André Hereford

@here4andre.bsky.social

Writer, Editor, Voter, Lover 🌈

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Dí Que Sí (Say Yes) - PinkLabel.TV 3.0

Viento, Alan and Dala produce amateur gay porn. One night, Viento discovers how consent boundaries are blurred in a passage from fiction to reality.

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To a degree that nears self-parody, the latest Mission: Impossible often feels like sitting through one of the detailed briefings that must go into devising the franchise’s extravagant stunts, writes critic André Hereford. www.metroweekly.com/...

‘MI:8’: Where the Villain Is AI, and the Real Threat Is Exposition

The latest "Mission: Impossible" submerges breathtaking action and suspense 20,000 leagues beneath a sea of mission planning.

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What interview should we revisit? Vote at link. You could win a Metro Weekly mug! John Greyson, dir. Zero Patience (AIDS Musical) - 5/12/94 Chef David Hagedorn, Trumpets - 5/19/94 Heather Mizeur & Joel Lawson - 2/23/95 Russ Meyer, dir. Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - 4/6/95 www.metroweekly.com/...

Help Us Choose Our Next "From the Archives" Interview!

Metro Weekly is republishing one older interview a week in a new "From the Archives" section. Help us decide which one to publish next!

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If Biden or Obama or Clinton or any Democrat seriously floated the idea of running for a third term as president, the GOP would immediately hold congressional hearings and threaten impeachment. It would dominate rightwing media for months. What will Mr. Schumer's response be? Probably silence.

Russel T Davies, creator of the TV series Queer as Folk and showrunner for the hit sci-fi series Doctor Who, has issued a dire warning about the violent nature of the global backlash to LGBTQ rights. "I think we're in the greatest danger I have ever seen." www.metroweekly.com/...

Gays in ‘Greatest Danger I Have Ever Seen’ says Russell T Davies

The "Doctor Who" showrunner warns that Donald Trump's election is a symptom of a massive and hateful global anti-LGBTQ backlash.

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“The Emmys are hard because it's the same people winning every year for a stretch. The Game of Thrones stretch, the Sopranos stretch. And now, The Bear. You have to reinvent it every year, and it's the same people parading up.” --Bruce Vilanch magazine.metroweekly...

Bruce Vilanch - March 6, 2025

Flop Sweat: Hollywood legend Bruce Vilanch dishes on his misses in his hilarious new book, It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time. Interview by André Hereford<br>

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After firing federal workers at the CDC, some 180 of them have received emails begging them to come back to work. "Read this e-mail immediately" was the subject line according to the AP. So much government efficiency going on. What a joke.

"They've radicalized me." Federal workers are fighting back as Trump dismantles their work: The totality of the effort is quite broad. Workers are filing lawsuits, joining protests and sharing internal documents with media outlets. And they've resigned, sometimes in large numbers, to protest.

I’m seeing an awful lot of posts from people on Bluesky responding to despairing scientists with the words “please keep going, the world needs you”. Scientists cannot keep going if we can’t keep a roof over our heads and our mouths fed.

Advice for Democratic lawmakers: Don't ever again put out a press release stating that you're "meeting tomorrow" in response to a five-alarm fire. Cross that out. Write this: "We are urgently working to address this crisis." And then make that statement true with immediate action.

NEW: A transgender woman in federal prison sued the Trump administration on Sunday, arguing that President Donald Trump’s executive order defining “sex” is intentionally discriminatory, violates her constitutional and statutory rights, and puts her in danger. Overnight, at Law Dork —>

Trans woman in federal prison sues over Trump's anti-trans order

Trump's executive order "raises serious concerns for her safety and well-being going forward," a lawsuit filed on Sunday alleges. Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

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