Wow I didn't love having to give DeShawn FUNDRAISING FOR DUMMIES but I think she took the joke in great stride. She seems fairly unflappable and undeterred, don't you think?

This weekend check out the new movie "Lake City" written and directed by my old friends Hunter Hill and Perry Moore. The film stars Sissy Spacek and Troy Garity, and features Dave Matthews as a drug dealer and Keith Carradine being Carradinesque. I am really proud of Hunter and Perry, who are concurrently adapting Perry's book HERO into a series for Showtime. Plus they are BF's and plus Hunter is the Fashion guru of Paper. Hunter is so fash that Grac and I nicknamed him 'Fashion' in '97 and it (kinda) stuck.

Yesterday I stopped by the new Tribeca Palm to see Bruce and a...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/tgif_1.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/tgif_1.php Real Housewives of Atlanta Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:25:48 -0500 I didn't realize the Triborough Bridge had been re-named to commemorate Robert F Kennedy! Wow. What does Mr. Triborough and his family think about THAT? After all that Thurgood R. Triborough did for our city (not to mention what he did for the Jews). It just doesn't seem right. Is Bloomberg sending the Triborough clan a muffin basket or what?

(I do realize there is no Triborough family.)

The other night at the Paper Party someone was telling me they'd just seen the revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo" starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment. I freaked out because the casting seemed so random, like the subject of a "kiss, kill, cuddle" game. Now it turns out the show is dying a quick death. Sad, but isn't that a WEIRD threesome? Maybe it's not. What do I know?

The NY POST today is all about the 11 year old WOLF BOY in India. Poor little...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/a_bigtime_ramble.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/a_bigtime_ramble.php Pop Culture Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:41:20 -0500 Oh man, how do I describe my night out with Atlanta Housewife NeNe and OC's Vicki? How about: intense, madcap, hilarious, and boozy?

We started at Home and Guesthouse for Instinct Magazine's Leading Men party hosted by "Make Me a Supermodel" alum Ronnie Kroll. The gaggle of very cute boys were verklempt by the sight of the Housewives, and it was most hilar watching the reaction of the left-out-lady when a boy would go up to her counterpart and say "YOU are my favorite, number one housewife." Inevitably the other housewife would challenge the kid and whip them into adoring submission. Oh joy.

From there we hit Christian Siriano's "surprise" birthday soiree on 21st Street where the MisShapes were spinning. Christian was adorable as ever and I ran into my co-presenter from the Paper Awards, NYC Trans club queen Sophia Lamar working some fierce bangs. I also met Bravo publicity exec Tory Brody's ball ‘n’ chain, which was a...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/night_out_with_the_girls.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/night_out_with_the_girls.php Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:19 -0500 It seems to be all about "Milk" and the "Real Housewives", don't you think? And green week.

Here's my Green Week tip of the day: bring a water bottle to work and stop using and disposing a ton of plastic bottles in your wake. I promise it will make you feel good.

Last night was a dinner for the cast of "Milk" at a friend's house. The timing of this film is amazing given what's going on around us. The gays are unified and energized. I am so excited to see this film!

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Have you seen the clip that's giving "Milk" a run for its money in the Drama Dept? It's NeNe giving it to Kim on next week's "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion. The finale airs tonight, but take a look at what's to come:

Whoa. Here's a simpler, sweeter moment of me talking about hot butts with Lisa and Ed Hartwell,...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/milky_housewives.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/milky_housewives.php Real Housewives of Atlanta Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:15:44 -0500
It's fall in NYC everybody! There's a nip in the air, I had firewood delivered yesterday and I'm wearing an overcoat today. I am FEELING it.

It was a crazy whirlwind weekend that amounted to a lot of fun and some TCB'in too. Friday night I went with some friends to see "The Seagull" on Broadway. It made me very sleepy for the first 20 minutes, then I snapped out of it and was enthralled. Kristen Scott Thomas was great. Renee Taylor was a couple rows back and I hear she dozed a wee bit, but that could be hearsay.

We went to Orso for dinner and then I split for the Out 100 after party at the Chelsea Hotel. I was drilled about my choice to see "The Seagull" over recently reunited supergroup LaBelle perform at that Out 100 event. Hmmm. All I know is that somehow I dropped, or let go of, my new cashmere sweater...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/barack_has_big_ears.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/barack_has_big_ears.php Pop Culture Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:15:38 -0500 The truth of the matter is that I am still in such post-election zen that the negativity and snipeyness that occasionally fuels my blogging is running low. I am chilled out enough that I am even happy to plug a new NBC News video Yes We Can: The Barack Obama Story available HERE. Let's see where my mellowness takes us today ....

Anderson Cooper talked about the Atlanta Housewives on Leno last night. He trashed Kim and said she has no talent, and pledged his undying love again to NeNe. I need to send Anderson a muffin basket or something to dull the pain of Big Poppa taking a hit out on him. By the way, big news on Kim's CD on the reunion show.

The picture in this entry is what I saw when I looked out my window this morning.

Wow. Seeing the tree has two immediate effects on me....]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/sunshine_n_sueshine.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/sunshine_n_sueshine.php Life at the Office Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:32:09 -0500 The results of your viewer voting last night during Top Chef showed that 70 percent of you (the proverbial "you") favored Team Rainbow over Team Europe to go far in the competition.

Let's take a closer look at the homosexuals and the foreigners...

Team Rainbow

Team Europe

I grabbed Padma and Gail for some chats at our big TC event in NYC 10 days ago, and here they are ...

The love affair between Anderson Cooper and NeNe continues. Yesterday afternoon I had NeNe (who has a new short 'do) leave him a (hysterical) voicemail, and last night he gave her a shout-out on "360." I will have much more on the Atlanta Reunion as the weeks come. I need to process it, OK?

Last Friday night in LA was all about a birthday celebration for a friend in Koreatown. We...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/nene_slimmons_lance_and_more.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/nene_slimmons_lance_and_more.php Andy at Night Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:08:10 -0500
Hi from LA. It's a beauty here, but when is it not?

Last night was an insane one at Paper Magazine's UNreality extravaganza sponsored by Levi’s. It was kind of like the "Night of 100 Reality Stars", but it was not to be confused with DeShawn's "Night of 1000 Stars".

It was Jeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos, Rachel's Brad (she was at Madonna), Josh and Madison from "Million Dollar Listing", Nick Drago from "Step It Up and Dance", Big Daddy and Robert from "Top Design", and all the "Real Housewives of Orange County". If that's not enough reality superstardom for you, factor in Coolio, some whore from "Rock of Love", some TransAmerican from "I Wanna Be BFFs with Paris" and the one and only Tiffany "New York" Pollard. It was a group.

Mr. Mickey (wearing a top with a sequined fox on it) and I hosted a very ghetto awards show which we presented Levi's sashes to honorees...]]> http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/unreality.php http://www.bravotv.com/blog/andysblog/2008/11/unreality.php Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:45:14 -0500