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The biggest Austin Film Society event for this week (an advance screening of Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter) is already sold out, but It still has some gems on the calendar. The org is hosting a secret double feature at the Afs Screening Room on Sunday afternoon with Fred Frey, a film collector who specializes in European exploitation and crime films. He'll be screening two rare 16mm prints from his private collection.

On Wednesday night, Afs is teaming up with IndieMeme for Katiyabaaz (Powerless), a documentary about the Indian city of Kanpur and the limitations of their electrical grid to power over 3 million residents. Filmmaker Fahad Mustafa will be in attendance for a Q&A. Thursday night brings another installment of Essential Cinema. This month's theme "Children Of Abraham/Ibrahim 9: Films Of The Middle East Diaspora" and this week you'll get a 35mm print of the 1997 Miramax release My Son,...

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Happy birthday to Katie Holmes, Christina “XTina” Aguilera and Rachel Griffiths!

Aguilera on her "Voice" judge's throne

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On last night on MTV's documentary series Catfish a queer couple was featured and proudly showed off their love. Kya and Alyx aka Kya and Dani, who identifies as transgender, both “catfished” each other but they still had a happy ending.

And, you can watch the full episode below.

Noomi Rapace is in talks to star in Fox's Animal Rescue. The film is an adaptation from Dennis Lehane's short crime story of the same name.

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Congratulations to the film Bully for winning PGA's Stanley Kramer Award! The award is given out to a “film that raises public awareness on an important issue.”

Get ready for Modern Family themed nail polish! (Why is this happening?...

Welcome to another brand new edition of Gays of Our Lives. As always, we’ve got lots of the latest clips, news and spoilers in the world of soaps and dramas featuring your favorite (and not so favorite) gay characters.

This week, in Gool Theater, Lucas has a new man on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times. Yay! But will it be enough to make him forget his feelings for Noud? Plus, Aaron’s unnerving encounter with a man has him scrambling to prove he’s not gay on Emmerdale, Christian struggles to get over Syed’s decision to marry Amira on EastEnders and Luke and Noah’s new year starts off horribly on As the World Turns. Meanwhile, it’s the morning after for Kyle and Oliver on One Life to Live.

In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, Kyle comes to believe that Sky is the father of...

In this edition of Gays Of Our Lives, we introduce “In The Spotlight,” a new recurring feature where we examine in depth a particular series, character or storyline of gay interest.

First up, Casualty’s Dr. Toby De Silva, played by Matthew Needham, who bid goodbye this past week to the long running BBC medical series after a story arc during which the character struggled not only with his sexuality, but with his decision to become a doctor as well.

When Toby first joined the show in September 2007, his conflict over whether or not to be a doctor was quickly apparent as we learned that his overbearing parents had forced him into medicine. And while his relationships with women were rare, fleeting and usually disastrous, there hadn’t been much of an inkling regarding Toby being gay – at least not until he was found in bed with Ben Harding (Mark Letheren...