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See the contenders in a variety of film and TV categories, including both the typical and the unusual, such as Campy Flick of the Year.

Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Hanna (Ashley Benson), Aria (Lucy Hale), Emily (Shay Mitchell) and company return to Rosewood tonight for the season four premiere of ABC Family’s guilty pleasure, Pretty Little Liars (PLL).

Wildly inventive and yet rigorous in its adherence to themes of metamorphoses, mirroring, doubling and loss of identity, Darren Aronofsky’s thriller in point shoes, Black Swan, swoops in with its first, singular shot, and holds focus as its star sheds – or rather – molts every layer of reality from her psyche. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder shine in this ode to the ballet world that is so much more than the kerfluffle over the lesbian sex scene.

Gay-friendly platinum recording artist Colbie Caillat has dipped her feet into a pool of gold with her break-out debut album "CoCo" and follow-up album "Breakthrough." The self-professed “happy girl” from California channeled her inner Bob Marley to create the hip sounds permeating throughout “Bubbly”, “Realize” and “Little Things”.  Her “Lucky” duet with Jason Mraz was exactly that for her burgeoning career and her feelings about Prop 8 and gay marriage.

Cathy DeBuono takes to the streets to protest Prop. 8 passing in California. She writes: 'More than any gay pride festival I have ever attended, THIS was GAY PRIDE.... And something had become crystal clear to us all by this point. We were done being 'tolerated' and we will not tolerate ignorance any more.'

This week, while Tracy's hopped up on cold meds, the terrible two go off about the ultimate lesbian cougar Ellen Degeneres getting a little one on one with her wife Portia de Rossi in an exclusive interview. Next up, why Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are worth the price of admission at the box office this weekend, Lily Allen's a fierce bitch who pounds paparazzi and more....