Lindsay Lohan will not face criminal charges in a Dec. 12 complaint that she attacked an employee at a Betty Ford Center halfway house. Prosecutors did not find sufficient evidence against Lohan, Riverside County District Attorney’s office spokesman John Hall told The Desert Sun. Investigators based in Palm Desert had recommended a misdemeanor battery charge….
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has dated a string of Hollywood beauties including Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift, but says he understands why some people think he’s gay. Speaking on TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Brokeback Mountain star revealed people had mistaken his childhood best friend for his lover. The actor said, “Me and my best…
Musicians Sara Bareilles, Lance Bass, Cyndi Lauper, LeAnn Rimes, award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and actor Verne Troyer have signed on to Freedom to Marry’s Say, “I Do” campaign. Since launching the Say, “I Do” campaign on March 14, more than 70,000 people from across the country have joined celebrities, leaders in tech and business,…
Once upon a time, Ray at Night was a monthly celebration of local artists that brought people and attention to a tiny stretch of road in downtown North Park. Every second Saturday, locals would stroll in and out of shops and studios and look at art and hopefully buy something to give them pleasure, support…
Distinguished art critic Robert Pincus hosts Women and Art, Women in Art, a conversation with members of FIG (Feminist Image Group), the coalition of female artists working in San Diego whose work appears in this group show. What motivates women who are visual artists? What place do women hold in the local art scene? How…
The Diversionary Theatre’s new show, … And Then I Wrote a Song About It, is not your typical musical theatre production. There’s no ensemble cast. It’s just one man singing every song, reciting every line and dancing every dance. The multi-talented Nick Cearley portrays Randall, an aspiring actor-singer-songwriter-dancer-secretary, with a certain ease that can only…
The great thing about covering the arts for the San Diego LGBT Weekly is that I get to learn about all kinds of things happening in town – and then share them with you! One conversation leads to another, and before you know it I find out about Moxie Theatre and its current production of…
Hands up those of you who saw David McBean play the uber-capable restaurant receptionist in Fully Committed at the Cygnet Theatre back in 2004 and 2006? A lot of you I bet. I saw it as well and forgive me, but I was so persuaded by his performance that I subsequently assumed it was the…
Fresh from winning a GLAAD award Ricky Martin has performed at a meeting of the managers of Target, the retailer criticized for supporting homophobic political groups. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Ricky Martin joined Jennifer Hudson on stage at the day-long meeting of more than 10,000 managers of Target stores. Martin has had a…
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced that Tony Award winner and A.C.T. favorite Judy Kaye (Mamma Mia!, Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera) will be taking on the iconic role of Anna Madrigal in the world premiere production of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. Based on Armistead Maupin’s popular series of newspaper columns and novels,…
