Barbra Streisand

Tina Fey's Great, but Admission Doesn't Have the Marks

Why Music Fans Should Be Watching RuPaul's Drag Race

Call it the chief paradox of modern pop culture: Most reality television shows blow, but we keep watching, because in a weird way they're as compelling as they are mindlessly entertaining: The exploits of Honey Boo Boo's family may be exploitative, but dammit if they don't love each other. The Karda ... More >>

Seth Rogen Takes His Centrum Silver in The Guilt Trip

Take Cover: The Captives Cover The Cure

See also: Take Cover: Fate of the Galaxies Cover The Cure Robert Smith is a weird dude-- his disheveled hair and smeared red lipstick make his appearance as recognizable as his vocal style. It was only natural for Tom Laman, vocalist of The Captives to include some theatrics in his Cure cover. He s ... More >>

Kevin Binkley, Shinji Kurita, Kelly Fletcher, and More Scheduled for Beau Mac's 2012 Lunch & Learn Series

You know it's summer in the Valley when celebu-chef and flat leaf parsley fan Beau MacMillan brings some of the stars of the culinary world out to the Paradise Valley resort Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain for his popular Lunch & Learn series. Beginning Saturday, July 14, food fans can hook up wit ... More >>

Hip-Hop Hybridist Moe'Z Art Isn't Short on Ambition.

Folly Out Boy

Songs With Minimal Lyrics and Maximum Catchiness

​New Year's may have been a couple days ago, but let's be honest: you probably still have a lingering headache after partying too hard. That's okay, we've got you covered with our Songs To Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions, Eight Songs for Your Walk of Shame, and now 10 Simple, Yet C ... More >>

Bass Oddity: Skrillex Brings Dubstep to the Masses

Matt and Kim at Marquee Theatre 6/14/11

Shawn Anderson​ Matt and Kim Marquee Theatre Tuesday, June 14, 2011I've been told time and time again that I need to see Matt and Kim live. I almost made it happen last year, but their Clubhouse Music Venue show sold out before I could get tickets. From friends and reviews, I gathered ... More >>

Jessi Colter on Chickstock, the Arizona Desert, Riding Metaphorical Side Saddle, and More

Original outlaw country woman Jessi Colter​Jessi Colter is a woman full of surprises. She's most famous for her work on albums like Wanted! The Outlaws featuring her late husband Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Tompall Glaser. But she's also maintained a highly successful solo career, and at t ... More >>

Steve Nash, Duck Sauce Team Up With Vitamin Water

​A new commercial for Vitamin Water pairs up Steve Nash and "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce, according to Prefix. What a winning combination.Keeping it classy by wearing a suit and tie to a party and then at a fancy restaurant, Steve Nash plays himself in the ad. There couldn't be a better, more ... More >>

A Recap of the 2011 Grammy Awards: A Quick, Easy Guide to What Happened

Dan MacMedan, USA TodayNicki Minaj, doing what she does best: always trying to get attention.​The 2011 Grammy Awards kept things classy this year: There wasn't even a single mention of Ke$ha during the entire show!Good job, Grammy people! Thanks for taking out the trash this year. Aside from the l ... More >>

Little Fockers: the Focker Franchise Has Seen Better Days

Barbra Streisand - Send in the Clowns [Live]

​ Song: Barbra Streisand, "Send in the Clowns" [Live]Context: Today's soundtrack is dedicated to John Boehner. And to the spineless Democrats in California who failed to back Prop 19. And to the people of Iowa who removed the Supreme Court justices responsible for the state's landmark gay marriage ... More >>

Concert Review: Wait, Peaches is a Gay Icon?

Jonathan McNamara​Stop me when this sounds like a Seinfeld episode: Our leading character, a music critic, decides to indulge an old vice on a Tuesday night, going out to see a foul-mouthed female electronica artist/rapper who amused him back in his college years. Upon arriving, he's surprised by ... More >>

Sanctified and Funkdified: Herbie Hancock @ Orpheum Theatre, Friday, November 16

Andrea Dworkin's ghost haunts the Maricopa County Republican Party.

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Indie Kids

See You on the Moon! appeals to grown-ups as much as children

Oh, Joy

A rather novel concept: a melodrama played for laughs

Focking Wonderful

A mixed bag of in-laws meet in sequel

Crooked As They Come

Another day, another remake

Mares on Michelob

With "Beers For My Horses," Willie Nelson proves attempts to mummify him are premature

Neil Diamond

Jazz Singer is comin' to America West

Cyber-Hit Factory

Tonos.com is connecting aspiring songwriters with the teen-pop music machine

Letters

From the week of October 11, 2001

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

The Fall Guy

Other than the star presence of Keanu Reeves, Sweet November is as substantial as cotton candy

Vocal Girl Makes Good

Arizona-born Linda Eder, star of Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde, brings her pipes to the Orpheum

Laura Nyro

Time and Love: The Essential Masters (Columbia/Legacy) and Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)

Best Place to See a National Act

Celebrity Theatre
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602-267-9373

From Queer to Paternity

One of Ssan Francisco's most outlandish entertainers and his family set up camp in Phoenix

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Organ Grinder

Return to Me pumps unintentional laughs out of transplant travesty

Film Faux-Pop Stars

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Seizing the yesterday with Warrant's Jani Lane

At Long Lost Live?

In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?

Holy Cow!

Ungodly Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree should take vow of silence

Disco Infernal

Rhino's new collection proves that you have no hope of getting disco in a box without leaving something out

Critics' Choice

A year-end recap of the albums that made it worthwhile to own a stereo in 1997

Latent Lovers

Sly In & Out asks the comical question, "Is he or isn't he?"

The Fairest of Them All

Streisand's fun-house Mirror warps her strengths into rare weaknesses

Flashes in the Pan

SUNDAY BORING SUNDAY

COMING OUT PARTIES

SEND UP THE CLOWNS

PICS HITS AND THRILLS

STRANGERS IN THE STUDIOSINATRA FANS MIGHT WONDER-WHY DIDN'T HE DUET IN THE FLESH?

WANNA SEE BETTE DAVIS' BUTT?

DAVID PARKER WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH---OR ANY SCRAP OF A CELEBRITY'S LIFE