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Don't forget to tune into daytime sudser As the World Turns tomorrow -- Cyndi Lauper will be paying a special visit to Oakdale, playing a role in bringing Jake and Noah back together!

Sundance Channels' final DOCday in honor of June Pride is upon us. Wrap up the month with a celebratory, uplifting documentary!

Jam! (Sundance, 9 PM ET/PT) U.S. TELEVISION PREMIERE
Mark Woollen's highly acclaimed documentary follows an eccentric crew of former roller derby stars attempting to re-popularize the sport. Leading the group is Tim Patten, an HIV-positive San Franciscan who credits roller-derby with keeping him alive.

Watching the trailer is a must; It has made me a believer in the power of roller derby!

It's the last Saturday in June, and that means Sundance Channel's final gay-themed double feature in honor of Pride. Enjoy!

Being Julia (Sundance, 10 PM ET/PT)
Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) is a flamboyant American stage actress in 1938 London. Bruce Greenwood appears as Julia's endlessly supportive gay best friend.

Loggerheads (Sundance, 11:45 PM ET/PT)
Narrative involving three overlapping stories of estranged families in three regions of North Carolina, including a young gay man living with HIV and the mother who gave him up for adoption.

Here's the official trailer for Being Julia, a role for which the lovely Annette was nominated for an Academy Award.

It's here! It's here!!! After months of anticipation, the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are finally airing TONIGHT on Bravo at 7 PM ET/PT. You've seen the backstage footage, the fabulous photos -- maybe you even attended one of the ceremonies in person -- but now it's time to sit back, make yourself an Absolut martini, and watch the highlights from this year's Media Awards.

19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (Bravo, 7 PM ET/PT) PREMIERE
GLAAD's annual awards ceremony honoring media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives is airing for the first time on Bravo. Special guests include Janet Jackson, Ellen DeGeneres, Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Stone, Cindy Crawford, Tom Ford, Kathy Griffin and many more.

After that, you KNOW you aren't changing the channel. Here's why:

Brokeback Mountain (Bravo, 9 PM ET/PT) BASIC CABLE PREMIERE
The critically acclaimed, Academy Award®-winning film, which also received the award for Outstanding Film - Wide Release at the 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, makes its basic cable premiere.

Think you've seen Brokeback one too many times? We dare you to watch the official trailer without getting teary-eyed.

You may have caught our posts during the Sundance Film Festival about the documentary When I Knew. Well, the day has finally arrived: When I Knew is coming to a TV near you! At Sundance, we got to see an excerpt of this unique and surprisingly moving and funny film. Trust us: this is NOT to be missed!

When I Knew (Cinemax, 7:30 PM ET/PT) PREMIERE
Based on the book of the same name, filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato pose the question to a number of people, asking them when they knew they were gay. The documentary features vintage photos and home videos to supplement their accounts.  This is also available on Cinemax On Demand starting June 25.

And check out When I Knew's official web site, where regular Joes and Janes have submitted their own "When I Knew" stories. Keep your eyes peeled: you might see someone you know!

It's Monday, and that means DOCdays on Sundance Channel!

Stefan Braun (Sundance, 9 PM ET/PT) U.S. TELEVISION PREMIERE
Itamar Alkalay's biopic is about world-renowned Israeli furrier Stefan Braun, whose luxurious lifestyle included a number of beautiful boyfriends and a devoted live-in lover, with whom he had a complicated, enduring romance.

The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards took place on Friday, June 20. Though many LGBT-inclusive projects were nominated, we were eager to see which would go home with trophies.

The perpetually funny and popular Ellen DeGeneres took home her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host (presented by none other than As the World Turns' Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann, of "Nuke" fame), while her series, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, won an additional three awards, including Outstanding Art Direction, Directing and Sound Mixing. Way to go, Ellen!

Watch Ellen present the award for Outstanding Game Show, and you'll see why she won Outstanding Talk Show Host so many times!





On a side note, the always fabulous and gay-friendly Tyra Banks picked up her first-ever statuette, winning for Outstanding Informative Talk Show. In her acceptance speech, the former supermodel said, "I just have a message for everyone out there: When you have a dream, there are going to be so many people that tell you that you cannot do it, that you are not good enough. And I want you to tell them to kiss your dimply, flat, juicy, bootylicious, skinny, jiggly, saggy, fat ass!" Tyra, you are too funny!

Check out a segment of the episode Tyra submitted to the academy that clinched her win.

Two powerful movies air on Saturday. Set your TiVos -- they are not to be missed!

The Event (Sundance, 10 PM ET/PT)
Parker Posey portrays a district attorney investigating the mysterious death of an AIDS-afflicted musician in this 2003 film.

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Sundance, 12 AM ET/PT) U.S. TELEVISION PREMIERE
This 2007 film is about a feminine twelve-year-old boy from a criminal gang family who develops a crush on a young policeman, threatening his home life.

Maximo Oliveros has a charming and sweet protagonist. Check out the official trailer here:

Last night, the entire first season of Noah's Arc aired on BET J, a network that was recently honored by GLAAD for its LGBT inclusivity. As The Daily Voice notes, this marathon marked the first black television network broadcast of a gay-themed television series.Noah's Arc -- which follows a group of black gay friends in Los Angeles -- was created by writer-director Patrik-Ian Polk and originally aired on Logo. Polk has expressed his excitement about the show airing on BET J, commenting, "It's a great opportunity to introduce the show to a whole new audience that may not have discovered the Logo network, and it gives them a taste of what's coming in the new Noah's Arc feature film this fall."

New TV Gayed listings are up, and include: