September was designated “Arts Month” in San Diego, but October is National Arts and Humanities Month. That means America’s Finest City gets 61 days of creative events and activities to keep us entertained. Here’s a list of a few things happening around the city in the coming week: Fall for the Arts: Dozens of arts…
The San Diego Film Festival, which is being held Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 at The Gaslamp Theatre, will screen films that run the gamut from slices of cinematic life that encompass the seesaw effects of comedy versus drama, and all points in between. From mainstream efforts, such as the new Seth Rogen and Joseph…
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has called on the National Hockey League (NHL) to take action after Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was shown on video clearly shouting an anti-gay slur during a pre-season game last Monday night. In the pre-season exhibition game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers,…
Evan Rachel Wood has revealed her thoughts on her bisexuality admitting that she was terrified of her first serious relationship with a woman. Describing the experience as “wonderful” she told Marie Claire magazine, “I mean it was terrifying at first. Not because I thought it was wrong but just because I was intimidated by women….
I think one of the weirder genres of film is the disease comedy. Even if the film itself is an organic melding of comedy and tragedy, the idea itself is jarring. Paul Rudnick’s Jeffrey is a damn good movie (though a much better play), but it’s a sex comedy about AIDS. I mean, really. The…
thursday, sept. 29 New date! 12th annual Taste of Downtown Take your taste buds out for a night on the town … downtown that is! Taste of Downtown is back this Thursday (rescheduled from Sept. 8 due to the blackout!) Choose from over 50 restaurants throughout the Gaslamp Quarter, Financial District, East Village and Little…
dvd of the week As I wrote back in June, “If you are the kind of moviegoer who is happy, even gleeful, about paying $16 to see Michael Bay’s special effects bonanzas in 3-D, then you will need to see, and may love, Dark of the Moon. It is by far the best of the…
dvr this There are three gay things about The Playboy Club that have flown under the radar: 1) The lead bunny, blonde bombshell Amber Heard, is an out lesbian. 2) A major subplot involves funneling tips to the Mattachine Society, the 1960s gay rights group. 3) Eddie Cibrian seems to be contractually obliged to take…
Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood have voiced their opposition to gay marriage bans. In an interview in the October issue of GQ magazine the pair discuss their upcoming movie J. Edgar and their views on gay marriage. In typical style Eastwood said he’s OK with gay marriage, “These people who are making a big deal…
Last July at Comic-Con International Archie Comics announced that its hugely popular new character, Kevin Keller, the first openly homosexual member of the iconic Riverdale Gang, would get married in a future issue of Life With Archie. Last week, the publisher announced in a press release that the momentous event will take place in Life…
