Omar Apollo’s package deal, Ncuti Gatwa’s lusty wandering plus all the can’t-miss LGBTQ+ releases of the week
Stay in-the-know with Queerty's midweek pop culture catch-up.
Need a boost to get over Hump Day? The Hot Sheet is Queerty’s midweek pop culture catch-up, highlighting the entertainment stories everyone’s talking about, the ones you might’ve missed, and the notable LGBTQ+ film & TV releases in the days ahead. Here’s everything you need to stay in-the-know:
What To Watch
- Chucky, Season 3 – Oct. 4 (Syfy/USA), Oct. 5 (Peacock): Everyone’s favorite homicidal doll—and inadvertent queer icon—returns, and this time he’s taking on the White House.
- Strange Way Of Life – Oct. 4 (Select theaters), Oct. 6 (Nationwide): Pedro Pascal & Ethan Hawke are lovers on opposite sides of the law in Pedro Alomodóvar’s answer to Brokeback Mountain.
- Our Flag Means Death, Season 2 – Oct. 5 (Max): “Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonnet tries to win back his ex Blackbeard in the sophomore season of this hilarious, sea-faring comedy.
- Everything Now, Season 1 – Oct. 5 (Netflix): Breakout star of horror Talk To Me Sophie Wilde stars in this Aussie high school dramedy chock-full of queer characters.
- Desperately Seeking Soulmate – Oct. 6 (Prime Video): The eerie true story behind Twin Flame, the alleged online love cult the purportedly manipulated members’ gender identities.
- Dicks: The Musical – Oct. 6 (Select theaters in NY/LA/SF): If The Parent Trap was raunchier, gayer, and featured Megan Thee Stallion, you’d get this absurdist masterpiece.
- Loki, Season 2 – Oct. 6 (Disney+): Tom Hiddleston returns as Marvel’s bisexual “Trickster God” Loki in this time-and-space-hopping superhero series.
- Passages – Oct. 6 (Mubi): This sexy, darkly funny love triangle (co-starring out actor Ben Whishaw) was one of the most talked about indies of the fall, and now it’s coming to streaming!
- Texas, USA – Oct. 6 (VOD): A timely documentary following political candidates and activists (including queer organizer Adri Pérez) as they fight for democracy in this contentious state.
- Totally Killer – Oct. 6 (Prime Video): A throwback horror pastiche in which a teen is sent back to the ’80s and has to save her own mom from a masked slasher.
Culture Catch-Up
SUPERMAN/WOMAN: Raunchy and bloody, superhero series The Boys always knows how to get people talking, so of course its supes-in-training spin-off Gen V does, too. Case in point: Jordan, a bigender character with the power to transition at will. [Read all about it on INTO]
HELLO, UGLIES!: They’re baaaaack. The Boulet Brothers are set to return with the biggest and baddest season of Dragula yet, and now you can meet the fearsome global drag ghouls competing in season 5. [EW]
PACKAGE DEAL: Rising queer alt-pop star Omar Apollo new EP Live For Me drops Friday and—in a move that’ll no doubt jack up sales—the vinyl art will include a painted portrait of… um… Omar, Jr. [Read all about it on Queerty]
HUZZAH!: Every year, our sister site LGBTQ Nation honors the Heroes who have made a difference in their communities and beyond. 2023’s honorees include out wrestler Anthony Bowens, Club Q survivors, and more. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
I WANT TO PLAY A GAME: With Saw X being the best-reviewed movie of the infamously schlocky series, Jigsaw is cool again—but here’s why the gays have been stanning since day one. [Daily Beast’s Obsessed]
WHAT’S HER NAME?: Soon everyone‘s going to know Priyanka, the first winner of Canada’s Drag Race who, amid filming new episodes of HBO’s We’re Here, is promoting her rom-com It’s All Sunshine & Rainbows, in which she plays a weatherwoman (not a drag queen!) who has to save her family farm. [The Pink News]
DIGITAL GET DOWN: The can’t-miss queer series of the fall? It’s airing on OnlyFans—seriously! John Cameron Mitchell is a producer on xXPonyBoyDerekXx, a “digital play” about a young virtual sex worker that’s playing out in real-time on social media. [Read all about it on Queerty]
OUT IN THE RING: Meet Roger Ross Williams, the queer, Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Cassandro, the fantastically flamboyant biopic of gay luchador Saúl Armendáriz starring Gael García Bernal. [Read all about it on INTO]
LOOK CLOSER: At first glance, the three-dimensional work of artist Christian Rogers is all funky fluorescent florals, but stare a while longer and you’ll start to see erotic images of men. It’s like a horny optical illusion! If you’re in LA, a new exhibition of Rogers’ work is showing at the NOON Projects gallery through October 21. [Noon Projects]
YOU DESERVE TO SIT: Brian Jordan Alvarez‘s addictive, off-the-cuff ditty “Sitting” became an unlikely viral hit—could a record deal be next? The actor and comedian spills the tea on TJ Mack, thirst traps, and more. [Vulture]
¡ESCÚCHAME!: It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, so add all seven of these queer, trailblazing Spanish and Latin-American artists—from Anitta to Georgel—to your rotation. [Read all about it on LGBTQ Nation]
DOCTOR WHOA: Barbie, Sex Education, and future Time Lord Ncuti Gatwa is having one heck of a 2023. Newly out, he’s holding nothing back as he vacations in Rio de Janeiro—and was kind enough to share his souvenirs with us on Insta.
The Final Hump
Honey Davenport is a queen of the people. Need proof? The visuals for her new bop “Mighty Legendary” (filmed in part at Trixie Motel) deliver plenty of sexy, scantily clad eye candy and a message about responsible sexual health thanks to a sponsorship with MISTR, which offers free online PrEP and STI testing. By the time Miss Alaska hops on the track? Oh, it’s over! Bow down, y’all!
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