Need a boost to get over Hump Day? The Hot Sheet is Queerty’s midweek pop culture catch-up, highlighting the entertainment stories everyone’s talking about, the ones you might’ve missed, and the notable LGBTQ+ film & TV releases in the days ahead. Here’s everything you need to stay in-the-know:ICYMI: It’s our favorite time of year: awards season!
And just in case you weren’t aware, voting is now open for (we may be biased, but) the best awards show of all, The Queerties, honoring the best in brightest of LGBTQ+ pop culture from the past year.
You can vote once a day through Feb. 25, so do your civic duty! [Queerties]SPEAK ON IT: After tearing up the stage at the Grammys, queer superstar Janelle Monáe took the mic at an after party and, in a freestyle, called out rapper Nelly for performing during the presidential inauguration: “You sold out!” Mind you, Nelly was in the room, so they said that to his face. [LGBTQNation]DINO-MITE!: We weren’t convinced we needed yet another Jurassic Park World movie, but then they went ahead and cast out heartthrob Jonathan Bailey as an adventuring (bespectacled) paleontologist, and how are we supposed to say no to that?
This trailer on top of those BTS Wicked photos? Bailey is keeping us fed!!SLAY: In news that both had us jumping out of our seat with excitement and gave us pause, Hulu is eyeing a sequel series for our beloved Buffy The Vampire Slayer—with Sarah Michelle Gellar attached!—to be directed by Nomadland Oscar winner Chloé Zhao.