Q&A
Wayne Coyne on GoogaMooga: "I'll Stand There and Sing Emotional Songs to People Who Are a Little Drunk"
"I kind of like Las Vegas now. It's over-the-top, and that's appealing," says Wayne Coyne when I tell him I'm calling him for our phone interview from outside a gimmicky restaurant in the Mandalay…
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Strangers Project Founder Brandon Doman Knows New Yorkers' Secrets
Photo courtesy of The Strangers Project In a world where we tweet about what we ate for breakfast and Instagram photos of ourselves dressing up our cats to resemble RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, it's not always…
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Isabella Rossellini On Her New Motherhood Web Series, Mammas
Isabella Rossellini is back at it. After the success of her Webby-award winning Sundance Channel series, Green Porno and Seduce Me, tackling the eccentric mating habits of the animal kingdom (gay gang-banging deer and…
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Design Duo Lernert & Sander on Ugly Shoes and Helping Found BUTT
Sander Plug (Left) and Lernert Engelberts (Right)Sander Plug and Lernert Engelberts, better known as Lernert & Sander, have been quiet arbiters of cool for over a decade. Fashion companies and bands have long been using…
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Natasha Lyonne on GBFs, Obsessive Internet TV Watching and Bon Qui Qui
Photo by Jesse Lirola/BFANYC.comYou'll be seeing a lot more of Natasha Lyonne who has a slew of movies coming out this year -- from gay teen comedy G.B.F. to hoarder drama Clutter -- and a…
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India Hicks on Her HSN Line and Her Many Pets
It would be pretty tough to out-do India Hicks pedigree when it comes to old-school glamor. The home décor mogul-model-tv-personality is the granddaughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the daughter of interior design legend David…
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The World of Wonder Guys Chat With Us About Their New Book
The World According to Wonder, 1991-2012, is a most appropriate title for a book chronicling the 20 years of Hollywood's eccentric production company and the equally off-center duo at its helm, Fenton Bailey and Randy…
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Meet Rising Bushwick Designer BCALLA
Meet Bradley Callahan, 26, Bushwick's latest fashion maverick and mind behind the delicious label BCALLA. Callahan's creative aesthetic -- a mash-up of skin tight S&M apparel and futuristic silhouettes -- have been donned by major…
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Mark Russ Federman on His New Russ & Daughters Memoir
Mark Russ Federman, the grandson of Russ & Daughters founder Joel Russ, ceded his celebrated lox and herring business to his daughter and nephew in 2009. Soon after, he started spinning tales in a book,…
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Director to Watch: Emily Kai Bock
Whether she's road-tripping with an Elvis impersonator or capturing a teenaged ice-skater in a breakdown, Emily Kai Bock's music videos are, simply, beautiful. The Montreal-based director turned industry heads with her Grimes video "Oblivion," and…
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On His New Show The Face and His David Mixner Biopic
Nigel Barker's been up to a lot lately. In addition to his regular duties as fashion photographer and filmmaker, he has two new ventures up his well-tailored sleeves. As fashionistas will know, he hosts…
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Michael Musto On His Disco Concert: "It's Major Sh*t."
Ahead of Michael Musto's sold-out disco concert at 54 Below this Sunday, drag chanteuse Lady Bunny chats with the golden-throated gossip queen about performing with Madonna back in the day, partying at Studio 54 and…
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Alan Cumming Would Like to Adopt Taylor Swift
We had the chance to chat with Alan Cumming about his recent film Any Day Now, a true-to-life story about a gay couple in the 70s who take on the courts as they try to…
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Meet Bushwick Fashion Designer Michael Wright
For those not yet familiar with Bushwick-based menswear designer Michael Wright, 29, now is the time to discover his work. Operating outside of the mainstream fashion industry, Wright comes from a community of artists drawing…
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Cakes Da Killa Chats About New Project "The Eulogy"
Rap provocateur Cakes Da Killa caught our eye with his audaciously fun track "Whistle," and we've been hungry for more of his antics ever since. Now the wait has ended and we get a second piece…
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Get to Know Nashville-Based Musician Torres
When the quietly devastating track "Honey" by Nashville singer/songwriter Torres (real name Mackenzie Scott) emerged from the Internet ether a few weeks back, it was readily apparent that Scott's talent contradicted any notions of contemporary…
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RuPaul On the New Season of Drag Race
Last night might've been a big night for TV premieres, but there's one show that's leaving a giant hole in our hearts: RuPaul's Drag Race. The show returns January 28th and, here, we chat with…
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Why We Need to Care More About Soil When Discussing Global Warming
2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S., it was reported this week. From extreme droughts to floods to fires to Hurricane Sandy, it's hard to deny anymore that something serious is happening to…
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Bill Pullman Shares His Homegrown Remedies
Presidential sitcom 1600 Penn hits NBC next week, but star Bill Pullman has been on his own bully pulpit, protecting the "Hollywood" sign from heavyweight developers and popularizing the new L.A. trend of outdoor harvesting…
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More With Tig Notaro On Her Legendary Largo Set And What's Next
In our December/January issue (on stands now), comedian Tig Notaro shared a crazy story about a rebellious road trip to hit up strip clubs and camp in a tepee on the side of a mountain…
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