“I love @realDonaldTrump as much as
a straight man can love another man.”
– Elon Musk.  I believe he said that during “Bring Your Kid to Work Day”.

I’m more than a little annoyed at my beloved Google.  They’ve caved to pressure from our new federal government and renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.  BUT (there’s always a but), it will only be named that when you are in the United States.  Anywhere else, it will continue to be called the Gulf of Mexico.  Admittedly, this is not a big deal, right?  Who cares.  I thought that way…until I discovered that Google has also eliminated Gay Pride Month from their calendars…along with Hispanic Heritage Month, Women’s History Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day.  I hear that Black History Month was also on the list – but they felt it was better to wait until after it’s over!  They’re all heart.

Because he’s known for his discerning taste, El Presidente has taken over the Kennedy Center as chairman of the board.  The previous CEO, David M. Rubinstein, held the position since 2010.  That means he was chairman through both Democratic and Republican administrations.  One of El’s first decisions was to cancel the national tour of Finn – a children’s musical shepherded through the Kennedy Center.  While the Center’s spokesperson says the tour cancellation was “a purely financial decision”, I think not.  Finn is a musical about a young shark who “wants to let out his inner fish” – and I think we all know what that means.  In case it wasn’t clear, the team behind the show said, “At its heart it has a universal message of love and acceptance.”  Well, we can’t have that!  They added, “The fact that that extends to sparkly boys seems to be controversial.”

Last week, Guy Pearce and Adrien Brody were at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and both received the Cinema Vanguard Award.  During a panel discussion, Pearce was asked about The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.  “We made the film in ’93, it came out in ’94 and coming off the back of the AIDS epidemic the homophobia was just off the charts through that period.  And people were starting to speak up.  People were starting to feel braver about stepping forward and acknowledging and speaking up about who they are.  Priscilla really enabled a voice for a lot of people, which is one of the things that we’ve been told this past 30 years.”  When asked about the oft-rumored sequel, he said, “We’re putting together a script, what the idea might be, and if we all feel that it’s worthwhile, and then we’ll do it.  I think Hugo and I and Terence are certainly into it, and Steph (writer/director Stephan Elliott) and Hugo and I are having lots of chats about what we might do.  So we’re excited about it, but we won’t do it unless it feels right.  We don’t want to ruin the original one.”  Fingers crossed.