LGBTQ news and entertainment
WHERE THE BEARS ARE is a web series following the exploits of 3 bear roommates sharing a house in the hills of Silverlake.
Described as “The Golden Girls” meets “Murder She Wrote” starring big, hairy, gay men.
Season 4 premieres August 24th, 2015 with 18 episodes! New episodes posted every Monday and Thursday.
Episode 2 Seriously Part 2: Frustrated after learning that his husband George was responsible for a “mean meme” circulating on the Internet, Brad takes matters into his own hands and visits Google Headquarters, searching for the head of the company to have him take the meme down.
But the intelligence Brad encounters surprises him with its response.
Regular readers of The Randy Report know I’m a huge fan of web series.
Episodes are usually 15 minutes or less – great for my short attention span. And, the folks involved have the freedom to tell the stories they want to tell without network suits interfering in the process.
Web series are the playground of the next generation of TV and film creators.
Some really talented folks are in the process of getting ready to shoot their web series Alphabet Boys, which they describe as the Golden Girls meets Sex and the City meets Looking.
We plan to produce a cutting edge web series that is the contemporary brother to classics like “Sex and the City” and “The Golden Girls” by introducing several characters to the forefront of episodic storytelling, some of whom just happen to be gay. It’s simply a part of who they are, not what they are. What makes this show unique? These characters are not defined by their sexuality, be it gay or straight. They’ll draw you in with their personality, character and individual perspectives on life.
Alphabet Boys is a bold and fresh comedic web-series revolving around four guys navigating the struggles of life in the Big Apple: Love, friendship and finding the ever-elusive Mr. Right. The show takes place in Alphabet City, where Dante, Blake and Ross suddenly find themselves with a new house-guest when Stefano shows up at their door. Three gay men under one roof is dramatic enough, but add a straight one with extra baggage to the mix and you have Season One of Alphabet Boys!
This season brings fun filled shenanigans during excursions through the city, pool parties, broadway shows, bad dates and personal drama between the boys. With complementary, yet completely opposite personalities, there’s never a dull moment with these four!
Check out the pilot for the project below:
The creative team has launched a crowd-sourcing campaign to raise funds for the first season. Head over to Indiegogo to check out their pitch.
I’ve donated to several crowd-sourcing projects and always glad I did. From films to web series to recording projects, you become not only a backer of the project, but you go along for the ride as those funded keep you informed of the project’s progress through updates both before and after completion.
For a small contribution (or large if you’re feeling it) you get to be a movie, television or record producer and be involved in the creative process.
I like the premise of Alphabet Boys, and the folks involved all have excellent pedigrees. Just an example: one of the principals, Joey Sorge, is a buddy of mine with a resume an arm long including tons of Broadway credits (Follies, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, How To Succeed…, Nice Work If You Can Get It). These folks aren’t beginners 🙂
I like seeing my friends’ success, so I’m happy to share this project with you shiny, happy people.
New web series from actor and activist George Takei (Star Trek’s Sulu) and husband Brad Takei as they navigate their daily lives, from the internet and Broadway, to jetpacks and human hamster balls.
Synopsis for Episode One:
Brad Takei discovers a “mean meme” of himself on husband George Takei’s Facebook page and launches a mission to get it taken down. George tries to help Brad realize that the internet is a “wild west” that must be accepted for what it is, but Brad remains unswayed.
His adventure takes him all the way to Google headquarters in NYC, where he encounters a surprise form of artificial intelligence. Will Brad succeed in his meme quest? Tune in to find out!
I know this factoid has always alluded ME.
Underwear super model Max Emerson shares a few tricks of the trade in his new web series, Max’s Underpants.
In this episode, he explains how to avoid VPL or “Visible Penis Line” during a modeling shoot, ably assisted by Willam Belli.
The stilted humor is cute.
This episode: The Bears don cowboy hats to blend in with the crowd at a country western bar in the valley where the Chunk models hang out in order to find out who may have had a motive to off Cody Summers.
Meanwhile, Wood works to win back Austin’s trust, Reggie clashes with rival news reporter Ronnie Bishop and Todd is threatened by Buzz’s obvious attraction to Nelson.
Warning – NSFW
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| Life is hard when you have to wait four minutes for a waiter |
Somewhere In Palm Springs is the story of 3 gays and their pet gal pal.
Series description: “Life is hard when you’re young, dumb and hungry…poolside in Palm Springs, California. Somewhere In Palm Springs is the harrowing tale of 4 friends forced to wait a normal amount of time for their lunch to arrive to their lounge chairs — they share hopes, dreams, neuroses, and the sordid details of their various one night stands. They may be vapid, but, hey, at least they’re vapid.”
Thankfully, my group of gays does NOT act quite like this.
To be specific, “not QUITE” like this. However, we can have a high maintenance moment here or there.
I, of course, am easy-breezy all the time.
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| “Jill” the waiter – yes, he’s a boy |
Great web-series. If you haven’t been following, catch up on all three seasons here.
First look into the third season of the award winning series HUSTLING.
2013 Webby Award Honoree – Drama
Indie Series Award winning
BEST ACTOR – Sebastian La Cause
BEST ENSEMBLE
Starring
Sebastian La Cause, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gerald McCullouch, Jessica Press, Andrew Glaszek, Kevin Spirtas, Sharon Washington, Facundo Rodriguez, Monica Lawson, Robert Montano, Mara Davi, Marc Sinoway, Jamie Clayton, James Martinez, Jim Newman, Julies Carter
Hustling, the popular web series by Sebastian La Cause (Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show) about a male escort who undergoes a life overhaul, is preparing to unveil its third and final season.
The series’ creator, director and star took it all off for this teaser poster (shot by Kevin Thomas Garcia) and invited his co-stars to join in on the fun.
Find out more about the show at Hustling.tv.
For the first time, the International Press Academy for the Satellite Award will recognize exceptional web content, and the LGBT-based EastSiders has earned one of the nominations.
If you haven’t been following the series, the show follows a gay couple struggling with infidelity in Los Angeles.
After the first two episodes debuted on Youtube last year, the first season found it’s funding through Kickstarter in only four days, and the remaining episodes premiered on LogoTV.com and Viacom.
Kit Williamson, EastSiders’ creator, had this to say about the nomination:
“I think it’s amazing that the International Press Academy has added a category recognizing web series this year. It’s a huge step forward for digital content creators and I’m honored to be a part of the inaugural class of digital nominees. EastSiders started out as a labor of love — I just wanted to make a show I’d want to watch, with gay characters I could relate to — and when I put the first episode on youtube last December I never expected the show to attract the attention of Logo, much less to be recognized by the International Press Academy. It’s especially exciting to be nominated alongside such an amazing lineup of shows.”
EastSiders will be included in the Original Short-Format Category. The other nominees include High Maintenance, Burning Love, Ask A Slave, Little Horribles, Blue, #Just Saying,#SamoKazem, and Ghost Girls.
Check out all of the 2013 nominees by clicking here.
(via OUT)