Big buzz and Don Cheadle make for perfect bedfellows this week. For starters, the popular star of Hotel Rwanda and the Iron Man films, among others, took to the long-form Twitter service, TwitLonger -- yes, it exists -- to defend the use of the word "gangster," which he used to...

Break out the cheesecake. In a fairy tale that only San Francisco could give birth to, four mischievous drag queens are revitalizing television's most celebrated characters, The Golden Girls.

But this isn't the first time the local Fab Four have slipped into the houseslippers of television's most endearing stars...

There's one thing that could be said about Cirque du Soleil: the performing arts titans can take on any subject matter and balance it with grace and bravura. That's certainly the case with the group's latest touring show, Totem. The venture recently hit San Francisco for an extended run before...

Life off of Wisteria Lane continues to be quite stellar for Dana Delany. In fact, ever since her exit from ABC's Desperate Housewives, Delany has been enjoying a wildly successful ride on her new show, Body of Proof, which debuted in spring and has been gaining...

Face it: The future has arrived and in the entertainment world, it looks a lot like the past -- sans the happy take-away vibe. In one corner: TV's Charlie's Angels. (Note to Drew Barrymore: Love you, but next time, pull in better writers.) In another: the Footloose reboot, which, critically,...

Looks like the warlock is still winning. After generating, then dominating headlines all year for his outspokenness and unconventional romps--you've read the Tweets, become addicted to the "downward spiral" updates, wondered about the live-in "goddesses" and all that Tiger's Blood--Charlie Sheen walked out of his Comedy Central Roast...

Now that Robert Wagner is out as the voice of Charlie on ABC's much-anticipated Angels reboot this fall starring Rachael Taylor (Abby), Minka Kelly (Eve) and Annie Honzeh (Kate), all eyes--make that ears--are on who will mouth the iconic boss.

"But I think what we're looking for in...

Six years ago, Bay Area photographer Jana Marcus turned heads with her photography exhibit "Transfigurations: The Making of a Man," a stunning if not illuminating body of work that explored (and exposed) the journey of transgender men through vivid photographs and commentary from its subjects. The work was...

These are certainly wonderful times for Armistead Maupin -- and imagine the tales he'll be telling a year from now. For starters, the musical stage adaptation of his beloved Tales of the City literary saga -- combining his first two books, Tales, and More Tales of the City --...

Roseanne Barr has balls. We all know that. So when the comic proclaims, "the solution to all of the world's problems starts with my nuts" in her new reality outing, two things happen. 1) You laugh. 2) You find yourself happy that the woman is back.

And apparently in...

The floats passed by me. The celebrations happened. The rainbow flags were waved -- some, in fact were worn (as underwear). So how is it that I came out the other side of Gay Pride month (June) more confused then ever?

Fear not, fellow gays, I'm not turning straight. I'm...

I don't know about you, but couldn't we really use a genie right about now? Imagine the things that could change with a blink of the eyes. (Actually, the thought of the Kardashians disappearing from the television landscape sounds quite inviting but there is more pressing business --...

It's been more than a decade since Sandra Bernhard officially gave birth to a comedy album so it's fitting that, during Gay Pride month, she delivers a powerfully engaging gem in I Love Being Me, Don't You?

Yes--we do love you being you, dear Sandra.

Bernhard performed...

The red carpet was true blue and the night officially Rökk'd thanks to hip sponsor Rökk Vodka -- mighty generous in donations -- but those attending the recent 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco were genuinely moved by the heroic efforts the famed organization has executed...

In a year when we all could use a little more emotional sunshine, look who comes along to surprise us all -- one of the most impressive performers we've seen in years. Yes, that would be you, James Durbin.

It's enough that Durbin had the chops to make the...

So... there I was minding my own business, swimming around in my own self-induced fatigue -- so many deadlines, so many commas, apostrophes and periods -- when I received an email mid-week from a colleague and friend, Annie Sprinkle. I had penned several stories about Sprinkle in the...

When I was a kid, one of my school teachers read from the book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. I remember it vividly. The entire first grade class sat there on the floor in the classroom, entranced with this woman. Occasionally, she held up the book so we could see all the pictures. We...

If the Sundance Film Festival crawled under the covers with Northern California's Mill Valley Film Festival and decided to go ecosexual, the result might look like The Geography of Hope Film Festival (GOHFF). Breathtaking in its attempts to raise not just environmental awareness but...

Something tells me that when Martha Stewart burst onto the scene a few decades ago -- only to watch her celebrity soar as a modern-day Happy Homemaker -- she may not have ever imagined she'd be thrust into the high-tech hi-jinks of 2011.

Facebook -- really? Twitter? You've got to...

Valentine's Day is upon us. I'm single this year, and that's OK. I've already ordered a box of chocolate, and I'm sending myself flowers. They'll arrive Monday -- hopefully by 11:11 a.m. (But that's another story.)

Love. I can't escape it. No, really. It's everywhere -- on the streets (watch,...