http://www.EDGEboston.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:02 -0500 http://www.EDGEboston.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Entertainment/boston http://www.edgeboston.com/?103234 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=103234 Audience members who were new to RENT would have come away from The Boston Conservatory's March 3-7 run with a new understanding of what the fuss was about all those years the show ran on Broadway; those who have seen it before were sure to be reminded, in the best way, of just how much fun the show is--never more so than in the hands of such excited young talent. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103232 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103232 Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103188 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103188 Every TV you turn on, every magazine you read and everywhere you turn everyone is talking about ADAM LAMBERT. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103127 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103127 It's hard to miss Bitch, even if you've never met her before and aren't familiar with her from her early 2000s punk-folk duo, Bitch and Animal. The multi-colored dreadlocks she's worn for most of her career have been replaced by a spiky jet-black haircut, but she's still unmistakable. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103069 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103069 Queer films have always been part of the Boston Underground Film Festival; this year they're represented by any number of films from the genre known as "grindhouse" films. Anna Feder, executive director of the 2010 Boston Underground Film Festival, looks at the relationship between these film genres. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102750 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=102750 A mash-up of Flashdance, Saturday Night Fever and Xanadu, this air-headed musical for tween girls is - surprise - fun on its own level. The DVD is worth it just to watch the jaw-droppingly sincere musings by the stars and director about the deeper meaning. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102630 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=102630 A fitting tribute to the late author and activist Howard Zinn, The People Speak is also fascinating entertainment, featuring the poetry of a people read by a who's who of Hollywood. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?101652 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=101652 For better or worse, sex and sexuality are huge cultural issues, but family, with its own version of "for better or for worse," is at the crux of The Baby Formula, right where it should be. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103216 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103216 It is always delightful when someone can turn their chance at fame into a wonderful platform that helps educate others on, raise awareness to, and support others with HIV/AIDS. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 star, Ongina, has done just that. EDGE's BeBe Sweetbriar had the opportunity for a candid and lengthy interview with the drag star. Here it is. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103204 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103204 Diahann Carroll may be turning 75 later this year but she obviously isn't thinking about retirement anytime soon. Besides a long, often groundbreaking career, the classy Ms. Carroll is still very active whether it's getting the word out about being a cancer survivor or playing the role of June, a wealthy Rat Pack-connected widow who takes in sexy Matt Bomer's con man character Neil Caffrey on cable's latest hit series, White Collar, which winds down its first season of episodes this Tuesday at 10/9c on USA. EDGE's Jim Halterman was there when Carroll recently talked to journalists about just how good-looking Bomer is in real life, her new role on the cable hit and what else she'd like to accomplish in her already wonderful career. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103163 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103163 The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103162 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103162 When tickets went on sale for Lady GaGa's concert dates last year, they sold out in a matter of hours -- largely, it turned out, to her gay fans. She is the latest in a long line of celebrities that can be identified as Gay Icons. But why do gay men respond so strongly to such movie stars as Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor; and such pop stars as Madonna, Britney Spears and GaGa?EDGE's Matthew Pilecki looks at the relationship between gay men and celebrity icons and comes up with some surprising answers. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103126 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=103126 Cascading in this week is angelic San Francisco house songstress Samantha James with a brand-new single, "Waves of Change." Riding the wave is another SF music maven, DJ/remixer/producer Kaskade, who shores up a slew of remixes on the track. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102888 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=102888 Varla Jean Merman joins the Gold Dust Orphans for their biggest comic extravaganza yet. Should Andrew Lloyd Webber be worried about The Phantom of the Oprah? Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102594 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=102594 Filmmaker Gustavo Camelot has been an architect and a stage performer (Les Miz in London's West End). But turned to filmmaking upon writing his first novel. That became the basis of Broken Glass, his debut film that is now available on DVD. EDGE's David Andrusia spoke with the multi-talented Camelot recently about his film, studied architecture at Oxford, appeared on stage in the West End, and won awards for his first short film, "The Seventh Bottle," leading to his first feature, "Broken Glass," that has just been released on DVD in the United States. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?100057 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=100057 Alan Carr, the larger-than-life (in every sense) impresario of movies spectacularly successful (Grease), horrible (Can't Stop the Music), Broadway (Le Cage Aux Folles) was outrageously gay before it was popular, as this eat-with-a-spoon biography demonstrates in all his lavish, caftanned glory. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103151 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103151 Sunday night are the Oscars. Will it be Avatar or The Hurt Locker? Or will Inglourious Basterds sneak in and take the gold statuette? EDGE has some predictions. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103157 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103157 While attention is focused on the more high profile Oscars this year, the Short Film categories are far more competitive. EDGE's Jim Halterman spoke with Juanita Wilson, one of the frontrunners for the award, who spoke about her film The Door, which concerns survivors of Chernobyl and one family in particular striving to get some semblance of life back. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103156 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103156 Kathy Griffin traveled to Sarah Palin's backyard and took the stage with Playgirl model Levi Johnston where she took aim at Sarah Palin. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103154 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=103154 The American Repertory Theater's "America: Boom, Bust, and Baseball" series resurrects Clifford Odet's Great Depression drama Paradise Lost in a timely production overseen by director Daniel Fish. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST