Thank you for joining me in my use of the word “hubbub”. I considered “tumult” and almost went for “furore”, but neither was Dickensian enough. (“Brouhaha” was rejected out of hand. I don’t want to give the impression I’m running some kind of Victorian theme park here.)

Well, maybe. Maybe I’ve got it wrong and she’s living in the most astonishingly insulated bubble right now and somehow didn’t hear any of the Oscars hubbub. It’s just really hard for me to see it that way.

I had not watched the video before, just read the revised article (I’m hearing impaired and miss as much as I get in most videos). I have watched it now, and did not hear anything that directly referenced the racial diversity problem in Hollywood, but my wonky ears may have missed it. She stammered and was twitchy,…

I’m not sure what changes were made to the text re: racial diversity vs. gender equality between now and when it was first posted, but I thought it was pretty clear from the video that she was talking about women complaining about not having interesting roles? She referenced the pay disparity issue, not the Oscars, so…

Did you watch the video? She is not. That’s friendly damage control by Variety. All that squirming, all those qualifiers; you really think she’d do that for a strictly feminist topic? Never had a problem before. She specifically references the current hot button issue in Hollywood, and this month it is not gender.

Wouldn’t that make her responsibility higher rather than lower, though? I expect more of her as a human being. Variety’s framing it as her opinion on gender equality, which it clearly wasn’t - she says she’s talking about the current debate, and her conclusion is “pfft, boring”. She can do better than that, much…

She’s an actress talking mannequin, she doesnt have to understand it.

Kristen Stewart’s latest addition to this bonfire is a beauty. I don’t hate her and I don’t want to. She’s said some interesting things in the past, and she’s made a serious mistake here. But her saying “don’t complain, go out and do something” is astonishing, since she is the poster woman for white privilege in…

Silver Man’s last Bar Mitzvah

“Within the bounds of ethical conduct and the laws of the state of New York”. I will be saying this with the candor and enthusiasm of the old school Justice League announcer when I take my make pants off in front of someone from here on out.

I don’t know what to think. this was great. I don’t expect that from Gawker.

Cool story bro.

I’ve only done the zentai thing once, as a porch decoration for my friends’ Oscar night party:

A good costumed performer can really make a trip. My gf and I recently went to Disney world. The trip would’ve been mostly overpriced food and persistent nerve pain memories had it not been for the guy dressed up as Thor. Who not only noticed my deadpool shirt. But gave me shit for it because “he and frank are the two…

I hope that “I only spent one night in jail wearing a unitard” will be the title of your memoir. I would buy that book sight unseen.

The British have the Queen’s Guards.

“She’s a huge fan,” the woman said. “And now I can see why! You’re amazing. I want to hire you.”

I lost it at the Post headline ...

domo arigato mr roboto

This is one of the best stories I’ve ever read at the Gawker media empire.