Jenny Stewart: Bio, Interviews, Articles, Etc.

"Really? You Don't Look Gay..."

Something funny happened the other day that I wanted to share.  I was on my lunch hour, paying for takeout at a nearby deli and the always friendly cashier was making small talk with me as she usually does.  But this time, she got more up close and personal, and the conversation went something like this:

Cashier: Are you excited for the weekend?

Me: Totally!  I am so glad it's Friday.

Cashier: What are you going to do?

Me: I really don't know yet, but I think I'm just going to play it by ear. 

Cashier:  Do you have kids?

Getting Catty With Kathy Griffin...

She's mocked Sharon Stone live on stage during an AIDS fundraiser -- with Stone in the audience. She's pointed out to Howard Stern how ugly Ethan Hawke's gotten ("have you seen his gnarly teeth?"). She's even spread rumors about universally adored child star Dakota Fanning entering rehab while working the red carpet. Nobody's as fearless at ripping into celebs as comedienne Kathy Griffin -- and that's why we love her. But what happens when Griffin runs into a star she's just shredded onstage at the local supermarket? What do they say? Is she ever threatened with legal action? And where does she get the balls to do what she does in the first place?

You make a living making fun of celebrities. Sometimes you can be really harsh, and that's usually when it's the funniest. But are there ever times where you've felt especially bad after ripping on someone, to the point where you really regret it later?

It's really weird, because that happens all the time, and yet I can't seem to stop myself. I used to say "OK, no cancer jokes, no AIDS jokes." But let me tell you something: Nobody makes a better fucking cancer joke than someone who has it. I have friends who are going through chemotherapy, and they make the darkest, most hideous cancer jokes you've ever heard. So I wonder if anything should ever be off limits. So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.

Speaking of personal lives, you mention in one episode that you dated a midget, but you don't go into detail. I want to know the whole story, and was he a midget or a dwarf?

Chatting with Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle was the voice of the '80s -- from her cheerful Go-Go's megahit "We Got the Beat" opening the iconic "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982 to the truly inspiring solo hit "Mad About You" in 1986. Since then, Carlisle has left her party-girl days behind her, built a successful solo career spanning over two decades, and started a new family when she married Morgan Mason, son of late actor James Mason. (The two also had a son together, James, who's now 16.)

But if there's one '80s trait still intact, it's Carlisle's distinctive L.A. accent. She may have just turned 50, but she still sounds like an enthusiastic 20-year-old -- and frankly, it would be fascinating to overhear a conversation between her and "The Hills" star Lauren Conrad. (Conrad: "I totally love your shoes, Belinda." Carlisle: "Oh, my God, these shoes are like, my all-time favorites!")

Currently on the fabulous "Regeneration" tour with fellow '80s artists ABC, Human League and others, an exuberant Belinda chatted with me about Amy Winehouse, the Go-Go's, the Manson girls, Madonna, Lindsay Lohan -- well, we talked about a lot.  Oh -- and she even played "Who Would You Rather Sleep With?" for the second time.  We attempted "F-Marry-Kill" at first, but it didn't work out... Read the full interview after the jump.