Meanwhile,
on Thursday, Rafe made it through the third week of Survivor:
Guatemala, and Clay is still in business on The Apprentice.
WILL & GRACE—LIVE!
After
running through every possible guest star in the known universe--including
Matt Damon, Cher, SpongeBob Squarepants, and the embalmed
Paul Lynde--the producers of Will
& Grace needed a new gimmick to keep people like
me writing about their show. (I suggested cash; they declined.
Cheap bastards.) So when the show’s eighth and final
season premiered last night, it was broadcast live. It still
sucked and was as crude as ever, but it was a thrill knowing
it sucked in real time, and that at any moment the whole thing
could careen as wildly out of control as Bush’s second
term. Airing the show live meant that the actors were forced
to shoot episodes two, three, and four before doing last night’s
show. Rumor has it that Debra Messing’s head exploded
right after the show aired from the stress of trying to remember
if she was supposed to love Leo (Harry Connick, Jr.) anymore
or not. Eric McCormack, on the other hand, knew he was simply
supposed to be as annoyingly neurotic as ever.
SPEAKING
OF LIVE TV
I
used to think the gayest live television show in history was
Men's Olympic Ice Skating, but GayWired.com reports
there is something even gayer: Mr. Gay 2006. And Q Television
is going to air it live for your viewing pleasure. Well, for
your viewing anyway. The lucky winner will be crowned the
weekend of Oct 7-9 in sunny Palm Springs, CA. Among the judges
will be Palm Springs mayor, Ron Oden, and former Playgirl
Man of the Year, Dirk Shafer. I can’t wait to see gay
men with glistening pecs and wearing tiny speedos talking
about how they plan to bring about world peace.
FAT,
QUEER, THIRTY, BLONDE, AND FROM A RED STATE
No,
that’s not my personals ad, but the various subjects
of Bravo’s latest reality show, Great Things About
Being... The first episode airs Monday, Oct. 3 at 10pm,
and a new one follows each night for the rest of the week.
Every night focuses on a different “attribute”
and what’s great about it. For example, according to
Bravo, one of the great things about being fat is all that
extra cleavage. Here I thought it was eating all the chocolate
I wanted. As for the great things about being queer, I’d
have to pick understanding what it’s like to be different,
really appreciating true love when I found it, and the free
toaster every time I “recruit” a new convert.
STAR
LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT, HOW GLAD I AM YOU’RE GONE TONIGHT
The
entertainment world was rocked yesterday by news
that the E! Network did not elect to pick up another year
on Star Jones Reynolds’ contract to work the red carpet
at various awards shows. Scuttlebutt has it that E! executives
were not amused by Mrs. Jones Reynolds’ arm-twisting
of stars to appear on The View, nor the relentless
promotion of her forthcoming book, Shine: A Physical,
Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love (also
known as I Can’t Believe I Got Me a Man and I’m
Going to Tell the Whole World About It!). Star says she
is the one who walked away from the deal as she has so much
else on her plate--like firing her agent. Replacing her will
be the triumvirate of Queer guy Carson Kressley,
E! News host Giuliana DePanda, and the must-be-gloating-to-high-heaven
gay-icon, Kathy Griffin, with whom Star waged an unpleasant,
but so-much-fun-to-watch feud.
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