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    GLAAD Media Awards honor Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera, Jeremy Pope

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    Gabrielle Union (l) and Jeremy Pope in a scene from "The Inspection." At Thursday's GLAAD Media Awards, Union presented Pope with the Stephen F. Kolzak award for promoting LGBTQ+ visibility and acceptance. (photo by Patti Perret/courtesy of A24)

    By Leslie Ambriz

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) --

    The 34th GLAAD Media Awards featured a surprise Jennifer Coolidge appearance, honors for Bad Bunny and Christina Aguilera and, of course, jokes about Donald Trump's indictment — the news of which broke just hours before Thursday's show.

    Coolidge was greeted with a standing ovation as she opened the show at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The star of "The White Lotus" was later surprised herself when her "Best in Show" co-star Jane Lynch appeared onstage beside her.

    The GLAAD Media Awards show, intended to honor "fair, accurate and inclusive representation of LGBTQ individuals and issues," will land on Hulu on April 12. The host, comedian Margaret Cho, cheered the former president's indictment.

    "What a wonderful way to celebrate that," Cho said on the red carpet before the event. "I think it's just so incredible. I never thought I would see it happen. I'm so glad, too. And I can't wait to see how it goes down."

    Christina Aguilera was presented with the Advocate for Change award by Club Q survivor Michael Anderson, a bartender at the popular Colorado Springs nightclub the night of the deadly shooting in November 2022. He later made headlines after quoting Aguilera's lyrics when he testified before the U.S. House Oversight Committee on violence against the LGBTQ+ community.

    On Thursday, Anderson quoted Aguilera's lyrics once again during his introduction of the pop star.

    The show also paid tribute to the late Leslie Jordan with a performance from country music star Orville Peck. Peck's performance was introduced by actor Cheyenne Jackson, who reminisced about Jordan's time on the set of "American Horror Story."

    Cheers erupted when Ricky Martin took the stage to present Bad Bunny with the Vanguard Award for his LGBTQ+ allyship. The reggaeton artist asked the crowd in English if he could give his acceptance speech in Spanish, which was met with an enthusiastic "yes" from the crowd.

    Bad Bunny thanked the LGBTQ+ community for embracing and inspiring him.

    "I believe that following my heart is what has led me to where I am, and following my heart is what has led me to be here receiving this award, being surrounded by so many beautiful people," he said in Spanish.

    Gabrielle Union presented her "The Inspection" co-star Jeremy Pope with the Stephen F. Kolzak award for promoting LGBTQ+ visibility and acceptance.

    "I played Jeremy's mom in the movie, and we developed an incredibly close bond," Union said. "And, you know, I know a little something about raising a Black queer child in this world and all I wanted to do was advocate for Jeremy in every way that I could. I mean, his undeniable talents, his innocence, his peace, his peace and his very soul. I wanted to protect it."

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    William Dafoe, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage join the voice cast for Starburn Industries’ “Lincoln in the Bardo”

    Friday, August 28, 2026
    Peter Dinklage (photo by Whitney Matewe)

    Actors Willem Dafoe, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage have joined the voice cast of Starburns Industries’ “Lincoln in the Bardo,” based on acclaimed author George Saunders’ New York Times bestseller and 2017 Booker Prize-winner.  Saunders adapted the screenplay, with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Duke Johnson directing.  It was announced earlier that Tom Hanks stars as the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in the live action portion of the film.  CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are handling sales at the upcoming TIFF: The Market.

    The film employs a unique blend of stop-motion animation and live action to explore one of the most intimate moments of Lincoln’s life, centering on his relationship with his recently deceased eleven-year-old son.  Blending history and imagination, the story unfolds through an unforgettable ensemble of characters – living and dead, historical and invented – to explore themes of love, empathy, and the human capacity for connection in the face of unimaginable grief.

    Reverend Everly Thomas – the ghost of a minister who died believing he would go to heaven, but, to his dismay, found out otherwise – is voiced by Dafoe.  Bailey is voicing Roger Bevins, the ghost of a young gay man who took his own life over a failed love affair and instantly regretted it.  Dinklage is voicing Hans Vollman, a ghost obsessed with his dream of being reunited with his much-younger wife.

    Four-time Academy Award nominee Dafoe’s credits include animated films “Finding Nemo,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Boy and the Heron,” as well as “At Eternity’s Gate,” “The Florida Project,” “Shadow of the Vampire” and seminal Vietnam movie... Read More

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