Some news stories for you as we close out the weekend:
• OUT: Writer/director Elliot Tuttle, and stars Kieron Moore and Reed Birney, discuss their riveting indie drama, Blue Film (above), which is pushing the boundaries of queer storytelling.
• Queerty: Sydney James Harcourt, currently featured in Broadway’s 9-time Tony nominated CATS: The Jellicle Ball, dishes on the revolutionary revival & making “Rum Tum Tugger” a softer sex symbol.
The Broadway star says his role in the Tony-nominated musical allows him to “to embody complete sexual freedom without shame.”https://t.co/Kd14aDymNv
— Queerty (@Queerty) May 10, 2026
• MetroWeekly: Thanks to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s anti-DEI law, Monroe County, home to the Florida Keys, will stop promoting LGBTQ events that draw thousands of tourists to Key West each year.
• WDSU: Two Louisiana men have been arrested facing charges of hate crimes, kidnapping, carjacking, armed robbery, aggravated second-degree battery and extortion after they lured a victim via Grindr and then kidnapped him at gunpoint.
Married Slidell man targeted on dating app Grindr attacked, two men arrested, police say | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/1rSqqoQ5t5
— wdsu (@wdsu) May 9, 2026
• New York Times: According to a new estimate, 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine by the end of 2025, underscoring the high price that Putin is willing to pay to pursue his battlefield aims.
• SNL: Last night’s cold open – Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Matt Damon), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) and FBI Director Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari) walk into a bar. Jost’s take on Hegseth is one of the most spot-on I’ve seen in SNL history.
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