Pedro Pascal on his drag debut, why Adam Rippon deserves a medal & all the new 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:DADDY/MOTHER: In a profile on SNL‘s Marcello Hernández, Pedro Pascal reveals he really wanted to work with the rising star and that he was the one to pitch the sketch where he gets in drag to play a disapproving Latino mother. [Variety]MIDWEST PRINCESSES: The Harris/Walz 2024 campaign’s piping-hot merch drop features a camo ball-cap with the candidates’ names in a bright orange font… which looks an awful lot like hats newly minted pop star Chappell Roan is selling—even Roan thinks so! [INTO]TEENAGE NIGHTMARE: Southern Gothic horror Ganymede—about a closeted high school wrestler with (literal) demons in his closet—is now available on Prime Video, and Queerty‘s got an exclusive sneak-peek clip which proves it’s not all scares.
There’s some romance, too, as seen in this emotional scene between stars Jordan Doww & Pablo Castelblanco.GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN: Last Friday, Queerty launched a new partnership with Native Son, the platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black gay/queer man, and they kicked things off with a tribute to the late, great, trailblazing writer James Baldwin on what would have been his 100th birthday. [Queerty]OH SCHITT!: From Emmy winners to Emmy hosts?
The father-son duo of Eugene and Dan Levy are reportedly in talks to co-host the awards show for TV’s biggest night this September, just four years after sweeping the Comedy categories with Schitt’s Creek‘s final season.
