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Bryen Dunn is Editor of theBUZZ, writing on  lifestyle and entertainment. He has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He enjoys discovering delicious eats, tasting spirited treats, and being mesmerized by musical beats.

Close – portrayal of the innocence of youth, and the dangers of peer pressures

posted Friday, January 13, 2023

by: in Film

Thirteen year olds Léo and Rémi spend the long summer holidays in innocent intimacy, but come the school year, their close friendship is thrown into disarray as their relationship is noticed and commented on by their contemporaries. In reaction to their sometimes insulting or intrusive comments, Léo attempts to distance himself from Rémi. with an […]

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ACTRA Toronto’s outACTRAto Committee Announces Winner of 4th Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition

posted Thursday, January 12, 2023

by: in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto, Trans

outACTRAto, the queer committee of ACTRA Toronto, proudly announces the winner of the fourth Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition. The competition is a partnership with the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival and the single largest promoter and exhibitor of 2SLGBTQ+ content in Canada. The competition was open to 2SLGBTQIA+ […]

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Nina Hagen, the godmother of punk is back with a new album, Unity

posted Tuesday, January 10, 2023

by: in Music

Throughout her entire career, Germany’s Nina Hagen has championed radical, autonomous action, and has opposed established ideas of femininity. The beautiful and strident hell-raiser has straddled the lines between punk and pop, East and West, and earth and outer space. With her new album, Unity, her first since Volksbeat in 2011, she continues to do […]

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Film Maudit 2.0 Film Festival presents experimental and queer works online -Jan 12 to Feb 11, 2023

posted Tuesday, January 10, 2023

by: in Film

The fourth edition of Film Maudit 2.0 is available to stream online from January 12 to February 11, 2023. Inspired by French avant-garde filmmaker and writer Jean Cocteau, who created the original Festival du Film Maudit (literally “cursed films”) in 1949, Maudit 2.0 aims to celebrate overlooked, shocking and experimental films with a showcase and celebration of outré […]

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August – gay romance involving a couple, and an ex-boyfriend

posted Thursday, January 5, 2023

by: in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

On the verge of his 30th birthday, Jonathan (Daniel Dugan) is torn between the domestic comfort of his life with Raul (Adrian Gonzalez) and the torrid pleasures of an affair with his ex-boyfriend Troy (Murray Bartlett, Looking, Tales From The City, White Lotus). Troy and Jonathan reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending […]

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Out On Screen launches Programming Disruptor Fellowship for emerging BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ film curators

posted Tuesday, January 3, 2023

by: in Activism, Film, Queer, Vancouver

Vancouver’s Out On Screen have launched a new training and mentorship initiative for emerging BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ film curators. Led by their new Artistic Director, Charlie Hidalgo, the Programming Disruptor Fellowship will select three emerging film programmers who identify as BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+, who will have the opportunity to be an integral part of the curation of the Vancouver Queer […]

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Stink Mitt returns for one show only – Greatest Mitts at Buddies – January 7, 2023

posted Monday, January 2, 2023

by: in Music, Queer

Legendary electro-funk-rap group Stink Mitt return to tear Toronto a new one with their first live show in over a decade, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.  Stink Mitt are legends in their own time. Their debut LP Scratch n’ Sniff was hailed as “an instant classic” and “a groundbreaking genre-fuck” (Hour, Montreal) while their […]

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Scrooge & Marley – a queer spin on a Christmas classic

posted Friday, December 23, 2022

by: in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Scrooge & Marley is a modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Recounted from a gay sensibility with heart, comedy and music direct from Screws gay bar! The magic of Dickens’ timeless tale comes alive from a fresh perspective that will appeal to audiences of all persuasions. A gay successful piano […]

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Going All The Way: The Director’s Edit – 1997 classic bromance gets a new 4K re-edit

posted Monday, December 19, 2022

by: in Film

Mark Pellington’s wonderful 1997 Sundance Film Festival hit Going All The Way was his debut feature, and now a quarter century later it’s being re-released in a new, never-before-seen 4K re-edit version titled, Going All The Way: The Director’s Edit. It’s a timeless story of freedom and repression, friendship and family, sex and love, and the […]

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Fuse Media and OUTtv partner on new OUTtv Proud platform launching in 2023

posted Saturday, December 17, 2022

by: in Queer, Streaming Online

Fuse Media, a Latino-owned, multiplatform entertainment company, today announced that in partnership with OUTtv, the world’s first LGBTQ+ network and streaming service, it is expanding its suite of DEI FAST channels with the launch of OUTtv Proud. Set for a 2023 launch, OUTtv Proud super serves LGBTQ+ audiences with a blend of rising stars and […]

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