Chris Azzopardi
Introducing Eva Simons
It's hard to talk about Eva Simons without mentioning her hair. That towering mohawk is as big as her voice, which guests on will.i.am's single "This Is Love" and comes to the Identity Festival on July 20 in Pontiac. With Simons' debut due this [...]
Marina and the Diamonds On Nervous Breakdown, Gay Following & Being One of the 'Greats'
With that trademark heart on her cheek and songs that boom with chirpy beats, Marina Diamandis appears to have walked out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Except she's not that innocent. The persona the Welsh-born Londoner presents with "Electra [...]
Missy Higgins' Triumphant Return. Plus: Marina and the Diamonds Almost Sparkle
Hear Me Out Missy Higgins, 'The Ol' Razzle Dazzle' She almost walked away from music altogether, but good thing Missy Higgins changed her mind: "The Ol' Razzle Dazzle" takes the Aussie out of her sad-girl-with-piano comfort zone and into newfound [...]
Hear Me Out: Maroon 5 Is 'Overexposed' and Overproduced
Maroon 5, 'Overexposed' They might have the moves like Jagger, but Maroon 5 lacks the grooves on their fourth album in 10 years, "Overexposed." The title, a self-deprecating wink to the band's ubiquity (and maybe frontman Adam Levine's frequent [...]
Love, Rufus
There are bad romances, and there's the kind that Rufus Wainwright had during the making of his latest album, "Out of the Game." The troubadour got smitten with super-producer Mark Ronson, who added a pop bend to Wainwright's classical leanings. [...]
Idina Menzel Is Wicked Good At Detroit Opera House
When people shuffled into the Detroit Opera House on June 27 to see Broadway belter Idina Menzel, they knew what they were in for: some crazy-ass vocals. And sure, they got a touching take on "No Day But Today" and crowd-pleasing showstopper [...]
Channing & Joe: The Gay Interview XXXclusive
"Wearing a thong is a pain in the ass" escapes Joe Manganiello's mouth with complete disregard to the glaring innuendo. "Oh god. I can't believe I just said that." Who can blame him? Avoiding double entendres about Oscar-winning director Steven [...]
Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue keeps the compilations coming. Plus: 'Rock of Ages' surprises
Kylie Minogue, 'The Best of Kylie Minogue' After two decades of niche fame, Kylie Minogue's camp isn't giving up on demonstrating to the non-gay public the awesomeness of the Aussie, recycling her hits into remixes, live releases and past hit [...]
Sister Act
Never ones to take themselves too seriously – their new video, "Baby Come Home," has them camping it up in nun gear – Jake Shears and Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters let loose in our recent interview. Who's gayer? Jake has the worst table manners? [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Katy Perry Talks Marriage, Madonna & Pseudo Lesbianism
Not exactly last Friday night, but it still happened: Katy Perry called us from London, where it was nearly 1 a.m. If life really does imitate art, she smelled like a mini-bar on a night that's soon to be a blacked-out blur, right? "Not tonight," [...]
Idina Menzel Defies... Everything
Idina Menzel doesn't do anything halfway – even when she's deciding on her gay faves. "It's so silly," says the homo-hearted theater queen, surfing Google for "hot gay male celebrities." Her assistant even gets involved. "This is very important [...]
Greta Gerwig: The New Gay-Loved Girl
It was only a matter of time before Greta Gerwig would enter gay consciousness. Roles in the "Arthur" remake, with Ben Stiller in "Greenberg" and as Natalie Portman's bestie in "No Strings Attached" made her a bona fide movie star, but it was [...]