Film and TV

Airbnb has unveiled Gay Chorus Deep South, a documentary about the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus touring southern US states. The online accommodation service has taken the unusual step of branching out into filmmaking for the feature-length documentary, which is set to premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 29. Gay Chorus Deep South follows emotional tour across southern US Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, Gay Chorus Deep South follows members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they perform on their 2017 Lavender Pen Tour, in the...

Gentleman Jack is a new BBC historical drama about Britain’s ‘first modern lesbian’ Anne Lister. The eight-part series — which is in partnership with HBO — will see Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones play Lister. Lister (1791-1840), often referred to as ‘the first modern lesbian’, was a successful entrepreneur and landowner who kept a detailed diary of her life. Sally Wainwright, who created, wrote and directed the series, is over the moon with the casting choice. She said: “Bringing Anne Lister to life with all her complexity, passion, brilliance and wit...

First Dates returned to our television sets on Tuesday (April 16) on Channel 4 with a very awkward pairing between two women as one had dated the other’s niece. Georgia and similarly named Georga knew each other but were surprisingly matched together by the show. “It’s a complicated one,” Georga told the waiter hesitantly when asked how the pair knew each other. But after the waiter suggested their previous encounter may have been a good one, Georga decided to come clean: Her date had actually dated her 40-year-old sister’s daughter....

Fox News host Tucker Carlson is getting a bit worked up about gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg. The right-wing TV host addressed the ascendance of the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, on his Fox News on Tuesday (April 16), after the launch of Buttigieg’s campaign won praise. Tucker Carslon: Every last drop of Buttigieg, yum Carlson reflected on the fizzling campaign of Texas candidate Beto O’Rourke, saying: “Imagine one morning you wake up and your one true love, the American news media, have called it off. They left you for...