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Kristen Stewart is filming a lesbian rom-com and people are excited
Actress Kristen Stewart is currently filming a lesbian romantic comedy, and the Christmas movie is set to a star-studded affair. The festive film, titled Happiest Season, follows Stewart’s character as she plans a surprise marriage proposal to her girlfriend (played by Mackenzie Davis) while they go home for Christmas. However, she soon discovers that her …
Judge orders Netflix to remove ‘gay Jesus’ from screens
A judge has ruled a film portraying Jesus as gay must be taken down from streaming service Netflix in Brazil. The First Temptation of Christ caused chaos in the country, infuriating local Christians. Vigilantes even fire-bombed the production company with Molotov cocktails back in December. A petition to axe the film was created late last …
Christmas Eve firebombing of ‘gay Jesus’ comedy troupe
Molotov cocktails were lobbed at the offices of Brazilian comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos on Christmas Eve. Earlier in December, the troupe released a Netflix film that portrays a gay Jesus Christ. After the bombs set the offices ablaze, a security guard managed to contain the flames. No one suffered any injury in the attack. …
16 must-see queer films to watch over the Christmas period
Christmas is almost here! (YAY!!) And what better way to celebrate than by snuggling up on the couch watching gay-friendly films with your loved ones. (Yes, that includes your fur babies, of course.) Here at Qnews we have compiled a list of our favourite queer Christmas films to celebrate the holidays. Check them out below! …
Want more of Arthur and Guillaume’s dance against homophobia?
Last week, two dancer/acrobats received a standing ovation from the audience at the auditions for France has Incredible Talent. Guillaume and Arthur also won the hearts of all four judges for their ‘dance against homophobia’. The pair danced to Jeff Buckley’s version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. They told the judges before their routine that the …
Friends of Dorothy: why Judy Garland is the original gay icon
Judy Garland, the gay icon once called the ‘The Elvis of Homosexuals’, died on this day in 1969 (22 June). Gay mythology long connected her funeral with the Stonewall riots and therefore the birth of the Pride movement. Gay historians however, dismiss the connection. One explained the rioters “were not the type to moon over …
David Furnish will fight to keep Elton John biopic ‘Rocketman’ safe from censors
Actor Taron Egerton and Elton John’s husband David Furnish have said they’ll “strongly resist” any censorship of the upcoming Elton John biopic Rocketman‘s gay content as the movie is released in different countries around the world. Egerton plays the gay music icon in the “epic musical fantasy” about Elton’s early years, and in a new …
You’re invited to our free Brisbane screening of new drama ‘1985’
The Queensland AIDS Council and QN Magazine are hosting a free community screening of new drama film 1985 later this month, and you’re invited. Shot on black-and-white Super 16mm film, writer-director Yen Tan’s 1985 takes a unique look at a pivotal moment in American history through the prism of empathy, love and family. In the …
REVIEW: Rebel Wilson sends up rom-com genre in ‘Isn’t It Romantic’
The soft filter over New York City. The impossibly large apartment. The job you rarely attend, therefore making it near-impossible to afford said apartment. The sassy gay friend setting gay rights back a couple decades. These are the ingredients to nearly every rom-com that we can’t help but love and devour (despite knowing their massive …
WATCH: Taron Egerton Sounds Just Like Elton John In ‘Rocketman’ Trailer
The first full trailer for long-awaited Elton John biopic Rocketman is here. Taron Egerton stars as the music icon and does his own singing in the film, which will explore the music icon’s early days at Royal Academy of Music in London and his subsequent rise to pop stardom. But Egerton has said that Rocketman …