The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from May 2008

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from May 2008

"Gay bi gay gay".(MUSIC)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... The South by Southwest Music Festival is one of the most influential showcases for emerging talent. However, it is also, ironically, one of the most commercial. But each year a small group of LGBT people, like Le Tigre's JD Samson, get together...

Pennsylvania pending.(ELECTION 2008)(Pennsylvania primaries)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... The presidential race of a generation winds its way toward closure with the Keystone State's April 22 primary, where Hillary Clinton needs a sweeping win to remain viable. Obama's top LGBT policy adviser lives in Philadelphia, while two local...

Going green in NOLA.(FIRST PERSON)
May 6, 2008... On his first trip to New Orleans post-Katrina, Advocate news and features editor Sean Kennedy takes a guided tour of the lingering devastation, learning how the disaster happened--and how to prevent another one from occurring. From Habitat for...

How green is gay?(FROM THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
May 6, 2008... Every magazine is doing a green issue. We know that, and so do you. But we figured the first green issue of The Advocate would easily stand apart. We're gay, after all. We assumed that when it came to an obvious priority like saving Mother...

Remembering Larry.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I'm writing to express my deep disappointment with the approach taken by your story "Mixed Messages," addressing the murder of Larry King [April 8]. Amazingly, the article seemed to suggest that Larry somehow...

The Advocate poll: should LGBT teens exercise caution in expressing their identity?(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... "We can tell these kids to be who they are, but without instilling a sense of situational caution we are leading them to their deaths." "Do the breeders exercise caution in displays of their sexual identity? Nope. So why should queer...

In a family way.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 6, 2008... Mr. and Mrs. Beatie were very brave in sharing their story ["Labor of Love," April 8]. It's one thing to go through their pregnancy in private, but to write about it and open themselves up to the national media is another. As a straight woman...

Rethinking marriage.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 6, 2008... I'm pleased you liked Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage enough to call it "brilliant," but you so mischaracterized my argument that several people urged me to contact you [Paper Trail, April 8]. Marriage will extend legal protections to LGBT...

Out on the street.(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Rio de Janeiro: "What do you do to protect the environment?" Wagner Lima, 30 business owner [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I separate my trash into different types, like organics, plastics, and...

Green day ... and night.(BUSINESS)(Ford Motor Co. reduces the building's heating and cooling needs, cleans air and storm-water runoff, and provides a home for nesting birds)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What comes to mind when you think of Ford Motor Co.? Big, manly trucks? Maybe the American Family Association? Whatever it is, you probably wouldn't think green roofs. But Ford's River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Mich.,...

Art goes green.(Forward)(Anna Goodson Management)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Montreal-based Anna Goodson Management represents some of the finest illustrators around the world, including several whose work appears in this magazine. This year Goodson promoted her clients by sending out...

Safe in the stalls.(Forward)(Safe2Pee website)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... WHEN YOU LOOK different, the simple act of relieving yourself can have terrifying complications. "Public bathrooms are a place where violence can happen to gender-variant people," says 23-year-old Bailey Stevens, who cocreated...

Dangerous liaisons.(Forward)(man accused by her wife for infecting her with HIV)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... The following is not the plotline of Univision's latest telenovela: A California woman has sued her ex-husband for infecting her with HIV, though he claims he didn't know he was HIV-positive at that time--and believes his ex-wife infected him....

Talking about silence.(DOSSIER)(Day of Silence)
May 6, 2008... MOST DAYS, Mikey Gonzalez can't shut up. As the only openly gay student at Lansing High School near Leavenworth, Kan., the 18-year-old has taken it on himself to educate students about LGBT rights, fight for the passage of a federal...

By the numbers: White ain't so green.(Forward)(White Party)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Circuit events like the White Party in Palm Springs, Calif., have been a major draw for the gay and fabulous for years. But what kind of footprint-besides one from a Prada sling-back-did the recently wrapped WP leave behind? 20,000 ...

Gary Herb.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gary Herb, 56, one of the founding members of the groundbreaking cabaret act Gotham, March 8, in Baltimore. As part of Gotham, Herb toured the world and performed at Carnegie Hall and on The Merv Griffin Show. He is...

Michael Brown.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Michael Brown, 50, the owner of West Palm Beach, Fla., gay bar H.G. Roosters, who was found by police March 21 beaten and stabbed to death. The alleged killer, Brant Hines, 27, hung himself in Brown's apartment. Brown began slinging drinks at...

Ivan Toms.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Ivan Toms, 55, antiapartheid activist and champion of gay rights, March 25, in Cape Town, South Africa. Toms helped end his country's conscription of white men into its racist security force, though he was harassed and his homosexuality was...

Ronald H. Haines.(DIED)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Ronald H. Haines, 73, the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (D.C.), March 21, at his home in Lancaster, Pa. As bishop from 1990 until retiring in 2000, Haines supported the ordination of women and gays and lesbians.

GLBT Center.(APPOINTED)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Carlos Martinez, as executive director of the GLBT Center of Colorado, it was announced on March 19, in Denver. Presently the executive director of California's Fresno Art Museum, he is a founder of Bienestar, a Los Angeles HIV/AIDS health...

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.(HIRED)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... Juan Barajas, as a San Francisco Bay area-based senior director at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, it was announced on March 19. Barajas, the former executive director of the Pacific Center for Human Growth, an LGBT center in...

Rants & raves.(Forward)(Quotation)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... "I'd just never felt strongly enough about a particular relationship to say, 'Yeah, he's my boyfriend, that is what it is.'" --R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe, in the April issue of Spin [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "My advice to the gay...

Datebook: 04.22-05.06.(Forward)(Calendar)
May 6, 2008... APRIL 23-MAY 4 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A good excuse for a trip to NYC is Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival, which has grown into one of the country's most important movie events. ([left arrow]) TRIBECAFILMFESTIVAL.ORG MAY 3...

The eco-conscious shopper: how to buy your way to a greener tomorrow.(FAST LANE)
May 6, 2008... SHOPPING HAS NEVER BEEN more fun for the green consumer. Whether you're an eco-friendly newbie or an old-school tree hugger, the recent explosion of earth-conscious products means it's easier than ever to make a difference in your home. With...

Not your grandmother's diesel.(FAST LANE)(Volkswagen Jetta)
May 6, 2008... 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN RETAIL PRICE (MSRP) $23,000-$25,000 STANDARD ENGINE 2.0-LITER TDI DIESEL HORSEPOWER 140 TORQUE (LB-FT) 236 FUEL ECONOMY, CITY (MPG) 40 HIGHWAY (MPG) 55 (ALL NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES) [ILLUSTRATION...

Ticket to fly? Paying extra to erase your travel's environmental damage is easy, but does carbon offsetting really clean our planet or just ease a guilty conscience?(ENVIRONMENT)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NO MATTER HOW MUCH recycling you do at home, you can't avoid the fact that when you travel you contribute to damaging fossil fuels in the environment. While no one would tell you not to take a summer vacation, some...

Bees to honey: gay blogger Jeremy Hooper leaves behind the blogosphere's bitch-and-smear and learns that it's more effective to befriend your enemies.(FIRST PERSON)
May 6, 2008... MOST OF US ARE AWARE of the intensely antigay Westboro Baptist Church, which has staged public demonstrations for nearly two decades, claiming everything from hurricanes to AIDS to the Iraq war is divine retribution for our country's tolerance...

Morgan Spurlock.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
May 6, 2008... "I'm not gay, but my mustache is flaming," said Morgan Spurlock on receiving a 2006 GLAAD Media Award for an episode of his F/X reality series 30 Days--and his career's been equally red-hot since his 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size...

Rufus to the rescue: our favorite troubadour is staging a green initiative that's mysteriously cool--just like him.(THE GREEN ISSUE)(Blackout Sabbath)(Rufus Wainwright )(Cover story)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On the rainy eve of the spring equinox on the Lower East Side in a decrepit former synagogue, it was very dark and tea candles were lit everywhere and it smelled like a dusty beehive. Wainwright had just changed out...

The cult of (green) consumption: why being trendy is the worst thing that could happen to the environmental movement.(Essay)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] INSIDE A RENOVATED MOVIE THEATER near downtown Los Angeles, lamps assembled from thousands of discarded silkworm cocoons light up tables of recycled teak. The FordBrady gallery--owned by former bicycle racers...

The green guru: Danny Seo was born to save the Earth.(THE GREEN ISSUE)(Interview)
May 6, 2008... IT WOULD BE EASY TO THINK DESIGNER DANNY SEO was destined to preach the gospel of green. After all, the 31-year-old eco-living guru was born on Earth Day, April 22,1977. But that wasn't actually in his parents' plan. "My mother had a...

Plugged in: can General Motors' innovative electric car--coming to you as early as 2010--live up to the hype? Sean Kennedy looks under the hood of the Chevy Volt.(THE GREEN ISSUE)(Chevrolet Volt)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AUTO INDUSTRY ICON BOB LUTZ says the Chevy Volt will "go down in history as a true game-changer." General Motors' vice chairman isn't just waxing enthusiastic--he's telling us what we want to hear. At least Lutz's...

Eco warriors: when gay meets green, great things happen.(THE GREEN ISSUE)(environment friendly gay living)(List)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ROBERT HAMMOND AND JOSHUA DAVID The City Saviors AT A 1999 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING in Manhattan's West Chelsea district, Robert Hammond (left) and Joshua David discovered a shared love for the High Line, a defunct...

Reader, meet author: one Los Angeles critic's Monday night film series turns the table and makes Hollywood come to its fans,.(FILM)(Stephen Farber)(Interview)
May 6, 2008... Stephen Farber has been discussing movies for over three decades, sharing a passion for cinema that has endured numerous studio upheavals, countless celebrity crash-and-burns, and every evolving public taste. "Film has changed over the...

Comedy, played straight: the films of Judd Apatow are redefining comedy--but are women and gays in on the joke?(Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL DIRECTED BY Nicholas Stoller STARRING Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, and Kristen Bell UNIVERSAL JUDD APATOW IS FLYING HIGH. Not only has he directed enormous hit movies (The 40-Year-Old...

The Living End lives again: Gregg Araki's sexy and angry AIDS road movie hits DVD in a revamped new edition.
May 6, 2008... "Young people today can't even imagine what it was like to be gay in the late '80s and early '90s, when people were dying every day all around you and it felt like a war zone," recalls writer-director Gregg Araki, whose break through movie The...

Third party: after nearly a decade, Portishead returns with a new twist on an old idea.(Third)(Sound recording review)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PORTISHEAD Third MERCURY/ISLAND ON THEIR 1994 DEBUT, Dummy, Portishead took the blueprint drawn by fellow Bristol, England, natives Massive Attack--mixing samples, strings, hip-hop beats, and idiosyncratic...

Estelle.(MUSIC PICKS)(Shine)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ESTELLE Shine ATLANTIC Legend protegee gets help from Kanye West and Cee-Lo on shimmering debut. Not that she needs it. The neo-soul diva of 2008 to bet on.

Robyn.(MUSIC PICKS)(Robyn)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ROBYN Robyn CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE Futuristic grooves and attitude for days from lithe Swedish dynamo. What happens when teen pop stars don't go off the rails.

Jamie Lidell.(MUSIC PICKS)(Jim)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JAMIE LIDELL Jim WARP Killer third LP from R&B innovator with an ear for the oldies and pipes to match. With hints of gospel and '70s funk, this pairs well with Gnarls Barkley or Motown.

The Roots.(MUSIC PICKS)(Rising Down)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE ROOTS Rising Down DEF JAM Remember when hip-hop was about reality, not pure escapism? The Roots do. Their ninth full-length of new material is thoughtful, gritty, and political. Deal with it.

Sarah McLachlan.(MUSIC PICKS)(Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, vol. 2)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SARAH McLACHLAN Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff, Volume 2 ARISTA Canadian siren compiles one-off duets (Cyndi! Emmylou!), covers, and that Tiesto remix of "Silence." Think primo estate sale, not...

Increasing the environment *: a daily log chronicles the sacrifices one man makes for the good of the planet.(COLUMN: THE WHITE PARTY)(Column)
May 6, 2008... I READ LOT OF MAGAZINES. I know that's not very green. But I have to know what's going on. And I feel gross bringing my laptop into the bathroom. I especially read a lot of magazines about awesome (and usually expensive) furniture. I used to...

A new map of the heavens.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
May 20, 2008... AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, the planets of gay media are realigning, and The Advocate is entering a new orbit. In an April 9 statement, PlanetOut announced its entry into "a binding Letter of Intent with an affiliate of here! Networks to acquire...

Giant hunk of talent.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 20, 2008... It was a treat to read Brandon Voss's delightful and insightful cover story about Broadway actor Cheyenne Jackson ["Cheyenne Stands Tall," April 22]. Even if he weren't 6 foot 4, he would stand out no matter what he did. But for the record,...

Classic omission.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 20, 2008... Every time The Advocate's music issue rolls around it's a safe bet that classical music will be totally unrepresented [April 22]. I suppose this is because you are catering to readers who are "young" and therefore assumed to be uninterested in...

President McCain?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
May 20, 2008... While I applaud The Advocate for including guest opinions from across the political spectrum, I did not subscribe to your magazine to have my intelligence insulted. In less than a month, I've read yet another race-baiting rant from hatemonger...

The advocate poll: are you more likely to support an artist if he or she identifies as LGBT?(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... "If I read about an LGBT artist, I'll be more likely to seek out a listen, but it doesn't mean I'll buy the CD if I don't like it. It's about the music, first and foremost." "No. It should be the talent that counts, not who they go to bed...

Corrections.(FEEDBACK)(Correction notice)
May 20, 2008... Corrections: Our April 22 story "Dynamic Duo" indicated that a Gilbert and George retrospective was traveling to Minneapolis; the show, in fact, is traveling to the Milwaukee Art Museum, June 14-September 1. Also, with regard to a letter in the...

Out on the street.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Greensboro, N.C.: "How will you spend your tax refund?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ivan Canada, 29 account executive "I'll pay off the rest of my annual donation to the Guilford Green...

International incident.(WORLD)(same-sex marriage)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How does it feel to have the happiest day of your life turned into political manipulation by a gay-hating world leader? Ask New York spouses Brendan Fay and Tom Moulton. Footage of their 2003 Toronto nuptials was...

Birth control for lesbian teens.(Forward)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... An LGBT health center may seem like an odd place to bestow federal money for preventing accidental pregnancies. But the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in downtown Manhattan is now receiving Title X funding for family planning, says...

The last great bookstore.(Forward)(Little Sister's bookstore)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... Opening any gay-themed establishment in the '80s was an extremely brave act, but Little Sister's bookstore in Vancouver, Canada, took ballsiness a step further. Janine Fuller, its manager since 1989, has helped the store wage a legal battle...

"Pen" is mighty.(Forward)(gay writers)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Queer writers such as Armistead Maupin and Leslie Feinberg have achieved mythical status within LGBT circles, but try to find their works in any American classroom. Recognizing this dearth, the Lambda Literary...

Record breaker.(DOSSIER)(Karen Pearson)(Interview)
May 20, 2008... KAREN PEARSON SEES Amoeba Music--a colossal independent California music retailer with locations in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles--as an alternative to chain music stores. And the lesbian co-owner makes sure Amoeba continues to defy...

Died.(Transitions)(Charlton Heston)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DIED Charlton Heston, 84, prolific actor and the face of the National Rifle Association, in his Beverly Hills home, April 5. Heston, who starred in Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, and Planet of the Apes, once served...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu.(HONORED)(Archbishop Desmond Tutu recieves Outspoken Award)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... Archbishop Desmond Tutu, by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, for his global support of LGBT people, April 8. After accepting the Outspoken Award, the former Nobel Peace Prize recipient compared the importance of human...

Sally Kern.(EXPOSED)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... Oklahoma state representative Sally Kern, when the Oklahoma City PFLAG chapter released audio to the public April 9 of a March 27 meeting between the two in which she is heard to say gays should not be fired because of sexual orientation--a...

A deal to purchase LPI Media.(ANNOUNCED)(Regent Releasing; PlanetOut )(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... By Regent Releasing, a deal to purchase LPI Media, whose publications include The Advocate and Out. Regent, which also operates here! TV, signed a binding letter of intent to acquire the magazine and book publishing arm of PlanetOut for $6.5...

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.(APPOINTED)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... Rea Carey, as acting executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in April. She will step in for exiting director Matt Foreman, who is moving to the gay and lesbian program of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund. Carey has...

Rants & raves.(Forward)
May 20, 2008... "I don't swear by [Botox], but I think it's quite good. The key is to not do the forehead. Men need forehead lines, and doing the forehead makes you look like Nicole Kidman!" --Torchwood star John Barrowman, in the April issue of U.K....

Paper trail.(Forward)(Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever )(Excerpt)
May 20, 2008... In his memoir Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever, Joel Derfner chronicles his lifelong gravitation toward the extremely fabulous. At age 6, Derfner was trying to sign up for needlepoint and flower-arranging classes at summer camp,...

Datebook 0506-0520.(Forward)
May 20, 2008... MAY 18 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lace up your tennies for AIDS Walk New York, a six-mile philanthropic stroll that begins and ends in Central Park. AIDSWALK.NET/NEWYORK MAY 14-15 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pocket gay Leslie...

It's the high-def frontier: it's a whole new world, so keep your wits--and your remotes--about you.(FAST LANE)(Pioneer Elite)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] 1 Best plasma TV: Pioneer Elite PRO-110FD Kuro Flat-panel TVs are among the top three things electronics consumers are obsessing over... but which to choose? The Pioneer Elite is the young Elvis of televisions, a...

Converted coupes.(FAST LANE)(convertible automobiles)(Product/service evaluation)
May 20, 2008... An expensive ride under sunny skies on the way to Haulover Beach isn't the only way to go topless. While you can't turn Des Moines into Miami, not all convertibles have to take a chunk out of your wallet. Some beauties are priced at less than...

I am gay and I am hip-hop: a music industry insider explains how hip-hop helped him grow from traumatized teen to proud gay man.(FIRST PERSON)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GROWING UP IN DETROIT, I was raped by an adult male next-door neighboor. The incident left me emotionally and mentally paralyzed. But it started a craving and yearning for other teenage boys. I figured it was a...

Marrying with money: how the buying power of gays may win the marriage fight.(GUEST OPINION)
May 20, 2008... WHEN THE PEOPLE OF SPRINGFIELD, the fictional hometown of The Simpsons, agreed to legalize same-sex marriage, it wasn't out of a sense of justice or equality. Instead, they realized it was an easy way to make a quick buck. As Mayor Quimby...

Digging for dollars: in 2006 less than 9% of total funding for LGBT issues went to groups that work with blacks, Latinos, and other people of color. Conn Corrigan finds out why--and what's being done to resolve the imbalance.(ACTIVISM)(FIERCE)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE CHRISTOPHER STREET PIER is a favorite hangout for many gay youths of color in New York City--a place they can "truly be themselves," as the narrator of the documentary Fenced Outputs it. The film, produced in...

Martha Plimpton.(BIG GAY FOLLOWING)(Interview)
May 20, 2008... The go-to Goonie for tomboy or lesbian parts since her 1985 big-screen breakthrough, Martha Plimpton has balanced mainstream films such as The Mosquito Coast and Parenthood with queer-friendly art-house fare, including Pecker and / Shot Andy...

The exit interview: after 18 years as one of our most visible LGBT activists, Matt Foreman has stepped down as head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Trading grassroots power for financial influence, his new role at the Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund has him allocating $8 million in annual funding for LGBT causes. Kerry Eleveld asks him about the switch, what's in store for the movement, and where we're missing the mark.(NEWS)(Interview)
May 20, 2008... Our interview complete, Matt Foreman sits back and says with a hint of relief, "That is the last media interview I ever have to do." Some people relish being in the spotlight and playing the PR game; others do it because they must in order to...

Transpositions: as the media world buzzed about the "pregnant man," trans activists stayed relatively mum. Now we're asking: Has Thomas Beatie's public exposure hurt the transgender movement?(CULTURE)
May 20, 2008... "I'm going to be sick. I am upset.... That was not only stupid and useless but, quite frankly, disgusting."--Mika Brzezinski, cohost, Morning Joe, MSNBC "There is no way this child will be able to lead a normal life. Oregon is a strange...

She's bringing sexy back: in this summer's Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall is back for more. But the woman who symbolizes sex with no strings isn't anything like her screen persona--except of course when she is.(SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW)(Interview)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Oh, my God, look at these prices!" gasps Kim Cattrall, her eyes bugging in horror at the Four Seasons' continental breakfast menu. And she's right--$30 for lox on a bagel is insane. But still: Samantha Jones?...

Open book: Chuck Palahniuk writes stories that fearlessly expose the darkest parts of the human experience. So why is it that when it comes to his sexuality there are still some things he likes to keep hidden?(SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW)
May 20, 2008... "THIS IS WHERE THE STILLBORN BABIES and dead children go," whispers Chuck Palahniuk. We're in the children's tower, a five-story shaft in the massive Portland Memorial Mausoleum, one of Palahniuk's favorite landmarks in Oregon's largest city....

The month-by-month film guide.(SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW)(Calendar)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] May INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Paramount) May 22. Indiana Jones is back, and this time he's in pursuit of mysterious skulls while dodging a sinister Russian interrogator (Cate...

Portrait of a killer: the most haunting element of Tom Kalin's new film Savage Grace is the face of newcomer Eddie Redmayne.(FILM)(Movie review)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE FIRST TIME Eddie Redmayne met his costar Julianne Moore was during his final audition for Savage Grace. The scene: It's 1972; Tony Baekeland, the wealthy young heir to his family's plastics fortune, is sitting on...

Foreign exchange: searching for the next frontier in LGBT filmmaking? Look overseas.(FILM)(XXY; The Edge of Heaven)(Movie review)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] XXY DIRECTED BY LueiaPuenzo STARRING Ricardo Darin, Valeria Bertuchelli, and Ines Efron FILM MOVEMENT THE EDGE OF HEAVEN DIRECTED BY Faith Akin STARRING Patrycia Zlolkowska and Nurgul...

He-Man and The Masters of The Universe, volume 2.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BCI ENTERTAINMENT A new three-disc installment of the Emmy award-winning revival of the classic cartoon series continues the adventures of our favorite hero in a loincloth.

I'm Not There.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Weinstein Company Todd Haynes's confusing but epic tale of the legend of Bob Dylan got Cate Blanchett one of her two Oscar nods this year, but Christian Bale really steals the movie.

A Raisin in The Sun.(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment This acclaimed adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry stars Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad. Hairspray's Craig Zadan and Nell Meron are executive producers.

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead.(DVD PICKS)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Image Entertainment Sidney kumet's thriller was overlooked at Oscar time, even though it has one of Philip Seymour Hoffman's best performances. Hopefully, it can now be rediscovered.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.(DVD PICKS)
May 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Universal Gen Xers, rejoice for the rerelease of the TV show's 1996 film version--which features Mike Nelson (the cute one) on-screen.

Hold the wine, please: don't confuse debut artist Dully with all those other British Motown bad girls.(MUSIC)(Sound recording review)
May 20, 2008... DUFFY Rockferry MERCURY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THEY SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING as bad publicity. But in the case of much buzzed-about newcomer Dully, it may help to dispel a couple of persistent rumors. Despite growing...

Sarah Bettens: Shine.(MUSIC PICKS)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... SARAH BETTENS Shine COCOON/GOLDENROD MUSIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Album number 2 from this out Belgian alt-rock veteran and Logo Click List fave is on a women's music label. Oddly, her ever-present hoarseness only...

Matmos: Supreme Balloon.(MUSIC PICKS)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 20, 2008... MATMOS Supreme Balloon MATADOR [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lovers Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt deliver a new disc of colorful, simple synth instrumentals. Brainy, sexy, and now made in...Baltimore.