LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A LEGEND...

A very fab! night at the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, where I was the guest of producer and celebrity photographer Michael Childers for his One Night Only. In the audience (front row, if you please) sat Broadway legend Carol Channing in trademark gold lame and probably a few diamonds. (I don't mean rhinestones...) Also attending was Mrs. Barbara Sinatra. Now an annual fund-raising event, Childers' show features some of the best Broadway and film talent, showcasing music from various chapters of his life as the longtime partner of director John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy.) Everything from Bob Dylan through Evita to Mozart. Highlights? Yup, plenty of them. Too many to choose, in fact. (Though I have to say, Kaye Ballard still sounds amazing at 87. Not kidding! It must be the desert air.) More, please.

AUTHORS' VILLAGE PALM SPRINGS

I'm having far too much fun for a writer's festival, but then this is no ordinary writer's festival. This is the Authors' Village at Palm Springs Pride, where I spent the afternoon yakking with Violet Quill co-founder Felice Picano (Twelve O'Clock Tales), celebrity photographer (and life partner of director John Schlesinger) Michael Childers (Icons and Legends) and Mark Abramson (California Dreamers.)

Later, with Michael, I attended the book signing at Just Fabulous for Scotty Bowers, whose Hollywood tell-all, Full Service, literally tells all when it comes to Hollywood stars and their sexual proclivities. Can't wait to read it!

Following that, a celebrity fundraiser for HRC (Human Rights Campaign) working for LGBT rights in America had me walking the lawn of a Palm Springs mansion along with stars Zuzanna Szadkowski (Gossip Girl) and Andrew Rannells (The New Normal), as well as looking around to find Lorna Luft (aka Liza Minnelli's sister-sorry, Lorna!), who was said to be somewhere in the vicinity.

Maybe things will calm down tomorrow. I hope not!