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  Jai Rodriguez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jai Rodriguez is the culture expert on the American television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
On Queer Eye, Jai is known as the "Culture Vulture" and is supposedly an expert on the vague topic of culture.
In practice, however, his skills are often quite varied, and during the makeover process he offers advice on a variety of social topics such as dating, relationships, self esteem, intimacy and conversation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jai_Rodriguez   (249 words)

  
 BRAVO > Queer Eye For The Straight Guy > Jai Rodriguez
Jai Rodriguez was born on Long Island, New York on June 22, 1979.
Jai's television and film success inspired him to create his own cabaret at the XL Lounge in New York City titled, "Monday Night Twisted Cabaret." One night, producers from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy caught the show found a perfect fit for their new project.
Jai is currently working with the industry's top producers on his debut album scheduled to debut later this year.
www.bravotv.com /Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy/Fab_Five/Jai_Rodriguez   (324 words)

  
 BRAVO > Queer Eye for the Straight Guy > Jai Rodriguez
Jai is a talented actor, singer and dancer who is currently starring in the lead role of Zanna in the off-Broadway musical hit Zanna, Don't!
Jai is also a fixture among the hip NYC social set, regularly performing his solo act in the newest and hottest nightspots.
On Queer Eye, Jai uses all aspects of his professional training and skills as a performer plus his social charisma to coach straight subjects on everything from mixing 'n mingling in a social setting, to conversation skills, and to being at ease on the dance floor.
www.bravotv.com /Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy/Jai_Rodriguez   (292 words)

  
 Houston Voice Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rodriguez arrives in Houston on June 12th for Lift Off: Our Launch into Pride, which takes place in conjunction with Empower 2004 at the George R Brown Convention Center.
Rodriguez seemed to have more time for talk about his dance record than his impact on the national campaign for gay and lesbian civil rights.
RODRIGUEZ: TV is a thrill…however when we started, we didn’t realize that this small cable show would turn into the phenomenon it has.
www.houstonvoice.com /print.cfm?content_id=1196   (728 words)

  
 Article of Jai Rodriguez and Kyan Douglas making over a Packers Fan - Fans Of Reality TV
Jai Rodriguez (right), of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," admires the earrings on Chad Klumpp of Milwaukee, who was named best-dressed Packers fan at the Midwest Airlines Center Sunday.
Klumpp, who was wearing a Packers turtleneck, jersey and jacket, gold and green pants and a yellow jester hat with a beer glass hung around his neck, said he dresses up for every Packers game and welcomed the chance to strut his stuff before hosts of a show he watches regularly.
In an interview backstage after the first session, Rodriguez said he was touched by the warmth of the crowd, which included around 2,200 fans.
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/showthread.php?t=26142   (810 words)

  
 Queer Eye Culture Guru Jai Rodriguez Preps Album
Jai Rodriguez is best known to the public at large for his current role as Queer Eye For The Straight Guy’s be-all-end-all of pop culture (i.e.
Rodriguez entered the recording studio just before he signed on with the Fab Five to do Queer Eye.
Jai was unfortunately forced to put the recording of any further tracks on hold so that he could become Queer Eye’s culture vixen.
www.chartattack.com /damn/PrintThis.cfm?ID=2004010908   (285 words)

  
 useless! worthless! insipid!: Open Letters and Open Secrets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jai still has next-to-nothing to do, but at least the throws in some fine physical humor every so often, and has a few jokes to contribute.
But, wow, did Jai look like he was going to pop a boner when he actually thought he'd have something to do besides be a go-boy, a house cleaner, or a try-too-hard-to-upstage-Carson camera mugger.
Ithink eny one that says Jai is ugly is fuck stuped cuse he macks me in the mood and wish he was in my bed.every time i get a gimps of him on tv i faint.
www.epenthesis.org /archives/2003/09/open_letters_an.php   (1671 words)

  
 Tszuj-it! | Article Library | Jai | Broadway.com - Jai Rodriguez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rodriguez had his first callback for Rent the day before his first day of classes at Wagner College.
Rodriguez plays a student who compromises himself in order to appease a Dean of Students (played by Hope Davis), who wants to give him a scholarship.
Rodriguez is scheduled to return to Rent after Spinning Into Butter ends its limited run on September 16.
www.tszuj-it.com /articles/jai/jai2000.html   (440 words)

  
 Better Home and Living Show Comes to Richmond Convention Center - Queer Eye Culture Guy Jai Rodriguez to Speak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jai Rodriguez is a talented singer, actor, and dancer who has starred in the lead role of Zanna in the off-Broadway musical hit “Zanna Don’t!” Jai joined the show after a long –running turn on Broadway as Angel in the Tony-Award winning musical “ Rent”;.
Jai also regularly performs his solo act in the hippest and hottest nightspots in Manhattan.
Jai Rodriguez, "Culture Concierge" from the hit show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will appear at the Central Virginia Home Show January 22, 2005.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/1/emw196373.htm   (565 words)

  
 COMICON.com: 1/18 JAI RODRIGUEZ SHOW FOR ACTOR
Known to the Broadway world for his hit performances in RENT and Zanna Don’t, Rodriguez is busy preparing for his upcoming show called Xposed, an autobiographical pop/rock Moulin Rouge style rendition of his life.
Known to audiences around the world for his successful stint on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Rodriguez is going to be opening up the story of his life before and since Queer Eye.
Rodriguez states, “It is my hope that by doing a benefit performance for the Actors’ Fund of America, more entertainment professionals will be helped along their own journey towards success.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=003911   (475 words)

  
 Tszuj-it! | Article Library | Jai | Short Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rodriguez, according to production notes, will "bare his soul and tell his provocative story in his own words through song and dance." Jai Rodriguez, who played the title role in Zanna, Don't!, also appeared in the all-star Children of Eden benefit concert.
Jai Rodriguez, who constitutes the culture component of the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" quintet, performed two songs from his new album for the event's attendees.
Rodriguez said he was touched by the warmth of the crowd, which included around 2,200 fans.
www.tszuj-it.com /articles/jai/shorts.html   (3322 words)

  
 Playbill Celebrity Buzz: THE LEADING MEN: Angel of Music
Rodriguez is having a blast on Broadway with co-stars Melanie (Scary Spice) Brown and Frenchie Davis: "There’s such a fun energy.
Jai Rodriguez: I had a friend who recommended me to her agency, Abrams Artists, and there I met this lovely woman, Ellen Gilbert.
Rodriguez: I was raised thinking I’d burn in hell for being gay, but I didn’t have a choice.
www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/article/87674.html   (2233 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Zanna, Don't! - A Musical Fairy Tale (2003 Original Off-Broadway Cast): Music: Tim Acito,Jai Rodriguez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Fittingly, in the fall of 2003, Jai Rodriguez, who played the title role, transferred from the show's Off-Broadway run to TV, gaining fame as the "culture vulture" on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Obviously Jai Rodriguez rose to prominence very shortly after the show closed with "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy." However, every other cast member was just as talented.
Jai Rodriguez sounds nice on "Someday You Might Love Me" and Anika Larson has a killer belt.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C23I7?v=glance   (1502 words)

  
 Windy City Times
Right now, Jai Rodriguez is the Culture Vulture on Bravo’s hit show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but soon he’ll be rock’n your iPod with his new studio album.
Rodriguez is hoping for similar success with his first album.
Jai Rodriguez: I identify because I think one’s identity is so important.
www.windycitymediagroup.com /gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=6251   (1330 words)

  
 Jai Rodriguez, Q&A: Broadway.com Buzz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jai Rodriguez may be best known these days as the culture guy on Bravo's hit series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but he's been a Broadway baby ever since he stepped into the cast of Rent in 1997 when he was just 18.
Rodriguez would play the rock musical's cross-dressing Angel off and on until 2004.
Although he can also be seen as the champagne-toting Sabu in the just-released film version of the show, Rodriguez really gets to show off his singing, dancing and comic timing in his Broadway role.
www.broadway.com /gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=523299   (667 words)

  
 Welcome to NEXT Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Well, for Jai Rodriguez, the resident Culture Vulture of everyone's favorite Bravo makeover series, it hasn't.
Rodriguez first started playing Angel in 1997 when he was hired for the Canadian production of the show.
Jai Rodriguez joins Rent from July 5th through the 17th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 W 41st St).
www.nextmagazine.net /features/frombravo.shtml   (520 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : "Queer Eye"'s Jai Goes Pop
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's culture guru Jai Rodriguez is working on his debut album for a potential summer release.
Rodriguez recorded the Kylie Minogue-style "Love Is Good" and sold it off the stage and on the Internet, moving more than two thousand copies.
Though the show films through October, Rodriguez plans to spend his weekends recording and performing, and he hopes to land a record deal soon.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5937100/queer_eyes_jai_goes_pop   (318 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - 'Xposed' tells it 'Straight'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Before Rodriguez started transforming slobby straight men into dapper metrosexuals on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," he was a club singer and actor who co-starred in Broadway's "Rent."
Rodriguez, who wrote the script for the two-hour production, will be backed by a large troupe of singer-dancers - and some showbiz pals.
Rodriguez took over the role of "Rent's" AIDS-afflicted Angel in 1996 and moved to Chelsea.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/275474p-235903c.html   (407 words)

  
 planetclaire.org | Queer Eye : Jai Rodriguez Quotes
Jai Rodriguez: This is like a— Oh my god I think...
Jai: i'd like to take this time to thank the academy for believing in a small gay mans right to...
Jai with a Britney cut-out on his lap: No, uh, no I've never gotten married and annulled it in one day.
www.planetclaire.org /jai.html   (792 words)

  
 JS Online: 'Queer Eye' guy Jai back to his 'Rent' roots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ted Allen (left), Jai Rodriguez, Thom Filicia, Kyan Douglas and Carson Kressley of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" make an appearance in New York in February.
Rodriguez, who grew up on Long Island, first played Angel in the Canadian production of the Tony-winning musical.
Rodriguez admitted that he never wanted to become a makeover maven in the first place.
www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/jul04/242463.asp   (535 words)

  
 TV.com: Broadway gets a Queer Eye makeover
Playbill reports that Jai Rodriguez, the culture guru on TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, will be taking over a role in the Broadway musical The Producers.
Rodriguez will be performing the role of Carmen Giya, valet to Roger De Bris, the flamboyant Broadway director of the show within a show.
Rodriguez also snagged the same role for the upcoming movie re-remake.
www.tv.com /story/story.html&story_id=1881   (339 words)

  
 Jai Rodriguez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Jai Rodriguez to Headline 2nd Annual Central Virginia Home and Better Living Show : ArriveNet Press Releases : Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jai uses his skills and social charisma to coach on everything from working the room in a social setting to feeling comfortable on the dance floor.
Jai will be available to the press for phone and satellite interviews throughout January and will be available Saturday, January 22, 2004 during the show for live interviews.
The show is produced by MAC Events, a nationally recognized producer of high-quality business-to-consumer trade shows in a variety of industries and markets since 1968.
press.arrivenet.com /education/article.php/552852.html   (486 words)

  
 Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia
Jai Rodriguez, the “Culture Vulture” of the Fab Five on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” isn’t happy about the sleet and ice that’s falling outside the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
He’s eager to get back to the city, where he will hold a one-man show to benefit The Actors’ Fund, a 123-year-old organization that helps people in the entertainment community who have fallen on hard times.
Despite the wintry weather, Rodriguez took a moment to let Home Style readers in on some advice about adding romance to the home.
www.styleweekly.com /homestyleart.asp?idarticle=9838   (375 words)

  
 Playbill News: Zanna and "Queer Eye" Star Jai Rodriguez is Xposed at Jan. 31 Concert
star Jai Rodriguez, who has achieved national fame as the cultural connoisseur on TV's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," will perform a benefit concert for the Actors' Fund of America next month.
On Jan. 31, 2005, Jai Rodriguez: Xposed will be presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Jai Rodriguez, who played the title role in Zanna, Don't!, also appeared in the all-star Children of Eden benefit concert.
www.playbill.com /news/article/90115.html   (309 words)

  
 Jai's Fans
I thought it was very good and that it was a shame they only showed him singing the last few lines of the song rather than the whole thing.
Hey i love jai soooo much and if any one knows where i can get his c.d please e_mail me a hannah_at_mawson@hotmail.com coz i love him and i carn't get it any more over here any more, HE IS SOOOOOOO HOT!!!!
Because I saw a livejournal user who had the scene where DJ Qualls consults Jai as her icon, but I forgot which user it was...
community.livejournal.com /queereyejai   (682 words)

  
 Queer Eye's Jai Rodriguez recording solo album | News | Advocate.com
Jai Rodriguez, the culture maven of Bravo-NBC hit reality series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, is in the studio recording his debut album.
Last March, Arrive at Eleven Productions issued "Love Is Good." The track became something of a favorite in New York, prompting Rodriguez to perform at the Roxy.
Rodriguez says he wants the album to be complete by June.
www.advocate.com /news_detail.asp?id=3688   (134 words)

  
 Jai Rodriguez
I had to laugh at the comment by "gay boy in NY" who wrote 'I read that Jai is gay'.
Jai makes his living by being gay---he is one of the Fab Five--star of QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY.
I read that Jai is gay and I would love to follow that trail to find the treasure
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 Random House | Books | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy by Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and ...
All of this is painless (unless you have a really egregious body-hair situation), liberating, and downright fun.
This is what Queer Eye for the Straight Guy does each week on one of the hottest TV shows in memory, as the Fab 5 -- Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez -- turn an everyman frog into an every-girl's-dream prince.
JAI RODRIGUEZ is an actor, singer, and dancer who has performed on and off Broadway.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400054466   (439 words)

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