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Celebrity: The Advocate Interviews, Vol 1 (Advocate Celebrity Interviews) [Hardcover]

Judy Wieder (Author), Liz Smith (Introduction)


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Advocate Celebrity Interviews November 1, 2001
Featuring the uncensored words of 15 controversial, ground-breaking celebrities who drop their masks and empty their hearts to Advocate Editor in Chief, Judy Wieder, The Advocate Celebrity Interviews, Volume One is unmatched in providing readers with the kind of compelling revelations and insights that no traditional biography can provide. Taken from the pages of The Advocate with beautiful new photographs and bonus, never-before published updates and accounts of all the dishy behind-the-scene dramas that went into getting the interviews, The Advocate Celebrity Interviews, Volume One will be a classic addition to any gay or straight person's library. Rediscover the early struggles of Melissa Etheridge, Mark Wahlberg, Chastity Bono, and Gore Vidal. Learn from George Michael's own account of being a closeted pop teen star what it was like fall in love with a man for the first time. Read Liza Minnelli's shocking narrative as she describes what it was like to discover that the man she married, the man her mother Judy Garland introduced her to, was gay. Marvel as the great French diva Catherine Deneuve confesses what it was like to become a lesbian icon after making love to Susan Sarandon in The Hunger. Whether the stars are gay or straight, Ellen DeGeneres, Bruce Springsteen, Rob Halford, Liz Smith, Steve Kmetko, Sting, Tony Kushner, Emma Thompson, Larry Kramer, and Diana Ross all have outrageous, amazing, uncanny stories to tell. And, in a longstanding tradition of trust and adventure, they've told them to The Advocate.

Judy Wieder is editor-in-chief of The Advocate, the nation's oldest and most widely read gay and lesbian magazine. Prior to working at The Advocate, she was an associate editor at Creem magazine and one of the founding editors of Genre.

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Why it Matters When Celebrities Talk About Gay Issues.
A Conversation with The Advocate's Editor In Chief, Judy Wieder.

For over 30 years, The Advocate has been the voice of record for the gay and lesbian political and social movement. Within its pages, readers encounter, often for the first time in th


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About the Author

Judy Wieder is editor-in-chief of The Advocate. Prior to working at The Advocate, she was an associate editor at Creem magazine and one of the founding editors of Genre, An accomplished songwriter, Wieder has had over 40 songs published and recorded , topping the dance and pop charts twice, capturing one Grammy award, two Grammy nominations, three Gold Albums, and one Platinum Album.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 125 pages
  • Publisher: Advocate Books; 1st edition (November 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1555837220
  • ISBN-13: 978-1555837228
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,488,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Lord knows I asked myself that on the day I sat down, contrary to anybody's expectations-most of all mine-to dig deeper than I ever had before into my personal story for The Advocate. Read the first page
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Los Angeles, The Hunger, New York, Melissa Etheridge, George Michael, Barbara Jordan, Chastity Bono, Liz Smith, Catherine Deneuve, Beverly Hills, Calvin Klein, Judas Priest, Judy Garland, Marky Mark, Matthew Shepard, Susan Sarandon, Belle de Jour, David Geffen, Janis Ian, New Orleans, The Well of Loneliness, Boy George, Lake House, Lana Cantrell, Mark Wahlberg
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