Suddenly, 2020 is a year of imponderables. Will there be a Cannes Film Festival? Given the coronavirus-induced cancellation of SXSW, MipTV, and the AFI Life Achievement Gala, who knows? Is Marvel’s Black Widow the big spring-summer hit, now that No Time To Die is bumped to November? Maybe, if an April/May release still looks wise
Politics
Joe Biden (Mark Wilson/Getty), Pete Buttigieg (Scott Olson/Getty) and Bernie Sanders (Sean Rayford/Getty) Joe Biden surged ahead in the Democratic presidential race on Super Tuesday after he gained crucial endorsements from former moderate rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana announced that he was pulling out of the Democratic
Donald Trump has called for Pete Buttigieg to be “impeached” after he endorsed Joe Biden following his own exit from the Democratic race. In a bizarre tirade at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump hit out at Buttigieg and senator Amy Klobuchar, who has also pulled out of the race, and said they
Kentucky state senator Phillip Wheeler. (Kentucky General Assembly) Kentucky state senator Phillip Wheeler is refusing to resign after making “homophobic” comments about “evil” drag queens. At a campaign rally for Republican state representative Richard White last weekend, Wheeler held up a photo of the Democratic governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, with a group of drag
If any good is to come of the coronavirus outbreak, and just now it is hard to see even a glimmer of good, we might consider this: The media will have a shot at redemption. Japan is closing its schools. Saudi Arabia has put Umrah on hold. Cruise ships are dead in the water. And
London Mayor Sadiq Khan during the parade at Pride in London 2019. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pride in London) London mayor Sadiq Khan has vowed to support Pride, UK Black Pride and a new LGBTQ+ community centre if he’s re-elected. Pledging ongoing City Hall support to Pride if he’s re-elected as London’s mayor, Khan said
Richard Grenell at the signing of an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia in Munich on February 14, 2020. (THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty) Last week Donald Trump appointed his first openly gay cabinet member as acting head of national intelligence, and it wasn’t long before conservatives had something terrible to say about it. Richard Grenell, the former US
Lisa Nandy, Kier Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey at the LGBT+ Labour leadership hustings, presented by PinkNews and supported by Diva. (PinkNews) Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer warned against LGBT+ rights being eroded and stressed of the importance of Labour party members leading the fight against hate. Speaking at the LGBT+ Labour leadership hustings, presented by PinkNews and
A Fox News host has come under fire after she told a contributor not to bring up Donald Trump’s alleged past infidelities during a conversation about Pete Buttigieg and his marriage. Fox News’ Sandra Smith interrupted contributor Jessica Tarlov when she mentioned the president’s reported dalliances, telling her: “Let’s not bring in personal relationships.” But
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a rally (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Queers Against Pete activists shouted down Pete Buttigieg at an event at an LGBT+ centre, while he was taking about his husband. The left-wing activist group launched a protest while the gay Democratic Presidential hopeful was speaking
Lisa Nandy speaking at a hustings event for Labour Leader on February 16, 2020 in London, England. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy has dismissed claims that she’s anti-gay as “daft and offensive”, pointing to her record of supporting LGBT+ rights. This includes her signing, this week, 12 pledges in support of transgender
Kemi Badenoch, junior minister for equalities and Saffron Walden MP. (Chris McAndrew/Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch) Boris Johnson’s new junior minister for equalities, Kemi Badenoch, abstained on the extension of same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland. Badenoch has also criticised young people for having a “puritanical” approach to sexual harassment. Johnson handed Badenoch, 40, the role
So, what happens now? With the 3 1/2 weeks early, lowest-rated Oscar show in the bag, the movies and those who love them are caught in an unaccustomed February vacuum. Normally, there would be cocktails, canapés and the whispers of publicists looking for last-minute advantage over competitors. But Sunday’s Academy Awards implosion — what else
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