Dominque Jackson, Alex Newell, Leslie Jordan and Ross Mathews will be celebrating Pride Month with Discovery+ this year. The four have been announced as guest narrators for the upcoming docuseries “The Book of Queer,” set to launch on the streaming service June 2.
The upcoming special event series — which has its first-look featurette above —will feature five episodes, each of which tells the story of multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history. The subjects of the episodes span people that have lived across thousands of years, and include politicians, artists, activists, scientists and world leaders. Some of the names include: ancient Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Lenardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
Each episode features reenactments and recreations of several subjects’ lives, featuring...
The upcoming special event series — which has its first-look featurette above —will feature five episodes, each of which tells the story of multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history. The subjects of the episodes span people that have lived across thousands of years, and include politicians, artists, activists, scientists and world leaders. Some of the names include: ancient Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Lenardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
Each episode features reenactments and recreations of several subjects’ lives, featuring...
- 4/27/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
The obnoxious Valentine's Day advertising/programming is nearing it's zenith and as much as I love my chocolate in cute little heart shapes with fruity pink fillings you can't get any other time of year, it's a bit much, right? If you really care about someone, chances are they don't need an overpriced teddy bear holding a heart shaped pillow to know it, and if you think that buying some schmaltzy piece of mall jewelry designed by that lady who was on that angel show is going to make up for not being affectionate the rest of the year, I feel sorry for your imminent rude awakening. Here's your Tuesday night TV:
7:00pm: "Pitchmen" on Discovery
8:00pm: "The Biggest Loser" on NBC
"Glee" on Fox. I was all "wait, it hasn't been a week since 'Glee' was last on, has it? What day is it? Where are my glasses?...
7:00pm: "Pitchmen" on Discovery
8:00pm: "The Biggest Loser" on NBC
"Glee" on Fox. I was all "wait, it hasn't been a week since 'Glee' was last on, has it? What day is it? Where are my glasses?...
- 2/8/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Enter our contest to win a Lost Season 5 DVD set!
In anticipation of the release of the Lost Season 5 DVD and Blu-Ray sets on December 8th, ABC has released several sneak peeks for Lost University (see our review of the DVD and Blu-Ray sets).
Lost University is a captivating new immersive bonus experience powered by Bd-Live technology on the upcoming “Lost: The Complete Fifth Season” Blu-ray that will expand the world of “Lost,” giving viewers around the world an unprecedented interactive experience unlike any other before it.
As a Lost University student, you will be encouraged to explore a wide range of academic courses that delve into the themes and storylines regularly explored on the groundbreaking television series including: “Foreign Language for Beginners,” “Ancient Writing on the Wall,” “Jungle Survival Basics,” “I’m Lost Therefore I Am” and “New Physics with Jeremy Davis.”
A full course catalogue is available on the site.
In anticipation of the release of the Lost Season 5 DVD and Blu-Ray sets on December 8th, ABC has released several sneak peeks for Lost University (see our review of the DVD and Blu-Ray sets).
Lost University is a captivating new immersive bonus experience powered by Bd-Live technology on the upcoming “Lost: The Complete Fifth Season” Blu-ray that will expand the world of “Lost,” giving viewers around the world an unprecedented interactive experience unlike any other before it.
As a Lost University student, you will be encouraged to explore a wide range of academic courses that delve into the themes and storylines regularly explored on the groundbreaking television series including: “Foreign Language for Beginners,” “Ancient Writing on the Wall,” “Jungle Survival Basics,” “I’m Lost Therefore I Am” and “New Physics with Jeremy Davis.”
A full course catalogue is available on the site.
- 12/8/2009
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Bring out your dead! Discovery channel has a fascinating look at the secret societies, ritual sacrifice, brutal religious edicts, macabre burials of ancient civilizations, which are all linked together revealing common human instincts. Enter one stunning Indiana Jones-esque Professor, replete with Jimmy Choos and a stacked pile of degrees in art, architecture and anthropolgy: Dr. Kara Cooney. Dr. Cooney was a hit at the recent TCA's in Pasadena, where she caught the attention of jaded TV critics with her adventures. This UCLA Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture shared with us all her forays into tombs and temples around the world bringing an exciting new perspective to the most fascinating riddles in history. Her series is "Out of Egypt:...
- 8/22/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Four Torches (Out of Five) The Discovery Channel's new show, Out of Egypt, is an ambitious idea for a series: Kara Cooney, an Egyptologist at UCLA, uses her knowledge of that ancient civilization to try to make connections and find common elements between all civilizations, past and present. For example, "The Shape of the Gods" episode looks at the phenomenon of how so many different civilizations all over the world have built pyramids, despite having no contact with each other. Kara rejects supernatural explanations for why this may have happened -- alien visitors, for example -- and instead looks for plausible, scientific reasons, eventually drawing interesting conclusions about what this preponderance of pyramids tells us about what it means to be human. Even better is "Flesh and Bone," the second of two episodes the network made available for preview, where Cooney explores the notion of relics -- the idea...
- 8/21/2009
- thetorchonline
Oh, he's a gentleman, that Craig Ferguson. After repeatedly claiming to look like the legendary Liza Minnelli, the late night host had her on the show Friday. First order of business: acknowledging the obvious. "I am a hideous, misshapen individual, that in no way even implies the shivering, god-like beauty of Miss Minnelli," he admitted. (Okay, points of fact, Craig doesn't even approach hideous or misshapen, but if you'd been on my picnic blanket sitting next to Miss Liza at a concert in Central Park some years back, you'd definitely have shivered.) Let's do some acknowledging of our own: Miss Lady is divine! As she says, "I am 63 and cookin'!" No kidding. In her uniform black sparkly pantsuit she seemed radiant, healthy, and ready to get back at it, as she performs at the Hollywood Bowl in a few weeks. (Nah, I'm not going. Have you seen the traffic on Bowl nights?...
- 8/16/2009
- by Alynda Wheat
- EW.com - PopWatch
Discovery Channel has found a star in Dr. Kara Cooney, a beguiling academic who takes the always interesting subject matter of all things Egypt and Ancient and breaks down their secret societies, ritual sacrifice, brutal religious edicts and macabre burials for those who are fascinated by the ancient cultures history and lore. "Out of Egypt" premieres Monday, August 24 at 9:00 and 10:00 Pm (Et/Pt) on Discovery Channel. She was also a hit at the recent TCA's in Pasadena, her panel was a fascinating glimpse into the linking of ancient civilizations, and repercussions of human instinct and tradition. In the Graveyard Dr. Kara Cooney is a UCLA Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture; think modern-day Indiana Jones in...
- 8/11/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
When I first heard the premise of the new documentary series Out of Egypt, airing later this month, I was intrigued: an Egyptologist uses her knowledge of that country's ancient history to try to draw connections between that civilization and other civilizations, including our modern world today. In the process, she'd come to some conclusions about just what it means to be human. Pretty ambitious stuff for a TV program, even one on the Discovery Channel. Then I previewed the first two episodes of the show (which we'll be reviewing soon) and discovered it pretty much delivers. Better still, I got a chance to sit down and talk to the host, Egyptologist Kara Cooney, quizzing her on the eternal appeal of Ancient Egypt, the "truth" about magic and ritual, and even the deep-seated reasons why many of us find science fiction and fantasy so compelling. I interview a lot of...
- 8/10/2009
- thetorchonline
History Channel has renewed Digging for the Truth for a fourth season and hired new hosts to replace Josh Bernstein, who departed the show earlier this yea to host and produce specials and series exclusively for Discovery Channel. Former Navy fighter pilot and Survivor contestant Hunter Ellis and adventurer Zay Harding have been tapped to hosts the show, traveling the world to find answers to some of civilization's most enigmatic mysteries. Joining them on various fact-finding missions will be new series regulars archaeologist Kara Cooney and military and diving expert Charles Ingram. The new season will launch in the third quarter with a two-hour special on pirates of the Mediterranean. Digging is produced by JWM Prods.
- 5/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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