When Jenifer Lewis plummeted from her Tanzania balcony into the Serengeti, it was touch and go – and I’m not just talking about the cape buffalo that threatened to compromise her!  Her life-threatening injuries led to a miraculous comeback, punctuated with an appearance on The Masked Singer as CleoCatra.  After singing in Spellbound, she went to Disney World to open Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – based on The Princess and the Frog.  When the VIP premiere of the ride came to a screeching halt, did she panic?  Nope.  She launched into an a capella version of her song from the flick, “Dig a Little Deeper”, which you can see on BillyMasters.com.

I was delighted to hear the news that my pals Sherri Shepherd and Fran Drescher will be getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025.  Sometimes good things happen to good people.

The death of reclusive Richard Simmons shocked me – especially since Pauly Shore planned to star in a biopic.  Perhaps Simmons’ last words were “over my dead body”!  Gay baseball star Billy Bean, Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone, Mitzi Gaynor, Teri Garr, Gavin Creel and Ken Paige were a few others that will be missed.

What’s a year without Fayewatch?  Miss Dunaway was back – the hit of all of Europe and Cannes – with Faye, a documentary about…well, her!  Lots of acclaim, a few awards, and then…nothing.  Well, not exactly nothing.  She got a small role in the film Fate starring Andrew McCarthy and Harvey Keitel.  So, it’s nothing-adjacent!

When Justin’s getting off with a slap on the wrist, it’s time to end another year of columns.  I never thought Justin and I would have something in common – although the slaps that get me off are elsewhere on my anatomy.  This is only a smattering of what you’ll find on www.BillyMasters.com – the site that has delivered day in and day out for close to 30 years.  If you have a question, dash it off to Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before freedom of speech is abolished.  So, until next year, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s bible.