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  • World’s “Sexiest” Prime Minister Joins Canada Pride Event

    North America’s largest Pride festival unveils Canada’s first-ever Pride Month.

    Pride Toronto, the city’s most vibrant and inclusive arts and cultural festival and North America’s largest Pride celebration, has unveiled its 2016 Pride Month theme, announcing to the world that this June, “YOU CAN SIT WITH US.” The campaign for Canada’s first-ever Pride Month, features Canada’s top political leaders: noted “sexiest man alive” and “politician dreamboat” (Vogue) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, openly out Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and partner Jane Rounthewaite and Toronto Mayor John Tory who will all participate in this year’s festivities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Pride Toronto’s 2016 Parade will make Canadian history, with Justin Trudeau participating as Canada’s first ever sitting Prime Minister to march, alongside leadership from both Toronto’s municipal and Ontario’s provincial governments.

    To celebrate the power and beauty of its diverse community, Pride Toronto held an open photo shoot for community members, artists and city leaders to show their Pride. The event was met with an overwhelming response, enabling the campaign to showcase over 300 community members of all ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and ethnicities.

    “If a picture is worth 1,000 words, maybe 1,000 pictures has the potential to give a true face to our community. And what a truly diverse and beautiful community we have,’” said Mathieu Chantelois, Pride Toronto Executive Director. “By striking a pose for our camera crew, hundreds took a stand for Pride Toronto, they are telling the world that it’s ok to sit with us, but also to rally, march, celebrate, love and change the world with us.”

    Noted personalities in the campaign also include: Ministers of Canadian parliament, Toronto City Councillors, Trans activists, the Toronto Police Service Chief of Police, the Guinness World Record Holder for Oldest Performing Drag Queen, DJs, artists and performers, along with Pride Toronto’s recently announced 2016 Honoured Group, Black Lives Matter – Toronto.

    This year’s theme is a play on, and response to, the infamous line from the 2004 cult-classic film Mean Girls. ‘YOU CAN SIT WITH US’ conveys a strong message of belonging and inclusion – a sentiment that was heard in consultations with community members.

    Canada’s first-ever Pride Month will launch on 1 June, featuring extended programming and provocative events throughout the city, culminating the much-anticipated Pride Parade on 3 July.

  • Sacha Baron Cohen Admits He’s 23 Per Cent Gay

    Film star Sacha Baron Cohen has spoken about his sexuality, saying that he is around 23% per gay.

    CREDIT: ©-Jean_Nelson-Depositphotos
    CREDIT: ©-Jean_Nelson-Depositphotos

    Sacha Baron Cohen has joked about how he’s 23% per cent gay, but it can fluctuate up to 31%. He was speaking on the WTF! podcast with Marc Maron to promote his upcoming film The Brothers Grimsby

    When asked if he was gay, the Bruno star replied,

    “I’m 23 percent gay. We worked it out did the calculations. I’m 23 percent gay,” but added that the number tends to fluctuate. “There are times I go down to 17 sometimes I’m 31 depends on the situation. When I was doing Boratand I had the testicles at my chin I was at 31.”

  • Sam Smith Wins Best Original Song Oscar

    Sam Smith Wins Best Original Song Oscar

    Sam Smith Won Best Song Oscar for his Bond Theme, Writing’s On The Wall.

     

    Sam Smith has won “Best Original Song” for his Bond Theme, Writing’s On The Wall.

    Sam took the opportunity in his acceptance speech to acknowledge the LGBT community and dedicate his song to the community, however misquoted Sir Ian McKellen, by say that no gay person had won an Oscar.

    Earlier in the year Sir Ian had asked the question why no gay man has ever won Best Actor?

    Sam misquoted Sir Ian, and said that no gay person had won any oscar of any sort, and said,

    “If this is the case, even if it isn’t the case, I want to dedicate this to the LGBT community all around the world. I stand here tonight as a proud gay man.”

    However a number of openly gay people have won at the Oscars, and indeed at least four have won in his category including Sir Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and Howard Ashman and Melissa Etheridge won an Oscar for her song, I Need To Wake Up, from An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.

    Sir Elton won his Oscar for “The Lion King’s” Can You Feel The Love Tonight in 1994, which he shares with Tim Rice. Stephen Sondheim won an Oscar for his song “Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)” in 1990 from the film “Dick Tracy”.

    Howard Ashman won his Oscar for Beauty And The Beast in 1991.

    Sam’s astonishing snub or lack of education in Oscar wins led Oscar winner, Dustin Lance Black to lash out at Sam on Twitter – suggesting that he stop text his Fiancé, Tom Daley.

     

     

     

  • Dustin Lance Black: Sam Smith Stop Texting My Man!

    Dustin Lance Black has taken to Twitter to demand that Oscar winner Sam Smith stop texting his fiancé, Tom Daley.

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  • Introducing Martyn Andrews

    Introducing Martyn Andrews

    Free falling, mountain climbing, frozen lake diving, getting arrested at airports and Eurovision… We introduce Martyn Andrews – RT’s intrepid, roving reporter.

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  • Collabro We’re Not Controlled Like Other Boy Bands

    Collabro We’re Not Controlled Like Other Boy Bands

    Those Collabro boys are cheeky chappies – and aren’t afraid of having a little fun on tour…

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  • Ben Cohen Breaks Teeth After Skiing Accident

    Ben Cohen Breaks Teeth After Skiing Accident

    Ben Cohen is recovering on piste, after losing two teeth and requiring 20 stitches after a skiing accident whilst filming for Channel 4.

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  • Kelly Clarkson’s AI Performance Is Everything Music Should Be

    Kelly Clarkson’s AI Performance Is Everything Music Should Be

    Kelly Clarkson’s emotional rendition of her song Piece By Piece leaves everyone in tears.

    Singing at the American Idol finale, Kelly Clarkson broke down several times during her performance of her latest single Piece By Piece – giving viewers one of the most emotional performances ever seen on television.

    The emotional star battled till the end of the song, which describes a father who never leaves his child and restoring faith that fathers “should be great.”

    Kelly, who is pregnant with her second child wrote the song whilst pregnant with her first.

    Both Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban, who are on the judging panel of the show were in tears by the end of the song.

     

     

  • Hannah Spearritt Up For 20th Anniversary Of S Club 7

    It may be a couple of years away, but Hannah Spearitt has signalled that she’d be up for a reunion S Club 7 tour.

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  • Remembering When Bradley Cooper Had His (Gay) Cherry Taken

    In 2001 light years ago before superstar Bradley Cooper he became a Hollywood icon  he had a Wet American Hot Summer.

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  • Bette Midler’s Retro Crack PSA Is Everything

    Bette Midler’s Retro Crack PSA Is Everything

    The internet is amazing. You can find almost anything. We’ve just discovered this retro public service announcement from Bette Midler herself, telling us the pitfalls of trying crack.

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