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  • Cute Sister Act

    By on July 25, 2007

    ''Remember when I was so strange and likeable?'' ''Remember when I was sweet and unexplainable?'' Actually, identical twins Tegan and Sara Quinn are still so...

  • Transcendental Rock

    By on July 25, 2007

    ''I remember being as a dyke or a bitch for liking loud, aggressive music,'' says Lucas Silveira, about his days as a teenage metal...

  • Homer's Odyssey

    By on July 25, 2007

    Cast of 'The Simpsons Movie' WOO-HOO! With super-duper hype and hullaballoo, The Simpsons Movie finally arrives in theaters and lands with... a big comic BANG!...

  • Power Spray

    By on July 18, 2007

    When sporting have a buzz cut, what need do you have for Hairspray? So I missed both John Waters' 1988 original movie starring Ricki Lake...

  • Naked Ambition

    By on July 18, 2007

    Jose Carrasquillo's interpretation of Macbeth at the Washington Shakespeare Company, a production where the full cast is nude for the entirety of the play, has...

  • Kid Stuff

    By on July 11, 2007

    My inner child is one happy camper. It's like I woke up to find that today is the first day of summer, and my birthday,...

  • Chemical Reaction

    By on July 11, 2007

    The Chemical Brothers hit it big a decade ago, with the duo's monster balls-to-the-wall hit ''Block Rockin' Beats.'' Since then, the Brothers have released a...

  • Heartbreakers

    By on July 11, 2007

    Don't ask the girls in Lez Zeppelin if they're lesbians -- they won't dish. ''Keeping a little bit of mystery to a group is very...

  • Gay Guitar Slingers

    By on July 11, 2007

    When folk-rock singer-songwriter Eric Himan first started performing at gay clubs six years ago, people thought it was an act. ''You know how strippers dress...

  • Bad Girl

    By on July 4, 2007

    Here it is, another summer already. Time to fire up the barbeque -- and then cue up another summer anthem from Rihanna. Is the third...

  • Medical Incredible

    By on July 4, 2007

    The main problem with any Michael Moore movie these days is that Michael Moore made it. Before the reels begin to turn, a lot of...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 4, 2007

    WHEN 'NO, NO, NO' MEANS YES...America had to wait several years, but we've quickly become addicted to Amy Winehouse. The British R&B sensation's single, ''Rehab,''...

  • Death Becomes Him

    By on June 27, 2007

    When was the last time an alcoholic hit man was a breath of fresh air? Perhaps never, but You Kill Me provides a wonderfully refreshing...

  • Phantom Menace

    By on June 27, 2007

    Phantom of the Opera is today what it has always been: part circus, part carnival-ride, part made-for-TV movie. It is a sumptuous feast for the...

  • Soft Sell

    By on June 27, 2007

    Musical theater aficionados will find much to love on Stardom Road, Marc Almond's new solo album. But those who know and love him primarily as...