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In the Arts & Entertainment section, The Advocate brings readers all the latest news on Hollywood, Broadway, and beyond. From New York to Los Angeles, The Advocate shines a spotlight on the stars of the screen who are lending their voices to support the LGBT community, as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals who are moving the cultural needle. Discover A-list interviews, the best gay movies and reviews of theater, music, books and television. Learn how Arts & Entertainment can shape national dialogue and can work to advance equality.

The three members of Huntr/x, the fictional girl group of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix
Arts & Entertainment

Where have all the girl groups gone? Why it took 24 years for a girl band to top music charts again

The success of the fictional Huntr/x from 'KPop Demon Hunters' could herald a resurgence of real-life girl groups on pop music charts.

A screen capture from the kinetic novel, "warm"
Arts & Entertainment

SFW lesbian games wrongly axed in online stores' overeaching 'adult content' purge

Well, who could have seen this coming?
US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
News

Fresh off taking control of D.C. police, Trump announces he’ll host CBS's Kennedy Center Honors TV broadcast

He also said he chose “98 percent” of this year’s honorees.

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Provincetown Massachusetts bear week 2025 pool party guests
Photography

Relive the sexiest moments from PTown Bear Week 2025's Otter Pop & Weiner Roast pool parties

Who's already packing for next year?

Piers Morgan at Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball game 2024 Beyonce at he 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Piers Morgan says Beyoncé is 'culturally appropriating Marilyn Monroe'

The TV personality reacted to Beyoncé's recent Levi's commercial.

Kristi Noem's face melts on 'South Park'
Arts & Entertainment

​'South Park' eviscerates Kristi Noem for killing a puppy and abusing Botox​

South Park's newest episode makes fun of Kristi Noem for her admission that she shot and killed a puppy.

'Gilded Age' side-eye: How a silent maid unveils centuries of trans history
Arts & Entertainment

'Gilded Age' side-eye: How a silent maid unveils centuries of trans history

One subtle eyebrow raise on screen becomes a portal to trans trailblazers who fought wars, tamed the Wild West, and helped shape the Constitution.

gay straight besties Jonathan Gregg and Tom Felix
News

One is straight. The other is gay. Together, these best friends are reimagining masculinity

Their friendship is a love story, just not the kind you're used to.

Zoey Dutch in a film still from The Threesome
Arts & Entertainment

Bisexual chaos runs amok in 'The Threesome' trailer starring Zoey Deutch

Jonah Hauer-King, Jaboukie Young-White, and Ruby Cruz also star in the upcoming indie film.
LGBTQ+ movies and TV coming in August 2025: Platonic; Honey Don’t!; The Truth about Jussie Smolett?; Wednesday
Arts & Entertainment

19 LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming in August 2025 — and where to watch them

Platonic, Honey Don’t!, Wednesday, Eyes of Wakanda, and more are headed to your screen this month.

Damon Evans, Sherman Hemsley, and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)
Arts & Entertainment

'Jeffersons' actor says costar Sherman Hemsley was also gay, deserves a posthumous Emmy

Damon Evans, who played the second Lionel, reflects on the hit show and its 50th anniversary.

King of Drag's Dick Von Dyke and Pressure K
Voices

'King of Drag' laid out a blueprint for a revolutionary masculinity

Opinion: Masculinity is a social construct—one we collectively create, define, uphold, or deconstruct. What if this series could show us a better way?

Portrait of an Unidentified Person circa 1710 Guilded Age scene HBO Max show historical photo believed to be William Dorsey Swann
Arts & Entertainment

Divas in the drawing room: The 'Gilded Age' drag cameo you might have missed

In an age of dukes and debutantes, the real queens were celebrities in their own right, performing in private clubs—and occasionally on HBO.

Donald Trump in bed with Satan on "South Park"
Arts & Entertainment

'South Park' review: Donald Trump has a 'teeny-tiny penis' and Satan is his boyfriend

South Park's new season shocked viewers with micro-penises and the horrifying realization that this is all pretty close to reality.

Laverne Cox New York Fashion Week 2024
Arts & Entertainment

Laverne Cox reveals she dated 'blue-eyed MAGA Republican voter' for three years

Cox is facing backlash after revealing the relationship.

ken jennings UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation event May 2025 gavin newsom speaking at a press conference January 2025
Politics

'Jeopardy!'s Ken Jennings won't support Gavin Newsom for president due to trans kids stance

"Any candidate cynically 'triangulating' on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so," Jennings says.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Celia and Melissa
Arts & Entertainment

Star Trek has a black hole of queer love, but out actors hint at hope

Out actors Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, and Celia Rose Gooding on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds share their hopes for more LGBTQ+ representation and for a better future.

Cooper Koch
Arts & Entertainment

Cooper Koch’s Emmy nomination earned him a surprise prison call

The Monsters star reveals Lyle Menendez's reaction to him getting the nod.
documentary trailer footage still Furry Detectives Unmasking A Monster
Arts & Entertainment

This new true crime documentary shows how Furry sleuths exposed an animal abuse ring

Watch a clip from The Furry Detectives: Unmasking A Monster exclusively shared with The Advocate.

Police officer outside Stonewall Inn gay bar
Exclusives

How drag artists can protect themselves from the far-right attacks

Drag artists who survived violence and harassment tell The Advocate about resources to protect other performers.