Gawker: Rufus Wainwright

Overzealous Fan Attempts to Scrapbook Actual Singer

Richard Lawson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:41:35 EST

[Gay chanteuse and Garland nut Rufus Wainwright at a Sydney, Australia concert last night; image via Queerty]

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'Emasculated' Richard Johnson Can't Tell His Singer/Songwriters Apart

Joshua Stein — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:30:24 EST

In today's Page Six, the gay singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright is quoted. "I'm still a die-hard romantic and I still subscribe to traditional homosexual attitudes. I love beauty; I love shopping and hookers, you know?" We do know! But the picture wasn't of Rufus Wainwright, nor of his father Loudon. It wasn't even of his mother Kate McGarrigle! No, that's the misshapen mug of Ben Lee, another singer/songwriter and who is definitely on the non-subscriber list for traditional homosexual attitudes. In fact, he once dated Claire Danes, who is neither a shop (though she was in Shopgirl) nor a hooker (though she did play Sookie Saperstein in Igby Goes Down). Keep up this confusion, Johnson, and we might take you someplace private and sing to you from Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.

"I don't get Rufus Wainwright. What's he ...

abalk — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:42:31 EDT

"I don't get Rufus Wainwright. What's he whining about?" [Kausfiles]

Celebrating The Freedom Of Paris

Emily Gould — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:00:56 EDT

" If Paris wasn't born, she would have to be invented. If she did not form naturally, we'd have to build one of her," Andrea Peyser finally realizes. Um, clearly. Because there is almost no gossip today that isn't about her. [NYP]

Example: did you ever suspect that O.J. Simpson didn't write his own book? Apparently, a ghostwriter Did It! [Page Six]

"Does Britney Spears Want K-Fed Back?" Well, duh, yeah! He's the best thing that ever happened to her. [MSNBC]

Rufus Wainwright has a beef with Beyonce: "All of her songs are formulaic and produced in a way that's utterly mesmerizing in the basest way...But hey, it's your life, you know?" Um, let the weave-pulling slapfight commence asap. [R&M, last item]

What's The Gayest Gym In New York?

Choire — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:45:37 EDT

Rufus Wainwright tells Spin that Anderson Cooper goes to the gayest gym in New York—the Equinox in the Time Warner Center. Page Six retorts: "Actually, the David Barton Gym on West 23rd is the gayest in the city." Hmm. That may have been true in the 90s—is it still? What about Equinox on Greenwich? What about the New York Sports Club on 23th and 8th? Or even 23rd and Park? (They do call it the New York Sex Club, after all.) And the Crunch on Lafayette? How could B. D. Wong's favorite gym not be the gayest in town? Please to school us, gays and gay watchers.

Not Gym Dandy [New York Post]

Liz Smith Incites Gay War Over Judy, Rufus

Emily Gould — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:18:40 EDT

On the holiest day of the Gay Year—the announcement of Tony nominations—a conflict has broken out that threatens to rend the community into deeply opposed warring factions: supporters of Rufus Wainwright and supporters of the poor maligned ghost of Judy Garland! At least, that's how Liz Smith, who is a gay man, sees it.

When pop singer Rufus Wainwright did his Carnegie Hall "tribute" to Judy Garland last year, I thought it was an intriguing idea. Mostly, it made one want to listen to "Judy at Carnegie Hall" again! Since then, Wainright has said his big notes were "better thought out" than Garland's. (Odd, Rufus has no big notes!)
Now comes the refreshed Radar magazine, in which Rufus calls Garland "a camp fossil" revived by his attention. Oh, puh-leeze! There have been many re-appreciations of the great Garland. The apex was the DVD re-release of her 1963-64 TV series, plus several PBS documentaries. Liza Minnelli was right after all in not supporting Rufus Wainright's use of her mother.

No "big notes," eh? MeOUCH. —Emily

Clintons' New Escape [Liz]

Stephen Holden Says Things Matt Drudge Can Only Tell His Secret Heart

abalk2 — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:10:29 EDT

"NYT: Rufus Wainwright 'Hero' For Tribute to Judy Garland... " [Drudge]
Rufus Wainwright Pays Tribute to Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall [NYT]

The Dreams That We Dare to Dream Really Do Come True

Jesse — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:00:15 EST

It will be the most extraordinary collection of homosexuality to have ever been gathered in Carnegie Hall — with the possible exception of when Liberace rehearsed alone.

Rufus at Carnegie Hall [RufusWainwright.com via A Bear in the City]

To-Do List

Gawker — Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:53:29 EST

1. Hear Rufus Wainwright, David Bowie, and Philip Glass at the Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall. (Or, alternatively, hear the editor's favorite band at Northsix.)
2. See Adrian Caetano's Bolivia at the Film Forum.
3. Try the hamachi/jalapeno/avocado maki at Sushi Seki.