TRAILER: A Deadly Adoption

YouTube commenters are flummoxed.

TRAILER: Whitney

Buzzfeed debuted the trailer as an exclusive a couple of days ago, but now it's on YouTube.

TRAILER: Steel Magnolias Remake

Lifetime's all-black version appears to be an almost line-for-line remake of the original. The producers seem to be expecting big viewership from the gays:

"We believe the movie is about community ... and it's a community of all types who fit together by a commonality of family. Very much like the gay community. We think that there are a lot of elements that gay viewers can relate to, with these ladies hanging together, growing together and dealing with the eccentricities of life and the strength they must face when there is a death among them at such an early age."

Queen Latifah plays the scenery-chewing M'Lynn.

All-Black Steel Magnolias Announced

Lifetime has announced that they will remake Steel Magnolias with an all-black cast. Queen Latifah will take the lead role.

Queen Latifah has just been added to the star-studded cast of Lifetime’s all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias.” She’ll play M’Lynn, the character portrayed by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her diabetes-stricken daughter, Shelby, played previously by Julia Roberts, and Rashad’s mother Phylicia will take on the role of Clairee, portrayed by Olympia Dukakis. Alfre Woodard will portray the irascible Ouiser, in Shirley MacLaine’s former role, Jill Scott will fill Dolly Parton’s shoes as understanding hairdresser Truvy, and “Pariah” breakout Adepero Oduye will play insecure newcomer Annelle, made famous by Daryl Hannah.

I suppose we shouldn't miss the opportunity to ask for your favorite lines from Steel Magnolias.

New Reality Show For Bristol Palin

Life is hard for an uneducated, unwed, young mother from the sticks with no employable skills. Except if your mom is Sarah Palin. Entertainment Weekly:

Lifetime has ordered 10 episodes of Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp, a half-hour docuseries that will “provide an exclusive, rare glimpse into Bristol Palin’s real life as a young, single mother forging her own way in the world while living under the constant spotlight as a member of one of America’s most high-profile families.”

The best line: "This show will reveal the real Bristol Palin and her journey as a daughter, a mother and a young woman making her way in the world." The real Bristol? Who was that chick on Dancing With The Stars?

Kate Is Enough

Towleroad points us to this clip of Kathy Griffin and George Takei spoofing John And Kate Plus Eight. "Only on Lifetime, the network for Lady Drama."

On Prayers For Bobby

Last night I watched Prayers For Bobby and while the movie stayed true to the schlocky Lifetime formula of crisis-dissent-tragedy-redemption, overall I thought the film was OK, but only for its primary intended audience - the bible-clutching housewives of middle America. Which is fine, of course. Gay folks probably did a bit of eye-rolling for some parts of the movie, particularly its ending, which one Facebooker told me was a little too Longtime Companion-y. (Agreed.) And the scenes in a 1979 Portland gay disco reminded me of how Queer As Folk made Pittsburgh's gay nightlife seem better than Manhattan's. But who knows, maybe in 1979 Portland really was all ripped boys swinging from stripper poles as nitrogen blasts flooded the strobed dance floor.

Mostly though, I had a hard time buying that Bobby decided to off himself exactly when his life had really come together - he'd gotten out of his parents' suburban California home, moved to an accepting Portland, scored a hot boyfriend, etc. But it's a true story and facts is facts. Sigourney Weaver was typically fantastic and I'm always happy to see Dan Butler (Frasier's Bulldog) in anything. Prayers For Bobby did cause me to dutifully tear up in a couple of places, as I am easily manipulated when it comes to young queers. If it got to even me, I'm betting that local PFLAG chapters see a surge in attendance in over the next few weeks.

RELATED: After the movie, I hopped onto Lifetime's message boards where the film got general raves, but also was blasted by some for slamming Christians as cruel and uncaring and for promoting homosexuality in children. Some people, you just can't get through to.