• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is into shoes and gossip according to Scarlett Johannson. That’s funny. So are we! [Left Coast Breakdown]

• England’s equivalent to the Grammy awards, the Brits, were announced and two Queerty faves were nominated: the strangely beautiful Kate Bush and the beautifully strange Antony and the Johnsons. [WOW Report]

• The official Wigstock site has been revamped and they’re selling really cute, really gay shirts. We want one. [Lady Bunny]

• Some New Yorkers are in a tizzy because of the closing of the 2nd Avenue Deli. [Gridskipper]

• We’re alright though. We’ve always been much bigger fans of Veselka, the place for Ukrainian soul food. It one block away and has killer sauerkraut. [Veselka]

Lady Bunny is a drag legend, a NYC nightlife fixture, and one funny comedian. Recently Bunny caught up with Bradford Shellhammer to discuss her new DVD, Star Jones, and the perfect boyfriend. FYI, It's not that safe for work.

Hi Bunny. What made you decide to blog?
Well, the first reason was to keep people engaged with Ladybunny.net. No matter how fantastic your site is, ain't nobody gonna come back if you don't update it. Since I need a web designer to make major changes, the blog is a do-it-yourself way to keep my site current with everything from comments on current affairs to my schedule of appearances.

Before I had a blog, I forwarded sick shit to friends constantly. Now I just post it. Luckily, now fans of the blog send sick shit to me! And the launching of my website coincided with George Bush's reign of terror. Actually seeing the second World Trade Center (don't ask me what I was doing up at that hour!) shook me up, but instead of asking, "What do we do?" I thought, "What have we done to deserve this?". Bush's decision to retaliate against Iraq, a country with no WMDs and no connections with the perpetrators of 9/11, sparked my interest in politics--which mainly consists of slamming this administration. There's a lot of humor crap on my blog, too, but I've gotten a great response for the political rants. Which is fairly surprising, since most gays aren't very political these days. Face it, the ACT UP days, when getting involved was even seen as trendy/hot, are long gone. I wish there were more gays interested in things like rising HIV infections, but the tone of most gay rags is very shallow and hunk-oriented. Enjoy the hunks! Masturbate over them. But balance the hunks with issues, especially if they're issues like AIDS, which are killing us!

Name you favorite drag queen and why?
Dame Edna. She is so demented! And she's hetero! I actually like her out-of-drag characters just as much as her drag. She's a class A kook and has really taken it to a huge scale with TV specials, Broadway shows, Vanity Fair articles, etc. And when she met Joan Rivers she told her "You look fantastic. Please don't ever consider plastic surgery!"

The Pam Anderson Roast. What was that night like?
I had a blast hanging out with the celebs. Hell, with Tommy Lee next to me and Dennis Rod-man behind me, I was surrounded by about two feet of dick! Call me a sick freak, but I've always dreamt of one in each end! So it was hard for me to concentrate on the lines--the lines that Courtney was shoving up my nose! KIDDING! And I got to meet my idol, Charo! But ultimately, it was disappointing since they cut most of my lines. I had submitted jokes, which Comedy Central deemed too filthy. So they basically wrote me a script, which wasn't that funny, and I knew it. A few of the jokes they provided for me were about Comedy Central comedians who I had never heard of like Adam Carolla. And then they went on to let everyone else tell really filthy jokes! But all in all, it was better to be on it briefly than not at all--it was the highest Nielsen rated special in years. And it was a pretty fucking hilarious show! Pam was a great sport, and they really let Bea Arthur have it.

After the jump Bunny tells us her nastiest joke.

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Ok. So she may not have been the first drag queen with a blog. That was RuPaul. Actually, that was AKA Frank Green. But in the short time she has been blogging Lady Bunny has made up for lost time. Her blog is funnier than ours. Imagine that.

This year has been a big one for Bunny. And we know how much this queen loves big ones. She celebrated the 20th anniversary of her legendary creation Wigstock, appeared on the Pamela Anderson Roast, and started a column for Genre Magazine. Never once has she lost the dirty mouth and acerbic wit.

Check out her blog. It is part social commentary and part glimpse into the life of a transvestite comic. Be prepared to laugh. At her or with her. Your choice.

•Proving that artists come from all walks of life Streetsy has launched. The site is a photo-blog dedicated to street art.

•Lady Bunny's Wigstock celebrated its 20th year on Saturday and included perfromances by Kevin Aviance, Jimmy James, and Lady Miss Kier. Marcus Woolen captured many images that we could not, since our view was blocked by too many Ricky's wigs.

•Many gay men will bid on the piece de resistance of all online charity auctions, Bjork's swan dress, next week. The winner will have the best Halloween costume this year, hand's down.

•Gridskipper declares Gay Travel as the hot niche and alerts us to the fact that 90% of gay Americans traveled this year. The other 10% adopted kids.

•Although Tyra fired Janice Dickinson, we are still obsessed with America's Next Top Model. The new cycle does not start until September 21st, but you can get your fix now and check out the new girls.