News Round-Up: March 7, 2022

Taron Egerton fainted in the middle of the first performance of COCK, a West End play he's appearing in.
Taron Egerton (photo: Gage SkidmoreCC license)
Some news items you might have missed: • ExtraTV: Taron Egerton passed out during the first performance of the stage play COCK in the West End on Saturday night. His understudy – Joel Harper Jackson – took over mid-show, but Egerton took to his Instagram to assure fans he was fine. The award-winning play explores sexual fluidity. Taron Egerton assured fans he was fine after passing out during the first preview of the play COCK opening soon in London's West End.Boy Culture: Benedict Cumberbatch responded to Sam Elliott’s ridiculously homophobic take on The Power of the Dog’s self-loathing gay character without calling Elliott out by name. • USA Today: Taking a look at how LGBTQ pop stars – like Phoebe Bridgers, Troye Sivan, Lil Nas X – are thriving like never before thanks to social media and cultural changes. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1500526623900061703 • Mediaite: A new poll shows folks who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus are 3 times more likely to say President Biden ‘did not legitimately’ win the 2020 presidential election. • Salon: A new study has collected data pointing towards evidence that the coronavirus has a negative impact on four different areas of the male genital tract.

NY Daily News: Sgt. David Grieco, of the NYPD, has been sued 46 times with 24 lawsuits thus far settled. The city has paid out $1,066,750 in taxpayer money to those who have accused him of unconstitutional street stops, illegal arrests and raids without warrants. • HuffPost: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attempted to blame Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Joe Biden Monday, only to be brutally humiliated by an acknowledged expert on the situation: Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.


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