Tag: Stephen Colbert

Every Pride month, journalists get tons of e-mails from marketers and PR flacks promoting various events. One e-mail received by journalists this week had the subject line, “Jerry Lewis Returns to New York & Celebrates Pride… tomorrow on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert!” This was particularly surprising seeing as Lewis — a comedian best known for his 1963 film The Nutty Professor and his “Jerry’s Kids” telethon for muscular dystrophy — died in 2017 at the ripe old...

When you’re a newly minted fashion icon, you can’t just show up to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert in any old rags. “There’s an expectation,” Pose star, red carpet goddess, and Queerty Pride50 honoree Billy Porter told Colbert, “so I have to dress appropriately.” Decked in gold, Porter talked Colbert through some of his iconic fashion moments of late. He also had this to say about clothing and gender, and we’d all be wise to perk up our ears: Watch the full interview below: Dan Tracer is...

John Hugo, president of Super Happy Fun America, proposed a "Straight Pride" parade to counter LGBT Pride month."We want people to be aware that there is not only one side of things," Hugo explained. "There's a lot of people that are uncomfortable with a lot of things that are going on in our country and they're afraid to speak up."Hugo said he hopes to hold the parade in late August.Chris Evans criticized the proposal as "homophobic.""Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!!" the...

Apparently straight guys have figured out what straight girls have known for years: making out with someone of the same sex is a great way to get attention. On last night’s The Late Show, Andrew Garfield — no relation to the cat — was pressed on his lip-lock with Ryan Reynolds at the Golden Globes. “You kind of stole focus,” Colbert said. “What was the story there?” “I just wanted Ryan to know that I loved him whether he won or lost,” Garfield said. “And you’re...