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The actor will play ostensibly gay wizard Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming series. lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/john-l…
FIRST LOOK: Val Kilmer has been resurrected via AI to star in the new movie "As Deep as the Grave." Kilmer was cast in the movie in 2020, five years before his death. But he was too sick amid his throat cancer battle to ever make it to set. Now an AI version of the actor is appearing in the film, with the full blessing of his daughter, Mercedes: "He always looked at emerging technologies with optimism as a tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling. This spirit is something that we are all honoring within this specific film, of which he was an integral part.” “He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” says writer-director Coerte Voorhees. “It was very much designed around him. It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest... His family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that Val really wanted to be a part of this. He really thought it was important story that he wanted his name on. It was that support that gave me the confidence to say, okay let’s do this. Despite the fact some people might call it controversial, this is what Val wanted.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lH1PI
Andrea Bocelli says he was “surprised” that “fellow artist” Timothée Chalamet dismissed the value of opera and ballet, adding that both art forms are alive and draw from the “same source” of human emotion as filmmaking. “I believe we often tend to keep our distance from what we have not yet truly encountered,” Bocelli said. “Opera and ballet are art forms that have crossed centuries and continue to speak to the human heart, because they answer a deep need for beauty, truth, and emotion. They are not arts of the past, but living languages that can still move us, make us reflect, and bring different generations together.” “I am convinced that a sensitive performer like Timothée, who understands the power of emotions, may one day discover that opera and dance draw from that very same source,” he added. “Should he ever be curious, I would be happy to welcome him as a guest at one of my concerts. Sometimes it only takes a few minutes of hearing this music live to understand why, after centuries, it continues to be loved all over the world.” variety.com/2026/film/news…
Sesame Street was originally created for Black Americans By Black Americans… Long before it became “universal,” it was a radical project to teach, empower, and represent a community too long ignored. History often forgets who it was really for.
Depicting LGBTQ people in films isn’t “therapy.” It’s depicting the actual real world, where LGBTQ people exist & have always existed. Classifying it as “therapy” is similar to saying that laws banning discrimination against LGBTQ people somehow provide us with “special rights.” It’s part of the broader movement to erase LGBTQ people from many aspects of life. We’re part of the real world. We’re not going anywhere.
#ConanOBrien, the man Stephen Colbert calls "the patron saint of ex-talk show hosts," has a few things to say about the late night crisis, still sweating every joke and dancing with disaster by hosting the Oscars — again. Read THR's cover story: tinyurl.com/5n6nn55c
