{"id":92773,"date":"2024-06-30T23:42:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T06:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=92773"},"modified":"2024-06-30T23:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T06:42:32","slug":"fine-fellas-dare-to-bare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2024\/06\/30\/fine-fellas-dare-to-bare\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Fellas Dare to Bare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was <strong><em>Broadway Bares<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the annual event where the sexiest men and women on <em>Broadway <\/em>strut their stuff to raise money for <em>Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS<\/em>.&nbsp; For the seventh consecutive year, <strong>Mark MacKillop <\/strong>was the highest fundraiser, bringing in $212,625 \u2013 beating his last year\u2019s record of $120K.&nbsp; To date, this hoofer with a heart of gold has raised $606,625 \u2013 and he\u2019s shooting for a million!&nbsp; The irony is he has yet to appear in a show on <em>Broadway<\/em>!&nbsp; So he\u2019s kinda <em>Broadway <\/em>adjacent.&nbsp; Of course, you know Mark from his numerous appearances on <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 to say nothing of his live performances and presence on social media.&nbsp; Congrats, babe!<\/p>\n<p>A few recognizable faces are planning to strip for a different cause.&nbsp; <strong>Anthony Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>James Van Der Beek<\/strong>, <strong>Bruno Tonioli<\/strong>, <strong>Taye Diggs<\/strong>, <strong>Tyler Posey<\/strong>, and <em>NFL<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Chris Jones <\/strong>have joined the cast of <em>Fox<\/em>\u2019s <strong><em>The Real Full Monty<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Based on the popular British series, this show is all about raising awareness and funds to fight prostate, testicular and colorectal cancer.&nbsp; The two-hour special will air this fall \u2013 and I can think of two reasons to&nbsp;watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am always thrilled when friends get good news.&nbsp; Last week, <strong>Sherri Shepherd <\/strong>was shocked when she learned she will be receiving a star on the <strong><em>Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/em><\/strong>!&nbsp; Making the news even sweeter was that it was delivered by her bestie, <strong>Niecy Nash<\/strong>.&nbsp; Then I got another call \u2013 <strong>Fran Drescher <\/strong>also made the cut!&nbsp; And somehow <strong>Jane Fonda <\/strong>is just getting one now?&nbsp; Well, better late than posthumously!&nbsp; Congrats to the Class of 2025!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was Broadway Bares \u2013 the annual event where the sexiest men and women on Broadway strut their stuff to raise money for Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS.&nbsp; For the seventh consecutive year, Mark MacKillop was the highest fundraiser, bringing in $212,625 \u2013 beating his last year\u2019s record of $120K.&nbsp; To date, this hoofer with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92774,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92773\/revisions\/92774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}