Eden Riegel, who played lesbian icon Bianca on ‘All My Children’ for a decade, chats about the resurrection of the citizens of Pine Valley … online STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com It’s common knowledge that nobody on a soap opera is ever truly dead — even if the actor portraying a role dies, the [...]
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Of dwarfs and dragons
‘Game of Thrones’ returns, and not a moment too soon Fans of the HBO series Game of Thrones don’t just love the show — they loooove the show. I should know; I’m one of them. (It was one of my Top 10 of 2012.) It’s the third-highest-rated series in HBO history, made even more significant considering [...]
Trans athlete Gumbled on ‘Real Sports’; Mike Tyson smarter than he seems
Gumble talks to a 51-year-old point guard for Mission College’s women’s basketball team, a 6-foot-6 powerhouse named Gabrielle Ludwig. But it’s not her age that’s the focus of the piece — it’s that she was born Robert Ludwig.
Built Ford Model Tough
It seems now that the only criterion for a reality cable TV show is how punny and suggestive the title can be. A show about big-breasted women working in a bra shop would be a non-starter …until you call it Double Divas, then you have a tentpole. Would anyone watch Honey Boo Boo if [...]
Cooking Channel’s Beekman Boys on their amazing ‘Race’
People might know Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell through their television show The Fabulous Beekman Boys on the Cooking Channel, but with their come-from-way-behind victory on last season’s The Amazing Race, the couple is now twofers when it comes to TV fame, winning a race around the world. “They actually recruited us,” Ridge says. “We [...]
Screaming queen
Hoon Lee gives Cinemax’s new crime drama ‘Banshee’ an unexpected dose of drag ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor As an Asian-American actor, Hoon Lee is accustomed to looking at, as he says, “a smaller spectrum of roles.” So when a good one comes by, why turn it down? That experience informed Lee’s decision to [...]
The year in entertainment: Tube
10. The New Normal (NBC). Ryan Murphy is so over-taxed — in addition to this, he has three other shows on the air (Glee, The Glee Project and American Horror Story: Asylum), all of which took a turn for the worse (however slightly) this year. While New Normal wasn’t perfect, its sassy discussion of gay [...]
Kors you’re out, Posen in on ‘Runway’
In discussing the return of Project Runway, they noted Heidi would be back with Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia and new featured guest judge Zac Posen. No mention at all of Michael Kors. Then, later down, we find out Kors will be the final celebrity guest judge during Fashion Week. Auf Wiedershesen.
REVIEW: ‘Liz & Dick’
Lohan looked the part of Liz Taylor, clearly. I was excited. And now, disappointed with Liz & Dick, the Lifetime movie (airing Sunday) that was to be her comeback.
The gayest election night ever
Tuesday night was generally seen as a victorious one for gay and lesbian people across the nation: The reelection of Barack Obama, the first sitting president to endorse full marriage equality; the historic election of lesbian Tammy Baldwin to the U.S. Senate; the defeat of anti-gay legislation. But even more gay was the coverage itself. [...]







