It's no secret that we love -- no, worship -- Róisín Murphy. The electro-pop songstress with a voice that could make us do the best kind of very bad things and a penchant for the performative (not to mention sex with lobsters) has just released her single, "Orally Fixated," her first new offering since spending two and a half years promoting her last killer album, Overpowered.
The (very pregnant) former lead singer of Moloko is taking a more viral approach to delivering her new music -- "Orally Fixated" is one of three singles slated for release in the coming months -- through video blogs (like the above clip), remix competitions (Ro confesses she's recently become a "vaguely good" DJ), and other surprises. "My fans are so loyal and I am really excited to have them more involved in my creations," says Murphy. The early part of 2010 will be spent adjusting to motherhood, but Róisín promises a slew of new music including a move towards mixing a bit of key note British urban beats and MC's with her infamous pop sensibilities.
You can hear "Orally Fixated" on Róisín's MySpace and Facebook pages and in the coming days a 48 hour global free download of the single will be launched by The Guardian.
To read our profile on Róisín Murphy -- and see the stunning photos -- from Out's 2008 October music issue, click here.
Advance copies of Peter Biskind's new biography of Warren Beatty, Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America, have started circulating and in an effort to be the best homos we can be, we turned directly to the sections featuring the actor's former paramour, Madonna, and transcribed a few of our favorites for your reading pleasure:
Beatty was never long without female companionship, and Madonna was waiting in the wings. She was 30, while Beatty was 51. According to Sandra Bernhard, "Madonna and I were in the back of a limo driving to some concert in L.A., and she said, 'Sandy, did you fuck Warren Beatty?' I said, 'No.' And then a month later she started dating him. I always thought, What if I had said yes, I'd fucked him, would that have meant she wouldn't have wanted him? The deal would have been off? I guess she was just testing the waters.'
Beatty began seeing Madonna in January 1990, shortly after Sean Penn famously tied her to a chair, which didn't prevent the younger man from phoning her to point out that Beatty was 'old enough to be your damn father.' According to a friend of his, Penn 'would follow her at night and, always, they would end up at Warren's... He'd sit in Warren's gate, waiting for her to leave. Often, she wouldn't do so until the sun rose.'
As Madonna reportedly recounted to a friend, Beatty called her from the car, said, 'I'm half a mile from your house. Take off your panties.' A few minutes later, he called again: 'I'm four blocks from your house. Take off your bra.' And again, when he pulled up outside her Malibu home: 'Now I wanted you to go downstairs and unlock the door. Then I want you to lie on your bed and wait for me to come to you and make love to you like you've never been made love to before.' Apparently that wasn't good enough, because she said she didn't have an orgasm. She complained the sex was better with Penn, and wondered why she was with Beatty. But high maintenance at the best of times, she was in particular need of an island of calm. The actor supplied it. Moreover, her interest in him was piqued by rumors from the Inge-Williams days that he was bisexual.
At that time, Madonna was racking up column inches by teasing the envelope of gender ambiguity with her friendship with Bernhard, who was a lesbian and proud of it. During a dinner with Beatty at the Sushi Cove (sushi was his food of choice), Madonna was offered a selection of vanilla or chocolate ice cream for dessert. She chose both, which got him thinking. He asked her, 'You seem to like to try everything. Have you ever made it with a woman?' 'Have you ever done it with a man?' [she responded]. 'Do you want a woman?' he replied, ignoring her. 'Because if you do, it will be my present to you. I'll get you a woman...if I can watch.' 'All this, just from ordering two kinds of ice cream?' [she said].
Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America will be in stores on January 5.
Having canceled several US tour dates because of lung trouble, La Roux's Elly Jackson kept her appointment with New York City's Highline Ballroom early this week. Looking androgynous in a slim-cut, shiny, striped suit, and with her red hair defying gravity, Ms. Jackson strode out on stage to tremendous cheers from the sold out crowd and kicked off the show with "Tigerlily" from the UK duo's (Elly's partner in crime is synth player, co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid) self-titled debut album.
Due to the aforementioned health problems, Elly apologized profusely for the short set, which clocked in at around half an hour, but they did not leave out a single hit. The break-out track "In For The Kill" drew the loudest screams of approval. "Colourless Colour" allowed Elly to amp up the energy, teasing the excitable mass in front of her by stepping in close and basking in the palpable adoration. And when she thrust her microphone out during set-closer "Bulletproof," she summoned an instant sing along with the crowd chiming in for the chorus.
The show sounded slick and polished, with two keyboards, a computer and even an electronic drumset creating a steady wall of sound. Elly was cheerful as she paused between songs to catch her breath, happy with the band's reception. There was not much banter and that was probably for the best as the songs certainly spoke for themselves.
"[Beyoncé] called me and she said, 'What do you want to do?' And I'm like, 'I don't want to show up in some frickin'
hair bow and be fashion Gaga in your video'. I said, 'I want to do
you.' The whole time I was learning the
choreography they were calling me Gee-yoncé."
-- Lady Gaga speaking with the Z100 morning show about her upcoming appearance in Beyoncé's "Video Phone" video. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the release of Gaga's debut album, The Fame, which has sold over 4 million copies and spawned four top 10 singles.
To see our slideshow from Out's September issue featuring Lady Gaga on its cover, click here. To read the cover story, click here.
It's as if the love child of David Bowie and Samantha Fox joined an outer space Ice Capades league and -- more importantly in light of his recent questionable Details shoot -- it's gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay:
Thursday night Charlize Theron let a female fan put her money where the actress's mouth is -- literally. During a live auction for charity OnexOne in San Francisco, Theron took to the stage to offer a 2010 trip to South Africa, including World Cup tickets, a safari, and a chance to meet Nelson Mandela. When the bidding lost its momentum at $37,000, Theron jokingly berated the crowd saying, "For fucks
sake! You can do better. There is no way I am
leaving here with Jeremy Piven getting a higher bid [he had just raised $280,000]. I've got tits for
God's sake."
To lessen the gap, she offered a 7-second kiss for $130,000 to a male bidder. "Swine flu is going around. This is high risk kissing!"
she told him. After another man bid $135,000, a woman offered $140,000 and won a 20-second kiss from Theron, who laughed, "My boyfriend is not here tonight." Not that he would have minded even if he were there -- straight men love watching this sort of thing, don't they?
The second I heard the title track from Peaches's latetst sex-o-matic aural offering, I Feel Cream, I began saying my prayers to the great porno soundtrack gods that someday she'd release it as a single and get dolled up in metallic lipstick and a few tons of fake gems to film an appropriately steamy video. Looks like they were listening and even upped the ante by squirting a welcome shot of Madonna circa the Erotica years into the mix:
If you haven't had a good hook up session lately, I suggest you find yourself a mate, play this sucker on repeat, and have at it.
Spencer Grammer (left) and Amber Stevens, stars of the ABC Family series Greek, just joined the ranks of celebrities who have lent their mugs to the NO H8 Campaign. The photo series, which already features portraits of Kathy Griffin, Ashlee Simpson, Debi Mazar, Lisa Ling, Fran Drescher, and more, was created by photographer Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Barshley in response to the passage of proposition 8 last November. The eventual plan is to compile the photos for billboard campaigns and magazines spreads to raise awareness and money to repeal prop 8.
The ABC Family hit series Greek, airs Mondays at 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT.
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