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Two Broadway Divas on One Stage
Next summer Chicago’s Goodman Theatre will see two Broadway iconic Tony Winning Divas on the stage in a brand new show. Patti Lupone joins Christine Ebersole in a new musical called War Paint. It’s all about the ascent and rivalry of two cosmetic legends Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden. Inspired by author Lindy Woodhead’s book…
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Mark Christopher : from Farm Boy to New Queer Cinema Filmmaker
This summer queerguru got to sit down to talk with Mark Christopher the writer and director of one of the most successful LGBT movies of the year 54 The Directors Cut. Mark talked to us about how he went from being a farmboy in Ohio driving a tractor singing showtunes (!) to become what critic B.Ruby…
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Gotta Dance Mashup
Michael Binder is a real movie aficionado and he painstakingly put this rather brilliant video together using 66 classic movie dance scenes from the golden days of Hollywood in this mashup set to Mark Ronson and Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars. We dare you to watch it without wanting to get up and dance…
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Madam Cyn R.I.P.
The much beloved Cynthia Payne known by all simply as ‘Madame Cyn’ when she gained notoriety as Britain’s most famous Brothel Madam and who singly-handed exposed the hypocrisy of the country’s prudish and ridiculous morality laws back in the 1970s, has now died aged 82. When the Police raided her very ordinary looking home in the London suburbs they found a…
