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William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Porter gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. For his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He credits the part for "cracking open" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. Porter also won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the musical's accompanying album. Porter starred in all three seasons of the television series Pose, for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys. In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2022, he won another Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. He made his directorial debut in 2022 with the romantic comedy film Anything's Possible. Porter received the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 77th Tony Awards for his humanitarian work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Entertainment Community Fund. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Porter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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After his wife's death, Hal is infected by Parallax, becoming possessed and leading the remnants of the Sinestro Corps into battle against the Green Lanterns Corps. Ganthet asks that a replacement be chosen on Earth. The ring stays with John Stewart, summoning him to Oa to help in the battle with Hal. Sinestro is also released and temporarily reinserted into the Corps to join the battle once his home planet comes under Hal's threat. Hal is exorcised when Sinestro offers himself as Parallax's new host, intending that John and Hal kill him and take Parallax with him. They reluctantly do so, ending the Parallax threat once and for all while allowing Sinestro to redeem himself. Despite being a reluctant tool, Hal is put on trial. Hal is badmouthing the 'Sprinters' in Central City. Hal passes a tomb saying 'Alan Scott'.
