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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Olly Alexander attends day 1 of the Capital Jingle Bell Ball at The O2 Arena on December 11, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) British singer and It’s a Sin star Olly Alexander said he finds fan speculation about his sexual positions “surreal”. In a wide-ranging interview with NME magazine, the 31-year-old reflected on how some Years & Years fans try to pigeonhole him as a top or a bottom. Reflecting on his upcoming third studio album, the synth-pop infused Night Call, Alexander said...

A protester holds a 'We Belong' placard during a trans rights demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An Arizona Senate committee has pushed through a bill that would ban trans youth from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. Senate Bill 1165 (SB 1165) would prevent trans youth from participating in school sports from grade school through to college if the sports involve a publicly-funded institution, AZ Central reported. The proposed law would also apply to private schools should they compete against a public school. The...

Jason Isaacs attends Deadline's The Contenders Film at DGA Theater Complex on 14 November 2021. (Amy Sussman/Getty for Deadline) Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs says he won’t ‘stab JK Rowling in the back’ despite the ongoing backlash against her anti-trans views. Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, shared his thoughts about the author in a recent interview with the Telegraph. He said he didn’t want to discuss trans issues because “it’s such an extraordinary minefield”, but he acknowledged that Rowling’s “opinions” differed from his in “many...

Sha'Carri Richardson. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The trailer for a new film by Vigil Abloh about the firey-haired star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has dropped. Before Abloh, the barrier-breaking Black designer who redefined luxury fashion, passed, he founded the film studio ARCHITECTURE FILMS. Now his film, Sub Eleven Seconds, is set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance  Film Festival later this week. The documentary will examine Richardson’s sensational ascent to becoming America’s fastest woman and a gold-medal favourite – running 100 metres in just 10.86 seconds during the US track and field Olympic...

Nohemi Medina Martinez and Yulizsa Ramirez were visiting family in Mexico when they were murdered. (Facebook/ Nohemi Medina Martinez) LGBT+ and feminist groups have taken to the streets of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in protest after a lesbian couple were tortured and murdered. Nohemi Medina Martinez and Yulizsa Ramirez, both 28 and living in Texas, were killed while visiting family in Ciudad Juárez, a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The couple, who leave behind three children, were tortured, murdered and dismembered, then dumped on the street in rubbish bags....

Jack Monroe. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Budget cooking blogger Jack Monroe has laid bare the brutal and “infuriating” reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis. Prices in Britain rose at their fastest pace in 30 years in December, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday (19 January). Energy bills, grocery expenses, household goods, motor fuel costs and even furniture prices have swollen at a daunting rate, capturing the stress households up and down the nation are facing, the statistics agency said. The Bank of England has warned people to brace for further...

Britney Spears' lawyer has asked that Jamie Spears be immediately suspended from her conservatorship. (Getty) Britney Spears’s legal battle against her father Jamie Spears has taken another bitter turn as he tries to make her private medical records public. After Britney won her battle to not only remove her father from his position of power within her conservatorship, but to scrap the legal arrangement altogether, Jamie Spears is now vying for her medical records to be unsealed by the court. Jamie’s lawyer asked Los Angeles Superior Court judge Brenda Penny...

Cardi B. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Cardi B has pledged to pay for the funerals of the 17 victims who lost their lives after a devastating fire tore through a New York apartment building. On 9 January, a malfunctioning space heater on the third floor set off a fire that left possessions charred, stairwells blackened and thick smoke roaring up through the Bronx high-rise in what officials said was the deadliest blaze in more than three decades. Nineteen people died in the fire and chaos that consumed the complex on East 181st Street in the...

Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn Spears (Getty/J. Meritt/Michael Loccisano) Britney Spears has sent her sister Jamie Lynn Spears a case and desist letter over the ongoing promotional tour for her new memoir, Things I Should Have Said. The singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart has issued a forceful legal letter in which the “Stronger” hitmaker states that she “will no longer be bullied” for the supposed benefit of book sales. “We write with some hesitation because the last thing Britney wants is to bring more attention to your ill-timed book...

American screenwriter and director Joss Whedon. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) For fans of Joss Whedon, the American screenwriter behind countless cult classics and big-budget blockbusters was always something of a “god”. Whedon, after all, is everywhere. A staple of many a generations’ childhood, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Toy Story and The Avengers, Firefly and Serenity, Justice League and The Cabin in the Woods. Many of the filmmaker’s shows, none more so than Buffy, have inspired legions of fans who connect deeply to his empowering characters, often...

Betty White arrives at the 'Dr Suess' The Lorax' Los Angeles premiere at Universal Studios Hollywood on 19 February 2012. (Getty/Jason Merritt) Betty White’s assistant shared “one of the last photos” of the late Golden Girls star to mark what would have been her 100th birthday. Monday (17 January) would have been Betty White’s centenary, and the day saw a fresh wave of tributes to the actor, who passed away on 31 December. To mark the date, her assistant, Kiersten, shared a new photo of White to her official Facebook page....

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968) sits at a table during The Nation Institute California Conference circa 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/Martin Mills) Martin Luther King Jr’s family and activists have vowed to “restore the very voting rights protection” the late civil rights leader fought to protect. King’s family and over 100 groups honoured his legacy by leading a voting rights march in Washington DC on Martin Luther King Jr Day (17 January). It’s part of an ongoing campaign, Deliver for Voting Rights, to restore the full power of the...

An artist claimed that Lego made a "blatant copy" of a jacket he made for Antoni Porowski as part of the toy maker's Queer Eye set. (YouTube/Lego) Designer James Concannon is suing Lego over an alleged recreation of a custom leather jacket he made for Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski. Lego announced its Queer Eye “Fab 5 Loft” set in September, with the Fab Five immortalised in plastic. Antoni Porowski’s model wears a leather jacket similar to one that the food expert wore in Queer Eye’s fourth season, which was released on...

Rylan Clark attends The Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards at The Roundhouse on 6 October, 2021 in London. (Getty/ Dave Benett) Rylan Clark has opened up about his struggle with mental illness, which involved a recent hospital stay to keep him safe. Last year the TV personality, whose real name is Ross Clark, confirmed rumours that he had split up with husband Dan Neal, and said that he would be taking time off work as he was “not in a good place”, but was “seeking help”. Clark completely disappeared from the public...