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All about the 2025 Oscar nominations!
Oscar Nominations 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads With 13 Nods, ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Follow With 10 Variety
LGBTQ+ nominees are making history at the Oscars! Out.com
Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo gets new chance to become youngest to EGOT EW.com
Karla Sofía Gascón breaks barriers as first trans actor Oscar nominee Advocate
See the most shocking snubs and surprises from the 2025 Oscar nominations EW.com
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Morning Man Classic: Randolph Scott!
A few weeks before my dad died in 2022 at the age of 92, my nephew and me took him to lunch and after settled in to his living room to watch a western on TV called The Tall T. The movie happened to star today’s Morning Man, Randolph Scott. It was the last movie I ever watched with my dad and we had watched hundreds and hundreds together over the years.
Scott, born on this day in 1898, made more than 100 movies in a career that reached its peak in the 1950s. He retired from movies at the age of 64, and lived to be 89 years old.
His films were of various genres but he found his greatest success in westerns.
He starred in such films as Belle Starr, The Spoilers, Seven Men From Now, and Ride the High Country.
The handsome Mr. Scott was married twice including a 40-plus year marriage to Patricia Stillman.
But it was his close relationship with Cary Grant that got the most attention during the early years of their careers.
It is widely believed that the two were lovers but neither ever acknowledged this, obviously. But what is known is that they lived together off and on for about 10 years as ‘roommates’ and the many publicity photos of them together are stunning.
While Grant is known for being dashing and handsome, you can see that Scott was also quite handsome.
An excerpt from a 2024 Vanity Fair article about the pair titled Cary Grant and Randolph Scott’s Hollywood Story: “Our Souls Did Touch”states: The noted fashion writer Richard Blackwell said he spent months with Scott and Grant, identifying them as a couple and finding them to be “deeply, madly in love.” He described romantic experiences with both in his memoir. “I envied what they felt for one another. But they knew as well as I did that this sort of relationship between two men was considered absolutely unspeakable,” he wrote. “Even in a crowded room, they saw no one else.”
Also from the article: 
British journalist Maureen Donaldson published a book looking back at her romance with Grant in the late ’70s. The memoir was cowritten by Bill Royce, a close friend of hers (and later, Grant’s) and a writer who’d previously worked for a fan magazine. As recounted in his own 2006 book (published 20 years after Grant’s death), Royce ran into Scott one day in 1976 and then told Grant about the encounter. Grant reacted with a kind of melancholy wistfulness. By this point, he was in his early 70s and retired from acting. He decided to finally reveal the truth of what Scott meant to him. (Notably, none of this was included in Donaldson’s book.)
Grant set aside several hours to admit to Royce that he’d been in love with Scott from his earliest days in Hollywood. “Have you ever heard of gravity collapse? Some people call it love at first sight,” he said, according to Royce. “This was the first time I’d felt it for anyone.” Grant told Royce that he and Scott weren’t gay or straight but somewhere in between; that women as well as men slept over at their beach house; and that Scott never wanted Grant in the same way that Grant wanted Scott. They explored this attraction imbalance. Grant said that they did have sex, often awkwardly, and that they connected romantically. “There was no way Randy would have experimented with me…if he didn’t truly love me on some profound level,” he said.
He went on to remember Scott’s love for sweets and hatred for curse words, the way he cared more about golf and money than anything else on planet Earth, how he tended to cover his hot dogs in every condiment available at baseball games—mustard and ketchup and relish and onions. (“If they had petunias, he’d put them on there, too!”) Most poignantly, Grant confessed to the pain of saying goodbye to the love of his life, all those years ago: “It was dreadful having to let go of him in my heart.”
But as Royce remembered Grant in that moment, the man was ultimately at peace. “Our souls did touch,” Grant said. “What more could I ask?”
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Thursday Round-up: Taylor Zakhar Perez; Bowen Yang; Michelle Visage; Jack Haven; Rebel Wilson & more!
Taylor Zakhar Perez Strips Down for Lacoste Underwear Shoot as Brand’s New Ambassador Just Jared
Bowen Yang on how being queer & Asian made him feel liberated on ‘SNL’: “I’m just gonna do what I want” Queerty
Michelle Visage blasts Trump on social media: ‘You will not erase my child’ Attitude
I Saw the TV Glow’s nonbinary star changes name to Jack Haven Out.com
Rebel Wilson Reveals Marvel Role She Auditioned For, Explains Why ‘Bridesmaids 2′ Seems Unlikely & Talks Roles She Turned Down Just Jared
Elon Musk’s trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, calls out his Nazi salute: ‘Call a spade a spade’ Advocate
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Billy Stritch shares last photo with close friend Linda Lavin: “Linda was at the absolute peak of her craft”
Billy Stritch posted this on Facebook today: “This is the last photo I took with Linda. That’s her husband Steve, Matt Bomer, Jim Caruso and René Ruiz following a taping of “Mid-Century Modern” on November 5th, 2024. Linda completed seven episodes before her untimely departure, and they’ll air this spring. You won’t believe how brilliant she is in this show. It fills me with so much joy knowing that Linda was at the absolute peak of her craft, and that these episodes (plus a film appearance) will be released this year. Linda—truly going out on top!”
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Layton Williams: ‘It’s a scary time for queer people, so being myself is my purest form of activism’
Layton Williams speaks to Yahoo UK for Queer Voices about authenticity, seeing yourself, and his new theatre show Titanique. He is an actor, singer, dancer and musical performer known for his appearances in Bad Education, Strictly Come Dancing, and Beautiful People. Layton made his stage debut aged 13 in the title role of Billy Elliot the Musical, and he has starred in critically-acclaimed productions like Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Cabaret.
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Here are nominees for 36th GLAAD Media Awards
GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees of the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In a time of unprecedented challenges for LGBTQ people, LGBTQ stories are the antidote to anti-LGBTQ violence, legislation and disinformation.
GLAAD’s mission to accelerate acceptance and understanding for LGBTQ people through visibility in media stands stronger than ever, with the 36th GLAAD Media Awards spotlighting 303 culture-changing nominees across 33 categories, honoring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, publishing, stage productions, music, podcasting, journalism, and more.
“The GLAAD Media Awards were created nearly four decades ago to champion LGBTQ stories amid a deeply hostile and unsafe time for our community,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement today. “Today, this mission holds true and ever-more important as attacks against LGBTQ people are not only growing, but finding new avenues. Whether it’s rampant misinformation or defamation of transgender people, LGBTQ youth, or the shocking corporate rollback of policies and programs that keep LGBTQ people seen and safe in a workforce, what will always prevail is our truth and talent. This year’s nominees for the 36th GLAAD Media Awards represent the best of our vibrant community, spanning across all media, genres and mediums, and send a loud and global message to industry leaders that our stories are not only popular and entertaining, but necessary and culture-changing.”
Since 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQ awards show in the world, sending powerful messages of acceptance to audiences globally. Nominees for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards reflect work published, released, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2024.
GLAAD routinely reviews the accuracy and impact of GLAAD Media Awards categories to best reflect the ever-evolving media landscape, including the ways in which media is consumed by audiences and consumers alike. As such, and in recognition of the profusion of news sources in the overall media landscape, this year, GLAAD celebrates the category of Outstanding Blog being updated to Outstanding Independent Journalism. This expanded category will recognize creators and independent news organizations that drive journalism and commentary for and about LGBTQ people and issues.
Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release
Cuckoo (Neon)
Drive-Away Dolls (Focus Features)
Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Mean Girls (Paramount Pictures)
My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Problemista (A24)
Queer (A24)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ghosts (CBS)
Hacks (Max)
Loot (Apple TV+)
The Sex Lives of College Girls (Max)
Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
Sort Of (Max)
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Arcane (Netflix)
The Chi (Showtime)
Doctor Who (Disney+)
Found (NBC)
Heartbreak High (Netflix)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Wicked City (ALLBLK)
Outstanding New Series
Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Black Doves (Netflix)
Brilliant Minds (NBC)
Diarra from Detroit (BET+)
Fantasmas (HBO)
Hazbin Hotel (Amazon Prime Video)
How to Die Alone (Hulu)
Kaos (Netflix)
No Good Deed (Netflix)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV
Am I Ok? (Max)
Fancy Dance (Apple TV+)
Good Grief (Netflix)
The Groomsmen: Second Chances (Hallmark)
The Holiday Exchange (Amazon Prime Video / Peacock)
Mother of the Bride (Netflix)
Ricky Stanicky (Amazon Prime Video)
Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane (Hallmark)
Sweethearts (Max)
Wynonna Earp: Vengeance (Tubi)
Outstanding Documentary
“Breaking the News” Independent Lens (PBS)
“Campbell Addy” Photographer (National Geographic)
Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33 Entertainment)
Down in the Valley (Starz)
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes (Greenwich Entertainment)
“Hummingbirds” POV (PBS)
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (HBO)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (Netflix)
“Who I am Not” POV (PBS)
Will & Harper (Netflix)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (Disney+)
Carol & The End of the World (Netflix)
Eric (Netflix)
Expats (Amazon Prime Video)
Feud: Capote vs The Swans (FX)
Get Millie Black (Max)
Mary & George (Starz)
The New Look (Apple TV+)
Under the Bridge (Hulu)
Outstanding Film – Limited Theatrical Release
20,000 Species of Bees (Film Movement)
Backspot (XYZ Films)
Before I Change My Mind (Epic Pictures)
Big Boys (Dark Star Pictures)
Close to You (Greenwich Entertainment)
Crossing (MUBI)
Fitting In (Blue Fox Entertainment)
High Tide (Strand Releasing)
Housekeeping for Beginners (Focus Features)
A Place of Our Own (Dark Star Pictures)
Outstanding Reality Program
Bargain Block (HGTV)
Big Freedia Means Business (Fuse)
The Boyfriend (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo)
Selling Sunset (Netflix)
Southern Charm (Bravo)
Wayne Brady: The Family Remix (Freeform)
We’re Here (HBO)
Wiggin’ Out with Tokyo Stylez (We TV)
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula (Shudder / AMC+)
The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras (MTV)
Finding Mr. Christmas (Hallmark+)
Hell’s Kitchen: Head Chef’s Only (Fox)
I Kissed a Boy (Hulu)
I Kissed a Girl (Hulu)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
Outstanding Music Artist
Adam Lambert, AFTERS (More is More)
Billie Eilish, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Darkroom/Interscope)
Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)
Elton John, Never Too Late: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Documentary (UMG Recordings)
Joy Oladokun, OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM (Verve Forecast/Republic Records)
Kali Uchis, ORQUÍDEAS (Geffen Records)
Omar Apollo, God Said No (Warner Records)
Orville Peck, Stampede (Warner Records)
Tove Lo, HEAT (Pretty Swede Records)
Victoria Monét, JAGUAR II: Deluxe (Lovett Music/RCA Records)
Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode
The 77th Tony Awards (CBS)
The 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (CBS)
“Bernie Sanders Rips the Democratic Establishment; Trump Allies Claim Massive Mandate: A Closer Look” Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
“D.C. Woman Turns Childhood Home Into Communal Living For LGBTQ+ Seniors” The Kelly Clarkson Show (syndicated)
“DNA: This is Not My Child / Mom, Why Can’t You Accept Me?” Karamo (syndicated)
“Elliot Page Talks Season 4 of ‘The Umbrella Academy,’ Fighting Anti-LGBTQ Legislation” The View (ABC)
“Laverne Cox Unpacks Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Bullying & Transness for Spirit Day” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
“Libraries” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
“Queer Teacher Gets a Life-Changing Surprise!” The Jennifer Hudson Show (syndicated)
“A Special Monologue for the Republican in Your Life” Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Click HERE to see the full list of nominees.
Each year, GLAAD presents non-competitive honors to projects across entertainment and media that do not fit into existing or traditional GLAAD Media Awards categories. Spotlighting the strength, resilience and ingenuity of the LGBTQ community, GLAAD has chosen six projects to receive this honor for the 36th GLAAD Media Awards.
For their immeasurable impact and contributions to LGBTQ acceptance and visibility, GLAAD has awarded the Special Recognition honor to: “DRAG: The Musical,” “La Verdrag” (Canal Once), OUTLOUD, “Red Ink: A Tribute to Cecilia Gentili,” The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, “The Q Agenda” (LatiNation), and WNBA 2024 Champions: The New York Liberty.
GLAAD’s Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media honors a pioneering individual, group, or community media outlet that has made a significant contribution to the development of LGBTQ media. The award is named after Barbara Gittings in recognition of her groundbreaking work as editor of The Ladder, and for her appearances as an out lesbian on national news media throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
This year, GLAAD’s Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media is presented to:
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Morning Man Classic: Stefan Edberg!
With the Australian Open in its second week, it’s nice to be able to celebrate two-time Aussie champion (1985 and 1987) Stefan Edberg who has just celebrated his 59th birthday.
He’s one of my top three all-time crushes where it comes to pro tennis players along with Patrick Rafter and Carlos Alcaraz.
The gorgeous Swede was also runner-up is Australia three other times. He’s a former world number one who also won Wimbledon twice and the US Open twice and was runner-up at the French Open in 1989.
He would have been one of the few players to complete a career grand slam had he been able to defeat Michael Chang in the 1989 French Open final. He lost in five close sets to the then 17 year old.
Edberg not only had then-rising stars like Chang, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras to contend with, but he also competed regularly on the tour against such all-time greats and former number ones as Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, and Mats Wilander.
Edberg played on four championship Davis Cup teams in his career, won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games when tennis was an exhibition sport, and also won three grand slam titles in doubles. He and McEnroe are the only two male players in the history of the tour to have been ranked number one in both singles and doubles in their career.
His serve and volley game was so exciting to watch and so were his incredible legs!
But most of all, Edberg was the consumate gentleman – so much so that the Association of Tennis Professionals tour sportsmanship award is named after him.
Total class act.
Wednesday Round-Up: Leo Woodal; Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde; Rebel Wilson; Colman Domingo & more!
‘White Lotus’ hunk Leo Woodall goes gay-for-pay in this new conspiracy thriller series Queerty
Rebel Wilson Reveals Wife Ramona Agruma Was Asked to Join ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ & Which Star Recommended Her Just Jared
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde Gives Sermon to Trump, Pleads for LGBTQ Rights & Safety for Immigrants Just Jared
Trump Gripes About Prayer Service After Pastor Calls Him Out In Sermon: ‘Not Too Exciting’ Huff Post
Colman Domingo in Talks for National Theatre Project in 2026 Broadway World
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Tennis heartthrob Carlos Alcaraz a class act despite tough loss at Australian Open to Djokovic
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Transgender reality star Jazz Jennings: “It’s heartbreaking to see people try to rewrite my journey”
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George Takei: “Lots of work ahead in this participatory democracy, so we keep on trekkin’”
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Morning Man Classic: Robby Benson!
The absolute cutest teen idol from the 70s and early 80s was Robby Benson!
Today is his 69th birthday and as you can see, he’s still quite a dreamboat – and a grandfather of two!
Ice Castles, Ode to Billy Joe, One on One, The Death of Richie and Harry and Son are the movies I remember most and they left quite an impression.
Robby was not only adorable with blue eyes to die for, but he was such a fine actor with a lot of heart and soul.
It’s not like has ever stopped working since the peak of his popularity as an actor. He’s a versatile talent who writes songs, does voice acting (he was the Beast in Beauty and the Beast and in several sequels) and directs movies (Billy: The Early Years, Modern Love) and television (Ellen, Friends, 8 Simple Rules). And he’s still acting including a recurring role in the NBC series American Dreams, a role in the 2011 TV movie Brave New World and in more recent years appeared in the Hallmark movie A Feeling of Home and in the film Apple Seed.
Robby also wrote We Are Not Alone, the song that plays during the key dancing-in-the-library scene in The Breakfast Club. The woman who sang that track, Karla DeVito, happens to be Benson’s wife. They have two children. He has also taught film and theater at several universities including NYU and Indiana University.
Robby was born with a heart defect, necessitating four open heart surgeries. He is an activist and fundraiser for heart research, and wrote the book, lyrics, and music for a play called Open Heart, starring Benson, which opened and closed off-Broadway in 2004. He also wrote the medical memoir, I’m Not Dead… Yet! which was released in June 2012.
The terrific interviewer Harvey Brownstone had an outstanding chat with Robby four months ago that I know his fans will really enjoy (see below). It demonstrates what a wonderful person Robby is.
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Tuesday Round-Up: Laverne Cox; Sarah McBride; Antoni Porowski & Bobby Berk; Chasten Buttigieg & more!
Laverne Cox champions trans joy in face of ‘catastrophic’ times Out.com
As the first out trans person in Congress, Sarah McBride is ready to fight for us Advocate
Trump has begun eroding federal LGBTQ+ protections through executive orders Advocate
Antoni Porowski says “family has changed” & he’s “not really in touch” with Bobby Berk following ‘Queer Eye’ exit Queerty
Out gay skater Paul Poirier and partner Piper Gilles win Canadian ice dancing gold with focus on Olympics Outsports
Chasten Buttigieg shares a peek inside his new kids’ book, ‘Papa’s Coming Home’ Queerty
Trump erases LGBTQ+ and HIV content from federal websites Out.com
Celebs slam Trump’s anti-trans ‘two genders’ policy declared in inaugural address Out.com
Weekend Tennis Round-Up Kenneth in the 212
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WATCH: Glenn Close talks about her 50-year career and her new Netflix movie “Back in Action”
In this week’s Sunday Sitdown on The Today Show, Hollywood icon Glenn Close joins Willie Geist for a chat about her latest role in Back in Action and walks through her extraordinary 50-year career that began with a young theater actress dreaming big on the stages of New York City.
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Pete Buttigieg reflects on his years as Secretary of Transportation: “I couldn’t be prouder of all we did together”
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Billy Porter explains how playing the emcee in “Cabaret” was a long time coming for him
Tony winner Billy Porter paid a visit to The Graham Norton Show recently and shared his history with the role of the emcee in Cabaret. He wanted to play it on Broadway more than 20 years ago but couldn’t get producers to consider him any time during that production’s long run. Now that he’s a bigger star then ever, he was asked to play the role in London. He shares what his mom would say about the situation: “God’s delay is not denial!”
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Weekend Round-Up: Jeremiah Brent; Colman Domingo; Campbell Johnstone; Lance Bass; Ross Mathews & more!
How is Jeremiah Brent as Bobby Berk’s ‘Queer Eye’ replacement? The gay reviews are in Queerty
Colman Domingo’s ‘Sing Sing’ makes a historic return to theaters Queerty
Former pro rugby player Campbell Johnstone marries partner Ben Thomson and shares wedding pics Attitude
Lance Bass Teaches Son Alexander *NSYNC’s ‘Bye, Bye, Bye’ Dance to Celebrate the Song’s 25th Anniversary People
Josh Gad says he ‘never once’ played his Beauty and the Beast character as gay: ‘If I were gay, I’m sure I’d be pissed’ EW.com
Nearly 3,000 LGBTQ+ advocates to join Tre’vell Anderson at Creating Change in Las Vegas Out.com
The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major ‘transformation’ NBC News
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Husband Chasten wishes Pete Buttigieg happy birthday: “We love you, Peter/Papa/Secretary/Mayor”
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WATCH: Graham Norton chats with Sherri Shepherd about aging, marriage and Taylor Swift
Legendary talk show host (and Drag Race regular) Graham Norton shares with Sherri Shepherd that loved his VIP experience at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour – but it did hold a few surprises.
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