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Ryan Murphy's 'Pose' Makes History With Largest Cast of Transgender Actors Ever


Ryan Murphy‘s newest series, Pose, is making TV history by featuring the largest cast of transgender actors ever to appear on a television show.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pilot of the show will feature “five transgender actors in series regular roles,” all of whom will be playing transgender characters on-screen. Pose is set in New York City in 1986, and according to THR, follows its characters through the city’s various different social scenes, including the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene, and the ball culture world.

The American Horror Story producer and his team set out on a six-month nationwide search to find his cast, and selected actors Indya Moore as Angel, The Carrie Diaries’ MJ Rodriguez as Blanca, model Dominique Jackson as Elektra, and Transparent alums Hallie Sahar as Lulu and Angelica Ross as Candy.

“We are thrilled that Pose pushes the narrative forward by centering on the unique and under-told experiences of trans women and gay people of color,” says the show’s writer, Steven Canals. “Ryan has assembled a strong team of storytellers and innovators to collaborate on telling this important narrative. As a Bronx-bred queer writer of color, I’m honored to aid in ushering this groundbreaking show into homes.”

In addition to featuring transgender actors on-screen, Pose has plenty of trans voices behind the scenes, too. Canals is reportedly writing scripts in conjunction with Transparent‘s Our Lady J, as well as working with transgender rights activist and New York Times best-selling author Janet Mock. Murphy also plans to bring on emerging transgender directors through his “Directing Mentorship Program,” a diversity initiative that pairs budding talent with mentors from the industry.

Considering transgender roles have historically been given to cisgender actors, this is a huge deal. As the video short #Proud2Be points out, this tradition not only denies trans actors opportunities and advancement, but it also reinforces harmful stereotypes and contributes to real-world violence against the trans community. Murphy famously cast two cis actors to play trans characters on Glee (and was met with some pretty harsh criticism), so his decision to keep things authentic seems to be a step in the right direction.



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Blake Lively Just Hilariously Trolled Ryan Reynolds for His Birthday


Much fuss is made over Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ seemingly perfect marriage, and for good reason: They’re absolutely hilarious together. Sure, they have their serious moments—like the time Ryan praised Blake for making him “a more empathetic person”—but the two are best when they’re trolling each other.

Take, for example, the time Blake called Ryan out for blocking her photo of John Legend. There’s also the musical prank Ryan played on Blake while she was giving birth to their first daughter, James. (So rude, by the way!) And we can’t forget the GIF Ryan tweeted of Blake that compared their first date to her shark movie, The Shallows.

One of the couple’s funniest moments, though, happened this summer, when Ryan posted on Instagram to honor Blake on her birthday. There was just one problem: He cropped half of her face out of the photo.

Well, it seems Blake has taken the strategy of “don’t get mad, get even” to heart. Here’s what she just posted today on Instagram to celebrate Ryan’s birthday:

She followed that slick move with this tweet:

Well done, Blake, well done. Ryan, meanwhile, had his own birthday jokes to share on Twitter, writing, “My kids tried to surprise me for my birthday this morning. I totally heard them coming and snuck out to start a new life somewhere else.”

But don’t worry about this tweet offending Blake—in fact, his sense of humor is one of the many reasons why she loves her husband. “He’ll run [his tweets] by me sometimes just to make me laugh. But oh, I’m so in love with him when he writes that stuff. I mean, I’m in love with him most of the time, but especially with that,” she told Glamour earlier this year. “I treat him like my girlfriend. I’m like, ‘Hey, this happened. It upset me. This is how I feel. What do I do?’ And he does the same for me. He treats me like his best buddy.”

Related: Blake Lively Says Filming Sex Scenes Is Easier When Your Husband Is Ryan Reynolds



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Blake Lively Spills on Filming Sex Scenes While Being Married to Ryan Reynolds


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It may seem like being in the same industry as your spouse could create unnecessary tension and competition. But according to Blake Lively, the pros of being married to another actor far outweigh the potential cons. While appearing on Good Morning America on Monday to promote her new film All I See Is You, the actress opened up about how being married to Ryan Reynolds has impacted her work.

“In general, it’s nice to have somebody who understands what you’re doing. Especially because our job is so weird—you have to be married to other people, it’s all so strange. It’s never normal, even when we’re both doing it,” she said. “But it’s helpful to know when you’re acting that you’re in a relationship with someone, that that’s not what’s actually happening. Because I have friends who aren’t married to someone who’s in the business, so they’re like, ‘Oh, so you’re not actually making love in that scene?!’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no, definitely not.'”

And speaking of vulnerable scenes, earlier this month, the 30-year-old shared that she decided to break her no-nudity rule for All I See Is You, in which she plays a blind woman who regains her sight in her late 20s and soon realizes that her extremely codependent marriage isn’t what it seems. Lively told Vanity Fair that before reading the script for the psychological drama, she had always found onscreen nudity “distracting.” “I’m very in love with my husband, but if there’s a pair of boobs out, I’m a human being! You’re like, ‘boobs!’ It doesn’t mean I’m lusting for them, but when there’s naked boobies, you look at them,” she said.

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The actress opened up about her easygoing relationship with Reynolds in an interview with Glamour earlier this year. “In other relationships, if something came up, I would call my girlfriends or my sister, and say, ‘Hey, this is what he did—what should I do?'” she said. “Where with him, we were friends for two years before we were ever dating. And I treat him like my girlfriend. I’m like, ‘Hey, this happened. It upset me. This is how I feel. What do I do?’ And he does the same for me. He treats me like his best buddy.”

Related: Blake Lively: ‘It’s Important That Women Are Furious Right Now’



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Ryan Seacrest Texted Kris Jenner About Kylie Jenner's Pregnancy on Live TV—and She Replied


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Friday, September 22, 2017 shall henceforth and forevermore be known as the day the world learned Kylie Jenner may be pregnant. Since then, everyone’s been waiting with bated breath for something, anything remotely resembling deets. And deets ye shall receive, courtesy of one enterprising media personality named Ryan Seacrest.

Ryan, who has the distinct pleasure of being both an executive producer on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and a Kardashian-Jenner family friend, took matters into his own hands on Monday morning and decided to text Kris Jenner about Kylie’s pregnancy—live and on air. During the taping of Live! with Kelly & Ryan, he and co-host Kelly Ripa sent the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch an iMessage inquiring about her alleged grandchild-to-be. And she texted back almost immediately. While they watched Kris’ bubbles, Ryan said what we were all thinking and quipped, “Two days go by, and the world can change.” “I would say two minutes go by,” interjected Kelly.

Not even a minute later, Ryan got a response. “Kris says, Kylie’s not confirming anything,” Ryan announced, much to the vocal disappointment of the studio audience, and also the world. “So now, we’re here with that hanging over our heads,” said Kelly.

Last Friday, TMZ broke the story about the pregnancy rumors, which claim that Kylie is four months pregnant with the child of boyfriend Travis Scott, who in turn has been reportedly telling friends how excited he is and how his life is about to change. No one from the usually social media-happy Kardashian-Jenner clan has confirmed or denied anything, though, and this Sunday’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians 10th anniversary episode came and went with nary a peep about any forthcoming babies. Here’s hoping Ryan gets another bubble from Kris sometime in the near future.

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Related: I’m As Far Along in My Pregnancy As Kylie Jenner, and Our Bodies Don’t Need to ‘Proof’



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Ryan Reynolds Hilariously Trolled Blake Lively for Her Birthday


On top of being one of the funniest stars on social media, actor Ryan Reynolds makes up one half of one of our favorite celebrity couples. The other half? None other, of course, than our September cover star, actress Blake Lively—who happened to turn 30 on Friday. And as his own little way of sending birthday greetings to his talented wife, Reynolds posted a photo on Instagram that takes trolling to an expert level.

If you’ve ever scrolled through Reynolds’ Twitter feed—if you haven’t, please treat yourself—you know that his social media game is as strong as his dark sense of humor. For Blake’s birthday, the actor kept up his Internet antics by Instagramming the standard “Happy Birthday” photo of his wife posing with him on the red carpet with the caption, “Happy Birthday to my amazing wife.” But he cropped a very important part out: the birthday girl herself.

Amazing, right?

It reminds us of the expert Photoshop skills Lively herself showed off earlier this month when she edited a photo of herself and some of her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars. Lively, Alexis Bledel, and Amber Tamblyn all got together recently—but sadly America Ferrera wasn’t able to make it. In the spirit of true best-friendship, Lively added Ferrera into the photo so she wouldn’t feel left out.

She captioned the Instagram, “Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya AF @americaferrera while professionally editing you into this photo, I realized you have the coolest and most appropriate initials EVER! #BadassAF #SistersForever #tbt”

It’s obvious Lively and Reynolds are a match made in Instagram-humor (if not graphic design) heaven.

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