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World AIDS Day 2011: Depictions Of AIDS In Movies And TV For The Past 25 Years

World AIDS Day 2011: Depictions Of AIDS In Movies And TV For The Past 25 Years
Parting Glances (1986)
Philadelphia (2003)
The Real World: San Francisco (1994)
Law & Order (1998)
Angels in America (2003)

Thursday, December 1 marks World AIDS Day, an opportunity for people all over the planet to get educated on the facts about HIV/AIDS, what it’s like to live with the disease today, and how to prevent it. All week at Crushable we’ll be talking about what HIV/AIDS means to you, our readers, in terms of pop culture.

In the spirit of dispelling myths and sharing knowledge, we’ve gathered up twelve different portrayals of TV and movie characters who have the disease. Some have died, others are living with it, but all taught us something about it. More »

Grab Some Tissues — The Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Trailer Is Here

Grab Some Tissues -- The Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Trailer Is Here

On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, my family watched Lifetime’s minute-by-minute broadcast of the attacks, featuring footage from ten years ago. It was grim and sad; we just sat quietly for two hours and cried. Not to sound glib, but after watching the first trailer for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I have no doubt the movie will be just as heartrending. More »

Hazing Week Gallery: A Tribute To Chet Haze

Hazing Week Gallery: A Tribute To Chet Haze

Tom Hanks‘ rapper son Chet Hanks aka Chet Haze aka Chaze is the best! Chet rose to “fame” with his tribute to Northwestern University called “White and Purple,” a remix of Wiz Khalifa‘s “Black and Yellow.” And he just kept going! his latest song, “Hollywood,” is a rare gem, glittering bright with lyrics like, “Girl you can be my calendar, let’s go on a date.”

In honor of Hazing Week, here are six photos of Chet Haze, coupled with six choice lyrics. More »

Gallery: Tanner Hall Star Tom Everett Scott Grew Up Good

Gallery: Tanner Hall Star Tom Everett Scott Grew Up Good
That Thing You Do! (1996)
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Dead Man on Campus (1998)
The Little Dog Laughed (2006)
The $treet (2000)

Tom Everett Scott is one of those hot character actors; you see him every once in a while in movies and on TV, but it never seems like he actually found a project that entirely fits him. Can you believe it was fifteen years ago that we met him as shy drummer Guy Patterson in That Thing You Do!? It seems like Hollywood wanted him to be the next Tom Hanks, and while that never happened, Tom’s really warmed to the “hot asshole” role, playing jerks that you still want to sleep with in Because I Said So and Tanner Hall (out today). Won’t you join us in watching Tom grow from gawky kid to Rooney Mara‘s hot family friend? More »

Questionable Choices: 9 Actors Who’ve Gotten Awful Haircuts for Big Movie Roles

Questionable Choices: 9 Actors Who've Gotten Awful Haircuts for Big Movie Roles
Vanessa Hudgens
Javier Bardem
Tom Hanks
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart

The reasoning behind Ben Affleck‘s awful Justin Bieber (circa 2009) haircut has finally been revealed: It’s for a movie! Specifically, for a project called Argo, which is set during the Iran hostage crisis of 1981. (Fun fact: That means the Biebs used to sport a cut from thirteen years before he was even born.)

Sadly, Affleck is not the only one to compromise his pretty hair for a plum role. I’m not talking about actors who suffer under itchy wigs — these are the ones who took razors and scissors to their award-winning locks and went temporarily ugly for the chance of big bucks at the box office. More »

Tony Awards: Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit in ‘Catch Me If You Can’

Tony Awards: Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit in 'Catch Me If You Can'

Next to Normal‘s Aaron Tveit introduces the Catch Me If You Can Tonys number, but it’s good that he ultimately deferred to co-star Norbert Leo Butz. While Tveit plays Frank Abagnale, Jr. — Leonardo DiCaprio‘s role in the 2002 film — the true star of this song-and-dance number was Butz.

You might recognize him for originating the role of Fiyero in Wicked, but he left the show in 2004. While some actors cycle in and out of Broadway, it seems that Butz has continued to grow on the stage. Only seven years ago he was playing a typical male lead, yet now he’s clearly showing his age — in the best way. Following Tom Hanks as FBI bank fraud agent Carl Hanratty, Butz is wonderfully nervous and stridently law-abiding. And boy, can he dance! Be sure to check out the video. More »

Hollywood Jobs: Leslie Thorson, Location Manager

Hollywood Jobs: Leslie Thorson, Location Manager

In our new series Hollywood Jobs, Rebecca Rose will interview people who work in all aspects of the entertainment industry – except performing. Here, you’ll meet the people who keep the show going on behind the scenes.

Leslie Thorson is a Key Assistant Location Manager who has worked on over 20 major Hollywood films, including LA Confidential, Something’s Gotta Give and The Italian Job. Leslie spoke with me from her home in Los Angeles in order to help me understand what it takes to do one of the toughest, if most under-appreciated fields in production. More »

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