Intimacy Coordinator

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the role of the Intimacy Coordinator in theater, film and television production has become more important.

 

Hollywood and the other players must learn to shift from the old, problematic phrase “that’s just how things are” to facing issues of consent, harassment and sexual assault head on. 

Those changes have found their way onto sets, which are increasingly staffed with intimacy coordinators – movement coaches who help choreograph intimate scenes with a focus on the actors’ safety. 

An intimacy coach helps people feel safer, closer and more connected to their lover or partner. Tackling issues around physical and emotional intimacy, these coaches teach their clients a sense of safety they may have never learned as children.

After all, it’s supposed to be staged sex. No unpleasantness, no awkwardness. A safe environment for all. 

FYI, HBO have declared in October 2018 that they will have intimacy coordinators for all shows containing intimate scenes.

The Airbrushed Rachel Weisz

UK's Advertising Standards Authority is banning a L’Oreal magazine advert, ruling that the image of Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz, pictured, “misleadingly exaggerated” the performance of Revitalift Repair 10, an age-defying beauty product. If you check out the print ad, Weisz, 41, indeed looked 20 years younger!

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The marketing for L’Oreal’s Revitalift range claims it makes the skin feel firmer, toned, and more supple. The ASA did not challenge these, however it was unhappy that the actress’s image was used to substantiate the claims that the ‘Skin looks smoother’ and ‘Complexion looks more even’.

Last year, L’Oreal adverts featuring Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington were also banned for being deceptive. It’s a real shame that a company like L’Oreal has to resort to airbrushing to make their products look good!

Hollywood's Leading "Women"

Exactly nine days ago, I uploaded the videos of the SUBS vaudeville in my blog here. All of us at SUBS had a hearty laugh at the costumes that some of us donned. I thought it’ll be a good idea to put together a gallery of some of Hollywood’s leading men who wore dresses and put on make-up too for memorable movie roles:

Michael Caine as Bobbi in "Dressed to Kill."


Dustin Hoffman as Dorthy Michaels in "Tootsie."


Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire in "Mrs. Doubtfire."


Tony Curtis as Josephine and Jack Lemmon as Daphne in "Some Like it Hot”


Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."


Terence Stamp as Bernadette, Guy Pearce as Felicia and Hugo Weaving as Mitzi in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."


Wesley Snipes as Noxeema, John Leguizamo as Chi-Chi and Patrick Swayze as Vida in "To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar."

Marlon Wayans as Marcus Copeland and Shawn Wayans as Kevin Copeland in "White Chicks."


Adam Sandler as Jill in "Jack and Jill."

And do check out Victor in “Supergirl” (photos in my blog posting dated October 08, 2011 and “Pussycat Balls’ (video clip and photos in blog postings dated November 07, 2009 and November 01, 2009 respectively) – in addition to the video clip (i.e. Part 2) in my blog posting dated November 11, 2011. Even if you already have, check them out again! And laugh out loud!!

Heidi Klum's Halloween

During Halloween, supermodel-turned-actress Heidi Klum wished her pumpkins to be really different. She wanted scary goblins’ and spooky elves’ faces instead of the usual carving patterns for her twelfth annual Halloween party. Hauntingly created by artists Ray Villafane and Andy Bergholtz, these monstrous face sculptures were displayed during an exhibition in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, USA last Wednesday. And the ghoulish pumpkins were also displayed at Heidi Klum's Halloween party at the Venetian’s TAO Nightclub on Saturday:

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Heidi Klum always manages to show up in the most outrageous, over the top, super unique yet very cool Halloween costumes for her annual Halloween parties.

This year is no different.

2011: Dead Body costume

And check out her earlier costumes here:

2010: Alien Transformer costume (Right: Husband Seal)

2009: Crow costume

2008: Goddess Kali costume

2007: Cat costume

Even the Toastmasters meeting that I attended yesterday was Halloween-themed and some of their members came dressed in witches’ attire. I was entertained by at least two good speeches – CC speech # 4 How to Say It, delivered by Wong Shi Wen and Sharon Lee, who were both animated and expressive. I took on the role of Table Topics Evaluator. A good meeting that scored a 6 out of a 10. The only hitch was that they started twenty minutes late and finished way past ten.

I forgot to report the Celtic-Hibs game on Saturday which was forgetable. Celtic dropped 12 points behind leaders Rangers in the Scottish Premier League after a lackluster display in their goalless draw against Hibernian. Certainly, it was an afternoon of frustration against a side the Hoops had beaten 4-1 in the Scottish Communities League Cup quarter-finals in midweek.