Writing Portfolio - The Modern Romantic with Japhy Grant

The Latest

Wii Came, Wii Saw, Wii Quit. Why the future of machismo isn't a (video) game. Out
The Boys of Buzznet. Are gay Internet celebrities the second coming of cool -- or is buzz just another word for white noise?Out
Reporting Almost Live From the "Fag Awards". It feels like something of an arrival, your first red carpet. Popnography
What We Have in Common . Filmmaker Arthur Dong's new documentary Hollywood Chinese, explores the complicated relationship between Chinese culture and American Cinema Advocate
Man With a Plan . Bravo's head of programming, Andy Cohen, has a full plate: blogging, hosting shows on TV and the Web, and picking the network's lineup. Cohen tells The Advocate how Bravo's creative (gay) shows have flourished and why Tim Gunn still doesn't have a date. Advocate

Features

The Accidental Homo. Project Greenlight star Pete Jones never envisioned his second film as a gay movie, but he managed to make one anyway. Is this progress? The Advocate
Breaking and Entering. Guerrilla Gay Bar is changing queer nightlife, one straight dive at a time. Frontiers
Perez Hilton's Gay Witch Hunt. The MSM's favorite "gossip gangsta" claims he outs celebrities in the name of civil rights. But to his detractors, he's a self-serving lowlife. Salon
Why the World Really Does Need Superman Returns. Bringing a Yale art undergrad to Superman Returns was a terrible idea. The Simon
The Business of Love, One Pair at a Time. It’s one of those jobs that could only exist in West Hollywood: John Stout is better known as “John the Matchmaker,” a gay love expert who specializes in hooking up eligible guys, not just for the night, but for life. (Scroll down for story) Frontiers
Deconstructing Channing-gate. How a gay icon became a “homophobe” overnight. Frontiers
Doctor OXO: Love Your Joystick. From a video game column I wrote. This one is about video game sex. IN Los Angeles

Interviews

Yoko Ono. At 74, Yoko Ono is just getting started. Frontiers
Dirty Sanchez. Electro-rockers Mario Diaz, Jackie Beat, and DJ Barbeau teamed up to form Dirty Sanchez, a sideline project that’s become so popular (they’ve played with Boy George and Nina Hagen) that the L.A.-based trio have released an eponymous debut album. Frontiers
Grace Park. Born in L.A. but raised in Canada, Grace Park plays two different copies of the same model of Cylon on Sci Fi’s reimagining of Battlestar Galactica. Frontiers
Joan Jett.Joan Jett’s Hollywood days with the pre-punk all-girl band the Runaways are the stuff of legend, but it’s the classic “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” which cemented her sound in the public ear. Frontiers
Nathan Shaked. 37-year-old Nathan Shaked’s life is back to normal--sort of. Instinct
Christopher Rice. Christopher Rice pulls the curtain back on gay Los Angeles. Frontiers
Gregory Douglass (PDF) . Why did 25-year-old singer songwriter Gregory Douglass stay in the closet (at least professionally) for his first four albums? A drag queen told him to. Instinct
Jeremy. “Rule Number One: Don’t come off expecting to jerk someone off for a dollar,” Jeremy tells me, when I ask him what he’d like me to publish as a Go-Go Boy PSA. (Scroll down for story) Frontiers

Hard News

Young Eyes of the Storm. For a moment they were the image of the city of New Orleans: two young men huddled under the awning of the Bourbon Pub and Parade, a popular French Quarter gay bar, while Hurricane Katrina ravaged their city. The Advocate
Rape and Restraint. While many education programs highlight gay bashing, not enough is being done to draw a connection between homophobic attitudes and rape. The Advocate
Teaching Hospital. The longest-running Los Angeles--based soap opera, ABC's General Hospital, is speaking out in a big way against homophobic violence. The Advocate
Baptist Proposition. When the Reverend Lonnie Latham supported a directive urging fellow members of the Southern Baptist Convention to convince gays and lesbians to turn straight "and reject their sinful, destructive lifestyle," no one imagined he could actually be talking about himself. The Advocate

Travel

High Rolling. It's a new level of luxury at the MGM Grand Skylofts. Just remember to check your baggage at the door. Frontiers
This Place is Heavy. Lake Powell is an environmental disaster or a paradise—all depends on whom you ask. Frontiers
The Indiscreet Charms of Palm Springs. I remember naked men: Naked men lounging by the pool, naked men in saunas, naked men casually stroking each other off while they leave their hotel doors open. GWM
A Hike to Die For. While it is true southeast Utah is short on such niceties as Jean Georges’ restaurants and Prada flagships, it is home to the Narrows of Zion Canyon – a long weekend getaway that will most likely change your life forever. GWM

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