When it was announced that Queen Latifah would be a headliner at last weekend's Long Beach pride festival in Southern California, there was immediate speculation that the Oscar-nominated actress might be making some kind of announcement.

'I've been waiting to do this for a long time,' she said to the crowd before performing some of her early hip-hop hits during a short set on Sunday (20 May).

But Latifah did not make any headline-grabbing remarks that might shed any definitive light onto her often-speculated about sexuality.