(JESSE on the BRINK) The Good with the Bad!

by Jesse Archer

Pop Princesses. The rah rah rivalry over Katy Perry's ROAM and Lady Gaga's APPLAUSE has reached sharknado proportions. I just want to give them both a nice melatonin-infused chai tea, wash off the grease paint, read a bedtime story, pat their heads and put them to bed. Then their nightmares begin: Beyonce reclaims the mantle of planet pop as they sleep with yet another formula guaranteed hit.

Batman. Fucking hell. An entire news cycle on the casting of Ben Affleck as the next Batman? How many Batmans do we have to deal with? Is there another superhero, preferably one who knows how to have a good time? Now he's being paired with Superman, who is just as prolific and tiresome. With three hours of exposition that was all backstory, I should have read the book. Henry Cavill's dreary,  deadly serious Superman had all the thrills of a prolapsed anus.

Lisa Bonet. I might watch Batman if he were Jason Mamoa aka Kahl Drogo from Game Of Thrones in his own superhero suit. Why does Lisa Bonet need to rest? The reason you have not seen hide nor hair from Lisa Bonet since that Cosby Show spinoff is because she's been working overtime laying (claim to) the finest men on the planet. I wouldn't even say she was the most attractive Huxtable (maybe Vanessa, or even mother Claire) but Lisa Bonet and her charms (twerking?) landed both Mamoa and Lenny Kravitz – whereupon she quickly punctuated her success by having their babies. She may be greedy, but the girl has taste.

So the Timing is Everything...After watching videos of Russian trannies and gangs being beaten up by sadistic skinheads who film the abuse and put it on social media sites knowing full well they won't be punished thanks to Putin's homophobic laws... I find Wentworth Miller's message refreshing.

 The 41-year-old actor was invited to a prestigious film festival in St Petersburg and wrote that he must decline because he is a gay man. "I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied the basic right to live and love openly," he said.

The actor has denied his sexuality in the past, but coming out publicly in such a purposeful way at such a crucial time sends a strong message of solidarity to Russia's vulnerable gay community and puts a global spotlight on homophobia.

My Roommate was once a TV Princess....