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Review: Candice McQueen: Nasty!

Candice McQueen: Nasty! St James Cabaret, March 8 Candice (pronounced Can-dice) McQueen is the alter ego of Spanky, aka New Zealand’s own Rhys Morgan, and I wondered after the show why we ever let such a talent slip through our fingers The brooding good looks of guitarist Robert Trippolino would have set some hearts aflutter as he started with a remake of Don McLean’s American Pie as Candice trips down a floodlit stairway oozing talent, glam and an outrageous sense of the Id, think Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. This entrance serves to introduce a potted history of gayness that had no bearing on the usual drag acts who like to mime to Liza (with a Z) or Babs

Mos Def protests Guantanamo force-feeding

Right now, more than 100 detainees at the US naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are engaged in a months-long hunger strike. Many are being involuntarily fed through nasogastric tubes, a practice that rapper and activist Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) is protesting in a new video.

Dying of the light

If you stick around through the closing credits of Before Midnight, the latest film in the trilogy that also includes Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, you’ll see that the movie is dedicated to someone whose name even the most die-hard fans have never heard before: Amy Lehrhaupt.

Justin Bieber hits paparazzo with Ferrari

Justin Bieber has been cleared of involvement in an alleged hit and run. The 19-year-old singer and his rapper friend Lil Twist were trying to leave the Laugh Factory on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles last night when they were involved in an incident.

Justin Bieber cleared in ‘hit and run’ case

Justin Bieber has been cleared of involvement in an alleged hit and run.

Matthew Perry’s Go On cancelled

Actor Matthew Perry’s latest TV show has been cancelled after one season, marking his third disappointing venture since he won fame on the hit comedy Friends.

The Best New Bar in Bali

Sunset drinks in Bali were for many years synonymous with Ku De Ta, the Seminyak bar-restaurant that has been a favorite of the international party crowd since its opening a decade ago. That’s changing, however, with the surging cachet of the six-month-old Potato Head Beach Club, tel: 737 979, an offshoot of the trendy Jakarta bar-bistro.

Staying Sharp: Help! I’ve Lost My Focus

Spend a few hours with Hollywood producer Jennifer Klein, and you might want to pop a Valium.

A-list actors relive shameful audition moments

They are some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but even Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke and Dustin Hoffman have had their fair share of casting calamities they would rather forget.

Ali Larter weds in Maine

In a picture perfect East Coast wedding, "Heroes" actress Ali Larter wed her longtime actor beau Hayes MacArthur, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. The couple was married at MacArthur’s family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Saturday evening.