Married Couple Ben Lewis & Blake Lee to Star in Lifetime's First LGBTQ Holiday Movie

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNewFest is hosting a reading of Ang Lee’s groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain at its New York LGBTQ Film Festival on October 18, employing an all-trans cast for the event that commemorates the film’s 15th anniversary.The cast features Leo Sheng (The L Word) as Ennis, Brian Michael Smith (911: Lone Star) as Jack, Jen Richards (Tales of the City) as Alma, Alexandra Grey (Empire) as Lurleen and Disclosure director Sam Feder as the narrator.The original film

Janet W. Lee British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced this year’s recipients of financial aid to support studies in film, television and games.The 26 awardees include the first-ever recipient of the Fulbright-BAFTA scholarship, Lily Freeston, who will pursue an MFA in documentary filmmaking at Northwestern University.

Parks and Recreation) and Ben Lewis (Arrow).Touted as a feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance, The Christmas Setup was announced last month, after rival Hallmark announced its own Christmas film with LGBTQ leads.Read more: Mean Girls’ Jonathan Bennett will star in Hallmark’s first gay Christmas filmAccording to Lifetime, the movie’s plot will center around Hugo (Lewis), a New York corporate lawyer, who heads back home to Milwaukee, with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong, GLOW) in tow, to spend time

One former reality television star has announced interest in running for office in New York City. Barbara Kavovit, 54, who previously starred on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York" and is the CEO of Evergreen Construction, admitted she's got her sights set on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's seat in office when it becomes up for grabs next November.

Lea Michele posted a throwback pregnancy picture one month after her and Zandy Reich’s son Ever’s arrival.“The day before I met you,” the Glee alum, 34, captioned the Thursday, September 24, Instagram photo. The actress floated in a pool in the black-and-white social media upload, her baby bump on display in a bikini.Us Weekly confirmed last month that the New York native gave birth to her baby boy.

Disney star Peyton Elizabeth Lee has spoken about the challenging stunts in her new film Secret Society Of Second-Born Royals.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: ABC has handed a big production commitment to Mason Dixon, an hourlong drama from Lee Daniels (Empire, Star) and writer Julian Breece (The First). 20th Television, where Daniels is under an overall deal, is the studio.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersLee is set to direct the potential pilot written by Breece.

Janet W. Lee NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ film and media organization, has announced its program for the 32nd New York LGBTQ Film Festival.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe hybrid in-person/virtual New York LGBTQ Film Festival will kick off October 16 with the Kate Winslet-Saoirse Ronan movie Ammonite as its opening-night film.

Black Mirror director Toby Haynes is set to helm a new Star Wars Rogue One spin-off series.Haynes is replacing Tony Gilroy in the director’s chair for the Disney+ show, which sources claim is due to coronavirus-related travel issues.As Deadline reports, sources say that Gilroy was uncertain whether to travel from his home in New York to the UK to undertake directing duties for the show, which is about to begin production.Haynes is set to direct the first three episodes of the show, having

NEW YORK -- Stories of voting rights, space exploration and displacement at home are among the young people's literature works that appear on the longlist for the National Book Awards.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerMasters of Sex alum Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr from Amazon’s The Boys, Cleopatra Coleman, and Woody Norman are set to star in Cobweb, a Lionsgate thriller which will begin production later this month in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pro wrestler Stevie Lee Richardson has sadly died at the age of 54. The athlete, who was otherwise known as Puppet The Psycho Dwarf in the ring, also starred in Jackass 3D and FX’s American Horror Story. His family revealed that he passed away “unexpectedly” on September 9.

Lesley McKenzie Managing EditorAs co-founders of the newly opened Makeup Museum in New York City, Rachel Goodwin, Caitlin Collins and Doreen Bloch knew there was a need for a permanent institution celebrating all things beauty. That vision became even clearer this summer when the trio was offered access to seven original journals belonging to the late legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin via his protégé, Troy Surratt.

Jackass star and TNA wrestler Stevie Lee has died at the age of 54.His family confirmed the news via a GoFundMe page set up in his honour to help pay for funeral costs.A statement on the site reads: “Steve ‘Puppet The Psycho Dwarf’ Lee Richardson unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at his home in the morning.“He was beloved by many and has many friends that were family, fans that adored him, but only his brother Jim left to take care of final arrangements.