"Home Improvement" alumnus Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who viewers saw grow up on the hit ABC sitcom, has signed a six-figure deal with 20th Century Fox TV to star in a primetime series for the network, Daily Variety reports. Whether he'll appear in another comedy or a drama is still up
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Showtime debuts Common Ground - which traces the experiences of gays in America from the 1950s to the present - Saturday night. Helmed by lesbian director Donna Dietch, the three-part movie begins with Paula Vogel’s play, "A Friend of Dorothy’s," about a young woman who returns to Homer, Conn., after
Harvey Fierstein heads to Akron – and to cable TV
As part of Akron, Ohio’s Out in Akron Queer Festival, playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein will be performing his one-person show, This Is Not Going to Be Pretty on Saturday night (October 9), reports the Akron Beacon Journal. In a telephone interview with the paper, Fierstein also discussed Common Ground,
Showtime announces gay-themed movie
The cable network Showtime announced a slew of new planned productions September 5, and one of the projects should greatly appeal to gays and lesbians: Common Ground, a trilogy that follows gay life in small-town America through the 20th century. The movie, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas (who plays a bisexual