Notizie

For 15 years running, Davler Media Group’s Metrosource, the largest circulation Lgbtq publication serving New York City and Los Angeles, and second largest nationally, has ended the year with “People We Love,” an expansive editorial salute to the people whose efforts and example have helped further the image and acceptance of the Lgbtq community.

Pink on Cover of Metrosource

This year’s “People We Love” spotlights 21 notables, from star producers, actors and musicians like Pink, Jill Soloway, Ryan Murphy, Naomi Watts and Sam Smith to new media figures like YouTube sensation Randy Rainbow to lesser known but mightily impactful community leaders like transgender politico Danica Roem and nightlife impresario Brian Rafferty.

“Creating our annual ‘People We Love’ is a true pleasure, privilege and responsibility,” says Paul Hagen, Editor-In-Chief of Metrosource. “It’s the time we look back on achievements, update past stories and look ahead, where we recognize the people...

Elizabeth Fowler (“Devil’s Knot”) and Claudia Bluemhuber (“The Host”) are set to produce a film about the rescue of Jessica Buchanan in Somalia last year.

The pair have acquired the film rights to Buchanan's book "Impossible Odds" published last month, as well as the life rights to her and her husband Erik Landemalm.

Administering humanitarian aid in East Africa, Buchanan and Danish citizen Poul Hagen Thisted were kidnapped in October 2011 by a band of Somalia land pirates.

Buchanan fought to stay alive as her husband worked with the FBI and U.S. military. A Navy Seal Team attacked the pirates’ compound and successfully rescued Buchanan and Thisted.

Anthony Flacco, who co-wrote the book, will pen the screenplay. Sharlene Martin will also produce.

Source: Variety...