Alan Cumming has earnt the praise of fans as he revealed that he was the latest celebrity to return his OBE.
The Scottish star of stage and screen announced on Friday (27 January), his 58th birthday, that he had “recently” returned the honour given to him in 2009 for services to the arts and his LGBT+ activism in the US.
Writing on Instagram, Cumming explained that recent public conversations about the monarchy and British Empire had made him reconsider and return the prestigious honour he’d once been so proud of.
In doing so, Cumming joins a number of well-known individuals to have refused an honour for a variety of reasons, whether political, personal, or because they did not feel it was appropriate.
Here is a run-down of familiar faces who have spurned their honours:
Skepta
Skepta claimed he had turned down an MBE for the 2017 New Year's Honours via a new track,...
The Scottish star of stage and screen announced on Friday (27 January), his 58th birthday, that he had “recently” returned the honour given to him in 2009 for services to the arts and his LGBT+ activism in the US.
Writing on Instagram, Cumming explained that recent public conversations about the monarchy and British Empire had made him reconsider and return the prestigious honour he’d once been so proud of.
In doing so, Cumming joins a number of well-known individuals to have refused an honour for a variety of reasons, whether political, personal, or because they did not feel it was appropriate.
Here is a run-down of familiar faces who have spurned their honours:
Skepta
Skepta claimed he had turned down an MBE for the 2017 New Year's Honours via a new track,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor and Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Music
Alan Cumming has earnt the praise of fans as he revealed that he was the latest celebrity to return his OBE.
The Scottish star of stage and screen announced on Friday (27 January), his 58th birthday, that he had “recently” returned the honour given to him in 2009 for services to the arts and his LGBT+ activism in the US.
Writing on Instagram, Cumming explained that recent public conversations about the monarchy and British Empire had made him reconsider and return the prestigious honour he’d once been so proud of.
In doing so, Cumming joins a number of well-known individuals to have refused an honour for a variety of reasons, whether political, personal, or because they did not feel it was appropriate.
Here is a run-down of familiar faces who have spurned their honours:
Skepta
Skepta claimed he had turned down an MBE for the 2017 New Year's Honours via a new track,...
The Scottish star of stage and screen announced on Friday (27 January), his 58th birthday, that he had “recently” returned the honour given to him in 2009 for services to the arts and his LGBT+ activism in the US.
Writing on Instagram, Cumming explained that recent public conversations about the monarchy and British Empire had made him reconsider and return the prestigious honour he’d once been so proud of.
In doing so, Cumming joins a number of well-known individuals to have refused an honour for a variety of reasons, whether political, personal, or because they did not feel it was appropriate.
Here is a run-down of familiar faces who have spurned their honours:
Skepta
Skepta claimed he had turned down an MBE for the 2017 New Year's Honours via a new track,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor and Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
Jan 14, 2019
The Joker, 13 Reasons Why, Terry Crews, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Elon Musk has shared images of Falcon 9 after launch on Twitter.
"SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has aided the completion of one of the largest tech upgrades in history. The company’s Iridium-8 launch, completed on Sunday, was both the first mission of 2019 and the last mission of a two-year project to upgrade a satellite constellation. After the event, CEO Elon Musk shared images of the rocket after successfully landing back on Earth."
Read more at Inverse.
Terry Crews appeared on Am to Dm and commented on R. Kelly and Kevin Hart.
"Terry Crews was a guest on BuzzFeed’s morning Twitter show Am to Dm Thursday, and he talked a lot about accountability, and the importance of men holding other men accountable. Crews was asked to speak about a tweet he posted in reaction to the Surviving R.
The Joker, 13 Reasons Why, Terry Crews, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Elon Musk has shared images of Falcon 9 after launch on Twitter.
"SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has aided the completion of one of the largest tech upgrades in history. The company’s Iridium-8 launch, completed on Sunday, was both the first mission of 2019 and the last mission of a two-year project to upgrade a satellite constellation. After the event, CEO Elon Musk shared images of the rocket after successfully landing back on Earth."
Read more at Inverse.
Terry Crews appeared on Am to Dm and commented on R. Kelly and Kevin Hart.
"Terry Crews was a guest on BuzzFeed’s morning Twitter show Am to Dm Thursday, and he talked a lot about accountability, and the importance of men holding other men accountable. Crews was asked to speak about a tweet he posted in reaction to the Surviving R.
- 1/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, who helped discover DNA, has been shorn of honorary titles after repeating widely criticized comments about race in recent PBS documentary American Masters: Decoding Watson.
In 2007, research institution Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory removed Watson as chancellor after he told UK newspaper the Sunday Times he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours, whereas all the testing says, not really”. He also said that while he wished races were equal, “people who have to deal with black employees find this not true.”
Watson apologized at the time but in the recently aired documentary he said his views had not changed. “Not at all,” he said in the PBS film. “I would like for them to have changed, that there be new knowledge that says that your...
In 2007, research institution Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory removed Watson as chancellor after he told UK newspaper the Sunday Times he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours, whereas all the testing says, not really”. He also said that while he wished races were equal, “people who have to deal with black employees find this not true.”
Watson apologized at the time but in the recently aired documentary he said his views had not changed. “Not at all,” he said in the PBS film. “I would like for them to have changed, that there be new knowledge that says that your...
- 1/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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