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‘The Talk’ host Sara Gilbert, rocker Linda Perry expecting (Video)
“Roseanne” alum and “The Talk” host Sara Gilbert announced Tuesday that she and her wife, rock songwriter-producer Linda Perry, are expecting their first child together. Gilbert told her “Talk” co-hosts that she would not be facing her fear of a cinderblock being broken on her stomach during their “Face Your Fears” week.
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Lily Tomlin to be first out lesbian recipient of Kennedy Center Honors
Lily Tomlin will be one of five recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, the national awards for influencing American culture through the arts. Tomlin, 75, said she was astounded to learn she will receive the honors. The Detroit native originally went to college to study medicine.
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Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka get married in Italy
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka married in Italy over the weekend, Harris announced on Twitter Monday. According to E! News, How I Met Your Mother producer and director Pam Fryman officiated the ceremony, which also featured a performance by Elton John.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ airs its first romantic same-sex routine
After 11 years on the air, FOX’s hit show “So You Think You Can Dance,” has finally featured a romance-themed same-sex dance performance. For the show’s opening number Wednesday, top four finalists Valerie Rockey, Ricky Ubeda, Jessica Richens, and Zack Everhart Jr. performed the routine to the song “Wind Beneath My Wings,” and choreographed by Travis Wall.
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‘Modern Family,’ ‘The Normal Heart,’ Jim Parsons among Emmy winners
LOS ANGELES — “Modern Family” and “Breaking Bad” triumphed at Monday’s Emmy Awards, proving that established broadcast and cable series retain the power to fend off challenges from upstart online series like “Orange Is the New Black.” The ceremony’s emotional high point came with Billy Crystal’s restrained and graceful remembrance of Robin Williams, who died Aug. 11…
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‘Modern Family’ wins Emmy Award for best comedy series
“Modern Family” has done it again, winning the Emmy Award for best comedy series. It’s the fifth year in a row the hit ABC series has bagged the big prize, tying a record winning streak set by “Frasier.” Rivals were “The Big Bang Theory,” ”Louie,” ”Orange Is the New Black,” ”Silicon Valley” and “Veep.”
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HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart’ wins Emmy Award for best TV movie
HBO’s “The Normal Heart” has won the Emmy Award for best made-for-television movie.
The critically acclaimed film depicts the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group.
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Jim Parsons wins fourth Emmy as best actor in comedy series
Jim Parsons, the lovable geek on “The Big Bang Theory,” is the winner of his fourth Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series. Parsons previously won the Emmy in 2010, 2011 and 2013 for his role as Sheldon Cooper on the hit CBS sitcom. He also was nominated in 2009 and 2012.
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‘Will and Grace’ memorabilia joins Smithsonian LGBT history collection
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects documenting the history of LGBT people are being added to the Smithsonian Institution’s collection Tuesday, including items from the popular TV show “Will and Grace.” Show creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick along with NBC are donating objects to the National Museum of American History…
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A gay dad’s requiem for Robin Williams, the icon of the modern father
There was a deeper profound loss in the news for me in learning of Robin Williams’ death, something very personal, and it took a night of sleep for me to fully get a sense as to what it is. I am a dad. It is the part of my being with which I identify first and most strongly. As I awoke this morning, the first morning of a Robin Williams-less world, I felt a loss in the definition of what it is to be a dad…