#1 Looks like Angie was too, um, busy to show up for the Lili Claire meet-and-greet. #2 And this is what Aaron Schock looks like with his clothes ON!
A capacity crowd turned out for Lifeworks Mentoring's annual comedy benefit at the famed Laugh Factory here in Hollywood. This charity pairs up young gay people with older mentors, and if there's anything I enjoy, it's a young gay man looking up to me ( something TR and I have in common ) . The event was chaired by Jason Stuart and also included performances by Coco Peru, Tony Tripoli, Judy Tenuta, Sandra Valls and Alec Mapa. You can get more info at www.LifeworksMentoring.org .
Little Leslie Jordan's scheduled "Trip Down The Pink Carpet" in NYC next month has been put on hold. This is one of the few delays that is not recession-related. In fact, Leslie has a very good reason for this hiatus—he's busy working on a TV show! "Alligator Point" is a sitcom pilot that was filmed for Lifetime. He co-stars with Cybill Shepherd and it's directed by Kelsey Grammer. So, he has to sit tight 'till they get word if it's picked up. But have no fear—he's hoping to hit the Big Apple over the summer, which should coincide nicely with his gig in Provincetown. He'll be at the fabulous Crown & Anchor for four nights in August.
Sticking with stage performers, Kristin Chenoweth has a lovely anecdote about a theatergoer who literally had sticky fingers. In her upcoming memoir, "A Little Bit Wicked," Kristin tells the following story: "Once the security officers had to drag a guy out of 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' because he was masturbating during the song 'My New Philosophy'". Apparently, the guy had a philosophy of his own he was dying to share. No word on how big a fan he was...
Angelina Jolie is in hot water with the Lili Claire Foundation. Apparently, someone at a fundraiser paid $30,000 for a meet-and-greet with Angie...and neither the meeting nor the greeting ever took place. Now the fan has brought a lawsuit against the charity, and he's naming Angie as a co-defendant. He better watch his back—she may meet-and-shank him!
Delayed meetings are not limited to civilians. Tim Gunn has been trying to hook up with Anderson Cooper for quite some time. Well, who hasn't? "We've actually been trying to have lunch for a year and a half. Both of us are so busy that we have been unsuccessful doing it." If he were a bit younger and tanned, I bet that lunch would happen!
I know all about futile attempts at pinning down sexy guys for a meal. When I was in Las Vegas, Jerry Mitchell and I tried in vain to hook up. He's in Sin City putting together his latest extravaganza. "Peep Show" will be housed at Planet Hollywood and be hosted by Mel B and star Kelly Monaco as "Bo Peep" ( get it? ) . As you all know, sexy Jerry is the brains behind "Broadway Bares," that annual sex-tacular AIDS fundraiser in NYC. And he assures me there'll be plenty of scantily clad guys in this show, too. "Rub-a-dub-dub there's a man in that tub, and he is gonna be very wet! Also 'Little Boy Blue', who's not so little." Makes me wonder about that casting couch! Definitely sounding like my kinda show—especially with the addition of hunky Josh Strickland, best known for his loin cloth in the short-lived Broadway version of "Tarzan".
Jerry ain't the only person with hot guys dripping wet. Lance Bass ( who is looking better than ever ) just enjoyed a fun-filled vacation in Ecuador. Photos have surfaced of Bass frolicking in the surf and sand with a number of hot Latin types—including Brazilian screenwriter Gustavo Marzolla, who also models on the side ( and on the front and back, I'm sure—at least according to his Adam4Adam profile ) . Lance can keep Gustavo—I'm particularly partial to an enhanced-blond with abs of steel, but that's just me. You can see what I'm talking about once I post all the scantily-clad boys on BillyMasters.com .
While a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes a video is worth millions. Take the rumors of an illicit affair between Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes. The tête-à-tête was first reported by US Magazine. Eddie denied it. Then US ran some surveillance footage of the two engaging in quite a bit of hand-holding and finger-licking. LeAnn jumped in and said it was a stunt to drum up interest in their Lifetime movie. Who cares, right? Then someone called a radio program in Michigan identifying herself as Pebbles, the cousin of LeAnn's husband, Dean. She claimed that Dean is gay! This allegation, of course, comes as no surprise to moi, who has heard all that and more. Pebbles said, "The family literally used to take bets on what age he would come out, and then all of the sudden he got married." Of course, LeAnn's people immediately got on the phone and told the press, "There is no known cousin as Pebbles". And I say, really? All this interest in LeAnn Rimes???
This week's "Ask Billy" question is from Brian in Chicago. After gushing about seeing my one-man-show last year, he asks, "I heard about this hot congressman who has a shirtless picture on the web. He supposedly has a rocking hot body, but I can't find it anywhere. Have you seen it? Might be fun to have it on your site."
The congressman in question is 27-year-old Aaron Schock from Illinois, and he's a Republican—not that there's anything wrong with that. Hell, a hot guy is a hot guy. And, my my my, he's hot! He started getting attention when someone at one of those trashy tabloid TV shows unearthed a photo of him poolside showing off his "rocking bod" ( with his head nestled between a pair of anonymous implants ) . Since said show has a penchant for ambush interviews, a functionally-illiterate cameraman asked the freshman congressman, "Who has better abs—you or Obama?" Well, speaking as someone who has seen both guys, Aaron wins hands down. Hmm, hands down. Face down. Whatever. You can see the photographic proof on BillyMasters.com .
When we're salivating over a Republican, it's definitely time to end yet another column. We ran SO long this week, so we barely have time to remind you to check out www.BillyMasters.com for the best dish around. If you'd like to pick my brain, drop a note to Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before Kristin appears in "Peep Show"! Until next time, remember, one man's filth is another man's bible.
