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Ellen DeGeneres

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    The Top Six Game Show Appearances By Rappers

    The news of a rapper-packed revamp of Hollywood Squares has been greeted positively, not least because everyone has been able to join in the fun of Googling the demographic term "malennials" to find out if they are going to be allowed to watch the show. It's also allowed some people speculate on whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 3: [White Person], [White Person Cutely/Seriously Performing Urban-Radio Hit]

    The Songs: Karmin, "Super Bass" and "Look At Me Now" and way too many others; Mac Lethal, "Cook Wit Me Now"; Jackson Foote and friends, "Get Low"; Sophia Grace, "Super Bass"; probably more that are shooting up the Reddit charts right now. The Crimes: Anti-pop snobbery; humorlessness in the name of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Ellen Reveals Why She Left American Idol

    ​In her new book, Seriously...I'm Kidding, Ellen DeGeneres reveals what it was like to be a judge on American Idol for a short but concentrated period of time. First of all, she writes, "Ryan is truly a workaholic. He never stops." Ellen jokingly adds that during commercials, Ryan runs arou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Ellen DeGeneres Is Vegan, and Now She Has a Website to Prove It

    Going Vegan With EllenA vegan, two dogs, and a couch.​ For years, Alicia Silverstone was the sole Hollywood vegan to dedicate an entire website to her her dietary and lifestyle preferences. But no longer! Because Ellen DeGeneres has gone and launched her own vegan website.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Lesbians That Do Not Look Like Justin Bieber

    ​Jane Lynch Ellen DeGeneres Chely Wright Jodie Foster Melissa Etheridge k.d. lang Well, maybe k.d. lang.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    American Idol Season 10: Steven Tyler's Sexy-Grandpa Thing Has Got To Stop

    Guess which one of these people needs to stop kicking game to 16-year-olds. Credit: Michael Becker/FOX.​Woof. Oh boy. Here we go. Welcome to American Idol's post-overhaul end-times. This is what happens when the only interesting people on America's highest-rated TV show decide that they've ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    American Idol Dish about Kara vs. Ellen

    ​Turns out the competition on that show isn't always just between the contestants. According to a new book called American Idol: The Untold Story by Richard Rushfield, judges Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres had a bit of a battle going down. Says the author:

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Betty White Is Now a Comic Book!

    ​Is there anything this old broad can't do? The only surviving Golden Girl, 88-year-old Betty will be featured in the Female Force comic-book series available in late November, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) per the request of Betty her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    "That's So Gay!"

    ​I was the first one to lambast this expression some years ago, a phrase which is used to denote something tacky, sad, awful, and tasteless. I thought the phrase itself was appalling, and couldn't believe it was being used by people who would surely never have the nerve to publicly say things ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Lady Gaga Tops Pelosi and Sotomayor on Power List

    ​Forbes magazine has named Lady Gaga the seventh most powerful women on the planet, topping House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor. This is an outrage! Gaga should have been higher! Maybe even at number one, above their actual choice, Michelle Obama. After all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Tuesdays With Snooki: GTL also Includes Side Trips to Barnes & Nobles, Guys!

    via BuzzFeed​Snooki and the gang of Jersey Shore-ists would like you to know that you are hopelessly misinformed as to their true nature, despite you watching them regularly on that "reality TV" show. Gah. On real, live talk show Ellen DeGeneres today, they expressed the existential dilemma of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Was Ellen Axed?

    ​I'm a little bit suspicious whenever I hear of someone stepping down from a lucrative TV job. I always question the truth behind someone saying "This wasn't the right fit" as they exit a big paycheck that puts their face out to kazillions of people on a weekly basis. I mean, did anyone real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Kanye West's Twitter Account Getting Huge, Fast

    ​If you've been living under a rock or something, you may not have noticed that the one and only Kanye West has opened a Twitter account. He's only had it for a day, and as of this posting has over 265,000 followers, meaning he's been garnering about 80 followers a second. How long will it tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    GLAAD Disses Ellen DeGeneres With Ill-Advised Remarks

    ​The LGBT watchdog group GLAAD does a lot of good work, but sometimes they drop the gay ball and embarrass us big time. I recently wrote about how they tried to pull the movie Ticked-off Trannies With Knives from the Tribeca Film Festival, partly because it didn't depict the kind of tasteful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    American Idol Season 9, Idol Gives Back: Shut The Fuck Up, Alicia Keys

    I don't want to be too cynical about "Idol Gives Back", the big annual charity-drive American Idol episode, because God knows the thing does more good with ten minutes of on-air banalities than I will ever do with anything in my life. But every year now, the thing is just sitting in the middle of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    American Idol Season 9, Lennon/McCartney Week: A List of the Remaining Contestants and Their X-Men Equivalents

    Andrew Garcia: cornball bubblefunk. Photo by Michael Becker / FOX​First things first: Two hours? To hear nine people sing for a minute and a half each? That is some ridiculous shit. Is FOX that starved for programming? They couldn't have lopped off like half an hour and run an old episode of P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Week in Review: Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

    In the week a chipped tooth kept Lil Wayne out of jail and a secretive, proprietary Billboard chart made a success out of his new, abysmal Rebirth, we pulled our Paul Wall grills out of the closet, just in case. You never know when your hood pass might get pulled, you know? Care for a Sightings p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    American Idol Season 9: Ellen Degeneres Makes Hollywood Week Slightly Bearable

    Michael Becker / FOXHollywood Week​We're almost in real-time now--the Hollywood round began taping only a few weeks ago. That gives the show a slightly fresher cred; for instance, contestants are now singing "Bad Romance" instead of "Poker Face." And what's more of-the-times than placing a mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Thank You, Out Celebs!

    ​I've spent so much energy all these years railing at celebrities who cower in the closet that it's important I take a step back once in a while and throw some bouquets at the ones who actually opened the door and did us proud. So thank you, out celebs!

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Ellen Replaces Paula Abdul on Idol

    ​So they ignored all our suggestions--LaToya Jackson, Abe Vigoda, and so on--and went with Ellen DeGeneres to fill in the woozy dormouse slot on the American Idol panel, formerly occupied by "Straight Up" star Paula Abdul and her morphine patch scar. But I think this is a good thing! Ellen wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    News Roundup: Girls Album Listening Party, Music at Fashion's Night Out, Ellen DeGeneres Takes American Idol, Lee Ranaldo's Broken Wrist

    ​--If you somehow haven't heard Album, the sublime glazed-over debut by San Francisco's Girls, Impose and Insound are holding a listening party for the record--and for fellow Matador signees Times New Viking's Born Again Revisited--at Bruar Falls in Williamsburg next Wednesday, September 16th. ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 1, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: September 2 through 8

    ​--If you somehow haven't heard Album, the sublime glazed-over debut by San Francisco's Girls, Impose and Insound are holding a listening party for the record--and for fellow Matador signees Times New Viking's Born Again Revisited--at Bruar Falls in Williamsburg next Wednesday, September 16th. ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    The Queer Issue: Rachel Maddow, the New Sexy

    The Butch is back, with a poster girl

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Interview: Artist Ben Frost on His Latest Show, Plague Landscapes, at Brooklynite Gallery

    "I faked my own death and everybody believed me: even my mum cried when she read about it in the paper." In 2000, Australian artist Ben Frost faked his own death, sending out newspaper funeral notices that doubled as invites to his solo exhibition. Some, of course, saw this in poor taste--but wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Adman: McCain Camp Wouldn't Let Me Use Jungle Drums, Ellen

    "I faked my own death and everybody believed me: even my mum cried when she read about it in the paper." In 2000, Australian artist Ben Frost faked his own death, sending out newspaper funeral notices that doubled as invites to his solo exhibition. Some, of course, saw this in poor taste--but wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    Macho Man the Book: How Gay Can Literature Get?

    "I faked my own death and everybody believed me: even my mum cried when she read about it in the paper." In 2000, Australian artist Ben Frost faked his own death, sending out newspaper funeral notices that doubled as invites to his solo exhibition. Some, of course, saw this in poor taste--but wha ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    June 17, 2008

    Triumph of the Lipstick Lesbians

    The glamorous power lesbian conquers Manhattan

  • Columns

    January 22, 2008

    Ass-Baring Parties Conquer Nightlife!

    These are hairy times, but you can still enjoy yourself, if Bingo is your game-o

  • Columns

    January 15, 2008

    Terrence Howard's Latest Hustle and Flow

    Black people revive the Great White Way. Plus a hue and cry from Mel Brooks.

  • Columns

    December 25, 2007

    The Very Best "Best of '07" Round-Up!

    The absolutely last word on words not to have lived by during the previous year

  • Columns

    September 18, 2007

    Hillary and Condi and Dykes, Oh My!

    Plus items of purely prosthetic appeal.

  • Columns

    September 5, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Plus items of purely prosthetic appeal.

  • Screens

    November 15, 2005
  • NYC Life

    November 1, 2005

    The Death of the Dumb Blond

    Why peroxide rot is, like, officially over

  • Columns

    June 21, 2005

    Tough Advice for Ellen, Angelina, and the Olsens

    Why peroxide rot is, like, officially over

  • Music

    January 11, 2005
  • Columns

    December 21, 2004

    Best and Worst of Sex 2004

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • Columns

    December 21, 2004

    NY Mirror

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • Columns

    February 3, 2004

    NY Mirror

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • Columns

    September 16, 2003

    NY Mirror

    From Hollywood to the Ballet, the Year In Sex Gets Mixed Reviews

  • News

    February 26, 2002

    A Woman for Her Time

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Columns

    September 11, 2001

    Leather Puppy Love

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Columns

    August 29, 2000

    NY Mirror

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Columns

    July 18, 2000

    Let’s Get Real

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Film

    September 14, 1999

    String Me Up! String Me Down!

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Film

    May 25, 1999

    The Love Letter

    In Memory of Stonewall Warrior Sylvia Rivera

  • Columns

    January 19, 1999

    NY Mirror

    ''At Kurfew, the revelers sloppy-kiss as if their only romantic experience was from watching Freddie Prinze Jr. movies.''

  • Columns

    August 25, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''At Kurfew, the revelers sloppy-kiss as if their only romantic experience was from watching Freddie Prinze Jr. movies.''

  • Columns

    June 23, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''At Kurfew, the revelers sloppy-kiss as if their only romantic experience was from watching Freddie Prinze Jr. movies.''

  • NYC Life

    January 13, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''At Kurfew, the revelers sloppy-kiss as if their only romantic experience was from watching Freddie Prinze Jr. movies.''

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