A ‘Heartstopper’ x ‘Young Royals’ crossover, Lady Bunny rips RuPaul & all the best LGBTQ+ releases this week
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:WICKED GAMES: The internet’s been running rampant with memes of the lasted Wicked movie poster—itself a throwback to the original Broadway musical art—and the golden-voiced Cynthia Erivo is not having it, calling it “the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen.” [Variety]THE TOTAL PACKAGE: Monsters‘ breakout star Cooper Koch popped by Watch What Happens Live this week, revealing to Andy Cohen that he’s got a boyfriend (sorry gays!) and that he was not using a prosethetic in the Menendez Brothers series (you’re welcome, gays). [Queerty]CROSSOVER OF THE YEAR: It’s the photo that sent a million fan-fiction pens writing—Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor shared a pic with Young Royals‘ Edvin Ryding backstage at Romeo + Juliet in NYC, and the link-up has fans of both swooning.ELF ON THE RECORD SHELF: Twenty years after his first holiday album made him a seasonal staple, Clay Aiken is back with festive new record Christmas Bells Are Ringing out Nov.
22. The American Idol alum released first single “Do You Hear What I Hear?” today with more yuletide classics on the way. [Sony Music]GAME FACES: Now through Oct.
25, Outsports is counting down its annual Power 100, an empowering list of the most influential names in the sports world, including athletes like Anthony Bowens & Megan Rapinoe, and so many more who make us proud on and off the field/ring/court/pool/track/etc…! [Outsports]MARVAL-OUS: Hilarious & hunky trans-masc comic Marval Rex is set to world-premiere his highly hyped one-man show REXODUS: Out Of The Closet, Into The Tribe at LA’s Elysian theater on Oct.
