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'La Bola Negra' is a queer epic tells the interconnected story of three queer men living through complicated parts of Spanish history (1932, 1937, and 2017) and follows the interconnected stories of three different gay men. www.out.com/film/la-bola...

"It wasn’t hard to fall in love with him," says Miguel Bernardeau of his 'La Bola Negra' costar Guitarricadelafuente (Guitarrica for short). "It was hard to create war." 'La Bola Negra' (The Black Ball), which has received Oscar buzz, opens Oct 16. variety.com/2026/film/fe...

"We 3D printed the prosthetics themselves in a print material with the weave intact," says prosthetic makeup designer Joe Dunckley on Alexander Skarsgård's 'Wicker' costume. "The face had about 13 individual pieces," adds lead makeup artist Sarah Rubano. In theaters Oct 23. ew.com/wicker-speci...

Wētā Workshop, the award-winning special effects company, created the prosthetics and makeup worn by Alexander Skarsgård in 'Wicker' | | photo: Black Bear

The final result was composed of 50 interlocking parts. “For the body, all the pieces were stitched onto a spandex suit, so that eventually became one piece made up of many pieces,” says lead makeup effects artist Sarah Rubano.

"The ears were separate, the lips were separate, the eye bags were separate, and there was a chin piece and a lower under-lip piece, so it kind of puzzle-pieced together," says lead makeup effects artist Sarah Rubano | photo: Black Bear Pictures

“Each individual strand” of the costume was painted with different colors. “You had to follow it through the whole pattern, because that’s one of the things that’s intrinsic in basketry,” adds prosthetic makeup designer Joe Dunckley. “Every strand is slightly different.”

"It’s not my fault if you’re f*cking in love with me," Romeo Beckham tells Paul Kircher, in 'Forty Love' about a rising tennis star and a new rival. The new French trailer is shows the pair in bed and on the court before taking a sinister twist. Out Nov 25. www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film...

Forty Love trailer: Romeo Beckham and Paul Kircher star in first-look at queer tennis drama with a gory turn

The supporting cast includes Guillaume Canet, Benjamin Voisin and Catherine Deneuve.

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"I am still struggling to this day to understand what I went through," say Nathan Fielder, co-director (along with Lance Oppenheim) of 'You Can See Everything.' The film follows disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes before her 11-year prison sentence. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Holds a Raucous and Revealing NYFF Screening

The documentary completely shifts gears into a hall-of-mirrors meta-analysis and bizarre re-enactments with Amanda Seyfried

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💜 Today is #SpiritDay! 💜 Spirit Day is the world’s most visible anti-bullying movement inspiring LGBTQ youth to live their lives in their truth and authenticity. Go to glaad.org/spiritday to learn more and go purple today! 💜💜💜

"We’re like explorers," says Bill Skarsgård of his acting roots with dad Stellan, brothers Alexander, Gustaf & Valter. Mom My is physician. Bill is exploring new stardom in 'The Mosquito Bowl' a war movie, with Nicholas Galitzine, Ray Nicholson & Tom Francis. www.fantasticman.com/articles/bil...

"People really connect to that feeling of: Don’t lose your life, just live...We only have now," says 'La Bola Negra' co-director Javier Calvo. "It’s a movie that could really change consciousness," adds co-director Javier Ambrossi about the queer history storylines. apnews.com/article/la-b...

Los Javis storm global cinema with ‘La Bola Negra.’ It might mean Oscar glory for Netflix

Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, known in Spain as Los Javis, have taken the movie world by storm with an audacious queer epic

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"I couldn’t tell if it was like a prank show or a horror movie or a news program," says director Lance Oppenheim on watching 'To Catch a Predator.' For 'Primetime' starring Robert Pattinson, he created the same "manufactured reality," with blurred colors. www.indiewire.com/features/cra....

Why ‘Primetime’ Doesn’t Look Like Any Movie You’ve Seen Before

Director Lance Oppenheim explains why his film – shot in 12-camera formats, then given a 16mm scan – looks different than any other movie.

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"Between the two of them, they have five last names, so I had to narrow it down," says 'Red, White & Royal Blue' author Casey McQuiston about what Alex and Henry’s kids’ hyphenated last name would be. She is working on 'RWRB: The Private Correspondence' novella. www.tvinsider.com/swooon/13060...

'Red, White & Royal Blue' Author Teases FirstPrince's Wedding & More

Casey McQuiston spills on Alex and Henry's future in 'The Private Correspondence.'

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"I wish I could have seen this film when I was growing up," says Guitarricadelafuente (Guitarrica for short) who makes his acting debut in ' La Bola Negra' (The Black Ball). Guitarricadelafuente combines his paternal surname with the Aragonese word for small guitar. www.netflix.com/tudum/featur...

“For me, playing this character, it’s shown me that not everyone has the chance to live freely. For Sebastián, he’s a guy raised in this village during wartime, and it seems like if you take the luxury of thinking about anything else besides survival, it can be considered selfish in those times,” says Guitarrica of starring in La Bola Negra,. | Photos by Jorge Perez Ortiz

“There’s been a very therapeutic, profound discovery in building this character — touching personal things, unveiling things that were covered in dust, to try to bring that emotion to the acting, to what Sebastián is feeling and to connect that with my own reality,” says Guitarrica. | Photos by Jorge Perez Ortiz

“For me, there were a lot of things that connected to what I’d been exploring: self-identification, feeling comfortable in your own skin, the significance of Spanish symbols and turning them in your favor, fragile masculinity, showing strength in vulnerability. The way I’ve interpreted my own masculinity, and how I find my place in the world,” says Guitarrica about his 'Spanish Leather' album. | Photos by Jorge Perez Ortiz

“[It was about] finding the balance between these ultra-powerful words and not making it a super dramatic song, but what the film was actually asking for,” says Guitarrica about writing 'La Nieve,' the original theme song for La Bola Negra | Photos by Jorge Perez Ortiz

"I wanted it to feel the same way as it feels in the book," writes Jacob Tierney in 'I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1, The Annotated Scripts.' The 368-page book includes deleted scenes, improvised moments, and book-to-screen changes. www.attitude.co.uk/culture/heat...

Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney on the stories behind his new book of annotated scripts (EXCLUSIVE)

I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1, The Annotated Scripts is published on 13 October 2026 by Trapeze.

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"What I love so much about Dean specifically in that performance is that he transforms quite dramatically throughout that film," says Mike Faist about James Dean as Cal Trask in 'East of Eden' (1955). Now, Faist plays Charles Trask in the Netflix series. www.interviewmagazine.com/film/a-reluc...

A Reluctant Interview Between Mike Faist and Jonathan Anderson

The East of Eden star and Dior's creative director talk James Dean, awards season, and the strange business of being looked at.

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"The Icons Project has become an indispensable community treasure," writes Rodney Wilson, former high school teacher & LGBTQ History Month founder. Every day in Oct, the Project highlights an individual—some famous, some not—who have impacted the LGBTQ movement. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/this...

This project has honored over 650 LGBTQ+ icons over the past 20 years. It's just getting started. - LGBTQ Nation

Every day this month, a name will be dropped – along with biography, images, and a short celebratory video.

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#MaleModelMonday: Tyler Maher in Jitrois: Let’s P.L.A.Y. The British high-fashion model has worked for Calvin Klein, Versace, Armani, Moschino and more The Parisian label is known for its signature stretch leather. Photos by Jordan Rossi, Rankin & Olly Dundas. fashionablymale.net/2026/10/03/t...

"I feel way more like an undiscovered talent," says Josh Hartnett, 48, on breaking out of his 2000's heart throb image. "I don’t feel like 50 is that scary anymore." He costars with Anne Hathaway & Dakota Johnson in 'Verity,' a psychological thriller. www.vanityfair.com/story/josh-h...

Josh Hartnett Left Hollywood a Heartthrob. Now He’s Back for His Middle-Age Renaissance

"I just decided there were two things in my life that really matter: my family and the work that supports them," says the father of four.

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"With acting I wanted to work on everything I felt vulnerable in," says Alex Fine on evolving from athlete to bull rider to actor. "I just want to be ready." He's appeared in Taylor Sheridan's '1883,' Guy Ritchie's 'MobLand,' and more. www.malemodelscene.net/interviews/a...

Alex Fine is an American actor, producer, former celebrity fitness trainer, and former Division 1 college football player and bull rider | photo by Ryan Blackwell for MMScene

"I was stiff as a board from so many broken bones so ballet was brutally hard, my dialect naturally is pretty southern which was hard to shake, and weapons training and combat I’m comfortable with but wanted to get technically sound. I want to prepare for future roles. If the opportunity presents itself I just want to be ready," says Alex Fine | photo by Ryan Blackwell for MMScene

"It always was something I wanted to pursue but I didn’t know how to growing up. We didn’t have art and theatre programs really. I just hoped for the opportunity and was lucky enough to get that," says Alex Fine | photo by Ryan Blackwell for MMScene

"I think posture, movement, and how you walk into a room tells everything about you before saying a word. If you want to seem confident, or vulnerable, scared, excited. That can all be seen through your body before a word is said," says Alex Fine on transitioning from sports to acting. photo by Ryan Blackwell for MMScene

ICYMI: NY Film Fest critics widely praise Pedro Pascal in ‘Behemoth!’ for a grounded and technically committed turn as Alex Serian, an inscrutable and weary Los Angeles session cellist. Pascal learned to play the cello specifically for the role. In theaters Dec 4. deadline.com/2026/10/behe...

'Behemoth! Review: Pedro Pascal In Musical Drama From Tony Gilroy

A review of 'Behemoth!' with Pedro Pascal as a Hollywood studio musician looking back at his life, loves and regrets.

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#MaleModelMonday: 📸 Martin Boyle in Los Angeles 📸 Federico Cola model mindset 📸 Jacob Ishak cowboy vibes Plus: Erik Douhan Noah Magnin, Ariyan Akaltun, Josh McGregor, Hugo Huger, Saúl Rodriguez and more #ManCrushMonday socialitelife.com/male-model-m...

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Plus: Gianluca Battistini, Ruben Pols, Daniel Navas, Alex Yiannios, and more

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"We can’t take our foot off the gas when it comes to our rights. We have to be vigilant, and we have to participate in the process in a way that we have never participated in this process," says Venton Jones, candidate for Texas House of Representatives. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/for-...

For Venton Jones, the GOP's on war Black & LGBTQ+ civil rights is intensely personal - LGBTQ Nation

Jone succeeded Jasmine Crockett in the Texas House since January 2023, He is currently serving his second term and seeking a third

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"'La Bola Negra is one of the finest LGBTQ+ films of the century to date," writes Samantha Allen of @them.us. The film weaves together three queer stories across three Spainish timelines connected by desires that dare speak their name. It dares you to add your own story. www.them.us/entertainmen...

La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) is a 2026 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (known as Los Javis), co-written with Alberto Conejero, and inspired by Federico García Lorca’s unfinished play of the same name.

La Bola Negra won Best Director (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

La Bola Negra won the People's Choice Award (top festival prize) at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) earlier this year.

"It’s me at my most longing, and about how lonely it is to love someone who isn’t here yet. It might sound like a vow, but it’s really a wish, says out musician Troye Sivan about his new single, 'FF,' on being romantic, sensual, and emotionally vulnerable. instinctmagazine.com/troye-sivan-...

Troye Sivan Makes Out With a Hot Blonde In the Shower | Instinct Magazine

Troye Sivan is back to remind us that romance is alive, gay, and apparently best enjoyed with a very attractive blonde man and absolutely no clothes. The pop

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"You never know what a person has gone through. You don’t know what their family feels or how hard they’ve fought to get a career in the first place," says out gay actor Luke Evans on why actor stay closeted. Evans stars in 'The Party' (ITV), a 5-part thriller. www.thepinknews.com/2026/10/05/l...

'The Party' is a 5-part ITV political thriller and drama based on Elizabeth Day’s 2017 novel. Luke Evans stars as Martin Gilmour, a working-class journalist who won a scholarship to an elite boarding school.

At school, Martin (Luke Evans) forms a lifelong, obsessive bond with Ben Fitzmaurice (Tom Cullen), a wealthy and charismatic politician whose privileged family offered Martin a sense of belonging.

The narrative unfolds across three timelines: the shocking events of the party itself, a subsequent police investigation, and flashbacks to their earlier lives, culminating in a tragedy.

"I hope you don’t let the people who hurt you in your past decide which doors you are too afraid to walk through in your future," writes out gay soccer player Dillon Bacchetta about playing on a college team after years of competitive cheerleading. www.outsports.com/2026/10/7/24...

Gay college athlete left cheerleading for soccer and found a family - Outsports

Dillon Bacchetta’s decision to try out for the college soccer team had a huge impact on his life, finding confidence as an out gay man.

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