'Brokeback Mountain' to premiere as opera in 2013

The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for a 2005 movie that won three Academy Awards.

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Italians tuning in to their state TV network had a rare chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys.

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An Italian TV station has aired the film Brokeback Mountain for the first time, but with one noticable difference. All the love scenes between Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal's characters had been cut!

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Ledger Had 6 Types of Prescription Drugs

Heath Ledger, famous and much talked about actor, died Tuesday supposedly between the times of 1pm and 2:45pm. Police and law enforcements still have no for sure reason to how he may have died, but think they might have a few leads.

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CNN.com reader Kristy O'Connor took a prenatal yoga class with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and says she was "in awe of his devotion and attention to Michelle." Reader Dena Michnowih says she came across Ledger in Brooklyn, New York, teaching his young daughter Matilda her  …

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Everyone's favorite church is back in the news.

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Even with his big face and chiseled jaw, Heath Ledger was one of those guys who blended in easily. In November 2005, waiting for me outside a pub, as he would have called it, he looked like any other scruffy Brooklyn local.

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While not a marquee movie star, Ledger was a respected, award-winning actor who took his craft seriously rather than cashing in on his heartthrob looks.

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His death also comes as terrible news for film fans around the world, many of us eagerly awaiting his already legendary turn in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, (in post-production).

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They banned the film but they couldn't stop the word brokeback from entering the Chinese language.

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In a country whose "intelligence" describes non-existent WMD's in Iraq and Dr. Strangeloves suggest dropping a bomb to make enemy soldiers irresistable to ...each other, anything is possible.

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A suit was filed on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who claims she suffered psychological distress when a teacher showed in class the gay-themed movie "Brokeback Mountain."

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A 12-year-old girl who says she was traumatized when her teacher showed the film "Brokeback Mountain" featuring love scenes with homosexual cowboys is suing the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000. "What happens in Ms. Buford's class stays in Ms.

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André Boisclair, leader of the opposition in Québec, got himself into some political trouble it seems by appearing in a sketch to be aired Dec. 22. This wouldn't usually be newsworthy but check out the sketch, (in the comments), to see.

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Whew! Despite a flurry of internet rumours (and when have they ever NOT been true), it appears that Jake Gyllenhaal will not re-unite with his Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger by playing Harvey (Two-Face) Dent in the next Batman movie.

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Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the next Batman film, titled The Dark Knight, film studio Warner Brothers has announced.

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The growth of the festival, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, reflects mainstream America's gradual awakening to the realities of gay life, a process reflected in film since the medium's origins at the turn of the last century.

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There's sexually explicit scenes in Brokeback? Who knew.

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If the radical right-wingers boycott Wal-Mart, where else are they going to shop?

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Christian political action group American Family Assn. has launched a letter-writing campaign against Wal-Mart for carrying and promoting Universal Studio Home Entertainment's Brokeback Mountain DVD.

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More 'Brokeback' Soreness...

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Annie Proulx doesn't pull any punches when it comes to commenting on Brokeback Mountain losing out to Crash (she goes so far as calling the winning move "Trash"). A lovely rant.

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Brokeback Mountain in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies).

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Sue's Reviews: Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain suffers from a huge case of the Piano Syndrome.

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The Chinese media heavily censored Ang Lee's Oscar acceptance speech during the broadcast of the Academy Awards, omitting any references to his native Taiwan or homosexuality.

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Hilarious take on the Oscars and the state of movies today. I couldn't said it better myself. I thought both Joaquin and Reese should have won hands down for Walk the Line, but they were not gay, so not Hollywood's type.

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