Jan Chan reviews Willard, an offbeat horror movie about an introverted loner who discovers an innate ability to control rats who live in his basement and eventually uses them as a tool of vengeance.
Fridae's music maven, Ms Mariah Scary, reviews Madonna's highly anticipated new album, American Life, and finds her once-unfailing allegiance to the Queen of Pop under siege.
Attempts by Madonna to combat illegal trading of songs from her new American Life album by flooding the Internet with decoys MP3s backfire; critics slam album and accuse the pop diva of losing her "touch as pop's most successful chameleon."
Alvin Tan gets in touch with his feminine side to review My Sisters, Their Stories, the first pictorial documentary of transsexuals in Singapore and Thailand.
Openly lesbian Melissa Etheridge has announced plans to wed her girlfriend of two years, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, best known for her role in Popular, a defunct TV series.
Fridae's resident music critic, Ms Mariah Scary, reviews Dannii Minogue's new album Neon Nights and is blown away by her collection of dance floor savvy tunes (dirty lyrics notwithstanding).
Gay Hong Kong superstar Leslie Cheung, who starred in the critically acclaimed gay film Farewell My Concubine, jumped to his death from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening.
Fridae's Alvin Tan dons his kneepads and puts on his volleyball jersey to watch Iron Ladies II only to end up deeply offended by the movie's demeaning portrayal of homosexual stereotypes.