HBOs 'THE NORMAL HEART' WINS EMMY AWARD FOR BEST TV MOVIE

HBO’s “The Normal Heart” has won the Emmy Award for best made-for-television movie.

The critically acclaimed film depicts the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (played by Mark Ruffalo), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group.

“The Normal Heart,” directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Larry Kramer, is based on Kramer’s own 1985 largely autobiographical play of same name.

Kramer joined Murphy and the cast on stage to accept the award.

SOURCE: LGBTQ NATION

HBO RELEASES FULL TRAILER FOR AIDS DRAMA 'NORMAL HEART'

Premium cable network HBO on Friday released a full trailer for The Normal Heart, director Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of Larry Kramer's Tony-winning play about the early days of the AIDS pandemic in New York City.

HBO will premiere the film on Sunday, May 25.

The film features an all-star cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons and Julia Roberts.

Ruffalo – a co-star of the 2010 lesbian moms flick The Kids Are Alright – will tackle his first gay role playing Ned Weeks, the hero of Kramer's play.

“I've never seen or heard of anything like this,” Roberts' character of Dr. Emma Brookner declares in the 90-second trailer. “This seems to only be happening to gay men.”

Ruffalo's Weeks asserts in a television interview that the government is conspiring to kill all gay men.

In the trailer's final frames, the characters played by Ruffalo and Bomer appear on a dock.

“You can't stop fighting for the ones you love,” Ruffalo says in a voice over. 

SOURCE: ON TOP MAGAZINE

FIRST TRAILER FOR HBO'S ADAPTATION OF 'THE NORMAL HEART'

On Sunday, in addition to crashing the Internet with the highly-anticipated finale of True Detective, and airing the first finale of Looking, HBO also debuted the first trailer for its adaptation of The Normal Heart.

The HBO film, which premieres May 25, focuses on the emotion in a 45-second teaser. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer and Julia Roberts take centerstage in this preview of Ryan Murphy's version of Larry Kramer's Tony award-winning play about the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City.