GALECA :: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics



	Look who's talking on Galeca's YouTube channel! Ricky Martin, Kristen Wiig, Trace Lysette, Ziwe, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, acting legend Cathy Moriarty, and Longtime Companion cast mates Dermot Mulroney and Bruce Davison are among the stars engaging in warm, intimate conversations with GALECA members. Plus, talks with activist filmmakers, our own members dishing about their latest books on Hollywood and society, and our past star-studded Dorian film and TV awards specials! Click here to see. 📺 2025 Dorian TV Awards Timeline Nomination Ballots Due Tuesday June 10 Nominations Announced & Final Ballots Out Thursday June 12 Final Ballots Due Thursday July 3 2025 GALECA Dorian TV Awards — Winners Announced Monday, July 7 🎭 'John Proctor is the Villain,’ ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Lead LGBTQ Critics’ 2025 Dorian Theater Awards André De Shields Named Theater Trailblazer New York, N.Y. (June 3, 2025): GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ kicked off Pride Month by giving John Proctor is the Villain and Cats: The Jellicle Ball top honors in the group’s third annual Dorian Theater Awards. The honors, decided on by GALECA’s theater wing, honor the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQ+, the latest go-around for the 2024-25 season. Kimberly Bellflower’s new play John Proctor is the Villain earned three Dorians, more than any other Broadway production. The drama, in which contemporary high schoolers recontextualize Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, was awarded prizes for Outstanding Broadway Play, Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play for Fina Strazza, and Outstanding Broadway Ensemble. In other Broadway categories, Jonthan Spector’s Eureka Day picked up the Outstanding Broadway Play Revival prize, Maybe Happy Ending was awarded with Outstanding Broadway Musical, and Sunset Blvd. won Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival. Dorian voters rewarded a Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical, handing that award to Audra McDonald for her portrayal of Momma Rose in the latest revival of Gypsy. McDonald, along with the show's production team, also scored a win for the Dorians’ trademark Broadway Showstopper Award, recognizing standout production numbers or scenes. McDonald’s towering rendition of the the play's finale tune, “Rose’s Turn,” and Blvd.’s stirring roll-out of signature number “Sunset Boulevard,” as sung by Tom Francis, tied for the honor. The musical adaptation of Death Becomes Her, which was the wing's most nominated production of the year, won the award for Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway production. The musical satire features Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard as camp queer icons Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp, two ricwomen literally willing to die to stay beautiful. Among the acting categories, stand-alone stars prevailed. Sarah Snook won Outstanding Lead Performances in a Broadway Play for tackling 26 different roles in (GALECA patron saint) Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Andrew Scott won Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Production for his one-man adaptation of Anton Chekhotv’s Uncle Vanya, simply titled Vanya. Cats: The Jellicle Ball dominated the Off-Broadway categories. This radical reinvention of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, setting the story of fantastical felines in the world of ballroom culture, won three Dorian Theater Awards, including Outstanding Off-Broadway production, Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production, and Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway production for André De Shields. De Shields was also awarded GALECA’s LGBTQIA+ Theater Trailblazer Award, a distinction which celebrates an individual’s lifelong commitment to "creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity." The group’s other special prize, the LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season award, was bestowed to two people due to a tie in voting: Jonathan Groff and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Groff currently stars as Bobby Darin in the hit bio-musical Just in Time (for which he received a Dorian Award nomination). Jacobs-Jenkins is the playwright of the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play Purpose. “This Pride month, I’m feeling extra proud of the queer journalists of our theater wing, who have uplifted delightfully bold work with this year’s awards,” said GALECA theater wing co-chair Sam Eckmann. “Revivals like Sunset Blvd. dared to excavate well-worn material to find new meanings. New work like Maybe Happy Ending and John Proctor is the Villain reached into our souls with a striking sense of poignancy. A hearty congratulations to all of this year's winners.” Below is the complete list of winners for the 2025 Dorian Theater Awards: Outstanding Broadway Musical Death Becomes Her Dead Outlaw Just in Time ⭐ Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat Real Women Have Curves Outstanding Broadway Play English The Hills of California ⭐ John Proctor is the Villain The Picture of Dorian Gray Purpose Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical ⭐ Sunset Blvd. Outstanding Broadway Play Revival ⭐ Eureka Day Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow Face Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production Cult of Love ⭐ Death Becomes Her Purpose Redwood SMASH Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff, Just in Time Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her ⭐ Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Sydney Lemmon, JOB Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Jon Michael Hill, Purpose LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain ⭐ Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves ⭐ Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Christopher Sieber, Death Becomes Her Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins David Thaxton, Sunset Blvd. Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress Joy Woods, Gypsy Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play Alana Arenas, Purpose Tala Ashe, English Molly Bernard, Cult of Love Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Francis Jue, Yellow Face Marjan Neshat, English Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Zachary Quinto, Cult of Love ⭐Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain Kara Young, Purpose Outstanding Broadway Ensemble Cult of Love Death Becomes Her ⭐John Proctor is the Villain – Sadie Sink, Nihar Duvvuri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, Fina Strazza, Amalia Yoo Real Women Have Curves Sunset Blvd. The Broadway Showstopper Award — To a standout production number or scene Death Becomes Her - “For the Gaze” ⭐ Gypsy - “Rose’s Turn” (TIE) John Proctor Is the Villain - “Green Light” Maybe Happy Ending - “Chasing Fireflies” ⭐ Sunset Blvd. - “Sunset Boulevard” (TIE) Outstanding Off-Broadway Production ⭐ Cats: The Jellicle Ball Grangeville Liberation Vanya Wine in the Wilderness Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire Susannah Flood, Liberation Brandon Flynn, Kowalski Joanna Gleason, We Had a World Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire ⭐Andrew Scott, Vanya Paul Sparks, Grangeville Alaska Thunderfuck, DRAG: The Musical Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Betsy Aidem, Liberation Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts ⭐ André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Drew Elhamalawy, We Live in Cairo Sydney James Harcourt, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Jujubee, DRAG: The Musical Ahmad Kamal, SUMO Julia Lester, All Nighter Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree Jeanine Serralles, We Had a World Kyra Sedgwick, All of Me “Tempress” Chastity Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song Jason Veasey, The Fires Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season Michael Arden Tommy Dorfman ⭐ Jonathan Groff (TIE) ⭐ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (TIE) Jinkx Monsoon LGBTQIA+ Theater Trailblazer — For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity ⭐ André De Shields Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Jinkx Monsoon Andrew Scott Paul Tazewell George C. Wolfe Productions by Number of Wins Cats: The Jellicle Ball - 3 John Proctor is the Villain - 3 Gypsy - 2 Sunset Blvd. - 2 Death Becomes Her - 1 Eureka Day - 1 Maybe Happy Ending - 1 Operation Mincemeat - 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1 Vanya - 1 About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television, and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. More than 550 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access, and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented. For more informations, visit galeca.org and find us at @DorianAwards on social media. 🎭 2025 Dorian Theater Awards: ‘Death Becomes Her,’ Jinkx Monsoon Lead in GALECA's Latest Nominations Andrew Scott, André De Shields, Jonathan Groff Each Score Double-Nods; Megyn Hilty, Audra McDonald, Nicole Scherzinger, Kit Connor, Paul Mescal Also in Mix New York, N.Y. (May 13, 2025) — GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced its latest shortlist of standout New York stage productions for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards. Honoring excellence across Broadway and Off-Broadway during the 2024–2025 season, the awards celebrate both mainstream achievements and works that reflect LGBTQ+ themes and perspectives—in the spirit of GALECA’s longer-established film and television honors. Leading the Broadway categories with seven nominations is Death Becomes Her, the musical adaptation of the cheeky 1992 fantasy film about two women seeking eternal (outer) beauty. In addition to nods for Outstanding Broadway Musical and Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Musical, the show—directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, with music by Noel Carey and Julia Mattison—earned acting nominations for Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, and Christopher Sieber. The team's production number “For the Gaze" is in line for the wing's signature Broadway Showstopper Award. Boosted by appreciation for their well-represented cast members, three productions show six Dorian nominations each: the provocative The Crucible-meets-#MeToo tale John Proctor is the Villain, the reflective civil rights drama Purpose, and the second-ever Broadway revival of Sunset Blvd., another musical take on a film about ephemeral beauty (the first stage mounting premiered in 1994). In the Off-Broadway categories, Cats: The Jellicle Ball leads with five nominations, including acting nods for André De Shields, Sydney James Harcourt, and ballroom icon “Tempress” Chastity Moore. DRAG: The Musical and its stars Alaska Thunderfuck and Jujubee, both of TV's RuPaul's Drag Race fame, all hold nominations. And the Manhattan Theatre Club's We Had a World, by playwright Joshua Harmon, is in the running for Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production World's stars Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serralles are nominated as well. Nominees for GALECA’s LGBTQ+ Theater Trailblazer Award—which honors a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth, and equity—include performer André De Shields, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, actor Andrew Scott, costume designer Paul Tazewell, director George C. Wolfe, and Drag Race alum turned multihyphenate Jinkx Monsoon. Monsoon is also up for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical for Pirates! The Penzance Musical, as well as another special accolade, LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season. Last year, the Off-Broadway staging of Oh, Mary! and the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along topped the Dorian Theater Awards, winning four prizes each. The wing’s voters also fell in love with the queer sensibilities at the heart of Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise, naming the dance musical Outstanding Broadway Musical and Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Musical. In the inaugural year, the musicals Kimberly Akimbo and Titanique!, and drama Fat Ham scored the most Dorian wins. GALECA will once again help kick off Pride Month by announcing the winners of the 2025 Dorian Theater Awards on Monday, June 2. Full list of 2025 Dorian Theater Awards nominees: Outstanding Broadway Musical Death Becomes Her Dead Outlaw Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat Real Women Have Curves Outstanding Broadway Play English The Hills of California John Proctor is the Villain The Picture of Dorian Gray Purpose Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Outstanding Broadway Play Revival Eureka Day Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow Face Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production Cult of Love Death Becomes Her Purpose Redwood SMASH Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff, Just in Time Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Kit Connor, Romeo + Juliet Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Sydney Lemmon, JOB Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Jon Michael Hill, Purpose LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat Jinkx Monsoon, Pirates! The Penzance Musical Lea Salonga, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Christopher Sieber, Death Becomes Her Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins David Thaxton, Sunset Blvd. Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress Joy Woods, Gypsy Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play Alana Arenas, Purpose Tala Ashe, English Molly Bernard, Cult of Love Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Francis Jue, Yellow Face Marjan Neshat, English Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Zachary Quinto, Cult of Love Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain Kara Young, Purpose Outstanding Broadway Ensemble Cult of Love Death Becomes Her John Proctor is the Villain Real Women Have Curves Sunset Blvd. The Broadway Showstopper Award — To a standout production number or scene Death Becomes Her - “For the Gaze," performed by Megan Hilty Gypsy - “Rose’s Turn," performed by Audra McDonald John Proctor Is the Villain - “Green Light," performed by Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo Maybe Happy Ending - “Chasing Fireflies," performed by Darren Criss, Helen J. Shen Sunset Blvd. - “Sunset Boulevard," performed by Nicole Scherzinger Outstanding Off-Broadway Production Cats: The Jellicle Ball Grangeville Liberation Vanya Wine in the Wildernes Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production Cats: The Jellicle Ball DRAG: The Musical Grangeville The Fires We Had a World Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire Susannah Flood, Liberation Brandon Flynn, Kowalski Joanna Gleason, We Had a World Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree Paul Mescal, A Streetcar Named Desire Andrew Scott, Vanya Paul Sparks, Grangeville Alaska Thunderfuck, DRAG: The Musical Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Betsy Aidem, Liberation Billy Crudup, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Drew Elhamalawy, We Live in Cairo Sydney James Harcourt, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Jujubee, DRAG: The Musical Ahmad Kamal, SUMO Julia Lester, All Nighter Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree Jeanine Serralles, We Had a World Kyra Sedgwick, All of Me “Tempress” Chastity Moore, Cats: The Jellicle Ball Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song Jason Veasey, The Fires Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season Michael Arden Tommy Dorfman Jonathan Groff Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Jinkx Monsoon LGBTQIA+ Theater Trailblazer — For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity André De Shields Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Jinkx Monsoon Andrew Scott Paul Tazewell George C. Wolfe Productions With Multiple Nominations  Death Becomes Her - 7 John Proctor is the Villain - 6 Purpose - 6 Sunset Blvd. - 6 Cats: The Jellicle Ball - 5 Cult of Love - 4 Gypsy - 4 Maybe Happy Ending - 4 The Big Gay Jamboree - 3 Drag: The Musical - 3 English - 3 Dead Outlaw - 3 Grangeville - 3 Just in Time - 3 Liberation - 3 Real Women Have Curves - 3 We Had a World - 3 Yellow Face - 3 Eureka Day - 2 The Fires - 2 Floyd Collins - 2 The Hills of California - 2 Operation Mincemeat - 2 The Picture of Dorian Gray - 2 Pirates! The Penzance Musical - 2 A Streetcar Named Desire - 2 Vanya - 2 Wine in the Wilderness - 2 About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television, and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. More than 550 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access, and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented. For more informations, visit galeca.org and find us at @DorianAwards on social media. 📽️ 2025 Dorian Film Awards: 'The Substance' and Demi Moore Score Big with LGBTQ Critics Allegorical Trans Chiller ‘I Saw the TV Glow,' Netflix Doc ‘Will & Harper,’ Provocative Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’ All Notch Double-Wins Thursday Feb 13, 2025 - Los Angeles - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, counting more than 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, has announced the winners of its Dorian Film Awards. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s shocking Hollywood satire The Substance was crowned Film of the Year, with the Mubi release taking five Dorians in all, including star Demi Moore for Film Performance of the Year and Fargeat for Film Director of the Year. Moore’s morph from former Brat Pack Era fixture to raw, unflinching indie movie firebrand impressed GALECA voters enough to also bestow her with the group’s Timeless Star career achievement award. Previous winners in the category, which tributes "an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit,” include the likes of Jodie Foster, Jane Fonda, Nathan Lane, John Waters, Rita Moreno, Jane Fonda, George Takei and Sir Ian McKellen. Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s thought-provoking horror tale I Saw the TV Glow, which had lead the Dorian hunt with nine nominations, took LGBTQ Film of the Year as well as LGBTQ screenplay honors. Will & Harper, the irresistible road-trip documentary charting actor Will Ferrell’s enduring friendship with trans comedy writer Harper Steele, won both Documentary of the Year and LGBTQ Documentary. And Galeca members showed 40-love for Challengers, director Luca Guadagnino’s homoerotic spin on Jules and Jim. The film’s writer Justin Kuritzkes earned Screenplay of the Year, while rock legends Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their tension-building techno score. Wicked fans will be pleased that Dorian voters held plenty of space for the musical fantasy’s stars. The group gave Ariana Grande a pinky hug for Supporting Film Performance of the Year, Jonathan Bailey was named Rising Star, and Cynthia Erivo—who plays misunderstood, green-skinned heroine Elphaba Thropp in the hit—won LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer. Past recipients of the latter honor—which is meant for an artist who “inspires empathy, truth and equity”—include Janelle Monáe, Pedro Almodóvar, Isabel Sandoval and Colman Domingo. Fun fact: Domingo, Dorian-nominated this year for Sing Sing, proved victorious over Fargeat, Schoenbrun, Guadagnino and Tilda Swinton in the race for Wilde Artist, a special accolade named in homage to Oscar Wilde reserved for “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment." “In our 16th year, GALECA’s members still have wicked fun toasting their favorites in film both mainstream and LGBTQ-themed,” said group president Walt Hickey. Added vice president Diane Anderson-Minshall, “I’m certain even some ultra-conservatives who are out to erase all sorts of ‘woke’ words and letters—not to mention history—are secretly taking note of our winners. Everyone appreciates the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.” Other GALECA Dorian winners this year: The trans-empowering Batman spoof The People’s Joker and writer-director-star Julio Torres’ comedy Problemista were both dubbed Unsung Film gems; director RaMell Ross’ somewhat experimental Nickel Boys was named Visually Striking Film, and the twisty animal adventure Flow—another dazzling cinematic experience—took Animated Film of the Year. Best Non-English language film honors went to Brazil’s fact-based protest drama I’m Still Here, released by Sony Pictures Classics in the U.S. The controversy-plagued Emilia Pérez was named best LGBTQ non-English language film. GALECA has been busy. The Society recently launched its latest $3000 Crimson Honors scholarship contest for aspiring film, TV and New York theater critics in public colleges (applications, due March 20, can be submitted via galeca.org/crimson-honors). The group donated $1000 to The Los Angeles Press Club’s emergency relief fund for journalists affected by the city’s devastating January fires. The members also recently announced their choices for America's 10 best on-air TV news journalists. Among those included on the list: Christiane Amanpour, David Muir, Lester Holt, Kaitlan Collins and Jacob Soboroff. GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 16TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS LIST OF NOMINEES FILM OF THE YEAR Anora (Neon) Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) ⭐️ The Substance (Mubi) LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) ⭐️ I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Love Lies Bleeding (A24) Queer (A24) DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (A24) ⭐️ Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi) Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR — Original or adapted Sean Baker, Anora (Neon) Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi) ⭐️ Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Peter Straughan, Conclave (Focus Features) LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding (A24) Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Justin Kuritzkes, Queer (A24) ⭐️ Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Julio Torres, Problemista (A24) NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films) ⭐️ I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon) LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR Crossing (Mubi) ⭐️ Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment) Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films) All Shall Be Well (Strand Releasing) UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR —To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention Didi (Focus Features) Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome) My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios) ⭐️ Problemista (A24) Thelma (Magnolia) UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR Femme (Utopia) My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios) National Anthem (Variance, LD Entertainment) ⭐️ The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence) Problemista (A24) FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24) Daniel Craig, Queer (A24) Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24) Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Cynthia Erivo, Wicked (Universal) Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street) Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) Mikey Madison, Anora (Neon) ⭐️ Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi) Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Michele Austin, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street) Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon) Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures) ⭐️ Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24) Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24) Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi) Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Dahomey (Mubi) Daughters (Netflix) The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix) Sugarcane (National Geographic) ⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix) LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33) Frida (Amazon MGM Studios) Merchant Ivory (Cohen Media Group) Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment) ⭐️ Will & Harper (Netflix) ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR ⭐️ Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films) Inside Out 2 (Disney) Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films) Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) The Wild Robot (Universal, DreamWorks) GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Nosferatu (Focus Features) ⭐️ The Substance (Mubi) Wicked (Universal) FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR The Brutalist (A24) - Daniel Blumberg ⭐️ Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Emilia Pérez (Netflix) - Clément Ducol and Camille I Saw the TV Glow (A24) - Alex G Wicked (Universal) - John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, et al. VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR The Brutalist (A24) Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Nosferatu (Focus Features) ⭐️ Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) The Substance (Mubi) CAMPIEST FLICK Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome) Madame Web (Sony) Megalopolis (Lionsgate) ⭐️ The Substance (Mubi) Trap (Warner Bros.) *“WE’RE WILDE* ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD ⭐️ Jonathan Bailey** Vera Drew Karla Sofía Gascón Jack Haven Mikey Madison Katy O’Brian Drew Starkey WILDE ARTIST AWARD To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment ⭐️ Colman Domingo Luca Guadagnino Coralie Fargeat Jane Schoenbrun Tilda Swinton GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Vera Drew ⭐️ Cynthia Erivo Luca Guadagnino Jane Schoenbrun Julio Torres TIMELESS STAR (Career achievement award) Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit ⭐️ Demi Moore Wins per studio: Altered Innocence - 1 Amazon/MGM/Orion 3 A24 - 3 Mubi - 5 Netflix - 3 Sideshow / Janus Films - 1 Sony Pictures Classics - 1 Universal - 1 About GALECA & The Dorian Awards Formed in 2009, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors the best in film, television and Broadway/Off Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQIA+, via the Dorian Awards. A 501 c 6 nonprofit, GALECA serves to remind bigots, bullies and our own beleaguered communities that the world looks to the informed Q+ eye on entertainment. The organization also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in our most underrepresented and vulnerable segments. GALECA’s efforts also include the Crimson Honors, a college film/TV criticism contest for LGBTQ women or nonbinary students of color. See our members' latest reviews, commentary and interviews, along with looks at entertainment’s past, on Bluesky and elsewhere @DorianAwards. GALECA’s YouTube channel features the group's past Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials, video chats with filmmakers and performers, plus talks with members about their latest books and more. Find out more at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • 'I Saw the TV Glow,' 'The Substance' Lead in LGBTQ Critics Dorian Film Award Nominations *Demi Moore, Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody, Daniel Craig Score Acting Nods* Friday Jan. 17, 2025 - Los Angeles - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group’s democratically chosen nominees for its 16th Dorian Film Awards. The Dorians go to both mainstream and LGBTQ-themed content, celebrating what the group calls “the expert Q+ eye on entertainment.” Leading with an impressive nine nominations is writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s thought-provoking horror tale I Saw the TV Glow, a film overlooked by many other kudos groups considering 2024’s theatrical and digital releases. Star Demi Moore’s thriller of a comeback The Substance is a close second, with 8 Dorian nods. From there, the genre-defying trans mobster musical Emilia Pérez and tense ménage-à-trois drama Challengers each hold six nominations, and Dorian-nominated director Brady Corbet’s artful epic The Brutalist makes more than good with five. Other movies GALECA anointed with multi-nominations: Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked all with four nods each, and Problemista and Queer with three apiece. In the per-studio counts, A24 has a whopping 25 nominations. Other outfits posting impressive scores: Amazon MGM with 13 nominations, Netflix: (11) and Mubi (10). Some notable titles in the group’s trademark races include the inventive slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers vying for Unsung Film of the Year, Madame Web and Trap looking at Campiest Flick honors, and The Brutalist, Nosferatu and Dune: Part Two among the cinematic dazzlers aiming for Visually Striking Film. The group’s Timeless Star career achievement honoree will be named when the winners are announced Thursday Feb. 13. GALECA’s members are tentatively scheduled to toast winners and nominees in a brunch the following Sunday. Along with its film nominations, GALECA announced it is donating $1000 to The Los Angeles Press Club’s emergency relief fund, the amount earmarked for entertainment journalists directly affected by the historically devastating wildfires that have destroyed vast swaths LA, leaving thousands of residents homeless. “Entertainment journalists are an obviously integral part of the Hollywood ecosystem, and we want to make sure they aren’t forgotten in what’s already a very tough environment for those in our profession,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. Added Vice President Diane Anderson-Minshall: “We applaud our friends at the Press Club and its sister organization the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for coming to our brethren’s need.” Professional journalists whose main livelihood involves entertainment criticism, editing and/or reportage can apply for help at lapressclub.org. Additional donations may be made there as well. GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 16TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS LIST OF NOMINEES FILM OF THE YEAR Anora (Neon) Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) The Substance (Mubi) LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Love Lies Bleeding (A24) Queer (A24) DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (A24) Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Mubi) Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR — Original or adapted Anora (Neon) Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Conclave (Focus Features) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) The Substance (Mubi) LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR — Original or adapted Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Love Lies Bleeding (A24) Problemista (A24) Queer (A24) NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films) I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon) LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR Crossing (Mubi) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment) Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films) All Shall Be Well (Strand Releasing) UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR —To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention Didi (Focus Features) Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome) My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios) Problemista (A24) Thelma (Magnolia) UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR Femme (Utopia) My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios) National Anthem (Variance, LD Entertainment) The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence) Problemista (A24) FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24) Daniel Craig, Queer (A24) Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24) Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Cynthia Erivo, Wicked (Universal) Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street) Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) Mikey Madison, Anora (Neon) Demi Moore, The Substance (Mubi) Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Michele Austin, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street) Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon) Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures) Ariana Grande, Wicked (Universal) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24) Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24) Margaret Qualley, The Substance (Mubi) Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (Netflix) DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Dahomey (Mubi) Daughters (Netflix) The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix) Sugarcane (National Geographic) Will & Harper (Netflix) LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Chasing Chasing Amy (Level 33) Frida (Amazon MGM Studios) Merchant Ivory (Cohen Media Group) Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment) Will & Harper (Netflix) ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films) Inside Out 2 (Disney) Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films) Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) The Wild Robot (Universal, DreamWorks) GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Nosferatu (Focus Features) The Substance (Mubi) Wicked (Universal) FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR The Brutalist (A24) Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Wicked (Universal) VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR The Brutalist (A24) Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Nosferatu (Focus Features) Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) The Substance (Mubi) CAMPIEST FLICK Hundreds of Beavers (Cineverse, Vinegar Syndrome) Madame Web (Sony) Megalopolis (Lionsgate) The Substance (Mubi) Trap (Warner Bros.) *“WE’RE WILDE* ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD Jonathan Bailey Vera Drew Karla Sofía Gascón Brigette Lundy-Paine Mikey Madison Katy O’Brian Drew Starkey WILDE ARTIST AWARD** To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment Colman Domingo Luca Guadagnino Coralie Fargeat Jane Schoenbrun Tilda Swinton GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Vera Drew Cynthia Erivo Luca Guadagnino Jane Schoenbrun Julio Torres TIMELESS STAR (Career achievement award) Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit To be announced February 13 with all winners. Nomination counts per studio: Altered Innocence - 1 Amazon/MGM + Orion - 13 A24 - 25 Bleecker Street - 2 Cineverse / Vinegar Syndrome - 2 Cohen Media Group - 1 Disney - 1 Focus Features - 4 Greenwich Entertainment - 2 IFC - 1 Level 33 - 1 Lionsgate - 1 Magnolia - 1 Mubi - 10 National Geographic - 1 Neon - 5 Netflix - 11 Searchlight -1 Sideshow / Janus Films - 4 Sony - 1 Sony Pictures Classics - 1 Strand - 1 Universal - 5 Utopia - 1 Variance / LD Entertainment - 1 Warner Bros. - 3 About GALECA & The Dorian Awards Formed in 2009, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors the best in film, television and Broadway/Off Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQIA+, via the Dorian Awards. A 501 c 6 nonprofit, GALECA serves to remind bigots, bullies and our own beleaguered communities that the world looks to the informed Q+ eye on entertainment. The organization also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in our most underrepresented and vulnerable segments. GALECA’s efforts also include the Crimson Honors, a college film/TV criticism contest for LGBTQ women or nonbinary students of color. See our members' latest reviews, commentary and interviews, along with looks at entertainment’s past, on Bluesky and elsewhere @DorianAwards. GALECA’s YouTube channel features the group's past Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials, video chats with filmmakers and performers, plus talks with members about their latest books and more. Find out more at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • GALECA Names America’s 10 Best TV News Journalists Thursday October 24, 2024 - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, a league of more than 500 professional critics and entertainment journalists, has unveiled its picks for the 10 best on-air television news journalists working today. Asked recently to name the one TV news anchor or on-air reporter whose journalistic expertise most impresses them, GALECA members nominated an inspiringly varied group of news gatherers, from investigative icon Christiane Amanpour to media disruptor Mehdi Hasan. "It's great to see GALECA’s members recognize these stellar journalists in what obviously remains a very powerful medium,” said group president Walt Hickey. “With the world facing so much today, it feels really important to champion the pros who, with their teams, investigate and report on the stories that impact us with clarity and perspective.” GALECA members work for a wide variety of key media outlets across the U.S., with some representation in the U.K., Canada, and beyond. The group’s main focus is the Dorian Awards, which recognize the best in film, TV, and Broadway/Off-Broadway content, from mainstream to LGBTQ-focused, at different times of the year. Previous “GALECA 10 Best” polls have ranged from film's all-time finest actresses to essential LGBTQ films that straight people should see. GALECA’s 10 Best TV News Journalists (in alphabetical order): Christiane Amanpour One of the most honored, fearless—and peripatetic—TV journalists of our time, Amanpour currently serves as CNN’s Chief International Anchor. When she isn’t reporting from the field on global developments, she challenges world leaders with tough questions on her three current affairs shows. Her weeknight PBS version, Amanpour & Company, offers the most wide-ranging coverage. Jonathan Capehart Capehart juggles hosting his own weekend political show on MSNBC with associate editor duties at The Washington Post. In his podcast for the latter, he delves into topics like the latest in climate change, the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Sudan, and the science of aging. He also shares takes on the headlines alongside moderate conservative David Brooks in Brooks & Capehart, a weekly segment on PBS NewsHour. Kaitlan Collins GALECA members obviously appreciate a redemption story. During college, Collins used some homophobic pejoratives bantering with friends on Twitter. Her first job out of college: Entertainment reporter for a dodgy website run by Tucker Carlson. Within a few years, though, she pivoted—hard—to politics and CNN, where she quickly gained a reputation for fact-checking leaders when they spewed misinformation. In 2018, an irritated Trump administration barred her from attending White House press conferences. Collins now calmly holds the powerful accountable and lands scoops as host of CNN’s The Source. Anderson Cooper The venerable CNN anchor still finds time to report from Ukraine to Israel to seemingly every natural disaster zone. He's also an occasional correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes, where in an April segment he got comic Kevin Hart to apologize for his past homophobic tirades. Last year, Cooper began hosting CNN’s The Whole Story, an impressively in-depth news investigation series he created and executive produces. Mehdi Hasan Hasan first gained major attention hosting a hard-hitting news show on MSNBC (he developed his take-no-prisoners approach as a news editor for the U.K.’s Channel 4 network). Today, he interviews global figures like Israeli historian Benny Morris as host of Al Jazeera’s Head to Head and writes a column for The Guardian US—all while running his fledgling “adversarial journalism” venture, Zateo (an ancient Greek word meaning “seeking out”). Lester Holt NBC’s steady Nightly News anchor showed his mettle as fact-checker-in-chief during the 2016 Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump presidential debate. He has also delivered incisive reports on the COVID-19 pandemic, political disinformation, and the Israel-Hamas War. How Holt finds time to main-anchor the murder-investigation series Dateline is its own mystery. Rachel Maddow Maddow has long been one of GALECA’s favorite TV journalists. Diving deep into history to shed light on current global dilemmas, the MSNBC anchor—also an author and podcaster—sometimes pokes fun at her own wonkiness. But members clearly appreciate how Maddow lays out information and exposes disinformation in her fights against kleptocracy and fascism. Over the years, she and her show have won three of the group's Dorian Awards and received 11 nominations. David Muir The ABC World News Tonight anchor impressed many viewers when he firmly fact-checked some of Donald Trump’s most outlandish fabrications during Trump's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. A former international news reporter for ABC, Muir has trekked the globe to investigate famine in Madagascar, the Israel-Hamas war, and more. He also manages to cohost his network’s newsmagazine show, 20/20. Robin Roberts As cohost of ABC’s Good Morning America and special reporter for the network's World News Tonight, Roberts has touched hearts with her accounts of facing cancer, a rare blood disorder, and witnessing her Mississippi hometown's devastation by Hurricane Katrina. Her recent interviews with newsmakers like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and WNBA star Caitlin Clark have only boosted her reputation as one of America’s most thoughtful on-air journalists. Earlier this year, she received the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. Jacob Soboroff Soboroff, a political and national correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, stands out for his determined exposés on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis and the ongoing plight of immigrants. Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, his 2021 investigative book on the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families, provided the basis for a new documentary directed by Oscar winner Errol Morris (The Fog of War). Soboroff has also reported from hotspots like Haiti and this year’s Republican National Convention. About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, chosen democratically by the membership, honor the best in TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway at different times of the year. Members work for or freelance for a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, including The New Yorker, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast, Vulture, HuffPost, The Los Angeles Times, Out, The Advocate, The Boston Globe, E!, GQ, Essence, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, The Wrap, People, Reuters, USA Today, TV Guide, Time, Vanity Fair, GLAAD, Rolling Stone, The A.V. Club, LGBTQ Nation, IndieWire, The Guardian US, among others. GALECA, which boasts over 500 members, reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access, and respect for entertainment journalists, especially those in underrepresented communities. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media and find more information at GALECA.org. Contact: SMITHHOUSE Strategy Galeca@smithhousestrategy.com John Griffiths GALECA Executive Director john.griffiths@galeca.org • • • • • 📺 2024 Dorian TV Awards Winners Announced 🥂 ‘HACKS,’ ‘ANNE RICE’S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE’ AND ‘FELLOW TRAVELERS’ TAKE HOME MOST WINS FOR THE 2024 DORIAN TV AWARDS Carol Burnett, Alan Cumming and Julio Torres Receive Special Accolades Los Angeles / New York – Monday, August 12, 2024 -- GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced today the winners for the 2024 Dorian TV Awards, honoring the best in television and streaming networks. In the 16th go-around of GALECA’s TV honors, Max’s “Hacks” leads with four wins including Best TV Comedy, Best Written TV Show; AMC’s “Anne Rice’s Interview With A Vampire” with three wins including Best TV Drama, Best LGBTQ TV Show and Best Genre TV Show, and Showtime/Paramount+’s “Fellow Travelers” earns two acting wins: “Best TV Performance – Drama” for Matt Bomer and Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama, Jonathan Bailey In the group’s more distinctive categories, FX’s final season of “Reservation Dogs,” about some close-knit Indigenous friends in rural Oklahoma, scored Best Unsung TV Show. Campiest TV Show honors went to SYFY/USA’s doll-gone-wild comedy-chiller, “Chucky.” GALECA also bestowed notable accolades to Salvadoran-American writer, comedian and actor Julio Torres with the Wilde Wit Award; award-winning actor Alan Cumming (host of reality show winner “The Traitors”) with the GALECA TV Trailblazer Award; and legendary comedian, actress, singer and memoirist Carol Burnett with the GALECA TV Icon Award. "Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Dorian Television Awards,” said Walt Hickey, President, GALECA. "This group is second to none when it comes to elevating and advocating for innovative, daring work, and celebrating the creative efforts of the future of the film and television industry." GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, chosen democratically by the membership, go to TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway at different times of the year. Members work of freelance for a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, including The New Yorker, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast, Vulture, HuffPost, The Los Angeles Times, CNN online, MSNBC online, Today online, GMA online, Out, The Advocate, The Boston Globe, E!, GQ, Essence, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Emmy, The Wrap, People, Reuters, USA Today, TV Guide, Time, NPR, Nerdist, Playlist, Vanity Fair, Polygon, Jezebel, GLAAD, Rolling Stone, IndieWire, The Guardian, Decider, Collider, Vogue, Town and Country, ABC affiliates, Parade, among others. GALECA, which boasts over 500 members, reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially those in underrepresented communities. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org. 2024 DORIAN TV AWARD WINS/NOMINATIONS—FULL LIST BEST TV DRAMA ⭐️ Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+) Fallout (Amazon Prime) The Gilded Age (HBO) Heartstopper (Netflix) Shōgun (FX/Hulu) BEST TV COMEDY  Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX/Hulu) ⭐️ Hacks (Max) Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW (new category) Abbott Elementary (ABC) Baby Reindeer (Netflix) The Bear (FX/Hulu) Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) ⭐️ Hacks (Max) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW  ⭐️ Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) Hacks (Max) Heartstopper (Netflix) BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES ⭐️ Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu) Ripley (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country (HBO) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW  Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Chucky (Syfy/USA) Our Flag Means Death (Max) ⭐️ Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Lupin (Netflix) ⭐️ Shōgun (FX/Hulu) Tore (Netflix) Young Royals (Netflix) BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category) Drag Latina (Revry/LATV+) Elite (Netflix) Past Lies (Hulu) Tore (Netflix) ⭐️ Young Royals (Netflix) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) ⭐️ Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (HBO) Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who (Disney+) Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge (Hulu) Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu) Anna Sawai, Shōgun (FX/Hulu) Andrew Scott, Ripley (Netflix) Emma Stone, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA ⭐️ Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age (HBO) Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix) Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun (FX/Hulu) Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX) Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Jinkx Monsoon, Doctor Who (Disney+) Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country (HBO) Benny Safdie, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX/Hulu) Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Netflix) Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu) Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+) Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) ⭐️ Jean Smart, Hacks (Max) Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX/Hulu) Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale (Apple TV+) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Joel Kim Booster, Loot (Apple TV+) Carol Burnett, Palm Royale (Apple TV+) ⭐️ Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max) Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Jamie Lee-Curtis, The Bear (FX/Hulu) Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX/Hulu) Megan Stalter, Hacks (Max) Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Miley Cyrus, “Flowers,” 66th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS / Paramount+) Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell, What Was I Made For?,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC) ⭐️ Ryan Gosling, “I’m Just Ken,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC) Steve Martin, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Maya Rudolph, “Mother,” Saturday Night Live (NBC) BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES  Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu) Girls State (Apple TV+) The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix) Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+) ⭐️ Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery) BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (Showtime) Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO) ⭐️ Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO) Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO) The Stroll (HBO) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW The Daily Show (Comedy Central) Hot Ones (YouTube) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) ⭐️ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) BEST REALITY SHOW  Rupaul's Drag Race (MTV) Queer Eye (Netflix) Top Chef (Bravo) ⭐️ The Traitors (Peacock) We’re Here (HBO) BEST GENRE TV SHOW (new category) ⭐️ Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix) Fallout (Amazon Prime) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Chucky (SyFy/USA) BEST ANIMATED SHOW Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix) Bobs Burgers (Fox) Harley Quinn (Max) Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) ⭐️ X-Men '97 (Disney+) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW  Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Fallout (Amazon Prime) Palm Royale (Apple TV+) ⭐️ Ripley (Netflix) Shōgun (FX/Hulu) True Detective: Night Country (HBO) CAMPIEST TV SHOW Bridgerton (Netflix) ⭐️ Chucky (SyFy / USA) Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu) Palm Royale (Apple TV+) The Traitors (Peacock) WILDE WIT AWARD —To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse Joel Kim Booster Quinta Brunson Ayo Edebiri Hannah Einbinder ⭐️ Julio Torres GALECA TV ICON AWARD —To a uniquely talented star we adore Gillian Anderson Angela Bassett ⭐️ Carol Burnett LeVar Burton Julia Louis-Dreyfus GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD —For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity RuPaul Charles Margaret Cho ⭐️ Alan Cumming Emma D'Arcy Ncuti Gatwa • • • • • 🥂 ‘Illinoise,’ ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ and ‘Oh, Mary!’ Rule LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Theater Awards New York, N.Y. (June 3, 2024): GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 39 theater wing members gave Illinoise, Merrily We Roll Along and Oh, Mary! top honors in the group’s second annual Dorian Theater Awards, honoring the best of 2023-24’s Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, mainstream to LGBTQ+. The stirring and starry redo of Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s beloved tale of evolving friendships, nabbed four Dorian Awards, including Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival. Star Jonathan Groff took Best Lead Performance in a Musical, while costar Daniel Radcliffe scored two kudos: Best Featured Performance in a Musical and GALECA’s trademark Broadway Showstopper Award, the latter for his dynamic rendition of the tune “Franklin Sheppard, Inc.” Stereophonic, David Adjmi’s new play about a fame-hungry rock band recording an album circa 1976, won Outstanding Broadway Play and Outstanding Broadway Ensemble. In a tie, the production’s costar Sarah Pidgeon and Kara Young of the lively satire Purlie Victorious both won Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play. Illinoise, the dance musical directed by choreographer Justin Peck (an Oscar nominee for Stephen Spielberg’s West Side Story) and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury—and inspired by pop star Sufjan Stevens’ titular, semi-autobiographical album—took Outstanding Broadway Musical. The tale of a young gay man wracked with trauma, Illinoise also earned Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production. Sarah Paulson (who won a Dorian in 2017 for TV’s American Crime Story) won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play for Appropriate, playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins’s searing look at a white Southern family dealing with the legacy of their recently deceased father. Appropriate, first mounted in 2013, was named Outstanding Broadway Play Revival. Cole Escola’s outlandish comedy, Oh, Mary!, dominated the group's Off-Broadway categories, winning for outstanding production, LGBTQ production and the division’s two performance categories. Escola managed a Dorian for their turn as, yes, Mary Todd Lincoln, while costar Conrad Ricamora triumphed as Mary's husband, Abe. Moreover, Escola—who costarred in the Dorian TV Award-nominated series Difficult People and At Home with Amy Sedaris—was named LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season, making the firebrand the first honoree of this newly added Dorian Award. GALECA's career achievement accolade here, the LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award, went to venerable playwright Paula Vogel. "We're thrilled to be able to pay respect to Ms. Vogel's lifelong contributions to the American theater, as well as to her ongoing support of the LGBTQ community," said Cary Wong, the group's Off-Broadway Lead. Vogel won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999 for her play, How I Learned to Drive. Her incredible body of work includes The Baltimore Waltz, Hot ’N Throbbing, The Mineola Twins and Indecent, which garnered Vogel her first Tony nomination for Best Play in 2017. Vogel’s latest lauded play, Mother Play, currently on Broadway, counted four Dorian nominations this year. 2024 Dorian Theater Awards—List of Winners: Outstanding Broadway Musical Here Lies Love Hell’s Kitchen 🏆 Illinoise Lempicka The Outsiders Suffs Outstanding Broadway Play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Just for Us Mary Jane Mother Play Prayer for the French Republic 🏆 Stereophonic Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 🏆 Merrily We Roll Along The Who’s Tommy Outstanding Broadway Play Revival 🏆 Appropriate An Enemy of the People Purlie Victorious Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who’s Tommy Eden Espinosa, Lempicka Brody Grant, The Outsiders 🏆 Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Shaina Taub, Suffs Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic Alex Edelman, Just For Us William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya Jessica Lange, Mother Play Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Laurie Metcalf, Grey House 🏆 Sarah Paulson, Appropriate Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical Hannah Cruz, Suffs Amber Iman, Lempicka Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen Nikki M. James, Suffs Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love 🏆 Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play *— TIE* Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt Alex Brightman, The Shark is Broken Will Brill, Stereophonic Elle Fanning, Appropriate Eli Gelb, Stereophonic Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play Jay O. Sanders, Purlie Victorious Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic 🏆 Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic 🏆 Kara Young, Purlie Victorious Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 🏆 Illinoise Lempicka Mother Play Outstanding Broadway Ensemble Here Lies Love Illinoise Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Merrily We Roll Along Suffs 🏆 Stereophonic The Broadway Showstopper Award — To a standout production number or scene Appropriate, “Epilogue: The Plantation Decays” Illinoise, “Chicago” Lempicka, “Woman Is” 🏆 Merrily We Roll Along, “Franklin Shepard, Inc.” The Outsiders, “The Rumble” Outstanding Off-Broadway Production All the Devils Are Here The Ally The Connector 🏆 Oh, Mary! Primary Trust Teeth Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production Bark of Millions Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet Make Me Gorgeous 🏆 Oh, Mary! Teeth Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Charles Busch, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Nicholas Christopher, Jelly’s Last Jam 🏆 Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust Moses Ingram, Sunset Baby Rachel Bay Jones, Here We Are Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth Taylor Mac, Bark of Millions Ruthie Ann Miles, The Light in the Piazza Cynthia Nixon, The Seven Year Disappear Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Susan Blommaert, Grief Hotel Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life Bobby Cannavale, Here We Are Micaela Diamond, Here We Are Joaquina Kalukango, Jelly’s Last Jam Julia Lester, I Can Get it For You Wholesale Steven Pasquale, Teeth David Hyde Pierce, Here We Are 🏆 Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! James Scully, Oh, Mary! Jennifer Van Dyck, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Anna Zavelson, The Light in the Piazza LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season 🏆 Cole Escola Michael Greif Jonathan Groff Michael R. Jackson Sarah Paulson Conrad Ricamora LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award — For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Charles Busch André De Shields Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously) Taylor Mac 🏆 Paula Vogel WINNERS TALLY Merrily We Roll Along - 4 Oh, Mary! - 4 Stereophonic - 3 Appropriate - 2 Illinoise - 2 Purlie Victorious – 1 GALECA Theater Wing members, 2023-2024 season Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network, Awards Daily Drew Burnett Gregory, Autostraddle Kerensa Cadenas, Elle, Vogue, etc. Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, MovieDearest Sam Eckmann (co-chair), Gold Derby Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, Variety, etc. Adam Feldman, Time Out Brian Eugenio Herrera, #TheatreClique (Substack), etc. Marshall Heyman (Broadway lead), Dujour, Town & Country, etc. Merryn Johns (co-chair), Queer Forty James Kleinmann, The Queer Review Naveen Kumar, them, The Daily Beast Ryan Leeds, Metro Weekly, Manhattan Digest Christian Lewis, Variety, TheaterMania, etc. Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, Theater Pizzazz, etc. Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater Meg Masseron, Playbill Abby Monteil, them, etc. Michael Musto, The Village Voice, etc. Charles O’Keefe, E! News Louis Peitzman, High Drama (Substack) Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely, The New York Times Mathew Rodriguez, them Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide Patrick Ryan - USA Today Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Marcus Scott, National Black Theatre Cohort, 2023-24 Joey Sims, Theatrely, The Brooklyn Rail, etc. Jose Solís, Dorian Theater Awards Diversity Liaison Ashley Steves, Today on Broadway podcast, Broadway Radio Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide, etc. Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway (Substack), etc. Matthew Wexler, Q Digital Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter Cary Wong (Off-Broadway lead), Film Score Monthly, The Interested Bystander blog Curtis Wong, HuffPost About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. More than 500 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media, and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • 'Merrily We Roll Along' and 'Stereophonic' Lead LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Theater Award Nominations New York, N.Y. (May 13, 2024) GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 39 theater wing members named their favorites in New York theater for the second annual Dorian Theater Awards, this time toasting the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway for the 2023-2024 season. Like GALECA’s Dorian film and TV awards, the group's stage honors celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+-themed productions. Leading on the Broadway side with six nominations each: The new play Stereophonic by David Adjmi and the Maria Friedman-helmed revival of Merrily We Roll Along. Dorian Award have four members of the Stereophonic cast competing for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play, and three actors from Merrily We Roll Along in the run. All Dorian Award performance categories are gender neutral. In Off-Broadway categories, Oh, Mary!, writer-star Cole Escola’s Broadway-bound play about Mary Todd Lincoln, ruled with five nominations. Teeth, Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs’ musical about an evangelical teen girl with hidden talents, and Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are—co-written with David Ives and adapted from two films by Luis Buñuel—each scored four nods. For the wing’s special new accolade, LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season, GALECA members nominated writer/actor Cole Escola, composer Michael R. Jackson, director Michael Greif, along with actors Jonathan Groff, Sarah Paulson and Conrad Ricamora. The nominees for the group’s career achievement award, LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer, are awe-inspiring multi-hyphenate André De Shields and four distinctly legendary playwrights: Charles Busch, Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously), Taylor Mac and Paula Vogel. “I think we’re all actually happy to say GALECA’s members had a daunting task of sifting through so many exciting plays and musical this season,” said Cary Wong, the group’s Off-Broadway lead. “Considering Broadway alone put up 38 productions this season, New York theater has definitely bounced back from 18 months of Covid closures. From popular adaptations like The Notebook to daring new works like Lempicka, Dorian Award voters and all theater goers had plenty to rave and dish about.” GALECA will once again help kick off Pride Month by announcing this year's Dorian Theater Awards on Monday, June 3, 2024. Full list of 2024 Dorian Theater Awards nominees: Outstanding Broadway Musical Here Lies Love Hell’s Kitchen Illinoise Lempicka The Outsiders Suffs  Outstanding Broadway Play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Just for Us Mary Jane Mother Play Prayer for the French Republic Stereophonic Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Merrily We Roll Along The Who’s Tommy  Outstanding Broadway Play Revival Appropriate An Enemy of the People Purlie Victorious  Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who’s Tommy Eden Espinosa, Lempicka Brody Grant, The Outsiders Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Shaina Taub, Suffs  Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic Alex Edelman, Just For Us William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya Jessica Lange, Mother Play Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Laurie Metcalf, Grey House Sarah Paulson, Appropriate  Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical Hannah Cruz, Suffs Amber Iman, Lempicka Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen Nikki M. James, Suffs Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt Alex Brightman, The Shark is Broken Will Brill, Stereophonic Elle Fanning, Appropriate Eli Gelb, Stereophonic Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play Jay O. Sanders, Purlie Victorious Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic Kara Young, Purlie Victorious Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Illinoise Lempicka Mother Play   Outstanding Broadway Ensemble Here Lies Love Illinoise Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Merrily We Roll Along Suffs Stereophonic The Broadway Showstopper Award — To a standout production number or scene Appropriate, “Epilogue: The Plantation Decays” Illinoise, “Chicago” Lempicka, “Woman Is” Merrily We Roll Along, “Franklin Shepard INC” The Outsiders, “The Rumble” Outstanding Off-Broadway Production All the Devils Are Here The Ally The Connector Oh, Mary! Primary Trust Teeth Outstanding LGBTQ Off-Broadway Production Bark of Millions Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet Make Me Gorgeous Oh, Mary! Teeth  Outstanding Lead Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Charles Busch, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Nicholas Christopher, Jelly’s Last Jam Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust Moses Ingram, Sunset Baby Rachel Bay Jones, Here We Are Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth Taylor Mac, Bark of Millions Ruthie Ann Miles, The Light in the Piazza Cynthia Nixon, The Seven Year Disappear Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here  Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Susan Blommaert, Grief Hotel Marylouise Burke, Infinite Life Bobby Cannavale, Here We Are Micaela Diamond, Here We Are Joaquina Kalukango, Jelly’s Last Jam Julia Lester, I Can Get it For You Wholesale Steven Pasquale, Teeth David Hyde Pierce, Here We Are Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! James Scully, Oh, Mary! Jennifer Van Dyck, Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy Anna Zavelson, The Light in the Piazza  LGBTQ Theater Artist of the Season Cole Escola Michael Greif Jonathan Groff Michael R. Jackson Sarah Paulson Conrad Ricamora LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award — For a lifelong commitment to creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Charles Busch André De Shields Christopher Durang (nominated posthumously) Taylor Mac Paula Vogel  Productions With Multiple Nominations Merrily We Roll Along - 6 Stereophonic - 6 Illinoise - 5 Lempicka - 5 Oh, Mary! - 5 Suffs - 5 Appropriate - 4 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club - 4 Here We Are - 4 Mother Play - 4 Purlie Victorious - 4 Teeth - 4 Hell’s Kitchen - 3 Here Lies Love - 3 Jaja’s African Hair Braiding - 3 The Outsiders - 3 Prayer for the French Republic - 3 All the Devils Are Here - 2 Bark of Millions - 2 Days of Wine and Roses - 2 Ibsen’s Ghost - 2 Jelly’s Last Jam - 2 Just for Us - 2 The Light in the Piazza - 2 Mary Jane - 2 Primary Trust - 2 The Who’s Tommy - 2 GALECA Theater Wing members, 2023-2024 season Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network, Awards Daily Drew Burnett Gregory, Autostraddle Kerensa Cadenas, Elle, Vogue, etc. Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, MovieDearest Sam Eckmann (co-chair), Gold Derby Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, Variety, etc. Adam Feldman, Time Out Brian Eugenio Herrera, #TheatreClique (Substack), etc. Marshall Heyman (Broadway lead), Dujour, Town & Country, etc. Merryn Johns (co-chair), Queer Forty James Kleinmann, The Queer Review Naveen Kumar, them, The Daily Beast Ryan Leeds, Metro Weekly, Manhattan Digest Christian Lewis, Variety, TheaterMania, etc. Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, Theater Pizzazz, etc. Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater Meg Masseron, Playbill Abby Monteil, them, etc. Michael Musto, The Village Voice, etc. Charles O’Keefe, E! News Louis Peitzman, High Drama (Substack) Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely, The New York Times Mathew Rodriguez, them Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide Patrick Ryan - USA Today Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Marcus Scott, National Black Theatre Cohort, 2023-24 Joey Sims, Theatrely, The Brooklyn Rail, etc. Jose Solís, Dorian Theater Awards Diversity Liaison Ashley Steves, Today on Broadway podcast, Broadway Radio Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide, etc. Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway (Substack), etc. Matthew Wexler, Q Digital Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter Cary Wong (Off-Broadway lead), Film Score Monthly, The Interested Bystander blog Curtis Wong, HuffPost About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. More than 500 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially the underrepresented. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media, and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • 🥂 Dorian Film Winners 2024 'All of Us Strangers’ Takes Top Film Prize in LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Awards Gerwig Wins Director of the Year, Gladstone Grabs Best Performance Honors for ‘Flower Moon' Colman Domingo, Todd Haynes Score Trademark Accolades *— Group's 'Timeless Star’ Career Achievement Award Goes to Jodie Foster —* February 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, Ca. - For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh's fantastical and tear-inducing tale of two troubled souls falling for each other in lonely London. The 500-members strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, named Strangers both Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year, and also awarded Haigh LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year. “Twelve years ago, Andrew Haigh’s fresh and observant queer romance Weekend ruled our Dorians as well,” said GALECA President Walt Hickey. “So the fact that Strangers obviously touched many of our members’ hearts as well counts as sort of a sweet homecoming to our organization.” In a tight race for Film Director of the Year (so tight, even Martin Scorsese didn’t make GALECA’s Dorians short list), Greta Gerwig proved the ultimate champion for helming the spectacular crowd-pleaser Barbie. Spreading the appreciation judiciously, the group gave overall screenplay honors to newcomer Sami Burch for May December, a cunningly observed riff on a true-life American scandal of the 1990s. Another scintillating drama, the whydunnit Anatomy of a Fall, earned Non-English Language Film of the Year. GALECA’s inaugural Genre Film of the Year winner: Director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara’s Poor Things, an equity-empowering twist on Frankenstein that also took Visually Striking Film. And Dorian voters, obviously fans of powerful female humanoids, crowned the cheeky horror flick M3GAN as Campiest Flick. As for the group’s trademark individual honors, Rustin actor Colman Domingo was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer “for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” Meanwhile, May December (and past Dorian winners Carol and A Single Man) director Todd Haynes landed the Wilde Artist Award, going to “a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment.” Jodie Foster, who at age 61 is earning raves for her work in the feature film Nyad and HBO smash True Detective, was named Timeless Star. The career achievement honor, hailing "an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit,” has in years past gone to the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, George Takei, Nathan Lane and Meryl Streep. GALECA’s Dorian Awards go to the best in film, TV and Broadway / Off-Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQ+, at separate times of the year. The group’s members work for a wide range of notable media outlets, and vote on their favorites in entertainment in purely democratic fashion. For more info, visit galeca.org and search for GALECA’s official Dorian Awards pages on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and more. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 15th Dorian Film Awards—Full List of Winners: Film of the Year 🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Barbie (Warner Bros.) May December (Netflix) Past Lives (A24) Poor Things (Searchlight) LGBTQ Film of the Year 🏆 All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Bottoms (MGM) Passages (MUBI, SBS) Rustin (Netflix) Saltburn (Amazon MGM) Director of the Year 🏆 Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.) Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix) Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal) Celine Song, Past Lives (A24) Screenplay of the Year Original or adapted Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.) 🏆 Samy Burch, May December (Netflix) Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Celine Song, Past Lives (A24) LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year (new) 🏆 Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece, Rustin (Netflix) Arlette Langmann, Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Passages (MUBI) Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Bottoms (MGM) Non-English Language Film of the Year 🏆 Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) Godzilla Minus One (Toho) Past Lives (A24) The Zone of Interest (A24) LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year Afire (Janus Films, Sideshow) 🏆 Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Cassandro (Amazon MGM) Monster (Well Go USA, Gaga, Toho) Rotting in the Sun (MUBI) Unsung Film of the Year To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention 🏆 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) Monica (IFC) Origin (NEON) Theater Camp (Searchlight) A Thousand and One (Focus Features) Film Performance of the Year Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix) Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features) 🏆 Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple) Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24) Trace Lysette, Monica (IFC) Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal) Natalie Portman, May December (Netflix) Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight) Supporting Film Performance of the Year Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple (Warner Bros.) Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal) Jodie Foster, Nyad (Netflix) Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros.) Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) 🏆 Charles Melton, May December (Netflix) Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Rosamund Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM) Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features) Documentary of the Year American Symphony (Netflix) Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions, Fathom Events) 🏆 Kokomo City (Magnolia) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple) 20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution) LGBTQ Documentary of the Year Every Body (Focus Features) Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO, Confluential Films) 🏆 Kokomo City (Magnolia) Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia) Orlando, My Political Biography (Janus Film, Sideshow) Animated Film of the Year 🏆 The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) Elemental (Disney) Nimona (Netflix, Annapurna) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (SONY) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount) Genre Film of the Year (new) *For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror* All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Godzilla Minus One (Toho) M3GAN (Universal) 🏆 Poor Things (Searchlight) Talk To Me (A24) Film Music of the Year 🏆 Barbie — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, et al. (Warner Bros.) The Boy and the Heron — Joe Hisaishi (GKIDS) The Color Purple — Stephen Bray, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Kris Bowers, et al. (Warner Bros.) Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson (Universal) The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi (A24) Visually Striking Film of the Year Asteroid City (Focus Features) Barbie (Warner Bros.) Oppenheimer (Universal) 🏆 Poor Things (Searchlight) Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (SONY) Campiest Flick Barbie (Warner Bros.) Bottoms (MGM) Dicks: The Musical (A24) 🏆 M3GAN (Universal) Saltburn (Amazon MGM) *“We’re Wilde* About You!” Rising Star Award 🏆 Ayo Edebiri Lily Gladstone Jacob Elordi Charles Melton Dominic Sessa Wilde Artist Award** To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment Quinta Brunson Ayo Edebiri Greta Gerwig Lily Gladstone 🏆 Todd Haynes GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity 🏆 Colman Domingo Jodie Foster Andrew Haigh Todd Haynes Andrew Scott Timeless Star (Career achievement award) Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit 🏆 Jodie Foster Winner counts per studio: Searchlight 5 NEON 2 Netflix 2 Warner Bros. 2 Magnolia 2 Apple 1 GKIDS 1 Universal 1 About GALECA & Our Dorian Awards Formed in 2009, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors the best in film, television and Broadway/Off Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQIA+, via the Dorian Awards. A 501 c 6 nonprofit, GALECA serves to remind bigots, bullies and our own beleaguered communities that the world looks to the informed Q+ eye on entertainment. The organization also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in our most underrepresented and vulnerable segments. GALECA’s efforts also include the Crimson Honors, a college film/TV criticism contest for LGBTQ women or nonbinary students of color. See our members' latest reviews, commentary and interviews, along with looks at entertainment’s past, via @DorianAwards on X, Facebook and Instagram. GALECA's YouTube channel features the group's past Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials, video chats with filmmakers and performers, plus talks with members about their latest books and more. Find more info at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • 🎥 Dorian Film Nominations 2024 'All of Us Strangers' Leads LGBTQ Critics' Dorian Film Award Nominations, ‘Barbie' and 'May December' in Tow Surprises Include a Supporting Nod for Rachel McAdams for ‘Margaret,' ‘Godzilla' in Ring for Non-English Language Film February 5, 2024 - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group’s democratically chosen nominees for its 15th Dorian Film Awards. All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh’s eerie, devastating—yet ultimately spirited—probing of connection and self-love, led the journalists’ picks for the best of 2023 movies, receiving 9 nods including Film of the Year. Joining Strangers in the top race: Director Greta Gerwig’s rainbow-hued feminist fable Barbie (7 nominations), Todd Haynes’ sly, fact-inspired melodrama May December (6), Past Lives (5) and Poor Things (4). The Dorian Awards, mixing categories mainstream and LGBTQ, go to film, TV and Broadway and Off-Broadway at separate times of the year. GALECA is one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, with an impressive roster of members who contribute to a litany of revered and distinct media outlets in the U.S. and beyond. Along with the standard film and acting categories, GALECA’s trademark races continue to intrigue. Nominees for Unsung Film, for one, include Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (with costar Rachel McAdams also in the running for Supporting Performance), Italian director Andrea Pallaoro’s adult family drama Monica (and star Trace Lysette scored a lead acting nod), Ava DuVernay’s essential Black historical tale Origin, the cheeky comedy Theater Camp, and A Thousand and One, the riveting drama of a struggling New York City mother (Teyana Taylor) out to keep her little boy out of foster care. In the fun Campy Flick category, contenders range from the robot-gone-wild lark M3GAN to the humans-gone-wild larks Dicks: The Musical and Bottoms. Also adding some frisson to the 21 Dorian film categories are three new awards: LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year, LGBTQ Non-English Language Film and Genre Film of the Year, which allows members to focus their informed Q+ eye on science fiction, fantasy and horror titles. The winner of the group’s Timeless Star career achievement honor, which in the past has gone to the likes of Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and John Waters, will be named along with the other final victors on Monday Feb. 26. GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 15TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS LIST OF NOMINEES Film of the Year All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Barbie (Warner Bros.) May December (Netflix) Past Lives (A24) Poor Things (Searchlight) LGBTQ Film of the Year All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Bottoms (MGM) Passages (MUBI, SBS) Rustin (Netflix) Saltburn (Amazon MGM) Director of the Year Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.) Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Todd Haynes, May December (Netflix) Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Universal) Celine Song, Past Lives (A24) Screenplay of the Year *Original or adapted* Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Warner Bros.) Samy Burch, May December (Netflix) Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Celine Song, Past Lives (A24) LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year (new category) Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece, Rustin (Netflix) Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Arthur Harari, Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Arlette Langmann, Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Passages (MUBI) Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Bottoms (MGM) Non-English Language Film of the Year Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) Godzilla Minus One (Toho) Past Lives (A24) The Zone of Interest (A24) LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year (new) Afire (Janus Films, Sideshow) Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Cassandro (Amazon MGM) Monster (Well Go USA, Gaga, Toho) Rotting in the Sun (MUBI) Unsung Film of the Year *To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention* Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) Monica (IFC) Origin (NEON) Theater Camp (Searchlight) A Thousand and One (Focus Features) Film Performance of the Year Colman Domingo, Rustin (Netflix) Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Focus Features) Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple) Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (NEON) Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24) Trace Lysette, Monica (IFC) Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Universal) Natalie Portman, May December (Netflix) Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Emma Stone, Poor Things (Searchlight) Supporting Film Performance of the Year Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple (Warner Bros.) Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (Universal) Jodie Foster, Nyad (Netflix) Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros.) Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) Charles Melton, May December (Netflix) Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Rosamund Pike, Saltburn (Amazon MGM) Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features) Documentary of the Year American Symphony (Netflix) Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions, Fathom Events) Kokomo City (Magnolia) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple) 20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution) LGBTQ Documentary of the Year Every Body (Focus Features) Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO, Confluential Films) Kokomo City (Magnolia) Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia) Orlando, My Political Biography (Janus Film, Sideshow) Animated Film of the Year The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) Elemental (Disney) Nimona (Netflix, Annapurna) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (SONY) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount) Genre Film of the Year (new) *For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror* All of Us Strangers (Searchlight) Godzilla Minus One (Toho) M3GAN (Universal) Poor Things (Searchlight) Talk To Me (A24) Film Music of the Year Barbie — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, et al. (Warner Bros.) The Boy and the Heron — Joe Hisaishi (GKIDS) The Color Purple — Stephen Bray, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Kris Bowers, et al. (Warner Bros.) Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson (Universal) The Zone of Interest — Mica Levi (A24) Visually Striking Film of the Year Asteroid City (Focus Features) Barbie (Warner Bros.) Oppenheimer (Universal) Poor Things (Searchlight) Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (SONY) Campiest Flick Barbie (Warner Bros.) Bottoms (MGM) Dicks: The Musical (A24) M3GAN (Universal) Saltburn (Amazon MGM) *“We’re Wilde* About You!” Rising Star Award Ayo Edebiri Lily Gladstone Jacob Elordi Charles Melton Dominic Sessa Wilde Artist Award To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment Quinta Brunson Ayo Edebiri Greta Gerwig Lily Gladstone Todd Haynes GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award** For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Colman Domingo Jodie Foster Andrew Haigh Todd Haynes Andrew Scott Timeless Star (Career achievement award) *Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit* To be announced February 26 with winners. Nomination counts per studio (Corrected from initial announcement) Searchlight 14 Netflix 11 A24 9 Warner Bros. 9 Amazon/MGM 7 Universal 7 NEON 6 Focus Features 5 GKIDS 3 Magnolia 3 MUBI 3 Toho 3 IFC 2 Janus / Sideshow 2 Lionsgate 2 SONY 2 Apple 2 (corrected) Annapurna 1 HBO 1 Paramount 1 PBS 1 Roadside Attractions 1 About GALECA & Our Dorian Awards Formed in 2009, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honors the best in film, television and Broadway/Off Broadway, mainstream to LGBTQIA+, via the Dorian Awards. A 501 c 6 nonprofit, GALECA serves to remind bigots, bullies and our own beleaguered communities that the world looks to the informed Q+ eye on entertainment. The organization also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in our most underrepresented and vulnerable segments. GALECA’s efforts also include the Crimson Honors, a college film/TV criticism contest for LGBTQ women or nonbinary students of color. See our members' latest reviews, commentary and interviews, along with looks at entertainment’s past, via @DorianAwards on X, Facebook and Instagram. GALECA's YouTube channel features the group's past Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials, video chats with filmmakers and performers, plus talks with members about their latest books and more. Find more info at GALECA.org. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment journalists is a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of underrepresented entertainment journalists organizations. • • • • • 📺 🏆 Dorian TV Awards 2023 ‘Succession,' 'Abbott Elementary,' 'The Other Two’ Score Big in GALECA Dorian TV Awards LGBTQ entertainment journalists also crown Succesion's Sarah Snook with best drama performance, love-up Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island and praise Ariana DeBose for doing her thing Monday, June 26, 2023 – Hollywood, CA - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics named the winners of its 15th Dorian TV Awards today, with high-profile hits and under-the-radar gems evenly represented. HBO's final season of Succession, showrunner Jesse Armstrong's merciless dissection of modern-day, quasi-fictional American Roy-alty, took best drama—and cast member Sarah Snook secured best drama performance—while best comedy went to ABC's Abbott Elementary, star Quinta Brunson's mockumentary following a clique of idealistic Philadelphia school teachers. On the scrappy side, Amazon Freevee's novel prank show Jury Duty was deemed Best Reality Show, Max's showbiz satire The Other Two LGBTQ TV Show and HBO comedies Somebody, Somewhere and Los Espookys Unsung TV Show and Non-English Language Show, respectively. Director Andrew Ahn’s cinematic Fire Island, a clever queer spin on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice released on Hulu, scored Best TV Movie or Miniseries. GALECA members seemed to show a yen for persistent, dryly witty women across most of the performance categories. The journalists chose Somebody's Bridget Everett as best comedy lead, Jennifer Coolidge for best supporting drama performance for her fateful turn in The White Lotus, and Ayo Edebiri of FX on Hulu’s frenzied sandwich shop comedy The Bear. Taking Best TV Musical Performance? Surprise: Ariana DeBose for her maligned—but perhaps in retrospect, fun and sweet—rap tribute to Angela Bassett and other nominees at the BAFTA Film Awards last March. More: Satirist Ziwe Fumudoh's recently cancelled Showtime series ZIWE, a mix of commentary, sketch and topical interviews, won the Dorian for Best Current Affairs Show for the third time in a row. HBO Max's puckish female superhero tale Harley Quinn landed as favorite animated program. And GALECA’s special Wilde Wit award, designated for "a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse,” this year went to venerable comedian Wanda Sykes (past winners include Coolidge, Michaela Coel, Dan Levy, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hannah Gadsby, Kate McKinnon, Carrie Fisher, Amy Schumer, John Oliver and Kathy Griffin). Sykes is enjoying a banner year, scoring laughs and jabs as jaded record exec Shuli Kucerac on The Other Two, real-life political groundbreaker Shirley Chisholm on Hulu’s History of the World: Part II, the quasi-matriarch on Netflix’s blue-collar family sitcom The Upshaws (which she co-created), and as one of Velma’s lesbian moms on that new animated mystery-comedy from producer Mindy Kaling. Plus, the star's May Netflix stand-up special, Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer—complete with her takedowns of everyone from Kyrsten Sinema to MAGA conservatives afraid of Critical Race Theory—earned raves. Speaking of frightening, Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror, TV mastermind Bryan Fuller's documentary series for Shudder, scared-up two Dorians. Season two of Apple TV+'s cheeky musical Schmigadoon! scored Campiest TV Show, and HBO's apocalyptic miniseries The Last of Us impressed as Most Visually Striking TV Show. In the network/streamers race, HBO (including Max) counted a win in half of the 18 programming categories. Hulu (including FX on Hulu) and Shudder each notched two Dorians. In other honors, the group named Coolidge a TV Icon (previous recipients include Christine Baranski and Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a Elvira). And Elliot Page, whose superhero character Viktor Hargreeves came out as trans in the most recent installment of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, joins the ranks of Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Jerrod Carmichael as an LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer. The award is given to entertainment figures who create "art that inspires empathy, truth and equity." Along with TV, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics also honor the best in film and Broadway / Off-Broadway, mainstream to queer+, at separate times of the year. A nonprofit 501 c 6 professional organization founded in 2009, GALECA today consists of over 480 active critics and journalists who work for some of the most popular, revered and enlightening media outlets in the United States and beyond. Via the Dorians, the group endeavors to remind bullies, bigots and society’s currently beleaguered LGBTQ communities that the world has long appreciated the Q+ eye on everything entertainment—not only on hair and clothes. GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for its members, especially those in its most underrepresented segments. This month, GALECA announced the winners of its inaugural Crimson Honors, a public college criticism contest for women or nonbinary students in the QTBIPOC rainbow. The grand prize went to Asha Pruitt, a recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Taila Lee, a Berkeley senior, and Ariana Martinez, a senior at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, were named finalists. All received scholarship funds provided by film and TV reviews aggregate Rotten Tomatoes. More information on the scholarship winners and panel of judges can be found at galeca.org/crimson-honors. To support GALECA’s members and causes, entertainment and media fans can follow @dorianawards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For more information, visit GALECA.org. DORIAN TV AWARDS WINNERS—FULL LIST BEST TV DRAMA Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Last of Us (HBO) ⭐ Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime) BEST TV COMEDY ⭐ Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX on Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) Poker Face (Peacock) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) A League of Their Own (Amazon) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) The Last of Us (HBO) ⭐ The Other Two (HBO Max) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Beef (Netflix) Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon) Dead Ringers (Amazon) ⭐ Fire Island (Hulu) Rye Lane (Hulu) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW  A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) Derry Girls (Netflix) Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) Los Espookys (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) ⭐ Somebody Somewhere (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix) ⭐ Los Espookys (HBO) Smiley (Netflix) Young Royals (Netflix) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO) Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO) Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO) ⭐ Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA  Murray Bartlett, The Last of Us (HBO) ⭐ Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus (HBO) Nick Offerman, The Last of Us (HBO) Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus (HBO) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) ⭐ Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock) Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) ⭐ Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Kaala Bhairava & Rahul Sipligunj, "Naatu Naatu," 95th Academy Awards (ABC) ⭐ Ariana DeBose, “Angela Bassett Did the Thing (Opening Number),” BAFTA Film Awards (Britbox) Bridgett Everett, "Gloria," Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Jane Krakowski, "Bells and Whistles," Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Nick Offerman, "Long, Long Time," The Last of Us (HBO) BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES  Pamela, A Love Story (Netflix) Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu) ⭐ Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder) The Rehearsal (HBO) The 1619 Project (Hulu) BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES The Book of Queer (Discovery+) Generation Drag (Discovery+) Mama’s Boy (HBO) ⭐ Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder) We’re Here (HBO) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) ⭐ ZIWE (Showtime) BEST ANIMATED SHOW  Big Mouth (Netflix) Dead End: Paranormal Park (Netflix) ⭐ Harley Quinn (HBO Max) South Park (Comedy Central) The Simpsons (Fox) BEST REALITY SHOW  ⭐ Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) Queer Eye (Netflix) Rupaul's Drag Race (MTV) The Traitors (Peacock) The Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW  Andor (Disney+) Dead Ringers (Amazon) ⭐ The Last of Us (HBO) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon) The White Lotus (HBO) CAMPIEST TV SHOW Dead Ringers (Amazon) Eurovision Song Contest (Peacock) Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+) ⭐ Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+) Wednesday (Netflix) WILDE WIT AWARD —To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse Joel Kim Booster Quinta Brunson Lizzo ⭐ Wanda Sykes Bowen Yang GALECA TV ICON AWARD —To a uniquely talented star we adore ⭐ Jennifer Coolidge GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD —For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity ⭐ Elliot Page • • • • • 'The Last of Us,' 'Somebody Somewhere,' 'The White Lotus' and 'Abbott Elementary' Lead GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian TV Award Nominations Eclectic mix of nods includes 'Interview with the Vampire,' 'Jury Duty,’ ‘Rye Lane,’ 'Generation Drag,’ ‘The Rehearsal,’ 'Los Espookys’ and a certain under-praised performance by Ariana DeBose Wednesday, June 14, 2023 – Hollywood, CA - Again reminding hateful bigots, craven politicians and myopic media moguls that America’s favorite films, movies and plays are often first spotted by the Q+ eye, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics today announced its Dorian TV Award nominations for the best in television and streaming, mainstream to niche. HBO’s heart-rending apocalyptic drama The Last of Us topped the list with eight nominations, starting with Best TV Drama, where it faces the same network’s the-rich-must-pay parables Succession and The White Lotus, Showtime’s regretful cannibals opus Yellowjackets, and AMC’s delectably daring series version of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Somebody Somewhere, HBO’s poignant comedy about a single Kansas woman and friends navigating the questions of life, notched six nominations, including Best TV Comedy. Last year’s Dorian winner in that category, Abbott Elementary, chalked up four nods from GALECA, a national group of over 480 professional journalists writing on entertainment for some of the most respected media outlets in the world. Industry wags interested in network/streamer counts, HBO ruled with 32 nominations for its programs and stars, with Netflix and Amazon also doing nicely with 13 and 10, respectively. Succession siblings Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin, and Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey of The Last of Us, have been made to vie against themselves and past Dorian winner Melanie Lynskey of Yellowjackets for Best TV Performance—Drama. In the comedy lead ring, it’s Poker Face revelation Natasha Lyonne, Ali Wong of Netflix’s road-rage tale Beef, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan, Somebody Somewhere hero Bridget Everett, and Quinta Brunson, star-creator of Abbott Elementary. Brunson is also among GALECA’s latest nominees for its special Wilde Wit award, along with Joel Kim Booster, Lizzo, Wanda Sykes and previous winner Bowen Yang. Other trademark Dorian Awards categories include Visually Striking Show—Disney+’s Star Wars spinoff Andor, Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are in the mix there—and Campiest TV Show. Pulling the proverbial wigs off in the latter race: Dead Ringers, Eurovision Song Contest, Hocus Pocus 2, Schmigadoon!, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Netflix’s cheeky-kooky Wednesday. Recipients of GALECA's TV Icon and LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer will be revealed at a later date. Winners will be announced June 21. ABOUT GALECA At separate times of the year, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics provides the world the expert Q+ eye on film, television and, under its theater wing, Broadway and Off-Broadway. In addition to honoring the best in entertainment via its Dorian Awards, the nonprofit organization—run democratically by volunteers—advocates for better pay, access and respect for its over 480 members, many of whom remain undervalued by the very media they support. Please follow our doings via @dorianawards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. And for more information, visit GALECA.org. DORIAN TV AWARDS NOMINEES—FULL LIST BEST TV DRAMA Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) The Last of Us (HBO) Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime) BEST TV COMEDY Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX on Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) Poker Face (Peacock) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) A League of Their Own (Amazon) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) The Last of Us (HBO) The Other Two (HBO Max) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Beef (Netflix) Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon) Dead Ringers (Amazon) Fire Island (Hulu) Rye Lane (Hulu) BEST UNSUNG SHOW A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) Derry Girls (Netflix) Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) Los Espookys (HBO Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH SHOW Elite (Netflix) Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix) Los Espookys (HBO) Smiley (Netflix) Young Royals (Netflix) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO) Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO) Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO) Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Murray Bartlett, The Last of Us (HBO) Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus (HBO) Nick Offerman, The Last of Us (HBO) Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus (HBO) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock) Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Kaala Bhairava & Rahul Sipligunj, "Naatu Naatu," 95th Academy Awards (ABC) Ariana DeBose, “Angela Bassett Did the Thing (Opening Number),” BAFTA Film Awards (Britbox) Bridgett Everett, "Gloria," Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Jane Krakowski, "Bells and Whistles," Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Nick Offerman, "Long, Long Time," The Last of Us (HBO) BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES Pamela, A Love Story (Netflix) Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu) Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder) The Rehearsal (HBO) The 1619 Project (Hulu) BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES The Book of Queer (Discovery+) Generation Drag (Discovery+) Mama’s Boy (HBO) Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder) We’re Here (HBO) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Ziwe (Showtime) BEST ANIMATED SHOW Big Mouth (Netflix) Dead End: Paranormal Park (Netflix) Harley Quinn (HBO Max) South Park (Comedy Central) The Simpsons (Fox) BEST REALITY SHOW Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) Queer Eye (Netflix) Rupaul's Drag Race (MTV) The Traitors (Peacock) The Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW Andor (Disney+) Dead Ringers (Amazon) The Last of Us (HBO) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon) The White Lotus (HBO) CAMPIEST TV SHOW Dead Ringers (Amazon) Eurovision Song Contest (Peacock) Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+) Wednesday (Netflix) WILDE WIT AWARD To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse Joel Kim Booster Quinta Brunson Lizzo Wanda Sykes Bowen Yang Nominations by network/streamer (revised) HBO / HBO Max 32 Netflix 13 Amazon / Amazon Freevee 10 ABC 5 Peacock 5 Hulu 4 Showtime 3 Disney+ 3 FX on Hulu 3 AMC 2 Apple TV+ 2 Comedy Central 2 Discovery+ 2 Shudder 2 Britbox 1 Fox 1 MTV 1 Programs with more than one nomination The Last of Us 8 Somebody Somewhere 6 The White Lotus 5 Abbott Elementary 4 Dead Ringers 3 Succession 3 The Bear 2 Beef 2 Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire 2 Jury Duty 2 Los Espookys 2 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 2 Poker Face 2 The Other Two 2 Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror 2 Schmigadoon! 2 Yellowjackets 2 • • • • • 'Kimberly Akimbo,' 'Fat Ham,' 'Titaníque' Score Big in LGBTQ Critics' First Dorian Theater Awards Victoria Clark, Jodie Comer, Marla Mindelle and J. Harrison Ghee Also Triumph in Honors Covering All of Broadway and Off-Broadway Thursday June 1, 2023 - The 35 members of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' theater wing announced the winners and finalists of its inaugural Dorian Theater Awards, honoring the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway for the 2022-2023 season. Like GALECA’s Dorian film and TV honors, the group's theater honors celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+-themed productions. The wing's members, listed below, are stage critics and / or journalists who regularly cover NYC theater for notable media outlets. Kimberly Akimbo was a clear favorite in the Broadway categories. The new musical, by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, was the most awarded production, picking up four awards: Outstanding Broadway Musical, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical for Victoria Clark, Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical for Bonnie Milligan, and Outstanding Broadway Ensemble. Voters also demonstrated love for James Ijames’ audacious new play Fat Ham, which won Outstanding Broadway Play and Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production. J. Harrison Ghee, star of Some Like it Hot, was bestowed the LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award. The honor is given to a figure in the NYC theater industry who inspires empathy, truth and equity. Ghee recently became the first nonbinary performer to receive a Tony Award nomination for Lead Actor in a Musical for their sensitive portrayal of Daphne in the toe-tapping tuner. The group’s trademark Broadway Showstopper Award, for a standout production number or scene, went to the rousing “Independently Owned” from Shucked. In the Off-Broadway arena, GALECA members christened the parody musical Titaníque, which incorporates the songs of Celine Dion to tell a unique version of the Titanic story, as Outstanding Off-Broadway Production. Star and co-creator Marla Mindelle—who essays Dion in the play—received a performance nod. Said wing co-chair Sam Eckmann of Gold Derby: "I’m thrilled to commence Pride Month with the first ever crop of Dorian Theater Award winners. From the gentleness of Kimberly Akimbo and Into the Woods, to boundary-pushing works such as Fat Ham and Prima Facie to the shot of serotonin that is Titaníque, our cohort of passionate journalists has uplifted the spectacular artistry that thrives in the New York theater scene." “GALECA’s Theater Wing is deeply grateful to the many productions and performers, on and off Broadway, who made voting a pleasure,” said theater co-chair Merryn Johns, editor of the website Queer Forty. “We’re already looking at next season with great anticipation." Full list of Dorian Theater Awards winners and finalists: Note: Three finalists rather than two denotes a tie in voting Outstanding Broadway Musical ⭐ Kimberly Akimbo Finalists: Shucked Some Like it Hot Outstanding Broadway Play ⭐ Fat Ham Finalists: Cost of Living Leopoldstadt Outstanding Broadway Musical Revival ⭐ Into the Woods Finalists: Parade Sweeney Todd Outstanding Broadway Play Revival ⭐ A Doll’s House Finalists: Ohio State Murders The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window Topdog/Underdog Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Musical ⭐ Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo Finalists: Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like it Hot Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Musical ⭐ Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo Finalists: Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo Alex Newell, Shucked Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play ⭐ Jodie Comer, Prima Facie Finalists: Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway Play ⭐ Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo' Finalists: Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window Outstanding Broadway Ensemble ⭐ Kimberly Akimbo Finalists: Into the Woods Shucked The Broadway Showstopper Award to a standout production number or scene ⭐ “Independently Owned” from Shucked Finalists: “Better” from Kimberly Akimbo “You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather” from Some Like it Hot Outstanding LGBTQ Broadway Production ⭐ Fat Ham Finalists: & Juliet Some Like it Hot Outstanding Off-Broadway Production ⭐ Titaníque Finalists: Dark Disabled Stories Downstate Outstanding Off-Broadway Performance ⭐ Marla Mindelle, Titaníque Finalists: K. Todd Freeman, Downstate Ryan J. Haddad, Dark Disabled Stories Parker Posey, The Seagull/Woodstock, NY LGBTQ Theater Trailblazer Award to a figure who inspires empathy, truth, and equity ⭐ J. Harrison Ghee Finalists: Jordan E. Cooper Ryan J. Haddad GALECA THEATER WING MEMBERS Co-chair Merryn Johns, Queer Forty Co-chair Sam Eckmann, Gold Derby Broadway lead Marshall Heyman, Town and Country, etc. Off-Broadway lead Cary Wong, Film Score Monthly Online, etc. Film & Theater Industry Liaison Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network, Awards Daily Kerensa Cadenas, GQ, etc. Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, etc. Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, etc. Adam Feldman, Time Out Brian Herrera, StinkyLulu Says podcast James Kleinmann, The Queer Review Naveen Kumar, Variety, etc. Stacy Lambe, ET Online Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, etc. Soraya McDonald, Andscape Charles O’Keefe, E! News Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater Dan Meyer, Theatrely Abby Monteil, them, etc. Michael Musto, The Village Voice, etc. Louis Peitzman, High Drama newsletter, etc. Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely Mathew Rodriguez, them Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Marcus Scott, Time Out, American Theatre Ashley Steves, Today on Broadway podcast / Broadway Radio Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast Kyle Turner, Slant, etc. Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway newsletter, etc. Matthew Wexler, Queerty Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter Curtis Wong, HuffPost Theater Wing Diversity Liaison: Jose Solis Historian: Will Kohler • • • • • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Sweeps GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 14th Dorian Film Awards • Sleeper Hit’s Seven Nods Include Best Film, Performances, LGBTQ Film • Star Michelle Yeoh Also Named ‘Wilde’ Artist • ‘Aftersun,’ ‘RRR,’ ‘Beauty and the Bloodshed,’ ‘Marcel’ Also Score • Janelle Monáe Hailed as LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer February 23, 2023 - Hollywood, CA - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has named A24’s fantastical and affecting family relationship drama Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022’s Film of the Year—and then some—in its 14th Dorian Film Awards. Everything creative duo Daniel Kwan andDaniel Scheinert co-won both director and best screenplay honors, star Michelle Yeoh seized best performance, Ke Huy Quan edged out two of his costars for supporting performance, while the time-and-reality-warping box office champ also nabbed LGBTQ Film and Visually Striking Film wins. No need to feel sad for Quan’s Everything cast mate Stephanie Hsu—the group of over 400 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons named the breakout actress Rising Star of the Year. GALECA’s Dorian Award voters chose writer-director Charlotte Wells’ father-daughter tearjerker Aftersun as best Unsung Film, a category meant for "an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention.” A24’s roll didn’t stop there—the studio’s stop-motion charmer Marcel the Shell with Shoes On walked off with Animated Film, and its cheeky horror prequel Pearl, headlining co-writer Mia Goth as an ax-wielding wannabe in 1918 Texas, scored (the not always complementary) Campiest Flick honors. Two Dorians went to All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, director Laura Poitras' searing Neon tragidoc involving famed photographer—and recovering Oxy-Contin addict—Nan Goldin. The film, taking both best documentary and LGBTQ documentary, follows the bisexual Goldin in her mission to shame members of the Sackler family pharma dynasty for willfully helping fuel America’s opioid crisis. Non-English Language Film of the Year: RRR, the rollicking, spectacular—and song-filled—historical adventure about two passionate South Indian rebels determined to push British colonials from their homeland in the 1920s. As for the group's special accolades, Yeoh—currently seen in the re-release of the movie that made her an international star, 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—was GALECA’s latest pick for Wilde Artist of the Year. The honor, named in homage to Oscar Wilde, goes to a “truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television.” Previous recipients include such entertainment firebrands as Pedro Almodóvar, Todd Haynes, Kate McKinnon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ryan Murphy, Dolly Parton, Jordan Peele and Joey Soloway. The big-hearted, ebullient nonbinary actor-singer Janelle Monáe, costar of last year’s popular big-screen lark Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (for which they received a Dorian nomination), was named LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer. Past Trailblazers (either film or TV) include director Isabel Sandoval, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Almodóvar. The group will announce the recipient of its Timeless Star career achievement honor at a later date. In a special vote in their film ballots, GALECA’s members were asked to name an LGBTQ-themed theatrical release of 2022 that they felt deserved more attention (streaming platform releases such as Hulu’s Fire Island and Netflix’s Do Revenge were not considered but will be eligible for the next Dorian TV Awards). The group’s 10 Best Unsung LGBTQ Film Films of 2022, in alphabetical order: Anais in Love, Benediction, Close, Firebird, Girl Picture, Great Freedom, Peter von Kant, Please Baby Please, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies and We're All Going to the World's Fair. “Pushing through a pandemic, plus frightening attacks on not just America's democracy but its citizens of color and anyone who isn’t straight—we’ve all had to deal with a lot lately,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. “But how great is that the movies are back, from big, exciting blockbuster to personal and quirky stories that hit home for all types of cinema fans? No matter what’s going on in the mind of a certain Florida governor and his ilk, the best movies, and TV too, will only continue to reflect what’s going on in the real world—and parallel ones too. Looking at our nominees and winners, you can let out a nice, deep breath.” 14TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS WINNERS LIST Film of the Year Aftersun (A24) The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) * Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) The Fabelmans (Universal) Tár (Focus Features) LGBTQ Film of the Year Benediction (Roadside Attractions) Bros (Universal) * Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) The Inspection (A24) Tár (Focus Features) Director of the Year Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features) * Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists) Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24) Screenplay of the Year Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features) * Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists) Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24) Non-English Language Film of the Year All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix, Amusement Park) Close (A24) Decision to Leave (Mubi, CJ Entertainment) EO (Sideshow, Janus Films) * RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Unsung Film of the Year To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention * Aftersun (A24) After Yang (A24) Benediction (Roadside Attractions) The Eternal Daughter (A24) Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Searchlight) The Menu (Searchlight) Emily the Criminal (Vertical/Roadside Attractions) Film Performance of the Year Cate Blanchett, Tár (Focus Features) Austin Butler, Elvis (Warner Bros.) Viola Davis, The Woman King (Sony) Danielle Deadwyler, Till (United Artists) Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Brendan Fraser, The Whale (A24) Mia Goth, Pearl (A24) Paul Mescal, Aftersun (A24) Jeremy Pope, The Inspection (A24) * Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Supporting Film Performance of the Year Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney, Marvel) Hong Chau, The Whale (A24) Jaime Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness (Neon) Nina Hoss, Tár (Focus Features) Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: Knives Out (Netflix) Keke Palmer, Nope (Universal) * Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Documentary of the Year * All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon) Fire of Love (Neon, National Geographic) Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios) Moonage Daydream (Neon) Navalny (Warner Bros.) LGBTQ Documentary of the Year * All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon) Framing Agnes (Kino Lorber) Moonage Daydream (Neon) Nelly & Nadine (Wolfe Releasing) Sirens (Oscilloscope) Animated Film of the Year Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix) * Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks, Universal) Turning Red (Disney, Pixar) Wendell & Wild (Netflix) Film Music of the Year Babylon - score by Justin Hurvitz (Paramount) Elvis - score and music production by Elliott Wheeler; the music of Elvis Presley; various artists (Warner Bros.) RRR - score by M.M. Keeravani (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) * Tár - score and curation by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Focus Features) Women Talking - score by Hildur Guðnadóttir (United Artists) Visually Striking Film of the Year Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century) Babylon (Paramount) * Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Nope (Universal) RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Campiest Flick of the Year Babylon (Paramount) Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24) Elvis (Warner Bros.) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) * Pearl (A24) RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Rising Star Award Austin Butler Frankie Corio * Stephanie Hsu Gabriel LaBelle Jenna Ortega Jeremy Pope Wilde Artist Award To a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television Cate Blanchett Billy Eichner Janelle Monáe Keke Palmer * Michelle Yeoh GALECA LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award * Janelle Monáe • • • • • Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Announces 14th Dorian Film Awards Nominations ‘Everything,’ ‘Tár’ Lead the Way ‘Aftersun,’ ‘Banshees’ Shine Too Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced its 14th Dorian Film Awards nominations, with mind-bending comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh as a beleaguered, alternate reality-bouncing laundromat owner, leading with 9 nominations. Tár, the dizzyingly heady drama with Cate Blanchett as an orchestra conductor experiencing her own issues with reality, follows with 7. The cutting end-of-a-bromance tale The Banshees of Inisherin notched 5 nominations, as did the heartbreaking father-daughter drama Aftersun—including two for writer-director Charlotte Wells. Winners will be named February 23. Formed in 2009, GALECA now consists of over 400 professional critics and entertainment journalists, making it one of the largest and most influential organizations of its type in the world. Members predominantly based in the U.S., with some in Canada, Australia and the U.K. They work or freelance for an impressive array of online, print and broadcast outlets. The membership honors the best in film and television, mainstream to LGBTQIA+-focused. Over the years, the group’s top film prize has gone to such titles as Parasite, Nomadland and 12 Years a Slave, as well as queer-driven tales Carol, Moonlight and, last awards season, The Power of the Dog. In addition to Film of the Year, the current 17 Dorian Awards film categories include trademark accolades Unsung Film, Campiest Flick and Visually Striking Film of the Year. The group also bestows its Timeless Star career achievement honor and the “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star award. GALECA’s members are well-regarded and regularly vetted critics, reporters, producers, hosts and/or editors working in print, online, podcasting and/or broadcasting across a vast array of noteworthy outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia, the U.K. and beyond. Members vote on the best in all of film in early spring, TV in autumn. A 501 c 6 nonprofit membership association, GALECA presses for increased access, respect and pay for its members, many of whom remain undervalued by the very media business they champion • GALECA, mindful of the power of screen stories and imagery, encourages thoughtful and constructive film and television criticism for a more enlightened society • Via panels, screenings and its Dorian Awards, the organization also strives to remind bigots, bullies and our own at-risk youth that the world loves the distinct Q+ eye on entertainment. Fans can follow @DorianAwards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On GALECA's YouTube channel, they can watch the group's past celebrity-filled Dorians film and TV Toast awards specials and more. For more information, visit GALECA.org and contact info@galeca.org. GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS 14TH DORIAN FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS Film of the Year Aftersun (A24) The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) The Fabelmans (Universal) Tár (Focus Features) LGBTQ Film of the Year Benediction (Roadside Attractions) Bros (Universal) Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) The Inspection (A24) Tár (Focus Features) Director(s) of the Year Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists) Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24) Screenplay of the Year Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Sarah Polley, Women Talking (United Artists) Charlotte Wells, Aftersun (A24) Non-English Language Film of the Year All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix, Amusement Park) Close (A24) Decision to Leave (Mubi, CJ Entertainment) EO (Sideshow, Janus Films) RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films Unsung Film of the Year (To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention) Aftersun (A24) After Yang (A24) Benediction (Roadside Attractions) The Eternal Daughter (A24) Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Searchlight) The Menu (Searchlight) Emily the Criminal (Vertical/Roadside Attractions) Film Performance of the Year Cate Blanchett, Tár (Focus Features) Austin Butler, Elvis (Warner Bros.) Viola Davis, The Woman King (Sony) Danielle Deadwyler, Till (United Artists) Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Brendan Fraser, The Whale (A24) Mia Goth, Pearl (A24) Paul Mescal, Aftersun (A24) Jeremy Pope, The Inspection (A24) Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Supporting Film Performance of the Year Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney, Marvel) Hong Chau, The Whale (A24) Jaime Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness (Neon) Nina Hoss, Tár (Focus Features) Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight) Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: Knives Out (Netflix) Keke Palmer, Nope (Universal) Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Documentary of the Year All The Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon) Fire of Love (Neon, National Geographic) Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios) Moonage Daydream (Neon) Navalny (Warner Bros.) LGBTQ Documentary of the Year All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Neon) Framing Agnes (Kino Lorber) Moonage Daydream (Neon) Nelly & Nadine (Wolfe Releasing) Sirens (Oscilloscope) Animated Film of the Year Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix) Marcel The Shell with Shoes On (A24) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks, Universal) Turning Red (Disney, Pixar) Wendell & Wild (Netflix) Film Music of the Year Babylon - score by Justin Hurvitz (Paramount) Elvis - score and music production by Elliott Wheeler; the music of Elvis Presley; various artists (Warner Bros.) RRR - score by M.M. Keeravani (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Tár - score and curation by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Focus Features) Women Talking - score by Hildur Guðnadóttir (United Artists) Visually Striking Film of the Year Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century) Babylon (Paramount) Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Nope (Universal) RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Campiest Flick of the Year Babylon (Paramount) Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24) Elvis (Warner Bros.) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) Pearl (A24) RRR (DVV Entertainment, Variance Films) Rising Star Award Austin Butler Frankie Corio Stephanie Hsu Gabriel LaBelle Jenna Ortega Jeremy Pope Wilde Artist Award (To a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television) Cate Blanchett Billy Eichner Janelle Monáe Keke Palmer Michelle Yeoh Timeless Award (To an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) Note: Honor alternates yearly between male and female / non-binary recipients) RuPaul Andre Charles Nathan Lane Tom Hanks Anthony Hopkins Bill Nighy STUDIO & DISTRIBUTOR COUNTS A24 - 25 nominations Focus: 7 Searchlight - 7 Neon - 6 Netflix - 5 Universal - 5 DVV Entertainment / Variance Films - 4 United Artists - 4 Warner Bros. - 4 Paramount - 3 Roadside Attractions - 3 Disney - 2 Sony - 1 Amazon Studios - 1 DreamWorks - 1 Oscilloscope - 1 Janus/Sideshow - 1 Kino Lorber - 1 Marvel - 1 National Geographic - 1 Pixar - 1 Vertical - 1 Wolfe Releasing - 1 • • • • • 14th Dorian TV Awards Winners Announcement 'Yellowjackets,' 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Heartstopper' Named TV's Best in LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' 14th Dorian Awards ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Melanie Lynskey, Jennifer Coolidge Win in Performance Categories — Beyonce, Jerrod Carmichael Also Rule — Christine Baranski and Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson Share 'TV Icon' Honor AUGUST 17, 2022 - Los Angeles - Proving once more that the "gay agenda” is out to force its will on God-fearing freedom lovers, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics today announced the winners of its 14th Dorian TV Awards for both mainstream and LGBTQIA+ programs. GALECA, comprised of 360 film, TV and pop culture critics and journalists in the U.S., Canada, Australia and U.K., chose Showtime’s very fine young cannibals drama Yellowjackets for Best TV Drama. Melanie Lynskey, star of that searing, decades-spanning mystery-drama, scored Best TV Performance. ABC’s pointedly funny Abbott Elementary, star-creator Quinta Brunson’s sitcom about a devoted teacher navigating an underfunded public grade school in Philadelphia, earned Best TV Comedy. Another school-set hit, Netflix's Heartstopper, scored Best LGBTQ TV Show for its tender and exhilarating tale of friendship, love and romance among a variety of Brit teens. The group deemed HBO’s Euphoria Most Visually Striking TV Show, while the group winked along with the cast and writers of Peacock’s Girls5eva in hailing the hilariously over-the-top girl group comedy as Campiest TV Show (over more low-hanging fruit picks like the Lady Di stage tribute Diana: The Musical). The first installment of The White Lotus, writer Mike White’s acerbic HBO anthology about revelers and workers at a high-end Hawaiian resort, landed Best TV Movie or Miniseries. Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge took Best Supporting TV Performance for her turn as a certain guest with lots of baggage. Interestingly, Coolidge also won GALECA’s Wilde Wit award, normally reserved for comics and late night talk show hosts, over some stiff competition. Best Non-English Language TV Show went to Netflix's dystopian thriller Squid Game, which, it should be noted, included a controversial set of mincing, limp-wristed VIP villains. ZIWE, the Showtime hybrid of talk, current affairs, sketch and satire starring analytical comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, won Best Current Affairs Program for the second straight time. HBO Max’s comedy The Other Two, about two adult siblings overshadowed by their famous younger brother and famous mom, was singled out again as Best Unsung TV Show (the series won the category in 2020). Best Animated Show went to Bob’s Burgers. Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series: The Andy Warhol Diaries. GALECA’s inaugural TV Icon honor (streamlined from its original name, The “You Deserve An Award!” Award), came out a tie. The New York theatre-trained Christine Baranski, beloved for her aloof and deceptively imperious roles in such series as Cybill, The Good Wife, The Good Fight and HBO’s current period drama The Gilded Age, shares the title with comic actress Cassandra Peterson, adored for her decades of vamping, alter ego-style, as horror movie show host Elvira. In another special tribute, actor-comedian Jerrod Carmichael was named LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer "for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” “Rothaniel Jerrod Carmichael, raised in a low-income household in North Carolina, was just 26 when he helped convince NBC to put his own sitcom on the air back in 2015,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. "The Carmichael Show proved then he was not only an entertainment wunderkind, but one who mixed his determination with rare heart and purpose, shedding light on hot-button societal issues from racism to police brutality with the sort of frankness fictional TV rarely does.” In coming out in his HBO comedy special Rothaniel this year, Griffiths added, “He did so with the sort of self-effacing wit, vulnerability and observational humor that would make his heroes Richard Pryor and George Carlin proud. Carmichael has no doubt helped a lot of people turn a page.” GALECA’s Dorian film and TV award nominees and winners are chosen in purely democratic fashion, with the entire membership able to vote. The group does not allow for committees to select a category’s nominees, though the Board may decide to present its own honor on occasion. GALECA’s 14th Dorian Film Awards nominees will be revealed in January. ABOUT GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, formed in 2009, sponsors the Dorian Awards, which honor the best in film and TV mainstream to queer+. The Dorians exist in part to remind bullies, bigots and LGBTQIA+ communities’ at-risk youth that the world loves the Q+ eye on entertainment. A nonprofit 501 c 6 professional organization, GALECA currently consists of over 360 active critics and journalists working or freelancing in online, print, TV and radio/podcasting for a variety of noteworthy outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia, the U.K. and beyond. Run completely by volunteers, GALECA also helps advocate for better pay, access and respect for its members and all undervalued pop culture journalists. Advisory Board members include such esteemed journalists and media experts as Judy Wieder, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Bobby Rivers, David Ansen, Kevin Thomas, Koa Beck, Monica Trasandes and Michael Musto. Past televised or in-person Dorian Awards events have featured appearances by such winners or presenters as Janelle Monáe, Regina King, Antonio Banderas, Bowen Yang, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman, Dan Levy, Jean Smart, Josh Thomas, Andrew Ahn, Laverne Cox, Billy Porter, Carey Mulligan, Rachel McAdams, Cynthia Nixon, Margaret Cho, Daniel Kaluuya, John Oliver, Olivia Newton-John, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Cheyenne Jackson and Charo. GALECA’s Dorian “Toast” special can be streamed on Tubi, Planet Out, Revry TV and GALECA’s YouTube channel. Say “LGBTQ Critics" and show your solidarity with underrepresented entertainment journalists by following @DorianAwards on Twitter Facebook and Instagram. Visit GALECA.org for more information. GALECA is a member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of journalists groups that also includes the African American Film Critics Association, Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, Online Female Film Critics Association, and the Asian American Journalists Association’s Features Forum. COMPLETE LIST OF 14TH DORIAN TV AWARD NOMINEES AND WINNERS BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC) Heartstopper (Netflix) * Yellowjackets (Showtime) Severance (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) BEST TV COMEDY * Abbott Elementary (ABC) Barry (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Hacks (HBO Max) * Heartstopper (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Dopesick (Hulu) The Dropout (Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Station Eleven (HBO Max) * The White Lotus (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Lupin (Netflix) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) Pachinko (Apple TV+) * Squid Game (Netflix) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW - to an exceptional program worthy of greater attention Better Things (FX) * The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Russian Doll (Netflix) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) BEST TV PERFORMANCE Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Kit Connor, Heartstopper (Netflix) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Bill Hader, Barry (HBO) Lily James, Pam & Tommy (Hulu) Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix) * Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout (HBO) Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max) Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO) Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO) * Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Matthew Macfadyen Succession (HBO) Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC) Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria (HBO) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE * Beyoncé, “Be Alive” from King Richard, 94th Academy Awards (ABC) Kristin Chenoweth and cast, “Tribulation,” Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller, “Don’t Give Up,” Somebody Somewhere(HBO) Jean Smart, “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman,” Hacks (HBO Max) Cecily Strong and cast, “Corn Puddin’,” Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Hannah Waddingham and cast, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES * The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) How To with John Wilson (HBO) Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (HBO) We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) * ZIWE (Showtime) BEST ANIMATED SHOW Arcane (Netflix) Big Mouth (Netflix) * Bob’s Burgers (Fox) Q Force (Netflix) Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim) What If … ? (Disney+) BEST REALITY SHOW Legendary (HBO Max) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) * RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef: Houston (Bravo) We’re Here (HBO) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW * Euphoria (HBO) The Gilded Age (HBO) Loki (Disney+) Severance (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) CAMPIEST TV SHOW Diana: The Musical (Netflix) Euphoria (HBO) * Girls5Eva (Peacock) Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) WILDE WIT AWARD - To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse Joel Kim Booster Quinta Brunson Jerrod Carmichael * Jennifer Coolidge Bowen Yang GALECA TV ICON AWARD (TIE) Note: This in an inaugural honor and its name has been truncated from the one previously announced Gillian Anderson * Christine Baranski Lynda Carter Kim Cattrall * Cassandra Peterson GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER - For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity * Jerrod Carmichael Margaret Cho Russell T Davies Kate McKinnon Bowen Yang • • • • • 14th Dorian TV Awards Nominations Announcement ‘Hacks,' ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ ‘Euphoria' Lead in LGBTQ Critics Dorian TV Nominations JUNE 22, 2022 - As frighteningly reactionary Florida governor Ron DeSantis frets that grade school teachers will somehow turn kids queer . . . as GOP candidates like Arizona’s Kari Lake feverishly push to ban drag queens (not to mention books) from libraries . . . as certain multimillionaire celebrities huff and puff that the often poorly paid and harassed (and murdered) trans woman should not be called a woman . . . the fact remains that the world will always look to the trend-spotting, trend-setting LGBTQ community for the latest and coolest in pop culture. Not a small thing. Just ask Beyoncé. The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, now comprised of 385 professional critics and journalists covering film and television, has announced its 13th Dorian TV Awards nominations for the best in all of TV, mainstream to LGBTQIA+ content. Leading GALECA members’ short list of TV’s best, with five nominations each, are HBO’s freshman comedy Somebody Somewhere and HBO Max’s Hacks. HBO’s wildly provocative teen drama, Euphoria, follows with four nominations, including nods for star Zendaya, Most Visually Striking TV Show and the group’s dubious Campiest TV Show honor (alongside Apple+’s intentionally amusing musical Schmigadoon! and Netflix’s oh-so-awkward Lady Di stage tribute Diana: The Musical). In network nomination counts, HBO tops with 23, Netflix is next with 15 and HBO Max has 13 (that’s 36 in all for HBO networks). GALECA members were drawn to a variety of new shows this past seasons, with ABC’s welcome public school comedy Abbott Elementary, the lovely British teen dramedy Heartstopper (Netflix) and surprising dramas Yellowjackets (Showtime) and Severance (Apple TV+) all receiving multiple nods. Helping christen GALECA’s inaugural “You Deserve An Award!” Award to a beloved TV icon are nominees Gillian Anderson, Christine Baranski, Lynda Carter, Kim Cattrall and Cassandra Peterson. In the running for Wilde Wit: Abbott Elementary star and creator Quinta Brunson, rising comedian Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island), standup comic and TV wunderkind Jerrod Carmichael (Rothaniel), distinctly amusing actress Jennifer Coolidge and Bowen Yang, last year’s Dorian winner in the category. And GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer nominees Carmichael, Margaret Cho, Russell T Davies, Kate McKinnon and Yang are all celebrated "for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” Full list of nominees and nomination counts below. Winners of the 14th Dorian TV Awards will be revealed Wednesday, August 17. Televised editions of past Dorian Awards, featuring such winners or presenters as Janelle Monáe, Regina King, Antonio Banderas, Bowen Yang, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman, Dan Levy, Jean Smart, Josh Thomas, Andrew Ahn, Laverne Cox, Billy Porter, Carey Mulligan, Rachel McAdams, Cynthia Nixon, Margaret Cho, Daniel Kaluuya, John Oliver, Olivia Newton-John, Michaela JaéRodriguez, Cheyenne Jackson and Charo, can be streamed on Tubi, Planet Out and Revry TV and GALECA’s YouTube channel. GALECA's timeline for next year’s 14th Dorian Film Awards will be announced in August. COMPLETE LIST OF DORIAN TV AWARD NOMINEES * BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC Heartstopper (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Severance (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) BEST TV COMEDY Abbott Elementary (ABC) Barry (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) BEST LGBTQ SHOW Hacks (HBO Max) Heartstopper (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Dopesick (Hulu) The Dropout (Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Lupin (Netflix) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) Pachinko (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) BEST UNSUNG SHOW Better Things (FX) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Russian Doll (Netflix) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) BEST TV PERFORMANCE Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Kit Connor, Heartstopper (Netflix) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Bill Hader, Barry (HBO) Lily James, Pam & Tommy (Hulu) Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix) Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Amanda Seyfried, Dropout (Hulu) Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max) Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO) Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO) Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Matthew Macfadyen Succession (HBO) Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC) Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria (HBO) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Beyonce’ “Be Alive,” 94th Academy Awards (ABC) Kristin Chenoweth and cast, “Tribulation,” Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller, “Don’t Give Up,” Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Jean Smart, “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman,” Hacks (HBO Max) Cecily Strong and cast, “Corn Puddin’,” Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Hannah Waddingham and cast, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) How to with John Wilson (HBO) Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (HBO) We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) ZIWE (Showtime) BEST ANIMATED SHOW Arcane (Netflix) Big Mouth (Netflix) Bob’s Burgers (Fox) Q Force (Netflix) Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim) What If…? (Disney+) BEST REALITY SHOW Legendary (HBO Max) The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef: Houston (Bravo) We’re Here (HBO) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW Euphoria (HBO) The Gilded Age (HBO) Loki (Disney+) Severance (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) CAMPIEST TV SHOW Diana: The Musical (Netflix) Euphoria (HBO) Girls5Eva (Peacock) Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) WILDE WIT AWARD To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse Joel Kim Booster Quinta Brunson Jerrod Carmichael Jennifer Coolidge Bowen Yang THE INAUGURAL “YOU DESERVE AN AWARD!” AWARD To a uniquely talented TV icon we adore Gillian Anderson Christine Baranski Lynda Carter Kim Cattrall Cassandra Peterson GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity Jerrod Carmichael Margaret Cho Russell T Davies Kate McKinnon Bowen Yang NOMINATION COUNT BY NETWORK HBO - 23 Netflix - 15 HBO Max - 13 Apple TV+ - 7 Disney+ - 3 CBS - 2 Hulu - 5 Showtime - 5 ABC - 4 Peacock - 3 AMC - 2 VH1 - 2 Adult Swim - 1 Bravo - 1 Comedy Central - 1 Fox - 1 FX - 1 MSNBC - 1 Paramount+ - 1 TBS - 1 NOMINATION COUNT BY SERIES Hacks - 5 Somebody Somewhere - 5 Euphoria - 4 Our Flag Means Death -3 Abbott Elementary - 3 Barry - 3 The Other Two - 3 Schmigadoon! - 3 Succession - 3 Heartstopper - 3 The White Lotus - 3 Yellowjackets - 3 Better Call Saul - 2 The Drop Out - 2 Severance - 2 Squid Game - 2 Girls5Eva - 2 RuPaul’s Drag Race - 2 Russian Doll - 2 94th Academy Awards - 1 The Amber Ruffin Show - 1 The Andy Warhol Diaries - 1 Arcane - 1 The Beatles: Get Back - 1 Better Things - 1 Big Mouth - 1 Bob’s Burgers - 1 The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - 1 Diana: The Musical - 1 Dopesick - 1 Elite - 1 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - 1 The Gilded Age - 1 How to With John Wilson - 1 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - 1 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - 1 Legendary - 1 Loki - 1 Lupin - 1 Midnight Mass - 1 My Brilliant Friend - 1 Nine Perfect Strangers - 1 Pachinko - 1 Pam & Tommy - 1 Q Force - 1 The Rachel Maddow Show - 1 The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans - 1 Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known - 1 Station Eleven - 1 Survivor - 1 Ted Lasso - 1 Top Chef: Houston - 1 Tuca & Bertie - 1 We Are Lady Parts - 1 We Need to Talk About Cosby - 1 What If…? - 1 ZIWE - 1 * GALECA members are asked to list their three favorite choices per category in order of preference, with three points going to their first choice, two to the second and one to the third. Programs and performances with the highest tallies earn nominations. More than five nominations in a category is the result of an actual or virtual tie (the latter being a difference of one point). • • • • • 13th Dorian Film Awards: *LGBTQ Critics Name Power of the Dog* Best Film • Kristen Stewart Earns Best Film Performance • Ariana DeBose and Pedro Almodóvar Are Double Winners • Rita Moreno Anointed ‘Timeless Star’ March 17, 2022 - Hollywood, California – GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners of its 13th Dorian Film Awards, again honoring movie content from mainstream to LGBTQIA+. To perhaps Sam Elliott’s chagrin, Netlix’s noirish western The Power of the Dog lassoed three major prizes, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, the latter two Dorians going to auteur Jane Campion. Flee, the documentary utilizing graphic novel-style visuals to tell the harrowing story of a gay Afghan refugee, actually ran past Dog with four wins. The Neon/Participant film, produced in part by actors Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster- Waldau, won Best LGBTQ Film, two documentary awards and GALECA’s first- ever Best Animated Film honor. Passing, director Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel about two female friends confronting racial and sexual identity issues in 1920s Harlem, was named Best Unsung Film. The poignant Japanese relationship drama Drive My Car drove off with Best Non-English Language Film, while first-time director Lin- Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick... Boom!, starring Andrew Garfield as Rent’s much- missed creator Jonathan Larson, took Best Film Music. Director Denis Villeneuve’s eye-filling sci-fi adventure Dune, from Warner Brothers, took Most Visually Striking Film. In individual categories, GALECA chose Kristen Stewart for Best Film Performance over 9 other contenders for her moody turn as Princess Diana in Spencer. Broadway’s Ariana DeBose, one of several breakouts in Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of West Side Story, grabbed both Best Supporting Performance and Rising Star honors. Despite some bold and lively competition, Parallel Mothers director Pedro Almodóvar scored GALECA’s special Wilde Artist accolade—meant for “a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television”—over Campion, Miranda, Lil Nas X and Jennifer Coolidge. In addition, Almodóvar was named GALECA’s latest LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer, a relatively new award reserved for those “creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity.” Previous recipients are Pose favorite Mj Rodriguez and actress-filmmaker Isabel Sandoval. Rita Moreno, the ever-vibrant film, stage, music and TV great—and West Side Story icon times two—became the group’s first Latino Timeless Star winner. Past winners of GALECA’s career achievement award include Jane Fonda, Sir Ian McKellen, John Waters, George Takei, Dame Angela Lansbury, Meryl Streep, Harvey Fierstein, Betty White and Meryl Streep. Moreno, also stellar in such acclaimed films as the Tennessee Williams drama Summer and Smoke, the hit ‘80s comedy The Four Seasons and the unsung ‘90s treat I Like It Like That, more recently starred in the Dorian-nominated sitcom One Day at a Time. This is a special time for the Timeless Star: The 90-year-old charmer is the subject of the recent (Dorian Award-nominated) documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It. As for GALECA’s signature Campiest Flick contest, that honor went to . . . House of Gucci. First presented in 2010, GALECA’s Dorian Awards go to the best in film and TV, mainstream to queer+, at separate times of the year. GALECA consists of over 350 critics, journalists and broadcasters who work for some of the most prominent and influential media outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K. A nonprofit professional organization, the Society—via its televised Toast awards specials, panels and 10 Best lists—continues to remind bigots, bullies and our own at-risk youth that the world loves the Q eye on great and unique entertainment. Entertainment fans who appreciate the Society’s missions and doings are encouraged to subscribe to YouTube channel, where they can watch those star- studded Dorians specials and more. Follow us @DorianAwards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Find more information at GALECA.org. Thank you. DORIAN FILM AWARD WINNERS—FULL LIST** Note: To adjust for COVID-19's affect on the industry, movies released March 1 to December 31, 2021 were eligible. BEST FILM Drive My Car (Janus) ⭐ The Power of the Dog (Netflix) The Worst Person in the World (Neon) Tick, Tick... Boom! (Netflix) West Side Story (20th Century Studios) BEST LGBTQ FILM Benedetta (IFC Films) ⭐ Flee (Neon, Participant) Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) Shiva Baby (Utopia) The Power of the Dog (Netflix) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM ⭐ Drive My Car (Janus) Flee (Neon, Participant) Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) The Worst Person in the World (Neon) Titane (Neon) BEST UNSUNG FILM Mass (Bleecker Street) ⭐ Passing (Netflix) Shiva Baby (Utopia) The Green Knight (A24) Zola (A24) BEST DIRECTOR ⭐ Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (Netflix) Julia Ducournau, Titane (Neon) Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car (Janus Films) Steven Spielberg, West Side Story (20th Century Studios) Denis Villeneuve, Dune (Warner Bros.) BEST SCREENPLAY Drive My Car (Janus) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (adapted) Passing (Netflix) - Rebecca Hall (adapted) The Lost Daughter (Netflix) - Maggie Gyllenhaal (adapted) ⭐ The Power of the Dog (Netflix) - Jane Campion (adapted) The Worst Person in the World (Neon) - Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier (original) BEST FILM PERFORMANCE Nicolas Cage, Pig (Neon) Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight) Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter (Netflix) Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog (Netflix) Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom! (Netflix) Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World (Neon) Simon Rex, Red Rocket (A24) ⭐ Kristen Stewart, Spencer (Neon) Tessa Thompson, Passing (Netflix) BEST SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE ⭐ Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (20th Century Studios) Robin de Jesús, Tick, Tick... Boom! (Netflix) Colman Domingo, Zola (A24) Ann Dowd, Mass (Bleecker Street) Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog (Netflix) Mike Faist, West Side Story (20th Century Studios) Troy Kotsur, CODA (Apple) Ruth Negga, Passing (Netflix) Martha Plimpton, Mass (Bleecker Street) Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (Netflix) BEST DOCUMENTARY ⭐ Flee (Neon, Participant) Procession (Netflix) Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (Roadside Attractions) Summer of Soul (Searchlight, Hulu) The Rescue (Greenwich Entertainment, National Geographic) The Velvet Underground (Apple) BEST LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY Ailey (Neon) ⭐ Flee (Neon, Participant) My Name is Pauli Murray (Amazon Studios) Pray Away (Netflix) Wojnarowicz: F*k You Fggot F*er (Kino Lorber, World of Wonder) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING FILM ⭐ Dune (Warner Bros.) Nightmare Alley (Searchlight) Passing (Netflix) The Power of the Dog (Netflix) West Side Story (20th Century Studios) Titane (Neon) BEST ANIMATED FILM Belle (GKids) Encanto (Disney) ⭐ Flee (Neon, Participant) Luca (Disney) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix, Sony) BEST FILM MUSIC Dune (Warner Bros.) Encanto (Disney) Spencer (Neon) The Power of the Dog (Netflix) ⭐ Tick, Tick... Boom! (Netflix) “WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR ⭐ Ariana DeBose Alana Haim Patti Harrison Jasmin Savoy Brown Rachel Zegler WILDE ARTIST (to a truly groundbreaking force in film, theatre and/or television) ⭐ Pedro Almodóvar Jane Campion Jennifer Coolidge Lil Nas X Lin-Manuel Miranda CAMPIEST FLICK Annette (Amazon Studios) Cruella (Disney) ⭐ House of Gucci (United Artists) Malignant (Warner Bros.) Old (Universal) TIMELESS STAR (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) ⭐ Rita Moreno GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER (for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity) ⭐ Pedro Almodóvar • • • • • Watch our star-packed 2021 Dorians TV Toast awards special on Tubi** Jennifer Beals, Olivia Newton-John, Tituss Burgess, Patricia Arquette, Fran Drescher, Big Freedia, Nick Kroll, Saturday Night Live cast member Punkie Johnson, Michael Cimino (Love, Victor), Leyna Bloom (Pose), Hacks star Hannah Einbinder, Jesse James Keitel (Big Sky), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (RuPaul's Drag Race), Gottmik (a.k.a. Kade Gottlieb), ABC entertainment reporter Karl Schmid, sitcom icon Jim J. Bullock and more help GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics celebrate the past TV season’s best performances and shows, mainstream to queer+, in the Dorians TV Toast 2021. Jean Smart, Bowen Yang, Michaela Coel, Katherine Hahn, Showtime’s Ziwe and the Marvel hit WandaVision are among those vying for the group’s 12th annual Dorian honors. Highlights in the two-hour special, a hybrid of award and magazine shows: Pose star Mj Rodriguez discusses her life as a Hollywood trailblazer, actor-comic John Lehr (Hulu’s Quick Draw) impersonates MSNBC personality Steve Kornacki, and The Voice season five contestant Morgan Mallory sings an original pop song about the power of television. Famed LA broadcasting veteran and LGBTQ rights activist Karel is our lively host again! • • • • • Remezcla: Mj Rodriguez Receives ‘LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer’ Award from GALECA Photo by Raen Badua • • • • • Variety: Rising Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval Takes First GALECA 'Trailblazer Award' Photo by Brigitte Lacombe • • • • • VIDEO CHAT MEET TRANS ACTOR JAMES GOLDMAN AND THE QUEER CREATIVES BEHIND THE CW's TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES Society president Diane Anderson-Minshall goes in-depth in a GALECA Recommends panel on the anthology's "Elliot" episode Photo courtesy The CW • • • • • Dorians Dish! Click to See Your Favorite GALECA Members Debate Our 2020 TV Picks • • • • • Four GALECA Members Join for NewFest's 'BIPOC Queer Film Canon Kiki' Virtual Panel • • • • • OUR FIRST TV SPECIAL: DORIANS TV TOAST 2020 ON REVRY • • • • OFFICIAL WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Critics Announces Inaugural Dorian TV Award Winners Hugh Jackman, *Killing Eve* and *Watchmen* All Score Big, *Dan Levy and Schitt’s Creek* Take Six Trophies Monday, September 14, 2020–Hollywood, CA–Hugh Jackman, Janelle Monáe, Billy Porter, John Oliver** and Schitt’s Creek creator-star Dan Levy, plus stars and producers of Killing Eve and Watchmen, offered heartfelt thanks as they virtually accepted awards—and were treated to a symbolic raise of the glass—from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics during the group’s first TV special last night (click here to watch or rewatch) The Dorians TV Toast 2020, a recorded two-hour program hosted by opinionated talk radio icon Karel and airing on the LGBTQ+ streaming platform Revry, followed the lead of the group’s trademark live Toast honors, a mix of awards and chat/variety shows. The latest Dorians Toast intermingled music, comedy and special segments with lively banter about the nominees and winners from the organization’s members—and from presenters like sitcom multihyphenate Josh Thomas (Freeform’s Everything’s Gonna Be Okay), Alex Newell (of NBC’s hit Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), groundbreaking comic actresses Margaret Cho and Lea DeLaria, Hollywood wit Bruce Vilanch and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champ Chad Michaels. Season three of BBC America’s psychological thriller Killing Eve, starring best actress nominee Jodie Comer and 2018’s category winner Sandra Oh, earned Best TV Drama. Accepting were show costar Fiona Shaw (secret agent Eve/Oh’s boss, Carolyn Martens), writer Suzanne Heathcote and executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle, who after thanking GALECA for Eve’s award, praised Creek for “filling my heart with joy” amid today’s challenging times. The alternate-universe adventure Watchmen took two awards: Best TV Movie or Limited Series and Most Visually Striking Show. Star Regina King, a nominee for the miniseries and a previous Dorian film award winner for If Beale Street Could Talk, was upbeat in thanking the Society for “not one but two Dorian Awards. Love it, Love it!” King told the Society’s members she felt that one of the reasons series creator Damon Lindelof’s imagining of the comic book, navigating themes of power, racial conflict and identity, proved so popular is “you. You've written so favorably about the show.” She also spoke warmly of Watchmen’s writers and cast mates, including TV icon Lou Gossett Jr. (Roots), who in the show played the elder version of—spoiler alert—gay superhero Will Reeves. Lindelof, though, was more somber in accepting Watchmen’s chief award. “I know the Dorians celebrate all kinds of film and TV shows that don't necessarily need to be LGBTQ-themed, but we take particular pride in the fact that there is a queer character at the very center of Watchmen: Will Reeves,” said Lindelof. “We started this story by asking a simple question: Why would a superhero need to hide their face? If they were truly fighting for justice, the answer seemed obvious: Because the world wasn't ready to see who they really were. And so Watchman became this story about unmasking, about understanding the pain and trauma caused by ignorance and hate.” Monáe, accepting her joint-win with singer-actor Billy Porter for Best TV Musical Performance for their dazzling duet at the start of last February’s Academy Awards, said the experience of performing that night “was a dream” and that, when it came to asking Porter to join her, “There was no other person I could think about sharing that stage with.” She added: “I'm just so grateful that we got an opportunity to be ourselves. Our performance was rooted in community and making sure to amplify all of the marginalized voices, specifically our black and queer community. It wasn't just about us. It was about all of us. I'm so honored to be honored by GALECA.” Porter returned the affection. After admiring his Dorian award—“Look at how lovely this is!”—he thanked his stage mate Monáe for “putting her neck out for me and making sure that gramps–I—was there with her.” America’s current, seemingly endless string of troubling headlines proved fodder for the Toast’s winners, presenters and Society members throughout the show. Referring to the new era of social distancing, “There are people in the Trump administration that’ve gone to jail and gotten out sooner than we have from our lock-up!” half-joked host Karel from his Las Vegas home, which served as home base for what the boisterous performer called the special’s “virtual pub.” Before talk radio favorite Stephanie Miller announced Eve as best drama, she quipped as she ran through the category’s nominees. Sample: “Better Call Saul—the story of a fixer that for a change doesn’t have Donald Trump as a client.” And Vilanch, in presenting Campiest TV Show: “We all know what camp is, or we think that we know what camp is for me. It's failed seriousness. In other words, the Trump administration.” Jackman took Best TV Performance—Actor for his unsettlingly seamless portrayal of a true-life public school embezzler in HBO’s Bad Education. In presenting the award, Rafael Casal, who played the star’s illicit lover, noted the movie “really tells the story of today's America, a story about a con man using the system to benefit himself and rob the people he's supposed to serve, all while the ceiling is caving in—and he’s eventually stopped by teenagers. Thank you, TikTok.” Regarding his acting partner, Casal quipped: “He even let me two-step better than him on camera, which I think tells you the kind of class act he is.” Piping in himself, Jackman, in thanking GALECA, his director and costars including Casal, said his Dorian award “really, really means a lot . . . (making Education) was just one of those incredible experiences. This is just icing on the cake.” HBO’s Last Week Tonight, starring crusader for truth and culpability John Oliver, triumphed as Best Current Affairs Show, not an easy feat considering the category’s “tight competition,” said presenter Thomas Roberts. The former groundbreaking MSNBC news anchor, now hosting the syndicated newsmagazine series DailyMailTV, noted that most of the category’s nominated programs have tried to inform America about everything “from pandemics to politics, TikTok to over-the-top, fashion news to actually using a pocket square as a face mask.” Oliver, bringing it home—literally—in a video shot at his COVID 19-era TV desk, said, “Thank you so much, GALECA, for this Dorian Award.” He added he hoped members “were safe at home and not at a mask-less Jacksonville pool party.” Yet it was the uplifting sixth and final season of Schitt’s Creek that scored five Dorians. The scrappy farce, about a once-rich and la-de-da family whose suddenly meager finances make them face reality, won Best TV Comedy and Best LGBTQ TV Show (just as the show did for season four). Creek matriarch Catherine O’Hara grabbed the award for Best TV Performance—Actress, with cast mates Annie Murphy and Levy honored in the supporting categories (Levy’s father Eugene Levy was nominated here for best actor). Levy was also bestowed the group’s special Wilde Wit accolade, named in honor of Oscar Wilde (the Dorian Award itself counts as an homage to Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray). Levy, echoing King, told GALECA members he appreciated the Society “for supporting our show from day one . . . It is a great honor to be recognized by all of you, because, let's be honest, you got good taste.” There were other winky moments: - GALECA’s signature Campiest TV Show honor went to Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, with director/producer Rebecca Chaiklin accepting with humor (she said the controversial docuseries’ now imprisoned star, Joe Exotic—who recently sent a letter to Donald Trump asking to be pardoned for charges of murder for hire and animal abuse—sent his gratitude). - Vilanch, presenting that Campiest show category, opined of nominee Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, “The title alone! Can Dolly find her heartstrings under all that boob?” - Presenter Dave Koz whipped out his shiny sax to play a few notes and herald Best Unsung TV Show winner What We Do in the Shadows. - In accepting on behalf of that vampire comedy, Harvey Guillén, who plays secret and reluctant bloodsucker slayer Guillermo de la Cruz, warbled a spoofy impromptu song to express his excitement over GALECA’s pick. - And RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner Chad Michaels, also known for impersonating Cher to perfection, was a novel choice to announce the Most Visually Striking Show category. Quipped Michaels: “I know how much hard work it takes to look visually striking!” Accepting the Visually Striking award were production designer Kristian Milsted and director of photography Gregory Middleton. “The presenters and winners really outdid themselves with their virtual appearances,” said GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths. “I’m still laughing over Josh Thomas’ hilarious, must-be-heard insight about life during the pandemic. And our host Karel did an amazing job, especially considering he was flying virtually. He’s such genuine, enthusiastic fan, and that makes an awards show much more fun. He also gets how much power TV has in transforming and uplifting lives. That makes the viewing experience more meaningful.” Griffiths added he was “truly giddy” over GALECA’s revamped trophy, individual art pieces of the winners inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. “Everyone gets a colorful portrait of themselves on a little easel with a velvet drape over it!” Moreover, the Dorians TV Toast 2020 introduced not one but two theme songs, the Cheers-evocative “Raise a Glass!” and the more rocking “Toast,” rockingly performed by Irish-meets-Vegas band The Black Donnellys. The first recipient of the Society’s special career-achievement honor, The “You Deserve an Award!” Award—going to what the group deems “a uniquely talented TV icon we adore”—will be announced at a later date. Starting under the original banner Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, GALECA’s Dorian Awards have gone to the best of all of film and TV — not only LGBTQ-themed — since 2010. While this year marks the inaugural Dorian TV Awards, this is actually the 12^h go-around for members voting on their best-loved TV programs and stars. Come first-quarter 2021, the Society will add to its choices for the finest in theatrical releases for its first separate Dorian Film Awards. 2019-20 DORIAN TV AWARDS—WINNERS IN BOLD BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC) *Killing Eve* (BBC America/AMC) Ozark (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) BEST TV COMEDY Better Things (FX) Dead to Me (Netflix) Insecure (HBO) *Schitt’s Creek* (Pop) The Good Place (NBC) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES Bad Education (HBO) Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Normal People (Hulu) *Watchmen* (HBO) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Bad Education (HBO) Hollywood (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) *Schitt’s Creek* (Pop) Vida (Starz) We’re Here (HBO) Work in Progress (Showtime) BEST TV PERFORMANCE – ACTRESS Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix) Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me (Netflix) Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC) Regina King, Watchmen (HBO) Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix) *Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek* (Pop) BEST TV PERFORMANCE – ACTOR Hugh Jackman, Bad Education (HBO)** Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek (Pop) Paul Mescal, Normal People (Hulu) Jeremy Pope, Hollywood (Netflix) Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE – ACTRESS Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix) Allison Janney, Bad Education (HBO) Patti LuPone, Hollywood (Netflix) *Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek* (Pop)** Jean Smart, Watchmen (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE – ACTOR Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+) Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX) *Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek* (Pop)** Joe Mantello, Hollywood (Netflix) Josh O'Connor, The Crown (Netflix) Jim Parsons, Hollywood (Netflix) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up,” 92nd Academy Awards (ABC) Jake Gyllenhaal, “Music, Music Everywhere!,” John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix) Jennifer Lopez & Shakira, Halftime Show, Super Bowl LIV (Fox) *Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter, Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards* (ABC)** Noah Reid, “Always Be My Baby,” Schitt’s Creek (Pop) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM Cheer (Netflix) The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver* (HBO) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV+) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform) Gentefied (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Mrs. Fletcher (HBO) One Day at a Time (Pop) Vida (Starz) *What We Do in the Shadows* (FX) Work in Progress (Showtime) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW Hollywood (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) The Mandalorian (Disney+) *Watchmen* (HBO) Westworld (HBO) CAMPIEST TV SHOW AJ and the Queen (Netflix) Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix) The Great (Hulu) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) *Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness* (Netflix) WILDE WIT AWARD (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Cate Blanchett Hannah Gadsby Dan Levy Trevor Noah Randy Rainbow • • • • • 'Dorians TV Toast' Special Announced Hugh Jackman, Regina King, Laverne Cox, Janelle Monáe, John Oliver, Dan Levy Aligned for Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics TV Awards Special ‘The Dorians TV Toast 2020 on Revry,’ Hosted by Talk Radio Icon Karel from his Virtual Pub, Streams Globally September 13th September 8, 2020 (Hollywood, CA) – Hugh Jackman, Janelle Monáe, Regina King, Pose sensation and fashion trailblazer Billy Porter, groundbreaking trans actress Laverne Cox, Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy and vaunted political satirist John Oliver are among the slew of actors, comics and performers lending cheer to GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ inaugural *Dorians TV Toast 2020 on Revry, airing Sunday, September 13th on the first LGBTQ+ global streaming network Revry. In the two-hour star-studded virtual event, hosted by famously opinionated entertainer and talk show host Karel, fans will find out which stars and TV shows the LGBTQ+ organization’s 270 members deemed the best, most visually stunning and even campiest of the past TV season. In addition to raising a glass to the honorees—many of whom delight in virtual acceptance videos—GALECA members discuss the nominees' merits and even controversies (Randy Rainbow and Tiger King* don’t get off lightly). Going into Revry's September 13th special, star and co-creator Dan Levy's riches-to-rags comedy Schitt’s Creek leads the pack with seven nominations, while Hollywood whiz Ryan Murphy’s ambitious, star-studded reimagining of Tinseltown’s early days sashays down the red carpet with six nods. The fact-based TV movie Bad Education and daring miniseries Watchmen each have four Dorian nominations, with the HBO titles' respective stars, Jackman and King, earning best performance nominations. Singer and actress Monáe, now seen in the centuries-spanning horror film Antebellum, and Porter share a nomination for TV Musical Performance of the Year for their vibrant opening number in this year’s Academy Awards telecast. The full list of contenders, across 14 categories, can be found further down and, along with behind-the-show scoop, at DoriansToast.com. Helping present the TV Dorians: Drag icon Shangela (star of HBO’s We’re Here), What We Do in the Shadows’ vampire-slayer Harvey Guillén; DailyMailTV and Gay Good News host and groundbreaking cable news anchor Thomas Roberts; actor and music artist Alex Newell (Glee and NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist); RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champion Chad Michaels; multi-hyphenate Josh Thomas of the hit Freeform sitcom, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay; actress-comedian Margaret Cho; veteran talk radio host and Sexy Liberal podcast network founder Stephanie Miller; legendary saxophonist Dave Koz; acclaimed actress and jazz singer Lea DeLaria (Orange is the New Black); rising stars Rafael Casal and Kate Rose Wilburn; and iconic comic Bruce Vilanch. Revry personalities Shira Lazar and Andy Lalwani, of the news and pop culture series What’s Trending, will also be on deck offering insightful commentary. “It’s really incredible how the industry has so positively responded to our show,” said outspoken host and producer, Karel (otherwise known as Charles Karel Bouley). “While COVID has definitely created challenges, it’s also strangely brought us together in a global way: We’ve got Alex Newell in Canada, Laverne Cox in New York, Lea DeLaria in LA, Margaret Cho in her back yard and even a surprise from Ireland! A pub is a place that brings people together, and we think Oscar Wilde would approve of our virtual Plan B.” “Revry is honored to host the exclusive premiere of the star-studded Dorians TV Toast 2020 on Revry and to stream the show worldwide on our queer network,” said Christopher J. Rodriguez, Esq., Revry co-founder and CBO. “We believe that representation saves lives and while our network focuses on uplifting LGBTQ+ entertainment within queer culture, GALECA has been essential in pushing the broader entertainment industry towards increased representation of LGBTQ+ people in mainstream media. This partnership creates the perfect bridge between these two worlds and allows GALECA and Revry to honor our allies in the industry on a network made by and for our community.” The Society’s Dorian Awards, which in the past have gone to both film and television titles combined, announced the nominees for its first separate Dorian TV Awards on June 30. The Dorians are awarded to both general and LGBTQ content, reminding bigots, bullies and at-risk youth that the world looks to the Q eye for leads on great entertainment. “With September being Suicide Prevention Month and next month being LGBTQ History Month, this is a lovely and loving time to celebrate not just great television, but also how ‘rainbow’ journalists have boosted Hollywood from day one,” said John Griffiths, GALECA.org’s Executive Director and Founder. “Be they black, Latinx, indigenous, white, bi, trans, nonbinary or several of the above, queer entertainment critics and reporters have a distinct perspective born of their culture and oppression that has shaped all of the arts for the better. People should know that—and they will thanks to Revry.” GALECA members offering their opinions in what host Karel calls his “virtual pub” include Tre’vell Anderson (Cohost, Maximum Fun's FANTI podcast), Kevin Fallon (Senior Writer, The Daily Beast), Eric Andersson (Senior Writer, TV Guide Magazine), Tracy E. Gilchrist (Co-Editor in Chief, The Advocate), Liz Shannon Miller (Senior TV Editor, Collider), Dino-Ray Ramos (Associate Editor, Deadline), Erik Anderson (Editor in Chief of Awards Watch), Jose Bastidas (Assistant Entertainment Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle), Tariq Raouf (Entertainment Queerly podcast), as well as freelance journalists Ren Jender, Manuel Betancourt, Topher Gauk-Roger and Griffiths (former longtime TV critic for Us Weekly). Chiming in as well with lively comments are former CNN Headline News show host Jane Velez-Mitchell, legendary showbiz columnist Michael Musto and Revry co-founder Wadooah Wali, all GALECA Advisory Board members. The Emmy-winning Velez-Mitchell, now a crusader for animal rights, veganism and the environment via her #JaneUnchained initiative, is one of five media experts to recently join the Society’s list of advisors. The others are Shane Michael Singh, former executive editor of Playboy turned brand partnerships and development manager at the LGBTQ youth charity The Trevor Project; groundbreaking black film critic and former VH1 talk show host Bobby Rivers; Nick McCarthy, director of programming for the NewFest LGBTQ film festival; and Gil Robertson, co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Association. The show is produced and created by Karel.Media, whose creative team includes Brandon Riley Miiller (High the Series, Life In Segments) and talent liaison Makiko Ushiyama, with awards design by Karel and Jason Young of Pearl Image. The special includes an original theme tune: The cozy and festive “Toast,” with music by Morgan Mallory and lyrics by Karel. Viewers can also hear what Karel calls a “power-pub” version of the song, “Toast 2,” performed by Las Vegas-based Irish band The Black Donnellys, featuring a new melody and an added stanza by Donnelly’s frontperson Dave Rooney. And the Dorians special will include a special message from siblings Rosanna and David Arquette in support of the Alexis Arquette Family Foundation and its missions to offer care and support of the LGBTQ+ community and reflect its namesake’s belief that the arts can transform lives. Celebrities set to appear: Hugh Jackman Regina King Rafael Casal Margaret Cho Laverne Cox Lea DeLaria Harvey Guillén Dave Koz Dan Levy Damon Lindelof Chad Michaels Stephanie Miller Annie Murphy Michael Musto Alex Newell John Oliver Janell Monáe Billy Porter Shangela Thomas Roberts Fiona Shaw Josh Thomas Jane Velez-Mitchell Bruce Vilanch Kate Rose Wilburn About GALECA GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, a nonprofit professional organization, was founded in 2009. Today, GALECA consists of 270 active critics and journalists who write on entertainment for major and distinctly unique media outlets in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. Support us by following @DorianAwards on Twitter and Facebook and @Dorian_Awards on Instagram. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics is a member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of five underrepresented entertainment journalism organization and Time’s Up’s CRITICAL database. For more information, visit CGEMCritics.org. About Revry Watch Queer TV 24/7 with the first LGBTQ+ virtual cable TV network. Revry offers free live TV channels and on-demand viewing of its global library featuring LGBTQ+ movies, shows, music, podcasts, news, and exclusive originals all in one place! Revry is currently available globally in over 250+ million households and devices and on seven OTT, mobile, and Desktop platforms. Revry can also be viewed on nine live and on-demand channels and Connected TVs including: The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Comcast Xfinity X1, Dell, XUMO TV, Zapping TV, STIRR, TiVo+, and as the first LGBTQ+ virtual reality channel on Littlstar (available on PlayStation devices). The company–an inaugural member of the Goldman Sachs Black and LatinX Cohort–is headquartered in Los Angeles and led by a diverse founding team who bring decades of experience in the fields of tech, digital media, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Follow Revry on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @revrytv. Contact: John Griffiths info@galeca.org For Revry: Jonah Blechman Jonah@PotentPR.com • • • • • With Pride, Society of LGBTQ Critics Announces Dorian TV Award Nominations The Good Fight, Schitt’s Creek, Mrs. America, Watchmen, Normal People Stand Out in ‘Best TV’ Categories Cate Blanchett, Regina King, Trevor Noah, Ramy Youssef Also Earn Nods Tuesday, June 30, 2020 – Hollywood, CA – Capping Pride Month with a nod to the power of the “small” screen, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics today announced the nominees for its first separate Dorian TV Awards. The Pop network comedy Schitt’s Creek leads the pack with 7 nominations, while Hollywood — Netflix’s ambitious, star-studded reimagining of Tinseltown’s early days — says hooray to six nods. HBO’s fact-based TV movie Bad Education and daring miniseries Watchmen have four Dorian nominations each. “With a global pandemic, severe economic strife, the gut-punches of racism and police brutality proverbially hitting us all—this might not seem like the right time for fluffy showbiz awards,” said GALECA President Diane Anderson-Minshall, CEO and Editorial Director of Pride Media (The Advocate, Out, Pride, Plus). “But it may be more important than ever now to embrace and champion quality stories and push the real Hollywood’s entitled writers, producers, executives and PR reps out of their bubble and into truly reflecting America’s diversity for a change. They have so much power, and entertainment journalism groups like GALECA can make them accountable.” Added GALECA Executive Director John Griffiths, “Stereotypical, or worse, depictions of LGBTQs and People of Color have greatly contributed to the pain America is in right now. GALECA and its partner organization CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media are determined to press media companies to take more responsibility and hire more underrepresented voices, voices that might say, ‘Hey, why, in 2020, is every single character on this show white, rich and straight except for the token Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and/or Queer baddie or comic foil?'” One series that definitely breaks the mold is CBS All Access’ The Good Fight, the tense, socially relevant and increasingly inventive drama set at a Black-run law firm in Chicago. Fight is up for Best TV Drama (as well as Best Unsung TV Show) alongside Netflix’s ever-polished Brit royals opus The Crown and tricky-couple crime drama Ozark, and two other twisty morality tales, AMC networks’ Killing Eve and Better Call Saul. In addition to Creek — a previous Dorian Award winner when GALECA combined its film and TV kudos in one package — the Best TV Comedy contenders include three past Dorian Award nominees: Insecure (HBO), Better Things (FX) and The Good Place (NBC). Competing against them are Netflix’s gallows-humored, female-powered mystery-comedy Dead to Me (stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini vie for Best TV Performance — Actress) and FX’s bloody-fun vampire comedy, What We Do in the Shadows (which counts two additional nods). The Best TV Movie or Limited Series race is lively, with each nominee offering a bold, controversial approach to an ever-burning topic. HBO’s comic book fantasy Watchmen aggressively tackles themes of white supremacy and police brutality, the same network’s fact-based TV film Bad Education exposes greed and corruption (in public schools, no less), and FX’s ‘70s-set historical drama Mrs. America, produced by and starring double-nominee Cate Blanchett, shows how far we have not come, baby, in regards to advancing women’s rights. Also in the mix: Hulu shows Little Fires Everywhere (dealing with inherent racism) and Normal People (sex—lots of it). Although the miniseries Hollywood, from bad boy producer Ryan Murphy, didn’t make that short list, it did nab four acting nominations as well as ones for LGBTQ Show of the Year and Visually Striking Show. Other cinematic eye-fillers in the latter race include the likes of Disney+’s The Mandalorian and HBO’s Westworld. And no Dorian Awards list would be complete without GALECA’s trademark category, Campiest TV Show. Vying for that cheeky honor are Hulu’s royal romp The Great, perennial members favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1), and Netflix hmmm-inducers AJ and the Queen, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings and a certain expose of some exotic Oklahomans and Floridians, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. “We’re again proud of our members’ eclectic choices,” said Executive Director Griffiths. But he noted that GALECA, with 20 percent of its membership female and about 16 percent Indigenous or People of Color, itself needs to bolster its diversity. “America is more than 50-percent women, and BIPOC unite to make up about 40 percent of the country, so we have some work to do,” said Griffiths, adding that the Society does include a “strong” 5 percent of transgender members. “Our Board has been discussing actionable-now steps to bolster representation of People of Color, women, trans, non-binary and genderqueer professional journalists in our ranks — for the vital big picture and to make our Dorian Awards as rich and reflective of the LGBTQ eye as possible.” Added Griffiths, “GALECA is an all-volunteer group in a very rocky media landscape, exacerbated not just by the COVID fallout but by anti-freelancers legislation like California’s AB-5 bill. So we urge engaged entertainment writers to get in touch with us. Numbers are what raise a voice.” Via its original banner Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, GALECA’s Dorian Awards have gone to the best of all of film and TV — not only LGBTQ-themed — since 2010. While this year marks the inaugural Dorian TV Awards, this is actually the 11^th go-around for members voting on their best-loved TV programs and stars. Come first-quarter 2021, the Society will add to its choices for the finest in theatrical releases for the first separate Dorian Film Awards. TV winners will be announced August 21, when the Society will also name the recipient of its first “You Deserve an Award!” Award, going to what the group deems “a uniquely talented TV icon (they) adore.” GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, started in 2009, go to both mainstream and LGBTQ-centric content, helping remind bullies, bigots and at-risk youth that the world has a history of looking to “the Q eye” for tips on what’s great across all of entertainment. After all, how would the world fare without knowing what's campy? A nonprofit professional organization, GALECA consists of over 270 active critics and journalists who write for legitimate media outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K. Support our efforts with a follow @DorianAwards on Twitter and Facebook and @Dorian_Awards on Instagram. 2019-20 DORIAN TV AWARDS NOMINEES — FULL LIST* BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC) Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC) Ozark (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) BEST TV COMEDY Better Things (FX) Dead to Me (Netflix) Insecure (HBO) Schitt’s Creek (Pop) The Good Place (NBC) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES Bad Education (HBO) Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Normal People (Hulu) Watchmen (HBO) BEST TV PERFORMANCE - ACTRESS Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix) Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me (Netflix) Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC) Regina King, Watchmen (HBO) Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix) Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek (Pop) BEST TV PERFORMANCE - ACTOR Hugh Jackman, Bad Education (HBO) Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek (Pop) Paul Mescal, Normal People (Hulu) Jeremy Pope, Hollywood (Netflix) Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE - ACTRESS Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix) Allison Janney, Bad Education (HBO) Patti LuPone, Hollywood (Netflix) Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek (Pop) Jean Smart, Watchmen (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE - ACTOR Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+) Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek (Pop) Joe Mantello, Hollywood (Netflix) Josh O'Connor, The Crown (Netflix) Jim Parsons, Hollywood (Netflix) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up”, 92nd Academy Awards (ABC) Jake Gyllenhaal, “Music, Music Everywhere!”, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix) Jennifer Lopez & Shakira, Halftime Show, Super Bowl LIV (Fox) Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter, Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards (ABC) Noah Reid, “Always Be My Baby”, Schitt’s Creek (Pop) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Bad Education (HBO) Hollywood (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Vida (Starz) We’re Here (HBO) Work in Progress (Showtime) BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW Cheer (Netflix) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV+) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform) Gentified (Netflix) The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Mrs. Fletcher (HBO) One Day at a Time (Pop) Vida (Starz) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Work in Progress (Showtime) MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW Hollywood (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) The Mandalorian (Disney+) Watchmen (HBO) Westworld (HBO) CAMPIEST TV SHOW AJ and the Queen (Netflix) Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix) The Great (Hulu) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Netflix) WILDE WIT AWARD (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Dan Levy Randy Rainbow Hannah Gadsby Cate Blanchett Trevor Noah SERIES AND NETWORK COUNTS Programs with multiple nominations: Schitt’s Creek – 7 Hollywood – 6 Bad Education – 4 Watchmen – 4 The Crown – 3 Dead to Me - 3 Mrs. America – 3 What We Do in the Shadows – 3 The Good Fight – 2 Killing Eve – 2 Normal People – 2 Ozark – 3 Ramy – 2 RuPaul’s Drag Race – 2 Vida – 2 Work in Progress — 2 Network with multiple nominations: Netflix - 21 HBO - 13 Hulu, Pop - 8 FX - 7 AMC - 3 ABC, Apple TV+, BBC America, CBS All Access, Showtime, Starz, VH1 - 2 * GALECA members are asked to list their three favorite choices per category in order of preference, with three points going to their first choice, two to the second and one to the third. Programs and performances with the highest tallies earn nominations. More than five nominations in a category is the result of an actual or virtual tie (the latter being a difference of one point). • • • • • 11th Dorian Awards Winners Toast a Smash! Los Angeles, February 2, 2020 *Video:* Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas Honored by GALECA • Booksmart director Olivia Wilde, our Wilde Artist of the Year 2019 (signifying a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television) • Pain and Glory star Antonio Banderas, Film Performance of the Year—Actor • Honeyland filmmakers Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma, Documentary of the Year • Andrew Ridings, costar, The Other Two, Unsung TV Show of the Year SOME COVERAGE OF OUR 2019/20 DORIAN AWARDS: The Hollywood Reporter The Advocate The Wrap Awards Daily Yahoo! • • • • • GALECA NAMES ‘PARASITE’ BEST PICTURE ZELLWEGER AND BANDERAS EARN DORIAN AWARDS FOR ‘JUDY,’ ‘PAIN AND GLORY’ ‘POSE,’ ‘FLEABAG’ AND LADY GAGA ALSO REIGN SUPREME Thursday, Jan. 8, 2020—Hollywood, CA – And the proverbial envelope, please! GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of 260 mainly U.S. journalists covering film and television, has named its final-round choices for 2019’s finest movies, performances and more across a host of mainstream and LGBTQ-focused categories. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite gobbled up five wins, including Film of the Year, Director and Screenplay. Renée Zellweger took Performance of the Year—Actress for Judy), with Antonio Banderas the top choice in the Actor race. The Society’s Rising Star of the year: Florence Pugh (Little Women). "GALECA members strive to determine the best cinematic experiences through the distinct LGBTQ lens, and this year was particularly rich in options,” said GALECA President Diane Anderson-Minshall, Editorial Director of The Advocate. “Yet when director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite practically swept our awards roster with five wins, I was not surprised. The dynamic, darkly comic drama about a poor family conniving to live the good life speaks to the times we live in, with vivid commentary on class, inequity and even climate change. Parasite is a perfect film for the Trump era.” Among the professional LGBTQ journalists group’s trademark categories, Booksmart scored as Unsung Film of the Year, while Cats took the group’s semi-dubious, if affectionate, Campy Flick of the Year category. With the Society’s recent move to spin off its television categories with a separate ceremony starting this August, the Dorians’ TV categories came with a somewhat truncated eligibility window of January 1 through November 1. FX's Pose again won TV Drama of the Year and LGBTQ TV Drama for the second year—and its star Billy Porter took another Dorian win as well—while Comedy Central’s The Other Two was named best Unsung TV Show. Amazon’s Fleabag was anointed TV Comedy of the Year, with star-creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge reigning as TV Performance of the Year—Actress and Wilde Wit of the Year. Lady Gaga wowed GALECA’s members in a special vote as Wilde Artist of the Decade. Gaga’s duet with Bradley Cooper on “Shallow” at last year’s Oscars also counted with the groupas the TV Musical Performance of the Year. As previously announced, Olivia Wilde, the first-time director of Booksmart, will be receiving a special honor at the group’s Dorian Awards Winners Toast, which will be held brunchtime Sunday, February 2, in Los Angeles, before football fever kicks in. The invitation-only event will include a raise of the glass to Wilde, named GALECA’s Wilde Artist of the Year. GALECA, formed in 2009, aims to generate camaraderie and solidarity in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive film and television criticism and elevate the craft of entertainment journalism. Via panels, screenings and our annual Dorian Awards, GALECA also strives to remind at-risk youth, bullies and bigots that the world looks to the Q eye for leads on great, unique movies and TV. And how would the world fare without knowing what's campy? GALECA is a proud core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media. FULL LIST OF 11TH DORIAN AWARDS WINNERS (noted in bold) Film of the Year Hustlers Little Women Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood Pain and Glory Parasite (NEON) Portrait of a Lady on Fire Director of the Year* Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory Greta Gerwig, Little Women Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (NEON) Sam Mendes, 1917 Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire Film Performance of the Year — Actress* Awkwafina, The Farewell Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story Lupita Nyong’o, Us Alfre Woodard, Clemency Renée Zellweger, Judy (Roadside Attractions) Film Performance of the Year — Actor* Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory (Sony Pictures Classics) Adam Driver, Marriage Story Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems Joaquin Phoenix, Joker Taron Egerton, Rocketman Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress* Laura Dern, Marriage Story Florence Pugh, Little Women Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers (STX) Margot Robbie, Bombshell Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor* Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Al Pacino, The Irishman Joe Pesci, The Irishman Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood Song Kang-ho, Parasite (NEON) LGBTQ Film of the Year* Booksmart End of the Century Pain and Glory Portrait of a Lady on Fire (NEON) Rocketman Foreign Language Film of the Year* The Atlantics Pain and Glory Parasite (NEON) Portrait of a Lady on Fire The Farewell Screenplay of the Year* Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, Parasite (NEON) Greta Gerwig, Little Women Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire Rian Johnson, Knives Out Documentary of the Year* American Factory Apollo 11 For Sama Honeyland (NEON) One Child Nation LGBTQ Documentary of the Year* Circus of Books Gay Chorus Deep South The Gospel of Eureka 5B Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (Roman Chimienti, Matthew Chojnacki, Mark Patton producers) Visually Striking Film of the Year * TIE** Midsommar 1917 (Universal) The Lighthouse Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire (NEON) Unsung Film of the Year Booksmart (United Artists) Her Smell Gloria Bell The Last Black Man in San Francisco Waves Campy Flick of the Year* Cats (Universal) Greta Knives Out Ma Serenity TV Drama of the Year* Chernobyl Euphoria Pose (FX) Succession Unbelievable TV Comedy of the Year* Fleabag (Amazon) The Other Two PEN15 Russian Doll Schitt’s Creek TV Performance of the Year — Actor* Bill Hader, Barry Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us Billy Porter, Pose (FX) Jeremy Strong, Succession TV Performance of the Year — Actress* Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek Mj Rodriguez, Pose Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Amazon) Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon LGBTQ TV Show of the Year* Euphoria The Other Two Pose (FX) Schitt’s Creek Tales of the City Unsung TV Show of the Year* Gentleman Jack On Becoming a God in Central Florida The Other Two (Comedy Central) PEN15 Years and Years TV Current Affairs Show of the Year* Full Frontal with Samantha Bee The Rachel Maddow Show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Leaving Neverland (HBO) TV Musical Performance of the Year* Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, “Shallow,” The 91^st Academy Awards (ABC) Lizzo, "Truth Hurts,” VMAs 2019 Megan Mullally, “The Man That Got Away,” Will & Grace Annie Murphy, “A Little Bit Alexis,” Schitt’s Creek Michelle Williams, “Who’s Got the Pain?,” Fosse/Verdon Campy TV Show of the Year* American Horror Story 1984 Big Little Lies RuPaul’s Drag Race The Politician (Netflix) Riverdale The "We’re Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award* Roman Griffin Davis Kaitlyn Dever Beanie Feldstein Florence Pugh Hunter Schafer Wilde Wit of the Year* (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Dan Levy Billy Porter Randy Rainbow Taika Waititi Phoebe Waller-Bridge Wilde Artist of the Decade (Special Accolade)* Lady Gaga Greta Gerwig Ryan Murphy Billy Porter Phoebe Waller-Bridge Wilde Artist of the Year* (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in film, theater and/or television) Olivia Wilde Timeless Star (Career achievement award) Catherine O’Hara • • • • •* GALECA ANNOUNCES 2019/20 FILM AND TV NOMINATIONS Friday, Jan. 3, 2020—Hollywood, CA – GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of 260 mainly U.S. journalists covering film and television, has named its nominees for 2019’s finest movies, performances and more across a host of mainstream and LGBTQ-focused categories. “International” films lead the pack: South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite—the left-field hit satire comparing the lives of the rich and the poor—and the French lesbian romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire each counts 6 nominations, while director Pedro Almodovar’s semi-autobiographical opus Pain and Glory has 5 nods. Those films join Hustlers, Little Women and director Quentin Tarantino’s florid alternate-reality trip Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood on the group’s eclectic, diverse Film of the Year short list. “It’s a true testament to the rising impact of global films—and the ability of film to move us in any language—to see films from a variety of countries rank so highly with our Dorian Awards voters,” says GALECA President Diane Anderson-Minshall, Editorial Director of The Advocate. “We’re proud to help remind everyone that the world can connect through cinema." For Director of the Year, Bong competes with the likes of Sam Mendes, helmer of the stunning World War I epic 1917, and Women director Greta Gerwig, a previous Dorian winner in the category for Lady Bird. Renée Zellweger (Judy), Lupita Nyong’o (Us) and Alfre Woodard (Clemency) add excitement to the award season race with their nominations for Film Performance of the Year—Actress nominations, while fresh faces Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Zhao Shuzen (The Farewell) perk up the respective Supporting category. As for the Actor categories, they’re peppered with notable surnames: Banderas, Driver and Sandler; Pitt, Pesci and Pacino. Among the professional LGBTQ journalists group’s trademark categories, Booksmart and The Last Black Man in San Francisco are among the contenders for Unsung Film of the Year, while Cats and the cheeky, crazy-popular murder mystery Knives Out duke it out for Campy Flick of the Year With the Society’s recent move to spin off its television categories with a separate ceremony starting this August, the Dorians’ TV categories came with a somewhat truncated eligibility window of January 1 through November 1. “We want the work and power of LGBTQ entertainment journalists to be as recognized and visible as possible, and having our Dorians gradually mirror the Emmys’ calendar and the traditional TV season is a part of that effort,” said John Griffiths, GALECA’s founder and Executive Director. TV programs that premiered in the remainder of 2019 will be eligible for autumn’s first television-centric Dorian Awards. HBO’s acerbic rich-family soap Succession, Netflix’s searing and female-centric mystery Unbelievable and last year’s multi-winner Pose, all up for TV Drama of the Year, with Hulu’s high-school friendship spoof PEN15 and Comedy Central’s tart The Other Two making nice-surprise showings in the comedy arena. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, star-creator of the also-nominated comedy Fleabag star-creator, is up for three Dorians, including TV Performance of the Year—Actress and Wilde Wit of the Year. The starriest contenders for GALECA’s sole music award, the TV Musical Performance of the Year, are Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga for their rendition of “Shallow” at last year’s Academy Awards, and Lizzo for belting out "Truth Hurts” at the VMAs. All Dorian Award Winners, including the recipient of the Society’s annual Timeless career-achievement award, will be revealed Wednesday, January 8. As previously announced, Olivia Wilde, the first-time director of Booksmart, will be receiving a special honor at the group’s Dorian Awards Winners Toast, which will be held on Sunday, February 2, in Los Angeles, before football fever kicks in. The invitation-only event will include a raise of the glass to Wilde, named GALECA’s Wilde Artist of the Year. It bears noting that the acclaimed Booksmart’s stars, Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, each hold a Dorian nomination for GALECA’s “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star award. GALECA, a member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, aims to generate camaraderie and solidarity in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive film and television criticism and elevate the craft of entertainment journalism. Via panels, screenings and our annual Dorian Awards, GALECA also strives to remind at-risk youth, bullies and bigots that the world looks to the Q eye for leads on great, unique movies and TV. And how would the world fare without knowing what's campy? FULL LIST OF 11TH DORIAN AWARDS NOMINATIONS (Note: Categories with six or more contenders involve a tie) Film of the Year Hustlers Little Women Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood Pain and Glory Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire Director of the Year Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory Greta Gerwig, Little Women Bong Joon-ho, Parasite Sam Mendes, 1917 Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire Film Performance of the Year — Actress Awkwafina, The Farewell Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story Lupita Nyong’o, Us Alfre Woodard, Clemency Renée Zellweger, Judy Film Performance of the Year — Actor Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory Adam Driver, Marriage Story Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems Joaquin Phoenix, Joker Taron Egerton, Rocketman Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress Laura Dern, Marriage Story Florence Pugh, Little Women Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers Margot Robbie, Bombshell Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Al Pacino, The Irishman Joe Pesci, The Irishman Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood Song Kang-ho, Parasite LGBTQ Film of the Year Booksmart End of the Century Pain and Glory Portrait of a Lady on Fire Rocketman Foreign Language Film of the Year The Atlantics Pain and Glory Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire The Farewell Screenplay of the Year Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, Parasite Greta Gerwig, Little Women Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire Rian Johnson, Knives Out Documentary of the Year American Factory Apollo 11 For Sama Honeyland One Child Nation LGBTQ Documentary of the Year Circus of Books Gay Chorus Deep South The Gospel of Eureka 5B Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Visually Striking Film of the Year Midsommar 1917 The Lighthouse Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire Unsung Film of the Year Booksmart Her Smell Gloria Bell The Last Black Man in San Francisco Waves Campy Flick of the Year Cats Greta Knives Out Ma Serenity TV Drama of the Year Chernobyl Euphoria Pose Succession Unbelievable TV Comedy of the Year Fleabag The Other Two PEN15 Russian Doll Schitt’s Creek TV Performance of the Year — Actor Bill Hader, Barry Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us Billy Porter, Pose Jeremy Strong, Succession TV Performance of the Year — Actress Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek Mj Rodriguez, Pose Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Euphoria The Other Two Pose Schitt’s Creek Tales of the City Unsung TV Show of the Year Gentleman Jack On Becoming a God in Central Florida The Other Two PEN15 Years and Years TV Current Affairs Show of the Year Full Frontal with Samantha Bee The Rachel Maddow Show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Leaving Neverland TV Musical Performance of the Year Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, “Shallow,” The 91^st Academy Awards Lizzo, "Truth Hurts,” VMAs 2019 Megan Mullally, “The Man That Got Away,” Will & Grace Annie Murphy, “A Little Bit Alexis,” Schitt’s Creek Michelle Williams, “Who’s Got the Pain?,” Fosse/Verdon Campy TV Show of the Year American Horror Story 1984 Big Little Lies RuPaul’s Drag Race The Politician Riverdale The "We’re Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award Roman Griffin Davis Kaitlyn Dever Beanie Feldstein Florence Pugh Hunter Schafer Wilde Wit of the Year (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Dan Levy Billy Porter Randy Rainbow Taika Waititi Phoebe Waller-Bridge Wilde Artist of the Decade (Special Accolade) Lady Gaga Greta Gerwig Ryan Murphy Billy Porter Phoebe Waller-Bridge • • • • • GALECA ANNOUNCES 2018/19 FILM AND TV WINNERS GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of over 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally entertainment journalists in the U.S., Canada, Australia and U.K., has announced its 10th Dorian Award winners across 26 TV and film categories. The Favourite lived up to its title with GALECA’s Dorian Award voters, who named the cheeky historical romp Film of the Year and bestowed its star, Olivia Colman, with the Film Performance of the Year—Actress tiara for her biting turn as Queen Anne. The sumptuous movie treat also scored Screenplay of the Year honors for Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. Alfonso Cuarón, writer and helmer of Roma, the drama of a privileged family and their tragedy-stricken maid in 1970s Mexico City, was chosen Director of the Year, while the film itself was deemed the Foreign Language Film of the Year. Ethan Hawke took Film Performance of the Year—Actor for his work as a priest on the verge of madness in director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. In supporting film performance categories, the winners were Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk and Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me? The latter film, the fact-based dark comedy about a struggling New York writer who turns to forgery, was named GALECA’s Dorian Award winner for LGBTQ Film of the Year. In documentary categories, the biographical tributes Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and McQueen proved triumphant. As for GALECA’s unique category winners: The sci-fi hit Annihilation struck as Visually Striking Film of the Year; the female heist thriller Widows rallied as Unsung Film of the Year; and A Simple Favor, an outrageous mystery starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, nabbed the Society’s affectionate Campy Flick of the Year honor. Over on the TV side, FX’s Pose and Pop’s Schitt’s Creek both scored big with GALECA members. Pose—a drama set against the lively streets of New York City circa 1979—stood as TV Drama of the Year and LGBTQ Drama of the Year, also helped its producer, Ryan Murphy, to his second Dorian Award win for Wilde Artist of the Year (Murphy is the first person to win this title twice in GALECA’s 10-year history). Pose’s star, Billy Porter, took two Dorians—one for TV Performance of the Year—Actor and a shared win with his costars MJ Rodriguez and Our Lady J for their moving rendition of “Home” on the series. Creek meanwhile, took TV Comedy of the Year as well as Unsung TV Comedy. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee impressed as TV Current Affairs Show of the Year for the third year in a row. Campy TV Show champ: RuPaul’s Drag Race. Awkwafina, the rapper turned breakout star of the hit comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, was crowned GALECA’s “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star. Fresh-faced Australian comic Hannah Gadsby, who made a mark with her own well-received Netflix special last year, was named Wilde Wit of the Year. Harvey Fierstein was the group’s latest choice for Timeless Star, the group’s career achievement award. Previous recipients include Jane Fonda, Dame Angela Lansbury and Sir Ian McKellen. GALECA 2018/19 DORIAN AWARDS WINNERS: Film of the Year THE FAVOURITE (FOX SEARCHLIGHT) Director of the Year (Film or Television) ALFONSO CUARÓN, ROMA (NETFLIX) Film Performance of the Year — Actress OLIVIA COLMAN, THE FAVOURITE (FOX SEARCHLIGHT) Film Performance of the Year — Actor ETHAN HAWKE, FIRST REFORMED (A24) Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress REGINA KING, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (ANNAPURNA PICTURES) Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor RICHARD E. GRANT, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (FOX SEARCHLIGHT) LGBTQ Film of the Year CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (FOX SEARCHLIGHT) Foreign Language Film of the Year ROMA (NETFLIX) Screenplay of the Year DEBORAH DAVIS AND TONY MCNAMARA, THE FAVOURITE (FOX SEARCHLIGHT) Documentary of the Year WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (FOCUS FEATURES) LGBTQ Documentary of the Year MCQUEEN (BLEECKER STREET MEDIA) Visually Striking Film of the Year ANNIHILATION (PARAMOUNT) Unsung Film of the Year WIDOWS (20TH CENTURY FOX) Campy Flick of the Year A SIMPLE FAVOR (LIONSGATE) TV Drama of the Year POSE (FX) TV Comedy of the Year SCHITT’S CREEK (POP) TV Performance of the Year — Actor BILLY PORTER, POSE (FX) TV Performance of the Year — Actress SANDRA OH, KILLING EVE (BBC AMERICA) LGBTQ TV Show of the Year POSE (FX) Unsung TV Show of the Year SCHITT’S CREEK (POP) TV Current Affairs Show of the Year FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE (TBS) TV Musical Performance of the Year BILLY PORTER, MJ RODRIGUEZ AND OUR LADY J, “HOME," POSE (FX) Campy TV Show of the Year RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE (VH1, LOGO) The “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award AWKWAFINA Wilde Wit of the Year (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) HANNAH GADSBY Wilde Artist of the Year (Honoring a truly groundbreaking force in film, stage and/or television) RYAN MURPHY * Timeless Star (Given to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) HARVEY FIERSTEIN • • • • • 2018/19 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT GALECA: THE SOCIETY OF LGBTQ ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS ANNOUNCES 10TH DORIAN AWARDS FILM AND TV NOMINEES Comic Frank DeCaro Named Host of Group’s Jan. 12th Winners Toast Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 - Hollywood, CA - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has named its nominees for its milestone 10th Dorian Awards for the best in film and television of 2018. Leading in the movie categories with eight nominations is “The Favourite,” followed by “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me” and “Roma” with six nods each, and “A Star is Born” with four. The stars of the latest “Born” remake—Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga—are both up for Film Performance honors as well as the group’s Wilde Artist of the Year award. Many of the nominations add some excitement to this year’s film awards season. On GALECA’s short list for best actor: “First Reformed” star Ethan Hawke and “BlacKkKlansman” lead John David Washington. “Hereditary”’s Toni Collette and Yalitza Aparicio of “Roma” vie alongside Gaga for best actress. “Widows” upstart Elizabeth Debicki and “Black Panther” standout Michael B. Jordan up the ante in supporting performance races. And former YouTube star turned “Eighth Grade” writer-director Bo Burnham scored a nomination for Screenplay of the Year. The spectacular, practically candy-coated Marvel adventure “Panther” is one of the titles up for Visually Striking Film of the Year, while the Diane Keaton comedy “Book Club” and “Aquaman” are in the running for (or from?) the Campy Flick honor. In TV categories, FX’s transgender-empowering drama “Pose” and BBC America’s biting cat-and-mouse thriller “Killing Eve” lead among drama series. “Eve” headliners Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, true to their hit’s storyline, vie against each other for TV Performance—Actress, while Hugh Grant and his “A Very English Scandal” paramour Ben Whishaw face each other on the gentlemen’s side. Also making a fresh impression with GALECA, comprised of over 200 members in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K.: HBO’s hitman comedy “Barry,” Pop network’s rich-family satire “Schitt’s Creek,” and Julia Roberts and her cryptic new Amazon conspiracy tale “Homecoming.” “We’re thrilled by the strong variety of films and TV performances our diverse group of members has chosen to praise,” said GALECA President Diane Anderson-Minshall, Editorial Director of The Advocate. "In a lovely compliment to the Time’s Up movement, several categories, including Wilde Artist of the Year, Wilde Wit of the Year and Rising Star, are dominated by women this year. And it’s inspiring that the majority of our Director of the Year nominees are people of color, including Spike Lee, Barry Jenkins, and Alfonso Cuarón.” “It’s hard to believe this is our 10th go-around of giving out our Dorian Awards,” added GALECA’s Executive Director John Griffiths. “In such oddly combative times, that’s really something to covfefe.” Speaking of cheeky, along with its latest nominations, GALECA has announced that comedian and radio personality Frank DeCaro (“The Daily Show”, Sirius XM’s “The Frank DeCaro Show”) will preside as Master of Ceremonies at its invitation-only 10th Dorian Awards Winners Toast. The event will be held Saturday, January 12, noon to 2:30 at Paley restaurant in Hollywood’s historic Columbia Square. De Caro, fondly remembered for his turn as the campy movie critic on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” embodies “the perfect mix of wit and sincerity that suits our freewheeling Toast format,” said Griffiths. “He’s not only charming and funny, he has a deep respect for what it takes to make quality entertainment, remains sweetly starstruck even in these jaded times, and keeps his eye and heart on the big picture too.” DeCaro’s latest book, “Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business,” comes out from Rizzoli this spring. Since GALECA’s first film and TV favorites were named in 2010, over 200 artists and productions have received a Dorian Award, while over 1000 have received nominations. Among its Film of the Year winners are “Argo” and “12 Years a Slave,” as well as two movies directed by Luca Guadagnino, “I Am Love” and “Call Me By Your Name.” With five Dorians each across various categories, “Moonlight” and “Carol” stand as the most awarded films in GALECA history, while “Transparent,” with six wins in best-series categories alone, reigns as the most honored TV title. FULL LIST OF 10TH DORIAN AWARDS NOMINATIONS Film of the Year CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? THE FAVOURITE IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ROMA A STAR IS BORN Director of the Year (Film or Television) ALFONSO CUARON, ROMA MARIELLE HELLER, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? BARRY JENKINS, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK YORGOS LANTHIMOS, THE FAVOURITE SPIKE LEE, BLACKKKLANSMAN Film Performance of the Year — Actress YALITZA APARICIO, ROMA TONI COLLETTE, HEREDITARY OLIVIA COLMAN, THE FAVOURITE LADY GAGA, A STAR IS BORN MELISSA MCCARTHY, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Film Performance of the Year — Actor CHRISTIAN BALE, VICE BRADLEY COOPER, A STAR IS BORN ETHAN HAWKE, FIRST REFORMED RAMI MALEK, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, BLACKKKLANSMAN Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress ELIZABETH DEBICKI, WIDOWS REGINA KING, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK EMMA STONE, THE FAVOURITE RACHEL WEISZ, THE FAVOURITE MICHELLE YEOH, CRAZY RICH ASIANS Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor MAHERSHALA ALI, GREEN BOOK TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, BEAUTIFUL BOY SAM ELLIOTT, A STAR IS BORN RICHARD E. GRANT, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? MICHAEL B. JORDAN, BLACK PANTHER LGBTQ Film of the Year BOY ERASED CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? DISOBEDIENCE THE FAVOURITE LOVE, SIMON Foreign Language Film of the Year BURNING CAPERNAUM COLD WAR ROMA SHOPLIFTERS Screenplay of the Year BO BURNHAM, EIGHTH GRADE ALFONSO CUARON, ROMA DEBORAH DAVIS AND TONY MCNAMARA, THE FAVOURITE NICOLE HOLOFCENER AND JEFF WHITTY, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? BARRY JENKINS, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Documentary of the Year FREE SOLO RBG SHIRKERS THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? LGBTQ Documentary of the Year THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRE MCQUEEN SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD STUDIO 54 WHITNEY Visually Striking Film of the Year ANNIHILATION BLACK PANTHER THE FAVOURITE IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ROMA Unsung Film of the Year COLETTE DISOBEDIENCE THE HAPPY PRINCE TULLY WE THE ANIMALS WIDOWS Campy Flick of the Year AQUAMAN BOOK CLUB MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN A SIMPLE FAVOR SUSPIRIA TV Drama of the Year AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE THE HANDMAID'S TALE HOMECOMING KILLING EVE POSE TV Comedy of the Year BARRY GLOW THE GOOD PLACE THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL SCHITT'S CREEK TV Performance of the Year — Actor DARREN CRISS, THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY HUGH GRANT, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL BILLY PORTER, POSE MATTHEW RHYS, THE AMERICANS BEN WHISHAW, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL TV Performance of the Year — Actress AMY ADAMS, SHARP OBJECTS RACHEL BROSNAHAN, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL JODIE COMER, KILLING EVE SANDRA OH, KILLING EVE JULIA ROBERTS, HOMECOMING LGBTQ TV Show of the Year A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE KILLING EVE POSE QUEER EYE Unsung TV Show of the Year THE BISEXUAL DEAR WHITE PEOPLE THE GOOD FIGHT ONE DAY AT A TIME SCHITT'S CREEK TV Current Affairs Show of the Year THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW TV Musical Performance of the Year ADAM LAMBERT, “BELIEVE," 41ST KENNEDY CENTER HONORS BILLY PORTER, MJ RODRIGUEZ AND OUR LADY J, “HOME," POSE NOAH REID, “SIMPLY THE BEST," SCHITT’S CREEK KEALA SETTLE, “THIS IS ME,” 90TH ACADEMY AWARDS SUFJAN STEVENS, “MYSTERY OF LOVE,” 90TH ACADEMY AWARDS Campy TV Show of the Year AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA QUEER EYE RIVERDALE RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE The "We’re Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award AWKWAFINA ELSIE FISHER HENRY GOLDING INDYA MOORE MJ RODRIGUEZ Wilde Wit of the Year (Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) SAMANTHA BEE HANNAH GADSBY KATE MCKINNON JOHN OLIVER MICHELLE WOLF Wilde Artist of the Year (Honoring a truly groundbreaking force in film, stage and/or television) BRADLEY COOPER HANNAH GADSBY LADY GAGA NICOLE KIDMAN RYAN MURPHY Timeless Award recipient TBA ABOUT FRANK DECARO Comedian, pop culture pundit and radio/TV personality Frank DeCaro has spent the last three years touring North America as the opening act for Lisa Lampanelli. He is best known for his 12 years as the host of the daily national radio program The Frank DeCaro Showon Sirius XM, and his lauded, six-year stint as the movie critic on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. He is the author of five books including The Dead Celebrity Cookbook, Unmistakably Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie,A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir, and Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business, due from Rizzoli in spring 2019. Follow DeCaro @frankdecaroshow and visit his website, www.frankdecaro.com • • • • *PHOTOS!* GALECA's 9th Dorian Awards Winners Toast at the Beverly Hilton • • • • 2017/18 DORIAN WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Name Dorian Award Winners (Film & TV) Gay ❤ Story 'Call Me By Your Name' is Best Film Greta Gerwig Takes Best Director 'Get Out' Auteur Jordan Peele Scores Best Screenplay and More Sally Hawkins Wins Best Actress, Timothée Chalamet is Both Best Actor and Rising Star 'American Gods,' Kyle MacLachlan, Samantha Bee, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race' Rule TV Categories ⭐ Meryl Streep is Group’s Latest 'Timeless Star’ Honoree Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - Hollywood, CA — The distinctly unique GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of over 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally entertainment journalists in the U.S., Canada and U.K., has announced its ninth annual Dorian Award winners. This year’s 26 TV and film categories, again running from mainstream to LGBTQ-centric, include inaugural awards for Supporting Film Performance. A handful of select recipients will join the group for GALECA’s annual Winners Toast on Saturday February 24th in Beverly Hills. Call Me By Your Name, which led with nine nominations, was named 2017’s Film of the Year. The bittersweet story of two American men — a teen and a 20something — falling for each other in Italy also earned Timothée Chalamet a Dorian for Film Performance of the Year — Actor. Chalamet, seen in Dorian nominee Lady Bird as well, was also the group’s Rising Star pick. Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig, writer and helmer of the aforementioned Lady Bird, a female-focused coming-of-age drama, was named Director of the Year. Jordan Peele, formerly of TV’s acclaimed Key and Peele sketch comedy series, earned Screenplay of the Year for Get Out, the heart-stopping thriller and acidic satire about a black man (Daniel Kaluuya) who discovers his white girlfriend’s “liberal” parents are secretly murderous racists. Peele was also crowned Wilde Artist of the Year (nominees included Gerwig, Patty Jenkins, David Lynch and Guillermo del Toro) and Wilde Wit of the Year (in a tie with Saturday Night Live fixture Kate McKinnon). For the second year in a row, the talented McKinnon scored TV Musical Performance of the Year for her wowza impersonation of Kellyanne Conway taking her "alternative facts" act to Broadway. Film icon and feminist activist Meryl Streep was the group’s latest choice for Timeless Star, a career achievement honor previously won by such equally beloved stars (and human-rights champions) Jane Fonda, Dame Angela Lansbury and Sir Ian McKellen. “Who doesn’t love Meryl Streep outside of non-feminist Donald Trump?” quipped Diane Anderson-Minshall, GALECA’s president as well as editorial director of The Advocate magazine. “Streep’s latest film, The Post, speaks to her commitment to playing, and supporting, strong women who push for or at least embody the need for equality. As The Washington Post’s firebrand Katherine Graham, she inhabited the role of the first female publisher of a major American newspaper — a woman who went from housewife to overseeing the revelations of both Watergate and the Pentagon Papers at a time when most of the men around her were too afraid to take on either. And this was all long before the #MeToo movement.” Adds John Griffiths, GALECA’s Executive Director, "From Sophie’s Choice to Postcards from the Edge, Streep’s an incredibly stirring and affecting actress who transports, delights and nails various accents like no other. I’d say she definitely qualifies as a timeless star — and amid all the headlines about sexual harassment in Hollywood, she’s also a very relevant current voice.” Fun fact: Streep won a Dorian Award for The Iron Lady back in 2012. In additional trademark races, God’s Own Country — 2017’s other visceral love story involving two gay men — won as GALECA's Unsung Film of the Year (the competition included director Angela Robinson’s Professor Marston and the Wonder Women). Awards-season darling The Shape of Water impressed as Visually Striking Film of the Year. And mother!, Darren Aronofsky’s over-the-top psychological chiller starring Jennifer Lawrence, was deemed Campy Flick of the Year. Among TV categories, HBO’s sleek murder mystery Big Little Lies took TV Drama of the Year, with star Nicole Kidman (as a battered wife) triumphing too. Kyle MacLachlan was Kidman’s male counterpart for Twin Peaks: The Return. Starz’s provocative gods-among-us fantasy American Gods took Unsung TV Show, fittingly as its future the freshman series’ future is reportedly up in the air. And programs each celebrating their second win in a row: TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Current Affairs Show of the Year) and the Lady Gaga-loved gay performance contest RuPaul’s Drag Race (LGBTQ Show). GALECA’S MISSION Home of the Dorian Awards for the best in film and TV, GALECA aims to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, and elevate professional entertainment criticism and journalism, all while bolstering art and humanity. Via panels, screenings, events and its occasional “Ten Best" lists, this 501 c-6 organization also strives to remind the everyone from at-risk youth to bullies that gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people have a rich history of putting great movies and TV on the radar. How would the world fare without knowing what's campy? GALECA 2017/18 DORIAN AWARDS — FULL LIST FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER) Get Out - Universal Lady Bird - A24 The Shape of Water - Fox Searchlight DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (FILM OR TELEVISION) Sean Baker, The Florida Project – A24 Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24 (WINNER) Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk – Warner Bros. Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight (WINNER) Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Margot Robbie, I, Tonya - Neon Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird - A24 Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR Nahuel Perez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER) James Franco, The Disaster Artist – A24 Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out - Universal Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour – Focus Features SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS Mary J. Blige, Mudbound - Netflix Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip - Universal Allison Janney, I, Tonya - Neon Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird - A24 (WINNER) Michelle Pfeiffer, mother! - Paramount SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project – A24 Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name- Sony Pictures Classics Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER) LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Battle of the Sexes - Fox Searchlight Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER) A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard (WINNER) A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics First They Killed My Father - Netflix The Square – Magnolia Pictures Thelma – The Orchard SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED) James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal (WINNER) Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24 Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Netflix Faces/Places – Cohen Media Group (WINNER) Jane – National Geographic/Abramorama Kedi - Oscilloscope VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) Blade Runner 2049 – Warner Bros. Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Dunkirk – Warner Bros. The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight (WINNER) Wonderstruck - Amazon UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Beach Rats - Neon God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films (WINNER) Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Annapurna Wonderstruck - Amazon CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR Baywatch - Paramount The Disaster Artist – A24 The Greatest Showman – 20th Century Fox I, Tonya - Neon mother! - Paramount (WINNER) TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR Big Little Lies - HBO (WINNER) The Crown - Netflix Feud: Bette and Joan - FX The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR Better Things - FX GLOW - Netflix The Good Place - NBC The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon (WINNER) Will & Grace - NBC TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS Clare Foy, The Crown - Netflix Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies - HBO (WINNER) Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan - FX Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies - HBO TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR Aziz Ansari, Master of None – Netflix Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us - NBC Jonathan Groff, Mindhunter - Netflix Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime (WINNER) Alexander Skaarsgård, Big Little Lies - HBO TV CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW OF THE YEAR Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – TBS (WINNER) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS The Rachel Maddow Show - MSNBC TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Lady Gaga, “God Bless America,” “Born This Way,” etc., Super Bowl LI - Fox Kate McKinnon, “(Kellyanne) Conway!” Saturday Night Live - NBC (WINNER) Brendan McCreary, John Mulaney, “I’m Gay,” Big Mouth – Netflix Pink, “Beautiful Trauma,” American Music Awards - ABC Sasha Velour, “So Emotional,” RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1 LGBTQ SHOW OF THE YEAR Difficult People - Hulu RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1 (WINNER) Sense8 - Netflix Transparent – Amazon Will & Grace - NBC UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR American Gods - Starz (WINNER) Dear White People - Netflix Difficult People - Hulu At Home with Amy Sedaris - TruTV The Leftovers - HBO CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR Dynasty Feud: Bette and Joan (WINNER) Riverdale RuPaul's Drag Race Will & Grace ‘WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!’ RISING STAR AWARD Timothée Chalamet (WINNER) Harris Dickinson Tiffany Haddish Daniel Kaluuya Daniela Vega WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Samantha Bee Stephen Colbert Kate McKinnon (WINNER - TIE) John Oliver Jordan Peele (WINNER - TIE) WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television) Guillermo del Toro Greta Gerwig Patty Jenkins David Lynch Jordan Peele (WINNER) TIMELESS STAR (to a living actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) Meryl Streep (WINNER) • • • • 2017/18 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Shape of Water Lead Film Categories Feud, Will & Grace, Glow Highlight TV Races Seth Meyers, David Lynch, Tiffany Haddish, Michelle Pfeiffer Also Vie Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - Hollywood, CA — GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of nearly 200 critics and journalists in the U.S., Canada and U.K., today released its ninth annual Dorian Award nominations for the year’s finest in film and TV. Call Me By Your Name reigns with nine nominations, starting with Film of the Year. Earning both best actor and rising star nods: Timothée Chalamet, who plays the film’s teen protagonist besotted by 20something Armie Hammer — who received a nomination for supporting actor. The Shape of Water, director Guillermo del Toro’s fantastical love story coupling a woman and a creature plucked from the Amazon River, landed seven nominations. Meanwhile, the horrors-of-racism drama Get Out earned six nominations, four for writer-director Jordan Peele alone (in addition to helming and screenplay nods, he’s up for “Wilde Wit” and “Wilde Artist” kudos). Also ranking high with GALECA members: Margot Robbie, a nominee for Film Performance of the Year — Actress for her gritty turn, twist and twirl as ice-blooded figure-skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. Joining Robbie on the ring is Chilean actress Daniela Vega for her work as a transgender waitress dealing with loss and indignities in A Fantastic Woman. As for epics, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk did not get a best film nomination, but Nolan made GALECA’s Director of the Year short list — and the WWII epic is also up for Visually Striking Film of the Year alongside the likes of Blade Runner 2049. Meanwhile, BPM (Beats Per Minute), French director Robin Campillo’s dramatic account of friends facing the AIDS epidemic in 1990s France, scored an impressive five nominations, from Foreign Language Film of the Year to Unsung Film. In TV categories, awards-season darlings Big Little Lies, Feud and The Crown — as well as women surnamed Kidman, Witherspoon, Foy and Lange — obviously delighted GALECA members as well. The male actor race includes a couple of nice surprises: Kyle MacLachlan for Twin Peaks: The Return and Jonathan Groff for Netflix’s droll crime thriller Mindhunter. Other shows getting some love include Hulu’s departing Difficult People, Netflix’s series version of Dear White People and Starz’s electric and provocative fantasy American Gods. And, for TV Musical Performance of the Year, Lady Gaga, Pink, RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Sasha Velour and comic John Mulaney all vie against Kate McKinnon’s Broadway-worthy sendup of Kellyanne Conway on Saturday Night Live. The final Dorian verdicts, including GALECA’s latest pick for Timeless Star (a career achievement honor), will be announced Wednesday, January 31. Then, on Saturday afternoon, February 24, the group will gather to celebrate some of the winners at its annual, intimate Winners Toast in Los Angeles. GALECA 2017/18 DORIAN AWARDS NOMINEES: FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Get Out - Universal Lady Bird - A24 The Shape of Water - Fox Searchlight DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (FILM OR TELEVISION) Sean Baker, The Florida Project – A24 Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24 Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk – Warner Bros. Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Margot Robbie, I, Tonya - Neon Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird - A24 Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR Nahuel Perez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics James Franco, The Disaster Artist – A24 Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out - Universal Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour – Focus Features SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS Mary J. Blige, Mudbound - Netflix Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip - Universal Allison Janney, I, Tonya - Neon Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird - A24 Michelle Pfeiffer, mother! - Paramount SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project – A24 Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Battle of the Sexes - Fox Searchlight Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics First They Killed My Father - Netflix The Square – Magnolia Pictures Thelma – The Orchard SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED) James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24 Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Netflix Faces Places – Cohen Media Group Jane – National Geographic/Abramorama Kedi - Oscilloscope VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) Blade Runner 2049 – Warner Bros. Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Dunkirk – Warner Bros. The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Wonderstruck - Amazon UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Beach Rats - Neon God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Annapurna Wonderstruck - Amazon CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR Baywatch - Paramount The Disaster Artist – A24 The Greatest Showman – 20th Century Fox I, Tonya - Neon mother! - Paramount TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR Big Little Lies - HBO - HBO The Crown - Netflix Feud: Bette and Joan - FX The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR Better Things - FX GLOW - Netflix The Good Place - NBC The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon Will & Grace - NBC TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS Clare Foy, The Crown - Netflix Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies - HBO Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan - FX Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies - HBO TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR Aziz Ansari, Master of None – Netflix Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us - NBC Jonathan Groff, Mindhunter - Netflix Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime Alexander Skaarsgård, Big Little Lies - HBO TV CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW OF THE YEAR Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – TBS Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS The Rachel Maddow Show - MSNBC TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Lady Gaga, “God Bless America,” “Born This Way,” etc., Super Bowl LI - Fox Kate McKinnon, “(Kellyanne) Conway!” Saturday Night Live - NBC Brendan McCreary, John Mulaney, “I’m Gay,” Big Mouth – Netflix Pink, “Beautiful Trauma,” American Music Awards - ABC Sasha Velour, “So Emotional,” RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1 LGBTQ SHOW OF THE YEAR Difficult People - Hulu RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1 Sense8 - Netflix Transparent – Amazon Will & Grace - NBC UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR American Gods - Starz Dear White People - Netflix Difficult People - Hulu At Home with Amy Sedaris - TruTV The Leftovers - HBO CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR Dynasty Feud: Betty and Joan Riverdale RuPaul's Drag Race Will & Grace ‘WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!’ RISING STAR AWARD Timothée Chalamet Harris Dickinson Tiffany Haddish Daniel Kaluuya Daniela Vega WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Samantha Bee Stephen Colbert Kate McKinnon John Oliver Jordan Peele WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television) Guillermo del Toro Greta Gerwig Patty Jenkins David Lynch Jordan Peele GALECA’S MISSION GALECA, a 501 C-6 nonprofit, aims to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive film and TV criticism and elevate entertainment journalism. Via panels, screenings, events and its occasional “Ten Best" lists, GALECA also strives to remind the world, and our at-risk youth that LGBTQs have a rich history of putting great movies and TV on the pop culture radar. After all, how would the world fare without knowing what's campy? CONTACT Diane Anderson-Minshall, GALECA President diane@retrogradecommunications.com John Griffiths, GALECA Executive Director jdgriffiths@earthlink.net • • • • GALECA NAMES TEN BEST ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME Group’s members give thanks for an array of impressive women and unforgettable performances HOLLYWOOD, CA, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 – The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association today announced its members’ collective picks for the organization’s latest “Ten Best” list: GALECA’s Ten Best Actresses of All Time. The 160-plus members of GALECA, a nonprofit group comprised of professional film and TV critics and entertainment journalists in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., were each asked to name their 10 choices for the finest female actors throughout the history of film and television, without ranking the stars. The actresses with the most mentions are noted below. Note: Actresses who did not make the top 10 here but came closest among the 100 or so listed by members include Joan Crawford, Judi Dench, Sally Field, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren, Elizabeth Taylor and Kate Winslet. The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association’s Ten Best Actresses of All Time (again, in alphabetical order) are: Ingrid Bergman: The Swedish star is best known to your average Joe as misty-eyed Ilsa in Casablanca, but Bergman devotees know that she starred in many more, including a trio of Hitchcock films and George Cukor’s stellar thriller Gaslight. Bergman is also responsible for another gift to cinema: her daughter, actress Isabella Rossellini. Cate Blanchett: Whether she’s playing a tortured 16th-century monarch or having clandestine glove lunches in 1952, Cate Blanchett radiates. She’s the kind of actress that demands your attention, and you gratefully give it. She’s picked up a host of Oscar and/or Golden Globe nominations (and a few wins) for her stunning performances in such modern classics as Elizabeth, Blue Jasmine and Carol (the latter two also earned her GALECA Dorian Awards). Bette Davis: The grande dame of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Bette Davis commanded attention with her striking visage and powerful performances in films like All About Eve, The Little Foxesand What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Davis’ off-camera battles with costar Joan Crawford in the latter fuel the upcoming TV series Feud). But from the get-go, she was blazing trails as one of filmdom’s most distinct, eye-expressive actresses. Viola Davis: Bette’s not the only Ms. Davis to stand out on the screen (big or small). This Juilliard-trained powerhouse has shown there’s no role she can’t conquer, winning two Tonys, two Oscar nominations (for Doubt and The Help) and, finally, like Stanwyck, an Emmy. That parade of awards will only keep growing as she lends her trademark thoughtfulness to more juicy roles like her current one as Annalise Keating in TV’s How to Get Away With Murder. Jane Fonda: Fonda (a GALECA Timeless Star career-achievement honoree) may have come from Hollywood royalty, but she’s been paving her own way with intelligence and subversive wit since the sixties. Be it in the daring crime thriller Klute, feminist office comedy 9 to 5 to or gray-haired sitcom Grace and Frankie, Fonda is a nervy, magnetic presence. And few actresses have such a knack for shedding light on important issues with her brave performances. Witness her Oscar-winning turn in Coming Home. Katharine Hepburn: Few actresses, or actors, have the sort of self-possessed presence that came so naturally to Kate Hepburn. Even after her early success in was deemed a flash in the pan by the 1940s, she showed that talent and a hell of a lot of moxie can’t be quashed. Hepburn picked up three of her four Oscars later in life (see On Golden Pond), working until the age of 87. Her dedication to her art and her iconoclastic personal style translate to indelible. Isabelle Huppert: The French-born Cannes’ darling Huppert has been making waves in the film industry for over 40 years now, with no signs of slowing down. Her haunting performance in 2001’s The Piano Teacher may be her best known work in the U.S., but the BAFTA- and Cesar-winning chameleon has over 50 films under her belt, a testament to her status as one of the world’s most spectacularly natural acting talents. See her cast a spell in the current drama Elle. Julianne Moore: Moore has the makings of a modern legend. She landed on the radar with her high of a performance in 1997’s Boogie Nightsand she’s been building a noticeably meaty list of credits ever since. Her subtle and natural style has made her a household name and a favorite during Academy Awards season (and she won a GALECA Dorian Award for Still Alice). While Moore is usually cast in dramas like the heart-wrenching The End of the Affair, her comedic timing in The Big Lebowski is proof she has the chops to do it all. Barbara Stanwyck: The stunningly "real” Stanwyck rose from a childhood filled with poverty and strife to become one of early Hollywood’s most dynamic actresses. The former Ziegfeld Follies dancer elicited tears in Stella Dallas, mesmerized in the noir classic Double Indemnity and delighted in the screwball comedy The Lady Eve. “Missy” later turned heads in television, winning three Emmys, including one for her gutsy performance in The Thorn Birds. Meryl Streep: Enigmatic, brilliant, timeless. Meryl Streep’s career is as varied as can be, with Oscar-winning performances in The Iron Lady (which also earned her GALECA’s Dorian Award), Sophie’s Choice and Kramer vs. Kramer to fun frolics in films like Mamma Mia and The Devil Wears Prada. Streep completely loses herself in her roles, making her not only fascinating, but (shhh) GALECA’s number-one Best Actress of All Time. • • • • Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Fete Carol and Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy at Annual Winners Toast **Transparent, Grace and Frankie Cast Members Discuss Their Awarded Shows MONDAY MARCH 7, 2016** - HOLLYWOOD, CA Members of the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, comprised of nearly 150 entertainment journalists nationwide, gathered Sunday in Los Angeles to celebrate their 2015 Dorian Award winners across film and TV. GALECA’s top titles and performances of the year were announced January 19, but the group eschews the award show format for an afternoon party where select winners enjoy champagne and some lighthearted questions before the crowd at its annual Winners Toast. This year, Oscar nominee Phyllis Nagy, presented her Dorian Award for Screenplay of the Year for Carol, was asked by GALECA Board Member Trish Bendix (AfterEllen) about adapting novelist Patricia Highsmith’s classic lesbian romance for the screen. “Retaining the novel’s sense of mystery” was key, said Nagy. The writer also noted that the film, an international success, seemed to ruffle feathers in some circles. “Hollywood still isn’t used to seeing strong lesbian characters. Carol is a woman who knows what she wants,” Nagy said of the determined divorcee (Cate Blanchett) who intrigues younger Therese (Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York. GALECA obviously responded to the film — Bendix and the organization’s president, John Griffiths (Us Weekly), had to jump in to help Nagy pose with Carol’s five awards in all. The movie, hailed by GALECA as a work “of precise beauty and huge emotional impact,” also had won Film of the Year, LGBTQ Film of the Year, Director of the Year - Todd Haynes and Film Performance of the Year - Actress for Blanchett. Alexandra Billings, the groundbreaking transgender actress who costars on Amazon’s Transparent, accepted that show’s awards for TV Comedy of the Year, LGBTQ TV Show of the Year and TV Performance of the Year - Actor (Jeffrey Tambor). Billings, asked about her place as the first transgender performer to play a transgender character in a TV production, had fun roasting that turn in 2005’s Romy and Michelle: In the Beginning. The comedy prequel was “awful!” Billings had higher praise for her current gig, in which she plays Davina, a warm transgender woman who helps show Tambor’s character Maura transition. Transparent is “funny because it’s real and true. And [creator] Jill Soloway is a nut!” Accepting on behalf of Jane Fonda for the Grace and Frankie’s star’s Timeless Award — GALECA’s career achievement honor previously given to the likes of Sir Ian McKellen — her sitcom costar Baron Vaughn raved about the legendary actress’s “approachable” charms and professionalism. On the Netflix hit, about the unlikely friendship between fastidious Grace (Fonda) and aging hippy Frankie (Lily Tomlin) and their suddenly out husbands, Vaughn plays Tomlin’s adopted son Bud. “When I’m in scenes with Jane and Lily, I’m thinking I’m basically the new Dolly Parton,” quipped Vaughn, referencing a certain Fonda/Tomlin/Parton comedy classic. Other swells attending GALECA’s Hasty Pudding-esque Toast, held at Wilde Wine Bar and Restaurant in Los Angeles, were actor Jason Stuart (Unsung Film of the Year winner Tangerine and the upcoming The Birth of a Nation), rising star Corey Craig (Pee Wee’s Big Holiday) and reality star/actor Massimo Dobrovic (Euros of Hollywood). The afternoon was capped by Natalie Denise Sperl of the L.A. rock band Kill My Coquette, who sang a tribute to the late David Bowie. GALECA, an established 501 C-6 nonprofit, aims to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive film and TV criticism and elevate entertainment journalism as a whole. Via panels, screenings, events and our occasional “Ten Best” lists, GALECA also strives to remind the world that the LGBTQ-munity has a significant history of helping improve pop culture at large. After all, how would the world fare without knowing what’s campy?

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TRE’VELL ANDERSON What A Day & Fanti podcasts, author, NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, podcast guest, personal website

ERIC ANDERSSON People (Senior Writer)

ERIK ANDERSON Awards Watch (Editor in Chief & columnist)

KENNETH ANDERSON Dreams Are What Le Cinema is For (YouTube channel & blog)

VALERIE ANNE (LISTON) Autostraddle

BIL ANTONIOU Bad Gay Movies podcast, Riviera Rats podcast, That Shelf, personal website

GREG ARCHER MovieWeb, author, personal website

HENRY ARNAUD Balance Sheet (Bilan magazine), Geneva Tribune, 24 Hours (Switzerland)

💻 EDWIN ARNAUDIN Asheville Movies, Crooked Marquee

KEN ARNOLD Nashville Scene

PRIYA ARORA Apple News (Curator / Editor)

DAVID ARTAVIA Yahoo News (Senior Entertainment & News Reporter)

SEAN AU KTSF-TV (San Francisco) Screening Room segments

💻 FRANK J. AVELLA EDGE Media Network, The Contending

💻 CHRIS AZZOPARDI The New York Times, Out in New Jersey, Q Salt Lake, etc.

💻 LAURA BABIAK Observer, freelance

NEIL BAKER Cinerama (Founder & Editor in Chief)

ALEX BARASCH The New Yorker (Editorial Staff)

BRANTLEY BARDIN (Board Member Emeritus) GALECA Theater Wing Historian

^ 💻 REUBEN BARON Looper, Paste, Wealth of Geeks

TIM BAROS FabUK (Entertainment Editor)

JOSE BASTIDAS The Wrap (TV Editor)

EZE BAUM This Week Media (Editor in Chief)

MATT BAUME YouTube channel, The Sewers of Paris podcast, author, newsletter, personal website

DAN BAYER Next Best Picture, Awards Watch

MITCHELL BEAUPRE Letterboxd Journal (Senior Editor), The Letterboxd Show podcast, Paste

JOSH BELL The Inlander (Washington), Awesome Movie Year podcast, Tom’s Guide,

NICHOLAS BELL IonCinema (Chief Film Critic), Fish Jelly podcast and YouTube show

TRISH BENDIX (Board Member Emeritus) The New York Times, Lit Femme (Substack), personal website

💻 JEFFERY BERG Film Forward, personal website

RIESE BERNARD Autostraddle (Senior Editor)

MANUEL BETANCOURT The Los Angeles Times, Variety, A.V. Club, Film Week (NPR / LAist Los Angeles) author, personal website

MARCIE BIANCO Stanford Social Innovation Review (Editor)

WILLIAM BIBBIANI The Wrap, Critically Acclaimed Network podcast

💻 J. DON BIRNAM Awards Watch, Next Best Picture

💻 SARAH-TAI BLACK Globe and Mail, Roger Ebert, personal website

CARSON BLACKWELDER Good Morning America (Digital Culture Reporter)

JEFFREY BLOOMER Slate (Editorial Director)

BRIAN BLUESKYE The Desert Sun / USA Today Network

KAITLYN BOOTH Bleeding Cool (Editor in Chief)

JONATHAN BORGE InStyle (Deputy Editor), personal website

CHARLES KAREL BOULEY The Karel Cast podcast

KATE BOVE Screen Rant (Senior Writer)

KELLI BOYLE TV Insider / TV Guide magazine

^ 💻 LAURA BRADLEY Vulture, The Daily Beast, personal website

ADAM BRANNON Movie Metropolis (Founder & Editor)

MATT BRENNAN The Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope (Editor)

💻 LEX BRISCUSO IGN, Inverse, The Wrap

💻 CHARLES BRIGHT Gold Derby

DANIELLE BROADWAY Reuters

TOM BROOK BBC World News: Talking Movies

NEAL BROVERMAN Mashable (Enterprise Editor)

BRODY BROWN Us Weekly (Executive Editor)

JAMES BROWN Texas Art & Film (Editor in Chief), personal site

STEPHEN MICHAEL BROWN Silver Screen Capture

RAVEN BRUNER People, Yahoo / NewsBreak / MSN

EVAN BURKE Billboard (Video Producer)

SARAH BURKE Freelance

💻 HANSEN BURSIC Co-president, NLGJA Los Angeles Chapter; journalists & LGBTQIA+ content advocate; documentarian; freelance, personal website

💻 DAVID SÁNCHEZ CABALLERO Digital Trends, Screen Rant

💻 KERENSA CADENAS IndieWire, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Nylon

BEN CAHLAMER The Movie Revue, The Cinema Files

MICHAEL CALLERI Niagara Gazette, WLVL AM/FM (Buffalo, New York)

PETER CANAVESE Celluloid Dreams / Screen Scene podcast

BRENNAN CARLEY The Infatuation (Senior Editor, Entertainment), freelance

CHRIS CARPENTER (Vice President Emeritus) Rage, MovieDearest

💻 CHRIS CARTER Destructoid (Managing Editor)

SARA CENTURY Bitches on Comics podcast, IGN, Adweek

ALISE CHAFFINS The Dominion Post (West Virginia), Substack

💻 CAITLIN SINCLAIR CHAPPELL Anime Herald , Women Write About Comics, Freelance

DUSTIN CHASE Galveston Daily News, Texas Art & Film (Editor at Large)

^ DANETTE CHAVEZ The A.V. Club (Editor in Chief)

LARRY CHILSON JR. Cinemania World podcast (Co-host), Cinema Snarks podcast, YouTube channel

💻 ALYSSA CHRISTIAN Next Best Picture (Writer, Editor, podcast guest); freelance

💻 DAN CLARENDON TV Insider, Queerty, personal website

CASS CLARKE Dread Central, Horror Hangover podcast, personal website, WriteBoston (Youth Program Facilitator—Newsroom, Teens in Print)

SARA CLEMENTS Next Best Picture (Editor), Pajiba, Pay or Wait, Nerdspin

RICH JACK CLINE Shadows On The Wall (Editor in Chief & Founder); Chair, London Film Critics Circle

💻 LAUREN COATES The Mary Sue, Chicago Reader, Roger Ebert, Paste

💻 TYLER COATES Filmmaker magazine / Considerations, Esquire, The Hollywood Reporter, Yahoo

💻 BJ COLANGELO Slash Film, IGN, This Ends at Prom podcast

💻 CHAD COLLINS Dread Central, Slash Film

SALEM COLLO-JULIN Chicago Reader (Editor in Chief), personal website

JIM COLUCCI TV historian & best-selling author (Golden Girls Forever, All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television, et al.)

💻 VALERIE COMPLEX Freelance, personal website

KELLY CONNOLLY TV Guide online (Senior Editor)

💻 MICHAEL COOK OutSFL, Werrrk

💻 SHELBY COOKE Film East magazine (Editor in Chief & Head Curator), personal website

JOHN CORRADO The Joy of Movies blog

💻 DANIELA COSTA Stars Insider (International Editor), freelance

💻 DARIA COTTINGHAM personal website

💻 STEPH COZZA Cinema Vixens blog

💻 MATTHEW CREITH The Wrap, Yahoo, Next Best Picture, Edge, In magazine, Matinee with Matt blog and podcast

💻 ZOE CROMBIE The Dukes Lancaster (Northern England) (must search “Zoe Crombie” on site for author’s articles list)

💻 TAYLOR CRUMPTON Time, Essence, Marie Claire, Autostraddle; personal website

💻 REANNA CRUZ Vulture, Switched on Pop podcast (Producer) NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, CBC

💻 MICHAEL CUBY them (Editor at Large), Elle, Yahoo, W, InStyle, Nylon

💻 ELI CUGINI Dazed, personal website

ISABEL CUSTODIO Be Kind Rewind YouTube channel, The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show podcast

DANIEL D’ADDARIO Variety (Chief TV Critic)

💻 DARKSKYLADY (nom de plume) DarkSkyLady Reviews, Nerdist, Latina Media

💻 ANDREW DAVIS Windy City Times (Senior Writer), Substack, Freelance

STEPHEN DAVIS College Movie Review (Editor in Chief)

VICTORIA DAVIS Animation World Network, personal website

PETER DEBRUGE Variety (Chief Film Critic)

RAINA DEERWATER GLAAD (Entertainment Research & Analysis Manager)

ANDY DEHNART Reality Blurred (Founder & Editor in Chief)

^ MANNY DELA ROSA NBC Palm Springs, YouTube channel, personal website

KARL DELOSSANTOS Smash Cut (Founder & Editor), The New York Times (Newsletters Editor)

KYLE DENIS Billboard (Staff Writer), The Bulletin (Founder & Editor in Chief)

💻 JIREH DENG The Los Angeles Times, AMPAS’ A.Frame (must search name for recent bylines), personal website

💻 CODY DERICKS Next Best Picture, Halloweeners podcast

💻 KIRA DESHLER Slash Film (Features Writer), Paging Dr. Lesbian (Substack)

ERIC ANSLEY DIAZ Nerdist

💻 WILL DIGRAVIO Paste, Cineaste (Assistant Editor), personal website

CARAGH DONLEY The Kelly Clarkson Show (Senior Producer), HuffPost

TYLER DOSTER Awards Watch (TV Awards Editor)

💻 HILTON DRESDEN The Hollywood Reporter (Associate Awards Editor), Babbling On podcast, Substack, personal website

💻 SHARAREH DRURY People, MuslimGirl (Freelance Editor)

💻 GLENN DUNKS The Film Experience, freelance

JAMIE DUNN The Skinny Scotland (Film Editor & Critic)

TAMARA DUNN The Denver Post (Digital Strategist)

SAM ECKMANN Gold Derby

CHRIS EGGERTSEN Billboard (Associate Editor)

ALICIA ELER Minneapolis Star Tribune, author

💻 MURTADA ELFADL Variety, The A.V. Club, Backstage, Sundays With Cate podcast

GREGORY ELLWOOD The Playlist

💻 JOSHUA ENCINIAS MovieMaker, Brooklyn magazine

💻 MATTHEW ENG The Reverse Shot

💻 DAWN ENNIS Fox61 / CW Morning News Connecticut (Producer), Los Angeles / Washington D.C. Blade, Connecticut Voice, RiseUp with Dawn Ennis (Substack)

RAFFY ERMAC Out . com (Editor in Chief)

JOHN ESTHER Board Member Emeritus, Dorian Awards Rules & Criteria Chair

^ 💻 VALERIE ETTENHOFER Slashfilm, IGN

RUSSELL FALCON NewsNation, Nextstar Digital

KEVIN FALLON The Daily Beast & Obsessed newsletter (Senior Editor)

SEAN FARRELL AFPL Journal

💻 CHRIS FEIL Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Gawker, This Had Oscar Buzz podcast

ALEX FELDMAN Time Out (National Theater & Dance Editor; Chief Theater Critic)

💻 GEORGE FENWICK Leterboxd Journal, The Guardian

SARA MICHELLE FETTERS Movie Freak

💻 BOBBY FINGER Vanity Fair, Vulture/The Cut, Who? Weekly podcast

TOM FITZGERALD Tom + Lorenzo (Co-founder), Pop Style Opinionfest podcast

JASON FLATT But Why Tho? (Senior Editor, Critic, Podcast Producer), personal website

S.E. FLEENOR Bitches on Comics podcast, personal website

NICHOLAS FONSECA Sunday Telegraph‘s Stellar, Body + Soul, The Binge Guide (Deputy Editor/Features Editor)

ALISON FOREMAN IndieWire

HALEIGH FOUTCH The Wrap (News Editor)

💻 MICHAEL FRANK The Film Stage

💻 WHITNEY FRIEDLANDER Variety, InStyle, Paste, Los Angeles Times

JOE FRIAR Fort Worth Report, 2 Movie Guys podcast, Joe & Ariana in the Morning (Cohost / Program Director, Hit Radio 104-7 KVIC Texas)

SCOTT FULLERTON Left of Str8 Show podcast, Bears of a Certain Age podcast

GLENN GARNER Deadline, personal website

💻 CADEN MARK GARDNER Author, Reverse Shot, Criterion, Substack

DARREN GARRETT Advocate Channel (Producer), The Advocates with Sonia Baghdaddy (Producer) (ABC Localish)

TAYLOR GATES Collider

TOPHER GAUK-ROGER People

GLENN GAYLORD The Queer Review

MADELYN GEE Rap TV (staff writer), Word Vomit podcast (co-host)

💻 GABRIELLA GEISINGER Screen Daily / Screen International (Locations Editor), Kemps (Editor), 1883 magazine, personal website

JESSIE GENDER YouTube

DAVE GIANNINI InSession Film (Editor in Chief), Pop Culture Case Study podcast, Substack

💻 MICHEL GHANEM New York / The Cut, TV Scholar (Substack)

^ HENRY GIARDINA Into (Editor)

NORMAN GIDNEY HorrorBuzz (Founder & Editor)

💻 ELIJAH GIL Mashable, LatiNation / LATV

MATTHEW GILBERT Member Emeritus (Boston Globe)

TRACY E. GILCHRIST Equal Pride (Vice President, Executive Producer of Entertainment)

BENJAMIN GILLESPIE Journal of American Drama and Theatre (Co-editor)

ROB GILLETT Queerly Radio (Founder)

MICHAEL GOFF Towleroad (Owner, Editor), Ptown Hacks

ED GONZALEZ Slant (Editor & Co-founder)

AUSTEN GOSLIN Polygon (Editor, Entertainment)

ANNA GOVERT Paste (Assistant TV Editor)

💻 DOUGLAS GREENWOOD i-D (Entertainment Editor), Vogue, The New York Times, personal website

DREW GREGORY Autostraddle

PAUL MCGUIRE GRIMES Twin Cities Live (ABC Minneapolis), The Colleen & Bradley Show (My Talk 107.1), Paul’s Trip to the Movies

💻 JEN GUSHUE TDF Stages, Ghost Light New York theater blog

JORDAN GUSTAFSON The Queer Quadrant podcast, personal website

GRAEME GUTTMANN Screen Rant (Senior News Editor & Critic)

LINDA GWILYM Moviepie (Founder & Editor)

PALMER HAASCH Business Insider, personal website

LYRA HALE Remezcla (News Editor), Fangirlish (Editor in Chief), Den of Geek; personal website; Tales from the 118 & I’m Not Yellilng, I’m Latina podcasts

💻 JIM HALTERMAN Variety, TV Insider, Emmy, The Los Angeles Times, Substack

💻 DANA HAN-KLEIN We’re Watching What?! podcast & website, Out, Hollywood First Look YouTube channel & website

💻 DELIA HARRINGTON Observer, personal website

JOSHUA HARRIS Paste, Mediaversity

AMELIA HARVEY Frame Rated, Nerdspin, The Things

💻 JOEY HARVEY Into, Queerty, personal site, Outfest / GALECA Press Inclusion Initiative Fellow

JOSH M. HAYES (BATCHELDER) Josh at the Movies

💻 LUKE HEARFIELD YouTube channel

DAN HECHING CNN Entertainment (Editor)

ALEX HEENEY Seventh Row (Editor in Chief) & podcast, Substack, personal website

JEREMY HELLIGAR People (Executive Editor)

💻 C. TAYLOR HENDERSON Out, BET online, Q Voice; personal website

ERIC HENDERSON Slant, CBS News online (Managing Editor, Midwest)

ODIE HENDERSON The Boston Globe

💻 DENNIS HENSLEY Dennis Anyone? podcast, freelance

ANDRÉ HEREFORD Metro Weekly (Washington, D.C.)

GREG HERNANDEZ (Board Member Emeritus) Greg in Hollywood

JOHN A. HERNANDEZ Bear World (Editor in Chief), Queer Forty

CHRIS HEWITT Minneapolis Star Tribune (Critic / Editor)

💻 MARSHALL HEYMAN Town and Country, DuJour, New York, Interview

LUKE HICKS Stacker (Senior Research Lead), The Film Stage, Paste

💻 JONATHAN PAUL HIGGINS BFF: Black, Fat, Femme podcast, author, personal website

💻 FRAN HOEPFNER Vulture / The Cut / New York, Bright Wall / Dark Room, Fran magazine (Substack), personal website

^ 💻 HEATHER HOGAN Substack

DAMIAN HOLBROOK TV Guide Magazine / TV Insider

💻 JUWAN HOLMES Mediaite, The Fight newsletter, freelance

STEPHAN HORBELT Emmy magazine (Senior Editor)

KAT HUGHES The Hollywood News (Deputy Editor), personal website

MATTHEW HUFF Parade (Associate Entertainment Editor), P.S. You’re Wrong podcast

AMANDA HURWITZ GLAAD (Associate, Entertainment Research & Analysis)

💻 HUNTER INGRAM Variety, Emmy, TV Insider

SHAWN JACKSON That Hashtag Show, Lost in the Reel (YouTube)

💻 MATTHEW JACOBS Vulture, Yahoo, Interview, Vanity Fair, Gold Derby

KEVIN JACOBSEN Entertainment Weekly (Content Update Editor), And the Runner Up Is podcast

MORGAN JAFFE Podcast & radio show producer—Wondery, Audible, etc.; personal website

CHRISTOPHER JAMES The Film Experience

DOUG JAMIESON The Jam Report, Filmotomy (Awards Editor)

KEVIN JAN Pop Culturalist (Co-founder)

💻 REN JENDER Xtra magazine, personal website

💻 GIBSON JOHNS Decider, So Gay, AOL, Betches, Gabbing with Gib podcast, Substack

MERRYN JOHNS Queer Forty (Editor in Chief)

KIONA JONES MovieWeb (News Writer)

^ 💻 RENDY JONES Rendy Reviews, Xtra, Paste, them, Roger Ebert

💻 SHAR JOSSELL We’re Just Like That podcast, We See Each Other podcast, NABJ LA President, Outfest / GALECA Press Inclusion Initiative Fellow, personal website

BRANDON JUDELL Culture Catch

💻 RICH JUZWIAK Jezebel, Slate, The New York Times

TINA KAKADELIS Film Obsessive (News Editor); founding member, Pittsburgh Film Critics Association; personal website

JONNY KANDELL Out In Jersey (News Editor, Social Media Manager)

💻 MEGAN KEARNS EDGE Media Network, Dread Central, Spoilerpiece Theatre podcast

JOEL KELLER Decider

ANDREW KENDALL Starbroek News (Guyana)

💻 GERRICK KENNEDY Author, personal website

JOHN R. KENNEDY Pop Goes the News blog (Founder & Editor), John R. Kennedy Media (Content provider for Daily Mail)

💻 CLARKISHA KENT Author, personal website

NATALIA KEOGAN Filmmaker (Web Editor), Paste

ALEC KERR Conway Daily Sun (New Hampshire)

💻 JACK KING British GQ (Contributor), Vulture, BBC Culture, Huck

JOHN PAUL KING Los Angeles Blade, Washington Blade (D.C.)

💻 JUSTIN KIRKLAND The Daily Beast, Esquire, InStyle

PAUL KLEIN Filmhounds (Features Editor)

YASMIN KLEINBART In Between Drafts

JAMES KLEINMANN The Queer Review (Editor in Chief & Founder)

JD KNAPP The Wrap (News Editor)

PETER KNEGT CBC

LEWIS KNIGHT Radio Times (Trends Editor)

JOSH KORNGUT Dread Central (Managing Editor), Development Hell podcast (Host & Producer)

MATTHEW KOSS Awards Focus (Deputy Awards Editor); YouTube show

💻 GARY M. KRAMER Salon, Philadelphia Gay News, Gay City News

SHANA NAOMI KROCHMAL LAist Studios (Vice President, Podcasting), Substack, personal website

^ NAVEEN KUMAR The Washington Post (Theatre Critic), National Critics Institute (Associate Director)

ANDY LALWANI Gayety, YouTube channel

💻 LISA LAMAN Looper, The Spool, Collider, Land of the Nerds blog

STACY LAMBE People (Staff Editor), personal website

DERRIK LANG Westways and AAA Explorer (Senior Features Editor), Palm Springs Life

ERIC LANGBERG Everything’s Interesting blog, The List, Slash Film

COURTNEY LANNING NPR / KUAF Ozarks (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri)

SHADAN LARKI InSession Film (Awards Editor), Chasing the Gold podcast

RYAN LATTANZIO IndieWire (Deputy Editor, Film)

💻 NGUYEN LE Fangoria, Vietcetera, Awards Watch, personal website

💻 PAUL LÊ Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Tales from the Paulside

BENJAMIN LEE The Guardian (East Coast Arts Editor)

💻 JAMES Y. LEE Film Obsessive, Frame Rated U.K.

💻 TAILA LEE Grammy online, freelance, GALECA Crimson Honors scholarship winner

GRACE LEEDER Parade / Yahoo!, The Tastemakers podcast & YouTube show

QUINCI LEGARDYE Marie Claire (Culture Writer)

JASON LEROY The Binge podcast

💻 BARRY LEVITT Time, The Daily Beast, Vulture, Queerty, The Los Angeles Times, Empire

💻 BRANDON LEWIS Geek Vibes Nation, When Things Go Pop blog

💻 CHRISTIAN LEWIS Variety, TheaterMania, INTO, Theatrely

💻 CONNOR LIGHTBODY Movies We Texted About, Awards Watch, Next Best Picture, personal website

BENJAMIN LINDSAY The Wrap (Senior News Editor)

BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON Cititour (Chief Theater Critic), TheaterMania, TheaterPizzazz.com

💻 JASON TAN LIWAG Rappler, The Philippine Star (piece about the state of professional film criticism)

💻 KYLE LOGAN Chicago Reader, ScreenAnarchy; personal website

JOSEPH LONGO Buzzfeed (Entertainment Editor), personal website

JOHNNY LOPEZ Queerty (Senior Editor)

💻 KRISTEN LOPEZ Author, Substack, personal website

WESLEY LOVELL CinemaSight / Awards Landscape (Founder)

SUNNY LU The Lavender Menace podcast

MATTIE LUCAS In Review Online, Trans|cendental Cinema, From the Front Row blog

💻 VICTORIA LUXFORD City A.M. (Film Editor), American Express Essentials (Global Film & TV Editor), BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire, Dirty Movies, personal website

ERNESTO MACÍAS GQ (Entertainment Editor), Architectural Digest (Entertainment Editor)

^ 💻 WILLOW MACLAY Reverse Shot, Polygon, author, Creating Film Criticism (Patreon), frequent podcast guest

JOSH MACKEY Into (Assistant Editor), Geeks of Color, Nerdist, personal website

SAFFRON MAEVE Screen Slate, Film Comment newsletter, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, personal website

MARC MALKIN Variety, Just for Variety podcast

STEPHANIE MALONE Morbidly Beautiful (Founder & Editor in Chief), All-American Spookshow podcast, personal website

JONATHAN MANDELL New York Theater (Founder & Editor in Chief)

💻 JP MANGALINDAN People, Engadet

💻 VIVIAN MANNING-SCHAFFEL Vanity Fair, personal website

💻 SARAH MANVEL Critic’s Notebook (Chief Critic), In Their Own League

LORENZO MARQUEZ Tom + Lorenzo (Co-founder), Pop Style Opinionfest podcast

ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ The Austin Chronicle, Latina Media, Awards Watch

💻 ARIANA MARTINEZ Latina Media, Little White Lies, The Wrap, Substack, Youtube channel, personal website, GALECA Crimson Honors scholarship winner

💻 MEG MASSERON TheaterMania, Playbill

💻 EMILY MASKELL Pink News, W, Vulture

MARY BETH MCANDREWS Dread Central (Editor in Chief)

PAYTON MCCARTY-SIMAS Film Inquiry, The Brooklyn Rail, Rue Morgue

💻 HUGH MCINTYRE Forbes, Bustle

RYAN MCQUADE Awards Watch (Executive Editor), InSession Film (Managing Editor), InSession Film podcast, The Playlist

JOEL MEDINA Collider, personal website

KILIAN MELLOY EDGE Media Network (Assistant Arts Editor)

MEECHAM MERIWEATHER InStyle, Men’s Health, The Ringer, Vulture / New York, Substack

TERRY MESNARD Gayly Dreadful (Founder & Editor in Chief), Scarred for Life podcast

CARLA MEYER The San Francisco Chronicle / Datebook, Los Angeles Times / The Envelope

ANNA MILLER Collider (Junior Features Editor—hired August 2024), Filmotomy (Deputy Editor)

LIZ SHANNON MILLER Consequence (Senior Entertainment Editor)

💻 LAUREN MILLICI Game Radar+ / Total Film (Senior Entertainment Writer), freelance

ZOSHA MILLMAN Polygon (TV Editor); Thirty, Flirty + Film (Substack)

💻 MATT MINTON Variety, The Progressive, Geek Vibes Nation, personal website

RYAN MITCHELL NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, Media & DEI Consultant, NFL & GLAAD

CARSON MLARNIK Queerty, The Daily Show (Social Media Coordinator), personal website

💻 JORGE MOLINA Queerty

LEIGH MONSON The A.V. Club

💻 ABBY MONTEIL them

ALEXANDER MOONEY Exclaim!, Toronto Star, Screen Slate; personal website

KIP MOONEY College Movie Review

EJ MORENO Flickering Myth (including Youtube channel)

TONY MORRISON GLAAD (Senior Director, Communications)

HARVEY MORTON Queerly Radio

JOEY MOSER The Contending

EDDIE MOURADIAN Vulture, The Daily Beast, Queerty, Awards Watch; personal website

PAT MULLEN POV Magazine (Publisher), That Shelf (Associate Editor—Film)

RANDY MYERS San Jose Mercury News, Local News Matters

APRIL NEALE What’s On with April Neale, Idaho Today (NBC Boise), IdaHome magazine

MONIKA ESTRELLA NEGRA (President Emeritus) Bitches on Comics podcast, QueerSpec (Co-editor), Audre’s Revenge (Co-founder)

HARRY NELSON HyperObject Industries (Podcast Development & Production Co-Lead), frequent podcast guest

JEFF NELSON Guy at the Movies

ROBERT NESTI EDGE Media Network (National Arts & Entertainment Editor)

HANH NGUYEN Salon (Senior Culture Editor)

^ 💻 SHELLI NICOLE Hi Shelli (Substack); personal website

NOOR NOMAN MSNBC online (Columnist)

AUDREY NOWAKOWSKI NPR – WUWM Milwaukee

GREGORY NUSSEN Deadline, Slant, Substack, personal website

TOM O’BRIEN Gold Derby, Next Best Picture podcast

SHANNON O’CONNOR The New Yorker (Senior Social Media Editor)

💻 NATALIE OGANESYAN Variety, Yahoo!, Slate, The Hollywood Reporter

CHARLES O’KEEFE E! Online, E! News

REBECCA OLARTE The Binge Movie Podcast

^ 💻 DAVID OPIE Radio Times, Yahoo, Material Queer, Digital Spy

💻 SARAH MINA OSMAN The Arts Fuse, Watercooler HQ, SheKnows

ROB OWEN Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Seattle Times, Kansas City Star, Richmond Times-Dispatch

💻 GISSELLE PALOMERA Los Angeles Blade (News Editor), Queerty, CALÓ, Outfest / GALECA Press Inclusion Initiative Fellow

💻 B.L. PANTHER Paste, Into, The Spool

💻 INGA PARKEL The Independent (U.K.), freelance

💻 DENNY PATTERSON Instinct

💻 ELAINA PATTON NBC News / NBC Out, Vogue, IndieWire

MARK PEIKERT IndieWire (Deputy Editor, Crafts & Special Projects); Shocking, Lurid and Tawdry podcast

💻 LOUIS PEITZMAN Vulture, High Drama (Substack), freelance

JOE PELTZER Guy at the Movies (Film critic, Editor in Chief)

VINCENT PERELLA IndieWire (Senior Social & Culture Editor), ODDA (Digital Editor), personal website

CAILLOU PETTIS The Movie Blog, Caillou Pettis Movie Reviews

HANNA PHIFER xoNECOLE

💻 CARMEN PHILLIPS Autostraddle, Refinery 29, personal website

DAVID PHILLIPS The Contending (Senior Writer)

💻 VERONICA PHILLIPS Film Daze, High Femme, Substack

DANA PICCOLI News Is Out (Manager/Editor)

ALLISON PICURRO TV Guide online

MICHELLE POLLINO Entertainment Reporter, Fox News Radio / Sirius XM

JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II The Body (Senior Editor), HIV Unmuted podcast, personal website

COREY ANDREW POWELL Motivational Mondays podcast (Host / Interviewer), Instinct, Core Issues podcast, personal website

SOPHIE MARIE-PRIME Rotten Tomatoes (Critic Community Manager, Staff Writer & Editor)

C.J. PRINCE Edge Media Network, The Film Stage, Acquired Cinema (Substack)

💻 ASHA PRUITT SLUG (Junior Editor), GALECA Crimson Honors scholarship winner

KRISTY PUCHKO Mashable (Entertainment Editor)

CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE The Verge

JUAN A. RAMIREZ Theatrely (Chief Critic), The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, personal website

ALEXANDRA RAMOS CinemaBlend

ANTHONY ALLEN RAMOS GLAAD (Vice President, Communications & Talent; Executive Producer, Media Awards; Host & Reporter, Editorial & Streaming Channels)

^ DINO-RAY RAMOS Diaspora (Founder), The Green Room podcast, GLAAD editorial

💻 TARIQ RAOUF Xtra magazine, The New Arab, personal website

ADAM RATHE Town and Country (Deputy Features Director)

GERARD RAYMOND Slant, Broadway Direct, TDF Stages, ATCA programming and conference committee member, personal website

DAVID REDDISH Wealth of Geeks (Managing Editor, Entertainment)

NOAH REED A Bite Of: Movies & TV podcast, website, YouTube

💻 JOE REID Vulture, This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, Vanity Fair

MATTHEW RETTENMUND Author, Boy Culture blog & Substack, personal website

DANIEL REYNOLDS Out (Editor in Chief)

JULIA REZENDE Cinema Up! (Brazil)

💻 JORDAN RIEFE Los Angeles Times / The Envelope, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles magazine

💻 KATIE RIFE The Daily Beast, Roger Ebert, Indiewire, IGN, Letterboxd Editorial, Dread Central

JULIE RIVER OFM (OutFront Magazine) (Associate Editor & Writer), New Noise (Associate Editor & Writer), personal website

ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ On The Rocks with Alexander podcast, Metrosource & Metrosource Minis podcast, GED

💻 JORGIE RODRIGUEZ POC Culture & YouTube channel

💻 MATHEW RODRIGUEZ them

NATHANIEL ROGERS The Film Experience (Founder)

💻 LIISI ROHUMAE Awards Focus

NICK ROMANO Entertainment Weekly

RUBÉN ROSARIO Miami Art magazine (Film Critic), Pop Culture Pros website & podcast

BRIAN ROWE Gold Derby, The Awards Contender (YouTube)

DAN RUBINS Slant

^ MEY RUDE Out, Pride

CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH NBC . com

NICK RUHRKRAUT Awards Watch, Oscar Wild podcast

PEPE RUILOBA Cine Pantalla, Reforma

ROTEM RUSAK Nerdist, Yahoo / NewsBreak / MSN, personal website

JOHN RUSSELL People, LGBTQ Nation, personal website

SHANIA RUSSELL Entertainment Weekly

GILLIAN RUSSO New York Theatre Guide (Editor in Chief), Substack

DANIELLE RYAN Slash Film

PATRICK RYAN USA Today

ALISTAIR RYDER Zavvi U.K.

LISSETE LANUZA SÁENZ Fangirlish (Co-Owner); TV Guide online, Remezcla, StyleCaster; personal website; Tales from the 118 & I’m Not Yellilng, I’m Latina podcasts

NIC SAM Autostraddle

STEFANIA SARRUBBA Digital Spy, Yahoo Movies Canada

AHAD SANWARI Hello!

ZEKICAN SARISOY GALECA Social Media Graphics Lead, freelance journalist, personal website

EMA SASIC The Desert Sun (USA Today Network), Weekly Pop podcast, Next Best Picture

💻 REBECCA SAYCE Metro UK, Digital Spy, Filmhounds (Interviews Editor), Fangoria

CAMERON SCHEETZ Queerty (Entertainment Editor)

KARL SCHMID ABC-7 (Los Angeles), Plus Life (Founder & Editor in Chief)

DANIEL SCHROEDER Slate

MICHAEL SCHULMAN The New Yorker, author (Oscar Wars, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep), personal website

H. ALAN SCOTT Newsweek, including The Parting Shot podcast & For the Culture newsletter; You’re Making it Worse & Out on the Lanai podcasts

💻 JESSICA SCOTT Film Cred (Content Editor), freelance

💻 MARCUS SCOTT Freelance, personal website

💻 JOURDAIN SEARLES Roger Ebert, The Film Stage, Reverse Shot

💻 SA’IYDA SHABAZZ Autostraddle, Cafe Mom

GREGG SHAPIRO Bay Area Reporter, OutSFL, OutSmart, etc.

ZACK SHARF Variety (Digital News Director)

💻 AAYUSH SHARMA Game Rant, MSN, Coming Soon, CHM

RACHEL SHATTO Pride (Editor in Chief), The Advocate, Out, Zombie Grrlz podcast network (Host)

JASON SHAWHAN Nashville Scene (Senior Film Critic), Fearless Pretender podcast

RANDY SHULMAN Metro Weekly Washington, D.C. (Editor in Chief)

💻 KAIYA SHUNYATA Paste, Roger Ebert, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Afropunk, personal website

BERNARDO SIM Out (Deputy Editor), The Advocate & PRIDE

💻 JOEY SIMS Theatrely, American Theatre, TDF, Transitions (Substack)

JULIAN SINGLETON Cinapse

MIKE SINGTON MikeSington.com

TIM SIKA Celluloid Dreams: The Movie Show podcast & radio show (KSJS-FM San Jose, 1260-AM Sausalito, Ca.)

MICHAEL SIMEON BlackGayComicGeek (YouTube), Gaye Magazine, personal site

BLAKE SIMONS The Film Stage, ScreenAnarchy, BFI; Subtack

💻 LAURA SIRIKUL IGN, Nerds of Color, Gizmodo, Timid, personal website

RANDY SLOVACEK The Randy Report (Editor), Instinct (Senior Editor)

💻 COURTNEY SMALL That Shelf, POV, Cinema Axis blog, Black Canadian Film (Founder), Exclaim!

JACK SMART People, personal website

NIGEL SMITH People (News Editor—Movies)

DOROTHY SNARKER (nom de plume) Dorothy Surrenders blog

BROOKE SOLOMON The Queer Quadrant podcast, personal website

💻 DANIELLE SOLZMAN Solzy at the Movies, Below the Line

^ SAMUEL SPENCER BBC (Senior Journalist)

💻 COLEMAN SPILDE Salon (Senior Writer), Didn’t I Kill You? podcast, personal website

GAVIN SPOORS Filmhounds (Deputy Editor), Mediaversity Reviews, personal website

💻 CATHERINE SPRINGER Awards Watch, personal website

💻 PATRICK SPROULL W, i-D, The Cut

💻 SHAUN STACY Gurl Culture (Founder & Editor in Chief)

JASON ST. AMAND EDGE Media Network (National News Editor)

💻 MATTHEW ST. CLAIR Movie Marker, Awards Watch, Substack

CHELSEA STEINER Freelance

💻 ASHLEY STEVES Backstage, The Streamable, personal website

RICK STEVENSON Looper (Culture Editor & Writer)

KATEY STOETZEL In Between Drafts (Co-founder & TV Editor), But Why Tho?

💻 JERICHO TADEO MovieWeb (Lead Editor & Critic), The Asian Cut (Critic at Large)

JAZZ TANGCAY (Board Member Emeritus) Variety (Senior Artisans Editor)

TIM TEEMAN The Daily Beast (Senior Editor & Writer)

💻 BRANDON TENSLEY Capitol B, Smithsonian, The Advocate, personal website

JUNE THOMAS Slate podcasts (Working, Culture Gabfest, Outward) (Host, Producer)

MYCHAL THOMPSON BuzzFeed

TRACE THURMAN Blood Disgusting, Horror Queers podcast

MARC TIO Fotogramas, Condé Nast Traveler Spain, Rac 1 Radio Spain (U.S. Correspondent), personal website

💻 CYRENA TOUROS Freelance, author / essayist, podcast regular (NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, Slate’s ICYMI)

ERIC TORRES Pitchfork (Senior Editorial Producer), Yahoo / NewsBreak, personal website

💻 MARTIN TSAI Collider, Critic’s Notebook, Awards Watch, Screen Anarchy, Joy Sauce, personal website

💻 KYLE TURNER New York Theatre Guide, author, Substack, personal website

CAITLIN TYRRELL Screen Rant

💻 KEITH UHLICH Slant, All Parentheses (Substack)

💻 SHAHAMAT UDDIN Pop Sugar, Teen Vogue, personal website

JASMINE VALENTINE Dexerto (TV & Movies Writer)

BENJAMIN VANHOOSE People (Associate Editor, Movies)

BOYD VAN HOEIJ The Film Verdict (Chief Critic)

SILVI VANN-WALL ScreenHub (Film Content Lead), personal website

ALANI VARGAS Parade (Associate Editor), The Daily Beast, Chicago Reader, personal website

ARIA VELZ Critical Lesbian (TikTok), personal website

^ MALCOLM VENABLE Shondaland (Senior Staff Writer), Emmy magazine

GINA VIVINETTO Today online, Yahoo / MSN / AOL

PETE VOLK Polygon (Curation Editor)

ROGER WALKER-DACK QueerGuru (Editor in Chief)

💻 LINDSAY LEE WALLACE Self, Time, Xtra magazine, Outfest / GALECA Press Inclusion Initiative Fellow

BLAYNE WATERLOO Fangoria (Contributing Editor), personal website

HANNAH WATKIN Smooth Radio U.K. (Digital Content Producer.), personal website

💻 LINDSEY WEBER Who? Weekly podcast, Not Broadway (Substack), personal website

YAR WEI KSQQ AM/FM San Francisco / Sing Tao Chinese Radio, Sing Tao Daily

💻 THOMAS WEST III Screen Rant, Ranker, Weird History (YouTube), Queens of the B‘s podcast

MATTHEW WEXLER Q Digital (Features Editor): Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, Into, GayCities, personal website

ABBEY WHITE The Hollywood Reporter (Associate Editor & News Writer)

ADAM WHITE The Independent (U.K.) (Features Editor)

BRETT WHITE PopHeist (Editor in Chief), Must Have Seen TV podcast

NADINE WHITNEY AWFJ online, InSession Film, The Curb (Australia); Co-chair, Australian Film Critics Association; personal site

SARAH WHITTEN CNBC

💻 ZOFIA WIJASZKA Awards Watch, Dread Central, Nerdspin

💻 CHUCK WILSON LA Weekly, The Village Voice

💻 KYLE WILSON Everything But the Kitchen Sink podcast, The Ringer

💻 LENA WILSON IGN, The Film Stage, personal website

💻 NATALIA WINKELMAN The New York Times, The Boston Globe, IndieWire

MEL WOODS Xtra Magazine (Senior Culture Editor), personal website

CARY WONG Film Score Monthly, The Interested Bystander (personal blog)

^ CURTIS WONG HuffPost (Senior Culture Reporter)

STEVIE WONG Asian A.V. Club (Substack), Awardsline, Sky News Backstage podcast

MARCUS WRATTEN Pink News (Senior Entertainment Reporter), personal website

ROBIN WRITE Filmotomy (Editor in Chief)

ALAMIN YOHANNES Entertainment Weekly (Social Media Director)

💻 MARK YOUNG Freelance

CATE YOUNG Producer, Wondery podcasts (Lemme Say This, Even the Rich, Scamfluencers); Thirty, Flirty + Film (Substack)

💻 STACEY YVONNE Wealth of Geeks, Out, Yahoo, personal website

💻 BRIANNA ZIGLER Paste, A.V. Club, Stacker

Officers

Film and Stage Industries Liaison
Frank J. Avella

TV Industry Liaison
Liz Shannon Miller

U.K. Liaison
Tim Baros

Theater Wing

(See member work links in general section above)

Co-chairs
Merryn Johns, Queer Forty
Sam Eckmann, Gold Derby
Off-Broadway Lead
Cary Wong, Film Score Monthly
Theater Representatives Liaison
Frank J. Avella, Edge Media Network, The Contending
Diversity Lead
Jose Solís, GALECA Advisory Board
Historian
Brantley Bardin

Raven Brunner, People
Kerensa Cadenas, Elle, Vogue
Chris Carpenter, Rage magazine, MovieDearest
Murtada Elfadl, The A.V. Club, Variety
Adam Feldman, Time Out
Benjamin Gillespie, Journal of American Drama and Theatre
Jen Gushue, TDF Stages, Ghost Light theater blog
Brian Eugenio Herrera, #TheatreClique (Substack)
James Kleinmann, The Queer Review
Naveen Kumar, The Washington Post
Christian Lewis, Variety, TheaterMania
Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour, Theater Pizzazz
Charles O’Keefe, E! News
Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater
Meg Masseron, TheaterMania, Playbill
Abby Monteil, them
Michael Musto, The Village Voice
Louis Peitzman, Best Life, High Drama (Substack)
Juan Michael Porter II, The Body, TDF Stages
Kristy Puchko, Mashable
Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely, The New York Times
Gerard Raymond, Slant, Broadway Direct
Mathew Rodriguez, them
Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience, Towleroad
Dan Rubins, Slant
Gillian Russo, New York Theatre Guide
Patrick Ryan, USA Today
Michael Schulman, The New Yorker
Marcus Scott, National Black Theatre Cohort, 2023-24
Joey Sims, Theatrely, American Theatre
Ashley Steves, Broadway Radio
Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast
Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide, Interview
Lindsey Weber, Not Broadway (Substack)
Matthew Wexler, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation
Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter
Curtis Wong, HuffPost

In Memoriam
Will Kohler

Advisory Board

DAVID ANSEN Film Critic Emeritus (Newsweek’s film critic for 31 years); Lead Programmer, Palm Springs Film Festival

OSE EHIANETA ARHEGHAN Youth Advisory Board, Born This Way Foundation’s Channel Kindness; Policy Specialist, Google; Journalist (NPR’s It’s Been a Minute, Alternative Press, etc.); 12th UNA-USA Youth Observer to the United Nations

^ KOA BECK Former Editor in Chief, Jezebel; Former Executive Editor, Vogue online; Author & Advocate

JEREMY BLACKLOW Head of Content Standards, U.S., Canada & Latin America, Amazon Studios

JOSEPH BRISTOW Professor & Scholar, UCLA; one of the world’s leading authorities on GALECA’s patron saint, Oscar Wilde

DANIELA CAPISTRANO Former Director of Digital & Social Media, TransLash Media; Founder, POC Zine Project; Founder & CEO, DCAP Media

BRIAN DAY Former Senior Vice President, Global Strategy & Licensing, Lionsgate

FRANK DECARO Entertainer, author (Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business, Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball, et al.), memoirist, & beloved former The Daily Show contributor

^ JILL DOLAN Author (The Feminist as Critic, et al.); Former Dean of College and Current Annan Professor in English & Professor of Theater, Princeton

GREG GARRY Photo Director, PETA (previously, Entertainment Weekly & Out)

JOHN GRIFFITHS Founder/Creator & Former Executive Director, GALECA/The Dorian Awards; former Television Critic, Us Weekly; former Senior Arts and Entertainment Editor, The Advocate

JONATHAN HANDEL Entertainment/Technology Attorney; Senior Counsel, Feig/Finkel; JHandel News (Substack); Former Contributing Editor, The Hollywood Reporter

ALAN HERRERA Editorial Supervisor, The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents; Contributor, Comic Sands

BRIAN EUGENIO HERRERA Arts professor & scholar, Princeton; StinkyLulu Says podcast, #TheatreClique (Substack)

MICHAEL MUSTO Famed columnist, The Village Voice theater critic, Queerty columnist, author & commentator

RICHARD NATALE Veteran entertainment journalist, novelist & playwright

JENNI OLSON LGBTQ film historian and preservationist, documentarian, critic

BYRNE OWEN-DEATRY Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Miracle Flights

ASHLEE MARIE PRESTON Groundbreaking journalist; women’s and trans advocate; Founder, You Are Essential

GIL ROBERTSON Co-founder & President, African American Film Critics Association

MARIA SAN FILIPPO Associate Professor, Department of Visual & Media Arts, Emerson College; author (The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Appropriate Behavior, et. al); Fulbright Scholar; personal website

KRISTIAN FANENE SCHMIDT Executive Director & Co-founder, Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti

MATT SEVERSON Executive Vice President, Academy Collection & Preservation, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

^ SHANE MICHAEL SINGH Director of Editorial, United Talent Agency

JOSE SOLÍS Founder & Director, BIPOC Critics Lab; Producer & Host, Token Theatre Friends podcast; Content Director, Did They Like It?; Host, How People Move People: Trace Elements podcast

ANNE STOCKWELL Former Editor in Chief, The Advocate; Founder, Well Again

KEVIN THOMAS Film Critic Emeritus (holds the record for longevity in writing continuously for the same U.S. daily newspaper — 43 years for The Los Angeles Times)

MATTHEW TODD Former Editor in Chief & Current Editor at Large, Attitude; author, climate justice activist

MONICA TRASANDES Senior Director of Spanish Language and Latinx Media & Representation, GLAAD; author

JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL Groundbreaking broadcast journalist & author; Animal rights & plant-based life advocate; Founder, #JaneUnchained

^ WADOOAH WALI Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Producer, New Canvas

JUDY WIEDER First female Editor in Chief, The Advocate; Former Editorial Director, The Advocate & Out; memoirist; CEO, Intuitions Media

In Memoriam

BOBBY RIVERS

1953 – 2024

Groundbreaking film critic, entertainment journalist and historian

❤️

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