Audiences were horrified when the movie Showgirls came out in 1995. Today it’s a cult classic and one of MGM’s top selling DVD’s of all time.
Rena Riffel, who plays the tragic stripper Penny Hope, joins us over the phone from California to dish the dirt on Showgirls and talk about her upcoming projects which includes a musical version of Showgirls!
Audiences were horrified when the movie Showgirls came out in 1995. Critics hated director Paul Verhoven’s misguided attempt to capture the seedy show business world of Las Vegas, and it bombed in theaters.
Today Showgirls is a celebrated cult classic and one of MGM’s top selling DVD’s of all time. In fact, the film’s fan base is larger than ever and even the characters from the film enjoy a second life in the virtual world of Facebook as if the movie never ended.
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The film centers on a sexy blond drifter Nomi Malone who hustles her way from pole dancing at a strip club to becoming the top showgirl at a casino in Las Vegas.
Although, many of the actors regret doing the film and will seldom speak of it, one actress, Rena Riffel, like all the fans has embraced the film’s campy plot, freaky sexual encounters and outlandish scenes.
Today Rena Riffel, who plays the tragic stripper Penny Hope, joins us over the phone from California to dish the dirt on Showgirls and talk about her upcoming projects which includes a musical version of Showgirls!
Rena’s working on her own soon to be released film “Trasharella: Ultra Vixen” about a starlet who becomes a super vixen to kill the evil Vampire of Hollywood.
Listen as Rena talks about working on Showgirls, watching it in the theater with Demi Moore and the cast of Striptease, how it was reborn as camp classic and what was the plot of the show within the show “Goddess” supposed to be?
We could have had anyone on this show: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul. Rena Riffel is what Feast of Fun is all about! She’s dazzling, she’s exciting, and she’s very, very sexy!
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On World Aids Day we talk with groundbreaking actor and activist Michael Kearns.
Before coming out of the closet was seen as a career move in the entertainment industry, Michael Kearns was the first Hollywood actor on record to come out as a gay man in the mid-seventies. Today Michael is re-staging his one man show “Intimacies” featuring six characters on the AIDS crisis of the early 80s.
It’s World AIDS Day, the international day of remembrance which raises awareness about the AIDS pandemic and honors the struggles and triumphs of people living with HIV.
Today we’re talking to groundbreaking actor and activist Michael Kearns.
In the mid 70s, long before coming out of the closet was considered a career move in Hollywood, Michael Kearns was famous for becoming the out gay model and spokesperson for the popular book, “The Happy Hustler” even though he didn’t write it.
Prompted by the AIDS-related death of “Midnight Express” star Brad Davis in 1991, Michael made history when came forward on television as being HIV positive at a time when so many people were afraid to divulge their status.
He later appeared on the TV shows Life Goes On and Beverly Hills 90210 as a man living with HIV.
Today Michael is re-staging his one man show “Intimacies’” for a 20 year anniversary tour. The show features six characters identified by the placement of a red scarf to tell six diferent monolouges on the AIDS crisis of the early 80s. Never in the history of theater has a red scarf meant so much!
Listen as Michael Kearns talks with us about why he came forward back then, why Hollywood still has a long way to go when embracing gay men and he reveals the juicy details of an affair he had with a major music celebrity.
Who was it? Listen to today’s show and find out. And we mean out.
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Today we’re talking to writer and director, Billy Clift about his debut film “Baby Jane?” – a loving parody of the classic and campy 1962 horror film.
We’re also joined by San Francisco drag queen Heklina who plays the nosy next door neighbor in the film.
In the news: Carrie Prejean’s mother sees her sex tape, female troubles, and a wife who is allergic to her husband’s love juice.
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Who can forget that classic lines delivered between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford? Joan Crawford as Blanche says “You wouldn’t be able to do these awful things to me if I weren’t still in this chair” to which Bette Davis as Baby Jane Hudson creepily replies “But you ARE, Blanche! You ARE in that chair!”
Everybody loves the 1962 campy horror film, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” directed by Robert Aldrich. The character of Baby Jane Hudson is considered by many to be one of the top movie villains of all time and is especially loved by gay men.
Today we’re talking to writer and director, Billy Clift about his debut film “Baby Jane?” a loving parody of the Hollywood classic.
Billy’s loved the movie all his life, and when he had the opportunity to make a revision his favorite film, he cast it with some of the best drag queens and performers in San Francisco. The film features Matthew Martin as Baby Jane and Katya Smirnoff Skye as Blanche.
And guess who plays the nosy neighbor-Trannyshack founder Heklina!
They’re both on today’s show talking about the making of the movie and whether the drag queens battled it out behind the scenes as much as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did during the making of the original film.
Also – Heklina fills us in on her recent appearance on the TV series “Trauma” with hunky actor Taylor Kinney.
Are you more a Bette Davis or a Joan Crawford?
Female trouble in the news,
Carrie Prejean’s tragic sex tape was viewed by her mother.
and the wife who discovered she was allergic to her husband’s sperm on her wedding night.
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Two the actors from a locval production of Mae West’s play, Sex Jes Bedwineck and her love interest in the play, Sex by Mae West, actor Sean Patrick Ward, In the news: Chicago Cubs lesbian connection, USS New York uilt for salaveged steel of the Twin Towers and gay rights up for a vote in Maine.
In 1926, Mae West and the entire cast of her play “Sex” were arrested for “corrupting the morals of youth and others.”
Mae West aroused the wrath of the New York City moralists because her bedroom farce features a brazen unapologetic sex worker, who after a series of misadventures, falls in love and lives happily ever after. Mae West wrote the play for herself because she was no longer content with playing the good little girl mistaken for a hooker or the working girl that ends up dead in the gutter. She wanted to be the woman that had a good time and wound up with the man in the end, if you know what I mean.
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As an early supporter of the women’s liberation movement and gay rights, Mae portrayed people seeking both romance and sexy fun in spite of the restrictive standards of the time.
Mae West’s play, Sex was so outrageous that it has never been staged in Chicago until now, some 84 years later. The Prologue Theater Company has brought “Sex” back to life, staging the comedy in a series of rooms located in an old historical mansion on the edge of Lake Michigan.
The play’s bawdy dialogue lends itself well to the enthusiasm of the young theater company and actress Jes Bedwineck does a lovely job playing Mae’s character of Margy LaMont without turning Mae into a cartoon, even though she was quite a bit of character herself.
We’re joined today by Jes and her love interest in the play, actor Sean Patrick Ward, to exchange our favorite Mae West quotes and talk about talk about sexuality and morality of the 1920s. Have we come a long way baby or is the best yet to come?
In the News:
The Chicago Cubs say hello to the first lesbian major league baseball team owner!
The USS New York, a naval warship built from steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center arrives in New York City.
and If you’re in Maine, please vote today NO on Proposition 1.
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Filmmaker and MySpace Matt Riddlehoover talks about his role in “Watch Out,” a dark film about an irresistible narcissist who could only make love to himself. The film’s campy narrative and graphic portrayals of self-love and violence has audiences divided.
Today we continue our series of interviews with internet celebrities from Los Angeles with Matt Riddlehoover. Matt found success on one of the first big social media sites- MySpace. Remember MySpace?
In the summer of 2006, Matt Riddlehoover became famous on MySpace for the video trailer for his short film “To a Tee,” a dark romantic comedy about a guy who falls for the same type of man over and over again.
For Matt, being prominently featured on the social media site led to the lead role in “Watch Out,” a dark film about an irresistible narcissist who could only make love to himself. The film’s campy narrative and graphic portrayals of self-love and violence has audiences divided over the film’s merits.
“Watch Out” comes out on DVD November 24.
Listen as Matt talks about the controversy, what it took to get ready for those sexy scenes and how his mother reacted to the movie.
Matt’s also working on a unusual documentary “Gaze,” a collection of audio interviews with 20 artists talking about how they redefine beauty and how these ideas of beauty affect everyone.
We’re also joined by his kooky friend, Champagne!! Champagne!!, a visual artist who combs Los Angeles in search of unusual garbage to turn into works of art. By the end of the show, she changes her name. Will it stick?
In the news:
A gay hit-man for the mob comes out of the closet during a trial.
A cat goes for a wild ride in the engine of an SUV in New York City.
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Two of our latino friends, visual artist and gay dad Erik R Sosa and comedian, actor and performance artist Esteban Andres Cruz join us to take an intense and inebriated look at parenting, gay rights and how conservatives are targeting openly gay men appointed by the Obama administration.
It isn’t always opposites that attract, sometimes it’s crazy upon crazier that meld together in a hot mix. Today we are bringing together two of our Latino friends, visual artist and gay dad Erik R Sosa and comedian, actor and performance artist Esteban Andres Cruz.
We’re kicking back, having a couple of cocktails, having an intense discussion on parenting, gay rights and how conservatives are targeting openly gay men appointed by the Obama administration. How do we fight back against programs like Fox News that categorize all gay men as victimizers of children?
Listen as we take a look at the upcoming biographic film on Liberace and the rumors of a highly anticipated sequel to Showgirls! Will Gina Gershon reprise her role as the bisexual villain Cristal Connors or is she too busy doing her nails on Facebook darlin’?
Kevin McGee, the ex-husband of Little Britain’s Matt Lucas, kills himself after leaving a suicide status update Facebook.
A drunken Swede wakes up with a tattoo of a large Johansen on his leg.
Hungary’s Miss Plastic Contest showcases plastic surgeons’ handiwork.
And a Phoenix man is arrested for posing as a sperm collecting doctor that makes house-calls on Craigslist after successfully convincing dozens of men to give samples.
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Singer Melissa Young joins us to take a look at the Madonna the entertainer, the woman and the iconoclast. A touching and colorful promise to a dead solider and hot celebrity news.
For almost three decades, Madonna has captured the imagination of the public by identifying where we needed to be pushed and ooh ooh, taking us there like a prayer.
Whether you’re crazy for her or annoyed by her expressing herself, you can’t deny the impact this beautiful stranger has had on all of us.
Today we dedicate the first part of our show to Madonna- the woman, the iconoclast, the musician.
Cabaret singer and Madonna expert Melissa Young joins us before she sets off on her own “Lucky Star” tour- a one woman show dedicated to the life and music of Madonna.
Madonna’s new video for her song “Celebration” does it right, featuring her die-hard fans videotaped at her concerts dancing to the beat. But the big highlight is the pop diva’s baby girl, Lourdes, all grown up and wearing the wedding dress big momma wore in her 80s video “Like a Virgin.”
Plus, Madonna’s gay brother Christopher Ciconne insults her latest hairstyle on TV- is he keeping it real or is he just really jealous?
Also in the news-
Terrible Patrick Swayze, Kanye West joke that’s involves Michael Jackson that’s making the rounds online
The touching and colorful promise to a dead solider.
True Blood Hunk for gay marriage.
Hollywood gay gossip from the 1950s.[via]
Nicole Kidman set to play a transsexual artist.
And we mourn the loss of musician Mary Travers and comedian Henry Gibson.
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Chicago comedian, musician and actor Esteban Andres Cruz talks about winning the prestigious Jeff Award and gives Marc and Fausot some acting lessons. Janet Jackson reveals in an interview that her brother Michael wore his mothers jacket when he first danced the moonwalk.
Our friend Esteban Andres Cruz was shocked this past summer when it was announced that he won the prestigious Jeff Award for outstanding actor in a play for his role in Jesus Hopped the A-Train,
He was so nervous during his acceptance speech that he cussed his way through it. That a boy! Congratulations!
Today we’re joined by the hilarious and Jeff award winning actor Esteban Andres Cruz.
Esteban walks us through several different styles of acting, and helps us open up as people to be warmer and more loving on our show. When will we be eligible to win an Oscar for podcasting?
In the news:
Janet Jackson is set to perform an tribute to her late brother Michael this weekend at the MTV video music awards.
In the October Issue of Harper’s Bazaar Janet reveals that MJ grabbed his mother’s black sequined jacket from her closet to debut his moonwalk dance in his solo performance at the now legendary Motown 25th anniversary concert. Take a second look at this video!
Did the King of Pop have a queen’s taste for clothes?
Rafael Nadal might not mind his gay fan kissing him, but authorities plan to press charges against him for breaking security.
An extraordinary letter from an eccentric Czech listener.
A delivery man for Anne Sather’s Restaurant is arrested for delivering Meth. Is this why those cinnamon buns are so addictive?
Lindsay Lohan attacks her ex- Sam Ronson on Twitter for being a cheater.
And shout-out to Chubby, the Chinese Fat cat with a 28 inch waist! Meow.
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Brad Thomas, former ringmaster for the Ringling Brothers circus and Chicago public school teacher weighs in on Obama speaking to the nations kids and working for diversity and non-violence in schools.
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Obama is set to deliver his Back to School speech on the importance of education to children on what is for many school districts, the first day of school.
But why do some parents have a problem with it? Some Republican parents claim the President is trying to politicize our nation’s school systems and they’re threatening to keep their kids home that day.
Brad Thomas, teacher for the Chicago Public Schools and former ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus joins us to weigh in on the controversy and to talk about education and life in the circus.
In California, parents sue the public school system over a diversity curriculum aimed to reduce violence in schools and raise awareness for GLBT people and their families.
As a teacher, Brad knows the value of diversity, tolerance and the cost of violence in schools, so how does he handle tough topics like Marriage Equality when it’s brought up by the kids?
Be sure to check out Brad and Teri Yaki as hosts of this year’s Night of a Hundred Drag Queens, the popular fund raiser for Equality Illinois, held at Sidetrack, one of the best gay bars in America.
How to dress up as Kate Smith this Halloween by recycling an old Grimace costume
A man loses his manhood.
And it looks like Lady Gaga is losing her’s too.
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Deven Green and Joel Bryant share their story of traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops, being searched at the U.S. embassy and their romantic adventure in Venice.
Where have Deven and Joel been? Serving their country. Today we’re talking to Deven Green, the queen of YouTube and her hunky hollywood husband Joel Bryant about their recent trip to the Middle East to entertain the troops!
Our fine military men and women can handle just about anything but can they handle Deven and Joel? Find out what happened on today’s show as they they walk us through their intense experiences, being searched at the U.S. embassy and their romantic adventure in Venice.
Governor Schwarzenegger is having a garage sale to try to balance the California state budget. He’s digging out the state’s old junk in storage, putting his autograph on it and selling it on eBay. Will it work?
An update on the Michael Jackson homicide case- why did the doctor wait an hour to call the ambulance?
Will Deven and Joel enlist in the L.A. police department and fight crime alongside Detective La Toya?
Check out Joel Bryant on the new series The Hillers, co-starring Henry Winkler.
And sadly, Senator Ed Kennedy of Massachusetts one of the most influential and pro-gay senators in history, died at his home after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. He was 77.
Will his death invigorate the push for health care reform or has president Obama lost one of his most effective advocates for change?
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