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The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

The 40th edition of Outfest is underway in Los Angeles after a rousing opening night with Billy Porter, who unveiled his new film and teed off on the Supreme Court while accepting the LGBTQIA+ festival's top honor. "Fuck SCOTUS!" Porter declared to cheers from the audience at the Orpheum Theatre. Alluding to the…

Pose star Billy Porter has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions. Under the agreement, he will develop content for FX through his new production company Incognegro with producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. "Billy Porter was an incredibly accomplished artist before joining FX's Pose to deliver the iconic, breakout…

Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival today announced a star-studded lineup of galas and centerpiece events that will punctuate its 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated from July 14-24 in venues around Los Angeles. The 11-day festival will kick off at downtown L.A.'s Orpheum Theatre with the world premiere…

Amazon today unveiled the first trailer for Billy Porter’s feature directorial debut, Anything’s Possible, which launches globally on Prime Video on July 22. The film written by Ximena García Lecuona is a modern Gen Z coming-of-age story that follows Kelsa (Eva Reign), a confident high school girl who is trans, as she…

Billy Porter (Pose) and Luke Evans (Nine Perfect Strangers) have signed on to star in the drama Our Son, from director Bill Oliver (Jonathan). The film written by Oliver and Peter Nickowitz will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their 8-year-old son. Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho…

Fox has added another big player to its anthology series. Billy Porter has signed on to direct an episode of Accused. The Emmy winner (Pose) will helm an episode that focuses on a fierce drag queen and a affair that leads to devastating consequences. 2021 Fox Pilots & Series Orders Accused opens in a courtroom on the…

Discovery+ and OWN Network released the trailer (above) for the upcoming four-part docuseries, Profiled: The Black Man ahead of its Feb. 12 premiere. The remaining three episodes will also air subsequently on Discovery+ every following Saturday through March 5. The Tina Knowles-Lawson executive produced project…

The stages are set for this year’s 50th anniversary edition of ABC’s holiday staple Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.  Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and NCIS: Los Angeles star LL Cool J will play a pre-midnight set in Times Square, and Emmy-winning Pose alum Billy Porter with perform a medley…

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Porter has come on board to direct the feature adaptation of Camp for HBO Max and Warner Bros. Oscar winner Dan Jinks is producing through The Dan Jinks Company, and Robert O'Hara is rewriting the screenplay by Kit Williamson, which is based on the YA novel by Lev Rosen. The film follows 16-year-old…

UPDATED, 9:40 AM: CBS and the Television Academy have revealed the second batch of presenters for Sunday’s 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Annaleigh Ashford, Awkwafina, Misty Copeland, Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, Taraji P. Henson, Gayle King, LL Cool J, Dolly Parton, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Ellen Pompeo, Yara…

Camila Cabello wasn’t looking to become an actress when a pair of glass slippers came calling. The Grammy Award-nominated singer stars in Amazon Prime Video’s Cinderella alongside Billy Porter, who portrays her fairy godmother—or GodMuva, as Porter refers to the character—in a modern fairytale for the ages. The film…