13 June 2013
Captain’s Column By Jon Blunt
The Brisbane Hustlers have recorded the club’s first victory in the local rugby competition since reforming late last year. Playing at home against the Redcliffe Demons – a combination of two converted tried and a penalty, saw the final score 17-8 to the Hustlers.
This was the culmination of all the hard work...
13 June 2013
A Sydney council has approved the installation of a new permanent rainbow crossing in the New South Wales suburb of Summer Hill after the controversial removal of Oxford Street’s short lived but immensely popular rainbow crossing.
Locals campaigned Ashfield Council long and hard for a rainbow crossing after having a number of temporary ones washed...
5 June 2013
Britain's upper house of Parliament, the House of Lords has emphatically voted to save a bill for same-sex marriage, meaning that British marriage equality is potentially now only weeks away.
The bill had already passed the lower house, but before it could be given a second reading and reviewed by the upper house, a rarely used motion was...
3 June 2013
After a 26 Week Box Office Smash Season almost six years ago, the StageDoor Dinner Theatre has agreed with public demand and will bring back ‘Gilligan’s Island - The Musical.’ Relive one of the most popular television shows of the 60’s when you set sail to their tropic island nest.
The famous castaways are all in the show: The Professor, Ginger,...
3 June 2013
All young and upcoming musos, look out this September as Fortitude Valley transforms into the ultimate fresh music arena with this year’s 2013 Big Sound line up. This festival promotes great new live music personal to Brisbane as well as featuring inspirational music talents educating all on the industry especially for all punters out there...
3 June 2013
Europe (we use the term very loosely) hascelebrated their annual Eurovision event inSweden – home of ABBA-mania. Just in case youmissed all of the hoo ha, Denmark took out firstplace with Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops.This was no surprise to QNews as Emmelie hadone of the most unique, impacting voices out ofthe entrants this year. It was also...
3 June 2013
Actor, writer, director, producer, comedian – Marlon Wayans is a man of many talents. For two decades he’s been making audiences laugh with his array of wild characters from the hood of ‘Don’t Be a Menace to South Central…’ to the slasher side splittings of Shorty in ‘Scary Movie’. For his latest project, ‘A Haunted House’, he’s tackling the found...
3 June 2013
With ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ director, Mira Nair (‘Monsoon Wedding’) has boldly approached the subject of the September 11th attacks with the intent of highlighting the terror attacks from a view rarely explored – those who were dubbed terrorists or extremists purely for being of Middle Eastern ethnicity. Unable to develop their own...
3 June 2013
Sundays 8:30, Fox8
What was Norman Bates like as a child? Find out in this compelling new drama series with Finding Neverland’s Freddie Highmore as a teen Norman, complete with doting and obsessive mother (their relationship is bordering on CREEPY!) and a brother (missing from the mythos). Norman and Norma move into a motel they rename after...
3 June 2013
If you're seeing someone, is it OK to still keep an active profile on Grindr/online gay & lesbian meeting sites?