Jeremy Pope’s ‘Beauty’ secret, a new queer It Couple & 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:HOT TO GO: Inexhaustible TV producer Ryan Murphy has lined up a new project at FX called The Beauty, a comic book adaptation about a mysterious STD that turns those infected beautiful.
The cast attached thus far is appropriately gorgeous, including Jeremy Pope, Evan Peters, & Anthony Ramos. [Deadline]BUCKLE UP: This past weekend, queer folks from all over busted out their leathers and descended on San Francisco for the Folsom Street Fair, an annual celebration of all things kinky and alternative… so naturally it’s stirred up a new wave of discourse online about sex & sexuality. [INTO]SINGING OUT: You’ve never seen anything like Emilia Pérez, the wild musical drama about a cartel boss who transitions and tries to make good for her dark past, featuring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, & trans star Karla Sofía Gascón in a role that could make LGBTQ+ Oscar history.
Check out the thrilling new trailer below: GETTING CHEEKY: On his press tour for the making-of-SNL dramedy Saturday Night, Dylan O’Brien has been giving the gays everything, from an eye-popping short-shorts tease to a hint that the movie Titanic might have prompted his bisexual awakening. [Queerty]REQUIRED VIEWING: Comedy legend Will Ferrell and his trans friend Harper Steele‘s road trip doc Will & Harper is now streaming on Netflix, and the timing is not accidental—both reveal they pushed for a pre-Election Day release so that families could have “important discussions in their living rooms.” [LGBTQNation]POWER COUPLE: There’s an adorable new queer couple in Hollywood, and the internet can hardly contain its excitement: My Old Ass breakout Maisy Stella and The Last Of Us badass Bella Ramsey have gone Instagram official!just.
