Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: The White House Correspondents’ Association is scrapping the traditional comedy portion of its annual dinner, marking a departure from a decades-long practice of balancing press freedom with political satire. The WHCA had previously announced that queer comedian and Emmy-nominated writer Amber Ruffin (above) would headline the April 26 event. Continue reading “Comedy Cancelled At White House Correspondents Dinner + More News”
Austin Wolf scored at the 3rd annual PornHub Awards (image via Instagram) Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: Adult entertainment giant Pornhub held its third annual awards last night. The winners are decided by real data (based on what users searched, viewed, and sought after the most this year) from PornHub.com, which according to its website brings in over 140 million daily visitors and over 55 billion searches. Among the winners was Austin Wolf (above) who scored as ‘Top Daddy Performer’ of the year. • Boy Culture: Patti LaBelle’s gay Trumper nephew made headlines when he became involved in a deeply weird online mystery, in which he was apparently tweeting on behalf of a white Republican. Miss Patti had some words with her nephew. • LGBTQ Nation: Federal judge slaps down an Ohio law that bans transgender people from correcting birth certificates. Score one for the good guys! • Instinct Magazine: Josh Brolin is breaking the internet with his birthday suit photo. • TMZ: Atlantic City is auctioning off the opportunity of demolishing the long-closed, decaying Trump Casino. • The Advocate: Legendary gay actor Sir Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, X-Men movies) is among the latest to get the new vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The 81-year-old star said he’s feeling “euphoric” after getting his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. “I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.”
I feel very lucky to have had the vaccine. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone. https://t.co/gBLRR0OeJc
L-R Sir Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren With Stephen Colbert judging their innocence or guilt, two acting greats – Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen – take on the roles of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky and read lines from the infamous “transcript.” Mirren sums it up perfectly: “There’s no way of saying that except for ‘guiltily…” Their new film “The Good Liar” hits theaters on Friday, November 15th
