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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    100 & Single: Answering Questions On Adam Lambert's Historic Chart-Topping Album

    I've never been happier to be wrong about something. Two weeks ago, the last line of my column read: "Probably won't happen. But wouldn't it be fun if it did?" The event I didn't think could happen was Adam Lambert scoring a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 album chart with his second disc, Trespas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Ten Gays Who Could Beat The Crap Out Of Manny Pacquiao

    As we reported in a previous post, Filipino boxer/congressman/Roman Catholic Manny Pacquiao doesn't agree with President Barack Obama (and the majority of Americans) that gay people should have the right to get married. Not only doesn't Pacquiao agree with Obama, he cites a passage in the bible that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    North Carolina Hates The Gays! Well, Let's Look At Their Culture

    The good people of North Carolina just voted against same-sex marriage, leading me to think they're a bunch of heathen cretins with no taste or style. But a glance at Wikipedia proves they have a rich and vital culture. They've birthed a lot of big jazz musicians plus James Taylor. Also, North Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    100 & Single: Buy An Adam Lambert Album, Strike A Tiny Blow For Gay Rights

    About a year ago, the movie Bridesmaids opened in the U.S. and was the subject of a rather unusual awareness campaign. Female movie fans, largely independently of the film's producers, compelled women to go see the film in its opening weekend and defy common Hollywood wisdom that non-rom-com movies ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Why Do People Loathe Nickelback So Much? (And Do They Deserve It?)

    ​People are in a bit of an uproar over this week's announcement that Nickelback—the Canadian post-grungers whose seventh album, Here And Now, comes out later this month—would be the halftime entertainment during the Thanksgiving Day NFL tilt between the Detroit Lions and the Green ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 31, 2011

    A STAR IS BORN

    It's time to step up to the plate and show your goods

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    100 & Single: How Digital Changed The Charts, From Gwen To GoonRock

    Spotify's top tracks (left) and albums on Friday, July 15.​The headline-grabbing music story of the week isn't on the Billboard charts—it's the U.S. debut of Spotify. With the streaming-music service less than 48 hours old here, it's a bit too soon to analyze what songs are getting the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Diana Ross Comes Out Way on Top!

    ​My recent blog post called "Remembering Diana Ross's Appalling Behavior at Flo Ballard's Funeral" has long left the runner-up, "Adam Lambert vs. Clay Aiken: A Tale of Two Coming Outs," in the dust as it's soared to the revered position of my most commented blog of all time. Partly thanks to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Diana Ross Is Catching Up With Adam Lambert

    Adam Lambert reacts to his own reflection. ​My two most commented posts of all time are in a down-to-the-wire race, as singing legend Diana Ross breathes down the lovely neck of new star Adam Lambert. This contest is even tighter than Bush vs. Gore, and I feel like someone can swoop in and st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    My 10 Most Commented Posts of All Time

    ​Not the most trafficked, necessarily, but the ones that made you leap to your fingers and tap out your thoughts in the largest anonymous gangs. These topics clearly spoke to you and you talked back at the top of your mental lungs. Try to deduce some telling trends from this list of the most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Adam Lambert vs. Clay Aiken: A Tale of Two Coming Outs

    via Wikipedia​Adam Lambert is all over the place with his hit record, so I honestly don't think coming out got in the way of his making a huge splash at all.

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    EXCLUSIVE: 6 Hot Excerpts from Sarah Palin's Going Rogue!

    ​It's the hottest of hot news -- Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue: An American Life and the accompanying tour. There've been some teasers, but our contacts in the publishing industry have leaked us six choice excerpts, which we reproduce for you here: 1. On accepting the Vice-Presidential nomin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Adam Lambert Has Officially Come Out!

    Yes, the eye-makeup-wearing, boy-kissing singer of flouncy tunes has actually shattered the glass closet and made the two-inch step forward. And I'm thrilled about it! But what next? Clay Aiken coming out again? Ellen revealing that she's a top? A bear shitting in the woods? The Pope declaring he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Adam Lambert Gay? We're Shocked. Just Shocked.

    Adam Lambert knocked Clay Aiken off his throne as America's Favorite Homosexual Runner-Up today when Rolling Stone teased Lambert's obvious confession in this week's issue, "I'm gay." "I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay," says Lambert. Right you are! The article ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Gay American Idol Stars Brawl!

    Was it really good for the gay cause last week when Clay Aiken--himself a rouged runner up on American Idol--blogged that the latest second-placer, Adam Lambert, sounded "contrived, awful, and frightening" in a clip he saw of Lambert singing "Ring of Fire"? Didn't that highlight the worst kind of ga ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 15, 2009

    Fallen American Idol Star at Gay Bar!

    Much wood in B'way's Desire Under the Elms revival.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    American Idol Semi-Finals Results 2: Goodbye Norman Gentle, Hello Adam Lambert!

    Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. Oh noes, Norman Gentle didn't make it? Michael Becker/FOXKris Allen, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert Another results night begins with more recapping, more group singing (Ne-Yo's "Closer"), more interviewing. Ryan starts with Nick: If you d ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 25, 2009

    Did Craig Bierko Date Charlize, Meg, or Gretchen?

    Plus a helping of roasted Manilow.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    American Idol Week 4, Hollywood: Norman Gentle is "Bnoodles," Ryan Seacrest's Lip-Rapist is a Repeat Offender

    Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. We're finally in Hollywood! Is this our next Idol? God I hope so. Hollywood! Finally, American Idol is about something, even if only remotely. So here on the road to Sucker of '09 are 147 people who got the yellow slip over the past thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Caroline Kennedy in the Senate? Gag me with a silver spoon.

    Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. We're finally in Hollywood! Is this our next Idol? God I hope so. Hollywood! Finally, American Idol is about something, even if only remotely. So here on the road to Sucker of '09 are 147 people who got the yellow slip over the past thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Matt Lauer's Roast: Tom Cruise, Katie Couric, and 3 Hours of Dick Jokes

    Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. We're finally in Hollywood! Is this our next Idol? God I hope so. Hollywood! Finally, American Idol is about something, even if only remotely. So here on the road to Sucker of '09 are 147 people who got the yellow slip over the past thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    This Week's Voice: An Interview with JT LeRoy, Built to Spill, T.I., the New York Film Festival, and More

    Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. We're finally in Hollywood! Is this our next Idol? God I hope so. Hollywood! Finally, American Idol is about something, even if only remotely. So here on the road to Sucker of '09 are 147 people who got the yellow slip over the past thr ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 1, 2008

    Little Britain Stars Dish Gay Aiken!

    Plus, shooting a dead Equus.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    A Conservative Group Acts Conservative!

    Plus, shooting a dead Equus.

  • Columns

    June 24, 2008

    Mario Lopez's Underwear Dis

    Chattin' with Loretta Lynn and John Leguizamo; Carol Burnett in action; adventures of Nick Adams

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    In Praise of Clay Aiken

    Chattin' with Loretta Lynn and John Leguizamo; Carol Burnett in action; adventures of Nick Adams

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    Taxicab Confession: Sir Lance-a-Lot Resurfaces

    Chattin' with Loretta Lynn and John Leguizamo; Carol Burnett in action; adventures of Nick Adams

  • NYC Life

    October 23, 2007

    Lance Bass on Pedophilia

    Musto zings tenor and Lance sings bass. Plus gossip hot enough to roast a Friar.

  • Columns

    July 24, 2007

    Do You Like To Watch?

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    December 12, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    November 21, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    September 19, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    May 23, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    April 11, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    February 21, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    February 14, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Columns

    November 29, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Live video + internet = time to get naked on camera

  • Music

    November 15, 2005

    Turkey Shoot 2005

    Fifteen courses you'll be better off skipping at this year's musical overfeed

  • Music

    June 14, 2005

    Sustenance Enough?

    Indie-rock heavy hitters get confused figuring out why they're doing it, doing it, doing it

  • Music

    June 7, 2005

    Shorter Out

    Live quartet CD proves ruthless alchemist no worse for lacking a built-in kitsch detector

  • Music

    January 25, 2005

    Identity Crisis

    Three American Idol alumni follow up the process in their own, vaguely individual ways

  • Music

    June 15, 2004

    Music

    Three American Idol alumni follow up the process in their own, vaguely individual ways

  • Columns

    April 27, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Three American Idol alumni follow up the process in their own, vaguely individual ways

  • Specials

    April 6, 2004

    Letters

    Three American Idol alumni follow up the process in their own, vaguely individual ways

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    GOP's Pimp My Candidate

    MTV Meets RNC in Times Square

  • Columns

    January 6, 2004

    Best and Worst of 2003

    MTV Meets RNC in Times Square

  • Music

    January 6, 2004

    Ham Lies Down on Broadway

    Rock-operatic American idol chews nonexistent scenery

  • Music

    November 25, 2003

    Turkey Shoot 2003

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

  • Columns

    November 4, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

  • Columns

    June 3, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Putatively musical sounds from hunger, for the fan of the future in a very disastrous year

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