Month: February 2021

Sarah Michelle Gellar. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Sarah Michelle Gellar sought to distance herself on Wednesday evening (10 February) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon amid a swelling wave of abuse accusations from co-stars. Gellar, who played the perky and sharp-tongued vampire slayer Buffy Summers, posted a statement on social media in response to
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Morgan Wallen is addressing fans more than a week after video surfaced of him using the N-word.  On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the 27-year-old country singer shared a video to Instagram with the caption, “Update from me.” This follows TMZ publishing footage on Feb. 2 of the performer using the racial slur and other expletives during a night out
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Alexus Braxton. (Facebook) Alexus ‘Kimmy Icon’ Braxton, a Black trans woman and “beloved daughter”, was found dead 4 February amid a surge of unrelenting violence that has left LGBT+ activists drained and alarmed. Braxton, 45, was killed in Miami, Florida, in an apartment complex in the northern Andover Lakes Estates neighbourhood. She was based in the
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The Roots have announced a deluxe reissue of their 1995 sophomore studio album Do You Want More?!!!??! The new, extended version arrives March 12 via Geffen/Ume. Find reworked versions of “Silent Treatment” and “Lazy Afternoon” below. Do You Want More?!!!??! was originally released on January 17, 1995. The deluxe version of the album will be
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In December I told you about the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist. As promised, they have now released their finalists. The virtual Literary Awards Ceremony will be held on April 8, 2021. This $75,000 award is given to “a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new
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Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images It’s the end of an era. Nearly two years after debuting her clothing brand Fenty, housed under luxury conglomerate LVMH, Rihanna and LVMH are officially shutting down operations. Fenty marked the first luxury brand LVMH launched from the ground up since launching Christian Lacroix in 1987. But according to WWD, Fenty’s demise
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London Green Party mayoral candidate Siân Berry. (NurPhoto via Getty/WIktor Szymanowicz) Siân Berry, the Green Party candidate for mayor of London, has said a commission and action plan on trans rights will be “one of the first things” she’ll do if elected. On Wednesday (10 February) the Green Party co-leader, who is vying to replace
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Disney/Pixar’s Soul continues to shine overseas with a $96.2M cume after seven frames. In 11 markets this session, the Pete Docter-helmed original added $6.9M to its international box office kitty with No. 1s again in Russia and Korea. In China, it has surpassed Incredibles 2 to become the market’s 2nd highest-grossing Pixar title ever. China
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On 24 March 1976, three generals overthrew the government of Argentina and began ruling the country as a military dictatorship, waging the Dirty War against their political opponents. Thousands disappeared – trade unionists, university students, members of left-wing political parties – and were tortured and killed by right-wing death squads. It was a tumultuous period
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Alex Somers, Jónsi’s partner and frequent collaborator, has announced the details of two albums he’ll release under his own name. The records, Siblings and Siblings 2, both arrive on March 19 via Krunk. Somers has also shared a song from each album. Below, listen to Siblings’ “Deathbed” and Siblings 2’s “Sooner.” “I’ve carried this music
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Fifty Bands. (Twitter/@fiftybandzzz) Fifty Bandz, a 21-year-old Black trans woman, has become the latest victim of a wave of violence against trans people in the US that activists and physicians have dubbed an “epidemic”. Bandz was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 28 January by her former partner, Michael Joshua Brooks, 20, according to
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Gottmik (L) and Nina Bo’nina Brown. (VH1/YouTube) RuPaul’s Drag Race star Gottmik, the franchise’s first openly trans masculine contestant, has spoken out after another queen made “transphobic” comments about her. Season nine’s Nina Bo’nina Brown encountered a buzzsaw of criticism from fans and fellow queens for comments she made over Gottmik’s body in a YouTube
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