{"id":37055,"date":"2016-05-06T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-glaad-wrap-ellen-degeneres-announces-digital-network-dear-white-people-series-at-netflix-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:00:53","slug":"the-glaad-wrap-ellen-degeneres-announces-digital-network-dear-white-people-series-at-netflix-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-glaad-wrap-ellen-degeneres-announces-digital-network-dear-white-people-series-at-netflix-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The GLAAD Wrap: Ellen DeGeneres announces digital network, 'Dear White People' series at Netflix, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GLAAD Wrap: Ellen DeGeneres announces digital network, 'Dear White People' series at Netflix, and more!<\/b><\/p>\n

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Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.<\/p>\n

1)<\/strong> Those People opens in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles today<\/a><\/em> and will roll out to DVD and video<\/a> on demand in June. The film follows Charlie, a young painter who finds himself falling for an older pianist, Tim, but he is still in love with his manipulative best friend who is currently in the midst of a financial scandal. Those People<\/em> won the award for Best Narrative at NewFest and the Audience Award for Best First Feature at OutFest, check out the trailer below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"2) <\/strong>Out actress\/comedian Kate McKinnon has been cast in the upcoming comedy Rock That Body<\/em><\/a> about five female<\/a> friends who rent a home in Miami for a wild bachelorette weekend that ends up getting completely out of control. The script was acquired by Sony.<\/p>\n

\"\"3) <\/strong>Ellen DeGeneres has announced the launch of the Ellen Digital Network<\/a> with a programming slate of original programming and user-generated content. DeGeneres has signed out YouTube star Tyler Oakley, who was honored with GLAAD’s Davidson\/Valentini Award<\/a>, to a content-development pact for a range of digital features with an aim towards eventually developing TV projects as well.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong> Netflix has announced a new series based off the GLAAD Media Award-nominated film Dear White People<\/em> from out writer\/director Justin Simien<\/a>. The 10-episode, 30-minute series will premiere in 2017 and, like the film, follow a group of black students at an Ivy League college as they navigate racial politics on a primarily white campus. Lionel, one of the central characters of the film, made GLAAD’s list of most intriguing LGBT characters in 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong> In other TV news, FX has picked up a new anthology series from Ryan Murphy<\/a>. Feud <\/em>will feature a different celebrity feud each season with the first covering Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s rift during the filming of the movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?<\/em> Hulu’s The Mindy Project<\/em> has been renewed for a fifth season<\/a>. The CBS Diversity Institute currently has an open Directing Initiative<\/a> that aims to help talented candidates attempting to break into network TV, applications will be accepted through May 30.<\/p>\n

6) <\/strong>Out musician Tyler Glenn, best known as the lead singer of Neon Trees, has released his first solo track and music video<\/a>. The single “Trash” is about his relationship to his faith and the Mormon Church. Glenn tells Rolling Stone<\/em> a full solo album is forthcoming<\/a> and that his solo career does not mean that the group is over. Check out “Trash” below, available on iTunes now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

7)<\/strong> Tegan and Sara have released the video for their new track “U-Turn,”<\/a> the video<\/a> is directed by Seth Bogart (formerly the lead of Hunx and His Punx). The track is off Tegan and Sara’s upcoming album Love You To Death<\/em><\/a>, out June 3, which is available for pre-order now. The sisters also recently announced dates for their international tour<\/a>, going on now.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

8)<\/strong> The new film After Louie<\/em> has launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover the costs of production<\/a>. The film follows Sam (Alan Cumming), a middle-aged gay<\/a> man<\/a> in present day New York who was a member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP in the 80s and 90s, and his perception of what he believes to be the younger generation’s indifference towards AIDS and sex<\/a> politics. Sam finds himself unexpectedly involved with Braeden, a younger man<\/a> who “challenges Sam’s understanding of contemporary gay<\/a> life.” Check out the video<\/a> below for more on the project and visit the After Louie<\/em> Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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