LISTEN: Pink’s “What About Us,” An Anthem For Everyone August 9, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho It's been way too long since we've been graced with new material from Pink. And "What About Us," the Grammy winner's new single from her forthcoming album,...
Outfest 2017: Harris Dickinson Breaks Out in ‘Beach Rats’ July 9, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho Here's a name you'll want to remember: Harris Dickinson. Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, recently screened at Outfest in Los...
OUT ON THE TOWN: Summer Edition July 5, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho Summer is just getting started, and we're already filling up our calendar with a bunch of events happening on both coasts... A DRAGTACULAR BRUNCH The...
Pasek & Paul’s “Dogfight” Opens in L.A. June 7, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho PHOTO CREDIT: Nicole Priest Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the songwriting team behind the Academy Award-winning La La Land and the Tony-nominated Dear Evan Hansen, are...
It’s a ‘Moulin Rouge’ Reunion! June 6, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho It's hard to imagine that Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking musical, Moulin Rouge, opened in theaters 16 years ago. The film's stars, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor,...
10 Things We Learned at RuPaul’s DragCon 2017 May 3, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho Last weekend, for the third year in a row, the Los Angeles Convention Center was taken over by glitter, big heels, and even bigger hair as RuPaul's DragCon treated...
LISTEN NOW: Dua Lipa & Miguel’s “Lost In Your Light” April 27, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho It may be April, but we've already started gathering tunes for our playlist for the Summer of 2017, and shooting to the top of that list is this all-caps HOT...
REVIEW: ‘The Lost City of Z’ April 3, 2017 by Adrienne McIlvaine @mizocty Though it’s often hard to recognize in the moment, so much of our lives is determined not by careful planning or conscious deliberation but by pure chance. A missed...
WATCH – Todrick Hall’s ‘Straight Outta Oz’ Visual Album is EPIC March 23, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho Viral superstar-turned-Broadway performer-turned-R&B-pop dynamo Todrick Hall just released his full-length, debut album (and accompanying visual album,...
Drew Droege Delights in “Die, Mommie, Die!” February 27, 2017 by Hiko Mitsuzuka (@TheFirstEcho) Photo by: Matthew Brian Denman Comic actor Drew Droege may be known across the interwebs for his consistent (and hilarious) work as a consummate Chloe Sevigny...
