Chris Azzopardi
I Now Pronounce 'Chuck & Larry' C-R-A-P
INFO BOX 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry' Universal Studios Available on DVD now D- MOVIE Just imagine: a These-Movies-Suck-Ass Pride Parade. Leading it? "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," an unfunny, PC-messaged bore that doesn't [...]
Girl Power
Britney Spears 'Blackout' B- Bold Brit Britney Spears never possessed impressive pipes. Never was a clever wordsmith. Never could offer much but easy-to-swallow pop candy. No surprise, then, that in the years leading up to "Blackout," the [...]
Tori tears it up in Detroit
Tori Amos Oct. 27 Fox Theatre B+ No doubt: When people call Tori Amos' fan clique a cult, they're not kidding. The musician's unwavering horde, which filled the Fox Theatre last Saturday, was sucked in by the striking strangeness of the piano-bench [...]
The real 'Rain Man'
In Michigan Daniel Tammet Noon Oct. 31 Adrian College www.optimnem.co.uk Nine: To most, a number that falls between eight and 10. But to Daniel Tammet, it's how he sees his partner. His lover is tall – in Tammet's mind, a requirement for being a [...]
Tori Amos: Queen of Quirky
Appearing in Michigan Tori Amos The American Doll Posse Tour 8 p.m. Oct. 27 Fox Theatre, Detroit http://www.toriamos.com Tori Amos isn't herself lately. She's Pip, a confrontational warrior. She's Isabel, a political photographer. She's the [...]
A Case of Queens and Crabs
HEADER The DL on 'Desperate Housewives' Something bugged Susan Mayer on the fourth installment of the revived new season of "Desperate Housewives." And, no, it's not the crabs – which have crawled their way from Edie's hooha, to Carlos, to Gabby, [...]
The Lair': Tricks? Yep. A treat? Um, no.
'The Lair' Available on DVD now D- Imagine getting bit by a vampire. That's how painful it is watching Jesse Cutlip, the chiseled boy-toy of the show's protagonist, try to offer up even a smidgen of actual acting in the campy-corny-not-so-creepy [...]
An order of McKeown - to go
Erin McKeown 8 p.m. Oct. 25 The Ark, Ann Arbor Screw that "Live from New York" label. Erin McKeown wanted something more avant-garde for her debut live disc, "Lafayette." Something that other artists recording outside of the studio in the Big Apple [...]
Almost like a 'Rock'
'Rock Haven' 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak Reel Pride Film Festival B- If ever there was a way to conquer homosexuality, "Rock Haven" has it: Washing the hell out of it. Sure, it doesn't work for 18-year-old Brady (newcomer Sean [...]
Beaver break
Caution: Lisa Lampanelli likes to drop the "f" bomb. Both of them. And other dirtiness that wouldn't sit well with anyone against slang terms for "vagina." Basically, beware. Lisa Lampanelli Oct. 5, State Theatre, Kalamazoo Oct. 6, Michigan [...]
Gay. Christian. Amen!
Jason and deMarco 7 p.m. Oct. 6 Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, Ferndale 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Woodside Church, Flint http://www.jasonanddemarco.com Maybe this thought crossed Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio's minds when denying several reality [...]
Chattin' with Cho
Margaret Cho 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 Whiting Auditorium, Flint http://www.margaretcho.com Yep: Margaret Cho's bringing Mommy, whom she mimics with her rubber face and thick Korean accent, to Michigan. Just don't expect any belly dancing. The comedian, [...]