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The Oscars are over. How about some indie flicks?
T
he D.C. Independent Film Festival harmed by pesticides. Screens with FRIDAY SUNDAY
is in its last week, and each day “Calzone” and “Red Revenge.” SENIOR MOMENTS at 7 p.m. Age is the TWILIGHT ZONE at 4:30 p.m. The
offers themed programs worth focus of a collection of works, including festival’s final day includes this
checking out. For a full list of the
WEDNESDAY
the feature-length Italian entry “The collection of spooky films that features
festival’s remaining shows (as well as MIDDLE EAST at 7 p.m. Among a Right Guy,” which tells the story of a Eric Espejo’s “Ghosts Don’t Exist,” about
seminars and music events) and to buy collection of short films about or set in 70-year-old widower thrust into a world a disenchanted and soon-to-retire ghost
tickets, visit www.dciff.org. More the Middle East is “All Birds Whistle,” a of deception after a desperate young hunter whose last case takes a terrifying
information is also available by calling gentle comedy about an elderly couple Russian girl walks through his door. turn. Screens with “Back to Life” and the
202-333-6615. whose lives change when their neighbor Screens with the short films “Mite,” “No morbid post-apocalyptic love story
All films are screened at U.S. Navy puts his canary in their charge. Screens Junk Mail” and “The Sundowners.” “When It Will Be Silent.”
Memorial Heritage Center, Burke with “Listen to This,” “My Enemy” and — Amy Orndorff and Justin Rude
Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW “UnderCover.”
SATURDAY
(Metro: Archives). $10, $7 students and
seniors.
THURSDAY
DARK HUMOR at 9:30 p.m. The late
themed session features four shorts: TODAY’S ONLINE TIP
GREEN EVOLUTION at 7 p.m. Two men “Motherhood,” “Rubbuds,” “Soap” and Plan your fantasy baseball team Tuesday
TUESDAY
strive to become the first “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are night: get expert advice on what will help
carbon-neutral, vegetarian, organic Undead” — the last one a comedy about you do well this season when the authors
POLITICS OF FOOD at 7 p.m. The film explorers to get to the North Pole in the Hamlet, the Holy Grail, sexy vampires of the number-crunching book “Baseball
“Bananas!” documents Juan documentary “Beyond the Pole.” Screens
KEVIN HENDERSON
and the unknown true story behind the Prospectus” come to town. Check
Dominguez’s battle with Dole Foods on with the short films “Bailout,” “Green IT’S A COMEDY: “Rosencrantz and Shakespeare play. goingoutguide.com for the information on
behalf of Nicaraguan banana workers Tunnel,” “Into the Zone” and “Skylight.” Guildenstern Are Undead.” this and more free events this week.
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After years of raising their family,
82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
D.C. couple becoming one — legally
Blinded by the sight: Vanity Fair’s
marriage from C1 the Human Rights Campaign
headquarters. Their vows might
after-party brings out the stars
alized what Young already knew. represent a huge cultural mo-
In the middle of a conversation ment to everyone else, but to
about schoolwork, she said ten- Young and Townsend it’s their
derly, “Every sunflower needs wedding. The chaos of the week
party from C1 goes, ‘You’ll never get to touch rain to grow. Would you be my means they’ve had no time to
her’ ”), and Nick Jonas fuels a rain?” plan. They requested only two
worship golden idolettes. It’s separate debate by interjecting, Young, who had long since giv- days off work — the day they got
church time on Sunset Boule- “Don’t tell me about that. You en up on Townsend understand- their license and the day of their
vard. Let us borrow the pro- weren’t there for 9/11.” We think ing the significance of her ap- wedding. The dress will be cham-
found cadence that Mo’Nique we hear advance word of a party pearances at the gym, was con- pagne-colored, the friend ex-
has perfected this awards sea- at Madonna’s, but it could be fused. She thought, “This has plains, with a lace overlay and a
son. wishful thinking goosed by pre- nothing to do with the case” they full skirt, very 1950s. Young
Lord. We ask. That one day. A paratory consumption of an en- had been discussing. squeals her approval.
talented woman. Will win. Best ergy drink. That was 12 years ago. They The couple had previously
Director. And deserve it. Shortly after midnight, San- have tattoos on their wrists now: been approached by the HRC,
Prayers answered. Kathryn Bi- dra Bullock arrives, takes over, Townsend’s says “Sunflower” and which was looking for pairs will-
gelow, director of “The Hurt strikes an oops-how-did-I-get- Young’s says “Rain.” ing to be among the first 10 to go
Locker,” holds court on the ter- this? pose with Oscar, as if “The On Tuesday they will have to the courthouse, and they had
race as a tangerine crescent Net” never happened. The gal- wedding bands as well. Town- agreed. But when they got to the
moon floats up from the twinkly axy explodes in camera flashes. send and Young, the first gay cou- courthouse last Wednesday
skyline. With the king of the She pulls husband Jesse James ple to apply for a marriage license
TRACY A. WOODWARD/THE WASHINGTON POST
morning, after a giddily sleepless
world dethroned only hours be- into a photo booth and then after the District of Columbia le- night, it was still dim outside and
fore, the former Mrs. James cackles when the goofy pictures galized same-sex unions, also will
Cameron seems ironically Na’vi- come out. Meanwhile, her be among the first to be married.
“You know
a clerk informed them that they
were actually the very first couple
esque in stature: proud, sub- “Speed” co-star Keanu Reeves
stantial, at least 6-3 in heels, chats up Somers, who’s every-
Everyday people
what they say
to arrive.
They were excited, “But just
bare biceps quivering from arm- where we turn. There she is at Young and Townsend don’t
curling her two Oscars. the bar. Here she is telling “Pre- know why anyone would want to
about
like I’m excited when I’m first in
line to get french fries at the caf-
“She’s tall,” whispers one cious” screenwriter Geoffrey read about them. They’re boring
woman. Fletcher that his acceptance people — a community outreach
everyone
eteria,” Townsend says. They
could have been 37th in line;
“She’s beautiful,” another says. speech was “the emotional mo- coordinator (Young) and a D.C.
“Hurt Locker” star Anthony ment of the year.” government supervisor (Town-
getting 15
what mattered is that they were
there.
Mackie pops out of a clot of tux- Across the room, feature send). They read, they shoot pool,
edos so he can headlock both his
DANNY MOLOSHOK/REUTERS
documentary winner and for- they occasionally go dancing,
minutes of
It wasn’t until after the paper-
work had been filed and they
director and writer-producer WOMAN OF THE YEAR: mer District resident Louie Psi- they walk the dog. Townsend, 41,
Mark Boal. “I wanna make out Kathryn Bigelow had her hands hoyos of “The Cove” tells us what paints and has filled their South-
fame? I can’t
emerged from courthouse in day-
light that they saw the crowds. A
with you guys,” Mackie bellows. full after multiple wins for the he would’ve said if he hadn’t east Washington home with art.
They settle for a group photo in- war drama “The Hurt Locker.” been played off by the orchestra. Young, 47, is a bubbly Lucille Ball
wait for
gantlet of reporters asking them
for comment, supporters cheer-
stead. “I was going to say the oceans type. They complement each oth-
Can you feel the love? An af- tage Hollywood. are in peril,” Psihoyos says. “Ev- er. What more is there to say?
Minute 16.”
ing encouragement, protesters
waving signs. Suddenly they be-
fection epidemic throbs to the Snowboarder Shaun White, erything from whales to plank- But maybe Mildred and Rich- gan to understand the difference
beat of disco funk. Ce-le-brate wearing American-flag leggings ton, which provides the oxygen ard Loving, the Virginia couple
— Angelisa Young
between first and First, to realize
good times, c’mon. Music-wise, and sporting two wingmen, that’s in this room right now.” whose marriage ultimately ended that they would be looked at for
you’d think this was a wedding wraps an arm around Jodie Fos- Smothered by Somers? We anti-miscegenation laws in 1967, what they represented as much
reception in Dayton, Ohio, but ter as someone begs them for a need more plankton! also thought they were boring. how to see the emotional side of as for who they were. Their two
visually it’s Annie Leibovitz on photo. Hilary Swank occupies There are people who seek out things. And she was patient with adult children support what
uppers: white roses, walls of the red-hot gravitational center fame, and there are people whose me,” Townsend says. She had they’re doing, but fear the reper-
hedges, silver platters of red vel- of the room with Mariska Hargi- A pair of wallflowers stands in boring lives get sewed up into the been in serious relationships be- cussions of the publicity: On the
vet cupcakes, flattering lighting, tay. The two of them seem to be the southeast corner of the ter- fabric of history and become acci- fore, but she was used to running phone, Young’s daughter pleads
mirrors everywhere. Everyone body-blocking young Carey Mul- race. The woman looks like Ellen dental celebrities. Maybe, some- when things got hard. “Angelisa with her, “Mommy, please be
swims through a gauzy haze, ligan, but then Jeremy Renner Barkin, but her face is pulled one suggests to Young and Town- showed me what it means to safe.”
with a cool breeze wafting in walks up and embraces her like tight as a trampoline, past the send, their lives will become part commit to another person.” They have friends who are con-
from the terrace. she’s a long-lost sister. point of easy recognition. of historical record. Forty years Early in their relationship, gratulatory, and acquaintances
Out front on Sunset Boule- “So great, so great,” she mur- “Let’s go over there,” her date from now people will wonder when both women were broke who are not — a man Young sees
vard, A-listers step gingerly out murs in his arms. The lullaby of says, pointing to the opposite who they were. and a date might consist of walk- almost every day, who normally
of black vehicles and are greeted Hollywood. You were so great. So end of the room. “It feels like The women didn’t expect the ing around the waterfront or the greets her with a jokingly flirta-
by their randy public. Charlize, great. we’ve been in this spot a while.” avalanche of attention that the monuments, Townsend gave her tious “Hey, baby!” was conspic-
J-Lo, Ryan Reynolds, Katy Perry The cameras hover while Ren- It does indeed. The Oscar tele- week brought — the phone calls, a piece of kite string as a present. uously silent when she saw him
and Russell Brand whip gawkers ner transfers his hug to Sean cast is replaying on a flat-screen the e-mails, the international “I told her that things wouldn’t the day after the courthouse. She
into a frenzy. And yet, Lauren Penn. And here’s what blows the near the terrace bar. Once was press, the sudden dissolution of always be easy,” she says, “but wanted to tell him, “Believe it or
Bacall — legend, icon, winner of mind: We suddenly realize that enough, and after 1:30 a.m. ev- privacy. Young was recognized in that we would hold on.” not, the person you said ‘Hey,
an honorary Oscar, patron saint Renner and Penn may be the erything seems redundant. The the shopping mall the other day At the time, Young was recov- baby’ to on March 2 was also a
of sultry smarts in the movies — only two men of a certain age at same stars keep bumping into by a man who had seen her on ering from a failed marriage to a lesbian with a partner.”
hoists herself from a car onto the this party (in this city?) with hor- us. (We said that’s enough, Bren- television when she emerged man — a union that had pro- Young’s voice briefly quavers.
curb and passes by unnoticed. izontal lines in their foreheads. dan Fraser.) But then a gust of from the courthouse. duced two children — and was of- After the years of waiting for this
Nary a cheer or genuflection. All the others are either espe- fresh air, followed by a cascade “You know what they say about ten pensive. When the couple moment, she says softly, “I don’t
This would have been merely cu- cially tranquil or thoroughly Bo- of silvery locks and a hailstorm everyone getting 15 minutes of moved in together, Townsend want to let anybody down.”
rious instead of sad, had Su- toxed. We could be wrong, but of “hey, mans” and “groovies.” fame?” Young says. “I can’t wait bought books on stepparenting. “What are you talking about?”
zanne Somers not pulled up be- even Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Jeff Bridges has ambled into the for Minute 16.” She and the children decided Townsend looks at her, con-
hind her and elicited squeals of Gyllenhaal’s droopy-eyed par- room with his gorgeous wife. She was raised in Washington Young was too uptight and in- cerned. “Just live your life.” What-
adoration. amour, seems a bit too smooth Everyone slides into El Duderi- by her mother, a nurse, who tear- vented a game called “Make Me ever anyone else thinks is their
for 39. no’s orbit. His aura feels nice, fully asked “What have I done Laugh,” with the sole goal of get- business; she and Young need to
Speculation spills over as free- earned, fatherly, good, but the wrong?” when Young told her, as ting Young to crack a smile. Now, only focus on each other.
We’re outnumbered, out- ly as the Moët. Tim Robbins feeling evaporates when he de- an adult, that she was a lesbian. Young says with mock chagrin, Young thinks that it’s more
flanked. Enter the Sunset Tower chats up blonde after blonde, parts. Another relative told her, “Baby, the children confide in Townsend complicated than that. “This is
at 11:30 p.m. and behold: The and our thoughts go to him and After 2 a.m., the bartenders watch out. They hurt people like more than their biological mom. for everyone who wants to get
density of star power feels crush- Susan Sarandon on past nights run out of clean tumblers. Then you.” Her family supports her Five years ago, when same-sex married,” she says. She used to
ing. Immediately, there is Patri- like this. Robert Downey Jr. they’re out of ginger ale. Some- now. marriage in Washington still run a support group for black
cia Clarkson stuck in the dark bends to kiss his wife’s belly, and one’s emptied their vodka into a Townsend’s grandmother in seemed hopelessly far away, they LGBT women and would end ses-
corner by the ladies’ room. Then we wonder, “Baby?” Meryl bowl of nuts. The white marble Ohio, where she’d grown up, decided not to wait for the law. sions by inviting everyone to sub-
Arianna Huffington, Sigourney Streep, draped in a dazzling floor in the main room is slicked tagged her with derogatory slurs They had a commitment cer- mit questions for the group to
Weaver, George Hamilton, bam- white gown and apologetic for with spilled drinks, and the car- when she learned Townsend was emony in Maryland with all the talk about. One day she unfolded
bam-bam. Kanye’s here, taller her martini breath, greets Chevy pet on the terrace is strewn with gay — she’d begun her coming traditional trimmings. Years a slip of paper that read, “I feel
than expected, smilier than ex- Chase, who responds by bellow- swizzle sticks. Black feathers out process after her brother passed, and different states slow- like committing suicide, but I’m
pected, with a big diamond stud ing “Powerful!” while pinching and crumpled In-N-Out burger peeked in her diary and read that ly began to repeal legislation out- scared.” To this day, whenever
in his ear. Spike Lee has decided and wiggling the skin of his wrappers litter the ground. The she was struggling with her sex- lawing same sex marriage. First Young is out, she looks for the
this is the night to wear a bedaz- neck. But we may have mis- cummerbund is riding up. The uality. Townsend now thinks her Massachusetts, then Connecti- writer of that note. She has never
zled beret. construed what was said and event’s winding down. Rachel grandmother was trying to steel cut, then Iowa. seen her.
The party is so jammed that done. It’s hard to hear above McAdams and Ben Stiller realize her for the way she might be “Every time a state would pass, “I am doing this because I love
everyone is caught in perpetual “Jive Talkin’ ” and “It’s Raining they’re too famous to be seen in treated. “She didn’t want me to I would cry,” Young says, wonder- my partner and we deserve to be
motion. Knees knock over glass- Men,” but random, unconnected the dying stages of a party, so get hurt,” Townsend says. Town- ing when her home town would married,” Young says. “But I am
es of pinot. Trains of dresses are scraps of conversation are get- they scoot. And so do we, back to send’s grandmother wanted her follow. also doing this because the first
trampled and torn. Cigarettes table. the starchy embrace of our hotel grandchildren to be self-suffi- one is always the hardest.”
singe the backs of hands. Burn, “I just wanted to take advan- beds, planning to knock on Ma- cient and encouraged her grand-
A harried week
Someone has to pave the way.
baby, burn — disco inferno! Get tage of the world in front of me,” donna’s door in our dreams. children to always go after what On a recent evening inside She still may run into that wom-
out of the way, abs of Taylor says Best Actress nominee Ga- argetsingera@washpost.com they wanted. their modern kitchen, Young an, and if she does she wants to
Lautner! You’re blocking the bourey Sidibe of “Precious” to an zakd@washpost.com After a few years of dating watches as a costume-designer be able say, “Now, sweetheart.
view of the Collins sisters, Joan affirming cluster of people. Young, she knew that what she friend sketches out the dress he Now you can come through the
and Jackie, who have staked out Meanwhile, Alec Baldwin is glee- Staff writer Jen Chaney contributed wanted was Angelisa. “I’m very plans to make her for the couple’s door.”
a banquette in the name of vin- fully recounting a story (“She to this report. analytical, but she showed me Tuesday morning ceremony at hessem@washpost.com
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