Robin vs. Robin, Nicki's retirement, and salary drama with 'Crazy Rich Asians'—oh my!
Welcome to Morning Tea, PRIDE's morning round-up of the some of the most interesting news headlines you should read to help you get your day started!
So what's going on in the news today?
Season 2 of 'Titans' is back, and it's Robin versus Robin!
Season 2 of DC Universe's live-action Titans series drops today, and a new clip shows our lead hero Robin (Brenton Thwaites) fighting...another Robin (Curran Walters)? The drama of it all!
Nicki Minaj announced her retirement...but is it for real?
Iconic rapper Nicki Minaj took to Twitter yesterday to announce her supposed retirement from the music industry, but the original tweet has now been deleted and fans are just all sort of confused!
'Crazy Rich Asians' screenwriter Adele Lim quits the film's sequels after not being paid the same as a white, male colleague.
Adele Lim, the screenwriter behind one of last year's most sucessful and groundbreaking rom-coms, won't be returning to work on the two Crazy Rich Asians sequels after it was revealed that her white, male coworker, screenwriter Peter Chiarelli, made nearly 10 times her salary.
Here's a video of Trump's face on RuPaul's body that no one asked for.
In a segment called "Deep Fake News," late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel revealed a video that uses AI technology to juxtapose Donald Trump's head on drag legend RuPaul's body. As Out's Rose Dommu points out, the video is just "another instance of straight folks thinking the most horrible way they can prank other straight people is by making them look queer."
Iceland trolls Mike Pence with rainbow flags.
Homophobic US vice president Mike Pence made a trip to Iceland this week to meet with the country's president Gudni Johannesson. To troll him in the best way, a tech company called Advania, whose headquarters is across from where Pence and Johannesson met, set up a bunch of rainbow Pride flags.
