1981: Walter Cronkite retires from CBS Evening News, Lady Di weds Prince Charles, MTV goes on the air. And in a 90-seat folding-chair screening room at Chicago Filmmakers on West Hubbard, Reeling , the first Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, takes place. 1981 also saw the first recognized cases of AIDS in five gay men. A lot has changed in 28 years. HIV is no longer the automatic...
They say moms are the first to know. Moms are also the first to deny—even when the signs are obvious. Add stunting family expectations to a mother's nose for trouble and happiness might not be as close as expected. So is the case in the new romantic comedy Oy Vey, My Son Is Gay starring Carmen Electra, Lanie Kazan, John Lloyd Young, Jai Rodriguez, Saul Robinek, and Vincent Pastore. Oy Vey, My...
Keep up to date with all the latest from the entertainment world with the MD News Desk : Hands Off the Merchandise : - Meet the Barbie "Ladies of the 80's" : Debbie Harry , Cyndi Lauper and Joan Jett (available this December from EntertainmentEarth.com .) And the List Goes On : - The 50 Most Powerful People on Broadway includes such out theater vets as Nathan Lane , Cameron Mackintosh , Joe...
Here comes the 28th edition of Reeling , the second-oldest lesbian and gay film festival in the world, and the premier cultural event for the city's LGBTQ community and film-appreciating audiences. Presented by Showtime and Comcast , running November 5 - 15 , Reeling will showcase over 150 innovative gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender films from countries as diverse as the Philippines, Sweden,...
Lance Bass wraps his arm around former Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star Jai Rodriguez while partying in Atlantic City, New Jersey over the weekend. Last night, Lance was pulled up on stage by Britney Spears at her last U.S. concert at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Brit gave the openly gay singer a [...]
If you haven't already seen the ads, The Vampire Diaries launches on GO! from 8:30pm Monday, September 28th. The new drama by writer Kevin Williamson ( Dawson's Creek , Scream , I Know What You Did Last Summer ) stars Nina Dobrev , Paul Wesley and Lost 's Ian Somerhalder . With its story of two vampire brothers, one good, one evil, it is bound to make for eye-catching television. Steven R McQueen ,...
Attention all CultureQueens Readers: Enter-to-win a pair of all-access weekend passes to "Out In Atlantic City"! Harrah's Entertainment is providing an exciting reason to come "Out" to Atlantic City. The GLBT community is invited to a special weekend of events during "Out in Atlantic City" September 25th through the 27th. While Harrah's Entertainment and Atlantic City...
You thought Queer Eye Jai Rodriguez was just going to disappear into the ether of irrelevance? And hanging around West Hollywood gay bars? You would be wrong. He's still a working actor, you see. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Jai Rodriguez, Movies, Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
Filed under: Gossip , Movies , News , Video Movie - " Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! " is the story of a Jewish family living in Long Island, where every Friday night Shirley Hirsch (Lainie Kazan) invites another "perfect" girl for Shabbat dinner in hopes that her son, Nelson (John Lloyd Young), will marry a nice Jewish girl. Things get interesting when she finds out that her dreams of...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Harrah's Entertainment is providing an innovative and exciting reason to come "OUT" to Atlantic City. The Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) community is invited to a weekend of events during "OUT in Atlantic City" Friday September 25th through the 27th. (Photo: )While Harrah's Entertainment and Atlantic City have always welcomed...
MIAMI, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Si TV, the television network dedicated to inspiring and entertaining American Latinos, announced today its hit series Model Latina () will return for a second season on August 2 at 9pm ET/PT. The original series showcases 15 stunning, fiercely determined women as they call upon their inner strength, beauty and intellect to prove they have what it takes to be this year's...
Animal Planet's second season of Groomer Has It ended Saturday night, and 42-year-old Hollywood groomer Huber won the $50,000 cash prize, and the product placement Subaru Forester and Wag'n Tails mobile grooming van, never mind the made-up title of "groomer of the year." He beat Lisa, the 42-year-old groomer from the Chicago area. After grooming three rare breeds and winning, Huber told...