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A Trip Inside the Chocolate Factory's Cooler

Ricky Powell's Official Guide to Rappin' With The Rickster, His Legendary '90s Public Access TV Show

Sitting on a park bench in Washington Square Park on a Thursday afternoon, with a small silver transistor radio clutched in his left hand and his trusty Minolta AF2 Hi-Matic camera slung around his shoulder, 49-year-old Ricky Powell breaks off from conversation to yell at a gaggle of teenage girls ... More >>

The Top 10 Non-Basketball March Madness Brackets

The surest signs of spring are upon us: flowers blooming, scantily clad NYU students smoking in the park, and most importantly, coworkers who have never showed any semblance of sports fandom live-streaming basketball for the next two weeks and yelling at their computers things like "Cinderella!" "B ... More >>

Mega Q&A: Author Dave Tompkins on His New Book, How To Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop

​A few weeks ago, the music writer Dave Tompkins took a podium in one of NYU's many windowless annexes to promote his upcoming book, How To Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II To Hip-Hop. Behind him was a still from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms frozen on the projector screen. In ... More >>

H. Rap Brown: "If You Can't Give a Gun, Give a Dollar"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 2, 1967, Vol. XIII, No. 3 John Brown's Roll to Rap Brown's Rock by Stephanie Harrington Rap Brown talked to the honkies last Friday night. The occasion was the National Guardian's 19th anniversary (and fundraising) meeting. An ... More >>

Which Jukebox Show Should Be Next?

​In the upcoming months, Broadway will be playing host to jukebox musicals featuring the tunes of Sinatra, Elvis, Sondheim, and Ray Charles. So who's left? Not that many!

John Travolta "Bearding" Dish From The '70s

​Party Animals, Robert Hofler's excellent new book about flamboyant '70s producer Alan Carr, is chock full of info and insights. Grab a copy and you'll learn how: *Bette Midler refused to be an Oscar presenter after not getting nominated for "her over-the-top performance" in Beaches *Novice ... More >>

Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley

Paul Bergen, Redferns via Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images​According to a press release: "When celeb-biographer Mark Bego signed on as editor of the one-time magazine REMEMBERING THE KING: MICHAEL JACKSON's FINAL TRIBUTE, little did he realize he'd be in the center of a firestorm between El ... More >>

Cher and Christina Together In a Movie!

via Dlisted.com​Here are fabulous shots from dlisted.com of two big-lunged divas, Cher and Christina Aguilera, as they film the provocatively titled feature Burlesque. Are they dolled up enough to merit the headline "Two Drag Queens Crossing The Road"? And if so, which one is the bigger drag ... More >>

Drag Queens Need To Update Their Acts

​I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin Win!

They definitely beat RYAN SEACREST with HIS New Year's Eve coverage.KATHY was manically chatty as usual, serving Poppers jokes and telling ANDERSON her resolution was "To get you to say 'balls' more," as the silver fox giggled like a schoolboy.As if things weren't foofy enough, they'd cut to segment ... More >>

Johnny Depp Remembers Heath--And Other Oscar Treats

Showstoppers and rip-offs in the blowsy movie musical. Plus: Paper's Nightlife Awards

Jude Law Busted By Sir Ian McKellen!

You read it here first! (Whatever it is.)

Here's Looking at Chaz Bono

Photo of Chaz Bono by Jason Bell, via Popnography​Out magazine's site provides a current photo of Chaz Bono in a sneak glimpse at the mag's Out 100 issue, which will name Chaz as a reinventing icon.

Clip Job: A Sit-Down Discotheque, with Seat Belts?

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 18, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 5 Sit-Down Disc: Fasten Your Seat Belts & Dance By J.R. Goddard "We installed seat belts on the chairs so the kids could dance sitting down. "We were letting them dance to the Rock, but the cops stopp ... More >>

What's Your Favorite Old "Story Song"?

​I used to love those kitschy story songs that filled my youthful eardrums. You know, the elaborate ditties with cheesy, involved narratives--basically shlock short stories set to irresistibly catchy pop music. Among the classics of the genre are: "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" s ... More >>

A Gay Bravo Show About Tops?

Remember Greg Scarnici, the white guy who did the hilarious Aretha Franklin homage which I posted on this blog after the inauguration? No? Well, now he's done a parody of Top Chef as if it were a gay Bravo show called Top Top!

Cher and Chaz Jokes From Bruce Vilanch

"I am Chastity Bono," said funnyman Bruce Vilanch on entering the stage at the Fire Island Dance Festival, which he MC'd. "I'm in transition." The event raised money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, presenting various dance troupes doing short pieces, interpersed with Vilanch emitting ha-has ... More >>

A Michael Jackson Joke Already!

My, things happen so quickly around here! The moratorium on wisecracks about Michael Jackson's passing has already ended, and it's all thanks to Joan Rivers, the veteran comic who did a Gay Pride Week show at the Gramercy Theatre last night. She even cleverly managed to get a dig in at Cher in the p ... More >>

From the Voice Archives: Elvis Mitchell Reviews Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Below, Elvis Mitchell's review of Jackson's straight-to-DVD Moonwalker, published in May of 1989. Psycho Shopper By Elvis Mitchell May 23, 1989 I recently had a truly astonishing viewing experience, catching "Moonwalker," the Michael Jackso ... More >>

From the Voice Archives: Vince Aletti Backstage with the Jackson Five in 1975

In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Vince Aletti, backstage at Radio City Music Hall with a 16-year-old MJ in 1975. In Love With the Jackson Five 'I'm more concerned that I didn't get their autographs than that I can't read any of my notes.' By Vince Aletti Mon. Feb. 1 ... More >>

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

This is not a joke, folks. Remember when Cher initially bristled when her daughter Chastity turned out to be a lesbian? Well, now the eternal superstar can finally relax. It turns out she has another straight son. Yes, Chastity--who briefly worked at GLAAD before saying Ellen was too gay to make it- ... More >>

4 More Reasons to Like Minetta Tavern

In his review, Our Man Sietsema liked the fat-drenched, "transgressional cuisine" doled out at Minetta Tavern, and Bruni just gave it three stars and called it the best steakhouse in New York. I wanted to check it out, but imagined it to be snotty to no-names and impossible to get into. Not so! I ... More >>

Summer Guide: Amadou & Mariam's A Global Affair

Damon Albarn lends this "blind couple from Mali" a dash of Britpop

Please Let the Auto-Tune Jokes End: A Brief History of the Pitch-Correcting Software's Legacy

If Auto-Tune hit its peak as a joke delivery device last week amidst the spectacle of a weirdly robotic Katie Couric involuntarily singing an "O Superman"-reminiscent lament for melting polar ice caps, it also hit its nadir at about the same time, when a tape surfaced of an Auto-Tuned Martin Luthe ... More >>

The Lousy Onstage Pickup Line Hall of Fame Hereby Inducts Mickey Factz

Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

American Idol Semi-Finals 2: Norman Gentle in a Tux, Adam Lambert Shoots Rainbows, and Attack of the Duffy Clones

Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: Woo woo, the second round of semi-finals! all photos Michael Becker / FOXNick Mitchell as Norman Gentle It's Round Two of semi-finals, and this 12 consists of a welder, a bartender, a font designer, and Norman Gentle. Simon s ... More >>

American Idol Hollywood: Tatiana Pees Herself, Everyone Likes a Black & White Cookie

Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: "do or die" in Hollywood! Last day of Hollywood Week and it's "do or die," explains Ryan Seacrest. Tonight, contestants all have to sing solo, and they can use instruments if they want. Then at the end of the day, the judges ... More >>

The Year's Fashion Lowlights

Presenting the first annual list of style's ugly moments

Six Signs of a Sick Economy

Read this and then start hunting for some recession-proof bargains

The Daddy Diaries 2: More Whoring in Pampers!

A schlong day's journey into night

Madonna's Hard Candy

A half-centenarian provides more porny pop excellence

The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary

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Download: Lee Hazlewood, 1929-2007

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The Quarterly Report: Best New Singles

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