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INTERVIEW: Boyhood Director Richard Linklater

Writer/Director Richard Linklater has released a steady stream of critically adored indie films since 1988’s It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, but […]

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GIRL TALK: Ross Mathews On the Future of His Talk Show, Favorite Red Carpet Moments, and Wedding Plans With Salvadore

I had a quick chat with television personality Ross Mathews yesterday afternoon while he was in a car driving from New York City to the airport. […]

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INTERVIEW: Michael Alig on Readjusting to Gay Life After Prison, Dealing With Murderer’s Remorse, and Crying Over Cronuts

Original Club Kid Michael Alig made a name for himself in the ’90s for his outrageous parties at the Limelight (that era’s answer to Studio 54) and in […]

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InterAct Debuts New Gay-Themed Play, Ritu Comes Home

Last night, InterAct Theatre Company world-premiered its latest show, Ritu Comes Home, at the Adrienne Theater. The story follows Brendan and David, an affluent gay couple who […]

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INTERVIEW: Our Hilarious Chat With Wendy Williams

Last week, talk show queen Wendy Williams touched down in Philadelphia on the first stop of her “How You Doin, America” tour. While here, she […]

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INTERVIEW: 5 Minutes With the Dashing Zac Posen

Fashion designer and Project Runway judge Zac Posen is in town this week to present his fall/winter collection at Saks’ annual Daisy Day Luncheon at […]

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Interview: X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s Evan Jonigkeit

Philly fans — and even non-fans — of X-Men will have extra incentive to stand in line for the next iteration of the long-running franchise, […]

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GIRL TALK: Chit-Chatting with Darienne Lake

I caught up with Season 6 RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Darienne Lake this weekend just before she went on stage to perform at Axis nightclub […]

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Interview: Kristin Chenoweth On Singing With Asthma, Performing for the Phillies, and the Fate of Pushing Daisies

When you hear the name Kristin Chenoweth, there are a multitude of things that could come to mind: her recognizable petite figure and golden voice; […]

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GIRL TALK: Chatting With Prairie Bitch Nellie Oleson (aka Alison Arngrim)

Before Lindsay and her gaggle of mean girls, there was Nellie Oleson, Little House on the Prairie‘s golden-haired living terror. Nellie had an upper hand over those […]

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GIRL TALK: Dishing Dining Out for Life With Pam Grier

Screen legend Pam Grier is taking on a new role this spring — as a spokesperson for ActionAIDS‘ annual Dining Out for Life event, which […]

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GIRL TALK: A Candid Conversation with Courtney Act

Australian dynamo Courtney Act (aka Shane Jenek) comes to Philly this week to perform with fellow Drag Race contestants in the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 […]

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Interview: Bensalem Singer-Songwriter Christina Perri

Bensalem-bred singer-songwriter Christina Perri comes back home this weekend to perform songs from her new album, Head Or Heart, at the Electric Factory. Ticket gabbed with […]

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ON THE SPOT: Director of Oculus On His First Fear and Creepy Favorite Ingredient for Fake Blood

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has an all-too-appropriate hometown. The horror director, whose previous film Absentia, about a missing husband and an eerie tunnel, earned numerous awards […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-Winning Singer Susan Graham Talks About Her Philly Recital Engagement

Grammy Award-winning and international mezzo-soprano star Susan Graham will be making her Kimmel Center recital debut on April 2nd. Graham, known for her interpretations of the […]