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Aussie designer unveils ‘Schitt’s Creek’ LEGO set and it’s amazing
The Aussie amateur LEGO designer behind that custom RuPaul’s Drag Race model has spent lockdown creating a Schitt’s Creek version he’s pitching to the toy company. Mark Fitzpatrick is a marketing manager by day and LEGO enthusiast by night. He previously submitted his incredible Will & Grace and Drag Race concepts to the LEGO Ideas …
Marta Dusseldorp joins ‘Wentworth’ as new trailer drops
Foxtel’s Wentworth is resuming production on its final ever episodes this week, and Janet King star Marta Dusseldorp has joined the cast of the beloved prison drama. Dusseldorp said she was so honoured and excited to join the show and “said yes straight away”. “I vote for the AACTAs and the Logies, so I would …
Josh Thomas apologises for ‘gross’ comments after video resurfaces
Comedian Josh Thomas has apologised after comments he made in 2016 about casting people of colour on TV resurfaced online. Thomas made the comments at a TV panel discussion in Sydney, alongside Rosehaven stars Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor, and US TV creator Dan Harmon. During the discussion, Pacquola recalled she was aware her ABC …
MasterChef fans are devastated after Khanh Ong eliminated
MasterChef Australia fan favourite Khanh Ong has bid farewell to the show with an emotional send-off after he was eliminated from the competition on Sunday night. The 27-year-old chef was sent home from MasterChef: Back to Win after he failed to wow the judges with his quail dish. The Victorian chef, who is gay, held …
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why slammed for ‘irresponsible’ HIV storyline
Spoiler alert for season 4 of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why An HIV awareness organisation has slammed the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why for a “lazy and sensationalist” HIV/AIDS storyline. The fourth and final season of the teen drama, well-known for its love of shock tactics, arrived this week. And the show ends with teen character …
Gay migrant shares fight for Australian residency in SBS series
New SBS documentary series Who Gets to Stay in Australia? will share the life-changing moment when a gay migrant finds out if he can call Australia home, or face leaving his partner. Approximately every three minutes, someone gets permanent residency in Australia. However, authorities reject more than 40,000 others each year. The new four-part SBS …
David and Aaron are becoming dads on ‘Neighbours’
Neighbours‘ gay husbands David and Aaron will become parents to a young foster child this week on the long-running soap. The couple, played by Takaya Honda and Matt Wilson, got married on the Network 10 series in 2018. And this week they’ll get the chance to become dads. The pair will become permanent carers to …
MasterChef’s Reynold ‘truly sorry’ for past homophobic comments
MasterChef Australia favourite Reynold Poernomo has “sincerely and deeply” apologised after homophobic comments from six years ago resurfaced. The contestant in the Network 10 cooking show said he was ashamed of the comments, posted online back in 2014, and they don’t reflect his views now. Reynold’s posts on an online bodybuilding forum, under the username …
WATCH: ‘Love, Victor’ is the very cute spinoff of ‘Love, Simon’
The first full trailer for Love, Victor, the TV spinoff of 2018 gay drama Love, Simon, has arrived. Love, Victor takes place in the same world as the film. Victor is a new student at the same high school. Like Simon before him, he’s “on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting …
Foxtel finally announces airdate for Wentworth series 8
Foxtel has finally announced beloved prison drama Wentworth will return to Australian screens with its eighth season on July 28. The penultimate season begins following last season’s bloody prison siege. The dramatic finale saw the death of two favourite, a birth and the revelation an iconic villain was still alive. When Wentworth comes back, the …