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Jennifer Holliday On The Career She Never Had, Drag Queen Backlash & Death Threats
Jennifer Holliday wants to clear something up: When she performed her signature song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," on "American Idol," those facial contortions weren't a joke. She wasn't exorcising a demon or doing them to out-diva "Idol" [...]
Pam Grier On Detroit, Being 'Boringly Straight' & Beyonce's Homage To Her
Having pioneered '70s-era blaxploitation films, Pam Grier's embodiment of badassery established that girls could kick just as much butt as boys. Her roles in "Coffy," "Foxy Brown" and Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" – and later on "The L Word" – [...]
Chris Harder Talks Being Dirty Show's First Porn Star
Here's something we all wouldn't mind hearing: It's about to get really hot. "I'm doing some fire eating and body burning at this upcoming show," Chris Harder says, so casual he could be talking about what he had for lunch. "My friends say, [...]
Mary Lambert Q&A: Madonna Wiped Away My Tears
"I'm not crying on Sundays," Mary Lambert assures herself on the song that got her to the Grammys. But this Sunday was different. This Sunday was better. Singing the heart-lifting chorus to Macklemore's "Same Love," which was nominated for Song of [...]
Hear Me Out: Jennifer Holliday, A Great Big World
Jennifer Holliday, 'The Song Is You' Jennifer Holliday is not going. And even though it's been 23 years since the Grammy winner - the original Effie in Broadway's "Dreamgirls" - released a secular solo studio album, she's telling you … and [...]
Lost & Found: Patty Griffin Opens Up About Her Closeness To The Gay Community, Being A 'Weirdo'
Photo: Cambria Harkey There are singers, there are songwriters - and then there's Patty Griffin. Not only has the celebrated songstress been praised for her versatility, Griffin's untouchable talent has earned her a Grammy and landed her material on [...]
Young, Hot & Gay' Comics Bring Comedy Show To Novi, Lansing
They're young, hot and gay - and they're coming to Novi and Lansing. Jordan Pease, Heather Turman and Tara Egnatios, who are traveling cross-country on their "Young, Hot & Gay Tour," will stop at Laff Tracks Comedy Club (30850 N Beck Road, [...]
Patti LaBelle On 'Little Heifers Who Can't Sing,' Why She's Not A Diva
Patti LaBelle can say anything she damn well pleases. First of all, she's Patti LaBelle - legend, icon, trailblazer, Hall of Famer, the Godmother of Soul. Second - there is no second. When you've been belting it out for a half-century, there [...]
Hear Me Out: Beyoncé, Jennifer Nettles
Beyoncé, 'Beyoncé' It's a new year, but we're not done gushing over Beyoncé and that juggernaut of an album she surprise-dropped to a web blitz of industry-shattering joyousness. She was all like "I'm just gonna put this here" when the pop [...]
Her' Reminded Me Of Him
I remember my first gay relationship, but I can't remember with whom. I don't know his name or what he looked like. I don't even remember where he lived. There's no lingering scent, no sweater he left behind, no string of texts to remind me that I [...]
Q&A: Jonathan Groff On His Mom Seeing Him Naked, His Emotional 'Normal Heart' Scene & Gay Anthem In 'Frozen'
Jonathan Groff is remembering a scene he shot for the upcoming HBO adaptation of "The Normal Heart." It's his only part with Julia Roberts, and he doesn't have a single line with her. "She plays a doctor and I collapse on the street, and then they [...]
Rap Is Gay
Photos: FX He's here, he's queer … and he raps? It's almost an oxymoron, or at least it used to be. But then there was Frank Ocean, the hip-hop queer who came out in 2012, and Macklemore, the emcee whose pro-gay "Same Love" made a splash on [...]