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knew he was gay before he knew what it meant but growing up LGBT+ in Barry in the 1990s was never going to be easy. He endured years of bullying in the playground, taunted by 'limp wrist' gestures from other children and enduring catcalls of "gay" and "poof".

Austin Mayor Steve Adler apologized Thursday after reports surfaced that a video warning constituents to stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic was actually filmed while he was vacationing in Mexico.  "I'm sorry I took that trip.

MOSCOW -- Irina Antonova, a charismatic art historian who presided over one of Russia's top art museums for more than half a century, has died at 98.The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts said Antonova, its president, died in Moscow on Monday. It said Tuesday that Antonova last week tested positive for coronavirus, which exacerbated her chronic heart ailments.Antonova began working at the Pushkin museum after her graduation in 1945, and in 1961 she became its director.

Us Weekly‘s exclusive sneak peek of Lifetime’s Too Close for Christmas, Jessica Lowndes‘ Hayley attempts to get Chad Michael Murray‘s Luke into the Christmas spirit — and bring some tradition into his life.During the preview, the pair visit a Christmas tree farm and Luke picks out a small tree with very little branches. “It’s not bare, it just has its own thing going on,” he says.

EDUCATION & EVENTSMentoring network The Cat’s Mother has partnered with collecting society PPL to host a series of events to support young women entering the music industry.

Mexican authorities arrested three La Linea drug cartel members in connection to the massacre in which nine American women and children were killed a little more than a year ago. Authorities have now arrested more than a dozen people in connection to the killings.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos are right now announcing that Netflix will boost its presence in the state by expanding its ABQ Studios and committing to an additional $1 billion in production spending.The Studio expansion will add 300 acres to the company’s existing studios, located in Albuquerque’s Mesa Del Sol area.

Taraji P. Henson has had quite a year but is making the most of it.

Taraji P. Henson has had quite a year but is making the most of it.Last month, Henson announced she called off her wedding and split with her fiancé of two years, Kelvin Hayden.

DEALSJazz guitarist Pat Metheny has signed his first record deal for two decades with BMG imprint Modern Recordings. “The quest that Modern Recordings is undertaking intersects perfectly with the kind of musician that I aspire to be”, he says.

Kate del Castillo is as strong-willed as the characters she portrays. Best known for her work on, the Mexican actress has spent the better part of this decade embroiled in a drama that could very well have taken place in that gritty narco telenovela.

A new episode of “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” has just debuted, featuring special guest Kate del Castillo.

Mexico to find her teenage son who went missing while trying to reach the United States, won the top prize at Greece’s Thessaloniki Film Festival on Monday.Organizers said the feature film by Mexican debut director Fernanda Valadez had been awarded the Golden Alexander prize.“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy, and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the organizers said in a statement.

Hate crimes in the United States last year rose to the highest levels in more than a decade, according to a new FBI report.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group announced today that Maria Weaver has been named president of WEA, the company’s recorded music division’s global artist and label services network. Weaver was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Comcast Advertising and previously held senior marketing and creative services posts at Interactive One, HBO, and Showtime.

Christopher Vourlias “Identifying Features,” Fernanda Valadez’s searing abduction drama set along the U.S.-Mexico border, was awarded the Golden Alexander for best feature film at the 61st Thessaloniki Film Festival.The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15.

Ellise Shafer editorBen Kouijzer, a music agent for CAA UK who represented electronic acts such as 808 State and Meduza, has died of kidney and liver failure after battling cancer. He was 36.Kouijzer was diagnosed last summer with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, or MPNST, and underwent surgery and radiotherapy, according to his GoFundMe page.