Handsome leads will draw audiences to House of Boys
by Steve Ramos A gay riff on Cher’s dance melodrama Burlesque, House of Boys trades Cher and Christina Aguilera for audience friendly hunks Frank (Layke Anderson) and Jake (Benn Northover). Cher (in spirit) makes a fleeting appearance in co-writer/director Jean-Claude Schlim’s sweet natured and showy go-go boys drama. (Cher would approve.) A gay club in [...]
Saks & SVMOW Team up For Pre-Valentine Makeovers With Chanel
Girls Having Fun and Raising Money for St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. Saks Fifth Avenue and Chanel teamed up to host a Pre-Valentine makeover at their famed Beverly Hills location. RC Stephens, celebrated Chanel make-up artist, flew in from NYC to participate in the fun and fundraising. Much love and thanks to RC, the [...]
Angelus Winner Talks Oscar With WSJ
‘Raju’ Director on Going to Great Lengths to Film a Short Max Zaehle (left) directing Wotan Mohring and Julia Richter in ‘Raju.’ Barbara Chai, Wall Street Journal Although his short film, “Raju,” deals with the weighty subject of illegal child-trafficking, director Max Zaehle is ebullient when discussing his work. Perhaps it’s because he recently scored [...]
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels
Mark Gold’s Potato Parmesan Soup for National Homemade Soup Day By, Lesley Balla For National Homemade Soup Day, which for some unknown reason is always February 4, the first thing that comes to mind is the story of stone soup. Some travelers go to a village carrying nothing more than an empty pot, and the [...]
Film Reviews Meet the Family and Fate in 2012′s Oscar-Nominated Shorts
By Benjamin Sutton The 2012 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Shorts, Animated Shorts, and Documentary Shorts Opening February 10 at IFC Center Attempting to find a unifying theme to one year’s 15 Oscar-nominated short films is a necessarily (and happily) impossible task, but if nothing else the strongest contenders in the animated, live-action and documentary short [...]
