The Family

dvr this ABC, Sundays, 9 p.m. In some ways, Joan Allen is playing a very similar character in The Family to the one she played in last fall’s Room. Both had teenage children kidnapped by sexual predators who returned years later. But her character in Room is doting, kind and selfless. In the new TV…

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Sisters

dvd of the week Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are as great a comedy team as any, and whether on Saturday Night Live, hosting the Golden Globes, or in the silly Baby Mama (2008), their easy connection and thrilling repartee is pure joy to watch. In Sisters, they again play opposites, though in a switch,…

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The City: Top to Bottom

thursday, march 31 San Diego Opera Listening Tour You talk. We listen. That’s the concept behind SDO’s new interactive Listening Tours, hosted by new General Director David Bennett. In partnership with Q2 Insights Market Research Firm and using smartphone technology, these Listening Tours will allow participants to respond to questions in real-time and drive the…

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Troye Sivan covers OUT’s May 2016 issue

NEW YORK — For its May 2016 cover story, OUT magazine talked with critically acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. The nearly 21-year-old child actor turned YouTube star, now one of music’s hottest up and coming artist, spoke with Shana Naomi Krochmal about his personal journey through music, his YouTube coming out story, and the mutually supportive…

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‘Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors’ to be honored at 67th annual Christopher Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – Country music icon Dolly Parton, silver screen legend Sylvester Stallone, and popular comedian Jim Gaffigan are just a few of the creative forces behind the 21 feature films, TV/Cable programs, and books for adults and young people that will be honored at the 67th annual Christopher Awards, to be presented in New…

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Album review: Troye Sivan leaps out with his debut album ‘Blue Neighbourhood’

20-year old gay Australian singer Troye Sivan recently released his first album Blue Neighbourhood which has already hit in the top 10 on album charts around the world. With almost 4 million YouTube subscribers, 3 million Twitter followers and over 1 million tracks sold, Sivan has already achieved milestones it takes others years and years…

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A Wider Bridge announces first ever U.S. tour of LGBTQ Ethiopian Israeli leaders

SAN FRANCISCO – A Wider Bridge, the LGBTQ advocacy group building connections between the Israeli and North American LGBTQ communities, announced today a groundbreaking U.S. tour with leaders of the Ethiopian Israeli LGBTQ community. The U.S. tour, presented by A Wider Bridge, will introduce KALA (Hebrew abbreviation of Kehila Lahatavit Ethiopit translated to ‘LGBT Ethiopian…

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Watch: Cyndi Lauper debuts new video for ‘Funnel Of Love’

Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper has unveiled a new video for her rollicking take on the Wanda Jackson classic “Funnel Of Love.” The song is the first single from Detour, Lauper’s upcoming album of country covers from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, available May 6 on Sire Records. Filmed at the legendary honky-tonk…

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‘Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures’ to have broadcast premiere April 4

“Look at the pictures,” said Sen. Jesse Helms, denouncing the controversial art of Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs pushed boundaries with frank depictions of nudity, sexuality and fetishism, igniting a culture war that rages to this day. More than 25 years later, the HBO Documentary Films presentation Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures does just that, taking…

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