dvd of the week If you were offended by Zero Dark Thirty, and there’s good reason to be, you may find solace in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which is as subversively anti-American and anti-imperialist as Zero Dark Thirty was pro-American and pro-fascism. Based on the novel by Mohsin Hamid, it is the story of how Changez…
DVR This: AMC, Available on Amazon.com and ITunes While a bunch of people stopped watching The Killing – the moody, slow and rainy series about murder detectives in Seattle – after they failed to reveal who killed Rose Larsen at the end of season 1, I suggest you return, either on TV or DVD. This…
thursday, aug. 29 Young Frankenstein The hit Mel Brooks musical is alive! With sets and costumes from the hit Broadway production, you won’t want to miss a minute of this smash show as all of the favorite comedic moments of the film are delivered onstage along with some new show-stopping numbers including “ Transylvania Mania,”…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) invites the community to join them for an intimate musical evening at their first Cabaret Night Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at Mission Hills United Church of Christ. SDWC members are excited to share their talents outside of the traditional…
At last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert accepted the Moonman for Best Video with a Social Message for their LGBT equality anthem “Same Love.” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed the song with Mary Lambert and special guest Jennifer Hudson at last nights awards. During his aceptance speech Macklemore used the…
BOSTON — ONE®, the leading specialty brand of premium condoms in North America, has announced the ONE Pride Design Contest. Amidst all the exciting progress in marriage equality and other gay rights this year, ONE wants to give its community the opportunity to express their feelings creatively by updating its popular crowd-sourced wrapper design mix….
PHILADELPHIA — To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its award-winning Philadelphia – Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay® campaign, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) is set to release its second commercial geared toward the LGBT traveler. In 2004, GPTMC produced the first TV commercial by a U.S. destination for the LGBT travel market. “Ten…
Poppy Champlin as seen on Showtime, HBO, Oprah and Comedy Central, is bringing her troupe of lesbian comedians back to San Diego Sept. 7 to the Birch North Park Theatre. This year the troupe is comprised of the multi-talented Sandra Valls, a Latina diva of comedy, as seen on her Showtime Special, BET and LOGO….
IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE Episode Title: Fix My Suburban Lie Air Date: Saturday, Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Parents Traci and Andre ask spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant for her help in “fixing” their two adult children, who they feel are making horrible life choices. The parents blame themselves for their…
You’ve had it. You’re about ready to quit your job – again – and that bothers you. Job-bobbing isn’t what you wanted to do as a career but there you are, feeling like an ill-employed rubber ball, ready to bounce to the next workplace. Maybe you just don’t know what you’re good at yet. Or…
