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  • Disenchanted

    By on June 29, 2005

    You know a romantic comedy is in trouble when the funniest line uttered is ''Hey there, I have Hepatitis C!'' It may not seem all...

  • Batting Zero

    By on June 22, 2005

    Origin of the species: Bale as Batman Maybe I'm getting long in the tooth. Maybe I lack the inner-fanboy spirit. Maybe I've seen this same...

  • Pride in Pictures 2005

    By on June 15, 2005

    The Capital Pride Parade was held Saturday, June 11, 2005. Parade participants included some fifty floats, bands and marching contingents, plus numerous local politicians and...

  • Wild Boys

    By on June 8, 2005

    The one and only time I tried my hand at skateboarding was during the mid-seventies. I was a 16-year-old growing up in Ohio and a...

  • Fear Factor

    By on June 8, 2005

    ''It's like this infectious elation,'' says SONiA of the feeling she gets performing at Gay Prides. ''It's just a beautiful thing.'' This being SONiA, of...

  • Chi Chi Confidential

    By on June 8, 2005

    ''I've always loved porno,'' purrs Chi Chi LaRue in a seductive cigarette meets gravel voice. ''It started with straight porno, but I soon realized that...

  • Summer Movie Preview

    By on May 18, 2005

    Spring is barely in the air these days when the summer movie maelstrom begins to peek over the horizon. In some ways that's not a...

  • Wax Works

    By on May 11, 2005

    The only similarities that the new incarnation of House of Wax shares with its 1954 wellspring of inspiration that starred Vincent Price and was shot...

  • Martial Artistry

    By on April 27, 2005

    I went into Kung Fu Hustle with a massive headache, one of those throb jobs that nearly debilitates you. I left, 95 minutes later, with...

  • Sinfully Delicious

    By on April 13, 2005

    It should come as no surprise that Robert Rodriguez's production company is called Troublemaker Studios. The director, whose bracing, electrifying style of filmmaking appears to...

  • Stage Presence: Theatrical Bonds

    By on April 6, 2005

    In 1999, Jeanette L. Buck -- a local filmmaker, playwright and director -- was accosted by a stranger in her home, brutally attacked and left...

  • Stage Presence: Motivating Fences

    By on April 6, 2005

    ''I didn't audition for Troy because I didn't think I would be considered for Troy.'' Michael Sainte-Andress is referring to the leading character in Fences,...

  • Stage Presence: Gay Fruit of the Vine

    By on April 6, 2005

    In 2003, Vincent Worthington, who had worked in theater since he was 14, was faced with an important decision. Keith Waters, founder and Artistic Director...

  • Artistic Scribe

    By on April 6, 2005

    The minute Jon Robin Baitz mentions that he recently finished penning an episode of Alias, the interviewer's mind comes to a screeching halt. He stops...

  • A Life Remembered

    By on March 23, 2005

    Bad news travels fast. And it shot across town like lightning last Wednesday, March 16, as news spread that Wanda Alston, 45, cabinet member and...