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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs RuPaul’s DragCon celebrating the global franchise comes to a close after hosting a three-day weekend of events and taking over the Los Angeles Convention Center, VH1 and MTV Entertainment Studios has unveiled its new podcast “Squirrel Friends: The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race Podcast.”“Squirrel Friends” is set to launch on May 23 and will be hosted by comedian and author Loni Love and comedian Alec Mapa. Together they will recap and react to the latest “Drag Race” episodes.

Project Angel Food has announced its upcoming Lead with Love telethon will feature a slew of celebrity guests, including Carol Burnett, Cindy Crawford, Niecy Nash-Betts, Kris Jenner and Earvin “Magic” Johnson and many more. The event will take place on June 24 and broadcast live on KTLA and the KTLA YouTube channel at 7 p.m. PT. Project Angel Food and the Lead with Love fundraiser strive to end food insecurity and deliver medically tailored meals to critically ill men, women and children in Los Angeles County. “Through Lead with Love, Los Angeles comes together to support one another and help Project Angel Food’s vital mission serving those living at the intersection of health, food and financial insecurity,” Project Angel Food CEO Richard Ayoub said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: Film Seekers has acquired international sales rights to dark-comedy-thriller ClearMind about a virtual reality therapy experiment that takes a deadly turn for a Cannes sales launch.

Charna Flam Outfest has announced the lineup for its 2023 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival, which will run from March 24 through April 2. Outfest Fusion will be celebrating its 20th anniversary by showcasing LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and their various films depicting queer and transgender stories. There will be nine features, including two 2023 Sundance documentaries, “Little Richard: I Am Everything” from Lisa Cortés and “The Stroll” from Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker. Cortés documentary explores how Richard “Little Richard” Penniman worked through his struggles with his sexuality, all while he made his mark on rock n’ roll. While Lovell and Drucker follow transgender women of color as they detail the community’s history of sex work in New York City.

Melanie Lynskey and Juno Temple brighten up the navy blue carpet in lime green looks at the 2022 Paramount Emmy Party held at Catch LA on Saturday night (September 10) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Project Angel Food has signed a three-year deal with KTLA and City National Bank for its annual Lead With Love telethon. This year’s telethon will air on KTLA 5 at 7 p.m. PT on July 23, with returning hosts Eric McCormack, Jessica Holmes, Loni Love and Alec Mapa.Founded in 1989, Project Angel Food combats food insecurity in Los Angeles County by providing more than 1 million tailored meals each year to people in need.

Angelique Jackson Sandra Oh and Stephanie Beatriz will receive special honors at the 2022 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival.Oh will be presented with the James Schamus Ally Award, which recognizes a great ally to the LGBTQ community, while Beatriz receives the Fusion Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to LGBTQ stories, arts, and media visibility. The honors will be bestowed at the film festival’s opening gala on April 8.

Lizzo joining Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews at the judges' table, and the fun won't stop there!Alicia Keys will step into the role the next week, and will be followed by the likes of Taraji P.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has rounded out the supporting cast for its original holiday movie The Real Housewives of the North Pole.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAdam Lambert, “Batwoman” star Javicia Leslie and Jamie Lee Curtis were just a few of the Hollywood superstars to appear on Project Angel Food’s Lead With Love telethon on Saturday.The two-hour televised event on KTLA 5 raised more than $1.1 million  meal delivery service for people facing debilitating illness.

Cheyenne Jackson is growing out his beard, and going for a scruffier look these days.

Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer‘s untitled series has been scrapped on ABC.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has passed on the untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer multi-camera comedy. The decision was made after the network’s executives saw the finished pilot episode.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer’s comedy will not be moving forward at ABC and is being shopped elsewhere. The straight-to-series order, which also had Alec Mapa (“Ugly Betty,” “Doom Patrol”) attached to star, was scrapped after network executives saw the completed pilot episode, directed by James Burrows.

EXCLUSIVE: Venerable sitcom director James Burrows has been tapped to direct and executive produce the pilot episode of ABC’s straight-to-series multi-camera comedy starring Alec Baldwin, Kelsey Grammer and Alec Mapa, from Modern Family co-creator/executive producer Chris Lloyd, executive producer Vali Chandrasekaran and studio 20th Television.

Actor-comedian Alec Mapa (Doom Patrol, Ugly Betty) has been cast as the the co-lead opposite Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer in ABC’s straight-to-series multi-camera comedy from Modern Family co-creator/executive producer Chris Lloyd, executive producer Vali Chandrasekaran and studio 20th Television, where Lloyd and Chandrasekaran are under deals.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlec Mapa has signed on to star alongside Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer in an ABC multi-cam comedy series, Variety has learned.The untitled series revolves around three men who were roommates in their twenties until their warring egos drove them apart. Now, the trio are reuniting decades later for one more run at the lives they’ve always wanted.Mapa will star as Andre, the third roommate from the old days in New York.

Jodie Sweetin is getting real about her relationship with food.