"I guess as a white heterosexual man living in the United States, I should feel like I'm part of the big accepted group," concedes Sarsgaard, who earned his greatest pre-Kinsey acclaim for portraying
buttoned-down New Republic editor Chuck Lane, who uncovered the pathological fabrications of journalist Stephen Glass, in 2003's fact-based Shattered Gloss.
Sex and the Kinsey guy: while sexual fluidity may attract talented actors like Kinsey's Peter Sarsgaard, it seems to frighten away audiences--and Oscar voters. The actor and his openly gay directors speculate on why
That's when the
buttoned-down suit-and-tie crowd really cut loose.
GOP cuts loose at rockin' bashes
So instead of playing the free-spirited Becky she plays the more
buttoned-down and unlikeable fiancee Karen.
That's why the lady is no vamp
He's a dandy who lived in
buttoned-down New York; in Marseilles, he becomes more flamboyant.
Lionel Chetwynd and the enigmatic mr. Fry
This is a common scene across the South: people inveighing against Washington, muttering--in the most respectable,
buttoned-down and bourbon-sipping company--about the Clintons and the liberals.
Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture
On TV, Jeeves and Wooster made him a thinking man's
buttoned-down sex symbol for fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bright & brassy: legendary actor-author-wit Stephen Fry makes his screen directorial debut with Bright Young Things
Sun President and CEO Paul Godfrey couldn't be more different from
buttoned-down Eyton, nor the culture at the flagship Toronto Sun itself--a Great White Northern version of USA Today--more of a contrast to conventional Edper.
Toronto travails
A little less
buttoned-down, blow-dried primness might prompt voters to cut members of Congress a little more slack.
Congressional Chronicles
Successful middle-aged Madrid lawyer Daniel (Fernando Guillen Cuervo) strays from his
buttoned-down life and circle of posh queeny friends to go nuts for strapping refugee Kyril (Dritan Biba), a standout among the hordes of hot politically displaced Eastern European bucks flooding Spain in hope of a better tomorrow.
Senor wrong: the sexy-refugee-meets-uptight-Spaniard flick Bulgarian Lovers never digs deep enough
He graduated law school but rejected the
buttoned-down legal world for advertising.
Style Court's Judge Henry Roth: hear ye, hear ye: designer Henry Roth is handing down fashionable verdicts on the Style Network
I find it really difficult to generalize because gay people are all so different: They're conservative and they're liberal and they're right-wing and left-wing and flamboyant and
buttoned-down. So as far as whether gay people like my music, I hope so.
Moby's mission: with a new CD ready to go, the king of pop electronica continues to defy both musical and sexual labels. But he has no problem taking sides when it comes to gay rights and Eminem
For Songcatcher she has invented a
buttoned-down musicologist named Dr.
Songcatcher
MACKENZIE ASTIN will be popping up on First Years, the NBC mid-season dramedy (premiering March 19), as Warren Harrison, the
buttoned-down but very out associate at a San Francisco law firm.
Astin 'n' hopin'