Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLe Gateau Chocolat is an extraordinary performer. A giant of a man with an outrageous sense of dress and a booming baritone voice who is equally at home at The Glory (East London’s legendary alternative drag venue) and starring in the Royal National Theatre’s production of ‘Threepenny Opera’. Here’s one of queerguru’s favorite videos … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBill Cunningham the legendary street-style NY photographer whose brilliant weekly style essays in the The Times were de rigueur viewing, died today aged 87 years old. With his very sharp eye and keen sense of shifting trends he captured changing fashions and styles before almost anyone else for the past 40 years. He was also fixture … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe R & B singer Natalie Cole, winner of 9 Grammy Awards died today at the age of 65 after several years of health issues.The daughter of the late great Nat King Cole, Natalie rose to musical success in the mid-1970s with hits “This Will Be”, “Inseparable”, and “Our Love”. Her biggest success however came … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe legendary British entertainer Bruce Forsyth who died today aged 89 may not have much name recognition in the rest of the world, but in the UK where his career lasted a staggering 75 years, he was regarded as a national treasure. Forsyth’s stage act had him playing the Variety Theaters for years until … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThere is a new rather spectacular exhibition in London that showcases the work of two giants of American postwar visual culture. Photographer Richard Avedon and artist Andy Warhol were both portraitists, obsessed with celebrity, and used repetition within their images. They often used the same subjects, and Avedon even photographed Warhol a couple of times … Continue reading