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FOF #2986 – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

The new movie musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” tells the true story of Jamie Campbell, a 16-year-old teenager who overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness and into the spotlight as a fabulous drag queen.

Today Max Harwood and Lauren Patel, stars of the movie musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie join us to look at the making of their first film, Max and his co-star Richard E. Grant first time in drag and meeting the real life Jamie Campbell.

Posted in: Actors, Drag & Trans, Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2977 – Jake Noll on LGBTQ Muppets & Superheroes

With more and more young people identify as non binary and LGBTQ+, Hollywood is trying to tap into that youth market by going queer all of a sudden.

Surprisingly, non-binary comedian Jake Noll, who thought they knew it all, is getting schooled by teenagers on social media on how gender identity is changing, and that not all non binary folks like they/them pronouns.

Today the brilliant and hilarious Jake Noll joins us to look at the neverending story of gender and sexual identity as it comes to the Muppets, comic book characters, Tik Tok and celebrities.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2976 – Marga Gomez and Queen Latifah Love Science

Comedian Robin Williams was so impressed with Marga Gomez that he called her the lesbian Lenny Bruce. It wasn’t long after that Hollywood cast her alongside Queen Latifah as a pair of scientists who dive deep – into the ocean to discover a buried alien spaceship in the film Sphere.

Today comedian, performance artist, lesbian icon and sci fi action movie star Marga Gomez joins us to look at her Sphere co-star Queen Latifah finally coming out 23 years after.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast 3 years ago 0
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FOF #2950 – Alexandra Gray on Sister Act and Black Divas

Sister Act, the 1992 musical comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, is a favorite classic for many LGBTQ+ folks, after-all, who can’t relate to a larger than life figure who has to find their own special world to protect themselves from dangerous forces?

Today Alexandra Gray, drag entertainer from the Hall Dynasty, joins us to take a look working in Chicago’s drag scene and then getting cast in the Sister Act Musical, in the lead role of Delores Van Cartier.

Listen as we chat with Alexandra about how drag gave her a path to expressing her womanhood and the similarities of her life to the movie Sister Act.

Posted in: Drag & Trans, Drag Queens & Kings, Musicians, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2937 – Brittany Kay Taylor’s Second Chance in Beauty and the Beast

One of the great diamonds in the rough on Disney’s streaming service is the reality TV show Encore, which reunites the cast members from musicals they originally performed in high school and then has them recreate the big show, sometimes decades later, in front of a live audience.

Today Brittany Kay Taylor, who played Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast in the reality TV series Encore serves up some piping hot tea on getting her high school theater gang back together a decade later and going viral as a voice over talent on Tik Tok.

Posted in: Actors, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2930 – The Unsinkable Harma Hartouni

When life knocks you down, it’s hard to get back up, especially when you live in an oppressive place, your family rejects you for being gay and you’ve broken both your legs.

For real estate entrepreneur Harma Hartouni, things weren’t always in the pink. Although he was born in the US, Harma was taken to live in Iran at a young age, and as a ethnic Armenian and a gay kid he felt he was at odds with the world around him.

Today, Harma Hartouni joins us to talk about his new memoir, Getting Back Up: A Story of Resilience, Self-Acceptance and Success, which details his life growing up as a gay Armenian in Iran, moving back to LA to come out as gay and marrying his Disney Prince.

Posted in: Podcast, Writers 3 years ago 0

FOF #2893 – Howard Ashman: the Man Who Gave a Mermaid a Voice and a Beast a Soul

After several box office bombs in the 80s, Disney considered never making animated musicals again.

Thankfully, after playwright and lyricist Howard Ashman’s successful musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors, Disney asked him to work with them and launched the Disney Renaissance.

Today musical theater enthusiast Jake Bellisimo from the YouTube channel Dreamsounds joins us to take a look at the amazing musical legacy of Howard Ashman, queer coding in Disney films and Beauty and the Beast as an allegory for society’s betrayal of people with AIDS.

Posted in: Podcast, Video Bloggers, YouTube Celebrities 4 years ago 1

FOF #2819 – Lizzo: Welcome to the Grammys Bitch!

A Tron, cyber drag queen bodysuit, sparkling tennis shoes and a rock and roll flute: there’s so much to toot about Lizzo’s opening number at the 2020 Grammys.

Today we take a look at Lizzo’s Grammy performance, the openly gay men’s fashion red carpet statements, Lil Nas X’s big win and all the bedazzling sparkling news to blind the shadiest queens.

Posted in: Podcast 4 years ago 0

FOF #2667 – The Shirtless Violinist Bares it All

Musician Matthew Olshefski became a viral video sensation when he performed the violin shirtless, and now, he will forever be known as The Shirtless Violinist.

Today Matthew chats with us about growing up in a religious cult and how he is dealing with his boyfriend’s eventual complete loss of sight.

Posted in: Podcast, YouTube Celebrities 6 years ago 0

FOF #2562 – Star Wars: The Last Judy

SPOILERS!! In the new Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Rey finds Luke isolated on a far off planet where he’s been hiding out for years. Rey is thirsty to learn the ways of the Force, but Luke thinks it’s time to end the Jedi order.

Today Star Wars superfan and comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to figure out just how hot a shirtless Kylo Ren is and if the force is a medical condition, are there any pills you can take for it?

Posted in: Comedians, Culture & Style, Movies, Podcast 6 years ago 0