10. EVENT: Trevor Live Los Angeles
Host Jennifer Coolidge headlines a galaxy of stars at this benefit for the Trevor Project, the nation's leading provider of crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBT and questioning youth. Darren Criss, Mia Pfirrman, Ty Herndon, Katharine McPhee, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Melora Hardin, Marc Shaiman, and Anita Cochran are scheduled to perform. Other celebs who'll appear include Kellan Lutz, Kiernan Shipka, Ian Harvie, Alexandra Billings, Harry Shum Jr., Brittany Snow, Katherine Heigl, Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Kudrow, Kelly Osbourne, Wentworth Miller, Jason Collins, Billy Eichner, Elisabeth Rohm, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, and many more. Billed as a night of comedy and music, the event, produced and directed by Adam Shankman, will also feature dinner, a silent auction, an after-party, and awards to Robert Greenblatt, Skylar Kergil, and Yahoo! as the Trevor Project celebrates its 16th anniversary. It all happens Sunday at the Hollywood Palladium; get tickets and info here. -- Trudy Ring
9. DVD: Out to Kill Who killed Justin Jaymes? That's the question private investigator Jim Noble (Scott Sell) must answer after moving into a beautiful Tampa, Fla., loft complex and discovering a murder outside his door in director Rob Williams's
Out to Kill. The gay-themed murder mystery hits DVD Tuesday and follows the story of Noble's mission to uncover the truth as he peels back the layers of relationships among the unusually close-knit residents who immediately begin scrambling for alibis when Jaymes's naked corpse is found floating in the courtyard pool. --
Jase Peeples
8. MUSIC: Fleetwood Mac TourFleetwood Mac has kicked-off their cross-country tour of the United States, featuring all five of its stars for the first time in almost 20 years. Their next show is in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, and the tour will continue taking the British-American rock band to cities across the nation until its conclusion at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 11. Afterward, the "Landslide" singers will move on to Europe. So catch John and Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood before they cross the pond, and find ticket information at
FleetwoodMac.com. --
Daniel Reynolds7. THEATER: Blithe SpiritThis revival of the classic comedy by Noel Coward -- one of our people's greatest gifts to the world of theater -- stars one of our top icons and allies, Angela Lansbury, and it's kicking off a North American tour in Los Angeles after smash-hit runs on Broadway and in London. Lansbury won her fifth Tony Award for portraying Madame Arcati, a medium of questionable power who nonetheless manages to summon the ghost of a novelist's first wife, causing problems with his present spouse. The show opens Tuesday at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre, where it runs through January 18. After that, Lansbury and her spirited company will be at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco January 20-February 1, the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto February 11-March 15, and the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., March 17-29. Reserve tickets for the L.A. run
here and find out about the rest of the tour
here. --
Trudy Ring6. BOOK: Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance With the trolley scene in
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Judy Garland's unforgettable tuxedo-clad performance of "Get Happy" in 1950's
Summer Stock, and many more, Charles Walters staged some of the most iconic musical sequences of Hollywood's golden age. For the first time, the Academy Award-nominated director and choreographer's life takes center stage in
Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance. Written by former Joffrey Ballet soloist Brent Phillips, this revealing biography explores Walters's contributions to films, musical theater, and American pop culture while examining how he navigated the entertainment industry as an openly gay man by drawing on previously unpublished oral histories, correspondence, and new interviews. Available on
Amazon. --
Jase Peeples5. MUSIC: Holiday Spectacular ConcertPresented by Here Media, VNA California will host its inaugural Holiday Spectacular Concert December 15 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Purple Room Restaurant and Stage in Palm Springs. Tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased
here, by calling (760) 773-6760, or via email at
Development@VNACalifornia.org. Proceeds will benefit the Visiting Nurse Association's LGBT outreach programs. Guests scheduled to appear include Johnny Cannizzaro (
Jersey Boys), James Duke Mason (LGBT advocate), Chris Salvatore (
Eating Out) and Kit Williamson (
Mad Men), and Olympian Greg Louganis, who will introduce performances by the Vocal Harmonics of the Palm Springs Gay Men's Chorus and Branden James from
America's Got Talent. --
Robert Hebert4. THEATER: A John Waters Christmas
As an alternative to the excessively nice entertainment options that dominate the holiday season, spend an evening with the master of all things naughty -- a description that puts it mildly. The filmmaker, performer, and prime purveyor of filth is once again on tour with A John Waters Christmas. He's scheduled to be at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles tonight, then in Napa, Calif., Saturday; Portland, Ore., Monday; Seattle, Tuesday; Boston, Thursday; Northampton, Mass., December 12; Westbury, N.Y., December 13; New York City, December 14; Red Bank, N.J., December 16; Philadelphia, December 17; Baltimore, December 19; and Alexandria, Va., December 22. Enjoy an audience with the Pope of Trash!
3. MUSIC: Listen,David GuettaFrench DJ and dance hitmaker David Guetta has released his latest album,
Listen, a title that sums up precisely what his fans should do. Sia, Nicki Minaj, Emeli Sande, John Legend, and more are among the A-list artists featured on the tracks, which explore a new side of Guetta and electronic dance music. (He describes the album as "completely different to anything I've done before.") It is now
available on iTunes. And the music video for "Dangerous," the hit featuring Sam Martin, is already getting people dancing. Watch it below. --
Daniel Reynolds
2. FILM: Still AliceJulianne Moore recently nabbed a Gotham Award for Best Actress for her starring role in
Still Alice, a drama about a psychologist battling Alzheimer's disease. And it's whispered that this could be her year to finally win an Oscar. The film, which also stars Alec Baldwin as Moore's husband and Hunter Parrish, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth as her children, was directed and written by Wash Westmoreland (
Pedro) and his husband, Richard Glatzer, based on the best-selling book by Lisa Genova.
Still Alice premieres this weekend. Watch the trailer below. --
Daniel Reynolds1. TV: Marco PoloIn its most epic -- and expensive -- project yet, Netflix will release
Marco Polo, a 10-episode series about the Italian explorer as a youth living in the 13th century court of Kublai Khan. Produced by the Weinstein Co., the drama reportedly took $90 million to produce, making it the second most expensive show on air, following
Game of Thrones. In a bid to extend its reach to a global audience, Netflix filmed the project in Malaysia, Italy, and Kazakhstan. Although
Marco Polo stars a relatively unknown Italian actor, Lorenzo Richelmy, it features stunning cinematography and period set design, which help shed new light on the storied European traveler to Asia. See the epic unfold on Netflix December 12, and watch the trailer below. --
Daniel Reynolds