John Oliver just released a funny and informative Last Week Tonight episode on many issues facing trans and gender diverse youth, including laws denying them healthcare, public accommodation, and participation in public life. This comes just one week after Jon Stewart's [Read more...]
#DicksWeLove: Remembering Comedian / Human Rights Activist, Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory (1932-2017) ''The only good thing about the good old days is that they're gone.'' Dick Gregory ran for president in 1968 as a write-in candidate of the Freedom And Peace Party, which had broken off from the Peace And Freedom Party. He received 57,097 votes, … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Madeline Kahn
Blazing Saddles via YouTube She left us much too soon. The first time that I took notice of Madeline Kahn was in Peter Bogdanovich‘s classic screwball comedy, What's Up, Doc? (1972). For me, it is a perfect film, with Kahn playing the hysterical, overbearing Eunice Burns, … [Read more...]
For ‘Bros’ Premiere, Billy Eichner Rebooted ‘Billy on the Street’ with Guests Paul Rudd and Jack Black
If you've missed Billy on the Street, Billy Eichner was in front of World of Wonder HQ on Hollywood Boulevard rebooting the show with Jack Black. They were startling passersby and giving out tix to Eichner's new film … [Read more...]
#FirstLook: Daniel Radcliffe Plays Weird Al Yankovic in Biopic (& Gets Seduced by Madonna)
Weird is a very tongue-in-cheek look at the life of Weird Al Yankovic, the man who changed music. Literally. Watch Daniel Radcliffe chew a few scenes with Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna in the hilarious [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “You Are Who You Are When Nobody’s Watching.” – Stephen Fry
Comic, successful novelist, film star, television and stage actor, doer of good works, atheist, Gay Rights activist, humanist, excellent friend to The Royals and the famous and not, raconteur and wit, all part of the splendid resume of Stephen Fry. "An original idea. That … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Funny Lady, Gracie Allen
Publicity photo of Gracie Allen from the Burns and Allen CBS Radio program, Wikimedia Commons Grace Allen (1895- 1964) "They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it." Gracie Allen made her stage debut in vaudeville as a singer and dancer when she … [Read more...]
Trixie Mattel Takes a Lie Detector Test. Results: Hilarious (No Lie)
Truth be told, Trixie Mattel can make anything fabulous, even a lie detector test where she gets grilled about some burning questions we all have. [Read more...]
Watch Now: The Dumpster Queens Are Back For a July 4th Spectacular
Just in time for July 4th weekend, Michael Henry and fellow Dumpster Queens Pete Zias and Michael Lucid are back at their favorite dumpster for a festive gathering, with filmmaking by Paul … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Comic Actor, Gilda Radner
As Roseanne Roseannadanna, publicity photo for Gilda Radner -Live from New York Broadway show, 1980, public domain June 28, 1946 – Gilda Radner: ”I base my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” Funny, talented, touching cutie-pie Gilda Radner, I still … [Read more...]
