Chris Azzopardi
Q&A: Alan Cumming on Sappy Songs, Bisexuality & Why You Should Stop Being Offended By His Commercial Projects
Photo: Steve Vaccariello As a child, Alan Cumming cried as his older brother sang "Danny Boy" to him from across the bedroom they shared. "He would do it to make me cry," Cumming says, recalling his reaction to the Irish staple. "It's just the [...]
Screen Queen: Grandma, The Wiz Live!
Grandma Cool if we just let Lily Tomlin play every spunky lesbian grandma? Yeah? Thought so. The iconic comedian-actress is such a fire hose of sass and bottled-up sadness in the little godsend "Grandma" that it's a travesty she hasn't had a film [...]
Hear Me Out: Sia, Panic! at the Disco
Sia, 'This Is Acting' Before she rebranded herself as a behind-the-scenes scribe for mainstream pop giants, Sia reveled in authenticity. Every feeling was pure – and even if it didn't reflect her life, you believed it could. Remember "Breathe Me"? [...]
Q&A: Cheyenne Jackson on His Decision to Age Naturally, His 'Bi Phase' & That Lady Gaga Butt-Grab GIF
Photo: Vince Truspin Has Lady Gaga touched your butt lately? It's a box Cheyenne Jackson can happily check off after his recent run on "American Horror Story: Hotel," playing a bisexual fashion designer who, by the grace of Gaga, got felt up by [...]
Out of Character: Alex Newell Q&A on Being Asked If He's Trans Post 'Glee,' Stealing Church Solos & Red Lobster
Photo: Brian Ziff Maybe Alex Newell's star-making moment – the "Dreamgirls" showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," which the 23-year-old gloriously belted out on "The Glee Project," before nabbing a spot on Fox's "Glee" – was meant to be. [...]
White House Honoree Sings His Own 'Song,' Remembers Late Father With Moving Film
Photo: Liz Salinas Marco Castro-Bojorquez was never very close to his father. They rarely spoke, especially about Marco's sexuality. Two years ago, though, on New Year's Eve, something changed. His family went out that night, but not Marco, who [...]
Q&A: Jillian Michaels on Her Madonna-Influenced Coming Out, LGBT Community's Pressure to Marry & Why She Uses the Word 'Fag'
The "shred" will put you through the sweat fires of hell, but despite her extreme workouts, Jillian Michaels wants you to know she is no monster. To set the record, ahem, straight, the out fitness guru is opening the doors to her very "normal," [...]
Confessions of a Superfan: Why a Self-Proclaimed 'Front-Row Bitch' Wrote 581 Pages on Madonna
Photo: Gregory Pace Matthew Rettenmund is only kidding, but his enduring commitment to Madonna isn't lost on him when he jokes, "She has me on speed hang-up." It's a statement that couldn't ring truer if it were, well, true. Except Rettenmund, the [...]
Hear Me Out: Best of 2015
10. Madonna, 'Rebel Heart' In 2015, it was strange hearing Madonna sound so… human. A cluster of cuts from the queen's 13th studio album imparted a rare authenticity and striking vulnerability typically not ascribed to music's self-proclaimed [...]
2015 In Review: What the Celebs Said
Jane Fonda was so moved by a question she cried. Josh Groban recalled the moment he learned about his big bear following – and how he mistook them for a sports team. And Sarah Paulson opened up in a candid conversation about her sexuality. Here's a [...]
OITNB' Star Dascha Polanco Is 'Proud' of Show's LGBT Themes, Talks Latina Struggles & Hope For Hollywood Minorities
"I want you to smell me." It's not your typical conversation starter, sure, but "Orange Is the New Black" star Dascha Polanco does smell nice, like fresh flowers. Seated in a New York City hotel suite to talk about her new film, "Joy," the [...]
Q&A: Isabella Rossellini On 'Joy,' Drag & When She Knew 'Death Becomes Her' Was a Gay Film ('Within Months')
Isabella Rossellini is leading me into the light. There, in front of an almost full-wall window in a hotel suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York City, we stand, beaming, as her assistant snaps a pic. Good lighting is everything, as [...]