Tag Archives: gay icons

Gaga + Vampires + Titan Media

I don’t know if this is a fan clip or if Lady Gaga herself is behind it, but it’s hot and weird and probably NSFW.

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Early AIDS Activist And Poltergiest Actress Zelda Rubinstein Dies At Age 76

Zelda Rubinstein, the tiny actress known for her iconic role in Poltergeist and beloved by gays for early work in AIDS activism, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 76. Rubinstein, who also appeared as the mother figure in a high-profile mid-1980s public awareness campaign in Los Angeles aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS, died today of …

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Happy Belated, Dolly

I meant to mention Dolly Parton’s 64th birthday on Friday as an excuse to post this, her first appearance on the Porter Wagoner Show in 1967, where she performed her first chart hit, Dumb Blonde. Dolly has scored 59 Top 40 hits on the country chart, including 21 #1’s.

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Betty White Receives Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

These clips will likely have a short life on YouTube.

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Lady Gaga Collapses On Stage, Atlantic City Marriage Benefit Postponed

Lady Gaga’s marriage equality benefit in Atlantic City tomorrow night has been postponed due to illness. Via press release from LGBT activist group The Power: Due to exhaustion and dehydration, Lady Gaga collapsed and passed out before her show last night in West Lafayette, IN. Her doctor has urged her to take a few days off to rest. We wish …

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Petula Clark Still Has It

For no particular reason other than to brighten the morning of my fellow oldsters, here’s the still fabulous and 77 years old Petula Clark performing her 1966 #1 smash I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love at a recent Paris concert. Turn it up. Make with the happy. MORE: From the same October 2009 concert: Don’t Sleep In The Subway, Downtown, …

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It’s A Lady Gaga Xmas

The parodies keep coming. This is one of the better ones. (Via – Towleroad)

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2009 Grammy Nominations

Here are the top categories. The rest are here. Album Of The Year:I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyoncé)The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)The Fame (Lady Gaga)Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)Fearless (Taylor Swift) Record Of The Year:“Halo” (Beyoncé)“I Gotta Feeling” (the Black Eyed Peas)“Use Somebody” (Kings Of Leon)“Poker Face” (Lady Gaga)“You Belong With Me” (Taylor Swift) Song Of The …

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Beyonce Vs. Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga – Bad Romance

Say what you want, the girl isn’t boring.

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Lady Gaga Speaks At The NEM

And here’s her performance at the HRC dinner.

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Worst SNL Skit Ever?

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Her Madgesty On Letterman

With a suitably royal entrance on the shoulders of the New York Rangers. Madge tells Letterman that her marriage coincided with “the Bush years” and “it was a good time to be out of America.” (Via – Towleroad)

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Madonna – Celebration

As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m not a fan, but I’m not NOT a fan. So I rather like this, particularly the bridge. Cameos from daughter Lourdes and boytoy Jesus Luz. UPDATE: Warner Music Group’s sales prevention team has pulled the video from YouTube.

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Friendly Voices – Kylie Minogue

“When I started out in music, going from acting to singing, that transition was very successful, but I also got flack for it. Many hurtful things were said. It wasn’t easy. I was only 19 and I think the gay audience kinda picked up on that and decided to defend me and adopt me. They saw I was being criticised …

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NYC Homeless Shelter For LGBT Youth To Name Residence For Bea Arthur

The Ali Forney Center, NYC’s homeless shelter for LGBT youth, is naming one of their residences for the late Bea Arthur. Via press release: The Ali Forney Center (AFC), the nation’s largest organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth, will formally announce it’s plan to name a residence for LGBT youth in honor of Bea Arthur at her memorial service on …

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80’s Flashback

Grace Jones, Pull Up To The Bumper, 1981. Last night my ex Ken and I saw Grace in concert at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom, almost 25 years after we last saw her at Fort Lauderdale’s Copa, where she appeared exactly three hours late. Grace took the stage a mere 90 minutes tardy last night, performing the first number entirely shrouded in …

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Madonna – Celebration

Here’s a low-rez (including crowd noise) leak of the first single from Madonna’s coming greatest hits package. Over at Boy Culture, Matthew Rettenmund has all the details about the release, including artwork and track listings.

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to see the legendary Grace Jones at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on July 30th. Last fall Jones released her tenth studio album and her first in 19 years, the critically raved Hurricane. The original new wave, art/disco diva Grace Jones is back with her first album in 19 years …

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Kylie Ticket Giveaway On Modern Tonic

Judging by the reaction to my post about Kylie Minogue’s first ever North American tour, I know that some of you will want to pop over to Modern Tonic and enter their ticket giveaway. The giveaways are for the shows in Los Angeles and New York City.

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