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R.L. Stine has always held a special place in the hearts of all those who have grown up reading his horror stories, right from the “Goosebumps” novels to the “Fear Street” series. Naturally, one finds their attention piqued upon the release of the latest slasher genre “Fear Street” instalment, “Fear Street: Prom Queen” (2025). The genre of horror has seen many developments in recent years, thanks to improved CGI technology. However, the real thrill lies in tricks from the old playbook of horror that play mind games with the psychology of the audience in the form of anticipation.

Slasher horror films came into being with two cinematic gems from 1960, the first being Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and the second being Michael Powell’s “Peeping Tom.” Since then, it has undergone an evolution in terms of how it is made. But what still remains at the core of this horror subgenre is the clever pacing,...

Netflix’s latest Fear Street entry opened to divided reviews, debuting with a 48% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, directed by Matt Palmer, premiered on Netflix on May 23, 2025. Based on R.L. Stine’s 1992 novel “The Prom Queen,” shifts away from the trilogy’s cursed Sarah Fier arc for a stand-alone slasher set in 1988 Shadyside.

Critics remain split over Prom Queen’s merits. FandomWire’s Joshua Ryan called it a “fittingly nostalgic return,” praising its homage to ’80s horror despite formulaic elements. Conversely, RogerEbert.com’s Clint Worthington dismissed it as “empty-headed, straightforward slasher schlock”, and SlashFilm’s Chris Evangelista labeled it a “gory misfire” lacking the inventive energy of its predecessors. Screenrant noted this Tomatometer debut marks the lowest for any Fear Street installment.

Cast interviews have added nuance to the reaction. In an exclusive with People, Fina Strazza contrasted her real-life Stem high school with the film’s...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Maxxxine.MaXXXine is the perfect entry in Ti West's X trilogy to include several popular songs, and the film makes great use of music throughout. Ti West is the hands-on creative behind the X movie trilogy, which began with X in 2022, followed by Pearl later that year, and 2024's MaXXXine. Each film features Mia Goth as the protagonist, and she occasionally appears as multiple characters. Meanwhile, Ti West has taken on the role of director, writer, producer and editor, while bringing in Tyler Bates as the composer for each entry, along with some additional help along the way.

Considering the fairly tight-knit production, the films rely on every element performing at its best in order to deliver a satisfying final product. Fortunately, the music team has proven their capability and created critically acclaimed entries throughout the X series. MaXXXine also features some of...

We’re in an era of entertainment maximalism. Superheroes with larger-than-life powers; cinematic universes with a dozen franchises or more; huge swings with even the unlikeliest IP: all are inescapable. So it’s nearly a miracle that Somebody Somewhere, which seems like an experiment in how small a story can be and still enthrall its audience, has lasted this long. With its third and final season, it ends as it began: portraying the vital necessity of true friendship, especially later in life.

In the first season, Sam (Bridget Everett) has relatively recently returned from New York City to her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas, for her sister Holly’s last days. As the series begins, Holly has died of cancer, and Sam is just trying to maintain baseline functionality. She doesn’t realize that Joel (Jeff Hiller), now her co-worker at her job reading college admission essays, knew her when they were both in high school,...

Will Jennings, the two-time Oscar-winning lyricist who co-wrote Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” along with chart-topping hits by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Whitney Houston, has died at the age of 80.

Jennings’ caretaker confirmed the songwriter’s death to The Hollywood Reporter, adding that he died Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas. No cause of death was given, but Jennings had health issues in recent years.

Former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf, who collaborated with Jennings on a pair of solo albums, tweeted Saturday, “A sad time,...

A24 released the trailer for “Maxxxine” early Monday, the third part of a genre trilogy from Mia Goth and director Ti West. Whereas “X” focused on a porno shoot in 1979 and “Pearl” took the action way back to 1918 (with Goth mugging with a frozen smile for insane lengths of time), “Maxxxine” is set in Los Angeles during its sleaze nadir of 1985, with Goth’s Maxine Minx ready to make the transition from adult entertainer to horror movie star. Alas, a serial killer (“The Night Stalker”) is on the loose, causing trouble.

Set to “My Obsession” by Animotion and “Self Control” by Laura Branigan, Maxxine and hear blown-out hairstyle zoom around L.A., meeting Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon along the way.

Even though “Maxxxine” looks like a splashy, fun ride with 1980s makeup, Debicki in an ascot, and some shots on VHS,...

On Saturday night, in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Covid conspiracist filmmaker Mikki Willis debuted the fourth film in his Plandemic series to an audience of about 150 fans and fellow travelers. Then, before he and his cast and crew could get into a planned Q&a session, the audience was told it had about five minutes to clear out of the ballroom venue.

“I did not know that,” Willis said after confirming with event workers the screening space had to be empty by 8 p.m.

Unlike the first...

Johnny Marr, the former guitarist for the rock band The Smiths, slammed Donald Trump for using one of his band’s songs during his political rallies.

“As Trump is scheduled to take the stage in [Laconia, New Hampshire], the new addition to his pre-rally music is The Smiths,” the X user wrote.

On January 23, another user replied to this post with a clip from a Trump rally in Rapid City, South Dakota.

“You actually hear the Smiths more often than you’d think at 2024 Trump rallies,” the user wrote in her post’s caption.

The Smiths song “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” released in 1984, can be heard playing over the loudspeakers.

“Ahh…right…Ok,” Marr wrote on X in response to Kim’s post. “I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this s— shut right down right now.”

Many artists have...

In the article series Sound and Vision we talk about music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Laura Branigan's Self Control, directed by William Friedkin. Last week director William Friedkin passed away. The luminary behind such classics as The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A, Sorcerer, Bug and Killer Joe is an extremely underrated director. But luckily most of the obituaries that were written seemed to focus on what made this sometimes hot-headed enfant terrible an amazing director, even though he wasn't always appreciated when alive. My favorite of the recent write-ups on Friedkins career was this piece by Kyle Turner for GQ, in which the critic focuses on how Friedkin approaches queer masculinity in The Boys in...

[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...

When we hop on a Zoom with Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller to break down Somebody Somewhere‘s sophomore season, of course Episode 5 is high on the agenda, so much so that it catches Everett slightly off guard. “Geez, Nick. Really unpacking things today!” she exclaims.

How can we not talk about Sam and Joel’s biggest rift yet, which spawned feelings of hurt and betrayal between buds. In Sunday’s episode, the resident besties’ friendship experiences its first major bump in the road when Joel finds a new boo (Tim Bagley’s Brad, aka “Sls”) and lies to Sam about it.

Unlikely BFFs Sam and Joel will be back for more laughs (and probably a few tears) in the Season 2 premiere of Somebody Somewhere, which is set to premiere Sunday, April 23 at 10:30/9:30c on HBO.

The second season will “follow Sam (Bridget Everett), a true Kansan on the surface, but beneath it all, is struggling to fit the hometown mold,” reads the official description. “Grappling with loss and acceptance, singing is Sam’s saving grace and leads her on a journey to discover herself and a community of outsiders who don’t fit in but don’t give up,...

Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Yes singer Benoît David.

In the fall of 2008, Yes stunned their fans when they announced that founding vocalist Jon Anderson...

With the names of comedy heavyweights Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd above the title, you’d probably expect Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door to be a silly laugh riot. But fair warning: It is not.

The episode running times are actually a clue: The premiere is just 35 minutes, like a comedy, but later episodes stretch out to the 50-minute range as it ventures further into dramatic territory. Putting a nasty spin on the ’70s self-help era, The Shrink Next Door — premiering this Friday, Nov. 12; I’ve seen all eight episodes — upends our expectations by using Ferrell and Rudd...

Angel Olsen has released a cover of Billy Idol’s 1984 ballad “Eyes Without a Face.”

Produced with Adam McDaniel, the cover takes a straightforward approach to the song, placing Olsen’s filtered voice against synths and bright guitar. “Eyes without a face, eyes without a face/Got no human grace, your eyes without a face,” she sings.

The song will be featured on Olsen’s upcoming Aisles EP, out this Friday, August 20th. The project sees her departing from her usual folk and country-influenced songwriting in favor of Eighties covers.

Angel Olsen continues turning back the clock with her take on Men Without Hats’ “Safety Dance,” off her upcoming Eighties covers LP Aisles.

Similar to her rendition of Laura Branigan’s “Gloria,” “Safety Dance” showcases Olsen’s haunted, alluring vocals. Gone are the original’s throbbing synthesizers perfect for the dance floor — Olsen’s version is meant for sulking at home.

“I felt this song could be reinterpreted to be about the time of quarantine and the fear of being around anyone or having too much fun,” she said. “It made me wonder,...

Angel Olsen will travel back to the Eighties with an EP of covers, out digitally on August 20th.

Olsen previewed Aisles with a cover of Laura Branigan’s “Gloria,” a sultry rendition with a slowed-down tempo. “I’d heard ‘Gloria’ for the first time at a family Christmas gathering and was amazed at all the aunts who got up to dance,” she said in a statement. “I imagined them all dancing and laughing in slow motion, and that’s when I got the idea to slow the entire song down...

Music supervisor Iain Cooke found himself immersed in two different eras over the past year in helping craft the pop landscape of TV projects. He focused on one year for just-released AppleTV+ doc “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. But the bold miniseries “It’s a Sin,” with its frank depiction of AIDS ripping through the day-to-day lives of a tight-knit group of young London pals in the ’80s, proved a specific challenge.

“We were trying hard to preserve the integrity of this immensely personal story that [creator] Russell T. Davies had been trying to tell for many years, and so many of the choices were very specific and represented a time and a place”, said Cooke. “I’m a huge fan of Russell’s writing, I don’t know of many other writers that can have you laughing out loud then sobbing inconsolably within half a page, and he creates...

HBO Max’s “It’s a Sin” offers American audiences a glimpse into the AIDS crisis as seen through British eyes.

Russell T Davies’ four-part series, which follows the residents of the Pink Palace in the early 1980s, is anchored in love, fear, grief and shame, and the

soundtrack of the stories are iconic needle drops from the era. Among them: Culture Club’s “Karma Chameleon,” Wham’s “ Freedom,” Erasure’s “ Oh L’Amour,” Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “It’s a Sin.”

The initial idea was for the show to rely on score rather than commercial music. “It would be used for pivotal moments,” says music supervisor Iain Cooke. But the music for the series continued to evolve and grow that by the end, Cooke says, “we ended up with three and a half times that.”

With each episode having a multitude of cues,...

Update, with landing President Donald Trump exited the White House this morning on a red carpet, boarding Marine One to Joint Base Andrews where he took Air Force One to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, his final use of the presidential aircraft permitted only because he bucked tradition by leaving town before the inauguration of the incoming president.

After a 21-gun salute and “Hail To the Chief” blared through loudspeakers at Joint Base Andrews, Trump greeted a small crowd of invited guests including his children, their spouses, staffers Mark Meadows and Stephen Miller, among others, then gave a short speech in which he listed what he considers his administration’s achievements.

He ended his address with, “So have a good life, we’ll see you soon.” (Air Force One landed at Palm Beach International Airport at 10:54 a.m. Et.)

Though he wished the incoming administration “great success,” he did...

Thursday’s Call Me Kat is short on laughs, but not on karaoke. Or diarrhea jokes!

In the Miranda remake’s second episode, Sheila sets Kat up on a blind date with Brandon, a man she just met at the horse track. But he’s not just any man — he’s the track announcer, which tickles Kat’s fancy. Ahead of their date, Kat attempts to keep their text chain sweet and flirtatious, so she tells Brandon she’ll be there even if she still has diarrhea. [Editor’s note: She doesn’t have diarrhea.]

More from TVLine'Call Me Kat' Premiere: Does 'Miranda' Remake Provide a Purrrr-fect Role for Mayim Bialik?...

Millie Bobby Brown is living her best life. The Stranger Things star took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video of herself rocking out to a few classic hits. The 15-year-old actress danced to TLC's "No Scrubs," Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie," Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" and Laura Branigan's "Gloria." But she wasn't jamming out in one of her red-carpet ready looks or her Eleven ensemble. Instead, she donned a Winnie the Pooh onesie—and her celebrity pals and fans couldn't get enough of it. "Loves it," Paris Hilton wrote in the comments section. While it seemed like she was having the ultimate dance party, it was just...

Vampire Weekend added a new cover tune to their repertoire during a show in Cleveland. The New York band performed a groovy, drawn-out cover of Crowded House’s 1986 classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over.”

The band is currently on a headlining tour of North America in support of their recent album Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend’s first album since 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City, and have been bringing out a few covers so far on the tour dates. The group recently unveiled a rendition of the...

Both Phish and Vampire Weekend paid tribute to the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup victory on Wednesday with respective live versions of Laura Branigan’s 1982 synth-pop anthem “Gloria,” which the hockey team used this season as their post-victory locker room song.

Phish performed a fleshed-out version of the song, with keyboardist Page McConnell singing lead as he read lyrics from a sheet of paper. Guitarist Trey Anastasio grinned wildly while cranking out chunky barred chords, later adapting the main melodic theme into a guitar solo. In a display of their deft transitional skills,...

The sounds of ‘Gloria’ rang out in Boston tonight, as the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins to capture the franchise’s first National Hockey League Championship.

Ryan O’Reilly scored for the fourth straight game and rookie Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots in the game 7 final Wednesday night. The Blues capped an incredible run to the title, going from last place on New Year’s morning to win 30 of their final 49 regular-season games.

Ironically, the Blues won the title on the site of their last Stanley Cup finals appearance. O’Reilly won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Mvp of the postseason.

The song Gloria by Laura Branigan was adopted by the Blues in January, and became its rallying point.

When Gloria Bell director Sebastian Lelio was putting together the soundtrack for the film, which is about a lonely divorcée who finds joy on the dance floor at L.A.-area nightclubs, he says he worked extremely closely with the film’s star Julianne Moore to choose the perfect songs.

“I’m not American, and I needed to double check that what I was choosing was culturally correct,” Lelio, who is from Chile, says. “The approach to it wasn’t cynical. This film is a hidden musical. I love all of these songs for some reason.” He adds, “They’re great songs,...

Sebastián Lelio has transported his drama Gloria to the Us with Gloria Bell, the latest in a long line of film-makers taking a second stab at earlier work

From an executive’s perspective, Sebastián Lelio’s new film Gloria Bell is the platonic ideal of a remake. While not strictly a shot-for-shot remounting of the Chilean director’s 2013 film more simply titled Gloria, he sticks to the script, often literally. Same tale of a middle-aged woman finding her groove, then love, and then herself. Same needle-drop of Laura Branigan’s disco lifesaver Gloria to soundtrack our gal shaking it all off during an electric dance sequence. Same cathartic climax in a vengeful hail of paintballs.

Related: Gloria Bell review: Julianne Moore predictably brilliant as dating divorcee...

Picking up a ticket to Friday night’s world premiere of “Gloria Bell” at the Toronto International Film Festival, I ran into director Sebastian Lelio, who is responsible for both the 2013 Chilean film “Gloria” and the new English-language version of the story.

Lelio knew I was a big fan of the original, so when he found out I was seeing the new version later that day, he offered a succinct piece of advice: “Forget about the first movie.”

In fact, he’s wrong. You can love “Gloria” and still think that “Gloria Bell” is an admirable reimagining that stands on its own while paying tribute to the original.

Also Read: Julianne Moore's 'Gloria Bell' Lands at A24 Ahead of Toronto Film Festival

The two share abundant DNA. As Lelio once told TheWrap, “Gloria” was inspired by “this excitement that there is a film two meters away from me – it...

Darren Criss took home the statue for outstanding performance by a leading actor in a miniseries or television movie at Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

The recently engaged Criss, who played serial killer Andrew Cunanan, used his acceptance speech to reflect on playing the man who murdered the legendary fashion designer.

“I find it appropriate that this statuette is kind of choosing between which masks to use,” Criss, 31, said at the Schine Auditorium. “The character that I played, Andrew Cunanan, unfortunately used masks to destroy things.

Sebastián Lelio’s “Gloria Bell” is the second film this year to end with the Laura Branigan song “Gloria” — the kind of high-energy empowerment anthem that recasts its leading lady in a different light — the other being Netflix’s recent Gloria Allred docu “Seeing Allred.” Speaking of recasting leading ladies, it also happens to be the second of Lelio’s films to close with that song, although there’s a perfectly good explanation for that: “Gloria Bell” is a nearly scene-for-scene remake of the “A Fantastic Woman” director’s 2013 single-woman drama, this time in English and featuring Julianne Moore in the role that earned Paulina García the Berlin Film Festival’s best actress prize.

Many were skeptical when the project was announced, much as they were to the news that Jack Nicholson might star in an American version of “Toni Erdmann,” and yet Moore insisted in this case that if...

A sold-out crowd at the Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles got a treat when singer/songwriter Darren Criss’ performance of Laura Branigan’s 1982 hit pop song, “Gloria.” Pounding the keys of an old-fashioned upright piano, the former “Glee” star belted out the first half of the song in Italian to honor both “Gloria’s” songwriter Umberto Tozzi as well as the late 20th-century Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace.

“American Crime Story” fans are already familiar with Criss’ rendition of the song, as he sang the song in a scene while playing 1990s spree killer and Versace’s murderer, Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” The scene has Criss belting out the song to calm his nerves as he drives to his next crime scene in Miami.

Criss tweeted the performance out to his fans on Tuesday morning, noting that the Tozzi version of the song would...

Darren Criss is making a (TV) murderer.

After years of being known as preppy singer Blaine Anderson on Glee, the actor takes a dark turn in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace as Andrew Cunanan — the serial killer known for shooting the Italian fashion designer on the steps of his Miami mansion and murdering four other men in 1997.

“I had a friend tell me when I got the part, ‘You’re playing the gay boogeyman,’ ” Criss, 31, tells People in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. “I was like, ‘Excuse me?’ He was like, ‘When he was on the run,...

The Performer | Darren Criss

The Show | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

The Episode | “Manhunt” (Jan. 24, 2018)

The Performance | Ryan Murphy’s TV shows offer actors a golden opportunity to spread their wings and show a side of themselves we haven’t yet seen. And in its second episode, Versace did just that for Criss, who shed his squeaky-clean Glee past to paint a vivid portrait of a murderer who’s just as charming as he is chilling.

As serial killer Andrew Cunanan, it’s disturbing how easily the lies spilled from Criss’ mouth, as Cunanan bragged about...

[Editor’s note: Spoilers for “Mr. Robot” Season 3, Episode 1, “eps3.0_power-saver-mode.h” follow.]

Booting Up

Rather than immediately reunite with Elliot (Rami Malek) and his state of confusion, Season 3 of “Mr. Robot” opens with the eccentric Irving (new cast member Bobby Cannavale), a BBQ connoisseur with a Bluetooth headset who it’s revealed is Tyrell Wellick’s (Martin Wallström) first call after shooting Elliot (thus establishing that Season 3 picks up right where Season 2 left off).

A week later, Elliot’s recovering from his gunshot wound and trying to get answers as to exactly what happened, though as the audience can see he’s lacking in allies — Angela (Portia Doubleday) is keeping things from him, Darlene (Carly Chaikin) is being hunted by the Dark Army (and working with the FBI), and of course Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) has rarely been a true friend…in fact, Elliot doesn’t even talk to Mr. Robot for the entire episode. That doesn’t mean his alter ego doesn’t make himself known,...

Author: Gloria Daniels-Moss

Everyone liked The Inbetweeners, right? Yes, the show had many cringe-worthy, repetitive and outright stupid moments but offered a fair, if heightened take on the burden of adolescence.

Damon Beesley, who co-wrote the series alongside Iain Morris, now branches away from the playground and brings us a slightly darker and sassier story with travelling double-glazing salesman Vincent (Ed Westwick) heading the show. The BBC2 comedy White Gold starts as it means to go on. It’s slick, smart and silly – there is fun to be had here that’s for sure.

It’s Essex, 1983 and here we meet cocksure Vincent, our charismatic and terribly arrogant narrator that gets his claws in from the get go. This obnoxious man is the epitome of a classic salesman; giving us handy tips and breaking the forth wall just to tell us exactly how amazing he is at his job and...

Kristen Wiig dances the night away when she first arrives on The Last Man on Earth.

RelatedThe Last Man on Earth Fall Finale Recap: Did [Spoiler] Really Just Do That?!

In the first promo (which will first air tonight during Fox’s primetime line-up) released ahead of her “mysterious” midseason debut, the Bridesmaids actress can be seen exiting some sort of enclosed vault dressed in a garbage bag, protective goggles and a surgical mask — presumably in fear of catching the virus. Once she realizes she’s in the clear, Wiig strips down to patterned leggings and a bright silver vest...

2016 continues to take its toll on the entertainment industry, as another huge icon has passed away. Leonard Cohen died peacefully surrounded by family this past week. He was 82 at the time of his death. A hugely influential singer and songwriter, his career spans nearly 50 years. The man's label confirmed his death on Facebook. Sony Music Canada made this announcement.

"It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief."

At this time, no cause of death has been given. And it isn't known exactly when Leonard Cohen died. Cohen's son Adam spoke with Rolling Stone shortly after the news was announced. He had this to say about his father's legacy.

It’s been a decade since we lost Laura Branigan (she died in her sleep of a cerebral aneurysm), but her music will live forever, and those 80′s hits still hold up fabulously decades later.

Today would have been her 57th birthday, so let’s pay tribute to one of the most passionate vocalists in pop music history. These 20 songs represent her greatest hits, should-have-been hits, and unforgettable album cuts. It’s the Essential Laura Branigan.

20. Dim All The Lights

Year: 1995

Album: The Best Of Branigan

Chart Peak: N/A

For her last music video (and last work with Atlantic Records), Laura recorded this cover of the Donna Summer classic for her Greatest Hits collection. And yes, that’s Miss Understood and Hedda Lettuce in the video.

19. The Sweet Hello The Sad Goodbye

Year: 1993

Album: Over My Heart

Chart Peak: N/A

Per Gessle (Roxette) wrote this beautiful ballad in...

Birthday shoutouts go to Will Forte (above), who is 44, Jason Patric is 48, Venus Williams is 34, and Greg Kinnear is 51.

The Teen Choice Award nominations were announced today, and it includes a lot of werewolves and vampires.

Remember the two big-screen Scooby-Doo films with Sarah-Michelle Gellar? And the two small screen Scooby-Doo films with Robbie Amell? Well, Warner Bros. is hoping you forget, because they’re ready to reboot the franchise again.

Why Rick Perry Thinks It’s Politically Clever to Liken Homosexuality to Alcoholism

New Zealand Tops England In Nude Rugby Match

Here’s Ok Go with “The Writing’s On The Wall,” featuring a warehouse of optical illusions. As usual, it’s a visual feast, but I hope they’re paying New Order royalties for the sound.

Brett Gleason is one of of our favorite out artists, and he always delivers provocative and usually dark music and visuals. Here’s his latest,...

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Birthday shoutouts go to Dominic Cooper (above), who is 36, Justin Long is 36, Andy Cohen is 46, and Sally Kellerman is 77.

Speaking of, Andy Cohen Prepping I Slept With a Celebrity Reality Show, because of course he is.

Out Wrestler Darren Young Coming To GaymerX Convention

Meghan McCain has joined the Board Of Directors of GLAAD

Hair at the Hollywood Bowl: Kristen Bell, Amber Riley, Hunter Parrish lead cast. Yes, but will the nudity remain?

Towleroad has a gif bag of Josh Hartnett and Reeve Carney getting their snog on in Penny Dreadful. Here’s a tease.

Teens react to 90′s internet. Shut up, you brats!

Here’s the new trailer for the final season of True Blood. Still no Eric.

Brad Paisley doesn’t suffer fools.

Westboro Baptist Selfie!! Or west-Burro(ass) selfie. Hopefully they can hear the show out here. We'll play loud. pic.twitter.com/OrMhJjD8NE

— Brad Paisley...

Cher. What more needs to be said?

She’s the icon of icons, and her list of accomplishments would take forever to list. So on her 68th birthday, let’s pick the best of the best of her immense music catalog. For the purposes of this post, let’s keep it to Cher as a solo artist, and remember …

After The Nuclear Holocaust, The Only Things That Will Remain Are Cockroaches … And This List.

20. Carousel Man

Year: 1973

Album: Half Breed

Chart Peak: N/A

When the album Half Breed came out in 1973, it represented a bit of a comeback after two previous chart disappointments, thanks to the #1 title song (which we’ll be seeing later), which makes it curious why the second and final single “Carousel Man” was only released as a promo to radio DJ’s, and therefore failed to chart on the Hot 100. It remains memorable thanks to that bizarre merry-go-round hook.

Birthday shoutouts go to Hunter Parrish (above), who is 27, Lena Dunham is 28, Robert Pattinson is 28, Stevie Wonder is 64, Stephen Colbert is 50, and Armistead Maupin is 70.

Antonio Banderas: Homophobes Are Mentally Ill

Clay Aiken Wins Nc Dem Congressional Primary

The Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts is scheduled for November 2016, with plans to start a franchise.

TV Line previews tonight’s Glee Season Finale, and it’s bad news for Klaine.

It had to happen.

@MissesDynamite pic.twitter.com/1zEjEZ6wG6

— Günter Stassler (@GuenterLois) May 12, 2014

Zack Snyder tweeted out the first image of Ben Affleck as Batman

I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ

— ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014

Here’s your Tasty Two For Tuesday With Matt Bomer. These are from yesterday at the NYC premiere of The Normal Heart

And here’s The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each...

Birthday shoutouts go to Taylor Kitsch (above), who is 33, Raven is 35, and Julian Lennon is 51. Here’s one of the most 80′s videos ever made.

Just a day after its season premiere, HBO has renewed Game Of Thrones for two more seasons.

OkCupid Co-Founder Regrets Accidentally Supporting Anti-Gay Candidate

Book delves into lives of gay Indiana steelworkers

Jessie J admits being bisexual was a “phase” and now wants to find herself a Husband. (Was the bolding really necessary? Oh wait, it’s a British tabloid, so … yes).

Here’s Bianca Del Rio and Sherry Vine in “Hot Mess.”

Here’s Naked Highway‘s cover of Laura Branigan‘s 1984 classic Self Control. Yes, Laura’s version was a cover, too, but we’ll get more into that when “Self Control” shows up on the Top 100 Hits Of The Ladies Of the 80′s … at the end of May.

Katie Couric asks the...

On this week’s Hump Day with Adam Lambert, Adam rules the Glee universe again, and Tweets a … cryptic message.

Adam has really helped revitalize Glee this season, and I hope when the show permanently moves to NYC, they’ll save him a place. This week’s episode bodes well, as he was actually part of the roommate drama, and had some nice scenes with Santana (Naya Rivera). And yes, I did let out a Squee! when Santana responded to Elliot with this:

Santana: “You need money? Maybe Auntie Snicks can help you out with that” #Glee

— therealSnicks (@therealSnicks) March 5, 2014

Adam was part of the two best musical numbers of the night. He teamed up with Rachel (Lea Michele) for a cover of Heart‘s classic “Barracuda.” This is another song tailor-made for Adam, and he crushed it, even if Lea seemed a little out of her comfort zone. But,...

Birthday shoutouts go to Landon Donovan (above), who is 32, Adrian Zmed is 60, Chaz Bono is 45, and the faboo Catherine O’Hara is 60. Sexy Holidays to you!

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I’m verklempt. I mean seriously having palpitations. I already posted the audio of “Barracuda” from tonight’s Glee, and here are Santana, Elliot, and Rachel doing Laura Branigan‘s classic “Gloria” (a song which may come in … very high … on my Top 100 Ladies of The 80′s List). The late Laura is my second all-time favorite singer, and I love when she gets recognition.

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Gloria

Written by Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza

Directed by Sebastián Lelio

Chile and Spain, 2013

The advantage that the new film Gloria has is its uniqueness. At one moment, the title character winds up face to face with a striking white peacock, a creature as rare as she. Though a number of actresses continue to work in Hollywood after reaching the age of 50, not many can claim to have an impressive filmography from that point onwards. (Not everyone can be Meryl Streep.) For any movie, from the Us or abroad, to put an older woman in the spotlight and to surround her with an intentionally no-frills story and world is extremely hard to find nowadays. The story told in Gloria is not heavily plotted, nor is it full of shocking, heart-wrenching twists; its charm is that it’s content to be a low-key, intelligent character study.

Paulina Garcia plays Gloria,...

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“Different Freddy. Different nightmare.”

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My beloved Laura Branigan would have been 56 today, and to pay tribute, I’m going to reveal something I never I thought I would … A Lost Hit Of The 90′s!. “Moonlight On Water” was the first single released from Laura’s criminally underrated self-titled 1990 album, and it peaked at an undeserving #59.

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Wait, that’s not an actual show? Then please someone tell me what I spent two hours watching tonight as a white-hot rage percolated through my circulatory system and turned me into the kind of cussing, fork-throwing (yes, I may have slammed cutlery into the hard wood floor), definitely-not-enjoying-myself monster you’d typically see on a show like Bad Girls Club or The Real Housewives of the Ninth Circle.

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