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All posts tagged "hollywood"

  • Movies: New Films and Festivals

    Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. SEPTEMBER ''Fame'' JENNIFER'S BODY -- Story has it that screenwriter Diablo Cody wrote this...

  • For Goodness Sykes

    Wanda Sykes is power-walking. At least that's what I think she's doing. I hear birds chirping in the background, and once during our conversation she...

  • Pumped for Pride

    Here's a tidbit that might surprise you: The person RuPaul admires most is... Judge Judy. ''I love her!'' exclaims the performer who skyrocketed to national...

  • Here's Valerie!

    ''I feel like there's momentum now, finally in the country, toward sanity,'' says Valerie Harper. The veteran actress, this year's Capital Pride Celebrity Grand Marshall,...

  • World Wonder

    While it may be four decades since her iconic character first twirled her way across American television sets, when Lynda Carter flashes her smile at...

  • Ellen Degeneres on Proposition 8: ‘No’ means ‘Yes’

    ”The wording of Prop 8 is tricky. It’s like if someone asked you, ‘You don’t want dessert, right?’ But you do want dessert so you...

  • Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi marry [video]

    ”Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married tonight in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles.” A spokesperson for the newly married...

  • Ellen commits. Jodie splits.

    “Yesterday, if you haven’t heard, the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage. So, I would like to say right now, for the...

  • Gossip Whirl

    Perez hilton Whether you love him or hate him, there's no denying that Perez Hilton -- aka Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. -- has Hollywood by...

  • Reynolds Rap

    ''There is no more Hollywood,'' bemoans screen legend Debbie Reynolds. ''It's a sign on a hill but there are no more studios, no more heads...

  • The Importance of Dixie

    Editor’s Note: The following interview originally appeared in the Sept. 3, 1998 edition of Metro Weekly. It has been modified slightly from from the original...