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Billy Eichner’s back on the street, Trixie Mattel gets schooled & all the best LGBTQ+ releases this week

By Cameron Scheetz October 23, 2024 at 12:00pm
Image Credits: ‘What We Do In The Shadows,’ FX (left) | Billy Eichner via Getty Images (center) | Instagram, @trixiemattel (right)

Need a boost to get over Hump Day? The Hot Sheet is Queerty’s midweek pop culture catch-up, highlighting the entertainment stories everyone’s talking about, the ones you might’ve missed, and the notable LGBTQ+ film & TV releases in the days ahead. Here’s everything you need to stay in-the-know:

What To Watch This Week

  • What We Do In The Shadows, Season 6 — Now Streaming (Hulu): The hilarious vampire comedy is back for one last season, co-starring reliable scene-stealer Harvey Guillén as Guillermo.
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 5 — Oct. 24 (Paramount+): This comedic animated series boldly goes where few Star Trek stories have before with pretty groundbreaking LGBTQ+ representation!
  • Frankie Freako — Oct. 25 (VOD): The director of queer cult fave PG: Pyscho Goreman delivers another campy horror-comedy in this nostalgic flick about hard-partying goblins.
  • My Generation: Gen Z — Oct. 26 (MSNBC): This four-part docu-series culminates in an exploration of the queerest generation yet with an episode narrated by Jenna Ortega.
  • Somebody Somewhere, Season 3 — Oct. 27 (HBO / Max): Bridget Everett’s beloved comedy about finding chosen family in small-town America delivers a heartwarming farewell season.

Culture Catch-Up

THE STARS ALIGN: Rolling Stone‘s fun Musicians On Musicians series just gave us the ultimate theater-girl-turned-movie star link-up with a conversation between Mean Girls‘s Reneé Rapp & Wicked‘s Cynthia Erivo. The pair talk musicals (of course), and navigating the industry as queer women. [Rolling Stone]

DAD BOD: Everybody say, “Thank you, Penelope Cruz!” The actress snapped some scintillating shirtless pics of her hubby, Javier Bardem, who’s looking as hunky as ever at 55, and the gays can hardly contain themselves. [INTO]

LET’S GET LOUD: As if we needed another reason to vote for Kamala Harris, intrepid TikTokers have spotted Billy Eichner back on the street, presumably filming a new Billy On The Street segment with ally Will Ferrell, sporting “Loud White Men For Kamala” tees. We are so back!

@betches_news Loud white men for Kamala 💙 #kamala #harriswalz #willferrell #billyonthestreet ♬ Kamala Harris Were Not Going Back Remix Mashup – CasaDi

QUEEN OF BOP: Ahead of her farewell tour, pop legend Cyndi Lauper gave us an extra-juicy interview, spilling on her love of Madonna & Chappell Roan, the red flags from her former The Apprentice boss, and why she’s always stood up for the LGBTQ+ community to let our true colors shine. [Queerty]

THE LIBRARY IS OPEN: This fall, fill your book shelves with some Black, queer joy, with this look at some of the season’s hottest new releases, from memoirs by culture-makers like Law Roach & Don Lemon, to the forgotten history of the Queer Harlem Renaissance. [Native Son]

FAR OUT, MAN!: Inspired by his own coming-of-age story, filmmaker Dean Lent’s indie comedy Feeling Randy is a nostalgic ’70s throwback, following teen Randy (Joe Bell‘s Reid Miller) on a road trip with his buddies to an infamous Nevada brothel where he hopes to prove to himself that he’s actually heterosexual… spoiler: he’s not!

UNPLUGGED: Golden-voiced hottie Shawn Mendes is in an enlightened new era, and he recently performed a new track off his forthcoming self-titled album that addresses the swirl of rumors that seem to follow him wherever he goes, including his sexuality. [Queerty]

DIVAS LIVE: The star-studded, Queerties Award-winning Drag: The Musical struts onto its biggest stage yet at NYC’s New World Stages. Take a peek behind the curtain with this fabulous first-look, featuring faves like Alaska, Luxx Noir London, Nick Adams, and more slaying the house down. [INTO]

ENCORE!: The world first met multi-hyphenate Rivkah Reyes when they were just a kid, playing bassist Katie in the timeless comedy School Of Rock. Well, now they’re doing some rockin’ of their own with an alluring, guitar-driven new single—and video!—”another vice.”

DOCTORING THE TRUTH: The strange-but-true story of lesbian TV writer Elisabeth Finch—who lied about having a rare cancer while working on Grey’s Anatomy—is told in the shocking Peacock docuseries, Anatomy Of Lies, which has prompted Finch to publicly apologize for her years of deceit for the first time. [LGBTQNation]

MOMMY’S HOME: Mother monster Lady Gaga‘s new era kicks off Friday with hotly anticipated single “Disease,” which is reportedly a “dark dance-pop” “return to form that harkens back to the Born This Way album and comes complete with some “meticulously choreographed” visuals. YES PLEASE! [Page Six]

ICYMI: When drag superstar Trixie Mattel announced she was going on a drag sabbatical, we didn’t realize she’d also be taking a break from the internet, full-stop Well, now she’s back, and her first new video in months features the queen hilariously catching up on all the nonsense she’s missed, from Moo Deng to Brat Summer.

The Final Hump

All month long, MSNBC has been rolling out its expansive, enlightening My Generation special, which explores the defining cultural stories that shaped each major generation living in America today in a four-part, eight-hour prestige documentary series. Up next is the final segment “Gen Z”—which features narration by Wednesday & Scream star Jenna Ortega—delving into what many have called the “queerest generation.” In this Queerty exclusive preview clip, the film reflects on landmark legislation that changed the lives of our community, from the right to marriage equality to LGBTQ+ workplace protections, featuring commentary from icons like Roxane Gay, Tim Gunn, and Charlotte Clymer. Don’t miss the final episode of the NBC News Studios production My Generation, airing Saturday, Oct. 26 at 9pm ET on on MSNBC.

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