Chris Azzopardi
Not Just for Fun.
fun. 7 p.m. Jan. 26 The Fillmore 2115 Woodward Ave., Detroit (sold out) http://www.thefillmoredetroit.com If Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost have taught us anything, it's this: You can be fun. and still stand up for something [...]
Sandra Bernhard On Jodie Foster's Coming Out: 'Who F*cking Cares?'
Sandra Bernhard has never been one to mince her words. The Flint-born comedian – who's been performing her audacious standup since the '70s and stops at The Ark in Ann Arbor for two shows Feb. 1-2 – wasn't about to change her ways during our [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Dave Franco In His First Gay Interview
James Franco isn't the only one fearlessly exploring homosexuality in his career. His own brother, Dave, is too. With himself, even. The 27-year-old has attracted a big gay fan base ever since he starred in the 2007 indie "After Sex," the one where [...]
Hear Me Out: 'Girls' Soundtrack Impresses With 'Quarter-Life Crisis' Music
'Girls Soundtrack, Volume 1' Robyn's sad-but-liberating "Dancing on My Own" already made life infinitely better, but then HBO's groundbreaking series "Girls" did something awesome with it during its debut season: They had the show's star, Lena [...]
Food For Thought
People don't talk about Royal Oak's Café Muse without mentioning the grilled cheese: the way the three-cheese blend – havarti, fontina and mozzarella – melts into a savory mix of basil, tomatoes and organic bread, and what the dash of honey does to [...]
Hear Me Out: Best of 2012
10. Cat Power, 'Sun' Clocking in at just under 11 minutes, "Nothin' But Time" starts simple enough, with just piano and fuzzy static – then there's some man chants, and Iggy Pop. On paper it's a hot mess, but the heartfelt coming-of-age mantra – [...]
Q&A: Fun.'s Jack Antonoff On LGBT Activism, Lena Dunham & Being Straight With 'Lesbian Chemicals'
If Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost have taught us anything, it's this: You can be fun. and still stand up for something serious. The breakout single that sent the New York-based band's sophomore album, "Some Nights," soaring, "We Are [...]
You Gotta Have Faith
Few artists these days have what people like to call "the voice." Paloma Faith has it – a force of nature so strong that it could lift the whole world up with just one note. Already certified double platinum in the U.K., the 27-year-old British [...]
Gayby Making
There are lots of ways to have a baby if you're a gay man who wants one with his platonic girlfriend. Surrogacy is one option. You could adopt. Maybe even go the donor insemination route. Or you could just get naked and stick it in. "Gayby," an [...]
Hear Me Out: Ke$ha Demonstrates Staying Power On 'Warrior'
Ke$ha, 'Warrior' She's tweetedpic of her dildo "boyfriend" and written songs about getting drunk, stripping naked and getting hit on by old dudes. But Ke$ha's 15 minutes aren't over. With 12 songs that stretch her once-limited scope of dance music [...]
Barbra Streisand Talks Gay Icon Status & Calls For Equal Rights
Photo: Paramount Pictures Barbra Streisand takes center stage, but she's not busting out "The Way We Were." Not today, anyway. The legend is promoting her first major film in 16 years at the Four Seasons Los Angeles. Her hair is perfectly coiffed [...]
Bette Midler Q&A: The Gay Interview
More than 30 years have passed since Bette Midler made her screen debut as a rocker with a self-destructive drug habit. The film, 1979's "The Rose," turned the Hawaii native's dreams, and her nights performing for half-naked gay men at a New York [...]