Felonious Gru and his brood return to the big screen July 3 in Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 4, seven years after its predecessor and two years after spinoff prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru.
14.06.2024 - 22:35 / metroweekly.com
It might seem like another summer of Gay Sex Panic. News earlier this month from New York of a rare, drug-resistant fungal infection in a gay man follows Summer 2022’s Mpox mayhem and Summer 2021’s oceanside outbreak of COVID in the wake of Bear Week in Provincetown, Mass.
Before anyone runs for the hypochondriac hills, however, clinicians are advising that the “First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the U.S.,” as NBC puts it, may be a bit more challenging than garden-variety jock itch, but shouldn’t conjure fungal-apocalypse fears worthy of The Last of Us.“Hopefully there will be no zombies,” says Dr. Marcus Sandling, with a chuckle.Sandling is the clinical director of sexual health at New York’s Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which focuses on LGBTQ health.
“That’s the hope.” Dr. Avrom Caplan, a dermatologist with New York University’s Langone Health Medical Center, explained to Gothamist that this particular fungal infection, trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), “can be very itchy and scaly, like typical ringworm, but it also has the potential to be inflammatory and cause abscesses and scarring.” He further described TMVII as a “superficial skin infection.” Sandling, who tells Metro Weekly he’s not personally aware of any cases of TMVII at Callen-Lorde, says he’s fairly certain there are more cases in New York than the single gay man identified as infected after recent travel in Europe, where a handful of cases have been seen in gay men, and who had multiple sexual partners while there.Still, he adds, “I don’t want us to have another panic.
Felonious Gru and his brood return to the big screen July 3 in Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 4, seven years after its predecessor and two years after spinoff prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru.
Kelly Bensimon has revealed why she called off her wedding to her husband-to-be, Scott Litner, four days before they were supposed to get married.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “I Am: Celine Dion,” newly released for viewing on Prime Video, is so focused on what the singer has been through in more than a decade and a half of struggling with Stiff Person Disease that it’s hard to believe that director Irene Taylor didn’t even know Dion was ill when she signed on to the project. All she Taylor really knew, when she agreed to direct the film about a year of discussions, was that Dion seemed like a star who really, really had something to get off her chest… with little anticipation of just what kind of floodgates would open.
Sean Penn is reflecting on his career.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden has been selected as this year’s recipient of the North Fork TV Festival‘s Canopy Award. An accolade for a member of the New York television community whose “persistence and integrity, bound by the twin spirits of independence and collaboration, stoke the creative ambitions of diverse people who have important stories to tell,” the Canopy Award will be presented to Harden on Aug.
Justin Timberlake addressed fans again following his DWI arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, for driving while intoxicated or impaired.
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Good news for Justin Timberlake. Bad news for everyone not-so-patiently refreshing their sources over and over looking for the bodycam footage of his drunk driving ordeal!
Justin Timberlake is putting all his energy into his priorities. But those priorities apparently don’t include rehab!
Apparently, Justin Timberlake likes a stiff drink or two when partying with friends!
The stars of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club showed off the new vision for the classic musical with their performance at the 2024 Tony Awards!
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin are ready to share a taste of the Kit Kat Club with the world tonight!
Simone Ashley is sharing her thoughts on Bridgerton newcomer Masali Baduza following the Season 3 finale and her character reveal.
Kim Kardashian is sharing a red carpet tip during the latest episode of Hulu’s ‘The Kardashians.’ The reality star and businesswoman revealed that she likes to carefully prepare her red carpet looks, including her jewelry, which has to be warmed up before so she can wear it comfortably.Lauren Sánchez and Ivanka Trump are officially part of Kim Kardashian’s bestiesLauren Sánchez’s stunning red look at son’s graduationIvanka Trump shows off her surf skills in new swimsuit postWhile preparing for her Swarovski x SKIMS event in New York City back in November, Kim shared that she avoids putting on “something freezing” and likes her jewelry to be blow-dried before. “One fun fact: every time I put on jewelry, I blow-dry it because I can’t stand putting on something freezing,” she said.During her red carpet appearance in NYC Kim was covered in crystals, stepping out in a Swarovski ensemble.
EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Joker and Deadpool 2 actress Zazie Beetz has signed on to headline They Will Kill You, the first feature from Nocturna, the horror label formed this year by Skydance and Andy & Barbara Muschietti.
Hozier’s lusty lyrics spinning in the background.On June 8, that was my reality when my friend and I caught Hozier’s final New York City show on this leg of his ‘Unreal Unearth Tour’ at Queen’s iconic Forest Hills Stadium.The folksy Irish-born “Take Me To Church” singer has all the bravado in the world, and we’d practically been prepping for this concert since we started jamming along to his tunes during middle school morning carpool sessions.Before he took the stage though, his opener, Allison Russell, grounded the already mellowed-out crowd with a handful of her earthy Americana hits: “Springtime,” “Ever Was Black,” and the spirited, singalong “Night Flyer,” which garnered no shortage of twinkling gazes (mine included).The soft-spoken Grammy-winner has been forging her path since releasing her first solo album three years ago. She has an effortless, enviable, heartwarming aura around her, and her performance was just as much an opportunity to draw attention to social causes and religious conflicts as it was to entertain.
Joey Chestnut is best known as the longtime winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, but he is not allowed to defend his title in 2024.
Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized for “some kind of stomach thing,” her best friend, Gayle King, revealed on Tuesday.Winfrey, 70, was supposed to drop by King’s “CBS Mornings,” but skipped out on the appearance due to being under the weather.“She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,” the news anchor, 69, explained.“I won’t get too graphic. Needless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydration, had to get an IV, it was a very serious thing.”A spokesperson for Winfrey told Page Six that the billionaire “is recovering following a stomach flu and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor.”“She is resting and feeling better every day,” the statement concluded.Winfrey had planned to introduce author David Wroblewski and his book, “Familiaris,” which is the latest pick for her book club.“I wanted to make it clear that [the book] matters to her and it really bothered her that she couldn’t be here today.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus has THOUGHTS on her old co-star’s take on political correctness.
Daenerys Targaryen on “Game of Thrones,” has confessed that she lived in fear of getting fired. “When you have a brain injury, because it alters your sense of self on such a dramatic level, all of the insecurities you have going into the workplace quadruple overnight,” Clarke told Big Issue in an article published June 10.