Arts & Entertainment
FOX cancels ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
The comedy series lasted five seasons
FOX has canceled “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” after five seasons. It was the network’s second longest-running series following “New Girl.”
The series, which starred Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Chelsea Peretti and Stephanie Beatriz, recently hit the milestone of 99 episodes.
“I think we’ve had an incredible season,” Samberg told EW. “I feel really proud of the episodes. I feel like we’ve had a really nice upswell, culturally. There was a lot of attention around the 99th episode and we got a lot of love during the Olympics, which was really cool. And there was a lot of really beautiful attention paid to the development with Rosa [Stephanie Beatriz] coming out as bi. I certainly feel we’re in a good place, but as to whether or not we get more, that’s obviously far beyond my reach. But fingers crossed.”
Fans were shocked by the cancellation as were members of the cast.
Squad, we love you. What a gift this series has been: it’s been my honor. Your sadness is noted. NINE- NINE! pic.twitter.com/qAcOYfpNZh
— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) May 10, 2018
Thank u everyone. ? https://t.co/idz78IX9SU
— terrycrews (@terrycrews) May 10, 2018
RENEW BROOKLYN NINE NINE
I ONLY WATCH LIKE 4 THINGS
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS#RenewB99— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) May 10, 2018
Thanks for the memories, #Brooklyn99 ? pic.twitter.com/BnmwCdb9RS
— backstreetboys (@backstreetboys) May 10, 2018
So @FOXTV cancels a show about any & every kind of diversity called #Brooklyn99 only to bring back A B C ‘s disgarded sewage about a misogynistic, xenophobic, intolerant orange Twitler worshipper.
Not on my watch#RenewB99 pic.twitter.com/MbdA7x6RV4— ?#RenewB99 #Brooklyn99 #SaveB99 ? (@Red_Devilkin) May 10, 2018
To be honest the cancellation of #Brooklyn99 feels like there is no ~value~ in telling diverse & real stories & inclusive stories bc if a show like b99 that has been critically acclaimed from the beginning & has had the impact it has had can’t make it? There is no hope.
— j? (@smoaked_queen) May 10, 2018
#Brooklyn99 is not only the most consistently good television show currently airing but it’s one of the most consistent TV shows EVER. There is no other show that makes me genuinely laugh out loud multiple times per episode. #RenewBrooklyn99
— Raymond Salvador (@Radiator_Savior) May 10, 2018
According to Deadline, the series may get revived by Hulu which also picked up “The Mindy Project” after its FOX cancellation.
The series finale aires on Sunday, May 20.
Update: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has been picked up by NBC.
Celebrity News
More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s Honório Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman Mônica Benício, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” said Associaçao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on its X account. “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Gay Day at the Zoo for @WashBlade . Here at @NationalZooDC pic.twitter.com/LqgGNOOAiM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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PHOTOS: Taste of Point
Annual fundraiser held for LGBTQ youth scholarship, mentorship organization
The Point Foundation held its annual Taste of Point fundraiser at Room & Board on May 2.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)