In Stan Laurel’s Dr Pyckle and Mr. Pryde, (1925), the actor spoofs what had been to that point two highly successful versions of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One in 1912, the other in 1920. Laurel, who by then was synonymous with American filmmaking, may or may not have known…
Your closet is packed with mistakes. Odd-colored shirts, patchwork jeans, alligators, prairie-wear, weird ties, you wore it all once. But will those things ever be in style again, even if you wait long enough? No, Nehru jackets, leisure suits, and knitted knickers are best left in the rag bag. As you’ll see in the new…
Tough Love Season 3 Official Trailer from ToughLoveSeries on Vimeo. Steven Bell’s comic web-series Tough Love is back for a third season. States the Web site, Tough Love is a show about two friends learning to live with the other’s quirks. Steven is a perfectionist with an affinity for cats, and a natural aversion to…
In celebration of its three-decade partnership with Women Make Movies (WMM) and in honor of Women’s History Month in March, the documentary series POV (Point of View) is spotlighting four groundbreaking WMM films. The documentaries are streaming on POV’s website and are available in its lending library for select community screenings through April 10, 2016. The…
Legislators in the Missouri General Assembly have introduced a series of anti-LGBT joint resolutions in both the House and Senate, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. If passed, these three bills, particularly SJR 39, would put religious refusals on the ballot in Missouri As early as Monday, the Missouri Senate could vote on SJR 39. SJR…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today endorsed his former rival, Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. The Advocate reported that Christie pointed to his family’s long friendship with Trump’s family, saying that he finalized his endorsement the day before, concluding that Trump was the best candidate to ensure that “Hillary Clinton doesn’t get within…
As Black History Month is winding down, Media Matters for America (MMA) looked at Fox News coverage for the past few weeks. It’s pretty grim as MMA reports, “… Fox News has spent February peddling racist tropes about the black community. Fox personalities and guests repeated racist canards about black-on-black crime, out-of-wedlock births, and “black behavior,” mocked a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of 40 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, released its quadrennial Hispanic Public Policy Agenda yesterday, a comprehensive outline of the policy concerns and priorities of the nation’s Latino community. The coalition urged the candidates for president, along with Congress and the current…
New polling released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute last week involving more than 42,000 interviews in all 50 states found little support for so-called “religious refusal” bills that would allow a small business owner to deny service to LGBT people for religious reasons. Only 35 percent supported such a bill while 59 percent…
SAN DIEGO – San Diegans will come together to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of the transgender community at the 13th Annual Transgender Day of Empowerment Friday, April 8th at The San Diego LGBT Community Center from 6 to 9 p.m. located at 3909 Centre Street in Hillcrest. The San Diego Transgender Day of Empowerment…
