Taylor Swift, who once was condemned for her political silence, is making up for lost time. The singer/songwriter spoke out Friday on Pride Live’s Stonewall Day livestream event, condemning the US Census for offering only two choices for gender.
The event is an annual commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall uprising…
New York City was a beacon of love as it played host to WorldPride, one of the biggest celebrations of Pride month which celebrates members of the LGTBQIA+ community. June is marked as Pride month considering it was the month when there was an uprising between members of the gay community and the police at the…
In a competitive weekend for specialty movies, a couple of newcomers shined. Well Go USA opened Lost In Hong Kong in over two dozen theaters attracting good crowds, while Broad Green Pictures closed escrow on 99 Homes in a pair of theaters with decent returns. And A24 bowed Mississippi Grind in an exclusive run…
Early fall traditionally welcomes the onslaught of awards contenders and wannabes to theaters, and this weekend's heavy slate of newcomers continues the tradition. The frame features new narratives and documentaries, many with star wattage attached to — hopefully — excite audiences. Broad Green Pictures is opening99 H…
It certainly seems like staggering progress has been made in an extremely short amount of time – just under seven years after the passage of California’s notorious proposition 8, full marriage rights were finally extended to gays and lesbians earlier this year. But that progress is the result of a painful, 46-years…
Roadside Attractions has snapped up U.S. distribution rights to Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall and is planning a fall release for the drama that stars Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Jonny Beauchamp. Goldcrest Films is handling international rights. Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment produced Stonew…
Atlantic Productions has signed a distribution deal with Entertainment One Television for worldwide rights outside the UK, Australia and New Zealand for DavidAttenborough's Great Barrier Reef. This three-episode hourlong series will use innovative camera technology and draw on the latest research to investigate the…
EXCLUSIVE: Roland Emmerich's independently-produced drama Stonewall has made its first big international sale. Warner Bros Germany has acquired the just-wrapped film in Emmerich's native country. The Jon Robin Baitz-scripted drama tells the story of a young man's political awakening set against the backdrop of the…
Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated Sarah Paulson has joined Nicolas Cage in The Runner, about an idealistic but flawed New Orleans Congressman Colin Price whose dysfunctional life and career are destroyed by a sex scandal. Paulson, last seen in the Oscar-winner 12 Years A Slave, will play a PR consultant Price hires to…
Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall, the Jon Robin Baitz-scripted pic about the 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village that became the flashpoint for the gay rights movement, has kicked off production in and around Montreal. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Joey King have joined the cast, which is bein…
