GEORGE MICHAEL RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
It’s been revealed that British singer George Michael was recently rushed to hospital by ambulance after he collapsed. The Daily Mail reported that Michael had spent several day in hospital after a friend called emergency services from the star’s London home last week. Paramedics spent four hours at the house before moving him to the […]
SAM SMITH CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
Following widespread speculation, British singer-songwriter Sam Smith has confirmed that he’s gay. Smith’s music video for the song Leave Your Lover, which was released last week, suggested that he could be gay or bisexual. Now in an interview with Fader, the rising star has spoken about his début album In the Lonely Hour, and, for the […]
ROBERT DE NIRO SPEAKS ABOUT GAY DAD
Robert De Niro is widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, but few are aware that his late father was a gay man. Robert De Niro SR, an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, left his wife and De Niro’s mother, Virginia Admiral, when he came to realise that he was gay. The acting legend […]
HAS SAM SMITH, THE MALE ADELE, COME OUT?
Soulful British singer-songwriter Sam Smith is causing waves with his new music video that suggests that he could be gay or bisexual. In the clip for the song Leave Your Lover, Smith is seen with a man and a woman, ambiguously flirting and dancing. He sings about his unrequited love: “Just leave your lover, leave […]
RUPAUL DISMISSES ‘TRANNY’ CONTROVERSY
American drag superstar RuPaul Charles has refused to back down over his use of the term “tranny,” seen by some members of the transgender community as offensive. The singer, actor and drag contest host had earlier been criticised for the use of the term “she-male” in a episode of his popular television show RuPaul’s Drag […]
CATHOLIC CARDINAL PRAISES BEARDED DRAG DIVA
The Archbishop of Vienna has congratulated bearded drag star Conchita Wurst, performed by 25-year-old Austrian Thomas Neuwirth, who recently won the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming an international phenomenon. According to The Tablet, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn told Kathpress that he is “glad that Tom Neuwirth had such success with his artistic creation Conchita Wurst and I […]
ORLANDO PIRATES NAKED PIC LEADS TO GAY ARTICLE
The furore around the naked selfie of a group of Orlando Pirates footballers has inspired a report claiming that some of the players on the team are gay. On Thursday, the photo of seven naked Orlando Pirates stars posing in the showers following their Nedbank Cup victory in Durban last Saturday went viral. Thandani Ntshumayelo, who […]
A GAY CHARACTER IN ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2’
It’s been revealed that one of the characters in the How to Train Your Dragon animated movie franchise is gay and (sort of) comes out in the latest instalment. According to How to Train Your Dragon 2’s openly gay writer and director, Dean DeBlois, the character of Gobber (voiced by Craig Ferguson), a six-foot-six Viking, is gay. […]
NUDE CRISTIANO RONALDO SHOWS KIMYE HOW IT’S DONE
Portuguese football stud Cristiano Ronaldo has posed nude with his girlfriend for the cover of Spanish Vogue. The image shows Cristiano, 29, standing naked, covered only by model girlfriend, Irina Shayk, 28. The couple have been dating since 2010. The cover, titled “Amor y Futbol” (Love and Football), is reminiscent of Kanye West and Kim […]
1ST THE X FACTOR SA KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER
The world’s biggest and most successful singing competition, The X Factor, is coming to South African TV screens from September 2014 on SABC 1. The hit Simon Cowell format has produced stars from Leona Lewis, James Arthur to one of the biggest bands in the world right now, One Direction. The South African winner stands […]