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Less than a month after the Washington Blade, known as “the gay paper of record,” celebrated its 40th Anniversary at a glitzy reception at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C., comes news that the paper will no longer exist. The Blade—along with Atlanta’s Southern Voice and four other LGBT publications—shut d (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Science:
Would we have had Alien, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine if it weren't for a certain bearded Victorian?Darwin, Evolution and the Movies is a one-off festival of film and live comedy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859. Over this weekend the f (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
This past year or two I've been revisiting what you might call my cultural roots. Because I was distracted almost daily by treatment for a wounded foot and unable to work much, I began re-reading the PG Wodehouse, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sexton Blake stories I enjoyed as a kid. From these I went on to movie and TV favourit (Read More)
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AfterElton.com blogs:
Comedian Billy Eichner has been making a name for himself in New York City for quite some time. A 2005 New York Times article called his late night fake talk show Creation Nation co-starring Robin Taylor "a theatrical phenomenon", and with subsequent appearances on Bravo's A-List Awards and The Showbiz Show with David Spade (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Film:
CinemaScore is the audience-reaction research tool of choice for the film industry - because of its uncanny accuracy. Not good news for Richard Kelly, whose latest film The Box has just been awarded a rare-as-Ed-Wood's-teeth F-gradeThere can be no doubt that Cameron Diaz's new film has flopped. The Box, a horror thriller ad (Read More)
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tor.com:
Emmet’s reading Acacia by this year’s John W. Campbell Award winner David Anthony Durham. It is labeled book one of “War with the Mein.” This led me to pondering that common pitfall of making up fantasy names: hitting on something that already means something else, and is thus inadvertently funny. “Mein” to me means “noodle (Read More)
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The Guardian:
The Glee and Role Models star is one of only a few gay women on our screensWe all know that Hollywood is run by a cabal of homosexuals (or Jews, or liberals, or something), right? Well, apparently, it's not the homosexuals that you think, because it's not gay men – but (cue threatening music, speedy close up and dramatic tu (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Film:
Predictable second part of the all-conquering teen vampire franchiseIn the first Twilight film, lovely, young Bella Swan couldn't have sex with her vampire beau in case he got carried away and bit her. In this new one, on the other hand, Bella can't get it on with her werewolf suitor in case he gets carried away and claws t (Read More)
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observer.guardian.co.uk:
From Goldfrapp to Badly Drawn Boy, from Karen O to Nick Cave, more and more big names are lining up to write music for films. What makes the process so appealing?'When you're writing a song, it's like you're the director, scriptwriter, cinematographer, everything. You're trying to create this little world, and although that (Read More)
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The Guardian:
It's been labelled derisory and unperformable, Monty Python lampooned it, even its fans admit it's ridiculous. But the neglected 1950s musical Salad Days isn't mere escapismOutside, it's overcast and autumn and engineering works on the tube. Inside, it's "sunshine and summer and falling in love". Outside, it's youth unemplo (Read More)
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tor.com:
In my last post I offered my recommendations of young adult fantasy novels; now I’d like to share some YA science fiction recs. I think you’ll find there’s something that’ll appeal to just about everyone!If you like psychological SF, like Passage and Flowers for Algernon, try:House of Stairs and Singularity by William Slea (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Film:
Rumours abound that JJ Abrams - if he is to helm the revamped Enterprise's second outing - will cast Lost hunk Nestor Carbonell in the role made famous by Ricardo Montalban. Is that playing too safe?Directors have their favourites. Follow David Lynch on his latest journey to Planet Weird and you'll probably find Laura Dern (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Speculative fiction has produced some of the most intriguing story titles ever. But which are the best of the best?You should never judge a book by its cover, but should you judge a story by its title? If the recent success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is anything to go by, then for many readers today the answer is ye (Read More)
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MSNBC.com: Americas:
Murder charges are filed in the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, burned body was found last week, while officials say they are weighing whether to make it a hate crime case.
Hate crime - Murder - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations - Hate. (Read More)
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L.A. Times - National News:
The revolt follows a vote to permit sexually active gay and lesbian pastors to serve as clergy. The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Luther (Read More)
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