Rina Sawayama will be joined by Elton John on a new version of her song Chosen Family . (Twitter)
Rina Sawayama will be joined by Elton John on a new version of “Chosen Family”, a soaring ballad from her debut album that pays tribute to queer friendships.
“Chosen Family” first appeared on Sawayama’s critically-acclaimed debut album, released last year. It will now be re-released with John on 14 April, the singer announced on Monday (12 April).
Elton John and Rina Sawayama announced the collaboration in an interview with
Style magazine, where they reflected on their friendship and the importance of queer solidarity.
T Australia magazine launch issue available
March 15, 2021 10:08
T Australia: The New York Time Style Magazine has launched its first issue, with Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins on the cover.
The announcement:
T Australia: The New York Times Style Magazine has today released its much-anticipated launch issue, featuring the adored Australian icon Emma Watkins(aka the “Yellow Wiggle”) on the cover.
Stories of courage, energy and power fill T Australia’s “Strength” issue, the first edition of the print magazine. Coverstar Emma Watkins appears unlike you’ve ever seen her before, as T Australia gets to know the real Emma a hugely successful businesswoman, health advocate and PhD candidate who brings a refreshing kind of bravery to Australia’s entertainment scene.
Imagine the “WandaVision -style alternate-reality version of the last year for Walt Disney Co.
Executives, filmed in 1950s sitcom black-and-white, shake hands by the pool to celebrate a massive 2020. They toast “Black Widow” grossing $1 billion, full queues for Rise of the Resistance at the theme parks and strong numbers for Disney+.
But wait . what’s that faint voice crackling through the transistor radio? Is that . Dr. Anthony Fauci?
Back to the real world.
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In many ways, the pandemic hit Disney harder than any other media and entertainment company.
The Burbank, Calif.-based entertainment giant lost $2.8 billion in fiscal 2020, furloughed more than 100,000 workers, laid off thousands, delayed the release of its biggest blockbusters, closed an animation studio (R.I.P. Blue Sky) and decided to shed 60 Disney Stores to focus on e-commerce.
It has been dubbed a cult by former members in a BBC investigative podcast
Ex-members told how topless women were dubbed high priestesses
FBI are making inquiries; OneTaste denies any allegations of wrongdoing
Former members of a so-called orgasm cult have revealed the bizarre goings-on of a retreat where topless women dubbed high priestesses would be sexually stroked by seven men in a ritualistic sex practice.
Two people, a man and a woman, told how they witnessed the ritual and other bizarre practices like mass piercings at a retreat organised by OneTaste, a US-based wellness company founded in 2004 by messianic leader Nicole Daedone.