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:Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.GET GLAAD: This morning, GLAAD announced its nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and the roster is full of queer excellence, but we were especially thrilled to see our sibling sites LGBTQNation and INTO both honored in the Outstanding Online Journalism Article category.
Congrats, team! [GLAAD]LET’S SWEAT: Flamboyant fitness guru, TV personality, and human enigma Richard Simmons is getting the biopic treatment from Warner Bros., and they’ve landed fellow ’90s icon (and lookalike!) Pauly Shore to squeeze into some spandex and play the part. [Variety]MAKING A SPLASH: You may know Jason Statham as the current reigning B-movie action star, but do you know he had a past life as a professional diver?
The internet’s unearthed an old speedo-sporting video of him in competition, and it’s an eyeful! [Read all about it on INTO]CONFIRMED BACHELORS: The 75th Annual Emmy Awards were a surprisingly fun, gay time, but the real show was in the audience, where Swedish hottie Alexander Skarsgård sat next to his date: 30 Rock‘s Jack McBrayer.
But, wait, what’s the deal with this eye-brow-raising bromance? [Read all about it on Queerty]NO AMERICAN IDIOT: Bi rocker Billie Joe Armstrong—of Green Day fame—has been making headlines for speaking out against the anti-trans agenda, and he holds his ground in a fiery new interview, stating that the moral panic over LGBTQ+ youth is “f*cking close-minded.” [Read all about it on LGBTQNation]LET’s GET LOUDER: Fresh off her surprise appearance at a West Hollywood drag brunch, Jennifer Lopez has.