Geno Auriemma, a Basketball Hall of Famer and veteran coach of the University of Connecticut women’s team, said he thinks Indiana Fever player and No. 1 draft choice Caitlin Clark has been “targeted” with physical play.
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public service announcement warning that foreign terrorist organizations and their supporters may seek to target LGBTQ-related events, which are plentiful as cities around the nation prepare to celebrate Pride Month in June. Besides the potential security vulnerabilities inherent in holding large-scale events with potentially hundreds of thousands of attendees, the law enforcement agencies warn that foreign terrorist organizations have previously promoted anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and threatened LGBTQ-related events for potential attacks.For example, in February 2023, English-language ISIS messaging featured an article focused on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and railed against the growth and increased visibility of the LGBTQ community.
Potential terrorists or terrorist sympathizers also encouraged followers to conduct attacks on unidentified “soft” targets vulnerable to attack, although the possible targets were not specific to LGBTQ venues.Similarly, in June 2023, three alleged ISIS sympathizers were arrested for attempting to attack a Pride parade in Vienna, Austria, using knives and a vehicle as part of the attack. The FBI and DHS also noted that June 12 will mark the eighth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in which a self-professed jihadist entered the club with several weapons, killing 49 people and wounding 53 others in a hail of gunfire.Pro-ISIS messaging praised the attack as one of the high-profile attacks in Western countries, even though authorities later declared that the shooter had not specifically targeted the club due to its ties to the LGBTQ community, and was simply seeking to conduct a mass shooting to protest America’s foreign policy with respect to the Middle East.The federal law
.Geno Auriemma, a Basketball Hall of Famer and veteran coach of the University of Connecticut women’s team, said he thinks Indiana Fever player and No. 1 draft choice Caitlin Clark has been “targeted” with physical play.
Fans have been left reeling following Tuesday night's episode of Love Island. The popular ITV reality dating series returned on Monday night, with a fresh batch of singles looking for love.
Johnathon Schaech is baring his ripped physique on the red carpet!
Jonathan Groff is making it known that he’s single!
Adele didn't mince her words when she confronted a homophobic audience member who shouted "Pride sucks" during one of her Las Vegas performances. The internationally acclaimed singer, who has a large LGBTQ+ following, was in the middle of her 'Weekends with Adele' residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace when she singled out the heckler.
Rylan Clark-Neal got into a bit of hot water with the BBC over his brand-new podcast, How To Be In The Spotlight. The star-studded radio gig follows the massive success of Rylan's previous series, How to Be a Man.The cheeky presenter caused a stir at The Podcast Show festival in London where he dropped a few bombshells about his upcoming project.
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and EventsIt’s that time of year when the LGBTQ community and its allies celebrate Pride.Across the globe, June is chock full of rainbow flags, parades and celebrations of queer joy.In West Hollywood, Paris Hilton kicked things off with an appearance at Heart nightclub. The city’s official Pride festivities kicked off the following evening on May 31 with the first of the three-night Outloud Music festival with performances by Adam Lambert and Kesha.Make sure to keep checking back here throughout the month of June to see your favorite celebrities at Pride events.Kesha performs during the Outloud Music Festival at 2024 WeHo Pride. “This community has been my since I can remember,” the “Praying” hitmaker said.
Diddy appears to be keeping his distance from his children amid all the legal drama!
Both Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia, have been listed as top LGBTQ destinations in the U.S. by different LGBTQ travel guides. Misterb&b, the world’s largest LGBTQ travel community, looked at what cities and places are the most searched for right now by U.S.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor IFC Films and Shudder have acquired the North American rights to Spooky Pictures’ and Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s “Menace” out of the Cannes market. The indie labels also nabbed distribution rights to the sci-fi horror film in the U.K. and Ireland, as well as Australia and New Zealand, in its first Cannes pick-up.
Queen‘s Brian May has praised The Who‘s Pete Townshend, saying that he “basically invented” rock guitar – see the post below.Taking to Instagram yesterday (May 20), May shared an image of himself with Townshend alongside a past quote he’d given about the musician, in which he described him as “the master of mood change, a master of the suspended chord”.It added: “Pete Townshend’s a god of guitar and always will be! I’d seen him stand there and let the guitar explode into life on its own.”In the caption, May reiterated his admiration for Townshend. “I’m glad I said this – I probably don’t say it enough,” he said.
Queen‘s Brian May recently joined The Offspring live for a performance of ‘Gone Away’ and a cover of ‘Stone Cold Crazy’.The legendary guitarist teamed up with the punk icons during their set at the Starmus VII festival in Bratislava, Slovakia last week (May 13). The festival was billed as the “world’s largest science, music and other arts festival” and is the brainchild of astrophysicist Garik Israelian and the Queen guitarist himself (who also happens to be an astrophysicist).This year’s festival features performances by The Offspring as well as former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley and more.May joined Dexter Holland and co.
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Queen guitarist Brian May have teamed up for a live performance at Starmus Festival.The French composer and performer was joined by the rock and roll icon on stage in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday (May 12) at Bridge from the Future, the opening concert for the Starmus Festival, presented in association with digital security company ESET.Jarre’s performance featured 19 musical works that spanned his career. He also performed a new arrangement of Antonín Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’.May came on stage as a special guest and performed ‘Deuxième Rendez-Vous’ – the first live performance of the piece since December 2013 – ‘New World Symphony’, ‘Last Horizon’ and a cover of Queen’s ‘Brighton Rock’.
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Wilman looks like a man who’s not seen sunlight for a while. Peering down the barrel of a Zoom call, he’s got a touch of man flu after a spell in his editing bunker. Wilman is perpetually “in an edit.” He’s currently honing the final episode of The Grand Tour, but he could just as well be looking at rushes from Clarkson’s Farm Season 4. It is his happy place.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a Public Service Announcement warning about Pride month events being targeted in the U.S. by foreign terrorist organizations. Increased threat levels domestically included recently documented instances of homophobic and transphobic threats.
Jack Dunn Paramount+ has unveiled a teaser for its seventh “South Park” streaming special, “South Park: The End of Obesity,” which premieres May 24 in the U.S. and Canada, and May 25 in Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In “The End of Obesity,” weight loss drugs take the quiet mountain town of South Park by storm.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Neon, the Oscar-winning distributor of “Parasite,” is getting back in business with “Titane” director Julia Ducournau. In one of the first big rights deals of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the studio announced it has acquired North American territories for Ducournau’s “Alpha.” Plot details were not immediately disclosed, except that the film will be “genre-defying.” Neon previously released Ducournau’s acclaimed “Titane,” which won Cannes’ highest honor, the Palme d’Or, in 2021. She is only the second woman director to do so, following Jane Campion for “The Piano.” “Alpha” will star Golshifteh Farahani (“The Patience Stone,” “Paterson”) and Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian,” “A Prophet”).
After serving as the U.S. distributor for Julia Ducournau‘s Palme d’Or-winning 2021 body horror Titane, Neon is getting back into business with the filmmaker as the North American distributor for her next genre-bending feature, Alpha.