Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, Karl Urban, Michael Ealy and Minka Kelly in Almost Human dvr this: Fox, Sunday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Possibly, the most anticipated new show of the fall is about a future in which every Los Angeles police officer is teamed up with an android. Detective John Kennex (Star Trek’s…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The Dinah Comedy Night brings together three of the most acclaimed female stand up comics, Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 8 p.m. at The Palm Springs Convention Center, in what is poised to be an unforgettable evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. Fortune Feimster, who landed her writer/performer spot with Chelsea Lately six…
SAN DIEGO – Urban Pride – San Diego, along with Common Ground Theatre (CGT), in collaboration with San Diego Continuing Education, will host a special LGBT Night at the Theatre for the production of Christmas Is Comin’ Uptown – Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Educational Cultural Complex Theater. The theater is located at…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) is singing a happy tune thanks to a matching grant from the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) totaling more than $10,000. “Ticket sales only cover about half of our expenses, so we are incredibly grateful for the help of groups like the San Diego…
Despite repeated attempts, Apple Inc. has still refused to change one of its definitions of the word ‘gay’ which is listed as (informally) ‘stupid’ or ‘foolish’ as in: “That’s so gay.” The brouhaha started when 15-year-old Becca Gorman of Sudbury, Mass. discovered the definition in the latest Apple operating system, i0S7. “At first, I was kind…
ARC Entertainment will be releasing Contest on DVD Dec. 17. Contest premiered on Cartoon Network Oct. 6 in conjunction with National Bullying Prevention Month in order to inspire an open discussion between kids, parents and educators about the issue of bullying. Cartoon Network’s Stop Bullying: Speak Up initiative continues to shed a light on this…
LOS ANGELES – Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Outfest – the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen – has been included in this year’s Out100 – Out Magazine’s 19th annual top 100 list of the most compelling and influential LGBT personalities in the world. “I am extremely proud and flattered to…
For the last two years, thousands of people from every corner of America have sent photos and shared their lives as part of The Advocate’s annual “Day in LGBT America” special report. According to The Advocate the response was terrific, and they plan to put together a big LGBT photo album again for 2013. From The Advocate:…
As mentioned in a previous entertainment feature (“Something Big, Thick, Meaty and Lovely to Behold”, San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 116), I collect and display the works of local artists; examples of their oeuvre adorn the walls of the long entry gallery in my North Park condominium. One such artist whose paintings I am proud…
In the fall of 1997, Broadway audiences were treated to a show about circus freaks that included a set of twins that were conjoined. The show written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger was based on real life sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton who eventually went on to become famous vaudevillian stage performers. Now San…
