Chris Azzopardi
Hear Me Out: George Michael's 'Faith' gets remastered. Plus: Natasha Bedingfield bores
George Michael, 'Faith (Special Edition)' When he wasn't setting his own monkey free, George Michael was singing about it. The single "Monkey" was, and remains, one of the weakest tracks on this classic – but on a 10-song album full of diamonds, [...]
DVD Low-down
'Prayers for Bobby' The harrowing book-turned-biopic about a gay teen's struggle for acceptance that led to his tragic suicide was heartbreaking on its own. But then Bobby's story became a reality for kids everywhere, as a string of them took [...]
Life After 'A-List'
Some people had a hard time sitting through "The A-List: New York," Logo's tawdry teledoc about a gay gaggle that got eye-roll reactions from viewers who couldn't completely look away. Imagine starring in it. Reichen Lehmkuhl, who became the show's [...]
Hear Me Out: Keyshia Cole phones in 'Calling All Hearts.' Plus: Crystal Bowersox's debut
Keyshia Cole, 'Calling All Hearts' All hearts, little life is the problem plaguing Keyshia Cole's stodgy fourth album, one rich in soulful confessionals but without everlasting beats. Single "I Ain't Thru" is so dead on arrival – think of a [...]
Best Albums of 2010
10. Melissa Etheridge, 'Fearless Love' Hearing the musician return to her zenith and kill songs with raging burn was a rush like no other. She blows the spiraling top off the title track, spilling desperation into a Kings of Leon-like arena rock [...]
Hear Me Out: Duffy's 'Endlessly': No, no, no.
Duffy, 'Endlessly' Duffy wants nothing to do with Amy Winehouse after an impressive debut cast the Welsh singer as the soberer shadow of the drunken mess. But, to separate the conjoined twins of neo-soul, her follow-up to 2008's "Rockferry" goes [...]
I Love You, 'Phillip Morris'
It took nearly two absurdly long years for "I Love You Phillip Morris" to hit stateside cineplexes, and for such an uproariously funny film, with quirkiness and unsuspecting heart to boot, one question looms: Why the hell? Could be the gay sex. [...]
Black Swan': One of the year's best - and craziest - movies
Natalie Portman stars as a tortured ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan." Photo: Niko Tavernise Some of the best artists are crazy: Van Gogh snipped off his ear, and Virginia Woolf's deeply set depression led to her self-imposed drowning. [...]
Spreading the holiday queer
Nervous But Excited will perform "silly" takes on holiday classics for "Happy HoliGAYs" show in Ann Arbor. The most wonderful time of the year – if you believe that song – is about to be the gayest, too, as a few local bands unwrap the holiday cheer [...]
Dirty Dancing
Natalie Portman flaps her arms and moves as gracefully as a bird in the twisted psychosexual thriller "Black Swan," but the comparisons don't stop there. The actress ate like one, too. To transform into mentally unstable ballet dancer Nina Sayers, [...]
Amy Sedaris Talks Queers and Crafts
From a wacky misfit to her Martha-on-crack domesticity book, Amy Sedaris has made a career out of being different. She's at it again with "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People," turning to the queer world of crafting in her good ol' days follow-up [...]
DVD Lowdown: New releases perfect for last-minute holiday shopping
'Cher: The Film Collection' Cher's throwing herself back onto the big-screen with "Burlesque," but let's turn back time for a second to the enduring, do-it-all icon's breakout role, one that required some same-sex loving. You know the one: [...]