Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

I am and have been for ages now SO excited for this effing movie!!!

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has had me filled with anticipation since the rumors first started floating around years ago.

I am a major Tim Burton fan, a Disney zealot, as well as a lifelong fan of the Lewis Carroll classic and its many film incarnations. So this movie can in no way fail as far as I'm concerned.

Below are some truly jizz-worthy photos from the production (Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, and Matt Lucas as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum).

Be still my heart!

A Gay Moment: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker

This Gay Moment is brought to you by Fast & Furious.

Vin: Just do it, no one's around. *zip*

Paul: We're so bad.

The Players Club

I recently received a generous invitation to spend an evening at the legendary Players Club which is located in Manhattan's Gramercy Park.

This place is phenomenal and overflowing with film and theater related history. Founded in 1888 by Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and author Mark Twain (among others), the Players Club housed the formation of Actors' Equity and boasts such famous members as Frank Sinatra, Peter O'Toole, John and Lionel Barrymore, Al Hirschfeld, and Helen Hayes (to name just a very, very few in a lineup of film and theater royalty).

I was invited by the ever-generous and talented actor Robert Davi and was given the "Five Cent Tour" by Lee Pfeiffer, also an incredibly generous and intelligent man who was a delight to get to know.

Being in this place and being in such fantastic company was definitely a highlight of my time living in New York thus far. It served as a great reigniting of my passions and goals, the reason I moved to this great city to begin with.

I sincerely hope that one day I may be so fortunate as to include myself in the list of members of this truly phenomenal place whose purpose is "The promotion of social intercourse between members of the dramatic profession and the kindred professions of literature, painting, architecture, sculpture and music, law and medicine, and the patrons of the arts."

I would truly consider myself privileged to one day be inducted into this prestigious club, especially considering the fact that Orson Welles was denied. (That tidbit did tickle me).

Many thanks to Robert and Lee, as well as the other entertaining and intelligent individuals I met, for a truly enjoyable evening. I'll be looking forward to the next one.

Michael Urie Should Ask Me Out: Reason Two

Reason #2: He has tendencies toward being a bit of a Vogue-ham, as evidenced by the photo and the video clip below. I can be a bit of a Vogue-ham myself at times... Ahem...

Hey, Michael, let's go out for a ham sandwich. Ba-da-boom!






Further hammery evidenced below in this interview with Kelly Ripa and Anderson Cooper as well as a preview of what the end-of-date goodbye kiss will be like.

A Gay Moment: Carl Fredricksen and Dug

This Gay Moment is brought to you by the Disney/Pixar film Up.

Carl: Don't worry, my angel. Once the gays are allowed to get married, according to my pastor, we're next!

Tony Awards!

While I was acting like a lunatic on a small stage in Chelsea for my classes at The PIT, Neil Patrick Harris had his hands full hosting Broadway's most anticipated night: The Tony Awards!

Broadway's best and brightest came out to celebrate and vie for the coveted trophy dished out by The American Theatre Wing.

I wish I could've seen it live! But I will have to content myself with offering my sincerest delight and congratulations to iconic stars Liza Minnelli and Angela Lansbury (whom I had the privilege of seeing in Blithe Spirit at the Schubert) on their wins this evening.

I was also thrilled to see wins by Marcia Gay Harden and Geoffrey Rush. Very exciting!

For a full list of winners visit the Official Tony Awards site!

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners!

Nice work if you can get it... And if you get it... Won't you tell me how...

Who Is That: Jill Sobule

Name: Jill Sobule
Occupation: Singer/Songwriter
Genre: Alternative
Born: January 16, 1965

"She's gonna sing! You're gonna listen!"

There are not enough adjectives to accurately describe Jill Sobule: Talented, intelligent, witty, educated, pretty, ambitious, quirky, opinionated, personable, relatable, vulnerable, hilarious, empowered. Her outstanding career and staggering output as a singer/songwriter spanning the last two decades has blurred the boundaries of musical genre and has made successful forays into film, television, and live theater.

Sobule is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

She began playing guitar in junior high and went on to release her first album entitled Things Here Are Different for MCA in 1990. The fates of success, however, would not smile on her until several years after the release of this album, when Atlantic Records released her MTV staple and national Top 20 hit, "I Kissed A Girl", which was featured on her self-titled album, Jill Sobule.

"That song was a double-edged sword for me," said Sobule. "It was perceived as a novelty hit, but on the other hand it was the first song with an overtly gay topic to be aired on Top 40 radio. I am quite proud of that." The album also yielded another hit song, "Supermodel", included in the Clueless soundtrack.

Since then, she has made four more critically acclaimed albums, Happy Town, Pink Pearl, Underdog Victorious, and 2009's California Years, which Jill released on her own record label, Pinko Records, after collecting over $85,000 from fans who funded the project.

Sobule is a prolific collaborator, writing and performing both with other musicians and with artists from non-musical disciplines, including blogger Ariana Huffington, television producer Sue Rose, and comedienne Julia Sweeney.

She has also served as songwriter/composer for the hit Nickelodeon network show "Unfabulous" during that show's three-season run. She composed the music for the off-Broadway show Prozak and the Platypus and co-starred in the Eric Schaeffer film Mind the Gap.

Sobule toured twice with the late Warren Zevon, whose penchant for sardonic storytelling she shares. She, like Zevon, despite a deep well of great works, is best known for a single fluke hit (Zevon's being "Werewolves of London", a personal favorite of mine).

And speaking of personal favorites, if you haven't already, I recommend listening to the following Sobule gems: "Resistance Song", "Margaret", "A Good Life", "San Francisco", "Houdini's Box", "Mexican Wrestler", and "Manhattan in January". These songs are, of course, only a small sample of the vast talent and originality that this amazing woman brings to this world on a regular basis.

I sincerely hope this self-proclaimed "hopeful cynic" continues to grace us with her unique brand of magic and all around awesomeness.

I also hope she continues sharing photos of her neighbors' gay cat. That delights me.

Below is some fun footage of Jill singing the wonderfully tongue-in-cheek song "Manhattan in January". The song was written in a matter of days in response to Al Gore's depiction of the current and potential state of global climate disaster.