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Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally without laughing once through an episode ("Barry"), best comedy in which someone is killed but…

July is Disability Pride Month — not to be confused with Disability Awareness Month, which is in March. DPM celebrates the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which ensures that people with disabilities have the same rights and protections as their abled counterparts.

Takayuki Hirao’s animated feature is set in the fictional Nyallywood, where a B-movie producer in pigtails and a sailor dress takes on a serious-minded film about ageing, art and loss

"I just enjoy seeing a world where being gay – or whatever you may be – isn’t questioned"