The lives of three young gay people are featured in an upcoming It Gets Better special. The lives of three young gay people are featured in an upcoming It Gets Better special. The 60-minute show, which follows on the success of the original special aired in February, will be broadcast on cablers MTV and Logo on Tuesday, October 9. Dan Savage, co-creator of the It Gets Better Project, which encourages troubled LGBT teens considering suicide to hang in there because life gets better, returns to anchor the special. In the special we meet Vicente, Natalie and Hunter, three young people coping with coming out gay to their families. ?I'm in love,? Vicente says in a trailer for the special. ?I've never been in love before.? Natalie says that her mother cannot accept the fact that she is a lesbian. Hunter, a college freshman, says things have ?gotten way better? since he's come out gay. He says he's looking forward to moving away from home to get away from his father. (A trailer for the specia

"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is to host the 2013 Oscars awards show in February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.

The best actress Oscar won by Joan Crawford for her role in classic film noir "Mildred Pierce" has been sold at auction for $426,732.

Terrorism-themed spy thriller "Homeland" ended cult retro show "Mad Men"'s four-year run as best drama at the annual Emmy awards late Sunday, while "Modern Family" retained the best comedy crown.

Damian Lewis and Maggie Smith led a large British delegation who were nominated for Emmy Awards to scoop gongs late on Sunday.

Spy thriller "Homeland" won best TV drama at the Emmy awards, ending a four-year unbroken run for retro cult show "Mad Men", while "Modern Family" was named best comedy for the third straight year.

Eric Stonestreet on Sunday took home his second Emmy playing gay dad Cameron on ABC's comedy hit 'Modern Family'. Eric Stonestreet on Sunday took home his second Emmy playing gay dad Cameron Tucker on ABC's comedy hit Modern Family. In his acceptance speech, Stonestreet, 41, sent a shout out to his TV partner Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom. ?I wouldn't be standing here without Jesse Tyler Ferguson,? Stonestreet said. ?There is no Cam without Mitch. We get the awesome opportunity to play these two characters on TV and show America and the world what a loving couple we can be, just like everybody else, and it's an honor to do that.? ?I never knew I'd be on TV as a gay man, but I love the pictures of hairy chests you guys are sending me,? he added. Stonestreet won his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role playing Cameron in 2010. Ferguson, 36, has earned 3 Emmy nominations playing Mitchell. (Related: J

Cult retro series "Mad Men" and comedy hit "Modern Family" are Emmys favorites again this weekend -- but a bunch of newcomers could yet produce surprises at US television's annual awards show.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson has announced he's engaged to marry boyfriend Justin Mikita. Jesse Tyler Ferguson has announced he's engaged to marry boyfriend Justin Mikita. The 36-year-old Ferguson has received 3 Emmy Award nominations for playing Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC Wednesday night comedy hit Modern Family. On the show, Ferguson plays a gay man raising a daughter with his partner. Ferguson and Mikita, a lawyer, slipped in their engagement announcement in a video for their Tie the Knot foundation. ?I want to tell you about a foundation that I'm launching called Tie the Knot,? Ferguson says while seated on a couch. ?It's a very exciting new project that I created with my lover ...? Mikita is heard interrupting with, ?You know I hate that word.? After Ferguson cycles through several other options ? partner, boyfriend, fella ? he finally blurts out, ?My fiancee.? ?It's true I popped the big q,? Ferguson says. ?I said yes,? Mikita says as he joins Ferguson on the couch. ?A little too eage

Watch out Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus. Selena Gomez stepped up Friday as the next Disney girl gone wild -- at least on screen -- in the sociopathic movie "Spring Breakers."

Award-winning musical producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, whose film hits include "Chicago" and "Footloose," will produce next year's Oscars awards show, organizers said Thursday.

Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind a string of Broadway and Hollywood hits including "A Chorus Line," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting," has died, his publicist said Tuesday. He was 68.

Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind a string of Broadway and Hollywood hits including "A Chorus Line," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting," has died, his publicist said Tuesday. He was 68.

"Mad Men" dominated nominations for the primetime Emmy awards, a triumph for the 1960s-themed series that almost failed to return for its fifth season this year.

"Mad Men" dominated nominations for the primetime Emmy awards on Thursday, a triumph for the 1960s-themed series that almost failed to return for its fifth season this year.

Four openly LGBT stars received Emmy Award nods as nominations were announced on Thursday. ?Four openly LGBT stars received Emmy Award nods as nominations were announced on Thursday. Two-time Emmy-winner Jim Parsons, who recently came out gay in an interview with The New York Times, received another Emmy nomination for his role playing Sheldon in the CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. Parsons told TVLine.com that he was ?jumping up and down? for co-star Mayim Bialik's inclusion. ?I love her so much. ? I went to call her immediately but I didn't have her number ? isn't that weird that I don't have her number yet? I don't think she wants me to have her number, which is OK. I still love her.? Jesse Tyler Ferguson who plays gay dad Mitchell Pritchett in ABC's Modern Family was nominated in the Supporting Comedy Actor category along with his television partner Eric Stonestreet. ?Thrilled about all of Modern Family's Emmy noms,? Ferguson tweeted to his more than 424,000 followers. Openly le

Veteran actor Ernest Borgnine, the star of dozens of films and television shows who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a shy butcher in love in "Marty", has died, his manager said. He was 95.

Veteran actor Ernest Borgnine, the star of dozens of films and television shows who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a shy butcher in love in "Marty", has died, his manager said. He was 95.

Veteran actor Ernest Borgnine, the star of dozens of films and television shows who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a shy butcher in love in "Marty," died Sunday, his manager said. He was 95.

Actor Andy Griffith, 86, a beloved icon of US television for programs including "The Andy Griffith Show" in the 1960s and the popular legal drama "Matlock," died Tuesday.