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EXCLUSIVE: Trans activist and model Corey Rae is getting a second crown — so to speak. Red Crown Productions has acquired the rights to Harry Tarre’s screenplay Queen which is based on Rae’s article “How I Became the World's First Transgender Prom Queen — A Personal Essay.” As the title of the article suggests, the…

American Idol is honoring one of its most famous alumni by bringing back Adam Lambert as a mentor for its April 28 “Queen Night,” in which the singing competition’s top eight contestants will perform a song from the band’s catalog. Lambert, frontman of the revived Queen since 2011, was the Season 8 runner-up on America…

A host-less Oscars was still riveting TV, though not necessarily for reasons producers or broadcast network ABC might have hoped. And, if you thought losing host Kevin Hart over homophobic tweets from his past would be Oscars biggest controversy this year, you thought wrong. Here are the best and worst moments from…

The drums of “We Will Rock You” had Hollywood’s well-dressed elite on its feet from the opening beat, and “We Are the Champions” kept them smiling and head-bopping. Finally, a giant image of the late Freddie Mercury hovering over the stage got the crowd back to standing. The Oscars steered clear of topicality, snark…

It shouldn’t have been too surprising that John Ottman won this year’s ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film Drama for Bohemian Rhapsody. Equally it shouldn’t be at all shocking that he is nominated for his first Academy Award in Film Editing for that film. If anyone would know the challenge of turning around a…

After enduring a week of backlash over its plan to shorten the Oscars by not showing some categories live then ultimately relenting, the Movie Academy needs your loving tonight. Now some Queen fans might be saying, “You’re my best friend.” The band featured in 2018 breakout biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is set to play the…

Adam Lambert finally confirmed his much-rumored, hiding-in-plain-sight cameo appearance in the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. If the bearded dude hanging out at a truck stop men’s room looked familiar, bingo. The former American Idol breakout and sometime Queen singer tweeted a photo of himself from the…

UPDATED with backstage comments: 20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody, the long-gestating musical biopic homage to the rock band Queen and its frontman Freddie Mercury, punched its ticket as a frontrunner in the Best Picture Oscar race by winning the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama on Sunday. One award…

With Bohemian Rhapsody — the Queen biopic starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury — bringing the band and its music to massive renewed public attention, the surviving band members and longtime frontman Adam Lambert have announced a 23-date North American summer tour. The Rhapsody tour kicks off July 10 in Vancouve and…

Controversy has swirled around the new movie Bohemian Rhapsody since before it went into production. Sacha Baron Cohen (who was attached to play Freddie Mercury at one time) griped about the authenticity of the script; director Bryan Singer was fired well into the filming; the first trailer was vilified on social…

The new Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody will be showcased in the ScreenX format, the second 20th Century Fox film to be released using the new technology following Kingsman: The Golden Circle. CJ 4DPLEX, 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises made the announcement today. ScreenX is a multi-projection system used…

As the Fall Festival train continues (this week in New York, The Hamptons, London etc) and distributors continue to roll out their awards season goodies, 20th Century Fox bypassed the idea of a fest unveiling and presented the first screening of their Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, last night on the Fox lot in L.A…