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Ethan Coen, half of the filmmaking brother duo “Drive-Away Dolls,” an idea the couple dreamed known for cinema touchstones such as “The Big up together more than 20 years ago.

Lebowski” and “Fargo,” lays it all out very simply after I mention that “Drive-Away Dolls,” his latest, “We were always open personally and privately,” is the queer film I didn’t know I needed: “We felt Cooke says. “I mean, being open in a public way, that there was an underserved community that it feels almost the same. I was just like, ‘Really, needed a dumb gay movie.” people are going to care? OK, whatever.’ I mean, I think it’s really great to present a kind of nonThe “we” this time, though, doesn’t involve his traditional or more unconventional relationship brother Joel, but his wife of 34 years, Tricia Cooke, in a way of like, ‘This is how the world exists, and who calls it a “silly lesbian movie.” Silly it may be, it can be very healthy and rewarding,’ and so I’m but “Drive-Away Dolls” also tucks timely socio- happy to do that.” political commentary on queer oppression into all its frivolity, and it does so with a DeSantis-like Coen has similar feelings about their dynamic, politician played by Matt Damon, lots of dildos calling it their “boring, everyday reality.” and same-sex soccer players who make out while “It doesn’t seem interesting to us,” he adds, Linda Ronstadt’s “Long Long Time” plays over the “and if anyone else is interested, well, OK, that’s scene. interesting. I guess it is to some people. We’ve been in an open relationship for over 20 years, “I mean, putting a whole basement full of lesbian and so it’s good people are coming around.” soccer players together, it’s just like my fantasy,” Cooke says. “It’s fiction. It’s certainly not meant Before “Drive-Away Dolls,” which Cooke coto depict reality, but yeah, I mean, I hope that wrote and co-directed, she served as editor on young people who see it are inspired.” many Coen brothers films, including “Fargo” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Cooke leaving her In the film, friends Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and lesbian stamp on “Drive-Away Dolls” makes for Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) take a road trip the queerest work in the Coen repertoire (even to Florida and, while en route, find themselves gayer than Brad Pitt as personal trainer Chad in running from government officials who want “Burn After Reading,” a notion that elicits this what they didn’t even know they had in the guffawed response from Coen when I ask if Chad trunk of their rental car. While the movie’s utter was gay: “You’d have to ask Brad, but I’m sure he ridiculousness is clearly imagined, contemporary would be tickled by the idea.”) themes involving Florida, a state that has put queer people in danger, are pulled straight from “Drive-Away Dolls” originated from Cooke’s real life headlines. Dildos and Miley Cyrus, both desire to see more of the films she says were of which have iconic cameos, may not save us, “hugely impactful” to her: ’90s-era LGBTQ+ but if you’re going to make a movie that mirrors films like “Go Fish” (“a good, important kind of some of our country’s queerphobia, at least it fun movie for me”) and “But I’m a Cheerleader.” can be dumb and gay with a purpose.

Queer classics like “La Cage aux Folles,” from 1979, and “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy For Cooke, the screwball-comedy tone was the Dean, Jimmy Dean,” released in 1982, were also result of what she thought queer cinema had on her mind. The latter two, she says, shaped her been lacking: “lesbian comedies that didn’t end understanding of her sexual identity in her teen in some kind of tragic or unhappy way.” years. Another big influence on her and “DriveAway Dolls” was self-proclaimed “filth elder” and It’s hard to imagine this film even existing at all pioneering DIY filmmaker John Waters. if Cooke, a lesbian, and Coen weren’t in an open marriage. After they married in 1990, they had “We wanted to just do something transgressive,” two children. In fact, there’s a good chance that, she says. “I mean, we could never reach the kind without their personal relationship, there’d be no of genius level of John Waters, but we were trying to be subversive in our way.”

Cooke also imparted her own personal experiences as a lesbian in the early 2000s, when she began drafting the screenplay with Coen. At the time, she was spending some of her nights at Meow Mix and Cattyshack, two lesbian bars in New York. The lesbian bars in “Drive-Away Dolls,” including one called The Butter Churn, are influenced by that period in Cooke’s life. “I wanted for those to feel authentic,” she says.

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that Meow Mix and Cattyshack now no longer “Star Wars,” a franchise that has been critiqued exist. “We didn’t manage to get it made then,” for limiting people-of-color roles.

Coen says, “and just put it in a drawer, then came back to it and did some rewriting.”

“I watch movies from all over the world. New things are interesting. Diversity is interesting. I’m Throughout the film, the old-school charms of almost tempted to say things I shouldn’t say, but gay life in the mid-aughts are omnipresent — who wants to watch ‘Star Wars’? It’s the same when it comes to dating, there’s no PinkCupid. issue,” he says. com — and Cooke, who has been involved with the Queer Liberation March as an organizer and Cooke elaborated, suggesting that franchises and archives committee member, has seen a lot blockbusters like “Star Wars” offer studios a level change for LGBTQ+ people since “Drive-Away of financial security that a film like “Drive-Away Dolls” first hit the page. The goal was to “make a Dolls” can’t. movie that felt representative of my community at the time.”

“Because they’re high stakes when you’re making a movie, because they’re expensive to make, I “I felt like the world that I knew, at least in the feel like getting funding to make a movie is hard, lesbian bars, was very specific to that time and and there wasn’t as much trust in people who that generation,” Cooke says. “And I mean, not hadn’t done it before,” she said. “But the fact that that I haven’t evolved as well, but it felt like I new people within marginalized communities are wouldn’t be able to represent an authentic kind being trusted to make movies, and those movies of world if it was contemporary. Some of the are not only important, good movies but making jokes are so dated. But we kind of wanted to keep a lot of money, it’s kind of changing the trust level that very naïve, innocent feel.” in the world of queer cinema or Black cinema. It’s just important to give people a chance.”

One running joke (spoilers ahead on Cyrus’ role) is literally from another time and, in fact, based on a real person: Cynthia Albritton, aka Cynthia Plaster Caster. Caster was known for making plaster casts of famous musicians’ erect penises, and when the filmmakers approached Cyrus, they explained the basis of her character.

“When we approached her, we knew her music and we knew her from ‘SNL’ and some performances, but we didn’t know the extent of her fascination with phalluses,” Cooke says, sharing that they went into more detail than was necessary about her role in the film. “She’s Chris Azzopardi is the Editorial Director of like, ‘I thought that’s why you hired me.’ She Pride Source Media Group and Q Syndicate, just assumed that we knew that she performed the national LGBTQ+ wire service. He with gigantic dildos and had a dildo room in her has interviewed a multitude of superstars, house. She said, ‘Yeah, they interviewed me in including Cher, Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey Town & Country in my room, in my dildo room.’ and Beyoncé. His work has also appeared All of those cool things together: Town & Country, in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ dildo room and Miley Cyrus.” and Billboard. Reach him via Twitter @ chrisazzopardi.

Looking ahead, this is just the beginning of the Coen and Cooke filmmaking partnership, or as Coen puts it: “We have more lesbian movies in us.” Next up is the detective story “Honey Don’t,” set to shoot in March, which Margaret Qualley will return for, while also adding Chris Evan and Aubrey Plaza to the mix. “And since there are two of them, you can’t do two and not do a third, so we’ve got a third one we’ve been talking about,” he adds. Cooke says that film will be called “Go Beavers.”

As Coen and Cooke work together to bring queer diversity to cinema with their lesbian B-movie comedies, the two reflected on the entirety of representation in Hollywood. Coen brought up

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Reading the Queens

By Larry Olsen

The world first got to know psychic medium Roy Is there anything we can do to ensure that Tomko from his popular YouTube series, Reading we receive all that the universe has to offer in the Queen and Reading the King. Fans of spirit 2024? channeling found his candid banter with drag Absolutely! I encourage everyone to set queens and gay male models to be refreshing and your intentions, do your affirmations, and create fun. They enjoyed the anything goes mentality to your manifestations. Continue to release the proceedings and that inevitable OMG moment what doesn’t serve you so you can receive and be when the celebrity begins to realize that the open to what does. reading is, in fact, legit.

Can we learn to hear spirit on our According to Tomko, blending the spirit world and own, without the help of medium? the LGBTQ+ community has proved a match made Mediums have the ability to raise our vibrations to in heaven. “It’s a chance for me to provide healing the energy level of spirit, which allows us to see to the community I love and am a proud member of signs and engage in a clearer communication and to show the world how beneath a drag queen’s between both worlds. However, I do believe makeup and sequence or a gay king’s muscles and everyone is shown signs and that as long as one spray tan, they are individuals like everyone else, has an open mind and open heart, we can all see, seeking healing and messages from loved ones.” hear, smell, and feel our loved ones around us.

We spoke with Roy Tomko to learn more.

What are signs we should look out for?

Some signs that loved ones are around are Do you see dead people? butterflies, birds, coins, dollar bills, a feather, or (Laughing) Spirit has always been part of my life, even a specific scent of a flower or cigar. Signs for as long as I can remember. I started seeing are unique and individual to each person and their Spirit at around three or four years old and into my loved ones. teen years. Since then, Spirit has changed how it shows itself to me.

How can we know if spirit approves of the person we are dating?

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For validation on specific questions, I advise my Today, I’m claircognizant. Spirit appears to me clients to give Spirit a sign that you feel connected more as a ‘clear knowing’. It is a psychic ability to. For example, an eagle. Ask your guides that involves knowing information that I couldn’t to show you an eagle - whether on TV or in a possibly know normally. You can imagine it as magazine, or flying above - within a set time frame. knowledge pouring into the top of my head.

If you see the sign, then you know your answer.

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In my communications with Spirit, I have found that they are around us whenever we need Can you read yourself? them. They may step away for some moments, I cannot read myself! I wish I could! Luckily, I have but they make themselves known again a gifted friend who I trust and can go to in times during times we call upon them or when we are when I need guidance. But typically, I rely on the going through something challenging in our two things I encourage my clients to always lean lives. Spirit knows when to step in and when to on: my good sense and intuition. step away.

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Getting Ready for the

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As the winter chill begins to thaw and the promise of spring beckons, it’s time to shake off the doldrums of the colder months and embrace the vibrant energy of the new season.

Getting ready for spring isn’t just about shedding layers; it’s about revitalizing our bodies, our spaces, and our wardrobes to match the blossoming beauty all around us.

First and foremost, spring is the perfect time to focus on our physical health. After months of hibernation, our bodies may be craving movement and fresh air. Consider incorporating outdoor activities like hiking, biking, or even just taking leisurely walks in the park into your routine. Not only does exercise boost our mood and energy levels, but it also helps us shake off the sluggishness of winter and embrace the invigorating spirit of spring.

In addition to getting our bodies moving, spring is also the ideal time to embark on a little spring cleaning. There’s something incredibly satisfying about decluttering our living spaces and ushering in a sense of freshness and renewal. Set aside a weekend to tackle those neglected corners of your home, from organizing closets to deep-cleaning the kitchen. As you clear away the physical clutter, you’ll find that it’s also an opportunity to declutter your mind and create space for new beginnings.

And let’s not forget about our wardrobes! As the temperatures rise and the days grow longer, it’s time to pack away the heavy coats and wool sweaters and embrace lighter, brighter clothing options. Take stock of your wardrobe and identify any pieces that no longer spark joy or feel aligned with your personal style. Consider donating gently used items to local LGBTQ+ organizations or thrift stores, and treat yourself to a few key pieces that reflect the vibrancy of spring.

When refreshing your wardrobe for spring, think about incorporating cheerful colors, lightweight fabrics, and playful patterns that capture the essence of the season. From flowy sundresses to breezy button-down shirts, embrace pieces that make you feel confident, comfortable, and ready to take on whatever the season has in store.

Getting ready for spring is about more than just changing our calendars; it’s an opportunity to embrace a fresh start and embrace the beauty of renewal. By prioritizing our physical health, decluttering our living spaces, and refreshing our wardrobes, we can usher in the new season with a renewed sense of vitality and optimism. So, let’s bid farewell to winter’s chill and welcome the warmth and vibrancy of spring with open arms!

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