Fridae

Dustin Lance Black, whose script for Milk won the award for original screenplay, and Sean Penn who played the slain gay rights leader in the same movie both made a plea for same-sex marriage rights in their acceptance speeches.

Hong Kong's Chi Heng Foundation to hold a charity premiere screening of Milk on Friday, 13 Feb, at the IFC Broadway. Tickets are on sale now!

Sean Penn's performance as gay rights activist and California's first openly gay elected official has earned him a Best Actor nomination; Gus Van Sant is nominated for Best Director and Dustin Lance Black for Original Screenplay.

Fridae talks to the actor from Gus Van Sant's Milk who plays gay activist Harvey Milk's campaign staffer, Michael Wong.

In this Oscar contender, Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, a gay man who found himself becoming a community leader and drawn to political office as he got tired of being treated as a second-class citizen even in the supposedly liberal city of San Francisco in the 1970s.