Even though Will is still without a significant other, rumor has it that ‘Will & Grace’ co-creator
Max Mutchnick has a high-profile boyfriend of his own, Nate Berkus. (Photo courtesy
of NBC)
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Friday, January 16, 2004
Yes, boys and girls, the rumors apparently are true. Openly gay “Will & Grace” co-creator
and , the popular interior design man featured on show, are an item.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the two were seen flitting about Chi-town
during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and they spent
a cozy night at the ritzy Peninsula Hotel.
“It’s a match made in gay heaven,” a source close to the
couple told the New York Post gossip column Page Six.
But at this point, no one is saying whether anyone plans to relocate. Berkus
is based in Chicago, where Oprah’s show is filmed, and Mutchnick works
in California.
TV Guide describes Berkus, a self-taught interior designer who suggests home
makeovers on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” as “a hunk with a
hammer,” in its Jan. 10 edition. He also was named one of People magazine’s “Sexiest
Men Alive.”
While Dish is happy for this high-profile couple, she is sad that these attractive
(and wealthy) men are off the market. If they do move in together, just imagine
how fabulous their house will be!
does not take being stood up well, and that’s just what
happened on Jan. 7 when her soon-to-be-ex failed to appear before
a New York City judge to discuss their divorce and civil suits, according to
the New York Post.
Gest’s divorce attorney, Raoul Felder, told the judge that his client
is in bad shape due to the alcohol-induced beatings Minnelli allegedly inflicted
on him when they were married.
Minnelli’s lawyer, Fredrick Seigel (no, sweetie, not the Fred Seigel
of the fashion store fame in Los Angeles), said that he had a videotape of
a concert Gest hosted on New Year’s Eve.
Felder explained that Gest “had to have 20 injections in his head” on
the day of the hearing. (He didn’t say whether or not that included any
Botox.)
While both lawyers said the case should be simple because of the couple’s
prenuptial agreement, they argued about all sorts of personal belongings. At
one point, Felder accused Minnelli of hiding a “certain” medical
condition from Gest at the time of their marriage in March 2002.
After discussing this with the parties behind closed doors, the judge said
Felder was not to bring up the matter again. Neither lawyer would tell the
Post what the condition was.
Minnelli, however, did tell the court that she was feeling well and even asked
a courtroom artist to “make me look pretty” in sketches at the
hearing.
A diva ’til the end.
Notoriously well-endowed gay porn star was inducted into the Hustler
Hollywood Porn Walk of Fame on January 15, along with Sharon Mitchell, his
female counterpart in the film industry.
Stryker, who at one point had the best-selling gay and straight adult video
on the market, has been a gay porn legend for years. Now his name and hands
will be displayed in front of the Hustler store on Los Angeles’s Sunset
Strip.
While it’s nice for Stryker to have such recognition, wouldn’t
it be fitting if there were an imprint of something other than his hands on
display?
The induction ceremony, at 8920 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, also honored
Mitchell, a certified HIV and chemical dependency counselor and former adult
film actress. She started the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation,
in part, to test adult film performers and sex workers for HIV and other sexually
transmitted infections.
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