Chris Azzopardi
Hear Me Out: Regina Spektor's best album yet
Regina Spektor, 'What We Saw from the Cheap Seats' With 2006's "Begin to Hope," Regina Spektor stepped out from the shadows of the hipster underground for some pop-world reach. That career opus struck a fine balance that its follow-up, "Far," [...]
Sister Act: Jake & Ana On 10 Years Together (And Who's Gayer)
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: 'Rock of Ages' Director on Tom's Butt, Gay Kiss & John Waters' Advice
How do you come off a musical that has John Travolta doing drag? You make sure the next one, "Rock of Ages," gets Tom Cruise in butt-baring chaps. "I thought we would cover it up with mesh or underwear," recalls director Adam Shankman, "and I was [...]
Josey Greenwell: Your Hot Host
Josey Greenwell is a male specimen of the highest rank: dreamy eyes, Southern boy charm and the body of a Greek god. And he's the Motor City Pride host, which means you'll be seeing a lot of him (maybe even literally) during the June 1-3 [...]
The Trouble with Adam Lambert
Remember the fuss Adam Lambert caused when he tongued his keyboardist in front of the world? Of course you do. The controversial kiss drew both homophobic outbursts and so-what shrugs, and it's an American Music Awards moment that won't soon be [...]
Hear Me Out: Adam Lambert gets real on 'Trespassing'
Adam Lambert, 'Trespassing' Adam Lambert isn't just here "for your entertainment" – the mission statement, and title, of the "Idol" grad's debut, a perfunctory music cherry-popper that entertained but shied away from any bold assertions. A lot [...]
INTERVIEW: Greta Gerwig: The New Gay-Loved Girl
Photo: Fox Searchlight 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 [...]
Jack Black (Maybe) Goes Gay
Is this Jack Black's first gay role? As a small-town Texan teddy bear who goes off the deep end, it might be. But, because the real-life man he's playing isn't out, we may never truly know. Enter "Bernie," an offbeat black comedy based on a true [...]
REVIEW: Bonnie Raitt in Ann Arbor
I still can't find my breath, because Bonnie Raitt – goddess of slide guitar, and heartbreakers – took it away so many times during her Friday night show at Hill Auditorium. In support of her sublime album "Slipstream," her first in seven years, [...]
Columbus ... Queer?
1234567ÔÑÑÔÑÖ Ohio has this reputation of being flat, cornfield-crazy nothingness: the kind of place people drive through… only to get somewhere else. It was always the longest strip of vacant land on the drive down South, where I'd gone a [...]
Adam Lambert Q&A: On His Surprise Sex Toy, 'Redundant' Media & 'Horrifying' Jail Time
Remember the fuss Adam Lambert caused when he tongued his keyboardist in front of the world? Of course you do. The controversial kiss drew both homophobic outbursts and so-what shrugs, and it's an American Music Awards moment that won't soon be [...]
Hear Me Out: Carrie Underwood's dramatic career-best. Plus: Rufus Wainwright goes pop
Carrie Underwood, 'Blown Away' Whatever happened to Jesus taking the wheel? The drama that Carrie Underwood stirs on two songs that launch the mature evolution as heard on her best-album-to-date could use a little divine intervention. "There's not [...]