Chris Azzopardi
Dido Has Stories She Might Tell You: Musician Talks Madonna's Confidence, Gay Fans & Her 'Terrifying' Real Name
If you want Dido to tell you a story, don't be weird. It helps if you're a fan. It especially helps if you're a fan in a sea of other fans, "White Flag" sweeping you away to that soothingly introspective Dido place at one of her shows. Just don't be [...]
Dreaming a Dream in Ptown: 'Where Being Gay Is a Non-Issue'
It's September in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the cool-crisp calm before the bitter-cold calm: wintertime, when travelers admire the cozy Cape Cod resort town's frosted beauty beside a fireplace inside a cabin. The iced rich-blue Provincetown [...]
Q&A: Dionne Warwick On Recently Learning About Auto-Tune, Her Friend Aretha & Not Judging Gay Fans
Dionne Warwick has laughs like no other. The memory-laden laugh for explaining, despite popular opinion, her friendship with Aretha Franklin; another for her read on what she thinks is, quite literally, the depressing state of the music business [...]
Mommie Queerest: Isabelle Huppert Talks Sapphic Subtext of 'Greta,' Camp & LGBTQ Roles
I'm saying goodbye to Isabelle Huppert, grande dame of French cinema with over 100 films to her name, including 2001's "The Piano Teacher," the Oscar winner "Amour" and 2016's "Elle," for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. But this [...]
Kyle MacLachlan Talks New Gay Dad Role, Reaching LGBTQ Youth & Bears Who Drink His Wine
In "Giant Little Ones," actor Kyle MacLachlan plays a gay divorced dad named Ray Winter parenting a distant teenage son, Franky (Josh Wiggins), who's grappling with his own sexual identity. I repeat: Kyle MacLachlan, a gay dad. The 60-year-old [...]
Adam Devine Talks Thirsty Gay Fans, What Straights Can Learn From Gays & Being a 'Bear Cub'
Even now, Adam Devine just wants to dance with some bodies. So, as Josh in "Isn't it Romantic," the comedian known for flexing his funny-guy chops in Comedy Central's "Workaholics" (which he also co-wrote) and ABC's "Modern Family," keeps the love [...]
9 Albums to Hear This Year, From Ariana to Madonna
There's something for every color of the rainbow included in this year's music-release roster. The list is long, but here's a taste: debuts from "Pitch Perfect" star Ben Platt and hair-toss kween Lizzo, songwriter showcases from Patty Griffin and [...]
Q&A: Wanda Sykes Talks New Standup, Walkouts & Ellen's Interview with Kevin Hart
Because according to Trump's America only white het men can exist, now would be a good time to reintroduce Wanda Sykes. She is a black person and a woman and a lesbian. And if you go to one of her "Oh Well" stand-up shows this year (she stops [...]
Keke Palmer Reflects on Coming Out, Talks Blurring Gender Lines & What James Dean Taught Her About Sexuality
Keke Palmer is not a girl, not yet – oh wait, she is a woman. It happened so fast, but here we are: With her squeaky-clean Nickelodeon and Disney Channel days behind her, Palmer disappears into her latest rough-and-buff turn as the eponymous lesbian [...]
Schitt's Creek' Creator Dan Levy Talks Season 5's Coming Out Episode, Writing a Queer Love Story and Mariah (Obvs)
Oh, sure, Dan Levy gets excited. Really, he does! The sparkle may not be written on his face – cherubic, distinguished, writerly; one with features much like his actor-dad, Eugene Levy – but inside you can bet he's screaming. It's a Canadian thing. [...]
Give Margaret Cho a Hand: Comic Talks New Kink Series, Queer Sex & Hollywood Homophobia
Damn that bulging carpometacarpal joint. Without it, Margaret Cho's kink play could've been trouble-free, but nope – that thumb joint has been "the bane of my existence since 1991," she tells me. That's right: I talked to Margaret Cho and we [...]
Nicholas Hoult Gets in Formation: 'The Favourite' Actor Talks Lipping Beyoncé, Wearing Wigs & Hollywood Inclusion
Someday, if we're lucky, we might get a full performance of Nicholas Hoult in a fluffy wig, his cheeks powdered and painted pink, with heeled feet, all the while vivaciously lipping Beyoncé's "Hold Up." Give the people what they want, I say. And [...]