This Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic-Con Reel Will Have You Wishing You Were In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: VIDEO

The Star Wars Comic-Con panel kicked off Friday afternoon in San Diego and with it came an exciting behind-the-scenes reel teasing some fresh faces (Domhnall Gleeson, Simon Pegg, Lupita Nyong’o, Daisey Ridley, John Boyega) as well as the return of Princess Leia herself (Carrie Fisher) in the upcoming Force Awakens.

The video also made it a point to highlight the franchise’s return to practical effects – movie magic largely absent from the VFX heavy prequel trilogy.

Check out the video and Comic-Con panel itself below:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released in theaters December 18.

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Kyler Geoffroy

This Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic-Con Reel Will Have You Wishing You Were In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: VIDEO

LISTEN: LGBT Movement 'Winning by Virtue of Force,' Says Rush Limbaugh

The statement was part of a convoluted answer to a caller who wondered why same-sex couples can’t just be happy with marriage equality and refrain from suing when they encounter discrimination.

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Trudy Ring

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Where To Catch This College Football Stud In His Underwear, JLaw Has A Sailor’s Mouth, Cristiano Ronaldo Gets Poked On TV

Cristiano Ronaldo gets his Ken doll abs poked on Japanese television. Konnichiwa!

Did she just say nipple dick? Jennifer Lawrence has one dirty mouth and we’re all ears.

Matt McGorry uses a bit of irony and the nipples of Miley Cyrus and Chrissy Teigen to #freethenipple.

Hi. This is a photo of me from my bodybuilding years, circa 2010. And these are the nipples of @mileycyrus and @chrissyteigen (I hope you don’t mind me borrowing them!) from their Instagram posts that were removed due to the dangerousness of their visible female nips. Can’t you tell by how perverse my photo has become without my asexual male nippies? Sarcasm. If you’re new to the #FreeTheNipple movement (like I am!) let me tell you what I think I understand about it. The banning of women’s nipples may sound normal or even inconsequential as you think, “well, women’s nipples are more sexual than men’s nipples”. But that’s not some scientific fact. It’s because of how our society so heavily sexualizes women. And it should be up to the individual woman to decide if she wants to show them, just like men have the choice. Part of the stand of #FreeTheNipple is about the right of women to claim what their breasts and nipples mean to THEM, and not have that be defined by how men and much of society decides what their boobies mean. At this point, if you’re still clinging to the notion of “well, that’s just the way it’s been,” then you might reconsider thinking of yourself as a rational and progressive person. If you have breasts, you might think, “I’m not interested in showing my niplets on social media or in public,” in which case you should feel free to keep ‘em swaddled! But shouldn’t you support the freedom of CHOICE of the INDIVIDUAL woman to do this even if YOU don’t want to? Like, even if you’d never be interested in joining a protest, wouldn’t you think it’s important to have the CHOICE to be able to legally protest, if one so chooses? The answer is yes. You might be thinking to yourself, there are way more important issues out there than women being able to expose their bumpy buttons whenever men can. But it’s not just about getting an even tan; it’s one piece of the puzzle of creating deep change in the way our society objectifies women and creates these different standards for men and women (and other genders). At the heart of it, it’s simply about gender equality and equal rights. – #FreeTheNipple and photoshop newbie

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Lady Gaga absolutely kills “La Vie en Rose,” reminds us why we fell in love with her from the start.

Get ready to see lots of college football hunk Clay Honeycutt strutting around in his underwear on the next season of Big Brother. Yowza.

Morrissey throws some grade-A emo shade at Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran. “It’s very rare that a record label does something for the good of music. Thus we are force-fed such as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, which at least means that things can’t possibly get any worse. It is sad, though. There’s no spontaneity now, and it all seems to be unsalvageable.”

Dan Tracer

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Artist Spotlight: The Queer Icons of Gabriel Garcia Roman

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Christopher Harrity

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Sean Cody Star Found Guilty Of Extortion, Faces 53 Years In Prison

Well, that didn’t take long.

A jury has found Sean Cody star Teofil Brank (a.k.a. Jarec Wentworth) guilty of extorting gay Republican millionaire Donald Burns.

As we reported yesterday, 51-year-old Burns admitted under oath this week to paying Brank for sex “at least four times” and giving him $1500 to $2500 “referral fees” anytime the 25-year-old adult film star introduced him to new male paramours.

Related: Sean Cody Performer Arrested For Extortion Outs John, Makes Wild Accusations From Prison

After the relationship soured, however, Brank threatened to publish explicit photos of Burns if the millionaire didn’t fork over $1.5 million, a $180,000 Audi8 sports car, a motorcycle, and buy him a lavish condo in L.A.

He was arrested in an FBI sting operation on March 4.

During the trial, Justin Griggs, a friend of Brank’s, also testified that he and the $250 million businessman engaged in, ahem, intimate behavior that included “hanging out, surfing, grilling out, going to dinner, and then we would have sex, group sex.” (Griggs also testified that he had a similar relationship with David Geffen.)

Brank faces up to 53 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for September.

Related: David Geffen Drawn Into The $1.5 Million Sean Cody Star Extortion Case

Graham Gremore

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Gay couple finally holds wedding ceremony in Beijing despite police intervention

A gay male couple held their wedding ceremony at a park in Beijing despite warnings from the local police not to do so.

Ling Jueding, 34, and Gino, 27, finally had their wedding ceremony on 27 June after having to change the venue nearly 10 times due to intervention from local police, according to China’s Global Times.

The couple found themselves without a venue the day before their scheduled ceremony. With less than five hours to the ceremony, a private club agreed to host their wedding.

Although same-sex marriage is not recognized under Chinese law, the couple, who are both internet entrepreneurs in businesses related to China’s LGBT community, said their vows in the presence of some 200 family and friends.

In a caption for a photo series in China’s Global Times, Gino said while posing for wedding photos at Beijing’s Yongdingmen Gate, ‘We’re used to getting strange looks.’

‘We had this wedding not only for ourselves, but also to help change people’s prejudices,’ he added.

The two men, who have been dating for two years, say they are planning to register their marriage in Los Angeles in the US in August.

On 2 July, a lesbian couple in Beijing held a symbolic marriage ceremony with friends and reporters in attendance to push for legal recognition of gay marriage in China.

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Sylvia Tan

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Cab driver in Canada suspended for calling gay passengers ‘disgusting’ for kissing

A cab driver in Calgary has been suspended for discriminatory behavior after two men complained they were insulted and kicked out of the vehicle for kissing.

Nolan Hill, one of the passengers, complained on social media and to the City of Calgary’s livery transport services, which issued a suspension to driver Stephen Eze.

The investigation included a review of the cab’s surveillance video.

Hill said the Calgary United Cabs driver lashed out when he kissed his friend, telling them, ‘No two men cannot be kissing in my cab. It’s disgusting.’

‘I was just kicked out of a taxi and told that I was disgusting for kissing another man. I have lived in Calgary my whole life, and have never been disrespected as much as I was tonight,’ he said in a Facebook post that has been shared hundreds of times.

Drivers must be professional and courteous and Eze’s actions were neither, said a news release from the city.

‘Calgarians and visitors alike should feel safe when travelling in Calgary by taxi,’ said Mario Henriques, Calgary’s chief livery inspector, according to CBCNews.

Eze must appear in front of a review hearing to determine the future status of his licence once the suspension is up on August 5.

His licence could ultimately be revoked, or he could receive additional suspension time or training related to diversity sensitivity, according to local media reports.

Hill said in statement he appreciates the ‘incredible support’ he’s received since bringing the issue forward and noted he wanted to share his story to ‘highlight a broader issue in the city.’

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Sylvia Tan

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