Leslie Jordan Dead at 67

[jeezifonly]

He was sincerely adored by his personal friends, along with all of his fans. He was impactful in his work as well.
I hope he knew both of those things to be true.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, Snbrd said:

I barely made it through the first season of Will & Grace. Some funny one-liners delivered by annoying, predictable unappealing characters. Hence, I never saw Leslie Jordan on that or any other series I can recall. However, when I did see him, or hear hime being interviewed, I always found him funny. I get the point about playing to a stereotype but I have happy memories of the attention I received at the first gay bars I visited by admittedly older patrons. They included: Napoleon, an eccentric piano bar in Boston's Bay Village; Mr. P's in D.C.; and until not too long ago, Martini's in San Diego. They were full of his type. 

I loved Will & Grace.  I also believe that it did a lot to change America to a gay friendly bias.  But I can only know that it made me more accepting of gay people. While I’m sure the stereotypical “Jack” was what many thought of as “gay,” the struggles of the more mainstream “Will” living in two worlds where he wasn’t completely free to be himself either way, created a view that many Americans could relate to.  Leslie Jordan fit into that filling in the blank - the old guy that had the secret that everyone “knew”.  Frankly, I think the show was genius. 

[+ Pensant]

I haven’t owned a TV for years so I had never heard of this man until a friend emailed me the day after he died. God, I’m so atypical!

[+ jeezopete]

Interesting story that Leslie and Megan Mullally tell about his role as Beverly Leslie on Will & Grace. The role was originally written for Joan Collins, who had accepted the role. However, she balked at the fight scene around the billiard table due to each character pulling the other's wig off. "Miss Collins apparently didn't want her wig jerked off," so she didn't show up for the table read and when it was apparent she wasn't coming in, one of the show's creators/executive producers "went ballistic and decided to recast." There's a little more to how Leslie got the role at his audition, and a lot more fun stories in this video where Megan interviews him for the Library of Congress 2022 National Book Festival.

 

[samhexum]

Beverly Leslie Jordan will be on the new season of CELEBRITY IOU, which has a strong line-up of celebs this time:

In addition to airing on HGTV, each episode will be available to stream on discovery+ and HGTV GO on Mondays beginning November 14.

You'll see these celebs in the new season:

• Drew Barrymore, an Emmy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winning actress, producer, talk show host, author and entrepreneur.
• Cindy Crawford, a Supermodel, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• Terry Crews, a Daytime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and NAACP Image Award nominated actor, producer, author and professional athlete.
• Cheryl Hines, an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated actress, producer and director.
• Kate Hudson, a Golden Globe Award winner, Academy Award nominated actress, producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author.
• Leslie Jordan, an Emmy Award winning actor, The New York Times best-selling author and recording artist.
• Idina Menzel, a Tony Award winning performer, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and author.
• Wilmer Valderrama, an award-winning actor, producer, entrepreneur and activist.

[BuffaloKyle]

He is also going to be on The Masked Singer as a guest panelist tomorrow night, Wed Nov 9! 

[+ WilliamM]

Cheryl Hines' husband is vaccine denyer

[Guest]

6 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Cheryl Hines' husband is vaccine denyer

??? The King of the Non-sequiturs strikes again

[+ EVdude]

Fun, sad and touching on Masked Singer tonight as a guest judge. Of course the episode was dedicated to him.