It’s Nice To See That They Finally Set Things Straight

Mel Gibson hasn’t exactly ingratiated himself with the gay community over the years, from his “demeaning” characterization of a hairdresser in “Bird on a Wire” to his response in a 1991 interview to rumors he was gay: “Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?”

But after a recent meeting with members of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation - including Chastity Bono, GLAAD’s entertainment media director - there appeared to be progress toward a truce, although no apologies were offered.

“The impression was created that he was the enemy of our people,” film director Robert Lee King told Entertainment Weekly. “Having sat down with him, I don’t think that’s the case.”

Loose talk

RuPaul, on his/her look (in Paper magazine): “You know, wigs and high heels have nothing to do with what a woman is … People ask, ‘Why do you dress like a woman?’ I don’t dress like a woman. I dress like a drag queen.”

And some of his best friends are heterosexuals

David Geffen turns 54 today.

GLAAD may be happy, but PETA will be p.o.’d

Make of it what you will, but Mel Gibson showed up in a red wig and leopard-skin bra on Tuesday to accept the “Man of the Year” award from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding theater club. Gibson also ate a spoonful of canned dog food before sinking his teeth into a dog biscuit, explaining: “It freshens your breath and helps prevent tartar.”

In other words, only Dern will really be acting

An episode has been written in which Ellen Degeneres’ “Ellen” character reveals to her therapist that she’s in love with a woman, but the network hasn’t yet given its approval, reports TV Guide. Word has it that Laura Dern is in line to play the romantic interest, with Oprah Winfrey as the therapist.

But at midnight, she turns back into a punk kid

In a more imaginative bit of casting, Drew Barrymore has landed the lead role in a planned live-action movie remake of “Cinderella,” according to the New York Daily News.

So, they’re substituting bagels for locks?

While posters for the re-released “Star Wars” depict Princess Leia (aka Carrie Fisher) without her trademark ear-warmer bun hairdo, Entertainment Weekly reports that fans have flocked to the film “tressed up as the princess with everything from headphones to bagels on their ears.”

Guess the force was with her a little too much

Finally, this “Star Wars” memory from Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), in Spin magazine: “The very first day Carrie was on set, they shot her running down the Death Star’s hallways. Apparently, she wasn’t wearing a bra, and I guess when she was running, some of the crew noticed … When she came back she had this funny look on her face. She told me, ‘I can’t believe this - they taped me down.”’

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