You might’ve seen the news this week that after three decades, NBC cancelled the entertainment show E! News. For this week’s episode, we’re revisiting my 2015 conversation with one of the hosts of E! News, Steve Kmetko. Steve was the face of the E! cable network from 1994 to 2002, and in addition to hosting the news show he also anchored countless Oscar and Emmy broadcasts, reported from film festivals, and interviewed everyone who was anyone in Hollywood. It was his dream job, but privately, he was being weighed down by a lifetime of baggage: a career that demanded he stay closeted, and a religious upbringing that burdened him with guilt.
First, a reminder that The Sewers of Paris is on Twitter and Facebook, where I post clips of the stuff that we talk about on each episode. This week I’ll be posting clips from Peter Pan with Mary Martin, Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, and of course, Steve himself reporting on entertainment.
And I hope you’ll join me for our next fun friendly livestream on August 15 at 11am Pacific. It’s a nice relaxing time to just hang out and chat. There’s a link at the top of the Sewers of Paris twitter feed.
And don’t forget to check out my other shows! Culture Cruise on YouTube is a deep dive into queer entertainment milestones. And check out Queens of Adventure and Queens of Adventure: Legends, two narrative comedy shows with drag heroes going on adventures in a world of fantasy.
Now, here’s my 2015 interview with Steve.
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Good Luck, Kid (Ep 344 - Beatrix Potter/Carl Bishop)
Always Dreaming (Ep 343 - The Brady Bunch Movie/Stan Zimmerman)
Really Stupid and Delicious (Ep 342 - Desperate Housewives/Benji Carr)
The Lone Wolf Doing Theater (Ep 341 - Ravi Roth/Broadway)
We Were Too Busy Being Gay (Ep. 340 - Stonewall/Tree)
A Pride Omnibus (Ep 339 - X-Men/Joe Glass)
Glamour Rampage (Ep 338 - Justin Vivian Bond)
Misfits and Aliens (Ep 337 - Lypsinka/Gypsy)
If You Can Survive it, do it (Ep 336 - Gay New York in the 70s & 80s/Mark Finley)
Camp is like Pornography (Ep 335 - Eurovision/Jānis)
Beauty in Trash (Ep 334 - Bruce Vilanch/Bette Midler)
It Was All There in One Album (Ep 333 - Bette Midler/James Sie)
My Life Was a Game of Survivor (Ep 332 - School of Rock/Brian Falduto)
Queer People Everywhere (Ep 331 - Queer as Folk & Minari/Steven Wakabayashi)
Everyone is Gay (Ep 330 - Buffy & My So-Called Life/Kristin Russo)
The Queer Radical (Ep 329 - James Baldwin/Steven Bull)
I am Nerdy and Kinky (Ep. 328 - Pup Amp/Cosplay & Bondage)
When You Don’t Have Words to Say, You Sing (Ep 327 - Angels in America/Jonathan Blalock)
Attracted to Jesus (Ep 326 - Michelangelo & Judy Garland/Rob Urbinati)
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