Local singer/songwriter Ric Trent's first single So Pretty is getting heaps of airplay on JOY. He snuggles up on the casting couch with KAYE SERA

Judith Lucy's book, The Lucy Family Alphabet, has been on the bestseller list since its release last month. Rather incongruously for a tale of dysfunctional family life, it's currently nestled between the ultra-cheery cookbooks Delicious Cupcakes and Bake.

Zimbabwe is in a mess. Inflation rates are 100,000% and rising, there are food shortages and rampant human rights abuses. In the face of a HIV/AIDS pandemic the health system is shattered leaving many Zimbabwean’s in utter despair.

Former Australian Idol contestant, Courtney Act has come up with a novel approach to funding her next recording.

Drug-abuse is not an issue that is new to the GLBT community. While the proliferation of anti-drug campaigns now seems to numb rather than inform, Terry Oldes' novel, Dancing with Tina provides a hauntingly real auto-biography about crystal-meth abuse.

It’s all about networking and soon Melbourne’s film making community will have their own dedicated short film night.

Miss Man has burst onto our small screens in the latest season of Australia’s Got Talent. The lady herself snuggles up on the casting couch with KAYE SERA for a chat

The Melbourne Rainbow Band’s Rainbow Collection at Chapel off Chapel turned out to be a very special event. Apart from the fact that the event was held on the eve of a full moon, the concert was also the finale for Erich Fackert as music director.

Gay fans of action thrillers will finally see their fantasies come to fruition in Geoffrey Knight’s soon-to-be-released novel Fathom’s Five: The Cross of Sins, the first action thriller to see its male characters uniting to solve a mystery, as well as in the bedroom.

The 2008 Brisbane Pride will host the event’s largest schedule of GLBTI performances, fundraisers and parties than ever before. This year’s festival theme is Freedom. Scheduled to run from May 15 to June 30, the festival includes a GLBT 2020 summit for Queensland run by PFLAG; Wigfest; Trashy Treasure; the Pink Pub Prowl; and Holes and Poles music fundraiser. June 14 is a huge day with the rally, march and Fair Day. New for this year is an exciting event called IMPROV in the heart – a secret event which organisers say will make headlines! Don’t delay – book your flights now for a rainbow winter warming holiday.
Brisbane Pride
May 15 to June
Details: www.pridebrisbane.org.au

Establishing a new venue on the gay scene in Melbourne is no mean feat. Two years after the gay takeover and The Stingo Hotel, on Hoddle Street is now an integral part of the scene.

Two years down the track and Kookaburra Theatre Company is making moves toward its grand vision of a becoming Australia’s first national musical theatre company. But that largely depends on how Melbourne audience respond to their next production; Tell me on Sunday, opening at the Her Majesty’s Theatre next month.

An exhibition revealing the social history of drugs and drug taking in Australia has opened at the Museum.

Tammy Ingram, former member of Ezmerelda, has just released her first solo EP, Modern Love. She climbs onto the casting couch and chats with KAYE SERA.

Meet Bearlesque, the group of burly boys who are putting the grrr back into burlesque.

Carson Kressley is everywhere. Just this past week has seen the launch of his new TV show, How to Look Good Naked (Channel 10) followed by a guest appearance in the Big Brother house.

It’s been five years in the making and the queen of classical music is back with a new album, Symphony. Sarah Brightman says this album has a dark, almost Gothic feel about it, pointing to a firm change in direction from her last album, the popular Harem.

It’s early morning and four middle-aged bachelors go about their daily ritual. The open plan living room/kitchen of their home can barely contain their various foibles. Activities overlap in an increasingly chaotic cycle.