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11/28/2023

Celebrate this year's most inspiring and impactful LGBTQ+ individuals from the comfort of your home! Watch the Out100 Special and get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and immersed in the incredible journeys of those who have paved the way for change.

Enjoy the around-the-clock marathon starting this Friday, Nov. 24, by downloading the Advocate Channel app on your phone or smart TV device to watch or stream at advocatechannel.com.

And don't miss Candis Cayne's Secret Garden streaming on the Advocate Channel!

11/23/2023

Are you ready for the premiere of Candis Cayne's Secret Garden?
It premieres today on the Advocate Channel! But first, check out this amazing interview with Candis Cayne from the red carpet at Out Magazine's Out 100 Awards.

Candis Cayne's Secret Garden (CCSG) is the ultimate gardening show hosted by actress Candis Cayne.

11/22/2023

🎵🎶TOMORROW, TOMORROW! Watch Candis tomorrow! It's only a day away!!🎵🎶

Candis Cayne's Secret Garden is only ONE day away!

11/11/2023

Candis Cayne makes a very exciting announcement about our newest venture at the Out Magazine's event! We couldn't be more excited for Candis Cayne's Secret Garden! 🤩

Candis Cayne calls out Homophobia and Transphobia and launches new gardening show on the Adocate Channel, Candis Cayne's Secret Garden. Premiere date is Nove...

03/15/2023

Hot off the presses! We are SO thrilled to announce our involvement with EVERYBODY DANCE, premiering TONIGHT on PBS LA KCET and on the PBS app and streaming channel wherever you access your content. Find out more below, and stay tuned for more updates!

SpoPro (Spotlight Productions) was thrilled to be a part of this incredible project, written and directed by our friend and collaborator, Dan Watt, of DancinDan Productions. This extremely touching film reveals the everyday lives of kids with different disabilities and how ballet has changed their l...

01/19/2023

Congratulations to our dear friend and Co-Star of Brunch Date, Stan Zimmerman, for selling out his theatrical hit, "The Diary of Anne Frank."

12/25/2022

From all of us a SpoPro...

12/23/2022

Rotten Tomatoes has provided us with a list of the 100 Best Christmas Movies of all time. Anyone seen more than 25 of these? How about 50?

From Home Alone and Elf to holiday classics both old and new (It's a Wonderful Life, Klaus), it's the ultimate nice list of great Christmas movies.

12/22/2022

Ho Ho Ho!

12/15/2022

We are so proud of our incredible colleague and superstar Alex Rubin Writes for continuing to rack up the awards and accolades, now with her piece WHAT WOULD WALT WANT making its' way into the next round with Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition. Congratulations, Alex!!

12/07/2022

founder Kristen Carroll recording VO for the intro of a project we are thrilled to be a part of. Details coming soon!

11/24/2022

Let's talk turkey. What holiday films will you be watching this Thanksgiving?

From Planes, Trains and Automobiles to whatever Charlie Brown's got cooking up, it's the bestest, Freshest Thanksgiving movies ever!

11/21/2022

11/20/22 is for our trans community and friends. Please join us in reflecting while also looking forward to a time when we don't need days for this. 💙🤍💗

11/21/2022

Today we lost a *great*. Acadamy Award Winning Gray Frederickson has taken a bow. SpoPro's Kristen Carroll shares about her time with him, on the blog below.

Oklahoma is a budding film and entertainment industry hub which I lovingly referring to as Gollywood. On one of my recent trips scouting locations, Jim Jordan, a local friend and colleague, mentioned his lifelong friendship with Gray Frederickson. A longtime collaborator with Francis Coppolla, Frede...

11/11/2022

Today and every day, we thank our for the freedoms we enjoy. Freedom is not free, and we are forever indebted to those of you who gave and risked it all.

10/24/2022

https://deadline.com/2022/10/caa-drops-kanye-west-after-antisemitic-remarks-1235153419/

But hey, here's some good news from our friends at Deadline Hollywood.

Kanye West is no longer represented by CAA. The agency is the latest business to cut ties with the rapper following his recent anti-Semitic outbursts and amid a growing call for a Hollywood boycott…

10/24/2022

Say it ain't so! We love you, Leslie Jordan, and we'll be enjoying your many wondrous and delightful contributions to film and television for many, many years to come.

Leslie Jordan, an Emmy-winning actor, writer and singer best known for his roles in “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He …

10/14/2022

Our spidey senses are tingling . . . something BIG was happening last week at Headquarters!

Check back soon for the full scoop. 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

with Kristen Carroll and Kato Murray

05/22/2022

SpoPro's Kristen Carroll and Kato Murray thoroughly enjoyed the creativity and resourcefulness of these student films. Congratulations to the students and media teachers!

05/16/2022

We hope our friend and creator of "Open To It", Frank Arthur Smith, had a great time at RuPaul's DragCon! "Open To It" is a great new series that features Laganja Estranja (who you might know from RuPaul's Drag Race) and our friend Jason Caceres! Looks like you all had a BLAST! 🤩

📸: Frank Arthur Smith and Jason Caceres-Lopez

04/11/2022

SpoPro Founder & CEO Kristen Carroll had a BLAST hanging out with academy award winning producer Gray Frederickson today in OKC! You *may* have heard about a trilogy Gray and his friend Francis worked on called The Godfather. 🤩

03/06/2022

Thank you Variety for keeping us posted on more ways to help the Ukranian people, in the most of entertaining ways!

Producers of Ukrainian animated film “Gulliver Returns” will use earnings from further sales on the film to support their country’s defense against Russia. Oleg Khodachuk, produce…

03/04/2022

Shonda Rhimes is what a role model looks like today, and we are so excited for all the kids and 30-somethings who will get to enjoy this !

The Barbie world has officially found its way to Shondaland, as legendary television producer and writer Shonda Rhimes earned her own doll replica on Tuesday. As part of Barbie’s International Wome…

02/18/2022

Ever wonder how special effects were done before CGI? Then check this out! 👇
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZDALfOJW7F/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

02/12/2022

Either you love Seth Rogen or you're wrong. :D Kidding, of course, but we had a lot of fun reading his comments that were surprising, hilarious, and HONEST.

What's your take?

Seth Rogen is baffled by Hollywood’s need to have people care about the Academy Awards. Rogen, speaking to Insider to promote his new Super Bowl commercial with Paul Rudd, came to the conclus…

02/09/2022

The nominees are in and the 10 films below are up for the coveted Best Picture Award!
What have you seen? What have you heard? What do you WANT to see? Did the Academy get it right? Let us know in the comments!

Check out all the nominees here👇
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022

02/04/2022

Exciting news: SpoPro Founder & CEO Kristen Carroll is collaborating with Norman Lear, Brent Miller, and Juan Pablo Di Pace on an LGBTQ+ feature film!

Get the details here: 👇
https://deadline.com/2022/01/norman-lear-brent-miller-back-juan-pablo-di-paces-for-another-time-1234921319/

02/03/2022

Please join us in congratulating SpoPro's very own Alex Rubin Writes on her writing role on this exciting new Blumhouse production, starring Justina Machado, for Amazon Studios! 🥳

Amazon Studios has picked up to series The Horror of Dolores Roach pilot based on the hit Gimlet podcast, starring One Day At A Time alumna Justina Machado in the title role. The project, in develo…

01/10/2022

Our funny friend Frank DeCaro shared this post as a moment of levity upon the passing of Bob Saget. Though Bob is certainly gone too soon, we're thankful for the many, many laughs...and even a few cringes...over his impressive career.

Your Drag Moment of the Day. version available, too, co-narrated by Lady Bunny!!!

12/25/2021

Wishing you and yours a very merry, merry!

08/30/2021

We knew "I Love Lucy" was groundbreaking, but we hadn't realized the extent...very cool perspective on Desi Arnaz's influence on television history!

How technological limitations, location demands, and salary negotiations spawned a new TV innovation.