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I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"Watching the success of Lil Nas X, which has been thrilling. And watching how Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have showed the world how to love and celebrate a gender-nonconforming child. That's really what it's all about."

I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"Truthfully, being someone who identifies as bisexual and is also of South Asian descent, I haven't really seen much on television that I feel represents me." Laurence Olivier was an English actor and director who was and still is highly regarded as one of the most significant stars of Old Hollywood. Olivier’s contributions to the film and theatre industry have been recognised in many ways. The Society of West End Theatre Awards were renamed as the Laurence Olivier Awards. These prestigious awards are given out in recognition of excellence in professional theatre in London. Throughout his long career he was nominated for 12 Academy Awards in three different categories, actor, producer, and director. He won two Academy Awards in total, one for Best Actor in Hamlet. The comic vet (under a rich overall deal with Warner Bros. TV) punctuates his youth-skewing slate (The CW's Riverdale and Katy Keene and Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) with LGBTQ characters and storylines — including a transition arc on Sabrina, mirroring the life of genderqueer star Lachlan Watson.From Queer as Folkin 1999 through acclaimed dramas Bob & Rose, A Very English Scandaland 2019's Years and Years, LGBTQ stories have played a prominent role in Davies' award-winning TV projects. He'll double down on queer storytelling with HBO Max's Boys, set to explore the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"I didn’t realize at the time but probably the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. It was a huge hit in Australia. Every morning when I put on my cologne, I’d ‘spray, delay and walk away.'" James Stewart was an American actor and decorated military pilot who is remembered by his timeless performances in classic films during Old Hollywood. James Stewart’s performances were rewarded with many Oscar nominations and in 1941 he took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his outstanding performance in The Philadelphia Story. One of Stewarts most memorable films is It’s a Wonderful Life which has gone down as one of the most beloved movies of all time. With lead roles in teen romance Everything, Everything and the socially minded YA adaptation The Hate U Give, Stenberg parlayed her prominence into activism via online platforms. Coming out as queer on Teen Vogue's Snapchat in 2016, the actor, who stars in Damien Chazelle's Netflix series The Eddy, uses social media to spotlight the POC LGBTQ community. Movies : Singing in the Rain, My Six Loves, How The West Was Won, The Tender Trap, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

In creating the 2020 list of entertainment's most powerful LGBTQ players,THR focused on the talent (behind and in front of the camera) and decision makers pushing for the most opportunities for work and visibility in film and television — while driving conversations about inclusivity with the rest of Hollywood and beyond. • Entries written by Seth Abramovitch, Kirsten Chuba, Mia Galuppo, Chris Gardner, Lesley Goldberg, Natalie Jarvey, Rebecca Keegan, Michael O'Connell, Alex Ritman and Bryn Elise Sandberg. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"We get great big hot superheroes, please. Not sweet representations. But great big horny bastards, male and female." Books : “Olivia de Havilland and the Golden Age of Hollywood” by Ellis Amburn, “Every Frenchman Has One” by Olivia de Havilland, “Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant” by Victoria Amador Gina Lollobrigida The Australian delivered stand-up's ultimate mic drop with 2018 special Nanette. But instead of being the swan song she intended, one in which Gadsby disavowed self-deprecating humor, it made her a global comedy star. Netflix released her latest special, Douglas, on May 26, earning universal praise and solidifying her status as one of the biggest names in comedy — queer or otherwise. Books : “Love Lucy” by Lucille Ball, “Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball” by Kathleen Brady Ginger RogersI FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"Bugs Bunny outsmart the status quo with a wink and a witty remark." THE TOP OF MY QUARANTINE BINGE LIST" Feel Good. My good friend Ally Pankiw directed it. And my fellow Canadian Mae Martin wrote and stars in it. Lesbian female director directing a lesbian hero in a story is the perfect remedy to a down day in quarantine."

Books : “Deborah Kerr: A Biography” by Michelangelo Capua, “Deborah Kerr” by Sarah Street Lucille Ball Books : “Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, a Personal Biography” by Charlotte Chandler, “Ingrid Bergman: My Story” by Ingrid Bergman Maureen O’Hara I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"Killer Films has a history of pissing off the LGBTQ community by making content that doesn't always reinforce so-called 'positive images.' I'll feel good when we can see LGBTQ characters that are just as evil as their straight counterparts."Books : “Bogart: In Search of My Father” by Stephen Humphrey Bogart, “Bogart” by Ann M. Sperber & Eric Lax Cary Grant The French writer-director found global visibility with her 2019 period lesbian romance, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which won best screenplay and the Queer Palm at Cannes. But Sciamma has been exploring queer identity in her work for years, notably in 2011's Tomboy. Behind the scenes, Sciamma is a staunch advocate for female directors and was a key organizer of the 2018 women's protest at Cannes.

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"Representations can facilitate changing the material conditions of LGBTQ folks on- and offscreen across the globe." Books : “Sophia Loren: A Life In Pictures” by Candice Bal, “Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow: My Life” by Sophia Loren, “Sophia Loren’s Recipes & Memories” by Sophia Loren Ava GardnerBing Crosby is one of the most successful recording artists of all time and like Frank Sinatra he too made an equally successful and respected career as both a singer and an actor. From 1944-1948, Crosby was Old Hollywood’s top box-office star. Throughout his acting career Bing Crosby starred, co-starred, narrated or had a cameo appearance in a total of 104 films. His career spans for nearly five decades and he was one of the first multi-media stars in Hollywood. Angela Lansbury is an English actress who discovered her talent for acting when she moved to America with her mother. In her film debut Gaslight, Lansbury earned herself an Academy Award nomination and again the following year for her performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray. At 96 years of age, Angela Lansbury has shown her talents on film, tv and theatre for over seven decades. She is probably best known for her role as Jessica Fox in the crime drama Murder, She Wrote. Since receiving his 2017 Tony for Dear Evan Hansen, Platt has been on a meteoric rise. A starring role in The Politicianbrought him a Golden Globe nomination, and his debut album ( Sing to Me Instead)inspired a Netflix concert special. In addition to speaking, and singing, publicly about his own gay relationships, Platt plays bi on The Politician— accounting for several of the series' many entangled LGBTQ romances. Having fought to put the first same-sex kiss between two men on network TV ( Dawson's Creek), the megaproducer continues to represent the community in the many shows (he's juggling 19) he has across six platforms. His directorial work on Love, Simonmarked the first major studio movie to center on a gay teen romance.