Chris Azzopardi
Lithgow Talks Gays In Film, His 'Defiance Of Prejudice' & Robin Williams
Photo: Sony Classics There's a beautiful moment in Ira Sachs' indie hit "Love Is Strange" involving two older men – a New York couple, forced to live apart after one of them loses his job, tearfully embraces. Life-changing? No. But that's the point: [...]
Barbra Streisand's Duet With Gay Son Is Highlight Of New Album
Barbra Streisand, 'Partners' Joined by a plethora of esteemed men on "Partners," Barbra Streisand duets with one in particular who stands out above the rest: her gay son, Jason Gould. The two share Irving Berlin's 1932 ballad "How Deep is the [...]
Q&A: Jennifer Hudson On Lesbian Rumors & Drag Queen Attitude: 'I Don't Care What You Think'
Who is Jennifer Hudson? It's a question she knows you've asked – and one she's ready to answer with "JHUD," the "American Idol"-turned-"Dreamgirls" sensation's third studio album out Sept. 23. During our candid interview, the Oscar-winning [...]
LeAnn Rimes Q&A: 'Eddie & I Are A Gay Man's Wet Dream'
Photo: Sara Hertel LeAnn Rimes can't fight the moonlight, but she can fight the spotlight – or, at the very least, shift it. Ready to divert attention from tabloids back to music, the 31-year-old Grammy winner just released "Dance Like You Don't [...]
Why Tori Amos' 'Sophie's Choice' Tour Is Pure Magic
Tori Amos has so many babies – you know, those precious things, her songs, that she's seen change and grow throughout the years. Taking the stage on Wednesday night, Aug. 6, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Amos acknowledged how passionate her ardent [...]
REVIEW: Amy Grant Gays Up Sound On First Remix Album (Thank God!)
Amy Grant, 'In Motion: The Remixes' When you're grinding up against a shirtless prospect in the thick of a gay dance orgy, nothing sets the sexy-time mood quite like some Amy Grant, right? You know, with God's disco light shining down on you. No? [...]
Why Jason Mraz Won't Kiss & Tell: 'I've Spoken Up For The Things That Are Important To Me'
I won't tell you what Jason Mraz told me during our interview in early 2012. Realizing after the fact that a political remark could potentially shake up his love club, he graciously asked me to omit that bit from the story. I did. Over two years [...]
Why 'Boyhood' Is Everybody's Story
I remember the uncomfortable walks to the bus stop. Cradling my baby brother for the first time. How my mom would lick her hand to fix my hair. I can still feel the tightness in my chest if I think hard enough to recall the details of the day my [...]
Hear Me Out: Jason Mraz, Weird Al Yankovic
Jason Mraz, 'Yes!' Here to make you feel better about your life is Jason Mraz, the Oprah of white-boy balladry. He's got your "remedy," and it's called "Yes!," an album of life-affirming mantras expressed simply by song name: "Rise, "You Can Rely [...]
Q&A: Panic! Frontman Talks Westboro Protest: 'It Was Pathetic'
Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is on the Westboro Baptist Church's shit list – who isn't? – and he couldn't be happier about it. Laughing off the recent protest that took place during a Kansas City stop on the band's "Gospel Tour," Urie, [...]
Q&A: Sinéad O'Connor On How Gays Changed Her Life & Getting Her 'D*ck Hard'
In 1992, Sinéad O'Connor was at the height of her career following the success of "Nothing Compares 2 U" when, during a one-woman protest against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, she tore up a pic of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live." [...]
George Takei's Hopeful Words For Detroit: 'More Power To You!'
George Takei isn't foreign to the alien kind. As Sulu on the original "Star Trek," he fended them off. Now, Takei's taking on a different kind of outsider – the Motor City – and he's glad to see a new generation of human inhabitants safeguarding [...]