dvd of the week In Prisoners, the Quebecois auteur Denis Villeneuve directed Jake Gyllenhaal to one of his best performances, as a cold and determined cop searching for two kidnapped girls. Enemy, based on Nobel Prize winner José Saramago’s book The Double, is as austere and difficult as Prisoners was pulpy and obvious. Gyllenhaal plays…
dvr this HBO, Sunday, June 22, 10 p.m. The TV show with the highest ratio of trash to production values, True Blood is returning for its seventh and final season. At this point, the hyper sexual and hyper violent vampire soap opera set in rural Louisiana is no longer HBO’s zeitgeist show – that’s a…
If you’re of the marrying kind and are one of the growing number of LGBT Americans living in one of the 19 states or District of Columbia (a whopping 43 percent of the country’s total population) and you’re just beginning to plan your honeymoon, San Diego LGBT Weekly has some great news. San Diego was…
I just don’t know what to say … more trouble at the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA). The new Executive Director Sonya Stauffer was terminated June 5. She is now pursuing action with the board of directors to determine whether Johnathan Hale had the authority to fire her. LGBT Weekly got a copy of Ms. Stauffer’s…
When I reviewed 21 Jump Street two years ago, I praised the broad comedy about cops going undercover in high school for being very funny. But I was unnerved by how much of the humor was firmly based in homophobia. Officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are such good friends that they had…
A salary in real estate? Is that a possibility? Well, yes it is, in the many support areas that surround real estate brokerage. If you don’t like the insecurity of a commission-only position, one of these vocations may appeal. They are all good, solid ways to earn a living and while they may not offer…
thursday, june 19 Food Truck Fun: AIDS Walk & Run San Diego kick-off Join in the fun to kick off this year’s 25th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, a program of The San Diego LGBT Community Center. Some of San Diego’s hottest food trucks will gather at The Center, and will donate a…
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has been in the news quite a bit lately, and not in a good way. However, this exposure brings to mind many great things about the VA and how they support our veterans. There is one benefit in particular that I am aware of that is not being utilized…
In 2013, The Department of Defense (DoD) designated June as an annual celebration of LGBT Pride. “The Department of Defense and the Office of Diversity Management have added LGBT Pride Month as an annual observance to be celebrated by military and civilian members of the Armed Forces,” wrote the DoD in an article promulgated by…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! Here in San Diego, we are blessed to have great diversity in our community. This diversity is also shown…
