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2017: A Year in Review… What the Celebs Said
Interviews by Chris Azzopardi Before we forever move on from the rankling crap-stain known as 2017, let’s revisit some memorable words of encouragement from a heap of A-listers who used
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We Are All Allison Janney
‘I, Tonya’ actress on Tonya Harding’s queerness, girl crushes and her quest to play a ‘pioneering lesbian’ By Chris Azzopardi Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what’s up
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Martha Stewart – Still your other mother
Lifestyle icon talks ‘1860s’ approach to equality, how gays ‘up their game’ in her midst and same-sex weddingsÂ
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And the winner is… Houston Public Media’s Ernie Manouse
By Randall Jobe Senior producer and host of Houston Public Media’s InnerVIEWS, Ernie Manouse recently won two Emmy Awards, bringing the grand total to ten in his 22 years as a
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Reba McEntire: Your Country ‘Conduit’
By Chris Azzopardi Reba McEntire has released a beautiful new Christmas album. The melancholy spirit of her friend Dolly Parton’s 1982 holiday staple “Hard Candy Christmas†is preserved on McEntire’s