[Now with larger picture goodness of the publicity shot of Calpernia and me.]
From NewNowNext:
Yes, Calpernia Addams is the new bachelorette! Logo recently greenlit a new reality series starring the actress/activist called Transamerican Love Story to air in February. On the show, Calpernia will choose from eight men living together in a Los Angeles-area home, and, unlike some other shows I could name (and I will: There’s Something About Miriam), all of these bachelors know Calpernia is trans.
Check below for more pictures from the photo shoot…including Calpernia with her friend and fellow activist, Andrea James (who will also appear on the show)…
http://www.newnownext.com/2007/11/logos-new-reali.html
Film and media news, Transamerican Love Story
Here’s a montage of the publicity photos for Transamerican Love Story, the new dating series I just completed with Calpernia and host Alec Mapa.
More news as it becomes available.
What If The Bachelor Were Transgender?
by Matt Webb Mitovich November 29, 2007 (TV Guide)
The Bachelorette (That Used To Be A Bachelor)
by Perez Hilton, November 29, 2007 (PerezHilton.com
Original image:
http://www.andreajames.com/blog/images/uploads/tlas-pics2_thumb.jpg
Film and media news, Transamerican Love Story
Logo has just made the first announcement about the new unscripted series we have been filming since late October. They’ve titled it Transamerican Love Story, and it stars Calpernia as a bachelorette looking for love as eight men vie for her affection. Alec Mapa (currently a regular on both Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives) is the hi-larious host.
I have the only acting role, as I play Calpernia’s friend and confidante who cares about her.
I keed, I keed. No acting needed. Who doesn’t like Calpernia? She’s America’s Transsexual Sweetheart™!
I’m also excited because this should finally put to rest all the rumors that we are a romantic couple! Ewww!
If you would have asked me a year ago if I would ever be on-camera for something like this, I’d say no way, but the team Logo put together is handling it really well. It’s being produced through the same folks who did the college transition series Transgeneration. And when Fox decided to premiere the horrible ’There’s Something About Miriam‘ in America this fall, I felt this was a chance to show that plenty of nice guys have no problem dating trans women. In fact, that’s probably the most groundbreaking part of the show. Very few men have ever talked about that on camera. So, I feel the show is going to have a very interesting mix of silliness and charm and dramz and lulz. People always assume Calpernia and I are really serious because we are activists and like to help people, but we take very little (especially ourselves) too seriously. I’m excited to put that misconception to rest, too.
It’s slated for February, but it’s all super-secret! We’ll let you know as much as we can, but we can’t divulge any of the juicy details! The press release is linked below.
Transamerican Love Story press release
Film and media news, Transamerican Love Story
Calpernia and I went to an event last night for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a group seeking to lift the ban on gays in the military by repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
New Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis was on hand to discuss the initiative to lobby the legislature.
One statement by Aubrey that really stood out:
By law, one branch of the government is required to discriminate in a way that would be prosecuted if perpetrated at any other branch.
He sees this as a straight-up civil rights issue that will require the same kind of bipartisan support that led to civil rights gains in the 1960s. There’s currently a lawsuit moving forward regarding the constitutionality of the ban. One of the plaintiffs, David Hall, was at the event. He was in an elite Air Force training program when he was ratted out by a classmate. He had the highest ranking of all the Air Force ROTC juniors in his detachment when he was forced out, and the man he was seeing, another top cadet, was also discharged.
Since this issue will not be resolved via executive order, we can’t just hope for the next president to be forward-thinking. It’s going to take years of lobbying to get the votes on both sides of the aisle in the legislature. That needs to happen while the cases move forward.
For more information on SLDN’s work on behalf of over 11,000 servicemembers discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” including critical personnel in Arabic languages and top cadets like David Hall, please visit the SLDN site. Two people a day are being fired under this misguided policy.
Activism
I love taking pictures of pools at night. Such amazing saturation of colors. So this is a little blurry, simply because I couldn’t hold the camera still enough for the long exposure. Just loved the blue of the pool and wanted to share. Taken in West Hollywood, California on 27 November 2007.
Andrea James’ Pic of the Day: Poolscape 2
Photography
OK, I went to see Southland Tales Friday for two reasons:
1. I love Richard Kelly’s earlier film Donnie Darko and consider it one of the best films ever.
2. Calpernia appears briefly in a scene on the maiden voyage of the Jenny von Westphalen, a blimp that’s powered by an energy source invented by a guy who… oh, never mind. It’s way too hard to explain.
Despite those two reasons, I was a little concerned after reading about the disastrous Cannes screening and subsequent recutting. My mom always said “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say it.” I of course say not nice things with alarming regularity, so her advice obviously didn’t take.
I am not, however, going to say anything bad about the film beyond that I didn’t like it. I thought it was very audacious, the kind of studio film an indie director gets to make once. It was uncompromising in terms of fearless originality, but it was just a hodgepodge of a story that felt like a lot of cool vignettes without any cohesive stuff to hold the thing together.
So, glad I saw it, but I can’t recommend it. However, if you have not seen Donnie Darko, you need to Netflix that immediately.
Random thoughts
No stopping creativity.
Taken from my car in Hollywood, California on 19 November 2007.
Andrea James’ Pic of the Day: No stopping creativity
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Part of my in-car series trying to capture the feel of LA. Taken 19 November in Los Angeles.
Andrea James’ Pic of the Day: Accelerate
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