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Aretha Franklin makes the perfect call in picking Jennifer Hudson
The legendary Aretha Franklin has handpicked Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson to play her in a new biopic on her life called Queen of Soul that is due to start filming soon. MGM have yet to announce who will direct but producing the film will be Straight Outta Compton‘s Scott Bernstein and music producer Harvey Mason…
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Angela Davis OUTSPOKEN
Angela Davis the black lesbian radical scholar who went from political prisoner to revolutionary icon, to public intellectual is being celebrated in a brand new exhibition opening in San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum soon. Curated by collector Lisbet Tellefsen and historian Amy Sueyoshi the Exhibit considers some of the roles Davis has played in the American…
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Patti Lupone brings the House down again.
N.Y.’s Madison Square Gardens may have been packed with all the brightest and best new talents in music last night at the Grammys, but it was a 68-year-old diva and acting legend who had the crowds on their feet for the most genuine and spontaneous standing ovation of the whole evening. Two-time Grammy and two-time…
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The AIDS Memorial Project is something we should all know about
Having been sent this photo of artist Zach Grear wearing the T-Shirt he designed to raise much-need funds for Housing Works Project that fights homelessness and AIDS In NY, prompted queerguru to check out The Aids Memorial Project too. Their Instagram account is a forum for powerful and moving tributes to some of the remarkable man…
