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News Round-Up: May 20, 2019

Bruno Tarchetti (via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Personal trainer and InstaHunk Bruno Tarchetti is today’s Monday Man Crush. #furrygoodness

• Twenty-three year-old Muhlaysia Booker, a Black transgender woman who was beaten in front of several bystanders last month, was fatally shot in Dallas on May 18. She is the 4th transgender person to be killed in the U.S. in 2019.

• Alabama Public Television refused to air an episode of the animated children’s show, Arthur, which featured the character ‘Mr. Ratburn’ marrying his male partner, Patrick.

• FX’s groundbreaking series Pose was honored over the weekend with a Peabody Award, which recognizes “when storytelling is done well; when stories matter.”

• Cathay Pacific Airline has a new ad campaign that’s LGBTQ-inclusive.

• Thousands marched through Belfast in Northern Ireland demanding marriage equality. Northern Ireland is the only region in the United Kingdom which has not legalized same-sex marriage.

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#FBF – The Electric Company

A friend on Facebook just shared this and it took me back. Waaaay back.

Oh yes, I grew up on PBS shows like The Electric Company, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and Zoom 🙂

Good times.

And how about that cast for The Electric Company? Academy Award winners Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman? Plus Irene Cara, Mel Brooks and Zero Mostel? Dang, we had it good.

The show ran for 780 episodes from 1971 – 1977.

Watch the zippy show intro below.

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Preview: Kern & Hammerstein’s SHOWBOAT on PBS

Vanessa Williams as “Julie” in Showboat

Set your DVRs for this not to be missed Broadway musical experience as Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis and a cavalcade of major talent performs the classic Showboat.

From PBS:

Both a cultural and artistic watershed, this groundbreaking musical redefined entertainment and changed the face of American theater. Spanning from 1880 to 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrical masterpiece concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway. Its impact remains unparalleled, addressing serious subjects like racial prejudice, introducing a bi-racial cast to Broadway, and pointing the way toward a new synthesis between music and spectacle.

The show airs Friday, October 16th. Check local listings for times.

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TV Tonight – “Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live In Concert”

Just a reminder it’s a great night on PBS tonight. It’s very clear where I’ll be tonight… 🙂

Not only do we get Tony Award winner Billy Porter at 9PM, you get Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert at 10PM!

The concert of her Grammy-nominated album features Lennox’s takes on iconic American compositions by such artists as Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Billie Holiday, as she pays tribute to some of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

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Live Twitter chat Friday, July 11 with celebrated actor Ian McKellen

Tomorrow, join openly gay celebrated actor Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) at 1pm ET for a very special live Twitter chat about his hilarious new PBS series Vicious.

Follow the chat and chime in using hashtag #ViciousPBS.

If you haven’t watched the new series yet, catch it on Sunday nights at 10:30pm ET on PBS.

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PBS to air OKLAHOMA starring Hugh Jackman on November 19th

Hugh Jackman as “Curley” in OKLAHOMA!

If you weren’t among the lucky few to catch Hugh Jackman in his star-making role in OKLAHOMA in London, PBS wants you to relive the fun. The network will re-air the 1999 filmed version of the production in high definition on Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. ET as part of the network’s Great Performances series.