Chris Azzopardi
Erika Jayne's pretty messy LP, former porn star lifts the 'covers' - unfortunately
Hear Me Out Erika Jayne, 'Pretty Mess' Who is Erika Jayne? On the siren's listless debut, she's everyone but herself. A little Britney, a little Kylie, and a lotta bad. The sultry singer's dance nuggets, produced by some heavy hit-makers, feel [...]
Hey, world
Sandra Bernhard, who's been targeting celebrity culture and politics with a biting snap for over 30 years, always puts it all out there. We mean that in every which way – remember the nude 1992 Playboy pictorial? Now she has a different platform to [...]
Sins & solstice
Talking to Tori Amos is like getting lost in a bedtime story just before drifting off. Her pillow-soft voice is delicately soothing, often breaking for long pauses to thoughtfully deliver something as pensive and poetic – like, "I can hear things [...]
Reno 911!!' explodes with dumb fun on season six DVD
A buncha cops who aren't doing their jobs … and they're not in Detroit? Yeah, this is "Reno 911!," and the gaggle of no-go officers – including the hot-pants-wearing gay one, Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) – are working hard … -ly to keep the city [...]
Just how bad is 'Brüno'?
"Br√ºno," the fussed-over Sacha Baron Cohen film, goes where no man has before … like into the ass of Milli Vanilli's spirit. And hey, maybe you haven't heard: This very gay, very offensive, very wrong follow up to 2006's uproarious riot "Borat: [...]
Healing the World
The afternoon before Michael Jackson died, David Blair told BTL how his poetry collection would unite life in Detroit and the Jackson family. One focus, obviously, would be the King of Pop. The Detroit-based poet and musician called him an icon. [...]
Hear Me Out
Fritz Helder & the Phantoms, 'Greatest Hits: Platinum Edition' A night with Fritz Helder & the Phantoms might get you in trouble: "Coke and crack and all that shit, taking a hit, making it quick." That's the kind of debauchery you'd [...]
Hogan and Homo on the Prairie
Clare, Mich. doesn't get much action. Or daughters of retired pro wrestlers. But during the 10 p.m. July 5 episode of VH1's "Brooke Knows Best," the quaint farming area near Central Michigan University will gain fame as actress/singer Brooke Hogan [...]
No fire in 'Little Ashes'
Javier Beltran and Robert Pattinson star in 'Little Ashes,' which opens in Royal Oak tomorrow. Photo: Regent Releasing Robert Pattinson sucks in "Little Ashes." And not in the way many of you'd hope. Then again, he goes down (no more puns after that [...]
The Cliks' pop-rock clicks, Cazwell dirties our ears
The Cliks, 'Dirty King' We like a good split personality – Pink, Eminem and Beyonce can seamlessly morph from badass to wimp. Lucas Silveira, welcome to the group. The Cliks frontman, who's gained attention in the gay community for being a [...]
The Proposal': Yes!
A fire-breathing bitch of a boss actually turns out to be a softy who falls for her assistant in the midst of a sham marriage. Like you didn't know that was the trajectory of "The Proposal," a romantic comedy that proposes sitcom-like silliness, a [...]