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The death of industrial music pioneer and perpetual provocateur Genesis P-Orridge got me thinking. Not that I liked his "music." (I decline to use his preferred pronoun, "s/he.") But because P-Orridge died at age 70, I enjoyed picturing bummed out young "trans" poseurs learning through these obituaries that body modification and "gender fluidity" weren't their ideas. I also thought ­— not for the first time since the advent of what Steve Sailer calls "World War T" — about The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975.) The enduring cult film started out as a campy London stage musical that spoofed science fiction...

It holds the record for the longest theatrical release in history, having never left cinemas since its 1975 debut. Now the Rocky Horror Picture Show could be set for a new lease of life after it was reported that studio heads are courting Ryan Murphy, creator of the TV series Glee, to take charge of a remake. Murphy has met with studio executives at Twentieth Century Fox offshoot Fox 2000 to discuss the project, but has not yet committed. He recently shot a Rocky Horror-themed episode of Glee, which is due to air in the US on October 26. The...

Put on your favorite corset, fishnets and red lipstick and get ready to live it up like Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad and Janet because “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a tribute and costume ball. The special one night event is taking place just in time for Halloween, Oct. 28 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute’s cast features Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Billy Idol, Jason Segal, and Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison of “Glee” fame. Additional actors and singers will be announced soon. The tribute will combine scenes from the...