First-ever Latinx winner announced as Mr Gay World 2022

Dolly Parton, a world-renowned country music star and philanthropist, has been awarded $100m (£84.8m) by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for charitable causes.

SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday (Nov 14) that it did not have cause to list cryptocurrency exchange operator FTX on the same basis as fellow operator Binance, which it ordered to stop providing payment services to Singapore residents in September.

Every morning, Mary’s eight-year-old daughter Paige walks into school in the Texan city of Austin with a legal letter in her rucksack, neatly packed with her schoolbooks and her lunch, just in case she gets stopped by state family protection officials.

The winter is very nearly upon us, and if you’re currently looking to invest in some stylish new clothes to see you through the holiday season and beyond, then one of the biggest priorities is always a warm, stylish coat. Of course, a good coat can be one of the more expensive items in your wardrobe, so it is best to invest in styles that will remain in fashion for years to come, and which pair well with lots of different outfits, allowing you to get plenty of wear out of your new coat as you go from work to evening, and through more casual weekend wear.

Drag Race superstar Cynthia Lee Fontaine has shared an update about her hip replacement surgery.

Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been censored in Kuwait over a brief LGBTQ+ moment.

Social media personality Benito Skinner is set to star in a new LGBTQ+ TV show for Prime Video. 

A Quiet Place star Emily Blunt has opened up about a possible Devil Wears Prada sequel. 

Pop star Dua Lipa has denied rumours that she’s performing at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar. 

Beauty and The Beast star Luke Evans has weighed in on the controversial gay casting debate. 

Whoa. Sandra Bernhard will be performing live in Texas for the first time in like 10 years.

Ahead of their highly anticipated Holiday Show, Drag Race legends Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme have released a stunning festive ballad.

NEW YORK: I must admit I’ve been rooting for the crypto market to crash and burn. Not because I never invested in it and was resentful to see so many people get rich from it (though there were moments). But because I don't understand it, what value it serves or what problem it solves.

Drag Race superstar Cynthia Lee Fontaine has shared an update about her hip replacement surgery.

Spoilers ahead.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is already gearing up to be a massive hit, with star Letitia Wright filling in as the titular hero after the passing of her brother, King T'Challa, in the new film (T'Challa was played by beloved actor Chadwick Boseman, who succumbed to cancer in 2020).Starring Wright, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Winston Duke, and Danai Gurira, Wakanda Forever follows the women working to save the fictional African nation of Wakanda from a new threat following T'Challa's death. Gay CNN anchor Anderson Cooper makes two cameos in the film, playing himself reporting on news concerning the Wakandan people, including a devastating tragedy that occurs in the film's second act.

GEMMA Collins looked very different as she debuted a new hairstyle and glam outfit on a night out. The Towie legend, 41, turned heads as she showed off a shorter new hairstyle at London's Proud Cabaret.

 (CNN) -- The Majestic Princess cruise ship was about halfway through a 12-day voyage when an outbreak of cases was noticed, Carnival Australia president Marguerite Fitzgerald told reporters in a media briefing on Saturday.The ship had 4,600 passengers and crew on board at the time, according to CNN affiliate Nine News.After mass testing 3,300 passengers, around 800 tested positive for COVID-19, as did a small number of crew, Fitzgerald said."All positive cases were mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic, and those guests isolated in their staterooms and then separated from non-impacted guests," parent company Princess Cruises representative Briana Latter told CNN.Cruise operators separately escorted those infected off the ship and advised them to complete a five-day isolation period, CNN affiliate Nine News reported.Those who tested negative were permitted to leave the ship, a New South Wales Health statement read."Carnival has advised NSW Health that they are assisting passengers with COVID-19 to make safe onward travel arrangements," the statement added.Latter said the outbreak aboard the Majestic Princess was "reflective of an increase in community transmission in Australia."Australia has seen an uptick in COVID cases recently, leading to more caution from within the government.The New South Wales Ministry of Health has recorded 19,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths in the past week.The Majestic Princess cruise ship has since departed Sydney on her next voyage to Melbourne and Tasmania.In a later statement, Fitzgerald said Carnival Australia have made over 50 international and domestic voyages "with a vast majority of more than 100,000 guests unimpacted by COVID.""However, the emergence of COVID in the community has

“David is going to the World Cup, David is going to the World Cup...”

BBC Breakfast presenter Owain Wyn Evans has hit back at vile homophobic trolls. The journalist has been forced to defend himself after receiving a note from a hateful viewer. He shared a picture of the handwritten letter he received full of bile.

Sam Bankman-Fried earned a reputation as saviour of the crypto industry when he bailed out two platforms earlier this year. But when FTX, the exchange he co-founded and led until Friday (Nov 11), needed a lifeline, none was forthcoming.

NEW YORK: At least US$1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Hollywood and fans have paid tribute to the late openly gay Batman actor Kevin Conroy.

The first trailer for Cara Delevingne’s new BBC Three documentary is finally here.

Relive the sights and scares of the 2022 Halloween Block Party with Regina Lyn and Corry — with appearances by Larry the Fairy — in this DVtv segment shot and edited by Tom and Suha Roma, with contributions from Joseph Herrera.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been moved from a Moscow jail to an undisclosed penal colony.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has reportedly cut a 10-second scene of LGBTQ+ affection for its release in Kuwait. The brief moment in the Marvel blockbuster shows Michaela Coel’s character Aneka giving Florence Kasumba’s Ayo a simple kiss on the forehead.One of a handful of cuts amounting to slightly more than one minute, the footage has been placed on the chopping block to appease Kuwaiti censors, who are considered to be the strictest cinematic gatekeepers in the entire Middle East. On the chopping block: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has reportedly cut a 10-second scene of LGBTQ+ affection for its release in Kuwait Kissed goodbye: The brief moment in the Marvel blockbuster shows Michaela Coel’s character Aneka giving Florence Kasumba’s Ayo a simple kiss on the foreheadThe Black Panther sequels' brief kiss on the forehead is the latest LGBTQ+ scene to be flagged by censors in the region.

The new issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El featured a heartwarming coming-out scene between Jon and Clark Kent. 

The second trailer for the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic has been released, and it's making us fall in love with the icon all over again. Note: You might end up watching the trailer multiple times... We don't blame you. Directed by the widely acclaimed Kasi Lemmons, known for Eve’s Bayou and most recently, Harriet, I Wanna Dance With Somebody centers Houston’s rise to fame, as she pushes through backlash as a black woman singer in a predominantly white genre and emerges as a legend.“Music is not a color.

(CNN) -- US women's basketball star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a Russian penal colony, where conditions are often tough and have drawn concern from international watchdogs.Russia's infamous penal colonies are unlike conventional incarceration in the West. Here's what you need to know. Where has Griner been sent?Griner's attorneys said they didn't immediately know exactly where her final destination will be.

Last month, the new animated film “Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!” confirmed what “Scooby-Doo” fans had a hunch about all along. Yup, Velma’s a lesbian, to the surprise of no one.

(CNN) -- A Frontier Airlines passenger necessitated an emergency landing and was later taken into custody Friday night after he was found with a box cutter, according to an airline spokesperson.Frontier Airlines Flight 1761 from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta after the passenger was seen with the box cutter, spokesperson Jennifer De La Cruz told CNN in a statement."The aircraft landed safely in Atlanta and the passenger in question was taken into custody by Atlanta law enforcement," De La Cruz said.No details were available on the circumstances leading up to the discovery of the box cutter, and the person in custody has not been identified.There were no injuries to passengers or crew members, according to the airline.All passengers have deplaned and were being provided with overnight hotel accommodations in Atlanta. A new flight has been scheduled for Saturday morning to take the passengers from Atlanta to their final destination of Tampa.CNN is reaching out to the Atlanta Police Department for further information.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

(CNN) -- Kevin Conroy, the man behind the gravelly bass voice of Batman and who popularized that unmistakable growl that separated Bruce Wayne from the Caped Crusader, has died, according to his representative Gary Miereanu. He was 66.DC Comics also confirmed the news.Conroy died Thursday, shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer, Miereanu said.Conroy's work in the role is the basis for every iteration of Batman popular culture has seen since.

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX said on Saturday (Nov 12) it had seen "unauthorised transactions", with analysts saying millions of dollars worth of assets had been withdrawn from the platform.

For a little while, it appeared some of FTX’s American customers might escape the worst-case scenario confronting the beleaguered crypto platform.

Sam Bankman-Fried earned a reputation as savior of the crypto industry when he bailed out two platforms earlier this year. But when FTX, the exchange he cofounded and led until Friday (Nov 11), needed a lifeline, none was forthcoming.

NEW YORK: At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Coinbase Global will write off the investment its ventures arm made in cryptocurrency exchange FTX in 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK/LONDON: A week of turmoil culminating in major crypto exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy has left investors questioning the viability of a sector already bruised by the bitcoin bubble bursting and closures of key market players.

Crypto exchange FTX filed for US bankruptcy protection on Friday (Nov 11) and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as chief executive, after the biggest blowup in the crypto industry drew calls for tighter regulation.

Fans of I'm a Celebrity....Get Me Out of Here! have taken to social media to fume over the treatment of one of the show's contestants.

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department has pushed back against claims that transgender YouTube star Nikita Dragun was housed in a men’s unit after being arrested at a Miami Beach, Fla., hotel.Authorities arrested Dragun, a beauty influencer with millions of social media followers, on Monday at the Goodtime Hotel for allegedly assaulting a police officer. She was placed in a men’s prison unit afterward, according to her publicist."The situation with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed in a men’s unit of a Florida jail is extremely disturbing and dangerous,” her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan of Full Scope Public Relations, said in a statement.

A new study by Andrés Finzi, professor at the Université de Montréal (UdeM) and researcher at the CHUM Research Center, examines the efficacy of non-neutralizing antibodies against the AIDS virus.Science Daily reported that the study, initially published in Cell Reports, shows that humanized mice needed the viral protein Vpu to allow infected cells to eliminate the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The non-neutralizing antibodies use this mechanism to get rid of the cells infected by the virus.Even though millions of people living with HIV have non-neutralizing antibodies, the lack of vaccine against the virus sparked the idea for the study.

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SHE provided drama on TOWIE for years - and has become a firm telly favourite since. But fans may have seen a different side to Ferne McCann after an anonymous Instagram account started leaking vile voice notes alleging to be her.

Taylor Swift is giving her fans even more chances to see her live during her upcoming Eras tour. The 32-year-old singer-songwriter has added 17 shows to her already jam-packed schedule for next spring and summer. Swift is starting the tour a day earlier than originally planned on March 17 in Arizona and ending it four days later than planned on August 9 in Los Angeles.  Adding more shows: Taylor Swift is giving her fans even more chances to see her live during her upcoming Eras tour (pictured Aug. 2022)The additional shows include five straight nights at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium.

(CNN) – The US National Park Service offers free entry a handful of times each year to all of its more than 400 sites. We’re at the last one for 2022.No fees will be charged to enter any site – including the marquee names – on Friday, November 11.The NPS chose Veterans Day for the last free-entry day to honor the people who have served in the military.If you wish to commemorate veterans or learn more about US history in general while saving some money, you have plenty of sites from which to choose, including:• Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland• Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia and Tennessee• Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Maryland• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Oregon and Washington• Golden Spike National Historic Park in Utah• Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial in Ohio• Vicksburg National Military Park in MississippiClick here for a full listing of every NPS site, which it calls “units.”Most NPS sites are free all year anyway.

Puerto Rico’s José Lopez was crowned Mr Gay World 2022  on Sunday, while second runner-up, Germany’s Max Appenroth, made history as the first trans finalist in the pageant. Tony Ardolino from the United States of America was named as  first runner up. Thirty-two year-old Lopez in a statement posted to social media after his win, said winning the title was an opportunity to be a “spokesperson and an ambassador” for the LGBTQI community.

José Lopez from Puerto Rico was crowned Mr Gay World 2022 at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on Saturday night.