Lady Gaga kisses Marge in upcoming ‘Simpsons’ episode
Singer and gay-rights campaigner Lady Gaga is coming to Springfield for a guest appearance on TV’s The Simpsons. Recorded earlier this month Gaga plays herself in a role where she tries to cheer Lisa up and ends up kissing Marge. Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson and currently appears in off-Broadway’s Love, Loss and What…
Laughter, tears, anger and housekeeping
MOVIE REVIEW: I must admit that I walked into The Help expecting to be offended. Because I knew it to be about a young white woman writing a book about the black maids in early 1960s Jackson, Miss., perhaps unfairly I expected it to be a prequel of sorts to The Blind Side. That movie,…
Three cheese mac and cheese
2 cups heavy cream (or milk) 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 yellow onion 2 bay leaves 2 each whole cloves or pinch of ground cloves Pinch of nutmeg 1/2 pound mascarpone cheese 1 pound cheddar cheese 1/2 pound aged white cheddar 1/2 cup shredded parmesan Salt to taste Place onion, bay leaves, nutmeg,…
DVD of the Week: ‘X-Men: First Class’
Some people seem to think that the X-Men prequel that came out earlier this summer is the greatest superhero movie in years. It’s not, not by any means, but James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, as Professor X and Magneto respectively, are both perfectly cast and have a lot of fun chewing scenery. (Jennifer Lawrence and…
DVR This: ‘Outrage’
HBO Signature Wednesday, Sept. 75 a.m. Kirby Dick’s scathing documentary about closeted gay politicians who work against gay rights will outrage anyone who doesn’t already know that, say, Charlie Crist and David Dreier are hypocritical scumbags. But the dirt digging goes beyond outing and exposes the ways in which politics and homophobia are deeply and…
All the fun of the (Art) Fair
I’m back from a brief drive up California’s spectacular central coast just in time for this year’s Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair. The weekend-long event (Sept. 1-4) that aims to put San Diego artists and galleries on the national radar has grown significantly since it’s inception in 2009, becoming a cultural highlight in our…
Chely Wright weds girlfriend
Country music star Chely Wright, 40, has married her girlfriend Lauren Blitzer, 30, in a ceremony in Connecticut just over a year since she came out. At the time of her coming out, Wright talked about the difficulties artists faced after admitting being gay. Wright had told the Los Angeles Times, “You get good money…
Gay military magazine to hit newsstands in wake of DADT repeal
The official repeal of the military’s discriminatory ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ (DADT) policy will take effect September 20, and in wake of the dismissal, gay servicemembers can expect to find a new gay magazine hitting the stands of military exchange stores nationwide. The magazine dubbed OutServe has already produced editions of the print publications according…
Rumors swirl over possible gay tryst in Russell Armstrong suicide
There are moments when reality TV can transcend into real life, and none is more evident than the recent suicide of Russell Armstrong, late co-star in Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” According to reports at The Los Angeles Times, the family now faces rumors that suggest the suicide had sourced from a possible…