories about his personal life that did not mention his longtime partner. Readers could see him at home with his dog, and his other interests, but something was missing. "All these things about my life. And never one — not one mention — of do I live with anybody, what's the story of my personal situation. … They didn't ask any of those questions because they knew the answers." And Price confessed, "I probably didn't push the point." So one day he opened up to a reporter about his relationship and their life together.

"It wasn't a big secret revealed, but I was very interested in talking about it because our business is supposedly about facts and honesty. I had the real fortunate circumstance of having a relationship with viewers, people knowing me for the totality of who I was except for that one element. It's about me as a person. I live with a guy. I have a very long, successful relationship."

Price believes that his open and frank honesty about his sexual orientation has translated to credibility with his viewers.

"It's connecting to people. The more things change, quite possibly, the more people will gravitate to some elements of familiarity. People who watch me know what my sensibilities are. Whether it's the success of Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams, or myself, it's because people have a trust in what you're doing. They just sense what you're about. I'm not an activist. I am proud of who I am.

Price and Steffen were married on January 3, 2007 in a ceremony on the steps of the Massachusetts State House. It took place on Mitt Romney's last day as governor, which made it make national headlines. While some thought the ceremony and date was a media stunt it was in fact their 30th anniversary.

"When we got married," Steffen said, "the cards and letters we got from people we never expected. It was a very moving experience. [Being gay] is not something we discussed that much. It's not something we tried to hide."

More than a decade after Price began answering those questions about who he is, he is amused that some still see those answers as irrelevant. "People ask that question," "Like, 'Well, you know, is it really necessary for you to discuss your sexual life with everybody?' And I go, 'Well, you know, I never really thought I was discussing my sex life. … I said I'm a gay person, I live with another guy, and I have a long-term relationship. If I don't tell you that, then there's really no foundation for us having an exchange about who we all are."

Price and Steffen live in Kittery, Maine, with their award winning American Cocker Spaniels. They are known in the dog show world as Cutt Island Cocker Spaniels, and are proud owners of Champion K-Line N Cutts Beyond-A-Doubt (Rudy) the top-winning Cocker Spaniel in breed history with 35 Bests in Specialty Show. Along with his Best in Specialty Show record, Rudy has also won 7 All-Breed Bests in Show - which is more than any other Brown Cocker in history.

Cutts Island Cocker Spaniels

Back to the Lotus

Ed. note: Sorry for the delay. It's been a bad bad bad bad blogger day.

Couple things more things about Lotus.

You've seen this picture before

But look at this picture of Austin at the Wrap Party for Full Count/Lenexa 1 Mile down at a Westport bar in KC.

Notice anything?


And there was someone else who was at Club Lotus that night. And it is significant in this toothsome tale.
Yes Maggie was there that night as well.

So not only was Jake out with Austin so soon after meeting, but obviously Jake had introduced Austin to his sister. Looks like she knew from the beginning what her brother had found and who he had found it with, that's pretty significant. Just another little thing that shows that this was serious right from the beginning.

And it also makes you look at the timeline with a different perspective.

May 2002 Austin Graduates from USC

June 26 2002 Club Lotus Party - Jake, Austin and Maggie attend

July 17 2002 Jake in final negotiations to be cast in TDAT

July 21 2002 Announced. Maggie to film Mona Lisa Smile with Kirsten Dunst

Sept 18 2002 Jake and Kirsten start dating after being introduce by his sister Maggie at the after party for the premiere of Secretary

Oct 4, 2002 - Jan 2003 Mona Lisa Smile in production

November 7, 2002 - March 2003 TDAT in production

March 2003 Report that Jake is "so smitten" with Kiki he's desperate to marry her

Hmmmm.


Just waiting for Austin to tweet about these. ; )




Thanks again to everyone who helped with making this post possible.

High School Confidential

Austin going back to school as a teacher for LOL, makes you wonder what high school was like for him at his alma mater McCallum High in Austin.



We've seen the pictures




And recently the website Everything Austin got a chance to ask Austin some questions and one was about high school.

In Season 7 of One Tree Hill there was a lot of talk about high school Julian, how would you describe your high school years?
High School – I don’t know where I fit it. I ran in many different crowds. I wasn’t a jock, although I was an athlete. I wasn’t a nerd, but I graduated in the top ten from my class. I wasn’t a popular kid, but I was friends with them. I wanted to be friends with everyone. I didn’t belong to one group. I was just Austin.



Doesn't mention show choir, well having the tape of him singing the solo for Yankee Doodle Dandy on network TV might have been enough.



BTW: Did you know that Austin took piano lesson while at USC?
(thank you to our special friend of OMG for that Austin trivia)


Wonder what other hidden talents he's got and not telling.
; )

Grosse Pointe (Fill in the) Blank(s)

No beaches, no Clothes over Bros, no BrookeDavis(tm) for Austin this week.

Instead it's Detroit. The Motor City baby.
And he's spending it right here:
Grosse Pointe South High, in Grosse Pointe, MI, an affluent suburb of Detroit filming the remake of the French movie LOL.

Here are the trailers lined up on location.

The set is pretty much closed because of Ms. Cyrus aka Lola. Who hasn't been winning over fans in the area with her off camera attitude. But we digress. A little review of what LOL is about:

"In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes and Facebook, Lola (Cyrus) and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola’s mom, Anne ( Moore ), 'accidentally' reads her teenage daughter’s racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown. Through hilarious and heartfelt moments between mother and daughter, LOL is an authentic coming-of-age story for the way we live now."

Not familiar with the original? Here's a clip.



Austin is playing the heartthrob of a math teacher Mr. Ross who is the object of all the girl's crushes, especially Emily's, one of Lola's bffs.
Emily(Ashley Hinshaw) is best friends with Lola and Janice, she doesn't make a move without overthinking it - although apparently that doesn't stop her from engaging in a little IM sex-play. She's a girl who cares what people think of her. She finds herself starting to "like" a somewhat dorky kid named Wen, with whom she's having a sex, which she tries to hide from her friends. She can't bring herself to tell Lola that she's the reason Lola mistakenly thinks Kyle had sex with Ashley, but eventually she does, and winds up getting the cold-shouldered by her now former bff.

But Mr. Ross was not Mr. Ross when Austin went up for the audition during casting the end of April beginning of May.

MALE (20s-30s; any ethnicity) - MR. COLIN KRYS. The hottest trig teacher on the planet, with a heart-melting smile, Mr. Krys is a high school math teacher and the object of Emily's true desire. Possibly unaware of his heart-throb status, the unmarried Mr. Krys is good-natured and kind, and even covers for Emily when her mother almost catches her in a lie. Wen's tutor, Mr. Krys sees some revealing photos of Emily on Wen's cell phone, and later subtly advises Emily that she might want to re-think her m.o. to get what she wants in life. LEAD

Hottest trig teacher on the planet

Check

Heart-melting smile

Check


Unaware of his heart-throb status

Check

Good-natured and kind

Check


Check Check. Check. Check. Check. Pretty much fills in all the blanks.

LOL is scheduled for release next April.

Safe text

First day of work on lol. Omg lmao rofl ttyl. Actors on this film need to be versed in text speak. I'm learning. be gentle.

August 18, 2010

But it doesn't look like Austin needs any help with what to text, especially when he's alone. And don't think he's all thumbs either.

Movies, hardware, groceries, Brazilians. There's a pattern. Do you see it?

Transformers 2. "Merge the matrix with his spark.". Hmmmm. Autobots turn me on.

Just left the hardware store. They were selling galvanized nipples and o-rings. What is this world coming to?


Haha!! I like messin with yall. That was a joke. I think about a Gabillion people saw it. Edward makes my heart flutter. # well #jacob and #bella also make my heart flutter. If I saw all three of them I would ask if i could rip their clothes off It would be the most outrageous #vampire #werewolf foursome the world has ever seen. And in the end, I would devour them all. HAHA!!!


Is it wrong to get aroused in whole foods?


Ok brazilenos. I'm rooting for you right now. You make futbol so damn sexy. I'm getting turned on. Can't wait to come visit your country!!


God knows what's going to do it Detroit.

Muscle cars? Motown? Bootleggers?

Any guesses?


And a gift from a very special friend of OMG to share here. You may have seen similar pics but these are a little different in either size or pose. Thank you so much for the find. Gold Star indeed.

Some times delayed gratification is more fun. Just ask Austin. ; )



Photo credit: Jim Wright