Thursday, May 08
Thursday, May 08
Don't You Wish Your Office Was Hot Like Ours?
Yeah, that's right – RuPaul and Charo totally hanging on the fourth floor at World of Wonder. (Photo by Chris McKim)
Smells Like Team Spirit
The Austrian rugby team, having lost to Lithuania 48-0, took to the center of Lithuania's capitol, Vilnius, and stripped naked to the tune of "Singing in the Rain." Although they were cheered on enthusiastically by the crowd at a nearby cafe, the team had to issue a formal apology for its "act of hooliganism." (PageOneQ via OMGblog)
Queer Edge on WOW TV
This is the show that believes Jesus died for our sins, so why not take advantage of it. Kim Cole co-hosts and comes out to her parents. Desperation Squad tortilla throwing mayhem. Alan Cumming promotes his new fragrance and confronts his Scottish heritage. (Click here)
Thursday, May 08
The Christian Right
Never in a million years would we have thought we'd like this guy, but we totally adore him. Here's the haphazardly hilarious Project Runway winner and probable red-carpet host at the next MTV Movie Awards, Christian Siriano, talking to MTV's Control Freak about the clothing lines of The Hills' Heidi and Lauren. We think he doesn't like them. (Watch here)
Podcast 5-7-08
That new guy you don't recognize is Mick Kaczorowski, executive producer at Animal Planet, who happened to be in the office when the podcast was starting. And he happened to be in the office because he's working on a project with WOW, but no one needs to know that yet. He leaks that when Meerkat Manor starts up again June 6, Stockard Channing will be its new narrator. James gets started on American Idol. Randy wonders if David Archuleta and Michael Alig are an "Of Interest." Blue pants suits. Gayle's droopy surgery face on Oprah. Is Oprah so much happier now that she's back to being fat? Randy and A New Earth, his essential self, and Oprah. Tom Cruise and his scripted minions. Barbara Walters: her daughter, her book, Rosie, Star Jones. Sex and the City, the movie, its stars. Sarah Jessica's Lady Bunny hair on a billboard. Sparkle fonts! The Miley Cyrus ploy. The Kardashians. Gossip Girl. (Gossip Girl gossip continues uninterrupted as Randy and Mick leave the podcast.) Where in the World Is Matt Lauer? Will Perez Hilton be remembered long after Paris Hilton is forgotten? Obsolete communication gestures. Does David Archuleta know he's gay? Mariah's wedding suddenness seems suspect. And...scene.
Dial M for Madonna
E! Online's Marc Malkin enthuses over the upcoming "Dial M for Madonna" art show at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery. (Click on Madge's nose to launch vid)
Eggs Marks the Spot
For the next six months, Dutch artist Henk Hofstra's Art Eggcident will remain installed at one of the Netherlands' largest squares, in the city of Leeuwarden. Last year, Hoftra created the amazing Blue Road. (Wooster Collective; t/y Chris)
¡Viva Hollywood!
Here's a little scene from episode 5 of ¡Viva Hollywood! which starts out with simple table talk among the remaining six contestants and quickly flares up into shrill hysteria over Geovannie playing with a butter knife. A butter knife. "You're so frickin' over-dramatic!" Jenn shrieks at him, apparently without irony. The frickin' over-dramatic ¡Viva Hollywood! airs Sunday night at 10 on Vh1.
Man oh Manilow
I'm a Fanilow!
It all happened last night. At the Las Vegas Hilton. The lady who sat next to me had just got off the plane from London. She had seen him over a hundred times. This was my first. As soon as he hit the stage he sashayed over towards us. As he got closer he looked like ET... taller and thinner, yes, but with that same inner glow. As his eyes bored into me, I involuntarily rose to my feet, arms outstretched. "I think you're going to be going home with someone," my fanilow companion said with a nudge and a wink. I was prepared; I had stocked up at the gift shop on Manilow water, Manilow breath mints, and even Manilow hand-sanitizer. In the end, though, he picked some girl in front of me to dance onstage with him.
But I still got to nuzzle Barry, thanks to the Manilow pillow case I had also bought.
– Fenton Bailey
Dial M for Madonna
Toward the end of May the "depARTed" show will have departed from the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery and been replaced by Madonna (as most things are). "Dial M for Madonna," curated by James St James and Steven Corfe and opening with a gala reception on May 23, is a 40-artist-strong group show of all things Madge, from a conical bra made entirely of chocolate to a photograph of the Village Voice’s Michael Musto spoofing Madonna’s Sex book, “standing naked in a Jersey street with nothing but a wig and a cig to distract from my painfully tucked penis.” Opening night will also feature a video tribute to the late great 400lb Madonna impersonator, Queerdonna. You'll want to mark the date on your calendar or iCal and be there, because the Storefront receptions usually are the shizznit. It's already getting press.
The opening reception party takes place on Friday, May 23, from 8PM to midnight, with unveilings, performances, and an open champagne/vodka bar. The show continues through June 23 with daytime hours, during which co-curator St James will host events and gatherings in the gallery, many of which will be filmed and available for viewing on WOW TV, such as the ever popular online phone-in series Ring My Bell. The artworks are available for purchase during these daytime hours.
(Image: Albert Crudo's McDonna: Over a Billion Serviced)
Quote Unquote
"Are you kidding! Top celebrity mom? Look at her off-screen antics, her lack of morals, and how she conducts herself. I guess they forgot to mention how this top super-mom leaves her kids alone at night and even parties in their presence. Just wait until we go back to court. She comes stumbling out of Butter at 3:15AM with bloodshot eyes and a red runny nose, yelling 'Oh, shit,' when she saw the paparazzi." – Michael Lohan, to Page Six, on his ex-wife Dina receiving the Top Mom award from the Mingling Moms Organization.
