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Bride Groom Viral Video: Wedding videos often captivate social media audiences with their extraordinary and sometimes unbelievable moments involving the newlyweds.

A recent viral wedding video has stirred up a storm online, featuring a groom who faced a physical altercation on stage due to an unusual incident. The video has garnered widespread attention and sparked intense discussions.

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In the video, the groom, visibly intoxicated, attempts to place the garland on the bride but mistakenly puts it around her sister’s neck instead. This innocent mistake quickly escalates into a chaotic situation, leading to the groom being physically assaulted on stage.

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Netizens reacted strongly to the video after it surfaced on social media platforms, sparking a flurry of comments and shares. The incident has left viewers shocked...

The Writers Guild of America West will present Designing Women and Evening Shade creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason with its highest honor — the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. The award is presented to a Guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.” Designing Women star Jean Smart will present the statuette to Bloodworth Thomason at the Wgaw’s annual WGA Awards on April 14.

The multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director, and producer launched her career with an Emmy-nominated script on M*A*S*H* in 1973. She concurrently worked on M*A*S*H* and Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff Rhoda before creating and producing her first series Filthy Rich in 1982. Filthy Rich would lay the groundwork for the creation of landmark comedy series Designing Women by bringing her together with actresses and collaborators Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Smart.

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For all the…questionable behavior from One Direction that’s come to pass this week, I find myself cheering for Liam Payne, who took to Twitter to slam Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir for bashing the band. Moir survived trashing Stephen Gately after his death with not so much as a slap on the wrist, but while I doubt she faces any professional consequences for going after a boyband, she might want to stay inside with the blinds closed after angering Directioners.

Planning a gaycation for the summer? The New York Times has some thoughts about how you can be safe, comfortable, and avoid stress as a gay traveler. Research, people!

Maleficent is crushing the competition at the box office, heading towards a $67 million opening weekend, despite everything about the movie except Angelina Jolie being trashed by critics.

Jennifer Lopez and Tegan and Sara were honoured at the 25th GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (April 12).

The first of two ceremonies paying tribute to advocates for the Lgbt community was held last night at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, with Ross Mathews overseeing the festivities.

Lopez was the top honoree of the night, receiving the Vanguard Award for her support of equal marriage.

She was also commended for bringing important issues impacting the Lgbt community to light in The Fosters, the television drama programme that she produces.

The Fosters - which is about an interracial lesbian couple - was the recipient of the Outstanding Drama Series prize.

Tegan and Sara won in the Outstanding Music Artist category over Elton John, Goldfrapp, Lady Gaga and Vampire Weekend.

The Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series Award went to the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra.

Another slate of awards will be given...

Jennifer Lopez and Tegan and Sara were honoured at the 25th GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (April 12).

The first of two ceremonies paying tribute to advocates for the Lgbt community was held last night at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, with Ross Mathews overseeing the festivities.

Lopez was the top honoree of the night, receiving the Vanguard Award for her support of equal marriage.

She was also commended for bringing important issues impacting the Lgbt community to light in The Fosters, the television drama programme that she produces.

The Fosters - which is about an interracial lesbian couple - was the recipient of the Outstanding Drama Series prize.

Tegan and Sara won in the Outstanding Music Artist category over Elton John, Goldfrapp, Lady Gaga and Vampire Weekend.

The Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series Award went to the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra.

Another slate of awards will be given...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 films left in the race for the Documentary Feature Oscar. A record 147 films had originally qualified in the category. Overall there was no major shockers, with the expected likes of "The Act of Killing," "Blackfish," "The Square," "Stories We Tell," "Tim's Vermeer" and "20 Feet From Stardom" all making the cut (and likely battling it out for the final five). There were a few notable exclusions: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson's "After Tiller," Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel's "Leviathan," Penny Lane's "Our Nixon," Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's "Bridegroom," Errol Morris' "The Unknown Known" and Jason Osder's "Let The Fire Burn" all seemed like strong contenders to make the list, but in the end an incredibly competitive year pushed them out of the competition. Read More: Updated 2014 Oscar Predictions - Best Documentary Feature The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title,...

Lee Daniels, the only ever gay black nominee for the Best Director Oscar, was the honoree at this year’s Outfest Legacy Awards, and because planned presenter Gabourey Sidibe (the Oscar-nominated star of Daniels’ Precious) couldn’t leave the set of American Horror Story: Coven fast enough to get to the awards, she submitted a video tribute. A replacement star ended up singing Daniels’ praises in person: Jane Fonda.

And not just any Jane Fonda: This was Jane Fonda in a zebra-print jumpsuit and boots. The room exploded. Fonda talked about encountering homophobia when living in the American South for 20 years and how it inspired her hopes for Lgbt acceptance. Afterward she discussed the vitality of Daniels’ work as a director.

“I think of him as an actress’ director — now, that’s not politically correct, we say “female actors” now — just ask Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, Gabourey Sidibe, Halle Berry,...

"Bridegroom," is a powerful documentary that spawned out of a heartbreaking viral video, and now Indiewire has gotten a hold of an exclusive clip. Virgil Films released it onto DVD and iTunes this past Tuesday. From the synopsis: On May 7, 2011, a young man named Shane Bitney Crone tragically lost the love of his life, Tom Bridegroom, to an accident. Because they were't married (and despite the partners having been together for six years), Shane had no legal claim to Tom after he died. Tom's family banned Shane from the funeral, he was unable to say goodbye to his love, and he received no survivor benefits. On May 7, 2012, the first anniversary of Tom's death, Shane posted a video on YouTube titled "It Could Happen to You." He created it to honor his partner and show the world what can happen when two people committed to each other are legally barred from...

Linda Bloodworth Thomason, the creator of Designing Women, Evening Shade and other television series, has been friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton for more than 30 years. The Hollywood Reporter asked the director of Bridegroom, a documentary portraying the tragedy that befell a young gay couple when one of the men died before same-sex marriage was permanently legal in California, to write about her relationship with the Clintons. Bloodworth Thomason, who grants few interviews, reveals how her role as the producer of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign film, The Man From Hope, now considered a seminal piece of political filmmaking,

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The sudden death of Shane Bitney Crone‘s life partner Tom Bridegroom was the catalyst for the Youtube video “It Could Happen to You“. Crone created it to honor his partner and show the world what can happen when two people committed to each other are legally barred from the rights and protections afforded by marriage. Since its posting, that video has racked up more than four million views, and it has now been developed into a feature length documentary called Bridegroom. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women) produced and directed the feature which previously aired on Own and is available for purchase and download just today.

Bridegroom includes interviews, photos and video footage that shed light on the struggles that same-sex couples face due to marriage inequality, and TheBacklot is proud to share this exclusive clip from the film…

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It was only May of last year when Shane Bitney Crone posted a YouTube video called “It Could Happen To You,” a very sad and moving 10-minute clip about his love Tom Bridegroom, who died after falling from a roof while taking pictures with friends. Bridegroom’s family never accepted their son’s gayness and they forbade Crone from attending his funeral, threatening him with violence if he tried.

Now Crone’s harrowing story has moved off of YouTube and into the documentary circuit. Bridegroom (which is out on DVD Nov. 19 and available on Netflix Instant now) aired on Own in early November and inspired rave reviews from Own heroine Oprah Winfrey and scores of celebrity admirers, including President Bill Clinton.

Perhaps that’s not terribly surprising considering Bridegroom‘s director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who created Designing Women and Evening Shade as well as several episodes of M*A*S...

Pixar goes back to college, and Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn try out at Google, but neither campus scores very highly in the comedy stakes

The start of November may seem early to be talking about Christmas shopping – or three months late, according to some tinsel-happy supermarket managers – but it's evidently when DVD distributors start. So numerous are the blockbusters returning for your seasonal delectation in the next few weeks that we're jumping the gun a bit on Monsters University (Disney, U), which roars – well, grunts non-threateningly – on to shelves on 11 November.

The once indomitable animation studio Pixar is currently a victim of its own high standards: Cars 2 and Brave were technically immaculate but narratively wan, a trend that continues with this belated prequel to 2001's superior Monsters, Inc. Looking back on the college days of one-eyed pea Mike (Billy Crystal) and hulking bully-turned-pal Sully (John Goodman) as they...

On May 7, 2011, Shane Bitney Crone lost the love of his life when his partner of over six years, Tom Bridegroom, accidentally fell off a four-story building. On the one-year anniversary of Tom's passing, Shane posted a video on YouTube sharing the heart-wrenching story of the dramatic events that followed after Tom's death. It instantly went viral and continues to rack up millions and millions of views. Now, Shane has expanded that 10-minute video into a full-length documentary that shares his love story with Tom and calls for equal rights for the Lgbt community. Bill Clinton loved the movie so much he asked Shane if he could present the film at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is appropriately called Bridegroom, and Shane came by our La studio to share his story.

Premiering on the Oprah Winfrey Network (Own) on October 27th, Bridegroom is a simply told but intensely moving documentary directed by Linda Bloodworth Thomason that reveals the emotional journey of Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship that was cut tragically short. The story of what happened – of how people without the legal protections of marriage can find themselves completely shut out and ostracized – is poignant, enraging and examines important issues of marriage equality and human rights. In our exclusive interview, Shane talked about growing up in a small conservative town and moving to L.A., his six-year relationship with Tom, what transpired in the aftermath of Tom’s death, how his video tribute to his partner went viral and attracted the attention of George Takei, Neil Patrick Harris, and others including Thomason who convinced him to share his story in a larger way,...

Award-winning director, producer and writer Linda Bloodworth Thomason’s moving documentary, Bridegroom, tells the heartbreaking yet life affirming story of Shane Bitney Crone’s journey to honor his partner Tom Bridegroom’s memory. The film about two young men in love whose relationship was tragically cut short after an accident raises important questions about marriage equality and human rights. Premiering on the Oprah Winfrey cable network (Own) on October 27th, Bridegroom was introduced by former President Bill Clinton at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival where it won an Audience Award for Best Documentary. In an exclusive interview, Thomason talked about how she first met Shane and Tom, why Shane’s heartfelt YouTube video tribute marking the one-year anniversary of Tom’s death inspired her to become involved, how she approached Shane about letting her tell his story, their collaboration on the film, and how she drew upon a wealth...

Bridegroom is a moving and disarmingly straightforward documentary about a gay couple’s relationship that was cut short by a tragic accident. The surviving partner later posted a tribute on YouTube that garnered millions of views and inspired this film. Writer-producer-director Linda Bloodworth Thomason, best known as the creator of television’s Designing Women, wisely decided not to preach or take to a soapbox. Her film is effective because it tells one couple’s story and allows it to implicitly represent thousands of others. Shane Bitney Crone came from a conservative family in a small town in Montana. Tom Bridegroom was the pride of his family in Indiana, an honors student who...

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Stepping out for a fun-filled evening, Nikki Reed showed up at the Los Angeles premiere of “Bridegroom” on Tuesday night (October 15).

Joined by her husband Paul McDonald, the “Twilight Saga: New Moon” starlet looked beautiful in a black leather pencil skirt teamed with a unique button-up pink blouse.

Hosted at the American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater, the “Bridegroom” premiere held special significance for the gay community in Tinseltown.

Per the synopsis, “Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years is killed and his family refuses him from attending the funeral.”...

"It was a four-story fall—from the top of the roof to the concrete pavement below. He had just passed his 29th birthday." Bridegroom, a gripping documentary that pivots on brutal familial homophobia, opens with a voiceover that marks the very moment a young gay couple's shared life comes to its end. A tearjerker that charms, infuriates, and devastates, director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's film uses home movie clips, interviews with family and friends, re-created text messages, and a chilling 911 call to detail the stories—and then, tragically, the story—of Tom Bridegroom and Shane Bitney Crone. Part of the doc's power lies in the way it deftly captures the masks and struggles so many gay men live through as they forge their identity—from the...

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The internet spends a lot of time ragging on Kristen Stewart, but give credit where credit is due. Harvey Weinstein revealed at the screening of 12.12.12, the documentary about the Hurricane Sandy concert that a Middle Eastern prince offered a $500,000 donation if he could meet with Kristen Stewart. Once he paid up, Stewart sat down with him for 15 minutes, and a half million dollars went to relief efforts.

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has set October 28th as the vote in the special session he’s called for passing marriage equality, and if everything goes smoothly, the first weddings could take place in November.

Disney has moved up Ant Man to July 31, 2015, just weeks after Batman vs. Superman.

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The Toronto Film Festival is off and running, which means deals are being made. Here’s a look at what’s happened so far :

Indie distributor A24 Films (The Bling Ring, Spring Breakers) has acquired the rights to Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi thriller Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as a seductive alien who feasts on humans. [Deadline]

Millennium Entertainment secured the U.S. rights to John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, in which Turturro’s character becomes Woody Allen’s pimp. The comedy also stars Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara. [Deadline]

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On May 7, 2011, Shane Bitney Crone lost the love of his life when his partner of over six years, Tom Bridegroom, accidentally fell off a four-story building. On the one-year anniversary of Tom's passing, Shane posted a video on YouTube sharing the heart-wrenching story of the dramatic events that followed after Tom's death. It instantly went viral and continues to rack up millions and millions of views. Now, Shane has expanded that 10-minute video into a full-length documentary that shares his love story with Tom and calls for equal rights for the Lgbt community. Bill Clinton loved the movie so much he asked Shane if he could present the film at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is appropriately called Bridegroom, and Shane came by our La studio to share his story.

Outfest has announced the award winners of its 31st Los Angeles Lgbt Film Festival. Chris Mason Johnson's "Test" and Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullman's "Born This Way" led the juried prizes, taking the awards for best narrative and documentary feature, respectively. Bruno Barreto's "Reaching For The Moon" and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's "Bridegroom," meanwhile, took those prizes in the audience award categories. Read More: It Happened To Him: 'Bridegroom' Subject Shane Bitney Crone On Bringing His Tragic Story To The Screen The oldest continuously running film festival in Los Angeles ran from July 11th to July 21st, and closed last night with Darren Stein’s “G.B.F." Complete list of winners. Special Programming Awards Special Programming Award for Freedom Deepsouth, Directed by Lisa Biagiotti Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement Animals, Directed by Marçal Forés Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent Diego Ruiz,...

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's Bridegroom and Bruno Barreto's Reaching for the Moon were honored with audience awards by Outfest Los Angeles, organizers announced Sunday.  Bridegroom was honored with outstanding documentary feature award while Reaching for the Moon claimed the prize for dramatic feature film.  Moon tells of the love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Bridegroom, which also won an audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival, is the story of a young gay man, Shane Bitney Crone, whose relationship with his partner, Tom Bridegroom, was cut short when Bridegroom died in a freak

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Nanouk Leopold’s It’s All So Quiet won the Outfest 2013’s grand jury award for outstanding international dramatic feature on Sunday [21].

Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullman’s Born This Way took the outstanding documentary feature prize while Guinevere Turner was named outstanding actress for Who’s Afraid Of Vagina Wolf? [Turner pictured, right] and Bill Heck and Marcus DeAnda took the actor award for Pit Stop.

Chris Mason Johnson’s Test was named outstanding Us dramatic feature.

In the audience awards, Bruno Barreto’s Reaching For The Moon was name outstanding dramatic feature, while Linda Bloodworth-Thomason’s Bridegroom was named outstanding documentary feature.

Outfest ran from Jul 11-21 and closed on Sunday night with a screening of G.B.F. For full results visit the official website.

You may recall a heartbreaking viral video (posted below) from early last year, in which Shane Bitney Crone detailed the beautiful relationship he had with longterm partner Tom Bridegroom before his tragic death the year prior. Bridegroom's family -- who had never accepted his sexuality or his relationship -- shut him out of the funeral.  Crone decided to make the video, which got over 4 million hits and and attracted the attention of Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (who notably created "Designing Women" in addition to creating several promotional films for the Clinton family). She assembled the massive amount of footage Crone and Bridegroom had filmed together into "Bridegroom," an endlessly affecting documentary (which raised $384,375 on Kickstarter, becoming the most-funded documentary film project in the history of crowd-funding to date).  After being introduced at the Tribeca Film Festival (where it world premiered) by none other than Bill Clinton, it...

The 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the recipients of the Heineken Audience Awards Saturday night. Kim Mordaunt's 'The Rocket,' which has already won two prizes at Tribeca, was the audience favorite for narrative film while "Bridegroom," directed by Linda Bloodworth Thomason, won for documentary. The festival concluded on Sunday with a screening of each film. Both received $25,000 prizes. The story of a displaced family in Laos, "The Rocket" won the world narrative prize for best feature last Thursday at Tribeca. Its young star Sitthiphon Disamoe took best actor as a scrappy kid who sets out to find a new home for his family (our Toh! review). "Bridegroom," a documentary chronicling the legal struggles of a gay man after his partner's accidental death, is poised to be a controversial film given its incisive -- and personal -- portrait of marriage inequality (Indiewire's interview with the director). Watch trailers for both films below.

Tribeca’s 12th annual festival, running from April 17-28, wrapped up the festival by announcing The Rocket and Bridegroom winners of the Heineken Audience Award. Read below for the official press release.

2013 Tribeca Film Festival Announces

Heineken Audience Award Winners – The Rocket And Bridegroom

The 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winners of the two Heineken Audience Awards tonight at the wrap party in New York City. Two awards—one for narrative and one for documentary—were given to the audience choices for the best films. The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt, was chosen to receive the Narrative award; the film also took top honors at the Festival awards Thursday where it received both The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film for Sitthiphon Disamoe’s performance as Ahlo.

The Tribeca Film Festival honored two films on Saturday night, awarding "The Rocket" and "Bridegroom" with the Heineken Audience Awards.

The festival's audience cast votes for two Heineken Audience Awards, with "The Rocket" nabbing the award for narrative film, and "Bridegroom" taking home the award for documentary film.

Directed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, "Bridegroom" is a documentary focusing on the fight for marriage equality in California, as seen through one couple, Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom. Led by Kim Mordaunt, "The Rocket" tells the story of a young man living in Laos, trying to change his luck.

“Our audiences have chosen two films that testify to the power of the human spirit and hope for change,” Director of Programming Genna Terranova said in a release. “Whether it’s the fight for marriage equality in the U.S. or a boy struggling against all odds in war torn Laos, audiences were...

A pair of Audience Awards were handed out at tonight’s Tribeca Film Festival wrap party: one for a narrative film, the other for a documentary. Australian director Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket (pictured above) won the former – the Laos-set film also won the two awards from the Festival’s jury earlier this week, including Best Narrative Feature, the top prize. Meanwhile, the Documentary Audience Award went to Bridegroom, a documentary by Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason that focuses on the timely same-sex marriage debate by exploring the difficulties faced by a gay man after the untimely death of his partner.

Birthday shoutouts go to James Roday (above, at his scruffiest), who is 37, Graham Norton is 50, Nancy McKeon is 47, and Heath Ledger would have been 34. Ryan Murphy is shopping his new project Open to multiple cable outfits. "It's described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships." It sounds nudie, so he better go after a premium cable network. Magic Johnson speaks out about his gay son.In ratings news, Modern Family was up 28% from last week's series low.Celebrities react to the passing of Roger EbertThe Coolest Black Family In America.

Below you can see Rachel Maddow and David Letterman discuss the absurdity of anti-equality.

Via Towleroad comes the trailer for the documentary Bridegroom, which looks at the tragic story of Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom.

Below you can see Stephen Colbert discuss straight men getting gay married for free health care.

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Tribeca Film Festival organizers on Wednesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films screening at the New York-set festival starting next month, including selections in the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film sections, as well as out-of-competition Viewpoints screenings.

"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.

"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...

The Tribeca Film Festival announced the first half of its 2013 movie slate today, including its World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, along with selections from the out-of-competition Viewpoints section, which highlights international and independent cinema. Festival organizers reviewed more than 6,000 submissions to select 89 feature-length films from 30 different countries for this year’s festival, which boasts 53 world premieres. “Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The cinematic proficiency that harnesses this lineup is remarkable and we’re looking forward to sharing these new perspectives, powerful performances,...