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Sing it loud, sing it proud! Kenny Ortega revealed that there’s a common theme that runs through his films, including High School Musical . 'High School Musical' Cast: Where Are They Now? “I put a lot of who I am into my work,” Ortega, 70, told Variety on Tuesday, June 30, as one of its Power of Pride list honorees. “I think, yeah, that it’s just there, and whether it’s screaming at you, or whether it’s just sort of quietly there, it’s there.” The  HSM director, who is openly gay himself, confirmed that Lucas Grabeel ’s character, Ryan Evans, was as well — even if it wasn’t discussed in the movies. “We decided he’s probably going to come out in college,” the Hocus Pocus director said. “It was less about coming out and just more about letting his true colors come forward.” When the musical film came out in 2006, Ortega revealed that he wasn’t sure an openly gay character would’ve been possible. 15 LGBTQ TV Characters Who Became Icons “I have to be honest with you. I...

Some YouTubers are no strangers to an apology video. Liza Koshy, Jenna Marbles , Shane Dawson and more internet stars have issued apologies for their past racially insensitive content amid the Black Lives Matter movement. Koshy, for her part, made headlines in June 2020 when a since-deleted video with then-boyfriend David Dobrik resurfaced. In the video titled “Couples Trying Japanese Candy,” the twosome pretended to have Asian accents while snacking on candy from Japan and Hawaii. “It’s not racist, that’s like the sounds I hear when they talk,” Dobrik said in the resurfaced clip. The Liza on Demand star then replied, “No, it’s not racist as long as I keep saying no.” Both Dobrik and Koshy have more than 17 million subscribers on their respective YouTube channels. While Koshy released a lengthy apology via Instagram, Dobrik has yet to publicly comment. “As a woman of color and self-defined ‘little brown girl,’ I have experienced the harm of prejudices in my own life,” Koshy wro...

Bachelorettes stick together! Becca Kufrin and Rachel Lindsay are ready to pass the “Bachelorette Bible” to Clare Crawley ahead of her season. ‘The Bachelorette’ Season 16: Everything We Know The former Bachelorettes revealed during the Tuesday, June 30, episode of their “ Bachelor Happy Hour ” podcast that there is a book of wisdom passed from one lead to the next and Crawley, 39, will be getting it soon. “Right before you hopped on I did a little digging in a bunch of boxes in my apartment and I found the Bachelorette Bible that Rachel, Kaitlyn [Bristowe] and JoJo [Fletcher] made for me,” Kufrin, 30, told Crawley. “I met them night one, before I met the guys and they gave me the Bachelorette Bible.” The Minnesota native explained that the trio’s advice was really helpful in guiding her. “They have some great things written in here,” she said. “I think we need to add our own and write some more stuff in and then I’ll send it to you. This was so good to carry on and pass do...

The Beyhive likely never expected Beyoncé to become the reigning queen of surprises, but that she is. Since 2011, Queen Bey has been sending her dedicated legion of fans into overdrive with the many unexpected twists and turns in both her personal and professional lives. To date, she has surprise-announced four albums, two films and two pregnancies in ways that no one else could. It all started at the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2011. When Beyoncé took the stage to perform her single “Love on Top,” the star-studded audience had no idea that she had something up her sleeve — or someone in her belly. At the end of the song, she dropped her microphone, unbuttoned her sparkly purple jacket and rubbed her stomach, revealing she was pregnant with her and husband Jay-Z ’s first child. Two years later, the Grammy winner broke the internet when she basically invented the strategy of dropping a full album without any prior announcement. Her eponymous fifth record, which included the sin...

The cast of Glee may have sold out arenas in real life, but it seems the New Directions had more trouble filling seats. A Complete Guide to TikTok A TikTok user is going viral for pointing out that the audience in a November 2012 episode of the Fox series was filled with replicas of human beings instead of real people. Courtesy of Kellysipos/TikTok “So I’m just noticing in Glee, there are dummies in the crowd,” the social media user quipped. “I feel like I’m in the House of Wax .” The season 4 episode of dramedy with the goof titled, “Thanksgiving,” follows Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ), Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ), Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley ), Mike Chang ( Harry Shum, Jr .) and Puck’s ( Mark Salling ) return to high school to help the new glee club prepare for sectionals. @kellysipos THIS NEEDS TO BE SEEN. IM TERRIFIED. RYAN MURPHY EXPLAIN. #foryou #viral #glee ♬ original sound – kellysipos Glee, which also starred Lea Michele (Rachel Barry), Cory Monteith (Finn...

Spotted: Lonely Boy and Nate Archibald together again! Former Gossip Girl costars Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley reflected and reminisced about their time on the CW series during a new joint interview. “It feels like another lifetime to me,” the 33-year-old You star told his former castmate as part of Variety’ s Actors on Actors issue, published on Tuesday, June 30. “When I think of being at the Palace [Hotel], that just feels like a different person. It feels like another world, another life. It’s pretty wild.” Badgley and Crawford, 34, played Dan Humphrey and Nate Archibald, respectively, on Gossip Girl for all six seasons. The drama, which taped in New York City, ran for 121 episodes from 2007 to 2012. “I think it’s emblematic of our time, because back in 2007 – I mean, dude. That’s a long time ago when we were just boys,” Badgley told Crawford. “People wanted to watch a show like Gossip Girl because it was aspirational. It was like an escape. It seemed like it struck a c...

Blood brothers and sisters! Beginning with 2008’s Twilight , fans were introduced to the Cullen coven . Five films later, Twihards are still reeling over the vampires’ pale skin, supernatural abilities and the fact that Edward Cullen ( Robert Pattinson ) sparkles in the sunlight. Based on the successful novels by Stephenie Meyer , the films spanned five years and consisted of Twilight , The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012). Moviegoers met the Cullen clan in the first movie, but by Breaking Dawn – Part 1 , human Bella Swan ( Kristen Stewart ) had married into the family after tying the knot with Edward in that film. They later welcomed daughter Renesmee Cullen ( Mackenzie Foy ). The OG family members were Carlisle Cullen ( Peter Facinelli ) and his wife, Esme ( Elizabeth Reaser ). Their coven — better known as their children in the human world — were Alice ( Ashl...

Spilling secrets. Aaron Hernandez ‘s jailhouse lover, Kyle Kennedy , was the last person to see the disgraced NFL star alive before he died by suicide in April 2017. In a new interview, Kennedy claims Hernandez confessed he was guilty in the double murder case he was acquitted of just days before his death . Unforgettable Sports Scandals “He told me he did,” Kennedy says during the new REELZ special , Aaron Hernandez: Jailhouse Lover Tells All , when asked if Hernandez committed the crimes. Hernandez was accused of allegedly killing Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu and Safiro Teixeira Furtado in a drive-by shooting near the Cure Lounge in Boston in July 2012. Kennedy, who claims he had an intimate relationship with Hernandez while they were both serving time in prison, says Hernandez would often open up to him about the case. Kyle Kennedy Reelz “Every day he had to go to court for that. He’d wake up at 4 in the morning , he wouldn’t come back till 5, 6 at night. And he’d be in cour...

Thinking very far ahead! Matt James ‘ journey as the Bachelor won’t begin for at least a few months, but his mother is already planning for the future. Matt James' Steamiest Photos “I think that the grandkid counter for my mom started when that announcement was made,” James, 28, told Chris Harrison via video-chat on the Monday, June 29, episode of The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever . “She wants a basketball team! I’ll have a minivan, that’s the max.” Matt James and Tyler Cameron. ABC ABC announced during Good Morning America that James will be the first Black Bachelor on June 12 and his season will begin filming after Clare Crawley ‘s season of The Bachelorette . “#TheBachelor family is thrilled to start this journey with our new Bachelor! We can and we will do better to portray diverse love stories that reflect the world around us,” Harrison, 48, said via Instagram following the announcement. “ This is just the beginning .” Bachelor Nation Reacts to Matt James ...

Controversies are nothing new for Big Brother . Since the show’s U.S. debut in 2000, the reality series has made headlines for an array of topics. With each season, the disputes behind the scenes only grow. Over the past 20 years, the show has been criticized for racism and discrimination, specifically beginning with an incident that occurred in season 15. In 2013, Aaryn Gries referred to Asian people as “squinty-eyed,” called her Black roommate Candice Stewart “Aunt Jemima” and asked her Korean houseguest, Helen Kim, to “go make some rice.” GinaMarie Zimmerman and Spencer Clawson were also accused of insensitive comments during the season, so much so that host Julie Chen spoke about it on The Talk . “It stung,” the host said at the time. “I took it personally. The really sad part was it took me back to the ’70s when I was growing up in Queens, when I was 7, being bullied and being called a chink … the year is 2013! Then I felt ignorant. There are still people who feel that wa...