Some news items you might have missed:
• Gay Times: Out hockey player Jesse Kortuem recently shared how “Heated Rivalry” helped him in his coming out journey. Drew surprised Jesse (above) with a message from one of the show’s stars, Hudson Williams. Click below to play video.
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• NBC News: Speaking of “Heated Rivalry,” the show’s breakout stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie have been selected for the Olympic torch relay, ahead of next month’s Milan Cortina Games.
• The Advocate: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is super-mad a federal magistrate judge in Minnesota rejected charging gay journalist Don Lemon after he covered a protest inside a St. Paul church Sunday.
Press freedom groups voiced concern over the possibility of Lemon being charged. One DOJ official implied he may still be. https://t.co/hYDUVsVv8r
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) January 22, 2026
• Gayety: Wicked: For Good, the follow‑up to 2024’s Wicked, was completely shut out of the 2026 Academy Awards nominations announced today, leaving fans and Broadway loyalists stunned by the omission. Full list of nominations here.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of LGBTQ publications including the latest from Chicago’s GRAB Magazine featuring out singer/songwriter Mike Maimone.
• Washington Post: National Park Service staff on Thursday took down an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, which had been targeted by Donald Trump in an executive order on “restoring truth and sanity to American history.” #smh
• Eleven Labs: The AI company has produced a new album (featuring Liza Minnelli and more) it calls, “A curated body of work uniting artists to define how next-generation technology and human creativity converge.” Liza’s track, “Kids Wait Till You Hear This,” uses AI arrangements coupled with repeated spoken lines by Liza. Not so sure about this one, folks…
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