All posts by Doug Rule
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Knockout Punch
Kele Okereke, the 28-year-old lead singer of the popular British indie-rock group Bloc Party, came out publicly as gay earlier this year. He's already tired...
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Summer Heat
''I tell people, if I were in prison, I would be out already,'' says Donna Summer. ''It's kind of old.'' In the mid-'80s, rumors swirled...
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Candy Land
The Green Lantern bills itself as a place ''where the men play.'' But on Saturday, Aug. 21, the boys will be there too, lured by...
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Qomedy's Queen
Fifteen years ago, Carol Leifer wrote an episode of Seinfeld in which the character Elaine Benes tries to get a gay man to ''change teams.''...
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Comedy for a Cause
''I had gotten into a big argument with one of the local ANCs about gay marriage, religion and politics,'' says Sampson McCormick. ''And then I...
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Summer Sounds
Has Lady Gaga already peaked? Oh sure, it was only last summer that her career as a mega-star took off. But it's been threatening overexposure...
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Campy Olympics
A wig relay. A banana-eating contest. A Crisco-covered egg toss. ''The whole concept of the event was a kind of campy, sort-of off-color field day,...
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Bimbo Beats
Just who is Bimbo Jones? Technically, it's the name Lee Dagger thought he heard a postman give once in an old movie. ''Maybe it was...
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Housewife Commission
Think Michaele Salahi is the only local you'll recognize on Bravo's new Real Housewives of D.C.? The infamous White House party crasher may have gotten...
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Cuppa Joe
''I'd be in real big trouble if I wasn't DJ-ing,'' muses Joe Gauthreaux. ''I have no idea what I could do, or what I'd want...
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Cabaret Gal
You wouldn't know it from her often-racy acting roles, but Jane Krakowski calls herself traditional. Old-fashioned, even. Her debut solo album, The Laziest Gal In...
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Pussycat Guy
''I haven't really gotten to David Guetta status, in the sense that every person showing up wants to hear Dave Audé stuff,'' says Dave Audé....
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Musical Illusion
''I'm alive and I'm on fire,'' Sarah McLachlan sings on ''Loving You Is Easy,'' the first single from her new album. ''Shot like a starburst...
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Dancing DJ
''In high school, even when I first came out, I was definitely a wallflower,'' says DJ Roland Belmares. The 38-year-old wasn't keen on being seen...
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Mother's Milkshake
On the song ''Scream'' from her new album, Kelis verbally prances out her lyrics just like a ''Vogue''-ing Madonna. ''So lets get to it, now...
