LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • Metro Weekly: Emmy/Grammy/Tony winner Cynthia Erivo (soon-to-star in the upcoming WICKED movie) will be honored with the Human Rights Campaign’s National Equality Award at it’s annual gala in D.C. Continue reading “Cynthia Erivo To Be Honored At HRC Gala + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • Justice Department: Austin Wolf, one of the biggest gay stars in adult entertainment, has been arrested on child pornography charges. He’s charged with sending and receiving hundreds of videos of child pornography, including a video showing a 10-year-old child bound and raped. Continue reading “Austin Wolf Arrested + CATS Reinvented + More News”
Rep. George Santos (R-NY)
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Noah Centineo in ‘Black Adam’ (image via Warner Bros)
A 12-year-old in Tennessee took his own life over the Thanksgiving weekend after a long period of being bullied at school for being gay. Continue reading “Parents Raise Awareness Of Bullying After Gay Son’s Suicide”
Even though out Missouri high school student Danny Lillis reported numerous incidents of bullying by classmates since the beginning of the school year to administrators at Lee’s Summit High School, nothing was done to help him feel safe. Continue reading “Over 100 Students Stage Walk Out In Support Of Bullied Student”
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How does it feel to be represented on screen? As Pride Month kicks off, the cast of Pose shares the importance of representation in the path toward progress. #PoseFX pic.twitter.com/6WsJkr6Oe3
— PoseFX (@PoseOnFX) June 1, 2021
• NBC News: Dozens of constitutional experts are sending a letter telling congressional leaders they have the authority to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. They argue that there is “no constitutional barrier” to the District’s “entering the Union through a congressional proclamation” just like the 37 other states that have been admitted since the Constitution was adopted. • Sacramento: A pair of white straight ‘Karens’ (top image) demanded that a queer black woman stop kissing her girlfriend in a hotel pool because “there were children present!“ You’ll note it’s the white women using f-bombs during the encounter even though “there were children present.” According to the poster, other (straight/white) couples in the pool were showing PDA, but they only insisted that only black queer woman stop. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPlEjOBDrAI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Producer Scott Rudin (screen capture via 60 Minutes)
“Much has been written about my history of troubling interactions with colleagues, and I am profoundly sorry for the pain my behavior caused to individuals, directly and indirectly,” he wrote in a three-paragraph statement emailed to The Post.
“After a period of reflection, I’ve made the decision to step back from active participation on our Broadway productions, effective immediately. My roles will be filled by others from the Broadway community and in a number of cases, from the roster of participants already in place on those shows.”
“My passionate hope and expectation is that Broadway will reopen successfully very soon, and that the many talented artists associated with it will once again begin to thrive and share their artistry with the world. I do not want any controversy associated with me to interrupt Broadway’s well deserved return, or specifically, the return of the 1500 people working on these shows.”
In addition to blockbuster productions like the Bette Midler revival of Hello, Dolly!, Rudin had three productions running on Broadway (West Side Story, The Book of Mormon, To Kill a Mockingbird), as well as the upcoming The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman. Read the full article here.
Nigel Shelby
• Buzzfeed: This hilarious SNL skit about period lesbian dramas is so accurate it hurts. “My parents died before I was born.” “Mine too.”
• Variety: Nomadland dominated at the BAFTA Film Awards, where the Frances McDormand-led road movie picked up four prizes including lead actress, cinematography, director, and best film. • Bloomberg News: Video chat on you TV? Apple is working on a product that would combine an Apple TV set-top box with a HomePod speaker and include a camera for video conferencing through a connected TV and other smart-home functions. • Detroit Free Press: Ted Nugent, the aging rocker, mocked health guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in a recent Facebook video asking, “Why weren’t we shut down for COVID one through 18?” Of course, the coronavirus that has killed close to 560,000 people in the U.S. was named for the year in which the first infection was reported — 2019.
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