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Chaz Bono & Girlfriend Jennifer Elia [PHOTOS]

Spicy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:30 +0000

Chaz Bono and Jennifer Elia

Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono, who is currently undergoing a sexual reassignment, lands at JFK International Airport with his girlfriend Jennifer Elia.

Man or woman – Chaz isn’t looking so hot these days. Someone needs to seriously consider joining Celebrity Fit Club or a gym – or something! Not hating, but seriously, not healthy. It seems he is just getting bigger and bigger every time we see him too…

[Photos: © BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

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Chaz Bono: More Pics/ Photos

Spicy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:08:50 +0000

Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono leaves a meeting at the West Hollywood Recovery Center.

[Photos: © BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

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Chastity “Chaz” Bono Looking More Manly [PHOTO]

Spicy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:45:42 +0000

Chastity Bono, who now goes by “Chaz”

Chastity Bono, as you already probably know, is undergoing a sex change operation and is in the process of becoming a man.

This pic, taken on Thursday, shows Chaz looking quite a bit more masculine than the last time we saw him. He seems to no longer have breasts and definitely looks manlier in the face. The haircut helps as well.

No confirmation is the surgery is complete or not, but things are definitely moving along for Chaz.

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Did Rosie O’Donnell & Kelli Carpenter Break Up?

Spicy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:54:16 +0000

Rosie O’Donnell and wife, Kelli Carpenter

Rosie O’Donnell and wife Kelli Carpenter have reportedly split after 5-years of marriage.

Kelli supposedly moved out of the couple’s Nyack, NY home months ago and is living in an apartment in Manhattan with the their youngest child. Rumor has it she was tired of Rosie’s extreme mood swings.

Rosie recently took to her blog about the troubles brewing in her marriage. She wrote in riddles, as she usually does, but she did say that she was unaware her wife had a Facebook page – that is, until a fan asked about it.

In a USAToday interview Rosie spoke about the rumors surrounding her marriage. She claims that she and Kelli are still working on the relationship, and will do everything they can to raise their children together.

“We are a family. We will remain a family forever. And we are working on our issues.”

When asked about the couple’s children she insists their needs will always come first.

“They’re adorable and wonderful and they are by far a priority. Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues. Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties. But everything’s fine and everybody’s good and we’re still both raising them together. We will both continue to parent them and we’re friendly and everything’s all right.”

Rosie and Kelli were married February 26th, 2004 in San Francisco. They have four children.

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Lindsay Lohan Samantha Ronson Fight No. 316

Spicy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:07:03 +0000

Lindsay Lohan and on-again off-again lesbian girlfriend Samantha Ronson are fighting again.

This time it ended with Lohan being removed from a hotel in Manhattan.

It all went down last night when Sam and Linds had a fight at the Bowery Hotel. Lindsay went batsh*t crazy and threw a service tray into what she thought was Sam’s door to her room. But it ended up not being Samantha’s room..of course, heh. It was another guest’s room and they weren’t very thrilled that some orange skinned she-devil was fa-reaking out outside their door. So they complained, as did a number of other guests. Lohan was asked to leave the premises, and according to Hollyscoop, police ended up escorting looney Linds out of there.

Hollyscoop is claiming that the same source also confided in them that Lindsay’s friends (she has friends?) and family are currently devising a plan to get Lindsay back into rehab.

Well, it’s about time. It’s not like she has changed. She just hasn’t been caught at anything in awhile.

Photos: Lindsay earlier this week with an unidentified man in New York. [©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

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Sandra Bernhard Sings

Spicy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:51:46 +0000

Sandra Bernhard is coming out with a new album on the 25th. It’s titled, Whatever it Takes.

Sandra is a busy girl these days, she’s promoting her album, touring and working on a television project.

I’ve never heard Sandra sing, but I know what a nail on a chalkboard her voice is! So I just HAD to YouTube it. Let’s just say her singing is worse than I thought it would be. I’m not trying to hate on her, she’s a little goofy and I know she’s vulgar, but I like to watch her because she is so anti-mainstream. Still, that doesn’t help her voice.

The video above is a clip of Sandra singing a cover Courtney Love’s band Hole’s song, “Violet”. Sandra poses like Mick Jagger onstage. She sings like your grandma in the beginning then swaps over to angsty teen at the end.

Watch the video, if you dare. It might just stick in your head and that wouldn’t be a good thing. Funny, but not a good thing.

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Ellen Degeneres is American Idol’s New Judge!

Spicy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:13:17 +0000

Ellen Degeneres will be the new judge on American Idol, it has been confirmed.

She won’t start her new job until after the audition period. During that time there will be a slew of other celebs including Shania Twain and Victoria Beckham helping to judge.

Ellen insists that she is not giving up her job on the Ellen Degeneres Show, instead, she says, she’ll have a “day and a night job.” The deal has reportedly been under wraps for a couple of weeks. She says:

“I’ve been dying to tell everyone. It’s just been so hard to keep it a secret and we just finally got the OK and I’m so excited. It is going to be so much fun.”

She adds that she is a huge fan of American Idol, never missing an episode.

“Hopefully I’m the people’s point of view because I’m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it. I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person.”

I love this. I think Ellen will definitely add more to the show than Paula. Ellen has a lot of charisma and has such a great sense of humor that I think she will actually make the show more fun to watch. Paula had the same responses for people every year, you know, “You are an inspiration. Your confidence is great but this competition isn’t for you.” And she just wasn’t very funny either, except to laugh at. I’m just saying. The whole ‘Paula vs. Simon’ bit got pretty stale.

I’m actually looking forward to the new judges this year. Because to be honest with you, it’s probably the only reason I’ll watch!

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Ellen Degeneres & Portia de Rossi Emmy Pics

Spicy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:30:17 +0000

Ellen Degeneres & Portia de Rossi at the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

[Photos: ©AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

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Mad Men’s ‘Sal’, the Bryan Batt Interview

Spicy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:31:02 +0000

Oh how I LOVE Mad Men’s closeted, married gay on Mad Men, a.k.a. Sal.

Played by Bryan Batt, who is openly gay in real life, his character Salvatore Romano is simply fabulous in Mad Men. And Season 3 definitely started off with a bang for Sal! I came across this great interview with Bryan in NY Magazine and absolutely had to share. If you are a fan of Mad Men, read on! You will love it!

Sal’s reaction to the bellboy is pretty different from when he recoiled from the Belle Jolie guy’s proposition last season. What do you think has changed for him since then?

Well, I think some time has passed, and he’s also quite inebriated. And he’s out of New York. So there’s all these other possibilities in play. It is his first foray, shall we say, into that realm. But also, it’s very interesting, everyone hits on Sal. He really doesn’t go about seeking it; it comes to him, which is great because it’s just an innate attraction.

The moment on the plane when Don comes up with the “limit your exposure” idea for London Fog had us holding our breath! It was clearly inspired by the bellboy incident.

Ugh, my God, how great is that line?! I definitely think he’s speaking in a duality; he’s covering a lot of bases, he’s telling Sal exactly what he thinks Sal should do. Whether he knows something happened or just suspects it, since he really didn’t see anything, it’s nothing concrete, and they really don’t discuss it. It was very interesting when we had the premiere in L.A. last week. I was expecting such a reaction from the audience on the kiss, and they were really intensely into it, but the biggest reaction was when Don saw Sal through the window. That elicited audible gasps.

So do you think Don was putting him in his place? Or kind of silently showing some sympathy?

It’s up for interpretation. I think down the line, as the season progresses, it can be interpreted different ways. I took it, as it was directed, that he’s almost telling Sal, watch what you’re doing, but he’s not going to call him on it. But Sal kinda does breathe a sigh of relief after that. “I don’t want to see this” is another aspect of what Don is saying, without really saying it — so much is said in silence on our show! You have to watch it over and over to figure out how to interpret.

Do you think that now that Don and Sal share these two secrets, it will bring them closer?

I would like to believe that. We have no idea what’s happening from script to script! Speculation right now is at a fever pitch. And now we’re getting the scripts usually the day before the table read, and the table read is the day before we film the next episode, so there’s really no time.

Everyone in the office is in denial in one way or another. Do you think, because Sal is so deeply conflicted himself, he sees through to the truths of the other characters any better?

You know, yes, and no. I don’t think he bothers himself that much with it. He deals with his own issues, and doesn’t really worry himself with anyone else’s. When you have that kind of load on your back, living the life he does, I don’t think he’s worrying himself with everyone else’s secrets. But I don’t think he’s the office gossip — although sometimes the people with the most to lose are the most into everyone else’s gossip.

One of the great things about your performance is how, while it’s obvious to a modern audience that Sal is closeted, it’s believable that his co-workers at the time would have no clue. Did you decide on certain mannerisms you were and weren’t going to use to indicate Sal’s situation?

You’re so right! In the character description for the pilot, it was spelled out completely, very to the point, that he was clearly gay to a modern audience but not to the world of Mad Men in the early sixties. One thing I had to be very careful with, coming from the stage and my French background, I gesture a lot. And you have to pull that back for the camera. And he’s trying to fit in with that crowd, so he’s going to have to adapt at least a physical persona to limit or disguise any kind of signs. It’s really an innate kind of yearning to fit in, like in high school. But, I think, once in a while the way I hold my cigarette, or a turn of phrase, will give it away — but also could just be interpreted as very “artistic.” But he loves this world, his job is his life, and of course he’s going to do anything possible to maintain that and stay in it.

This role must be a huge change for you from the world of musical theater — is it an exercise in restraint?

[Laughs] Well, you know, the first couple episodes were. And then once the character gets under your skin, it just becomes second nature. But, believe it or not, the cut of the suits — everything is so constraining, the ties, the tie bars … they actually had a tie that I wore once that had a button hole in the back of the tie to hold that little part in. Everything’s so fitted and tight, the armholes of the suits are cut much smaller, the pant leg — it makes you have better posture, it holds you in a very erect position. Which is perfect for the character. I can’t wait till we go forward and all that explodes! Bell sleeves and open-collar shirts! I do find, coming form the stage and all that, I’ve always been conscious of my posture and my body, but also the style aspect, I do find myself throwing on a blazer and a nice pair of loafers more often. Daddy always likes a new pair of Guccis.

Being gay isn’t the only thing that makes Sal a minority — he’s also Italian in the midst of an office full of Wasps. Will we see that touched upon at all this season, or is it a moot point in the face of his big secret?

I find it very interesting that it hasn’t really come up — there was one line last year during “The Gold Violin” when Aaron [Staton, a.k.a. Ken Cosgrove] says he didn’t know if he should call my wife, if that was accepted among Italians, which I guess was not even really discriminatory. In my research I realized in some social circles Italians were very discriminated against. There are certain things, I think you’ll find this season, that he’ll be excluded from — but that might also just be because he’s from the art department! I think the more important thing is his sexuality and identification that way, and coming to grips with it, if he ever does. This first episode is just a taste. One of the writers asked me, “Where do you see Sal going?” and I said, “Oh my God, anywhere you want to take him.” I did mention, though, now that he’s tasted blood, he’s going to want some more, but he also knows it’s backfired, so it could throw him back more into his closeted life. It’s a wonderful dichotomy; before, I guess he didn’t know what he was missing. Let’s face it, last season, he just got a kiss and a handshake, forgive the expression. Divine intervention, if you will, stopped what could have been a more steamy interaction.

So do you have hopes for where the character will go this season?

You know, I learned within the first couple of weeks in the first season, don’t even try. What they’re going to come up with is so much more brilliant and fun — why bother? Though between seasons one and two, I did ask Matt to let Sal get married, and he did! First episode last year, there was Mrs. Romano.

Do you think you’ll get a story line not related to Sal being gay at some point soon?

I would love that. Maybe to have it deal more with artistic conflicts. As the ad world progressed, it was a great time of change in the profession — I hadn’t even thought about that. Sal can have more issues! Bring it on! Cornucopia of Sal drama!

Last season, Sal’s wife had a mini-blowup at him, indicating she might have a clue about what’s going on. What will we be seeing of her as the season goes on?

Oh God no, I really don’t think so. There isn’t enough evidence. Something not right, you sense that. She’s a good little Catholic girl, what is she going to do in 1962? If there’s one thing about the writing, the characters do what they’re supposed to do.

It seems like season three has only jumped forward a few months since the end of season two. Why do you think Matthew Weiner made this choice? [We thought the original plan was to have a few years between each season.] In what year do you think Mad Men should end? Can it go on past Woodstock?

Well, we never knew what would happen either, and Matt never confirmed this. We all thought it was going to be ’64, but he wanted only a few months to pass, I guess. I would love the show to go into the seventies, just to show how completely the generation did a 180 within one decade. It was so tumultuous on every level, with civil and women’s and gay rights. To be able to be free, that was the beginning of that, and we have a lot further to go on that freedom aspect. Just to see how that pans out in the Draper household alone — does Betty burn her bra? Does Sal go to Stonewall one night and then end up on Fire Island in a caftan?

Well, we’d definitely like to see THAT.

[Laughs] Yeah, so would I.

What do you think of the new characters? Who do you hope to have some scenes with?

Oh, gosh. I would love to have more to do with Kurt and Smitty — there was a very interesting scene last season when Kurt came out in front of Sal, and it scared him in another way. Having them around, it’s this reminder of what’s blooming underneath Sal’s skin. That could make for some great drama.

Speaking of musicals, do you think Sal will ever have a musical moment on the show?

Oh gosh, all the time I break into song! The song from Calamity Jane, “Once I Had a Secret Love’! If only Sal could! There are many Broadway songs that apply to moments on Mad Men, and I sing them on set all the time.

Amazing.

Thank you, and please please please, if you need art, please do not use this one photo that everyone uses of Peggy and Sal at this party where I’m eating or something and wearing this awful maroon sweater in which I look fat and ugly — it’s just really awful. Thank you!

[NYM]

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Blonde Lindsay is Back

Spicy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:34:09 +0000

Sam Ronson and on-again off-again girlfriend Lindsay Lohan hang out with friends on Melrose Ave in LA Thursday.

Lindsay is currently sporting newly-dyed blonde hair and copious layers of fake tan, as usual. The blonde hair really makes it stand out now though. I think this is the blondest she has ever been.

Hate it. She looks best with the really rich red, like she used to have a few years back..