'Star Trek' actor William Shatner was gay-bait back in the day, turns out. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/AP)
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Who hasn't dreamed of sexy CAPTAIN KIRK? Oh, my. Did some of you raise your hands? Now Dish is embarrassed.
But apparently, this is an actual thing, where people are actually sexually attracted to WILLIAM SHATNER. This is all according to the New York Post's Page Six.
"So this is what it's like to be in bed with Captain Kirk," is what the ladies would sigh when they found themselves ensconced in the erotic embrace of Shatner, apparently. "You can't imagine how much of a downer that is in every sense of the word," he said.
Mmm. Understandable. But then, why did he think all these women wanted to have sex with him? But apparently, the gays couldn't resist the pull of nerd love either. In fact, they also caused Shatner to experience some down feelings, if you know what Dish means.
It was the 1950s and the Canadian Shatner had just arrived in beautiful New York City. And he met…oh, let's just let him tell it, shall we?
"I was wandering around Times Square, and this guy says, 'I'm going to Radio City Music Hall.' Would you like to come?' And I said, 'Oh, yes.' [I thought] wow, New York is everything I heard it was going to be! We're in the audience, I'm a young, hot-blooded Canadian and out come the dancing girls, a plethora of women — and I feel his hand brush my knee. I thought, well, it's an accident, then I felt it again. What the fuck? I got up and ran out."
So much for being hot-blooded.
Cyndi Lauper (Photo by Gary He/AP)
CYNDI LAUPER must be one of Dish's favorite people, mostly because Miss True Colors dresses like a crone and loves it. Oh, and she's lovely to gay people, blah blah blah.
Newsweek had a marvelous Q & A with Lauper, who has a new album, "Bring Ya to the Brink," coming out at the end of May.
"I tried to work in an office," she says. "Apparently, my clothes weren't right. I was a Gal Friday the 13th. I would answer phones, and people would call up very upset. Then they'd call back screaming and yelling because I had to go to the file room and I would get sidetracked. I used to fall asleep reading the mail. I didn't want to. But it was so boring to me, and I hated it."
Oh, not dressing the part and not acquiescing to cranky people. Cyndi is a gal after Dish's own heart. Then the interviewer said this: "I read you sang at a Japanese eatery dressed like a geisha." And Lauper responds, "I wasn't dressed like a geisha. I was dressed like me."
Ha!
Two quick film notes: One, MADONNA'S new movie, "Filth & Wisdom," will have its North American premiere at the Provincetown Film Festival, which runs June 18-22, according to Variety. May as well start with the only people who are apt to like the movie, right? Madge knows an audience.
Speaking of which, JOHN WATERS new movie, "Fruitcake," signed on JOHNNY KNOXVILLE and PARKER POSEY, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The story follows the title character, named after his favorite dessert, who runs away from home and meets up with a runaway raised by two gay men.
It's a Christmas film. Dish can't wait.
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