Chris Azzopardi
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Q&A On 'Proud' Gay Kiss, Channing Musical & BuzzFeed Calling Him The 'Perfect Man'
Who doesn't see Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the "perfect man"? The one man who knows him best: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And neither should you, he says. After playing a gay hustler in "Mysterious Skin," a Mormon homophobe in "Latter Days" and Batman's [...]
Hear Me Out: KT Tunstall, Over the Rhine
KT Tunstall, 'Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon' The fuzzy feelings of KT Tunstall's optimistic radio-baiter "Suddenly I See," a song hooked to your noggin because of your "Devil Wears Prada" DVD, is nowhere to be found on "Invisible Empire // [...]
My Gay Interview With A Backstreet Boy: 'I'm The Fag Hag'
Photo: Big Hassle When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album's title track, "In a World Like This," they did something special with the video: They ended it with a victorious moment in LGBT history, as an older lesbian couple finally [...]
Hear Me Out: The Civil Wars, Backstreet Boys
The Civil Wars, 'The Civil Wars' Nitty-gritty details are few concerning the highly publicized drama between The Civil Wars twosome Joy Williams and John Paul White, but the fallout was at least intense enough to cause a tour cancellation, talk of [...]
YouTube Sensation Eli Lieb On Steve Grand Controversy & Being A Heartthrob
YouTube's been good to Eli Lieb. The Iowa-born, boyishly handsome musician, who's amassed a faithful following with his own distinctive twist on radio songs, recently dropped his new intoxicating pop single "Young Love." It's sweet and liberating, [...]
Screen Queen: Spring Breakers, 42
Spring Breakers The intention of Harmony Korine's unsettling spring break dramatization – as discussed during the disc's interview with the director – was to create a surreal cinematic experience with the same hypnotically wormy sensation of a pop [...]
Ross Mathews On Talk Show's 'Super Gay' Set, Pride Gig & Why Madonna Is Like A Snake
Ross Mathews is talking to me from his own office in Hollywood and he can't believe it. "It's the dream," he says, bubbling over with joy. "I'm getting to do exactly what I've always wanted to do." That dream began back in 2001 when the pop-culture [...]
Hear Me Out: Robin Thicke, Kanye West
Robin Thicke, 'Blurred Lines' It's probably safe to call "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke's ubiquitous dirty ditty that your grandma can't get enough of (hey, it's catchy!) – the song of the summer. It's now officially the longest charting No. 1 [...]
Hocking Hills: Home Away From Home
Ash Cave is a recess cave in the Hocking Hills. Photo: Chris Azzopardi The first time I navigated the windy roads through the Hocking Hills, the surrealness of it all – Ohio, really? – was more like a trip through a very pretty postcard your [...]
Hear Me Out: Sara Bareilles, Merry Clayton
Sara Bareilles, 'The Blessed Unrest' Maybe you didn't ask for it, but Sara Bareilles wrote you a love song anyway. Actually, she wrote you many love songs. With her third disc, the pop pianist is giving the gays their wedding theme: "I Choose [...]
My Gay Interview With Courtney Love: 'I'm Really Normal'
Just give Courtney Love 10 minutes – the time I had to talk to her recently before her 8 p.m. July 19 Detroit gig at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel – and she'll tell you a lot of things without you asking. She'll tell them rapidly, because [...]
Hear Me Out: Sigur Ros, LeAnn Rimes
Sigur Ros, 'Kveikur' When frontman Jonsi Birgisson went stag for his kaleidoscopic solo venture, he introduced sunshine and rainbows to the stirring atmospherics he'd already established with Sigur Ros. What a difference a few years, and a couple [...]