The grande dame of Broadway has entered the record books. Angela Lansbury received a Tony nomination for her work in A Little Night Music. This marks Angie's seventh nomination. Her five previous Tonys ties her with Julie Harris for most wins—fingers crossed. Let's also give a shout-out to our buddy Levi Kreis who picked up a nomination for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet. Congrats!
On May 4, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes debuted as a singing and dancing couple. Yes, the happily married couple took to the stage at "A Fine Romance," a benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, with Katie warbling ( I think that's the correct term ) "Whatever Lola Wants" to a hapless Tommy, playing the non-singing and, let's be real, non-dancing baseball player "Joe Hardy." Of course, this is a classic seduction scene, and the pair sparked with sexual chemistry not seen since, well, since Eyes Wide Shut. Aside from an awfully odd dance break that was most definitely not choreographed by Bob Fosse, there are two brilliant moments. First, Katie sings "little man" to the diminutive Cruise. Then, she hikes up her skirt to show off her thigh and Tom looks like he's never seen it before—as if he couldn't recognize her nether regions in a police lineup. Of course, that's because he's quite a thespian. Yeah, that's why. You can watch the entire number on BillyMasters.com .
All good things must come to an end. The princesses of pop, The Go-Gos, are saying goodbye this summer with a quick jaunt around the country called "Happily Ever After—The Farewell Tour." Admittedly, they have done their fair share of farewells over the past few decades. This one is briefer than most—owing to Belinda Carlisle's busy schedule. Between her solo appearances and promotions for her upcoming autobiography ( out June 1 ) , she could only commit to a three-week tour. The philosophical Go-Go Kathy Valentine looked at it this way: "We'll hit all the cities that we miss on our comeback tour in 2040!" Something to look forward to.
The Miami New Times broke a story that George Rekers, a 61-year-old Baptist minister, anti-gay activist and psychologist, had a bit of company on his recent trip to Europe—a rentboy ( read: gay hooker ) . When confronted with the allegations, Rekers laughed them off, saying, "I had surgery and I can't lift luggage—that's why I hired him." Yeah, and I had Jeff Stryker over to help me with some Sudoku! Alas, a photo surfaced of Rekers and his "boy" at Miami Airport, with said boy walking next to Rekers, who was pushing a cart heavily laden with luggage!
Rekers claimed that halfway through the trip he discovered that his companion was a rentboy ( who the New Times called "Lucien" ) and that they had no intimate contact. Then "Lucien" went public and revealed that Rekers found him on RentBoy.com ( where he's called "Geo" ) . Rekers confirmed this detail: "Like Jesus Christ, I deliberately spend time with sinners with the loving goal to try to help them." How pious of him. "Geo" claims he was paid $75 a day, that he acted as translator when they were in Spain, and that their only physical contact was "body rubs, once a day, in the nude." This Rekers guy is a regular saint! I'm sure Pope Benedict gets the same "service."
Once the story broke, "Geo" was identified as Jo-vanni Roman—a name I daresay you won't find on any birth certificate. While he didn't know who Rekers was when he was hired, he now terms him "a homosexual." In his ad, he describes himself as a 20-year-old, 5'9", 130 pound, blond-haired Puerto Rican ( huh? ) who has a 28" waist, has an 8-inch penis, nice ass, and "will do anything you say, as long as you ask." And pay—don't forget that part...
This leads perfectly into a quick "Ask Billy" question from Jim in Massachusetts: "Any information on Stephen Colbert's hot shirtless cameraman on May 5th?"
Rekers was named "Alpha Dog of the Week" on The Colbert Report. The Rentboy site was shown, causing Colbert to quip, "Folks, this is an honest mistake. Rentboy.com looks like a website where you hire bellhops. The men are all shirtless so you can see how big their bag-carrying muscles are. And there are even videos where these Rentboys show how good they are at grabbing and yanking things by the handle. In fact, Rentboy.com is where I got a lot of my crew. Like my new cameraman, Julian." Julian is actually sexy fitness model/actor/dancer Luke Guldan. Since I know you want more details ( as well as a plethora of shirtless pics, videos, and other assorted goodies which I'll post on BillyMasters.com ) , Luke is 23 years old, 5'9" and 185 pounds. As to his sexuality, when he was asked if he was married or single, he wrote: "Hmmmm, how do you answer that? Let's just say I'm not married." Under "Children," he wrote "N/A." Read between the lines, people.
When Rentboy is offering a clergy discount, it's definitely time to end yet another column. What the hell is happening to religion? We used to have Father Damien ministering to the lepers in Molokai. Now we've got Baptist ministers hiring hookers for trips to Barcelona! However, we did learn four important things from this story: 1 ) Jesus wasn't the only religious figure to like rub downs from hookers, 2 ) discretion costs more than $75 a day, 3 ) there are blond Puerto Ricans, and 4 ) some rentboys have passports! For this and other educational stories, check out www.BillyMasters.com, you're one-stop shopping for all sins of the flesh. For your secular questions, drop a note to me at Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before I get struck by lightning ( or a certain midget's attorneys ) . Until next time, remember, one man's filth is another man's bible.
