All Entries in the "Entertainment & Sports" Category
Mel B Talks: Spice Girls Reunion & Loving a Woman
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT— Mel B will tell you what she wants, what she really, really wants: to get back to being Scary Spice again. Not that the pop star, known as the Spice Girls’ wild child, ever got away from her alter ego. But even with a solo song out now – “For […]
Kickstart-ing Gay Film Projects
Three LGBT Projects That Need Your Money By: Chris Jenkins/Special for TRT— Making a pledge to a Kickstarter film or series is like making a pledge to public television. You’re not an investor and you won’t get a piece of the profits. You’re simply helping the recipient to present the kind of material you’d like […]
Jason Dottley’s Return to Love Story
Star of TV’s Sordid Lives On Life and Love After Divorce By: Mick Sandoval/Special for TRT— When Sordid Lives star Jason Dottley married his long-term partner, playwright-filmmaker Del Shores, in 2003, the pair imagined theirs would be a love to last a lifetime. Together, the ‘first couple of West Hollywood’ (as they were often dubbed […]
BREAKING: Russia to Create “Protest Zone”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russian authorities “plan to set up a protest zone in the city of Sochi.” Concern about protests at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in February have been building for months since the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin enacted laws to […]
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus’ “Haul Out the Holly”
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC)—whose mission is to create musical experiences to inspire change, build community and celebrate difference—will present their annual holiday show, “Haul Out the Holly,” throughout the month of December at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. “The Chorus’ role is to share the stories of […]
Gloria Estefan Lives for Loving You
The Queen of Latin Pop on covers album, being ‘saved’ by gay fans and Broadway musical By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— You’d be lucky to see Gloria Estefan busting out the conga these days, but that doesn’t mean she’s not keeping on her toes. A spot on Glee last year, a new album, an upcoming Broadway […]
Deep Inside Hollywood: Guinever Turner’s Project, Ellen DeGeneres’ New Shows, Channing Tatum
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT— Guinevere Turner Creeps up on you Guinever Turner, star and co-writer of the ’90s lesbian indie classic Go Fish, has never stopped working. Or working it. She wrote the screenplay for American Psycho and died on screen, glamorously, at the hands of Christian Bale, she’s produced projects, written even […]
The Outfield: Broadway Impacts the NY Marathon
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— There are eight million stories in the Naked City. There were also 50,000 runners in this month’s Naked City – er, New York City – Marathon. Each of them had a story too – about why he or she trained for months, then pushed through pain to run for hours […]
The End of San Francisco, Comes to Boston
By: Allison Francis— Radical queer activist and author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is currently wrapping up a tour in support of her new memoir, The End of San Francisco. The memoir covers Sycamore’s experiences in SF, Boston, Washington DC, and other cities she’s passed through – stories about sexual assault, addiction, homelessness, self-discovery as a radical […]
To Cook Is to Love: A Foodies Journal – Winter Warmer
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Columnist— When I was a little boy, I loved sharing jokes and funny stories with friends. I even had this book of riddles and jokes for kids which gave me lots of great material. One of my favorites was: What’s the weather forecast for Mexico? Chili today and hot tamale! This time […]
Rhode Island: New England Premiere of Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical
WARWICK, Rhode Island – Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), which recently launched its first full season in its new state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick, is proud to present the musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite, Miracle on 34th Street. The New England Premiere, with additional underwriting provided by Radisson Hotel Providence Airport, will run at […]
A Foodies Journal: Pretty Please, No More Shutdowns or Fiscal
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Columnist— Thank goodness the federal government is up and running again, and for the time being at least, we can watch a TV program without being reminded by the little clock in the corner of our screen that the nation is ticking down to financial Armageddon. While I certainly don’t agree with […]
The OutField Sochi Olympics: Kick Butt and Take Names
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— In 1936 it was the Nazis. In 1980, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1984 brought retaliation for 1980. This year, it’s treatment of gay people. Another year, another threatened Olympic boycott. As Russia criminalizes LGBT people – a new law threatens jail for anyone even acknowledging gay people on the […]
Lady Gaga, Ellen Page, Sophia Grace & Rosie, Ben Whishaw and Ellen DeGeneres
By: Romeo San Vicente/Special to TRT— Lady Gaga cooks another Thanksgiving Special A Very Gaga Thanksgiving must have pulled in some decent ratings because she’s doing it again, this time with the Muppets on Lady Gaga and The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, set to air Thanksgiving night on ABC. True to its name – one where […]
Dixon Reveals Non-Apologetic Approach to Ending Oppression
By: Nicole Lashomb /TRT Editor-in-Chief— Twenty-something year old nationally and internationally acclaimed Boston film maker, Amir Dixon, is no stranger to oppression and the ramifications of such a concept. As a black gay man, fighting against the mainstream “norm,” Dixon knows all too well what it means to be discriminated against, even along the freedom […]
