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Plays, Pumps and Progress
With showgirls, ''hottie guards,'' elaborate headdresses and even a touch of royalty -- the King and Queen of Sodom, no less -- the Actors' Theatre...
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Dress Up
Never mind that you've probably never heard of them. The New York Dolls have helped inspire much of the punk and hair-metal music you have...
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Splish Splash
I'm feeling a little sorry for M. Night Shyamalan right about now. Slam-dunking his movies seems to have become an Olympic sport for critics. In...
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Silky Smooth
He doesn't look much like the Duke, with his coarse dreads pushed back and an empty buttonhole crying on his shoulder. But make no mistake...
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Soundwaves
Jackson WHAT ABOUT THAT, WHAT ABOUT THAT... Janet Jackson's new album, due Sept. 26, will be reflective of the music she's created over the past...
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What Comes Around
For those of us who fell in love with our best friends growing up, Michael Thomas Ford's Full Circle appears to be a dream come...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Aren't startling revelations and unexpected solutions grand? Haven't you been longing for more of them, more often? This may be your lucky week....
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The New York Effect
In the past few weeks, gay-marriage advocates pursuing their goal by filing lawsuits have suffered several defeats. The most surprising and most significant of these...
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SMYAL's Weiss announces resignation
A major staff change is in the works at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), where executive director Bruce Weiss announced his resignation on...
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Balking at the Deal
As the Rehoboth Beach high season began Memorial Day Weekend, it coincided with the trigger of an ongoing story with enough twists and turns to...
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Holiday Road
Lady sings the blues: Ross Now that Beyoncé Knowles is done with Destiny's Child, and especially since the group ended on mostly good terms, comparisons...
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Innocence Lost
Poor Snoopy. America's favorite beagle has turned rabid and mangled his chirping little friend. What's a teenage blockhead to do? Why, question the Universe, of...
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Independent Spirit
It's always gratifying to watch independent filmmakers -- at least those with talent -- reach a point where they're working within the Hollywood system (meaning...
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One Act Wonders
It's summertime in D.C., which means humidity reminding us that we are a city built on swampland and the Metro bulging with tourists trying to...
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Soundwaves
VIRGIN'S KILLERS, SISTERS AND DJS... The headliners are the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who, and tickets are a steep $97.50. But chances are...
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Dog Days
I live in a child-free zone. Our 105-year-old former tenement building holds 20 apartments, all of them a tight fit even for just a couple...
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Anderson vs. Iran
On July 19, 2005, two teenage boys were hanged by Iranian authorities, convicted, according to some reports, of raping a 13 year-old-boy. Doug Ireland, a...
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Swishbuckling
When Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl drifted into theaters three summers ago, few -- least of all myself -- expected it...
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Spiritless Pop
Even on LOGO, the nascent gay-focused digital cable channel, the sight of Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio cuddling, canoodling and cavorting is a bit shocking....
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Soundwaves
TRIBAL'S TRIBULATIONS... Nearly a year ago Billboard's dance music columnist proclaimed the reign of tribal house over clubland to be mainly in Spain... er, sorry,...
