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May 28, 2022

Will Young on 20 years of Pop Idol, standing up to Simon Cowell and his gay superpower

Twenty years ago, Will Young was a 22-year-old student blessed with an angelic voice. A university classmate told him about an advert he’d seen in the News of the World, looking for singers for a new TV show. The rest is one of Britain’s most well-known reality TV success stories. Will won Pop Idol, beating...

May 28, 2022

Olly Alexander says he won’t shut up about being gay or stop being sexy

Years & Years’ Olly Alexander has promised that he won’t “shut up” about being gay or stop flaunting his sexiness just to appease trolls. Alexander has been criticised for allegedly “over sexualised” performances, notably his BBC One New Year’s Eve concert, which led to 179 complaints to the BBC. Alexander...

May 28, 2022

England’s official menopause guidance to include trans and non-binary people for the first time

Trans and non-binary people will be included for the first time in NICE guidance on the menopause, the public body has announced. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides evidence-based recommendations for healthcare in England, and its current menopause guidance, last updated in 2019, is aimed...

May 27, 2022

Fox News guest thinks Texas shooter murdered children because masculinity is ‘under attack’

Fox News guest Jason Whitlock has insisted that the Texas shooting saw children get murdered because “traditional masculinity” is “under attack”. The world has been reeling this month after two mass shootings took place in the US within two weeks. On 14 May, a racist shooter opened fire in a...

May 27, 2022

Rapper Isaiah Rashad comes out as sexually fluid and addresses leaked sex tape

Rapper Isaiah Rashad has publicly come out as sexually fluid after a sex tape leak outed him. The emcee revealed his sexual preference during an interview with fellow rapper Joe Budden on Thursday (28 May), where he defined himself as sexually fluid. The sex tape was leaked in February, and showed the 31-year-old engaging...

May 27, 2022

UK monkeypox cases top 100 as government stockpiles vaccines

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced that the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the UK has passed 100. On Friday (27 May), the UKHSA said that a further 16 cases of the virus had been detected in England, bringing the total to 101 since 7 May. On top of this, there are … Continued The post UK...

May 27, 2022

Wimbledon accused of erasing women, masculinity and tennis for calling women by their names

Keyboard warriors are having a nonsensical tantrum over a Wimbledon decision to stop defining female tennis champions by their marital status. On Friday (27 May), it was revealed by Times Sport that Wimbledon would be changing the way it records female champions on its honours boards, where winners of the prestigious...

May 27, 2022

Wrestler and self-described ‘himbo’ Max Zero comes out as pansexual

Independent pro wrestler and self-described “himbo” Max Zero has come out as pansexual in an adorable post on social media. Zero debuted in 2019 as the masked ZERO – a masked (duh) powerhouse wrestler based on the east coast of the US. Two years later, he unmasked himself and became a handsome himbo causing countless...

May 27, 2022

Amber Heard tells court she’s sent daily death threats: ‘They want to kill my daughter’

Amber Heard told the court that she has received death threats directed at her and her child as hearings in her case with ex-husband Johnny Depp came to a close. Warning – violence. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, in a $50 million defamation suit over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in … Continued The post...

May 27, 2022

Ellen DeGeneres shares poignant ‘full circle’ moment after final talk show airs

Ellen DeGeneres has ended her talk show after 19 years, as the show’s finale aired on Thursday (26 May). The finale featured Jennifer Aniston, who appeared on the talk show’s first episode in September 2003, along with Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Mars, and musical guests P!nk and Billie Eilish, among other stars....