Joshua Bassett‘s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series character may be exploring in his romantic life next season.
15.07.2022 - 09:07 / variety.com
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticKelsa, the protagonist of Billy Porter’s “Anything’s Possible,” played by Eva Reign, has already dealt with most of the tough obstacles to claiming her identity as a trans girl: She admitted it to herself, she told her mom (a ferociously supportive Renée Elise Goldsberry), she took the blockers and the hormones, and she went back to the same school where people had previously known her as a boy. She doesn’t like it when people call her “brave” (which is what her new name means, incidentally), but she had to be to do all that.Now Kelsa just wants to blend in and be an “average” girl, even if the film she carries is a sparkling celebration of in-your-face individuality. The truth is, Kelsa’s denying herself a huge part of the average high school experience by avoiding things — like falling in love — that she anticipates being unusually complicated for someone in her position.
So, how does an out, trans teen deal with dating in the modern world (as opposed to doing so in, say, the tragically hostile one depicted in “Boys Don’t Cry”)? And how does a semi-shy classmate express a romantic interest when conservative parents and homophobic friends might not approve? “Anything’s Possible” makes a decent start of answering these questions, serving up lots of by-example empowerment for self-questioning younger audiences, many of whom lack role models in this department. But it still plays a bit too much like a public service announcement — where characters embody and express trans-accepting talking points — and not enough like the funny, sexy teen romcoms that clearly inspired it.
Joshua Bassett‘s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series character may be exploring in his romantic life next season.
Naman Ramachandran Independent film distributor Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to documentary feature “Hockeyland.”Directed by Tommy Haines (“Saving Brinton”), the film follows rival high school hockey teams in Minnesota’s North Country, one of the breeding grounds for hockey greats who go onto to collegiate and professional play, including the National Hockey League (NHL). Fast on-ice action is paired with an observational approach to examine two communities and their teen heroes through debilitating injuries, off-ice troubles, family health concerns, and the expectations of being a future star in the NHL.
Billy Porter is going back to his musical theatre roots!
Tomris Laffly A nervy tale of accidental do-gooding, director Oran Zegman’s “Honor Society” is a surprisingly compelling high school caper conceived with youthful wit, aplomb and a genuinely out-of-left-field twist. Written by veteran TV scribe David A. Goodman (“Family Guy,” “Futurama”), its teen protagonist seems a mash-up of Tracy Flick from “Election” and Cher Horowitz from “Clueless.” Possessing the former’s solipsism and the latter’s self-serving resourcefulness, Honor (a bewitching Angourie Rice) spends her days plotting her strategy to become a Harvard student in the next semester.Honor has carefully forged this plan over the last four years.
Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett seems to be on good terms.
The Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, released a new policy regarding LGBTQ students in its Catholic Schools that equates being transgender to being sexually abused. The Diocese, led by Bishop David Ricken, published the new gender policy last month in its Education Policy Manual for the 2022-2023 school year.The manual explains how to “restrict” participation in the Catholic education of transgender students, staff, volunteers, and ally parents.The manual contains a section titled “Catholic Principles of Human Sexuality,” which promote current Church doctrine on sexuality and gender, including the idea that there are only two sexes, that every person’s body, as created by God, cannot be altered through social transition or medical interventions, and that heterosexual marriage is the ideal relationship for raising children and continuing the propagation of the faith.The manual also compares homosexuality or “expressing a gender that is discordant with one’s biological sex” with other sinful behaviors that are viewed as reprehensible or crude among polite society, including: the use of vulgar language, “immodest dress or deportment,” masturbation, pornography, fornication, adultery, cohabitating outside of marriage, obtaining an abortion, and sexual harassment or abuse. Section 5045 of the “Education Policy Manual” mandates that trans and non-binary people be addressed as their gender at birth, rather than based on how they identify.Based on this understanding, schools are expected to refuse to allow trans-identifying children to use their preferred names or pronouns, access gender-specific facilities that do not match their assigned sex at birth, or take puberty blockers to prevent the onset of secondary sex
Gaten Matarazzo is branching out! After breaking big in TV and on Broadway, the actor is set to star in his first feature film,, streaming Friday on Paramount+.Starring opposite Angourie Rice and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Matarazzo plays Michael, a high school student who finds himself targeted by a classmate (Rice) who is determined to sabotage his chances at a coveted college recommendation. In a classic rom-com twist, of course -- romance ensues. «I have been trying to expand, more than anything,» Matarazzo tells ET's Will Marfuggi of his role selection.
“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” — and he’s ecstatic to be back.While the 33-year-old isn’t starring as his character Chad Danforth, he’s actually playing a very exaggerated version of himself.Bleu recently opened up to People about how coming on the show felt like coming home “in many ways.” “I really went on an emotional roller coaster,” the “Jump In” star said. “When this season was coming to an end, I had a moment where I was just watching all of them perform, and it just hit me.”“HSMTMTS” currently stars a slew of young actors including Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie and Matt Cornett.“It hit me like a ton of bricks where I’m seeing the impact that the original movies had,” the Brooklyn native added.
Zac Efron is back at East High! The 34-year-old alum posted a photo of himself throwing a fist in the air outside the iconic Utah school's entrance. «Don’t you… Forget about me ✊
Zac Efron went back to where it all began.
Zac Efron is back at East High!
Get your head in the game! Zac Efron followed in ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens‘ footsteps with a visit to High School Musical‘s East High.
Vanessa Hudgens gave the internet all of the nostalgic feels when she returned to the school which served as the backdrop for the “High School Musical” franchise fourteen years ago. Now, a month later, the triple threat is explaining how the surprise visit came to be.
Are Mike and Will a carbon copy of Troy and Gabriella? Stranger Things have happened! A mashup of a Byler scene from the Netflix hit and a Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens duet from High School Musical 2 has gone viral — and fans can’t get enough of the eerie similarities.
Alicia Vikander has a new update for fans about the Tomb Raider sequel.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThomas Barbusca has joined the cast of “Incoming,” a high-school comedy from directors Dave and John Chernin.The project reunites Barbusca and the Chernin brothers, who worked together on the Fox TV comedy “The Mick.”“Incoming” follows four incoming freshmen as they navigate the terrors of adolescence at their first-ever high school party. The cast also includes “The Black Phone” actor Mason Thames, Bobby Cannavale and fellow “Mick” alum Kaitlin Olson.The Chernin brothers, also known for “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” are writing and directing in their feature filmmaking debut.