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Branden & James : a tribute to Italy and its people
BRANDEN & JAMES the gay powerhouse cello and vocal duo are safely at home on the East Coast but they have just released this rather stunning beautiful track for the people of Italy who are having a harder time than most of us. We know how much Italians love their music as we see…
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David Hockney plus The Bright Young Things
Art like Life will just go on, and in the case of these two excellent new Exhibits at the National Portrait Galley in London they should be still there when we stop self-quarantining. Sir David Hockney is probably the greatest living queer artist in the world. At the age of 82 he is still…
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Whoops! I Married a Lesbian
Season 40 (2015) of Saturday Night Live featured one of our very favorite skits ever. Reese De’What (Kenan Thompson) intros scenes from “WHOOPS. I MARRIED A LESBIAN ” a failed sitcom about two women (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant) who leave their husbands (Louis C.K., Bobby Moynihan) for each other. We were thinking that it…
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Taming The Lion : the true story of the first openly gay Hollywood Star
Taming The Lion ☆☆☆☆☆ Theater 40, Beverley Hills. Jack Rushen’s ‘Taming The Lion’ is the true story of of the contentious relationship between movie mogul Louis B. Mayer, and the first openly gay star, William Haines. Although he’s largely forgotten today, actor William Haines was one of Hollywood’s top leading men of the silent…
