LGBTQ candidates fall short in Massachusetts Democratic primaries

Pope Francis has said this week that “God loves your children as they are” while addressing about 40 parents from an Italian organisation called La Tenda di Gionata in a brief private, meeting following his weekly general audience at the Vatican.Tenda di Gionata which translates to English as Jonathan’s Tent was founded in 2018, and as an organisation aims to inform Christian LGBTQI members, their families, and pastoral workers.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn her second career iteration as a talk-show host, Ellen DeGeneres has been buoyed by generalities.

LGBTQ television won big at the 2020 Emmy Awards, with RuPaul and Euphoria’s Zendaya even making history with their wins.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got fans' attention earlier this year when they had a very friendly interaction backstage at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards; it's been more than a decade since their divorce, and so many people still want to see those two kids get back together. It's as if they knew we needed another jolt of hope or something: Before a fundraiser Zoom table read for Fast Times at Ridgemont High this past week, Pitt addressed Aniston enthusiastically.

Vili Fualaau is opening up about the emotional final moments he spent with his beloved Mary Kay Letourneau before her death earlier this year at the age of 58.

Things still aren’t working out for Ray J and Princess Love.

Jordan Moreau The “Parks and Recreation” cast are reuniting for the second time this year.Several of the show’s stars, including Amy Poehler, Adam Scott and Nick Offerman, will hold a virtual event raising money for the Wisconsin Democratic Party.Aubrey Plaza, Retta, Jim O’Heir and series co-creator Michael Schur will also join in on the fundraiser, in addition to some surprise guests.

Stacey Solomon has talked openly and honestly about what it's like for her and partner Joe Swash living as a blended family On Friday's Loose Women Stacey said Joe doesn't "feel comfortable" disciplining her two sons from previous relationships. Stacey is mum to Zachary, 12, and Leighton, eight and then she shares little one year old Rex with Joe.

Keshia Knight Pulliam grow up right before their eyes. The 41-year-old actress is best known for her role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest daughter of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on .Knight Pulliam was and still is the youngest person ever nominated for an Emmy at six years old for her role in the NBC sitcom in 1986.

Chris Willman Music Writer“‘Forrest Gump’ with a mantra” — that’s the underlying premise, in a nutshell, of “Meeting the Beatles in India,” which has filmmaker Paul Saltzman recounting the week he spent hanging with the Beatles under the tutelage of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during their famous sojourn to the ashram in 1968.

Peter White Television EditorThe courageous march, led by activist John Feal and helped by Jon Stewart, to ensure 9/11 first responders were able to pay for healthcare, is being explored in a new documentary that has just scored a significant international sales deal.Paradox Pictures is producing the 90-minute doc No Responders Left Behind, which will explore the long and arduous process of getting the U.S.

“Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise,” by Mike Lupica (Putnam)The body of a stranger who had been dropped off by a car service at the gate of the richest family in fictional Paradise, Massachusetts, is found floating in a lake.

“Rhode Island has historically been known as a very blue state,” Rhode Island State Rep. Moira Walsh (D-Providence) tells Metro Weekly.

Anchorage Daily News reports.The ban prevents licensed professionals from attempting conversion therapy on minors in the city, with those who continue to do so subject to a $500 fine, which stacks for each day that the ban is violated.“One day, this practice will be banned throughout the United States,” Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, who co-sponsored the ban, said.

Damon Wise editorMartin Short turned 70 during the pandemic, and if it hadn’t been for the worldwide lockdown he’d probably still be on the road somewhere, doing his two-man vaudeville show with his old friend Steve Martin.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Jason Sherwood, an Emmy Award-winning production designer for Fox’s Rent: Live in 2019 and the youngest person to design the set for the Academy Awards, has signed with CAA.Sherwood’s set design for the 2020 Academy Awards was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special.

making headlines earlier this week for his unabashed support of the president and his defense of Trump’s LGBTQ record, Grenell’s speech made no reference to defending LGBTQ rights abroad, despite having touted a Trump administration initiative aimed at encouraging close to 70 countries, where same-sex relations are punishable by prison or death, to repeal their laws criminalizing homosexuality.Related: HRC ad refutes claim that Trump is the “most pro-gay president in American history”At the time

2 min read The first Pride Train staffed by an all LGBTQ+ crew has had its maiden journey today in the UK countryside. Launched by train company Avanti West Coast, who run routes across the UK, have unveiled the train just two months after the end of Pride Month.