Deep Inside Hollywood
by Romeo San VicenteDemi Moore and Parker Posey Cry Happy Tears
Demi Moore knows how hard it is for an actor who takes a break from the business to find her way back in. So, lately, she has been taking some cues from ex-husband Bruce Willis. Want a low-risk comeback? Get on the indie-film bus. And that’s exactly what she has been doing, recently starring in the heist drama Flawless with Michael Caine.
Now, Moore is set to shoot gay writer-director (Teeth) Mitchell Lichtenstein’s latest film, Happy Tears. She’s in good company, too, as indie-film veteran Parker Posey has signed on to play Moore’s younger sibling. The drama focuses on the two estranged sisters (one self-aggrandizing, the other bitter and resentful), as they reestablish their relationship, and deal with their elderly father’s progressive dementia. It’s shooting now in Philadelphia, so look for the happiness sometime in 2009.
Cosby Kid Goes to Jail
Adorable little Rudy Huxtable is all grown up, and looking to introduce her adult self to audiences. Already, Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Bill Cosby’s youngest child throughout the ’80s on his groundbreaking sitcom, has been featured in Beauty Shop opposite Queen Latifah.
Now, Pulliam is about to become more visible in Tyler Perry’s latest drag extravaganza, Madea Goes to Jail. Starring Perry as the clownish and outsized old woman who always has been ready to beat on people who misbehave, Pulliam costars as a prostitute who finds herself protected from a predatory lesbian inmate by Madea. Audiences expecting to find subtlety, good taste, and positive queer role models are advised to look elsewhere when this one comes down the pipeline. The rest of you will know where to find it when it hits multiplexes in 2010.
Romeo San Vicente’s favorite Cosby Show kid was always Denise. He can be reached care of this publication, or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.