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Teen dramas aren't just for teens anymore. In 2022, "Euphoria" became HBO's second most-watched series ever, and season 3 of Mindy Kaling's comedy-drama "Never Have I Ever" continued to attract a massive audience of viewers of all ages. The genre simply continues to expand, to the delight of its many fans.

Perhaps teen dramas persist because becoming an adult is a universally complex stage of life. In her book "Teen TV," Dr. Stefania Marghitu writes, "Certain narrative elements present themselves in nearly every teen series: the protagonist feels alienated from the adolescent world she is on the threshold of entering. This conflict is intertwined with a passionate story of first love and new discoveries during the transition from child to adult." Even for viewers who are no longer teens, the thrills, pains, and misunderstandings of youth aren't too difficult to remember.

Some of the best teen dramas on TV are the...

“Carmen Luna” might have sung her last note, but Devious Maids star Roselyn Sanchez is staying put at Lifetime with a killer new project.

RelatedDevious Maids Ep Breaks Down Biggest Finale Twists, Imagines Season 5 Mystery

Sanchez star in Death of a Vegas Showgirl, a new movie based on the true story of Debbie Flores, a professional dancer who went missing the night before she was set to make her debut as the lead in a major stage production. She will also executive-produce, along with husband Eric Winter (Witches of East End).

Per Lifetime, “the investigation into [Debbie’s] disappearance reveals the...

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to “Heaven is For Real” starring Greg Kinnear!

“Heaven is For Real,” which is rated “PG” and opens on April 16, 2014, also stars Thomas Haden Church, Kelly Reilly, Margo Martindale, Connor Corum, Lane Styles, Jacob Vargas, Thanya Romero, Danso Gordon, Rob Moran and Nancy Sorel from writer and director Randall Wallace and writer Chris Parker. The film is based on the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book “Heaven is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven & Back” by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent.

To win your free “Heaven is For Real” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, April 14, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete,...

Today: The Flying Monkey answers all questions, including: why are so many online fandoms so queer?

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!)

Q: I heard recently that [a famous singer] was so homophobic that members of the chorus in [a Broadway show] wanted to bring him up on charges. Do you know any of the details? Also, are there any other performers you can name who have reputations for their homophobic behavior? – Mike, West Hills, CA

A: I wasn’t able to verify the dispute you refer to, and it would surprise me, because the actor has worked with plenty of gay and gay-friendly actors before.

Other homophobic actors? South of Nowhere’s Danso Gordon famously left that show because he was upset by the positive portrayal of a character’s coming out and what he perceived to be a...

On August 12th 2010 independent filmmaker, Dallas King of Onyx Entertainment in association with Arc Talent Management will premiere his film “Little Soldier”. The premiere will take place at the Writer’s Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. The premiere will feature the first showing of the trailer for his upcoming film Tattoo. The premiere will also help raise funds for at-risk youth in association with Big Kids Care and Sbc Prime (www.bigkidscare.org).

The film “Little Soldier” focuses on Daniel, played by Gabreon Womack, who struggles to get past his problem of wetting the bed, while his father Tony played by Darren Schnase, grows frustrated. Only Daniel's belief in his toys coming alive to fight the monster in the closet responsible for the bed wetting will restore the love between a father and a son. It's Toy Story meets Black Hawk Down in an imaginary world. When director Dallas King...

Dark House Movie StillDark House, from director Darrin Scott, has been chosen by fans to receive a theatrical showing later this month. This film beat out seven other films in an online contest supported by Fangoria magazine. Now, Dark House will be shown in at least three cities including: New York, Dallas, and San Francisco. The film will premiere July 30th and continue until August 5th. The film itself is a haunted house styled film, where a group of actors become trapped within the confines of a possessed attraction. The film is laden with effects and Dark House will surely stop some hearts with the tale of a "children's massacre" (Fangoria). Have a look at all the premiere locations inside, along with the film's trailer.

A synopsis for Dark House below...

"Traumatized by an terrifying event in her youth, Claire Thompson tries to exorcise her demons by revisiting the old...

The votes are in, and we couldn't be happier to report that Darin Scott's Dark House is the winner of the Fangoria FrightFest film competition and will receive a theatrical release!

Directed by writer/producer Scott, Dark House (review here) is a high-tech take on the traditional “haunted house,” featuring a charismatically maniacal performance by horror legend Jeffrey Combs. His co-stars are Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole, Matt Cohen, Scott Whyte, Ryan Melander, Meghan Maureen McDonough, and Scotty Noyd, Jr.

The Fangoria FrightFest was born out of a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. Along with Dark House the other entrants included Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb.

Dig on the synopsis, some exclusive new stills, DVD cover art and trailer below; and look for the flick on...

Director Darin Scott dropped ShockTillYouDrop.com over night to inform us his latest directorial effort, Dark House , has been awarded the "Best Horror Feature Film" accolade at Los Angeles' Shriekfest Horror Film Festival . Starring Jeffrey Combs, the film finds a group of haunted attraction employees dealing with real-life ghouls roaming the halls of the home they're working in. Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole and Erin Cummings co-star. For pics and a trailer, click here ! Hopefully, we'll get some word on Dark House distribution news soon.

Danso Gordon

You may remember that back when The N's South of Nowhere was in its prime, one of its primary cast members, Danso Gordon (who played "Clay Carlin") abruptly quit the show because it "went against my personal Faith and integrity."

The show was one of the few on television that depicted gay teens in a positive way, and, at the time, there was speculation that this was exactly what Gordon found objectionable.

As we reported in February 2007, "The N's editorial director recently (accidentally?) revealed at a youth roundtable that an unnamed actor on the show felt that the positive portrayal of coming out &#8212 and the decidedly less positive picture painted by a conservative Christian mom who tries de-gay her dykey daughter &#8212 was 'morally wrong,' and asked to leave the show."

The negative publicity surrounding his departure surely put more pressure on the producers of the show, who...

"Dark House," has already premiered at the Los Angeles Fangoria Weekend of Horrors and the film is currently being shown at the Cannes film festival. A production of Fatal Frame and Red Shogun the film will be looking for international distribution while a DVD or further limited releases dates are announced. Making the most of an independent film budget the first trailer shows many action scenes with an orphanage, once the killing grounds of a serial killer, becoming the films primary set. Watch this one in the dark for full effect and prepare for a short ride through a haunted house teaming with ghosts and goblins.

A synopsis for "Dark House," below...

Traumatized by an terrifying event in her youth, Claire Thompson tries to exorcise her demons by revisiting the old house where a terrible children's massacre took place. Now a haunted house attraction set up by impressario Walston Rey,...

ShockTillYouDrop.com has been sent an early trailer for Darin Scott's spookshow Dark House . As the name implies, this is indeed about a malevolent abode, a mansion-cum-haunted attraction run by Jeffrey Combs' Walston Rey that turns against its own employees. Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole and Erin Cummings are part of the ensemble cast. Enjoy the preview below and read up on the film here . We'll have more coverage as the film's release news comes in.

Finally, we've gotten our claws into the long awaited trailer for director Darin Scott's Dark House, which made its debut at this past La Fangoria Weekend of Horrors. Ready for a little demonic mayhem? Some devilish hijinx? We thought you would be!

Dark House stars Jeffrey Combs, Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole, Matt Cohen, Scott Whyte, Ryan Melander, Meghan Maureen McDonough, and Scotty Noyd, Jr.

Check out the trailer after the plot crunch and look for more on this flick soon! In the meantime, be sure to visit its official site (thanks, HorrorMaven, for showing us the way).

"After being traumatized by a terrifying event in her youth, Claire Thompson (Ory) tries to come to terms with her demons by revisiting the old house where a terrible children's massacre took place. The hitch? The place is now being used as a haunted house attraction set up...

Darin Scott, whom you may know as one of the minds behind Tales From The Hood, dropped us a line today with a batch of stills (some of which are exclusive) from his new film, Dark House, and I have to say ... this flick looks really, really badass!

Dark House stars Jeffrey Combs, Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole, Matt Cohen, Scott Whyte, Ryan Melander, Meghan Maureen McDonough and Scotty Noyd, Jr.; and the plot is as follows:

After being traumatized by a terrifying event in her youth, Claire Thompson (Ory) tries to come to terms with her demons by revisiting the old house where a terrible children's massacre took place. The hitch? The place is now being used as a haunted house attraction set up by Walston Rey (Combs). When the home, formerly run by the evil Miss Darrode (Salinger), is set to open for the press,...

An indie film we've bee following very closely is Darin Scott's Dark House, which we first announced here back on June 6th. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole, Matt Cohen, Scott Whyte, Ryan Melander, Meghan Maureen McDonough and Scotty Noyd Jr., the first stills hit the web the other day and it made me proud, that we caught wind of this so early. Now we have our very own first look, which continues to impress me. Read on for a look and tell us what you think! Darin Scott was the man behind Tales From The Hood...

PARK CITY, UTAH -- Written by Lars Von Trier and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, Dear Wendy is not a conventional romance -- it's a love story about a gun. This is what happens when a bunch of alienated teenagers in a poor southwest mining town are exposed to weapons of individual destruction. Part parable, part wild west shoot-out, yet totally original, "Dear Wendy" is a powerful indictment of American gun culture that is sure to draw controversy and heated discussion wherever it plays -- just as the filmmakers must have intended.

The leader of the pack is a young man named Dick (Jamie Bell) who is saved from a life in the mines by his black nanny Clarabelle (Novella Nelson). She says he is too sensitive and weak for the mines and will one day do something great to save the world one day. He gets a job at a super market and wanders aimlessly through life until he meets and falls in love with a small, sleek and stylish handgun he names Wendy, although he professes to be a devout pacifist.

Dick is befriended by his sullen co-worker Stevie (Mark Webber), who happens to know everything about guns, and the two boys form an instant bond over their fascination with weaponry. Stevie's a pacifist too.

After a while they decide to spread their wealth and recruit a handful of the town's young misfits--a cripple and his brother, Huey (Chris Owen) and Freddie (Michael Angarano), Susan (Alison Pill), a pretty girl who was unfortunate enough to be the one in high school without breasts, and later, Dicks's nemesis, the street smart black kid Sebastian (Danso Gordon).

What draws them together is that they have absolutely nothing in life to look forward to--until they get their guns. Hiding out in a deserted mine shaft, they create a home for themselves where they practice, shoot and create an elaborate secret society dubbed The Dandies.

Dressing in costumes ranging from a union soldier's coat to a revolutionary war stove pipe hat and a coonskin cap, they look like a ragtag survey of American history. Brilliantly accompanying them throughout the film as they swirl their guns around, is the music of the Zombies, singing stuff like "let me tell you about the way she acted, the color of her hair..."

In a conventional American film, Dick would fall for Susan and ride off into the sunset, but here he only has eyes for Wendy. Sex is not part of the equation. Any erotic feelings are directed towards their weapons, and, in fact, one of the rituals they study is a technique used by German soldiers in World War II in which they bind their genitals to the point of excruciating pain so that they will fight more fiercely.

Although it is not their intention, exposed to enormous firepower, which they have no trouble acquiring, it is inevitable that they will one day use it. As police chief Krugsby (Bill Pullman) says, they are "the kind of boys this country is built on." And like many innocent young men in this country introduced to the mystique of guns, they will eventually be led to slaughter.

For a time these kids feel empowered by the guns and can look people in the eye. Bell's perpetual sneer and hawk like gaze make it hard to take your eyes off him. Equally compelling is Pullman, who gives a complex performance as a sincere man who sends out mixed messages only because he doesn't have all the answers. All the kids seem to have been melded into their roles with Webber and Pill bringing a deep understanding to the tortures of growing up in an absurd world.

The filmmakers appropriate bit and pieces of American culture and film history, but these are Europeans commenting on our society. The iconic town of Etherscope with its sad center know as Electric Square was modeled, fittingly, after Pocahontus, West Virginia and magnificently reconstructed in Denmark by Karl Juliusson and Jette Lehmann.

Strutting and fretting across this stage, the kids are alternately fascinating and far fetched. Vinterberg's storytelling is straight forward and unadorned, imbuing the stylized and timeless setting with a believability that, for the most part, allows one to suspend disbelief, although the action is at times frustratingly slow. With The Battle Hymn of the Republic playing softly in the background, Vinterberg is not being subtle. But the cumulative power watching these kids self-destruct for nothing is heartbreaking and angering. Any impatience with the film is dispelled by the power of the ending, a ballet of violence right out of Peckinpah. This is Von Trier and Vinterberg's vision of America today and it's sobering.

DEAR WENDY

Lucky Punch I/S/A Nimbus/Zentropa Production

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Writer: Lars Von Trier

Producer: Sisse Graum Jorgensen

Executive producers: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Bo Ehrhardt, Birgitte Hald

Director of photography: Anthony Dod Mantle

Production designer: Karl Juliusson

Music: Benjamin Wallfisch

Co-producer: Marie Cecile Gade

Costume designer: Annie Perier

Editor: Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

Cast: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris Owen, Alison Pill, Mark Webber;

MPAA rating: unrated

Running time -- 100 minutes.