Category: People
Tane Williams-Accra talks to express about playing a gay con man, lying to his personal trainer and travelling solo. Best known for playing Ali Karim on Shortland Street, Tane Williams-Accra is ditching the screen for the stage to play ‘Paul’, a gay street hustler and con artist in ATC’s Six Degrees of Separation. The role […]
Northland couple Giovanni and John share their experience of fostering children. What inspired you to start fostering? We went into fostering as we believe we have the skills to make a difference for children that have been disadvantaged in their lives. We believe we have a home and lifestyle that children would be happy and […]
Canadian actor, writer, and director, Connor Jessup has come out as gay in an emotional post on his Instagram. The 25-year-old who is best known for his role as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series Falling Skies and for his roles in the ABC anthology series American Crime, detailing his decision to publicly come out in his post explaining, “I […]
Openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has claimed that he is “almost certain” that there has already been a gay president of the United States. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is currently campaigning to be selected as the Democratic Parties candidate to take on Trump in 2020. Buttigieg, who has spoken widely […]
American filmmaker, actor, and internet celebrity, Eugene Lee Yang, who is best known for his work with BuzzFeed and The Try Guys has come out as gay in a powerful dance video. Despite the 33-year-old never actually saying the words “I’m gay” he instead tells his story through a choreographed dance with music by Odesza. […]
One of the world’s hottest stars Richard Madden is in talks with Marvel Studios to join their cast of The Eternals and is the favoured to be the next James Bond, following his record-breaking performance in Bodyguard. He spoke to express about playing John Ried in Rocketman and his ascent to the stars. Last month Richard […]
When express was fishing around to see who would be the best people to write columns about rainbow life in Wellington and Christchurch, the names of these two old trouts kept swimming to the surface. Lilly Loudmouth and Little Miss Cinnamon are institutions in their respective cities and from next issue onwards will be keeping […]
Meet Maxfield Haynes who recently travelled to NZ while touring as a dancer with New York City based ballet company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Maxfield Haynes who has performed on stages both domestically in the United States and internationally with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (the world’s foremost all-male drag queen […]