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‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Hacks’ Win at 2026 Dorian TV Awards
“Heated Rivalry” and the final season of “Hacks” each took home top awards at the 18th annual Dorian TV Awards from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Both series won four awards each. “Heated Rivalry” was awarded the Best LGBTQ TV Show as well as Best TV Drama and awards for François Arnaud and creator Jacob Tierney.
“Hacks” was awarded as the Best TV Comedy and the Best Written TV Show. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder each received honors for their acting performances for the final season.
The critics gave Lisa Kudrow the Galeca TV Icon Award for her final season of “The Comeback.”
“What excites me most about this year’s Dorian winners is the range—the swooning devotion of ‘Heated Rivalry,’ the tender complexity of ‘The Boyfriend,’ the bravery that cuts through ‘Half Man,’ and the community memory being kept alive in ‘Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery,’” said GALECA Vice President Gerrick Kennedy, who served as this year’s TV awards chair.
“To think, queer stories once needed to squeeze into a narrow lens to get made,” he added. “There is always room for progress, but this year’s winners prove our community’s stories are as varied and worth telling as any other.”
“Widow’s Bay,” “Half Man” and “Pluribus” each received honors at the awards show celebrating queer performances this year. HBO Max emerged on top with 10 awards. Apple TV earned five awards with the new release of “Pluribus” and Netflix followed closely behind with four wins.
See the full list of winners below:
Best TV Drama
- “Heated Rivalry“ (HBO Max)
- “Industry” (HBO Max)
- “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
- “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
- “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Best TV Comedy
- “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- “The Comeback “(HBO Max)
- “Hacks“ (HBO Max)
- “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
- “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Best LGBTQ TV Show
- “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
- “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- “Half Man” (HBO Max)
- “Heated Rivalry“ (HBO Max)
- “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Best TV Movie or Limited Series
- “All Her Fault” (Peacock)
- “Beef” (Netflix)
- “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
- “Half Man“ (HBO Max)
- “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” (FX/Hulu)
Best Non-English Language TV Show
- “Blossoms of Shanghai” (Criterion Channel)
- “Dan Da Dan” (Netflix)
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” (Crunchyroll)
- “Mussolini: Son of the Century” (Mubi
- “Squid Game“ (Netflix)
- “The Summer Hikaru Died” (Netflix)
Best LGBTQ Non-English Language TV Show
- “The Boyfriend“ (Netflix)
- “Chosen Home” (Netflix)
- “Go for It, Nakamura-kun!” (Crunchyroll)
- “The Summer Hikaru Died” (Netflix)
- “Tremembé” (Amazon MGM)
Best Written TV Show
- “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
- “Hacks“ (HBO Max)
- “Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max)
- “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
- “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Best TV Performance — Drama
- Marisa Abela, “Industry” (HBO Max)
- Jamie Bell, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
- Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
- Myha’la Herrold, “Industry” (HBO Max)
- Mark Ruffalo, “Task” (HBO Max)
- Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus“ (Apple TV)
- Connor Storrie, “Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max)
- Hudson Williams, “Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max)
- Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
- Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)
Best Supporting TV Performance — Drama
- François Arnaud, “Heated Rivalry“ (HBO Max)
- Patrick Ball, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
- Isa Briones, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
- Richard Gadd, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
- Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
- Ken Leung, “Industry” (HBO Max)
- Charles Melton, “Beef” (Netflix)
- Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
- Colman Domingo, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)
- Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Best TV Performance — Comedy
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Wonder Man” (Disney+)
- Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
- Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
- Ethan Hawke, “The Lowdown” (FX/Hulu)
- Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
- Dan Levy, “Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
- Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
- Tim Robinson, “The Chair Company” (HBO Max)
- Jean Smart, “Hacks“ (HBO Max)
Best Supporting TV Performance — Comedy
- Leslie Bibb, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons” (Netflix)
- Paul W. Downs, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
- Harrison Ford, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
- Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
- Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay“ (Apple TV)
- Ashley Padilla, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
- Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
- Meg Stalter, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Best TV Musical Performance
- Audra McDonald, “Rose’s Turn,” The 78th Tony Awards
- Bad Bunny, The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show
- Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq, Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith, “I Lied to You,” The 98th Academy Awards
- Sabrina Carpenter and The Muppets, “Manchild,” The Muppet Show
- Sabrina Carpenter, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, “Islands in the Stream,” The Muppet Show
Best Unsung TV Show
- “Boots“ (Netflix)
- “English Teacher” (FX/Hulu)
- “The Four Seasons” (Netflix)
- “From” (MGM+)
- “Murderbot” (Apple TV)
Best Current Affairs Show
- “The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
- “Hot Ones” (YouTube)
- “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max)
- “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (NBC)
- “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert“ (CBS)
Best TV Performance — Comedy
- “Kylie” (Netflix)
- “Mr. Scorsese“ (Apple TV)
- “Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television” (HBO Max)
- “Selena y Los Dinos” (Netflix)
- “The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max)
Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series
- “Club Cumming” (WOW Presents Plus)
- “Enigma” (HBO Max)
- “It’s Dorothy!” (Peacock)
- “Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery“ (Hulu)
- “Murder in Glitterball City” (HBO Max)
Best Genre TV Show
- “Alien: Earth” (FX/Hulu)
- “The Boys” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “It: Welcome to Derry” (Max)
- “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
- “Widow’s Bay“ (Apple TV)
Best Reality Show
- “The Boyfriend” (Netflix)
- “Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix)
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV/Paramount+)
- “Top Chef” (Bravo)
- “The Traitors“ (Peacock)
Best Animated Show
- “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
- “Invincible” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “Hazbin Hotel” (Amazon Prime Video)
- “Long Story Short” (Netflix)
- “South Park“ (Paramount+)
Most Visually Striking TV Show
- “Alien: Earth“ (FX/Hulu) (tie)
- “Euphoria” (HBO Max)
- “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
- “Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max)
- “Pluribus“ (Apple TV) (tie)
Campiest TV Show
- “All’s Fair” (Hulu)
- “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
- “The Hunting Wives“ (Netflix)
- “Palm Royale” (Apple TV)
- “The Traitors” (Peacock)
Wilde Wit Award
- Hannah Einbinder
- Stephen Colbert
- Cole Escola
- Alan Cumming
- Richard Gadd
Galeca TV Icon Award — Lisa Kudrow
Galeca LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer — Jacob Tierney
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The 7 Best Rom-Coms on Netflix in August
Summer is winding down quickly now, but that doesn’t mean summer lovin’ has to end just yet.
“There’s a rom-com on Netflix or Amazon every week. There’s more rom-coms now than there ever have been before,” director Will Gluck recently told TheWrap. And you know what? He’s right. There really are a lot of rom-coms to choose from on the streamers, so we’ve picked out some of the best that Netflix is offering this month.
Here are the seven best rom-coms on Netflix in August.

Something’s Gotta Give
The world immediately got dimmer when Diane Keaton left it, but this month, her film “Something’s Gotta Give” hits Netflix. So, if you’re missing her a little extra, this is the move.
The film tells the story of Harry and Erica, who find love for each other in later life, despite being complete opposites. Harry typically only dates younger women, and he’s strict about that. But, for fans of the forced proximity trope, things get fun pretty quickly, as he’s forced to stay with Erica after he has a heart attack.
All the while, she’s being pursued by a much younger doctor, played by Keanu Reeves. Ironically, this is one of two movies on this list that stars Keanu Reeves, which is just a happy accident.
“Something’s Gotta Give” is massively important in the pantheon of rom-coms, so if you haven’t seen it, make sure you do.

Always Be My Maybe
Did you have that childhood friend that really could’ve — and maybe should’ve — turned into something more? “Always Be My Maybe” is going to be the rom-com you want this month.
Ali Wong stars as an up-and-coming celebrity chef named Sasha, while Randall Park stars as Marcus Kim, an assistant to his dad, who runs a heating business. They were best friends as kids, but didn’t maintain the closeness into adulthood. But, when Sasha’s longterm boyfriend decides he doesn’t want to get married, Sasha heads home, where she promptly runs into Marcus.
The two clearly still have chemistry, which is almost a bummer once Keanu Reeves enters the equation. Yes, that Keanu Reeves. He’s a highlight of this rom-com.

Hit Man
Listen, you can go to the classic rom-coms of the early 2000s all you want, but none of them have a scene quite like Glen Powell and Adria Arjona fake-arguing while communicating via notes app. That scene alone makes “Hit Man” worth watching.
Fortunately, it’s not the only good scene in this very fun movie. Powell stars as Gary Johnson, a college professor who works for the police, pretending to be a hitman for hire and thus, stopping would-be murderers. He crafts a hitman persona for each potential client, leading to a whole lot of fun disguises for Powell to play in.
But when he falls for one of his would-be clients, he tries desperately to help her out of a situation that gets more and more tangled. It’s fun, it’s steamy, it’s a very good watch. Oh, and it’s based on a true story!

Someone Great
Odds are, the Lizzo singalong moment from this movie still crosses your social feed every now and then. Oh, just me? Weird.
“Someone Great” premiered on Netflix back in 2019, starring Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise, Lakeith Stanfield and Peter Vack. It centers on Jenny (Rodriguez), a music journalist who unexpectedly gets dumped by her boyfriend right before she’s supposed to leave New York for her dream job.
To cope, she seeks out her best friends, striving to have one last insane night. Therein lies the beauty of this film. Yes, it’s a rom-com, but in the end, it’s really just a story about female friendship, and the importance of it. And it’s worth a rewatch.

The Incredible Jessica James
If you love Jessica Williams on “Shrinking,” you need to make sure you see her in “The Incredible Jessica James.” She is just reliably great onscreen.
Here, she plays Jessica James, a playwright going through a tough breakup. She tries to put herself back out there, but really only halfheartedly. When she meets Boone, she’s honest about her situation, prompting him to admit he’s in a similar boat, dealing with a divorce. Even so, the two hit it off.
They agree to help each other through their respective breakups, and of course, it’s a rom-com, so you know what follows. Don’t worry, it’s not a paint-by-numbers kind of movie, but it is still a rom-com that’ll leave you feeling satisfied (if a little alone, depending on your situation).

Love at First Sight
I’ll say it every time I recommend this movie, “Love at First Sight” should be called “Love at First Flight.” What were we doing here, folks?
The film stars Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy as a duo who meet at the airport and clearly have a spark, only to be seated next to each other on the plane. They quickly fall for each other, but Hadley’s (Richardson) phone dies before saving Oliver’s (Hardy) number. Now, they must figure out a way to find each other, all while dealing with their own family commitments.
It’s a very good rom-com, though it’s worth noting that there is a very sad subplot, so for as smitten as you’ll be with these two, you’ll also probably be fighting tears at least once. If that’s something you would like to avoid, that’s fair, and this may not be the movie to choose from this list!

The Perfect Find
If there’s one thing Gabrielle Union is going to do, it’s elevate anything she’s in. “The Perfect Find” is no exception. It may not be an A-tier rom-com, but it does what it needs to do, and is a perfectly good evening watch.
“The Perfect Find” centers on Jenna (Union), who is unexpectedly starting over at 40 years old, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out by her mom. At her new job, she meets and falls for a much younger man. Don’t worry, this isn’t the more troubling kind of May-December romance (unless you’re troubled by all of them, which is your prerogative). Their relationship is sincere, if a little complicated.
It’s called “The Perfect Find,” and really, it’s perfectly fine. Give it a go.
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Anne Hathaway Knows You’re Worried About Starbuck The Dog
Worried about the dog in the sci-fi apocalypse thriller The End of Oak Street? Star Anne Hathaway has just the spoiler for you.
In a new interview with Complex – watch a clip below – Hathaway talks about the online chatter she’s been reading expressing concern for Starbuck, the camera-ready canine belonging to the film’s Platt family. While an entire neighborhood (or more) is threatened with extinction-by-dinosaur, the fate of Starbuck (real-life dogs Buzz and Brisket share the role), featured prominently in the movie’s trailer, seems to have stirred up the most internet agita.
Hathaway has some comforting words.
“Somebody was, like, can you just let the audiences know that, like, it’s all gonna be OK?’” Hathaway says in the video interview, winking repeatedly. “We break rules in this movie [but] that might not be one of them. Don’t worry.”
Hathaway admits to being surprised by the concern, not because she doesn’t share it but because she’s unsure where the idea came from.
“I’m like, ‘Which movies are out there killing dogs that everybody’s scared that we’re just casually doing it in movies now?’,” she says, theorizing that the blame might fall on 2014’s John Wick, which left folks “traumatized” when Daisy, Wick’s beagle puppy, is beaten to death by an especially villainous mobster.
“I feel like movies that kill dogs should automatically be rated R,” Hathaway told Complex. “It doesn’t matter if anybody curses, doesn’t matter if there’s violence – if a dog dies, R-rated.”
Watch both the trailer from Warner Bros. below and the Complex clip below.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Still on Top at Box Office With $67 Million 3rd Weekend
Sony/Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will easily get its third No. 1 weekend with $67 million in this domestic frame, continuing its push to become the first $1 billion grosser in the U.S. and Canada as it now stands with an estimated $784 million through Sunday.
To get there, “Spider-Man” will have to maintain its excellent legs without the momentum of the summer season that aided its historic $360 million domestic opening. The film is currently 5.6% ahead of the 17-day pace of the current all-time domestic record holder, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which made $742 million to this point before inflation adjustment and finished with $936 million.
Regardless of its final domestic fate, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will become the eighth film to gross $2 billion worldwide on Sunday. It is pacing to pass fellow $2 billion hits like “Ne Zha 2” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” to reach $2.5 billion worldwide, which would make it the third film to reach that mark.
Universal/Syncopy’s “The Odyssey” is in second, crossing $500 million domestic in its fifth weekend with $23 million as it closes in on “Deadpool & Wolverine” and the all-time R-rated box office record. With its strong holds, Christopher Nolan’s latest film will pass $1.5 billion worldwide, climbing higher as the biggest box office hit of the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s career.
In third is Paramount/Spin Master’s “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie” with a $7.35 million opening day from 3,545 locations, putting the children’s film on course for a $20 million opening weekend that’s just a couple steps below the $22.7 million launch of “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” in 2023.
Globally, the third feature installment in Spin Master’s popular preschool franchise has made $45.6 million worldwide and should make hundreds of millions more in merchandise as the film has earned rave reception from kids on PostTrak.
Behind it is a more gruesome dinosaur film in Warner Bros./Bad Robot’s “The End of Oak Street,” which is estimated for an $18.7 million opening weekend from 3,445 locations, falling on the low end of Warner Bros.’ projections.
With just $10.4 million grossed through Friday, the David Robert Mitchell-directed thriller is at risk of flopping against its reported $80 million budget, adding to a rough 2026 for Warner Bros as none of its releases this year have passed $250 million in global grosses.
It will come down to whether “Oak Street” can leg out via word-of-mouth, which has been positive but not spectacular with a B on CinemaScore and a 78% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, last year’s “Jurassic World: Rebirth” had a B on CinemaScore and a 70% RT audience score, both lows for that franchise.
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