All posts by Doug Rule
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Beyoncé Blunders
''My persuasion can build a nation,'' Beyoncé sings on ''Run The World (Girls),'' the first single from her new album, 4. She's speaking in broad...
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Required Viewing
''The real difference between last year and this year,'' says Scott Kenison, founding chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center, ''is that this...
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A Charming Pride
Last Saturday, June 18, Baltimore may have seen its last Pride block party at its traditional Mount Vernon location. If that turns out to be...
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Peruvian Struggle
It might sound silly or superficial, but you just might fall in love with actor and dancer José Manuel Ozuna-Báez, who's starring in GALA Hispanic...
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Jewish Angst
''For me, music has always been about the opposite of parents,'' says singer-songwriter Dan Fishback. ''I listened to music as a teenager to escape...
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A Capital Pride
Mother Nature, always the wild card for D.C.'s many outdoor events, looked as though she were going to insert herself into the story of this...
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Classic Grace
Let's be clear: Dina Merrill is not a diva. ''She is extremely gracious and sophisticated,'' says Lynn Rossotti of Hillwood Estates. And yet, Merrill is...
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Trail Blazer
''I thought that I hadn't really lived that much,'' says the 48-year-old legendary punk-rocker Bob Mould about being approached by a publisher in 2001 to...
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Psychotic Edge
''After one of the performances, someone asked, 'You do this a lot?''' That's a typical response Christopher Gillespie is getting playing a woman in Dominion...
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Madonnarama
Here's an interesting fact: Adam Guerra has devoted so much of his life to drag and impersonating women, he only just bought his first bottle...
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Party Monsters
Want a little news with your nightlife at this year's Capital Pride? The headline party this year is at the Newseum on Friday, June 10,...
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Mama's Family
Ashland Miller and Laura Cerulli both feel like the black sheep of their respective families. ''Neither of our mothers feels that way, oddly enough,'' says...
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Sister Spirit
''A lot of female emcees and rappers extra-hard and extra-serious and violent,'' says Be Steadwell, who goes by the nickname B. Steady in the...
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Mo Show
''In all the years, and all the people that I've worked with,'' Missy Elliott recently told Lil' Mo, ''no one has ever done a tribute...
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Diamonds and Glow Sticks
Ever wanted to blurt out ''I'll have what she's having!'' as Nicole Kidman has an orgasm in Moulin Rouge? Or twirl a diamond necklace during...
