When the Oscars are being handed out in Hollywood on Sunday (24 February), Ira Sachs will be on a plane flying back to his home in New York City.

He came to Los Angeles this week for another awards ceremony - Saturday's Independent Spirits Awards - where his film, Keep the Lights On, is up for four awards.

At Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards, Victor Garber took some ribbing from George Clooney and others when he arrived to the stage after Argo producer Grant Heslov had begun his acceptance speech.

The fllm, in which Garber portrays a Canadian ambassador in Iran who agrees to hide a group of Americans, won the Best Picture-Drama prize and was also nominated for an Academy Award for best picture.

As he rides that success, Garber is also one of the stars of the new NBC drama Deception which premiered last week and airs on Monday nights in the US.

While such best picture nominees as Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook and Life of Pi dominate the major categories of Academy Award nominations announced this morning (10 January), LGBT movie fans had particular reason to cheer with the AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague getting a nod in the documentary category.

The movie, directed by David France, tells the story of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and gives viewers a front-row seat to the epic day-to-day battles that ultimately resulted in AIDS no longer being a death sentence.

The pro-gay play ‘8’, led by Hollywood actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt, will be heard again across American radio stations in June.

A recording of the 3 March performance, which also starred gay actors Jane Lynch and George Takei, will be played on 90.7 KPFK in Southern California, 89.7 WGBH in Boston, 91.5 WBEZ in Chicago, 89.3 WPFW in Washington, D.C. and over 100 other stations nationwide.

It will air on radio as part of the Gay Pride Month celebrations.

The US-based national gay and lesbian news magazine The Advocate celebrated its 45th anniversary Thursday (29 March) with a star-studded benefit  in Beverly Hills that included some attendees who have graced the magazine's cover over the years.

If you ever wondered what a crossover between Ocean’s Eleven, Glee, and a court-based tearjerker would look like, then wonder no longer.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney were among the straight superstars supporting gay rights, performing alongside gay actors Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer in the play ‘8’ in Los Angeles last night.

Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of an acting Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards on Sunday (26 February).

The 82-year-old received a standing ovation when his name was announced as the winner of the supporting actor award for his performance in Beginners.

'You're only two years older than me darling,' Plummer said to his Oscar statue at the 84th annual Academy Awards. 'Where have you been all my life?'

The silent film The Artist fended off eight other nominees to take the best picture prize at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday (26 February).

The top award was among a trio of major awards for the film which also won the best actor award for French star Jean Dujardin and best director for French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius.

After Dustin Lance Black won an Academy Award for the screenplay he wrote for Milk, he did more with his newfound fame than write and direct more movies.

His Oscar win came less than three months after California voters passed Proposition 8 and he took a leading role in the fight for marriage equality as one of the founding members of the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had vowed that they would not marry each other until marriage was legal for everyone in the U.S.

But Pitt acknowledged that it's a promise that's getting increasingly hard to keep now that the couple's six children are getting older.