{"id":95054,"date":"2026-05-10T22:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95054"},"modified":"2026-05-10T22:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:56:34","slug":"residency-gala-and-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/05\/10\/residency-gala-and-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Residency, Gala and Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathy Griffin has announced that she will be doing a residency in Palm Springs.  Now, you know how I don\u2019t like people using the word \u201cresidency\u201d lightly \u2013 so I am calling this residency-adjacent.  Can You Handle This Heat?  The Kathy Griffin Palm Springs Residency<\/em><\/strong> will take place at the newly renovated Plaza Theatre <\/em>in Palm Springs next year on January 31st<\/sup>, February 26th<\/sup>, and March 26th<\/sup>.  It\u2019s being billed as Kathy\u2019s \u201cfirst-ever residency\u201d.  How quickly people forget her weekly residency at the Laugh Factory <\/em>in Hollywood back in 2019.  Every Monday in April, Kathy walked on stage in her pajamas at 9:45PM.  She set a kitchen timer for 60 minutes.  She\u2019d stop whatever she was saying when the timer went off.  The next week, she\u2019d pick up where she left off.<\/p>\n

One residency is announced, and another is cancelled.  Dolly Parton <\/strong>just revealed that her upcoming Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum <\/em><\/strong>at Caesars<\/em> Palace<\/em> has been cancelled because of health concerns.  \u201cIt\u2019s gonna take me a little while before I\u2019m up to stage performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a little swimmy-headed, as my grandma used to say.  And, of course, I can\u2019t be dizzy carrying around banjos, guitars, and such on 5-inch heels \u2013 and you know I\u2019m gonna be wearing them.  Not to mention all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, and my big…uh…personality.  Lord, THOSE, uh, THAT, would make anybody swimmy-headed.\u201d  Dolly says she\u2019s still working on her Broadway <\/em>musical, Dolly: A True Original Musical<\/em><\/strong> and hopes to turn up at the opening of her museum and hotel in Nashville.  So far, Freida Parton <\/strong>has \u201cNo comment\u201d on Dolly\u2019s health!<\/p>\n

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The Met Gala <\/em><\/strong>took place last week, and it was more notable for who boycotted it rather than who showed up (but, suffice it to say, Cher<\/strong>, Madonna<\/strong>, and Stevie Nicks <\/strong>did NOT pose together).  Many people skipped the event due to the involvement of Jeff Bezos<\/strong>.  People like Meryl Streep<\/strong>, Zendaya<\/strong>, Taraji P. Henson<\/strong>, and Bella Hadid <\/strong>declined their invitations.  Billy Porter <\/strong>skipped it, but not because of a boycott \u2013 because he wasn\u2019t invited.  \u201cI don\u2019t go to places where I\u2019m not welcome,\u201d said Porter.  Or invited.<\/p>\n

Since we mentioned the Met Gala <\/em>and Meryl, let me say something very brief about The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em><\/strong>.  What a disappointment.  The biggest problem?  There\u2019s no script.  Sure, there\u2019s an idea of a script.  Perhaps even a concept of a script.  But no actual script.  At least not one worthy of the actors…or the characters.  Yes, I have gone on record being against long, meandering exposition, but SOME exposition is always welcomed.  Frankly, the only scenes that work are carbon copies of what worked in the first film.  Tucci <\/strong>and Hathaway <\/strong>raiding the closet, Meryl and Hathaway in the car, etc.  That said, it was fantastic spending time with these beloved characters and seeing them interact.  The film\u2019s ending gave a tantalizing glimpse into what a movie about Emily would be.  I\u2019d see that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathy Griffin has announced that she will be doing a residency in Palm Springs.  Now, you know how I don\u2019t like people using the word \u201cresidency\u201d lightly \u2013 so I am calling this residency-adjacent.  Can You Handle This Heat?  The Kathy Griffin Palm Springs Residency will take place at the newly renovated Plaza Theatre in<\/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-95054","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\/95054","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=95054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95055,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95054\/revisions\/95055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}