| The actor-comedian is bringing ‘a touch of fugs’ to queer-inclusive TV    By Chris Azzopardi  It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility to get folks angry — those people being contestants on MTV’s hidden-camera reality show “Boiling Points”

‘Planet Sex’ host is unlearning queer shame and, with her new show, helping others do the same By Chris Azzopardi  On Zoom, where I recently met with Cara Delevingne, my ’90s-retro, rainbow-speckled button-down was, to my surprise, the first thing that came up.  “Nice shirt,” the model-actress told me, gushing when I mentioned picking it

Why Madonna still matters to LGBTQ+ people By Matthew Rettenmund On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three hours later. “Take my money!” gays often say when their divas pull up with fresh products. But nobody is happier to take it than Madonna,

‘Please Baby Please’ star Cole Escola loves a good, wacky role and a sassy line  By Chris Azzopardi  On Cole Escola’s Instagram page, the 36-year-old nonbinary comedian and actor describes themself as “One of Grindr’s Fresh Faces.” That’s true, of course, on and off gay social apps. Escola, who continues their ascension in film and

| Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka, stars of HBO’s ‘Were Here,’ on promoting equality through drag  By Eve Kucharski  Glitz, glam and, oh, just the small matter of changing hearts and minds. That’s a tall order for anyone, and the basic setup of every episode of the HBO show “We’re Here.” But of course,

| ‘Spoiler Alert’ star Ben Aldridge came out in 2020. Now he’s the leading gay man in two big studio films.   By Chris Azzopardi  This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and that’s no spoiler alert. The Los Angeles Times already made that call in a recent profile of the 37-year-old English actor, writing that Aldridge is

Acting legend looks back on her dear late friend as Willis’ inaugural Night of Wonders launches  By Chris Azzopardi  The “Classic Lily” tab on Lily Tomlin’s official website — noted as “the world’s only” — is, today, barely operational. It looks like it was created at the dawn of the internet and never updated.  The

The new film starring Cate Blanchett raptly observes its powerful lesbian lead — then asks what her power means   By George Elkind  In writer-director Todd Field’s latest film, “Tár,” there’s a sense of intoxication in play, an air of fascination in the treatment of his leading character as a kind of monument — albeit one

The ‘Desperate Housewives’ star uncouples from Neil Patrick Harris in a new Netflix series  By Chris Azzopardi  Tuc Watkins hasn’t just seen how gay relationships have evolved on television — he’s been a part of that evolution. On “Desperate Housewives,” Watkins portrayed one half of gay couple Bob and Lee, who became residents of Wisteria