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You and Your Partner NEED to Go Camping Together This Summer: Here’s Why.

You and Your Partner NEED to Go Camping Together This Summer: Here’s Why.

Picture this: You and your partner, alone in the wilderness, with only each other and the basic necessities for survival. Whether this sounds like a dream or sounds like a nightmare, I urge you to read on! Some of the best moments of my own relationship have been while camping, and there’s truly nothing I […]

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Lights, camera, action! Six queer musical bio pics we’re dying to see made

Lights, camera, action! Six queer musical bio pics we’re dying to see made

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After the successes of  Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, it’s no surprise Hollywood is all about the musical biopics.

Related: Yet another queer musical icon is getting a biopic

MGM announced just last week that it was developing a Boy George biopic. This is in addition to the biopic the studio is already developing about Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson rumored to star.

Related: ‘Rocketman’ director knows which gay icon he wants to do his next music biopic about

Other musical biopics coming down the Hollywood pipeline include one about Judy Garland starring Renee Zellweger, another about David Bowie, and possibly one about Madonna, though that may only be a pipe dream.

Scroll down for six musical biopics about gay icons we’d love to see…

Divine

The drag queen and performance artist, who was born Harris Glenn Milstead, was famed filmmaker John Waters’ muse, appearing in several of his early films. As Milstead’s B-movie career took off, he began touring gay clubs and theaters around the world, performing as Divine and singing empowering disco songs. Milstead was still on the up-and-up when with the release of 1988’s “Hairspay,” which proved to be a hit. Sadly, he died from cardiomegaly, a result of lifelong obesity, shortly after the release of that film. While Milstead/Divine has been profiled in several books and documentaries, he has yet to be the subject of his own biopic.

Billy Preston

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The soul singer struggled with accepting his sexuality throughout his life, and didn’t publicly come out as gay until just before his death in 2006. As a child, he played organ for gospel singers Mahalia Jackson and James Cleveland. At 11, he appeared on Nat King Cole’s show to sing Fats Domino’s hit “Blueberry Hill.” And at 16, he released his first album. As an adult, he went on to work with The Beatles, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Little Richard, and Ray Charles. The end of his life was marred with addiction, rehab, relapses, and arrests, and by late ’80s, he had more or less fallen into obscurity. Ultimately, the man known as “The Fifth Beatle” died penniless and alone in a hospital bed, forgotten by all but those who knew him.

Gloria Estefan

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This one’s a no brainer. The “Conga” singer and LGBTQ rights activist has already turned her story into a hit Broadway jukebox musical On Your Feet!, which has been a crazy international success. The show first premiered in 2015 and has been touring the world nonstop ever since, nabbing all sorts of award nominations and making millions and millions of dollars along the way. Estefan has expressed interest in turning the musical into a movie, so we’re sure it’s just a matter of time.

George Michael

Rumors of a possible George Michael biopic have been swirling for a few years now, with a slew of actors being rumored to be attached–ranging from Ryan Gosling to Keanu Reeves to Justin Bieber. So far, nothing has materialized, and a mysterious IMDB page for the “Untitled George Michael Biopic” offers little insight into the project. But one thing is clear: A biopic about the beloved Wham! singer, who passed away on Christmas Day in 2016, is sorely needed, especially after the latest drama involving his boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz, being left absolutely nothing from Michael’s $98 million will. Drama!

Britney Spears

Lifetime already did an unofficial biopic about the “Toxic” singer starring Natasha Bassett and it was a complete disaster. 2017’s Britney Ever After was denounced by Spears’ camp prior to going into production and, upon its release, panned by critics and audiences alike. Here’s the thing, though: Britney’s life is totally biopic material! The small-town-child-starlet-turned-teeny-bopper-pop-princess-turned-MILF-Vegas-showgirl story with all the crazy paparazzi madness, the quickie marriages, the shaved head, and the court appearances followed by comeback after comeback after comeback is a story that writes itself. In the right hands, and with the right actress, a Britney biopic could be Best Picture material.

RuPaul

Given the fact that everything the drag dignitary touches these days turns to gold, a RuPaul biopic seems inevitable. Ru became a popular fixture on the NYC nightclub scene in the early ’90s. In 1994, he became the first drag queen ever to land a major cosmetics campaign when he was named spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics. From there, he landed his own VH1 talk show called The RuPaul Show, released a number of hit singles and albums, wrote a book, and appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies. Today, he’s one of the the most commercially successful drag queens in the world and his influence continues to grow with RuPaul’s Drag Race, AllStars, and his forthcoming talk show and Netflix comedy series.

BONUS: Cher

Of course, we couldn’t make a list of musical biopics we’re dying to see made and not include Cher. That would just be rude. The living legend recently saw her life turned into a Broadway jukebox musical called The Cher Show, which opened last December and has picked up several awards and nominations, including three 2019 Tony Award noms and three Drama Desk awards. Although, given the fact that Cher’s been at it for almost 60 years now, her biopic might be better suited as a bio-miniseries. But we’d be OK with that.

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Trainer Joemar Buyao on how the ‘Avengers’ theme can keep you gym motivated

Trainer Joemar Buyao on how the ‘Avengers’ theme can keep you gym motivated

This post is part of a series of Queerty interviews with models, trainers, dancers, and, well, people who inspire us to stay in shape–0r just sit on the couch ogling them instead.

Name: Joemar Buyao, 27

City: Las Vegas, NV

Occupation: I am a personal trainer and also work as a personal assistant/medical scribe at an LGBTQ clinic in Vegas.

Favorite Gym: LVAC and Eos

Favorite Exercise Playlist: Honestly, it is really random. It can go from “Echame La Culpa” by Luis Fonsi, “New Blood” by Zayde Wolf, “Dance with Me” tonight by Olly Murs all the way to The Avengers theme song by Alan Silvestri, “Rule the World” by Walk off the Earth, and “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max. I think it is whatever puts me either in a good mood or an “anything is possible” mood.

Related: New York trainer Branden Hayward on how a stuffed bunny got on his bedside table

Best food to eat prior to a workout: Nachos and Hamburgers. Just kidding. When I workout in the morning, I have some whole grain toast, scrambled egg whites, and some type of fruit. Nothing too heavy.

Best Workout Outfit: I love Jed North, Odin and Hylete. They just fit well and accentuate the right curves in the right places. ?

How do you balance staying in shape and having fun? The gym is fun. Always finding a way to better who I am regardless if it is physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually is fun. Aside from that, I am a nerd and love video games. But I and my friends do this game where if we lose or die a certain amount of times, then we have to do a certain amount of whatever workout. For example, first place does not have to do any push-ups, second place will have to do 10, third place will do 20, etc.

Basic Workout Tip: Don’t be intimidated by what other people are doing. Everyone at the gym is at different levels of experience. You shouldn’t be forcing yourself to lift heavy because that is what the person next to you is doing. You should be working out for yourself and getting there at a pace that works for you. Any pace faster than what you should be doing might cause you to injure yourself and now you just screwed yourself into being out of the workout game for weeks-months.

What do you keep on your nightstand? Water, phone, smartwatch, lotion…. (J/k)

Bonus Pics, because we care:

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