A place at the cable.THE BUZZ HAS GROWN ACCUSTOMED to the annual Gay Pride Month celebrations on edgy, arty cable channels like Sundance (running a variety of films, from Chuck & Buck to Persona, in June) and Bravo (offering a Gay Riviera miniseries and a RuPaul profile). But who knew the always entertaining (yet generally grandma-friendly) Turner Classic Movies would get in on the act? TCM's celebration runs every Wednesday in June, starting June 6 with gay-inclusive classics like Strangers on a Train and the oh-so-retro Tea and Sympathy. Gay and lesbian stars, writers, and directors get their moment June 13, with films like Dance Girl Dance (directed by Dorothy Arzner), Giant (starring Rock Hudson), and Suddenly, Last Summer (a grand slam--starring Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American Academy Award-nominated actor known by the stage name of Montgomery Clift. He was the great-grandson of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln, and the great-great , written by Gore Vidal Noun 1. Gore Vidal - United States writer (born in 1925) Eugene Luther Vidal, Vidal , from the play by Tennessee Williams). June 20 gives us lesbian-themed favorites like Queen, Christina and the original The Haunting, and it all wraps up on June 27, marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots Stonewall riots (June 28, 1969) Series of violent confrontations between police and gay rights activists in New York City. In response to the second raid in a week by police on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village that had been selling liquor without a with four Judy Garland pictures. (Find links for all three networks at Advocate.com.) Maybe next year we'll get Fey Sidekick The first popular popup program for DOS PCs, introduced by Borland in 1984. Sidekick included a calculator, notepad, calendar, phone dialer and ASCII table and popularized the concept of a terminate and stay resident (TSR) utility. Day, honoring the contributions of Franklin Pangborn and Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886–September 29, 1970) was an American character actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York to Isabella S. , and they can throw in a butch double feature of Caged and Rebecca for good measure. |
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