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Char Diaz, Friday Chamberlin, Diana Hopper, & Zolee Griggs (left to right)Brad Michael Elmore sounds a bit winded as he joins us on the phone. “I’m here!” he chirps. We know why: His third feature film, the dark comedy Bit, opens at Outfest in Los Angeles July 26 & 27. Bit stars transgender actress Nicole Maines (of Supergirl) as Laurel, a recent high school graduate who jets off to Los Angeles to spend the summer with her brother. Her first night...

James Sweeney moved from his native Alaska to Los Angeles to study film at Chapman University. After several attempts at launching an acting career, Sweeney moved into casting, moonlighting writing and directing short films. His acclaimed shorts The First and Before Midnight Cowboy both earned slots at Frameline, the celebrated San Francisco-based queer media arts festival, and helped him generate enough buzz to drum up funding for his first feature, Straight Up. The romantic comedy plays at Outfest July 23...

POSE — CR: Jeffrey Neira/FXOn a misty New York City morning, a party bus drove a gaggle of entertainment writers to a remote area of the Bronx where a pair of soundstages keep creative vigil amid the industrial sprawl of warehouses, plants, and factories. We knew we’d found the right place by the few cast members dressed in their colored costumes standing outside for a break—much like the soundstages, a splash of color in an area teeming with gray. None...

Her one-woman show may be called “Help Me, I’m Dying,” but Katya Zamolodchikova, aka Katya, aka Brian McCook is doing just fine, thank you. The RuPaul‘s Drag Race season 7 and Drag Race All-Stars season 2 standout has had a wild ride, from coming up in the Boston drag scene to finding a massive audience through TV and an ever-expanding one with the success UNHhhh, her web series with Trixie Matell. UNHhhh was later picked up by Vice for television as The Trixie and Katya...