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Schitt’s Creek got five Golden Globe noms and we love to see it
The cast of Schitt’s Creek could sweep this year’s Golden Globes, just as they did the Emmys last year. The show, which became an unexpected queer favourite, aired its final season in 2020. Schitt’s Creek‘s final season has scored a nomination in every 2021 Golden Globes category in which it was eligible. The show is …
Brisbane ‘Naked Magician’ set to enter the Big Brother house
Hunky Brisbane performer and LGBTIQ ally Christopher Wayne (above left), one half of world-famous duo The Naked Magicians, is appearing on the upcoming season of Big Brother Australia. After the success of the rebooted reality franchise in 2020, Channel Seven confirmed the show would return in 2021 and began casting early last year. The new …
People are convinced Kylie Minogue is joining RuPaul’s Drag Race
Fan speculation is rife that Kylie Minogue is somehow involved with RuPaul’s Drag Race after the pair exchanged tweets. The Australia/New Zealand spinoff of the show, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, is currently filming in Auckland. Over the weekend, RuPaul tweeted he’d “listened to Kylie Minogue’s Disco album every day this month”, dubbing the singer’s …
REVIEW: Queer drama ‘It’s A Sin’ is essential viewing
Queer representation in film and TV has thrived considerably in the last few years, and just weeks into 2021 we’ve been blessed with It’s A Sin. A five-part series from Queer As Folk creator Russell T Davies, this alternately joyous and heartbreaking drama will undoubtedly stand as one of the year’s finest productions. The series …
RuPaul and Michelle Visage announce ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under’
RuPaul and Michelle Visage have officially confirmed they’ll both appear on the long-awaited local spinoff, titled RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. A few weeks ago it emerged the show would begin production in New Zealand this month. Australian drag queens from over the country had flown over and were in quarantine with RuPaul. On Tuesday, …
Bowled Over the dragumentary, SBS, starring Wanda DParke
Bowled Over the dragumentary, coming to SBS this month, follows three drag queens from Taboo at North Ipswich Bowls Club over the course of a year. A decade ago, the Taboo monthly drag show rescued the bowls club from its financial woes. Bowled Over tells the stories of three queens from Taboo, each at a …
Jack Vidgen says he knows ’10 or 12′ gay footballers
Jack Vidgen has claimed he knows of “about 10 or 12” male professional footballers who are gay in a candid conversation on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. The 23-year-old singer discussed homosexuality and sport with former AFL stars Robert ‘Dipper’ DiPierdomenico and Travis Varcoe on Sunday night’s episode. However Vidgen said those …
RuPaul is officially joining Drag Race Australia
RuPaul has arrived in New Zealand and is quarantining ahead of the start of filming of RuPaul’s Drag Race Australia later this month. After a local version was first teased in 2019, production on the long-awaited Australian spinoff is finally beginning in COVID-free Auckland, New Zealand on January 29. A New Zealand government spokesperson told …
‘Queer as Folk’ creator revisits AIDS crisis in new drama ‘It’s A Sin’
Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies’ new drama series It’s A Sin sheds light on the early days of the looming AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The five-part drama series follows the lives of young gay men Ritchie, Roscoe, and Colin who grow up in London over the course of the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic. …
RuPaul’s Drag Race Australia to begin filming this month
The long-awaited spinoff RuPaul’s Drag Race Australia will begin filming this month in New Zealand, according to a report. In August 2019, word first emerged that an Australian spinoff of the drag juggernaut was in development. Australian drag performers soon began whispering about calls from producers. But then the COVID-19 pandemic happened. Now New Zealand …
