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Long before “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Godford’s Park” made him a major big screen presence, Ryan Phillippe’s “One Life to Live” character broke ground on television. Phillippe portrayed Billy Douglas between 1992-93, the first gay teenager depicted on daytime TV.

In an interview with People, the “Cruel Intentions” star said that, among the large volume of fan mail he received during his time on the series, many came from parents writing that the character “gave [them] a way to connect with [their] LGBTQ child.” Kids, meanwhile, wrote, “I’ve never seen someone represent me in any entertainment before in my life.”

“As that job progressed, I realized how important it was to some people,” Phillippe said. “And I was only 17 years old, so you don’t really have a sense of that. It was such a different time, but I very much matured through having had...

Barry Diller is not afraid of putting it all out there anymore. The 83-year-old's new memoir, Who Knew, has been making many a headline these days thanks to Diller coming out as gay in it, and dishing about his incredible and storied life-slash-career. But that revelation is just one of several cups of piping-hot tea in the new book — like this new one, which reveals that John Travolta almost starred in American Gigolo, but quit at the last minute due to, as Diller puts it, the "somewhat gay subtext" of the film.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the book contains an anecdote about how Diller believes Travolta "played" then-Paramount Pictures president Michael Eisner in order to get out of the film. "He slumped down in a chair in Michael's office, started to cry and said, 'I can't do American Gigolo. I'm too sad. I'm still in mourning," referring to...

Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz is set to star in and executive produce Netflix’s new limited series “Vladimir” based on the hit Julia May Jonas novel of the same name.

“As a woman’s life unravels, she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague,” per the show’s official logline. “Full of sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters, ‘Vladimir’ is about what happens when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality.”

Netflix announced Tuesday that Kate Robin will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer on the eight-episode series. Jonas, who wrote the novel in 2022, will also serve as a writer and executive producer. Other EPs include Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters”), Stacy Greenberg, Kira Carstensen for Merman, and Jason Winer and Jon Radler on behalf of Small Dog Picture Company. 20th Century Television is attached as the studio.

“With Kate Robin’s expertise in crafting layered,...

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The world has lost an absolute legend, with Gene Hackman having passed away at the age of 95. The Oscar-winning actor was best known for his more dramatic performances, including those in classic films like "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven," among many others. That being said, Hackman did occasionally work on more comedic material, with "Young Frankenstein" ranking as another classic cut from that cloth. But perhaps his most famous comedic role came in 1996 with "The Birdcage."

In case you need a reminder (or are not familiar), "The Birdcage" stars Robin Williams as Armand, a gay Miami nightclub owner who pretends to be a straight man while hosting his very conservative future in-laws, including his future daughter-in-law Barbara (Calista Flockhart), at a meet-and-greet dinner party. Nathan Lane costars in the movie as Armand's drag-queen partner Albert, while Hackman plays Kevin Keeley,...

A Complete Unknown stars Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning got in on the meme fun during a recent interview with reporter Tracy E. Gilchrist. The reporter, who was interviewing them for The Advocate, had the internet in a frenzy in November when she went viral after telling Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande she was “holding space” for the lyrics of the film’s song “Defying Gravity,” which prompted Grande to hold Erivo’s finger.

“First, I just want to let you know that I am holding space for you,...

Timothée Chalamet and his “A Complete Unknown” costar Elle Fanning had a bit of fun while being interviewed by reporter Tracy E. Gilchrist this week. Gilchrist, who reports for Out and was interviewing the pair for The Advocate, went viral after she told “Wicked” costars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo she was “holding space” for the lyrics of one of the film’s songs, and Grande and Eviro awkwardly held one another’s fingers while responding.

Chalamet and Fanning wasted no time recreating the meme. Gilchrist told Out, “This viral moment has been the wildest ride of my life, filled with so much laughter and joy. But this moment with Timothée and Elle was hilariously surreal.”

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“Before I was even seated, Elle looked up, and saw me, and said, ‘Tracy! Oh, Tracy’s famous.’ She then said,...

The internet has practically gone into bicep spasm from “holding space” for a viral moment born in an interview between journalist Tracy E. Gilchrist and “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Captured over two weeks ago at one of the many press junkets for the record-breaking movie musical, the interview produced what many viewed as a confounding statement from Gilchrist about the film’s torch song “Defying Gravity.”

“This week, people are taking the lyrics to ‘Defying Gravity’ and really holding space with that,” the journalist from EqualPride said.

“I didn’t know that that was happening,” Erivo responded, immediately overcome with emotion.

“I’ve seen it on a couple posts, I don’t know how widespread. But I am in queer media,” added Gilchrist.

Immediately, users on X and TikTok ran wild with the footage, though Gilchrist said it really didn’t take off until last week. Some...

The Boys has placed a tight grip on superhero fanatics with its amazing slew of characters and storyline since its debut in 2019. However, there are some characters that, even when newly debuted, can make a huge mark on the audience with the amazing intensity and realness that they play the role with. One such right-wing superhero character was introduced in season 4 of the show, namely Firecracker. The role played by Valorie Curry is the newest addition as a member of The Seven.

Valorie Curry as Firecracker and Chace Crawford as The Deep in The Boys season 4

While these characters helped smash several Amazon Prime records, they also had their fair share of criticism. The most notable one is getting chastised for being overly left-wing. Now, the actress behind Firecracker has a few words to add in the entire fiasco.

Valorie Curry offers her thoughts on the criticism that The Boys...

Valorie Curry is the newest cast member to join the plethora of supes in the diabolical universe of The Boys. As every season passes, supes are added and killed like flies, and in 4th season, Curry’s character of Firecracker is here to create some chaos.

Valorie Curry as Firecracker in Season 4 of The Boys | Amazon Prime Video

Being a supe who is a homophobe, Firecracker is somewhat similar to Stormfront from Season 2. On the other hand, the actress who portrays the role of Firecracker is entirely different from her on-screen character!

Valorie Curry Is Entirely Different From Firecracker! Spoiler Alert!Minor Spoilers For The Boys Season 4

So, we all know that the character of Firecracker is just a ‘tad bit’ homophobic. We’re kidding, she’s a full-on anti-lgbtq+ conspiracy theorist and she has been the center point of the series for her opinions as well.

The Boys Season...

Although it took Nathan Lane nearly a decade to publicly embrace his truth, he had some great allies behind the scenes.

As the actor was honored with the Career Achievement Award at the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television this month, he recalled how his late friend and The Birdcage co-star Robin Williams would “protect me whenever he could” at a time when Lane wasn’t ready to come out as gay publicly.

“I had marched in Pride Parades in the late seventies, but nobody had ever expressed interest in my sexuality,” said Lane in his speech, according to People.

He explained that he came out to his family at age 21 and was even out to his “friends and colleagues in the business” before he was first asked about his sexuality by a theater journalist “way back in 1989.”

Noting that when he “began playing gay roles,...

Fan-favorite comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle has just received its Certified Fresh status. The new rating comes right after the film celebrated its 20th anniversary.

2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was the first installment in the Harold & Kumar franchise. It was directed by Danny Leiner with a script by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, two of the creators of Cobra Kai. The first sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, arrived in 2008, followed by 2011's A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. The series, which stars John Cho, Kal Penn, and Neil Patrick Harris as a fictional version of himself, has just received an important critical rating: it was officially deemed Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Related White Castle Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Original Harold & Kumar Movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle gets celebrated by the titular burger joint in honor of the film's 20th anniversary.

While The Simpsons famously featured John Waters in a landmark episode that addressed homophobia, the animated family sitcom’s first depiction of LGBTQ+ characters arrived a lot earlier. Since the series began, The Simpsons was always a major cultural touchstone. When The Simpsons was entering its third season back in 1991, the show already had enough clout for then-President George H.W. Bush to state in a speech that American families should be more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons. For their part, The Simpsons offered a quick-witted rebuttal when Bart noted that, like the Waltons, they were also praying for an end to the depression.

The Simpsons has often used its popularity to break with television conventions and challenge cultural norms. Famously, The Simpsons seemingly predicted the future with some of its sharper satirical jibes. However, the sitcom also helped shape the future of its medium by changing...

On Wednesday, June 28th, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted a reception in partnership with GLAAD to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month and to call leaders in the community to unite in the fight for LGBTQ acceptance and equality.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a Pride Celebration

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 15 Winner and transgender advocate Sasha Colby emceed the program, and other speakers included Second Gentleman Emhoff as well as GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. The program featured a performance from Tony award-winning nonbinary actor Alex Newell who sang Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” Sam Charney, a young LGBTQ advocate from Colorado who wrote to Vice President Harris about gun violence prevention, introduced the Vice President at the event.

In her remarks, Vice President Harris talked about the importance of celebrating the achievements of LGBTQ Americans,...

The second wave of the 34th annual GLAAD Media Award winners was announced on Saturday night in New York City, with Netflix’s Heartstopper winning for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming – Live Action.

The LGBTQ+ romance series based on Alice Oseman’s webcomic, which follows the love stories of teenage BFFs-turned-boyfriends Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring and their peers, received rave reviews upon its release in 2022. The second season premieres on Thursday, Aug. 3.

More from TVLineNetflix Sets Heartstopper Season 2 Release Date: 'Different Vibe' in StoreHeartstopper Creator Teases a Larger Role for [Spoiler] and Drops a Big Hint About the Netflix Hit's Inevitable EndGLAAD Media Awards: Heartstopper,...

Since the late 1940s, the television sitcom has been an implicit delivery system of social instruction. These shows helped set social norms and create stereotypes like the bumbling dad and the dutiful, ever-forgiving wife. Sitcoms are designed to make us feel better and forget our problems while laughing at other people for a bit. All the while, they're creating social mores and codes in society, like silent computer programs running in the background of our lives.

Newsweek pointed out the impact TV had on an entire generation during the golden era of network television. The shows viewed by millions shaped things like fashion trends ("They all had suits") and more importantly, our perception of the world around us ("Nearly all the people were white").

However, in the right hands, sitcoms can be a force for good. Norman Lear got us talking about the impact of bigotry with "All in the Family.

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Anne Heche, who starred in such films as Donnie Brasco, Volcano and Wag the Dog and on TV shows including Men in Trees and Hung during a troubled life and career, was taken off life support Sunday night, her rep announced.

Heche, 53, had spent several days in a coma at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills (California) Hospital and Medical Center after her Mini Cooper ran off the road Aug. 5 and smashed into a two-story home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, causing “structural compromise and erupting in heavy fire,” the L.A. Fire Department said.

She was taken from her vehicle and hospitalized in critical condition, and it took nearly 60 firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the blaze.

Heche suffered burns and a severe anoxic brain injury in the crash. Later, she was determined to be brain dead — legally dead,...

Anne Heche deserved better in every way.

Her horrific treatment in the public eye led to her being pigeon-holed as the butt of a very cruel and stupid joke that bisexual people just can't make up their minds. Even now in death, publications ridicule her dating history as if it's some mystery to be solved. As if queer, bisexual, and pansexual people are a fun little eccentricity, a source of entertainment and confusion. "You mean she likes both men and women? But how!?"

Listen, just because your pedestrian little mind can't comprehend the notion of anything beyond yourself, doesn't mean those people and ways of life don't exist. They do, and they're completely valid. But until her dying day, Heche was never afforded the decency of being taken seriously as a survivor of abuse, an addict, or a queer woman.

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I was so young when Heche and DeGeneres were a couple.

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Kehlani is living life to the fullest with her partner 070 Shake and her daughter Adeya by her side. With a new album out — and her first headlining tour in five years — the Bay Area-born singer is truly enjoying the present moment.

“All the changes in my personal life ended up being public for everyone to see. My last album was this toxic album about being in a heterosexual relationship,...

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s banner year continues.

The Pose star, who made history as the first transgender performer to land a best drama actress Emmy nomination, has been named by The Advocate as its 2021 person of the year. The honor comes on the heels of Rodriguez releasing a single titled “Something to Say” and as she preps for the release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Netflix film tick, tick…Boom!, in which she plays Carolyn. She’s also got more to say on the music front as she finishes polishing an EP.

In the magazine’s cover story, Rodriguez, who previously ...

Illustration by Jeff CashvanMovie-lovers!Welcome back to The Deuce Notebook, a collaboration between Mubi Notebook and The Deuce Film Series, our monthly event at Nitehawk Williamsburg that excavates the facts and fantasies of cinema's most infamous block in the world: 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. For each screening, my co-hosts and I pick a flick that we think embodies the era of all-night moviegoing down the “Forty-Deuce” and present the theater at which it premiered.Over the years, we’ve occasionally gone "off" the Deuce to a nearby theatre; likewise, we’ve invited guest curators to present a film of their choosing. Back in July of 2013, our first guest—the queer film, video, and performance collective Dirty Looks (whose "On Location" program was a Huge inspiration for our series)—took over and presented Jerry Douglas’ pioneering, all-male adult title The Back Row, which premiered at the 55th Street...

Halston, the famed American designer and subject of Netflix's new miniseries Halston, hung out with some of the biggest stars of the film and art. One of his best friends was actress Liza Minnelli, and their friendship helped inspire his designs and her iconic style alike. We're excited to see Ewan McGregor and Krysta Rodriguez depiction their famous friendship onscreen, though it's different than how things really went down. Here's what the real duo were like.

It was actually Minnelli's godmother, Kay Thompson, who first introduced the future best friends, and it all started when Minnelli spotted a Halston design. Minnelli recounted that fateful trip to Bloomingdale's and her subsequent introduction to Halston in Harper's Bazaar: "It was cut differently - thinner and longer. It was chicer. And I thought, 'Oh, wow, this is great' ... We got along instantly, and he became my fashion mate. I did what he said.

Distributor World Pictures cut three minutes of an intimate scene.

Russian cinemagoers will soon be able to see the full version of Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, following a backlash against a censored version that was released by local distributor World Pictures.

The UK film, which stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a gay couple, was originally released in Russia last month with three minutes cut from the feature by the distributor, namely a scene in which the married couple unsuccessfully try to have sex.

But following an outcry from director Macqueen, several Russian film critics and the Russian LGBT community,...

In a recent interview with The Advocate, Happiest Season’s writer and director, Clea Duvall, said, “When someone comes out, it’s not even necessarily just about the person’s coming-out. It’s like a tree; its branches splinter off and it becomes a part of other people’s journey too.” That idea is part of what makes Happiest…...

According to The Advocate, an 11-year-old piloting a school bus led local cops on a joyride chase through the streets of Baton Rouge over the weekend. Not only that, but the kid—who, per the article, “was so small that he apparently had to stand up to reach the pedals”—managed to evade police for over half an hour,…...

Given that it is Pride Month, it might be a good time to discuss “American Idol” Season 18 winner Just Sam‘s acknowledging her sexuality in an interview with the New York Post last month. That makes her the first openly LGBTQ+ contestant to claim the prize.

PREDICTDaytime Emmy nominee Kelly Clarkson could become the second ‘American Idol’ alum to get halfway to Egot

The 21-year-old former subway busker who lives in Harlem with her grandmother told the newspaper, “I am a child of God, so that’s always gonna be first. That’s actually the only label that I ever want to have,” she said. “But I like what I like, and that’s just that, you know? And it’s not men. Like, at all.”

Since she was crowned, the first Idol winner to hail from New York City has posted on social media in honor of Pride Month:...

Hollywood icon Rock Hudson gets a new twist on his history in Netflix's Hollywood. If you're wondering whether the real Rock Hudson ever got married, you're in for a sad answer. Despite being gay, Hudson did get married in the 1950s. Although Hollywood gives him a much happier romance, the real Hudson's marriage was disastrous on all fronts.

In 1955, Hudson married Phyllis Gates, the secretary of his agent, Henry Willson. Gates actually does appear in a few scenes in Hollywood, though only in her capacity as Willson's secretary, not as Hudson's love interest; the show's alternate history has Hudson (played by Jake Picking) falling in love with a (wholly fictional) screenwriter, Archie Coleman (played by Jeremy Pope). In her 1987 book, My Husband, Rock Hudson, Gates said she had lived with and dated Hudson before he proposed and she had believed their marriage to be a love match at the time.

There was a special mix of shame and liberation when you visited a gay bookstore that contained adult material. When I ventured into my first one in the Nineties, you might start out flipping through an Edmund White or Andrew Holleran novel before slowly making your way to the magazines: After Out and Genre and The Advocate, there was the sexy stuff like Bluebook, Mandate, Torso, and Inches. If you were lucky, they also had a selection of VHS tapes or albums or DVDs to rent and buy, as well as a stash of poppers,...

A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge was the hit sequel to Wes Craven’s classic original, helping lay the template for the many Elm Street films that followed. But these days, Freddy’s Revenge is primarily known among horror aficionados as a bizarrely homoerotic movie. You can be sure people also noticed back in 1985, too, as it was called “the gayest horror film ever” by gay magazine The Advocate. And now, a new documentary called Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street goes into what actually happened during the pic’s production and how it affected the life of its star Mark Patton.

For those of you who haven’t seen it, the gay ‘subtext’ is pretty much just text. The lead is Jesse, who the film strongly, repeatedly and unsubtly insinuates is a repressed gay man. There’s a scene where he meets his teacher at a leather bar,...

Howard Cruse, author of the acclaimed graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby and founding editor of the anthology Gay Comix, died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 75, Cruse’s daughter Kimberly Kolze Venter announced.

Cruse came to prominence in the 1970s with the strip Barefootz, which appeared in a number of underground magazines and titles, but it was the 1980s title Gay Comix — an anthology created by Cruse to publish work by openly gay creators — that arguably made his reputation. Wendel, his strip about a young gay man in Reagan’s America for The Advocate during the same period, won him even more acclaim.

But he may be best known for Stuck Rubber Baby, which told the story of Toland Polk, a gas station attendant in the American South of the 1960s who gets caught up in the civil rights struggle of the period as he explores his own sexuality.

Variety has hired seasoned journalist Adam B. Vary as senior entertainment writer to cover the business of genre storytelling and fandom across movies, television and streaming platforms.

Vary will write a weekly column as well as produce cover stories and inside features, break news on Variety.com, and contribute to Variety’s new video studio.

He will join Variety’s Los Angeles headquarters on Dec. 2.

“I could not be more excited to join Variety, and to work with Claudia Eller and her incredible team covering a time of extraordinary change in the entertainment industry,” Vary said.

For nearly seven years, Vary worked as a senior film reporter at BuzzFeed News, breaking news, writing business and investigative features on industry figures such as Kevin Spacey and Brad Renfro, longform profiles that included Chris Pratt, Joss Whedon, James Gunn, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, retrospective stories on films like “Clue” and “A Christmas Story,...

Did the death of Judy Garland trigger the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the gay liberation movement as is suggested in the new biopic “Judy”? The truth is, it depends who you ask.

To this day, the legendary singer’s death less than a week before the 1969 riots continues to be recognized as a considerable factor in the gay uprising that led to 13 arrests and many injuries at the gay bar Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Garland’s adoration in the gay community was of mythical proportions decades before her death from an accidental overdose of barbiturates on June 22, 1969. “She is an Elvis for homosexuals,” Barry Walters wrote in a 1998 article in The Advocate. He, like many, many others, believe her tragic end “may have” helped to ignite the five-night Stonewall rebellion.

Not many businesses welcomed openly gay people in the ’50s and ’60s. The...

Fans of “Billy on the Street” and “Difficult People” already know that Billy Eichner is one of the smartest and funniest men in show business, but his role in “The Lion King” will introduce the comedian to a whole new audience. Eichner voices the meerkat Timon, best friend to constant thorn in his side Pumbaa (Seth Rogen); crooner of such iconic songs as “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Hakuna Matata.” The character was famously originated by openly gay actor Nathan Lane, five years before coming out publicly in The Advocate in 1999. Eichner, who is also gay, recently spoke to Buzzfeed about taking on a role so defined by another actor.

“I’m glad that [director] Jon Favreau kept the tradition of Timon being played by a gay actor, with a certain type of comedic sensibility, alive,” Eichner said.

In the original “Lion King,” many people read antagonist Scar (Jeremy Irons...

In the last three months, four of Hollywood’s 12 most sought-after tax havens for film and TV production have passed laws significantly restricting access to abortions or nearly banning them altogether — forcing many major Hollywood studios and production companies to reconsider upcoming shoots.

Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Ohio are among the 12 states that provide the best tax incentives to film and TV productions that shoot in the state, according to Film Production Capital, a Louisiana-based brokerage and consulting film that specializes in state tax incentives for film, TV and animation projects. In the last three months, all four have passed some form of anti-abortion law as a conservative wave sweeps state legislatures for a potential legal challenge that would get a more right-wing Supreme Court to reconsider the four-decade-old Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.

In addition, two more of the top 12 tax-friendly states have anti-abortion legislation on the...

Laine Hardy‘s life is likely to be forever changed now that the 18-year-old Louisiana lad is officially the Season 17 winner of “American Idol.” His buccolic existence in the small burg of French Settlement in southern Livingston Parish is about to be upended. His days of four-wheel-driving and bass-fishing will soon take a backseat to promoting his new single, “Flame,” recording an album thanks to his spanking-new recording contract and going on tour.

While he had tough competition from his fellow finalists, Alejandro Aranda and Madison VandDenburg, anyone who knows “Idol” could tell this teen from the swamps was catnip for those texting young fans sending all their votes to him. Laine also had an advantage after auditioning last season and getting cut during the early rounds. This time, he went to an auditon in Idaho to accompany another hopeful but the judges encouraged him to try out, too. And...

Welcome to this Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some interesting news regarding Nxt on this show, so let’s get to it before Harry Potter farts himself to death.

Match #1: Braun Strowman def. Baron Corbin (Tables Match) The following is courtesy of WWE.com:

Baron Corbin can always be counted on for a good strategy, though without his friends at his side, his luck doesn’t tend to match up. Facing a very angry Braun Strowman in a Tables Match, the former General Manager-Elect of Monday Night Raw relentlessly worked the battered ribs of his longtime foe, stayed on the attack after a strong opening and kept the action as far away from any stray tables as he could in the hopes of whittling Strowman down to claim the win the win. It didn’t work, but it was enough to make things interesting.

Previous | Image 1 of 3 | NextSean Hayes of ‘Will and Grace,’ co-author of ‘Plum!’.

Chicago – Tis the season for a holiday children’s book, and actor Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”) and husband Scott Icenogle have co-written “Plum!,” the story of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the quest to get her wings. The couple appeared at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville (Illinois) to sign books and greet admirers.

Sean Hayes will always be Jack on “Will & Grace,” especially as it has been recently rebooted on NBC-tv. He was born right here in Chicago, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Glen Ellyn. After leaving Illinois State University, he took his training as a classical pianist and improv at The Second City and moved to Los Angeles, where he was featured in a Doritos Super Bowl commercial and as the lead in “Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss,” both in 1998. Remarkably, he...

Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Remedy, a medical drama from writer Katie Lovejoy (Dracula), Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions and 20th Century Fox TV, where Vendetta is based.

Written by Lovejoy, Remedy is an aspirational drama about Remedy Shaw, a young female medical professional with a rare neurological condition that allows her to literally feel her patient’s pain. As she enters the impersonal, evidence-based medical system for the first time, she discovers that her unique ability to empathize with patients allows her to do more than cure sickness; it heals people. And in the process, she may even heal herself.

The series is inspired by 30-year old Missouri woman Megan Pohlmann who has mirror-touch synesthesia, an extremely rare neurological condition that enables people to feel others’ emotions and physical pain. She uses her skills to help others as a nurse.

Lovejoy executive...

Longtime YouTube star Tyler Oakley, who has become one of the platform’s most prominent Lgbtq voices, has increasingly harnessed his platform for advocacy work in recent years.

Now, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard -- a University Of Wyoming student who was beaten, tortured, and left to die as a result of his sexuality -- Oakley is gracing the cover of The Advocate magazine. The storied Lgbtq publication calls Oakley “an icon for a new generation of activists,” and he shares the cover with five other burgeoning figures: transgender musician Gio Bravo: basketball player couple Layana White and Haley Videckis, who sued Pepperdine University for discrimination; Los Angeles poet Edwin Bodney; and bisexual filmmaker Shayna Maci Warner.

In The Advocate, Oakley discusses how his social media presence and activism are Lgbtq increasingly overlapping. “I went to school thinking maybe someday I’ll work for a nonprofit.

Benny Medina, the TV producer and music manager whose clients include Jennifer Lopez and formerly Will Smith and Mariah Carey, will not be charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney in an alleged 2004 sexual assault.

The case was declined by the L.A. D.A.’s entertainment sexual assault task force Friday owing to the statue of limitations, according to the charge evaluation worksheet, and that the unnamed alleged victim recently died. No other information was given in the report.

This is a different incident from one that came to light in November, when Sordid Lives: The Series actor Jason Dottley claimed in a story published in The Advocate that Medina attempted to rape him in 2008 at the producer-manager’s Los Angeles mansion. Medina, through his lawyers, denied the allegation.

Medina, who continues to work with Lopez, executive produced Smith’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Tyra Banks Show,...

TLC announced today that its second annual Give A Little Awards, an extension of the network’s national multiplatform campaign dedicated to empowering individuals to make a difference in the lives of those in need by giving a little time, support and compassion, will be held on September 20 in New York City.

Presented in partnership with Redbook magazine and Love Is Louder, a project of The Jed Foundation, this event will shine a light on advocates who work tirelessly to prevent bullying. TLC star Jazz Jennings, TV personality/host Kelly Osbourne and recording artist Jessie Chris are among those being honored this year, in addition to three national contest winners who are purposefully sowing seeds of kindness and standing up against bullies in their communities: Kristin Caminiti (Kindness Grows Here), Dianne Grossman (Mallory’s Army) and Jaylen Arnold (Jaylen’s Challenge).

Hosted by beloved wedding dress designer and star of...

For Portia de Rossi, being in the presence of Ellen DeGeneres was like a love song come to life.  "She took my breath away," de Rossi recalled of running into her future wife at a 2004 photo shoot in an interview with The Advocate a year later. "That had never happened to me in my life, where I saw somebody and [experienced] all of those things you hear about in songs and read about in poetry. My knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that." Technically, they had met about five years earlier in 2000. According to de Rossi's version of the story, "there was definitely a lot of chemistry between us, but I didn't...

Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein and their Vendetta Productions are staying at 20th Century Fox Television. The duo have inked a two-year overall deal with 20th TV and its cable/digital division, Fox 21 TV Studios. Under the new pact, Turner and Klein will continue to develop new projects for network, cable and streaming services.

“Sheldon and Jen are gifted producers with smart, commercial instincts and they are brimming with ideas,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis. “We love working with them.”

Added Bert Salke, president of Fox 21 TV Studios, “Sheldon is a fantastic writer and he and Jen have been developing with Fox 21 since the early days of our company. I have known both of them forever, and was excited to continue our relationship.”

Vendetta moved to 20th TV two years ago after a three-year stint at Sony TV. One of the projects they developed and...

Ricky Martin believes the “stars were aligned” for him to play Antonio D’Amico, Gianni Versace’s longtime partner, on “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.” Unbeknownst to creator Ryan Murphy, the singer/actor is good friends with co-stars Edgar Ramirez and Penelope Cruz, and Ramirez had already told Martin that he had been cast as the late fashion designer before Murphy, with whom Martin worked on “Glee,” came calling to have dinner.

“I went there and he said, ‘I have a project I want you to be part of.’ And the thing was Edgar had told me he was going to be playing Gianni,” Martin tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview (watch the exclusive video above). “I was like, ‘That’s fantastic! Whatever you need from me. Whatever you need, let me know.’ Two weeks later, Ryan calls me and he tells me he has...

Brian Falduto, an actor and musician best known for playing Billy (or "Fancy Pants") in the Jack Black musical film School of Rock, opens up about his experience growing up as "the gay kid" from the film in an emotional essay for The Advocate.

Saying that he's now "Ok with it," he explains that, because of his role in the film, which came out 15 years ago in October, he was labeled as "gay" early on. "No one in my life was taking the time to stop and tell me that it was Ok to just be me....

“Black Panther” actor Florence Kasumba has confirmed that she filmed a scene in which her character, Ayo — head of security for King T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) — flirted with a female general (Danai Gurira). “If the makers would have wanted everyone to see the scene, it would have been in the movie,” Kasumba told Vulture, noting that additional scenes also did not make the final product, now in theaters. “What their reason is, I can’t tell you, because nobody told me about whether [that scene is] in or not.”

In April, Vanity Fair‘s Joanna Robinson wrote about viewing a rough cut of the Ryan Coogler-directed epic, which featured a moment where “we see Gurira’s Okoye and Kasumba’s Ayo swaying rhythmically back in formation with the rest of their team. Okoye eyes Ayo flirtatiously for a long time as the camera pans in on them. Eventually, she says, appreciatively and appraisingly,...

Anthony Rapp has spoken out about why he exposed Kevin Spacey for allegedly making inappropriate sexual advances toward him when Rapp was only 14.

The longtime movie, TV and Broadway actor, who’s 46 and openly gay, went public with the alleged incident in a BuzzFeed article published Sunday, just hours before Spacey apologized and came out as a gay man.

“I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out, to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me,” the actor said in a statement to People.

Kevin Spacey is being criticized for “hiding under the rainbow” after he came out in the same statement in which he apologized for alleged unwanted sexual advances towards actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was just 14.

In an interview with BuzzFeed published Sunday, Rapp, now 46, alleged then-26-year-old Spacey invited him to his Manhattan apartment for a party in 1986. (They were both starring in hit Broadway plays at the time.) Rapp says he was the only teen at the party and spent most of the evening in a bedroom watching television. After the party ended, he said, Spacey came into the room,...

Kevin Spacey has come out as gay as part of his response to Star Trek and Rent actor Anthony Rapp coming forward Sunday with an allegation that the House of Cards star made an unwanted sexual advance towards him when Rapp was just 14.

“I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. I’m beyond horrified to hear his story,” Spacey says in a statement posted on his Twitter account late Sunday night. “I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave as he describes,...

Another actress has come forward to level sexual harassment allegations against ousted Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, bringing the number up to at least 30 accusers, according to the Associated Press.

English actress Sophie Dix claims that Weinstein invited her to a private room at the Savoy Hotel in London when she was 22 years old in 1990 where she was forcibly shoved onto a bed while Weinstein "tugged at her clothes," according to her account given to The Guardian. 

Having just been cast in what looked to be her breakthrough role alongside Colin Firth in The Advocate (originally released...

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl star Olivia Cooke is among those in talks to play the female lead in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of the novel Ready Player One, though we’re hearing that the deal isn’t final. Set in a bleak near future of extreme economic inequality, the book follows Wade Owen Watts, a poor orphan who spends most of his time in a massive online game and virtual society whose currency is the most stable in the (very troubled) world. Like other players, Wade wants to solve a puzzle hidden in the game by its creator, as doing so supposedly unlocks access to a mind-blowing fortune. Cooke is in discussions for the role of “Samantha Evelyn Cook,” a successful musician from Canada and fellow player who Wade has a crush on.

This is the second big casting news for a Me And Earl And The Dying Girl actor,...