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David-Elijah Nahmod
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journalist, film critic, celebrity interviewer, starstruck kid. Cancer survivor.
Proud to be a gay Jewish Arab.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Great news! I had my latest PSA test, the blood test which detects prostate cancer. My numbers were normal, I am still cancer free, for more than a year now.
I had been taking these tests every three months. I can now go to every six months.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Happy birthday to show biz legend Rita Moreno.
Here's my interview with Moreno from 2017.
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21st century Rita Moreno
Bay Area Reporter
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December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with trans circus performers Toni Cannon & Ori Quesada.
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Circus Bella’s ‘Starlight’ celebrates the holidays under the big top
Circus Bella, the popular one-ring circus that has kept audiences enthralled for years, returns with a spectacular new show to help celebrate the holiday season. The show will feature all kinds of act...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with drag artist D'Arcy Drollinger.
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‘Golden Girls Live’ returns to the Curran: popular drag parody celebrates twenty years
From December 4-21, “The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes” will perform at the historic Curran Theater. This marks the second year in a row that the popular drag parody plays the theater, and...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Please enjoy my review of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ is a grand, sumptuous retelling of the classic tale
No director working today makes better horror films than Guillermo del Toro. His new adaptation of “Frankenstein” brings a fresh spin to the often-told story of an obsessed scientist who is determined...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with queer actor Christian Weissmann, who plays a gay role on the long running soap The Bold & the Beautiful.
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Long-running soap introduces 1st gay couple
Since 1987, the daytime drama "The Bold and the Beautiful" has kept viewers enthralled with its tales of the glamourous life within the Los Angeles fashion industry.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Please enjoy my preview of the annual San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.
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SF film festival elevates trans voices
The fact that transgender rights are under attack from a hostile federal administration has not silenced those artistic voices.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Please enjoy my review of the new animated film Boys Go to Jupiter.
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‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ – Strange but fun animated film doesn't always make sense
Written, produced and directed by Julian Glander, making his feature debut, “Boys Go to Jupiter” is a surreal, animated coming of age film that has a lot of great moments, though not all of it makes s...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Please enjoy my review of Queens of the Dead, a drag zombie movie!
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‘Queens of the Dead’ – Tina Romero's zombie comedy eats with a queer twist
The new film “Queens of the Dead,” opens in area theaters with quite a horrific pedigree. Its co-writer and director, Tina Romero, is the daughter of the late George A. Romero, creator of the classic ...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with Joshua Grannell, aka drag icon Peaches Christ.
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Terror Vault’s ‘Hexed’ – journey through a maze of queer horrors
“Terror Vault,” now underway at the Mint through November 1, has become one of the Bay Area’s most popular Halloween attractions. Co-producer Joshua Grannell, aka Peaches Christ, share the inspiration...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with drag artist extraordinaire D'Arcy Drollinger.
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‘The Rocky Horror Show’ – Doing the Time Warp one last time at Oasis
For the past ten years, Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” has been a staple at Oasis, the legendary drag club set to close at the end of the year. With Oasis closing, it means that the annual ...
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October 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Please enjoy my review of the new film Fairyland.
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‘Fairyland’ A moving true story about a gay single dad and his daughter
First-time director Andrew Durham does a remarkable job of bringing back the San Francisco of the 1970s and ’80s in “Fairyland,” a deeply moving memoir piece about a gay dad’s relationship with his sp...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with drag artist Ginger Minj.
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‘Hokus Pokus Live!’ – classic Bette Midler film takes to the stage with drag queens
'Hokus Pokus' s a favorite of drag artist Ginger Minj. The “Drag Race” alumnus is touring for the third time with a show called “Hokus Pokus Live!” which is a love letter to the original film. But don...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with drag artist Sasha Colby. www.ebar.com/story/158093...
Sasha Colby is ‘Stripped’ – ‘Drag Race’ star shares her experiences in a new show
On September 19 “Drag Race” winner Sasha Colby will make a stop in San Francisco as part of her latest tour, “Stripped II.” In this show she will share stories about trans and queer experiences that a...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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My profile seems to have become a ghost town!
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Please enjoy my review of the new film Twinless.
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‘Twinless’ – Gay/straight bromance is both touching and disturbing
Dylan O’Brien shines as twin brothers, one gay, one straight, in writer/director James Sweeney’s moving if somewhat disturbing tale of two 30ish men who meet at a bereavement support group for people ...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with dancer/choreographer Rogelio Lopez.
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‘Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos’ – queer Latinx dancer/choreographer Rogelio Lopez has a story to tell
From September 12-14, dancer/choreographer Rogelio Lopez will unfold a new work at Dance Mission Theater. In “Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos,” Lopez and his dancers will tell the story of a queer Mexic...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Please enjoy my review of the new Colombian film Salt Water.
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‘Salt Water’ – Intense drama about a forbidden subject
“Salt Water” is a slow burner that deals with a very heavy subject. The film follows Jacobo (Luis Mario Jimenez), a 33-year-old living in a shabby house near the beach in Colombia. Jacobo reconnects w...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with cabaret chanteuse Kim David Smith.
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‘Mostly Marlene’ – Kim David Smith travels back to the Weimer era
In his latest album release, “Mostly Marlene,” which was recorded live at Joe’s Pub in New York, Kim David Smith sings songs made famous by the late screen icon Marlene Dietrich, as well as a few song...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with trans historian the Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer.
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New book documents SF’s trans history
To commemorate Transgender History Month, the Reverend Dr. Megan Rohrer, a transgender man, published a new photo book this month about the history of the trans community in San Francisco.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Please enjoy my chat with actors Sara Toby Moore and Matthew Martin. www.ebar.com/story/156970...
‘The Mechanix’ – Two old friends reunite for a wild thrill ride
From August 23-September 6, old friends Sara Toby Moore and Matthew Martin will reunite at Z Below for “The Mechanix,” described by its creator Moore as “a science fiction-magical realism-human cartoo...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Please enjoy my preview of the San Francisco Queer Film Festival.
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San Francisco Queer Film Festival – All the colors of the LGBT rainbow at the Roxie
On Friday August 22 the fifth annual San Francisco Queer Film Festival will commence for a three-day run at the Roxie Theater. During that time short films and features, documentaries and narrative fi...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Please enjoy my review of the new web series The Lovers.
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‘The Lovers’ – Passion amid a pandemic
Daviel Shy’s “The Lovers” is a seven-episode streaming series about love in the age of COVID. It’s also about sex and spirituality. Shy, who wrote and directed, stars as Dafnah, daughter of a rabbi, a...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Please enjoy my chat with entertainers Leigh Crow & Bebecca Sharp.
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Big band cabaret plus a big birthday: Leigh Crow sings and celebrates her 60th
It’s Leigh Crow month at Oasis, with the well-known entertainer putting on two shows that promise to have fans stomping their feet. On August 14, Crow will co-host “Swingin’ Songbirds: A Big Band Caba...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM