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FILM ANALYSIS Rewatching Stonewall at the movies
Early in gay director Nigel Finch's 1995 sort-of docudrama Stonewall, the drag queen La Miranda ( Guillermo Diaz ), who's one of the central characters, looks at the audience and says: "There's as many Stonewall stories ...
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MOVIES '5B' revisits first AIDS ward in Calif. hospital
The powerful new documentary 5B is about a group of caregivers opening the first AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital in the '80s. Through first-person testimony, stories are told to depict how caregivers handled the ...
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Gay Holocaust film being shown June 20
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, will show the documentary Dear Fredy on Thursday, June 20, 6:30-8 p.m. The movie shares the true story of Fredy Hirsch—an openly gay Jewish athlete ...
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WTTW hosts screening of 'The Lavender Scare'
During the Cold War era, fear and hatred of communism was extended to those who might be seen as susceptible to blackmail, including gays who worked for the federal government. The belief that "sex perverts" were ...
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'Lavender Scare' screening, panel June 15
On Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m., in honor of Pride month, WTTW and The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ( DCASE ) will host a screening of the new documentary The Lavender Scare, ...
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SHOWBIZ Celine Dion, GLAAD concert, Marlon Wayans, telenovela plot
On June 8, international superstar Celine Dion took the final bow of her 16-year Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a press release noted. In March 2003, Celine Dion forever premiered her first ...
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Matt Bomer meets Papi Chulo
There's a little indie movie hitting theaters on June 7 by the name of Papi Chulo that tells a unique story with an openly gay main character. Matt Bomer stars as Sean, a weatherman who is ...
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MOVIES Siskel showing LGBTQ+ movies
The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., is showing several LGBTQA+ features throughout Pride Month. Films include: —Sauvage Wild ( June 7-13 ): A 22-year-old gay hustler cycles through a series of mostly sexual ...
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Laquan McDonald doc '16 Shots' out June 14
Showtime Documentary Films announced it will premiere the new documentary 16 Shots, from Oscar-nominated director Richard Rowley ( Dirty Wars ), on Friday, June 14, at 8 p.m. CT. According to a press release, the feature ...
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Final Dyke Delicious screening, Stonewall Uprising, June 8
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The final screening of the Dyke Delicious film series, Stonewall Uprising, will take place June 8 at Chicago Filmmakers, 5720 N. Ridge Ave. "It was the Rosa Parks moment," says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC ...
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SHOWBIZ Jane Fonda, Lee Daniels, Lady Gaga, 'The Babadook'
Jane Fonda said she suffered a nervous breakdown during the first season of Grace and Frankie because she felt "triggered" by her character's plotline of being abandoned by her husband for another man, Page Six noted, ...
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Halston film opens at Music Box on June 7
Director Frederic Tcheng's Halston will open Friday, June 7, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave. The film focuses on the life and times of legendary designer Roy Halston Frowick, the man who aimed ...
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SHOWBIZ Cirque du Soleil, 'Downton Abbey' film, Mathew V, Whitney Houston
The producer of Cirque du Soleil and Dan Lin's Rideback have made a deal to develop feature films based on the stories and characters from the catalog of the iconic global live-entertainment franchise, Deadline noted. The ...
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Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps quantity, quality, diversity of LGBTQs in films
Los Angeles, CA, May 23, 2019 — GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released its seventh annual Studio Responsibility Index ( SRI ), a report that maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of ...
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Shout! releasing films for Pride Month
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, Shout! Factory is presenting an eclectic slate of movies arriving for the first time on Blu-ray. The films include the drag-queen classic To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar ...
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Queer actor plays gay character in teen comedy 'Booksmart'
Most students take their finals in classrooms. Austin Crute took his in a life-size clamshell. The queer actor was preparing to graduate from NYU while filming his first movie Booksmart, which follows two best friends ( ...
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SHOWBIZ Matt Bomer, Megan Rapinoe, Tom Ford, MTV Awards, EBTG
Out actor Matt Bomer stars in the movie Papi Chulo, out June 7, a press release noted. The plot focuses on a newly single, gay TV weatherman ( Bomer ) who is put on leave following ...
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SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW Summertime brings out the big guns, to no one's surprise
Summer is heating up at the movies and thanks to Avengers: Endgame, things are off to a good start as far as ticket sales. While the Avengers can't go back in time to really face off ...
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Advocate premieres homelessness doc
Community advocate Neil Karski debuted his locally produced Faces Uncovered: Shattered Lives—about Chicagoans experiencing homelessness—at an event held May 16 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater. Karski, who is founder of the local organization Street Samaritans, ...
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Actress Doris Day dies at 97
Iconic actress and longtime animal-rights activist Doris Day has died at 97, media outlets reported. USA Today noted that Day became a touchstone of pop culture, referred to in many TV shows and movies ( because ...
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Billy Masters
"There's a whole lot of sins that will keep you out of the kingdom of God. Here's just a sample: Sexually immoral can't get in; idolaters can't get in; adulterers can't get in. Men who practice ...
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'Moonlight,' 'Wonder Woman' part of summer film series
The Millennium Park Summer Film Series will offer a lineup of classic and recent movie selections on Tuesdays, June 4-Aug. 20, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & ...
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SHOWBIZ 'Pose,' Julia Roberts, Jonas Brothers, Madonna
Season two of the groundbreaking FX drama Pose will debut Tuesday, June 11, a press release touted. Pose is a drama spotlighting the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York's underground ball culture, a ...
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NATIONAL Dustin Lance Black, presidential candidates, Equality Act advances
Oscar-winning screenwriter/activist Dustin Lance Black said the U.S. is moving backward on LGBT rights, citing the Trump administration's military transgender ban, which went into effect last month, The Hill reported. Black called on advocates and lawmakers ...
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Randy Rainbow in town June 1
Openly gay comedian, singer and actor Randy Rainbow will bring his national "Randy Rainbow Live!" theater tour to Thalia Hall on Saturday, June 1, 2019. There are now two shows, at 6 and 9 p.m. A ...
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MOVIES Wing man Ralph Fiennes on his Nureyev biopic 'The White Crow'
Ralph Fiennes didn't need a magic spell to bring gay ballet icon Rudolf Nureyev back to life. Instead, the actor/director relied on the talents of Ukrainian dancer-turned-actor Oleg Ivenko in dramatizing a pivotal chapter in Nureyev's ...
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SHOWBIZ Lee Daniels, Destiny's Child, Sarah Jessica Parker, 'Andi Mack'
Director/producer Lee Daniels—who's one of the people behind the TV show Empire—talked about the situation surrounding Jussie Smollett, according to Extra. "The cast is upset, it is a sad time and we are slowly healing," he ...
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2019 Tony Award nods include one big snub
The nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced live by Brandon Victor Dixon and Bebe Neuwirth at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on April 30—and there was one ...
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Bordowitz, 'Nureyev' at Siskel in May
Two May events at the Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., focus on members of the LGBT community. On Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m., artist/activist/professor Gregg Bordowitz will present two films: the 1989 Marlon ...
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Ring of Silence shines light on human trafficking
A new film, available on-demand on Amazon Prime April 26, depicts the toll human trafficking—in this case, in the form of forced sex work—has taken upon young people in the American suburbs. Ring of Silence, directed ...
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Billy Masters
"Although my career may seem to glitter with hits, it has also been splattered by plenty of trash. I don't remember who it was that said she only did things she was proud of—I've done SO ...
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MOVIES Director Wanuri Kahiu on groundbreaking film 'Rafiki'
Director Wanuri Kahiu said there was one main idea that drew her to adapt the 2007 short story "Jambula Tree" for the screen: "It was incredibly important for me to show that falling in love is ...
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SHOWBIZ Tegan and Sara, 'The Boys in the Band,' Charlize Theron, Janet Jackson
Twins/indie band Tegan and Sara are releasing their memoir, High School, EW.com reported. It tells their coming-of-age story: growing up in Alberta, Canada, grappling with their sexuality, and facing the pressures of adulthood as the end ...
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'Intersectional feminist' web series turns dating app disasters into romantic comedy
Unflattering selfie angles, men posing with freshly caught fish and an abundance of "Rick and Morty" references are just some of the horrors one might encounter while swiping for their next Tinder match. These dating app ...
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EVENTS Talking with the stars of 'Heroes & Villains'
Heroes & Villains Fan Fest battled its way back in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont on April 19-21. The Easter holiday weekend can be a tough one for planning a massive event such ...
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Wild Nights with Emily offers new takes on Dickinson myths
"Emily Dickinson wished to be published posthumously," says Mabel Todd ( Amy Seimetz ), the poet's editor, at one point in the new dramatic comedy Wild Nights with Emily. "'Posthumous' refers to a soul that wishes ...
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Wild Nights with Emily screening through April 25
Wild Nights with Emily is a film about a little-known aspect of the iconic poet Emily Dickinson, starring Molly Shannon. In the mid-19th century, Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, lifelong romantic ...
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MOVIES Classic lesbian film stages re-'Bound,'and the stars weigh in
The popular 1996 film Bound is a lesbian centered crime thriller written and directed by the Wachowskis in their feature film debut. Jennifer Tilly plays Violet who is a relationship with a member of the mafia ...
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'Moonlight,' 'Wonder Woman' part of summer film series
The Millennium Park Summer Film Series will offer a lineup of classic and recent movie selections on Tuesdays, June 4-Aug. 20, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & ...
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Millennium Park Summer Films to celebrate Year of Chicago Theatre
The Millennium Park Summer Film Series will offer a lineup of popular classic and recent movie selections on Tuesdays, June 4 through August 20, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. To celebrate 2019 as ...
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Billy Masters
"Let's see how long I last."—Patti LuPone says of her latest venture—as a member of Twitter. Her first Tweet? "Contain me with only 280 characters? Fuck that." All that with 240 characters to spare. If you're ...
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SHOWBIZ 'A Star Is Born,' Image Awards, Adam Lambert, Celine Dion
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born soundtrack surpassed 1 million copies sold in the United States, Billboard.com noted. Star sold 16,000 copies in the tracking week ending March 21, bringing the soundtrack's cumulative ...
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SPRING MOVIE PREVIEW Superheroes, festivals part of cinematic landscape
The box office is warming up for the big blockbusters expected this summer. Spring offers two months of fine flicks and film festivals where the LGBT community are well represented on the big screen—along with big ...
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SHOWBIZ Kristin Chenoweth, Lee Daniels, 'Tales of the City,' Janelle Monae
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus announced that Emmy and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth will be honored with the Vanguard Award, and that Olympic figure-skating medalist Adam Rippon will receive the Trailblazer Award at the annual ...
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WORLD Thailand feat, U.S. ambassador, MP assaulted, 'Game of Thrones'
Thailand, on March 24, elected filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapisit as its first transgender member of the House of Representatives, Gay Star News noted. It was the first general election since a military coup in 2014. Sukkhapisit decided ...
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Wiggins Weighs In On Giant Little Ones
There's a new, little movie in town that defies labels in big ways while showing a whole spectrum of the LGBT community. Giant Little Ones depicts two best friends involved in a sexual incident that changes ...
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SHOWBIZ: Aguilera, Beyonce, Tribeca Film Festival, Marc Jacobs
The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) announced the organization will honor six-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera with the HRC Ally for Equality Award at the 2019 HRC Los Angeles Dinner. ( As previously announced, ...
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'Legally Blonde' collection now out on Blu-ray
The Legally Blonde Collection, centering on the character Elle Woods ( played by Reese Witherspoon ), is out on Blu-ray. The series is courtesy of Shout! Factory's Shout Select line, available now for pre-order from ShoutFactory.com, ...
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SHOWBIZ Tyler Blackburn, Ellen Page, Isaac Mizrahi, Annie Lennox
Former Pretty Little Liars actor Tyler Blackburn recently talked with Entertainment Weekly about the same-sex relationship his character, Alex, has on the new CW show Roswell, New Mexico with extraterrestrial jaded genius Michael. In part, Blackburn ...
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MOVIES New Madonna docudrama gets into the groove
Who's that girl? Meet Madonna's doppelganger—Jamie Auld, a 23-year-old actress taking on the role of pre-fame Madonna in a new film chronicling the pop icon's early life in Queens, NY. Written and directed by Guy Guido, ...
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Film program on March 1 addresses Cuban LGBT politics
The next installment of Cuban Visions, a year-long film series exploring both early revolutionary and contemporary Cuban life and culture, will explore the impact of LGBT politics and on the nation. The program, featuring filmmaker Damian ...
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Feminist film fest kicks off at Columbia College
A number of LGBT-themed films are featured within the Chicago Feminist Film Festival, running Wed., Feb. 27-Friday, March 1. The films will screen at Columbia College's Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., and are free ...
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MOVIES 'Mapplethorpe' brings controversial photographer to the big screen
Mapplethorpe is a movie starring Matt Smith ( Doctor Who ) as the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that will start running in Chicago on Friday, March 1. The film covers the rise of the maverick shutterbug ...
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New film sparks talk on broken justice system for local trans women
Eisha Love is a 29-year-old trans woman with profound stories to tell about her life in Chicago and its justice system. Her life is under current reconstruction after being incarcerated. And now, there's a documentary that ...
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Billy Masters
"I'm not crying because I'm on my period or anything. I can't believe a film about menstruation won an Oscar!"—Rayka Zehtabchi during the acceptance speech for Best Documentary Short Subject for Period. End Of Sentence. Another ...
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Green Book and actors Malek and King among those taking home Oscars
The 91st Academy Awards, despite one of the most tumultuous lead-ups in the Motion Picture Academy's recent history, was nevertheless a streamlined, relatively-quick affair that delivered several surprises on feb. 24. Several entertainment pundits and critics ...
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SHOWBIZ Sean Hayes, drag wedding show, Jennifer Lopez, Colton Underwood
GLAAD plans to honor Emmy-winning actor/producer/author/comedian Sean Hayes with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on March 28, a press release noted. The organization also announced stage ...
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TELEVISION Who is John Presloid? Gay Jeopardy! champ makes waves
Telegenic research assistant John Presloid opened eyes last month when he appeared on the game show Jeopardy!—and won $94,200 in five appearances. However, he also garnered the attention of the LGBT community when he subtly indicated ...
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WORLD Alan Turing, Mexico murder, 'Boy Erased'
The late Brit Alan Turing—known as the father of the modern computer—was recently named the greatest person of the 20th century during BBC's Two Icons broadcast, according to an Instinct Magazine item that cited Gay Star ...
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Billy Masters
"I don't know why. I just ... I always feel like I know him. I mean, maybe I have a little crush on him."—Carrie Ann Inaba on David Muir. OK, which of us is gonna tell ...
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Film on Chicago trans woman running Feb. 19
The ACLU of Illinois, Pride Action Tank and the Transformative Justice Law Project are hosting a special screening of Chicago Love, from the ACLU's documentary series Trans in America, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Dr. ...
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Chicago floral designer discusses Grammys role
One decade ago, Chicago-based horticulturalist/landscaper Tu Bloom heeded the advice of a mentor: Never be afraid to ask for something, since the worst that can happen is you'll be told no. Bloom that year had been ...
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Chicago Feminist Film Festival Feb. 27-March 1
Columbia College Chicago will host the fourth annual Chicago Feminist Film Festival on Feb. 27-March 1. This year's opening night features the Chicago premiere of documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache, directed by ...
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SHOWBIZ Lilly Wachowski, Greg Berlanti, Audra McDonald, Pink
Transgender Matrix franchise/Sense8 co-creator Lilly Wachowski has come on board to produce, co-write and co-direct a series to be based on Abby McEnany and Tim Mason's pilot, Work in Progress, which premiered in the Indie Episodic ...
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SAG Awards, the usual winners plus one surprise
The productions and performers who have been winning most of the awards this season pretty much stayed true to form at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild ( SAG ) Awards, which honors excellence in film ...
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SHOWBIZ Show renewals, Lee Daniels, Lady Gaga, 'Avengers'
Just a week into the show's second season, NBC has renewed top-rated alternative series Ellen's Game of Games, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, for a third season, Deadline.com noted. Ellen's Game of Games returned to the NBC ...
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Billy Masters
"You can't just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women. There must be some standards, and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that standard."—Martina Navratilova expresses her ...
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10 questions with Vic Featuring Jan Luis Castellanos
Jan Luis Castellanos seems to have it all-former model turned actor who won the jackpot, playing "Topher" in Marvel's Runaways. But winning the lotto has not made him jaded or caused him to take anything for ...
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SHOWBIZ Deborah Cox, awards events, gay singer killed, 'Family Guy'
The Sin City Classic Sports Festival presented by Toyota—the world's largest annual LGBTQ sporting event—announced that Grammy-nominated, multi award-winning singer and LGBTQ advocate Deborah Cox will perform during the Festival's Toyota Sin City Classic Closing Party, ...
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GALECA names Dorian winners
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics—composed of more than 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally entertainment journalists in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom—has announced its 10th Dorian Award winners ...
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Gaga, 'Versace' among Critics' Choice winners
Lady Gaga and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story were among those who prevailed at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards that honor achievements in film and television. The event—which the Broadcast Film Critics Association ...
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SHOWBIZ Gay wrestler, Black filmmakers, music festivals, Britney Spears
Wrestler Anthony Bowens started the new year by coming out on Instagram as gay after previously identifying himself as bisexual. In part, he posted, "As people move on in their lives, the way they view the ...
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GALECA names Dorian nominees
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has named its nominees for its milestone 10th Dorian Awards for the best in film and television of 2018. Leading in the movie categories with eight nominations is The ...
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MOVIES Queer actors play gay couple in 'Rendezvous'
Call Me by Your Name left an impression with Michael Glover Smith—but maybe not the one a viewer might think. The Chicago filmmaker "didn't buy the chemistry" between the leads. "I went home and Googled, 'Is ...
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10 Questions with Vic Featuring Emma Bell
Emma Bell has been on so many hit TV shows since the onset of her illustrious acting career on the New York stage that she is already television royalty. Walking Dead and Dallas are just a ...
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