Boy Culture Links: 'Mineshaft' Gay-Murders Doc to Debut at Tribeca, Hudson Williams Is a Peloton 'Hero' & Laufey's Marrying Man, Beccera Surges in California, Pedro Pascal's Short-Shorts + MORE
APRIL 17, 2026
TRIBECA: Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders will have a world premiere at the 2026 Tribeca Festival in NYC, a stone’s throw from where the gruesome murders it covers took place. The murders inspired the vastly overrated Cruising, and have become an iconic true crime of LGBTQ+ and NYC history. Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, it is sure to be a must-see.
GLAMOUR: Hudson Williams for Peleton is a workout:
YOUTUBE: If you’ve wanted to see Hudson Williams on his knees, you’re halfway there with Laufey’s “Madwoman” music video:
CNN: Another special election won by a Dem! The House majority is now down to three.
THE VIEW: Wow! About to hit 80, John Waters made his The View debut Thursday:
THE DESERT SUN: Xavier Becerra is surging in the California governor’s race with Eric Swalwell in the rearview mirror.
HUFFINGTON POST: Hungary’s (hot) new leader just put the right-wing state media on notice in a fiery interview. We need our own Péter Magyar.
FANTASTICMAN: Pedro Pascal is a denim darling for FantasticMan.
AXIOS: Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the lone Democrat in the House to vote AGAINST an Iran war powers resolution … and it failed by one vote.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) hilariously, ironically decried her congressional colleagues’ horniness — this, after becoming synonymous with public sex.
POLITICO: Kathy Hochul has quickly become a great guv. Latest: She backs banning masks on law enforcement.
E!: I’m surprised to hear that plastic surgeon Dr. Dubrow is adamantly against the BBL. If you’re doing fat transfer, it’s safe and doesn’t age poorly. Implants and silicone are different stories.
PEOPLE: The only correct response is to LOL at the insipid Ryan Murphy hit Love Story.
YOUTUBE: One of Madonna’s new singles interpolates one of the best house tracks of all time, “French Kiss” by Lil Louis. Can’t wait. This song (above) takes me back to my days “going on dancing” in college in Chicago — where Lil Louis hails from.
INSTAGRAM: I’m not going to tell you I bought all 14 Madonna Confessions II variants.
MODUS VIVENDI: A peek at the Modus Vivendi Heritage Line.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Queer and -adjacent mags of the moment.
