
Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include the Athena Film Festival, RuPaul, ABC's Fresh off the Boat, and that Katy Perry concert with tight-ended wide receivers.
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Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include the Athena Film Festival, RuPaul, ABC's Fresh off the Boat, and that Katy Perry concert with tight-ended wide receivers.
10. EVENT: Athena Film Festival
The fifth annual Athena Film Festival, billed as "a celebration of women and leadership," will feature lots of ladies we love. Jodie Foster will receive the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award, and Rosie O'Donnell will be there for the premiere of the new HBO documentary Rosie O'Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up, dealing with her recent heart attack, as well as her family, and her obsession with Barbra Streisand. O'Donnell will also present an award to another of the fest's honorees, HBO president of documentary films Sheila Nevins, who's receiving the President's Visionary Award. Other attractions: a host of women-centric films, both narratives and documentaries, shorts and feature-length movies, many of them with LGBT content, such as Dear White People,Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger, Brittney Griner: Lifesize, and Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination. There will be panel discussions and showings of works in progress too. It all happens February 5-8 on the Barnard College campus in New York City; get the full schedule of events here. -- Trudy Ring
This out singer and choreographer just released a video for his slow-burn dance song "Flight From Paris." The sleek video was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, Newberry tells our sibling publication, Out. Look for a cameo from rapper Porcelain Black and flawless choreography, courtesy of Newberry and Yanis Marshall. There's also no shortage of gorgeous people writhing around and a few male love interests for the taut Newberry. -- Neal Broverman
The long-awaited second single from Tove Lo's album Queen of the Clouds is now making the rounds. "Talking Body" is no "Habits (Stay High)," but the video is pretty stellar, heightening a lackluster tune. There's no pyrotechnics, just Lo moving from one meticulously-shot set to the next. The editing is seamless and the lighting sexy. We're not quite sure yet if this Swedish singer has staying power, but her aesthetic is definitely spot-on. -- Neal Broverman[iframe https://cache.vevo.com/assets/html/embed.html?video=NZUV71300055&autoplay=0 height=357 width=633]
You can catch the each of the short films nominated for a 2015 Oscar in one location at theaters around the country beginning today, including Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney's Boogaloo and Graham, Mat Kirkby and James Lucas's The Phone Call, and Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis's Aya. Get a full list of the nominations and watch trailers for individual shorts at Oscars.go.com. Check your local theater for availability and show times. -- Jase Peeples
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