Gay guide to the Oscars: this year's race looks as straight as can be, but there's queerness if you dig for it.Given how blatantly heterosexual this year's Oscar-nominated movies are--not counting cover girl Charlize Theron's turn as Monster's lady-loving murderer--it would have been much easier to write the Gay Guide to the Independent Spirit Awards. But since more of you will be watching Billy Crystal ham it up Verb 1. ham it up - exaggerate one's acting ham, overact, overplay dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays at the Kodak Theatre than will tune in to see what the cast of Camp is wearing on IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. , here goes: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Why it's here: With 11 nominations and three years of momentum, it's the front-runner to win Best Picture and Best Director for honorary hobbit A microprocessor from AT&T that was used in a variety of portable devices. It is no longer made. 1. Hobbit - A Scheme to C compiler by Tanel Tammet <tammet@cs.chalmers.se>. Peter Jackson, who devoted seven years of his life to the film trilogy. Why we care: In addition to LOTR's role in catapulting Sir Ian McKellen to mainstream star status, we were pleased about learning in the final installment that battle-hardened hobbits In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. They first appear in The Hobbit and play an important role in the The Lord of the Rings story. This is a list of hobbits that are mentioned by name in Tolkien's works. Merry and Pippin Pippin. For Frankish rulers thus named, use Pepin. A multimedia game and Internet machine from Apple that used the PowerPC architecture and a limited version of the Mac OS. wind up together in the penultimate scene. Or so we'd like to believe. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Why it's here: Ten nominations--but, like LOTR LOTR Lord Of The Rings (book by J.R.R. Tolkien; movie series) LOTR Lords of the Realm (computer game) LOTR Legend of the Rangers (movie) , none for acting--for this manly-man seafaring epic. Why we care: The movie never depicts any homosexual activity aboard ship, but let's face it: Not for nothing were the traditions of the British navy once described as "rum, sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the , and the lash." Cold, Mountain Why it's here: A total of seven nominations, although its absence from the Best Picture category makes this the first time in 11 years that Miramax isn't competing for the evening's top prize. Why we care: Jude Law scored his first Best Actor nod as a Civil War soldier journeying home; we hope this added clout allows the Wilde star to play even more great gay roles in future. Seabiscuit Why it's here: As much of an underdog as the titular tit·u·lar adj. 1. Relating to, having the nature of, or constituting a title. 2. a. Existing in name only; nominal: the titular head of the family. b. horse, this summer release eked out seven nominations, including Best Picture. Why we care: The networks keep showing the same clip of Tobey Maguire--who played gay in Wonder Boys--shirtless in a locker room. Works for us. Mystic River Why it's here: Clint Eastwood's dark meditation on the sins of the past--or overrated Overrated was a Horde World of Warcraft guild, based on the US Black Dragonflight Realm. On November 2 2006, the majority of the guild members were indefinitely banned from the game for use of (or directly benefiting from) a third-party "wall-hack", used to bypass content Law & Order episode, depending on who you ask--racked up six nods. Why we care: After The Shawshank Redemption, it would appear that "Tim Robbins traumatized by gay rape" is now an official film genre. Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl Why it's here: Who would have thought that the movie version of a theme park ride would he a smash box-office hit, much less a five-time Oscar nominee? Why we care: While Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow is ostensibly a straight guy, he was one of the moat vividly portrayed movie queers of 2003. Finding Nemo Why it's here: Besides its expected showing in the Best Animated Feature category, this hit swam away with three more nominations, including Best Original Screenplay. Why we care: In a word: Ellen. Ms. DeGeneres's portrayal of a spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk  i·ly adv. blue tang with memory issues was one of the key factors in this cartoon's success. The Last Samurai Why it's here: Despite its big prestige-picture push, this honky-goes-Japanese epic snagged just four nominations, including one for Ken Watanabe's movie-stealing supporting performance. Why we care: We don't. If only they'd focused on the real love story in this movie--between Watanabe and Tom Cruise--and not shoehorned that woman between them. And must movies about foreign cultures always star white folks? Lost in Translation Why it's here: This movie about white people adrift in a foreign culture earned four nominations in key categories, although Scarlett Johansson got stiffed. Why we care: Congratulations to Sofia Coppola for finally, in the awards' 76th go-round, becoming the first American woman to be nominated in the Best Director category. Can the first American lesbian director nominee be far behind? House of Sand and Fog Why it's here: This haunting and really, really sad drama is up for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress (the supremely powerful Ben Kingsley and Shohreh Aghdashloo, respectively) as well as Best Score. Why we care: A dysfunctional married couple squares off with a depressed woman and her codependent married lover over real estate. And they say we're a threat to marriage. In America Why it's here: This fiercely-loved-by-some tale of an immigrant family in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of scored a hat trick of three nominations. Why we care: Best Supporting Actor nominee Djimon Hour, sou is one of the healthiest dying men we've ever seen. He's got AIDS the way All MacGraw had leukemia in Love Story. The Barbarian Invasions Why it's here: This French-Canadian fave fave Informal n. One that is preferred above others or likely to win; a favorite. adj. Favorite. [Short for favorite.] is a contender for Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Why we care: In this follow-up to 1986's The Decline of the American Empire, writer-director Denys Arcand brings back the gay guy--and this time he's got a cute husband. American Splendor Why it's here: Probably the most robbed-by-Oscar movie of 2003, Splendor at least scored a well-deserved Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for its unique recounting of the life of comics writer Harvey Pekar. Why we care: Pekar's pal Toby Radloff, who appears in the film as himself, is openly gay. And the proudest nerd you'll ever see. Capturing the Friedmans Why it's here: Andrew Jarecki's controversial and much-talked-about portrait of a family torn apart by charges of pedophilia pedophilia, psychosexual disorder in which there is a preference for sexual activity with prepubertal children. Pedophiles are almost always males. The children are more often of the opposite sex (about twice as often) and are typically 13 years or age or younger; is a front-runner for Best Documentary. Why we care: Late in the film, we discover that the paterfamilias has a gay brother. And the movie intelligently contrasts his happy gay family with one of the most dysfunctional "traditional" families you've ever seen. Pieces of April Why it's here: Patricia Clarkson finally, finally, gets a Best Supporting Actress nod for her turn as a mom who doesn't let her cancer diagnosis keep her from being hilariously bitter. Why we care: If you haven't already pledged your undying love to Clarkson for her turns as a lesbian heroin addict in Lisa Cholodenke's High Art or as a suburban bigot bigot - A person who is religiously attached to a particular computer, language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see religious issues). Usually found with a specifier; thus, "Cray bigot", "ITS bigot", "APL bigot", "VMS bigot", "Berkeley bigot". in Todd Haynes's Far From Heaven, what, we must ask, are you waiting for? |
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