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A. O. Scott
Anthony Oliver Scott, known as A.O. Scott (born July 10, 1966), is an American journalist and critic. He is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with Manohla Dargis.
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Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director. He is most famed for playing mobsters including Tony Montana in Scarface and Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, though he has also appeared several times on the other side of the law—as a police officer, detective, and a lawyer. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 after receiving seven previous Oscar nominations.
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Alison Pill
Alison Courtney Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian film, television and theatre actor. She is most recently known for portraying Kim Pine in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
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Anita Bryant
Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer, former beauty queen and gay rights opponent. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses", which reached #5. She later became widely known for her strong views against homosexuality and for her prominent campaigning in 1977 to repeal a local ordinance in Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In addition to the Florida campaign, she made public appearances in several other states in order to argue for the repeal of local anti-discrimination ordinances. As a result of her activism, she became a nationally known figure, sparking boycotts of products she advertised for. By the early 1980s she had receded from public view, and later returned to the music industry, but with little success. Bryant is a member of a conservative church congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Art Agnos
Arthur (Art) Christ Agnos (born September 1, 1938) is an American politician. He served as the mayor of San Francisco, California from 1988 to 1992, and the Regional Head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 - 2001.
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Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons (born October 8, 1981) is an American "film critic" and entertainment journalist. He is the son of the NBC film and theater critic Jeffrey Lyons and the grandson of the American newspaper columnnist Leonard Lyons.
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Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz (born 1967) is an American radio and television personality, known for his work as a TV journalist, news anchor, and film critic. He was educated at Georgetown Day High School, Tufts University, and Columbia University.
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Bill Kraus
William James "Bill" Kraus (June 26, 1947 - January 25, 1986) was an American gay rights and AIDS activist and congressional aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and Congress in the 1980s.
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Bruce Cohen
Bruce Cohen is an American film producer. Cohen and his producing partner, Dan Jinks, run The Jinks/ Cohen Company. Cohen and Jinks produced American Beauty, winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture. Among other films that Cohen has produced are The Forgotten, Big Fish, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and most recently, Milk, his second Best Picture nomination. In 2009, Cohen wore a White Knot to the Academy Awards ceremony as a show of support for the marriage equality movement.
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Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially popular among fans of the science fiction and comic book genres for his work on the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns.
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Carol Ruth Silver
Carol Ruth Silver (born 1938) is an American lawyer and former politician. She was a Freedom Rider arrested and incarcerated for 40 days in Jackson, Mississippi, . She was among those on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors allegedly targeted by Dan White in the Moscone-Milk assassinations, but was saved because she was not in her office at the time of the murders.
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Cleve Jones
Cleve Jones (born October 11, 1954) is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist. He conceived of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2009. In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS pandemic Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States.
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Dan Jinks
Dan Jinks is an American film producer. He co-owns with Bruce Cohen The Jinks/Cohen Company, a production company which has produced films such as American Beauty and Milk.
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Dan White
Daniel James "Dan" White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on November 27, 1978, at City Hall. In a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang "Twinkie defense," White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone. Less than two years after serving a sentence of five years, White returned to San Francisco and committed suicide. San Francisco Weekly has referred to White as "perhaps the most hated man in San Francisco's history."
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Daniel Nicoletta
Daniel Nicoletta (born 1954) is an American photographer, photo journalist and gay rights activist.
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Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known for composing music for television and movies and leading the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films (the exceptions being Ed Wood and ). He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He is the uncle in-law to actress Jenna Elfman.
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David Fincher
David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American filmmaker and music video director, known for his dark and stylish thriller movies, such as Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), and Zodiac (2007). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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Denis O'Hare
'''Denis O'Hare' (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity''.
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Dennis Peron
Dennis Peron (born April 8, 1945, Bronx, New York) is an openly gay American medical marijuana and LGBT activist and businessman who was the figurehead for the legality of cannabis throughout the 1990s influencing many in California and thus changing the political debate of marijuana in the United States. He grew up on Long Island, served in the Air Force in Vietnam and moved to The Castro, San Francisco, where he sold marijuana, cofounded the Cannabis Buyers Club, and coauthored California Proposition 215. His marijuana business was busted by authorities in 1978 and 1990. In 1996, Dan Lungren, state attorney general, ordered another bust of Peron's club. Proposition 215 was passed soon thereafter, which allowed the club to reopen. Later in 1996 The Grassroots Party of Minnesota fielded Dennis Peron, as their first Presidential nominee, in the U.S. presidential election. Peron received 5,400 votes. In 1998, Peron ran in the Republican primary for California governor against his rival Lungren (who won the primary and lost the election to Gray Davis).
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Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (; born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, was re-elected in 1994, 2000 and in 2006 for a term ending in January 2013. She also served as Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
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Diego Luna
Diego Luna (born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor known for his childhood telenovela work, a starring role in the film Y tu mamá también, and supporting roles in American films. He is also known for his roles in Rudo y Cursi and Milk. Luna also had minor roles in Frida and Before Night Falls.
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Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black (born 10 June 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the television series Big Love and an Academy Award for the 2008 film Milk.
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Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor is a film critic who was a staff writer for the LA Weekly and Village Voice Media, writing film and book reviews, interviews, profiles, and cultural and political commentary from 1989 to 2009, when she and much of the staff were laid off.
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Emile Hirsch
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television films and series, and became known as a film actor after roles in Lords of Dogtown, ''The Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, and Into the Wild. In 2008, Hirsch starred in Speed Racer and Milk''. He recently participated in Summit on the Summit, an expedition to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of the need for clean water in the world.
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Frank M. Robinson
:For the man who named Coca-Cola, see Frank Mason Robinson; for other people named Frank Robinson, see Frank Robinson (disambiguation).
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Gordon Lau
Gordon J. Lau (Chinese name: ; August 22, 1941, Honolulu, Hawaii - April 20, 1998, San Francisco) was the first Chinese American elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in San Francisco, California. He was elected to the city board of supervisors under Mayor George Moscone in 1977. Other notable supervisors at the time included Dianne Feinstein, Carol Ruth Silver, Quentin L. Kopp, Dan White, and Harvey Milk (the first openly gay individual to serve). Much like his colleague Milk, who had been an important activist for the LGBT community of San Francisco, Lau was an activist for the city's Asian American community. Gordon J. Lau Elementary School in Chinatown is named in his honor.
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Gus Van Sant
Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, screenwriter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Directing for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, and won the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Harris Savides
Harris Savides (born September 28, 1957) is a contemporary American cinematographer. Notable films include Gus Van Sant's "young death" trilogy (Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days), The Game, and American Gangster.
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Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Politics and gay activism were not his early interests; he was not open about his homosexuality and did not participate in civic matters until around age 40, after his experiences in the counterculture of the 1960s.
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James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and painter. He began acting during the late 1990s, appearing on the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and starring in several teen films. In 2001 he played the title role in Mark Rydell's television biographical film James Dean, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.
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Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons (born January 21, 1955) is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces.
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John Podhoretz
John Podhoretz (; born April 18, 1961) is an American neoconservative columnist for the New York Post, editor of Commentary magazine, and the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter.
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Josh Brolin
Josh James Brolin (; born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men and Milk.
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Lou Lumenick
Louis J. Lumenick (born September 11, 1949) is an American film critic. He is the chief film critic and a blogger for the New York Post and has reviewed films there since 1999.
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Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Ryan Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie's 2006 High School Musical and its sequels, High School Musical 2 (2007) and (2008), and as Ethan Dalloway in the third and fourth installments of the Halloweentown series, Halloweentown High (2004), and Return to Halloweentown (2006).
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Luke Davies
Luke Davies is an Australian writer of novels, poetry and screenplays.
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Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle (born May 7, 1959) is an American film critic currently writing for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of two books on pre-code Hollywood. As of March 2008, he has written in excess of 1550 reviews, and he has been podcasting them since September 2005.
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Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin (born April 24, 1976) is an American film and music critic. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rabin was the first head writer for The A.V. Club, a position he continues to hold today.
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman (born 24 February 1959) is an American film critic for Entertainment Weekly, a position he has held since the magazine's launch in 1990. From 1981–89, he worked at the Boston Phoenix.
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Phillip Burton
:For the Human Nature member, see Phil Burton.
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Randy Shilts
Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 February 17, 1994) was a pioneering gay American journalist and author. He worked as a freelance reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for San Francisco Bay Area television stations.
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Richard Corliss
Richard Nelson Corliss (born March 6, 1944) is a writer for Time magazine who focuses on movies, with the occasional article on music or sports. Corliss is the former editor-in-chief of Film Comment. Talking Pictures, one of his three books as well as his writing for TIME and other publications were some of the first writings to help draw attention to the role of the screenwriter, as opposed to the director, in the creation of movies.
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Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (, ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, and came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films including Days of Heaven, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the Best Cast.
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Robin Williams
Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951) is an American actor and comedian.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and screenwriter. Forbes has described him as "the most powerful pundit in America".
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Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor and director, also known for his political activism. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River and Milk, as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter.
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Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, music critic, film critic, and poet.
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Stephen Spinella
Stephen Nicholas Spinella (born 11 October 1956) is an American stage, television, and actor. He is openly gay.
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Stephen Talbot
Stephen Henderson Talbot (born February 28, 1949, Los Angeles, California) is an American award-winning TV reporter, writer, and producer and was a television child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
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Sylvester (singer)
Sylvester James (September 6, 1947December 16, 1988) better known as Sylvester, was an American disco and soul singer, and a gay drag performer. Sylvester was sometimes known as the "Queen of Disco," although this moniker has also been bestowed on some of the women of the disco era (i.e. Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer).
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Tom Ammiano
Tom Ammiano (born December 15, 1941) is an American politician and LGBT rights activist from San Francisco, California. Ammiano is a Democrat and a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 13th district.
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Ty Burr
Ty Burr has been a film critic for the Boston Globe since 2002 where he reviews films alongside Wesley Morris.
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Victor Garber
Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is perhaps best known for playing Jesus in Godspell, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic.
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Weekly Standard
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Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris is a film critic at Boston Globe. Before that he wrote for the San Francisco Examiner, and later at the San Francisco Chronicle. He also wrote for and edited the Culture section for Student.Com.
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Castro Theatre
The Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, in the Castro district, it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window surmounted by a scrolling pediment framing a niche—to the recently rebuilt basilica of Mission Dolores nearby. Its designer, Timothy L. Pflueger, also designed Oakland's Paramount Theater and other movie theaters in California in that period.
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Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa and German Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in Polynesia, Savai'i. The capital city Apia and Faleolo International Airport are situated on the island of Upolu.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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Tom Ammiano
Tom Ammiano (born December 15, 1941) is an American politician and LGBT rights activist from San Francisco, California. Ammiano is a Democrat and a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 13th district.
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Milk (2008) - Movie Trailer
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Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Mr. Milk (1930-1978) was an activist and politician, and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America; in 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors board of San Francisco. The following year, both he and the citys mayor George Moscone were shot to death by another city supervisor, Dan White. Mr. Milk was previously the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary feature The Times of Harvey Milk, but Milk filmed on location in San Francisco is the first non-documentary feature to explore the mans life and career.
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Milk Movie Trailer 2008 HD - Official Trailer HQ
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TrailerHits.com is the first and only show that reviews the film by the trailer. Is "Milk" a trailer HIT? or a trailer MISS? Find out NOW! After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. --IMDB Distributed by Tubemogul.
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#992) MILK (2008)
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MILK (2008) www.youtube.com DIRECTED BY GUS VAN SANT, STARRING SEAN PENN, JAMES FRANCO, JOSH BROLIN, VICTOR GARBER, DIEGO LUNA, JOSEPH CROSS, AND LUCAS GRABEEL. SEAN PENN AND SCREENWRITER BOTH WON ACADEMY AWARDS FOR THIS STUNNING BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST ELECTED OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL POLITICIAN. #992 ON THELIST OF ANOTHER 1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE!... SONG IS "NINE IN THE AFTERNOON" BY PANIC AT THE DISCO!....THIS VIDEO IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
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Milk (9/10) Movie CLIP - Gay Pride Rally Speech (2008) HD
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Milk Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp In spite of death threats, Harvey (Sean Penn) gives a speech at the Gay Pride Rally and challenges the people to stand up and come out. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Emile Hirsch, Sean Penn, Alison Pill Director: Gus Van Sant MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen, William Horberg, Barbara A. Hall, Dan Jinks, Bruna Papandrea Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black Film Description: Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced by the wide array of political coalitions he formed over the course of his tragically brief career. He fought for everyone from union workers to senior citizens, a true hero of human rights who possessed nothing but compassion for his fellow man. The story begins in New York City, where a 40-year-old Milk ponders what steps he can take to make his life more meaningful. Eventually, Milk makes the decision to relocate to the West Coast <b>...</b>
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ALISON PILL INTERVIEW FOR "MILK"
www.mannythemovieguy.com After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man's personal life and career. Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.
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Sean Penn - Charlie Rose 2008 - MILK
Sean Penn talks about his new movie MILK as well as about his visits to meet Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro.
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Milk (2008) Trailer
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www.x101.info Gus Van Sant's latest film centers around Harvey Milk. After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA.
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Milk (3/10) Movie CLIP - Harvey Meets Cleve Jones (2008) HD
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Milk Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp While registering people on the street, Harvey (Sean Penn) meets Cleve (Emile Hirsch) who he tries to talk into joining his campaign. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Emile Hirsch, Sean Penn Director: Gus Van Sant MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen, William Horberg, Barbara A. Hall, Dan Jinks, Bruna Papandrea Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black Film Description: Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced by the wide array of political coalitions he formed over the course of his tragically brief career. He fought for everyone from union workers to senior citizens, a true hero of human rights who possessed nothing but compassion for his fellow man. The story begins in New York City, where a 40-year-old Milk ponders what steps he can take to make his life more meaningful. Eventually, Milk makes the decision to relocate to the West Coast, where he and <b>...</b>
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Milk Inc - Race/Tonight/Forever @ TMF Awards 2008
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@ TMF Awards 2008 - Antwerp, Belgium
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Milk Inc. - Live @ TMF Awards 2008
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MILK INC. Race Tonight Forever -- LIVE AT TMF AWARDS 2008 -- October 11, 2008
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Milk Thistle - Conor Oberst
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Milk Thistle Conor Oberst Conor Oberst 2008
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Who's Gonna Save My Soul
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Dir: Chris Milk / Music Gnarls Barkley/ USA/ 2008 Chris Milk brings some serious heart crooning to life in his second video collaboration from Gnarles Barkely's album The Odd Couple. www.gnarlsbarkley.com www.chrismilk.com ____
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Naomi - Neutral Milk Hotel
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Neutra Milk Hotel's "Naomi" Comments used to be user approval, I don't know why, anyway, I've changed that now so I don't look like a bigot.
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Massive Attack - Black Milk
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Shotty's Classic Series #17: Massive Attack's debut Blue Lines practically invented trip-hop, and by 1998's Mezzanine, they'd perfected the songcraft. Overshadowed by the album's one-two-three-four punch of songs right at the beginning, Black Milk is an excellent mid-tempo lurker that's carried out of the darkness by Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Frazer's sensual vocals.
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My Universal DVD Collection (2012 Edition) (PART 2)
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Title says it all. Fast Five (2011) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Frost/Nixon (2008) Get Him to the Greek (2010) The Incredible Hulk (2008) Jaws (1975) Jurassic Park (1993) Milk (2008) The Pianist (2002) The Rundown (2003) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) NOTE: Fast Five comes before The Fast and the Furious. Sorry for the mistake.
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UNDER MILK WOOD.
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DYLAN THOMAS - UNDER MILK WOOD. 1954. RICHARD BURTON - "FIRST VOICE.'
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FOX News Whistle blowers. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Fox News MUST BE SEEN FOR WHAT IT IS! NOW!! Wake up for god's sake America! Watch "Outfoxed" too video.google.com January 11th 2008 Offical US 9/11 Story questioned Openly in Japanese Parliment !!! ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!!! disintershaunbooth.blogspot(.)com/2008/01/offical-us-911-sto ry-questioned-openly.html 3 more vids watch?v=IX9PQayrX-s watch?v=P5LHUInaZ9M watch?v=nhlYD0uguiQ ***Translated version of Japanese Parliament presentation.*** www.911video.de
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Lewis Black - Milk & Water
Lewis Black rants and jokes about milk and water. The stand-up comedy includes moo cow fuck milk, soy milk, lactose intolerant milk, clean water, bottled water, health, and the nutrition facts of water. clips from: Lewis Black - Black on Broadway
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Jeff Mangum - Engine, 10.19.08
Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel plays his song "Engine" at the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise show in Columbus, OH on Oct. 20, 2008
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Roxette - Milk and Toast and Honey
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romantic, birthday, love
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Milk - Kings of Leon
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LOVE THIS SONG
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| name | Milk |
|---|---|
| director | Gus Van Sant |
| producer | Dan JinksBruce Cohen |
| writer | Dustin Lance Black |
| starring | Sean PennEmile HirschJosh BrolinDiego LunaAlison PillVictor Garberand James Franco |
| music | Danny Elfman |
| cinematography | Harris Savides |
| editing | Elliot Graham |
| studio | Focus Features |
| distributor | Universal Pictures |
| released | |
| runtime | 128 minutes |
| country | |
| language | English |
| budget | $20 million |
| gross | $54,501,383 }} |
Attempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 Oscar-winning documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled ''The Times of Harvey Milk'', which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's biography, ''The Mayor of Castro Street''. Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of ''Milk'' was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milk's former storefront, Castro Camera.
''Milk'' begins on Harvey Milk's 40th birthday (in 1970), when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco. It chronicles his foray into city politics, and the various battles he waged in the Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city, and political campaigns to limit the rights of gay people in 1977 and 1978 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs. His romantic and political relationships are also addressed, as is his tenuous affiliation with troubled Supervisor Dan White; the film ends with White's double homicide of Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film's release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage, Proposition 8, when it made its premiere at the Castro Theatre two weeks before election day.
Plot
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. ''Milk'' opens with archival footage of police raiding gay bars and arresting patrons during the 1950s and 1960s, followed by Dianne Feinstein's November 27, 1978, announcement to the press that Milk and Moscone had been assassinated. Milk is seen recording his will throughout the film, nine days (November 18, 1978) before the assassinations. The film then flashes back to New York City in 1970, the eve of Milk's 40th birthday and his first meeting with his much younger lover, Scott Smith.Unsatisfied with his life and in need of a change, Milk and Smith decide to move to San Francisco in the hope of finding larger acceptance of their relationship. They open Castro Camera in the heart of Eureka Valley, a working class neighborhood in the process of evolving into a predominantly gay neighborhood known as The Castro. Frustrated by the opposition they encounter in the once Irish-Catholic neighborhood, Milk utilizes his background as a businessman to become a gay activist, eventually becoming a mentor for Cleve Jones. Early on, Smith serves as Milk's campaign manager, but his frustration grows with Milk's devotion to politics, and he leaves him. Milk later meets Jack Lira, a sweet-natured but unbalanced young man. As with Smith, Lira cannot tolerate Milk's devotion to political activism, and eventually hangs himself. Milk clashes with the local gay "establishment" which he feels to be too cautious and risk-averse.
After two unsuccessful political campaigns in 1973 and 1975 to become a city supervisor and a third in 1976 for the California State Assembly, Milk finally wins a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 for District 5. His victory makes him the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in California and in the top three in the entire US. Milk subsequently meets fellow Supervisor Dan White, a Vietnam veteran and former police officer and firefighter. White, who is politically and socially conservative, has a difficult relationship with Milk, and develops a growing resentment for Milk when he opposes projects that White proposes.
Milk and White forge a complex working relationship. Milk is invited to, and attends, the christening of White's first child, and White asks for Milk's assistance in preventing a psychiatric hospital from opening in White's district, possibly in exchange for White's support of Milk's citywide gay rights ordinance. When Milk fails to support White because of the negative effect it will have on troubled youth, White feels betrayed, and ultimately becomes the sole vote against the gay rights ordinance. Milk also launches an effort to defeat Proposition 6, an initiative on the California state ballot in November 1978. Sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange County, Proposition 6 seeks to ban gays and lesbians (in addition to anyone who supports them) from working in California's public schools. It is also part of a nationwide conservative movement that starts with the successful campaign headed by Anita Bryant and her organization Save Our Children in Dade County, Florida to repeal a local gay rights ordinance.
On November 7, 1978, after working tirelessly against Proposition 6, Milk and his supporters rejoice in the wake of its defeat. The increasingly unstable White favors a supervisor pay raise, but does not get much support, and shortly after supporting the proposition, resigns from the Board. He later changes his mind and asks to be reinstated. Mayor Moscone denies his request, after being lobbied by Milk.
On the morning of November 27, 1978, White enters City Hall through a basement window to conceal a gun from metal detectors. He requests another meeting with Moscone, who rebuffs his request for appointment to his former seat. Enraged, White shoots Moscone in his office and then goes to meet Milk, where he guns him down, with the fatal bullet delivered execution style. The film suggests that Milk believed that White might be a closeted gay man.
The last scene is a candlelight vigil held by thousands for Milk and Moscone throughout the streets of the city. Pictures of the actual people depicted in the film, and brief summaries of their lives follow. This includes the falsehood that Dan White's lawyers used the Mythical Twinkie defense to get White's conviction reduced to voluntary manslaughter, a conviction which explains the White Night Riots in the post script.
Cast
A number of Milk's associates, including speechwriter Frank M. Robinson, Teamster Allan Baird and school teacher-turned-politician Tom Ammiano portrayed themselves. Additionally, Carol Ruth Silver, who served with Milk on the Board of Supervisors, plays a small role as Thelma. Cleve Jones also has a small role as Don Amador. Anne Kronenberg makes a cameo appearance as a stenographer.
Production
In early 1991, Oliver Stone was planning to produce, but not direct, a film on Milk's life; he wrote a script for the film, called ''The Mayor of Castro Street''. In July 1992, director Gus Van Sant was signed with Warner Bros. to direct the biopic with actor Robin Williams in the lead role. By April 1993, Van Sant parted ways with the studio, citing creative differences. Other actors considered for Harvey Milk at the time were Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis, Al Pacino, and James Woods. In April 2007, the director sought to direct the biopic based on a script by Dustin Lance Black, while at the same time, director Bryan Singer was developing ''The Mayor of Castro Street'', which had been in development hell. By the following September, Sean Penn was attached to play Harvey Milk and Matt Damon was attached to play Milk's assassin, Dan White. Damon pulled out later in September due to scheduling conflicts. By November, Focus Features moved forward with Van Sant's production, ''Milk'', while Singer's project ran into trouble with the writers' strike. In December 2007, actors Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, and James Franco joined ''Milk'', with Brolin replacing Damon as Dan White. ''Milk'' began filming on location in San Francisco in January 2008.Filmmakers researched San Francisco's history in the city's Gay and Lesbian Archives and talked to people who knew Milk to shape their approach to the era. They also revisited the location of Milk's camera shop on Castro Street and dressed the street to match the film's 1970s setting. The camera shop, which had become a gift shop, was bought out by filmmakers for a couple of months to use in production. Production on Castro Street also revitalized the Castro Theatre, whose facade was repainted and whose neon marquee was redone. Filming also took place at the San Francisco City Hall, while White's office, where Milk was assassinated, was recreated elsewhere due to the city hall's offices having become more modern. Filmmakers also intended to show a view of the San Francisco Opera House from the redesign of White's office. Filming finished March 2008.
Release
In the month leading up to ''Milk's'' release, Focus Features kept the film out of all film festivals and restricted media screenings, seeking to briefly avoid word-of-mouth and the partisanship it could generate. ''Milk'' premiered in San Francisco on October 28, 2008, initiating a marketing dilemma that Focus Features struggled to face due to the film's subject matter. The studio hoped to stay above the politics of the ongoing general elections, especially California's anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8, which parallels the anti-gay rights Proposition 6 that is explored in the film.Regardless, many reviewers and pundits have noted that the highly acclaimed film has taken on a new significance after the successful passage of Proposition 8 as a galvanizing point of honoring a major gay political and historical figure who would have strongly opposed the measure. Gay activists called on Focus Features to pull the film from the Cinemark Theatres chain as part of a series of boycotts because Cinemark's chief executive, Alan Stock, donated $9,999 to the Yes on 8 campaign.
Box office
In the United States, ''Milk'' was given a limited release on November 26, 2008, and expanded to additional theaters each of the following weekends to a maximum of 882 screens. The film made the top 10 box office list on its opening weekend with earnings of $1.4 million in 36 theaters. However, its long-term box office receipts were relatively poor.
Home media
''Milk'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 10, 2009. The DVD comes with deleted scenes and three featurettes: ''Remembering Harvey'', ''Hollywood Comes to San Francisco'', and ''Marching for Equality''.As of August 16, 2009, the DVD release of the film has sold an estimated 600,413 units, resulting in an estimated $10,618,012 in revenue. Estimates for the Blu-ray release are not available.
Critical reception
''Milk'' received widespread acclaim from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 94% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on a sample of 209, with an average score of 8.0/10. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 84, based on 39 reviews.Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' called the film "adroitly and tenderly observed," "smartly handled," and "most notable for the surprising and entirely winning performance by Sean Penn." He added, "while ''Milk'' is unquestionably marked by many mandatory scenes . . . the quality of the writing, acting and directing generally invests them with the feel of real life and credible personal interchange, rather than of scripted stops along the way from aspiration to triumph to tragedy. And on a project whose greatest danger lay in its potential to come across as agenda-driven agitprop, the filmmakers have crucially infused the story with qualities in very short supply today — gentleness and a humane embrace of all its characters."
Kirk Honeycutt of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' said the film "transcends any single genre as a very human document that touches first and foremost on the need to give people hope" and added it "is superbly crafted, covering huge amounts of time, people and the zeitgeist without a moment of lapsed energy or inattention to detail . . . Black's screenplay is based solely on his own original research and interviews, and it shows: The film is richly flavored with anecdotal incidents and details. ''Milk'' surfaces in a season filled with movies based on real lives, but this is the first one that inspires a sense of intimacy with its subjects."
A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' called ''Milk'', "A Marvel", and wrote the film "is a fascinating, multi-layered history lesson. In its scale and visual variety it feels almost like a calmed-down Oliver Stone movie, stripped of hyperbole and Oedipal melodrama. But it is also a film that like Mr. Van Sant's other recent work — and also, curiously, like David Fincher's ''Zodiac'', another San Francisco-based tale of the 1970s — respects the limits of psychological and sociological explanation."
''Christianity Today'', a major Evangelical Christian periodical, gave the film a positive response. It stated that "''Milk'' achieves what it sets out to do, telling an inspiring tale of one man's quest to legitimize his identity, to give hope to his community. I'm not sure how well it'll play outside of big cities, or if it will sway any opinions on hot-button political issues, but it gives a valiant, empathetic go of it." It also stated that the portrayal of Dan White was very fair and humanized and portrayed as more of a tragically flawed character, rather than a "typical 'crazy Christian villain' stereotype".
In contrast, John Podhoretz of the conservative magazine ''Weekly Standard'' blasted the portrayal of Harvey Milk, saying that it treated the "smart, aggressive, purposefully offensive, press-savvy" activist like a "teddy bear". Podhoretz also argued that the film glosses over Milk's polyamorous relationships; he opined that this contrasts Milk from present day gay rights activists fighting over monogamous same-sex marriage.
Screenwriter and journalist Richard David Boyle, who described himself as a former political ally of Milk's, stated that the film made a creditable effort of recreating the era. He also wrote that Penn captured Milk's "smile and humanity", and his sense of humor about his homosexuality. Boyle reserved criticism for what he felt was the film's inability to tell the whole story of Milk's election and demise.
Luke Davies of ''The Monthly'' applauded the film for recreating "the atmosphere, the sense of hope and battle; even the sound design, bustling with street noise, adds much vibrancy to the tale," but voiced criticisms in regard to the message of the film, stating "while the film is a political narrative in a grand historical sense, the murder of Milk is neither a political assassination nor an act of homophobic rage. Rather, it is an act of revenge for perceived wrongs and public humiliation," Davies continues to postulate that "It seems as likely that Milk would have been murdered were he heterosexual. So the film can't be the heroic tale of a political martyr it needs to be in order to hold us and take our breath away. It's a simpler story, about a man who fought an extraordinary political fight and who was killed, arbitrarily and unnecessarily." Although Davies found Penn's portrayal of Milk moving, he adds that "on a minor but troubling note, there are times when Penn's version of 'gay' acting veers dangerously close to a twee version of his childlike (read: 'mentally retarded') acting in I Am Sam." All his criticisms aside, Davies concludes that "the heart of the film — and while it is not perfect, it is uplifting — lies in Penn's portrayal of Milk's generosity of spirit.
''The Advocate'', while supporting the film in general, criticized the choice of Penn given the actor's support for the Cuban government despite the country's anti-gay rights record. Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen said in the article "that Sean Penn would be honored by anyone, let alone the gay community, for having stood by a dictator that put gays into concentration camps is mind-boggling." ''Los Angeles Times'' film critic Patrick Goldstein commented in response to the controversy, "I'm not holding my breath that anyone will be holding Penn's feet to the fire."
Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Movie City News shows that the film appeared in 131 different top ten lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, the 4th most mentions on a top ten list of the films released in 2008.1st — Michael Rechtshaffen, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' 1st — Peter Travers, ''Rolling Stone'' 2nd — Ella Taylor, ''LA Weekly'' 2nd — Frank Scheck, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' 2nd — Lisa Schwarzbaum, ''Entertainment Weekly'' 2nd — Mick LaSalle, ''San Francisco Chronicle'' 3rd — Ann Hornaday, ''The Washington Post'' 3rd — Lou Lumenick, ''New York Post'' 3rd — Marjorie Baumgarten, ''The Austin Chronicle'' 3rd — Robert Mondello, ''NPR''
Samoa ban
In late March 2009, Samoa's Censorship Board banned the film from distribution, without giving a reason. Samoan human rights activist Ken Moala disputed the ban, commenting that "It's really harmless, I don't know how it would affect Samoan lifestyle. It is totally different and not applicable to here, it is pretty tame really." The Pacific Freedom Forum issued a press release stating that "Samoa is the only nation worldwide where censors have specifically banned the multi-academy award winning film," limiting Samoans to smuggled or pirated versions. American Samoan Monica Miller, the Forum's co-chair, stated, "Observers are left to wonder at the censorship standards being applied in a country where fa'afafine have a well established and respected role." Fa'afafine are biologically men raised to assume female gender roles, making them a third gender well accepted in Samoan society. The Fa'afafine Association also criticised the ban, describing it as a "reject[ion of] the idea of homosexuality".On April 30, Principal Censor Leiataua Niuapu released the reason for the ban, saying the film had been deemed "inappropriate and contradictory to Christian beliefs and Samoan culture": "In the movie itself it is trying to promote the human rights of gays. Some of the scenes are very inappropriate in regard to some of the sex in the film itself, it's very contrary to the way of life here in Samoa." Samoan society is, in the words of the BBC, "deeply conservative and devoutly Christian".
Accolades
''Milk'' had received accolades from several film critics organizations.
References
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| birth name | Alison Courtney Pill |
|---|---|
| birth date | November 27, 1985 |
| birth place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| occupation | Actress |
| years active | 1997–present (screen acting)2003-present (stage acting) |
| partner | Jay Baruchel |
| website | }} |
Life and career
Pill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, a financier, is Estonian. Pill attended Vaughan Road Academy. In 2006, she starred as Grace Webster in the short-lived NBC drama ''The Book of Daniel'', and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Martin McDonagh's ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore''. Pill had a major supporting role as campaign manager Anne Kronenberg in the Oscar-winning 2008 film ''Milk''.She recently starred as April, a college student who discovers she has cancer, in the HBO series ''In Treatment''. She played Annie Sullivan in the Broadway revival of ''The Miracle Worker'' from February 12, 2010, to its closing date, April 4, 2010. In the same year, she appeared in the American film adaptation of the Canadian comic book series ''Scott Pilgrim'', portraying drummer Kim Pine. She learned to play the drums for the role, and also performs on the movie soundtrack.
Pill is engaged to actor Jay Baruchel. Baruchel made their engagement public when he thanked his fiancée (Pill) during an acceptance speech at the Genie Awards in Ottawa, Canada.
Stage career
Filmography
| Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes | ||||
| 1997 | ''The New Ghostwriter Mysteries'' | Lucy | ||
| rowspan="6" | 1998 | ''Anatole (TV series)Anatole''|| | Paulette | (Unknown Episodes) |
| ''Fast Track'' | Alexa Stokes | |||
| ''PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal'' | Sophie Schulman | |||
| ''The Last Don II'' | Bethany | |||
| ''Degas & the Dancer'' | Marie von Goetham | |||
| ''Stranger in Town'' | Hetty | |||
| rowspan="10" | 1999 | ''Locked in Silence''| | Lacey | |
| ''Redwall (TV series) | Redwall'' | Cornflower (voice) | ||
| ''Dear America: A Journey to the New World'' | Remember Patience Whipple/Mem | |||
| ''What Katy Did'' | Katy | |||
| ''God's New Plan'' | Samantha Hutton | |||
| ''Different'' | Sally | |||
| ''Poltergeist: The Legacy'' | Paige | |||
| ''The Life Before This'' | Jessica | |||
| ''Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Frog'' | Shapiro/Marfa | |||
| ''A Holiday Romance'' | Fern | |||
| rowspan="6" | 2000 | ''Redwall: The Movie''| | Cornflower (voice) | |
| ''Traders (TV series) | Traders'' | Andrea Exter | ||
| ''Skipped Parts'' | ||||
| ''The Dinosaur Hunter'' | Julia | |||
| ''The Other Me'' | ||||
| ''Baby (2000 film) | Baby'' | Larkin Malone | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2001 | ''Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows''| | Young Lorna Luft | aka Judy Garland: L'ombre d'une étoile (Canada: French title) |
| ''Midwives'' | Constance 'Connie' Danforth | |||
| ''What Girls Learn'' | Tilden | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2002 | ''The Pilot's Wife''| | Mattie Lyons | |
| ''Perfect Pie'' | Marie (age 15) | |||
| ''A.W.O.L.'' | Patient | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2003 | ''Fast Food High''| | Emma Redding | |
| ''Pieces of April'' | Beth Burns | |||
| ''An Unexpected Love'' | Samantha Mayer | |||
| rowspan="4" | 2004 | ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen''| | Ella Gerard | aka Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva (Germany) |
| ''The Crypt Club'' | Liesl | |||
| ''A Separate Place'' | Beth | |||
| ''Plain Truth'' | Katie Fisher | |||
| 2005 | ''Dear Wendy''| | Susan | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2006 | ''The Book of Daniel (TV series)The Book of Daniel'' || | Grace Webster | (8 episodes) |
| ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' | ||||
| 2007 | ''Dan in Real Life''| | Jane Burns | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2008 | ''Milk (film)Milk''|| | Anne Kronenberg | |
| ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' | Kelsey Levin | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2009 | ''The Awakening of Abigail Harris''| | Abigail Harris | |
| ''One Way to Valhalla'' | Dale | |||
| ''In Treatment'' | April | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2010 | ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''| | Kim Pine | |
| ''The Pillars of the Earth (TV miniseries)'' | Empress Matilda>Princess Maude | |||
| rowspan="1" | 2011 | ''Midnight in Paris''| | Zelda Fitzgerald | |
| rowspan="1" | 2012 | ''The Bop Decameron''| |
References
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| birth date | August 17, 1960 |
|---|---|
| birth place | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| birth name | Sean Justin Penn |
| occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
| years active | 1974–present |
| spouse | Madonna (1985–1989)Robin Wright (1996–2010) |
| parents | Leo Penn (deceased)Eileen Ryan |
| relatives | Aimee Mann (sister-in-law) }} |
Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of ''Little House on the Prairie'', directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in 1981's ''Taps'' and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, Penn emerged as a prominent leading actor with the 1995 drama film ''Dead Man Walking'', for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn subsequently received another two Oscar nominations for ''Sweet and Lowdown'' (1999) and ''I Am Sam'' (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for ''Mystic River'' and a second one in 2008 for ''Milk''. He has also won a Best Actor Award of the Cannes Film Festival for ''She's So Lovely'' (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for ''Hurlyburly'' (1998) and ''21 Grams'' (2003).
Penn made his feature film directorial debut with 1991's ''The Indian Runner'', followed by the drama film ''The Crossing Guard'' (1995) and the mystery film ''The Pledge'' (2001). In 2002, Penn directed one of the 11 segments of ''11'09"01 September 11'', a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. In 2007, Penn directed his fourth feature film ''Into the Wild'', which garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
In addition to his film work, Penn is known for his political and social activism, most notably his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Penn also attracted media attention for his previous marriages to pop icon Madonna and actress Robin Wright.
Early life
Penn was born in Los Angeles County, California, the middle son of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci). His older brother is musician Michael Penn. His younger brother, actor Chris Penn, died in 2006. His paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania and Russia, while his mother is a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. Penn was raised in a secular home and is an agnostic. He attended Santa Monica High School and began making short films with some of his childhood friends, including actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, who lived near his home.
Career
Acting
Penn appeared in a 1974 episode of the ''Little House on the Prairie'' television series as a then blond-haired extra when his father, Leo, directed some of the episodes.Penn launched his film career with the 1981 action-drama ''Taps,'' where he played a key role, as a military high school cadet, opposite protagonist Timothy Hutton. Tom Cruise also made one of his first film appearances, as another cadet. A year later, Penn appeared in the hit comedy ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'', in the role of surfer-stoner Jeff Spicoli, with his character helping popularize the word "dude" in popular culture. In 1983, Penn appeared as Mick O'Brien, a troubled youth, in the drama ''Bad Boys''. The role earned Penn favorable reviews and jump-started his career as a serious actor.
In 1985, Penn played Andrew Daulton Lee in the film ''The Falcon and the Snowman'', which closely followed an actual criminal case. Lee was a former drug dealer by trade, convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union and originally sentenced to life in prison, later being paroled in 1998. Penn later hired Lee as his personal assistant, partly because he wanted to reward Lee for allowing him to play Lee in the film; also, he was a firm believer in rehabilitation and thought Andrew Lee should be successfully reintegrated into society, since he was a free man again.
In 1986, he starred in the drama ''At Close Range'', opposite Christopher Walken. The film featured his then-wife Madonna's single "Live to Tell". The music video for the song, which featured clips from the film, played heavily on MTV and helped promote the film. Penn stopped acting for a few years in the early 1990s, having been dissatisfied with the industry, and focused on making his directing debut.
Penn, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, has won the award twice. The Academy first recognized his work in nominating him for playing a racist murderer on death row in Tim Robbins' 1995 drama ''Dead Man Walking''. Penn was nominated again for his comedic performance as an egotistical jazz guitarist in Woody Allen's 1999 release ''Sweet and Lowdown''. He received his third nomination after portraying a mentally-handicapped father in 2001's ''I am Sam''. Penn finally won for his role in Clint Eastwood's 2003 Boston crime-drama ''Mystic River''. In 2004, he played a disturbed man bent on killing the president in ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon''. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.
In 2006, he portrayed populist governor Willie Stark (based on Huey Long) in an adaptation of the classic American novel ''All the King's Men'', though the film was a critical and commercial failure. In November 2008, Penn earned rave reviews for his portrayal of real-life gay-rights icon and politician Harvey Milk in the biopic ''Milk'' and was nominated for best actor for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. The film also earned Penn his fifth nomination and second win for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2010 he starred as Joseph Wilson in ''Fair Game'', a film adaptation of Valerie Plame's 2007 memoir. Penn co-starred with Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in the drama ''The Tree of Life'' which won the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Directing
In 1991, Penn made his directorial debut with ''The Indian Runner'', a film based on Bruce Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman", from the ''Nebraska'' album. He also directed music videos, such as Shania Twain's "Dance with the One That Brought You" and Lyle Lovett's "North Dakota" in 1993, and Peter Gabriel's "The Barry Williams Show" in 2002. He has since directed three more films, all of which were well-received by critics: ''The Crossing Guard'' in 1995, ''The Pledge'' in 2001, and ''Into the Wild'' in 2007.
Personal life
Penn was engaged to actress Elizabeth McGovern, his co-star in 1984's ''Racing with the Moon''. Penn's personal life began to attract media attention when he married pop star Madonna in 1985. The two starred in the panned and much-derided ''Shanghai Surprise'', directed by Jim Goddard, and Madonna dedicated her third studio album ''True Blue'' to Penn, referring to him in the liner notes as "the coolest guy in the universe". The relationship was marred by violent outbursts against the press, including one incident for which he was arrested for assaulting a photographer on a film set; Penn was sentenced to 60 days in jail in mid-1987, of which he served 33 days. It is also alleged that when Penn discovered the paparazzo in his hotel room, he hung him by his ankles from the ninth-floor balcony. Later in the marriage, Penn was charged with felony domestic assault, a charge for which he pleaded to a misdemeanor. Penn and Madonna divorced in 1989.He soon began a relationship with actress Robin Wright, and their first child – a daughter named Dylan Frances – was born in 1991. Their second child, a son whom they named Hopper Jack, was born in 1993. Penn and Wright married in 1996 and lived in Ross, California. The relationship went through on-and-off periods in the late 2000s (decade). The couple filed for divorce in December 2007, but reconciled several months later, requesting a court dismissal of their divorce case. In April 2009, Penn filed for legal separation, only to withdraw the case once again when the couple reconciled in May. On August 12, 2009, Wright Penn filed for divorce again. The couple's divorce was finalized on July 22, 2010, with the couple reaching a private agreement on child and spousal support, division of assets, and custody over their underage son.
During a separation from Wright in the mid 1990s, Penn dated singer and songwriter Jewel. He was also the director of the original video for Jewel's hit song "You Were Meant for Me".
Political and social causes
Penn has been active in supporting several political and social causes. On June 10, 2005, Penn made a visit to Iran. Acting as a journalist on an assignment for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', he attended a Friday prayer at Tehran University.On January 7, 2006, Penn was a special guest at the Progressive Democrats of America, where he was joined by author and media critic Norman Solomon, Democratic congressional candidate Charles Brown, and activist Cindy Sheehan. The "Out of Iraq Forum", which took place in Sacramento, California, was organized to promote the anti-war movement calling for an end to the War in Iraq.
In August 2008, Penn made an appearance at one of Ralph Nader's "Open the Debates" Super Rallies. He protested the political exclusion of Nader and other third parties.
In October 2008, Penn traveled to Cuba, where he met with and interviewed President Raúl Castro.
Criticism of President Bush
On October 18, 2002, Penn placed a US$56,000 advertisement in the ''Washington Post'' asking then President George W. Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as an open letter and referred to the planned attack on Iraq and the War on Terror. In the letter, Penn also criticized the Bush administration for its "deconstruction of civil liberties" and its "simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil." Penn visited Iraq briefly in December 2002.This advertisement was cited as a primary reason for the development of his relationship with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. In one of his televised speeches, Chávez used and read aloud an open letter Penn wrote to Bush. The letter condemned the Iraq War, called for Bush to be impeached, and also called Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "villainously and criminally obscene people.". In August 2007, Penn met with Chávez in Caracas for two hours, after which Chávez praised him for urging Americans to impeach Bush. Penn also visited a new film studio on the outskirts of Caracas, though he did not speak publicly.
On April 19, 2007, Penn appeared on ''The Colbert Report'' and had a "Meta-Free-Phor-All" versus Stephen Colbert that was judged by Robert Pinsky. This stemmed from some of Penn's criticisms of Bush. His exact quote was "We cower as you point your fingers telling us to support our troops. You and the smarmy pundits in your pocket– those who bathe in the moisture of your soiled and blood-soaked underwear– can take that noise and shove it." He won the contest with 10,000,000 points to Colbert's 1.
On December 7, 2007, Penn said he supported Ohio Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich for U.S. President in 2008, and criticized Bush's handling of the Iraq war. Penn questioned whether Bush's twin daughters supported the war in Iraq.
Hurricane Katrina
In September 2005, Penn traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. He was physically involved in rescuing people, although there was criticism that his involvement was a PR stunt as he hired a photographer to come along with his entourage. Penn denied such accusation in an article he wrote for ''The Huffington Post''.Director Spike Lee interviewed Penn for his documentary ''When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts'', about Hurricane Katrina.
LGBT civil rights
On February 22, 2009, Penn received the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Milk''. In his acceptance speech, Penn said "...I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone!"
2010 Haiti earthquake: Manager of Relief Organization and Tent Camp
After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Sean Penn co-founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization and has been running a 55,000 person tent camp.
Filmography and awards
On December 18, 2006, Penn received the Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from the Creative Coalition.
Actor
Director
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 1991 | ''The Indian Runner'' | |
| 1995 | ''The Crossing Guard'' | Also writer, Nominated – Golden Lion |
| 2001 | Nominated – Golden BearNominated – Bodil Award for Best Non-European FilmNominated – Palme d'Or | |
| 2002 | ''11'9"01 September 11'' | anthology short, segment "U.S.A."UNESCO AwardNominated – César Award for Best Film from the European Union |
| 2007 | Also writer, Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best DirectorRome Film Fest Premiere PrizeSão Paulo International Film Festival Best Foreign Language FilmNominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorNominated – BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best WriterNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayNominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director – Motion PictureNominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Foreign Film – English LanguageNominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
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| Name | Charlie Rose |
|---|---|
| Birthname | Charles Peete Rose, Jr. |
| Birth date | January 05, 1942 |
| Birth place | Henderson, North Carolina, U.S. |
| education | Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968) |
| occupation | Talk show hostJournalist |
| years active | 1972–present |
| credits | ''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning'' |
| url | http://www.charlierose.com/ }} |
Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.
Early life
Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.
Career
After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.
Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.
Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.
On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.
Cameo appearances
Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.
Accusations of conflict of interest
While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."
Quiet influence
''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.
Personal life
Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and city-planning advocate Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.
In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."
Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C..and an apartment in Paris, France.
References
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| name | Cleve Jones |
|---|---|
| birth date | October 11, 1954 |
| known for | NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt |
| influences | Harvey Milk |
| occupation | }} |
Cleve Jones (born October 11, 1954) is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist. He conceived of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2009. In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS pandemic Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States.
Biography
Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. His career as an activist began in San Francisco during the turbulent 1970s when he was befriended by pioneer gay rights leader Harvey Milk. He worked as a student intern in Milk’s office while studying political science at San Francisco State University. In 1978, Milk was assassinated along with San Francisco’s Mayor George Moscone. Jones went to work in the district office of State Assemblyman Art Agnos.In 1983, when AIDS was still a new and poorly understood threat, Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Jones conceived the idea of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at a candlelight memorial for Harvey Milk in 1985 and in 1987 created the first quilt panel in honor of his friend Marvin Feldman. The AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown to become the world’s largest community arts project, memorializing the lives of over 85,000 Americans killed by AIDS.
While in San Francisco, Jones took part in a documentary, ''Echoes of Yourself in The Mirror'', about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, speaking during World AIDS Day in 2005. In the documentary he talks about the idea behind the AIDS Memorial Quilt, as well as the activism of San Francisco citizens in the 1970s and 80s to help people affected by AIDS and to figure out what the disease was. The film also looks at the impact HIV/AIDS is having in communities of color, and the young.
Jones has been working with UNITE HERE, the hotel, restaurant, and garment workers union on homophobia issues. He is a driving force behind the Sleep With The Right People campaign, which aims to convince LGBT tourists to stay only in hotels that respect the rights of their workers. Another part of Jones' work with UNITE HERE is making the labor movement more open to LGBT members.
Legacy
Jones is portrayed by actor Emile Hirsch in ''Milk'', director Gus Van Sant's 2008 biopic of Harvey Milk.Jones is prominently featured in ''And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic'', Randy Shilts' best-selling 1987 work of nonfiction about the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Jones was also featured in the 1995 documentary ''The Castro''.
Jones was one of the Official Grand Marshals of the 2009 NYC LGBT Pride March, produced by Heritage of Pride joining Dustin Lance Black and Anne Kronenberg on June 28th, 2009. In August 2009, Jones was an official Grand Marshal of the Vancouver Pride Parade.
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Category:1954 births Category:Activists from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:AIDS activists Category:American businesspeople Category:American health activists Category:LGBT people from the United States Category:LGBT rights activists from the United States Category:Living people Category:People from Lafayette, Indiana
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