Kelly McGillis

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This week brings the news that Kelly McGillis, star of "Top Gun," "Witness," and "The Accused," was joined in a civil union with her long-time girlfriend, Melanie Leis, on Wednesday, September 15.

McGillis revealed that she was a lesbian in a 2009 interview with Shewired.com. She explained, "I really didn’t have to protect anyone by skirting the question, and I just decided to be absolutely honest.”

Recently she has appeared on stage as well as in two episodes of "The L Word." Her latest film is "Stake Land," a vampire movie that will be shown this week at the Toronto Film Festival.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Viola Davis In Doubt

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Viola Davis has only one scene in the movie "Doubt," but she's already been nominated for a Golden Globe and a SAG award.

She's won the National Board of Review's breakout performer of the year award, critics are talking about an Oscar nomination for her.

The actress who played the same role on the Broadway stage, Adriane Lenox, won a Tony for the same role.

Today she gives an informative interview on Twitch.com. She talks about the difference between stage and film acting.

There are some minor spoilers for the film in the interview, but not much worse than you get from watching the trailers.

When asked what she thinks happened with her character's son and the priest played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ms. Davis reveals she doesn't know what happened, but she knows what her character thinks.

Such character development may explain why she's receiving such accolades for her performance.

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