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Gigi Hadid enjoyed a night out with Queer Eye star Tan France in New York on Saturday night.The pair, who have been friends for four years, are now teaming up for the second series of Next In Fashion and looked in great spirits during a night out at Italian restaurant Barbuto in the West Village.The 26-year-old model - who is replacing former co-host Alexa Chung, 38, on the Netflix show - looked trendy in edgy trousers and a chic beige blazer. Fun night out: Gigi Hadid and Queer Eye star Tan France were spotted at Barbuto in New York's West Village on Saturday nightTan, 38, bought his style A-game too with a dapper by putting a bold denim twist on a traditional three piece suit look.Gigi, who has a 17-month-old daughter Khai with her ex Zayn Malik, recently said she is 'so excited' to be hosting alongside Tan.Both Gigi and Tan confirmed the news on Instagram in late January, writing: 'Who would have thought when we met over Facetime 4 years ago that we'd be hosting NEXT IN FASHION TOGETHER!' Teaming up: The stars, who have been friends for four years, are set to work together on season two of Next In FashionSeries one of the fashion competition hit Netflix in January 2020 starring Tan and Alexa.

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Dorinda Medley led the star-studded arrivals at theChristian Cowan runway show during the first day of New York Fashion Week on Friday.The RHONY alum, 57, viewed the designer's Fall 2022 ready-to-wear collection from the front row, alongside the likes of Queer Eye's Tan France and drag performerCT Hedden.For the show, Medley put on a busty display in a plunging black bodysuit with a rhinestone mesh top layered over it. Arrivals:Dorinda Medley led the star-studded arrivals at the Christian Cowan runway show during the first day of New York Fashion Week on FridayShe highlighted her shapely legs in a pair of skintight silver sequin pants and some sky-high black pumps.Medley's platinum blonde hair was softly swept out of her face and a pair of chunky silver earrings hung from her ears.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe trailer for Gu∂mundur Arnar Gu∂mundsson’s teen drama “Beautiful Beings” has debuted ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday. The film, which plays in Panorama, is being sold by Jan Naszewski’s New Europe Film Sales.

As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees for the 2022 Oscars on Tuesday (Feb. 8), the LGBTQ+ community was greeted with some good news: for the first time since Sir Ian McKellen was nominated in 2002 for Best Supporting Actor in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, an openly queer-identifying performer was nominated in an action role. Actually, twomembers of the Alphabet Mafia were nominated Tuesday morning: Ariana DeBose, who scored a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story; and Kristen Stewart, who was nominated for Best Lead Actress for her turn as Princess Diana in the historical fiction drama, Spencer.

EXCLUSIVE: Hosea Chanchez (The Game), Devere Rogers (My Spy), Griffin Matthews (The Flight Attendant) and Brandon Gill (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) have signed on to star alongside Bernard David Jones (The Mayor, Scroll Wheel of Time) in his pilot Remember, which has launched production after receiving a WarnerMedia OneFifty grant supporting the early stages of its development.

With another battle over the U.S. Supreme Court underway after the announced retirement of U.S. Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, progressives have a chance to make an imprint on the judiciary with the nomination of the first Black woman as promised by President Biden — and their past actions and statements on LGBTQ issues may factor into the confirmation process.

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In the space of 14 years, Queer Contact has become a landmark occasion on Manchester’s arts and entertainment calendar - and this year’s line-up promises to be bigger than ever.

Gallery: 20 stupid things people do to look cool (Espresso)It was the demi-decade that saw the financial crash and the Tories return to power – austerity wasn’t a word on our lips until it was but until then brands had so much money to throw at things. Barely a week went past where my flatmates and I weren’t catching the bus to some decadent extravaganza. I was flown business class to Tokyo for the launch of a perfume.

.Prior to the fifth installment's release, the franchise had already enjoyed box office riches, hauling in more than $600 million worldwide.Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group, which took over the series from Dimension Films, struck gold after conjuring up a plot line that perfectly blends the new and OG cast, as a new Ghostface killer once again terrorizes the sleepy town of Woodsboro.

Alissa Simon Film CriticHelsinki-based helmer-writer Aino Suni makes her feature debut with “Heartbeast,” a queer love story with a dark twist about a Finnish teen whose mother moves her to France. It world premieres in Nordic competition at this year’s Göteborg Festival.What inspired the story?Suni: The documentary “Never Again” I made about Finnish rapper Mercedes Bentso definitely gave me a lot of inspiration. Mercedes Bentso, one of my closest friends today, uses rap as a way to express even the darkest emotions, fears, wants and the most forbidden fantasies, as does Elina, the protagonist of “Heartbeast.”It’s personally important for me to tell stories about queer people.

Cara Delevingne wishes she had more LGBTQ+ role models growing up.

NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, on Friday unveiled the spring lineup for “NewFest Presents,” its monthly screening series taking place in-person at The LGBT Community Center in NYC, and streaming virtually through NewFest’s Virtual Screening Room nationwide. The announcement was made today by NewFest’s executive director David Hatkoff and director of programming Nick McCarthy.

Gerrick Kennedy Feb. 11 marks 10 years since Whitney Houston died, her accidental drowning in a Beverly Hilton hotel bathtub especially tragic as it occurred just hours before the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala was due to start in a ballroom on the ground floor. Davis discovered Houston when she was barely 20 years old and would mentor her through the decades, but behind the scenes, one of Houston’s longest and closest relationships was with childhood friend-turned-lover Robyn Crawford, as journalist Gerrick Kennedy describes in his forthcoming book, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (out Feb.

Manuel Betancourt The opening moments of Amanda Kramer’s “Please Baby Please” play like an archly stylized “West Side Story” by way of Kenneth Anger. Only, instead of the Jets, we have the “Young Gents,” a group of leather-clad rascals who dance their way through the streets of a neon-tinged, foggy 1950s Manhattan before descending on an unsuspecting couple and, well, beating them to death.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlin-based outfit M-Appeal has acquired world sales rights to “Lonesome,” from Australian director Craig Boreham, who won the Berlinale Teddy Award for his short film “Transient.” Sales on the film will commence at the upcoming European Film Market, which was moved online due to the ongoing pandemic.The feature follows Casey, a young man from the countryside running from a small-town scandal, finding himself down and out in Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own isolation, both men find something they have been missing, but neither of them knows quite how to navigate their feelings.According to a statement, “‘Lonesome’ explores the adventures and sexuality of young gay men in a world that has never been more connected.

Marta Balaga Chosen as the protagonist of the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Focus section, Amanda Kramer will show eight films to the festival audience, ranging from her 2016 short “Bark” to “Give Me Pity!” and this year’s opener “Please Baby Please,” both set to celebrate their world premieres at the festival.“It’s a funny thing, to be a relatively obscure artist given this very pronounced focus on your work,” Kramer tells Variety. “When Rotterdam was so keen to show it, I was just elated. It felt like I had done something right.”In “Please Baby Please,” starring Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling as a couple suddenly faced with their long-dormant fantasies, as well as a violent greaser gang, Kramer turns her attention to the 1950s.

In 2009, when I was in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, I traveled to Berlin on New Year’s Eve to celebrate. As my friends and I were getting turnt up in the bar, I came out as a lesbian. The moment was random and unprovoked. I shared the news with all my friends and had a dope night ringing in the 2010s, but panic set in when I woke up the next day. I’m 27 years old and a lesbian: what do I do now? 

Hilary Duff had no idea one of her old Disney Channel Original Movies was so important to the queer community!

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBoutique sales agency Patra Spanou Film has acquired the international sales rights of Roberto Doveris’ “Proyecto Fantasma” (“Ghost Project”), an indie comedy with dramatic and spooky moments. The Chilean film will world premiere next week in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.It is Doveris’ second film after the youth drama ”Las Plantas,” which won Best Film in Berlinale’s Generation 14plus section.