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ROBERT PATTINSON REVEALS HE "PLEASURED" HIMSELF FOR REAL ON-CAMERA FOR GAY FILM
Robert Pattinson, shown here in the 2008 Spanish film Little Ashes (Photo still courtesy Kaleidoscope Entertainment)Before matinee idol Robert Pattinson won international fame as a vampire in...
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XAVIER DOLAN KICKS ASS - AND KISSES IT - AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
(Xavier Dolan. Courtesy of Ixion Communications.)Glory be! Proud Montrealer and 24-year-old film wunderkind Xavier Dolan finds himself once again rubbing elbows with filmmaking royalty at the Venice...
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STAR TREK LEGEND GEORGE TAKEI ON SOCHI, HOLLYWOOD CLOSET AND WILLIAM SHATNER
George Takei starred as Captain Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series and six movies Bugs' new interview with George Takei was first published in XTRA. This is the longer version of that...
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FAMED AUTHOR AMELIE NOTHOMB COMES OUT AS BISEXUAL
Amélie Nothomb’s new novel La Nostalgie HeureuseInternationally-acclaimed Belgian author Amélie Nothomb’s new novel La Nostalgie Heureuse is racing up the bestseller charts. But back in 2009 when her...
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THE HANGOVER: DIVA LAS VEGAS!
The Go-Go boys at Krave Las Vegas take 5 to pose for Three Dollar Bill (Photo by Bugs Burnett)This travel column originally ran in the October 2013 issue of Fugues magazineI pretty much didn’t draw a...
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BOWIE'S BISEXUALITY ON DISPLAY AT AGO: "I CAN'T DENY I'VE USED THAT FACT VERY...
Photo from the “David Bowie Is” exhibit at the AGO in Toronto. Album cover shoot for Aladdin Sane (1973), design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche. (Photo courtesy AGO)Who...
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THE TRUE COLOURS OF CYNDI LAUPER
Cyndi Lauper, circa 2013 (Photo courtesy Equipe Spectra)Bugs' brand-new uber-queer interview with Cyndi originally ran in Daily Xtra. (A second, more mainstream interview ran in The Montreal...
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SHYAM SELVADURAI ON GAY LIFE, GAY LIT AND ADVICE OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ALICE...
Award-winning author Shyam Selvadurai (Photo by Richard Burnett)Bugs'interview with Shyma Selvaduria originally ran in the November 2013 issue of Fugues magazine The last time I interviewed author...
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SAL CAPONE EXPLORES BEING GAY IN THE WORLD OF HIP HOP
The cast of Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of (Photo courtesy Black Theatre Workshop)The debut play by Montreal-born playwright Omari Newton,Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of, is wowing...
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REMEMBERING OSCAR WILDE
Oscar Wilde died on Nov 30, 1900, at the age of 46 (Photo by Napoleon Sarony, circa 1883)Over a century after the American Revolutionary army made the Château Ramezay in Old Montreal its Canadian...
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MARIELA CASTRO ON LGBT RIGHTS IN CUBA AND GROWING UP CASTRO
Mariela Castro received the international Grand Prix award at the Gala Arc-en-Ciel in Montreal (photo by Andre Querry)Bugs' sit-down one-on-one interview with Mariela Castro originally ran in Daily...
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2013 HEROES AND ZEROS OF THE YEAR
Vienna’s Leopold Museum courted controversy with its Nude Men from 1800 to TodayexhibitionHere is the expanded version of my 18th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros which originally ran...
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LILY TOMLIN MARRIES PARTNER JANE WAGNER - AND OFFERS SOME "COMING OUT" ADVICE
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner get hitchedEmmy-winning couple Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner got married on New Year's Eve. Tomlin, 75, and Wagner, 78, have been together for 42 years.The wedding, reported...
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THE NIGHT CONRAD BLACK VISITED MONTREAL GAY LEATHER BAR TRUXX
Le Journal de Montreal's front-page coverage of the police raid on Truxx and Le MystiqueThe historic Montreal police raid on gay leather bar Truxx in the wee morning hours of October 22, 1977, was the...
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SILENCE=DEATH CO-FOUNDER ON HOW ONE POSTER CHANGED THE AIDS MOVEMENT
Brooklyn artist, writer and activist Avram Finkelstein co-founded both the Silence=Death and Gran Fury collectives (Photo courtesy of Avram Finkelstein)Bugs' interview with Avram originally ran in...
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PETER RAUHOFER's FINAL TDB INTERVIEW, ON DIVAS, DRUGS AND GAY LIFE
Peter Rauhofer in 1994 (Photo via Peter Rauhofer's official Facebook page)Pioneering DJ, producer and remixer Peter Rauhofer died on May 7 after a long battle with brain cancer. The iconic blond was...
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FROM THE TDB ARCHIVES: "BAD BOY" AUTHOR RM VAUGHAN 100% UNCENSORED
Author RM Vaughan is the "bad boy of Canadian Literature" (Photo courtesy RM Vaughan)This interview with Canadian author, playwright and poet RM Vaughan originally ran in Three Dollar Bill on August...
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UNSEAMLY: JONATHAN SILVER PORTRAYS SLEAZY FASHION TITAN
Montreal actor Jonathan Silver portrays Ira Slatsky in Oren Safdie’s new play Unseamly (All photos by Jeremy Bobrow, courtesy www.jtsilver.com)“You’re like this beautiful sexy chick that has every guy...
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WILL OSCARS PROVE HOLLYWOOD IS STILL A FOUR-LETTER TOWN?
No Oscars for Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Behind The Candalabra Bugs' op-ed on the 2014 Academy Awards originally ran in the February 2014 issue of Fugues magazine. I don’t know how much more I...
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JOAN RIVERS STILL RUFFLING FEATHERS 50 YEARS ON
Joan Rivers returns to Montreal to headline Just For Laughs Festival (Photos by Charles William Bush) Bugs' new interview with Joan Rivers originally ran in Daily Xtra on July 19Hollywood myth has it...
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