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Alan Poul with Olympia DukakisThe seven-time Emmy nominee Alan Poul is a fearless producer. Having worked on low budget films like Candyman through the 1980s and early 90s, Poul took on a job that would earn him distinction in the annals of television: producer of the landmark, if controversial, miniseries Tales of the City in 1993. Since then, Poul has produced other acclaimed, groundbreaking shows such as My So-Called Life, Six Feet Under, The Newsroom and Westworld. Poul also returned to produce...

Garcia“I just turned 23 in October, so I’m a Scorpio. Proudly.” Garcia (who uses a single name, like Madonna) utters the words in characteristic soft-spoken timbre. The trans-non-binary actor is in the final push to promote their screen debut: the Netflix revival of Tales of the City coming June 7. In the revival, Garcia plays Jake, a transgender man living in the iconic apartment building at 28 Barbary Lane under the watchful eyes of transgender stoner hippie Anna Madrigal (played by...

Ellen Page spent the weekend not taking any crap, thank you very much. A new video shows her confronting a crazy street preacher somewhere in DC. At first, the preacher rants about demons, while Ellen simply nods in annoyance. In the background, a woman screams at someone else — what a fun little gathering! — and then Ellen’s had enough. “You’re wrong,” she says. “Look, we’re not going to get anywhere and you’re doing to believe this your whole life. I feel for you...

Ellen Page: "Being in the closet hurt my career more than coming out." Hollywood actor Ellen Page has said staying in the closet hurt her career more than coming out as gay did. She initially said she was unsure whether Hollywood’s treatment of LGBT actors was improving. “It’s hard for me to know — I’m not in rooms where people are making decisions of who to send what to, and the truth is, I’m absolutely not focusing on it. She went on to say:...

Famous actress Elen Page and her friend Ian James Daniel took part in a new LGBT project – documentary TV series “Gaycation”. They are going to travel the world with the main aim - to find out how is it to be gay or lesbian in different countries and cultures. https://www.instagram.com/p/BCLthgewQ0Z/?taken-by=ellenpage And today they opened the season with the first episode that is available now online on YouTube Viceland channel and will be officially available on the 2nd of March on the TV channel Viceland. This...

What doesn't kill you just makes you gayer!  Famous actress Elen Page, who came out in 2014, decided to take part in a new project - documentary TV series "Gaycation". Each series of this film will tell us about the situation of LGBT people all over the world and about the problems that they keep facing on a daily basis. http://www.instagram.com/p/BAOEjiGQQwa/?taken-by=ellenpage Ellen Page, being lesbian and an active supporter of the LGBT movement, understands these people like no one else can. She is...

“The Academy is filled with both racism and homophobia”. This is Ian Mckellen’s shocking statement as the legendary actor commented this Monday on the matter of discrimination among this year’s Oscar voters. While you may think that this reputed prize should only be offered to those who deserve it, Ian Mckellen suggests that no publicly out man ever seem to deserve it. He declared: “No openly gay man has ever won the Oscar; I wonder if that is prejudice or...

Ellen Page and Samantha Thomas have been in a relationship for a while now. Ellen made her red carpet debut at TIFF holding tenderly her girlfriend. This was happening in September. Even if they were at the beginning of their relationship, Ellen did not refrain from expressing her love for Samantha. "Walking down the carpet holding my girlfriend's hand is pretty special," she confessed, "It's pretty awesome". Asked why she had chosen that night to make her relationship official, she replied: "I'm...

Adorable couple alert! Actress, Ellen Page, made a red carpet debut with artist Samantha Thomas, this week. The pair arrived in matching tuxedo outfits to the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Sunday night for the premier of Page’s film Freeheld. The premier was an opportune time for the couple to strut their stuff. The Juno star plays along side Julianne Moore in a story about a terminally ill police officer fighting for domestic partnership benefits. When E! Online asked...

Making the news for the third time this week, Ellen Page tells straight Hollywood actors that it’s “not brave to play gay”. Just recently she took part in the first LGBT pride event in Jamaica, despite the fact that there were warnings of anti-gay protestors that could turn the parade violent at any moment. This also comes on the heels of her lively confrontation with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over his position on workplace protections for gay employees. Via: belle-jar.com But, according...

It’s hard to determine if Ellen Page loves controversy or controversy loves Page. Either way the Halifax, Canada born actress is once again in the limelight. This time she was caught on camera at a fair in the Iowa State last Friday as she engage in a heated argument with presidential runner Sen. Ted Cruz over LGBT rights. venusbuzz.com The vivacious actress simply walked up to the senator as he was grilling hamburgers on a barbecue grill at the fair. Soon...

Hollywood actress, Ellen Page, took part in the event of first LGBT pride in Jamaica, despite a warning that the activists of this parade could face violence from people who don’t support LGBT community. She was an Oscar nominee for the film "Juno." Ellen Page made her coming out as a lesbian at the beginning of last year. The actress has joined the flashmob in support of LGBT people in Jamaica, despite the fact that gay relationships are prohibited there. Men who...

This extraordinary story is the focus of the movie Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore as Laurel and Ellen Page as Stacie. The film is based on the transcendently moving Oscar-winning 2007 documentary short of the same title. Freeheld also boasts supporting turns from Steve Carell as a New Jersey gay-rights activist, Michael Shannon as Laurel’s straight-laced cop partner, and Josh Charles as one of the freeholders.   Ellen Page also acknowledges the happy coincidence that the project went into production months after she came...

Openly gay actress Ellen Page will play a lesbian marine in indie drama about the Iraqi war, called Lioness. The film tells the real-life story of a US Marine Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, who was stationed in Haditha, Iraq. She was also sent to Afghanistan as the leader of a female engagement team, whose task was to gain the trust of the local women and at the same time, secretly extracting information about their Taliban husbands. Leslie Martz, who now lives in San Diego, also had a war...