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coded gay subtext between troublemaking James Dean’s Jim Stark and Plato (played by Sal Mineo)?Mineo was one of the first Hollywood actors to publicly come out, and went on to suggest Plato as the first queer teenager on film.Managing to skirt the Hays Code through some subtle hints, it’s believed Plato’s longing glances at Jim and the fact he has a picture of Alan Ladd inside his locker were signs Plato was queer.Victim, 1961While the censorship and pearl-clutching was strong with this one at the time of its release in 1961, British director Basil Dearden’s noir thriller is regarded as one of the most important films focusing on the LGBTQ+ community, and held a mirror up to British homophobia.Dirk Bogarde portrayed closeted, gay lawyer Melville Farr, who’s blackmailed by threats of exposure, in what has been branded now as a vital queer text.While it’s not shocking to hear the word homosexual in a Hollywood film now, Victim was the first English-language film to use the word and has been credited with helping trigger the decriminalisation of sex between men in the Sexual Offenses Act in 1967.The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975This 1975 classic is widely considered to be part of the queer cultural canon for its depiction of sexual fluidity and gender transgression – with a whole load of camp. The Tim Curry-fronted romp, with Curry playing iconic pansexual, trans scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter, was a critical and commercial failure when it was first released, but was soon wholeheartedly taken in by a cult following amid late-night, costumed screenings, with the LGBTQ+ audience embracing its messages of sexual freedom. Plus, Rocky was literally created behind a rainbow.Making Love, 1982This 1982 romance is heralded as being

Linda Evangelista and Cindy Crawford, who stared out of your magazines with smoky, kohl-rimmed eyes and glossy lips.  “The most unforgettable women in the world wear Revlon,” the ads proclaimed. You couldn’t disagree.

Jo said: "I wrote him a gift card when I heard he was unwell, I hope he got to read it."But you know, Charlie was 81, he was no spring chicken."It's a great loss to lose Charlie."But there again, he had a wonderful life.

Roy Keane was unimpressed by Kleberson's commitment at Manchester United would be an understatement. The Red Devils looked to have completed quite the coup in the summer of 2003 when they signed an exciting attacker - but we're not talking about Cristiano Ronaldo.

Father's Day with their loved ones, others will spend the day behind bars after brutally abusing their positions as carers. Sergei Bugorkov, 28, hit headlines this week after he battered his stepson Vova Pashchenko to death and then persuaded his mother to fake a chilling disappearance in Russia.

Taking to her Stories, the bride-to-be posted a photo of a beach at sunset, writing “Numb”.

Driving in Manchester can be stressful at the best of times. And just to make make matters all the more confusing, earlier this year the Highway Code underwent changes aimed at making our roads more pedestrian and cyclist friendly.

A nurse plagued by acne breakouts for seven years has finally cured her skin problem after stumbling across an £18 fake tan. Feeling like she had already tried everything to clear her complexion, Emma Young, 23, was sceptical when she read reviews online saying a self-tanner cleared spotty skin.

A drive away from Manchester in the depths of the Cheshire countryside lies a vantage point that truly lives up to its name. The Cloud, in Congleton, is a 300m-high peak that boasts 'stunning, panoramic views' for walkers.

A man who ballooned to 28st spending up to £700 a month on takeaways says hate from jealous trolls helped motivate him to lose seven stone. Jaime Walker, 39, has been running up to four times a week since January and documents his progress online to his supportive followers - sharing snaps of himself in running gear and his achievements.

An ice cream shop isn’t the sort of place you would expect to be busy on an overcast Thursday morning, but Just-Ice on Park Lane in Poynton is no ordinary ice cream parlour. While it does serve some of the best sundaes and waffles in the area, what makes this café unique is its mission to offer sympathetic and supportive employment to survivors of modern slavery.

Tributes have been over the past week to a number of much loved people who have passed away in Greater Manchester.

Batman actor gave a rare insight into the couple's relationship in an interview earlier this year.While speaking to Jimmy Kimmel on his chat show in February, Robert told the host of his girlfriend's surprising reaction to The Batman.He admitted that Suki cried while watching the film, leaving Robert, who played the titular character, very happy.Robert admitted: "It was really her reaction that kind of changed the entire thing [for me], because I’m pretty sure she’s not normally into watching superhero movies."And just seeing that it was capturing her attention the entire time and then she held my hand and touched it [to her face] and I could feel a little tear.

OnlyFans model moved out of a "cockroach-infested apartment" into a multi-million pound, 15-bedroom mansion using money made selling racy content online. Canadian-born Alice Irving, 24, then spent a year renovating the luxury home before selling it on for a whopping profit. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, she explained that when she first moved away from home she lived with roommates, but soon realised she needed her own place so people couldn't hear her "doing things" for work.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's engagement to Perrie Edwards can improve his performances for the Reds.The midfielder popped the question to the Little Mix singer on Friday, with Edwards releasing pictures of the romantic moment. The couple have been dating since 2016 and are now set to tie the knot after Oxlade-Chamberlain got on one knee in front of a stunning sunset.The pictures Edwards released shows her with her hands over her mouth in apparent shock before Oxlade-Chamberlain gets up to show her the ring close-up.

alien counterparts are.READ MORE: China detects 'suspicious' signals from space that could prove alien civilisation According to a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by Dr. Michael Wong of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Dr.

Arsenal and Chelsea target Vagner Love down, but that's exactly what Brazilian beauty Lucilene 'Lene' Pires has done.Love by name, love by nature, the 38-year-old forward has enjoyed a prolific career both on the pitch and in the bedroom during his 20 years as a pro. However, it seems the sex-mad striker has since changed his ways, having settled down with blonde bombshell Pires.The pair wed back in December of 2014 and have one daughter together named Alice.

Sunday is here and Russell Grant has provided some words of wisdom to help us close the working week with a positive attitude and a clear mindset. So what advice is in store for us today? There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

alien visitors from outer space.There are also early historical accounts from thousands of years ago that give the impression that our ancestors were more familiar with UFOs than we might think, although they might not have necessarily associated them with aliens.READ MORE: Six popular sci-fi movies about aliens that many believe could actually be trueOne particular example comes from the year 1440 BC in Ancient Egypt. According to disputed reports supposedly recorded by the scribes of Pharaoh Thutmose III, ‘fiery disks’ were seen floating over the skies of Lower Egypt.The incident is said to have been documented in the so-called Tulli Papyrus, which was discovered in 1933 by Alberto Tulli, a director of the Egyptian section of the Vatican museum, in an antiques shop in Cairo.Tulli did not have the money to buy the original papyrus from the shop, so instead he copied the hieratic script and then recopied it into hieroglyphs.The hieroglyphs were later transcribed and translated by Prince Boris de Rachewiltz, a keen Italian-Russian Egyptologist, who believed papyrus was part of the Annals of Thutmose III.The translation, which was made more comprehensible by anthropologist R.

The controversy around the collapse of the royal marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles was extraordinary and was the centre of the media for some time, but it was heightened to another level with Andrew Morton’s tell-all book, Diana: Her True Story.The book - published in 1992 - covered Charles and Diana's loveless marriage, Charles’s alleged infidelity, and the princess’s struggles with bulimia, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. And heartbreakingly, when the marriage finally ended in 1996, Prince William told his mother he wanted to become a policeman to protect her in case she was stripped of her royal title. “He once told her he wanted to be a policeman so that he could protect her,” says royal expert Robert Jobson.

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