Tom Hardy to Star in New FX Drama

1. Tom Hardy will star in the new FX drama Taboo, where he plays an 1813 adventurer returning from Africa with some illicit diamonds and out for revenge for the death of his father. [EW]

2. Hulu has put in a straight-to-series order for Difficult People, starring Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner, and executive produced by Amy Poehler. Klausner and Eichner play struggling comedian best friends who can't figure out why people don't like them. [Hulu]

3. Nathan Lane and Bernadette Peters were among the stars that attended the Elaine Stritch tribute in NYC last night. [Deadline]

4. Michael Sam joined Chris Pratt, Dave Chapelle, Steve Carell, Shailene Woodley, and Ansel Elgort on the covers of GQ's Men of the Year issue. [GQ]

5. A new study proposes that a genetic association is responsible for homosexuality in men. [Huffington Post]

6. See an in-depth look at how Mathew McConaughey transformed for their Dallas Buyers Club roles. [YouTube]