Marcus Wratten

East London, London

Senior Entertainment Reporter at PinkNews

Award-losing journo & senior entertainment reporter. Words in @pinknews @theipaper @bigissue @myldn @gigwise. Ms Trunchbull stan. he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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Drag Race star shares health update after falling off stage

2 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

RuPaul’s Drag Race star and musician Adore Delano has shared a health update with fans after tumbling off stage while performing at a Pride event. On Friday 5 June, the “27 Club” singer and former Drag Race finalist was performing at PrideFest Milwaukee when she stepped backwards off the stage, and fell to the ground. After toppling off the stage and falling a couple metres to the floor, the 35-year-old star remained on the ground for a few seconds, before lifting her head.
Drag Race 'fan favourite' wants All Stars return after coming out as trans

2 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

She’s perfect, she’s beautiful, and she’s down for an All Stars return: Valentina, the ultimate “fan favourite” from RuPaul’s Drag Race, has voiced her desire to come back to the competition once again. Valentina, who was famously dubbed “fan favourite” by her fellow Drag Race season nine queens after winning the season’s coveted “Miss Congeniality” title, has said that she has “matured” enough for a re-do.
Mel B and Eddie Murphy's child Angel living life as a trans man

2 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Angel Brown, the child of Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy and Spice Girls star Mel B, is living life as a transgender man. Shrek star Eddie Murphy and Mel B – full name Melanie Brown, but better known as Scary Spice – had a short romance in 2006, resulting in Angel being born in 2007, after they had split. Angel, who turned 18-years-old in April, has shared on his Instagram bio that he uses the pronoun “him”.
Non-binary actor Cole Escola makes history with Tony Awards win

2 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Cole Escola has become the first non-binary actor to win a Tony Award in the Leading Actor in a Play category for their role as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!. Cole Escola, who uses they/them pronouns, was also nominated in the Best Play category, as they are the writer and creator of Oh, Mary!. That accolade ultimately went to queer playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for his family drama play, Purpose.
Comedian James Barr: 'Why attack trans people in your comedy? It’s just lazy'

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

I think James Barr needs a rest. Yes, because he wakes up the nation every morning at 6am on Hits Radio Breakfast alongside Will Best and Fleur East, but also because of everything that happens in between. There’s his weekly, chart-topping and recent Webby Award-winning podcast A Gay and a Non-Gay, hosted alongside his straight pal, Dan Hudson.
Rita Ora on working with Troye Sivan and gossiping with Kylie

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Rita Ora has a problem: she seems to have forgotten that she’s a heavyweight bop-making champ. I ask if “Radioactive”, the explosive final single from her debut album Ora, which circled the UK top 20 in 2013, will be on her upcoming World Pride Music Festival set in Washington, D.C. “I forgot about that song! I need to write it down,” she yells, before whacking out a notebook and pen. “What would be your dream setlist? ‘Cos that would actually help me a lot.”Erm, “Poison”?
Drag Race star shuts down backlash to gag-worthy All Stars 10 moment

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Mistress Isabelle Brooks has no time for outrage over her latest act of deceit and deception on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10, as she’s asked fans to “stop crucifying” her for “making good TV”. In a new interview, the Texas-based drag diva said that those who are taking Drag Race seriously are “stupid as f**k”. Warning: Spoiler alert for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 episode six.
Queer singer Fletcher divides fans with song about falling in love with man

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Queer singer-songwriter Fletcher has revealed she “fell in love” with a man on the lyrics of her new single “Boy”, and her legion of lesbian fans are firmly divided. On the lyrics of “Boy”, released yesterday (5 June), the 31-year-old singer reveals that she kissed a man at a party celebrating New Year’s Eve 2024. Over dreamy acoustic pop, she explains that she has spent the past six months “hiding out” in California with her “secret”, for fear of what her large lesbian fanbase will think of her.
Olly Alexander to take over Ncuti Gatwa role after leaving record label

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

Pop star Olly Alexander is set to step into Ncuti Gatwa’s shoes as he takes over one of the former Doctor Who star’s biggest roles to date. Olly Alexander is set to play the coveted role of Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, one of Oscar Wilde’s most revered plays. Ncuti Gatwa took on the role in the “hilariously subversive” play at the National Theatre between November 2024 and this January, alongside Mr Loverman star Sharon D. Clarke as Lady Bracknell.
Singer-songwriter Gordi on queer shame and working with Troye Sivan

3 weeks ago | thepinknews.com | Marcus Wratten

It’s been five years since singer-songwriter Sophie Payten, known by her stage name Gordi, released her sophomore record Our Two Skins. It’s an exceptionally long time by today’s industry expectations. “I don’t know whether it’s flown, or whether I’ve lived like another nine lives in that time,” she reflects now, calling from Los Angeles, where she splits her time with Melbourne.