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'''Del Shores''' (born December 3, 1957, in ]) is an ] ], ], ] and ]. '''Del Shores''' (born December 3, 1957)<ref name="glbtq">{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Linda |date=2015 |title=Shores, Del (b. 1957) |url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/shores_del_A.pdf |access-date=June 8, 2024 |website=]}}</ref> is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor.


==Biography== ==Biography==
The first play Shores wrote was ''Cheatin''' which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolman |first=Lauren |title=Del Shores World Premiere of YELLOW Extends thru September 5 at Coast |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Del-Shores-World-Premiere-of-YELLOW-Extends-thru-September-5-at-Coast-20100716 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528165653/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Del-Shores-World-Premiere-of-YELLOW-Extends-thru-September-5-at-Coast-20100716 |url-status=live }}</ref> at The MainStage Theatre. He reprised his role in Tiffany's Attic in Kansas City, MO in 1985 where he co-starred with Leslie Jordan.<ref name="glbtq"/>
The first play Shores wrote was ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' which saw a 1987 debut in ]. The comedic play was adapted for the ] film '']''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=]|authorlink=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|title=Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will" (1990) Review/Film; Sibling Rivalries, Old and New|date=August 17, 1990|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CEFDE133EF934A2575BC0A966958260}}</ref> Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.<ref></ref>


His second play ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' saw a 1987 debut in Los Angeles at Theatre/Theater, running two years to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-15 |title=Review: 'Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?' at Theatre/Theater |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-01-15/review-daddys-dyin-whos-got-the-will-at-theatre-theater |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601023907/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-01-15/review-daddys-dyin-whos-got-the-will-at-theatre-theater |url-status=live }}</ref> A movie version by the same name was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Keith Carradine, Patrika Darbo, and Beverly D'Angelo.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|work=]|authorlink=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|title=Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will" (1990) Review/Film; Sibling Rivalries, Old and New|date=August 17, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CEFDE133EF934A2575BC0A966958260|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801161437/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CEFDE133EF934A2575BC0A966958260|url-status=live}}</ref> Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121212213/http://www.delshores.net/html/about.php |date=2008-11-21 }}</ref> Soon after, he signed a television deal with Warner Brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |title="My Sordid Best": An Interview with Del Shores |url=https://knightfoundation.org/articles/my-sordid-best-an-interview-with-del-shores/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Knight Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603025640/https://knightfoundation.org/articles/my-sordid-best-an-interview-with-del-shores/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, "Sordid Lives", which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered around the ] Ingram family and touched on ] themes. In ] Shores wrote and directed the screen version of '']''. Eight years later Shores produced 12 ] episodes of '']'' which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel ].


Shores is known for his fourth play, ''Sordid Lives'', which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=F. Kathleen |date=1996-05-25 |title=Texas-Style Hilarity Helps Invigorate 'Sordid Lives' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-25-ca-8100-story.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030851/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-25-ca-8100-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The comedy centered on the Texan Ingram family and touched on ] themes. In ] Shores wrote and directed the screen version of '']'' starring Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Olivia Newton John, Bonnie Bedelia, and Leslie Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sierra |first=Gabrielle |title=SORDID LIVES' Creator Del Shores to Perform at Art House 8/6-9 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/SORDID-LIVES-Creator-Del-Shores-to-Perform-at-Art-House-86-9-20110714 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608171949/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/SORDID-LIVES-Creator-Del-Shores-to-Perform-at-Art-House-86-9-20110714 |url-status=live }}</ref> The movie had a running time of ninety-six weeks at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Sordid Lives' Palm Springs screening Oct. 29 to raise money for southern LGBT writers |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2022/10/27/sordid-lives-oct-29-raise-money-southern-lgbt-writers/10618631002/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604013816/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2022/10/27/sordid-lives-oct-29-raise-money-southern-lgbt-writers/10618631002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Shores' play ''Southern Baptist Sissies'' had a ten-month run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=Southern Baptist Sissies - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/shows/los-angeles-theater/southern-baptist-sissies_117709/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606230451/https://www.theatermania.com/shows/los-angeles-theater/southern-baptist-sissies_117709/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Revived in 2002, the same play had another six-month run.<ref>{{Cite web |author=BWW News Desk |title=Delta Burke to Make LA Stage Debut in Southern Baptist Sissies |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Delta-Burke-to-Make-LA-Stage-Debut-in-Southern-Baptist-Sissies-20060309 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608171946/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Delta-Burke-to-Make-LA-Stage-Debut-in-Southern-Baptist-Sissies-20060309 |url-status=live }}</ref> Shores directed ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife'' which was released at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Julio |date=2003-05-01 |title=The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife |url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-a-trailer-trash-housewife-1200541937/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609195223/https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-a-trailer-trash-housewife-1200541937/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2006, Shores revived three of his plays (''Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife'') at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosky |first=Nicole |title=Del Shores to Direct JD3atrical's YELLOW, 6/11-7/25 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Del-Shores-to-Direct-JD3aticals-YELLOW-611725-20100412 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609202956/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Del-Shores-to-Direct-JD3aticals-YELLOW-611725-20100412 |url-status=live }}</ref> He did a national tour starring Dale Dickey, Delta Burke, and Leslie Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Leslie Jordan, Michael Taylor Gray, Tommy Woelfel and More to Take Part in SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES Reunion Event |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Leslie-Jordan-Michael-Taylor-Gray-Tommy-Woelfel-and-More-to-Take-Part-in-SOUTHERN-BAPTIST-SISSIES-Reunion-Event-20210802 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609211038/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Leslie-Jordan-Michael-Taylor-Gray-Tommy-Woelfel-and-More-to-Take-Part-in-SOUTHERN-BAPTIST-SISSIES-Reunion-Event-20210802 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Shores created, wrote, directed, and executive-produced 12 ] episodes of '']'' which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel ]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-01-09 |title=Gay channel Logo steps into "Sordid" realm |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/television-logo-dc-idUSN0954083620080109 |access-date=2023-06-09 |archive-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609212426/https://www.reuters.com/article/television-logo-dc-idUSN0954083620080109 |url-status=live }}</ref> with a much-anticipated sequel, ''A Very Sordid Wedding'', premiering in 2016 with a mixture of the film and series cast, with ], Emerson Collins, ], T. Ashanti Mozelle, ], ], ], and ] joining the cast.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure.<ref>http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2010/06/11/dark-side-del-shores</ref>


In 2010, Shores debuted his play ''Yellow'' at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2010/06/11/dark-side-del-shores|title=The Dark Side of Del Shores|date=11 June 2010|website=Advocate.com|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018234751/http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2010/06/11/dark-side-del-shores|url-status=live}}</ref>
Shores has two daughters Caroline and Rebecca from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander. He married his partner ] in 2003 and they remarried in a state where same-sex weddings are recognized in 2008.<ref name="towelroad">{{citation |date=2007-07-30 |title=Del Shores' Sordid Lives Coming to Television |periodical=Towelroad.com |url=http://www.towleroad.com/2007/07/sordid-lives-co.html |accessdate=2007-09-11}}</ref> In 2011 Shores announced on his ] page that he and Dottley were divorcing.<ref></ref>

Shores has two daughters from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander (1986-1996).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shirley |first=Don |date=1996-07-07 |title=Let's Just Get This All Out in the Open |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-07-ca-21761-story.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=]}}</ref>

Shores was married to actor, producer ] from 2003 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Dottley's Return to Love Story {{!}} The Standard |url=https://www.thestandardps.com/?p=532 |access-date=2022-07-16 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004223511/https://www.thestandardps.com/?p=532 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kyung Kim|first=Eun|date=2013-08-06 |title=For gay couples, divorce comes with extra costs |url=http://www.today.com/news/gay-couples-divorce-comes-extra-costs-6C10660976 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=]}}</ref>


==Works== ==Works==
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===Plays and screenplays=== ===Plays and screenplays===
* '']'' * ''Cheatin'''<!--Doesn't seem to be the 2013 film-->
* '']'' * '']'' – 1990
* '']'' * ''Daughters of the Lone Star State''
* ''The Wilde Girls'' – 2001
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' * '']'' – 2000 (play)/2013 (film)
* '']'' * ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife''
* ''Yellow'' * ''Yellow''
* '']'' (screenplay – 1990) * '']'' (screenplay – 2012)
* '']'' (screenplay – 2000) * '']'' (screenplay – 2015)
* ''Southern Baptist Sissies'' (screenplay – 2013)
* ''A Very Sordid Wedding'' (screenplay – 2015)


===Television=== ===Television===
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* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' * '']''
* '']''
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==Awards and nominations==
* ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?''
** 1987 ]s Best Production (Win)
*** Best Playwriting (Win)
** For 10 Year Anniversary Revival - 1997 Robby Awards
*** Best Production (Nomination)
*** Best Director (Nomination)
* ''Sordid Lives''
** ]s
*** Best Production (Win)
*** Best Playwriting (Win)
*** Best Direction (Win)
** LA Stage Alliance ]s
*** Best World Premiere (Nomination)
** LA Weekly Awards
*** Best Direction (Nomination)
*** Best Playwriting (Nomination)
** GLAAD Media Awards
*** Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Nomination)
** Robby Awards
*** Best Production (Nomination)
*** Best Director (Nomination)
*** Best Playwriting (Nomination)
* ''Cheatin'''
** Drama-Logue Awards
*** Best Ensemble (Win)
** For African American Revival - 1997 NAACP Theater Awards
*** Best Direction (Nomination)
*** Drama-Logue Awards Best Direction (Win)
* ''Southern Baptist Sissies''
** 2001 GLAAD Media Awards
*** Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Win)
** 2000 LA Weekly Awards
*** Best Direction (Win)
** 2000 ]
*** Best Playwriting (Win)
** 2000 Robby Awards
*** Best Production (win)
*** Best Director (Win)
*** Best Playwriting (Win)
* ''Sordid Lives''
** Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
*** Best Feature
** L.A. Outfest
*** Audience Award Outstanding Soundtrack
** New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
*** Best Feature Film
** Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
*** Audience Award Best Feature
* ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife''
** 2003 ]s
*** Best Production (Win)
*** Best World Premiere (Win)
** LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (2003)
*** Best World Premiere (Nomination)
*** Best Director (Nomination)
** NAACP Theatre Awards
*** Best Production (Win)
*** Best Playwright (Win)
*** Best Director (Nomination)
** Back Stage West Garland Awards
*** Best Production (Win)
*** Best Playwright (Win)
*** Best Direction (Win)
*** Best Music (Lyrics) (Nomination)
** ''LA Weekly'' Awards
*** Best Playwright (Win)


* In 2006 Shores received a Golden Palm Star on the ] ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Marilyn|title=Del Shores He’s sharing ‘Sordid Confessions’ on the road |url=http://www.desertentertainer.com/articles/2011/01/13/entertainment/walk_of_stars/doc4ced7e3f793da273664307.txt |work=Desert Entertainer |publisher=Palm Desert Entertainer |accessdate=March 31, 2012}}</ref><ref></ref> * In 2006, Shores received a Golden Palm Star on the ] ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Marilyn |title=Del Shores He's sharing 'Sordid Confessions' on the road |url=http://www.desertentertainer.com/articles/2011/01/13/entertainment/walk_of_stars/doc4ced7e3f793da273664307.txt |work=Desert Entertainer |publisher=Palm Desert Entertainer |access-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235633/http://www.desertentertainer.com/articles/2011/01/13/entertainment/walk_of_stars/doc4ced7e3f793da273664307.txt |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012|title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated|access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.delshores.net}} * {{official website|http://www.delshores.com}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0794971|name=Del Shores}} * {{IMDb name|id=0794971|name=Del Shores}}


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American dramatist
Del Shores
in Nashville 2015
Born (1957-12-03) December 3, 1957 (age 67)
Winters, Texas, US
Occupation(s)Film director, writer

Del Shores (born December 3, 1957) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor.

Biography

The first play Shores wrote was Cheatin' which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles at The MainStage Theatre. He reprised his role in Tiffany's Attic in Kansas City, MO in 1985 where he co-starred with Leslie Jordan.

His second play Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? saw a 1987 debut in Los Angeles at Theatre/Theater, running two years to critical acclaim. A movie version by the same name was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Keith Carradine, Patrika Darbo, and Beverly D'Angelo. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature. Soon after, he signed a television deal with Warner Brothers.

Shores is known for his fourth play, Sordid Lives, which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered on the Texan Ingram family and touched on LGBT themes. In 1999 Shores wrote and directed the screen version of Sordid Lives starring Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Olivia Newton John, Bonnie Bedelia, and Leslie Jordan. The movie had a running time of ninety-six weeks at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs. Shores' play Southern Baptist Sissies had a ten-month run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000. Revived in 2002, the same play had another six-month run. Shores directed The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife which was released at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003. In 2006, Shores revived three of his plays (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife) at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles. He did a national tour starring Dale Dickey, Delta Burke, and Leslie Jordan. In 2008, Shores created, wrote, directed, and executive-produced 12 prequel episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo with a much-anticipated sequel, A Very Sordid Wedding, premiering in 2016 with a mixture of the film and series cast, with Levi Kreis, Emerson Collins, Katherine Bailess, T. Ashanti Mozelle, Dale Dickey, Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Mapa, and Carole Cook joining the cast.

In 2010, Shores debuted his play Yellow at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure.

Shores has two daughters from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander (1986-1996).

Shores was married to actor, producer Jason Dottley from 2003 to 2013.

Works

Plays and screenplays

Television


References

  1. "Texas-Born Playwright Del Shores to Stream Benefit Reading of 'Sordid Lives' with Leslie Jordan". Out in SA. 2020-05-19. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ Rapp, Linda (2015). "Shores, Del (b. 1957)" (PDF). glbtq.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. Wolman, Lauren. "Del Shores World Premiere of YELLOW Extends thru September 5 at Coast". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. "Review: 'Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?' at Theatre/Theater". Los Angeles Times. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  5. Canby, Vincent (August 17, 1990). "Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will" (1990) Review/Film; Sibling Rivalries, Old and New". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  6. Delshores.net Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ""My Sordid Best": An Interview with Del Shores". Knight Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  8. Foley, F. Kathleen (1996-05-25). "Texas-Style Hilarity Helps Invigorate 'Sordid Lives'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  9. Sierra, Gabrielle. "SORDID LIVES' Creator Del Shores to Perform at Art House 8/6-9". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  10. "'Sordid Lives' Palm Springs screening Oct. 29 to raise money for southern LGBT writers". The Desert Sun. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  11. "Southern Baptist Sissies - TheaterMania.com". 2023-03-08. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  12. BWW News Desk. "Delta Burke to Make LA Stage Debut in Southern Baptist Sissies". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  13. Martinez, Julio (2003-05-01). "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  14. Rosky, Nicole. "Del Shores to Direct JD3atrical's YELLOW, 6/11-7/25". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  15. Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Leslie Jordan, Michael Taylor Gray, Tommy Woelfel and More to Take Part in SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES Reunion Event". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  16. "Gay channel Logo steps into "Sordid" realm". Reuters. 2008-01-09. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  17. "The Dark Side of Del Shores". Advocate.com. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  18. Shirley, Don (1996-07-07). "Let's Just Get This All Out in the Open". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  19. "Jason Dottley's Return to Love Story | The Standard". Archived from the original on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  20. Kyung Kim, Eun (2013-08-06). "For gay couples, divorce comes with extra costs". Today.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  21. Mitchell, Marilyn. "Del Shores He's sharing 'Sordid Confessions' on the road". Desert Entertainer. Palm Desert Entertainer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
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