Hinton Battle Dies at 67

Hilton Battle, who played the dancing demon, Sweet, in Buffy‘s musical episode, Once More, With Feeling, has passed after a lengthy illness, his family have…

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The Cosmic Circus Interview: James Marsters and James C. Leary at NYCC

NYCC Interview: James Marsters & James Leary Talk ‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’ Ten years after the events of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer finale, “Chosen,”…

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Nerds & Beyond Interview: James Marsters, James C. Leary, Christopher Golden, Amber Benson and Charisma Carpenter Talk New Buffyverse Audible Series.

This past weekend during New York Comic Con, the world of slayers was celebrated throughout the convention and during an amazing activation set up near the convention center to celebrate the new podcast series, Slayers: A Buffyverse Audible Original Series.

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Digital Spy Interview: Tom Lenk Talks Lottie Plachett

Tom Lenk is widely loved by Buffy fans for his role as Andrew, which expanded from a fun side character into something far more integral as each season progressed. But there’s so much more to his career beyond Sunnydale.

Digital Spy caught up with Tom to discuss Buffy and his wider career highlights, including a brand new play called Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchet that’s currently part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.

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SciFi Now Interview: Tom Lenk Talks Edinburgh Fringe, Teen Witch and Buffy.

You may know Tom Lenk as Andrew, one of the trio in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or you may know him from his social media skits – some with celebrity guests in them (we speak to him about his Teen Witch sketch later on). Perhaps you know him from his comedy plays like Tilda Switon Answers An Ad On Craigslist, the hilarious story of a modern day Mary Poppins who finds a depressed gay man on Craigslist and insists on dissecting his life as part of a character study for her next big movie role.

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Metro Interview: Tom Lenk Talks Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ed Fringe and More

Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Tom Lenk has recollected the time Sarah Michelle Gellar stood her ground to support him during filming, saying it ‘set the tone for how I want to treat other people when I’m working’.

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Express Interview: Tom Lenk Talks Angel and Spike

Buffy star Lenk said about the slayers single status: “Amen, sister. I think years ago I would have been like, ‘She should have ended up with Spike.’

“But honestly, to quote that meme or tweet or whatever, ‘Honestly, you choose men in this day and age in this economy? You want to end up with a man? No thank you. Aren’t we over men?’

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Pink News Interview: Tom Lenk Talks Queer Icons, Axe Murder and Buffy

Lenk’s latest show Lottie Plachett too a Hatchet has been billed as a “high-camp” retelling of the Lizzie Borden story. For those not in the know, Borden became famous when she was tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1982.

It might not sound like fertile ground for a camp extravaganza, but Lizzie Borden’s story is a unique one. In the near century since her death, she’s become a feminist icon in her own right, while others have imagined her as a queer legend.

Ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe, PinkNews caught up with Tom Lenk to talk about what makes Lizzie Borden a gay icon, the legacy of Buffy, and why he can’t watch horror.

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CBR Review: Buffy Season 6

Over two decades after its release, Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains and acclaimed staple of pop culture. The series featured a strong and capable female hero, Buffy Summers, portrayed brilliantly by Sarah Michelle Gellar, subverted the trope of the classic horror damsel. The young woman, relentlessly by bloodthirsty monsters, was the one to drive a stake through their hearts. In recent years, however, the show’s powerful feminist message has been muddied by the horrific abuse allegations directed at series creator, Joss Whedon. But time, awareness and hindsight have also recontextualized Buffy’s “worst season.”

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Game Rant Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Life Serial

Nineteen years after it ended, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is more popular than ever, with streaming audiences rediscovering in the series the kind of layered storytelling that was a hallmark of Peak TV. The show has plenty to offer on second viewing (and third-viewings – and fourth, firth, etc.), with season-long arcs that tied together monster-of-the-week plots, generally along rich thematic lines.

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