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How Richard Burton started his journey from lowly Welsh miner’s son to a enormous Hollywood Star
With just 4 films in his resume so far, 29-year-old Brit actor HARRY LAWTEY’s career date has been based in roles on television, the highlight of which is his 4 years starring in the drama ‘Industry.’ That is all about to change this year as he has just wrapped two movies, with another 3 in…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SAVAGE, an intense drama about conversion therapy, now on at London’s White Bear Theatre.
SAVAGE White Bear Theatre, London Gay Conversion Therapy shockingly remains legal in around 170 countries, including the USA and the UK. Savage, a play written by Claudio Macor, examines a particularly horrifying period in the history of conversion therapy, namely that carried out by the Nazis during World War Two. On at London’s cute White…
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MARC BY SOFIA, an intimate documentary on the designer Marc Jacobs by his filmmaker friend Sofia Coppola
Marc Jacobs, the fashion designer, was once listed as one of the 100 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America, and somewhere along the way, he made friends with other very creative people. One of them is the multi-award-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola, who won an Academy Award for Lost in Translation, and whose latest…
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Mary Todd Lincoln is, reimagined and unleashed in the supremely funny OH . MARY! : reviewed by Kareem Tabsch
Brevity, Booze, and the Birth of Camp. In the world of film and television, we’ve grown accustomed to stories that sprawl—series padded beyond necessity to keep audiences tethered to streaming platforms. The stage is hardly immune. Broadway has seen its share of overstuffed productions, indulgent in length if not always in insight. Perhaps that’s why…
