Category: Arts & Culture

Jul 26
Lil Nas X Breaks the Internet With Steamy “Industry Baby” Video

Lil Nas X has dropped a steamy video for his new song “Industry Baby,” featuring an incarcerated Lil Nas X lifting weights, dancing naked in the showers with the other inmates, all while sporting a fabulous pink jumpsuit.  Directed by Christian Breslauer, and produced by Take A Daytrip and Kanye West, The single follows Lil […]

Jul 26
Bizarre Whitney Houston Hologram Takes New Las Vegas Residency

A bizarre new singing hologram of Whitney Houston is set to take up residency in Las Vegas. The new production follows a hologram tour of the United Kingdom in February 2020. An Evening with Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert, will feature a holographic recreation of Houston singing complete with a live band, backup dancers […]

Jul 26
RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Gottmik Auditioned for New Hellraiser Film

After making history as the first transgender man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Gottmik has revealed acting ambitions. The drag queen auditioned to play the iconic role of Pinhead in the Hellraiser remake. The news might not be considered all that surprising, given the RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 runner up first wore a Pinhead inspired […]

Jul 22
New Lesbian Reality TV Series to Show on Kiwi Screens

In a win for lesbian visibility, Tampa Baes is an 8 part doco series following the lives of young lesbians living in Florida. A brand-new lesbian ‘doco drama’ is in production and Kiwis will be among the first in the world to see it on Amazon Prime. Tampa Baes will follow “the young lesbian ‘it […]

Jul 14
Boh Runga Pays Tribute to Icon Aretha Franklin

Boh Runga will join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), Bella Kalolo, Vanessa Stacey and the Jubilation gospel choir, to celebrate the music of Aretha Franklin on Saturday 24 July. From ‘Think’, ‘Spanish Harlem’ and ‘Natural Woman’, right through to the fierce feminist anthem of all time, ‘Respect’ – the APO’s concert Aretha will revisit all […]

Jul 13
Murder Haus: The Drag Slayers

Murder Haus is an artist collective and queer family that works in art, drag, ballroom and fashion spaces. While their talents and creative passions go beyond drag, the impact they have made on Auckland’s scene is undeniable. Oliver Hall meets founding members, Joshiua, Ego and Dirrrty Helen, to find out what fuels their fierceness. Shaking […]