The other day we posted a new photoshoot showing James Franco in drag for the new issue of Candy magazine whch was photographed by Terry Richardson. Well here is some more magazine covers which had a member of one sex dressed up as the opposite.
James Franco, Candy (Fall Winter 2010/2011). Photographer: Terry Richardson
Lady Gaga as Jo Calderone, Vogue Hommes Japan (September 2010) Photographer: Nick Knight
Neil Patrick Harris applies lipstick, New York (September, 2009)
Andre J. (with Carolyn Murphy), Vogue Paris (November, 2007)
Brooke Shields, The Advocate (April 25, 2000)
k.d. lang (with Cindy Crawford), Vanity Fair (August, 1993)
Boy George, Cosmopolitan UK (December, 1984)
Richard Nixon, Esquire (May, 1968)
Gary Cooper as The Texan by Norman Rockwell, Saturday Evening Post (May 24, 1930)
Puck, 1895. Caption: “Goodness me, Kitty! Don’t stand there with your hands in your pocket that way – you don’t know how ungentlemanly that looks!”
In September, five teenage boys killed themselves after being physically or verbally (or both) assaulted for being gay.
The suicides of Tyler Clementi, 18, Billy Lucas, 15, Asher Brown, 13, Justin Aaberg, 15, and Seth Walsh, 13, have brought national attention to the epidemic of bullying in American schools.
Now, a number of stars, many of whom have personal experience with anti-gay bullying, are speaking out in hopes of raising awareness and providing support to teens and young adults who are being victimized or who are having trouble dealing with their sexuality. The topic is also addressed in a cover story for this week’s People magazine and in a week-long series on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360.
Most recently, ‘Project Runway‘ mentor Tim Gunn spoke candidly about his own suicide attempt and his support for The Trevor Project, a national 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. “I understand the desperation. I understand the despair,” an emotional Gunn said with tears in his eyes. “And I understand how isolated you can feel … It will get better. I promise.”
Comedienne Sarah Silverman has inspired some controversy by positing that a national atmosphere of institutionalized homophobia, as exemplified by the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy as well as campaigns for constitutional amendments to ban civil marriage for same-sex couples, are at the heart of this epidemic.
(Warning: Explicit Language)
Other celebrities involved: Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, Bill O’Reilly, Anne Hathaway, Jenny McCarthy, Daniel Radcliffe, Lance Bass, Ian Somerhalder and Kristin Cavallari.
Neil Patrick Harris and his long time partner, David Burtka, are set to become parents to a pair of twins via a surrogate mother.
E! Online first reported the news that the pair, who have been together for 6-years, are set to become fathers in October and they have already put the baby shower plans in motion.
Neil then confirmed the news on his Twitter account saying, “So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall. We’re super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping the press can respect our privacy…”
No word on who the surrogate is.
Update: The sex of the twins has been revealed, they are expecting a boy and a girl.
A lot of child stars fade away or else end up on drugs and ruin what hope they could have had a long lasting career, I’m looking at you Lindsay Lohan, but some of them actually do make. Here are 13 child stars who had a long career.
Natalie Portman
Spotted in a Long Island pizza parlor at age 11 by a modeling rep, Portman landed the role of an assassin’s sad-eyed sidekick in 1994′s The Professional one year later. Unlike most of her Hollywood peers, Portman (who uses a stage name to protect her family from media attention) took a break from acting — to study psychology at Harvard. She says her parents keep her grounded. ”I value my private life and security way more than getting parts by flashing my boobs on some magazine or being a sex symbol in films,” she told EW in 2000. —Chris Nashawaty
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio was barely 16 when he began popping up on TV, and before he’d even hit 20 there were clear signs of the nuanced work to come. In fact, in 1993, it was impossible not to notice the kid who held his own against a tyrannical Robert DeNiro in This Boy’s Life as well as channeling a mentally-challenged boy in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Three years later, the post-modern Romeo + Juliet made DiCaprio a budding hearthrob, a job title he virtually redefined following the colossal success of Titanic in 1997. DiCaprio spent years avoiding celebrity and making dodgy choices. Beginning with Gangs of New York in 2002, however, he found a rewarding niche as Martin Scorsese’s go-to leading man. Nice work if you can get it. —Jeff Giles
Ron Howard
Born into an acting family in Oklahoma, Howard was The Andy Griffith Show’s freckle-faced Opie at 6. By 19, he was the star of Happy Days. But Howard’s interest always lay behind the camera — he shadowed George Lucas on the set of 1973′s American Graffiti and soon thereafter enrolled at USC film school. ”I was disappointed by the scripts I was getting after Graffiti,” he told EW in 1999. ”So I had a decision to make.” Howard chose directing. Twenty movies and four Oscar nominations later, it’s clear he made the right call. —Chris Nashawaty
Neil Patrick Harris
You could argue it began with his Golden Globe-nominated feature film debut in 1988′s Clara’s Heart, but we all knew Harris as Doogie Howser, MD, the 16-year-old doctor giving his appendicitis-suffering girlfriend Wanda a pelvic exam. (It’s still traumatizing.) Today, he’s a Broadway vet, an Internet star (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), a three-time Emmy nominee for his work on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, and the man you call to host the Tonys and Emmys and to open the Oscars. In other words, he’s still an overachiever. —Mandi Bierly
Jodie Foster
At 3, Foster was the Coppertone kid. By 6, she was a regular on TV. And by 14, she was nominated for an Oscar for Taxi Driver. Foster left Tinseltown to attend Yale and later returned to acting feeling more centered. By age 29, she’d won Best Actress Oscars for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs and directed her first film, Little Man Tate. ”Everybody tells you as a child actor that by the time you’re 18, it’ll be over,” she told EW in 2007. ”My mom got me … prepared for that …. My goal [was] to be in this for a really long time.” —Chris Nashawaty
Ryan Gosling
Gosling got his first big break at age 12 on TV’s The Mickey Mouse Club (along with castmates Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Keri Russell). ”Those kids were prodigies,” Gosling said to EW in 2007, crediting the Disney show for surrounding him with other young performers he could relate to and instilling discipline. Now he is one of Hollywood’s best young actors and has scored an Oscar nom for 2006′s Half Nelson. —Chris Nashawaty
Anna Paquin
As a wide-eyed 11-year-old, Paquin became the second youngest Oscar winner in history, taking home Best Supporting Actress for her role 1993′s The Piano. Working steadily in arthouse films (Hurlyburly), blockbusters (the X-Men trilogy), and TV, she’s now a Golden Globe winner for her performance as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse on HBO’s True Blood. —Mandi Bierly
Ricky Schroder
Child stars never came cuter than Schroder in the 1979 tearjerker The Champ. By 12, he was starring on Silver Spoons, and at 28 (as ”Rick”), he took a high-profile role on NYPD Blue. ”There was never a period in my life when I didn’t work,” the actor told USA Today in 1998. ”I’ve always done two movies a year; they may not be blockbusters, but they’ve been good, honorable work.” —Chris Nashawaty
Drew Barrymore
For a while there, it looked like Barrymore might end up as a child-actor cautionary tale. Heir to a legendary acting dynasty, she was cast in a Puppy Chow commercial at just 11 months old. At 7, the adorable moppet played Gertie in E.T. Her tweens were a soap opera of drugs, alcohol, and virtually no parental supervision — she had her first drink at 9 and was in rehab by 13. She got sober the next year. ”I had to figure everything out for myself,” she told People in 2004. Today Barrymore is among the most bankable — and dependable — actresses in Hollywood. She also directs (Whip It). —Chris Nashawaty
Joseph Gordon Leavitt
The script version of his life would have him checking into a reality TV show with other faded child sitcom stars. Gordon-Levitt, who’d popped up with guest turns on TV series from the time he was 7, really hit it big at the awkward age of 15 on the hit show Third Rock from the Sun. Grounded by his time at Columbia University, Gordon-Levitt has since proved himself not only a fierce actor but a nifty song-and-dance man in the utterly romantic (500) Days of Summer. —Karen Valby
Jason Bateman
Bateman made his debut at 12 on Little House on the Prairie. His father was a TV director, and both he (Silver Spoons, The Hogan Family) and his sister, Justine (Family Ties), were household names before they could drive. Bateman admits to some lost years in the ’90s, but his persistence paid off (Arrested Development, Juno). ”I want to be around for a long time,” he told EW in 2007. ”Now that I’ve got another flash of relevancy, I don’t want to screw it up.” —Chris Nashawaty
Raven Symone
Raven was 3 when she showed up in the Huxtables’ living room — and ours. As The Cosby Show’s precocious Olivia, she was a regular on the sitcom’s last three seasons before enjoying a second act (if you can have a second act at 6!) on Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper. Since then, the now 24-year-old has juggled TV (That’s So Raven) and a music career. ”No matter how old you are, if your name is up there, they’re going to treat you like an adult,” she told EW in 2007. ”You can have fun, but it’s a job.” —Chris Nashawaty
Christina Ricci
After making her big screen debut as Cher’s daughter in Mermaids, Ricci became the adolescent ”it” girl through her roles in The Addams Family, Casper, and Now and Then. By her late teens, she successfully transitioned into more provocative material, earning a Golden Globe nomination for playing Dede in The Opposite of Sex. Steadily working over the last 20 years, Ricci has continued to choose diverse roles in films including Monster and Black Snake Moan, which has helped her fend off typecasting. Next up, she’ll tackle the period piece Bel Ami, with Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. —Emily Exton
You know how it goes, stage parents throw their children into so they can live their failed attempts at stardom and also make a fortune from their children. Usually the kid ends up in rehab for drugs and alcohol. But this is not always the case as you can see from the following child stars up made a long lasting career out of it.
DREW BARRYMORE, Age: 34
Years in Show Business: 33
The fourth generation in an acting family, Drew appeared in a commercial when she was eleven months old. After winning over audiences at age six in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” Drew had some tough teenage years. But she came back as a grown-up star, and now she has her first movie as a director, “Whip It.”
CHRISTIAN BALE, Age: 35
Years in Show Business: 23
Though he appeared in some TV movies beforehand, Bale’s first major role was as the lead in Steven Spielberg’s “Empire of the Sun.” Since then, his star has steadily risen. Last year, he played the Caped Crusader in “The Dark Knight,” one of the highest-grossing movies ever. This year, he starred in a pair of summer blockbusters: “Terminator Salvation” and “Public Enemies.”
JODIE FOSTER, Age: 46
Years in Show Business: 43
A Coppertone Girl at age three, Jodie was doing guest spots on TV by six. While shooting her first movie, Disney’s “Napoleon and Samantha,” 10-year-old Jodie was picked up and mauled by her lion costar. It left her with scars, but didn’t diminish her drive. She went on to win two Best Actress Oscars, continues to star in hits like “The Brave One,” and is currently directing her third feature.
ELIJAH WOOD, Age: 28
Years in Show Business: 21
After appearing in a Paula Abdul video in 1988, Elijah got a one-line part in “Back to the Future Part II.” He got critical attention for 1990′s “Avalon,” and in his review for 1994′s “The War,” Roger Ebert called him, “the most talented actor in his age group in Hollywood history.” He lobbied hard to earn the role of Frodo Baggins in “The Lord of the Rings,” and the enormous popularity of the three films made him famous worldwide.
CHRISTINA RICCI, Age: 29
Years in Show Business: 23
Like many others, Christina was a child model until she got her first acting gig in the 1990 movie “Mermaids” with Cher. After the success of “The Addams Family,” she became known for quirky and sometimes dark roles. She started taking on more adult roles with the bawdy “The Opposite of Sex,” and got great reviews starring with Samuel L. Jackson in “Black Snake Moan.”
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, Age: 34
Years in Show Business: 19
Leo is a late-comer compared to some, getting his first break at 15 on the short-lived TV version of “Parenthood” in 1990. He appeared on the last season of “Growing Pains,” but really got attention starring with Robert De Niro in 1993′s “This Boy’s Life.” The next year he was Oscar nominated for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” And then he was in the biggest movie of all-time. Next up: his fourth movie with Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island.”
SCARLETT JOHANSSON, Age: 24
Years in Show Business: 15
Johansson got her start at the tender age of nine with a bit part in Rob Reiner’s box-office dud “North.” Now she’s a bona-fide A-lister. Next year, she will star as the duplicitous Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man 2.”
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, Age: 36
Years in Show Businesses: 21
Harris’ first big role was in 1988′s “Clara’s Heart” with Whoopi Goldberg, but he really hit the limelight when he landed the lead in the TV series “Doogie Howser, M.D.” Now, he stars in another top-rated series, “How I Met Your Mother,” along with playing a twisted version of himself in two “Harold & Kumar” movies.
REESE WITHERSPOON, Age: 33
Years in Show Business: 19
Reese auditioned for a bit part in “The Man in the Moon” on a lark and wound up with the lead. She’s since gone on to win an Oscar for her turn as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line.” This year, she could be heard in “Monsters vs. Aliens.”
SETH GREEN, Age: 35
Years in Show Business: 25
Green first major role was in the 1984 Jodie Foster movie “The Hotel New Hampshire,” and he played Woody Allen’s younger self in “Radio Days.” He’s since gone on to play memorable parts in “Austin Powers,” “The Italian Job,” and most recently “Sex Drive,” along with creating the stop-motion animated series “Robot Chicken.”
NATALIE PORTMAN, Age: 28
Years in Show Business: 15
Portman first role was in Luc Besson’s “The Professional” (aka “Leon”) in 1994. After she took a brief hiatus to go to Harvard, Portman went on to star in Oscar-nominated movies and crowd-pleasing blockbusters. She costarred with fellow former child star Scarlett Johannson in “The Other Boleyn Girl,” and watch for her in the 2011 Marvel flick “Thor.”
JASON BATEMAN, Age: 40
Years in Show Business: 28
Jason’s first job was in 1981 on TV’s “Little House on the Prairie,” starting at age 12. He tried unsuccessfully to break out into movies with 1987′s “Teen Wolf Too.” After some lean years in the ’90s, he bounced back with a Golden Globe win for “Arrested Development,” and this year he’s in five movies, including the lead role in “Extract.”
KIRSTEN DUNST, Age: 27
Years in Show Business: 24
At three years old, Kirsten was a child model in commercials, and at eight made her film debut in Woody Allen’s section of “New York Stories.” She made a big impression kissing Brad Pitt when she was only 10 in “Interview with a Vampire.” Since then she had huge hits with the “Spider-Man” movies and showed of her majestic side as “Marie Antoinette.”
KURT RUSSELL, Age: 58
Years in Show Business: 46
At age 12, Kurt appeared in the 1963 movie “It Happened at the World’s Fair” starring Elvis Presley. 16 years later, he played Elvis in the TV movie about his life. That was his first film with director John Carpenter, who then turned Kurt into an action star with “Escape From New York.” Kurt was still doing action — and his own stunt driving — in 2007′s “Grindhouse.”
JENNIFER CONNELLY, Age: 38
Years in Show Business: 27
Jennifer got her start in the biz at age 14 when she landed a role in Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America,” but her career took off two years later when she was cast as the lead in “Labyrinth” opposite David Bowie. In 2001, Connelly won an Oscar for her performance in “A Beautiful Mind,” and this past year she starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
RON HOWARD, Age: 55
Years in Show Business: 50
Ron Howard has had three stages of his career: as a child actor, starting at age five on “The Andy Griffith Show” and then in movies like “The Music Man”; then as a young adult star in “American Graffiti” and “Happy Days”; and his current incarnation as the Oscar-winning director of “A Beautiful Mind” and hit-making film and TV producer.
source: Split Screen: Most Successful Child Stars [yahoo movies]
The 2009 Emmy Awards nominations were released this morning and it isn’t good for True Blood.
However it is some good news for 30 Rock which leads the way with 22 nominations, with Mad Men following behind with 16 nominations.
Family Guy got nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, making it the first ever cartoon since The Flinstones to get nominated. Katherine Heigl who caused a lot of fuss last year didn’t get nominated this year.
This years show will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Check after the jump for the full list of Nominations.
Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight Of The Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
Weeds
Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Steve Martin – 30 Rock
Jon Hamm – 30 Rock
Alan Alda – 30 Rock
Beau Bridges – Desperate Housewives
Justin Timberlake – Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Edward Asner – CSI: NY
Ted Danson – Damages
Jimmy Smits – Dexter
Ernest Borgnine – ER
Michael J. Fox – Rescue Me
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Jennifer Aniston – 30 Rock
Elaine Stritch – 30 Rock
Gena Rowlands – Monk
Betty White – My Name Is Earl
Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live
Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Sharon Lawrence – Grey’s Anatomy
Ellen Burstyn – Law & Order: SVU
Brenda Blethyn – Law & Order: SVU
Carol Burnett – Law & Order: SVU
CCH Pounder – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Outstanding Host For A Reality Program
Ryan Seacrest – American Idol
Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum – Project Runway
Jeff Probst – Survivor
Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race
Padma Lakshmi & Tom Colicchio – Top Chef
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Jemaine Clement – Flight of the Conchords
Tony Shalhoub – Monk
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Steve Carell – The Office
Charlie Sheen – Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall – Dexter
Hugh Laurie – House
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Simon Baker – The Mentalist
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Christina Applegate – Samantha Who?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine
Sarah Silverman – The Sarah Silverman Program
Toni Collette – The United States of Tara
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters
Glenn Close – Damages
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: SVU
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
Holly Hunter – Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
Outstanding Reality – Competition Program
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
The Amazing Race
Top Chef
Outstanding Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
MythBusters
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Tracy Morgan – 30 Rock
Jack McBrayer – 30 Rock
Kevin Dillon – Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson – The Office
Jon Cryer – Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Christian Clemenson – Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul – Damages
William Hurt – Damages
Michael Emerson – Lost
John Slattery – Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Krakowski – 30 Rock
Kristin Chenoweth – Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler – Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams – Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Cherry Jones – 24
Rose Byrne – Damages
Sandra Oh – Grey’s Anatomy
Chandra Wilson – Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment
Hope Davis – In Treatment
Proposition 8 was a a ballot in California that restricted the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman and eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Funny or Die have previously got Pars Hilton to star in some of their skits, this time they have openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris , some other celebrities and Jack Black as Jesus Christ.
Do you think Prop 8 : The Musical is funny or desperate?
