June Column in Two Weeks, Dolls!

John Travolta Should Sue, If You Ask Me......

I'm shocked and appalled - not at Travolta's behavior - at an online newspaper like the Huffington Post reprinting something meant for the National Enquirer. When is all this CRAP going to stop? Is there no PRIVACY any more?


"[Travolta had] a strange demeanor, bloodshot eyes and climbed onto the already setup massage table...Travolta removed the entire sheet from his body, and he claimed the sheets were sticky and could not tolerate the heat...Travolta further indicated that he likes a lot of 'Glutes' work meaning a massage on his buttocks...While [the plaintiff] was massaging near Travolta's buttocks area, Travolta would open his legs and spread his butt cheeks open and had a full erection and would maneuver in a way to try to force Doe Plaintiff No. 2 to touch his anus and around his anus."

Travolta suddenly turned on his stomach with his legs wide open with a full erection. He then tried to force Doe Plaintiff No. 2's hand on Travolta's scrotum. Then, Travolta started to grab, rub and caress Doe Plaintiff no. 2's upper thighs and buttocks....Travolta still had an erection and wanted his abdominals done, but Travolta's erection was in the way and he refused to have his penis covered by a sheet or a pillow case cover."

Are you hot and horny yet? Is this what journalism is supposed to do? What has the world come to!!!!!!!

TraLa...It's May the Lusty Month of May...Any Excuse for a Column

Well, dolls, look what I found (right) at my door step after a bus and truck tour of Camelot - you got it, he played Lance for two years in the Hinterlands; there was nothing to do but do the show and work out at the nearby gym 24/7, looks like. Woa!!!!! He danced in my act a couple of years back, stripped at a lot of local waterholes, as you can see. Stopped by to see if he could get some work, so he's been planting tulips in the backyard and sleeping on the sofa. Just auditioned for Daddy Warbucks in Annie, and it looks like he got the part, so he'll be gone in a week or so. I sure will put him to work for me in the meantime. I'll think of what needs retooling around here, believe me!

tracie bennett as judy garland in end of the rainbow

Let's get serious and onto what's happening on the real show biz front! The Tony Award nominations! So much controversy is surrounding End of the Rainbow and the accuracy of the portrayal of Judy Garland. The last three days of someone's life! How does one know for sure what happened unless they were there? And if something did or did not actually happen, does that action necessarily throw the overall performance out of whack?  From what I've heard Tracie Bennett's work is brilliant. She has been nominated for an Olivier Award and three other Olivier Awards in the past. The actress is certainly no slouch. If she looks, sounds and acts like Garland as we were used to seeing and hearing her, then her work is meritorious. I've heard the score, and she may not have the little subtleties of Garland's voice and phrasing, but she's powerful, dynamic and fully committed, and sends the songs soaring. So, if her acting is as good - and I've heard that it is - then she deserves that nomination! Let's critique the script but not the actress! Thaaaaaank you! Linda Lavin seems to be her chief competition, as her reviews have been stellar for The Lyons. Diva Lavin has won before, but more than deserved an award for Collected Stories when she did that prior to New York! Another fine actress! Divas, divas everywhere!
I've heard Jeff Calhoun's direction of Newsies is super, and he - she? - sure deserves his - her? - nod. Diva? Suuuure! He loves to hold court! In LA he directed such unique renditions of Oliver and Big River at Deaf West Theatre...and his Bonnie and Clyde, which somehow fell apart by the time it got to New York, was thrilling when it first premiered in La Jolla! She told those producers to leave it alone, but they wouldn't listen, Blanche! Calhoun is not to blame!

Watch the Awards televised from coast to coast June 10! I know Don and I will. Hasta la pasta! Gee that's a good idea for a Tony Awards party. And...Diva Peters, sweet little Bernie herself, is getting a special Tony for being charitable.
What did she do, you ask? The Cute Diva wrote too cutesy children's books about what doggies do for an organization she founded with Mary Tyler Moore called Broadway Barks! These divas will do anything to raise a buck or two, what can I tell 'ya! Money's important! I wish I had some!
Remember, June 10!
Signing off for now, and ...  as far as Divas go,
The public agrees:
Dona's # One.
lol

Long Live Diva Estelle!

Diva Estelle Parsons at 84 is still treading the Broadway boards, now in Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Brava!

Diva Busch Returns

Charles Busch in a biblical epic called Judith of Bethulia at Theater for the New City on First Avenue in NYC 'til April 28 only!

Like Mae always was, he's surrounded by hunky, humpy men! And to quote Busch himself, it's an ugly business, so every once in a while he feels compelled to write something pure fun for himself to play.

April Column - What's In Your Easter Basket?

Dolls, I'm basically a good Catholic girl who's terribly shy at heart. Would you believe I used to sing in my church choir and attend midnight mass on Easter? Well, those cute alter boys in procession around the church sure gave me a lot to look at. I used to wonder just how serious they were about the religion. Was I the only one with impure thoughts - and with the unmitigated gall to mask them by feigning holiness with a few rounds of "The Hallelujah Chorus"? Shame, shame on such hypocrisy! No Easter basket pour moi! Now that I'm a big girl - and you know how big I am - nothing's changed. It seems like changes should have occurred over the years, but they haven't. I still have impure thoughts - oh, yeah, one change: I've given up the choir and Lent and the Church altogether. Boy oh boy, you say, I sure could use a few prayers - and Hollywoodland or Sin City is certainly not the best place to be. But I still believe I'm good at heart, so that must count for something. OK, if I'm no longer religious, does Easter hold no more meaning than that enormous See's Bordeaux egg that's staring me in the face?

Again, shame on me! I must learn to share-even my candy! Well, as I'm meditating and trying to come up with the best solution to my problems, since this is Holy Week for some, Passover for others, why don't you help yourselves to that candy? In moderation of course! Or give it to some small hungry child who's just drooling for a sugar fix. Tell him Dona sent it with LOL. Take a look at this silly story someone sent me about the true meaning of Easter.

What Is Easter?

Three stupid guys just died and are at the pearly gates of heaven. St. Peter tells them that they can enter the gates if they can answer one simple question.

St. Peter asks the first man, "WHAT IS EASTER?" The man replies, "Oh, that's easy, it's the holiday in November when everybody gets together, eats turkey, and is thankful..."

"WRONG," replies St. Peter, and proceeds to ask the second man the same question, "WHAT IS EASTER?"

The second man replies, "No, Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus."

St. Peter looks at the second man, shakes his head in disgust, looks at the third man and asks, "WHAT IS EASTER?"

The third man smiles and looks St. Pete in the eye.

"I know what Easter is. Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the last supper and He was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. The Romans took Him to be crucified and was stabbed in the side, made Him wear a crown of thorns, and He was hung on a cross. He was buried in a nearby cave which was sealed off by a large boulder. Every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus can come out, and if He sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter."

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Cute take, huh?
I'll be back in a few days with tales of celebrity Easter celebrations. Baskets, bunnies, bonnets - name your Easter poison!
Well, dolls, one look at the photo below just about made me want to puke - big time! I mean I've stopped going to church and the ... Kardashians go together on Easter Sunday? It's downright...As Big Daddy would say...deception, deception, I'm surrounded by deception...

I'm too upset to continue. Hopefully, May will perk me up! Enjoy!!!

Dona's a Mean Green Fighting Machine on March 17