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Trump Wears Baseball Cap During Dignified Transfer + More News

Donald Trump wore a white campaign cap during the dignified transfer of six fallen U.S. soldiers

Some news stories for you:

• Delaware Online: Donald Trump wore a white baseball cap while attending the dignified transfer of six fallen U.S. soldiers at Dover Air Force Base today. Have some respect and take the damn hat off…

• OUT: Queen Latifah posted a video to social media to assure her fans she’s A-OK after a death hoax went viral.

• The Advocate: Out of step with the rest of New England, the Republican-controlled New Hampshire House voted 181–164 to pass House Bill 1442, an anti-transgender bathroom bill. The bill now heads to the state Senate.

• Queerty: Check out this round-up of hunky celebs at the Tom Ford runway show in Paris this week. A little eye candy never hurt anyone… Continue reading “Trump Wears Baseball Cap During Dignified Transfer + More News”

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Lil Nas X Throws Down Steamy Kiss At BET Awards

Lil Nas X and dancers at the 2021 BET Awards
Lil Nas X and dancers at the 2021 BET Awards
From Yahoo News:

When Madonna shared a same-sex smooch with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, it was a sensation, but when openly gay pop singer Adam Lambert enjoyed a similar moment with a male band member at the 2009 American Music Awards, it caused a backlash that nearly derailed his career.

That societal progress was evident Sunday — during the final weekend of Pride Month — at the BET Awards, when Lil Nas X ended his fiery performance of the homoerotic hit “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” by passionately kissing one of his male backup dancers. In 2021, this move was met not with scorn but with delight, as Nas’s fearlessness was widely celebrated on social media.

Also – during her acceptance speech for the night’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Queen Latifah gave a shout-out to the LGBTQ+ community and her long-rumored girlfriend Eboni Nichols.

“I’m gonna get off this stage, but I thank you so much for all of you, the fans, for supporting every crazy-ass thing I’ve done through the years,” said the rapper and actress. “And thank you for making Equalizer number 1. Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love. Peace. Happy Pride!”

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News Round-Up: January 18, 2021

Today's Monday Mancrush is fitness guru Joel Green
InstaHunk Joel Green (via Instagram)
Some news items you might have missed: • Monday Mancrush: Ok, so, Joel Green (above) definitely had a more relaxed Monday than I did 🙂 Follow him on Instagram here. • CBS: Queen Latifah’s new drama, The Equalizer, is set to premiere at a date and time with no equal – immediately following the Super Bowl! In the reboot of the classic series, Latifah stars as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

• Out: A new study showed a rise in familiarity and favorable opinion of PrEP, medicine that can prevent contracting HIV, among men at risk in the LGBTQ+ community. But – the study also shows less than one-in-ten eligible men are taking the drug. • Axios: “No one gives me any fucking support,” Trump yelled. He got up and stormed out of the Oval Office…leaving Attorney General Bill Barr and the others behind. Barr glanced over at a red-faced White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and joked, “Well that went well.” • kenneth-in-the-212: Heck of a job, Orangie – Trump leaves office in disgrace, nation divided; ends presidency under criminal probe from numerous jurisdictions awaiting second impeachment trial with lowest approval rating yet and almost 400K dead from Covid-19.

(image via kenneth-in-the-212)
• AL.com: Newly-minted U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama suggested in a TV interview that President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration should be delayed. Umm, the January 20 date is set in the U.S. Constitution. • HuffPost: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has not recused herself from a climate case against Big Oil even though her father has worked for one of the defendants for 29 years. Justice Samuel Alito, who owns stock in several oil and gas companies, has already recused himself. • Twitter: Not only does California have the honor of providing the country’s first Black Vice President (Kamala Harris), AND the state’s first Latino U.S. Senator (Alex Padillo), but the opportunity also gives Gov. Gavin Newsom the chance to appoint California’s first African American Secretary of State (Shirley Weber). #ThreeFer

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Bryan Fischer: Having same-sex parents is “child abuse”

Predictably, hate group leader Bryan Fischer was not happy about this year’s Grammy Awards show.

Regarding the Macklemore/Madonna/Queen Latifah “Same Love” segment near the end of the telecast, Fischer calls the marriage ceremony an “abomination.”

He goes on to say “If you care about children,” Fischer said, “this thing ought to appall you because gay marriage is bad for children. In fact, same-sex parenting – I’m going to be very direct here – same-sex parenting is a form of child abuse.”

(via Right Wing Watch)

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Queen Latifah to officiate 34 weddings during Grammy Awards telecast

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

The big question on at the top of every Grammy nominee is “who will win?” Fans wonder who will give the biggest, splashiest performance. Who will make the most outrageous statement?

But I think the most talked about aspect of tonight’s awards show will be the real weddings of 34 couples – gay, straight, old, young, multi-racial – live on the air.

From the New York Times:

But the producers behind the program, which is to be broadcast live by CBS at 8 p.m., are hoping that the biggest show-stopper of the night will be a much more solemn event: an on-air wedding of 34 couples — gay, straight, old, young, of many races and many colors. The ceremony will be part of the hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s performance of their Grammy-nominated song “Same Love,” which became a marriage-equality anthem last year just as that issue was drawing intense national attention.

Yet as part of a televised awards show that works hard for its ratings, showbiz will also play a part in this sacrament. Queen Latifah will officiate at the nuptials, and Madonna will join the number with Macklemore, Mr. Lewis and the song’s featured vocalist, Mary Lambert.

Producers say they want the event to stand as a statement that all couples share and deserve the “same love.”

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Cast for “Steel Magnolias” remake announced

Lifetime has assembled the cast of its Steel Magnolia reboot. Queen Latifah has signed on to star in and executive produce the original movie, an updated, contemporary TV adaptation of the play and 1989 film of the same name. She is joined on the all-Black cast by Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Rashad’s daughter, Condola Rashad.

Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Steel Magnolias chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana: ‘M’Lynn’ (Queen Latifah), Ouiser (Woodard), Clairee (Phylicia Rashad), Truvy (Scott), Annelle (Oduye) and Shelby (Condola Rashad).

Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children – and hair and nails – all the important topics that bring women together. The film, which is slated to begin production next month in Atlanta for a debut later this year.
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Trailer: “Joyful Noise” with Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah

Two choir members have differing opinions on how to win the national choir competition.

Joyful Noise movie hits theaters on January 13, 2012.

Joyful Noise tells the story of an unlikely partnership between two strong-minded women (Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton) who are forced to work together to save a small town Gospel Choir after budget cuts threaten to shut them down.

Director: Todd Graff
Cast: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Dexter Darden, Kris Kristofferson