'Drag Race' Winner Talks Music & Alter Ego
By Jerome Stuart Nichols
During the final leg of the fifth season of reality competition "RuPaul's Drag Race," the queens were neck and neck. Pageant girl Roxxy Andrews served body-ody-ody for days. Alaska proved she was too big to sit in anyone's spooky shadow. And Seattle's premier narcoleptic Jewish drag queen Jinkx Monsoon flooded out the competion with every drop of her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent.
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By Chris Azzopardi
Ever since her rootsy 1996 debut "Living with Ghosts," Patty Griffin has found inspiration in the deep, dark corners of life.
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By Chris Azzopardi
Playing down the divadom, Barbra Streisand masticates a mammoth steak and wears mom jeans for her first leading-actress role since 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces."
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By Michael H. Margolin
"Julius Caesar" brought brilliant singing to MOT's first Baroque opera production; "Fidelio's" musicianship and the great Christine Goerke upped the ante. Last night the final hand was dealt, and it was a winner.
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By Anthony Paull
Can someone tell me the name of the guy my friend Pete is dating? I want to find him on Facebook, but Pete won't give me any leads. He thinks I'll go blabbing about it in my column. He's like, "I don't want the country knowing what I put in my butt."
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By Dan Woog
A team finds success only through teamwork. That's as true off the playing field as on it. Jay Hayes has earned plenty of success on the volleyball court. A former football, basketball and baseball player in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, he found his favorite sport in high school: volleyball. At New York University he was a three-year varsity captain. He set three school records - and he came out as gay.
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By Ed Sikov
"I can't talk to you now. I'm rimming." Dan was obviously aghast. There was a momentary pause on the line, after which he said only, "Who?"
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