Billy Porter
Nascimento : 1969-09-21, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
História
Billy Porter (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor, singer and writer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Tony Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards.
Drag has never been more political! As NYC emerges from the chaos of 2020, Marti Cummings (they/them), an audacious and big-hearted drag queen, goes all out in a historic bid to become a City Councilperson. It’s one of the most hotly contested Council races in years, and Marti’s strongest competitor is Shaun Abreu, a tenants’ lawyer with deep roots in the district’s Latinx community. As these first-timers race to do the most good for their Upper Manhattan neighbors, they offer very different visions for Democratic politics – one in a suit and tie, the other in combat boots and floral print. As this immersive documentary reveals, Marti’s passion inspires queer activists and allies to change the political system. Their campaign becomes a community of its own, especially for Marti’s non-binary peers who have never before seen themselves represented.
While an important cultural epicenter with a rich political history of antiracist organizing, the Black church has historically fallen short when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ+ community and its queer members. Equal parts healing journey and incisive examination, this essential, extremely necessary portrait critiques the Black community lovingly, balancing the beauty of fellowship within the church against the damaging legacy it must work to undo.
Gugu
Um quarteto de melhores amigas idosas decide viver a vida ao máximo fazendo uma viagem louca ao Super Bowl 51 para ver seu herói Tom Brady jogar.
Self
A cantora e compositora apresenta um repertório de seus sucessos natalinos, incluindo o eterno favorito das paradas "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
Executive Producer
On October 27th, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing eleven people as they prayed, in what would become the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. This documentary is a deeply personal portrait of the survivors, victims and family members, who share their harrowing first-hand accounts of the impact of the shooting on the community.
Director
Kelsa é uma adolescente trans que está trilhando seu caminho para o último ano do Ensino Médio. Linda e cheia de confiança, ela é a crush de seu tímido colega de classe Khal, que precisa tomar toda sua coragem para chamá-la para sair e viver os altos e baixos do amor na adolescência.
Pray Tell (archive footage)
Um especial sobre a experiência LGBTQ que analisa como é ser visto como um membro dessa comunidade. Apresentado por Cara Delevingne.
Fabulous Godmother
Cinderela, uma jovem que sonha em sair da casa de sua madrasta e abrir sua própria loja de vestidos, e nessa busca por sua independência ela vai encontrar também o amor.
A Twitter user uploaded a clip of Corden and his Cinderella co-stars Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, and Idina Menzel performing a segment of “Crosswalk the Musical” from his late-night show. In the clip, a fully committed Corden, dressed as a rat, can be seen thrusting his groin at the car while singing the chorus to Jennifer Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud.”
Alex, a young artist of the Harlem Renaissance, flirts with the idea of bisexuality through posturing and conversations he has with his girlfriend, Melva, and his Bohemian mentor, Raymond. Then he meets Beauty, a Latin man who pursues Alex with poetry and fire, and the fun turns to earnest. The music of a concert performance breaks the floodgates of Alex's desires, and he finds himself torn between Melva and Beauty. Which one will he choose?
Writer
What is God? God is love! Plain and simple. SANCTUARY, with book by Billy Porter and music and lyrics by Kurt Carr, invites audiences to fellowship and to learn how to spread the love, through the power of gospel music. Love is God.
(Himself)
Glitterbox apresenta o documentário Where Love Lives, explorando o poder duradouro da música para manifestar uma comunidade diversa e inclusiva, para aceitar e abraçar, para libertar e até para salvar vidas. É uma história de aceitação e expressão criativa. Por meio de entrevistas com titãs da vida noturna Billy Porter, Honey Dijon, Kathy Sledge, Kiddy Smile, Lucy Fizz e muito mais, o filme explora como aqueles que são marginalizados da sociedade são recebidos incondicionalmente na pista de dança.
A quarter century ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical, RENT, opened at New York Theatre Workshop. From its humble beginnings at NYTW, this rock musical went on to shape a generation. What began in the East Village traveled to Broadway, across the nation and around the world. On March 2, 2021, NYTW held its biggest fundraising event of the year, 25 YEARS OF RENT: MEASURED IN LOVE. This virtual celebration of RENT and its impact on the collective cultural consciousness featured a selection of iconic songs by some of today’s most beloved recording and theatre artists, exclusive content uncovering how RENT came to life, and reflections on the driving force of Jonathan’s legacy in the American theatre.
Online special co-hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh in response to COVID-19 featuring celebrities and live performances raising funds for LGBTQ community centers.
Barrett
Mia e Mel, duas amigas inseparáveis, são felizes administrando a própria empresa de cosméticos até que uma malvada magnata da beleza conspira para roubá-las. Esse maléfico plano separa as amigas, mas Mia e Mel descobrem que a única maneira de virarem o jogo e reaverem a empresa é trabalhando juntas. O ramo da beleza está prestes a ficar feio.
Self
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay rights, addiction and recovery, finding true love, and the relentless pursuit of inspiration.
Prince
Simon Axler (Al Pacino) é um ator consagrado que, aos 65 anos, sente que perdeu a capacidade de interpretar. Em crise, ele se interna em uma clínica de repouso e passa a ter consultas via Skype com um terapeuta. Ao deixar o local para viver sozinho em uma casa enorme localizada em Connecticut, ele reencontra Pegeen Stapleford (Greta Gerwig), a filha de um grande amigo, que não via desde quando ela era uma criança. Pegeen sempre nutriu uma paixonite por Simon, mas há 16 anos decidiu se assumir como lésbica e mantém um relacionamento estável com Louise Trenner (Kyra Sedgwick). Ao perceber que Simon está solitário, ela joga tudo para o alto e decide ter um relacionamento com ele. Lisonjeado pelo súbito interesse de alguém bem mais jovem, Simon embarca na relação mas logo percebe que diferenças de idade e de pensamento são grandes problemas a serem enfrentados.
Himself
Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players. Since 1988, they have raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses.
Original Music Composer
Reflexivo e bem-humorado, esse filme faz uma retrospectiva sobre a temática homossexual no cinema (principalmente independente) norte-americano e sobre como, ao longo de seis décadas, o tema foi se liberando no cinema. Desde o início, quando o assunto era mostrado como algo proibido ou uma doença, até os dias de hoje, sendo aceito e premiado.
Self
Reflexivo e bem-humorado, esse filme faz uma retrospectiva sobre a temática homossexual no cinema (principalmente independente) norte-americano e sobre como, ao longo de seis décadas, o tema foi se liberando no cinema. Desde o início, quando o assunto era mostrado como algo proibido ou uma doença, até os dias de hoje, sendo aceito e premiado.
Randy
É Natal em Nova York. As ruas estão cobertas de neve, músicas natalinas estão por toda parte e as pessoas andam apressadas em direção às lojas, para comprar os presentes de última hora. Porém um grupo de pessoas está completamente à parte deste clima. Alguns deles são Rose (Susan Sarandon), uma mulher emocionalmente frágil cuja mãe está no hospital, e Mike (Paul Walker), um policial que briga com um homem mais velho (Alan Arkin). Porém alguns encontros na véspera de Natal fazem com que eles repensem a vida.
Taylor
Em West Hollywood, sete amigos gays não têm sorte na vida amorosa. A única coisa que parece uni-los é o beisebol, mas quando passam por momentos difíceis, sua amizade é colocada à prova.
Sebastian Niederfarb
Entre plumas, paetês e muita gente bonita, uma garota ambiciosa quer mais do que ser estagiária em uma revista de moda. Para chegar ao topo, ela vai fazer tudo. Mas tudo mesmo. Você duvida?
Little Richard
A group of high school friends starts a rock band during the 1950's.
Shiniqua, Angel's friend
This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an aspiring musician named Angel who helps him escape his servitude and sends a maternal drag queen to vanquish the boy's enemies.
Taking place on April 6 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and airing later in 2022, the special tribute concert will feature performances from Dave Matthews, Brad Paisley, Brandi Carlile, Billy Porter, Rhiannon Giddens, Shaggy & many more
When his husband Gabriel files for divorce, Nicky fights for custody of their eight year-old son Owen, as he struggles to come to terms with what it means to love someone and what it means to be a father.
Director
Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It’s where he met his best friends. It’s where he takes to the stage in the big musical. And it’s where he fell for Hudson Aaronson-Lim – who’s only into straight-acting guys and barely knows not-at-all-straight-acting Randy even exists. Randy reinvents himself over the summer as ‘Del, a buff, masculine, and on the market camper. Even if it means giving up show tunes, nail polish, and his unicorn bedsheets, he’s determined to get Hudson to fall for him. But as he and Hudson grow closer, Randy has to ask himself how much he is willing to change for love. And is it really love anyway, if Hudson doesn’t know who he truly is?
Mark
Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It’s where he met his best friends. It’s where he takes to the stage in the big musical. And it’s where he fell for Hudson Aaronson-Lim – who’s only into straight-acting guys and barely knows not-at-all-straight-acting Randy even exists. Randy reinvents himself over the summer as ‘Del, a buff, masculine, and on the market camper. Even if it means giving up show tunes, nail polish, and his unicorn bedsheets, he’s determined to get Hudson to fall for him. But as he and Hudson grow closer, Randy has to ask himself how much he is willing to change for love. And is it really love anyway, if Hudson doesn’t know who he truly is?
Executive Producer
An edgy, laugh out loud comedy about three queer high school seniors who go on the ultimate quest to attend their first New York Pride parade.
Director
An edgy, laugh out loud comedy about three queer high school seniors who go on the ultimate quest to attend their first New York Pride parade.
Audrey II (voice)
An exotic plant in a downtown flower shop convinces the storekeeper's meek apprentice to resort to gruesome measures to keep it alive and make it grow.