Chris Azzopardi
Why Madonna's 'Rebel Heart' Is Her Best Album In A Decade
Like a virgin, Madonna is pure again. Cleansed of the unbecoming trend grabs that marred the icon's erratic predecessors – namely the sinfully juvenile "Hard Candy" and "MDNA," better but still pastiche – our Blessed Goddess steps back into her ray [...]
Q&A: Mo'Nique Talks Recent Media Slams, Race In Hollywood, Isaiah Washington ('He Never Had A Problem With Gays') & LGBT Integration
Mo'Nique isn't one to hold back. Take her ongoing clash with Lee Daniels, who directed her Oscar-winning performance in 2009's "Precious." Daniels said the 47-year-old's behavior got her "blackballed"; she, on the other hand, says Hollywood isn't [...]
Hear Me Out: Kelly Clarkson, Brandi Carlile
Kelly Clarkson, 'Piece by Piece' Kelly Clarkson's seventh studio album finds the "American Idol" champ at a crossroads. Does she fix what's not broken? And if not, how does a 32-year-old pop star demonstrate she's evolved 13 years after her [...]
Q&A: Olly Murs Talks Handsy Fans, Gay-Baiting & Sharing A Sweater With Sam Smith ('It Was A Beautiful Thing')
A veteran of nakedness, Olly Murs was fueling our straight-boy fantasies long before Nick Jonas. Stripping at London's prestigious G-A-Y club, frequent underwear-only selfies, a leather jacket-clad cover photo in December's Attitude magazine – [...]
Q&A: Kelly Clarkson Talks Lesbian Groupies ('Kezbos'!), Gay Bars & Her Problem With 'Risqué' Pop Peers
Before catapulting to pop stardom, Kelly Clarkson was one of us. In many ways, she still is. The original "American Idol," who memorably erupted into waterworks when she won the first season of the reality show in 2002, wasn't always able to muster [...]
Motown Icons Mary Wilson & Martha Reeves Talk Gay Followings, Supremes Reunion (Because Of Course)
"I'm wondering, well, why wasn't Martha Reeves mentioned?" says Martha Reeves. Holding up the marquee from the "Motown 25" box set, a baffled Reeves doesn't know the reason she and other Motown greats – Mary Wells and Junior Walker, for instance – [...]
Controversial Musician Cameron Carpenter: Don't Call Me The 'Flamboyant Organist'
The abs are not the point. Although Cameron Carpenter briefly went all "Magic Mike" for a promotional video for "Revolutionary," his 2008 debut, the organ virtuoso is more than the sum of his literal parts. In support of his recently released Sony [...]
Screen Queen
Pride "Pride," you ain't foolin' nobody. So fine, strip all traces of gayness from your box art, but no closet can hide the fact that you, by title alone, are an exploding rainbow of gay. You got all the colors. You're loud and proud. YOU HAVE [...]
Q&A: Andrew Rannells Talks 'Dangerous' Road To 'Girls,' His Hope For TV True Love - And A 'Book Of Mormon' Revival?!
Photo: Mark Schaffer / HBO Andrew Rannells won't soon be living down the handjob he gave to a boy in a bathroom. Thanks to Lena Dunham and the other writers turning out sharp social commentary and anecdotal writing for this current installment of [...]
All Hail Fifth Harmony! Plus: Michelle Chamuel, B-52s' Kate Pierson
Fifth Harmony, 'Reflection' Raise your glass to girl-group power. It's returning thanks to music-maven Simon Cowell, who understands the need to resurrect this abandoned, gay-celebrated American tradition, where female voices unite for the [...]
EXCLUSIVE! Ricky Martin Talks Love Life ('I'm Enjoying Being Single'), Shirtless Selfies, Swoon-Worthy Texts & How He'd React To Having Gay Sons
Photo: Nino Munoz A single tweet changed Ricky Martin's life, and then it changed the world. When the internationally famed Puerto Rican heartthrob came out in 2010, declaring himself on Twitter "a fortunate homosexual man" who's "very blessed to be [...]
Love Day Ideas
It's always a good time to celebrate love. Especially on Valentine's Day, and especially with wild animal sex. The Detroit Zoo's "Love Gone Wild" is one of many options for LGBTs looking to do that whole lovey-dovey thing (but mostly looking to see [...]