Mitchell G. Patton

Once considered taboo in film and television, gay performers and characters at the 80th Golden Globes will be hard to miss. When the curtains open on Tuesday's annual ceremony, viewers will be greeted by the year's top gay comedian, Jerrod Carmichael (“Rothaniel”), who will host the awards show. Some of the most nominated movies of the night, including the sci-fi drama "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and the psychological thriller "Tár," and TV series including "The White Lotus" and "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ", star LGBTQ actors or feature fictional queer characters. And to top off the evening, the…

Russian shelling of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people overnight, local officials said Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to continue fighting until a victory over His neighbor.President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour ceasefire along the line of contact from noon Friday to observe Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas, which fell on Saturday.Ukraine rejected the truce and the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said Russian troops had shelled dozens of positions and settlements along the front line on Saturday.A 50-year-old man was killed in the northeastern Kharkiv region as a result…

The entire country has united in thought, prayer and charitable giving in support of Damar Hamlin since her cardiac arrest on the field Monday.However, the show must go on, and two college football teams will play the biggest game of their lives on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart heads into the tunnel before a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 31, 2022 in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)The national championship between No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU will be played out…