[ Ever since the first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s sports romance Challengers hit the internet last June, fans have been riveted by the promise of a steamy love triangle between Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor. The promos hinted heavily at a MMF threesome, effectively drawing in movie buffs, tennis-lovers, and horny people alike. Spoilers … Read more
[ Sanjay Leela Bhansali is India’s version of Baz Luhrmann, a filmmaker regarded for the opulence of his period dramas. From Devdas to Bajirao Mastani to Gangubai Kathiawadi, the Indian director is fond of not just pre-Independence India-set stories but also the lower-class courtesans that populate them. Bhansali’s Netflix India series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar … Read more
[ The first words out of my luscious-ish pink lips during my TV debut as a drag queen are a date: “November 5, 2005.” It was August 5, 2023, and I was onstage at The Boro Bar & Grill, standing in full drag next to Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka. I’d returned to The Boro … Read more
[ The synopsis for Mary & George Episode 4 (“The Wolf & The Lamb”) promises a showdown between Mary (Julianne Moore) and Lady Hatton (Nicola Walker), and we certainly get that — but we also get a whole lot more. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves — let’s pick up where we left off. When last … Read more
[ The Biden administration is bolstering health care protections against discrimination for gay and transgender people, reversing a Trump administration rule that gutted the protections. In a wide-ranging final rule released Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) rules that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including … Read more
[ Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport … Read more
[ Hilary Swank has reflected on her role in Boys Don’t Cry two decades ago, saying changing awareness means she wouldn’t take the part today. Swank won her first Oscar for the role of real-life transgender man Brandon Teena, murdered in a hate crime, in the movie which was released in 2000. She told The … Read more
[ Dying to watch something good tonight but don’t have a lot of time? We have the perfect recommendation. Pedro Almodóvar‘s 2023 short film Strange Way of Life — starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as former lovers — has newly been added to the Netflix catalog. The 31-minute movie premiered to high acclaim during … Read more
[ When last we left our dear Mary (Julianne Moore) and George (Nicholas Galitzine) in Episode 1 of Mary & George, they were scheming about how to get George back in front of (and perhaps under) King James I (Tony Curran). For Episode 2 (“The Hunt”), we start off with Mary visiting a local brothel … Read more
[ Dunno about you, but if I’m going to watch a throwaway lark, I’d rather it be by one of the Coen brothers than anyone else. Cue Drive-Away Dolls, a solo outing directed by Ethan Coen, co-writing with his wife Tricia Cooke. You may recall, Joel Coen helmed 2022’s The Tragedy of MacBeth, and although … Read more
