, 27, is best known for his breakout roles in The White Lotus, You and Euphoria. Appleton, 39, a celebrity hairstylist whose clients include Drew Barrymore and Kim Kardashian.
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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic If they ever make a sequel to “The Celluloid Closet” — the landmark doc about the history of LGBT representation on screen — Lukas Gage should warrant at least two mentions. First, there’s the scene from the first season of “White Lotus” where Jake Lacy barges into the resort manager’s office, only to find Gage getting his salad tossed (a history-making moment for gay TV fans). And now there’s “Down Low,” an over-the-top, bottom-trawling comedy that wants to be for the gay community what “The Hangover” was to the mainstream — which is to say, wildly irreverent and incredibly wrong. Starring openly gay “Heroes” villain Zachary Quinto as Gary, a recently divorced, richie-rich zaddy hoping for a happy ending, “Down Low” doesn’t quite understand its own title — code within the Black and Latino community for men who consider themselves straight while having sex with other men — but that’s OK. “Down Low” is still light-years ahead of mainstream movies (including last year’s “Bros”) as debuting feature director Rightor Doyle delivers what an entire contingent of queer audiences have been asking for all their lives: namely, a comedy that’s as raunchy and inappropriate as the jokes they make between themselves. While nowhere near as extreme (or enjoyable) as 2009’s “I Love You Phillip Morris,” it’s still a rare enough occurrence to earn a dedicated following.
Like “Pretty Woman” on meth, the movie comes laced with pop-culture references, ranging from “The Real Housewives” to “Sex and the City 2,” and features gay icons Judith Light and Simon Rex (still very much in skeezy “Red Rocket” mode). “Down Low” knows its audience and is refreshingly uninterested in looking the slightest bit respectable.
, 27, is best known for his breakout roles in The White Lotus, You and Euphoria. Appleton, 39, a celebrity hairstylist whose clients include Drew Barrymore and Kim Kardashian.
Lukas Gage is in love with Chris Appleton! During a recent appearance on the show, the 27-year-old actor gushed about his boyfriend.«I think this mane needed to be tamed,» Gage quipped with a laugh. «I also needed to be tamed.»On a more serious note, Gage said, «I feel very happy, very lucky and very much in love.»The gushing didn't stop there. When the show flashed a pic of Gage and the 39-year-old hairstylist on the screen, Gage lovingly called his boyfriend «a good-looking man.»«Something about being in London.
White Lotus and Euphoria star, Lukas Gage, has finally confirmed he's in a relationship with high-profile hairdresser, Chris Appleton.WATCH: White Lotus Season 3 teaserGage and Appleton have shared plenty of photographs together in recent months - on Instagram and on red carpets - but had not confirmed a relationship. The couple recently attended the Vanity Fair party together.Appearing on the Today Show in the US, Gage confirmed he and Appleton are indeed an item, adding that he was "very much in love".“I feel very happy, very lucky and very much in love,” he told the hosts.The White Lotus star confirmed he was "very much in love".Gage, who was on the morning show to promote his latest appearance in Netflix series You, was also full of praise for his hunky partner. "That is a good looking man," he said as the production rolled through photos of the couple on vacation in Europe."There was just something about being in London," Gage said of his time filming You. "I got a taste of the Brits and couldn’t help myself."The pair vacationed together in Europe in February.During the interview, conversation turned to Appleton when Gage was asked about his hair and whether the celebrity hair stylist would approve."I think this mane needed to be tamed," Gage responded, adding: “I also needed to be tamed.”Appleton has been responsible for many celebrity quaffs, including that of Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez.
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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Americans spend tens of billions of dollars on basketball sneakers every year. Sure, everybody needs shoes, but it shouldn’t matter if your choice bears the Nike swoosh, Adidas’ three stripes or the Converse star. In most cases, consumers aren’t simply buying footwear; they’re investing in the fantasy of walking in someone else’s shoes — a sports star or personal idol — of believing that switching one’s kicks has a direct impact on your potential for greatness. As the Nike marketing gurus in Ben Affleck’s “Air” put it, “A shoe is just a shoe until someone steps into.” If you’ve been alive on earth in the last 40 years, then you already know what happened when a rookie named Michael Jordan let Nike put his name and likeness on their shoes. But “Air” isn’t about convincing the greatest basketball player in the history of the game to sign with Nike, although a “Jerry Maguire”-desperate Matt Damon — as paunchy, flop-sweating Sonny Vaccaro — might trick you into thinking this is just the (admittedly very entertaining) anatomy of a landmark business deal.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In 1993, “The Joy Luck Club” made Hollywood history, proving to a skeptical — and let’s face it, racist — industry that there was mainstream demand for a culturally sensitive Chinese American ensemble drama. Three decades later, along comes “Joy Ride,” throwing sensitivity to the wind en route to obliterating any remaining barriers. Like “Girls Trip” with an all-Asian-American cast, the Seth Rogen-produced, hard-R road movie follows small-town besties Audrey (Ashley Park) and Lolo (Sherry Cola) to Beijing, where they tackle everything from taboo tattoos to a devil’s threesome with all the gusto you’d hope or expect from “Crazy Rich Asians” co-writer Adele Lim’s directorial debut.
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Ghost shirts, which are sacred to certain Indigenous communities, were thought to guard the wearer against bullets through spiritual power. This precious heirloom is at the center of Tony Tost’s directorial debut film at SXSW, Americana. This western dramedy has some tricks up its sleeve, thanks to the brilliant writing and the script’s comedic timing. It boasts a big cast of actors including Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Paul Walter Hauser, Zahn McClarnon, Simon Rex, Eric Dane and Gavin Maddox Bergman.
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Lukas Gage shot some kinky scenes on “The White Lotus” season 1 and “You” season 4, but he wasn’t bothered about his mom seeing them.
Lukas Gage opened up about representation and more in a new interview.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Lukas Gage’s life has taken a complete 180 ever since he became a viral hit after releasing the now-infamous video of director Tristram Shapeero disparaging his apartment following a Zoom audition. Since then, he’s appeared in “The White Lotus,” “Euphoria” and “You.” He’ll next star in “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” and was recently at SXSW to premiere “Down Low,” a raunchy queer comedy he not only co-wrote with Phoebe Fisher but also stars in with Zachary Quinto. Gage is also becoming a go-to celeb for brand endorsements. His new deal is with Tequila Don Julio Rosado, helping promote the pink-hued spirit and the “P(arty) Time Off!” campaign. “Tequila on the rocks is my go-to,” Gage tells Variety. “I used to be a beer guy. But then it made me a little too bloated sometimes. So I think I just keep it to some good quality tequila, drink it on the rocks and call it a day.”
Charna Flam The so-called “crackberry” is back. IFC Films has released the first official trailer for the upcoming comedy-drama film, “BlackBerry,” which provides a peek into exactly how the handheld device revolutionized the cell phone industry. Director Matt Johnson, along with co-screenwriter Matthew Miller, adapted Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” for the big screen. Johnsonplays BlackBerry co-founder Douglas Fregin in the film, alongside Glenn Howerton as chair and co-CEO Jim Balsillie, Jay Baruchel as co-founder Mike Lazaridis and Cary Elwes as Palm CEO Carl Yankowski. The cast also includes Saul Rubinek, Michael Ironside, Rich Sommer, Michelle Giroux, Mark Critch and SungWon Cho.
Chris Appleton is gushing about his beau! In a preview clip of Friday's episode of , the 39-year-old celebrity hairstylist confirms he's dating Lukas Gage.«I'm very happy. Very much in love and I feel very grateful to be able to share my time with someone very special,» Appleton says of the 27-year-old star.
Feeling the love! Chris Appleton has officially confirmed his relationship with Lukas Gage.
Chris Appleton is talking about his new romance!
Lukas Gage has some thoughts about the new interest in his love life!
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic How long does a documentary need to be? Frederick Wiseman frequently goes long, and Oscar-winning “OJ: Made in America” ran nearly eight hours. Lately, with “Bill Russell: Legend” and “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker,” streamers have embraced the so-called “two-part documentary” — a fancy term for what used to be called a miniseries. So, while there are no limits on how much longer docs can get, it’s refreshing to see a compelling subject covered in 40 minutes or less, and doubly rewarding to realize that four of the five packaged in ShortsTV’s “2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary” found audiences on their own merits, even without theatrical distribution.
Lukas Gage opened up about his sexuality and filming intimate scenes for some of his biggest roles in a new interview.
Brent Lang Executive Editor “Down Low,” an outrageous new comedy that premieres this week at SXSW, starts with a failed attempt at a happy ending. And things go sharply downhill from there. The raunchy film is the brainchild of Lukas Gage, best known for being on the receiving end of Murray Bartlett’s, um, affections in “The White Lotus.” He wrote the film with Phoebe Fisher and stars as Cameron, a masseuse who is hired to get off Gary, a repressed millionaire played by Zachary Quinto. It’s an attempt at alleviating pressure that careens dangerously off the rails as Gary and Cameron destroy several lives over the course of one crazy day and night. Gage and Fisher were inspired to write the film after watching “Pretty Woman” and learning more about that rom-com’s original script, which was titled “3,000” and told a far darker tale about sex workers.