Tag: entertainment

Gabrielle Zilkha has survived fandom, and lived to tell the tale. Having captured some notice with her first feature documentary, Doing Jewish, about a Jewish community in Ghana, she landed her attention on images of queer people in the media, and the fans that love them. The result, Queering the Script, plays at Outfest July 20. Queering the Script focuses on the ongoing push for LGBTQ diversity in films and television, and the devoted fandom that springs up every time a character even hints...

Director Gregor SchmidingerThe hour has grown late in Vienna, Austria when we finally get Gregor Schmidinger on the phone. He’s called Austria home for most of his life, save the time he spent studying film at UCLA. Since returning to his native land, Schmidinger has already earned notice for his first film Homophobia, as well as for several other queer-themed shorts. This July 19, he returns to Los Angeles with his latest film, the surreal drama Nevrland. The film follows 17-year-old...

Judi DenchDid Judi Dench get a haircut? Jennifer Hudson must be working a new stylist. And what’s that glow Idris Elba is giving off? What is it about these beloved performers that looks so… different? Ahh now we see it! They’re cats. The trailer for the much-anticipated cinematic take on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic 1981 Broadway musical Cats is here, and it’s going to be quite the production. With star talent that also includes Taylor Swift, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Rebel Wilson and...

“I don’t fear ’cause I know we’re the cure,” sings Tituss Burgess of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt fame in his just-released political empowerment bop titled “45.” It’s a departure from anything we’ve seen from Burgess, and we’re digging it! “Our country is in a crisis,” Burgess said in an exclusive statement to Billboard. “This man in power has put much of the US under a sleeping spell that is slowly transforming into apathy from the rest of us. This song is a call to wake up...

X2 The fab five return with the fourth season of their popular Netflix show this week, with the queer ambassadors landing once again in Missouri to makeover some style, and some lives. This season also finds the fab five revisiting Jonathan Van Ness’ high school Alma matter in Quincy, IL to thank some of his favorite teachers, and give the Queer Eye treatment to a few of his former classmates too. Equal parts fabulous and moving, the new season of...

Director Rachel Mason (right) visiting Circus of Books“I’m standing in the $0.99 store. I have a two-year-old that needs supplies for his birthday party tomorrow.” Rachel Mason doesn’t give herself a break. The noted musician and performance artist has spent the first half of the year traveling the country with her new film Circus of Books. It opens at Outfest July 18 before coming to Netflix this fall. The documentary traces the history of Mason’s family business, the West Hollywood adult shop...

Ageism and a taste for young flesh give gay adult video stars a limited shelf life — most of them won’t be performing when they’re redeeming their senior discounts at Denny’s. But if you’ve ever wondered what some of the biggest stars in the skin biz will look like when they’re older, this NSFW adult industry site has the answer. The site’s editor, Zachary Sire, had the genius idea of putting a few of today’s hottest adult performers through the...

Comic Billy Eichner, who lends his voice to the character Timon in Disney’s remake of The Lion King, has said he approached the character with a “gay sensibility.” Does that make the character gay too? Eichner, who is openly gay, took over the role from actor Nathan Lane, who voiced Timon in the original animated film. Lane, by coincidence, is also gay. Eichner thinks that’s integral to the role. “I’m glad that Jon Favreau kept the tradition of Timon being...

Singer/actress Miley Cyrus has clarified that she still identifies as pansexual, and still loves women. The pop starlet, who drops her seventh studio album later this month, addressed the subject of her marriage to actor Liam Hemsworth in a new interview with Elle. She struck out at the idea that because she married a man, she does not find herself attracted to women. “I’m in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women,” Cyrus said. “People become vegetarian...

Pose star Billy Porter is still reeling from his first-ever Emmy nomination. Porter, who plays the emcee Pray Tell on the acclaimed FX series, became the first-ever out-gay African American actor nominated for Best Actor in a Drama at the Emmy Nominations on July 16. He remarked that he was “finally able to breathe” following the announcement. Pose also nabbed a nomination in the Best Drama category. Porter also trumpets his and the show’s success as part of the ongoing struggle...

Billy PorterQueer artists continue their strong showing among the showbiz elite, this time at the 2019 Emmy nominations. Pose scored big in major categories, including nominations for Best Drama and Best Lead Actor for Billy Porter. The lesbian thriller Killing Eve also netted a Best Drama nod, as did lead actresses Sandra Oh and Jody Comer. Russian Doll, the surreal Netflix series, co-created by out-lesbian Leslye Headland, also grabbed a Best Drama nomination, as well as a Best Actress nom for Natasha...

Actress Scarlett Johansson has insisted that the media mangled comments she made about casting, calling them “edited for clickbait” and “widely taken out of context.” In an interview with As If,  the Avengers star addressed several instances where she landed as the center of controversy, including allegations of whitewashing in the film Ghost in the Shell, and for accepting a role as a transgender man in Rub & Tug (she later quit the film). British newspaper The Daily Mail published part of that...

Changing the GameFestival season continues with the annual opening of the queerstravaganza known as Outfest Los Angeles. This year marks the 37th festival, which plays home to some of the best in LGBTQ-themed films and series of the coming year. Spoiler alert: We’ve already seen a good chunk of the lineup and can attest that this year has a sleeper hit or two on the roster. From the sexy to the spiritual, this year’s entries explore the farthest reaches of...

The internet geekverse has gone all atwitter over a rumor that the Batman villain Black Mask will be portrayed as gay in a new movie. Warner Bros. has announced that Black Mask will serve as the primary villain in the film adaptation of Birds of Prey, a spinoff of the “Batman family,” and part of the DCEU series of films. Now gossip site We Got This Covered reports that Black Mask will be portrayed as gay, albeit in a subtle manner. Apparently, the...