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Directed by Tom Hooper – who also helmed Oscar winning musical drama Les Misérables – Cats follows a tribe of felines called the Jellicles who must decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a new life. The film features an ensemble cast, including stars such as: Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Robert Fairchild and Laurie Davidson. The sensational first trailer for the...

A gay man from Montreal claims he is the victim of homophobia after he and his friends were kicked out of a restaurant for sexually harassing, er, “complimenting” their busboy. The incident happened last Saturday night at a restaurant in Old Montreal called Pastel. Ghislain Corriveau and three of his friends came in shortly before closing and began making sexually suggestive comments to their busboy, including inviting him to come over and sit on their laps. When the busboy told the co-owner...

NBA superstar Dwight Howard sat down with Fox Sports 1’s Kristine Leahy last night to address the gay rumors that have been following him since last year. “I’m not gay,” Howard said point blank. “There’s people who have different problems in life and they have to hide. They have to put on the mask every day, and it’s like, I don’t wanna wear no mask, I just wanna be.” Howard found himself having to deny gay rumors last November when a...

A well-regarded CUNY professor and leading HIV researcher has been accused of snorting cocaine and sexually harassing employees at raucous school parties paid for with money intended to go to HIV and recreational drug research. Psychology professor Jeffrey Parsons is the youngest-ever “distinguished” professor at CUNY and one of the school’s highest paid teachers, the New York Post notes. According to his Wikipedia page, he is an internationally recognized expert in HIV prevention and treatment, particularly around the health risk behaviors associated...

Bianca Devins (image via Instagram)A 21-year-old k incel named Brandon Andrew Clark has been arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of 17-year-old “biromantic asexual” and social media personality Bianca Devins in Utica, New York. After stalking her, Clark allegedly slit Devins’ throat, posted images of her murdered body online and then unsuccessfully tried to slit his own throat. The entire saga is super creepy. But before we get into it, here are two definitions: An incel is an “involuntary celibate,”...

Mexican drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has been given life in jail plus 30 years after being found guilty of narcotics trafficking. Earlier this year, he was found convicted of 10 counts including international distribution of heroin and cocaine; use of firearms and money laundering. Speaking through his translator at his sentencing in New York, El Chapo complained about how he had been treated in US custody. He claimed he had been subject to “cruel and inhumane” treatment during his 30...

In their new study entitled, “Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use Of Online Video,” The Shift Project — a group dedicated to reducing carbon emissions — said that energy systems for streaming video online — including adult video — releases more than 300 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year. The Daily Dot explains their study and its findings: In short, 60 percent of that 300 million tons is generated from online video, and about 27 percent of that...

Ryan WilliamsA 22-year-old British hotel receptionist named Ryan Williams says he was viciously attacked by a man in a homophobic gay bashing that happened over the weekend. The attack occurred in the city of Preston within the northern England area of Lancashire. Williams told the media that after a night out with friends, he and his pals went to McDonald’s to get a late night snack. Near the restaurant, a a man attacked him. Williams said, “There was a group of...

NBA superstar Dwight Howard is finally opening up about those gay rumors that began circulating around him last year. A little backstory: Last November, a man by the name of Masin Elije alleged that he had engaged in an ongoing sexual relationship with the NBA player and that he threatened to “beat the sh*t out of him” if he ever went public about it. Elije claimed he first met Howard at a Wild n’ Out party. They kept in touch on Instagram...

Michael Johnson (a.k.a. “Tiger Mandingo”), the college wrestler who was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for allegedly not disclosing his HIV status to his sexual partners, is speaking out for the first time since being released from prison earlier this month. In 2015, Johnson was found guilty of “recklessly infecting” multiple male partners with HIV while he was a student at Lindenwood University in Missouri. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury pool stacked with...

Remember Dale Peck’s horrid recent New Republic article about Pete Buttigieg’s sex life? The one that got was almost immediately taken offline, got the magazine dropped from a climate change summit and allegedly got its gay author death threats? Yeah, according to another gay writer we’re all reading it wrong and it’s not actually homophobic, it’s just an example of gay “reading” (calling out someone’s flaws in a catty way). In a recently published article piece by longtime gay journalist...

A “straigh-ish” woman is unsure how to handle being in a relationship with a bisexual man, so she’s seeking advice from our friend Rich Juzwiak over at Slate. “He told me, soon after we got intimate, that he’s had sex with men for most of his adult life, though he’s only ever dated women,” the 30-something woman explains. “We got more serious, and we’re now exclusive and a year into our relationship. ” Recently, they hit bit of a roadblock in...

It’s been 12 years since Equus last graced the West End stage, with the 2007 production causing a flurry of media excitement, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role during the height of his Harry Potter fame. Time may not have been kind to Peter Shaffer’s 1973 work – the language seems laboured in places, while the psychology feels dated and full of clichés – but this version, with director Ned Bennett at the reins, has breathed new life...

Women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe continues her run of riling up Trump supporters, this time by sharing what she would tell Trump-supporting soccer fans. In an interview with Meet The Press, Rapinoe addressed a controversy-filled week without apology for her criticisms of Donald Trump. She also asserted that her elevated celebrity gives her the platform to bring attention to much-neglected issues, like Trump policies on racial equality, equal pay and LGBTQ rights. When host Chuck Todd pressed her on what she would...