The L Word

By Trish Bendix Earlier this week, we asked you Tweeters what celesbians you followed on Twitter.com, and found out some of your favorites. I use the term loosely, as women who have played lesbians are honorary. Here's who came out on top: Actress Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures, The L Word, But I'm a Ch...

By Trish Bendix The producers behind great gay films like Boys Don't Cry and Hedwig and the Angry Inch are working with lesbian comic artist Ariel Schrag on the movie adaptation of her book, Potential. Killer Films (which is home to out producer Christine Vachon) are working with Ariel (who also used to wr...

By stuntdouble When Harriet Braun pitched Lip Service to BBC, she promised it would be funnier and more authentic than The L Word, and now she's going to get the chance to prove it. The lesbian-centric tragi-comedy received a green light from BBC in September, and it has already begun filming.

By dorothy snarker If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a picture by Jennifer Beals worth? Is thousand words plus a sippy cup? The actress released a preview of her new photography book as one of the extras in The L Word Season 6 DVD set.

By stuntdouble It's hard to sell pop culture elitists on Gossip Girl because the show presents itself the same way as Serena vander Woodsen : titillating, flighty, turquoise jewelry for days. But underneath all that cleavage, Gossip Girl is clever and cunning and infinitely more textured than, say, Gl...

By Trish Bendix Sebastian Gutierrez's new film, Women in Trouble, is about 10 women living in L.A. has an amazing ensemble cast which includes Emmanuelle Chirqui (Entourage) and Elizabeth Berkley (Showgirls, The L Word). A film about 10 different women's lives can hardly be summed up in a sentence or two,...

By stuntdouble Have you ever wondered what would happen if you stuck Princess Diaries, Center Stage and Ilene Chaiken in a blender and pressed "frappe"? Well, you're about to find out. The CW is teaming up with The L Word creator to produce a drama based on the teen novel Confessions of a Backup Dancer.

By jen sabella We have all had our share of not-so-nice things to say about The L Word over the years. Our frustration mostly centered on the storyline (oh, Ilene) but for the most part, we all miss it, or at least some of its stars. I started watching the show a little late — late enough to not want to jump on the S...

By dorothy snarker Hey, lesbians, wanna be on TV? Actually, do you wanna get real on TV? Well, more accurately, wanna get as real as you can get in Los Angeles in a production by The L Word impresario Ilene Chaiken on TV? See, there’s always a catch. Or, as they put it “proof the The L Word exists in real life.”

By stuntdouble Jennifer Beals will be returning to Fox's truth-telling drama, Lie to Me, on the second episode of the season, "Truth or Consequences," on Oct. 5. (Note: the episode was originally scheduled as the third of the season, but it has been bumped up.)

By jamie murnane Meredith McGeachie wasn't so lucky the first time she played a lesbian, as Tonya on The L Word, because most people really, really hated her character. Remember how annoying she was, running Dana's life, killing her cat, leaving her for Melissa Rivers?

By m.dawson Little is known of the series other than it is based around a family dynamic set in the progressive Southern California city of Venice Beach and several notable soap stars have signed on to the project including Jessica Leccia, the other half of Guiding Light’s same-sex super couple, Ota...

By stuntdouble You might remember her from her short stint on Supernatural, or maybe you just know her as David Cassidy's daughter. Either way (or neither way), Cassidy plays bisexual Ella in the upcoming Melrose remake, and everything you need to know about Ella is spelled out for you in the new promo.

By dorothy snarker OK, before we can proceed we must discuss this image. First, I’m not sure Shane would approve of this haircut. Also, is it just me or did the marketing department find a “Femme-Up” tool in Photoshop and just go crazy? Though, I am happy to see Kate’s patented pout is still alive and well.

By dorothy snarker Now, this may just be residual warm feelings towards her thanks to her adorability as Lara Perkins on The L Word, but I like Lauren on CSI. Granted, she wasn’t given a lot to work with in Riley. Her character has a few stand-out moment, but otherwise wasn’t given much to do.

By Trish Bendix Emily is back from Las Vegas, and we talk about Ilene Chaiken's confirming that an L Word movie is in the scripting process. We agree we don't want the entire film to be about who killed Jenny, because the whole last season was about her death.

By Trish Bendix Several lesbian bloggers were in attendance so I'd like to give them a little plug right here, before I give you the goods on what keynote speaker, Ilene Chaiken, had to say about new media and the future of The L Word (yes, it apparently has one). Check out Recovering Straight Girl, Deb on the...

By stuntdouble We are happy that your character is coming back in a more frequent recurring role, because that means the audience obviously liked you a lot. And why wouldn't they? Zoe Landau is power-suit rocking bad-ass with a commanding exterior and a little bit of sappy, gushy goo underneath. We love yo...

By stuntdouble Wait, is it — yes, of course: it's the pile of naked women. Helena, Tasha, Alice, Bette, Tina, Kit, Jenny and Shane, meet Cassidy, Jessica, Claire, Ellie, Chugs and Megan.

By thelinster Perhaps at some level, I knew that a lesbian was on board. Susan Miller, who produced and wrote for the first season of The L Word and is one of the creators of Anyone But Me, was a story editor for thirtysomething. I don’t recall any lesbian content, but I’m sure the vibe was there.

By karman I met Kelly Clarkson when I saw the American Idol finale in 2004 (the year Fantasia won). I don't even watch the show but I got free tickets and ended up on the red carpet somehow. It was a really bizarre but fun LA experience. All the photogs would go crazy when celebs went by, and then I would pass w...

By Trish Bendix Maddy and Anna It looks pretty scandalous to me, in the best of ways. I know a lot of people who don't exactly fit into one little box when it comes to sexuality, like Tina when she was dating a man and still called herself a lesbian on The L Word.

By Trish Bendix And it's not just any gay men — it's the gay men of the entertainment industry: Dustin Lance Black (Oscar winner for the screenplay of Milk), Peter Paige (Queer as Folk) and Richard Greenblatt, the president of Showtime Networks are all now part of the Honorary Board of Directors. Talk abou...

The Special Recognition Award was given to The L Word. Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig, and Leisha Hailey looked absolutely, unbelievably gorgeous as they stood on stage with Ilene Chaiken who accepted the award and spoke for what seemed like several ...

By thelinster Cybill was entertaining, as always, with funny stories about her time on The L Word and thoughtful reflections on her experiences as a human rights activist and recent progress toward LGBT equality. And, of course, she mentioned daughter Clementine Ford’s coming out, saying, “I couldn...

By stuntdouble Lots of fictional lesbian couples made the list this year. To determine which couple is the hottest, we charted the average rating of the actresses who portrayed the characters. (Note: We couldn't possibly calculate the hotness of every pairing in the history of The L Word; the data has to b...

By Trish Bendix Grey shares vocal duties with The L Word star, but also rocks a keyboard and guitar on stage. A seasoned musician who has worked with several well known artists like Dr. Dre and Kelly Osbourne before releasing Uh Huh Her's Common Reaction in 2008, Camila Grey was bound to make it to the Hot List...

I'm new to The L Word (I know, how is that even possible?!), after catching a few episodes on TV, I bought the season 1 DVD set and I wanted to ask: is Jenny's writing supposed to be bad? If you remember season 1, everyone goes on about how great, ...

By stuntdouble Michael Ausiello, EW.com's benefactor of all insider TV information, advised lesbians to "Holla!" yesterday when he announced that Jessica Capshaw is in final talks to become a series regular on Grey's Anatomy. Barring any last minute contract complications, Capshaw will become the o...

More recently she appeared in 'The L Word' as Colonel Gillian Davis. I can't believe she came out. It's wonderful that all these actresses are coming out of the closet now. And I love that on her wikipedia page it says "Despite playing a few lesbian ...

By Trish Bendix Several out women are up for awards this year in different categories. Here are some that will make voting a little difficult: Brink of Fame: Actor Clementine Ford (The L Word, The Young and the Restless) Jasika Nicole (Fringe)

By karman These women, along with Lara Croft, Ripley (Aliens), Carmen (The L Word), and Wolverine are just a few of the pop culture characters we think should exist in real life. Dara & Karman's Hit List "Characters We Wish Were Real" (Episode 20)

By sarahwarn Logo just announced their nominees for the second annual NewNowNext Awards, including the AfterEllen.com "Best Lesbian Kiss" Award. Below is an explanation of each of the Best Kiss nominees — once you've read about them, vote in the poll at the bottom of the post.

By Trish Bendix I didn't hear any complaints from fans of The L Word when Dylan reappeared in Season 6. The blackmailing documentarian who made Helena swoon was played by out lesbian Alexandra Hedison, who came in on AfterEllen.com's Hot 100 list this year.

My favourite: "When a lesbian dies, her spirit can be seen lingering in waterfalls." xD LOL i thought that one was great! Anyway here's the list, there's a lot of funny ones there, i like it. Sorry it's a tad long, does anyone else have anymore? ...

By Trish Bendix HBO is making my life without it difficult. When I was signing up for primetime cable, I tried to keep it to the minimum, and chose Showtime for The L Word, The United States of Tara and other random programming I occasionally enjoyed. But now they've gone and done it with True Blood, a vampire s...

By Trish Bendix She gets a chance to speak with actresses from The L Word, such as Jane Lynch, Jennifer Beals and creator Ilene Chaiken herself. She also chats with cast members of shows such as South of Nowhere, Greek and The Real World.

By Trish Bendix This past weekend in Los Angeles, the second part of the GLAAD Media Awards were held, and several lesbians were awarded for their influence in the mainstream entertainment and news media.

Notes & Queeries is a monthly column that focuses on the personal side of pop culture for lesbians and bisexual women. In the midst of the mini brouhaha that erupted after actor Clementine Ford (The L Word, The Young & The Restless) came out, ...

PinkNews.co.uk That major arbiter of taste, the joke called the GLAAD media awards, is never going to award a great movie with lesbian presence over mediocre films with gay male presence. That is clear. But hey The L Word won an achievement award (I guess they did ... The GLAAD awards Winnipeg Sun

By jamie murnane Shane, the take-no-prisoners gal who's slept with just about everyone in town. Shane is gritty and dark, and looks pretty much the way non-lesbians would expect a lesbian to look. Shane is a lesbian and proud of it, and if you don't like it, well, she just doesn't care.

By dorothy snarker Would you pay $30 to hear Ilene Chaiken talk? No? How about if I told you she was bringing Jennifer Beals along with her? Still no? Wow, tough crowd. What if I told you there'd be ice cream? Fine, so there won't be ice cream but I had to offer something.

By dorothy snarker Present and accounted for were series regulars Mia Kirshner, Kate Moennig, Laurel Holloman, Rose Rollins, Daniela Sea, Marlee Matlin and — of course — series creator Ilene Chaiken. Missing in action were Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey and Pam Grier. Hmm, everyone who thinks Ilene dispat...

By stuntdouble For Bette and Tina, it's Xanax. For Alice, it's Lexapro. For Shane and Jamie, it's weed. And Helena is double-fisting every alcoholic beverage in sight. It seems like Kit is the only person not relying on drugs and booze to get her through the rest of this season. read more

By Trish Bendix Yes, that's her on the left. Sea is part of a new band called The Thorns of Life that began playing live house shows over the last week in Brooklyn. The band is already being buzzed about, because not only does it feature a popular lesbian actress, but also Blake Schwarzenbach of the legendary i...

By karman Bette and Candace check into a motel (and probably should never check out), then Tina figures it all out and goes nuts. A heartbroken Shane gets the big boot from Cheri, and Alice makes a midnight confession to Dana. Meanwhile, Jenny watches Gene and Robin sleep. Will they still be sleeping wh...

By malindalo This afternoon at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt announced that L Word creator Ilene Chaiken is currently developing a spinoff to the series, which will air its sixth and final season in early 2009.

By karman So rejoin the fray with us for a trip in the Wayback machine to five years ago, when The L Word premiered and the only power Jenny Schecter could wield was her ability to try our patience with her cluelessness about lesbians and her self-indulgent autobiographical fiction. We're Getting No...

 - I must admit I’ve watched almost all of the episodes of The L Word, (with the exception of some of the 5 th season) watched lesbian films and enjoyed them, ...

By karman Finally, Brunch With Bridget host Bridget McManus dropped by the WGN studios on her lunch break to pick up her cousin Jessica, who was crewing for us this week (thanks, Jess!). She popped her head in long enough to take off her bra on camera and get roped into one of our reenactments. If she actu...

By karman But the main event truly was the oil wrestling scene at SheBar. Dawn Denbo, her beautiful lover Cindi, Jenny, Niki, Shane — hell, even Molly — joined the fracas and before the night was over, two hotties were being hauled away to the pokey. Not even Dusty can help them now.

By karman We hope you enjoy our reenactments of Adele's Pretty Woman–esque transformation into Mini-Jenny. But be forewarned; we did not reenact the Tina-Bette reunion. That would just be gross. (And we all have morality clauses in our contracts anyway.) We're Getting Nowhere: The L Word Episode 5.6

By karman Can you say "party"? That's what this week's episode of The L Word was all about for us. Yes, we know that Alice became a celezbrity when she appeared on CrossFireBall to defend her outing of that homophobic basketball player. And we know that Max turned up some surprising information about A...

By sarahwarn Dana and Helen of Mombian use Tasha's storyline on The L Word as an excuse to share the story of an actual LGBT officer raising children with her partner, and to explore the impact of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on the children of LGBT servicemembers.

By karman This week we're pleased to present a Very Special Episode of We're Getting Nowhere, featuring guestbian royalty Jane Lynch! Ms. Lynch was kind enough to stop by our studios to watch and chat about episode 5.3 of her show, The L Word. So watch as the three of us kiss Jane Lynch's ass and bask in the...

scribegrrrl's Top 13 "L Word" Season 5 Spoilers  - Here are scribegrrrl's 13 tantalizing hints about what you can expect on the upcoming fifth season of The L Word. 1. Introducing Jenny 5.0 — now with even ...

By sarahwarn When we posted a slideshow of all the new fifth-season promo photos for The L Word earlier this week, some of you suggested in the comments that we do a captioning game. It's a great idea! (I love it when y'all come up with great ideas so we don't have to.) As long as you enjoy it, we'll aim to do one L...

By karman She's participated in breast cancer runs, AIDS walks, and wowed the lesbian fans at an L Word fashion show at Dinah Shore to benefit breast cancer research. Speaking of The L Word, she's happy that her friend Rose Rollins has been cast as Tasha Williams on the show. "I respect Rose; we were in t...

By scribegrrrl TeaserBrooke Smith hopes to play gay on "Grey's," Sarah Shahi thinks lesbians rule, Missy Higgins is not so straight and more. Body SARAH SHAHI DOES EVERYTHING HOTTER The Nov. 6 issue of The Advocate features an interview with Sarah Shahi (The L Word). It starts out strong:

Jennifer Beals Interview  - I don't think I'm like Bette, my character in The L Word. This year she's really confused, disappointed, challenged at work and in her relationship. ...