Project Runway by Barbara Nitke/Bravo Photo
And by Gay Olympics, I’m obviously talking about Project Runway, which aired quite possibly its gayest episode ever in this week’s drag-queen challenge, an attempt to urge the designers to go theatrical and over-the-top without risk of penalty. I was only disappointed that they didn’t let guest judge RuPaul do an homage to Tim Gunn’s “Make it work” by reprising her signature theme of “You better work … Work it, girl!”For the most part, the designers did work it. Although the annoying Blayne, who should have been bounced a week earlier for his hideous shorts outfit for Brooke Shields, worked my last nerve (and those of everyone around him) with his endless wannabe-cutesy efforts to coin that “-licious” catchphrase. It made Leanne want to “barf-licious,” and caused another of the designers to bark, “Shut the hell up.” My sentiments exactly. Sadly, his gay pterodactyl drag outfit, despite its droopy wings, lande...
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Todd Bridges and Jenni Meno, Skating with Celebrities
American IdolYes, the teases before the breaks had me hooked, and just like Tuesday night, the biggest shock was saved for the end of the show. Sporting high heels, Barbie eyebrows and a highly muddled sense of gender, Zachary bravely took on Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night." Didn't Simon Cowell just tell a contestant the other night to shave his face and become a female impersonator? And haven't we already been treated to a plethora of guys in wigs? What is it with Idol and the RuPaul wannabes? I found it amusing that Zachary called America "racist." Somewhere long-suffering "beautiful person" Sarah W. from The Bachelor is nodding her head in sympathy. Huge props to Idol producers for the best use of music f
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