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Published by Mirror By Tatiana Krisztina Elton John can finally say he's an EGOT winner after decades in the entertainment industry. The singer finally made it to the legendary status when his Disney+ special, Elton John: Farewell from Dodger Stadium won Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 2024 Emmy Awards. He is now the 19th person to receive the high honor of EGOT, which stands for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Elton first made his journey towards getting an EGOT when he won a Grammy in 1987. He won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the song That's What Friends Are For along with St… Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) As the June European election approaches, anxiety among the continent's leaders is on the rise, and with good reason. In Germany, the AfD consistently polls above 20%, and Marine Le Pen's National Rally in France continues to gain momentum — both a continuation of a trend seen in a number of member states. In what appears to be a desperate last-minute appeal, Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Union, has thrown his support behind the notion of enlisting pop star Taylor Swift to raise awareness about the upcoming election. The endorsement comes amid warnings that the parliament … Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Jennifer Coolidge thanked the “evil gays” for her latest Emmy Award win. The 62-year-old actress took home the gong for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Tanya McQuoid in the hit HBO series ‘White Lotus' for the second time at the annual awards ceremony on Monday (15.01.24) and made sure to thank the two homosexual characters who had ultimately led to her alter-ego's demise. During her acceptance speech, she said: “Thank you. I have to put this down. I still don't have the strength. I got the hook last year, I talked so much. I'm gonna be so fast. Mike White, tha… Read More View the full article

Published by Mirror By Kyle O’Sullivan & Rosaleen Fenton Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po – four names that conjure up very particular images. The colossus alien-like creatures were a mainstay of the 90s, running round and causing mischief on the screen’s of despairing parents. They also had an unlikely older fanbase of clubbers and uni students, who would stick them on the telly while hungover, and happily wear Teletubbies merchandise to the club. The brightly coloured creatures were an unstoppable hit – scoring a No 1 single and hundreds of millions in merchandise singles after debuting in 1997, and changing … Read More View the full article

Published by Socialite Life TV's top talents gathered on Monday, January 15, for the Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate this star-studded ceremony. Stay tuned for all the juicy details! The Bear, Succession, and Beef stole the spotlight, dominating the night with several awards each. Succession collected six prizes at this year's Emmys. One was for star Kieran Culkin, who won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series trophy that night. Fellow cast member Sarah Snook also nabbed her victory after being named the best lead actress in a drama series for her portrayal of Siobhan “Shiv” Roy on the s… Read More View the full article

Published by Celebrity Tidbit Ru Paul has responded to backlash over Drag Queens reading at libraries during his speech at the Emmys, calling out the controversy. The 63-year-old took to the stage to give a speech after his TV show won the Reality Competition award for the fifth consecutive year. The celebrity calling out the controversy of drag queens not being allowed to read to children in libraries, is as honest as Ru Paul's Drag Race's favorite segment – when the “library is open”. There has been much debate surrounding queens holding reading sessions at libraries in the US. Ru Paul accepts his Emmy, calling out legis… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an Indiana public school district's defense of a policy barring transgender students from using bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity, as the justices steered clear – at least for now – of a contentious issue in the nation's culture wars. The justices turned away the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville's appeal of a lower court's ruling that a middle school's policy on bathroom access likely violated the rights under the U.S. Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law of a tra… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet Despite currently holding second-place in the polls and coming in a close third in the Iowa Republican Caucuses Monday night, former Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to have shifted gears. Critics are citing remarks she made Tuesday that, some suggest, show she may be trying to run for vice president. “You’re the only woman in this race,” CNN’s Dana Bash reminded Haley in a face-to-face interview. “How do you feel about your party’s frontrunner being held liable for sexual abuse?” Bash was speaking about the latest E. Jean Carroll defamation and sexual abuse case, which is now in the pe… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Disney received a legal boost in its First Amendment fight against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the controversial law dubbed “Don't Say Gay,” court records show. Attorneys for the House of Mouse last week submitted a new filing in their federal lawsuit alerting the court to former prosecutor Andrew Warren's victory in a parallel freedom-of-speech fight, court records and reports show. “The same values are at stake here,” Disney said in the filing. POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office? The ruling Disney refers to saw the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revive a challenge from Wa… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet Indiana lawmakers kicked off the new year and new legislative session by filing more than 600 bills, including one drafted by a House Republican which targets LGBTQ people in a massive, sweeping rewrite of a number of state statutes, with one clear goal: voiding any legal recognition of transgender people. GOP state Rep. Chris Judy, the vice chair of the House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee, is the lead sponsor of HB 1291, a 69-page bill that removes the word “gender” from many state laws and inserts “biological sex” in its place, redefines gender by providing specific, biologica… Read More View the full article

Published by Mirror By Zoe Delaney Padam Padam scored Kylie Minogue her first top 10 single in 12 years back in May, but the track wasn't always destined for the Princess of Pop. It's been revealed that Rita Ora was in the running to provide the vocals for that turned out to be last summer's anthem, but the song's producer fought to give Australian icon Kylie the track. Speaking in a new interview, Lostboy, who worked with Norwegian songwriter Ina Wroldsen on the song, admitted there was “a moment when Rita was going to cut” Padam Padam amid uncertainty regarding Kylie's suitability for the record. “We wrote Pada… Read More View the full article

Published by Mirror By Nia Dalton Derren Brown once tried to ‘train himself out of being gay' and went to a religious camp to be ‘cured' before turning his back on religion entirely. The British illusionist, who does not claim to possess any supernatural powers, has been performing for three decades and is a BAFTA award-winning entertainer, performing both on television and on stage. Derren was brought up as a Christian and was sent to Bible classes by his parents from the age of five. During his teenage years, he became an evangelical Christian and presented himself as asexual, before deciding that he was an ath… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Ohio's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to override the governor's veto of a bill that bans gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one of dozens of bills under debate this year that would restrict transgender rights across the U.S. In this presidential election year, the number of bills has already surpassed last year's record-setting pace, extending a contentious cultural debate in the United States. Democrats say transgender people and parents of transgender kids should determine treatment, as endorsed by the medical consensus, while Republicans portra… Read More View the full article

Published by Socialite Life In today's Quickies — Shawn Mendes was reliving his childhood as he gleefully dashed outside to feel the snow in a video shared on Sunday (Jan. 07, 2024). But the 25-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter was seemingly not under parental supervision when he went outside in only shorts — no shirt, no shoes, and nothing to cover the bottom half of his legs, never mind a coat, hat, scarf, or mittens. Plus, Kylie Jenner, Timothee Chalamet, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lopez, Jonathan Majors, news, and more! Keep scrolling to check out today's entertainment and pop culture news. Twitter — Kylie Jenner and Ti… Read More View the full article

Published by Reality Titbit The Golden Globes may be one of this January's main events, but celebrations are in order for Queer Eye's Fab Five as they attend the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Show – and take home trophies. The 75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards took place on January 6 and 7. The live Emmy Awards ceremony airs on January 15 and airs on Fox. After Antoni Porowski blew his fans and followers away with his latest freshly single Instagram post, he came back to the ‘gram with some more jaw-dropping snaps this New Year. The Netflix star posed in a suit ahead of the Creative Arts Emmys. Fans commented on his p… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) introduced herself to her new would-be constituents with a joke about her public lewdness caught on video at a theater. The Colorado Republican decided to avoid a tough re-election battle in her current district, which she barely won in 2022, and moved to a more conservative district across the state from her home, and she tried to make light of the baggage she carried with her in an introductory event, reported Newsweek. “Many of you known who I am,” Boebert told Baca County Republicans on Jan. 5. “I don't have to ask like the ushers at the Buell Theater.” POLL: Sho… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — The forecast predicts that New York City’s prestigious Theater District will be splashed with royal hues when Prince‘s most celebrated work hits Broadway. The late music icon’s hit 1984 movie, “Purple Rain,” is being adapted into a stage musical written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Tony Award nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz. Jacobs-Jenkins marked his Broadway debut last month with a star-studded revival of the family drama “Appropriate” headlined by Emmy Award winner Sarah Paulson. Blain-Cruz, who recently helmed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister on Tuesday. Here are five things you should know about Attal: * At 34, Gabriel Attal is France's youngest post-war prime minister, a record previously held by the leftist Laurent Fabius, who was 37 when he was named prime minister by Francois Mitterrand in 1984. * Attal is France's first openly gay prime minister. He was outed by an old school associate in 2018 when he was named a junior minister during Macron's first mandate. At the time, Attal was in a relationship with Stephane … Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will publish a bill shortly that will legalise same-sex marriage in a bid to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. Greece has implemented a series of reforms over the past decade to improve LGBT+ rights in the country where the Orthodox Church has long opposed equal rights for same-sex couples. Mitsotakis, who is trying to break away from the traditional image of a conservative leader, has drafted a national strategy on LGBT+ rights that may win support from the left but create opposition in more co… Read More View the full article

Published by Mirror By Lauren Gordon It has been revealed that The Sopranos gay storyline with character Vito Spatafore was inspired by a real-life mob story, as show celebrates its 25th anniversary. Vito’s sexuality was hinted at in season five of the show, when the boyfriend of head mobster Tony Sopranos daughter caught Vito giving oral sex to a male security guard. Vito was Tony’s highest earner and was revealed to be a closeted gay man. The subject wasn’t raised again until the following season when Vito, played by played by Joseph R. Gannascoli was seen dancing with another man inside a gay bar. Word of his … Read More View the full article

Published by Chicago Tribune “Mean Girls,” the musical, the movie, works fairly well. I know, I know. Curb your enthusiasm there, bub. But that's how it is. Like “The Color Purple,” another movie musical now in theaters, the movie's performers elevate largely forgettable songs working hard to convince the source material it'd make a terrific song-and-dance vehicle. In the case of “Mean Girls,” die-hard admirers of the clique-bait source material, a generation old now, will get their fairly good time. Tina Fey's 2004 screenplay started from a 2002 nonfiction book, “Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cli… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Republicans on the House Oversight Committee expressed outrage Wednesday after Rep. Jared Moskowitz (R-FL) noted that former President Donald Trump associated with Jeffrey Epstein. During a House Oversight Committee hearing about Hunter Biden, Moskowitz reacted to sex trafficking concerns brought up by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “And so, again, because the gentlelady from Georgia I know is such an advocate for women's rights, as she mentioned, and is so concerned about grooming, and apparently we don't have any standards here anymore, again, I just want to remind my colleagues, becaus… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine Caitlyn Jenner was accused of fighting for a chance at being Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 election after penning a gushing social media message predicting a major win for the embattled ex-prez. “I predict the electoral map will be unprecedented — to the likes we haven't seen since the re-election of Reagan!” she wrote via X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday, January 7. “I have never been more excited for a candidate that has united so many,” she continued. “Common sense policies and real leadership just wins – plain and simple! @TeamTrump.” Political pundit Ron Filipkowski share… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News Taylor Swift's sexuality is the subject of a controversial New York Times opinion piece, which a source close to the singer has slammed as “invasive, untrue, and inappropriate.” The 5,000-word article, published on Thursday, asserts that Swift is a closeted queer person, based off of various LGBTQ references found in her songs and performances. “There seems to be no boundary some journalists won't cross when writing about Taylor, regardless of how invasive, untrue, and inappropriate it is — all under the protective veil of an ‘opinion piece,'” a person close to the situation told CNN on Saturd… Read More View the full article