When I counted them up today, I realized I have actually seen something like 28 movies that are nominated for Oscars this coming Sunday. Sure, this includes a crappy movie like Transformers: Dark of the Moon (nominated for a couple of technical awards), and I’ve also counted Rio, even though it’s only nominated in the Best Original Song category. But I’m kind of a completist, so of course I’m not satisfied. There are movies on the list, even ones with several nods that I don’t think I would have wanted to see even if I could (think Albert Nobbs, up for both Best Actress, Supporting Actress and Best Best Make-Up), but what annoys me are the ones in central categories that I’ve been unable to see simply because they aren’t yet available in Norway. (more…)
“I’m honoured to be in their dreams”
18 FebI’ve returned time and again to praising Daniel Radcliffe for his seeming comfort with gay questions. It must be exhausting for a straight celebrity to have to dispel implied and explicit gay rumors over and over, but what really lifts the former Harry Potter star above the more defensively “straight and nothing against gays“ crowd, is that he has used his position to argue, forcefully and repeatedly for equal rights. Others might have feared that taking such a public stand on a controversial issue could not only alienate his fan base but also add fuel to those persistent gay rumors, but Radcliffe doesn’t seem to care about any of that. (more…)
I Think I Came Out Early Online
4 FebTo some degree, there has always been a certain internal inconsistency to the ramblings on this blog. On the one hand I have occasionally insisted that I would hate to live up to gay stereotype, and even that I don’t want readers to believe that this is some sort of introspective effort on my part. I suppose that mission statement was starting to fade away as the subtitle to my blog was changed to “Introspection masked as culture criticism“, and the Sexiest Male List and Early Gay Crushes definitely betrayed a willingness to engage with what kind of a gay I am, on both a shallow and a deeper level, or at least in a longer view. By now, when I even have a subcategory on the blog named The Gay I Am, I guess it’s time to discard any pretense that this is not first and foremost a forum for introspection. (more…)
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