Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "An Act of Love" Tweetable Logline: Documentary Film, An Act of Love, to Follow Story of Defrocked United Methodist Minister Frank Schaefer. Elevator Pitch: Rev. Frank Schaefer was stripped of his credentials as a minister in the United Methodist Church in December 2013, after he was convicted in a church trial of failing to uphold the Book of Discipline by performing the same-sex wedding of his son. Schaefer’s story traveled quickly, igniting an international news frenzy. He appeared on The View, CNN, MSNBC, the CBS evening news, and countless regional news outlets. With the news spotlight on him, Schaefer went from being a small-town minister and silent supporter...
- 2/27/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The cornerstone of Christianity is acceptance, forgiveness and love. This is none of those: Yesterday, the United Methodist Church's Board of Ordained Ministry in Pennsylvania defrocked pastor Frank Schaefer, because Schaefer officiated the marriage of his gay son back in 2007. Schaefer performed the ceremony in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage is legal, but a member of his church filed a formal complaint this year, saying Schaefer violated the church's doctrine, which says same-sex marriages are "incompatible with Christian teaching" and bars clergy from performing ceremonies. "What I did was an act of love for my son," Schaefer says. And he is standing by his...
- 12/20/2013
- E! Online
Duck Dynasty reactions, Pennsylvania marriage equality lawsuit gets nasty, hot military men deepthroating bananas
If you’re still watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, you’ll soon get to meet Captain Holt’s husband. Marc Evan Jackson is set to play the lucky man, who invited the precinct to their home for Captain Holt’s birthday party. And of course, there’s a twist you can read about at the link.
If you were wondering how the decision to suspend Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty went down, TheWrap has a pretty good breakdown of the process, which honestly went just like you’d want something like this to happen. It also quotes Rich Ferraro of GLAAD as saying that the organization has never taken heat for calling out a bigot before like they’ve received from this. “In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many violently...
If you’re still watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, you’ll soon get to meet Captain Holt’s husband. Marc Evan Jackson is set to play the lucky man, who invited the precinct to their home for Captain Holt’s birthday party. And of course, there’s a twist you can read about at the link.
If you were wondering how the decision to suspend Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty went down, TheWrap has a pretty good breakdown of the process, which honestly went just like you’d want something like this to happen. It also quotes Rich Ferraro of GLAAD as saying that the organization has never taken heat for calling out a bigot before like they’ve received from this. “In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many violently...
- 12/20/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Sir Elton to set example by marrying David Furnish, Dianna Agron fills in for Brandon Flowers, Stiles loses his mind on Teen Wolf
Dustin Lance Black, Gus Van Sant and Bruce Cohen will attend the St. Petersburg Side By Side Lgbt Film Festival for the screening of Milk, despite bomb threats and the country’s abysmal record on gay rights. Cohen says “Our hope in screening the 2009 Academy Award winning film Milk — about the late civil rights leader, Harvey Milk — is to encourage respectful conversations that might create deeper understanding. Cinema has that power. For this reason, we would like to bring our film to your country and participate in the meaningful dialogue we feel certain this screening will create between the people of our great nations.”
You can now stream Britney Spears’ full Britney Jean album.
Mark Duffy, best known as copyranter, who we have featured here many, many times,...
Dustin Lance Black, Gus Van Sant and Bruce Cohen will attend the St. Petersburg Side By Side Lgbt Film Festival for the screening of Milk, despite bomb threats and the country’s abysmal record on gay rights. Cohen says “Our hope in screening the 2009 Academy Award winning film Milk — about the late civil rights leader, Harvey Milk — is to encourage respectful conversations that might create deeper understanding. Cinema has that power. For this reason, we would like to bring our film to your country and participate in the meaningful dialogue we feel certain this screening will create between the people of our great nations.”
You can now stream Britney Spears’ full Britney Jean album.
Mark Duffy, best known as copyranter, who we have featured here many, many times,...
- 11/26/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
The Simpsons go to MusicVille, Mary Cheney is not supporting Liz’ candidacy, Will Forte’s mother Googles him, even if it’s gay porn lookalikes
Daniel Radcliffe manages, despite a self-admitted drinking problem, to maintain a good public image. Part of that is that he doesn’t spend a ton of time in the public eye, which he thinks is essential in keeping a measure of privacy. “There are certain things you can do to make it a lot easier on yourself. If you don’t, for instance, go to premieres [for movies] you’re not in, or don’t just turn up at other events and stuff like that. That’s obviously going to help. Also, I don’t have Twitter and I don’t have Facebook, and I think that makes things a lot easier, because if you go on Twitter and tell everybody what you’re doing moment to...
Daniel Radcliffe manages, despite a self-admitted drinking problem, to maintain a good public image. Part of that is that he doesn’t spend a ton of time in the public eye, which he thinks is essential in keeping a measure of privacy. “There are certain things you can do to make it a lot easier on yourself. If you don’t, for instance, go to premieres [for movies] you’re not in, or don’t just turn up at other events and stuff like that. That’s obviously going to help. Also, I don’t have Twitter and I don’t have Facebook, and I think that makes things a lot easier, because if you go on Twitter and tell everybody what you’re doing moment to...
- 11/22/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
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