Daily Dose: What’s Angela Bassett got to do with it? Everything.
Welcome to Queerty’s latest entry in our series, Queerantined: Daily Dose. Every weekday as long as the COVID-19 pandemic has us under quarantine, we’ll release a suggested bit of gloriously queer entertainment designed to keep you from getting stir crazy in the house. Each weekend, we will also suggest a binge-able title to keep you extra engaged.
The Rockin’: What’s Love Got to Do With It
Judy. Bohemian Rhapsody. Rocketman. Music biopics have become a fad the past few years, and with good reason: audiences flock to movies where actors get to flaunt their talent in iconic roles, and have some great music to keep the story moving. To enjoy one of the best films in the genre, take a trip with this 1993 gem which dramatizes the life and career of gay icon Tina Turner.What’s Love Got to Do With It scored Oscar nominations for leads Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, who rocketed to megastardom with their megawatt performances. Fishburne plays Ike Turner–a man better known for his wife-beating than his historic contribution to R&B–like a deranged tiger, ready to lash out at any moment. (Fishburne also sings, and sings well, on the soundtrack) Bassett manages to channel the explosive energy of Tina Turner’s stage performances as well as her distinctive speech patterns, voice and movement. If the amazing performances don’t offer enough incentive, the music should, with Turner re-recording her most iconic hits including “Nutbush City Limits,” “Fool in Love,” “Proud Mary,” and of course, the title song. Even the greatest of movies rarely rock this hard.
SEAN STRUB. AIDS activist-turned-mayor of Milford, Pennsylvania reflects on COVID-19 crisis: “We started mitigation earlier than many other places, certainly in Pennsylvania, with a shut-down recommendation on March 12,” Strub said. “In the HIV/AIDS epidemic, I’d witnessed first-hand the impact of government inaction and indifference and how that can translate into harmful public health outcomes. Now that I’m a public official, I was determined that would not be me.”
LAS VEGAS. Mayor wants all businesses opened, in modern day survival of the fittest… “Assume everybody is a carrier. And then you start from an even slate…And let the businesses open and competition will destroy that business if, in fact, they become evident that they have disease, they’re closed down. It’s that simple”
SEAN HANNITY. New Yorkers owe thanks to Trump for their lives: “Comrade de Blasio, if President Trump didn’t bail your sorry unprepared ass out, guess what? Many more New Yorkers in your city would’ve died, many more would have been infected, many more would’ve been hospitalized then nobody would’ve had a ventilator.”
EBOLA. Trump tweet from 2014 comes back to haunt him as he pushes for governors to open economies.
BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE DAY. Jersey Shore‘s Vinny Guadagnino reveals what the keto diet has done for him. “Everything just seems to regulate itself out when i cut processed sugars and grains and eat quality meats, fats, and greens for the most part ( with treat meals in between of course) this isn’t easy to do in the modern sugar world but possible.”
ROBERT DE NIRO. The pandemic is like 9/11: “It feels the same, except this is like something we see in a movie. It happened too fast. It’s unreal to see every big city in the world just sort of empty.”
JUSTIN TRUDEAU. The hair flip that broke the internet.
BASKIN ROBBINS. Kansas Baskin Robbins says Carole Baskin sign is boosting business: “She says her son swore the sign would be especially appreciated right now with the popularity of the doc … coupled with the thousands of memes, songs and dances that have sprung up, with most of them taking shots at Carole Baskin. But get this … Peggy says she had never heard of ‘Tiger King,’ but took her son’s word for it because he insisted the sign would cheer people up. He wasn’t lying. The sign’s exploded all over social media, and that’s translated extremely well for the cash register.”
DUA LIPA. I’m filming a new music video in isolation: “I’m going to keep it a little secret for now, but we are working on a new music video for a new song, which I’m excited about…we’ve been working on the video for that from home. Trying to do something fun…but it has its own story. We’ll let that happen. When the time comes, you’ll see.”
CHROMATICA. Tracklist leaks for Lady Gaga’s upcoming album, features tracks with Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK, and Elton John.
QUARANTINE VIDEO OF THE DAY. “Past, Present and Future” Harry Evans ft Sophie Correa-Smith and Lía Verdeja.
TRAILER OF THE DAY. White Lines.
TECH REVIEW OF THE DAY. Marques Brownlee reviews the iPhone SE.
COLLAB OF THE DAY. Major Lazer and Marcus Mumford “Lay Your Head On Me”.
This just in: Singer-turned-OnlyFans star Aaron Carter is going to be a father.
Carter made the big announcement on Instagram Live last night, telling followers he’s expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Melanie Martin, whose name he recently had tattooed on his forehead.
“Obviously, I have a baby on the way,” Carter said, showing off the home pregnancy test. “I’m going to be a busy father for sure!”
“You don’t have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly,” Aaron tweeted following Martin’s arrest. “All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.”
But apparently they’ve since worked out their differences and are now preparing to be co-parents.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Carter has announced he’s going to be a dad. In November 2018, he tweeted that his then-girlfriend, Instagrammer Lina Valentina, “might just be expecting.”
They’re not. I’m in such an amazing place mentally, physically & emotionally. I finally bought my first home ? and I’m going to be proposing soon to my gf and we might just be expecting… ???? t.co/0IKfXtveYW