LGBTQ Critics Society Name ‘Parasite’ Best Picture
Zellweger and Banderas Earn Dorian Awards For ‘Judy,’ ‘Pain and Glory’ ‘Pose,’ ‘Fleabag’ and Lady Gaga Also Reign Supreme And the proverbial envelope, please! GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of 260 mainly U.S. journalists covering film and television, has named its final-round choics for 2019’s finest movies, performances and more across a […]
JORDAN POWER: There’s No Shame in His Podcast Game
by tim parks – Little did Jordan Power know that when he and his best friend Brad Price were lamenting about their shared experiences of the shame being hurled at them for being gay would lead to something more than commiserating over cocktails. It was more a case of ladies who launched, rather than those […]
‘Tis The Season … For Movie Awards, That Is!
by chris carpenter – As December rolls around, most people are focused on holiday gift shopping, home decorating, and party throwing or attending. However, film critics and Hollywood industry guild members are under the gun to anoint the best (and sometimes trash the worst) movies of 2019. It makes for a fun but even more […]
Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show
A fast, funny and highly theatrical reimagining of one of the most beloved holiday stories ever told! by tom andrew – Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show written by the Broadway team of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen opened at The Old Globe last month. It’s not your typical holiday Christmas Carol, but they […]
A Christmas Story to Remember!
San Diego Musical Theatre Brings Classic 1983 Movie to Hilarious Life on Stage. by tony reverditto – This Christmas tale based on the humorous writings of Jean Shepherd revolves around 9-year-old Ralphie Parker, who wants only one thing for Christmas: an official Red Ryder Range Model Carbine BB Gun. All of the naysayers only fuel […]
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Nina West!
by tim parks – TV audiences first became familiar with Nina West (AKA Andrew Levitt) during Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she placed sixth and won Miss Congeniality. And there was an obvious reason behind that accolade, as the comedy queen from Columbus, Ohio not only exemplified charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, but […]
OH COME, ALL YE FABULOUS! Christmas Shines Brighter with Jody Watley
by kevin perry – It’s fitting for a star as enduringly luminous as Grammy-winner Jody Watley to have a signature motto to match. “I use the phrase wattage,” Watley beamed. “It’s in all of us. It’s the inner light that we have that is like our own personal sunshine, even when things feel dark and […]
ROOM FOR A THIRD? Matthew Lynn’s Sexy and Stylish Dekkoo Original Series Isn’t Afraid to Cross Boundaries
by chris carpenter – Plenty of people fantasize about threesomes. Perhaps some of us have experienced a sexual or romantic encounter with two other people at the same time. But is it possible for three people — gay men in particular — to have a mutual, long-term relationship with one another? That is the question […]
SNUGGLE UP TO ‘CUBBY’: The Eccentric, Lovable LGBTQ Feature Debut from Writer/Director Mark Blane
by tom andrew – Get ready for the premiere of Mark Blane’s Cubby! The film has been receiving raves reviews across the globe for Blane’s brilliant portrayal as the lead character in a film that he also wrote and directed. The film is a fish-out-of-water story about Mark (Blane), a 20-something, social-anxiety-ridden guy who moves […]
REINVENTING RUFUS
Celebrated singer-songwriter branches out to other mediums, elaborates on his inspirations like Judy Garland and his folk-singer mother, and dishes on how a backstage interloper would become his husband by tom andrew – The New York Times has lauded Rufus Wainwright for his “genuine originality.” Rolling Stone calls him “brilliant,” and The Guardian says he’s […]