Co-creator of iconic sitcom Friends has shared her thoughts on her former project’s treatment of its notable transgender character. Marta Kaufmann, who also developed Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, has said she regrets the misgendering of one of lead character Chandler Bing’s parents. Kathleen Turner made two guest appearances in the show’s seventh season as Chandler’s transgender parent and […]
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6 Jul 2022 /
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The Friends reunion special was one of the highlights of TV this week but viewers in China didn’t get to see the whole show, with references to the LGBTI communities being cut out of the broadcast. Seventeen years after they taped the final episode of the sitcom that ran for a decade, stars Courtney Cox, […]
Tags: China, Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer, friends, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, Matthew Perry
30 May 2021 |
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Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of TV sitcom Friends, says she deeply regrets the show’s many transphobic jokes. The show was one of the most popular programs of the 1990s running for 10 seasons, but they frequently made jokes that are homophobic and transphobic. In the show’s 2001 episode, The One With Chandler’s Dad, it is revealed that the […]
Tags: friends, Kathleen Turner, Marta Kauffman, Matthew Perry
4 May 2019 |
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Ah, the holidays. For some, Christmas and New Year is about religious or spiritual observance, for others it’s a celebration of the year that has passed and a chance to spend time with loved ones, and for others again it is a time of disconnection and challenges. For the rest – lets be honest – […]
Tags: Bella Broadway, Christmas, family, friends, holidays, Mental Health, self care, support
19 Dec 2017 |
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US broadcaster CBS has announced it’s commissioned a new TV series that focuses on the life of a gay lawyer. Rebel Law is a legal drama project from Kit Williamson, who wrote the web series Eastsiders. According to industry web site Deadline, the show will be run by former Royal Pains show-runner Michael Rauch, and will be produced Lisa Kudrow […]
Tags: Dan Bucatinsky, Don Roos, friends, James Novak, Lisa Kudrow, Rebel Law, Scandal
3 Nov 2016 |
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Local band Tired Lion look like they had a lot of fun shooting the video for the new track ‘Not My Friends’. The band have recreated scenes from some of the most loved ’90s TV shows including the opening titles to the iconic series ‘Friends’ In the clip all four members of the grunge band […]
Tags: band, Capitol, Conan, Ethan Darnell, friends, grunge, Home Imporvement, local music, Matt Tanner, music, Nick Vasey, Perth, Rage, rock, Scrubs, Sienfeld, Sophie Hopes, Spledour in the Grass, The Office, Tired Lion, Western Australia
19 May 2016 |
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The Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) have stepped up their campaign against the marriage plebiscite by taking out an advertisement in The Australian. The group that represents the parents and families of LGBTIQ people said it’s time for the Prime Minister to stop sidestepping the issue of marriage equality. Recently the government […]
Tags: Bisexual, children, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, family, friends, gay, Intersex, Kevin Andrews, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage equality, National, PFLAG, plebisicte, Shelly Argent, Tony Abbott, traditional marriage, transgender
8 Apr 2016 |
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