Tag: entertainment

The festival's move to the suburbs followed a failed attempt to relocate from Addams/Medill Park to Douglas Park in Chicago. Putting a positive spin on the move, organizers said the new space for the three-day event is nearly triple the size of last year's event and combines a major plot of grassland designed for outdoor music events as well as a sizable part of neighboring Sears Center Arena.According to Hoffman Estates officials, Poplar Creek has a considerable history when it comes to music. Not...

For anybody in need of a bit of period drama, British wit or two early 20th-century closeted men in love, the first trailers for Downton Abbey: The Movie have arrived. The new film picks up several years after the finale of the acclaimed PBS/ITV series concluded. An upcoming visit by the King & Queen to the Abbey sets in motion a reunion of the show’s aristocrats and servants to prepare. Downton Abbey ran for six seasons before coming to a close in...

Nearly matching the speculation around who will take home the grand prize in each iteration of the RuPaul‘s Drag Race franchise, fans have turned the educated guessing game of who will be cast next into something of a sport. And now an announcement from a season ten standout has people certain she’ll appear on season five of Drag Race All Stars. In a video upload to Instagram, Maxwell Heller, better known as Miz Cracker, said she’s had to cancel her upcoming summer shows in...

Reaction to the Game of Thrones finale was more mixed than primordial soup, but there was one thing all 20 million viewers seem to agree on: Milk boy got hot. That is, Lino Facioli, who appeared in the premiere season of GoT when he was nine years old, then in seasons four through six, and finally again in season eight. Now nineteen, fans are seeing him in a new light. Not since Neville Longbottom actor Matthew Lewis donned a construction hat (and little else) for...

Billy Eichner‘s back, y’all. Oh, and so are the Jonas Brothers. Nick, Joe, and Kevin recently met up with Billy for the latest episode of Billy on the Street to promote their new single “Sucker.” “The measles are back and so are the Jonas brothers,” Eichner says at the top of the episode, “so we’re about to hit the streets and have New Yorkers welcome them back!” “Sucker” is the Jonas’ first new single in six years. The song has reached #1 in the U.S., Australia, Canada,...

“I’m really proud of that episode. And I will defend it to anybody who wants to talk about it. Why shouldn’t their teacher marry another man? We all know people who are gay, who are trans, and it’s something that is socially acceptable. Why is there this discomfort that it takes a leap into our national media? I don’t want children or people who are different to feel excluded. That’s not the kind of world we want to live in. And...

This season of Grey’s Anatomy saw the hit medical drama’s first-ever relationship between two gay male doctors. And audiences loved it. Newcomer Alex Landi played Dr. Nico Kim, the boyfriend of Dr. Levi Schmitt, played by out actor Jake Borelli. Over the course of the season, the couple, nicknamed “Schmico” by fans, snuck lots of elevator kisses and hurried hookups between stressful surgeries and other medical emergencies at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. “They told me they wanted this guy to be a...

From adult film star to rapper in one fell swoop. That’s the story of gay performer and DJ Brandon Wilde as of today. In a new music video for his song “Love Or Lust,” Wilde takes on subjects like the so-called “haters” all while living his shining, shimmering fantasy. Related: Shangela’s drag daughter is a famous gay adult film star. See her in action. Joining him in the video are LA queens like Rhea Litre and Shangela’s drag daughter and fellow adult star...

Continuing its campaign for most draconian, antiquated state in the union, Alabama Public Television has refused to run an episode of the children’s show Arthur that depicts the title character’s teacher marrying another man. The news came this week, just after Alabama passed a complete ban on abortion rights in the state. Mike McKenzie, a spokesperson for APT, told NBC “Parents have trusted Alabama Public Television for more than 50 years to provide children’s programs that entertain, educate, and inspire. More...

Karamo Brown met up with Pink News to talk about the upcoming Queer Eye: We’re In Japan! special, which is set to premiere on Netflix later this year. “You realize very quickly that if you give people the space and permission to express what they’re feeling, sometimes you don’t have to say the words,” the culture expert explains when asked about the language barrier he faced filming in a foreign country. “There were some times where I would literally just sit and look...

Celine Dion has a song for every moment. Probably several. The Canadian songbird and infectiously delightful personality hopped into James Corden’s whip for a spin around the Las Vegas strip, and she had a lot to say, er, sing. Related: WATCH: Celine Dion tackled by security and put in handcuffs Between handing out shoes to extremely lucky tourists (forget the roulette wheel, this was the real jackpot), the two took on hits like “Because You Loved Me,” “My Heart Will Go On,” and...

Pose returns for its much anticipated second season June 11, and parent network FX just teased the big new storyline. Season 2 of the hit show jumps ahead five years to 1990, finding Blanca, Electra and company seeing the drag ball scene go mainstream, courtesy of a certain pop song by Madonna. The AIDS crisis also rages on, with a lack of research and government action dooming thousands to suffering and death. As house mother of Evangelista, Blanca has to...

We don’t know about you, but we’re counting down the days until the Tales of the City reboot on Netflix, which premieres on June 7. Based on the beloved writings by author Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City follows the lives of a group of San Franciscans living in the same apartment complex, as well as the eccentrics that move in and out of their lives. Related: The trailer for Netflix’s ‘Tales of the City’ reboot is officially here The latest installment features a new generation of...

Brienne of TarthThis article contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones finale. After eight seasons, HBO’s violent fantasy drama Game of Thrones finally came to an end last night. More than a few fans were disappointed about the show’s rushed action during its two last seasons: complex characters were flattened into dull stock types in the name of speed and a Hollywood ending. But it’s worth mentioning how the show’s two gender nonconforming characters ended up. We’re talking about Brienne of Tarth,...