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A gentle, positive high-school drama about how little courage it actually takes to break through adolescent panicky silence and embrace everyone’s differences. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

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High school is hard enough even if you don’t have any secrets. So when brainy Russell (Cameron Deane Stewart: Pitch Perfect) and star football player Kevin (Justin Deeley: Couples Retreat) — both of them just as adorable as is possible — are accidentally discovered in their first kiss by their classmate Min (Ally Maki: Step Up 3D), they’re mortified. And when she leaves notes in their lockers telling them to come to a classroom after school, they’re terrified: Is she going to blackmail them? Turns out she is starting a private support group for the school’s gay and lesbian students…...

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All four Gop candidates for lieutenant governor in Texas say that creationism must be taught alongside evolution in schools. “It’s a fair discussion to expose students to both sides and let them make the decision with the advice and counsel of their parents.” Texas recently pleasantly surprised the universe by approving new science textbooks that did not include creationism.

(l-r) Alex Newell, Nikki Blonsky, Cameron Deane Stewart, Ally Maki and Teo Olivarea

Even though a lot of us have put our coming out process behind us, there are also a lot of people, young and old, who are dealing with it now or will very soon and the new film, Geography Club, is the kind of movie that appeals to everyone.

Based on former AfterElton editor Brent Hartinger’s first book in the Russel Middlebrook series, the film version was written by Edmund Entin and directed by his brother, Gary Entin. The central role of Russel is played by Cameron Dean Stewart (Pitch Perfect) who brings a realness and honesty to his portrayal of a teenager trying desperately to connect with other people.

The film, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature at this summer’s Outfest, also stars Justin Deeley (Drop Dead Diva) as Russel’s love interest,...

When Russell Middlebrook (Cameron Deane Stewart), a shy high school sophomore, and Kevin (Justin Deeley), king of the jocks, share their first kiss, it's true love. (Isn't it always?)

What follows isn't likely to surprise, but this adaptation of Brent Hartinger's popular young adult novel (the first in a series) handles serious issues with a light touch, and should resonate with adolescents.

Russell freaks when Min (Ally Maki), who witnessed the kiss, invites him to join her in an unofficial, three-member gay students club, but he gradually warms to the idea.

Director Gary Entin and his brother, screenwriter Edmund Entin, in their feature debuts, have made a movie where the black gay kid is fat and sassy, and where even the bullies appear to be fulfilling the st...

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“John Barrowman accepts the challenge, having overheard someone say that The Wizard Of Oz couldn’t get any gayer.”

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Weekend Birthdays! Jeremy Sisto (above) is 39, Kate Winslet is 38, Guy Pearce is 46, Clive Barker is 61, and Susan Sarandon is 67.

Halle Berry is going to star in the Spielberg produced CBS series Extant, as “an astronaut who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.” Contrary to reports, this will not be her first TV series (I’m sure I’m not the...

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Bishop Desmond Tutu is committed to the fight against homophobia, and he doesn’t think any God he worships is homophobic. “I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.”

NBC has stated that they support equal rights in Russia, but as far as covering the gay propaganda laws in the Olympic broadcast, they say plans haven’t been finalized. At the TCA, they took that a step further into weasel territory, with NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus saying “The Ioc has addressed it with the Russian government and has assured athletes, fans and...

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights for Geography Club, the film based on Brent Hartinger's best selling  Ya novel, from Shoreline Entertainment.   Starring Deane Stewart (Pitch Perfect), Justin Deeley (Drop Dead Diva) and Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), the pic recently won the audience award for best first feature at Los Angeles Outfest. Directed by Gary Entin and written by Edmund Entin, Geography Club will be released in early 2014. The film is produced by Huffington Pictures' Michael Huffington (ex-husband of Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington) and follows a group of high schoolers who are discovering their

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The sequel to The Avengers will be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron, centering around the robotic villain from the comics. This led to questions about Hank Pym of course, which Joss Whedon addressed. “We don’t have to have him. It works very simply — this is Marvel cinema, not Marvel comics. One thing Kevin Feige has a genius for is knowing what to hold onto and what to let go of. You can invoke the feeling you had and play with the characters you love and remain true to the needs of the film.”

The Marvel panel also showed insane footage from Guardians of the Galaxy, which only began shooting a couple of weeks ago. They had footage of a jail break, a shirtless Starlord, and yes, a talking raccoon. For Thor: The Dark World, Tom Hiddleston took the stage as Loki and turned the crowd into his own army.

You cannot walk into the Young Adult Fiction section of a bookstore these days and not be confronted with an endless and soulless supply of Twilight clones, Hunger Games knock-offs and Harry Potter replicas. Don’t even get me started on those racks full of CW shows disguised, just barely, as literature.

It’s entirely possible to forget that novels assembled with the time-tested building blocks -- interesting characters, genuine emotions, relatable situations -- are still capable of providing us with enormous pleasure. Even without the help of sparkling vampires.

Thankfully such pleasures are more than abundant in Brent Hartinger’s latest novel, The Elephant of Surprise. And by the time I closed the last page, I was smiling, uplifted and charmed by a novel that transported me completely to a time when love was strange and magical. Young love, as Hartinger’s novels effortlessly reminds, is about the purest kind there is.

We are very pleased to announce that our former colleague Brent Hartinger has released The Elephant Of Surprise, the 4th in his book series about gay teen Russel Middlebrook, his friends, and their adventures.

Geography Club’s Russel Middlebrook and his friends Min and Gunnar are back, and they’re laughing about something they call the Elephant of Surprise—the tendency for life to never turn out the way you expect. Sure enough, Russel soon happens upon a hot, but mysterious guy named Wade—even as he’s also drawn back to an old flame named Kevin. Meanwhile, Min learns her girlfriend Leah is keeping secrets, and Gunnar just wants to be left alone to pursue his latest obsession.

The Elephant Of Surprise is now out in paperback. You can order it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes. And below you can see the full trailer for Geography Club, which...

Shoreline Entertainment has picked up "Geography Club," an upcoming adaptation of Brent Hartinger's novel of the same name. The film, from Huffington Pictures, is produced by Michael Huffington and Anthony Bretti. (Huffington is the former husband of this site's Editor-in-Chief.)

"Geography Club" focuses on Russel (Cameron Dean Stewart), who finds companionship in a group of students all hiding their sexual preferences. Nikki Blonsky, Marin Hinkle and Scott Bakula co-star in the film, which is based on the first novel in Hartinger's Russel Middlebrook series.

"This film is a clever, feel-good, coming-of-age story with an important social message. Cameron Deane Stewart delivers an outstanding performance along with a magnificent supporting cast," Shoreline CEO Morris Ruskin said in a statement.

"Geography Club" does not yet have a release date. Check out the film's first poster, debuting here at Huffington Post, below:...

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"No one was surprised at the press conference announcing the new head of the republican party"

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Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Jim Verraros (above) is 30, Mary Steenburgen is 60, Seth Green is 39, Jim J. Bullock is 58, Elizabeth Banks is 39, Carole King is 71, and the faboo Judith Light is 64. James Franco Is The Mayor Of Gay Town!In ratings news, Glee was up a bit while NBC's Do Not Harm continues its sub-cw numbers. Dame Shirley Bassey will make her first ever appearance on the Oscars in the tribute to the Bond films.DC Comics has announced that the upcoming series...

Olympian and Strictly Come Dancing winner Louis Smith is happy to be a gay icon, but wants all us gays to remember he's really, really straight. “As long as gay people can see the line, and that I fancy women, that’s fine. I don’t want to be put in a difficult, uncomfortable situation.” We'll try to control ourselves.

Jake Shears is thrilled his friend Anderson Cooper has finally come out. He also thinks that gay celebrities have a responsibility to come out. "I think gay celebrities at least have the responsibility to come out. It can be tricky though."

Buzzfeed has a list of seven states that they think could achieve marriage equality in 2013. Illinois, Delaware, Minnesota, Hawaii, New Jersey, Rhode Island and California are in play this year. I think Minnesota is a stretch – we didn't win the fight against a constitutional amendment by much, and assuming...