ABOVE: Remembering Silent Era hottie David Rollins.

BONUS HOT PIECE:

Hard at work! (Image via Facebook)

BELOW: Keep reading for a loss in the queer comedy community, Luca Guadagnino on a gay James Bond and more ...

DEADLINE: Out comedy writer Eric Gilliland died of cancer September 1. One of his Roseanne writers' room pals, the great Stan Zimmerman, recalls:

After a particularly brutal day of “abuse” from Roseanne, the writing staff decided to take out our anger and smoosh food all over one of her framed publicity photos on the wall in our main office. Somehow, I ended up with the only Polaroid. And there’s Eric, smiling brightly, front and center. As others have more eloquently described Eric as an extremely bright, witty and dry writer/humorist/person, I know he looked at me and Jim’s open queerness in the writers’ room as both brave, scary and yet very appealing. Fly high, my friend. In all the colors of the rainbow. You were loved (and cherished) by so many.

One of Phil's greatest images, of porn star Alec Powers (Image by Phil Tarley)

SUBSTACK: Phil Tarley, director of XXX films starring Chad Douglas, Chris Thompson, Jon King, Alec Powers, Rick Donovan, Jim Bentley, David Ashfield, Dane Ford, Scott O'Hara, Michael Cummings, Bobby Madison, Peter North/Matt Ramsey and many more ... opens up.

YOUTUBE: Luca Guadagnino's gay flick Queer gets a trailer. Plus: Luca goes off on gay question about James Bond.

VARIETY: Ellen DeGeneres's final comedy special premieres September 24 on Netflix. In it, she will address being canceled, which will lead to a new wave of people saying OH, MY GAH, MY FRIEND'S COUSIN MET HER AND SHE WAS RUDE.

TWITTER: Former Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican who is NOT down with Kamala Harris, still won't vote for Trump:

BREAKING: In a stunning moment on CNBC, former PA GOP Senator Pat Toomey says he won’t be voting for Trump in November:

“When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results so that you can stay in power, you lose me. You lose me at that point.”pic.twitter.com/pX0O1fZmvp

— Trump L’s (@Trump_Losses) September 3, 2024

CNN: The late Sen. John McCain's youngest son, Jimmy McCain, has decried Trump's Arlington appearance, calling it a violation. More interestingly, McCain has re-registered as a Democrat and is endorsing VP Harris for POTUS. Miserable Meg is about to get more miserable.

“I prefer musicals that were not shot down.” — Trump (Image via Soho Playhouse)

SOHO PLAYHOUSE: Also, speaking of McCain, this.

PINK NEWS: Gay Labour MP goes viral in the U.K. for sharing wedding news.

VARIETY: Lady Gaga's first single from her seventh album is coming in a month.

VARIETY: The return of Demi Moore.

KENNETH IN THE (212): If you're in NYC and queer, consider hitting up this exhibition.

He's here, he's queer, get dancing! (Image via GLAAD)

GLAAD: GLAAD exclusively announces that Latin dance expert Ezra Sosa, who is out and proud, is joining Dancing with the Stars as a pro dancer. Jarring to read that JoJo Siwa helped him become comfy with being gay ... just because of the timeline, you know? Like, she's 21. This is all so recent! Ah!