Hollywood actress Uma Thurman is set to play anti-gay rights activist Anita Bryant in a biopic.

Bryant was a 70’s singer, beauty queen and celebrity spokesperson for orange juice. She was named Good Housekeeping’s ‘Most Admired Woman in America’ three years in a row.

In 1997, Bryant’s celebrity career collapsed when her anti-gay activist past was revealed. The mother from Florida successfully campaigned to stop gays from teaching or adopting a child in the state.

Bret Easton Ellis is becoming almost as well known for his controversial Twitter rants as for being the author of such works as American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction.

One of those rants - about being 'disinvited' to the GLAAD Media Awards - has the media monitoring organization accusing Ellis of creating a 'publicity stunt.'

Justin Bartha admits he's not surprised that NBC canceled The New Normal, the ratings-challenged comedy in which he starred.

But that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.

Kenyan police have arrested a man accused of blackmailing gay men.

On Monday (6 May), suspect Hillary Oleshawa was arrested in a Nairobi downtown bar following a tip off from local gay activists.

He is accused of luring unsuspecting gay men on the promise of a date online, abducting them and extorting money and property.

By threatening to reveal their sexuality to their friends and family, he allegedly forced his victims to give him money in exchange for their freedom.

The affection Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have for each other is apparent in interviews the Star Trek leading men have done for Out Magazine published Monday (6 May).

Pine, who plays Spock in the franchise, says he knew Quinto (Mr. Spock) was gay from the moment he met him.

Who gets your vote?

Election candidate Tess Corbett who said pedophiles would be next asking for rights after gay people? Or Bernard Gaynor who said images of Sydney Mardi Gras would be used to defend child sexual abuse in court? Or National MP John Williams who said he wouldn't support gay marriage because he doesn't believe there is 'a lot of stability in their relationships'?

When Tanner becomes the school’s first openly gay student, the three most popular girls, who are also running for prom queen, will stop at nothing to become his new best friend.

So is the plot of G.B.F., the latest film to explore the social nuances of coming out in high school, premiering next week at the New York Tribeca Film Festival.

The film is directed by Darren Stein, who directed teen flick Jawbreaker, and also casts Megan Mullaly from Will & Grace who stars as the gay teen’s accepting mother with an affinity for poppers.

Ellen DeGeneres has long had a running gag about the lack of a sequel to the 2003 animated smash Finding Nemo.

But  now it's no longer a joke.

The comedienne announced on her daytime talk show today that Disney-Pixar is making that sequel and it focuses on her character of Dory, a friendly but forgetful blue tang fish.

'I guess I've mentioned it on the show once or twice,' DeGeneres joked as she showed various past clips of her complaining about the lack of a sequel to Nemo which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

It was not a good morning for Lindsay Lohan.

She missed a cross-country flight, she got glitter bombed, then got sentenced to jail by a judge.

The bisexual actress pleaded guilty today to charges that she lied to police about a car accident she was involved with last summer in Malibu, California, during the filming of the TV movie Liz & Dick.

Lohan, whose early films included Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, told officers that she was not driving the Porsche that rear-ended a truck on Pacific Coast Highway last June.

Australian film censors have banned a movie that contains real sex between two male actors less than a year after they allowed a documentary that contained actual depictions of bestiality to screen at festivals.

I Want Your Love, by American filmmaker Travis Mathews had been scheduled to screen at LGBT film festivals around Australia this year but the Australian Classification Board decided to ban it instead.

Gay Indian filmmaker Onir said in an interview that Bollywood has some responsibility for the mistreatment of women in India. The topic is in the news since the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi in December.

Lady Gaga makes her acting debut this year.

The international pop sensation is playing La Chameleon in Machete Kills, the action thriller sequel to 2010's Machete. The film's director Robert Rodriguez, also directed graphic novel-turned movie Sin City and Once Upon A Time in Mexico.

In July 2012, Lady Gaga unveiled a picture of her character wrapped in a wolf's skin and brandishing a smoking gun.

She recently tweeted about her upcoming role: 'I am so excited. Filming was insane'.