| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| The Brokeback Effect, Part Ickityboo: One Back Breaks While Another Refuses |
| Monday, January 30, 2006 |
 This should come as a surprise to no one (except those last stubborn heteros who refuse to get out of the way of The Gay Train that's about to squish them into a greasy spot).
Per Variety.com: The Directors Guild of America has given its top feature film award to Ang Lee for Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain."
Lee won over George Clooney for Warner Independent's "Good Night, and Good Luck," Paul Haggis for Lionsgate's "Crash," Bennett Miller for United Artists/Sony Classics' "Capote" and Steven Spielberg for Universal's "Munich." It would have been nice to see Clooney win.
 He's such a lovable hunk of fun, smarts, and talent, and Good Night, And Good Luck was a really, really good movie. But in The Year of The Gay, it just wasn't to be. George should have gone pseudo-Gay for a spell, just until the award season passed. He would have stood a better chance, although it's hard to beat dusty cowboys banging on the big screen. This year, anyway. A year earlier, Brokeback would have been an also-ran at the GayVN. Too edgy for soft porn; not nearly gonzo enough to be the real deal. But timing is everything. Last year's almost-porn is this year's epic love story. Proving that if you're willing to bide your time, you can have it all, including perhaps an Oscar.
Congratulations, Ang, for making cowboy love The New Black.
 But in astonishing news, Brokeback didn't take the SAG Awards.
Per Variety.com:SAG voters put the brakes on the "Brokeback Mountain" awards express Sunday, snubbing the cowboy romance at the 12th Annual SAG Awards and opting instead for an eclectic mix for its five feature trophies.
The cast of Lionsgate's "Crash""Crash" won the ensemble trophy for their portrayal of racial tension in Los Angeles while Philip Seymour HoffmanPhilip Seymour Hoffman took the lead actor award for Sony Classics' "Capote" as novelist Truman Capote. And Reese WitherspoonReese Witherspoon won the lead actress trophy for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Fox's "Walk the Line."
The SAG shutout for "Brokeback" came a night after the Focus Features release had seemingly cemented its status as awards season front-runner thanks to a DGADGA Award for director Ang LeeAng Lee. "Brokeback" had also won the Producers Guild Award and four Golden Globes -- though none for its actors -- in the past two weeks. Don't let all the anti-cowboy love fool you. The Gays don't take things lying down. Hmmm. Actually, they do, but still, don't think this is over. The Gays WILL win.
Hurry up, folks. There's still time for you to turn Gay. You don't want to be left out of all the fun now, do you? I'm tragically hetero and that's all I've ever been, but this might come down to a self-preservation thing and I'll be forced to make the switch along with you. The girl would have to look like a guy, though. And have a penis. And some balls. Aw, the hell with it, the girl would have to be a guy. I can't front. My body is a boys-only playground.
Oh well. What's a girl to do.
 Is your back broke yet?
Variety.com: Award Central 2006 - DGA fetes Lee for 'Brokeback'
SAG crashes cowboys' party
Previously: The Lo Zone: The Brokeback Effect, Ad Absurdum: Let's All Just Turn Gay And Be Done With It.
Previously: The Lo Zone: My Technicolor Theory, Confirmed At Last |
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