Director, Ida Lupino

By Stephen Rutledge on February 4, 2023 1:01 pm

1950, via Wikimedia Commons Ida Lupino (1918 - 1995): "My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England. I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but … [Read more...]

#BlackHistoryMonth: Remembering Activist, Rosa Parks on Her Birthday

By Stephen Rutledge on February 4, 2023 3:03 am

With Dr. King, 1955, Photo from National Archives and Records Administration Records, public domain Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005): "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free…so other people would also be free." We were taught a simple fable that went … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote:”Everybody Gets So Much Information All Day Long That They Lose Their Common Sense.”- Gertrude Stein

By Stephen Rutledge on February 3, 2023 3:33 pm

A fierce woman, and a modernist literary pioneer and a leading figure of the pre-World War I art circles in Paris, Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946) established a salon, where some of the leading proponents of modernism in both literature and visual art gathered. Her modernity was … [Read more...]

#BlackHistoryMonth: Remembering Filmmaker, Marlon Riggs

By Stephen Rutledge on February 3, 2023 12:59 pm

via YouTube February 3, 1957 – Marlon Riggs Riggs was a filmmaker who won Emmy and Peabody Awards for his documentaries about gay Black men. He began making films in 1982 after receiving his master's degree from Harvard University, and … [Read more...]

ABBA! Nick Offerman! Murray Bartlett! David Bowie! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!

By Blake Jacobs on February 3, 2023 11:00 am

World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey, Chief Creative Officer Tom Campbell, and WOW Report Editor James St. … [Read more...]

#BlackHistoryMonth: “Negroes – Sweet and Docile, Meek, Humble, and Kind. Beware the Day They Change Their Mind.” – Langston Hughes

By Stephen Rutledge on February 1, 2023 1:11 pm

1936 portrait by by Carl Van Vechten, public domain Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) was a gay man who, because of his era and his community, was deeply in the closet. He remains one of my favorite poets. Hughes was also an inspired novelist, lecturer, columnist, playwright, and … [Read more...]

“It Happened One Night” to the “King of Hollywood” Clark Gable

By Stephen Rutledge on February 1, 2023 1:01 pm

1938 MGM publicity shot, photographer unknown, public domain Clark Gable (1901 - 1960) "The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it. " Somehow Gable's charms eluded me for a long time, odd for a film fan, I know. I … [Read more...]

Was Mucho Macho Filmmaker John Ford Secretly Bi?

By Stephen Rutledge on February 1, 2023 11:50 am

Photo by Allan Warren, 1973, Wikimedia Commons John Ford (1894 - 1973): “It’s easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.” In a year filled with great performances in small role, one of my favorite cameos of 2022 was the great filmmaker … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “I Think the Republican Party Should be Placed in Drydock and Have the Barnacles Scraped Off Its Bottom.” – Tallulah Bankhead

By Stephen Rutledge on January 31, 2023 4:14 pm

Today we celebrate the 121st birthday of Miss Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968). I am a gay man of a certain age, and in my time, in my tribe, telling Tallulah stories and imitating the famed personality was de rigueur at brunches and parties. But, nowadays, do the kids even know who … [Read more...]

Loni Love Thanks Fans & Offers Advice Following Gallbladder Surgery

By Andrea James on January 31, 2023 12:32 pm

Squirrel Friends co-host and Drag Race guest judge Loni Love had successful gallbladder removal surgery, and as soon as she woke up, she was making jokes and dishing out wise words from her recovery room. In her typical upbeat fashion, Love let us know everything went great. She … [Read more...]