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Published by Chicago Tribune One of the many bright lights in Season 2 of “The Bear,” Molly Gordon is all over the amiable new comedy “Theater Camp” as co-director, co-writer and co-star. This one's a largely improvised “Best in Show” / ”Waiting for Guffman”-style ensemble project, set at a summer drama program in the Adirondacks on the brink of bankruptcy. Gordon and Nick Lieberman directed. Real-life couple Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, both “Dear Evan Hansen” alums (Platt originated the role and won the Tony), also star and, along with Lieberman, are co-writers. A lot of the movie's better jokes ended up in the trailer. “… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Kevin Spacey says he has “lost everything” amid his sexual assault trial. The Oscar-winning actor, 63, is currently facing 12 charges of sexual assault from four alleged victims and appeared at London's Southwark Crown Court on Thursday (13.07.23) where he delivered his testimony and spoke out for the first time, where he claimed he had “lost his reputation” when the accusations first came to light. He said: “There was a rush to judgment and before the first question was asked or answered I lost my job, I lost my reputation, I lost everything in a matter of days.” The ‘House of Cards' star wen… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The embassies of the United States, Germany and 36 other countries urged Hungary's government to protect the rights of LGBT people and scrap laws that discriminate against them in a statement ahead of Budapest's Pride march on Saturday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government promotes a strongly Christian-conservative agenda and passed a law in 2021 banning the “display and promotion of homosexuality” among under-18s, despite criticism from rights groups and the European Union. In a joint statement, the embassies and about 10 cultural institutions including the British Co… Read More View the full article

Published by The Street By Daniel Kline When Bud Light opted to retain the transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for a digital marketing campaign, it was clear what Anheuser-Busch (BUD) – Get Free Report wanted to accomplish The beer company was trying to leverage Mulvaney's prominence to reach her audience and expand the brand's audience in the LGBTQ+ community. Budweiser executives had no real reason to believe that anyone outside Mulvaney's fan base would see the promotion. DON'T MISS: Bud Light ‘Woke' War Isn't Just About Kid Rock, Garth Brooks Kid Rock, of course, changed the trajectory of that promotion. His vi… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News A Wisconsin teacher who complained about the banning of the Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton song “Rainbowland” has now been fired. In a unanimous decision, the Waukesha School Board on Wednesday night voted to fire first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel, four months after she criticized Heyer Elementary School's decision to prohibit her students from singing a pro-LGBTQ song in a school concert. Earlier this year, Tempel took to Twitter to express frustration at school administrators who banned the 2017 pop-country track, which was once described by Parton as a song about “dreaming and hoping that we… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Billie Eilish has launched a range of Barbie tracksuits. The 21-year-old pop star has teamed up with the toy brand to create a fashion collection which features bright pink velour hoodies and wide-legged trousers emblazoned with the name ‘Billie' in Barbie's instantly-recognisable Dollie Script font to celebrate the upcoming release of Margot Robbie's new movie based on the iconic doll. The collection is available on Billie's own online merchandise store and also features vest tops, T-shirts, hats, necklaces and stickers. As well as launching her own Barbie clothing collection, Billie also con… Read More View the full article

Published by Sports Illustrated By Chris Herring At the beginning of each episode of Goliath, the well-crafted, three-part Showtime docuseries on legendary hoops star Wilt Chamberlain that premieres this Friday, there’s a disclaimer. “Wilt Chamberlain’s voice in this series is created using an A.I. program with the permission of the Wilt Chamberlain estate. Wilt’s words have been composed of quotations of his written work and public statements,” the statement reads. Other interesting filmmaking tactics have been utilized before to voice departed legends. An ESPN documentary on former Raiders owner Al Davis and former NFL com… Read More View the full article

Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Beyoncé’s South Philly Renaissance began with a prelude. Before darkness fell on Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday, an enormous video screen showed a TV test pattern, cleverly reworked to include colors of the Progress Pride Flag celebrating the LGBTQ community. That screen became an image of a cloudy blue sky, and then — as the anticipation of the sellout crowd turned into ecstasy — it was filled in with a stadiumwide image of Beyoncé herself. And then there she was, at 8:45 p.m. sharp. In a short black Givenchy dress, uttering the words that her mostly female, significantly… Read More View the full article

[This post contains video, click to play] Troye Sivan's New Song “Rush” Troye Sivan, the pop sensation, has recently released his latest single, “Rush”. The song is a prelude to his upcoming third studio album, “Something to Give Each Other”, set to release on October 13. The Inspiration Behind “Rush” “Rush” is a reflection of Sivan's time thorugh Covid, finding community in another country since moving to Australia and.. Sivan's Personal Connection to the Album Sivan has described the album as his gift to his fans. It's a piece of his heart, a slice of his life, and a testament to his journey as an artist and as a person. It's about, “community built off a common experience of dance music, partying, fashion, humor, and all of these things that I love so much about my life and about my friends.” “Something to Give Each Other” is Sivan's first full-length release since “Bloom” in 2018. During the pandemic, he released the 7-track EP “In a Dream” and found an unexpected viral hit with his single “Angel Baby”. View the full article

Published by Reuters (Corrects story from June 29 to remove reference in paragraph 25 to aspartame being removed from PepsiCo products in 2020. A PepsiCo spokesperson corrected an earlier statement from an outside company spokesperson.) By Jennifer Rigby and Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum a… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Margot Robbie says the ‘Barbie' film tackles the concept of a power “hierarchy”. The 33-year-old actress plays the beloved doll character in Greta Gerwig's new film on the Mattel firm's iconic creation, which has been hailed as a feminist take on the toy – which has recently been rebranded with a range of diverse models with different skin tones and disabilities since it was launched as a supposedly picture-perfect blonde ideal of beauty in 1959. Margot said at the European premiere of the film at Cineworld in London's Leicester Square on Wednesday (12.07.23) night: “To really do something une… Read More View the full article

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Published by Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday. In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV can progress to AIDS if left untreated. “We have a solution if we follow the leadership of countries that have forged strong political commitment to put people first and invest in evidence-based HIV prevention and treatment programmes,” UNAIDS said in a r… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story A hair dresser in Michigan told nonbinary customers they should seek the services of a pet groomer. Christine Geiger, the owner of Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City, posted on Facebook that those who don't identify ashe or her aren't welcome, according to the Kansas City Star. “If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman, please seek services at a local pet groomer,” she posted. “You are not welcome at this salon. Period.” The business' Instagram profile says it “does not cater to woke ideologies,” the Star reported. The Facebook page had been deleted Tuesday. The Star said the p… Read More View the full article

Published by uInterview.com Jeffrey Carlson, the actor from the soap opera All My Children, has died at the age of 48. He was known for playing one of the first transgender characters on a daytime television series. Actress Susan Hart shared the news in a Facebook post last week but a cause of death was not given. Time Out New York theater critic Adam Feldman wrote a statement on Twitter regarding Carlson's death. Carlson first started out as a theater actor with Broadway roles in Taboo, Tartuffe and The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? He also starred in films like Hitch and The Killing Floor, but his most prominent role was in A… Read More View the full article

Published by Mongabay By Liz Kimbrough If you stress out a rattlesnake, make sure it has a friend around. Much like humans, stressed snakes are calmed by a companion’s presence, according to new research. Stress can lead to increased hormone production, resulting in changes in the nervous system, immune response and behavior. Certain animals, like humans, can regulate their stress response when in the company of another animal of their species, which is referred to as social buffering. “We showed that when two snakes were together and experienced a stressful situation, they could buffer each other’s stress response… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine Dog the Bounty Hunter's estranged daughter Bonnie Champan is outraged by the remarks he made about transgender star Dylan Mulvaney and the LGBTQ+ community during an interview with online Christian ministry founder Sharell Barrera. “The comments made by Duane Chapman reflect prehistoric beliefs and do not align with true Christian values. Jesus loves everyone and would strongly denounce this non-accepting rhetoric,” she wrote in an Instagram message on Wednesday, July 12, the day after his chat. “It is utterly repulsive to advocate violence against our transgender community, and it is equally … Read More View the full article

Published by GB News A highly prized first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been snapped up for £10,500 at auction, having been purchased second hand for just 30p. This copy of the first novel in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series was given an estimated value of £3,000 to £5,000. However, an online bidder in Los Angeles swooped in with a bid of £10,500 to take home the first edition. In 1997, Bloomsbury published a first batch of just 500 first edition first impressions and, of those, the book sold is one of only 300 set aside for libraries. An unnamed individual from Staffordhsire purchased t… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet North Carolina Republicans introduced legislation on Wednesday that would grant parents greater power over their kids’ education and make it easier to fire and even prosecute faculty members, the News & Observer’s Kyle Ingram reported. Senate Bill 90 “also requires schools to inform parents if their child begins identifying as a different gender — a measure that was already included in the legislature’s proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights,” Ingram noted. “Under the new bill, parents would be given a new legal recourse for encroachments on their ‘fundamental right to parent,'” Ingram explained, “w… Read More View the full article

Published by The Street By Jeffrey Quiggle It's been little more than three months since Anheuser-Busch (BUD) – Get Free Report engaged in a small social media advertising partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The advertisement featured Mulvaney discussing and showing a photo of a Bud Light can with her image printed on it. DON'T MISS: McDonald's Menu Finally Adding Beloved Global Favorite The backlash was immediate and fierce, as people began boycotting Bud Light and posting videos to social media showing them damaging Bud Light cans and cases by various means. The most notorious of these involved … Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have been announced, with HBO dominating with the most overall selections with their series Succession, The Last of Us and The White Lotus. HBO's shows represent a combined 74 nominations. Netflix led streamers with 103 nominations, but its showing was meagre in many of the top categories. The Crown a nod for best drama and, along with Wednesday's Jenna Ortega, Christina Applegate was nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for the third and final season of Netflix's Dead to Me. Netflix fared better in the limited series category, whe… Read More View the full article

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US health authorities on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, dramatically widening access to contraception for women in the United States where abortion rights are increasingly under assault. The medication, Opill, will become available in pharmacies and supermarkets as well as online early next year, the manufacturer Perrigo said in a statement. More than 100 countries already allow contraceptive pills to be sold over the counter. But in the United States approval comes after the Supreme Court last year scrapped federal abortion p… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Russia's lower house of parliament on Thursday unanimously approved on the second of three readings a draft law that would ban gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people. The bill would prohibit medical workers from “performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person”, though it exempts surgery to treat congenital anomalies in children. It would also bar people from changing their gender on official identity documents and would prohibit transgender people from adopting children. It would annul a marriage where one partner subsequently changed their gende… Read More View the full article

Published by AFP Paris (AFP) – The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday and Thursday, though it is not available in Europe because parent company… Read More View the full article

Los Angeles Pride – June, 1991 – About a month after David Cooley opened it as a coffeehouse. Photo by Alan Light The esteemed gay nightclub and eatery, The Abbey, situated in West Hollywood, is now open for acquisition, offering a distinctive opportunity for potential investors. The property, located at 686 Robertson Blvd., is being marketed as “a generational purchase opportunity to acquire one of the world's most iconic nightclubs and restaurants.” The sale encompasses both The Abbey Food & Bar and the Chapel at the Abbey, an expansion that was added in 2016. The original establishment, which began as a coffee shop started by investment banker David Cooley in 1991, gradually morphed into a bustling restaurant and nightclub spanning nearly 10,000 square feet. It was reported by the WeHo Times that Cooley sold a majority stake to SBE Group for $10 million in 2006 but took back ownership in 2015. Photo by John Duran, a former West Hollywood City Council member, recognized Cooley's vision for rejuvenating the historic Boystown and creating a globally acknowledged gay institution. Duran expressed, “As one generation of LGBT passes into memory and new generations arrive, it will be fascinating to witness the changes that may lie ahead for the historic district.” Efforts to get a comment from David Cooley were not successful, and he has not yet made a statement about the sale. Earlier this year, in March, Cooley also put his Hancock Park home on the market for around $7.7 million. The sale of The Abbey is part of a series of recent shifts in West Hollywood's nightlife. In May, reality TV star and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump announced that she would not extend the lease for her restaurant, Pump, which is near The Abbey. As this iconic gay nightclub in West Hollywood begins a new phase, the city is looking forward to the potential changes that may come to the historic district. View the full article