SAMOA BANS 'ROCKETMAN' OVER GAY SCENES

Media Samoa has banned “Rocketman”, the movie-musical based on the life of British musician Elton John, over its depiction of homosexuality, the South Pacific island's censor has said. The film was banned last week because it clashed with Samoa's “culture and our Christian beliefs”, the censor, Leiataua Niuapu Faaui, told the Samoa Observer newspaper on Monday.