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6 hours ago

Spectacle or support? The complicated visibility of trans youth in film & TV - Queerty

Trans Cinema showcases the diverse creativity of trans filmmakers and explores themes of identity, survival, and resilience in oppressive societies.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
6 hours ago

What Zendaya Leaves Unsaid

Zendaya's films often avoid focusing on race, raising questions about the impact on character development and emotional depth.
Humor
fromBustle
4 hours ago

Keep The Halle Bailey Rom-Coms Coming, Please

Halle Bailey's performance in You, Me, & Tuscany captivates, showcasing her charm and depth as a leading lady in a rom-com.
Television
fromEsquire
12 hours ago

O-T Fagbenle Has No Bounds

O-T Fagbenle's unexpected journey from a nomadic childhood to a successful acting career showcases his range and ambition in the entertainment industry.
Podcast
fromVulture
1 day ago

Trisha Paytas Says Her Euphoria Scene Was All Improv

Trisha Paytas will appear in episode five of Euphoria, with her scene being entirely improvised.
Independent films
fromVulture
1 day ago

The Future of the Black Rom-com Shouldn't Depend on You, Me & Tuscany

Movies often succeed or fail based on box office performance, with middling films like You, Me & Tuscany facing uncertain futures.
#euphoria
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Euphoria season three review grubby, desperate and absolutely not worth the wait

Euphoria's third season is disappointing, described as a grim portrayal of sex work and addiction, failing to meet long-held expectations.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Euphoria season three review grubby, desperate and absolutely not worth the wait

Euphoria's third season is disappointing, described as a grim portrayal of sex work and addiction, failing to meet long-held expectations.
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

"Big Mistakes" Is a Crime Show for the Girls and the Gays

You two are like pieces of white bread. You can get away with anything in this country.
NYC LGBT
Relationships
fromHuffPost
5 days ago

The Way Widows Are Judged For Moving On Needs To Change - People's Reaction To Aubrey Plaza's Pregnancy Is A Reminder

Aubrey Plaza faces social media judgment for expecting a baby soon after her husband's death.
#dan-levy
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago
Canada news

'You can't' Dan Levy says there's no Schitt's Creek sequel without Catherine O'Hara | CBC News

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1 week ago
Canada news

'You can't' Dan Levy says there's no Schitt's Creek sequel without Catherine O'Hara | CBC News

fromThe Nation
6 days ago

Waging a Culture War With Comedic Mediocrity

Kanye West sold out Inglewood, California's SoFi Center and took in a reported $33 million less than a year since he released a song called 'Heil Hitler.' West's apology for his antisemitism was evidently enough for his LA fans, and no doubt some went because of the antisemitism.
Media industry
Film
fromQueerty
2 days ago

Lloyd Eyre-Morgan dishes on anti-rom-com Departures, why soap stars are underrated & Buffy's queer appeal - Queerty

Departures subverts traditional rom-com tropes to explore intimacy, self-destruction, and toxic relationships through the story of Benji and Jake.
fromQueerty
4 days ago

Everyone knows what gay director Ira Sachs' latest film is about... So why won't they say it out loud? - Queerty

Ira Sachs, who emerged from the New Queer Cinema movement of the '90s, has become one of the most accomplished & revered directors of his generation, crafting achingly intimate stories about love, friendship, and desire.
NYC LGBT
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
4 days ago

Vivian Wilson on cameo in Katseye's Pinky Up: 'Role of a lifetime'

Speaking of her cameo, Wilson told Teen Vogue it was 'the role of a lifetime.' She went on: 'We stuffed Daniele in the trunk of a car, gave her Tru Fru, yelled pronouns at the camera, served on said car, and then gave Sophia a sword, all while cinched to the stars and back in the freezing cold.'
SF LGBT
Humor
fromBustle
5 days ago

Exclusive: Robby Hoffman Wants Jennifer Aniston To Know She's A "Queen" To Lesbians

Robby Hoffman embraces celebration in her personal and professional life, believing in her success and the importance of self-prioritization.
fromQueerty
4 days ago

Star Trek's Gina Yashere marries partner Nina Rose Fisher in Costa Rica - GayCities

I had come out to friends and family, but I'd never come out publicly in England because I didn't want to give them something else to box me in with.
NYC LGBT
Film
fromThe Independent
6 days ago

The Drama has a Zendaya problem

The film 'The Drama' centers on a bride's dark secret about a past school shooting, impacting her relationship and the narrative's comedic tone.
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Are You Following Ann Dowd on Instagram?

Hello Instagram and cheers everyone! It's me, Ann. Love to you all ... and wondering how I got here!?
Social media marketing
Television
fromBustle
5 days ago

Jenna Ortega Almost Quit Acting Before Booking This Hit Series

Jenna Ortega considered quitting acting during her teenage years but found renewed passion after landing a role in You Season 2.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

"The Last of Us" cast a cis girl to play a trans boy & people are divided - LGBTQ Nation

HBO's casting of a cisgender girl as a trans boy in The Last of Us revives debate over authentic casting in media.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The Testaments review brace yourself for a bloody sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

The sequel, The Testaments, created by Bruce Miller, is set a few years after The Handmaid's Tale and focuses on the next generation of Gilead women.
Television
Podcast
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Tig Notaro on Cheryl Hines no longer talking to her: "Things shifted very severely" - Queerty

Tig Notaro ended her podcast with Cheryl Hines and their friendship after Hines' husband Robert Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential run and his views gained mainstream attention.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Nicola Coughlan is right: body positivity' traps us in the same old conversations | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Nicola Coughlan rejects body positivity discourse, frustrated that her acting work is reduced to discussions of her appearance rather than her talent and craft.
#lgbtq-representation
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
LGBT

10 Times People Totally Unfairly Scrutinized Queer TV Shows... Literally Just For Being Queer

fromQueerty
1 month ago
Film

Jennifer Garner says airline crew pass her notes because of her role in this emotional queer movie - Queerty

Jennifer Garner considers Love, Simon her most important film, particularly for its portrayal of a supportive mother accepting her gay son, and credits art with fostering empathy and self-reflection.
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

10 Times People Totally Unfairly Scrutinized Queer TV Shows... Literally Just For Being Queer

Heated Rivalry celebrates queer love without narrative punishment, while facing backlash for depicting non-straight romance with similar graphic content to mainstream shows like Bridgerton.
Television
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Why won't TV just let older gay men have sexy screen time? - Queerty

Television depicts gay men as married parents, closeted victims, or young explorers, but rarely as unapologetically sexual older adults living openly without shame.
SF LGBT
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Why 'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell says it was 'hugely important' for Benedict to come out to Sophie

Benedict comes out as pansexual to Sophie in season four, marking Bridgerton's first openly queer lead and demonstrating that queer identity persists regardless of romantic partnership.
Film
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Jennifer Garner says airline crew pass her notes because of her role in this emotional queer movie - Queerty

Jennifer Garner considers Love, Simon her most important film, particularly for its portrayal of a supportive mother accepting her gay son, and credits art with fostering empathy and self-reflection.
Film
fromQueerty
4 weeks ago

Rebel Wilson borrows a page from Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni with some BTS lesbian movie drama - Queerty

Rebel Wilson's directorial debut The Deb became embroiled in controversy when leaked audio contradicted her previous claims about an alleged incident involving a producer and actress during filming.
#bridgerton
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Bridgerton's fifth season will focus on queer love story between Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling

Bridgerton's fifth season will feature a gay lead storyline, marking a significant shift in the series' romantic dynamics.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Bridgerton's fifth season will focus on queer love story between Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling

Bridgerton's fifth season will feature a gay lead storyline, marking a significant shift in the series' romantic dynamics.
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fame is the worst thing for us as human beings': Naomi Scott on scream queens, Disney princesses and finding her own voice

Naomi Scott redirected her career from acting to music after a quarter-life crisis at 27, releasing her debut album F.I.G. as a return to her first creative love.
#eastenders
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

"To The Women Who Look Like Me...": Sophia Bush Delivered An Important Message For White People On Allyship

Art is always political. As the white friend at this event, I'm gonna go ahead and say to the women who look like me - to the men who look like me - it's incredibly important to remember that so much of what we love in America comes from Black culture. White people need to show up for Black people the way they show up to be entertained by Black culture.
Social justice
Film
fromQueerty
1 month ago

WATCH: Julia Fox's pregnant sex scene heats up this new lesbian drama - Queerty

Julia Fox stars in the eco-drama 'Perfect,' a post-apocalyptic film featuring queer characters, lesbian relationships, and explicit sexual content that has secured distribution following festival buzz.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Queer actress Sophia Bush lauded for comments on white allyship: "She's f**king awesome" - LGBTQ Nation

Sophia Bush advocates for white allyship by urging white people to support Black communities with the same enthusiasm they show for Black culture.
Television
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

The Last Of Us Casts A Cis Actor To Play Its Trans Lead

Casting cis actors for trans roles in The Last of Us Part II adaptation raises concerns about representation and fidelity to the source material.
Television
fromVulture
4 weeks ago

Ashley Nicole Black Was Proud to Bat Leadoff at the Oscars

Comedian Ashley Nicole Black appeared first on the Oscars telecast in a cold open sketch with host Conan O'Brien, where she played a makeup artist preparing him in drag.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
2 months ago

We Watched "Queer Eye" With Sarah McBride - Washingtonian

On Thursday evening, an exhausted Sarah McBride sank into a pale yellow armchair in her Congressional office. It had been a long week, and she still had to drive two hours home to Delaware-but first, she'd agreed to watch the new Queer Eye, the tenth and final season of the hit Netflix makeover show, which is set in DC. On a wall-mounted TV-which typically shows a live feed of the House floor-we scrolled through the episodes and landed on one about a local tour guide.
US politics
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#karamo-brown
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago
Mental health

New Alleged Details Are Emerging About Karamo Brown's Falling-Out With The "Queer Eye" Cast

fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago
Mental health

New Alleged Details Are Emerging About Karamo Brown's Falling-Out With The "Queer Eye" Cast

fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago
Mental health

New Alleged Details Are Emerging About Karamo Brown's Falling-Out With The "Queer Eye" Cast

fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago
Mental health

New Alleged Details Are Emerging About Karamo Brown's Falling-Out With The "Queer Eye" Cast

#bridgerton-season-4
fromBustle
1 month ago
Television

Exclusive: Masali Baduza Opens Up About Michaela's Sexuality On 'Bridgerton'

fromBustle
1 month ago
Television

Exclusive: Masali Baduza Opens Up About Michaela's Sexuality On 'Bridgerton'

fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Olivia Colman sometimes thinks of herself as a gay man. As a gay man myself, I say welcome | Jason Okundaye

In an interview last week with the American LGBTQ+ publication Them, when asked about her penchant for taking roles in films featuring LGBTQ+ characters (say, The Favourite or Heartstopper), the actor said that she feels that she has a foot in various camps. Throughout my whole life, I've had arguments with people where I've always felt sort of nonbinary I've never felt massively feminine in my being female.
LGBT
#olivia-colman
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Olivia Colman and John Lithgow star 'Jimpa,' new queer family drama

"Jimpa," a semi-autobiographical drama from director Sophie Hyde ("Good Luck to You, Leo Grande"), stars Academy Award winner Olivia Colman and Emmy winner John Lithgow in a story spanning three generations of the queer community. The film follows filmmaker Hannah (Colman) as she takes her trans non-binary teen, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit her gay father, Jim (Lithgow). When Frances decides to stay there for a year, Hannah is forced to confront her past and her parenting choices. "I think it's a sign of the times," John Lithgow told On The Red Carpet at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. "This is not just a great film; it really is an important film for this moment."
Film
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Orange Is The New Black star Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli file for divorce

Orange Is The New Black star Samira Wiley and her writer wife Lauren Morelli are set to divorce after nine years together. A representative told Out that the pair are "amicably filing for divorce", adding that they remain committed to co-parenting their four-year-old daughter. Wiley and Morelli met while working on Netflix show Orange Is the New Black, where Wiley starred as inmate Poussey Washington.
Television
fromQueerty
2 months ago

Asia Kate Dillon dishes on taking the lead in Outerlands, cinema's hottest sex scene & their most challenging role - Queerty

Tattooed on Asia Kate Dillon's neck is "einfühlung," the German word for empathy. Not only is it a pretty bad*ss tattoo, it's also a guiding principal for an actor who strives to be a conduit for empathy in all their work, whether they're playing an inmate on Orange Is The New Black, a high-powered enforcer in John Wick: Chapter 3, or a financial analyst in the Showtime drama Billions, where they made history as the first non-binary main character an a mainstream American TV show.
Film
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

12 Powerful LGBTQ+ Celebrity Coming Out Stories That Helped Me Find My Voice

Black LGBTQ+ celebrities' public coming-out experiences provide crucial visibility that helps queer youth embrace their identities and live authentically.
Television
fromQueerty
2 months ago

WATCH: You've never seen Wanda Sykes like this before! Funny lady breaks the mold with dramatic acting debut - Queerty

Wanda Sykes stars in Undercard as a former boxing champion-turned-trainer confronting addiction, family estrangement, and a second chance with her son.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Tell us your favourite TV romance

From sparks flying during The OC's Spider-Man snog to love stories so powerful they make you weep, Guardian writers have picked the television couples whose tales never fail to make hearts pound. Now we would like to hear yours. What is your favourite TV romance, and why? Share your favourite You can tell us your favourite TV romance using this form.
Television
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

A timeline of the drama engulfing Queer Eye after Karamo Brown's no-show

Queer Eye, the inspirational Netflix show buoyed by positive, make-a-change energy, has once again become steeped in darkness and drama. The tenth and final season of the life improvement reality series (which was rebooted in 2018; the original ran between 2003 and 2007 with different cast members) has arrived on Netflix. And with one final season comes one final, explosive dose of drama, something which has become an incongruent by-product of the show's existence in recent years.
Television
Television
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1 month ago

'Imperfect Women' On Apple TV: Why This Kerry Washington Thriller Is Already So Buzzy

Imperfect Women is a limited psychological thriller on Apple TV, premiering March 18, adapted from Araminta Hall’s novel, starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, Kate Mara.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

This truly iconic LGBTQ+ TV show is back on streaming

Amazon Prime customers, at least in the UK, can currently rewatch all five seasons of The L Word - more than 20 years after it first hit our TV screens on Showtime. The legendary lesbian series focuses a group of trendy - for the time - lesbian and bisexual women living in Los Angeles in the early 2000s, who go through all manner of romantic and personal drama during the course of the series.
Television
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1 month ago

Tell Me Lies star Cat Missal reveals she's gay as show comes to end

Tell Me Lies actor Cat Missal has confirmed that she is gay, revealing that she is currently in a relationship with a woman. The 26-year-old American actress plays Bree in hit Hulu series Tell Me Lies, which came to a close following the recently-released third season. Speaking to Teen Vogue about the show's end - the last episode aired on 17 February - Missal succinctly explained why she won't have to deal with the types of toxic men that defined Tell Me Lies.
Television
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Shonda Rhimes Remembers the 'Artistry' and 'Spirit' of Eric Dane

Eric Dane, who played Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy, died at 53 after ALS; colleagues including Shonda Rhimes and Patrick Dempsey paid heartfelt tributes.
Television
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Schitt's Creek Coming to HBO Max in Memory of Catherine O'Hara

HBO Max will begin streaming Schitt's Creek on February 7 with an in-app continuous playlist; O'Hara's films are also appearing across other streaming services.
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