The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a recent *Los Angeles Times* Op-Ed piece about San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Josh Getlin perpetuated a myth when he wrote that Dan White...
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | yesterday
Josh Brolin as San Francisco city supervisor Dan White, left, and Sean Penn as gay-rights activist Harvey Milk in a scene from, Milk. (AP Photo/Focus Features, Phil Bray) Sean Penn is getting raves for his portrayal of gay San Francisco...
Atomic Popcorn (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... years. His political alignments, when he is convinced to go back on his word to fellow supervisor Dan White ( Josh Brolin ), drive White to depression, despair, alcoholism, and his eventual resignation from the board. Dan White is portrayed as a socially awkward outcast looking for acceptance from constituents and fellow supervisors alike. When he finds neither, his descent...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO - It has been 30 years since San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold such a high office, was shot to death by a former supervisor, Dan White. Sean Penn wants to make sure we don't forget Milk's work as an activist and his sacrifices to help open doors for gays.
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | yesterday
By RICK BENTLEY, McClatchy Newspapers SAN FRANCISCO - It has been 30 years since San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Harvey Milk, among the first openly gay people to hold a high office, was shot to death by a former supervisor, Dan White. Sean Penn wants to make sure we don't forget Milk's work as an activist and his sacrifices to help open doors for gays. "What struck me is that even...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... In the supporting actor categories, the board honored John Brolin for his role as the assassin Dan White in Milk, and Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Victoria Cristina Barcelona. Best animated feature was Wall-E. Kazakhstan's Mongo was the NBR's choice for best foreign-language film, while Man on Wire earned best documentary honors. The awards are a good bellwether for the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... In the supporting actor categories, the board honored John Brolin for his role as the assassin Dan White in Milk, and Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Victoria Cristina Barcelona. Best animated feature was Wall-E. Kazakhstan's Mongo was the NBR's choice for best foreign-language film, while Man on Wire earned best documentary honors. The awards are a good bellwether for the...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The National Board of Review has announced its 2008 honors, led by its film of the year, Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire."
E! Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
... everywhere this fall for W., won Best Supporting Actor for his lethal turn as Harvey Milk assassin Dan White in Milk. ('s W. rated no wins or mentions.)Brolin's win meant Heath Ledger didn't win, although The Dark Knight's inclusion in the Top 10 list keeps the movie—and the late Ledger—in the Oscar discussion. Penélope Cruz prevailed as Best Supporting Actress for 's Vicky Cristina Barcelona....
TONY Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Have you seen Milk ? I hope so. But I also hope that you will rent or buy The Times of Harvey Milk by Rob Epstein (codirector of 1995’s The Celluloid Closet ), which rightly won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 1985. And why not read Randy Shilts’s excellent 1982 sociobiography, The Mayor of Castro Street ? Both Epstein’s doc and Shilts’s book detail the aftermath of the trial of Dan White,...
Defamer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Actress honors; and in a bit of a surprise, Josh Brolin's undercooked role as Harvey Milk assassin Dan White coaxed a Best Supporting Actor award from the mysterious NBR fraternity. (Slumdog lead Dev Patel, whom Fox Searchlight is pushing for a supporting slot at the Oscars, was recognized as the year's "Breakthrough Actor.")The org's Top 11 of '08, meanwhile, comprise a typically tame late-year...
People (Free subscription) | yesterday
... In the supporting actor categories, the board honored John Brolin for his role as the assassin Dan White in Milk, and Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Victoria Cristina Barcelona. Best animated feature was Wall-E. – Stephen M. Silverman
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... of government, Milk runs into opposition from his political opposite, the brusque conservative Dan White (played with barely contained rage by Josh Brolin). Milk also faces personal problems, namely a relationship with the unstable Jack Lira (Diego Luna).Penn delivers a powerful and revelatory performance, transmitting Milk's joy of living and his flamboyant zeal to "never blend in." This...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the murders of Mayor George Moscone and Councillor Harvey Milk, shot to death at close range by Dan White, a former colleague. Both were deeply mourned by their constituents, but the loss of Milk was considered to be more than a local tragedy. In Milk’s time, American politics had not yet become the circus of infotainment – “showbiz for ugly people,” as one wag puts it – that it is today....
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... He was gunned down along with the then mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by political rival Dan White (Josh Brolin) on November 27, 1978. The film opens with actual news footage from that night and is structured in a series of flashbacks with interludes of Harvey recording his story at the kitchen table in case of assassination. It follows him from his closeted existence in New York to...
