Dan Clarendon

freelance journalist, storyteller, aspiring television writer, pilot penner, editor, blogger, Photoshopper, IB diploma recipient, City Year alumnus, Hampshire frog, cat lover, dog whisperer, television buff, mixtaper, colossus, klutz, southpaw, culinary wanna-be, cookie monster, cathedral-builder, punster, unabashed hedonist, frequent couch potato, queer husband


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I’ve done freelance work for Teen Vogue, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, INTO, New York Daily News, WerkLife, Us Weekly, Marie Claire, Life & Style, Closer Weekly, In Touch Weekly, A Plus, Daily Mail, Distractify, Market Realist, The List, and TV Insider.

Distractify •

The Tennessee Titans Were Once the Houston Oilers — Why Did They Change Names?

You NFL fans out there might have tried adjusting your television sets on Oct. 29, 2023, as the Tennessee Titans wore uniforms in the colors of their predecessors, the Houston Oilers, in a nod to the team’s beginnings. So, why did the Oilers change their name anyway? As football historians know, the Oilers switched cities and got a new nickname following a falling-out between the late team owner Bud Adams and the city of Houston. Here’s how it all went down…
TV Insider •

See ‘Life on Our Planet’ With These Stunning Nature Docuseries (VIDEO)

For a show titled Life on Our Planet, the new docuseries debuting on Netflix on October 25 certainly dwells on death a lot. The filmmakers focus on five extinction events in Earth’s tumultuous history, using Hollywood-level visual effects to depict those cataclysms. And the show is just the latest in a long line of big-budget nature docuseries. Here are others that bring the whole planet into your living room.
TV Insider •

Remembering ‘Port Charles,’ 20 Years After the ‘General Hospital’ Spinoff’s End

At the end of the 20th century, broadcast networks were still giving the green light to daytime dramas, including Port Charles, a half-hour spinoff of ABC’s long-running hit General Hospital. The series, created by Wendy Riche, lasted only six years — GH has already run ten times as long — but it had made a lasting impression with soap fans by the time it ended two decades ago.
Queerty •

It’s not even autumn, but the pumpkin spice gays are out, proud & on the prowl

Put away your reusable iced coffee straw and pick up that reusable hot coffee cozy: It’s officially Pumpkin Spice Season. Of course, it’s well documented that pumpkin spice products are quite literally popping with gay consumers—pumpkin spice poppers were a thing back in 2019. In fact, pumpkin spice lattes are so gay that some straight men feel insecure even ordering them, as Vice reported in 2017. (Sending them our thoughts and prayers.)
TV Insider •

Lily Gladstone Criticizes 'Delusional' Portrayal of American West in 'Yellowstone'

Lily Gladstone, who’s earning Oscar buzz for her role in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon, has two strong words for Yellowstone. In a new New York magazine interview, the actor — whose father is Blackfeet and Nez Perce — says that Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s version of the American West in the Paramount Network series is “delusional” and “deplorable.”
TV Insider •

'Great British Bake Off' Swears Off Country-Themed Episodes After 'Mexican Week' Backlash

The Great British Bake Off is going back to basics — and ditching its “national themes” — a year after angering viewers with a disastrous “Mexican Week” episode. “We didn’t want to offend anyone but the world has changed and the joke fell flat, executive producer Kieran Smith told The Guardian in an interview about the upcoming 14th season. “We’re not doing any national themes this year.”
TV Insider •

After ‘Red, White & Royal Blue,’ Watch These Other LGBTQ+ Rom-Coms

Not many gay rom-coms start with a diplomatic incident, but Red, White & Royal Blue certainly does. Based on the bestselling book by Casey McQuiston, the movie stars Taylor Zakhar Perez as American first son Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine as U.K. royal Prince Henry, two men whose long-running feud boils over in spectacular fashion at a royal event and “sparks something deeper than they ever expected.” And once you’re done swooning over that transatlantic tale, check out even more LGBTQ+ rom-coms…
New York Daily News •

AOC joins SAG, WGA members on picket line at Netflix in NYC for ‘fight against greed’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez picked up a picket sign Monday as she joined striking SAG-AFTRA and WGA members outside Netflix’s Union Square offices. Members of the Writers Guild of America have been on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers since May, and the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists started its strike against the the alliance this month.
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