Posts with tag lesbian
Posted Apr 18th 2008 10:58AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, TV 101, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
There's no denying it: we're currently living in a utopia. Not a day goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars that I get to live in the greatest country on earth during the greatest time to be alive. I think even the harshest critic of the current world order would agree with me when I say that there's not a single problem anywhere in the world that anyone is dealing with.
But how did we get here? What was the spark that spurred us from barely cognizant man-apes into the enlightened, elegant creatures that we are today? Look no further than that great black monolith sitting in your living room: your TV. Five VERY SPECIAL EPISODES that saved society after the jump...
Continue reading TV 101: Five VERY SPECIAL EPISODES that saved society - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 2nd 2007 5:34PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
Some more talk about Wolf Blitzer's recent interview with Dick Cheney, when we were once again reminded that Cheney don't like talkin' about his lesbian daughter. Hmm. His buddies are scolding people for mentioning
Mary Cheney and using children as "political props". Every time I see that clip of the "What? Are you going to kill me?" presentation, I laugh for about five or six... hours. It's not good for my health.
Senior Media Critic John Oliver stopped by to elaborate. I liked the list of fourteen things that Cheney's willing to talk about (well, what we heard of it, anyway). Political Activist
Chrissy Gephardt (!) also chatted with Jon about the issue. Good sport.
Continue reading The Daily Show: February 1, 2007
Posted Jan 23rd 2007 8:28PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, FX
Aussiello at TV Guide is saying that Jennifer Aniston's
upcoming guest appearance on
Dirt will have a kissing scene with former
Friends co-star Courtney Cox. Aniston will play Cox's rival, the editor of another gossip magazine, who also happens to be a lesbian. Aussiello writes, "She won't just mouth off to Cox's tightly wound counterpart; she's going to share a lip lock with her."
That is open to interpretation. It could just be a smack on the lips or an all-out make-out fest. Gee, I wonder which would get better ratings?
Aniston guest stars on the season finale of
Dirt on Tuesday, March 27th.
Posted Jan 23rd 2007 11:03AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Desperate Housewives, Daytime, The Office, Ugly Betty, Awards
The GLAAD Media Award nominations were announced over the weekend. The Awards honor films, movies, music, news outlets, advertisements, plays and even comic books that offer "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. There are no real surprises among the nominees, which include
The L Word,
Desperate Housewives,
Ugly Betty ("jazz hands") and
The Office. The individual episode nominations are reserved for those shows without regular gay characters and include
Grey's Anatomy, a show making headlines right now not for its storylines but for actor
Isaiah Washington's reported homophobic remarks. Amazingly,
South Park was not nominated for its brave portrayal of a post-op Mrs. Garrison.
The Awards will be broadcast on Logo on April 21st. A list of the television nominees follows the jump. A full list of nominees in all categories can be seen on the
GLAAD website.
Continue reading GLAAD Media Award nominees announced
Posted Jan 11th 2007 7:33PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, ER, Celebrities
For those of you who watched
last week's ER and thought, "Whoa! Weaver got fired?!", you're not alone. But if you also thought that there might be an opening for Laura Innes' character to stick around, you'd be wrong. Innes tells TVGuide.com that
she's definitely leaving the show after tonight's episode; she may come back for an episode or two next year, but that's about it.
Basically, after playing Kerry Weaver for over eleven years, she just felt it was time to go. That's kind of a surprise to me, because for the first time in a few years, the Weaver character was actually going in a good direction, with a new hip, a new girlfriend, and that TV job. And, because she was just a plain attending and not management, her power-hungry side was gone. But that was part of the plan to have her leave, according to Innes, as well as making it a mid-season surprise.
Continue reading Laura Innes talks about leaving ER
Posted Dec 22nd 2006 3:33PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Showtime, Web
Showtime series
The L Word has
partnered with a group of designers to bring the
"L"ements of Style to viewers. Top sportswear, jewelry and accessories designers have introduced a line of products that capitalize on the show's sexy image. Ten percent of all sales go to breast cancer research organizations.
Among the designers included in the project are
Desperate Housewives' costume designer Cat Adair and
Queer Eye for the Straight Girl's token lesbian Honey Labrador. (I'm going to assume that she was named by Ian Fleming.) You can make Honey model the clothes for your amusement
online in an interactive fashion show. The items for sale are way more appropriate for your Portia de Rossi lesbian than your Rosie O'Donnell lesbian, but that's pretty consistent with the
L Word's glam appeal. Maybe Trump could buy up all the clothes to outfit an army of femme lesbians and send them over to Rosie's house to steal her girlfriend.
According to the Don, "it wouldn't be very hard."
Posted Nov 15th 2006 4:31PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Here we go again. This week's public outing features Michelle Rodriguez - star of
Girlfight, former
Lost cast member and ex-jailbird. I know. I know. You didn't realize that she
wasn't out.
In
an interview with The Advocate,
The L Word's Kristanna Loken implies that she is in the middle of a hot and heavy romance with the late Ana Lucia.
The Advocate questioned Loken directly about the relationship, and while she coyly eluded their inquiries,
The Advocate went ahead with a "Michelle & Kristanna in love!" headline.
Continue reading Michelle Rodriguez is outed?
Posted Sep 6th 2006 9:34AM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, The Five
The preview for this weeks
Blade teased a kiss between Krista (Jill Wagner) and Chase (Jessica Gower). In celebration of that possibility, I thought now would be a good time to touch on other girl-girl kisses in our television history. Sometimes they are to make a statement. Sometimes they are a ploy to grab ratings. And every once in a while, it's just a natural part of the story. Here are the five that come to mind first for me.
Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Sharon (Mariel Hemingway) - RoseanneThis was an important moment in television. At the time, there was no L-Word, and two girls kissing was still a very controversial thing. Roseanne has her faults, to be sure, but standing up to the network to get this episode on the air is something to be proud of.
Ally (Calista Flockhart) and Ling (Lucy Liu) - Ally McBealThis one strikes me as somewhat the opposite of the
Roseanne kiss. There was much less statement, and much more ratings grabbing sensationalism in this lip-lock. In that regard, it worked very well. Of course, the gang over at Ally McBeal had plenty of practice. Along with Ling, Ally also kissed Georgia (Courtney Thorne-Smith) and Elaine (Jane Krokowski). But if I have to pick one, it's Ling every time. And yes, I was an
Ally McBeal fan.
Continue reading The Five: Girls kissing girls
Posted Aug 22nd 2006 11:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, The CW
GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, have released their annual tally of gay characters in leading or supporting roles on network television, and they're not pleased with the results. They've counted nine gay, lesbian, or bisexual characters out of a total of eight shows. Meanwhile, the Eskimo Coalition is reporting much smaller numbers than GLAAD. Honestly, I don't know how to feel about this. I like to see everyone represented fairly, and for shows to represent the diversity that exists within these groups, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. It seems the content and themes of television programs are driven by the market more than anything. Once in awhile a show will manage to break through and set a new standard, but the notion that eventually everyone will be represented equally across the board seems a tad naive.
Posted Jul 17th 2006 7:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: TV Royalty, Syndicated, Talk Show
In her latest issue of O Magazine, Oprah feels its necessary to explain to people that she and her friend, Gayle King, are not gay. The article is about Oprah and Gayle's close friendship that has lasted 30 years. Oprah writes, "There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it -- how can you be this close without it being sexual?" And Gayle says that, if they were gay, they'd come out publicly.
Wow. I must be living in a bubble. I always thought Oprah held her good friends close to her as she became uber-famous. I never thought of Oprah and Gayle as a couple (not that there's anything wrong with it!). Did anybody else get that vibe?
Posted Jun 10th 2006 12:59PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Showtime, Celebrities
Moonlighting actress Cybill Shepherd will be joining the cast of
The L Word for an eleven episode story arc starting in early 2007. The actress will play the Executive Vice Chancellor of California University and the boss of Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals). Her character is a married woman with two grown kids, but she begins to question her sexuality. Yeah, I know, I probably could have guessed the "questioning her sexuality" part, too. She joins Marlee Matlin, who was added to the cast recently. Actress Javina Gavankar is also joining the Showtime series.
Posted Mar 10th 2006 6:57PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Talent, OpEd
You see what I did? I took the
"you're out" catchphrase from
Project Runway and made it about homosexuality! Applaud me for my
cleverness! ... Okay, don't. On to my point: The fashion industry has plenty of gay designers (shock, surprise) so it's
not that startling to see more than a few on a reality show about fashion design. This season, there were a few brief
discussions about sexual orientation, including some stories that let us better understand and appreciate the designers
(like Daniel Vosovic's background and how accepting his parents were when he finally came out). Well, I was reading this
article/interview with some of the designers
about sex advice (I swear, a friend sent this to me) and was surprised to read that Zulema (aka She-tangi) is a
lesbian. A
married one, at that.
Continue reading Project Runway designers are "out"
Posted Feb 8th 2006 9:44AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Cable, Programming, Web
Bravo is teaming up with PlanetOut, the largest gay media
company in the nation, to create a broadband channel at
OutZonetv.com. The website
will feature various reality and documentary series targeted for a gay and lesbian audience. The president of Bravo
says it's a far less expensive risk to launch original programming on the web than it is to create a brand new cable
channel.
Outzone is the third broadband broadcasting project for Bravo. Last year, the company announced it
was shutting down Trio on the air and putting it exclusively
on the web. It also
created a spin-off web channel,
BrilliantbutCancelled.com, which
currently offers episodes of only one show,
EZ Streets, starring Joe Pantoliano.
Posted Feb 5th 2006 8:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Showtime, Premium Cable
Writers of
The L Word are
including the show's fans in a very unique way. They've started a 'fanisode' contest where fans team up with writers to
script an episode one scene at a time. Each week, the writers will announce a scene mission on their
website and fans create it. Then fans vote on which submissions they like
the best. It's a process that repeats itself each week until an entire episode is created out of fan-chosen and
fan-created scenes. However, writers are not guaranteeing that the particular episode will air.
The fans
whose scenes are elected will receive prizes, mostly in the form of gift certificates or a piece of schwag from
The
L Word set. At the end of the competition, which is March 31, one of the previous winners will be randomly chosen
for e-mail mentoring from one of
The L Word's writers and a $1,000 gift certificate to Saks.
Posted Jan 23rd 2006 4:56PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, Talent
MTV's gay and lesbian Logo network is teaming up with comedian "Ant" (most of you
will remember him from
Last Comic Standing) to seek out gay life in small town America. For
US of
ANT the comedian will travel across the United States and visit random towns to see how the gay
community is getting along. The comedian claims he'll be throwing a dart at a map to decide where to go, though I
imagine a more scientific approach will probably be used. Or not.
Those of us who grew up in small towns know they don't always embrace alternative lifestyles. The idea has
possibilities, and it will be interesting to see what the show does with its subject matter.
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