Even though I’m abroad, I still tuned in for the Super Bowl.  Well, parts of the Super Bowl.  I actually remembered it was Super Bowl Sunday when I saw a post on Twitter/X for Duolingo (I’m in the middle of a 3+ year streak).  Something about a guy painted green, wearing tight CK hip briefs, and a Duo head seemed vaguely familiar.  Then I remembered – last year, a USC student won West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnaval by dressing up as the Duolingo mascot.  The Duo dude in question was fitness fanatic Dima, known online as @dima.is.fit (fit people get right to the point).  His “costume” caught the attention of someone in corporate, and the rest is history.

Speaking of good costumes, Apple TV+ has been shooting their limited series Wild Things, based on the ambiguously gay “magicians”, Siegfried and Roy.  Jude Law plays Siegfried, and Andrew Garfield plays Mantecore’s appetizer.  Andy won’t have to worry – the folks at Apple will only be employing CGI tigers.  Where’s the fun in that?  The boys look great in their costumes, as you’ll see from the photos on our website.

Sandra Bernhard has been cast in season four of The White Lotus.  The destination will be Saint-Tropez, and one can only hope Miss Sandi plays some rich bitch in custom couture instead of one of the scullery maids (although that might be fun, too).  Others in the cast include Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina and AJ Michalka.  Stay tuned.

Isaac Mizrahi knows a thing or two about clothing.  But he may be losing it.  He recently discussed dressing Gwyneth Paltrow in the ‘90s (the first thing people with dementia do is talk about the past).  “She would leave after things, and I’d say that girl has the most fabulous ass I’ve ever seen.  She has the best ass in show business, I mean that.”  It’s sad when you see it happening.  Isaac may soon be ready for Jell-O and mahjong.

Luke Evans will have some nifty friends joining him in the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show.  Most inspiring is the casting of Rachel Dratch as the Narrator.  And, while one rarely hears of Juliette Lewis these days, I bet she’ll be a kooky Magenta.  Andrew Durand should make a tasty Brad.

By the by, I just read about By Design, a movie starring Juliette Lewis.  Here’s the plot: “A woman swaps bodies with a chair.”  And, I kid you not, people are saying she’s great.  “The role Juliette Lewis was born to play” – says Billy Masters.  Put that on the side of a bus!