Chris Azzopardi
Rewriting Jessie Ware
With all the due praise for Jessie Ware's honeyed debut, "Devotion," including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one's complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself. As she heads stateside, the charming "Wildest [...]
Screen Queen: Oscar Winners 2013
Les Miserables Wins: Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Hathaway), Sound Mixing, Makeup and Hairstyling Boasting of its eight Academy Award nominations, three Golden Globe wins and "perfect" picture and sound, the "Les Miserables" Blu-ray – all [...]
Hear Me Out: Jessie Ware, Ashley Monroe
Jessie Ware, 'Devotion' If you've heard British breakthrough singer Jessie Ware's "Wildest Moments" (and if you haven't, what are you waiting for?), you know she has one helluva voice. She could belt and whip that thing around like a weapon. But [...]
Jessie Ware Q&A On Big Gay Following, Her Wildest Moment
With all the due praise for Jessie Ware's honeyed debut, "Devotion," including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one's complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself. As she heads stateside, the charming "Wildest [...]
Screen Queen: Holy Motors, Top Gun
Screen Queen Holy Motors A hypnotic fever dream of wildly intoxicating weirdness, the twisted premise of director Leos Carax's cinematically self-aware "Holy Motors" might add up to something, or it might not. It doesn't really matter. The only [...]
Scissor Sisters' Del Marquis Talks Band's Hiatus, 'Ego Baby' & Being Beyonce
Derek Gruen, aka Del Marquis, is happy to let his fellow Scissor Sisters eclipse his nerd-cool presence on stage. Now, though, as the band takes some time off, all swoony eyes – and ears – are on Marquis and his latest solo project, "Cosmos," [...]
Hear Me Out: Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves
Justin Timberlake, 'The 20/20 Experience' Sexy's back, but not like you remember it: After seven long, hard, long years without Justin Timberlake at the pop-scene forefront, the creative chameleon finally gives acting a break and gets back behind [...]
Big Love For Lianne
Photo: Alex Lake Remember Alicia Keys before she became a big enough name to revive the BlackBerry brand and hold her own in a Jay-Z collaboration? Back in 2001, when she released her critically lauded Grammy-winning debut, "Songs in A Minor," she [...]
Big Love For Lianne La Havas
Remember Alicia Keys before she became a big enough name to revive the BlackBerry brand and hold her own in a Jay-Z collaboration? Back in 2001, when she released her critically lauded Grammy-winning debut, "Songs in A Minor," she was a no-frills [...]
Belinda Carlisle Talks 'Sexually Adventurous' Days & Disinterest In Doing Pop Album
In the '80s, Belinda's Carlisle's career demonstrated that, for some, heaven really is a place on earth. As the lead singer of the supremely successful girl group The Go-Go's – they had the beat, and the looks and talent – the now-54-year-old [...]
Hear Me Out: Drake Jensen Is Country Weak
Drake Jensen, 'OUTlaw' Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen's "OUTlaw" – and not because he's queer. The burly, full-bearded, Nova Scotia-born honky-tonker deals with [...]
The Wizardry Of 'Oz'
Somewhere over the rainbow exists fantastical fairies, diva witches and flying monkeys (oh my!), but friends of Dorothy will have to do without the optimistic dreamer and her dog. Neither follow Sam Raimi's yellow-brick road in this sort-of [...]