All posts by Doug Rule
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Flamenco Power
Miguel Marin helped start the Flamenco Festival in 2000. ''The idea from the beginning was to have a date with Spain,'' the festival's director says...
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A Star is Reborn
Are you ready? Nearly three years after drag queen Ella Fitzgerald and nude male dancers struck out in Southeast D.C., they're back to play ball...
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Revved-Up Beats
Before Eddie Baez became a DJ, he was, of all things, a motorcycle mechanic. ''I was fixing motorcycles for security at some of the bigger...
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Music Man
Mark Morris Dance (Photo by Gene Schiavone) As Gene Kelly belts out in Singin' in the Rain, ''Gotta dance!'' Mark Morris does too, but his...
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Leather Laurels
At this year's Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather contest, the eventual winner, Kip Hollar, was asked to cite his qualities if called on to serve as President...
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Enigmatic Pop
Antony Hegarty has a voice you won't forget - and a presence you just might not remember. More than probably any other singer-songwriter you've ever...
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Globetrotting Groove
DJ Luke Johnstone Luke Johnstone is a globetrotting gay club DJ, but he most frequently goes west to California and far east to Asia and...
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Smart Dance
Who you calling a bimbo: Bimbo Jones Katherine Ellis is a powerhouse vocalist, as self-assured and larger-than-life as if ripped straight out of a gay...
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Soundwaves
GRAMMY GIRLS (AND RUFUS)... Did you hear- Kathy Griffin did, in fact, get her Grammy nomination. You know, the one she was angling for. The...
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Happy Endings
When Douglas Carter Beane had the idea to write a play about the struggles of a closeted movie star, he initially dismissed it as old-fashioned...
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The Year in Music
The year 2008 was a good one for recorded pop music, though not as great as it could or should have been, and most of...
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Ring Leader
Well, she did it. Britney Spears now has her comeback. Her new album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's main album chart and moved nearly...
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Vegas Santa
Ethan Reynolds doesn't look at all like Santa Claus. But the 28-year-old gay model and actor is coming to town as the plump, jolly old...
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Dash to Crash
Psst -- wanna make an easy $3,000 or more by renting out your home, or even just your sofa, for Obama's inauguration next month? Well,...
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Austin Allan
Austin Allan (Photo by Jeff Code) Austin Allan says he's not at all the same person he was 10 years ago. ''I don't even know...
