Tag Archives: television

Glee Spoiler: Blame It On The Alcohol

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t yet seen this week’s boozy episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Glee Spoiler: Comeback

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Betty Garrett Dies At Age 90

Broadway star and Golden Globes-winning television character actress Betty Garrett has died at the age of 90. Most of you will probably best remember Garrett as Irene Lorenzo, the wise-cracking feminist plumber next door on All In The Family or as landlady Enda Babish on Laverne & Shirley. In the 1940s Garrett had been a popular Broadway performer, but her …

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Gay Culture Watch: Glee Airs In Cuba

Dubbed or subtitled episodes of Glee routinely air in Latin America, but in what some say signals the continuing expansion of respect and rights in Cuba, a state-run television channel has now added the show. Over at Blabbeando, Andres Duque translates one local review: What draws our attention is how the series treats the case of Kurt, an extremely effeminate …

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Write It Gay

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Glee Spoiler: Heads Will Roll

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t yet seen last night’s post-Super Bowl episode of Glee. Otherwise jump in and dish.

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Dalton Warblers – Bills, Bills, Bills

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Canadian Televangelist: They Canceled My Show Because I’m Anti-Gay

Canadian televangelist Pastor Charles McVety is crying censorship after a Christian network canceled his show for “disparaging remarks” he made about gay people. A government broadcasting agency had warned the network that McVety was violating their code of ethical standards. The tension between the reverend and the Christian broadcaster began in December, when the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, an industry …

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GLAAD To NBC: Apologize For Offensive Transgender Skit On SNL

GLAAD is asking for an apology from NBC after this weekend’s airing of a Saturday Night Live skit that mocked transgender women. The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as “just a joke” because there was no “joke” to …

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New Logo

NBC-Universal has a new really boring logo now that their merger with Comcast has been approved. And reviews are, uh, universally scathing. For you graphics geeks out there, Gawker has launched a “redo the new” logo contest.

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IsCharlieSheenDead.com

The internet is a cold cruel place sometimes.

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Dan Savage Lands MTV Pilot

Entertainment Weekly reports: Savage Love may be coming to MTV. Columnist Dan Savage is working on an advice show for the network. MTV has ordered a pilot that follows Savage as he tours college campuses giving his brand of brutally honest (and sometimes graphic) sex and relationship advice. In the format, Savage takes questions from an auditorium audience (similar to …

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Kentucky TV On Last Night’s Game

Surely just an unfortunate typo, right?

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Jack LaLanne Dies at Age 96

Legendary fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who pioneered televised exercise shows, has died at the age of 96. His agent Rick Hersh says LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay on California’s central coast. Hersh says Lalanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end. LaLanne credited …

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Keith Olbermann Resigns From MSNBC

Moments ago, Keith Olbermann announced his resignation from MSNBC. Seconds after his show ended, this terse press release hit my inbox: MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors. …

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Reality Show For Antoine Dodson

A reality show about Antoine Dodson’s “unexpected move from Alabama to West Hollywood” is being shopped to the networks. Dodson has been riding high ever since the Gregory Brothers turned his rant against a potential rapist into last year’s #1 viral video and a smash hit song on iTunes.

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This Week In Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly on this week’s cover: Gay teens are suddenly popping up in major roles all over television, with Glee’s popular pairing of Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) leading the way. How did gay teens go from marginalized outcasts and goofy sidekicks to some of the highest profile — and most beloved — characters on the likes of …

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GLAAD Announces 2011 Media Awards Noms, JMG Up For Outstanding Blog

GLAAD has announced the nominations for its 2011 Media Awards, which honor excellence in a broad range of LGBT-related media, including movies, television, theater, newspapers, magazines, and digital journalism. A first-time category this year is Outstanding Blog, for which this here website thingy is nominated! My co-nominees are Bilerico Project, Blabbeando, Pam’s House Blend, and Rod 2.0. All pals of …

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Don Kirshner Dies At Age 76

Legendary producer and concert promoter Don Kirshner has died at the age of 76. I spent many, many Saturday nights glued to Kirshner’s Rock Concert series back in the 70s. The New York Times has posted a preliminary obit. Don Kirshner, who guided the course of Brill Building and bubblegum pop in the 1950s and ’60s as a music publisher …

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