Actor Olympia Dukakis, who played Anna Madrigal in the Tales of the City series, has died aged 89. Dukakis was a theatre veteran who found success in film and television late in her career. While she was appearing on stage, television and film since the 1960s, it wasn’t until 1987 she had her breakout […]
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2 May 2021 /
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Earlier this year Netflix featured the fourth installment of Tales of the City. Now all four series of the show can be streamed online,giving a new generation of LGBTI viewers a chance to see the iconic series. The groundbreaking show is based on the books by Armistead Maupin. It first appeared on our screens back in 1993, […]
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12 Jul 2019 |
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Netflix has revealed the first look at their revival of the classic queer TV series Tales of the City, more than 25 years since the original aired in 1993. The mini-series, based on the novels of the same name by Armistead Maupin, tells the story of Mary Ann Singleton (Laura Linney) returning to San Francisco and returning […]
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10 Apr 2019 |
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It’s always a pleasant surprise when you sit down to watch a movie ahead of interviewing the director – only to find yourself curled up for 93 minutes switching between bellowing laughter and sniffling tears. The Canadian feature film ‘Cloudburst’ is about to hit Australian shores. It tells the story of an elderly lesbian couple […]
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8 Jul 2013 |
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