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  • The Opposite of Albert

    METRO WEEKLY: Though they share a similar circumstance, Hubert is the polar opposite of Albert. What was your approach to the character? JANET McTEER: Apart...

  • Scruffy Songster

    ''It sounds like I talk about it all the time: I'm Twitter obsessed! Like a Kardashian!'' For the record, Aiden James only brought up Twitter...

  • Swimming in Style

    This may come as a shock to some of you, but Simon Doonan is no longer the Creative Director at Barney's. He's now officially the...

  • Family Ties

    George Hamilton is in the midst of a storytelling frenzy. ''I was back on the Concorde from London,'' recalls the Hollywood icon, ''and Kirk Douglas...

  • Cruz Control

    ''I won't be specific,'' Wilson Cruz says, ''but there's a show on television right now, a fairly new show, that wanted me to come in...

  • Creating a Conference

    It's not quite a quarter century, but the 24th year of Creating Change comes so very close. And Sue Hyde, the current director of the...

  • Folking Around

    For the record, Cheryl Wheeler is not an ''angry dyke.'' No matter what the Westboro Baptist Church says. ''Well,'' she says, ''I do get angry...

  • Top Gear

    If you've picked up the scent of leather, it's not coming from the reins of a horse-drawn carriage – at least not till D.C. gets...

  • The Great Hall

    The Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend's Exhibit Hall is a beast all its own. It's where the leather and kink diehards cross paths with the weekend's spectators....

  • Mr. MAL 2011’s Three D’s

    What a year it's been, and Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2011 Doug ''D'' Pamplin couldn't be happier. From his base in Pittsburgh, Pamplin has taken the...

  • Exercising Judgment

    We're often told to judge not, lest we be judged by others. Perhaps it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. In this...

  • Leather Heart, Warm Heart

    As the director of development for Charlie's Place at St. Margaret's, local folk-singer favorite Tom Goss has to keep his eye on the dollars that...

  • Puppy Play

    The heyday of biker gangs and leather daddies is so 1970s. While leather, boots and a jockstrap used to be de rigueur attire for Mid-Atlantic...

  • Sexy Edge

    You might say dance-music singer Ultra Naté proposed to Quentin Harris. ''We went into the studio and started working at first was going...

  • Leather Nights

    It's not just your imagination – there is more leather and fetish nightlife during this year's Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend than ever before. ''Years ago, MAL...