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Outfest has found the headliners for its upcoming Legacy Awards: Shirley MacLaine and Trace Lysette.

The pair will be feted at the organization’s gala fundraiser which will be held at NeueHouse Hollywood on Oct. 22. MacLaine will receive the James Schamus Ally Award while Lysette will take home the Trailblazer Award during the Genesis Motor America-presented event.

The Schamus trophy was created to recognize “an ally’s efforts to foster LGBTQ+ moving images and to promote the communities’ stories to a broader audience.” Lysette’s honor is given to someone who has contributed to the history of the community, shedding light on the core of the LGBTQ+ identity and experience.

“Shirley’s illustrious career has not only enthralled generations but her unwavering allegiance to the LGBTQ+ community has been a beacon of hope. Trace, with her groundbreaking performances, is courageously highlighting the essence of the trans journey,” said Outfest executive director Damien S.

Loc Agency, a brand and talent management service founded by Jessica Hoy and Teddy Duvall, has launched to offer strategic advisory and creative services for films, personalities and more.

Loc Agency works with a range of feature films, brands and high-profile talent to deliver brand management, public relations, special events and sponsorship sales and brand activation services.

Their clients have included companies such as Robert Schwartzman’s Utopia, which remains a client following the film company’s growth in the independent film industry, for their films including “Shiva Baby” and “Holy Spider.” Loc has also supported film campaigns for titles such as “Down With the King,” starring Freddie Gibbs, “Venus as a Boy,” starring Olivia Culpo, Mubi’s Paris premiere of the Dash Snow documentary “Moments Like This Never Last” in partnership with Dover Street Market and the KT Tunstall-produced short film “Gutterpunk.”

The agency’s clients also include NFL Super Bowl winner Martellus Bennett,...

Fox’s The Masked Singer Season 9 quarterfinals are here, and fans are excited to see the final four singers take the stage. UFO, Medusa, Macaw, and California Roll compete for their spot in the semifinals. Many fans suspect they know who’s singing under the UFO mask. Here’s who viewers think it is.

[Spoiler alert: The Masked Singer Season 9 spoilers ahead regarding UFO.]

UFO performs on ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 | Fox Who is UFO in ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9?

UFO continues on into The Masked Singer Season 9 quarterfinals, and fans think they know exactly who’s singing under the mask.

Early on, Fox released a video full of clues about who’s singing as UFO. “An unidentified flying object was spotted hovering over a runway in New England and moving West,” the clue states. “The musical frequencies it’s emitting are influencing radio waves and masking local broadcasts across the globe.

The first original, LGBTQ+ series to debut on the newly launched, queer network, DIVABoxOffice.tv, Scare Bnb, is set to begin streaming 28th February 2023.

A five-episode, limited series produced by A Baker Production, episodes one and two, “The Hosts,” will launch 28th February 2023. An additional three episodes, “The Double Booking,” will begin streaming later this year.

In Scare Bnb, two couples—long-time friends since high school—are in high spirits when they arrive at a remote, rental cabin in the Tennessee woods for a much-needed vacation … But, upon their arrival, they find the overly attentive owners may want to host them to death.

Directed by Christin Baker (Secs, Execs, Riley Parra, Merry & Gay, Christmas at the Ranch, I Hate New Years, Season of Love), the series stars Mandahla Rose (Forever Not Maybe, All About E), Sterling Victoria (Venus as a Boy; Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah), Abisha Uhl (Electric Addiction,...

Actress Olivia Culpo ("Venus As A Boy") poses for the October 2022 issue of "Fashion" magazine, wearing Versace and a whole lot more, photographed by Greg Swales:

"...'Venus as a Boy', is a romantic drama feature written, directed and produced by Ty Hodges...

"...following 'Hunter', a freewheeling artist navigating heartbreak, addiction...

"...and L.A.'s impossibly hip gallery scene. 

"After refusing to sell a painting to an eager buyer...

"...a chance encounter leads him to 'Ruby' (Culpo), a gorgeous and successful 'influencer.'.."

"Venus As A Boy" was released on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu.

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Exclusive: Transparent actress Trace Lysette has signed with Anonymous Content.

Lysette is best known for her recurring role as Shea, a transgender yoga teacher, in Amazon Prime Video’s Transparent from 2014-2019.

Other small-screen credits include Pose, Blunt Talk, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Midnight, Texas, and David Makes Man. She also appeared in the Netflix documentary Disclosure as herself.

On the film side, she worked opposite Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu in the 2019 hit Hustlers.

Up next for Lysette, who is also a producer and recording artist, is the film Venus As A Boy, directed by Ty Hodges set to be released via VOD on Sept. 24. She recently wrapped filming on the indie feature Monica, opposite Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, and Adrianna Barraza.

She is also represented by ICM Partners and Peikoff Mahan Law Office.

Lost Ones, a newly launched production company, is unveiling a North American distribution arm. The first film that the company will debut will be “Venus as a Boy,” an art culture romance that will premiere on video-on-demand on Sept. 24.

Utopia will handle worldwide sales of the film, which had its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The company’s head of sales David Betesh will oversee the process. “Venus as a Boy” was written, directed and stars Ty Hodges, who previously appeared on Disney’s “Even Stevens” and “Don’t Look Under the Bed.” He appears alongside actress and model Olivia Culpo (“I Feel Pretty”), Trace Lysette (“Transparent”), Bai Ling (“The Crow”), and musicians Estelle and Stacy Barthe.

The film follows Hunter (Hodges), a freewheeling artist navigating heartbreak, addiction, and L.A.’s gallery scene. After refusing to sell a painting to an eager buyer, a chance encounter...

Festival ran from June 9-20.

2021 Tribeca Festival announced revenge thriller Catch The Fair One and Blind Ambition as audience award winners on Thursday (June 24).

Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch The Fair One played in the US Narrative Feature category and centres on a Native American woman’s search for her missing sister. Second place went to Pan Nalin’s Spotlight Narrative selection Last Film Show.

Warwick Ross and Robert Coe’s Documentary Competition entry Blind Ambition took the top prize in the documentary category and tells of four friends who leave Zimbabwe for South Africa and become top sommeliers. Second...

New Tribeca Online Premieres section will offer new films, shorts, podcasts, 14 VR sections, games.

Tribeca Festival heads on Monday (May 3) announced the virtual hub Tribeca At Home, which will offer exclusive online premieres to viewers within the US who cannot attend the outdoor festival.

The new Tribeca Online Premieres section will offer new films, shorts, podcasts, 14 VR sections, and games and runs alongside the main festival from June 9-20.

The line-up comprises 35 films, of which 24 are features and 11 are shorts. It includes select features from the outdoor festival roster, as well as three previously announced shorts from the Juneteenth programme focusing on music,...

Exclusive: Marginal MediaWorks is expanding into scripted series with Hummingbird, an hour-long, LatinX genre series, which was sold to Amazon Studios, following a competitive bidding situation.

The episodic series is described as “a Stephen King-style American Gothic,” loosely inspired by the life of Emmy-winning documentarian Rudy Valdez, who directs. It centers on members of a Mexican American family living in the Midwest that are haunted by sinister forces, while searching for the American dream.

Valdez developed Hummingbird in concert with Marginal MediaWorks’ Founder & CEO, Sanjay Sharma, and writer Marcella Ochoa. Ochoa will write the pilot. She will also exec produce, alongside Sharma and Valdez.

The announcement of Marginal’s first foray into scripted TV was made by Sharma.

“We are thrilled to delve into the world of what we call Mexican Americana – a story about a family lured in by the American dream, only to become haunted by it,...

Actress and influencer Olivia Culpo and Ty Hodges will star in Venus as a Boy, a romantic drama that was written and directed by Hodges.

The indie follows Hunter, a struggling street artist in Los Angeles who falls in love with Ruby, a high-powered social media influencer and model from New York, after a chance encounter. Before they know it, they’ve spent an entire weekend together, creating their own universe. It’s not until the harsh light of reality shines on their fantasy do they have to determine if they are actually right for each other. These two millennials navigate getting to know each other while dealing with identity, social influence and what it really means when you constantly live your life behind a lens.

Trace Lysette, Bai Ling, Gilles Marini and British singer Estelle co-star.

Hodges is producing the project with Gian Franco and Roya Rastegar, while Lauren Packard,...