It’s been four years since we’ve seen an episode of New York deejay extraordinaire Lina Bradford’s YouTube talk show “In the Dollhouse.” Now she’s back. A third season premieres April 14 on YouTube and IGTV with guests Bob the Drag Queen and Amanda Lepore. “Logo wanted to pick it up for Season 3, and then the pandemic happened,” Bradford tells me. “As the pandemic went on, I realized I could do this on my own. It made sense for me to do it from my dressing room, where I’ve been deejaying [virtually] for the last year.” She shot nine episodes in just three days. “For each show, one guest is in person and one is virtual,” Bradford says. “It was all done safe for COVID, with testing and sanitizing.”
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Freeform is ditching cars for hotel balconies. The premiere screening of its teen mystery thriller series “Cruel Summer” will take place at the Beverly Hilton April 15. However, instead of a drive-in, the network is booking over 80 rooms so guests can watch the first episode from terraces overlooking a 70-foot screen on the top of the parking garage. Each room will be filled with ’90s magazines, photo-collage boards, inflatable furniture and custom pillows and blankets, as “Cruel Summer” takes place over three summers in the 1990s. The menu will include ’90s favorites such as Hot Pockets, Whataburgers and fries; candy like Pop Rocks, Mamba, Pez, Fun Dip, Mentos, Ring Pops, Gushers and Dippin’ Dots; and Capri Sun and Snapple.
GLAAD Media Awards, April 8
For the second time in as many years, “Schitt’s Creek” won for outstanding comedy series. HBO Max’s “Veneno” was named outstanding Spanish-language scripted television series, and the cast of “Glee” reunited for a special tribute to Naya Rivera for her portrayal of lesbian character Santana Lopez. Niecy Nash (above with wife Jessica Betts, who performed during the ceremony) hosted the ceremony. “When people laugh along with the LGBTQ character on a sitcom that they adore or see a gay couple in a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie that falls in love just the way they did, they start to understand that we are more alike than we are different,” Nash said.
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