Rafael Nadal’s time in Wimbledon has come to an end. The tennis player was forced to pull out of the semi-final Thursday due to an abdominal strain he had been suffering from since the quarter-final.
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RuPaul has called out attempts by Republican lawmakers to bring in laws to ban drag queens around children as a “diversion tactic”. The host of RuPaul’s Drag Race made the comments while speaking with host James Corden on The Late Late Show. RuPaul was asked about Republican Bryan Slaton proposing a law to ban drag shows in the presence of minors in Texas. “This is a diversion tactic to take the narrative away from the gun debate into something, to scare people into thinking about something else, and they’ve been successful,” said RuPaul.
The Drag Race host referenced the recent national debate on gun control regulation in the wake of the shooting of children and teachers in a school in Uvalde, Texas. “They have changed the narrative away from the gun debate into this drag queen thing.” A post shared by RuPaul’s Drag Race (@rupaulsdragrace)While conservative groups have targeted drag queens before, in recent months these attacks have become more mainstream. Last week, the extreme right-wing fascist group Proud Boys crashed a drag queen story hour event at a library in San Larenzo, California. According to the local police, the men hurled “homophobic and transphobic slurs” at the event organisers in the presence of parents and children.
The police added that they were investigating the incident as a hate crime. There have been other incidents of protests outside drag queen story hour events in the US. Earlier this month, Republican Texas State Representative Bryan Slaton, who describes himself as a “Christian Conservative”, announced on social media that he would be introducing a bill to ban drag queens around minors.
Rafael Nadal’s time in Wimbledon has come to an end. The tennis player was forced to pull out of the semi-final Thursday due to an abdominal strain he had been suffering from since the quarter-final.
Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after suffering an injury.
Nadal, 36, won the quarter-final match on Wednesday in a five-set win over American Taylor Fritz. During the match he required a medical timeout to take anti-inflammatories, and his father Sebastian was seen from the stands appearing to gesture for Nadal to retire.The decision comes a day after his wife Mery Perello showed up to support her husband and showcased her sweet baby bump as she did so.The glamorous brunette wore her dark curls loose and modeled a gray T-shirt with the words "Kiss me again" around the collar along with a black leather jacket with sunglasses.She appeared to manage to remain calm despite the ups and downs of the match, which was decided after five tightly-contested sets.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has adapted the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom into a new musical called Strictly Ballroom: The Musical. Appearing on Sunday Brunch this morning (June 26) the 57-year-old revealed it's a 'dark' and 'selfish' version of Strictly Come Dancing.
K.J. Yossman Graham Norton is one of the U.K.’s best-loved hosts. As well as interviewing guests from Tom Cruise to Adele on his weekly chat show, “The Graham Norton Show,” he is infamous for his biting commentary of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC One, where he doesn’t hesitate to poke (gentle) fun at both the institution and the acts.And, as Variety revealed last year, now Norton is the host of “Queen of the Universe,” a new drag queen singing competition from World of Wonder, the producers behind “Ru Paul’s Drag Race,” which also features Leona Lewis, Trixie Mattel, Michelle Visage and Vanessa Williams on the judging panel.Ahead of Paramount+ launching in the U.K.
Rebel Wilson is currently enjoying the Italian sunshine with some friends and her new girlfriend, Ramona Agruma, who is the founder of a sustainable fashion brand.SEE: Rebel Wilson looks effortlessly chic in retro style three-piece bikiniOn Saturday, the pair stepped out together holding hands and they both flashed huge smiles as they walked through the Italian streets. Rebel looked absolutely stunning in a flirty, yellow summer dress that perfectly accentuated her figure, whereas Ramona had opted for a striking black power suit with a white cop top underneath.
Congratulations are in order for Rafael Nadal and Mery “Xisca” Perelló!
Christopher Rufo, the far right activist who intentionally turned a college-level school of thought to examine social structures for systemic racism into a fear-mongering right-wing nationwide panic, is now focusing his attacks on LGBTQ people, by effectively weaponizing transgender identity.Rufo, a senior fellow at the right-wing Manhattan Institute, is the man behind the right’s false panic and fury over CRT, Critical Race Theory. He’s bragged he wants to “have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think ‘critical race theory,’” and “put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category.”Now he’s applying that model to attack the LGBTQ community – especially transgender people and drag queens.Rufo wants the right to turn a commonly used phrase, “drag queen,” one that many people both gay and straight use to refer to themselves, into something “more lurid” and sexual.“Conservatives should start using the phrase ‘trans stripper’ in lieu of ‘drag queen,'” Rufo said openly Friday on Twitter, despite drag queens not generally being transgender.
Rafael Nadal worked up a sweat on Friday as he took part in a training session at Santa Ponsa Country Club in Mallorca. The 36-year-old tennis ace - fresh from his 22nd Grand Slam win at the French Open - looked on fine form as he returned a serve on the court. It comes amid reports from Spanish magazine Hola! that his wife Mery Perello, 33, is reportedly pregnant with their first child.
Rafael Nadal will try to play at Wimbledon after going “a week without limping” thanks to new treatment on his painful left foot, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said Friday.
Michael Peterson likely won’t watch “The Staircase” but he has plenty to say about HBO Max’s dramatization of his life.
Chris Evans was bombarded with birthday love as he turned 41 on Monday.
Pitch Perfect star confirmed publicly last week that she was in a relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma, subsequently receiving an outpouring of support and well wishes.However, The Sydney Morning Herald has come under fire after columnist Andrew Hornery said a day later that he had known about the relationship beforehand and had been “gazumped” by Wilson’s decision to go public herself, saying he had contacted Wilson and given her nearly two days to reply.Many criticised the response, noting it was unacceptable to put pressure on people to come out, though the paper’s editor Bevan Shields denied outing the star, saying they had “simply asked questions”.Absolute kicker is @smh legitimately scolding Rebel Wilson bc when faced with a newspaper saying they are going to out her without her consent & she has two days to supply a quote, she quickly came out first.As if @smh owns HER story, is entitled to break it & she scooped THEM!— Sally Rugg (@sallyrugg) June 12, 2022Bold move to run an editor’s note claiming that the paper wasn’t trying to out Rebel Wilson after the columnist in question has already written not one but two columns describing in intricate detail his attempts to out Rebel Wilson— Sarah Holland-Batt (@the_shb) June 12, 2022I’ve just read this @smh piece 3 times to make sure that I wasn’t misreading. The publication messaged Rebel Wilson saying they would out her in 2 days – and is now complaining that she chose to announce her relationship with a woman herself.
Rebel Wilson has spoken out after claims a newspaper tried to "out" her before she went public with her relationship with Ramona Agruma.The 42 year old Australian actress took to her Instagram feed earlier this month to post a sweet snap with California-based Ramona before telling her 11.1million followers: "I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess #loveislove," with two pink heart emojis and a rainbow emoji. However, shortly after she announced her romance, a reporter from The Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Hornery, published a story claiming she had "gazumped" the scoop from him.
he wrote, but he could now see why it was seen as one. Monday’s apology column followed a public backlash to the SMH over its approach to the story. The head of LGBTIQ+ Health Australia said Wilson was put in “an appalling situation” when the Herald contacted her about her new relationship.
Actress Rebel Wilson has broken her silence after it emerged that Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald had planned to out her. On Thursday, June 9, Wilson had come out in an Instagram post and introduced her girlfriend LA-based fashion designer Ramona Agruma to the world. “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess.”Found My Disney Princess: Rebel Wilson Reveals New GirlfriendOn June 11, Herald said that the newspaper had given Wilson “two days” to comment about her relationship with Arguma or they would go ahead and publish the story.
Rebel Wilson introduced her girlfriend to the world on Instagram this week in what was perceived as a celebration of Pride Month, however, the actress now shares, «It was a very hard situation.» Journalist Andrew Hornery wrote an opinion piece for where he revealed the star was given a short, two-day deadline to come out to the world before the publication would report on it. Fellow journalist Kate Doak took to Twitter to share to piece, writing, «So apparently it wasn't @RebelWilson's choice to come out… The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to „out“ her.