Every Saturday night, the Black Cat screens an episode from the popular vampire series that aired a decade ago, before bloodsucking creatures were everywhere: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The 14th Street venue offers the screening in its downstairs Backstage space and dubs it "Hellmouth Happy Hour," with drink specials -- and best of all, you only pay for the drinks. Every Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Black Cat Backstage, 1811 14th St. NW. Free. Call 202-667-4490 or visit blackcatdc.com.
That intrepid LGBT media watchdog GLAAD -- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- released its fifth annual Network Responsibility Index this morning. The report "maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people on television." The organization evaluated Primetime programming on all five broadcast networks, and 10 of the major cable networks.
Highlights:
The CW remains the top broadcast network with 33% of its primetime programming hours being LGBT-inclusive. Fox came in second at 29%, and both networks received a "Good" rating this year.
ABC remained in third place in terms of its percentage of LGBT-inclusive programming hours (23%). ABC received a "Good" rating because of the strong quality of its LGBT images, and the network broadcast the greatest total number of LGBT-inclusive hours (253).
CBS remained in last place with 10% LGBT-inclusive hours of primetime programming. After receiving their second "Failing" score in a row last year, however, they improved enough to receive an "Adequate" score this year.
Over on the cable side of things, ABC Family came out on top. "Of its 103 hours of original primetime programming, 55% included LGBT-inclusive images which also reflected the ethnic and racial diversity of the LGBT community."
Additionally, "Showtime (37%), TNT (33%), HBO (31%), Lifetime (31%), AMC (29%), and Syfy (22%) all received 'Good' ratings for the quantity and quality of their LGBT-inclusive original programming." And "USA increased their LGBT-inclusive hours from 4% to 18%, which improved their score from 'Failing' to 'Adequate.' While, "A&E (5%) and TBS (5%) both received 'Failing' ratings for their lack of LGBT-inclusive images."
We can understand GLAAD not including SpikeTV, but what, no HGTV? Food Network? Bravo? Geez.
Chris Colfer, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith will all be graduating Glee next year. We're sorry to see him (them) go. Extra had this interview to share with the openly-gay Colfer.
Glee star and newly anointed Emmy nominee Chris Colfer talked with Extra's Jerry Penacoli about his character, the colorful Kurt Hummel, leaving the show after next season, how he’d like Kurt to go out – and what's next.
Colfer said he was "surprised that there was an announcement made" by co-creator Ryan Murphy about the cast shake up, which also includes the ousting of co-stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, but Colfer understands.
"I think we all knew something like this was coming. Ryan's been very honest from the beginning, saying that that the kids were going to eventually grow up and leave, because that's what happens, kids grow up and leave. We can't be in high school forever."
The actor added, "Do I want to leave the show? Absolutely not. This is home for me. But I understand that there's time for a conclusion."
What direction would he like Kurt to take when he leaves? "I would love to see him walking off to the sunset with an internship at Vogue. That's where he's headed. That's what I would like."
The Glee actor is also hoping he might be asked back for a few episodes. "I'm hoping I can be like Farrah Fawcett, a la Charlie's Angels, and come back in the fifth episode. Or I can be like Batgirl in the Batman series, where there's a symbol in the opening credits and you know they're in it."
Even though it may be bittersweet, Colfer is excited about the upcoming Season 3. "I guess they're going to have to pull out all of the stops because it's our last one. I think they're going with a more comedic route with Kurt this season, which I'm very looking forward to, so I don't have to cry in every scene."
And he is also looking forward to the future. "I really want to do something scary. I want to play something scary, like someone mentally disturbed," adding, laughing, "That wouldn't be much of a stretch."
What about the rumors that are surfacing on a spin-off series he says, "I just heard rumors. I’m definitely not attached to anything officially or anything like that. So we'll see."
Last night's "reality show" parody on 30 Rock was very clearly a stunt episode -- but as stunt episodes go, it was a work of genius, faring far better than last year's noble yet faltering stunt episode, a live broadcast of the show, mainly because the groundwork for Angie's reality program -- Queen of Jordan -- had been laid down in previous seasons.
Blurring the lines with NBC's own Bravo network, Queen of Jordan awarded the side-character of Angie Jordan a huge break-out moment, and actress Sherri Shepard sparked and sparkled her way through the half hour. There were terrific moments for everyone in the cast, and an amusing yet weird guest appearance by Susan Sarandon as a convicted sex offender. We especially loved Jane Krakowski, who struck comic paydirt with Jenna Maroney's attempt at staging her own intervention as though it were a birthday party gone awry. In addition, there was a hilarious gag surrounding Jenna's new website -- jennas-side.com (read it fast).
The episode's pinnacle moments, however, were provided at the expense of Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy. Baldwin was in sublime form, as Jack was portrayed by the reality show as a klutzy, gay, flatulence-prone boss. We just about hit the floor when Jack, referring to his sporting days at Princeton, let this line of dialogue casually fly.
Dot Com: You were a switch hitter?
Jack: Switch hitter, pitcher, catcher. Whatever the boys needed.
We're also pretty certain Queen of Jordan marked the first time in history the phrase "rectal integrity" was uttered on network TV.
In case you missed it, here's the episode in its entirety.
This just in: A sneak peek at some moments from Monday's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, airing on Logo on Monday, March 21 at 10pm (9pm Central), and featuring guest celebrity judges Carmen Electra and Jody Watley.
Entertainment Weekly's website EW.com has released exclusive footage from the upcoming March 21 episode of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, as they pay a visit to Martha Stewart's estate in Bedford, N.Y. Full story and video clip here.
