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Obituaries

Barry Humphries, Known for His Drag Persona Dame Edna Everage, Dead at 89

The comedian had a career spanning 60 years.

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Voices

The Psychology of Hateful Words

The words of Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, on transgender women reflect a disturbing ignorance.

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Theater

Dame Edna Will Bid Farewell to U.S. Fans

It's time to say a Glorious Goodbye to the drag alter ego of Australian performer Barry Humphries.

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Transgender

Dame Edna: Jenner and Trans Women Are 'Mutilated' Men

Drag performer Barry Humphries lobbed a series of insults at Caitlyn Jenner and other transgender women in a recent interview.

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Transgender

Dame Edna Comedy Award to Be Renamed After Transphobic Comments

Hannah Gadsby recently distanced herself from Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries and his transphobia when she received the prestigious comedy award. 

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Theater

'Rocky Horror' Sequel to Get Shocking Stage Premiere

Richard O'Brien's 1981 film Shock Treatment will make its theatrical debut in London this spring.

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Theater

Christopher Durang Explains It All

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film

Don’t Slam Sundance

The excitement around this year's Sundance Film Festival has been muted by talk of boycott in response to Mormon efforts to pass Proposition 8. Director and Sundance veteran Gregg Araki explains why he thinks turning your back on the film festival is exactly the wrong approach.

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World

Dame Edna's Fond First Farewell

As Dame Edna prepares to bid audiences adieu with her First Farewell Tour (take that, Cher), she sits down with Advocate.com to talk about her maybe gay son, Michelle Obama's dresses, and her plans for matrimony in America.

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Theater

Seat Filler The Advocates Guide to Theater March 2010

For better or worse, The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene takes on Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped, Lucy Liu's Broadway debut and the gayest Glass Menagerie ever!

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Music

Michael Feinstein: The Piano Man Comes Back

Finding a new power of two with Dame Edna in Broadway's All About Me, the "Ambassador of the Great American Songbook" talks all about his anger with The Advocate and Kevin Spacey.

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television

Holiday Gift Guide for TV Lovers

Sure, the world's all-digital, but DVD and Blu-ray sets look a lot more exciting under the tree than, say, a Netflix gift card, so why not snag one of these 35 must-own collections for the TV buff.