Film and TV

Paul Hollywood’s suggestion that rainbow bagels “represent the NHS” led to a number of complaints, the broadcast regulator Ofcom has confirmed. The Great British Bake Off judge was roundly mocked on social media for claiming that the rainbow colours commonly associated with LGBT+ Pride actually symbolised the UK’s National Health Service. “Paul, why rainbow coloured
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Paul Hollywood claimed that rainbow bagels being made on The Great British Bake Off  represented the NHS, and it’s fair to say that queer fans are not impressed. For the technical challenge on Tuesday night’s episode (6 October), bakers were asked to make rainbow coloured bagels. “But why would anybody ever want to eat a rainbow bagel?” we
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Paramount film actors Cary Grant (1904 – 1986) and Randolph Scott (1898 – 1987) in front of their new home which looks out over Santa Monica sea front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty) Candid photos showing Hollywood heartthrobs Cary Grant and Randolph Scott together in their shared home were the result of a studio publicity campaign
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Graham Norton on December 4, 2018 in London, England. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty) Graham Norton has paid tribute to those who “fought for tolerance in Ireland” while admitting that he “took the easy way out” by moving to London. The BBC presenter, 57, grew up in Bandon, County Cork in Ireland before moving to London
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Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci have said their 20 year friendship helped inform their on-scren gay romance in upcoming film Supernova. Supernova follows gay couple Sam (played by Colin Firth) and Tusker (played by Tucci) as they journey around England in an RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. The couple’s journey is an
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Chi Chi Devayne onstage during RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 Finale Party in 2016. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) RuPaul has smashed records with a fifth Emmy win, dedicating his victory to the late Drag Race queen Chi Chi DeVayne. RuPaul’s record-breaking fifth consecutive win at the Emmys came yesterday in the Television Academy’s outstanding host for
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Anti-Trump YouTube star Randy Rainbow has sought to address his problematic past, in his first new video since being called out with racist and transphobic tweets. The Emmy-nominated internet comedian, who has earned a large following through musical theatre parodies mocking the Trump administration, apologised in August for dozens of resurfaced tweets from 2010 and
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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman leads the cast of a new horror film that follows a gay couple dealing with terrifying, homophobic neighbours after they move to a rural setting. The actor and model, who has recently appeared as a judge on Canada’s Drag Race, plays gay man Malik in Spiral. In the film, Malik and his partner Aaron (Ari
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Niecy Nash has opened up about her sexuality after her surprise wedding to Jessica Betts, describing her love for a woman as a “going into myself” rather than a “coming out”. The Claws star surprised fans in August when she announced her marriage to Betts on Instagram. The actor had never come out publicly and had twice
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Pose is set to recommence filming its third season after production was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Crew members on the award-winning LGBT+ FX series are reportedly being tested for coronavirus, with producers hoping that filming can kick off again in October, according to Variety. Pose, along with a raft of other television
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Brokeback Mountain screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana are reuniting for Good Joe Bell Good Joe Bell sees Brokeback Mountain’s screenwriters reunite for a new film about a father coming to terms with the suicide of his young gay son. Brokeback Mountain scribes Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who transformed Annie Proulx’s novel into the Oscar-winning
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Jake Gyllenhaal starred in Brokeback Mountain with the late Heath Ledger. (Focus Features) Just two per cent of big budget films released in the last decade have had meaningful LGBT+ representation, according to an academic. Dr Ellie Lockhart, who has a PhD in communications, has been analysing recent films to figure out what kind of
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Daniel Newman. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Daniel Newman was slammed Friday evening (September 4) after tweeting that he was at a “private island” with tens of other muscular, maskless men. The since-deleted social media post came only hours after the bisexual Walking Dead star said that if “you have depth, your ‘clique’ or ‘tribe’ will almost
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Pillsbury Company, which owns Toaster Strudel, announced the Mean Girls-inspired product on Twitter. (Twitter) 2020 is the year that finally, “fetch” happened. In a marketing ploy that, to be frank, we’re surprised took 16 years to do, foodstuffs company Pilsbury has launched a Mean Girls-inspired Toaster Strudel and it’s honestly a work of art. After
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Jim Parsons as Michael and Matt Bomer as Donald in The Boys in the Band (Scott Everett White/Netflix) A trailer for The Boys in the Band, Ryan Murphy’s Netflix adaptation of the acclaimed gay play, has finally landed. The star-studded production is based on the revival of a groundbreaking 1968 play, which features a group
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Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin, Selling Sunset‘s Chrishell Stause and a whole host of other famous faces have been confirmed for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. The long-running ABC series will return on September 14, with both Stause and Baskin set to capitalise on their newfound fame by taking to the dancefloor. The reality stars
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Ryan Murphy has given a glimpse of the star-studded cast for his Netflix adaptation of the hit lesbian musical The Prom — revealing it’s coming a lot sooner than expected. The prolific film and TV creator behind Pose and American Horror Story shows no sign of slowing down, with 2020 already seeing the launch of
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Niecy Nash has come out in the best way possible: by introducing her new wife to the world. The acclaimed actress, 50, who divorced her husband last year, announced her marriage to Jessica Betts on Instagram with a beautiful picture of their wedding. “Mrs Carol Denise Betts,” Nash captioned the post, using her full legal
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Artist Ajamu X photographed and spoke to eight men as part of a documentary that will explore men and their relationship to their bodies. (Channel 4) British broadcaster Channel 4 is set to make history by showing Nigel Farage, wait, sorry, we mean an erect penis on terrestrial television for the first time. In a
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Lasizwe during the 2019 Feather Awards held at Fox Junction on October 17, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The annual Feather Awards event, aims to highlight LGBTI issues and challenges in South Africa. (Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images via Getty) South African YouTuber and gay reality TV star Lasizwe caused a Twitter storm when he tweeted that
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The New Mutants director Josh Boone has slammed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for its weak attempt at LGBT+ representation. The Star Wars sequel, released in 2019, featured two unnamed female characters kissing in the background of a celebratory scene. It was widely seen as a sign of progress for a franchise that had never featured an LGBT+
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Two former news anchors have accused a network news director of fatphobia, homophobia and racism in a federal lawsuit. Ex-Telemundo Denver news anchor Miguel Bedoy claims that he was fired after being subjected to labour exploitation, homophobia and racism by his former boss Griselle Sierra. Bedoy filed a lawsuit Monday (August 24) against Sierra, a
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Makers have hinted that the show could be revived. (Creative Commons) Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Amber Benson has thrown her weight behind the planned reboot, saying she would like to see the story told in a “diverse world”. It was reported in 2018 that the series’ creator Joss Whedon was working on a planned reboot that
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Ellen DeGeneres. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been pulled by one of Australia’s top television channels after former and current staff made explosive allegations about the show’s on-set culture. Channel Nine has stopped airing DeGeneres’ long-running chat show following weeks of controversy surrounding alleged misconduct from top producers. The television channel is instead airing re-runs
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Berlin Film Festival is set to introduce gender-neutral acting prizes in an effort to create a more “gender-sensitive” film industry. The decision makes it the first major film festival to introduce gender-neutral acting awards. The change was announced today (August 24) by Berlin Film Festival joint directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian. “Instead of the
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Chi Chi DeVayne wowed fans with her performance skills. (VH1) Chi Chi DeVayne, who has tragically died aged 34, will be remembered for her incredible talent, kind heart and determination. The Drag Race star passed away Thursday (August 20) shortly after being hospitalised with pneumonia, and two years after sharing that was living with the
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