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Laura Linney Says We are "Her People." Who are We to Disagree?

Michael Jensen, Editor
August 16, 2010

When I wrote last month about an unexpected encounter at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour with Laura Linney, the star of Showtime's The Big C, I said that she wasn't just the nicest celebrity I'd ever met, but quite possibly one of the nicest people I'd ever met.

After all, when she noticed me standing by myself waiting to interview someone else (something Linney didn't know), she first waved hello at me and then pulled me into the conversatio...

Armistead Appearances

Upcoming Events and Appearances

11/03/10 - San Francisco - Books Inc (Reading/Q&A/Signing)

11/04/10 - Danville, CA - Rakestraw Books Reading/Q&A/Signing)

11/06/10 - San Francisco, CA - Book Passage (National Kidney Foundation/Author Luncheon)

11/10/10 - Seattle, WA - University Bookstore (Reading/Q&A/Signing)

11/11/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Skylight Books(Reading/Q&A/Signing)

11/12/10 - Portland, OR - Powell's Bookstore (Reading/Q&A/Signing)

11/18/10 - Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Bee Book...

Scissor Sisters: 'Sexuality is a universal thing'

The Scissor Sisters ended up binning their first run at a third album, before it emerged as a dark reflection on gay culture. If only they can agree on how to put it on stage

Alexis Petridis
Thursday 17 June 2010

Jake Shears pokes distractedly at his iPad and lets out a sigh. "If everything goes according to plan over the coming year," he says, a little ruefully, "I'm going to be totally screwed. You come and see me again in six months' time, and I'm not going to be looking so cute."

Across th...

"Mary Ann in Autumn" Book Cover

A picture of the book cover for "Mary Ann in Autumn" has been released!



http://www.harpercollinscatalogs.com/harper/527_1607_313639323930.htm#readmore

Cheers to ACT's Tosca Project

San Francisco Chronicle
Catherine Bigelow
June 11, 2010



When I first began frequenting Tosca Cafe (which, for the record, shall be noted only as, "an undisclosed number of years"), my favorite seat in this storied bar was a stool in the far right-hand corner just as you pass through that joint's double-swinging doors.

Author-playwright Armistead Maupin (left) with his husband, Christopher Turner and his sister, Jane Maupin Yates, at the Geary Theater.From this perch at the mahogany plank, I woul...

"Tales" on Showtime

Showtime is airing "Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" and "Armistead Maupin's 'Further Tales of the City'" on the following dates:

"Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" part 2 June 17
"Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" part 3 June 21
"Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" part 4 June 28
"Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" part 5 July 5
"Armistead Maupin's 'More Tales of the City'" part 6 July 12 
"Armistead Maupin's 'FurtherTales of the City'" part ...

Armistead Honored

Author Armistead Maupin, center, glances down at the Assembly Resolution he received for his contributions to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 14, 2010. The California Legislative LGBT caucus honored 10 individuals for their work in the LGBT community as part LGBT Pride Month Celebrations. Maupin was recognized for his books and articles portraying LGBT people in a positive light. Also seen are LGBT Legislative Caucus mem...

Revisiting 'Tales' with Armistead Maupin and Olympia Dukakis

May 1, 2010

 When in San Francisco, do as the San Franciscans do -- indulge in culinary pleasures while enjoying the conversation of freethinking originals.
 
While in town a couple of weeks ago to review "Girlfriend," the new Todd Almond-Matthew Sweet musical at Berkeley Rep, I had a bright idea: Why not invite Olympia Dukakis, who was performing in Morris Panych's play "Vigil" at American Conservatory Theater, and Armistead Maupin, fictional chronicler of San Francisco par excellence, to lun...

Jakes Shears on Tales of the City musical

In Advocate magazine's annual "Forty under 40″ feature, profiling gay men and women under 40 and making waves, he talks about his collaboration with Tony award-winning Avenue Q co-writer Jeff Whitty and Scissor Sisters tour keyboardist John "JJ"Garden, in writing a musical stage adaptation of Armistead Maupin's cult book Tales of the City that will premiere at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in 2011.

Advocate magazine – Forty Under 40

Jake Shears
31 / New York City
Lead...

Ian McKellen to Be Heard on Scissor Sisters' Night Work CD

By: Andy Propst · Apr 13, 2010  · New York

Stage and screen star Ian McKellen is appearing on one track of the Scissor Sisters' forthcoming album Night Work, to be released by Polydor Records on June 28, according to a report on EW.com.

McKellen provides a spoken word interlude in the song "Invisible Light," which the band has streamed for one day only (April 13) on its official site. Among the other song titles on the CD are "Whole New Way," "Fire With Fire," "Any Which Way," and "Harder You G...