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What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate.

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It'll soon be film festival time again in Philly - the 12th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF to its friends), to be precise. The website has just been launched and tickets go on sale for Philadelphia Film Society Members today, with sale to the general public starting on Monday 6/26 at 10AM, so it's time to make your schedule! The festival will run from July 13th through July 26th, and here are some of the highlights: the "hilariously raunchy" opening night film, Another Gay Movie, looks to be a parody of American Pie, with a bunch of teens trying desperately to lose their anal virginity before summer's out; comedian and performer Sandra Bernhard is being honored Friday, July 14th with an Artistic Achievement Award; a free screening of John Waters's Cry-Baby, complete with a Drag King/Johnny Depp look-a-like contest, is going down at Penn's Landing on Thursday, July 20th; there'll be outdoor screenings of other "classics," as well, such as Barbarella and The Bad Seed; Creatures from the Pink Lagoon (preceded by short Mars Needs Bibles, no less) is a wacky spoof of '60s zombie flicks featuring a swamp "teeming with flesh-eating queers!" - which sounds like a conservative nightmare if we've ever heard one. And of course that little list only just scratches the surface of the huge number of films (141 from 23 countries) being screened this year - many of them being shown in Philly for the first time, and some even having their national or world premieres - so be sure to check out the site for more information. PIGLFF is here, and it's awesomely queer!

We’ll be back in Philadelphia tomorrow (after an extended stay with the folks in Texas), and we’ve certainly picked a good theatre weekend to return for!

We’re still Deep in the Heart of Texas, as it were, but our love for performing arts in Philadelphia knows no bounds. Keep reading for exciting upcoming events!