On the Rag, Vol. 910

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Michael Johnston, Tom Holland, Belmont Cameli, Stephen Kalyn, Anna Camp, Michael Urie and more BELOW.

Unluck of the Draw

 

As much as I've enjoyed some of the unpredictability at this year's Roland Garros, the problem with so many upsets is that you often wind up with lopsided endings -- and 2026 is no exception. A Mensik-Zverev final and a Kostyuk-Andreeva final would be just fine. But instead Arnaldi or Cobolli will be in the men's final and Shnaider or Chwalinska(!) will be in the women's -- and either of them could end up beating their more challenged opponent. While it's foolish to say anyone who wins a major didn't really deserve to do so, sometimes the luck of the draw is more egregious than others.

Thoughts?

Remains of the Day (06/03)

The Advocate: Martina Navratilova wants Billie Jean King to explain her support for transgender athletes in light of the latter's comments about physical differences between men and women

Boystack: A look at this year’s Night of a Thousand Judys, the beloved New York fundraiser that celebrates Judy Garland’s legacy with music, memories and plenty of Pride-season spirit

Gallup: U.S. support for LGBTQ issues remains down from peak

Shoddy Goods: A look at the forgotten music that once filled Gap stores -- and how those carefully curated playlists helped introduce shoppers to everyone from Bill Withers to underground dance acts before the age of Spotify

Ass Wednesday: When your butt is so huge it's the star of "Family Feud"

Homes of Celebs: Debra Messing’s Upper East Side apartment lists for $6.5 million / David Sedaris has two apartments for his two Picassos

KALW: World’s first Chinese LGBTQ Museum opens in San Francisco

NYT: A newlywed Mary Trump talks romance, resilience and finding happiness with Ronda Cress 

Billboard: The 100 greatest LGBTQ anthems of all time

Hello: Meet Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's four children -- including three who are actors 

ICYMI: My tennis roundup has been fully fleshed out

NYT: The troubled legacy of “Cruising” (1980) is the subject of “Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders,” a documentary premiering at the Tribeca Festival 

Instinct: Alan Cumming stars "Tip Toe," Russell T. Davies's new thriller exploring modern homophobia

Out: "Off Campus" star Stephen Kalyn wears just a towel in steamy viral clip

The Advocate: An Ohio teenager is accused of fatally stabbing his adoptive father and critically injuring his father's husband in a shocking case that has left everyone searching for answers

Hot Cat of the Day: They woke him up from a 17-hour nap and forced him to sell garden furniture

Killer Summer: My pal Frank Spinelli is back with "Precious Friends: Murder in Sag Harbor," a Hamptons-set psychological thriller packed with infidelity, murder and buried secrets. Order HERE.

RIP: Jay Daniel, a veteran television producer who helped broker peace behind the scenes on hit series including “Moonlighting” and “Roseanne,” and later worked on the Michael Keaton film “Clean and Sober” and Cybill Shepherd’s CBS sitcom, has died at 82

As You Like It ... or Not

Last night I was a guest of my friend Tim at Shakespeare in the Park’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater. Directed by Saheem Ali, the production is performed in English, but Romeo and Juliet -- played by Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández -- speak to each other in Spanish, which I suppose was an inventive twist on the classic love story even if it prevented me from fully understanding most of what was said.

I might have been more receptive to the play’s urban reimagining had I not recently seen a similar approach to “Aida” at the Met. And it didn’t help that the production was somehow simultaneously heavy-handed (with “ABOLISH ICE” painted on a giant wall) and baffling. (I'm still trying to figure out what any of it had to do with the Montagues and Capulets -- and don’t get me started on the nonbinary Mercutio.)

But Shakespeare is Shakespeare, and Central Park is Central Park. So it was hard not to get swept up in it all once the sun went down -- and my guard -- went down. 

Love child's playground?

P.S. Cheers to the couple who got married on stage after the show ended!

Youthquake Hits Paris

 

Loving every minute of today's French Open coverage -- did you catch the whole gang teasing Caroline Wozniacki about the time she cramped? -- especially this match between Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca, which was quite an eyeful before it even began.

"Old Man" Matteo Arnaldi is 25

Pride Is in the Air

Things get better (again), right?