Jennifer Grant, the daughter of legendary Hollywood star Cary Grant has revealed that her father “enjoyed being called gay.” In her new book, Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of my Father, Cary Grant, Jennifer Grant states that her father was always intrigued by the rumors surrounding his sexuality. “I can’t blame men for wanting him, and…
Ricky Martin is performing in San Diego this Sunday to end his successful tour to promote his first studio CD in two years, Musica+Alma+Sexo. It has been quite an exciting few months for Martin who had been in self exile for almost three years taking care of his twin sons Matteo and Valentino. Musica+Alma+Sexo debuted…
David Sedaris – the acerbic, sardonic and self-deprecating openly-gay humorist/writer – is at his best when life seems at its worst. His awkward foibles and fumbles with family, while employed as a Macy’s Santaland elf, insane neighbors including a Bad Seed-esque little girl and culture shock after moving to Paris with longtime partner Hugh Hamrick…
If you are in the mood to circle one-way streets a dozen times looking for parking and peruse a huge array of art outdoors, then Little Italy is the place to be on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 (from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) for Art Walk, 2011. More than 300 artists from…
If you are a writer of any kind (fiction, memoir, poetry), then San Diego is a great place to live to hone your craft, exercise your public reading skills and maybe even launch a career. The community colleges and UCSD Extension offer a range of classes; there are also several non-profit organizations offering weekly or…
Film director/writer Morgan Spurlock came to town to discuss his hilarious new Sony Pictures Classics’ film, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold , a film about the preponderance of product placement in films and TV. Spurlock gained notoriety with his earlier film in 2004, Super Size Me, when the film was nominated for…
West Hollywood residents have been calling and writing to their city hall to ask for a street to be named after actress and AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor, who died recently at age 79. Taylor, a major early force in AIDS fundraising, spent time at West Hollywood spots, including the Abbey, where she sipped shots of…
Wanda Rolón, a pastor of the First Christian Church in Northern Puerto Rico, has attacked Ricky Martin on being gay. During his Music, Soul and Sex tour in Puerto Rico, Rolón said, “I want to say to Ricky Martin that there is no need to go to the extreme by making our children and youths…
The first gay movie to be made and shown in Malaysia has proved an unexpected box office success in the conservative Muslim country. Directed by Khir Rahman, Dalam Botol (In a Bottle) is about a post-op transsexual who comes to realize that she may have been better off as a man. It has already earned…
The Old Globe Theatre is to stage Tracy Letts’ award-winning play, August: Osage County. Directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold, the dark comedy runs in the Old Globe Theatre, May 7-June 12. One of the most acclaimed plays of the last decade, August: Osage County won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play and…
