December 18, 1870 - Hector Hugh Munro: He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. Books are a large part of life at my house. I have stacks of reading material around the house. I usually have two books going, one for public transportation and one for … [Read more...]
To Do, Los Angeles: Ryan Raftery’s “The Obsession of Calvin Klein” at the Rockwell Table and Stage, February 17th and 18th
Following the success of his “Titans of Media” theatrical trilogy – in which he did brilliantly channeled Anna Winour, Martha Stewart, and Andy Cohen – mega-talented cutie-patootie Ryan Raftery is back with a NEW bio-musical comedy The Obsession of Calvin Klein… The Calvin … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Paul Cadmus
December 17, 1904– Paul Cadmus is one of those influential gay American artists of all time. His take on sexual identity dramatically shaped 20th century painting, along with: Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Keith … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Playwright / Songwriter / Composer / Actor, Noël Coward
December 16, 1899– Noël Coward: It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. I don't recall why or how, as a youth, that I came to know and understand that Noël Coward was gay. I do know that as I came out to myself at 12-years-old, … [Read more...]
Old Gays Guess Who Today’s Gays Are
How good are YOU at identifying today's A-gays? The four elderly gentleman of the "Old Gays" series try and figure out who Keiynan Lonsdale, Ezra Miller, Zachary Quinto, Jussie Smollett, Jim Parsons, Diego Sans, Andrew Rannells, Tommy Dorfman and Brandon Flynn, Titus Burgess, … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Never Dreamt That I Would Get To Be The Creature That I Always Hoped To Be…” – Christopher Lowe / Neil Tennant
Being Boring was the second single from the Pet Shop Boys' fifth album, Behaviour (1990), a masterpiece. It stalled at Number 20 on the charts, but quickly became a fan favorite. I think it is one of the truly perfect pop songs of all time. Being Boring is a classic minor-key … [Read more...]
GoFundMe OTD: Legendary Makeup Artist Sharon Gault AKA Mama Makeup Is Homeless. Here’s How to Help
Celebrity makeup artist Sharon Gault – known for her work with Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson, but who is perhaps most famous for her appearance in the seminal Madonna doc Truth or Dare – is currently homeless. Writes Gault's daughter [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist / Writer, Emily Carr
December 13, 1871 – Emily Carr: You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone, yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming. Fiercely independent and complex, Emily Carr was a rebel, a recluse and an early feminist. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Mark Tobey
December 11, 1890 – Mark Tobey: According to one critic, my works looked like scrapped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scrapped. Famed painter Jackson Pollock saw Mark Tobey's work in 1944 … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Choreographer, Hermes Pan
December 10, 1909- Hermes Pan: Dancers are like children. It's the only way they can do what they do. In Memphis (the one in the USA, not Egypt), 109 years ago, he was born with the terrific name, Hermes Panagiotopoulas, but he would become Hollywood's Hermes Pan, the … [Read more...]
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