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Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! Today, I'm chatting with Johnnie Ingram and Stephen Warren. The duo have won an Emmy, Peabody Award, Television Academy Honor and three GLAAD Awards as creators and executive producers of the HBO docuseries We’re Here, whose fourth season premiered April…

Since Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram created the series in 2020, along with the help of showrunner Peter LoGreco, We’re Here has won four Emmys and shined a light on the drag and LGBTQ communities in small towns around the U.S. With today’s political climate, especially in smaller conservative areas…

In a world where the shadows of intolerance loom, the spectacle of We’re Here emerges not just as a beacon of light but as a bold declaration of presence. HBO's groundbreaking series created by Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram, began in 2020, with Shangela, Bob the Drag Queen, and Eureka at the helm…

HBO’s We’re Here is returning on Friday, April 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and they’ve released a new trailer with a preview of what’s to come (above). Season 4 Season follows drag queens, Sasha Velour, Priyanka, Jaida Essence Hall and Latrice Royale, as they continue the show's mission of spreading love and…

Editor's note: The following interviews were done outside of the FYC event series, as there was no panel or screening. “I refuse to go quietly,” Jaime Jara, a Florida mom and teacher who was featured in Season 3 of the Max reality series We’re Here with her daughter Dempsey, said during a recent…

The winners of the 2023 Peabody Awards have been announced and PBS leads the pack with a total of 6 followed by Apple TV+ and Disney+ with 3 a piece and HBO Max with 2 trophies. “Representing a wide range of mediums, genres, and narrative approaches, this year's winners continue to advance what it…

2ND UPDATE, 3:43 PM: The lawsuit against We’re Here host and former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Shangela has been settled. Daniel McGarrigle, a former production assistant on We’re Here, had accused the drag performer of rape in 2020 in Louisiana. Attorneys for both sides filed joint court papers…

Pride Month has always been a time of celebration for the LGBTQ community and its allies. Along with the evolution of Pride, there have been improvements in the film and TV industry regarding queer media. My early references for queer stories were films like Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman and Sally Potter’s Orland…

Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara and Shangela will be back with more fun in small-town America in a third season of We’re Here which was greenlit on Thursday by HBO. The series follows the trio as they travel across the U.S. spreading love and connection through the art of drag. In Season 2, they recruited local…

An Indiana pastor removed from his ministry after appearing in drag on HBO’s We’re Here received a message of support from GLAAD, a leading LGBTQ advocacy organization. “Pastor Craig Duke stepped into a community that has experienced disproportionate church-based trauma to proclaim a message of God's love for all of…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix continues a turn in the barrel with today’s staff walkout to protest displeasure with Dave Chappelle’s The Closer. Across the dial, HBO has upcoming an episode of its reality series We're Here airing November 1 that was filmed in Selma, Alabama. A trio of people — trans, gay and the mother of a…

Guess who’s back? Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara, and Shangela are ready to dance into the hearts of small-town America in season 2 of HBO’s We’re Here, returning on National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11 starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Emmy Award-nominated unscripted series will debut new episodes weekly on HBO and will…