At the risk of losing my gay card, I’ll admit I don’t really like reality TV. More annoying is when reality TV invades reality, as when the cast of The Learning Channel’s Sister Wives sued the state of Utah over its anti-polygamy laws. Thanks largely to right-wing talking heads, TV polygamists have entered the marriage…
Thursday, Aug. 11 Don’t feed the plants! Cygnet Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors. This wildly inventive rock musical is based upon Roger Corman’s campy B-movie horror flick of the same name. Seymour, a hapless loser, makes a Faustian bargain with a mean, green, man-eating plant to provide fresh meat in exchange for money, fame…
Looking on the web of late, I’ve found what anti-trans minded folk say about all stripes of trans people, but especially transsexuals. I found something that was a cheerless discovery. Anti-trans sentiments that have been expressed by some radical lesbian feminists read very much like the anti-trans sentiments that have been expressed by some on…
One of Jesus’ best known miracles is the feeding of the 5,000. (Remember the child who shared two fish and five loaves of bread – Matthew 14:13-21?) Someone said to me recently, if Jesus were alive today, he probably wouldn’t be allowed to get away with half the miracles he performed! It’s not just that…
Luna Grill – fast casual Mediterranean restaurant featuring all-fresh, high-quality, wholesome, made-to-order Mediterranean fare – has just opened its doors for business on its fourth restaurant. The newest location is in the Hillcrest area of San Diego, at 350 University Ave. at Fourth Avenue. “The Hillcrest community has been one of the friendliest so far,”…
As I wrote when the movie opened, “Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre is smartly taut, with Moira Buffini’s screenplay restructuring the telling of the plot without losing any of its themes or power. Fukunaga also retains the beauty of Charlotte Bronte’s prose, not by using voice-over but by shooting the movie with literary precision: exquisitely detailed…
Logo, Sunday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.: Jamie Babbit’s brightly colored comedy about an ex-gay therapy camp for teen queers is not quite as funny or moving as it wants to be, but it’s damn entertaining, with Natasha Lyonne as the lesbian cheerleader and Clea DuVall as her fellow camper. The rest of the cast is…
Miley Cyrus has got a new tattoo. Her seventh in fact. The new tattoo is an equal sign on her wedding ring finger symbolizing the fight for equal rights. Pink News reported that Cyrus tweeted a picture of the new tattoo to fans with the words “all love is equal.” Some fans were not happy…
President Sebastian Pinera of Chile proposed legislation Tuesday that aims to guarantee the legal recognition of gay civil unions throughout the country. If the measure becomes law, gay couples will be afforded a number of rights currently reserved for opposite-sex married couples, such as social benefits and inheritance rights. According to the Associated Foreign Press…
