Ruaridh Mollica, who plays bisexual Tommy Shepherd/Tommy Maximoff in Disney+'s VisionQuest, told Variety it was "such an honor" to portray that in the MCU as a bi actor. His on-screen brother Billy is a gay character played by gay actor Joe Locke, and the first two episodes debuted Tuesday. New episodes stream Tuesdays on Disney+.
Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney said the NHL has not made hockey a safe space for LGBTQ+ people during an appearance on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show Radio Andy. Asked whether the league had met the moment by embracing the show's success, Tierney said it had not, adding that the league should have to prove it is welcoming and that marketing alone does not address its wider cultural problems.
In an interview with The Advocate, directing duo Los Javis, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, discuss their film La Bola Negra, which follows Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) as he is swept into the fascist army and falls for Rafael Rodríguez Rapún (Miguel Bernardeau), the partner of poet Federico García Lorca.
In an interview with Out, Spanish singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente discusses his acting debut as Sebastián in La Bola Negra, the Spanish queer war epic directed by Los Javis, who won Best Director at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. He says he was unsure about the transition from music, that Los Javis cast him partly from his music videos, and that Penélope Cruz, who plays the singer Nené Romero, felt like a mother figure to him on set.
Ellen DeGeneres told The Graham Norton Show she has “nothing really going on” and “really miss[es] being on TV,” reflecting on her career after the fallout around her former talk show. The 68-year-old also discussed her 1997 coming out, saying it was celebrated in London when “everyone else was done with me.” The episode airs on BBC One on Friday 16 October at 10.40pm and on BBC iPlayer.
Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams is asked in The Assembly trailer whether he ever felt something for co-star Connor Storrie "more than friendship." The CBC show, in which 30 neurodivergent and autistic adults interview celebrities, returns for season two on CBC TV on November 1, with Williams joined by Zach Galifianakis, Jay Baruchel, Marie-Philip Poulin, Ashley Callingbull and Lights.
Heated Rivalry creator and showrunner Jacob Tierney said on Radio Andy, Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show, that the NHL is not a safe space and has not met the moment after capitalizing on the series' success. He pointed to the league's reinstatement of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted of sexual assault charges and said the NHL needs to address its toxic culture. François Arnaud, who plays closeted hockey player Scott Hunter on the show, made similar comments on the Kelly Clarkson Show, noting the NHL has no out players.