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Joel Kim Booster on celebrating the Asian LGBTQ+ experience in Fire Island: ‘We’re more than the token friend’

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“I really wanted to show people that there is joy in the experience of being gay,” says Joel Kim Booster, star and writer of Fire Island. The Andrew Ahn-directed Hulu comedy, which launches 3 June in the UK on Disney Plus, is destined to become a queer classic due to its unwavering commitment to authentically representing the queer experience, and for capturing the unequivocal joy that comes with being a member of the “rainbow mafia”.  In his cover interview for GAY TIMES, alongside Ahn and cast members Bowen Yang, Conrad…

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Talisa Garcia “honoured” to be first trans actress cast by Disney in Lucasfilm production

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Talisa Garcia has made history as the first openly transgender person to be cast by Disney in a Lucasfilm production. Willow is set to follow a princess who assembles a party to help her on a quest to find her twin brother. It will be a TV spin-off of the 1980s film starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley, among others. Garcia is set to star in a small speaking role as a Queen and the mother to Tony Revolori’s character who goes on the quest, Deadline reported. She…

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Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac urges Disney to oppose Florida’s “insane” ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

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Oscar Isaac has condemned Florida’s barbaric Parental Rights in Education bill – more commonly known as ‘Don’t Say Gay’. The bill seeks to restrict “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in elementary schools. With the bill headed to conservative governor Ron DeSantis, LGBTQ+ advocates have denounced the law, its political sponsors and the companies backing the legislation. Due to their silence and past donations to the bill’s sponsors, Disney was one of the companies that came under fire. After their CEO Bob Chapek expressed “unwavering commitment to the…

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Joshua Bassett stars in first trailer for Disney+ musical film Better Nate Than Ever

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Disney+ has released the first trailer for Better Nate Than Ever. Written and directed by Tim Federle, and based on his critically-acclaimed 2013 novel of the same name, the musical family-comedy stars newcomer Rueby Wood as Nate Foster, an unpopular 13-year-old with ambitious dreams of conquering Broadway. “There’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play,” reads the official synopsis. “But when his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove…

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Openly gay actor Fra Fee joins Disney+’s Beauty and the Beast prequel series

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Hawkeye star Fra Fee has been cast in Disney+’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast TV series. Back in 2020, the streaming service revealed that it would be releasing a prequel project to the 2017 live-action movie. The eight-episode limited musical series will see Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprise their iconic roles as Gaston and LeFou with newcomer Briana Middleton as the latter’s stepsister, Tilly. According to a report from Deadline, the 34-year-old is set to play Prince Benoit Berlioz – the “handsome, charismatic, and confident” childhood friend of Tilly.…

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Josh Gad gives update on potentially queer Beauty and the Beast prequel series

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Frozen star Josh Gad updated Disney fans on the potential LGBTQ+ Beauty and the Beast TV series. In 2020, Disney announced that a prequel of the 2017 live-action blockbuster was in the works. The eight-episode limited musical series will see Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprise their iconic roles as Gaston and LeFou with newcomer Briana Middleton as the latter’s stepsister, Tilly. Alan Menken, an EGOT winner and composer of the 1991 original film and the live-action release, has been announced to write the soundtrack, while Oscar-nominee Glenn Slater will…

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Disney Plus releases trailer for LGBTQ+ inclusive Proud Family revival

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Disney has finally released the first trailer for the Proud Family: Louder and Prouder series and it is everything. On Friday (12 November), Disney+ dropped the highly anticipated trailer for the forthcoming series in support of their annual Disney day.  The teaser features the beloved Proud family that we all know and love from the early noughties cartoon.  However, this time around Penny (Kyla Pratt) is a little older and exploring life as a young adult – much to the dismay of her father Oscar (Tommy Davidson).  Of course the…

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High School Musical’s inclusive TV series renewed for third season

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Disney+ has renewed the critically acclaimed High School Musical: The Musical: The Series for a third season. The show is inspired by the iconic High School Musical films and is set at a fictionalised version of East High School, the place where the first three movies were filmed. The series follows a group of teenagers who are enthusiastic about theatre and perform in High School Musical: The Musical for their school production. Seasons one and two are set at East High School, with the first following the characters as they…

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Exclusive: John McCrea wants groundbreaking character to ’cause trouble’ in Cruella sequel

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John McCrea has revealed where he wants to see his character in the upcoming Cruella sequel. Released earlier this year to critical acclaim, Cruella is set in London during the 70s punk-rock movement and stars Oscar winner Emma Stone as the iconic title character, an ambitious grifter and talented fashion designer. McCrea, best known for originating the role of Jamie New in British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, co-stars as Artie, an androgynous shop owner who assists the future puppy-napper as she makes a splash in the world of fashion.…

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Raven-Symoné opens up about her coming out journey in new interview

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Raven-Symoné has opened up about her love life and sexuality in a brand new interview on Disney+. In an upcoming episode of Turning the Tables With Robin Roberts, the Disney Channel star got candid about her coming out story. “I was in love, at the time, with that person, and I was fed up with just closing the door and being myself once the door was closed of being told out in public that who I was wasn’t brandable,” she explained. “I’ve been told I’ve been a liability, ‘This is…

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