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Queer As Folk, which presently airs on Showtime in the US and Showcase in Canada, is the North American adaption of the British series of the same name. It tells the continuing story of a 'family of friends who are all gay and dealing with their lives.' In the words of the producers Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman -- "So as we may have mentioned, yeah, it's all about sex. But it's also about joy. And passion. And friendship. And defiance. And pride. All bursting like some gold glitter bomb over those bare-chested boys dancing in Babylon, that magical, mythical make-believe place where everyone is always young and beautiful."
Behind the Scenes photos (season three) from Showtime
A wee (old) clip of Gale talking about Brian (7 sec WMV file)
News Tidbits
Michelle
Clunie and Scott Lowell will be present at a special QAF
cast party on July 18th. This is part of the Kerry campaign LGBT Ripple
of Hope initiative - John Kerry for President.
Randy
Harrison is to appear on Broadway this summer in Wicked.
Some
of the cast is interviewed for Lumino
Magazine.
Showtime
announces Queer As Folk will return for a fifth
season.
Don't
forget to check the WPYN 93.1 Miami web site for pictures
of the cast from March 26th.
Michelle
Clunie and Thea Gill will be attending and participating at Women's
Night 2004, at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center on Saturday, April 17th.
Please check out their web site if you are interested in purchasing tickets
to the event.
Keep
your ears on WPYN 93.1 FM radio
in Miami on Friday the 26th. Seems the cast may be stopping by the station to
do some interviews on the way to the premiere. Say around 2pm EST? I'm not certain
if the interviews will be live, but it's worth a listen to find out!
Here
are a few more of Alicia's pictures from the Dallas
signing. Thanks, Alicia - they're great!
Here's
a press
release from Showtime about the 4th season.
There
will be some red carpet premieres for the 4th season of Queer As Folk in six
cities across the US! PLEASE NOTE: These screenings are NOT open to
the public. These are 'invite only' events. On
March 26th in Miami - the cast of the show, Britney Spears, Lenny Kravitz,
and others are scheduled to attend. On March 31st in New
York - the cast of the show, the cast of the L Word, and others are scheduled
to attend. On April 2nd in Chicago - Hal Sparks
and others scheduled to attend. On April 8th in Atlanta
- Scott Lowell, Randy Harrison, and others scheduled to attend. On
April 7th in San Francisco - the cast of QAF, 100 recently married same
sex couples, and others scheduled to attend. And finally
in Los Angeles on April 14th with the cast of QAF and the L Word, among
other celebrities scheduled to attend. Looks like it will be a great beginning
to the new season!
*There seems to be a bit of confusion on the SF date - I'll try and get that
confirmed for you all.
Alicia
has contributed some fantastic photos from her adventure at the Dallas signing
on February 29th. You can find them here. Thank
you, Alicia! (There will be more added soon)
Queer As Folk (episode #313/314) has been nominated in the multi-episode story
line category for a PRISM
award, which honours film, TV and musical works that include accurate portrayals
of the pitfalls of drug and alcohol abuse. Scott Lowell has been nominated in
the performance category. The Prism Awards will be handed out April 29 at the
Hollywood Palladium. Portions of the ceremony will be telecast May 16th on the
FX network. Congratulations to Scott!
Element
Party in Pittsburgh,
PA. - revised: , 9-11 July, 2004. Special QAF Guest
MC's. Please spread the word to your friends. This is a major party, and it
is going to be fabulous! Get behind Pittsburgh, purchase your tickets, and attend
this awesome PARTY!
On
Thursday, March 25th, Daniel Lipman and Ron Cowan will be part of a panel at
the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles discussing "The
History of Gay & Lesbian Images on Television."
Queer
As Folk has been nominated in the drama category for the 15th annual GLAAD
Media Awards. The awards will be handed out during three separate ceremonies
- one each in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco - on March 27th, April
12th and June 5th, respectively.
Hal
Sparks and his band will be on The
Mike Bullard Show on Thursday, February 19th.
The
shooting schedule is almost over - just another month or so to go. How time
flies! There will be a QAF premiere in NYC the first week of April, and one
in LA the following week. And look for a new promo to air on Showtime around
the time of the premiere date of April 18th.
The
DVD signing schedule has been posted at the Showtime
site: Peter Paige, Scott Lowell and Randy Harrison on
February 29th, 2004 at 2:00pm at Borders - 5500 Greenville
Ave., Dallas, TX; Hal Sparks, Robert Gant and Harris
Allan on March 7th, 2004 at FYE - 199 Quaker Bridge Mall, Lawrenceville,
NJ; Peter Paige, Scott Lowell and Randy Harrison
on February 27th, 2004 at 5:00pm at Best Buy - 6205 Veterans
Memorial Blvd. Metairie, LA and February 28th at 2:00pm at
Tower Records - 408 N. Peters St. New Orleans, LA; Hal
Sparks, Robert Gant and Harris Allan on March 6th, 2004 at
5:00pm at TLA - 1520 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA.
Here's
an article
about the shooting of the new promo.
Finally
- some new opening credits for the show? I'm thinking..black and white? With
perhaps a rainbow flag throughout every scene for colour? That might be nice.
The
show returns to Showcase
on Monday, April 19th. It premieres on Showtime the night before - Sunday, April
18th.
Sorry
for the lack of updates lately...I hope to get this page more up-to-date shortly.
In the meantime, I do know that Robin Thomas (you might know him from Another
World if you watched that show in the mid-eighties) has been cast to play Sam,
who is a brilliant artist who clashes with Lindsay.
The cast is part of a Vanity Fair cover story about on the proliferation of
gay shows in Hollywood. Queer as Folk and its cast are along side other gay-themed
shows such as The L Word, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Will and Grace.
This is quite the honour and great 'buzz' for QAF. It will appear in the December
2003 issue, which goes on sale November 11th, 2003.
Queer
As Folk: The Book is now available for purchase. It is published by Simon and
Schuster and includes photographs and interviews with the cast. Canadians ordering
it from Amazon.ca won't have their books shippped until January, 2004. Other
sources in the US have begun shipping copies already. You may want to try Amazon.com,
or Barnes and Noble bookstores for an earlier delivery date.
The cast is in Toronto and has begun taping the fourth season of the show. Look
for it to air in the spring of 2004.
Official Sites: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Scott Lowell, Peter Paige, Hal Sparks
