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Southland was SO FUCKING GOOD this week! I'm not sure anything else has come near that level in addressing gay bullying in prime time! I don't understand it, but I hear Alcatraz has been doing well, ratings wise.

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. ~Lamartine

Hopefully she doesn't take the Fiona Apple "talented singer with mega hit first record then..." career path!

Wow, turns out I haven't missed much!! I thought there might be some gems I'd missed, but if I finally sit down and watch my copies of Brokeback and Single Man I'll be mostly caught up! Might then pick up later days, saw one or two others when I searched top 10 LGBT movies, but again I'm surprised how few there really are! I almost mentioned Angels in my post, but technically I believe it was a miniseries (and And the Band Played On was a TV movie...). Birdcage did have the great wide appeal, but was also somewhat stereotype reinforcing which is why it's not quiet so high in my mind. But I agree back then any media was good media.

Yeah, I don't watch the show but often gaze lovingly at the commercials. Always thought (/hoped) "No man that gorgeous is 100% straight!".

Other shows I kinda like but don't have to have: Castle, Pawn Stars, Suze Orman, The Soup, Top Gear (US), Bones. Have recently started to watch Big Bang Theory reruns, it's pretty fun. Neither of these lists include my must see British TV: 1) Doctor Who 2) Top Gear 3) (Torchwood)

1) Southland 2) Archer 3) Game of Thrones 4) Treme 5) Justified Honorable mentions: 60 minutes, Daily Show, Good Eats and Venture Brothers (when it's back again).

I'm really looking forward to this, it was a fun book!

Yeah, I kinda wish I'd seen it. Oh dear god, *that* video is the ONE from the Grammy's that *works*?

Hahahaha! I've got to pass that one around!

Damn copyright claims, second video I've clicked on to do with the Grammys that's gone. Cool that Book of Mormon won too!

I was kinda wondering how Romney could win with the arch-conservative Christians right in the middle of a surge in Santorum--which seems to be continuing it's slow, viscous spread across several states, I think I just heard in a poll. Oh god, Santorum covering polls, hurugfh, just threw up a little! (And KyleRaw probable got aroused!)

Goodman's been amazing in a crapload of things these last couple years! First really noticed him in a great guest spot on West Wing, but his part in the 1st season of Treme was amazing. He was also great in Red State, easily the best thing about that movie. I don't really have any need to hear from Roseanne Barr again though...

Ok, if Stephen Fry hosted I'm gonna see if I can track it down somewhere and watch!

Yeah, looks like you were right about Adele cleaning up! Mumford didn't get a single nod...

Jon Stewart had brought this up weeks ago, but seeing this brought it back: And not just for me, it would appear. My opinion is have one now and have another if we ever pull out of Afghanistan. But I don't live in NY, so I'm interested in how people with ties to the city feel. Which does make me wonder about one in LA, but we're really not much of a parade city... I can't imagine an LA-wide parade, just community based ones like Pride or Rose.

Yes, it's 'shopped, but it is the perfect campaign photo for ( R )-Money...

So I made a shameful admission in another thread, and that got me to wondering. Since so many LGBT movies are god-awful (yet many watch them religiously anyway...), what are the very best? I'm guessing Brokeback is fairly high on the list? I've also heard good things about A Single Man, I think... but the first time I tried to see it I bought A Serious Man instead... @#$%! That I've actually seen, and especially in the realm of big budget and mainstream appeal, I'd suggest V for Vendetta has an incredibly touching story tucked inside it, though it may be more powerful in the original comic. Of course Philadelphia; And the Band Played On (seen those two too!). But do all great gay movies have to be fucking depressing? I never did get the appeal of To Wong Fu; also saw one or two things like Jeffrey, utterly forgettable at best. I guess Birdcage was amusing, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near great... So, what say you??

I'm pretty far behind on my LGBT movie watching. Still haven't watched Brokeback Mountain! But I found this list of 2011 movies and thought some here may be interested...

But this animated .gif changes that!

Looked up the movie: Sparkle. Will be interesting to see how they handle it with her death.

She was *just* in a movie, still in post-production I believe.

+1 if it was without warning.

Finally watched, that was great. Sheesh, this week JC Penny, Howard Stern, and a republican state rep have all spoken eloquently on our behalf. I guess it really does get better!

I didn't bother keeping up with the thread initially and kinda appreciated it all being kept in one place, but looking at it now and imagining where the breaks were in the first big post, it doesn't seem especially egregious. Each post had words and a cute, related pic--clearly some effort was put in and several people were replying and entertained. Just my $0.02*. *actual value may vary