Matthew Breen is the editor in chief of The Advocate and the deputy editor for Out. Breen was named Editor in Chief of The Advocate in March 2011. He first joined the Out staff in 2003.www.advocate.com
Matthew Breen is the editor in chief of The Advocate and the deputy editor for Out. Breen was named Editor in Chief of The Advocate in March 2011. He first joined the Out staff in 2003.
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Thomas M. Garnet is the owner of his own full time video production company in Miami, FL. Along with his partner of 22 years, he runs also two divisions of the company specifically catered to the LGBT community – Click Click Expose (Gay Entertainment Media) – which targets pageantry, podcasting and internet radio and the CCE Sports Network. Thomas is a former Managing Director of AMC Theatres and Loews Theatres, a former public school teacher and was the field producer for the 1993 March on Washington video which was produced by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. After leaving teaching, management and public policy – he devotes his efforts full time to his passion – which is video production and live web streaming.
Kevin Majoros is the contributing sports writer for the Washington Blade and the host of Capital Sports TV on the CCE Sports Network. As an athlete, Majoros is an 8-time Gay Games medalist in the sports of swimming, track and field and open-water swimming.
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We’re Making Sports History
The CCE Sports Network is the nation’s first and only LIVE web streaming on-line sports website dedicated exclusively to broadcasting the Gay and Lesbian Sports community. Did you know there are more than 200 tournaments, matches and games happening somewhere across the United States? Every month, more than 100,000 LGBT athletes have their choice of dozens of tournaments that can participate & compete.
WE HAVE CREATED A FLEXIBLE AND MOBILE LIVE WEB STREAMING PRODUCTION TEAM CAPABLE OF FILMING, EDITING, LIVE STREAMING AND PRODUCING VIDEO CONTENT COVERING THE BREATH AND DEPTH OF THE GAY AND LESBIAN SPORTS COMMUNITY.
The Production Vision
1) To create a multi-camera broadcast complete with play by play commentary, on-screen scoring, music, commercials and interviews;
2) To create an engaged audience through live chat and live photography updates during the live web broadcast;
3) To produce monthly content that will drive on-line viewership which includes news & sports shows, documentaries and instructional videos;
4) To create diversity in programming by showcasing a number of different sports including tennis, soccer, hockey, basketball, swimming, wrestling, figure skating, water polo, diving. By the end of 2016, we wish to add volleyball, softball, bowling, rowing, rugby & flag football to the live broadcast schedule.
WE ARE A FREE SERVICE TO ALL LGBT SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, DONATIONS & COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
Our Web Audience
1) There are more than 8 LGBT national association governing bodies who promote, host, train and advocate for their member sports. Each association has thousands of members, hundreds of individual clubs and dozens of tournaments, matches and events throughout the year.
2) With more than 100,000 active LGBT sports athletes (competing in more than 200 tournaments, matches & games) who have family, friends, fans & supporters – the CCE Sports Network has the ability to attract more than 500,000 viewers to its live broadcast & archived content. Expanding to the LGBT community at-large and sports fans across the world, we have a potential audience of more than 1 million viewer interactions through live broadcast, archived content, live chat & live photography updates.
WE HAVE STARTED OUR 4TH YEAR OF BROADCASTING AND HAVE ACHIEVED:
30 LIVE broadcasts;
123,422 viewers (as of 09/19/2015);
81 days of live streaming; and
568 hours of live web streaming.
Broadcast Event Focus and Timetable
Broadcast Year 1 – May 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012 — Tennis
Broadcast Year 2 – Jan 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013 — Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo
Broadcast Year 3 – Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 — Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Wrestling, Basketball, Figure Skating, Hockey & monthly sports show
Broadcast Year 4 – Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 – Tennis, Soccer, Basketball & monthly sports show – Goal to add: Flag Football & Softball
Broadcast Year 5 – Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 – Our goal for 2016 is to have Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Softball, Volleyball, Rugby & Swimming
Broadcast Year 6 – Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 – Our goal is to be the exclusive live web streaming provider for World OutGames Miami in Miami, Florida May 26 – June 4 along with providing coverage for Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Softball, Volleyball, Rugby, Swimming, Water Polo & Diving.
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Charlie David:
Charlie David has been a host for E! Television, NBC, OutTV, LOGO, here! TV, Pink TV, EGO, Fine Living and Slice Networks on such shows as FYE!, SpyTV, Crash Test Mommy and his travel series Bump which shot over 100 episodes around the world and garnered a Hugo Television award. He has appeared as musical guest on VH1, BBC, CBS’s The Early Show, and dozens of radio shows.
In 2005 Out Magazine recognized Charlie in the ‘Out 100’ at their gala in New York. In 2007 the Philadelphia Film Society awarded Charlie with their Rising Star Award. In 2008 the Festival del Sol in Gran Canaria awarded their Best Male Actor Award to Charlie and the male cast of A Four Letter Word. Formerly in a rock band… okay, actually it was a boy band, Charlie opened for Destiny’s Child, Pink, Snoop Dogg, Rick Springfield and Black Eyed Peas.
A love of storytelling led Charlie to start Border2Border Entertainment Inc., a production company whose film and television credits include Mulligans, Judas Kiss, I’m a Stripper (series), Studlebrity and Positive Youth. Border2Border Entertainment’s films have been licensed to Showtime, Super Channel, HBO Canada, MTV/LOGO, Sundance Channel, Condé Nast Entertainment, Discovery Networks, The Movie Network, Movie Central, Encore Avenue, and OutTV in North America as well as finding a worldwide audience through international distribution partners.
He is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts and his current passions include motorcycle cruises, high adrenaline encounters with wildlife, SCUBA diving and sports. He resides in Toronto and Montréal, Canada when he’s not living out of a suitcase.
Element Twenty Two
Presents
A
Red Headed Revolution
Production
Paternity Leave
Directed by Matt Riddlehoover
Written by Matt Riddlehoover and Dustin Tittle
Publicity
Element Twenty Two
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Sales Representation
Border2Border Entertainment
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Starring
Greg JACOB YORK
Ken CHARLIE DAVID
Thomas CHRIS SALVATORE
Co-Starring
Alex RAFAEL SOCHAKOV
Connie REBECCA LINES
Dr. Elliot SUSANNAH DEVEREUX
Filmmakers
Writer/Director MATT RIDDLEHOOVER
Co-Writer DUSTIN TITTLE
Producer
Executive Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Associate Producers
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Editor
Still Photography
CAMERON MCCASLAND
DAVID PETERS
MICHAEL PERRINE
JASMINE MCATEE
JONATHAN OW
LUCA RACITI
JOSH ICKES
LORI PURYEAR
MIRANDA MEGILL
ETHAN JAMES
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Synopsis
Matt Riddlehoover’s Paternity Leave is a romantic comedy about Greg (Jacob
York), Ken (Charlie David), and a moment of passion on the eve of their four
year anniversary that changes the course of their lives forever.
Greg begins feeling nauseated, fatigued, moody and – most unfortunately –
fat. At his wit’s end and Ken’s insistence, he sees a doctor who’s stumped and
refers the couple to a specialist. To everyone’s amazement, Greg is pregnant.
Shock, stress, and fear settle in, and Greg’s relationship gets put to the
ultimate test.
Co-starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out: All You Can Eat, Drama Camp, The
Open Weekend), Paternity Leave poses a modern answer to the age old
question: “Are we ready to be parents?”
About the Production
“What Paternity Leave does,” co-writer Dustin Tittle explains, “is co-opt the
traditional family and some of its roles. There’s a total blurring of the lines
and it’s easy to forget it’s about two men – it’s about two people.”
“When I first read the script, I laughed so much,” actor Charlie David recalls.
“It’s such a wild and fun concept… Obviously, we live in a world where the
idea of having babies isn’t out of the norm – but two dudes doing it is very
out of the norm. And yet, it also largely mirrors the reality of where we are…
looking at gay marriage and adoption and surrogacy. It’s very relevant.”
Shot in seven days, principal photography of the film began on September 1,
2014 – Labor Day – in Nashville, TN. It made its world premiere at the
Nashville Film Festival on April 19, 2015, and its West Coast premiere at
FilmOut San Diego on May 30, 2015.
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About the Cast
Jacob York (Greg), a native of Benton, KY, moved to Atlanta, GA seven
years ago to participate in the Shakespeare Tavern’s Apprentice Program.
Some of his roles include Macbeth (The Atlanta Shakespeare Company),
Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (Tennessee Repertory
Theatre), Bennett Riggs in Angry Fags (7 Stages), Tubbs in Middle School:
The Musical (Alliance Theatre), and Tom in Fat Pig (Aurora Theatre). In
addition to acting, Jacob is a playwright whose first show, Homers,
premiered at the Georgia Ensemble Theatre & Conservatory in early 2015.
Charlie David (Ken) is an actor and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his
role on the LGBT horror series, Dante’s Cove. His feature film acting credits
include A Four Letter Word, Mulligans, 2 Frogs in the West, Judas Kiss, and
More Scenes from a Gay Marriage. He has also worked as a host on a
number of TV shows, like F.Y.E!, SpyTV, Bump!, and Crash Test Mommy.
More recently, he has produced and directed a number of acclaimed
documentary features, including Positive Youth, I’m a Porn Star, and I’m a
Stripper.
Chris Salvatore (Thomas) is a singer/songwriter and actor. After graduating
from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in 2008, Chris made his
feature film debut in Eating Out: All You Can Eat, a romantic comedy
directed by Q. Allan Brocka. He then went on to star in two successful
sequels to Eating Out, both of which premiered on Logo in 2011. Chris
recently appeared on stage in an original play, Pieces, which received rave
reviews from New York critics during its sold-out run. His music has been
featured on MTV and is now available through iTunes and other online
stores.
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Writer-Director Matt Riddlehoover
Paternity Leave 2015/director, screenwriter
FilmOut Audience Award nominee, Best Feature
FilmOut Audience Award nominee, Best Screenplay
More Scenes from 2014/director, screenwriter, actor
a Gay Marriage TLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best Gay Comedy
TLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best Director
TLA Gaybie nominee (& winner), Best Lead Actor
West Hollywood 2013/director, screenwriter, actor
Motel TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay Comedy
Scenes from a 2012/director, screenwriter, actor
Gay Marriage TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay Comedy
Gaze 2010/director
(documentary) TLA Gaybie nominee, Best Gay Documentary
Bookends 2008/director, screenwriter, actor
To a Tee 2006/director, screenwriter, actor
Reading Into It 2005/director, screenwriter, actor
(short)
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About the Filmmakers
Matt Riddlehoover (writer/director) is an award-winning, Nashville-based
filmmaker. His work has appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien,
Out.com, and in Filmmaker Magazine. He is married to Dustin Tittle, a
Nashville native and co-writer of Paternity Leave. They have two cats; one of
whom is very sweet.
Dustin Tittle (co-writer) was raised in the open sewer called “the music
industry,” where he learned from a young age to take as few things seriously
as possible. A published writer, Dustin’s wit miraculously disappears during
any and all attempts to “try to write,” so most of his contributions to Paternity
Leave have been the result of impromptu one-liners written without his
knowledge but with his permission.
Cameron McCasland (producer) is a filmmaker whose work has garnered
awards at Crossroads Film Festival, Worldfest Houston, Fearless Film
Festival, as well as a special humanitarian award from the Rondo Hatton
Classic Horror Film Board, and five Emmy nominations.
Josh Ickes (director of photography) is a premiere cinematographer
specializing in the phantom camera, high end car rigs, and steadicam
operation. He has photographed several film, television, live concert and
special event productions for clients like Honda and Verizon. Ickes has also
lensed Olympic athletes, country music superstars, and rock ‘n’ roll legends.
Miranda Megill (editor) is a Nashville-based film editor and sound designer.
Paternity Leave marks her fifth collaboration with Matt Riddlehoover.
Ethan James (still photography) is a published photographer whose images
have appeared in magazine and book publications nationally and across the
seas (Brazil, Australia, London, Germany, etc.).
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Reviews
“Paternity Leave might be the world’s funniest
‘gaymantic’ comedy… it is hilarious through and through.
The entire cast is superb… the writing is so crisp.”
-Timothy Rawles, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
“…a laugh-filled film about the ups and downs
a pending newborn would add to any relationship.”
-Jonathan Pinkerton, Examiner.com
“Satiric, yet heartfelt… well worth seeing.”
-Brad Hart, Rage Monthly
“A little bundle of cinematic joy…
it’s a labor of love, laughter, and a few tears.”
-Kansas City LGBT Film Festival
“If you’re looking for LGBT comedy…
Paternity Leave is your pick.”
-James Grady, Out & About Newspaper
