Pixar’s Lightyear and the gay kissing scene that led to it being banned
Day: 20 June 2022
Pixar’s Lightyear has been generally panned by critics and moviegoers and its box office weekend saw it pull in less than expected. But the film is also making headlines for featuring a same sex couple – two women who in one scene briefly kiss.
PinkNews says Lightyear star Keke Palmer has applauded the animated film’s LGBTQ+ representation for “depicting life and love the way that exists” in the world.
Arab News says Disney and Pixar’s latest movie “Lightyear,” which was slated for a June 16 release, has been banned in the UAE — one of the most liberal countries in the Arab World — over content, including a same-sex intimate scene.
The Independent says Cancel culture? Boo! It’s an attack on our freedoms by the terminally woke! There are limits, and sometimes we liberals go too far. We deserve a kicking. We deserve a Ted Cruz-approved cancellation.
Daily Record says If you are old enough, you were possibly one of the nine million people who tuned in to watch British TV’s first pre-watershed lesbian kiss in Brookside.
Unions have urged ministers to find a solution to the rail strike, according to The Independent.
Metro reports a scramble for the last train home tonight as the rail network goes into shutdown, with millions facing days of travel misery.
The government is facing growing anger over its refusal to join last-ditch talks to avert this week’s rail strikes, reports The Guardian.
Now teachers and nurses join pay fight – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
Britain is in danger of grinding to a halt this summer as more professionals threaten to join the railway workers on strike, reports The Sun.
The Daily Express reports Grant Shapps has warned voters won’t forgive Labour’s failure to condemn the rail strikes that will bring the nation to a halt from tomorrow.
The Daily Mirror says Incoming Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner has already endeared himself to his new team’s fans by refusing to sign a shirt handed to him by a Tottenham supporter.
The Daily Mirror says a new Covid outbreak blighting China is believed to be the dreaded Omicron variant which ruined the Christmas and New Years celebrations of millions of Brits last year.
The Daily Mirror says Mystery surrounds the deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found in a back garden.
The Daily Mirror says the warm summer weather is expected to continue this week, with the Met Office predicting clear skies and light winds for most of the UK – and scorching highs of up to 28C as the week progresses.
The Sun says MILLIONS of commuters have been caught up in travel chaos today as Brits are told to stay home.
The Sun says BRUCE BUCK will step down as Chelsea chairman at the end of this month, the West London club have confirmed.
The Sun says STRANGER Things star Millie Bobby Brown — super-powered Eleven — is set to earn £12million as a Star Wars teen sensation.
The Sun says BRITAIN will grind to a halt this week as a three-day strike cripples the railways.
The Sun says EASYJET has warned that it will be cancelling even more flights this summer.
The Daily Express says AMBER HEARD’S representatives have urged Johnny Depp to break his silence in an NBC interview after his team accused her of “reimagining” their libel trial during her recent interview for the US network.
The Daily Express says LIVERPOOL ace Mohamed Salah has been tipped to depart Anfield when his contract expires.
The Daily Express says PRINCE WILLIAM believes his uncle Prince Andrew should never have a part to play in the Royal Family again, it has been claimed.
The Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN’S “very limited success” in Ukraine has been exposed as the Russian Air Force “underperforms”, according to the latest British military intelligence report.