News Round-Up: May 20, 2019

Bruno Tarchetti (via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Personal trainer and InstaHunk Bruno Tarchetti is today's Monday Man Crush. #furrygoodness

• Twenty-three year-old Muhlaysia Booker, a Black transgender woman who was beaten in front of several bystanders last month, was fatally shot in Dallas on May 18. She is the 4th transgender person to be killed in the U.S. in 2019.

• Alabama Public Television refused to air an episode of the animated children's show, Arthur, which featured the character 'Mr. Ratburn' marrying his male partner, Patrick.

• FX's groundbreaking series Pose was honored over the weekend with a Peabody Award, which recognizes "when storytelling is done well; when stories matter."

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• Cathay Pacific Airline has a new ad campaign that's LGBTQ-inclusive.

• Thousands marched through Belfast in Northern Ireland demanding marriage equality. Northern Ireland is the only region in the United Kingdom which has not legalized same-sex marriage.

• Boy George protege Jamie Hannah teamed up with gay remixers F9 for a bouncy, club-version of his single, "Sound of My Youth."

“I’m not normally a remix guy, actually,” Hannah recently told NewNowNext. “I usually like listening to songs in their original forms, but F9 are legends and I love what they do. I feel like the remix gives it a whole new energy."

Hit play below and bounce along with Jamie.

Rita Moreno Achieves PEGOT Status With Peabody Award

That time hubby Michael and I met Rita Moreno when she was honored as
Woman of the Year by  Nevada Ballet Theatre

I'm not sure there's any more room left on Rita Moreno's mantle.

The EGOT - winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards - will soon become a PEGOT.

On Thursday, the Peabody Awards Organization announced it will honor Moreno with a career achievement award

She is only the third PEGOT, joining Barbra Streisand and film director Mike Nichols.

She is the first Latina to achieve the status.

So proud to be the first Latino recipient. https://t.co/U7H5gluFgr

— Rita Moreno (@TheRitaMoreno) March 28, 2019

This is only the second Peabody Career Achievement Award to be bestowed. Comedian Carol Burnett was first in 2018.

From NBC News:

Moreno, who gained widespread fame in the film “West Side Story,” will be honored at the Peabody Awards annual gala in New York City on May 18.

“Rita Moreno is a unique talent who has not only broken barriers, but whose career continues to thrive six-plus decades after her acting debut,” Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody Awards. “We are delighted to celebrate her many contributions to entertainment and media, as well as her passion for children’s programming and important social issues.”

Most recently, Moreno starred in three seasons of the popular Latino remake of Norman Lear’s classic sitcom, "One Day at a Time" on Netflix, which was nominated for a 2017 Peabody Award, She also signed on to be an executive producer in Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story — a film in which she is also co-starring.

Moreno has also received other prestigious awards, such as The Kennedy Center Honor for her lifetime contributions to American culture and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.