Trading In Uranus For A Saturn

So rumor has it that MICHAEL CARBONARO, lead homo in 2006's Another Gay Movie, refused-slash-was advised by his management team NOT to appear in the 2008 follow-up, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, due to the possibility of being pigeonholed in gay indie roles the rest of his career. Let's see, does 2007's straight-to-DVDumpster "I Was A Creature From Outer Space" count as a mainstream blockbuster? And how about the latest Saturn car commercials (below), where Michael appears as a bewildered shopper? With a deep, "macho" voice that's either dubbed or affected? GLAAD and Commercial Closet, take note.
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Bravo to Housewives!

To quote goddess KATHY GRIFFIN, lemme walk ya through this.

Bravo TV's Real Housewives series. Orange County's first and still best...the California girls will thank-gosh be back for a FOURTH season Tuesday, November 25...can't wait to reconnect with once-twice-three-times-a-lady Jeana and pig-nosed Vicki.

New York. Completely forgettable.

Atlanta. NENE rules. Sure, she's made a few unkind comments about her gal-pals behind their backs, but so what? She's good-natured, good for a laugh and good TV. SHEREE? Arrogant, manipulative, predictable villainy. A FASHION DESIGNER? Milan, NY, Paris? Is She on the fer-real? Is that why Shereevil needs a 7-figure divorce settlement, to fuel her fame fantasy? And Katastrophic KIM...no singing voice, no more Big Papa, and no clue how much she's been played by Sheree. What a role model for her kids...an aging, bloated, delusional, booze-swilling, cigarette-puffing trashcan. Sexy! Shoulda stuck with NeNe, Kay-Kay. Can't wait for the reunion special, next Tuesday, 9pm ET...here's a taste.
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Magic Wanda

Psyched for Ms. WANDA SYKES, a par excellence character actress/comedienne in the hallowed tradition of MARY WICKES and EVE ARDEN. Omnipresent, acerbic, with tick-tock timing, Wanda's now out and proud! And LOUD (as we all should be) against Californication's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage initiative that was just passed. I forget about the red-state-necks that fill the cultural voids between San Diego, LA and San Francisco.

Don't ever miss a performance with Wanda's name attached to it. Rent her star turns in LARRY DAVID's HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Monster-In-Law, shoulder-to-shoulder with LOPEZ and FONDA.


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Overheard at Soho House NYC last night...

Cocktail chatter, direct from the 6th floor of Meatpacking's members-only menagerie: tipsy Tudor JONATHAN RHYS MEYER is the new spokesmodel for Energy! Don't ask me what Energy is...a drink? A cologne? A product akin to VIP in "Lover Come Back"? Regardless, you heard it here first! Let's hope there's no relapse-rehab morality clause in his contract...

P.S: Two floors below the bar, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN was holding court in the screening room alongside gal-pal GLENN CLOSE.
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All Ovah Down Undah

AUSTRALIA! Kidman! Jackman! Oh man!

I was a Baz Luhrmann devotee as far back as 1992's Strictly Ballroom (whatever happened to Paul Mercurio?) And of course saw Moulin Rouge a dozen times. And La Boheme at the Curran in San Francisco.

Here's a trailer, hits theaters November 26...

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Barack Star

Still glued to CNN, two hours after President-Elect Obama's address.

Nothing like a winner to bring out celebrity hangers-on. The A-listers were all about the B tonight. Seminally visible supporters of our 44th were of course in da house at Chicago's Grant Park (Brad Pitt biking below with his Obama binder, future ambassador Oprah), plus incessant publicity hogs Spike Lee, Jesse Jackson Jr., Diddy and Al Sharpton.

Sarah, strap on those Ugg boots as you begin your one-way march back to Wasilla and obscurity. Conde, I hear Henrietta Hudson's looking for happy-hour pianists. And Amy Holmes? Shame on you, don't expect Anderson Cooper or Bill Maher to be calling anytime soon.
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