
With Chris Licht in Hot Water, Is There a Countdown Clock on Charles Barkley's CNN Show?
Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal's [NBA] watch has ended for the year. After signing off on TNT last week and then getting dragged back to cover the first t
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Elliot Page reveals corrective rape threat pre-transition in upcoming ‘Pageboy’ memoir
Excerpts from an upcoming memoir by The Umbrella Academy actor Elliot Page have revealed the Juno star allegedly received a rape threat from an “acquaintance” at a Los Angeles party – six years before they came out as transgender. Page came out as gay in 2014, but in a section of the book seen and shared by People, the 36-year-old details an incident at a birthday party two months later in which the unnamed individual claimed, “you aren’t gay – that doesn’t exist” and that the Canadian was “just afraid of men”. The chapter, titled “Famous A**hole at Party”, goes on to add the male then reportedly told Page: “I’m going to f*** you to make you realise you aren’t gay.” Despite the threat of ‘corrective rape’ – a hate crime where the abuser seeks to change or ‘cure’ a person’s sexuality, often to heterosexuality – the anonymous actor apparently told Page at the gym, where they saw each other again a few days later, that they “don’t have a problem with gay people, I swear.” “I think you might,” Page replied. Expanding on the situation, Page told People he’s had “some version” of the incident “happen many times throughout my life”. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “A lot of queer and trans people deal with it incessantly. These moments that we often like don’t talk about or we’re supposed to just brush off, when actually it’s very awful. “I put that story in the book because it’s about highlighting the reality, the s*** we deal with and what gets sent to us constantly – particularly in environments that are predominantly cis and heterosexual. “How we navigate that world where you either have more extreme, overt moments like that, or you have the more, like, subtle jokes. [In Hollywood] these are very powerful people – they’re the ones choosing what stories are being told and creating content for people to see all around the world,” they said. Page added that although he’s “purposely” not sharing the name of the individual, the person “will hear about this and know it’s him”, and there were others who saw and heard what happened at the party. Pageboy is published on Tuesday. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Shaggy says fans have misunderstood ‘It Wasn’t Me’ for years
It turns out we've got Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' all wrong, according to the man himself. The 2000 hit song, which features vocals from RikRok, follows the plot of a cheating man confiding in Shaggy and asking him for advice. The singer has since revealed that fans completely misunderstood the track, leading him to have a reputation as a "player". "It was a big misconception with that song because that song is not a cheating song," he told People. "It’s an anti-cheating song. It’s just that nobody listened to the record to the end." The Jamaica-born singer continued: "There’s a part in the record where it’s a conversation between two people and you have one guy, which is me at that point, giving that bad advice, like, ‘Yo, bro, how could you get caught? Just tell her, ‘It wasn’t me', and then at the end, the guy says, 'I’m going to tell her that I’m sorry for the pain that I’ve caused.' "'I’ve been listening to your reasoning, it makes no sense at all. Going to tell her that I’m sorry for the pain that I’ve caused. You might think that you’re a player, but you’re completely lost'." Shaggy concluded: "Nobody hears that part! That’s what the song says." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (Video) www.youtube.com It comes after the star sets off on his tour across the US and Canada, joined by the likes of TLC, En Vogue and Sean Kingston. "These are all people I personally have worked with before and know. Sean and me — that's my island boy. I've known him for years," he told the publication. "It is really great to be on the bill with these wonderful ladies. I did Europe with En Vogue, I think on two occasions. Shaggy continued: "As far as TLC is concerned, I've done like eight shows last year in America with them, and there was a massive turnout. I think Live Nation liked the idea of us and them together." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Katy Perry revealed she 'humped a tree' pretending it was Tom Cruise as sixth grader
Katy Perry was once suspended for three days for making 'sexual motions' at a tree while imagining it was Tom Cruise
1970-01-01 08:00

Misa Hylton calls out Diddy after son Justin Combs' DUI arrest: 'I should have kept my child with me'
Misa Hylton wrote, 'I'm not protecting no one anymore, just my son'
1970-01-01 08:00

Anthony Ramos passed driving test within two weeks before filming ‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts’
Ramos got behind the wheel for the first time while filming the seventh edition of multi-million ‘Transformer’ franchise
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Sin City vs Lone Star State: Here's why actors are lobbying to make Hollywood 2.0 a reality
‘We want to make Texas the film capital of the world,’ said actor Dennis Quaid
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Saudi Arabia, US Make Tentative Steps Toward Healing Deep Rift
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week is the latest sign of improving
1970-01-01 08:00

What did Disney say during Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial? Actor could appear in another 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film
Johnny Depp, 59, has worked on a total of five ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies
1970-01-01 08:00

Prince Harry is set to give evidence as he takes on UK newspaper publisher in court. Here's what you need to know
Prince Harry's years-long battle against Britain's tabloid media reaches its most dramatic stage so far this week, as the royal prepares to face questions in a London court as part of his case against a major newspaper publisher.
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Is Bam Margera okay? 'Jackass' star went missing after sending concerning text to brother
Jess Margera claimed that his brother sent him a text that had a suicidal tone
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What to stream this week: Janelle Monáe, a Cheetos origin story, Diablo IV and 'Avatar'
This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Janelle Monáe and Niall Horan, a movie about a Frito-Lay janitor who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and “Avatar: The Way of Water” finally washes onto streaming shores Wednesday
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