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Q&A: Allison Janney Talks Tonya Harding's Queerness, Kissing Meryl, 'Girl Crush' Margot Robbie & Her Quest to Play a 'Pioneering Lesbian'
Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what's up with the president's wild contradictions and flat-out lies? And what will happen to the LGBTQ community under his administration? And, of course, something we've all wondered from [...]
Q&A: Martha Stewart Talks '1860s' Approach to Equality, LGBT Weddings, How Gays 'Step Up Their Game' in Her Midst and Her 'Gay Sons'
You don't have to tell Martha Stewart that gay men love her like their own mother. The influential entrepreneur and domestic diva's deep-rooted connection to the LGBTQ community goes beyond special appearances on "Ugly Betty" and "Ellen," when she [...]
Q&A: Richard Jenkins on How 'Shape of Water' Could Be Called 'Love Is Love,' Gay Roles & Why He Can't Stop Thinking About 'Six Feet Under'
Photo: Fox Searchlight As Giles, Richard Jenkins exudes a great deal of warmth playing a closeted '60s-era gay man longing for a romantic connection in Guillermo del Toro's timely cautionary tale "The Shape of Water." But cordiality comes natural to [...]
Q&A: Reba McEntire on Gays at Xmas, Struggles with Religion & Why It's 'Ridiculous' to Think Her Faith Music Has Anything to Do with Donald Trump
Photo: Bob D'Amico Reba McEntire has released a beautiful new Christmas album. The melancholy spirit of her friend Dolly Parton's 1982 holiday staple "Hard Candy Christmas" is preserved on McEntire's new reading, and her sparse version of "Mary, Did [...]
Mariah, Shania, Taylor: 9 Acts to See During the Next Year's Very Gay Concert Lineup
Photo: Island Welcome to the gayest concert year of your life. For instance, if all you want for Christmas is a healthy dose of divadom wrapped in high notes and vocal ad-libs, you're in luck: the always-festive Mariah Carey is decking the halls of [...]
Q&A: Kelly Clarkson on Why She Won't Stop Speaking Her Mind, Bullying & Confronting Anti-LGBT Parents Because Her Dad Was a 'Shitty Guy'
Photo: Atlantic Records During her 15-year career as your friendly pop spirit-lifter, Kelly Clarkson has prescribed a cheap alternative to therapy: anthemic pick-me-ups like "Since U Been Gone" and "People Like Us," songs that impel a [...]
Hear Me Out: Why we love Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die' Focus on Lana Del Rey's enigmatic image and you miss the point: Her major-label debut, "Born to Die," is an intoxicating hit of theatrical trip-hop from the seductress of song. Unfairly trashed for a one-off "SNL" [...]
The Kate Clinton Q&A
Times like this – election years, when politics are a comedian's punching-bag – were made for Kate Clinton, who has hilariously riffed on 30 years of stupid presidents and right-winged morons. She's at it again on her All Fracked Up Tour, hitting [...]
The Vow': a forgettable movie about memory
A moment of impact. Channing Tatum, as loving hubby Leo, has many of them – relayed in philosophizing, Hallmark-regurgitated voiceovers – through the course of the emotionally flat, love-conquers-all rom-com "The Vow." Some are in the casual [...]
You Can't Stop the Pete
Peter Mel sits with his hands folded at a corner table in his latest restaurant venture. As our camera snaps his picture, a sheepish smile is painted across his face while he nervously half mumbles "shit" – in cheese's stead – under the show tunes [...]
The ringleader returns
What would "Circus," Britney Spears' quasi-comeback album, sound like if she was still flashing her vag, yo-yoing in and out of hospitals or attacking paparazzi with umbrellas? Consider this: Amidst it all (see also: custody battle and head-shaving [...]
Filmmaker's documentary gives face to immigration issue
After moving to the United States 10 years ago from Argentina, filmmaker Sebastian Cordoba still hasn't secured a green card. His artist visa allows him to produce films in America, like his recent look at the LGBT immigration struggle in the [...]