Portia De Rossi. What A Cool Name

Well hello there boys and girls. I was just watching a really old episode of the fantastically surreal and witty show, Ally McBeal. Then there was a break for the usual bunch of over-baring adverts, so I changed the channel to an equally over-baring music channel. I did my usual flicking, and found on TMF was a show called 'Hollywood's Hottest Couples' or whatever the devil it was. I am quite often vaguely ammused by these programmes, not because of the content, but because of what those barely-credible talking heads say about all the mindless celebrities. Anyway, they were talking about Ellen Degeneres (no idea how to spell her name) and the lady who she was going out with, called Portia. I thought to myself, "I say, isn't that the name of one of the actresses in Ally McBeal, the show I just happened to be watching?". Upon closer inspection, I found it was in fact the very same person. How surprised I was to learn that she is gay. Or is she bisexual? Or a good actress? Or... not an immature lesbian who can't stand the thought of kissing a man? She's probably more famous in America, so maybe an American can answer that string of questions for me.

In conclusion: I like how actors are good at... pretending to be something they are not. In essence, isn't that what the acting game is all about? Oh yes, very much so. It is also quite loverly that sexuality is not a factor when being cast for a role (or is it?). Perhaps it depends on the situation. I say, if you are flamboyantly gay, but a good actor, you should have no problem playing someone straight. Duh.