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DOWNTON ABBEY : THE GRAND FINALE (without Dame Maggie Smith. (sob sob) ……) in movie theaters this Sept
Nine years ago the late (and very great) two-time Academy Award Winner Dame Maggie Smith was appearing on the Graham Norton TV Show when she was asked if she was happy that the multi-award winning TV period drama DOWNTOWN ABBEY was finally over after some 52 episodes. “Yes‘ she promptly replied “as at the point…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews Ugly Duck’s closing programme, A Collective Archive. on June 12-15 at London’s celebrated queer performance space.
London’s celebrated queer performance space, Ugly Duck is sadly closing. The final programme, this 12-15 June, is A Collective Archive, a four-day celebration of artistic practices. Highlighting the creative vision, resistance and communities that have shaped this much-loved Bermondsey destination over the past thirteen years, A Collective Archive, comprises an exhibition, performances and a closing…
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Margaret Cho declared Atsuko Okatsuka is her comic heir : and we so agree
Sometimes, if you blink too hard at the wrong moment, you’ll miss something important that you had been destined to know. Like back in April 2023, and there in the New York Style Magazine, the fabulous Margaret Cho gave a generous rave endorsement to new(ish) stand-up comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, who is her junior by 20…
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Sam Feder talks about HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY one of the most important queer/trans movies of 2025
It’s proving to be a tough time for the trans community ever since the Orange Man moved into The White House determined to make his rampant transphobia the law of the land. One of the few bright spots in this scenario was the appearance of activist/lawyer CHASE STRANGIO as the first openly trans lawyer to…
