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The Artist's Wife). On May 13, 1920, Cyril Wilcox, a sophomore at Harvard, took his own life. The night before, Wilcox confessed to his brother that he was gay and had been having an affair with a Boston man. Wilcox's confession led Harvard to create a Secret Court to investigate claims of gay activity on campus. Eight students, four “accomplices,” and a handful of locals were tried by the court. The students were expelled and purged from official records. The incident was kept secret until 2002. Quinto said in a statement that the students were “sidelined due to the social intolerance ...

27 December 2020 Share with: Zachary Quinto is headed back to college to tell a tragic century-old story about homophobia at Harvard University. The Star Trek actor will voice and produce the scripted audio series about events which took place at the top U.S. university in 1920, when staff members quietly removed a group of gay students, following the tragic suicide of one of them, named Cyril Wilcox. Academic leaders had founded their own Secret Court to investigate the death, which led not only to the remaining men being expelled from Harvard but to the excising of their names from the ins...

Rolling Stone The Best Podcasts of 2020 From those covering urgent social issues to detailed stories of low-stakes mysteries, there were plenty of great new podcasts in 2020 By Illustration by Rolling Stone, Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/AP Images (Nosrat) Like so many other parts of our lives, podcasts were different this year. For people suddenly working remotely, there were no more commutes. Instead, podcasts soundtracked evenings making dinner, weekends doing chores, long walks to stretch our legs, or drives to clear our heads. For those still working outside of home, distracti...

Producers Mynette Louie, Mollye Asher and Derek Nguyen are behind the new indie banner. Spotlight producer Topic Studios has signed a first-look deal with The Population, the independent production company formed by Nomadland producer Mollye Asher, Mynette Louie and Derek Nguyen. The Populations's first two films are I Carry You With Me from director Heidi Ewing and Sony Pictures Classics,  and Swallow from director Carlo Mirabella-Davis and IFC Films. The first look deal expands ties between Topic Studios and Louie, who are jointly working on a scripted limited TV drama series. The deal ...

God’s Time.  Topic Studios executive vice president Maria Zuckerman commented: “Topic Studios has a great track record of working with top talent across multiple formats and successfully supporting creators as they explore new mediums. In this spirit, we couldn’t be more excited and thrilled to collaborate with the gifted storytellers of The Population. We look forward to partnering with the accomplished trio of Mynette Louie, Mollye Asher and Derek Nguyen to bring many very special projects to life.”  Louie, Asher and Nguyen added: “We love that Topic Studios, as an independent s...