The L Word

Ariel Schrag's "Potential" will shoot this spring

source: AfterEllen.com

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...

Published Wed, Nov 11

"Lip Service" gets a cast and a spring premiere date

source: AfterEllen.com

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.

Published Wed, Oct 21

It’s such a Shane

source: Dorothy Surrenders

The thing about Katherine Moennig is regardless her role or regardless her orientation, we’re always going to feel a little possessive. We can’t help it. She is and will always be The Artist Formerly Known as Shane. Not that she can’t grow past Shane. Not that she has to tell us she is gay. She just...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Kate Moennig misses Shane

source: AfterEllen.com

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...

Published Tue, Oct 13

Lesbian News - 25 Sep 2009

source: Lesbian.Pro

The L Word Versus the F(eminism) Word - why do lesbians insist on being the conduits of heterosexual men's desires? Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives celebrates new home Kara DioGuardi: Adding Lesbian TV Host Ellen DeGeneres to 'Idol' Is 'Genius'

Published Thu, Sep 24

Showtime Falls Back Into Lesbian Drama (And This Time It's Real)

source: Gawker

First gay housewives, now lesbian housewives? We've seen everything. Or, we will, because Showtime picked up nine episodes of a new Sapphic reality show. Yay! It's title? Not so new: The L-Word: Los Angeles. So, yes, Showtime and Ilene Chaiken, creator of the lesbian soap The L Word, have ag...

Published Mon, Aug 31

Meredith McGeachie goes gay again on "Paradise Falls"

source: AfterEllen.com

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?

Published Mon, Aug 31

Crystal Chappell will play the leading lesbian in a new web series

source: AfterEllen.com

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...

Published Mon, Aug 24