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Celebrity endorsements for Bernie Sanders have been relatively sparse, but last night Seth MacFarlane effusively praised Sanders in an opening speech to a rally in Los Angeles. Variety recaps: MacFarlane said that he was particularly impressed by a response that Sanders gave at Tuesday night’s debate. Asked what was the country’s greatest national security threat, Sanders answered climate change. “Senator …

USA Today recaps the trailer for coming Coen Brothers film: How do you get George Clooney as a bumbling actor, Scarlett Johansson in a mermaid costume, Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor outfit and Tilda Swinton all in one movie? You call the Coen Brothers, that’s how. The first trailer for their new film, Hail Caesar!, hit the Internet on …

“Oof. Matt Damon told an interviewer this week that actors should keep their sexuality secret whether straight or gay, which is a little hypocritical considering he’s an open book when it comes to his heterosexuality. I don’t think he’s a homophobe, but imposing a double standard on gay actors is just wrong.”

From the Hollywood Reporter: Jack Larson, forever typecast as the overeager cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, has died. He was 87. Larson, who later produced several films written and/or directed by his longtime companion, the late Oscar nominee James Bridges, died Sunday at his home in Brentwood, The New York Times reported. Further …

Jackie Collins, whose 32 novels have sold over 500 million copies in more than 40 languages, has died of breast cancer at the age of 77. CNN reports: People magazine reported that Collns was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer six-and-a-half years ago and chose to keep the illness private. The magazine said she confided in her three adult daughters, …

Variety reports: “A historically accurate film about the Stonewall Riots would center the stories of queer and gender-noncomforming people of color like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson,” a MoveOn petition reads. “Not relegate them to background characters in the service of a white cis-male fictional protagonist.” The trailer for Roland Emmerich’s film about the 1969 Stonewall riots just debuted …

Cameo by Queen Noor of Jordan. Teabaggers are pouring into the comments at YouTube. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

The BBC reports: Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died aged 83. Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia. He won a further Golden Globe three years later for Doctor …

Via the New York Times: With an eye toward the mainstream success of gay-themed films like “Philadelphia,” 20th Century Fox has secured the rights to make a movie about the Supreme Court case that effectively legalized same-sex marriage. Fox said Tuesday that it had bought the life rights of Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that last month …

Yesterday Harvey Fierstein revealed that he’ll soon be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and today we learn that Grammy and Tony winner Cyndi Lauper will get the same honor. Openly gay jazz star Dave Koz announced the 2016 honorees, which also include Mama Cass, Bruno Mars, and Kathy Bates.

RELATED: Fierstein performed last night in Broadway Bares. A not work-safe beefcake photo taken backstage is here.

Via CNN: Comedy great Anne Meara, the quick-witted half of the comedy team “Stiller & Meara,” died at 85 on Saturday, her family said. Meara and her husband, Jerry Stiller, were married for 61 years and worked together almost as long, the family said in a statement. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, comic actor …

The sequel, due in 2017, hasn’t yet been filmed but it still gets a teaser today. Fifty Shades Of Grey has grossed $569M worldwide

Susan Sarandon, Tony Hawk, Anthony Boudain, Kristin Chenoweth, John Ridley, and many more.

The documentary is making its debut at SXSW and Hunter, 83, spoke to Yahoo about his love affair with late actor Anthony Perkins: Tony was a very fine young actor, and I respected him tremendously. He was just a very intelligent man. Everybody hopefully makes the right choices in life, and he made the choice to marry this wonderful woman …

“I don’t know that my family nor my soul could take it. It’s a beast. It was fun to check off the list, but for the amount of time spent and the understandable opinionated response, I don’t know that it’s a delightful balance to do every year or even again. I didn’t keep up with it obsessively, but it was …

Via Reuters: Actor Harrison Ford was seriously injured on Thursday in the crash of a small airplane on a Los Angeles golf course, celebrity website TMZ and local media reported. Reuters could not immediately confirm the TMZ report, which said Ford, 72, suffered multiple gashes to his head and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. “We can confirm …

“I don’t like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I’m a gay man. All the people close to me have known for years who I am.  [Yet] it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was.” – Joel Grey, 82, formally coming out today in People Magazine. It was different for …

ABC has approved the production of a sitcom pilot based the life of Dan Savage. Via the Hollywood Reporter: The untitled Savage comedy is a single-camera semi-autobiographical entry based on the LGBT activist/boundary-pushing columnist’s life. It centers on a picture-perfect family that is turned upside down when the youngest son comes out of the closet. What seems like the end …