Spanish Magazine: Gay Subplot Dropped From Mel Gibson Film
HOLLYWOOD When Mel Gibson reportedly made anti-gay remarks to a Spanish magazine more than a year ago, the news quickly put him at odds with the homosexual community.So it's understandable that seeing Gibson in "The Man Without a Face," a project that marks his directorial debut, comes as a bit of a surprise: The character he plays, recluse Justin McLeod, was originally written as a homosexual. In the novel, written in 1972 by Isabelle Holland, McLeod...
Spanish Magazine: 'MAN WITHOUT A FACE' DROPPED GAY ANGLE
When Mel Gibson reportedly made anti-gay remarks to a Spanish magazine more than a year ago, the news quickly put him at odds with the gay community.So it's understandable that seeing Gibson in The Man Without a Face, a project that marks his directorial debut, comes as a bit of a surprise: The character he plays, recluse Justin McLeod, was originally written as a homosexual. In the 1972 Isabelle Holland novel, McLeod engages in a homosexual episode with a child. In the film,...
Spanish Magazine: Hola again to Hello!,
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Hello (sorry, Hello!) celebrated its second anniversary last Friday with a lunch at the Opera House in Covent Garden the same place where we pioneers had congregated to see the first British edition of the Spanish magazine Hola!Hello! is unique. It is a weekly magazine yet it has monthly magazine values; it is predominantly read by women yet it is not a women's magazine; it is obsessed by lifestyle and yet bears no resemblance to a Sunday newspaper colour supplement. Its sales...
Spanish Magazine: In the public eye: Europe mulls tighter privacy laws
What law should a French celebrity use to protest the use of compromising photos in a British tabloid? Or a British royal seeking redress over embarrassing revelations in a Spanish magazine?Both are typical examples of the delicate problem which the European Union is battling to resolve, trying to balance respect for someone's private life with freedom of information.On February 20 EU justice ministers will have another crack at finding a solution to a problem which media...
Spanish Magazine: FIRST OFF . . .
An unconfirmed report printed in a Spanish magazine Monday says that Salvador Dali bequeathed his paintings and properties to the Spanish state, a change from an earlier will that stipulated that his works should be shared between Spain and his northeast home region, Catalonia. The magazine, Cambio 16, published what it said was a copy of a will made by Dali in 1982 that contradicted a will made in 1980. The will is not scheduled to be opened for another week. Dali died last week at 84. His...