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Along For The Ride, a movie based on the author’s 2009 young adult novel of the same name, now on Netflix. The number one New York Times-bestselling author has published 14 novels, but inspired only one movie, the 2003 Mandy Moore vehicle How to Deal. Hopes for a cinematic Sarahssaince had been all but dashed for decades. Then in 2019, Netflix three Dessen books—2002’s This Lullaby and 2017's Once and For All, in addition to Along for the Ride. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.To the uninitiated, summer-y coming-of-age stories about high school girls are as interchangeable as lifeguards doing a shift change at a public beach.

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Macy Gray has got a whole new style.

fans got their first official online look at the long-awaited sequel to director James Cameron's massively successful 2009 fantasy epic on Monday, as the first teaser-trailer and first-look photos were released from Set more than a decade after the events of the first,  tells the story of the Sully family — Jake (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), and their kids — and returns to the land of the Na'vi as they must fight new battles to keep their people safe.«I know one thing: Wherever we go, this family is our fortress,» Jake says in the teaser, which features stunning, sweeping shots of the mythical land of Pandora.The upcoming sequel also stars Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement and Kate Winslet. During Disney's presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last month, Cameron officially announced the title for the  sequel, and shared that the original  will be remastered and re-released in theaters beginning on Sept. 23, in preparation for Dec.

The Glass Menagerie, a slowly building drama that makes you think and feel, evoking memories of the past and of what might-have-been.A sideways tribute to the gay playwright’s real-life sister, the focus is on Laura, a slightly disabled, horribly shy young woman, who is also pretty, pure, and sweet. Metaphorically speaking, she’s akin to the rare and fragile unicorn among the herd of equines in the collection of glass figurines that gives the play its name.Set during the Great Depression, the play revolves around interactions taking place in the confines of a cramped St.

After a slight delay—they were initially supposed to be announced on May 3, but they were pushed back to accommodate some issues caused by COVID-19—the nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards have finally been unveiled. Beloved theater actors Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry listed the potential winners of the biggest honor for Broadway shows during a livestream hosted on YouTube for all to see.The most-nominated show this year is A Strange Loop, which racked up an impressive 11 nominations.

Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa’s 6-year-old son had to have emergency surgery. On Sunday, Christina shared that their son, Brayden, had an appendectomy.

A thug who robbed an East Kilbride couple who owed him money has been jailed for three years.

Reactions are coming in to this morning’s Tony Award nominations, an event that feels like a reassuringly familiar sign of springtime after two-plus years of Covid upheaval on Broadway.

EXCLUSIVE: Long Shot and Warm Bodies filmmaker Jonathan Levine has been set to direct the buzzed-about sequel to beloved 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, which Lionsgate is launching for next week’s Cannes market.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has waived his right to a jury trial and is opting to have a judge decide his fate in his sexual misconduct trial in Boston. Batali confirmed the decision to Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton as the trial opened Monday morning. Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017.The woman says Batali noticed her photographing him and invited her to take one together, then touched and kissed her repeatedly without her consent.

Rock star Nick Cave's fashion model son Jethro Lazenby has died at the age of 31, it has been confirmed. Whilst a cause of death has not been confirmed, it came just two days after he was released from prison in Melbourne, Australia, after he was jailed for assaulting his mother. In a statement, Mr Cave said: "With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away.

Coming out came with roadblocks for Golda Rosheuvel.

“Firebird” opens in US theaters April 29.

Guy Lodge Film CriticAt a crucial point in “Firebird,” two perfectly chiseled servicemen steal away from the Soviet Air Force base where they’re stationed for a skinny dip in the Baltic Sea. Behind craggy rocks and away from prying eyes, they kiss, before one gives the other a charged underwater handjob; as they jointly climax, director Peeter Rebane cuts to an image of two fighter jets blazing overhead, the lovers’ clenched moans drowned in a roaring sonic boom.

Billy Eichner busted out with Bros – the world premiere of the first gay romcom ever made by a major studio.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen openly gay “Bridgerton” star Golda Rosheuvel —who plays the wigtastic gossip-loving Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series — was starting her acting career, she was told by a lesbian director that she should stay in the closet.“We were talking about being out and proud and representation and whether I should say I was gay in interviews,” Rosheuvel tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “And it was an absolute no: ‘You absolutely shouldn’t do that. It could or it would ruin your career as an actor.’ I would rather lose a job than not be true to who I am.

RuPaul’s Drag Race at a gay bar in New York.The actor visited the Metropolitan Bar in Brooklyn with his wife Elvira Lind on Friday (April 22), as shown in footage captured on her Instagram.He was also spotted by fans watching the finale, as Angeria Paris VanMichaels, Bosco, Daya Betty, Lady Camden and Willow Pill competed to be named America’s next drag superstar.“While watching the Drag Race finale at a gay bar in Brooklyn, a bearded man pushed past me, stood next to me, and cheered on the show. It was Oscar Isaac,” an attendee tweeted.You can check out the footage below.Oscar Isaac watching the RuPaul's Drag Race finale.

Matthew Broderick’s first experience at a gay bar was short-lived.

Wilson Chapman editorHulu has released the first trailer for the new queer rom-com “Fire Island,” starring Joel Kim Booster and “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang.A modern take on the classic Jane Austen novel “Pride and Prejudice,” “Fire Island” focuses on two gay best friends, Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang), who take a trip to the Pines, a hamlet on New York’s Fire Island that’s a hotspot for queer culture. Over the course of their vacation, they party with friends and develop flirtations with two other, significantly wealthier vacationers, Will (Conrad Ricamora) and Charlie (James Scully).

André Lamoglia is talking about some of the steamiest moments in Elite.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shanon Kannigan will be formally inducted as the new Mr Gay World South Africa at the upcoming Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival in association with ETC Zone Centurion and Men International.

EASTENDERS will feature its first male rape storyline next month. Viewers will see Albert Square's Ben Mitchell, played by Max Bowden, 27, become the victim of a shocking sexual assault by new barman Lewis, played by 33-year-old Irish actor Aidan O’Callaghan.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMarvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” won’t be playing in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries due to the inclusion of a gay character.Saudi Arabian censors did not issue a permit to release the film in the kingdom, since the changes they requested were not approved by Disney, according to a source.The new Sam Raimi-directed sequel stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character, and it also features the new hero America Chavez, played by “The Baby-Sitters Club” star Xochitl Gomez. Her character in the movie is reportedly gay, true to how she is portrayed in the Marvel comics.The “Doctor Strange” sequel, which will go on release in the U.S.

Jennifer Grey is looking back at a pivotal moment in her life.

A social media post promoting a transgender and gender diverse swim night hosted by Inner West Council has received a deluge of abusive and transphobic comments, causing the post to be removed from . Earlier this month, Council announced that Ashfield Aquatic Centre would be hosting a free, exclusive swim night for the local trans and gender diverse community, as well as allies, friends, partners and families.

Another Disney star is urging the company to “step up” amidst Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The Walt Disney Co. is poised to lose the 55-year-old special district that covers Walt Disney World, as Florida lawmakers moved to punish the company for its opposition to the state’s new parental rights law, which detractors have dubbed the “don’t say gay” law.

LOTTIE Moss partied with male strippers at a gay bar over the Easter weekend before posing semi-nude at home. Kate Moss's younger sister thrilled fans with her racy antics on Instagram.

Deborra-Lee Furness is addressing those rumours about her husband Hugh Jackman’s sexuality once again.

Two gay dads were called ‘rapists’ and ‘pedophiles’ by an unidentified man while on an Amtrak train trip along the California coast. On April 12, Robbie Pierce and his husband, Neal Broverman, were travelling with their two children when a man started yelling at them. “The next thing he said was, ‘Marriage is between a man and a woman. They stole you, and they’re pedophiles.’”Pierce and Broverman got between the man and their sobbing children and Pierce said, “Get away from my family.” The man responded, “That’s not a family! You’re rapists and pedophiles.

The NSW Government announced on Saturday, April 16, that it will establish a Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes.Justice John Sackar will act as Commissioner in charge of the inquiry. The Inquiry will look into “the manner and cause of death” of all previously investigated unsolved LGBTQI hate crime deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010.NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said, “These unsolved deaths have left loving families without answers for too long.“This Inquiry provides an opportunity to focus further scrutiny on suspected hate crimes, and under the leadership of Justice Sackar will work to close a dark chapter of our state’s history that has left an indelible mark.“Justice Sackar is a respected and experienced Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and will bring expertise to this significant role.”Speaking on the Inquiry, Speakman said, “A Special Commission of Inquiry is a powerful investigative tool to look for answers for which many have been waiting decades. No one should have to suffer the distress of not knowing what happened to someone they love.”⚖️ A Special Commission of Inquiry, with coercive powers and Justice John Sackar as Commissioner, will inquire into the manner and cause of death in unsolved suspected #LGBTIQ #hatecrime deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010.

“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” has generated, in the weeks leading up to its release, if not exactly interest, then a kind of curiosity.This is a franchise that has survived, by the skin of its teeth, despite a largely apathetic critical and commercial response and several scandals ranging from author J.K. Rowling’s controversial comments about sex and gender to one-time costar Johnny Depp’s alleged spousal abuse, that have potentially dinged the franchise irrevocably.