Chris Azzopardi
Hear Me Out: Nicki Minaj's ridiculous 'Reloaded.' Plus: Bonnie Raitt's first in seven years
Nicki Minaj, 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' Nicki Minaj botched her Grammy performance so bad earlier this year, when she weirdly channeled "The Exorcist" while hawking new single "Roman Holiday," that even that desperate attempt at shock couldn't [...]
Wedding Dos... and Don'ts
1234567ÔÑÑÔÑÖ The "big day" is a big deal for Brian Worley. For one of the first weddings he orchestrated, the LA-based party planner went all out: Flowers were flown in from Ecuador, fabrics came from Milan and he drove over three hours to [...]
Rufus Wainwright Q&A: On Gay Evolution, Sex Tape & Gaga Diss
There are bad romances, and there's the kind that Rufus Wainwright had during the making of his latest album, "Out of the Game," out May 1. The troubadour got smitten with super-producer Mark Ronson, who added a pop bend to Wainwright's classical [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Etheridge Talks Ex, Getting Remarried & New LP
Come to her window, but Melissa Etheridge won't be around. Why? Because she's everywhere else – on tour, stopping by Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel at 7:30 p.m. April 22, and in the studio laying down tracks for her first album since 2010's [...]
Hear Me Out: Madonna fights to keep up with the kids
Madonna, 'MDNA' No one can replace Madonna. We get it. And should we not, the queen of pop's latest electro-romp and eighth No. 1-charting album, "MDNA," reminds us that, despite other "reductive"-sounding acts, she's still… well, the queen. She [...]
The Real Mike Ruiz
A child imagines life outside reality by creating a wild, monster-inhabited world of escapism in "Pan's Labyrinth," a stylistic fantasy-art film released in 2006 from Guillermo del Toro. That world, or at least a version of it, is very familiar to [...]
Bully': an important movie with a message
Editor's note: After this story was posted, The Weinstein Company (TWC), aided by the guidance and consultation from attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson, announced late April 5 that the MPAA has lowered the R rating, given for some language, for [...]
Hear Me Out: Dev doesn't let the sun go down on debut
Hear Me Out Dev, 'The Night the Sun Came Up' "It's Dev," the punkish pop up-and-comer – first entering mass consciousness with a sampled spot on Far East Movement's hit "Like a G6" – announces halfway into her debut. And before the official [...]
EXCLUSIVE: 'Bully' director, lesbian teen talk controversial documentary
Editor's note: After this story was posted, The Weinstein Company (TWC), aided by the guidance and consultation from attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson, announced late April 5 that the MPAA has lowered the R rating, given for some language, for [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mraz On 'Open' Sexuality, Threesomes and What He Really Meant In Instinct
How cool is Jason Mraz? For one, his unwavering fight for equal rights led him to shoot a Human Rights Campaign video recently; he's also waiting to wed until everyone can and, not long ago, united with Cyndi Lauper to tell the world that he, too, [...]
Kristine W sets you straight
What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there. For instance, Kristine W – the chart-topping dance-music powerhouse adored by the gays – is heading to Detroit, where the Sin City-based singer will perform at 10 p.m. (doors open at 9) March 24 at [...]
Finding Kimo
It was no big deal for Kimo Frederiksen to single-handedly devour an entire pizza in one sitting or, in just a 48-hour period, finish off a gallon of cookies 'n' cream. "I could eat it three times a day," he recalls, smiling fondly over his dessert [...]