Drive auteur Nicholas Winding Refn is is forging a TV adaptation of The Famous Five for the BBC and ZDF.
06.06.2023 - 17:29 / officialcharts.com
June is Pride Month – a global celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and its culture – a reminder not only of how far we've come and the distance we must still travel on the road to true equality.
When you think of LGBTQ+ anthems, old-school bangers by glamorous pop divas might come to mind. But while those songs have a much-deserved place in our hearts, minds and dancefloors, we take a look at some other popular LGBTQ+ themed tracks from recent years.
One the of those landmark Number 1 moments that will live on in pop infamy; Sam Smith gave their lagging career a massive boost with this hyperpop-inspired oddity, slamming club beats mixed with Eastern European chants.
Perhaps the greatest gift that Unholy gave us was, finally, the mainstream arrival of Kim Petras - the most visible and ambitious trans pop star of her generation. Ooh, daddy daddy!
If you are part of the LGBTQ+ community, you will be hearing this song wherever you go. All summer. We're just trying to prepare you!
The (deserving) winner of Eurovision 2023, Swedish pop priestess Loreen has built her pop persona around the fight for love and acceptance, and the tender trance rammer Tattoo (which builds with intensity on each go around of its chorus) is a plea for connection in a time when the lives of queer people, especially our trans siblings, seems to be stood on a precipice.
Lead with love, Loreen suggests, and good things will follow. We'd like to believe that.
The act of creative writing after a break-up is incredibly queer coded.
Imagine if Shania Twain's That Don't Impress Me Much and Lady Gaga's Born This Way met in a dark alleyway and decided to go clubbing and you're just scratching the surface of Rina's poptastic new single, This Hell.
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Drive auteur Nicholas Winding Refn is is forging a TV adaptation of The Famous Five for the BBC and ZDF.
Chris Pratt so perfectly embodies Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies that it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role.
Actor Frederic Forrest, known for his roles in “Apocalypse Now” and “The Rose”, has died at age 86.
The cast of The Last of Us might have looked very different.
BBC Studios has bought STV, the Copenhagen-based producer of a local Scandinavian remake of The Office. The Scandi company will be rebranded under a BBC Studios moniker.
On the Friday after Tom Wambsgans became the new puppet CEO of the Waystar-Royco media empire, the actor who has spent the past five years essaying the character’s ups, downs, and withering one-liners is propping up the bar of a small boutique hotel in London’s Chelsea. Matthew Macfadyen is nursing a lime tonic and contemplating a rest after several months of hard work on Succession’s blockbusting fourth season. In some other world, one imagines his fictional alter-ego is already discovering the poison in the chalice of the job he has spent a lifetime coveting. Macfadyen, instead, is content simply to think ahead to a quiet family dinner, and to reflect on the adventure of his past half decade.
Melissa Etheridge attended the 2023 Tony Awards the same day she shared some very exciting Broadway news of her own.
Sara Bareilles and Brian d’Arcy James were both nominated at the Tonys this year and they reunited with co-star Kennedy Kanagawa for a live performance!
Megan The Stallion lights up the stage at LA Pride in the Park 2023!
second indictment of twice-impeached former president Donald Trump — Navarro and her co-hosts kicked off the day’s Hot Topics by applauding the Biden administration for announcing new initiatives to support the LGBTQ community.In that same vein, the women heavily criticized conservatives like DeSantis who are responsible for a significant increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation specifically targeting transgender people — particularly ones who are doing it under the guise of “protecting children.”“People, let me tell you this, drag queens don’t even like children,” Navarro said. “They don’t tip, and they don’t drink!”Then, she offered some advice on getting back at DeSantis directly to any drag queens watching.“I would say to all the drag queens: for the month of June, Pride Month, let’s celebrate by changing your names to Rhonda Santas.”As the discussion continued though, Navarro and her co-hosts got more serious — and more angry — about what’s happening across the country.“You are killing our children,” Whoopi said bluntly.
family for over a decade, and is opening up about his career and the organization that has allowed him to be what and who he has always wanted to be.«I just always knew that I wanted to not just work in entertainment, but I wanted to work in entertainment news,» Directo tells ET. «I found a job and a career that aligns with both my passions and my personality.»Directo's personality (and outfits) shine as he has built a career talking to some of the most famous names in entertainment while covering some of the biggest events in the business.Last year, after almost 13 years at ET, Directo was promoted to full-time correspondent.
Lorna Courtney was barely out of the University of Michigan when Broadway first came calling. A native New Yorker – Queens, to be exact – and graduate of Manhattan’s performing arts LaGuardia High School, Courtney was a standby in Dear Evan Hansen in 2019 and 2020 before being cast in director Ivo van Hove’s boldly reimagined West Side Story, a production that did away with the iconic Jerome Robbins in favor of the riskier, more avant-garde stylings of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
to your new favorite pair of shoes to be on sale. Although the shopping saga usually happens in July, there's already a plethora of deals on the site, which means you can get started on snagging pieces—from to seasonal staples—you need for less than usual.
Taylor Swift’s massive Eras Tour continued on Friday night at Chicago's Soldier Field, the record-breaking pop star took some time during the concert to show her support for Pride Month. Every June since 1970, the summer month has been an important time for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate one another and fight for queer rights.
Katherine Ryan has signed on for ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’. The 39-year-old comic said she is “excited” to appear on the star-studded edition of the Channel 4 show alongside her husband Bobby Koostra, 40. She told The Sun: “It’s usually just the dogs who get to see us watch TV, so we’re excited to welcome viewers into our home as we decompress in our favourite spot – the sofa.
The 104-year-old theater formerly known as the Selwyn – and soon to be formerly known as the American Airlines – will be renamed to honor the late Todd Haimes, the artistic director and guiding force behind the Roundabout Theatre Company who died in April.
Bam Margera has lost all contact with his son as his legal battle with estranged wife Nikki Boyd heats up!
Manchester United could win both the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season for the first time ever against Manchester City this weekend.
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The Europa League final between Roma and Sevilla takes place tonight.