San Francisco Mayor Marries Same-Sex Couples; Internet Dating; FilmWeek
San Francisco Mayor Marries Same-Sex Couples
Yesterday, Phyllis Lyon age 79, and Del Martin age 83, became the first same sex couple to be married in the United States. The ceremony took place in San Francisco's City Hall, shortly after San Francisco's new Mayor Gavin Newsom made the decision that the city would begin marrying same sex couples in defiance of California law. Larry Mantle talks with Rachel Gordon, City Hall reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Toni Broaddus, Project Director for Equality California, a non-profit organization seeking to expand legal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Californians, Mathew Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel, and Gloria Allred, an attorney and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg about what happened yesterday, and what happens next.
Internet Dating
An estimated 50 million daters, roughly half the adult single population, are surfing the Net for love. With that fact in mind, on the day before Valentine's Day, Larry Mantle explores Internet dating expert Evan Marc Katz whose funny and insightful perspective on modern courtship fills a new guide to dating on the Internet called I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new film releases, including 50 First Dates, The Return, Monsieur Ibrahim, and La Mentale (The Code).
Larry and the critics also review the Miami International Film Festival, Rogue Genius: An Orson Welles Retrospective, as well as this week's new video releases.
FilmWeek will be at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday, the 25th of February from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, for a special two-hour taping. americancinematheque.com has ticket and parking information.