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TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.


Byline: Elizabeth Snead and Jenny Peters

GENDER BENDER gender bender or gen·der-ben·der
n. Slang
1. One who dresses or acts in an androgynous manner.

2. Something, such as a theatrical performance or a book, whose portrayal of gender roles is nontraditional or
: Drag queens This is a list of drag queens and female impersonators. Only those subjects who are notable enough for Wikipedia articles should be included here.

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 mixed with ``Big Fat'' Greeks on the red carpet at Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk is a part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan originating from Universal's first park, Universal Studios Hollywood.  on Tuesday night, as Nia Vardalos giddily launched ``Connie and Carla'' among a sea of family, friends and co-stars in full drag.

``That's my entourage,'' she joked at the huge after party, pointing at her now-famous Greek family massed at her reserved table. Vardalos wrote and stars in the new comedy, just as she did with ``My Big Fat Greek Wedding,'' but this time her family is replaced with a group of West Hollywood drag queens.

The plot is complicated, but suffice it to say that she and co-star Toni Collette hide out from gangsters by pretending to be men performing as women; the important thing is that Vardalos is living her real-life dream in the funny flick, belting out show tunes with abandon.

``It's amazing that I've gotten to do this,'' Vardalos said with a laugh, then launched into song, joining in with the karaoke singer warbling out a tune on the huge outdoor stage.

The party spilled from the theater across the sidewalk and into the Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to , with most celebs gravitating to the center of the artificially created patio area, all nibbling nibbling Nutrition The consumption of multiple–up to 17–'mini-meals' per day, as opposed to the usual 3 meals/day. Cf Bingeing, Gorging.  somewhat nervously on the not-for-dieters fare of burgers, quesadillas and fried chicken strips.

Statuesque stat·u·esque  
adj.
Suggestive of a statue, as in proportion, grace, or dignity; stately.



statu·esque
 drag queen drag queen Female impersonator, gynemimetic Sexology A ♂ with ♀ affect–often 'overplayed'; a ♂ homosexual and ♀ wannabe, with ♂ genitalia; DQs may take hormones to ↑ breasts, and thus are hormonally, but not surgically  Robert Kaiser towered over the crowd in a white satin gown. He joined Nia and the other stars of the film: David Duchovny, Dash Mihok, Stephen Spinella, Chris Logan, Alec Mapa and Nia's hubby, Ian Gomez, who stayed late at the celebration, along with friends Lainie Kazan, Carrie Fisher, Sandra Oh and Anthony LaPaglia.

'KILL BILL,' CUE HUGH: Dangerous buxom nurses wearing eye patches serve sushi. Tall yellow-jersey-clad blond babes offer up revenge cocktails. Just another night at the Playboy Mansion?

Not quite. Buena Vista Home Entertainment threw a ``Kill Bill - Vol. 1'' DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 release party at the mansion on Monday, despite the fact that ``Vol. 2's'' star-studded premiere was just last week.

The back yard of the mansion was decorated with red Chinese lanterns, lots of tables and chairs and several giant stretched video screens playing snippets from the first ``Bill.''

The guest of honor was director Quentin Tarantino, who posed with everyone he could get noticeably cheek-to-cheek with.

``Bill'' himself was there in the form of David Carradine, and Vivica A. Fox, who plays another assassin in the films, snagged Hugh Hefner's attention as he passed by with his bevy bevy

a flock of birds.
 of blond colorfully clad mistresses.

Other guests included Sharon Osbourne (what, no Ozzie?), Leelee Sobieski, Vanessa Marcil and Pauly Shore. Tom Arnold happily posed with two ``Kill Bill'' babes because, well, that's what you do at a ``Kill Bill'' bash.

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(1) VARDALOS: She's gotta sing.

(2) KAISER: That dress is him.

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(3) HEFNER, TARANTINO: Who gets the 'Bill'?

Eric Charbonneau/Associated Press
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