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Walt Hawkins

Why I Love Howard Stern and You Should, Too!

Walt Hawkins | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Howard Stern, Howard Stern Ellen DeGeneres, Howard Stern Gay Marriage, Howard Stern Gay Rights, Howard Stern Gays, Howard Stern Show

The Howard Stern Show has been an integral part of my morning ritual since I moved to New York City in 1994. I began listening upon my arrival here, when the show was on regular FM radio. Fortunately, I was already a Sirius subscriber when Howard made the transition to...

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Kaya Jones

My 'Boyfriend' Is in Love with Two Men Who Sit on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Kaya Jones | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: 9th Circuit Prop 8 Ruling, Boyfriend Kaya Jones, California Proposition 8, Kaya Jones Boyfriend, Kaya Jones Gays, Prop 8, California Prop 8, California Prop 8 Ruling, California Proposition 8 Ruling, Prop 8 Decision, Prop 8 Overturned, Prop 8 Ruling, Prop 8 Ruling 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals, Prop 8 Unconstitutional, Video

The new music video for the remix of my gay anthem, "Boyfriend," is dedicated to the two judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, who had the courage to rule in favor of equality and same-sex marriage earlier this week....

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Michael Giltz

Grammy Preview: The Best Albums of 2011 From Top to Bottom

Michael Giltz | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Best Of 2011, Grammy Award Predictions, Grammy Awards, Grammy Awards 2012, Grammy Predictions 2012, Grammys, Video

I've traveled to the future and can reassure you that Adele will have a fun night at the Grammys on Sunday. Her album is one of those inevitable triumphs at an awards show that feels right. Adele has dominated the charts and the radio and critics; if she'd been able...

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Tom 'TC' Hennes

AVAN LAVA Helped Me Open Up About My Sexuality, But Am I a 'Gay Artist'?

Tom 'TC' Hennes | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Avan Lava, Avan Lava TC, Avan Lava Tom Hennes, TC Avan Lava, Tom Hennes Avan Lava, Music, Tom Hennes

2012-02-10-AvanLava.jpgIt wasn't until joining AVAN LAVA two years ago that I really started opening up publicly about my sexuality. It's not something that I've been known to broadcast. I mean, I've come out to my parents three times and they...

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Sharief Easterling

ATLiens In 2012

Sharief Easterling | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: 2012, Andre 3000, Hip Hop, Atliens, Big Boi, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Music, Outkast, Rap

I need Andre 3000 to make a triumphant return in 2012. With rumors of a new Outkast album flooding the blogs, and a slew of Dre guest appearances last year -- on singles from Beyonce, Young Jeezy and Lloyd -- it's looking like he might bring his hiatus to an...

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Alan Brown

The Courage of Private Romeo

Alan Brown | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Alan Brown Private Romeo, Gay Romeo And Juliet, Private Romeo, Private Romeo Alan Brown, Private Romeo Movie

My new film, Private Romeo, which opens today in New York, is a contemporary, all-male adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, retaining Shakespeare's original Elizabethan language, but set in a high school military academy.

We cast the film in the late spring of 2010, and shot it that summer, when...

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Kris LoPresto

House, Star Wars, Super Bowl and More Top This Week's Like/Dislike List!

Kris LoPresto | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: George Lucas, Jeremy Renner Bourne, Star Wars, The Bourne Legacy, The Rock, Entertainment, House, Jersey Shore, New York Football Giants, New York Giants, Nfl, Sports, Star Wars Episode One The Phantom Menace, Super Bowl XLVI

Like any of my Dislikes or vis versa? Let me know in the comments along with what made it onto your list or contact me on twitter @krislopresto

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Like: Super Bowl XLVI

The first score of the game was...

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Rick Schwartz

Losing an Academy Award: The Aftermath

Rick Schwartz | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Academy Award Nominations, Academy Award Nominees, Academy Awards, Award Shows, Oscar Nominations, Oscar Nominees, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Awards, Oscars

This is the third of a four-part series. Read part two here.

Here's what you don't see on television: immediately after the last award is given, the TV cameras go off and the bright lights in the aptly named Kodak Theatre go on. This is now your...

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Wendell Pierce

Courage Has No Color

Wendell Pierce | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Red Tails, Tuskegee Airmen Movie, WWII Veterans, Black History Month, Black Soldiers, Blacks In WWII, Red Tails Movie, Tuskegee Airmen

Sometimes nobility can be conveyed even by a movie poster. That's the case with George Lucas' hit new film, Red Tails, directed by Anthony Hemingway. The tagline to this dramatic account of African-American WWII fighter pilots popularly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, proclaims: "Courage Has No Color."

The adventure story...

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Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

Dog Ears Music: For Love Is Agony Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: A Girl Called Eddy, André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Conley, Bobby Womack, Danielle Evin, David Byrne, Dog Ears, Jimmy Durante, Michael Penn, Nina Simone, Of Montreal, Phil Ramone, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Soul Children, The Notations, Wild Nothing, Yellow Ostrich, Best New Music, Fiest, Gin Wigmore, mp3s, Music, Sia, Sparks, Squeeze, Yogi

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Ariston Anderson

Persepolis Director Marjane Satrapi Goes Live Action

Ariston Anderson | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Chicken With Plums, Emir Kusturica, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, Kustendorf, Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi is a person gifted with perfect charisma: She's loyal, funny, brutally honest, and she has a big, big soul that's visible from across a room. Not to mention she's one of the most original artists working today.

The Academy Award-nominated director and best-selling author of Persepolis...

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Mike Ragogna

Myth, Love & Respect: Conversations With Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow, Geographer's Michael Deni and Rosie Thomas

Mike Ragogna | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Michael Deni, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Rosie Thomas, Geographer, Music

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A Conversation with Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow

Mike Ragogna: I am honored to interview such a legend! Peter, how are you?

Peter Yarrow: Doing well, Mike. But I shrink in horror and dismay at your use of the word "legend." (laughs) I...

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Debra Ollivier

Susan Hess Logeais: Filmmaker Tackles Issues Of Aging In Her Second Act

Debra Ollivier | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Not Dead Yet, Susan Hess Logeais, Aging Gracefully, Baby Boomers, Reinvention, Second Acts, Slidepollajax, Socially Responsible Filmmaking, Women post50

"Not Dead Yet" is Susan Hess Logeias' latest project in her second act as a filmmaker. Hess Logeias wrote, produced, and co-stars in this dramatic comedy about three actresses over forty who can't find roles for women their age. Joining forces to revive their acting careers by making...

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Young-mok Kim

K-Pop: A Secret Weapon of Korea for Future Cultural Domination?

Young-mok Kim | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Korean Pop, Global Pop Culture, K Pop, K-Pop, Korea, Korea Music, Korea Pop Music, Music Korea, Pop Culture, Pop Music, Pop Music Korea

"Gee, gee, gee, gee, babe, babe, babe, babe." What does it sound like?

It is a "hook" by an idol girl group who fascinated more than 65 million viewers on YouTube. And the list goes on. There are many other Korean pop groups who have millions of followers...

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Tamar Abrams

British Actor Tom Payne Rides HBO's Luck

Tamar Abrams | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Dennis Farina, Dustin Hoffman, Jill Hennessy, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, Nick Nolte, Cajun, California, Hbo, Luck, Racetrack, Tom Payne

It would be way too easy to use the word "lucky" in describing how British actor Tom Payne was cast in the new HBO hit series Luck. And yet that's how he talks about it: "It was the easiest casting process ever." Payne plays Cajun jockey...

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Dan Persons

Mighty Movie Podcast: Ti West on The Innkeepers

Dan Persons | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Pat Healy, Sarah Paxton, Ti West, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Haunted Hotels, Horror, The Innkeepers

2012-02-10-The_Innkeepers_1_410.jpgThere are compelling reasons why, when traveling, one should skip the chain lodgings and stay at one of America's classic hotels. There's the friendly and courteous staff, the opportunity to experience a true piece of Americana, and the chance that you'll encounter...

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Marshall Fine

Movie Review: Chico & Rita

Marshall Fine | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Chano Pozo, Charlie Parker, Chico & RIta, Chico & Rita Movie, Chico & Rita Movie Oscars, Chico & Rita Movie Review, Chico & Rita Oscars, Dizzy Gillespie, Marshall Fine, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Thelonius Monk, Cuba, Havana, Jazz, Milton Glaser, Movie Reviews, Movies

The pickings among American animated features are so slim this year that they've allowed foreign-language animated films to slip into the category. But unlike American animated films, these aren't kiddie cartoons.

Instead, they're adult works of cinematic art like Chico & Rita, a love story that covers decades and continents,...

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Jason Apuzzo

The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

Jason Apuzzo | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: Blood Diamonds, Communist China, Heart Of Darkness, Jean-Bedel Bokassa Central African Republic, Mads Brugger, North Korea, Omar El Bashir, Robert Mugabe, The Ambassador, Werner Herzog, Africa, Carl-Theodor-Dreyer, Central African Republic, Colonialism, Liberia, Mads-Brugger, Sundance Film Festival 2012, The-Red-Chapel, Video

His documentaries have been among the most provocative films featured in the Sundance Film Festival over the past several years. Bolder even than Sacha Baron Cohen, he's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and now, in his new film The Ambassador, the Central African Republic and the...

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Scott Mendelson

In Defense of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace

Scott Mendelson | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: 20th Century Fox, 3d, George Lucas, George Lucas Star Wars, Star Wars, I, Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode One The Phantom Menace
Like so many who read and write about movies, I saw Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on Wednesday, May 19th, at 12:01am.  Like many who...

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Steve Stoute

This Year's Grammy Awards: Lessons Learned or More of the Same?

Steve Stoute | Posted April 11, 2012

Read More: 2012 Grammy Awards, 2012 Grammys, Award Shows, Awards, Grammy Awards, Grammy Awards 2012, Grammys, Grammys 2012, Music, Music Awards, Naras, Steve Stoute, Steve Stoute Grammy

Last year, I caused a bit of controversy when I wrote and published an open letter to NARAS, the governing body for the Grammy Awards. My desire at the time was to highlight some of the inconsistencies in the awards process that seemed to be outdated and certainly...

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Nora Zelevansky

Project Runway All Stars Recap: Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall

Nora Zelevansky | Posted April 10, 2012

Read More: Cynthia Rowley, Project Runway, TV Recaps, Lifetime, Project Runway All Stars, Reality-Tv, Video

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Episode 6 of Lifetime's "Project Runway All Stars."

Sometimes you can just feel the drama coming. You know what I mean? Like snow, you can almost smell it inching nearer. And this season of "Project Runway All Stars"...

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