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Interviews and articles about the people and the shows that matter to us.
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10 Reasons You Should Be Watching Big Love new
Plural marriage means hot chicks, times three! HBO has announced that its hit show Big Love will begin airing its third season in January. Curve gives you the break down on why you should be watching. Read the full story to find out what the 'big' deal is.
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15 Must-Buy TV DVDs
TV’s fall premiere season is right around the corner, but before you get wrapped up in all those prime-time dramas, why not take a peek at some of the best TV shows now available on DVD? Chock full of behind-the-scenes commentary and often accompanied by goofy cast outtakes, there’s a reason we love to get our favorite boob tube shows on DVD. Plus, there aren’t any commercials. Here are CURVE’s top 15 TV-on-DVD picks this month.
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She makes us bust our guts as the hilarious star of Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show. Now Julie Goldman gives us the scoop on what goes into making our favorite TV comedy show, her stand-up act Offensive Women and what might come next.
|  | Curl Girl's Michelle Fleury Dishes It All
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As loud police helicopters fly above her head, sexy surfer babe Michelle Fleury of the Curl Girls discusses the reason why she surfs, women's panties, the Wiggles and her infamous date with Jackie Warner.
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Initially, it was Jen and Zoi, the lesbian couple on Top Chef: Chicago that got all our adoration, with Lisa flying under the proverbial gaydar—well, that is until she came out and started sporting a new sexy buzz cut. But this rebel dyke chef, who battled with a litany of contestants and judges, marched herself all the way to the final three, often with an imposing scowl on her face.
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Alice Wu on Saving Face
First-time writer/director Alice Wu talks about Saving Face, her groundbreaking Asian-American lesbian film, on the eve of its DVD release.
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Alicia Goranson Tells All
Alicia Goranson, the Midwestern blonde who rose to fame as Becky Conner on Roseanne, has proven time and again that she doesn’t want to be a sex bomb. After leaving Roseannefor Vassar College, Goranson, who grew up in Evanston, Ill., took small roles in critically acclaimed films and challenging guest-starring roles in television series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Sex and the City. Now a hit in the New York theater scene, her latest film, Love, Ludlow, doesn’t feature any lesbians, but it’s feminist and queer enough for us to love it anyway.
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Andrea Richards
Author and filmmaker Andrea Richards has always been into making short films — at least since high school when she and some friends tried to get out of writing a paper on The Canterbury Tales by making a movie version.
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Behind the Scenes of Experimental Film
The idea of a teenage girl selling her virginity on eBay is so twisted that it seems like it could actually happen. Buy It Now capitalizes on that slippery slope between fiction and reality in a two-part film that is both disturbingly creepy and fascinatingly complex.
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Carlease Burke
You might recognize this veteran actor — and out lesbian — from TV, movies and Pizza Hut commercials.
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Celebrate Margaret Cho Day
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The South Light Court in San Francisco City Hall was filled with press and fans alike when Theresa Sparks, the transgender president of the police commission, mayor Gavin Newsom and the incomparable Margaret Cho walked into the room to declare April 30 as Margaret Cho Day. |  |
Changing Spots
Two real-life lesbian couples join forces to create the ultimate indie dyke drama.
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Chatting with Shani Heckman
The recent recipient of the Tee A. Corrine Prize for Lesbian Media Arts, San Francisco-based filmmaker Shani Heckman’s got her eyes set on bigger projects already. Moving beyond her work in the queer community, Heckman's upcoming project aims to educate about the foster care system, this time from the kids’ point of view.
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Cho on Top
Margaret Cho is back — with some new tricks up her sleeve.
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Cho Revolution
Comic Margaret Cho makes out with Anna Nicole Smith, tours with the Indigo Girls and gets out the vote — all in a day’s work.
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Curve's Fall 2005 TV Guide
After Buffy ended and Bianca left All My Children, dykes were temporarily scarce on the boob tube. But despite the recent departure of Queer as Folk, it seems that the drought might be over. While lesbians might not always be main characters, primetime TV has gotten a lot more gay-friendly this year. Here’s what’s on our TiVos.
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Dani Campbell's Shot at Love
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Sure, MTV’s newest superstar is America’s first lesbian girl next door, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t also a smokin’ hot mack daddy.
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Dead Girl Talking
Amber Benson talks about “Latter Days” and “Buffy,” but it’s her “Ghosts” that prove there’s life after death.
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Ellen Page
At 19 years old, Canadian import Ellen Page is well on her way to international superstardom. The X-Men star and indie film actor takes a minute to chat with us about fame and feminism.
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Erin Cummings
On Dante’s Cove she plays sexy girl-next-door Michelle, but in real life Erin Cummings is a smokin’ up-and-coming starlet who could break you in half. A word to the wise: don’t pinch her butt.
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Farrah Krenek
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You may not have heard of her yet, but be sure to keep this sexy up-and-coming starlet on your radar.
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Fish Without a Bicycle's Jennifer Blanc
Actress Jenna Mattison may have made Curve’s Top Ten Reasons We Love Her section, but Jennifer Blanc, her saucy, sexy, deadpan co-star in Fish Without a Bicycle, gets an equal dose of our adoration for playing Vicky, the “oh-my-god-I’m-a-lesbian-in-love-with-my-best-friend” character we can all relate to.
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Folk Like Us
Blazing a trail, Showtime is airing a new show this spring destined to do for lesbians what Queer as Folk has done for gay men — putting us in the spotlight for the first-ever lesbian ensemble drama series on television.
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Girls on Film
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Get ready for the third annual San Francisco Women’s Film Festival: five days of film and festivites brought to you by Bay Area ladies. April 11–15, 2007, at various locations.
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Goodbye Melanie, Hello World!
As the fifth and final season of Queer as Folk zooms to a close, actress Michele Clunie —who plays spitfire dyke Mel on Showtime's groundbreaking gay hit — tells us about cheating lovers, sudden fame, lesbian custody battles and why she loves her private parts.
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High Art Imitates Life
"I completely identified with Lucy," says Ally Sheedy of her lesbian role in the sexy new film High Art. "I had to play this part. I know this woman inside and out."
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Honey Labrador
Honey Labrador is Queer Eye’s first female cast member and a power dyke who balances motherhood with impending stardom. We’re already addicted.
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Hot Cameras for Cool Chicks
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I was the only non-hipster at Nikon's Four to the Floor event in the fall when I self-consciously strolled into Ruby Skye in San Francisco. Up-and-coming DJs set up for their live show on the dance floor, but the real star was the drool-worthy line-up of Nikon's latest cameras.
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Ian Harvie Is One Busy Comic
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A successful stand-up comedian who opens for (and is good friends with) Margaret Cho, works in movies and has a talk show somehow manages to find the time to talk to CURVE. And, find out why dykes love him.
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Interview with Annabelle Gurwitch
When TV actor Annabelle Gurwitch was fired by iconic funnyman Woody Allen, she took the opportunity and ran with it. Gurwitch turned her sorry experience into a hysterical, touching and inspiring documentary, where we learn that happiness is the ultimately the best revenge. A must-see for anyone who's been canned, dismissed, "let go" — or just hates their boss.
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Interview with Joyce Draganosky
Brooklyn filmmaker Joyce Draganosky understands love. She and her partner Laureen Callo have been charming audiences all year with their quirky lesbian romantic short, The Science of Love.
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Interview with Michelle Babin
America’s Next Top Model spawns another lesbian celebrity. Tomboy Michelle Babin hardly knows what to do with fame.
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Interview with Michelle Wolff
If you didn't already catch her in Mango Kiss, watch for the beautiful blue-eyed butch in Dante's Cove. As the sexy and athletic Brit, Michelle Wolff sure knows how to get us hot and sweaty.
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Interview with Rachel Shelley
With a sexy affair and a nice girl attitude, The L Word’s Helena took us all by surprise this last season. Rachel Shelley speaks on her celebrity status and making love to Alexandra Hedison.
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Interview with Tamika Miller
The producer of over 60 commercials and music videos, award-winning filmmaker Tamika Miller dishes on her latest film, Sarang Song, inspired by the life of Angela Davis.
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It's a Girl-Girl Thing
Elle Macpherson's trip into lesbianhood falls flat Lesbians who, since her steamy bi-curious role in "Sirens", have been waiting to see Elle Macpherson involved in some Sapphic action have had their wishes come true, sort of.
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Jackie Warner Confesses
The uber-fit Jackie Warner, has five successful businesses, including the Bravo hit show Work Out (now in its third season) and a new fitness DVD, One-on-One with Jackie. She divulges to us why she's so self-obsessed, who she wants to sleep with and what she thinks of straight guys.
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Joan Chen's Wild Side
She may be over 40, but to her lesbian fans, actress Joan Chen — who stars in the first feature-length Asian-American lesbian film ever released in the United States — is still the next big thing.
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Julie Goldman
Julie Goldman has been cracking up the masses since age 15, when she got her first stand up gig at Boston’s Comedy Connection. Between writing for New York City drag king Murray Hill and performing with politcally minded comedy troupe Laughing Liberally, sheďż˝s starred as Drea McClay in The D Word and more recently as Linda in Erin Greenwell’s indie flick Mom.
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Karina Fever
Why does it seem every woman in America — queer and straight — is lusting after Karina Lombard, The L Word’s breakout star?
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Kat Feller's High School Reunion new
Waiting 20 years to out yourself to former classmates sounds like an absolute nightmare. How about waiting all those years and having it be televised for anyone in the United States to see? Welcome to Kat Feller's world.
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Kennedy the Vampire Slayer
If you aren’t among the 3 million people who were slavishly devoted to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you might not recognize Kennedy — or, rather, the woman I like to call television’s hottest new lesbian.
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Laughing with Andrea Meyerson
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Andrea Meyerson is the filmmaker behind all three Laughing Matters films. Her new "docucomedy"ť of Kate Clinton's 25th anniversary tour made us laugh so hard we had to sit down for a chat.
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Leisha Hailey: Is It Love?
The L Word’s Leisha Hailey and Erin Daniels chat us up about season two, sexy co-stars and girlie crushes.
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Lesbians Behind the Lens
Some of summer’s greatest films were sadly overlooked by the mainstream. Here’s a recap of our favorites from this past season.
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Lesli Klainberg
Curve catches up with the documentary diva who recently co-directed and co-produced Fabulous! the Story of Queer Cinema.
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Making Love--and Chocolate
Award-winning screenwriter Peggy Thompson explores that question with the film Better than Chocolate. "Love and humor cross all boundaries--as much as some try, it can't be escaped when it grabs you," she says.
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Margaret Cho on Top
Margaret Cho has strutted into summer with a new CD, a new comedy concert film and a new attitude. Her latest work, Notorious C.H.O., is the smart and sassy follow-up to her well-received 2000 film, I’m the One That I Want.
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Meet Sexy Top Chef Jen!
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She went toe-to-toe with some of the best culinary talent on Bravo's Top Chef. Now's your chance to meet Jen at Different Light Bookstore in San Francisco when she'll be signing copies of Curve's June Pride issue. |  |
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Talks Politics
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For a dose of political commentary, straight women have Tucker Carlson, conservatives have that blonde half wit, gay men have Anderson Cooper, and we gals have Rachel Maddow.
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Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia
Roma Maffia, who plays a lesbian on the edgy FX drama Nip/Tuck, gives us a little mental workout.
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Odd Girl Out
Funny girl Suzanne Westenhoefer did a brave thing recently, and she wrote about it for Curve: She was the first out gay comic to appear on Letterman! You can find her tell-all expose here!
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Our Films, Our Selves
Almost 3 million people watched Sambal Belacan, Madeleine Lim’s award-winning documentary about three Asian women making a home in the United States. The attention was nothing new for Singaporean-born, San Francisco-based director who runs the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project. The wildly successful QWOCMAP trains women of color to make films and then helps get those films in front of viewers. Lim talks to Curve about her work and fostering the careers of other queer women.
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Our Kind of Indiana Jones
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Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney spends her days dishing in the dirt—literally. The star of the Discovery Channel's Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen dishes to Curve about the cross-dressing female pharaoh, Hatshepsut.
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Perfectly Piper Perabo
In the May issue of Curve, Perabo talks about changing teams midstream, her hot Hollywood crush, and the perils of being typecast in Hollywood.
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Piper Perabo: Love at First Sight
In 2000’s Coyote Ugly, Piper Perabo played a plucky young woman from New Jersey who moves to New York to make it in the music industry. In true Hollywood fashion, she lands a job, not as a simple waitress, but as a bartender at a fabled establishment where water is never served and the beautiful employees routinely dance on flaming countertops. A year later, she appeared in Lost & Delirious as the brooding Paulie, a boarding school lesbian with a penchant for fencing and a doomed crush on a classmate. This spring, she plays Rachel in the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You.
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POWERUP's Not So Itty Bitty Film
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This movie is a much bigger deal than the title makes it sound. It won “Best Narrative Feature Jury Award” at South by Southwest and worked its way into our hearts. Read about the impetus behind the film, what it was like to make it and how the actors feel. |
Pride Film Picks
So many flicks, so little time. Is your video store all played out? Are you looking for something good to curl up to on a hot summer night? Time to check Curve’s Web-only picks of DVDs we couldn't fit into the magazine in time for Pride.
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Pumkin Joins Our Team
Reality TV maven Brooke Thompson is best known to the world as sassy, sharp-tounged "Pumkin" from reality dating show Flavor of Love. Flavor fans will best remember Pumkin as the blond chick who shocked all by spitting on co-contestant "New York" during a tiff. And guess what else - she's queer!
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Rosie Rocks the Boat
It’s one thing to find a vacation spot that welcomes you and your same-sex partner; it’s another thing entirely to find one where you can comfortably bring your children, especially if you’d prefer to be in the company of other queer parents. That’s the premise behind Kelli and Rosie O’Donnell’s R Family Vacations, and the family-friendly cruises they offer to “your entire family, in what ever way you define it.” R Family’s premiere voyage, which set sail in July 2004, is the subject of the HBO documentary All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise. |
Sapphic Screen: New DVD Releases
The summer blockbuster season may be drawing to a close, but that just means it’s time to get ready to snuggle up with a great DVD and your honey on a cool autumn night. Take a look at our handy list of the best in newly released DVDs—perfect for getting your Netflix list in order for the fall.
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Scarlett Shepard
Women in Film Festival founder Scarlett Shepard talks with us about the history of the festival and her latest endeavors.
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She Rocks
Rocker Cheri Lovedog's semiautobiographical film "Prey for Rock & Roll" wowed them at Sundance by asking the question, "When do you give up on a dream?" After languishing for years in the obscurity of small Los Angeles nightclubs, Lovedog is finally getting her due as screenwriter to the hot new indie film starring the lovely Gina Gershon, Lori Petty, Drea de Matteo and Shelly Cole.
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Sneak Peek at Film Fests
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Summer is the perfect time to kick back and catch a good popcorn flick. But if you’re looking for something a bit more edgy, queer and independent or want to be ahead of the curve on upcoming blockbusters, now is a great time to visit a local film festival.
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Something for the Girls
Showtime’s new series The L Word gives lesbians a moment in the spotlight. And Curve made an on-set visit to get the skinny on how the show has changed since it got the green light last year.
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Sonja Sohn Taps Into the Wire
During a break on the set of HBO's "The Wire," Sonja Sohn — in her trailer cooking string beans and struggling with her cell phone — tells us why she’s thrilled to play television’s only black lesbian.
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Steaming up the Small Screens
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These lesbian shows play up the diversity of our community and are oh so hot. Check out our favorites, including Guin Turner's Don't Go and the latest lesbian Internet soap opera, Playing Spades. |  |
Strike a Pose: Janice Dickinson
A little eccentric, yes, but supermodel and TV star Janice Dickinson is not nearly as insane as I had hoped. The self-proclaimed "world’s first supermodel" chats with us about activism and the modeling industry, and reveals her choice for the world’s sexiest women.
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Take That! TV’s Top 10 “Lesbian” Crime-Fighter Shows
Finally, the networks seem to have figured out what we knew all along — ratings soar when there’s a hint of a lesbian storyline. That’s why so many crime shows lately are featuring crime-fighting babes not afraid to at least flirt with lesbianism. Here’s our take on the top 10.
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The Dirt on Carly Pope
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Maybe you caught her as high school journalist Sam McPherson on Popular, or perhaps you checked her out in this year’s Itty Bitty movie. The young veteran of TV and film fame dishes on what it’s like to mature on screen, how she picks her roles and why she defies definitions.
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The L Word’s Sense of Style
Cynthia Summers, the fashion stylist behind Showtime’s The L Word, shares her insider tips on which designers the gals of The L Word wear.
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The Lesbian Brokeback Mountain?
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Everyone is buzzing about Manan Singh Katohora's cross-cultural lesbian love story, When Kiran Met Karen—find out why some are calling it the lesbian Brokeback Mountain. Also, we've got the low down on where you can catch the premiere.
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Tila Tequila's Girls Speak
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From Amanda the Amazon and Brandi Ryan to Ashli the Virgin and Vanessa Romanelli, we catch up with the other women of A Shot at Love and find out what life is like since the first bisexual reality show. |
Tipping Her Hand
Sarah Waters’ spellbinding novel has been transformed into a made-for-TV movie shown on BBC America and at film festivals around the world. But can the adaptation ever really match our imaginations? Tune in to find out.
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Top 10 Things We’ve Learned from The L Word (So Far)
It seems like only yesterday that The L Word was but a twinkle in creator Ilene Chaiken’s eye, and yet we are already well into the Showtime lesbian drama’s third season. Showtime has still not announced whether the show will be renewed for a fourth season, but regardless of whether the dyke drama returns, you can’t deny that the show has taught us a lot about lesbian life in Los Angeles. Here are some of my favorite lessons, good and bad.
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TV: What's Hot Now!
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So many hot women, so little time. But, a few deserve your attention this month. Read about On the Lot, Curl Girls, Top Chef and Sandra Bernhard.
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Virgin Alert
Deborah Kampmeier’s profound and psychologically penetrating indie feature film Virgin tells the story of Jessie (The West Wing’s Elisabeth Moss), a troubled teen who wakes from a drug and alcohol binge with no memory of how she got into the woods or what happened the evening before. When she discovers she’s pregnant, Jessie becomes convinced she’s carrying the next Christ child,
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We're Nuts About Nadine
Ah, who can resist a woman with issues? Teen runaway, vagabond and troubled artiste, bad girl Van stole our hearts the moment she walked onto Dante’s Cove. We recently chatted with Nadine Heimann, the ravishing rookie actor who breathes life into her.
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What's Cooking With Iron Chef Cat Cora?
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Iron Chef Cat Cora has cooking in her blood. She comes from a long line of Greek cooks and restaurateurs and is a mom herself. Find out how she balances fame, the flames and motherhood.
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What's Hot Now
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So many HOT women, so little time. Lucky for us three telly shows, Top Chef, On the Lot and Curl Girls are featuring lesbians and they are running now! And, one well-known lesbian comic songtress, Sandra Bernhard, releases a new enhanced CD.
On The Lot: This new American Idol-style reality show directed by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, where up-and-coming filmmakers compete for a one million dollar development deal with Dreamworks. Over 12,000 submissions were received from over 33 countries, narrowed down to fifty contestants for the first round.
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Whatever Happened to Her?
What happened to the women who made headlines just 10, 15 and 20 years ago? From accidental activists to leading ladies of the Sapphic screen, we've caught up with some of the most interesting women of years past to find out what they're up to now.
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