Elliot Page’s swimming shorts photo racks up immense praise

May 25 2021

Elliot Page posted the first bare chested photo of himself after having come out as trans in December. Captioned with the hashtags #transjoy and #transisbeautiful, Elliot described the top surgery as life-saving. The 34-year-old expresses that he feels comfortable in his body for what is probably the first time.

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The post boomed with a whopping 2,280,425 likes as of the time of writing. But the comments highlight exactly why the post was so successful, expressing that seeing Elliot so happy and smiling post-surgery is heartwarming and amazing.

Page has been a prominent LGBTIQ+ advocate for many years and his own surgery gave him new energy in fighting for trans-rights. Page has starred in films ranging from X-Men to his debut film Juno back in 2007.

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Willy Wonka origin story to star Timothee Chalamet

May 25 2021

The hat donning Roald Dahl character who ran a chocolate factory, Willy Wonka, will be getting a prequel to his story. The character will be portrayed by the talented Timothee Chalamet whose career is just skyrocketing. Having been interpreted by Gene Wilder in 1971 and Johnny Depp in 2005, Willy Wonka will be getting his story told through Paddington director Paul King.

Timothee Chalamet has previously starred in ‘Call Me by Your Name’ and is the recipient of several award nominations. He is also set to appear in an even bigger role in ‘Dune’, a film epic of ‘Lord of the Rings’ scale. More information is set to be released, as to who else will star in the film and whether or not Wonka’s origin will include his interaction with his dentist father who hated confectionaries.

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WATCH: Man hits car with baseball bat in St Julians in another road rage incident

May 25 2021

Footage sent to this newsroom shows a man hitting another car with a baseball bat following what seems to be an altercation on the road. The incident seems to have taken place in St Julians and shows a man approaching a car with a baseball bat and proceeding to hit the car.

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The black car allegedly stopped after the white car kept speeding behind it and the white car hit the black car from the back. The woman driving the car in the back attempted to reverse the car but the man managed to land a blow.

This footage follows after videos surfaced of a road worker assaulting a Transport Malta officer with a traffic cone. Road rage incidents in Malta only seem to be on the increase as people deal with situations themselves in a rash manner.

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3 COVID-19 cases registered with 5 recoveries

May 25 2021

Malta has registered 3 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,492 swab tests, while 5 patients have recovered. 1 death was registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Tuesday 25th May 2021, 482,577 vaccine doses were administered of which 308,002 were 1st doses. 183,556 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,509 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,022 have recovered, 418 died and 69 are still active.

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