Gallery | Entin twins of South Florida debut new film, 'Geography Club,' at Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Fest

Twins Edmund and Gary Entin, who grew up in South Florida, presented their new film, Geography Club, Thursday night at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

Edmund wrote the screenplay; Gary directed. The Entin twins, 27, are gay and now live in Los Angeles. They are sons of well-known Fort Lauderdale attorney Alvin Entin.

After the screening Gary and Edmund (and two of the film's producers) answered questions from the audience at O Cinema in Miami Shores. The twins posed with members of the Alliance For LGBTQ Youth in North Miami, the community sponsor of Thursday's presentation.

From the Geography Club website:

Based on Brent Hartinger's best-selling critically acclaimed novel, Geography Club is a smart, fast, and funny account of contemporary teenagers as they discover their own sexual identities, dreams, and values. 16-year old Russell is still going on dates with girls while having a secret relationship with football quarterback Kevin, who will do anything to prevent his football teammates from finding out. Min and Terese tell everyone that they're just really good friends. And then there's Ike who can't figure out who he is or who he wants to be. Finding the truth too hard to hide, they all decide to form the Geography Club, thinking nobody else in their right mind would ever want to join. However, their secrets may soon be discovered and they could have to face the choice of revealing who they really are.

The film is produced by Michael Huffington (Arianna's ex) and presented by Shoreline Entertainment.

The film festival continues through Sunday. Click here for program information.

Click here for more pictures from Thursday's screening. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

Gallery | 'I Do' tackles immigration equality, is Centerpiece at Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Hundreds packed O Cinema Miami Shores Wednesday night for the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival's Centerpiece screening, I Do, a movie about immigration equality starring screenwriter David W Ross and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Ross, who received the 2013 festival's Rising Star Award, attended the screening and answered questions (above with festival director Franc Castro, center, and I Do producer Stephen Israel).

Click here for more pictures from the screening and reception afterward. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

Gallery | Desmond Child, Curtis Shaw and sons Roman and Nyro premiere 'TWO' at gay film festival

Miami composer Desmond Child, partner Curtis Shaw and their sons, Roman and Nyro, attended the premiere of their new documentary, TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro, Tuesday night at the 15th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

Also at the screening: TWO director and producer Heather Winters, who grew up in Miami Beach.

Hundreds of friends and fans packed the Colony Theatre for the screening, which followed a reception at Britto Gallery on Lincoln Road.

At right, Child and Shaw flank artist Romero Britto at the reception.

Click here for more pictures. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

Singer Deanna Durbin, film star of the 1930s and '40s who screen-tested with Judy Garland, dies at 91

The New York Times reports that movie star Deanna Durbin (who screen-tested with Judy Garland in the short film Every Sunday at MGM in 1936) has died in France at age 91.

Durbin, who moved to Universal and starred in such films as Three Smart Girls (1936), became the second-highest paid woman in America (behind Bette Davis), according to The Times. Shortly after, Durbin suddenly retired and disappeared from public view.

Click here to read The Times obituary.

Video | Mary Lambert - Macklemore's "Same Love' vocalist (Just Droppin' In with J.R. Biersmith)

From Just Droppin' In with J.R. Biersmith:

The fascinating personal story of the Seattle-based singer/songwriter, poet and author featured in Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's marriage equality anthem. #JustDroppinIn

Jason Collins to Good Morning America: 'I never set out to be the first'; with Robbie Rogers interview

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Jason Collins says the support that he's received since coming out has been "incredible."

In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that was aired Tuesday morning, Collins says that he believes people are ready to support an openly gay basketball player. The 34-year-old Collins became the first active player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports leagues to come out as gay, doing so in a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website.

Collins told interviewer George Stephanopoulos that he never set out to be the first openly gay player. He also says he doesn't know of any other NBA players who are gay.

Click here for updates.

ESPN sportscaster Chris Broussard: 'I would not characterize [Jason Collins] as a Christian'

ThinkProgress reports that ESPN sportscaster Chris Broussard "went on the air on Monday to publicly gay-bash Jason Collins."

Broussard said Monday on ESPN's Outside the Lines:

Personally, I don’t believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an openly, like premarital sex between heterosexuals.If you’re openly living that type of lifestyle, then the Bible says you know them by their fruits. It says that, you know, that’s a sin. If you’re openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, whatever it maybe, I believe that’s walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ. So I would not characterize that person as a Christian because I don’t think the bible would characterize them as a Christian.

NBA center Jason Collins comes out of the closet in Sports Illustrated cover story, 'The Gay Athlete'

From Sports Illustrated:

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.

I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.

Click here to read the complete essay by Jason Collins, the NBA center who publicly came out on Monday.

Click here for updates from Associated Press.

Gallery | Directors Travis Mathews, John Cameron Mitchell at Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Two of gay cinema's best-known directors, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) and Travis Mathews (I Want Your Love and Interior. Leather Bar) attended the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Sunday night.

Mathews' films (the latter co-directed with movie star James Franco) both were screened Sunday night at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach.

Also in attendance: actor Christian Patrick (Master Avery in Interior. Leather Bar), manager Cassandra Simon and comedienne-chanteuse Lady Rizo.

Click here to view more pictures from the Q&A and after party at Mova following the screening. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

Gallery | James Franco receives HBO Latin America Ally Award at Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Movie star James Franco on Saturday received the HBO Latin America Ally Award at the 15th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

Franco, accompanied by fellow directors Travis Mathews and John Cameron Mitchell, also attended a film festival reception before the Saturday night awards ceremony and screening of the Israeli film Out in the Dark.

Mathews received HBO Latin America Vanguard Award at Gusman Center in downtown Miami; actor-screenwriter David W. Ross received the Rising Star Award. Ross' film I Do screens Wednesday at O Cinema in Miami Shores.

Interior. Leather Bar, a film by Franco and Mathews, will be screened Sunday night at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach. Click here for more information about this year's festival films and screenings.

Click here for a complete gallery from Saturday's activities. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.