By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, folks, fall has arrived and before you know it, Christmas will be here. The daylight savings time change coming up makes the change of life hard for some of you old girls, so I’m giving you some fantastic recipes using cranberry sauce, which many of you only associate with
How this ‘Bible Belt baby’ became the first drag queen to top the iTunes Christian music charts By Chris Azzopardi In this year’s Republican war against drag, the plot twist no one saw coming was that Flamy Grant, a contemporary Christian artist and drag queen, would top the Christian music charts. Now, that’s a feat
| Apparently, It’s At Least Queer Enough to Piss Off Conservatives By Chris Azzopardi Let’s face it: “Barbie†was going to be gay. Maybe not gay enough, according to some gays. Maybe too gay, according to anti-gays. The fact is, this is a movie about Barbie, and wherever Barbie goes, some inherent queerness will go,
By Johnny Trlica Lots of stories are written about the marriages of rich and famous gay celebrities or well-connected. When Ricky Martin was married in 2015, his wedding was plastered everywhere. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Melissa Etheridge, Jodie Foster, Sara Gilbert, Raven-Symoné, George Takei, Lance Bass, Matt Bomer, and Jim Parsons have all
By Jim Ayres I had a most triumphant Sunday “brunch†recently at a place called Hungry Like the Wolf. If you suddenly hear Duran Duran playing their biggest hit from their biggest album, Rio, it’s no coincidence. Hungry Like the Wolf is Houston’s only 1980s-themed diner and bar. It serves deadly legit breakfast (and lunch
By Romeo San Vicente “Heartstopper†star Kit Connor is about to play audience heartstrings as the co-lead in the film adaptation of Laura Taylor Namey’s YA novel, “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.†The sweet romantic dram-com follows a young woman named Lila (Maia Reficco, “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sinâ€) From the U.S.
By Johnny Trlica Opinion: Houston has become the football capital of the world with no less than three professional teams (*four if counting the Tennessee Titans masquerading as the Oilers for two games this year), and four college-level squads. That’s more than any other city in the country! Earlier this year, the XFL’s Roughnecks, led
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) What’s the old saying? If you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen. Boy, how true! Hope everyone is staying safe in this triple-digit heat that our A/C units are fighting for us. The recipes for this issue are a little unusual. They’re all about breakfast. We love breakfast at my
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension — a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into the Twilight Zone!â€Â Correction: Make
By Nancy Ford While temperatures consistently top out at 100+ degrees throughout our region, this scorching, unrelenting, drought-inducing weather takes a back seat to the hottest question Americans have been asking all summer: Where’s Melania? As much as Donald Trump loves the spotlight, his current wife has recently eschewed publicity with equal fervor. This aversion
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