Month: June 2021

Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the Booker International Prize has announced its 2021 winner, At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis. BBC’s Colleen Harris hosted the virtual ceremony from Coventry Cathedral as part of Coventry’s UK City of Culture celebrations. The
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Lawrence Robb as Mackenzie Boyd in Emmerdale. (ITV) Emmerdale star Lawrence Robb has admitted the writers haven’t decided what his character’s sexuality is just yet as fans accuse the soap of queerbaiting. Robb plays Mackenzie Boyd on the long-running ITV soap opera. Recently, Mackenzie has been flirting with Aaron, leading fans to wonder if they’re going
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Crime fiction lovers of a certain vintage will recall the “Evenin’ all” of Dixon of Dock Green and the bordering-on-the-twee cosiness of Heartbeat. Both these British television series featured coppers with a keen local knowledge and a sometimes trying beat. Leaping across decades and continents, these days Australian cop Constable Paul Hirschhausen has stepped neatly
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Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette. (YouTube) A gay Republican candidate was left shocked after a party official said she was “sickened” to learn that he had adopted children. Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette, who is running for a seat in the Second Congressional District in Massachusetts, was horrified when he saw an email sent by fellow Republican Deborah Martell which suggested
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On the way from Shout! Studios, Bella Thorne (Girl, The Babysitter: Killer Queen) stars in the upcoming home invasion thriller Masquerade, and Movie Web debuted the trailer today. Masquerade will be available On Digital, On Demand & In Select Theaters July 30, 2021. Shane Dax Taylor wrote & directed the film. Check out the trailer below. Deadline details,
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Rihanna’s lingerie line Savage X Fenty is looking to propel its success beyond the wear-your-underwear-around-the-house WFH era with a colorful new capsule collection worth paying attention to: Savage X Pride. A first for the brand, the Pride collection features 60 new pieces, each catering to and in celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community in honor of
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Actor John Stamos has slammed Republican congressional candidate Omar Navarro for claiming a gay character in Disney’s Cruella ‘ruined his childhood’. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage/Facebook/Omar Navarro) Full House star John Stamos has slammed a Republican congressional candidate who complained the openly gay character in Disney’s Cruella “ruined his childhood”. Omar Navarro is running for the seat
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News Perfume Genius Announces 2021 Tour The run of September dates includes shows with Tame Impala and Death Cab for Cutie By Noah Yoo June 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Perfume Genius, photo by Camille Vivier Facebook Twitter Perfume Genius is headed back out on the road. Mike Hadreas will perform a show at Henry Miller
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Disney+’s live-action 101 Dalmatians spinoff Cruella drew 686K U.S. households over the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend according to today’s figures from Samba TV. It’s a number that’s 39% less than the 4-day Labor Day traffic for another Disney+ Premier title, Mulan, which pulled in 1.12 million U.S. households over Sept. 4-7, 2020. Both titles were available
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In the past month, Israel’s illegal dispossession of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah has led to increased tensions and violence in Palestine. Israeli forces have deployed tear gas, smoke grenades, and rubber bullets on praying citizens at a mosque during Ramadan. Residential buildings, the headquarters of the Associated Press, Gaza’s only COVID-19 testing lab, hospitals, schools,
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti-trans sports bill into law. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Florida has officially banned trans girls from playing competitive sports on the correct team in a devastating blow to the state’s LGBT+ community. Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed SB1028 – dubbed “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” – into
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Genndy Tartakovsky Returned To Write Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, But Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon Will Be Directing Since the beginning of the Hotel Transylvania series, Genndy Tartakovsky has been directing each film, from when we were introduced to Drac’s pack to when they went on summer vacation on a cruise across the world. However, it
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Taylor Swift. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic) Taylor Swift has paid tribute to the “courageous activists, advocates and allies” who have fought tirelessly for LGBT+ rights in a touching Pride Month message. The “Willow” singer shared her empowering message on Tuesday (1 June), the first day of Pride Month. Writing on Twitter, Taylor Swift said: “I want to
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