Jon Kung gives us a taste, Lagoona Bloo has a new boy toy, & all the can’t-miss LGBTQ+ releases of the 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:THE FUTURE OF FILM: The Sundance Institute has just announced the lineup for the landmark 40th edition of its Sundance Film Festival, which will take over Park City, Utah from January 18-28—with a robust virtual component, too, so you can watch from the comfort of your own home!
The program is an embarrassment of riches (with projects featuring LGBQT+ talent like Murray Bartlett, Justice Smith, Lío Mehiel, and more), offering up new indie cinema faves we’ll surely be talking about all of 2024 and beyond. [Sundance]RU’S SWEET SIXTEEN: Cue up “Sissy That Walk” because there are 14 new queens making their entrance into the Werk Room for the 16th (!!!) season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, original recipe, which premieres January 5 with a twist-filled, two-part premiere.
Get to know the stacked cast—featuring Kandy Muse’s drag daughter, Kornbread’s drag sister, and the series’ figst Taiwan and Mexico-born queens—in our favorite holiday tradition: the Meet The Queens interviews!SEX SYMBOL: Out actor Colman Domingo is having a moment.
The Rustin and The Color Purple star is opening up about his “heartthrob status,” and how he said “I love you” to his husband—who he met via Craigslist Missed Connections—on their very first date.
