Coming in November: The 'Smackdown' Season Finale

THANKS FOR ATTENDING THE SEASON FINALE...

SUPPORTING ACTRESS SMACKDOWN OF 1987

• Fatal Attraction (feat. Anne Archer) 
• Gaby A True Story (feat. Norma Aleandro) 
• Moonstruck (feat. Olympia Dukakis)  
• Throw Momma From the Train (feat. Anne Ramsay) 
• The Whales of August (feat. Ann Sothern)

We sincerely hope you've enjoyed this super-sized season! It's so much work but we love doing it. Here are all the episodes this year in case you missed any...

May 8th ~ SMACKDOWN 1981 
May 28th ~ SMACKDOWN 1947
June 17th ~ SMACKDOWN 2002
July 6th ~ SMACKDOWN 1957 
July 26th ~ SMACKDOWN 1991
Aug 20th ~ SMACKDOWN 2005
Sept 16th ~ SMACKDOWN 1938
Oct 11th ~ SMACKDOWN 1965
Nov 19th ~ SMACKDOWN 1987

Link Roundup

• Advocate straight actors still not feeling any hesistancy about taking on gay roles that could be played by underemployed actually gay actors. Viggo Mortensen is the latest, he even wrote it for himself
• Coming Soon I don't know quite why I expectd Jordan Peele, who got famous in comedy, to transition out of horror films but he's sticking with the genre. After Get Out and Us his third horror feature lands in 2022 (no plot, title, or cast details yet)
• My New Plaid Pants ohmy. There's a pretty gay rumor about the long delayed Dev Patel picture The Green Knight which co-stars Joel Edgerton

More after the jump including Andrew Scott, The Queen's Gambit, A Quiet Place sequels, new film projects and new TV series... 

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Gay Best Friend: George Downs in "My Best Friend's Wedding"

NEW WEEKLY SERIES!

by Christopher James

The trope of the “gay best friend” proves that not all representation is created equally. In the 90s especially, we finally got to see openly gay characters in big Hollywood movies, specifically romantic comedies. Before that, queer characters were often only coded as such. While this representation was a step forward, the types of LGBTQ+ representation were always the same: white, cis gay men without an interior life. Throughout this series, I want to revisit these characters and examine the good, the bad and the ugly of their portrayal and how it has shaped the culture of today.

George Downs (Rupert Everett) embodies a lot of what is bad about the “gay best friend” trope. So why do I love him so much? It’s not just because Everett is incredibly charming and handsome. George starts out as a sidekick and becomes the “love interest.” Sure, we never get to spend time with him a queer man and learn more about his love life and relationships. Still, he's the force that shapes and defines the narrative. That this happens in a $100 million plus Julia Roberts blockbuster is no small feat...

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Would you rather?

We haven't done one of these in a month or two. So let's gaze at pretty Celebrity instagram pics.

Would you rather
...meditate with Chris Hemsworth?
...take a hike with Helen Hunt and pup?
...go horseback riding with Hilary Swank?
...relax in Mexico with Tessa Thompson?
...get a face mask with Alan Cumming?
...attend storytime with Sandy Powell and Glenda Jackson?
...hit the waterfall with Luke Evans? 
...admire Stacey Abrams with Kerry Washington?
...get fit with Viola Davis?
... or revive Cruella DeVil with Glenn Close?
...do a press day with Nicole Kidman?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. 

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Showbiz History: Swanson, John & Yoko, and Freddie Krueger

6 random things that happened on this day, November 9th, in showbiz history...

1931 Diva movie star Gloria Swanson divorces aristocrat Henri de la Falaise and marries Michael Farmer on the same day! (She and Farmer had married three months prior only to realize her divorce hadn't been final... so they had to to it again by which time she was four months pregnant) She was 33 years old and it was her fourth (of six) marriages.

1939 "Garbo Laughs!" Ninotchka has its world premiere in NYC...

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