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GAY IE MOVIES:
“I Love You Man”

A movie about a man searching for a new best friend to act as best man at his wedding sounds like it could turn gay pretty fast, but Paul Rudd and Jason Segel play things pretty straight in this bromance comedy. The gay element comes courtesy Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Life) who plays Rudd’s gay brother Robby. He sets up Rudd on “man dates” and gives him advice on the pursuit (no dinners – after one guy got the wrong idea). But there’s more to Robbie who gets along with, no, is adored by his father and attracts married men at the gym where he’s a personal trainer. I want to see a whole movie about this guy. By the way, an interview with Samberg made the cover of the March Out magazine. Find the article here: http://www.out.com/detail.asp?page=1&id=24726



RUDD’S EARLIER WORK: Speaking of Paul Rudd, the publicity for “I Love You Man” rarely mentioned the actor’s role in the movie “The Object of My Affection.” Rudd played a conflicted gay man torn between wanting to help his pregnant gal pal (played by Jennifer Aniston) and his desire to live his real life. The 1998 movie was based on a book by Stephen McCauley. It’s worth a look…or a read, as are McCauley’s other novels, “Easy Way Out,” “True Enough,” “The Man of the House” and “Alternatives to Sex.”