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Donald Trump’s victory has reignited debates over some of the most polarizing issues in America, with one particularly contentious topic grabbing attention. NCIS star Pauley Perrette previously emphasised its importance, framing it as a defining civil rights challenge of our generation.

Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto in NCIS | Credits: CBS Studios

As new policies and priorities take shape, this issue faces heightened scrutiny and potential setbacks. Trump’s administration, known for its bold stances, could mark a turning point, either solidifying its resistance or redefining its trajectory.

Donald Trump’s Win Revives Fears, Echoing Pauley Perrette’s Equality Fight Donald Trump | Image by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Donald Trump’s 2024 victory has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the future of LGBTQ+ rights, leaving same-sex couples worried about a painful possibility: losing the right to marry.

While Trump didn’t directly target same-sex unions during his campaign,...

Frequented by those looking for a refuge from homophobia, this documentary charts the history of the venue and the effort to save its cultural legacy

‘It used to be paradise. Now it’s a straight club.” The dismay is obvious when a bunch of former regulars at Studio One, the legendary West Hollywood gay club, take a tour of the venue in 2019. From 1974 until 1993, 9pm to 2am, seven nights a week, men packed the dancefloor of Studio One. “It was the happiest place on Earth,” remembers one. Looking at the photographs you can almost smell the sweat. One ex employee says that so many guys were taking poppers you could get a head-rush high simply by breathing in on the dance floor.

The story of Studio One is told in this affectionate, nostalgic documentary. Film-maker Marc Saltarelli interviews men who were there and follows a campaign in 2019 to save the...

Pauley Perrette, best known for her role on the hit CBS series NCIS, has opened up about why she has no plans to return to acting after retiring six years ago. The 55-year-old actress shifted her focus to working behind the camera as an executive producer, pursuing projects that emphasize the importance of truth in storytelling. Perrette starred as forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on NCIS for 15 seasons from 2003 to 2018. Her departure from the show followed claims of an assault and that she felt unsafe around co-star Mark Harmon, with Perrette explaining her decision to step away from the spotlight in a new interview with Hello!, saying:

"I'm not ungrateful for the benefits that it gave to me. But I'm a different person now and I want to be here for it the good and the bad and the painful. I want to be me all the time, and it takes...

Clifford Bell, the cabaret impresario, director and producer affectionately known as “Lawrence of Cabarabia,” died Sunday of natural causes at Cha Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, publicist Steve Moyer announced. He was 67.

“Clifford Bell was a force of nature!” Moyer said in a statement. “He lived and breathed music every day of his life to the very end.”

A 40-year show business veteran, Bell wrote and directed variety performances featuring the likes of Walter Cronkite, Colin Powell and Michael Eisner at the Honda Center in Anaheim and toured with Katey Sagal and her band.

As a cabaret director, he helmed shows for singers Gregg Marx, Todd Murray, Lois Bourgon, Carol Whitener, Joanne Tatham, Bonnie Gilgallon, Lauren White, Quinn Johnson, Chase Masterson, Lee Lessack, Bobbie Norman and Katrina Aguilar.

He produced albums for singers Betsyann Faiella, Eileen Barnett and Judy Butterfield and directed one-person shows starring Beth Lapides, Joan Hotchkis, Juliette Marshall,...

Exclusive: Everyone knows Studio 54, the iconic New York nightclub that flourished in the 1970s. But the West Coast claimed its own magnetic hotspot in that era – a place that attracted celebrities and the gay community for a wild time of dancing, drinking and debauchery.

Studio One Forever, directed by Marc Saltarelli, documents a discotheque and cabaret that welcomed the likes of Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elton John, and Chita Rivera, future notables like writer Bruce Vilanch, and hot young things in skimpy shorts. Gravitas Ventures today announced it has acquired North American distribution rights for the documentary, with plans to release it theatrically in Los Angeles on September 13 and on VOD beginning October 8. Watch the film’s trailer below.

The film includes new interviews with Melissa Rivers, Roslyn Kind, Lance Bass, Thelma Houston and more “as they recount their experiences at Studio One, and what...

The BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival has revealed the line-up for its 38th edition which takes place March 13-24.

The programme comprises 57 features across the Hearts, Bodies and Mind strands, four of which are world premieres.

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World premiering is Karen Knox’s sophomore feature We Forgot To Break Up about a trans musician caught in a love triangle with his bandmates. The Canadian actress and filmmaker’s debut Adult Adoption premiered at Glasgow Film Festival in 2022.

Other world premieres are Kat Rohrer’s Austrian romantic comedy What A Feeling about two women who meet...