Tag: Fire Island
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Joel Kim Booster on Limiting the Amount of Gay Best Friend Roles and ‘Derailing’ Dinner Parties With Chrissy Teigen
It was recently announced that Joel Kim Booster was teaming up with Searchlight Pictures again following the awards-nominated success of his 2022 queer rom-com “Fire Island.”This time around, Booster’s new script is about the gay best friend (Booster) of a bride-to-be who’s in charge of making sure his bestie’s wedding goes off perfectly.However, Booster says…
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Chrissy Teigen, David Chang and Joel Kim Booster on ‘Tired’ TikTok Food Trends, Crazy Dinner Party Topics, and Dream Guests for ‘Chrissy and Dave Dine Out’
Chrissy Teigen, restaurateur David Chang and comedian Joel Kim Booster have the dream assignment of getting to dish with celebrities over gourmet meals on their new series “Chrissy and Dave Dine Out.”The trio took a break from the fine dining scene in Los Angeles and traveled to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival to…
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2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners (Updating Live)
We’ve come a long way, baby. But we’re finally ready to start handing out the 2023 Emmy Awards, a full four months after they were initially scheduled. The successful resolutions of two strikes later, the winners of the Creative Arts Emmys will be announced on January 6 (scripted programming) and January 7 (non-scripted programming), starting…
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Andrew Ahn to Receive Outfest Achievement Award (Exclusive) – Film News in Brief
Outfest, the non-profit focusing on aiding the LGBTQ community within entertainment, announced it will present Andrew Ahn with its Outfest Achievement Award at the 41st summer festival’s opening night on July 13.Ahn, known for directing feature films “Fire Island” and “Driveways,” has been recognized for his impactful oeuvre, which has significantly contributed to the LGBTQ…
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Emmys: TV Movie – Can ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Continue the Animation Streak Started by 2022 Winner ‘Chip n’ Dale?’
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect…
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Variety’s Best 2022 Red Carpet Moments: Julia Fox’s ‘Masterpiece’ Memoir, Halle Bailey’s ‘Little Mermaid’ Debut and More
So many red carpets. So many celebs. When my editors asked me to name my top 10 red carpet interviews of 2022, it wasn’t an easy task because there were so many memorable — and often times, viral — moments.I could have easily included Joel Kim Booster talking about his sex scene with Zane Phillips…
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Back to One, Episode 207: James Scully
James Scully plays Charlie, love interest to Bowen Yang’s Howie, in the new film Fire Island, a touching, hilarious, and entirely queer take on Pride and Prejudice, written by and co-starring Joel Kim Booster, and directed by Andrew Ahn. Scully talks about the imposter syndrome that infected the cast, how sometimes when material is so…
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‘Fire Island’ Star James Scully Dreams of Starring in an All-Queer ‘Avengers’ Movie
Doing press for “Fire Island” has been quite an emotional experience for James Scully, who plays Bowen Yang’s love interest in director Andrew Ahn’s new queer rom-com written by and starring Joel Kim Booster.“I have had these out of body moments where I’m like, remember when you thought you were going to have to pretend…
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Alison Bechdel Officially Gives ‘Fire Island’ a Pass Amid Failed Bechdel Test Furor
“Fire Island” ignited a viral Twitter debate on June 7 over gender representation, but now the Bechdel Test creator herself, Alison Bechdel, has issued the last word.The conversation began after New York Magazine podcaster Hannah Rosin tweeted, “So Fire Island gets an F- on the Bechdel test in a whole new way,” citing the lack…
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‘Fire Island’ Review: The Gay Comedy Boom Bears Juicy Fruit in a Raucous Heartfelt Rom-Com
Though Jane Austen only wrote one of them, there are actually a few truths universally acknowledged: That a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, and girls just wanna have fun. To the elite group of authors of pithy maxims, Jane Austen and Cyndi Lauper, we may…