Steven Soderbergh Tinkles Out the Tune of 'Liberace"
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Women loved him, men wanted to be him, and now Steven Soderbergh wants to tell us all about him. (One of those claims may actually be false.) According to Variety, Soderbergh is developing a biopic of the flamboyant pianist for Warner Bros -- naturally, he'll be directing, and the busiest pen in Hollywood, Richard LaGravanese, is writing the script. More interesting than that is the casting -- Soderbergh says he's actually drafted his old Traffic star Michael Douglas to play the man of a thousand candlelabras. He's also in talks with Matt Damon to play Scott Thorson, the man who sued Liberace for palimony, claiming they had been in a relationship for five years. To this day, apparently no one really knows what Liberace's sexual orientation was -- even Alice Cooper couldn't figure it out upon meeting him. (Thanks, Soderbergh! I learned something already.)
Despite everything being in place, this won't actually be the film Soderbergh follows Che up with -- which is a shame, because nothing should follow up Che but a man who exudes capitalism. Apparently, we're two Soderbergh projects away from getting this biopic, so don't get too wound up! You'll have forgotten all about it by the time it films, and it will be a pleasant surprise. There's not much to attract my personal interest, except the thought of Douglas donning those fabulous costumes. I can already predict an Oscar nod for a costume designer in this project's future.
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(Page 1)2. Trust me there are several people that were there and know that Scott and Lee had a relationship, me included. I was at thier home and sat down for many a meal with these two. I had been to thier Palmsprings home and thier silverwood home both homes had a master bedroom where both men slept together. So there are several people that know the truth. I did know Scott very well and I'll admit that some of the things he say's about the break up are un true but pretty much everything else is.
Posted at 12:32PM on Nov 30th 2008 by jsomething
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1. Say what now ? Michael Douglas as Liberace ?
Holy crapsicles, this is soooo weird.......fuck it, I'm in !
Posted at 1:53PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Petro1734