Popular gay dating app Grindr is joining in on the original scripted content world with its new Bridesman series, which is set to begin production this month and air in Fall 2021. The new show, created by John Onieal, will be a comedy series that follows a gay “bridesman” as he undermines his best friend’s wedding. according to a report by Deadline . The report added that each episode will be six to ten minutes long, and will be available on YouTube as well as the Grindr app. Bridesman will be directed by Julian Buchan, and will feature comedians Jimmy Fowlie, Sydnee Washington, and Shannon Devido, and is co-written by Frank Spiro, and produced by Katie White and Jeremy Truong. The show will also include guest appearances by Liva Pierce, Calvin Seabrooks, Benito Skinner, and Kim Petras, and also makes for the latest in a series of projects that explore new ways to “celebrate queer talent and keep Grindr users connected,” reports Deadline. The report added that the … [Read more...] about Gay Dating App Grindr Produces Original Scripted Series ‘Bridesman’
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‘Tremendous Disappointment’: 2021 Rose Parade Canceled For The First Time In 75 Years
PASADENA (CBSLA) — The 2021 Tournament of Roses Parade has been officially canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Rose Cast” of 250 performers opens the 128th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 2, 2017. The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade, is part of “America’s New Year Celebration” held in Pasadena each year on New Year’s Day, or on January 2 if New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday. The parade’s Never on Sunday tradition dates to 1893, the first year since the start of the event that New Years Day fell on a Sunday. To avoid frightening horses that would be hitched outside churches on a Sunday the parade was moved to the next day, January 2. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) “The health and well-being of our parade participants and guests, as well as that of our volunteer members, professional staff and partners, is our number one priority,” Bob Miller, 2021 President of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, said in a statement. … [Read more...] about ‘Tremendous Disappointment’: 2021 Rose Parade Canceled For The First Time In 75 Years
Vietnam’s Facebook Dissidents Test Limits of Communist State
HANOI - “This isn't like China,” says Vietnamese activist ‘Anh Chi’ at a noisy bar off one of the narrow streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter. “They can't shut Facebook down here.” His 40,000 Facebook followers make him one of Vietnam's better-known critics, but by no means the biggest in a Communist state whose attempts to crack down on dissidents have collided with the rapidly expanding reach of foreign-owned social media. Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang this month called for unspecified tougher internet controls in the face of “hostile forces” that he said threatened not only cybersecurity but also “undermined the prestige of the leaders of the party and the state.” But taming the internet in a young, fast-growing country is not easy, especially when the companies providing the platform are global. China, in contrast, allows only local internet companies operating under strict rules. Vietnam is among Facebook's top 10 countries, by number of members. It now reports more than 52 … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Facebook Dissidents Test Limits of Communist State
