Boy Culture Links: Dorian Awards Nominate 'Pillion,' 'Sorry, Baby' & More, Auto Worker Who Heckled Trump Suspended, 'CBS Evening News' Ratings Slump + More
JANUARY 14, 2026
YOUTUBE: Pillion, coming to U.S. theaters in February, now has an official trailer, and it’s driven more by Tiffany than all the Dom/sub sex. Well, both:
VARIETY:CBS Evening News ratings are down considerably since its Trumpification:
“Overall viewership for the first five days of Dokoupil’s official run on the venerable CBS News program was off 23% from what the program captured a year ago, when then-anchor Norah O’Donell was leading viewers through news of tumultuous California wildfires and the run-up to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Dokoupil’s first five days, from January 5 to January 9, won an average of nearly 4.17 million, according to data from Nielsen, compared with nearly 5.4 million in the year-earlier period.”
DAILY BEAST: During a pop-in to a Ford factory in Michigan for Trump’s Q&A with CBS Evening News, factory worker T.J. Sabula, 40, heckled Trump as a “pedophile protector.” Trump was so triggered by anything less than adulation he gave the guy the finger.
Sabula has now been suspended.
Remember when the right was apoplectic over Obama wearing a tan suit and putting his feet up on the Oval Office desk?
AMAZON: Guess What? I Love You by Mike Maimone is out February 10 from Fox & Quill. It’s his love story with his late husband, publicist Howard Bragman, who shepherded the stories of celebs who were coming out, including Meredith Bexter and Chaz Bono.
MARY TRUMP SUBSTACK: Surprise! Trump’s awesome lesbian niece Mary has eloped.
NEW YORK TIMES: Joel Kim Booster has also put a ring on it.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Greenland chooses Denmark — and NATO.
ABC NEWS: Clintons are defying baseless subpoenas to testify before Republicans in Congress, saying now is the time to “fight for this country.”
NEW YORK TIMES: Claudette Colvin, who was Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks was Rosa Parks, has died at 86.
QUEERTY: Milo Manheim, one of the stars of the upcoming live-action Tangled, has quite a pedigree — gay model daddy, and his mom is the estimable Camryn Manheim.
BBC: Pioneering gay footballer Josh Cavallo says his old team was rife with homophobia.
NBC: Are you watching The Traitors? I hate HATE hate Michael Rapaport so much — he’s the worst part of an already blah season. But I am dutifully watching, and will likely get sucked in as always. I’ve watched every season of every foreign version.
INSTAGRAM: Two weeks ago, the Heated Rivalry boys were popping in on WeHo bars, unsure they’d be recognized. And now …
BBC: Heated Rivalry scribe Rachel Reid says her project’s astronomical success has helped her deal with her recent Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
GALECA: And finally, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Journalists has announced its nominees for the 2026 Dorian Film Awards.
I’m happy to be a member, but I’m pretty ashamed that this year, The History of Sound was ignored in the Film of the Year and even in the LGBTQ Film of the Year categories.
FILM OF THE YEAR
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion (A24)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (A24)
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (Focus Features)
SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein (A24)
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
Sinners, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)
LGBTQ SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow (Sony Pictures Classics)
Hedda, Nia DeCosta (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)
Twinless, James Sweeney (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sirāt (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Cactus Pears (Strand Releasing)
Misericordia (Janus Films, Sideshow)
Sauna (Breaking Glass)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Altered Innocence)
Viet and Nam (Strand Releasing)
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional movie worthy of greater attention
Black Bag (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Lurker (Mubi)
The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
UNSUNG LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
To an exceptional LGBTQ-themed movie worthy of greater attention
A Nice Indian Boy (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Janus)
Plainclothes (Magnolia)
The Wedding Banquet (Bleecker Street)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Features)
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions)
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked: For Good (Universal)
Nina Hoss, Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (Neon)
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
Cover-Up (Netflix)
My Mom Jayne (HBO)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Predators (MTV Documentary Films)
LGBTQ DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
Heightened Scrutiny (Fourth Act Film)
I Was Born This Way (JungeFilms / Goodform)
The Librarians (8 Above)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (Zeitgeist Films)
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Arco (Neon)
Elio (Disney)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix, Sony)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)
GENRE FILM OF THE YEAR
For excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror
28 Years Later (Sony)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR
KPop Demon Hunters - Marcelo Zarvos, EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Danny Chung, Vince, Kush, Lindgren, Daniel Rojas, et al. (Netflix, Sony)
Marty Supreme - Daniel Lopatin (A24)
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
Sinners - Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
The Testament of Ann Lee - Daniel Blumberg (Searchlight Pictures)
CAMPIEST FLICK
Final Destination: Bloodlines (Warner Bros.)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment)
The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wicked: For Good (Universal)
“WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD
Odessa A’zion
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Tonatiuh
Eva Victor
WILDE ARTIST AWARD
To a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment
Ryan Coogler
Cynthia Erivo
Jinkx Monsoon
Jafar Panahi
Pedro Pascal
GALECA LGBTQIA+ FILM TRAILBLAZER
For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
Gregg Araki
Jonathan Bailey
Kristen Stewart
Tessa Thompson
Eva Victor
Saw Pillion this past Sunday (in UK) and it was so good! However, I just watched an episode of Heated Rivalry earlier in the day so didn't clutch the pearls as hard at the sex scenes in Pillion LOL.