Yesterday, GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) announced the list of nominees for their annual Media Awards from the Queer Lounge at Sundance (is that PC for bath house) and though I’m a day late posting these, I thought it was worth rattling off regardless of timing. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize fair and accurate portrayals by mainstream media of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues.

Here are the the nominees:

Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N)
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
Greek (ABC Family)
The L Word (Showtime)

Comedy Series
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Exes and Ohs (Logo)
The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
The War at Home (Fox)

Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBT character)
“Boy Crazy” Cold Case (CBS)
“Do Tell” Boston Legal (ABC)
“Free to Be You and Me” Kyle XY (ABC Family)
“The Gangs of Camden County” My Name is Earl (NBC)
“Sin” Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

Television Movie, Mini-Series or Anthology
Daphne (Logo)
The DL Chronicles (here!)
The State Within (BBC America)

Documentary
Camp Out (Logo)
Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison (WE tv)
For the Bible Tells Me So (First Run Features)
Freddie Mercury: Magic Remixed (VH1/Logo)
Small Town Gay Bar (Logo)

Reality Program
“Chase/Lane” Trading Spouses (Fox)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (SciFi Channel)
Work Out (Bravo)

Daily Drama
All My Children (ABC)
As The World Turns (CBS)

Talk Show Episode
“Born in the Wrong Body” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Gay Around the World” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Gay Athletes & Rappers: It’s Not In to be Out” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
“Growing Up Intersex” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Transgender Kids” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)

TV Journalism – Newsmagazine
Born in the Wrong Body (MSNBC)
“A Church Divided” In the Life (PBS)
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” 60 Minutes (CBS)
“My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children” 20/20 (ABC)
“A Royal Scandal” Primetime: Family Secrets (ABC)

TV Journalism – News Segment
“The First Casualty” Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
“Gay Homeless Teens” Uncovering America (CNN)
“Gospel of Inclusion” Uncovering America (CNN)
“Sent Away to ‘Change’” Good Morning America (ABC)
“Sex Change Controversy” Paula Zahn Now (CNN)

Grease’s Sandy and Xanadu’s muse OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN will be reprising her role as a lesbian ex-con in Logo’s new series SORDID LIVES.

Based on a play turned film (now turned series), Sordid Lives is about three generations of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral. According to IMDB, Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).

Gay icons like Bonnie Bedelia (Heart Like a Wheel), Rue McClanahan (Golden Girls), Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace’s Beverly Leslie), Beth Grant (Donnie Darko), Candis Cayne (Dirty Sexy Money), Carson Kreesley (Queer Eye) and others will all make appearances or guest star. No wonder it’s on Logo.

After Elton has a hysterical look at the revelations that ex-Grey’s Anatomy but current crazy ass Isaiah Washington will discuss on tonight’s LARRY KING LIVE (tonight 9pm CNN).

Will we learn more about T.R.’s gay agenda? Will we learn the real reasons why Isaiah was fired in the first place? Does he have anger management issues? Does race really play a factor in your firing when you’re not the only person of color on the show or creating the show for that matter?

All this and more when Larry King interviews Isaiah Washington.

It’s summer and it’s hot outside and on TV! Podcast #10: Ducky and GMMR Sun Themselves

TV Podcast 10: Ducky and GMMR strap on their tankinis, floaties, and hit the pool to tackle the chaos of the summer television schedule in the sweltering heat.

Shows we’re watching: Age of Love, Top Chef, The Next Food Network Star, Kathy Griffin’s D-List, The Closer, Rescue Me, Traveler and obviously So You Think You Can Dance.

Shows we’re looking forward to: The return of Big Brother 8 and the premiere of Burn Notice.

Then we hit the news and crazy ass Isaiah Washington, Heroes casting, the return of Sark, Nip/Tuck, 24’s Female President, and we give big bear hugs to Kelly Clarkson. Oh yeah, and we talk The Office cast on the big screen.

We’ll cover a ton of shows so thanks for coming back and listening to the joint TV Podcast between www.givememyremote.com and www.duckyxdale.com

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What did you do this weekend? Well, thanks for asking. I was lucky enough to spend the afternoon and evening on Saturday night with Margaret Cho, The Gossip, Dresden Dolls, Rufus Wainwright, Debbie Harry, Erasure and the goddess herself Cyndi Lauper. Yeah, Cyndi and I are *like this*!

The True Colors Tour hit Boston and before you can say, that’s friggin’ gay… yes it is my friend. The True Colors Tour was created and cultivated by Cyndi Lauper to be a fun day of music and activism sponsored by the gay themed television channel LOGO and the Human Right Campaign.

I was super excited to be a guest of LOGO (a huge thanks to the the PTB GTB [Gays That Be] from LOGO for hooking a blogger up) and to have the chance to meet Cyndi Lauper in person. No checkerboard orange shaved hair, no plaid skirt, and no cheek pierced Capt. Lou anywhere in sight, but damnit if she isn’t still the most rockin’ alterna-chick out there!

New queer youth icon Beth Ditto and her band The Gossip were up first and they kicked so much ass it wasn’t even funny. I love Beth Ditto, watching her is like witnessing a mashup between Divine in Female Trouble perform Sleater Kinney. She can work a stage and a bedazzled dress 18 sizes too small for her extra large frame like noone’s business.

Local (and personal Ducky) faves The Dresden Dolls were up next and got a standing ovation after their set. Pretty amazing for a sold out show full of people who for the most part are pushing 40 or 50 and there to see aging queen Debbie Harry, 80s popsters Erasure and Cyndi. Granted, its their hometown and they’re on this big ass tour, but still it was pretty amazing to witness! The last couple times I saw them, they playing The Paradise which is no where near the size nor scale of the Bank of America Pavilion. Amanda as always was incredible and a treat for all the gay boys out there, Brian played the whole show in red underwear and that was all folks!
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