People laughed during the preview screening of Get Hard. This is what bothered me most about the comedy featuring Will Ferrell as a clueless finance executive who hires a much more clueful Kevin Hart to prepare him for 10 years in prison. More than how terribly made it is, how pathetic and offensive its humor…
While in Los Angeles looking for a public bathroom I came across a sign for free admission to the Chinese American Museum. How could I not go in and explore? It’s located in the Garnier Building, the last surviving structure from the city’s original Chinatown. It opened in 2003 and features exhibits, special collections, lectures,…
Also playing The second in the Divergent series, a sub-Hunger Games dystopian trilogy about a young woman who is the key to her oppressed society’s freedom, Insurgent is disappointingly worse than its predecessor. Considering the cast – the remarkable Shailene Woodley as our heroine Tris, studly Theo James as her boyfriend Four, Kate Winslet as…
Throughout your life, the faith you’ve held has sustained you. In times of fear, you’ve prayed for courage. On troubled days, you’ve asked for favors. You’ve thrown gratitude heavenward, and you’ve demanded condemnation from the Higher Power you know. Some prayers are answered, some are not. But what if your religion failed you or, as…
dvd of the week Reese Witherspoon is spectacular (and Oscar nominated) as Cheryl Strayed, whose memoir Wild is based on. The book is partly autobiography and partly the story of her six month trek of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert to Oregon. That she walked the trail isn’t as impressive – it’s…
thursday, march 26 San Diego AIDS Memorial Benefit Concert Hosted by AIDS Memorial Task Force co-chairs, Katherine Stuart Faulconer and Nicole Murray-Ramirez the concert will feature comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer, the first openly lesbian comedian with an HBO special and first openly lesbian comedian on Late Night with David Letterman. This special evening will also feature…
A Care2 petition is urging HBO to reconsider cancelling Looking, a show about a group of gay friends living in San Francisco. The petition has more than 8,000 signatures since going live a few days ago. View the Care2 petition here. “For two seasons Looking has stirred real feelings and started important conversations about what…
SAN FRANCISCO — Cal Humanities has announced that three award-winning films from the California Documentary Project will be presented on Virgin America airlines from April through June 2015 as part of the SkyFest independent film showcase: The Case Against 8, Regarding Susan Sontag, and The Last Season. An epic story about the landmark battle for…
Australian singer-songwriter and LGBT advocate Betty Who whose song “Somebody Loves You” backed the viral Home Depot same-sex marriage proposal video of Spencer and Dustin is coming to San Diego, April 11. Betty Who will be appearing at House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego at 7: 30 p.m. Shortly after the video…
ATLANTA, Ga. – Gayborhood, a division of Carma Productions, announced today that the company will launch a new fundraising initiative called Gayborhood Gives Back. The Atlanta-based company will kick off their campaign with an event on April 2nd in their home city benefitting the Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide…
