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Ellen’s sidekick DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss dies aged 40

Ellen’s sidekick DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss dies aged 40

Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, best known for his role as a dancer and DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show has died aged 40. Boss first came to prominence as a contestant on the reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance? He joined Ellen’s talk show in 2014 as their resident DJ and sometimes hosted the […]

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Ellen quits her talk show saying it’s “not a challenge anymore”

Ellen quits her talk show saying it’s “not a challenge anymore”

Ellen DeGeneres has announced she’s wrapping up her long-running talk show Ellen in 2022. The show debuted in September 2003 and has run for more than 3000 episodes featuring interviews with celebrities, politicians, social media stars and a whole lot of dancing with the audience. Ellen informed her staff a few days ago that the […]

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Ellen DeGeneres reveals COVID-19 diagnosis on social media

Ellen DeGeneres reveals COVID-19 diagnosis on social media

Comedian and day time talks host Ellen DeGeneres has revealed she has tested positive for Covid-19. “I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19. Fortunately, I’m feeling fine right now,” the 62-year-old posted to social media. “Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified, and I […]

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Love, Simon star says film helped him to come out as gay

Love, Simon star says film helped him to come out as gay

The upcoming teen coming-out tale Love, Simon has a lot of buzz ahead of its Australian release, and one of its stars has his own story to tell. Actor Joey Pollari, star of American Crime and the US remake of The Inbetweeners, recently revealed in an interview with Advocate that working on the film helped him to come out […]

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Twenty years since Ellen declared “Yep, I’m Gay”

Twenty years since Ellen declared “Yep, I’m Gay”

This month it’s 20 years since comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out. The ground-breaking declaration saw Ellen appearing on the cover of TIME magazine and doing an interview on the Oprah Winfrey show. At the same time Ellen Morgan, the character DeGeneres played on her sitcom Ellen, also came out to her friends and colleagues. The […]

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Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon questions gendered Emmy categories

Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon questions gendered Emmy categories

Billions star Asia Kate Dillon has raised some concerns with Television Academy over the relevance of gendered categories at the Emmy Awards. The non-binary performer has starred in Orange In The New Black, and is currently starring opposite Paul Giamatti as televisions first non-binary character Taylor Mason on Billions. Now nominated for an Emmy Award for their performance, Variety […]

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Janelle Monae says Ellen show has dumped Kim Burrell for homophobic rant

Janelle Monae says Ellen show has dumped Kim Burrell for homophobic rant

Singer Janelle Monae has told TMZ that gospel singer Kim Burrell is no longer going to be a guest on the Ellen program. Monae distanced herself from the controversial performer saying that she herself was a huge advocate for “the other’ and “didn’t stand for any hate speech.” Gospel singer Burrell was scheduled to perform a […]

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Ellen DeGeneres honoured with Presidential Medal of Freedom

Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is one of a number of high profile Americans to be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour in a ceremony last week. DeGeneres was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, who thanked the out comedian for inspiring the nation “one joke and one […]

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Pink releases video for ‘Just Like Fire’

Pink releases video for ‘Just Like Fire’

Pink is back after a long break with a new tune. ‘Just like Fire‘ is from the upcoming Disney movie ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’. The video sees the musician showing off her trademark aerial work, hanging out at home and swinging around the room. Pink appeared on the Ellen show last week and chatted […]

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November Film Reviews

November Film Reviews

Looking for something to do to avoid the summery heat? Resident film buff Lezly Herbert has checked out the latest films so that you don’t have to. Peruse her reviews of gay rights biopic Freeheld, documentary He Named Me Malala and new Australian film The Dressmaker below. Freeheld  (M) Directed by Peter Sollett The powerful story […]

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