LAwbreaker

OMG wasn't some Two Wheel Tuesday, and it looks like it was Jake and not Austin giving some pedal on Thursday instead.

A clean shaven Jake

Now Jakey you are looking sooooo good without all that crazy scruff.

You are way too young to go Billy Goat Gruff.

Jake has played some law enforcers lately but Thusday he was a lawbreaker.

Do you know what he could stopped for?

Packs a punch!

Austin can pack a lot into a tweet.  Give it up for the English/Creative Writing major.

Take Austin's latest tweet

Amy Pascal--I love working with female directors. I love females so damn much. I'm on your team. Everybody please RT @indiewire @NikkiFinke

-Aus10

Now it might look like he's giving the Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group a shout out and makes you wonder - new project?  Or is he looking for one.  

Or is he trying to say how much he likes females?

But then if you find out that Pascal gave a speech
last nightback in March (revised, my bad) " at a sold-out LA Gay & Lesbian Center gala that raised $1 million for homeless gay and lesbian youth"  where she was the honoree.  And she did something that rarely see in Hollywood a call for action for the LGBT community.   Pascal "asked the industry to scrutinize its depiction of LGBT characters in film and television: 'How about next time, when any of us are reading a script and it says words like fag, or faggot – homo – dyke – take a pencil and just cross it out '.”

And she goes on to make a remarkable speech about changing the representation of  LGBT individuals in film.  

Here is an excerpt of her speech:

"The images that impacted me as a teenager had lasting influences on my entire life and I bet that is true for most of us. What we see in the media today affects everybody, whether it’s film, TV, radio, magazines or the internet. What the media says about your sexual orientation, and the color of your skin, and the shape of your eyes, and your ethnicity… what you look like, what you weigh, what you wear, how poor you are, how awkward you are, how educated you are, and how different you are… this stuff really sinks in. What we see teaches us about how to feel about ourselves and how to feel about each other.

And now, I’m talking about kids who are gay and I’m talking about kids who aren’t gay. One group needs affirmation and the other group needs education. And, if I’m being honest, neither of those issues are high on any movie studio or TV network’s agenda…

The Celluloid Closet was made almost 20 years ago and certainly attitudes have changed, but maybe not quite so much as you or I would want or hope. Television has been much more progressive and credit has to be given to producers like Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and Ryan Murphy for really changing things.
Now movies need to catch up. There are magnificent movies being made about gay subjects with gay characters, like Brokeback Mountain and Milk. Anyone would have been proud to have made those movies. I know I would be. But when you think about some of these films, even our favorite ones, there is a theme that runs through them.

Brokeback Mountain, Milk, Boys Don’t Cry, Philadelphia, The Hours, Gods and Monsters, The Talented Mr. Ripley, A Single Man, My Own Private Idaho, Cloud Atlas – in all these movies, the main character is murdered or martyred or commits suicide or just dies unhappily. And there are far more pernicious and dangerous images that confront gay kids and their parents: the lesbian murderer, the psychotic transvestite, the queen who is humiliated and sometimes tossed off a ship or a ledge. It’s a big joke. It still happens.


How many times have you heard a character imply to another that the worst thing about going to prison isn’t being locked up for the rest of your life, it’s the homosexuality? And old stereotypes still exist. The most benign stereotypes would have a gay kid believe that they will end up being the asexual, witty best friend of the pretty girl, or a drag queen, or a swishy hairdresser. The list goes on." (Source)

Austin's tweet is his support of what she is saying.  

 One more step.  Go Austin Go!

And why would he include Nikki Finke and IndieWire in the tweet?  Because they covered the story. (We noticed you smart cookie you.)

Wild Wayback West

Throwing it way back to look at one of Austin's first project. 

Durango Kids!

And Jake wasn't the only time traveler.  Austin has gone back to the future too.

"Four kids slip through a hole in time when they discover a hidden mine shaft that transports them to the old Wild West. Their magical journey takes them to a place where they encounter thieving bandits, pandemonium and adventure in their pursuit of lost gold. What the youngsters don't know is that their Principal is trying to capture the lost treasure first. Now the gang has to stick together to find the hidden gold before their evil Principal locates the loot for himself! Adventure has a new Posse!" (IMDB)

Austin made this when he was a freshman. 
No, not in high school.

 College! 

 Yup a freshman at USC.

 I can handle these covered wagon wheels.  I have a dirt bike. Come on!

So that wasn't a clutch, but the release for the horse pulling us.  We're good, we've got the wagon.  What do those horses have? Freedom? 

I danced. And lost my shirt Mrs. Oleson.  Now can I get pair of horses for our wagon?

I didn't take my shirt off on purpose it got caught in the thresher. And I wasn't crying when that lady was ogling me.  It was trail dust in my eyes. And she was no lady!

[To the new horses]  Now shhhhhhh.  You know nothing how I got you.  That's between you me and the fence post.

Roll Again

 The LA River Ride is  coming up on June 9th.  And it makes you wonder if Austin is going ever ride again.  He had a blast doing it a couple of years ago, but we haven't seen him two wheelin' in a while.

 Does (Tommy) Wheeler not Two Wheel?  Hello Ray?  

Gotta say Austin, this is the only video for this year's ride.  And it doesn't even come close your video trilogy.



Because who can forget these?






and don't forget the bonus footage:



What makes you think these videos were all Austin's idea???

Hey El Jefe,  jump in the saddle and ride!

Leveling the field

When tragedy comes,  it doesn't matter how much make, how much you own, what you have,  it comes down to what it most precious and important to you.

 No possession compares to those you love and who love you.  Things can be replaced, homes rebuilt, careers restored,  but family, friends,  memories and love are irreplaceable.

Cherish those you have in your life and what you have with them, and let them know you how much do.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight is an American television writer, producer and director. He is the creator of cult television series Everwood and co-creator of Jack & Bobby, No Ordinary Family and Arrow. He is also the writer of Green Lantern. Today's Out Spotlight is Greg Berlanti.

Greg Berlanti born on May 24, 1972 in Rye, New York, to Barbara Moller Berlanti and Eugene Berlanti. The only boy has one sister, Dina and is the uncle of two nieces. He described his early life in an August 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly as "We were Italians in a town of WASPs" and his family was not "doing as well as 90% of the community."

After each of his shows is his Berlanti Television logo which features a family with their backs to the audience and a quote which says "Greg, move your head!" which is actually what his father Gene used to yell at him when he was blocking the television screen.

Early on there were indications that he would have a career in writing and directing while still a kid. When he was teen, he used to design and build puppets and even had a small business performing puppet shows at local children's birthday parties.

Also early as a teen, Berlanti realized he was gay and sought out, surreptitiously, whatever bits of gay culture he could find. He recalled, in an interview given much later in his life, sneaking home copies of The Village Voice from a local deli when he was about thirteen after discovering that the alternative New York weekly newspaper contained gay-themed articles.

Later, when he worked part-time at a local video store after school, he would watch films starring Montgomery Clift and Rock Hudson just to see other gay people.

Berlanti attended Rye High School and later studied acting and playwriting at Northwestern University. At Northwestern, he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He graduated from Northwestern in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater.

Soon after graduating, he moved to Los Angeles with the expectation of landing a writing job in either television or film. Ultimately, however, he found employment in a string of temporary office jobs and in his off-hours wrote a series of scripts, all of which were roundly rejected. Despite living and working in LA he said he never felt so far away from his dream of working in films and television.

In the summer of 1996, while his parents were visiting San Francisco on vacation Berlanti traveled up to join them. He recalled one night sitting in his parents' hotel room, watching the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics on television and suddenly and on impulse, he turned off the television set and told his parents he was gay. They were taken aback by the surprise announcement, and "the next year was bumpy for us," Berlanti explained in an interview.

However, his parents eventually accepted his sexuality. When his first film, the gay-themed The Broken Hearts Club, premiered in New York City in 2000, his parents hosted a party at a gay club to celebrate the event, and invited not only their son's friends, but their own friends as well.

Berlanti's career in television began with the groundbreaking teen soap opera Dawson's Creek, in which he and the show's creator, Kevin Williamson, introduced the first romantic kiss between two gay male characters on network television. He has also served as creator, writer, director, or producer on such hour-long dramas as Everwood, Jack & Bobby, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, and Brothers & Sisters.

The first movie Berlanti  wrote and directed was the feature-length films, the semi-autobiographical The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, about a group of gay friends  in West Hollywood, which he based on his own circle of friends as the time.  when he was 26. The movie starred Ben Weber, Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff, Justin Theroux, Dean Cain, and John Mahoney.

In August 2006, he announced a new deal with Touchstone Television and ABC to create new pilots. In conjunction with the announcement, Berlanti also announced a parting of the ways with longtime creative partner Mickey Liddell. At the same time, news surfaced that he was acting as a consultant for the new ABC series Brothers &  Sisters, which he ended as executive producer of the award-winning series from 2006 to 2011.

The show, created by the gay playwright Jon Robin Baitz, centered on a politically diverse California family and prominently features several gay characters, including an openly gay attorney (Matthew Rhys), his life partner (out actor Luke Macfarlane), and his uncle (Ron Rifkin), who eventually comes out as a gay man and later in the series learns he has been infected with the HIV virus.

Berlanti was also the executive producer of Dirty Sexy Money which debuted on ABC on September 26, 2007.

With Marc Guggenheim, he co-wrote Eli Stone, a television pilot for ABC which debuted as a mid-season replacement in 2008. The legal drama went on to be picked up by ABC for two season.  Serving as executive producer, Berlanti,  a huge fan of the openly gay singer George Michael, persuaded the singer to appear in several episodes of the show as himself. Additionally, each episode of the show's first season was named after one of Michael's songs.

In 2010  he directed the film Life As We Know It, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

Berlanti produced and co-wrote the script for Green Lantern  a film version of the popular DC Comics superhero series of the same name.

Explaining his interest in the film, he observed in an interview, "The thing I always really identified with about comic books--and only years later realized it had to do with my sexuality--was that they were outsiders but could look and seem like they were 'normal,' but yet they harbored this secret. I think that's what drew me to them and what's so emotionally evocative about them for me--that burden of feeling different. Also, so many times they're not of this world and yet they're forced to protect that world--something they're really not even totally a part of."

Berlanti has several more feature film and television series in production.

He continues to reside in Los Angeles, with his partner, the television writer Brian Young.

"It's been one of the easier, nicer parts of my life," Berlanti said of his relationship. "I'm grateful for the opportunity to just be together, whether it's going for dinner or hiking or whatever."

Traction Action

A little rewind back to earlier in the week when Jake was seen leaving Chateau Marmont

What do you notice?

Well he still has the family truckster.   Which tends lean to the argument that he bought the truckster not leased it.

So what are the odds that he bought the silver one too?   Pretty damn good.

Now why would swinging bachelor need two family wagons?  Antiquing?  Flea Markets?  Bringing the farm fresh goodness to market?

You'd think if really did up and move to NY for good, he would have sold them and just rented something for the few times he's back in LA.

And who has been driving the car? Because while cars sitting in the garage and not turned on and run can be tough on the engine, it doesn't hurt the tires.  In fact that would keep the tires longer.