The 78th Annual Academy Award ceremonies started off as a standoff between “niche” host Jon Stewart and the old, tired Academy audience with its nervously glazed smiles—a far cry from the perpetually hysterical banshees at Comedy Central to which Mr. Stewart is normally accustomed. But then the Comedy Central banshees never have to worry about Read More
Holly Hughes once remarked, “I’m a man-hater, [but] I don’t hate men as much as a straight woman would.”
Ms. Hughes’ quip is a useful gloss on Self-Made Man, Norah Vincent’s brave, intelligent and endlessly problematic book about her 18 months living as a man—“Ned”—in anonymous parts of America. Ms. Vincent is a lesbian, and Read MoreYa know, many people have talked loudly and often about how trannies and homos might sweep the movie awards ceremonies this year. Last night, they rather did--Brokeback, Transamerica, Capote--at the Golden Globes. (And how were the Golden Globes? Dunno; The Transom doesn't watch awards given out by foreigners in Hollywood. Now, if all the nannies Read More
