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Update: Davey Cummings has posted a follow up message on his Instagram (see below), clarifying, "Just wanted to announce that I actually have no idea if 'Velma' is getting a season 3 or not. Please do not take my posts as directions that Warner is going in." The rest of this article has been left as it was originally published.

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According to Davey Cummings, a background artist on Mindy Kaling's animated Max original "Velma," the show will not return for a third season.

Over on Instagram, Cummings posted some of his work from the upcoming "Velma" Halloween special before revealing something huge. "Backgrounds I painted for Velma Halloween Special," he wrote alongside a carousel post of different spooky backdrops. "So fun working with this crew. There will not be a season 3, but I hope I get to work with these amazing talented people again one day.

Glasgow (Scotland), Nov 12 (Ians) Australia stormed into the championship match at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the 19th time in their history, with Storm Sanders notching singles and doubles wins over home team Britain in a semifinal tie that could not have been closer.

Sanders defeated Heather Watson 6-4, 7-6(3) in the opening singles match, but Britain’s Harriet Dart leveled affairs by upsetting Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(3), 6-2.

It came down to the decisive doubles match, where Sanders returned and paired with Samantha Stosur to eke out a whisker-thin 7-6(1), 6-7(5), [10-6] victory over Brits Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls.

Australia will now face either Switzerland or the Czech Republic in Sunday’s championship tie. The Swiss and the Czechs play the second semifinal tie, later on Saturday.

The Aussies, who were Billie Jean King Cup runners-up as recently as 2019, are seeking their first championship since 1974, when they won...

London, Oct 29 (Ians) Britain’s Emma Raducanu will miss November’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow because she has not recovered from her right-wrist injury.

The 2021 US Open champion was set to lead the Britain team at the tournament, which will begin on November 8. The 19-year-old had also pulled out of the Transylvania Open in Romania earlier this month with the same injury.

“It’s disappointing to get the news from the doctors that I won’t be ready in time, particularly with it being on home soil,” Raducanu was quoted as saying by BBC.

At the Billie Jean King Cup, Britain’s team has been drawn into a group with Kazakhstan and Spain, with only the winners progressing to the semifinals.

Raducanu made her debut in the tournament in April’s qualifier against the Czech Republic and was selected alongside Harriet Dart, Katie Boulter and Heather Watson,...

London, July 1 (Ians) British star Heather Watson and Tunisian Ons Jabeur reached the fourth round at Wimbledon while former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko survived a scare but made it to the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in four years. Watson, who made her Wimbledon debut 12 years ago […]...

Here's Murtada speculating very early on the 2017 Oscar race.

There’s usually a real life person in the best actress lineup. It’s not as prevalent as it is in best actor - 4 this year. But we do have Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence). Last year there were Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones) and Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon). Recently we got everyone from Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) to Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) and most famously The Queen (Helen Mirren) and her 80s nemesis Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep). Now we have two more possible candidates for the 2017 Oscar race as two interesting biopics were announced this week with two actresses well known to the Academy. French writer Colette (to be played by Keira Knightley) and Jesus disciple Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara).

Colette in 1920s

Colette is the more intriguing figure, at least to this non-believer. Born in 1873 she was a journalist,...

Season Four of our favorite show about teenage monsters kicks off with a run for the border, some dungeon crawling and Stiles being a bad ass.

Previously on Teen Wolf, Beacon Hills was invaded by psycho Alphas, a murderous dark druid, a bushel of Oni, some Kitsune and Scott’s dad. Lydia became a banshee, Derek became a beta, Scott became Werewolf Jesus and Allison became dead. And of course Stiles exhausted himself by being both the hero and the villain of S3B and doing an awesome job at both. Oh, and Kate Argent came back from the dead as a Weresmurf. And Heather Hogan recapped it all and was wonderful and perfect but she’s had to step aside so now you get me.

Team Stiles Scott arrives in Mexico because someone has stolen their Derek and that is just not cool. Sure, Isaac has gone Mia, but...

Greetings readers! I don’t believe we’ve been formally introduced. I’m Dana Piccoli from AfterEllen and I’m stepping in for Heather Hogan for the rest of Glee’s Season Five recaps. I hope I can do her and all of you justice. Now on with the show.

There’s nothing like starting off a Glee episode with a WWII military style Std hygiene film. Frankly, I’m not sure why they haven’t gone this route before. Not unlike “punching Lady Liberty in the face” this opener sets us up for good times ahead. Stand up and clap, everyone. No, not that kind of clap. Well, we’ll get to that soon enough. Sam, Kurt, Blaine and Artie do look awful adorable in their sailor costumes as they run through the possible side effects of venereal diseases, like burning itches and jaunty hats.

The segue from syphilis...

Air Force troops do drag show in Okinawa, ending the stigma of HIV inside the gay community, Will Smith a Razzie favorite

Alan Cumming has acquired a script from activist and my friend David Mixner and Rich Burns. Dunes of Overveen is the “true life story of Willem Arondeus and the bloody underground uprising of artists in Amsterdam during WWII against occupying Nazi forces.”

While Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been gone for a few years, and we’ve seen weddings on bases and tearful homecomings, Lgb troops at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa recently performed in drag to support their new chapter of OutServe-sldn. “We didn’t think there was much of a desire for an event like this on the island but it has actually blown up. We ended up selling 400 tickets in 10 days.”

Jennifer Hudson says that she really got her start performing in gay bars.

[Editor's Note: Regular recapper Heather Hogan has the holiday off, but will be back next week. Kindly filling in for her this week is guest writer Elaine Atwell]

An analogy: Glee is like a box of chocolates. A box of chocolates you find sitting unattended at a bus station, and which you open because you have low blood sugar and a totally unfounded faith in humanity. And with each bite you wonder: will this be filled with razor blades, planted by someone who apparently wants to punish chocolate lovers? Will it be stuffed with so much beauty and heart and truth that it makes you cry with its sweetness? Or is it perhaps laced with LSD, which will cause you to hallucinate puppet versions of your friends, pirouetting madly to old school Janet Jackson? This week’s episode of Glee was that last kind of chocolate: sure it was a cold-blooded attempt to move singles on iTunes, held together by only the thinnest of narrative threads, but at least it wasn’t strawberry cream.

Okay, so: we open in the choir room.

Second-screen company Zeebox announced the winner of its "Get a Room" contest, designed to promote "rooms" where fans can gather to talk about their favorite shows. "Heather Hogan's Summer TV Shenanigans" won $10,000 for what Zeebox called "some of the wittiest, most thoughtful TV Room conversation to date." The "Get a Room" initiative included Telemundo hosting a room for "La Voz Kids," which pulled in around 8,000 members. "La Voz Kids" drew in 14.6 million TV viewers in its first season, and during the show's season finale in July, the "La Voz"...

Happy Post-Independence Day!

I’m feeling particularly patriotic this week after our country’s great gay rights leap forward last week thanks to a pair of Supreme Court decisions. You might have heard something about them. And if that wasn’t enough to make you thankful to be an American during this July 4th weekend, some terrible developments in Russia are a reminder that things are so much worse– and moving in the wrong direction– in large parts of the world.

Putin on the Shits?

On Sunday, Russia’s soon-to-be divorcé President Putin signed a law against the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.” The law imposes fines for providing Lgbt information to minors, for holding gay pride events, for speaking up in defense of Lgbt rights or even equating gay and hetero relationships. This bill applies to Russian citizens, media organizations and foreigners. St. Petersurg and other regional governments...

Nom claims Canada imprisoning anti-gay priests, Father Tiger’s “First Love,” and Zachary Quinto hopes Scotus decision is galvanizing

Zachary Quinto says he doesn’t know what the Supreme Court is going to decide, but he’s hopeful for the future when it happens. “We’ll see what happens… I’m certainly not going to hazard against it to say what happens, but I hope it’s a galvanizing moment, and I’m hopeful that [equal marriage] will be supported and we’ll continue to move forward. I think no matter what happens, it’s an unstoppable wave at this point, and I’ve said that before because I really believe it.”

If you’re hoping for Team Gay representation from Teen Wolf at Comic-Con, you’ll have to make due with Max Carver’s Ethan, because Keahu Kahuanui (who was at last night’s Hot 100 party in La) isn’t scheduled to attend.

Oh Teen Wolf how you tease! Much as we love the show, the denizens of Beacon Hills never quite do all the things we want them to do… or for a sufficient amount of time. To be fair, the episodes are only 41 minutes long. They have to pack a lot of awesome in, so sometimes our favorite supes and sidekicks get short shrift.

So for hardcore Wolfies who want more of their favorite characters… and have the vivid imagination to create their own adventures, we bring you the first entry in a fabulous Teen Wolf paper doll set by graphic artist Andy Swist. (You might recall his popular True Blood paper dolls from a few years back.)

First up, everyone’s favorite sour wolf..

Pdf Version suitable for printing (right mouse-click and save)

Helpful Hints:

• Print on thicker paper stock so pieces are more durable.

• Use glitter, ribbons, and other...

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Happy Monday! Thanks to Heather Hogan for Brewing for me last Friday.

Kristene Chapa is having a difficult time moving past her being shot in the head while her girlfriend was killed last year in Texas. She told a reporter, "‘There are still times where I find myself scared, wondering if they’re going to come after me. I’m always looking around, seeing if I recognize anyone. ... Every day I think about her. I pray for her, just for her to watch over me." Thinking of you Kristene!

A lesbian couple in Philadelphia will be the first in 300 years to get married in the Quaker church.

Meanwhile in Washington state, lesbians are getting married way more often than gay men. Opb reports that "just one male couple married in Clark County for every two lesbian couples that tied the knot." Hopefully...

With the chart-topping ranks the men of Teen Wolf found themselves at in this year’s Hot 100 readers’ poll, it’s obvious that Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Sharman and Keahu Kahuanui are favorites.

But how is the actual show doing?

The MTV werewolf drama kicked off season 3 recently, so we gathered a few critics together to talk about the creative strength of the show, how the new cast additions (Charlie and Max Carver) are doing and who we’d like to see more of.

Making up this Roundtable is Damian Holbrook (Senior Writer, TV Guide Magazine), Heather Hogan (Senior Editor, AfterEllen.com), Andy Swift (Senior Entertainment Editor, HollywoodLife.com) and our own Entertainment Reporter, Jim Halterman.

Is this the kind of puppy love that is better suited for Scott (Tyler Posey)?

The show has pulled back on the Scott/Allison love story considerably compared to earlier seasons.

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This summer is the most lesbonic summer in the history of television. Between The Voice, The Talk, The Rachel Maddow Show, Ellen, The Fosters, Pretty Little Liars, Mistresses, Defiance, R&B Divas, Degrassi, True Blood, Warehouse 13, and an honorable mention to Rizzoli & Isles, we are everywhere all the time. So we asked our writers: What's your favorite leztastic thing happening on TV right now?

Erika Star: Michelle Chamuel has been the best part of my (pre) summer, and I drank an entire celebratory bottle of champagne Tuesday night to prove it. The folks on The Voice brought home the fact that she nailed the inner beauty contest, which is valid, but she's also gorgeous, wildly talented, and gorgeous. Not getting first place did wonders for Clay Aiken, Vicci Martinez and Jennifer Hudson's careers, and if her coach, or my squeals of delight,...

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In a recent AfterEllen huddle, we were asked what we would change about television if we could, and I answered that I would give a woman a shot at the titular role of Doctor Who. Well, clearly Matt Smith reads this website because barely a month later he announced his departure from the show, following the upcoming Christmas special. This is kind of sad news, given that the Internet has only just stopped referring to Smith as "the new Doctor," but since the franchise will carry on, so must we. And now that a change in lineup is set to occur, it's time to weigh in on who we'd like to wield the sonic screwdriver.

Photo from BBC

Since its inception, 11 actors have helmed the Tardis. They have been young and old, serious and whimsical, but they have all had a couple of things in common.

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Good morning! And Happy June.

Teen Wolf will be getting a queer female character in the third episode of its new season. That's all we know so far, but damn that's exciting. Will she have her shirt off like all the boys on the show do?

Heather Hogan wanted me to let you all know that it is Double Jaime Murray Monday on Syfy with Defiance at 9:00 p.m. followed by Warehouse 13 at 10:00. The actress be live-tweeting both, so you can tweet along with her.

This week's Modern Love in The New York Times was written by a woman whose husband donated sperm to a lesbian couple so that they could have a child. Heart-wrenching!

A huge congrats to Beth Ditto and Kristin Ogata who got married in Hawaii this weekend!

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Good morning! Can you believe it's the last day of May?

Look, it's Naomily on the set of Skins! They look bored.

Heather Hogan sent me two tweets and I'm not sure which one is more exciting.

As it seems there's some worry out there, #bombgirls fans, let me say that it does seem that good things are a-comin. #claimingthenomansland

— Michael MacLennan (@zenfandango) May 30, 2013

@luanarocha_lr awesome Paily scene in the premiere.

— I. Marlene King(@imarleneking) May 29, 2013

NFL player Deandre Hopkins said he's proud of his 15-year-old lesbian sister Shanterria Cobb. I love lesbros.

Want yet another sneak peek at The Fosters? We got you!

Congrats to Janis Ian for her Audie win! She won Best Narration for her audiobook reading of Society's Child, which she also picked up a Grammy for this year. Not too shabby!

Archie Panjabi was part of...

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As Aaliyah once sang, "Age ain't nothin but a number." Unfortunately, she was 13 and married to R. Kelly and had to get divorced, but not all May-December love stories are so tragic. With so much talk about age differences lately, whether its celebrity pairings or inane court cases, we thought we'd share our favorites.

Dorothy Snarker: Harold and Maude, which if you May youngsters out there haven't watched, you should for the Cat Stevens soundtrack alone. But mostly because Ruth Gordon is everything you've ever wanted to be when you grew up.

Bridget McManus: My vote goes to Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins in Big. Although Hanks' Josh Baskin character is physically in an adult male body for most of the film let's not forget that he's just a 12-year-old boy wooing the 30-something New York businesswoman Susan.

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Good morning! Thanks to Heather Hogan for Brewing while I was out last week.

I love Gabrielle Union so hard. She's played a lesbian in Running with Scissors and I'm waiting patiently for her to do it again. In the meantime, she is talking about her crushes on anchorwomen:

Soledad O’Brien! But I’ve been obsessed with her for years. The “Black in America” series, they take up a lot of space in my DVR, and I refuse to erase them. If you come over my house you’re gonna watch some part of “Black in America.” I will make sure the conversation is steered toward something that gives me a reason to watch “Black in America.” She has a rare combination of being painfully genuine and honest and delivering information in a way that you believe her...

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Most major networks have now unveiled their primetime TV schedules for fall, which means they've also announced the shows they've canned. For this week's Huddle, we asked our AfterEllen team which 2013 cancellation hurt the most.

Dorothy Snarker: Go On! I want Julie White's character Anne to be moved wholesale to another show. Comedy, drama, crime procedural - I will take it.

Bridget McManus: Happy Endings. I find that show to be so weird and so fulfilling at the same time.

Valerie Anne: Bomb Girls. I miss The Adventures of Princess and Betts already. I still can't bring myself to watch the last episode because it's the Last Episode. It hurts too much. I also haven't watched the last episode of Emily Owens M.D. and probably won't until Mamie Gummer is safely back on my television again. (As a lesbian, no less!

From the sound of things, you should plan ahead and arrange for a group hug to be waiting for you

after watching tonight's Glee.

News

Syfy released a lot of news yesterday and probably the biggest revelation is that it ordered a fourth season of Being Human.

The channel also ordered a bunch of series and pilots. That included a pilot of High Moon from "television icon" (I'm going to use that title in the future, I sound too much like a fanboy when I call him a "god of teleplays") Bryan Fuller, and developing seven other dramas set in space. Every so often I'll see a complaint about how Syfy doesn't have any shows set in space (a big part of science fiction, admittedly), clearly they're trying to address that.

Syfy also ordered a few series including a horror anthology series from Jamie Foxx to air as part of Syfy's Halloween programming.

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This article was co-written by Elaine Atwell and Heather Hogan.

Have you been thinking about watching Bomb Girls but putting it off? Maybe you’re already too committed to other shows or history isn’t your thing. Well now is not only a good time to jump on the bandwagon, it may be the last; the show’s producers have said that the show’s renewal hinges on tonight’s episode getting good ratings. Need another reason to tune in tonight? Here are 10.

1. Betty McRae

This is not an exaggeration: You have never seen a lesbian character like Betty McRae on your TV. A lesbian Rosie the Riveter who can't be open about her sexuality without risking her career, her relationships, even her safety— but who also refuses to stuff herself into the heterosexual box 1940s society demanded of her. She knows her life would...

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Good morning! Tgif!

If you're wondering why someone Lgbt on your Facebook is against marriage, maybe this Salon piece will help explain them to you. Out lesbian law professor Nancy Polikoff explains her reasoning:

My critique of marriage stems from the 1970s. As gay people began talking about this more, there were these questions about using the resources of fledgling legal groups on marriage. There was a significant contingent of people who identified as feminists who said, “This is the wrong approach, this isn’t what we should be doing.” That viewpoint carried the day for a long time. My point of view dates back to long before where we are now.

An interesting perspective! But on the other side of the coin, if you stand with Edith Windsor in her case against Doma, check out this site and add your name.

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This article was co-written by Valerie Anne and Heather Hogan.

Pretty Little Liars fans have had a week to recover from the rock 'em sock 'em season three finale, and while the dust has settled on much of the drama, I confess that I am still slack-jawed over the big reveal of "A dAngerous gAme." No, not the reveal that Toby is alive. Or the reveal that Red Coat is Alison Dilaurentis. I am still experiencing residual shock over the confession that Jenna Marshall and Shana Costumeshop are in a romantic relationship. A relationship that brings Rosewood's queer female character count to eight (plus a lesbian bar full of pink drink-ers). It's a number that makes me wonder if Pretty Little Liars is the best lesbian show ever.

Quantity alone can't make such a claim. You also have examine...

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We're officially into the second round of our March Madness Best Lesbian/Bi Character Ever poll, which means it's time for us to weigh in on our own favorites.

Bridget McManus: My pick is Dr. Arizona Robbins (Grey's Anatomy) because she represents a powerful lesbian, and actress Jessica Capshaw plays her like a real person. Robbins is incredibly intelligent, beautiful, quirky and her character is always consistent. I cherish consistency in a lady lovin' lady. The way Robbins dealt with the pregnancy of her girlfriend was spot on, and I think Hillary Clinton should consider her for her 2016 presidential running mate.

Ali Davis: Since Xena is not in the running (Heather Hogan, you and I are in a fight), I'm going to choose Bo from Lost Girl because she illustrates what bisexuality is like so well.

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Good morning! And a thank you to Heather Hogan for doing the Brew while I was out.

Of course lesbians are part of a book about bad girls! Carol Dyhouse's Girl Trouble includes this tidbit:

....flappers were portrayed somewhat inconsistently as either man-hungry or boyish, vamps or lesbians. If they weren't preying on young men, they might be preying on young women.

Maybe they were just all bisexual. Split the difference!

Out author Nicola Griffith has compiled a list of her favorite lesbian sci-fi books.

Zanele Muholi's series of South African lesbian portraits is finally coming to the U.S.! "Faces and Phases" will be on display at New York City’s Yancey Richardson Gallery now through April 6.

Lesbians, we are apparently dying younger! According to a new study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, gay women have...

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Nuns are suddenly all the rage again. From Sister Jude on American Horror Story: Asylum to Isabelle Huppert's Sapphic leanings in The Nun, it's time to talk ladies of the cloth. So, team, who is your favorite sister?

Dara Nai: I give the old movie, Two Mules for Sister Sara, two rosary-clutching thumbs up, mostly because Shirley MacLaine plays Sister Sara, a cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking nun who runs around 1800s Mexico with a cynical mercenary (a pre-chair-talking Clint Eastwood), fighting the French. She uses him and abuses him, handles him and bandages him, and ultimately outwits him when she reveals her secret at the end of the film. I won't reveal what it is, but if you know this movie, you know it's awesome.

Dorothy Snarker: Didn't Jodie Foster play a one-legged nun in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys? I never saw the movie,...

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When Heather Hogan asked if I would be interested in helping her create some "Best of Pretty Little Liars" photo lists before the season finale, my answer was simply: "Does Spencer thrive on caffeine and sleuthing alone?" And of course the answer to that, friends, is "Yes to the infinite power!" So we decided to kick things off with a list of "Spencer’s 20 Best Faces" — "faces" in caps because it invokes Capital levels of emotion in all of us. I realize that over the last 22 episodes we’ve lived through hundreds of Spencer "staring contests" that deserve to be mentioned in this list but I am only one woman and my eyeballs can only produce so many tears over Troian Bellisario's loveliness and Spencer’s journey into despair. So without further ado, here are 20 of Spencer Hastings' best faces from Season 3 ... so far.

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Warning: This post contains spoiler photos and book spoilers for Pretty Little Liars.

We are nearing another season finale for Pretty Little Liars and with all the death and dismemberment that has already gone down this season, the writers are going to have to pull out all the stops to shock us more than they already have. The one card they've still got up their sleeve, of course, is the identity of Red Coat, the Big A ringleader who has been stalking and murdering double-time this year. And now, thanks to a finale photo dropped by Entertainment Weekly, we know Spencer's going to be the one to come face-to-face with the truth — in the Chamber of Secrets, of course.

Speculation is wild and rampant about the identity of Red Coat, so I asked our AfterEllen team to weigh in on the mystery.

Dana Piccoli:

Who I...

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It's not that we condone violence, it's just that we can't help but root for ass-kicking women in fictional scenarios. This week we want to know, what's your favorite fight scene?

Heather Hogan: I've read/watched all the Harry Potters so many times I've lost count, but seeing Hermione Granger unleash her righteous fury on Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabn is as exciting now as it was the first time I saw it. The name calling ("You! You foul, loathsome, evil, little cockroach!") the way he whimpers when she's got her wand pressed against his jugular, the moment she turns away when she realizes he's not good enough for her magic, then — Whamo! — a full-on Muggle-punch to the face. It still makes me cheer.

Dara Nai: I have to go with...

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This week's Huddle is inspired by Flavorwire's list of Film's Most Awkward Couples, including Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyd in Exit to Eden. While we can agree with that weirdness as well as most of the others on their list, there are plenty of awkward pairings we can come up with, too — including some lesbian twosomes.

Dana Picolli: Papi and Kit from The L Word. What in the hell were they thinking with this one? I remember screaming "Nooooooo!" at my screen during their awkward hook up. Kit was so kick ass, and the whole thing felt so forced. She deserved better than that. Shortly after that, Papi walked off into the West Hollywood sunset, never to be seen or heard from again.

Heather Hogan: Tobias and Lindsay Funke! They're the most ridiculous/hilarious awkward couple in history!

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Good morning! A big thanks to Heather Hogan for taking care of the Brew this past week. I had so much to catch up on!

Bisexual actress Olivia Thirlby is the gorgeous face of Target's new collection from Prabal Gurung. Stunning!

Another day, another Real Housewife having bisexual experiences. Brandi Glanville writes about hers in a new "memoir":

On occasion I would hook up with girlfriends, so that my husband could watch. (Sometimes the girl had a boyfriend and husband, too, who also seemed to enjoy the show.) It was harmless and Eddie seemed to appreciate it, because without fail, it would lead to some pretty hot sex afterward.

Don't worry, though. She never had Sex with any of the women — just "made out with them and grabbed their asses." I will not be reading this.

Julianne Moore...

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No matter what you thought of Jodie Foster's Golden Globes speech, you have to admit the woman is an all-star actress. She's been in more than 40 films and over 25 TV series, so it was hard to decide what her best role ever could be. It wasn't hard, though, to discuss how good she was in every single one.

Group, what's your favorite Jodie Foster film?

Dorothy Snarker: I absolutely, positively cannot pick just one because she was my very first crush. So there. Rules be damned. For sentimental reasons, Stealing Home because it came out during my formative years and I watched it on a seemingly endless loop on our family's contraband HBO feed. Those blue eyes mesmerized me. For action reasons, Flightplan because she took a role originally written for a male lead and helped to, again, show that women...

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2013 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for lesbian/bi visibility, so this week we asked our writers to weigh in on which gay entertainment thing they are most excited for this year.

Valerie Anne: Lost Girl! Doccubus sexytimes are the sexiest sexytimes to ever sexytime. (Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. I'm just excited is all.) Season 3 looks like it's going to be badass and sexy as hell.

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Lucy Hallowell: The Fosters, J.Lo's lesbian mom show on ABC Family. I want to see lesbians parenting on my television and, seriously, Teri Polo as a hot cop? Sign me the hell up.

Dana Piccoli: Flashdance the Musical. I'm serious. Welding, '80s costumes, song and dance. Get me my smelling salts! I've already cut all of my sweatshirts for maximum shoulder exposure.

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Good morning!

Check out this video of a Bomb Girls photoshoot. I hope you lucky Canadians enjoyed Season 2's premiere last night.

Ke$ha spoke about her bisexuality with Seventeen magazine, which I would have loved to read when I had a subscription to the mag back in the day. The pop star said:

I don’t love just men. I love people. It’s not about a gender. It’s just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you’re with.

Serious props to her for bringing sexuality up in a teen magazine.

Sandra Bernhard is going to guest star on The Neighbors as a driver's ed teacher. I still won't watch that show.

Kelly Clarkson says all the lesbians that hit on her are babes.

I mean, I get hit on by the hottest girls ever. Oh,...

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Good morning! Thanks to Heather Hogan for taking over the Brew yesterday while I was out.

Mma fighter Cassie Robb says she is an out lesbian, just like fellow fighter Liz Carmouche, and she'll be rooting for Liz in her upcoming match.

That is a big deal to me because I myself am a lesbian and I know quite a few other Mma fighters who are as well. I don't think people look any differently at lesbian fighters. We are there to fight.. Period! It's not about your personal beliefs or what anyone thinks of them. You are in there to prove that you are the best fighter, regardless of sexual orientation. We are in there to prove to not only everyone else but to ourselves the heart, determination, and hard work it takes to get in there and do what we do.

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This week we put out the call for nominees for our 2012 Visibility Awards. While we tally up your suggestions, we thought we'd try to weigh in with who we think deserves to win in their respective category. So, team, what's your pick?

Heather Hogan: The clear choice for Out Les/Bi Woman of the year is Rachel Maddow. When she landed her own show on MSNBC during the 2008 election, there was a real sense of Charlie Bucket's Golden Ticket novelty about it. An unabashed lesbian with a butch sensibility who earned a PhD from Oxford and refused to capitulate to the lowest common denominator in her punditry, the country just sort of patted her on the head like Willy Wonka and said, "Well, you're just lucky to be here, aren't you?" Fast forward to 2102 and Maddow is the voice of forward-thinking America.

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Tonight's Glee featured the much-hyped and/or much-dreaded hook-up between Sam and Brittany. It also featured not one, but two fourth wall-breaking moments in which Brittany addressed the concerns of the "lesbian blogging community." Lesbian fan feelings were already at a tipping point leading into the episode — we've received more tips and complaints and pleas for coverage in the past week than ever before about Glee — but the meta weirdness fueled the fire even higher than we anticipated. So, I've asked three of our esteemed writers/vloggers to weigh in on tonight's episode. We are, after all, the lesbian blogging community in question.

Based on the promos you saw and the spoilers you read and the fan reaction around the internet, what were you expecting from "Swan Song"? Was the episode better/worse than you thought it would be?

Elaine Atwell: How 'bout that Lea Michele, everybody?...

Is Glee doing the right thing keeping Klaine apart??

From day one, Glee has been one of those love it or hate it kinds of shows. The Ryan Murphy-created series is in season 4 now and big changes have come as it divides its time between Lima, Ohio's McKinley High and the Big Apple, where grads Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) are living life post-high school.

But has this split shift in focus made the show better or worse? Do we care whether Kurt and Blaine (Darren Criss) are together or apart? Are we missing the originals who have faded into the background... or just faded? Is the show going to live a long life, or should it close its songbook for good?

AfterElton asked those questions and more to some TV critics in this week’s Critics’ Roundtable. Helping out are Brian Gianelli (Senior TV Editor, Xfinity.

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Good morning!

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when your favorite Lgbt authors talk about the best gay book they read in 2012. Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother? was a popular one, because it's really freaking good.

Mary Lynn Rajskub went on the podcast Our Fifteen Minutes to discuss her recent coming out, although she'd probably hate if you called it that.

Naya Rivera looked gorgeous on the red carpet of the Trevor Live last night. We have a video interview coming later today. For now, settle for this photo.

Here are some of the other women who attended the event.

Jane Lynch and Lara Embry

Brittany Snow

Anna Kendrick

Ashley Fink

Samantha Ronson

Aubrey Plaza, Rashida Jones and Amy Poehler

Jenna Ushkowitz

Beth Behrs

Kristin Chenoweth

Sara Bareilles

Sarah Hyland

Pauley Perrette

Kat Graham

Zoe Saldana

Photos courtesy...

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Can you believe it's the season finale? These past few weeks have been one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had as a writer what with y’all and your comments. I look forward to reading them so much and I am fully expecting you to join me in Freaking Out about this episode. Also, I'll be recapping American Horror Story: Asylum starting tomorrow, so if the name Clea DuVall means anything to you, you'll come along for the ride. And now for the episode with all the feelings.

It’s another fine Canadian morning and something strange is afoot at Witham Castle: Gladys has an interaction with her parents in which neither of them tells her to shut up and look pretty. Seemingly overnight the elder Withams have accepted their daughter's impetuous nature, and Lady Witham even suggests they "muster a show of support.

Don’t panic, my lovelies. I am not taking over recapping for Glee. Heather Hogan had a family commitment this week, but will back in the saddle for next THursday's episode. But for this week, you have to deal with my brand of snark and obtuse pop culture references.

The episode begins with our beloved Brittany S. Pierce doing a voiceover about how awesome her life is and how it just can’t get awesomer. She Skype-scissors with Santana, who apparently did go to that college with the cheerleading program. She is captain of the Cheerios. She has a plan to become Senior Class President for life. And she gets to have a great senior year for a second time.

Blaine interrupts her and we find that she was actually speaking her voiceover out loud. Oh BritBrit, never change.

This leads us into our first Britney Spears song, "Hold It Against Me.

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The rumor on the street is that Glee is going to hold another class election, and this year it will come down to a one-on-one cage match between Brittany and Blaine. (Team Brit, obviously.) Nearly all teen TV shows (and movies) love a good student government storyline and, frankly, so do we. So I've asked our writers to nominate their choices for the best class president ever, and now I'm asking you to choose between them. Check out our nominees below.

Candidate's Name: Amy Bradshaw (D.E.B.S.)

Candidate's Platform: High protein diets are overrated. Pirates are criminals.

Nominated By: Lucy Hallowell, Paige Braddock

Candidate's Name: Andrea Zuckerman (90210)

Candidate's Platform: Has fundamental ideological problems with teenage social rituals that basically do nothing but exacerbate fear of total insecurity and inferiority over one's appearance while frenetically exploiting and,...

A magical world of adventure and imagination comes to life in Amigo Duende, a new musical written by Joshua Henry, the Tony Award-nominated star of The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights stage manager Heather Hogan, and Luis Salgado, the Latin assistant choreographer of In The Heights and performer in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Check out photos of the cast and creative team in rehearsal below...

A couple of months ago — before Dan Cathy ruined the greatest meal on earth with his homophobic rhetoric — I ordered a Chick-fil-a #1 combo from a high schooler who looked just like Kurt Hummel. His hair, his voice, his speech patterns. The whole Hummel shebang. In fact, when I was like, "I'm sorry, but has anyone ever told you that you—" he just grinned and finished my sentence with "look like Chris Colfer?" I nodded. The fullback-looking teenage dude who was working the register beside him said, "But like season one Colfer. Not teen heartthrob Colfer."

I live in rural north Georgia where it's still kind of brave to be openly gay, or even openly gender atypical, but here was a 16-year-old guy with an angelic voice and slightly effeminate mannerisms and no inclination to mask either one of those things. And why would he? He looks and sounds just like teen heartthrob Chris Colfer.

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First, Catwoman and Batman had a love scene. Then, Kate Kane (Batwoman)’s own lesbian romance has, in the words of Ae editor Heather Hogan, “progressed beautifully.” Now, it seems that Superman and Wonder Woman are “officially” an item. Love is in the air with DC Comics’ New 52 line, yes?

The news about Supes and Wonder Woman came down yesterday, with the reveal of the cover of Justice League #12, set to hit on August 29th.

According to a story at MTV Geek, the folks behind the move are committed to making the romance integral into the new storyline:

I know exactly what you're thinking -- you've seen it all before. The flirting between the two. The "imaginary stories." But Justice League writer Geoff Johns insists it's the real deal: "This is the new status quo."

Even better, they’re embracing the...

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Good morning! A huge thanks to Heather Hogan for holding it down and doing Morning Brew for the past two weeks while I was in L.A. What a gal.

In some incredibly sad news, Chavela Vargas has passed away at the age of 93. The out lesbian Mexican singer came out at age 81, but defied gender norms throughout her entire career. Rip Miss Vargas.

Rashida Jones is in love with her Parks & Recreation co-star Amy Poehler. She tells HollywoodLife:

I would go gay for her. It doesn’t seem fair that I get to work with her. I love her unconditionally.

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Get in line, Rashida! I hope Aubrey Plaza feels the same way about them both.

It looks like Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star K. Michelle isn't the only bisexual one on the show. Her co-star, Joseline Hernandez,...

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After Trish Bendix's conversation with Pretty Little Liars costume designer Mandi Line, we've been thinking a lot about our favorite lesbian trendsetters. So, this week our writers are weighing in on the question: Who do you think is the best-dressed lesbian character ever?

Lucy Hallowell: For me it came down to two ladies who look good in their work clothes, Bette Porter (The L Word) and Sam Murray (Lip Service). While, Sam's off duty clothes might be more my style, and she has elevated the use of the vest to a new level, I have to give it to Bette Porter. Some of it has to do with the fact that who is more gorgeous than Jennifer Beals but has anyone rocked a suit more than Bette Porter and been able to make a tank top look that good?...