Buy the European Homes of Creative Geniuses, Hope Some of It Rubs Off on You

The homes of Nobel-winning writer Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha) and iconic Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal) are both up for sale, meaning you could own a piece of creative history! For relatively bargain-basement prices.

1:01 PM on Mon Jun 15 2009, by Richard Lawson, 7,530 views, 13 comments
http://gawker.com/5291305/buy-the-european-homes-of-creative-geniuses-hope-some-of-it-rubs-off-on-you/gallery/

How To Go From Stand-Up To Star of An Ang Lee Movie in Two Easy Steps

It's every actor's (and visual-aid-friendly comedian's) dream: James Schamus calls you up out of the blue, and asks you to come in for a "general meeting."

3:31 PM on Tue Feb 10 2009, by Seth, 3,832 views, 12 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5150833/how-to-go-from-stand+up-to-star-of-an-ang-lee-movie-in-two-easy-steps

Today in Sundance Hell: Everything Must Go!

Last year's flat Sundance marketplace is but a distant, duddy memory, with two more sales confirmed overnight and likely more to come as the die-hard festivalgoers settle in for the Park City long haul.

5:45 PM on Wed Jan 21 2009, by STV, 2,072 views, 3 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5136230/today-in-sundance-hell-everything-must-go

As The Gays Prepare For Battle, Could 'Milk' Have Made The Difference?

Here's a warning to anyone who voted to strip gay Californians of their rights to wed, and 18,000 already-married same-sex couples of their licenses: You don't want to see a ticked-off Mr. Defamer. His eyebrow arches even higher than usual, and...

8:08 PM on Wed Nov 5 2008, by Seth, 10,431 views, 38 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5077725/as-the-gays-prepare-for-battle-could-milk-have-made-the-difference

'Milk' Marketing Meltdown Pits Studio Boss Against Press

An angry Focus Features is doing a bit of air-clearing this morning, the day after it premiered its Oscar-chasing biopic Milk to an adoring hometown crowd in San Francisco and offered its first screenings to press in L.A. and New York. But it's a...

11:55 AM on Wed Oct 29 2008, by STV, 3,343 views, 3 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5070426/milk-marketing-meltdown-pits-studio-boss-against-press

Studio Fires Back: Milk Is Very Gay

As supporters of California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative picketed last night's San Francisco premiere of Milk, producers of the film fired back at allegations that Focus Features is hiding their spiritual follow-up to Brokeback Mountain...

11:45 AM on Wed Oct 29 2008, by Alex Carnevale, 3,406 views, 42 comments
http://gawker.com/5070176/studio-fires-back-milk-is-very-gay

What Does Ang Lee Know About Tripping Balls In Upstate New York?

When Ang Lee took on the task of bringing Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain to the screen, he famously asked, "What do I know about gay ranch hands in Wyoming?" The director will be better informed about his adopted home state of New...

11:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008, by Alex Carnevale, 572 views, 18 comments
http://gawker.com/5006654/what-does-ang-lee-know-about-tripping-balls-in-upstate-new-york

Ang Lee Adheres To Strict 'One For Me, One For The Gays' Policy

After a brief fling with steamy Chinese art-core, director Ang Lee is heading back to the comfortable terrain of the Gays, the lauded director having already explored that topic's various themes in such previous Queer Cinema classics as Brokeback...

8:14 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008, by Seth, 1,948 views, 3 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/382870/ang-lee-adheres-to-strict-one-for-me-one-for-the-gays-policy

Ang Lee's Moss-On-Theron Action Merely Wishful Thinking

Brokeback Mountain producer and frequent Ang Lee collaborator James Schamus set the record straight with USA Today over the recent rumors that the director's next project would be a biopic on the life of singer Dusty Springfield starring Charlize...

6:54 PM on Tue Feb 28 2006, by Seth, 575 views, Comment
http://defamer.gawker.com/157548/ang-lees-moss+on+theron-action-merely-wishful-thinking