Celebrity Gossip

[markydefad]

Paul, her first name was Stephanie, last initial C.--check the credits.

[HustleBaby]

Esai Morales is GAY????? DAMN! My friends and I was digging him from back in the days when he co-starred with Sean Penn in "Bad Boys".



I HOPE that Benjamin Bratt, Benicio Del Toro (Traffic), Boris Kodjoe(Showtime's Soul Food) and Vin Diesel(The Fast and The Furious) aren't closet cases! It will BREAK my heart!



*DISCO DELIGHT*

[paul]

On 2002-01-25 18:34, markydefad wrote:

Paul, her first name was Stephanie, last initial C.--check the credits.

I just watched She's Gotta Have It. Stephanie Covington was the chocolate honey who played Spike's girlfriend and the one you're referring to I gather Markey. Very Nice.

I can't get over it's been 16 years since that movie came out. Gave me a warm feeeling reliving that time again.

[markydefad]

Well, it sure looks like daytime's favorite Diesel Dyke--no, Not Martha Stewart-Boodi's fave Rosie O'Donnell-- is coming out of that closet. Supposedly, she tells all in her upcoming book. It will be interesting to see what happens to her magazine...is America ready for lesbian warm & fuzzy? Hmmm...well at least Rosie doesn't insist on being on the cover of every issue, like Oprah does. I don't understand Oprah's insistence she being the covergirl every month!



Now, how will Rosie explain the Tom Cruise obsession? Is she inadvertently "outing" Tom with her admission that it was all a big insider joke?



I got my first edition of popbitch via e-mail today ( my thanks to phyllishyman for the tip). Their Tom mention:



Tom Cruise is allergic to cats. (Please insert your own pussy aversion joke here).



Interestingly, in next week's TV Guide, on page 4, there's an article on William Haines, promoting an AMC special on this actor's life titled "Out Of The Closet, Off The Screen: The Life Of William Haines" premiering Feb 5 at 10 Pm/ET.



Haines was the #1 male star in 1930, but refused to give up his openly gay lifestyle, so Louis B. Mayer killed his career for fear of the American public finding out the truth about Billy's sexual orientaion. Haines lived with Jimmie Shields until his death in 1973 and became Hollywood's premier interior decorator with some help from his friend-"Mommie Dearest" herself-- Miss Joan Crawford.



The final paragraph reads:





"It's the renouncing of status for romance that truly amazes. Muses filmmaker Fenton Bailey, 'How many top actors today wouldn't give up their loves for success?' "



Et tu, Tom?







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Markydefad

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[markydefad]

I'm getting the feeling that Will Smith might be feeling the "sting" of an Oscar snub when the nominations are announced. Now, Will has been a braggin' (in jest he told Oprah) about his magnificence in all areas, since he played "Ali"--but the SAG Award snub may be a hint of future snubs awaiting the former "Fresh Prince". Unlike the rap world, old guard Hollywood (most of the Oscar voters) doesn't like too much overt braggin' (remember that Berry Gordy's flagrant Oscar campaign for Miss Ross is cited by many as the reason she lost that Oscar to Miss Minnelli). Of course, it's just a hunch...but Will looked mighty depressed when Russell Crowe accepted that Best Actor Award from the Golden Globes. And poor Jim Carrey's third attempt at an Oscar nod for "The Majestic" sure isn't gonna happen.



And, am I the only one, who is NOT looking forward to Whoopi Goldberg hosting the show again? I used to like the Whoopster, but she sure seems like a sorry-ass choice in comparison to the brilliant ironic wit of Steve Martin and the old-master showbiz savvy of Billy Crystal. Look for more jokes about the "color of her wind".



Hey, folks, I'm just trying to stir it up a little.

[markydefad]

So now it looks like 4 felony charges for Hollywood's little lost slacker princess--Winona (Horowitz) Ryder. "Free Winona" t-shirts are selling like hot cakes in Beverly Hills according to Bill Maher. Bill says chicks like to shoplift for kicks. Who knew?



Is there a "Learn To Sing Like Eddie Vedder Singing School" franchise out there somewhere? How come every lead singer for every new rock group flagrantly imitates the annoying, slurry-drawled vocal delivery of Mr. Pearl Jam? From Creed to Lifehouse (who were on Leno last night), everyone sounds like Eddie today. And that is NOT a good thing, IMHO.



Does anyone else feel the quality of "Queer As Folk" has deteriorated this season? Last season it was often soapy, trashy, sometimes stupidly plotted--yet always compulsively watchable. This season it's been on the boring same ole, same ole tip. Is it just me?



Gawd, I'm feeling like Liz Smith...just prattling on with my old pet peeves of the day. I guess I always needed a column to vent. Thanks, Bernie for the space.



Doesn't anyone else have anything to share?

[paul]

Sorry, I haven't kept up with QAF. In fact I haven't kept up with Sex And The City, one the few programs I regularly watch. I was fascinated to find out recently that Kim Cattrall is married hi fi enthusiast entrepreneur, Levinson.

[jack]

On 2002-02-01 13:28, markydefad wrote:

Is it just me?

Doesn't anyone else have anything to share?

noooo...nothing to share...except keep flinging that dirt as it sure makes for interesting reading..and judging by the number of views to these pages i am not the only one reading...

[Boodikka]

The Goddess has been quiet.....but now shall she bring forth dirt! You mortals have heard the Goddess speak of many naughty couplings ....but the Goddess has learned of a naughty TRIPLING that defies imagine: follically-challenged and sexually ambiguous tennis star Andre Agass, his wife the walking mannequin and bisexual icon Brooke Shields, and the ageless and sexually omnivorous porn star, estrogen empress Jeanna Fine! This misbegotten menage occurred in Las Vegas, and Sin City has still not recovered, I daresay.

[markydefad]

Last night I watched the new PBS "In The Life" and was cracking up at Harvey Fierstein's closing commentary segment "Who's Gay In Hollywood?" Since we've been treading on this subject over the course of this thread, I thought I'd transcribe it for my loyal readers. (Hey, Marky has no life and luckily had taped the program). All that's missing is Harvey's inimitable delivery....



WHO'S GAY IN HOLLYWOOD?



I appear at lots of colleges, community groups, political events, and such. When I'm done speaking on the selected subject, I open the floor to questions from the audience. What do they want to know? Well...after the obligatory--"What was it like to kiss Matthew Broderick?", I'm asked..."Is so and so gay?"...



I could have just spoken for an hour on the state of AIDS in Africa, the influence of lesbian writers on tabloid journalism, or the effect of bareback sex on our communal psyche. And, still a hand will rise up--a voice will call out..."Is this one GAY? Is that one GAY? Who's really GAY? Is everyone GAY?"



I would like to take this opportunity for once and for all to end this entire line of questioning here, now and forever more. Are you listening? Cause I'm only gonna say this once--and then I'm done. Ready? Here goes...



Sean Hayes is straight.

David Hyde Pierce is straight.

Kevin Spacey?...straight.

John Travolta,

Johnny Depp,

Tom Cruise,

Tom Selleck,

Richard Chamberlain,

Richard Gere--STRAIGHT-- ALL STRAIGHT.



Every last lady-lovin' one of 'em is a full time girl watchin', dame datin' heterosexual--straight as a #2 Ticonderoga pencil--right out of the box. Got It?



As for the ladies...



Rosie O,

Jodie Foster,

Whitney Houston,

Sandra Bernhard,

Whoopi,

Melissa,

k.d.,

and Barbara Walters--STRAIGHT. All truly STRAIGHT.



That whole thng with Ellen DeGeneres was just a ratings ploy. Plus she thought she'd help her mother sell her book. Well, David Letterman does it for his mom--but Ellen's actually STRAIGHT. In fact, Ellen is so STRAIGHT--she makes Anne Heche look like a lesbian. Which, let me be clear, she is not.



Now for the Bisexual crowd--the Elton Johns, Mick Jaggers, David Bowies, Madonnas and the like--let me say they too are all, actually heterosexual. That's right, every one of them--fulltime sex mixers.



And the ones you've heard about in "herstory" class, the Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gertrude Stein, James Baldwin, Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Liberace crowd--they are--were--and will always be--STRAIGHT.



So, for those of you at home keeping score-- on the homosexual side, we have Charles Nelson Reilly and YOU.



On the straight side--the rest of us.



Charles Nelson Reilly and YOU are the only 2 homosexuals in the world. The rest of us were just being nice, trying to keep you company, and not make you feel like the outcast you are.



YOU'RE GAY. We're not. Sorry. Have a nice day.



I trust all queries have now been answered. Yes? Good.



Oh, and by the way, about that kissing Matthew Broderick thing, the answer is "Delicious".



I think Harvey has had the last word on that subject. What'cha think?







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Markydefad



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[markydefad]

Boodi,



At long last, you resurface with dirt! Now is Miss Brooke Shields the least talented "actress", and I use the term loosely, working--or sorta working--today? I'd be interested in your opinions. Hey, you don't have to know anybody personally to play this one. Who is/are the most UNTALENTED actors/actresses still working today? Who never convinces you in any part they ever play? Who do you think must be fucking somone to keep getting parts? Who should be sent to the SAG early-retirement home now, pronto!



Remember, IT'S NOT MEAN, IF IT'S TRUE!!!

[Bernie]

On 2002-02-04 17:21, markydefad wrote:



Remember, IT'S NOT MEAN, IF IT'S TRUE!!!

Sounds like the new slogan for NBC's "real-life" TV.



Funny you mentioned Charles Nelson Reilly cause I remember him from "Match Game '73..." Was watching these on the "Game Show" network recently and they brought back memories. What else did this guy do?

[markydefad]

Well, Charles Nelson Reilly was a musical comedy performer from Broadway ("Hello Dolly") originally, who crossed over to series TV (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"-- "oh, mithhus muuuer")and later to daytime TV game shows ("Match Game"). He was sort of a Paul Lynde type--the lisping, mincing, dishy, crazy queen (although NO ONE ever said that).



Later, he became a theatre director--directing Julie Harris in "The Belle Of Amherst" and a voiceover actor for lots of cartoons. He was nominated for a guest star Emmy for a dramatic role on "X-Files" a couple years ago and is now touring with a one-man show about his life.



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Markydefad

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[Boodikka]

The Hallowed Realm Of The Terminally Untalented...............

1) Tobey Maguire - My God, when did they start issuing SAG cards to zombies?

2) Salma Hayek - Yes, she is the Goddess' (and Paul's) lust object, but she hasn't progressed as an actress since the guest spot on "Empty Nest"! Her laziness towards her craft is legend, and she makes no attempt to lose her accent. Then she wonders why she's SIXTH-BILLED in crap like the "The Faculty"?

3) Josh Hartnett - If you are so supremely unfortunate as to see the cinematic toilet paper called "Pearl Harbor", you will root for the Japanese to kill the untalented waste-product that goes by the name Josh Hartnett.

4) Brittany Spears - She's a crappy singer, not really that attractive, and somehow she rates a movie deal? Will someone please explain "Tittany" to me? Am I the only to find Miss Spears slightly "mentally-challenged"? WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN "TITTANY" TO ME?

5) Barbara Bosson - Whenever this silly bitch appeared on "Hill Street Blues" or "Murder One", it was akin to water torture. She should thank her personal God that married Steven Bochco, so she could occasionally work (just like Nancy Allen and Brian Depalma in the late 70s/early 80s).

6) Heather Graham - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Someone step on it and make it go away!

7) Cameron Diaz - Senorita "I'm Latina Because It's Trendy" makes me want to toss my cookies. Former models shouldn't act....say it with me now....FORMER MODELS SHOULDN'T ACT!

Jessica Alba - Senorita "I'm Not REALLY Latina, REALLY I'M NOT, because, ummm, ummmm" is hot.....so hot that she ought to burned at the stake for her crappy acting and ethnic self-hatred.

9) Denise Richards - couldn't act if you threatened her at gunpoint! Like Tittany, she's another one whose IQ is smaller than her shoe size. The person who cast her as a scientist in the last Bond film (wait a minute....A SCIENTIST? BWAHAHAHAHAHAH) should be drawn and quartered. I do wish I was a casting agent, because you cannot imagine what I would do to her during an audition :grin: The Goddess has always liked 'em young, dumb, and full of.....well, you know the rest.

[markydefad]

Ah Boodi,



I knew you wouldn't let me down.



First off, I have to take exception to two of your choices: Cameron Diaz & Heather Graham. I've liked Miss Diaz since "The Mask" and Miss Graham has been hit'n'miss, but I love "Boogie Nights", so I couldn't trash anyone from that brilliant cast. Hey, her Rollergirl was perfecto, IMHO.



Now, Tobey Maguire is an interesting choice. I have a writer friend who shares your low opinion of his talent. I'd say I'm not sure yet, but "Spiderman" did seem a weird casting choice.



Barbara Bosson was a client of ours. 'Nuff said.



Salma is lazy, huh? I would have thought just the opposite. I woulda pegged her for the J-Lo ambitious, claw-your-way-to-the-top Latina. She better hang onto Edward Norton.



Denise Richards will make a lovely Hollywood wife a'la' Donna Dixon (Mrs. Dan Aykroyd, in case people have forgotten). She was a real beauty who could barely speak 2 words in a sentence convincingly.



Josh Hartnett--the next Mel Gibson or the next Michael Parre'? I see you're predicting a M Pare' type downfall--not sure yet. But then, I never saw "Pearl Harbor". He does seem to radiate wood a'la'Jim Brolin.



Brittany hasn't been bad on her 2 SNL appearances. I thought she was funny in the first as a homegirl and last Saturday was pretty good as Skipper in the Barbie sketch.

I'd give her the Heather Locklear-promising prize.



I haven't watched Jessica Alba's show, so no opinion on her.



So you have nothing cruel to say about Miss Brooke Shields? I'm surprised. God, she's awful. Maybe it was all those Bob Hope specials that she appeared on, but I look at her and can't change the channel fast enough.



Ther's a new girl on "Law & Order" who shocked me with her ineptitude, especially given that show's astute casting. She's the blond who replaced Angie Harmon. Don't remember her name. Maybe I saw a bad episode, but she was too dull for words.



Remember Patrick Muldoon from "Melrose Place"? DREADFUL ACTOR. His first appearance on MP should be preserved in the ATAS (TV Academy)as an example of just how bad TV acting can be.



Oh, and Edward Burn's first cinematic girlfriend-- Maxine Bahns was another horrible actress. He stopped using her, thank gawd, but I did see her on an "Outer Limits" that was so awful I waited to see the end credits to catch the name of the horrible leading lady. Now, as for Mr. Burn's career as a director--let's just say he had one so-so film in him-and now it's all about who he's dating.



I gotta think of some more. Fortunately, the business weeds out most of the worst offenders after a few appearances and they don't work much...with a few exceptions. And some, do truly get better.



Now, if we change the topic ever so slightly to "who are you sick of" I could write a book. There are so many "STARS" that I can't watch anymore, I don't know where to begin...I think I'll make a list.



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