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Jay Leno Apologizes Over Gay Remarks

Lindsay Powers — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:45:36 -0400

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Teasing Ryan Phillippe for playing a gay character, he showed "a lack of respect," GLAAD said

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After gay rights organization GLAAD urged Jay Leno to apologize for making derogatory remarks during a recent interview with actor Ryan Phillippe, the talk show host clarified his remarks in a statement.

"In talking about Ryan's first role, I realize that what I said came out wrong," Leno said. "I certainly didn't mean any malice. I agree it was a dumb thing to say, and I apologize."

The Tonight Show host, 57, teased Phillippe, 33, for landing his first role as a gay teen on the soap One Life to Live. He also asked Phillippe to give the camera his "gayest look."

An uncomfortable Phillippe almost walked off the stage. (See footage here.)

"We are proud of Ryan for refusing to participate in Leno's thoughtless attempt at humor," GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano tells Usmagazine.com in a statement.

"Under the guise of comedy, the talk show host is demonstrating a lack of respect for the gay community and insensitivity to both his co-workers and the audience, to whom he owes an apology."

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Jay Leno Slammed for "Gay" Remarks to Ryan Phillippe

Henry Seltzer — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:57:27 -0400

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The late night host asked the actor to give him his "gayest look"

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Critics are saying Jay Leno crossed the line when he interviewed Stop-Loss star Ryan Phillippe Thursday night.

Leno was chatting with Phillippe, 33, about his first role as a gay teen on the soap One Life to Live when he asked, "Can you give me, like – say that camera is your gay lover... Can you give me your 'gayest look?'

"Say that camera is Billy Bob – Billy Bob has just ridden in shirtless from Wyoming," Leno persisted as Phillippe grew more uncomfortable.

"Wow," Phillippe replied. "That is so something I don't want to do." At one point, he jokingly stood up to leave the interview.

Openly gay Jeff Whitty, who penned the Tony-winning Broadway play Avenue Q, happened to be in the audience.

Whitty later blogged, "Would you ask a guest to make their 'blackest face?' Their 'Jewiest face?' Why not?"

Whitty's criticism of Leno comes two years after he wrote an open letter to the late-night host regarding his inappropriate use of gay stereotypes as punch lines.

After the letter was published, the two spoke about it. Now, Whitty says his "first instinct was right."

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Kate Bosworth Beats Ryan Phillippe at Box Office

Alissa R — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:54:27 -0400

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21 earned $23.7 million, while Stop-Loss took the No. 8 spot with $4.5 million

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Kate Bosworth won the weekend box office war.

Her gambling drama 21 took the top spot, earning $23.7 million.

Despite heavy press, Ryan Phillippe couldn't save his Iraq war drama Stop-Loss: It tanked, at No. 8, with just $4.5 million.

It joins a long string of Iraq-themed movies, including Charlize Theron's In the Valley of Elah, that have bombed.

The complete top 5:

1. 21, $23.7 million.
2. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $17.4 million
3. Superhero Movie, $9.5 million
4. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, $7.8 million
5. Drillbit Taylor, $5.8 million

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Abbie Cornish: Ryan Phillippe's "Very Loving"

Alissa R — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:57:24 -0400

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She calls her Stop-Loss co-stars "beautiful guys"

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Aussie actress Abbie Cornish had no problem fitting in with the mostly male cast of her new war drama Stop-Loss.

“These are beautiful guys,” she recently told Details of rumored on-again fling Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

“They’re very loving, very caring, like brothers," she added. "They would come up and ruffle my hair and give me big hugs and say ‘You all right?’”

In a recent chat with Howard Stern, Phillippe did not deny dating Cornish at the time of his 2006 split from Reese Witherspoon. He declined to comment on his love life in a new interview with USA Today.

She, too, remained mum about their romance.

She said she didn't like when photographers took her picture with Phillippe's children, Ava and Deacon.

“It’s difficult, because you’re just taking a kid into a store,” she said. “The bottom line is that you’re just living.”

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Ryan Phillippe: I Don't Look at Photos of Reese and Jake

Mandi Illuzzi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:00:20 -0400

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"It's bizarre," he says of seeing Witherspoon move on

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Days after he told Howard Stern that Jake Gyllenhaal is "a good dude", Ryan Phillippe admits he avoids looking at photos of his ex Reese Witherspoon and the hunky actor in magazines.

"It's bizarre," the Stop-Loss star, 33, tells USA Today. "There's plenty of times when I say, 'What a strange situation I've found myself in.' But at a certain point you know it's going to happen, so you are prepared in some fashion."

Phillippe — who dated co-star Abbie Cornish around the time of his 2006 split from Witherspoon — was mum when it came to talking about his own love life.

"It's just something I would really rather not address," he says. "It has to be a 'no comment.' "

But he says he is open to walking down the aisle again one day.

"I can see doing it again, yeah," Phillippe says. "And I can certainly see possibly having children again. I'm pretty young, and there are many beautiful things about that idea of marriage and family. It just doesn't always work out perfect for everybody."

For now, he says he is content hanging with his kids, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4. He tells USA Today he recently curled up in bed with them and watched Nancy Drew.

Says Phillippe, "I love those moments."

To see photos of Reese and Jake's new lovenest and to find out why Jake's family wants a wedding, pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.

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Ryan Phillippe: Jake Gyllenhaal is "a Good Dude"

Henry Seltzer — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:54:41 -0400

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"I love her and I want her to be happy, and it seems like she is," he says of Reese Witherspoon

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Ryan Phillippe wishes ex wife Reese Witherspoon happiness with her new beau Jake Gyllenhaal.

"He's a good dude," Phillippe said on The Howard Stern Show Thursday. "I love her and I want her to be happy, and it seems like she is."

Phillippe described his 2007 divorce from Witherspoon as a "mutual" decision.

"Leading up to it, we had been spending so much time apart," he explained. "That's a huge part of it. There are so many obstacles."

The Stop-Loss star, 33, spent much of the interview denying hook-ups with an array of famous women.

A make-out session with Britney Spears in May 2007? "Not true," the actor said.

Hooking up with Ashlee Simpson in March 2007? "Again, not true," Phillippe responded. "I stood next to her at a place called Les Deux, a club in Los Angeles."

Sex with his I Know What You Did Last Summer costar Jennifer Love Hewitt? "I did not have sex with [her]," he said. "It did occur to me. She was very young and her mother was there all the time... but I was in a hot tub with her when she was 18."

"I know Lindsay Lohan wanted you," Stern pressed.

"Yeah," Phillippe responded.

Phillippe conceded to Stern that Angelina Jolie is "probably" the hottest actress he's filmed a love scene with.

"Is she very sexual?" Stern asked.

"I would think so, yeah," Phillippe responded, though he also denied hooking up with the actress while they filmed 1998's Playing By Heart.

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Ryan Phillippe: I Almost Enlisted in the Army

Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:59:31 -0400

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"Out of high school, I didn't have a ton of options," he says

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Ryan Phillippe almost enlisted in the U.S. Army during the first Gulf War.

"Out of high school, I didn't have a ton of options because my grades weren't the best and I didn't come from money," he explains in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.

"When I graduated, it was around the time of the first Gulf War and I did go and sit in a recruitment office and got the T-shirt and everything," the 33-year-old says. "The guy who went in with me ended up going over and serving in the first Gulf War, but I went to New York to be an actor instead."

Phillippe costars in Stop-Loss, a drama about the military's involuntary service extension clause that hits screens this Friday, with Abbie Cornish, with whom he's been linked.

He has two children – Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4 – with ex Reese Witherspoon.

Watch ET tonight for the full interview with Phillippe.

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See Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe in Barack Obama Video

Lindsay Powers — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:58:39 -0500

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“I would like to see a cleaner Earth for my child,” Alba says

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Proof of Barack Obama’s star power: Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington and Ryan Phillippe are appearing in a video made by the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am.

"I've been really active on the campaign trail," Washington told Usmagazine.com. "I missed the first [video] and I heard that they doing another one. I think it's so great that Will.i.am is lending his musical genius to this movement. Jessica Alba and I were there around the same time, which was great."

"I would like to see a cleaner Earth for my child that I’m bringing into the world very soon," Alba says in the video.

"Kerry was excellent about doing the video," video director Jesse Dylan told Us. "She really had a very powerful thing to say and she was very honest and compelling. For anyone who wants to be involved that's important."

George Lopez also appears in the video, chanting “O-BAM-A” to the beat.

Click here to read Obama’s exclusive interview with Us while on the campaign trail, and here for Clinton’s critique of her worst outfits ever.

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Ryan Phillippe Wears a Barack Obama Shirt

Henry Seltzer — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:53:09 -0500

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Reese Witherspoon has spoken positively of Hillary Clinton

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Ryan Phillippe has made up his mind: he's supporting Barack Obama for president.

The 33-year-old actor wore a t-shirt with an image of Obama and the word "progress" on it in L.A. Thursday.

Phillippe's ex-wife Reese Witherspoon has previously spoken about her enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton.

"Hillary Clinton being a frontrunner is a marked step for women in this country, and one which I talk about with my daughter frequently," she has said. "It's an exciting time and an exciting presidential race I think. There's a lot of interesting candidates who could possible change the course of American history."

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Ryan Phillippe: I Had Marriage Trouble "Long Before" Abbie Cornish

Henry Seltzer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:33:12 -0500

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The actor opens up about his split from Reese Witherspoon

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Ryan Phillippe doesn't want Abbie Cornish labeled "the other woman."

"I had difficulties in my relationship, and in my marriage, long before I ever met her," he tells W magazine of the Australian actress reported to have been a factor in his 2006 split from wife Reese Witherspoon.

"She and I are close friends, and as far as if there is any future, that is not where we are at now," the 33-year-old says of Cornish, his costar in the forthcoming Stop-Loss.

"That is what other people like to say or like to assume," he added. "As far as I'm concerned, it's a friendship, and we are getting to know each other in a really difficult situation."

"I've had a lot of upheaval in my personal life," he says in the March issue of the magazine.

Phillippe describes his divorce from Witherspoon – finalized in October after seven years of marriage – as "the darkest, saddest place I had ever been."

The actor was especially concerned about their two children, Ava, 9, and Deacon, 4. "I wanted to take time to make sure that my kids were okay and to build a new life that was going to be suitable to being a single parent," he says.

"It was a struggle," he says. "There were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life."

"You get through it," he added. "It’s a process that’s not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day."

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