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Chris Azzopardi Has Spent 20 Years Asking the Right Questions — For Our Readers, For All of Us
On any given week, Chris Azzopardi might be on the phone with Cher in the morning and, by afternoon, editing a story about a queer teen in rural Michigan who [...]Read more about Chris Azzopardi Has Spent 20 Years Asking the Right Questions — For Our Readers, For All of Us
Chris Azzopardi Named Editorial Director at Pride Source Media Group
After serving as Pride Source Media Group's Entertainment Editor and the Editor of Q Syndicate, the national LGBTQ+ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has been [...]Read more about Chris Azzopardi Named Editorial Director at Pride Source Media Group
Watch an Exclusive Clip of 'Dolly Parton's America' Host Jad Abumrad in a Sit-Down with Celeb Journalist Chris Azzopardi
On Friday, March 5, Jad Abumrad, the host and creator of "Dolly Parton's America" and "Radiolab," a public radio program broadcast on nearly 600 stations [...]Read more about Watch an Exclusive Clip of 'Dolly Parton's America' Host Jad Abumrad in a Sit-Down with Celeb Journalist Chris Azzopardi
Q&A: Leslie Jordan Has Been Acting for Decades. But Now 'Fans Know Me as Me'
"Where should I be looking? There? Or there?" His face smothering the camera as he wonders where his eyes should be, Leslie Jordan is settling into our video [...]Read more about Q&A: Leslie Jordan Has Been Acting for Decades. But Now 'Fans Know Me as Me'
Stanley Tucci on Playing Gay Since 1996. And How Some People Actually Think He's Gay.
Stanley Tucci has survived the icy death stare of Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly and told Cher to her face that she looks like a drag queen. Aside from [...]Read more about Stanley Tucci on Playing Gay Since 1996. And How Some People Actually Think He's Gay.
Patti LuPone on 'Hollywood,' Her Basement Videos & Why 'Ladies Who Lunch' Will Never Be the Same
In Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood," the wife becomes the boss, the "black screenwriter" is simply a screenwriter, and the gay leading man is just himself. Naturally, [...]Read more about Patti LuPone on 'Hollywood,' Her Basement Videos & Why 'Ladies Who Lunch' Will Never Be the Same
The Unicorn Magic of Kristin Chenoweth: Icon Talks Gay Cruise Heaven & Not Stalking Dolly Parton
Kristin Chenoweth likes to say that if it can't be explained, it must be the unicorns. Why does she have so many gay fans? Well, you're only partially right if [...]Read more about The Unicorn Magic of Kristin Chenoweth: Icon Talks Gay Cruise Heaven & Not Stalking Dolly Parton
Screen Queen
Can't Stop the Music "Three Men and a Baby" actor Steve Guttenberg is on roller skates, and that's just the beginning of "Can't Stop the Music," the [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Janelle Monae hits 'The Road' with Gloria Steinem Feminist icon Gloria Steinem's 2015 memoir titled "My Life On The Road" concerned her [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Diane Keaton Talks Gay Following She Never Knew She Had, Lesbian Roles ('I'm Available') & 'First Wives Club' Sequel
Diane Keaton doesn't have all the answers to all the questions and she's sorry about that. She's sorry a lot. So sorry I kindly urge her not to be, like she's [...]Read more about Diane Keaton Talks Gay Following She Never Knew She Had, Lesbian Roles ('I'm Available') & 'First Wives Club' Sequel
Q&A: Cher on Knowing When She Was a Gay Icon, 'Hope' Gleaned from LGBT Community & 'Breadcrumbs' of Her Legacy
Cher is so low-key about being Cher that calling her is like calling your mom. "Hi," she purrs with signature simplicity when I phone her presidential suite [...]Read more about Q&A: Cher on Knowing When She Was a Gay Icon, 'Hope' Gleaned from LGBT Community & 'Breadcrumbs' of Her Legacy
Screen Queen: Oscars at Home
Unforgettable Moments from Academy Award-Winning Gay Faves, Yours Forever to Stream Call Me By Your Name Oliver (Armie Hammer) is facedown on the bed, fully [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Oscars at Home
Screen Queen: Yes, That's Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) in HBO's 'Mosaic'
Tap that Grindr cuddle buddy of yours – winter is officially here, and brr, it's time for some Netflix and chill. Or HBO and chill. Or Blu-ray and chill. [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Yes, That's Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) in HBO's 'Mosaic'
Q&A: Allison Janney Talks Tonya Harding's Queerness, Kissing Meryl, 'Girl Crush' Margot Robbie & Her Quest to Play a 'Pioneering Lesbian'
Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what's up with the president's wild contradictions and flat-out lies? And what will happen to the LGBTQ [...]Read more about Q&A: Allison Janney Talks Tonya Harding's Queerness, Kissing Meryl, 'Girl Crush' Margot Robbie & Her Quest to Play a 'Pioneering Lesbian'
A pair of queens that's hard to beat
By Martin F. Kohn Think of "Mary Stuart" as the history play Shakespeare could never write. It takes place in England in 1587; all of its characters are [...]Read more about A pair of queens that's hard to beat
Now Playing at the Movies: Evening, Sicko ...
July 9, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK: Evening As she lies in bed, slowly dying of cancer and hovering between consciousness and morphine-inspired dreams, Ann Lord [...]Read more about Now Playing at the Movies: Evening, Sicko ...
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Lily's little house on the 'Prairie' Romeo thinks the best moment to make the film version of something is when the adapted intellectual [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Crazy for Zoe Kazan: 'The Big Sick' Actress on Her New LGBT-Resonant Rom-Com, Shining a Spotlight on Gay Actors & That Paul Dano-Daniel Radcliffe Kiss
Why aren't more gay men professing their love to Zoe Kazan? I wonder this after doing just that. I dote on the 33-year-old film and theater actress – star of [...]Read more about Crazy for Zoe Kazan: 'The Big Sick' Actress on Her New LGBT-Resonant Rom-Com, Shining a Spotlight on Gay Actors & That Paul Dano-Daniel Radcliffe Kiss
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Mama Mia, get ready for more 'Mamma Mia' The question is not why they're making a sequel to "Mamma Mia!" The 2008 smash grossed over [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Screen Queen: Best Picture Winner 'Moonlight' & John Waters' 'Multiple Maniacs'
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Perhaps you stumbled onto the acclaimed, queer mind of Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar via his latest work, 2016's [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Best Picture Winner 'Moonlight' & John Waters' 'Multiple Maniacs'
Creep of the Week: Tom Price
Did you know that LGBTQ people get old? If you're a religious fundamentalist you might not since you believe that all LGBTQ people die of AIDS in their 20's [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Tom Price
A Year in Review: What the Celebs Said
Beyond Mariah Carey calling me "dahhhling" in her famous diva affectation as my childhood self landed somewhere over the moon, a lot happened in 2016. Acting [...]Read more about A Year in Review: What the Celebs Said
Meryl Streep to Be Honored With Major LGBT Award
BY BTL STAFF Meryl Streep in 'The Devil Wears Prada' From The Hollywood Reporter: The actress' resume features some of the most essential films in the gay [...]Read more about Meryl Streep to Be Honored With Major LGBT Award
EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep Q&A On Being 'In Love with Gay People,' the Snapchat Conundrum & Why She Hopes to 'Fade Into Oblivion'
Meryl Streep is laughing her signature laugh. You know it: Sometimes light and airy, sometimes a surge of boisterous euphoria that carries well into the next [...]Read more about EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep Q&A On Being 'In Love with Gay People,' the Snapchat Conundrum & Why She Hopes to 'Fade Into Oblivion'
EXCLUSIVE: A Candid Meryl Streep Opens Up About Being 'In Love' with Gay People & Her Iconic LGBT Roles
Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins." Photo: Paramount Meryl Streep is laughing her signature laugh. You know it: Sometimes light and airy, sometimes a [...]Read more about EXCLUSIVE: A Candid Meryl Streep Opens Up About Being 'In Love' with Gay People & Her Iconic LGBT Roles
Screen Queen
Death Becomes Her Character development, be damned. The archetypes in the Robert Zemeckis-directed commentary on showbiz superficiality and the general [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Q&A: Isabella Rossellini On 'Joy,' Drag & When She Knew 'Death Becomes Her' Was a Gay Film ('Within Months')
Isabella Rossellini is leading me into the light. There, in front of an almost full-wall window in a hotel suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York [...]Read more about Q&A: Isabella Rossellini On 'Joy,' Drag & When She Knew 'Death Becomes Her' Was a Gay Film ('Within Months')
The Comeback' Q&A: Robert Michael Morris On Playing Lisa Kudrow's Cherished Sidekick, His 'TV Baptism' & That Emotional Finale
Photo: Colleen Hayes/HBO Lisa Kudrow's Valerie Cherish might be the washed-up star of her own show, but it's her trusty hairdresser, Mickey Deane, who makes [...]Read more about The Comeback' Q&A: Robert Michael Morris On Playing Lisa Kudrow's Cherished Sidekick, His 'TV Baptism' & That Emotional Finale
Screen Queen
Into the Woods Throughout her longstanding career as Acting God, Meryl Streep has used her cinematic superpowers to, on occasion, expertly polish turds, [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente HBO to host a 'Battle of The Sexes' If you were around and paying attention in 1973, you may remember that plenty of otherwise [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Q&A: Harvey Fierstein Opens Up On The Success Of 'Kinky Boots,' His 'Legendary Disaster' & 'Insulting' Double Standards
Photo: Bruce Glikas "I'm sorry," Harvey Fierstein growls in his unmistakable Brooklyn gravel, "I gotta go on with my life." And so, after our insightful [...]Read more about Q&A: Harvey Fierstein Opens Up On The Success Of 'Kinky Boots,' His 'Legendary Disaster' & 'Insulting' Double Standards
Q&A: Lisa Kudrow On Judging 'Drag Race' (As Valerie Cherish!) & Gays Being Biologically 'Superhuman'
Photo: Gilles Toucas Ten years without our favorite cupcake-wearing gonzo, Valerie Cherish, is 10 years too long. But the wait's over. You were heard. A decade [...]Read more about Q&A: Lisa Kudrow On Judging 'Drag Race' (As Valerie Cherish!) & Gays Being Biologically 'Superhuman'
Why Tori Amos' 'Sophie's Choice' Tour Is Pure Magic
Tori Amos has so many babies – you know, those precious things, her songs, that she's seen change and grow throughout the years. Taking the stage on Wednesday [...]Read more about Why Tori Amos' 'Sophie's Choice' Tour Is Pure Magic
Screen Queen: 2014's Oscar-Celebrated Films
Frozen Starring "the one and only" Adele Dazeem, better known to anyone who's not John Travolta as Idina Menzel, "Frozen" is a flamboyant rush of grandiosity [...]Read more about Screen Queen: 2014's Oscar-Celebrated Films
Screen Queen: Pink, Elm Street Legacy, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Pink: The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne There she goes, that Pink, raising the bar all the way up to the ceiling of a sports arena. "The Truth [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Pink, Elm Street Legacy, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Pam Grier On Detroit, Being 'Boringly Straight' & Beyonce's Homage To Her
Having pioneered '70s-era blaxploitation films, Pam Grier's embodiment of badassery established that girls could kick just as much butt as boys. Her roles in [...]Read more about Pam Grier On Detroit, Being 'Boringly Straight' & Beyonce's Homage To Her
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Into The Woods' casting gets ensemble-ier Stephen Sondheim's "Into The Woods" is a big show with a lot of characters. And the film [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Frances Ha': Dancing On Her Own
You know Frances Ha. She's the modern-day slouch, also known as the Lena Dunham of this generation: she has vague art-career ambitions, thrives on the [...]Read more about Frances Ha': Dancing On Her Own
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Ari Graynor. Photo: Focus Features Sara Gilbert moonlights with 'Bad Teacher' Success breeds success. As a child star on "Roseanne," Sara [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Screen Queen: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Cabaret
The Perks of Being a Wallflower First-time director Stephen Chbosky sensitively explores high school self-discovery and outsider hardships in his big-hearted [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Cabaret
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Gaga carries a big 'Machete' Inspiring as her acting was in the long-form "Telephone" video (you know you watched it over and over, [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Plowing ahead, speedily, at The Ringwald
By Martin F. Kohn There's a Starbucks cup on Bobby Gould's desk, which seems appropriate given that "Speed-the-Plow" is set in Hollywood, a place that's all [...]Read more about Plowing ahead, speedily, at The Ringwald
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, [...]Read more about EXCLUSIVE: 'Bully' director, lesbian teen talk controversial documentary
Bullied Michigan student's online petition creates rating change
BY BTL Staff The Weinstein Company announced March 26, that "Bully," the award-winning documentary about the epidemic of school bullying in the U.S., will open [...]Read more about Bullied Michigan student's online petition creates rating change
Getting to know ComedyFest's funnies
Need a laugh? Meet this year's Michigan LGBT ComedyFest bunch: Chantal Carrere, Erin Foley, Chris Doucette and Diane Amos (the Pine-Sol Lady!), all performing [...]Read more about Getting to know ComedyFest's funnies
Meryl Streep on 'The Iron Lady'
Nothing can stand in the way of the almighty Meryl Streep – except on this particular afternoon. At a New York City hotel, in front of a room full of [...]Read more about Meryl Streep on 'The Iron Lady'
Meryl Streep talks being a gay icon
Nothing can stand in the way of the almighty Meryl Streep – except on this particular afternoon. At a New York City hotel, in front of a room full of [...]Read more about Meryl Streep talks being a gay icon
