“Somebody once told me, ‘What you don’t understand
about royal families is that they think that
if they do it with a footman, it doesn’t count.”
– British journalist A. N. Wilson discussing the alleged bisexuality of Edward VIII,
otherwise known as Mr. Wallis Simpson.  Wallis, of course, is the subject
of a just-wrapped biopic starring Dame Joan Collins.

I don’t know if any of you have heard of the NBC Comedy Vault.  If you open your digital cable and go past all the music, Latin and sports channels, you will find this network that shows “classic NBC comedies” somewhere in the one thousands.  I’m expecting Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You.  The only show they have is Will & Grace – and it’s on 24/7!  This includes the original series AND reboot.  Do you know how long it takes to get through all those episodes?  4.65 days.  Since I only saw the reboot episodes once, they were new to me.  And what I discovered was that many of them were really funny.  And some of them are unwatchable.  Towards the end, I watched an endless string of “very special episodes”.  Why can’t we just have a fun sitcom without a message from dead Rosario, Grace being fingered by her father’s former partner, or the revelation of Will’s coming-out letter?  Fear not – the NBC Comedy Vault is adding some other “classic” shows.  In coming months, we can enjoy the likes of Coach, Major Dad, and Charles in Charge!  No chance of a message in any of those.

By the by, didya know that John Barrowman was almost cast as Will Truman?  When he was brought to the network, the brass had one note – nobody would believe this guy was gay.  P.S.  He is gay!

There was no such trepidation when it came to Sean Hayes being cast as Jack.  The past few months, he’s been knocking ‘em dead in London’s Barbican Theatre as Oscar Levant in his hit play, Goodnight, Oscar.  Since the show closed last week, he’s sharing photos of famous folk visiting him backstage.  People like David Letterman, Eddie Redmayne, Antonio Banderas, Victor Garber, and even Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench – forever quashing rumors that they are the same person.  But, wait, there was one photo that made me take pause.  So familiar, and yet I couldn’t place it.  Then it hit me – it was Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page).  I looked at the caption and realized how wrong I was.  It was Ellen DeGeneres, with a dark pixie ‘do.  So wrong…and yet so right.

Meanwhile in Milan, Elliot Page made some news when he showed up on the red carpet at Milan Fashion Week with actress Julia Shiplett.  Reportedly, this is the first public “partner” for Page since his 2021 divorce from choreographer Emma Portner.  Both Elliot and Julia were wearing Gucci for the event.