Boy Culture Links: Tom Holland's Sticky Situation, Clock Twink Takes Broadway, Pulse Demolished, Gay Wine Weekend, 'Playgirl' Model Battles Colon Cancer + MORE
MARCH 18, 2026
VARIETY: The new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer is revealing:
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: There’s no way Liza Minnelli signed all those books and there’s no way her audiobook isn’t AI. Seth Abramovitch offers a sympathetic take on her disconcerting L.A. appearance.
FACEBOOK: I’m so very sorry to hear that longtime L.A. gay journalist Steve Pride died yesterday, March 17. He had been in poor health following a November heart attack. I was interviewed by him when I was promoting the Boy Culture movie 20 years ago. He was so nice, and he gave a lot to the LGBTQ+ community.
GOFUNDME: Reid Hutchins, who posed in June 1998 for Playgirl, is suffering from colon cancer and in need of help. Check that out here.
WEHO ONLINE: The messiest, most expensive gay divorce in WeHo history wasn’t between two people.
NBC NEWS: The Pulse building, site of the 2016 gay massacre, has been demolished. A memorial will be erected in its place.
BROADWAY BETCH: I can’t tell if the above screengrab is from an unauthorized video taken by an audience member (PUT YOUR PHONES AWAY!) or is from some official snippet released, but Ben Ahlers of The Gilded Age is on Broadway, and spends part of Death of a Salesman sans shirt.
NBC NEWS: NASCAR driver Daniel Dye has been suspended for gaying up his voice to mock a fellow driver.
VARIETY: Influencer Jake Shane wasn’t very good on the Oscars red carpet, but … does that warrant a Variety slam piece?
NEW YORK TIMES: But, sadly, a series of credible allegations about the late civil rights icon Cesar Chavez does warrant a New York Times slam piece.
CITY OF LONDON POLICE: Gay men have long been the ones to tell their female friends, “Oh, girl, that guy is taking you for a ride.” Now, we have an example of a gay man doing it as a romance fraudster has been nabbed for seducing tens of thousands of dollars from his marks.
OUT IN THE VINEYARD: Oh, Lord, there is something called Gay Wine Weekend!
GR8ERDAYS: Check out a fun gathering of MGM stars from 1949 in a newly surfaced photo showing studio execs and sales/the press ogling everyone from Gene Kelly to Lena Horne to a smoldering Howard Keel to … Lassie.
Another fantastic post - chock full. BTW, I'm new to Jake Shane - he deserved the slam; he's been pretty obnoxious lately on his socials. It's a shame Redi's GFM isn't doing better :(