Andy Warhol: Silver Screen

Hollywood Reporter.

Chances of this being completely awful and an insult to Andy's memory... high.

Jared Leto: That Oscar Acceptance Speech In Full

"Incredible. Ellen, I love you. To my fellow nominees, I’m so proud to share this journey with you. I’m in awe and have so much respect for you all. To the Academy, thank you.

"I won this award just cause I played a transsexual with Aids - well whoopeefuckingdoo!

"Usually straight actors just get at Oscar if they played a gay dude.

"So good for me!

"So brave etc etc...

"To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to say we are here and as you struggle to… to make your neo-fascist dreams happen, to live the impossible - like trying to overthrow democratically elected politicians and serve US power and hegemony… I don't really know much about politics, but I'm thick and saw something on CNN, dude. It's a real bummer. We’re thinking of you tonight."

PS 'You don't deserve an award for portraying a trans-woman, because you're a man,' Any actor can play anyone - that is acting. But this veneration is a patronising farce.

Death to brain-dead celebactivism!

Male actor plays trans woman: Wins awards, pats on back Trans women live as trans women: Face violence, unemployment, oppression, erasure
— Amy the Snow Queen (@EntirelyAmelia) March 3, 2014

Film: All Things Are Possible

The Independent. 

A great piece by Paris Lees - which thinks about and asks why this doesn't happen, though the header makes it sound like it's going to be another 'Only A can play A!' foot-stamping whine.
Far from it...

Friends in casting tell me their first choice is to cast trans people in trans roles nowadays. What a shame we don’t have more established trans actors, or at least none on which Hollywood would gamble a big-budget film’s success. Until we encourage acting talent from diverse sources, that seems unlikely to change any time soon. So yes, watch Dallas Buyers Club and by all means enjoy it, but, when Leto’s on screen, keep an eyebrow raised.