By Romeo San Vicente She wrote and starred in the sitcom “One Mississippi.†She’s about to be streaming in Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Army of the Dead.†She visited “Star Trek: Discovery.†She’s also co-directing a feature film “Am I OK?†that will star Dakota Johnson. But before all that Tig Notaro was a stand-up

By Romeo San Vicente   A Christmas-themed rom-com going where Hallmark still hasn’t, “Single All the Wayâ€Â promises to turn Netflix into a queer Santa’s Village. Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-winning director of “Spring Awakening,â€Â is taking on the project that stars Michael Urie, newcomer Philemon Chambers and veteran Hallmark Channel leading man Luke Macfarlane (who is openly gay but

Romeo San Vicente Legendary TV creator Norman Lear, who’ll be 99 years old this July, has a new project in the works with Amazon’s IMDbTV, a new premium free streaming service. The comedy is called “Clean Slate†and it’ll star Laverne Cox and veteran comedian George Wallace. Created by Cox, Wallace, and screenwriter Dan Ewen

By Romeo San Vicente While you wait for that “Call Me By Your Name†sequel that may or may not ever happen, Luca Guadagnino is lining up another collaboration with Timothée Chalamet. The project is called “Bones & All,” written by Dave Kajganich (“A Bigger Splash,†“Suspiriaâ€) with Guadagnino directing. Under super-secret wraps at the

By Romeo San Vicente The recently published debut short story collection by writer Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, has already been met with critical acclaim and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. Now Hollywood has come calling for the author, as Tessa Thompson (Westworld, Sylvie’s Love) and

By Romeo San Vicente There are only so many loony B-movies an Academy Award-winning actor can willingly be in before the idea of satire raises its sarcastic little head. And so it has, in the form of the upcoming Lionsgate action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring the Ghost Rider* himself, Nicolas Cage, and

By Romeo San Vicente The queer child having to deal with conservative parents is, at this point, a cliché in LGBTQ+ dramas about family conflict, but Viggo Mortensen’s new film, Falling, will put its own spin on the familiar narrative trope. Mortensen writes, directs, and stars in the film as the gay son who chooses

By Romeo San Vicente The CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery will continue to fulfill the franchise’s progressive ideals and for the upcoming third season include the show’s first transgender and non-binary characters. Queer characters already existed in the ST:D universe, played by Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz, so the addition of the two

By Romeo San Vicente It was inevitable. First there was the 30 Rock remote reunion, then one from the late, great cult sitcom Happy Endings. This month, the horror movie Host – directed remotely and shot entirely via Zoom – premiered on streaming platforms. And here comes Connecting, a new sitcom for NBC, about a