Orville Peck & Shania Twain: Legends Never Die

  Queer country singer ORVILLE PECK (and everybody’s favorite gay cowboy) has been wearing his masks way before we had even heard on Covid 19.  Its all about his man of mystery persona .  All we know is that his name is a pseudonym, and that he is based in Canada, and that even with … Continue reading

Oscar losers putting on a brave face

  This morning the media is full of all the lucky stars who picked up a gold statuette at the 90th Oscars last night, as the poor runner-ups who are cruelly out of the limelight again.  What must it feel like on the morning after?  queerguru got exclusive footage of what is going through their minds right … Continue reading

Oscar Noms for LGBT characters all played by straight actors

  The  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards® yesterday and seven LGBT characters all by straight actors were included.  Nothing new in this as nearly 60 straight people have received Oscar nominations for LGBTQ roles to date, but meanwhile an out gay actor has never ever won.   Time … Continue reading

Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray will never die

  It may have been 130 years since Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published but the interest in never ever seems to dim.  Maybe Dorian’s obsession with his beauty never fading so that he agrees to sell his soul is what still resounds with us loudly. Definitely, Dorian pursuing … Continue reading

Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY gets a star studded production

I was always taught, and always teach, that drama occurs in the present tense – that theatre’s most valuable asset as a mode of storytelling lay in its presentation of the here and now, a story unfolding before you. This production/adaptation of Wilde’s classic novel makes the bold decision to deliver a retrospective narration: Dorian … Continue reading

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