"I'm never gog to do half-hour episos of 'Billy on the Street' aga," says Eichner, whose gay rom- 'Bros' is due September.
Contents:
- BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- BILLY CRYSTAL PORTRAYED FIRST OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER ON TV — SI THE 'SOAP' STORY
- BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
- FRANK WILLIAM “BILLY” GAY III’S NET WORTH, RHOSLC HEATHER’S EX-HBAND
- ‘ALL THE FAY’: INSI THE EARLY EPISO THAT CHALLENGED ARCHIE BUNKER’S VIEW OF GAY PEOPLE
BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
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BILLY CRYSTAL PORTRAYED FIRST OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER ON TV — SI THE 'SOAP' STORY
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"I'm never gog to do half-hour episos of Billy on the Street aga, " says Eichner, who also reveals plans for his next project: a gay-divorce edy.
BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
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“I never thought a major stud would do an thentilly gay film, ” says Billy Eichner, “and treat the same way they would treat Brismaids or 40-Year-Old Virg or Fettg Sarah Marshall. ” Eichner is the star of Bros, the groundbreakg, hilar gay rom- he also -wrote, which — fyg his ial doubts — is due theaters Sept. “You don’t s there as a kid thkg, ‘Oh, I uld be the star of this movie, if only I wasn’t gay, '” he says.
Bobby’s openg rant, excerpted the movie’s first trailer, is a brilliantly meta attack on the ia of makg a gay movie that’d make straight guys fortable.
FRANK WILLIAM “BILLY” GAY III’S NET WORTH, RHOSLC HEATHER’S EX-HBAND
Billy Porter mak history as the first openly gay black man to w lead actor a drama Emmy for FX’s “Pose.” * billy the gay guy *
For me, and a lot of my iends, when we watch some of those shows, although there are gay characters, we don’t regnize those people.
‘ALL THE FAY’: INSI THE EARLY EPISO THAT CHALLENGED ARCHIE BUNKER’S VIEW OF GAY PEOPLE
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