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‘Moonlight,’ ‘Transparent’ win at GLAAD awards
The Oscar winner “Moonlight” has won again, taking best film at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age portrait was honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the awards held Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.
The group nominated only two films for the award, which it said reflected the dearth of LGBTQ story lines in Hollywood. The other nominee was “Star Trek Beyond.”
On the TV side, Jill Soloway’s “Transparent” won for outstanding comedy series. The best drama series award went to the Freeform fantasy “Shadowhunters.”
Patricia Arquette was honored with the Vanguard Award and tearfully dedicated the award to her late transgender sister, Alexis Arquette.
Prince Charles visits quake-hit town in central Italy
Prince Charles on Sunday visited the center of Amatrice, a mountain town that bore the brunt of central Italy’s Aug. 24 earthquake, which killed hundreds of people.
Charles told the town’s mayor, Sergio Pirozzi, that “the people of Britain mind very much what’s happened to you all here.”
Pirozzi declined to accompany the prince on his foot tour of the center, telling the news agency ANSA he will only enter the town’s red zone when it has been rebuilt because he’s “looking toward the future.”
The heir to the British throne is on a three-country trip seen as an effort to reassure European Union nations that Britain remains a close ally despite its impending departure from the bloc.