Barrie (left) and Tony with Saffron and Aspen. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The family in My Weird and Wonderful Family (Channel 4) took a bit of getting my head around. They’re more of an unclear family than a nuclear one. So there are gay dads Tony and Barrie. That’s... 

“Glee,” the spunky TV musical comedy about high school misfits and the teachers who shepherd them, was a top Emmy nominee Thursday with 19 bids, including for best comedy series and stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele. The leading nominee was the gritty, unsparing World War II drama, “The... 

High School is notorious for cliques. So what if the jocks or nerds or outcasts tried to learn more about each other? In MTV’s new series If You Really Knew Me (Tuesday at 11/10c), students participate in a one-day program called Challenge Day that tries to break down the walls among these different... 

Dickon Stainer, managing director of Decca, signing the recording contract with the nuns. Photograph: Chris O’Donovan/PA A group of Benedictine nuns who live in complete seclusion in the South of France are set to become divas of pop after signing a deal with Universal Music, the leading... 

The Edinburgh festival receives £2.3m in foundation funding a year. Photograph: Murdo Macleod More than 50 of Scotland’s best-known arts organisations, including the Edinburgh festival and the Traverse theatre, face deep cuts in their grants from the new government arts agency, Creative...