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\n\tActors Steven Weber, Lori Petty, Cynda Williams and Mitchell Anderson have joined the lineup of Pride LIVE! Hollywood, which continues through June 29 at venues across Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe inaugural pop culture festival will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LGBT comedy Jeffrey<\/em> with star Weber, who will be reunited with his Wings<\/em> and Dracula: Dead and Loving It<\/em> co-star Amy Yasbeck.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tMeanwhile, Petty, Williams and Anderson have joined Relax \u2026 It\u2019s Just Sex <\/em>co-stars Billy Wirth, Tim Perez, Chris Cleveland and Eddie Garcia in a tribute to pioneering producer Steven J. Wolfe and his groundbreaking film.<\/p>\n \n\tElsewhere, festival partner Amoeba Music will sponsor a free Pride LIVE! Hollywood concert performance by Durand Jones & The Indications, followed by a signing of their latest album, Flowers<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tAlso added to the schedule is a screening of disco movie Can\u2019t Stop the Music<\/em> with screenwriter Bruce Vilanch and cast member Leigh Taylor-Young.<\/p>\n \n\tAs previously announced, other events also include a preview screening of the new U.K. film Unicorns<\/em> preceded by the short Barbie Boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/em>is the festival\u2019s presenting media sponsor.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tCreated by Mark Lieber and Adam Newman, the producers of Infinity Festival, the event aims to celebrate the best entertainment \u2014 both classic and new \u2014 through a queer lens. It\u2019s being curated and hosted by\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>bestselling author Jim Colucci (Golden Girls Forever<\/em>) and writer-performer Frank DeCaro (The Daily Show\u00a0<\/em>and Sirius XM OutQ), in collaboration with The Hollywood Partnership and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.\u00a0Along with Lieber and Newman, Colucci and DeCaro, Pride LIVE! co-founders include Brian Folb, a longtime Hollywood community influencer and CEO of Hollywood Offices, and production veteran Jeroen Hallaert.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Adam Newman, Frank DeCaro, Jim Colucci and Mark Lieber<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Pride LIVE! Hollywood<\/p>\n \n\tPrevious events have included a 40th anniversary celebration of The Golden Girls<\/em> (where creatives spilled the tea on the bitter feud between Betty White and Bea Arthur), a 25th-anniversary reunion of Queer as Folk<\/em>,<\/em> a tribute to Norman Lear and a screening of Saturday Night Fever <\/em>with director John Badham and star Donna Pescow.<\/p>\n \n\tOther highlights have included the Los Angeles premiere of A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are The Documentary<\/em>, and a screening of The World According to Allee Willis, <\/em>about the Los Angeles songwriter of such songs as \u201cSeptember,\u201d \u201cNeutron Dance\u201d and the Friends<\/em> theme song, which included an appearance by DEVO founder Mark Mothersbaugh.<\/p>\n \n\tStandup legend George Wallace discussed his role on Amazon Prime\u2019s Trans family comedy Clean Slate<\/em>, and actress Donna Pescow and director John Badam offered behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of the disco classic Saturday Night Fever.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tPride LIVE! Hollywood continues until June 29 at such venues as NeueHouse Hollywood, W Hollywood, The Ricardo Montalban Theatre, Emerson College, Amoeba Music, The Aster and the indie theater Cinelounge in the\u00a0Hollywood Offices at 6464 Sunset.<\/p>\n \n\tThe full programming schedule and tickets can be found at\u00a0www.pridelivehollywood.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Actors Steven Weber, Lori Petty, Cynda Williams and Mitchell Anderson have joined the lineup of Pride LIVE! Hollywood, which continues through June 29 at venues across Hollywood. 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