What’s missing from the new movie Burlesque is, to put it bluntly, the sex. Real-deal burlesque—whether it was in Vaudeville or at the Moulin Rouge, in the gentleman’s clubs of the ‘50s and ‘60s, or, ...

Fifty-odd years ago, Tallulah Bankhead starred in a revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" — a production so crammed full of camp that it was said straight men were struck gay simply passing the ...

In this world of instant gratification, the latest thing is ? ?waiting. It’s all about the tease with neo-burlesque and neo-cabaret ? ? let’s call it “caburlesque.” “That’s exactly why I knew it would ...

You know how some movie stars lie and say they never watch their own films? "Burlesque" would be a great opportunity to actually follow through on that. For anyone who appears in this hilariously bad ...

OK, here’s the deal: Burlesque involves stripping … but not that skanky, donkey show, picking-up-pingpong-balls-with-your-vajajay kind of stripping. No, modern burlesque is more about the dress than ...

Christina Aguilera isn’t the first struggling pop diva to try to become a big-screen star. Sony Screen Gems isn’t the first low-budget studio to gamble on a bigger-budget picture. And Steven Antin isn ...

Are you ready for this?! A brand new trailer for Steven Antin's new musical Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera and Cher (as well as Stanley Tucci) has debuted and can be seen below thanks to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every movie has a few cliches. You’ve just got to finesse them. In “Burlesque,” writer/director Steven Antin lays on the cliches with a trowel, delivering a ...

As the adage goes, no one sets out to make a bad movie. Certainly, no one sets out to make a campy one, since part of Susan Sontag’s rules for camp is that by its very nature it must be unintentional.

A thousand patrons — some having paid as much as 40 cents for a front-row seat — would be shouting. The pit orchestra would be playing, brassy and loud. Listen carefully, and you can almost hear it ...

Three Nights, Four Shows, Forty-Four Tits, Two Dozen Satin Opera-Length Gloves, and One Pair of Bedazzled Granny Panties Full disclosure: I'm feeling a little conflicted as I sit down to write this ...