VIDEO : Samoa Bans Rocketman For Homosexuality Depiction

FILE PHOTO: 72nd Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Rocketman" out of competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 16, 2019. Elton John poses with David Furnish and Taron Egerton. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo SYDNEY (Reuters) - 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. ?Rocketman? starring Taron Egerton, tracks Elton John?s first steps in the music business, from his piano playing as a child to his explosion onto the U.S. scene and its drug and alcohol-fueled party world.