Names and faces
Bruce Jenner’s transition is complete. “Call me Caitlyn,” declares a headline on the July cover of Vanity Fair, with a photo of a long- haired Jenner in a strapless corset, legs crossed, sitting on a stool. The image was shot by famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. Inside, more images depict Jenner in gold lame, a black bustier and an offthe-shoulder gown showing off ample cleavage. Jenner also debuted a new Twitter account with the post: “I’m so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can’t wait for you to get to know her/ me.” In about two hours, the account had more than 630,000 followers. According to the magazine, which took to Twitter with the cover Monday, Jenner, 65, spoke emotionally about her gender journey: “If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, ‘ You just blew your entire life.’” The cover photo was shot at Jenner’s Malibu, Calif., home and comes on the heels of her two- hour ABC interview with Diane Sawyer in which Bruce Jenner confirmed the transition to a woman. Before the unveiling of Caitlyn, Jenner had said he preferred the pronoun “he,” but Vanity Fair contributing editor Buzz Bissinger, who wrote the story, refers to “she.”
In his first television interview since he was badly injured in a highway crash last ye ar, an emotional Tracy Morgan said on NBC’s Today that he did not remember the accident and was not yet ready to return to his comedy career. Holding a cane in his right hand, Morgan offered thanks to friends and family members, including his children and fiancee, and colleagues such as Tina Fey. Morgan was critically injured last June when a luxury van transporting him on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck from behind by a Wal- Mart tractor- trailer. Another comedian, James McNair, who was known as Jimmy Mack and who was traveling with Morgan, was killed in the collision, and other passengers were injured. A report later issued by the National Transportation Safety Board said the driver of the tractor- trailer, Kevin Roper, was driving at 65 mph in a 45- mph zone. New Jersey prosecutors charged Roper with one count of vehicular homicide and several counts of assault by auto.