Chris Azzopardi
Love, New York
Love or hate her, Tiffany Pollard – better known as her reality show-spawned celebrity alias, "New York" – isn't a name you forget. At least not if you caught her, and all the drama she dragged in, while starring in a string of saucy VH1 [...]
Hear Me Out: KT Tunstall roars back with 'Tiger Suit.' Plus: Maroon 5 stays safe on latest album
KT Tunstall, 'Tiger Suit' Suddenly KT Tunstall sees who she wants to be – and it isn't the folk-pop musician circa 2006, when she made a big, gay splash with the girl-power galvanizer "Suddenly I See." After 2007's "Drastic Fantastic" sent her [...]
Catching up with Cazwell
Cazwell (front center) and his 'Ice Cream Truck' dancers. Photo: Marco Ovando California gurls aren't the only ones who can melt your popsicle. When Cazwell carts his "Ice Cream Truck," the summer song Katy Perry might've dropped if she were a horny [...]
Lisa Lampanelli: One Mean Queen
There's nothing like hearing a familiar voice on the other end of the line, and Lisa Lampanelli's is just as I remember it: loud and mean, like she's burping up Sue Sylvester. "What's up you big fag face?" she razzes in her bawdy blurt. And I'd be [...]
Being Brandi
Brandi Carlile is a lesbian, but no one cares. Not even, as it turns out, the gay rags who typically would, or should, be all over someone of her caliber: a mighty musical force, big voiced – and even bigger hearted – with the kind of throaty, [...]
Home is where the art is
Sometimes it's easier to slap cheap, store-bought "art" on the wall and be done with it. But homes aren't meant to be easy – appliances crap out, dust collects and painting is still a major pain in the butt. So why not put a little thought into [...]
Modern' Man
First kisses are always a big deal, and clearly that's been true for two "Modern Family" fathers. The ABC sitcom hit a home run during its debut season last year, garnering critical kudos, healthy ratings and six Emmys (including Outstanding [...]
Crazy Sexy Cool
Gerrification with Gerry Visco 9 p.m. Sept. 3, Free Five15 Media Mojo & More 515 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak http://www.gerryvisco.com There's a way to emancipate yourself without popping happy pills – and Gerry Visco knows the secret, [...]
Hear Me Out: Katy Perry's hot 'n' cold 'Teenage Dream.' Plus: Sara Bareilles' solid sophomore CD
Katy Perry, 'Teenage Dream' As if Christina Aguilera and Ke$ha didn't already send pop music to its deathbed this year, Katy Perry comes close to finishing it off. The Bible-girl-gone-bad runs wild on the emotionally scrambled hit-factory "Teenage [...]
Pay(ton) It Forward
Barbara Payton 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 Arts, Beats & Eats Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Stage, Royal Oak http://www.artsbeatseats.com People can't believe that Barbara Payton hasn't carried her dreams out of Detroit. But the Motown mainstay says [...]
Deborah Cox: Absolutely, Yes!
Deborah Cox 11:55 p.m. Aug. 28 Menjo's, Detroit 928 W. McNichols Road Advance: $25/Door: $35 http://www.menjoscomplex.com Deborah Cox knows what she wants out of life – and last week, it was Twizzlers. "I could eat a whole bag in one sitting!" [...]