Sunday, April 10, 3 p.m. on Turner Classic Movies Aside from being one of the best acted, juiciest and entertaining films ever made, 1958s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, based on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, features both Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman at their most insanely attractive. It’s possible that no man was…
The premise of Source Code would be hard for most people to wrap their heads around. It’s not surprising that Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) has a particularly hard time because he’s … well … I’m having a hard time deciding whether explaining the situation Colter is in would constitute a spoiler. It’s that complex,…
Lindsay Lohan will not face criminal charges in a Dec. 12 complaint that she attacked an employee at a Betty Ford Center halfway house. Prosecutors did not find sufficient evidence against Lohan, Riverside County District Attorney’s office spokesman John Hall told The Desert Sun. Investigators based in Palm Desert had recommended a misdemeanor battery charge….
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has dated a string of Hollywood beauties including Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift, but says he understands why some people think he’s gay. Speaking on TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Brokeback Mountain star revealed people had mistaken his childhood best friend for his lover. The actor said, “Me and my best…
Musicians Sara Bareilles, Lance Bass, Cyndi Lauper, LeAnn Rimes, award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and actor Verne Troyer have signed on to Freedom to Marry’s Say, “I Do” campaign. Since launching the Say, “I Do” campaign on March 14, more than 70,000 people from across the country have joined celebrities, leaders in tech and business,…
Once upon a time, Ray at Night was a monthly celebration of local artists that brought people and attention to a tiny stretch of road in downtown North Park. Every second Saturday, locals would stroll in and out of shops and studios and look at art and hopefully buy something to give them pleasure, support…
Distinguished art critic Robert Pincus hosts Women and Art, Women in Art, a conversation with members of FIG (Feminist Image Group), the coalition of female artists working in San Diego whose work appears in this group show. What motivates women who are visual artists? What place do women hold in the local art scene? How…
The retrospective story section of the San Diego Reader magazine, dubbed “Back When” and featuring local news stories celebrating a significant anniversary, carried a 35-year-old clip celebrating the San Diego gay community. Described as “one of the most conservative and low key in the country,” San Diego’s LGBT community circa 1986 created what the Reader…
1,000 online supporters recently cast votes in an online poll to determine the decade’s most empowering LGBT anthem. The poll, conducted by the equality charity Stonewall, revealed Christina Aguilera’s 2003 hit “Beautiful” as the big winner among lesbian, gay and bisexual voters. Aguilera was “delighted” with the results of the poll, and stated that “my…
Amazingly enough, San Diego arts dealer Alexander Salazar has managed to thrive in spite of the recession, the high cost of his carefully selected collections and the economic depression surrounding his downtown gallery space. But simply staying afloat isn’t what drives Salazar forward. The openly gay art dealer and owner of Alexander Salazar Fine Art,…
