Is this proof SCOTT CAAN is gay ????
hustle...@myremarq.com
A HOT TIME AT THE FIREHOUSE BAR
Fledging Hollywood actor Scott Caan, son of big-screen tough guy James
Caan, didn't make his father
proud by getting arrested after a boozy bar brawl last week. Caan, 23, was
arrested after a punch-up with James Alleyna in a West Hollywood bar called
the Firehouse.
Reports following the incident claimed Caan had gone ballistic after Alleyna
attempted to hit on Caan's date. In fact, the Firehouse draws a primarily
gay clientele, and the date referred to in police reports
was Caan's companion. New police details indicate that Caan and the man he
was with that evening, Ross Porterfield, were both arrested for assaulting
Alleyna and a friend, Joshua Sher.
Shortly before 2 a.m., Sher allegedly tried to put the moves on Caan's pal
by asking him to dance. Caan then approached Sher, who was sitting at a
table, and began yelling, police say. One witness claims Caan shouted, This
is my lover - what are you doing? Before long, fisticuffs ensued. According
to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office, when Alleyna tried to intervene,
he was knocked to the ground, at which point club security stepped in. But
as Caan and Porterfield were being shown the door, the couple and several
other unidentified men jumped on Alleyna and Sher, rendering Alleyna
unconscious and knocking Sher to the ground.
Deputies caught Caan and Porterfield as they tried to flee the scene. Caan
and Porterfield were held on $20,000 bail each, which they both posted the
next day. Following the incident, articles referred simply
to Caan's date - making no mention of his companion's gender. But when word
got out that the fight had broken out at the Firehouse, club insiders
quickly started putting two and two together.
Scoffed one late-night denizen: That boy was there with his man, and
everyone got into a good 'ol catfight. Police reports also refer to Caan's
lover only as his date, but Deputy Sheriff Boris Nikolof
commented that the phrasing certainly is interesting. While I can't say that
occurred to me, now that you mention it, there are a lot of gay bars in West
Hollywood. In 1995, Caan starred in A Boy Called Hate, a box office bomb in
which he played the leading man role to buxom beauty Missy Crider. Laughs
one critic who saw the film, It was just totally implausible. Caan is so
incredibly handsome, but you just never in a million years believed he was
interested in this girl. You could tell something was up. Neither Caan nor
Porterfield could be reached for comment. Calls placed to the Firehouse were
not returned.
(AND THIS LATER PIECE SEEMS TO ME LIKE A MASSIVE QUICK COVER UP TO PROTECT
ALL CONCERNED - THERE IS NEVER ANY SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE. THERE SEEMS TO BE TOO
MANY DETAILS IN THE FIRST ARTICLE FOR IT TO BE JUST A 'MISTAKE'. THE NEW
HOLLYWOOD BOY WONDER CAN DO WITHOUT ALL THIS WITH TWO FILMS OUT. QUICK...
AGENT INTERVENTION!!)
On Oct. 4, 1998, PAGE SIX reported that actor Scott Caan was arrested in a
barroom brawl in a gay bar. We also reported that Mr. Caan was there with a
male date. And, when questioned by the Advocate, our
Richard Johnson stated that Mr. Caan had "outed himself." The Post has now
learned that Mr. Caan is not gay. The incident occurred at the Firehouse on
a Tuesday night when the private club has a hip-hop night catering to a
heterosexual crowd. The man identified as Mr. Caan's date was, in fact, just
a pal. We apologize for the error.
(This correction was printed in our November 23, 1998 paper.)
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james jorden
discriminate against gay actors, and, by extention, to keep actors in the closet. Gay
actors are *actors*: it is their job to do things on screen that they would not
ordinarily do in real life. Part of that job is to give the impression that they are
romantically and sexually attracted to people who are, in real life, mere
acquaintences or even strangers. Are you suggesting that gay people are incapable of
this ability basic to the craft of acting?
hustle...@myremarq.com wrote:
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james jorden
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"Gay people not only keep opera going,
they keep plays about opera going."
--- Bette Midler
C.L. Lassiter
> This posting, amusing as it is, revived a canard that has been used as an excuse to
> discriminate against gay actors, and, by extention, to keep actors in the closet. Gay
> actors are *actors*: it is their job to do things on screen that they would not
> ordinarily do in real life. Part of that job is to give the impression that they are
> romantically and sexually attracted to people who are, in real life, mere
> acquaintences or even strangers. Are you suggesting that gay people are incapable of
> this ability basic to the craft of acting?
I don't remember who it was (perhaps the woman on "Ellen" who played ED's
love interest?) who was asked if she had any qualms about protraying a
lesbian since she was straight. Her response was the best and funniest
I've heard. I don't have it exactly right, but it was something
approaching "hell no, I've played lawyers for God's sake."
Rather puts it into perspective.
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