‘Drag Race Mexico': Valentina and Lolita Banana to Host Inaugural Season

An ultimate drag party with a unique twist is being held at Dumfries’ Chancers Nightclub on June 3 from 9am until late.

Charna Flam The Icons for the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade are Melissa McCarthy, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Laith Ashley, Niecy Nash-Betts and Jessica Betts, announced the city of West Hollywood and WeHo Pride producer JJLA, Jeff Consoletti. The recipients have been honored with the Drag Icon Award, the Breakthrough Icon Award, the Trailblazer Icon award and the Ally Icon award. Laith Ashley, a model, actor and activist has been named this year’s Breakthrough Icon Award. In 2017, Laith was the first transgender man to be featured in an ad campaign. Following his historic campaign, Laith starred in Taylor Swift’s “Lavender Haze” music video and volunteers for the FLUX nonprofit and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s transgender division.

promises to give fans more fashion, fun and, of course, lots of drama. After two years, the sophomore season of the STARZ series returns to follow the 30-something trio of Renee (Bresha Webb), Whitney (Amber Stevens West), and Sondi (Corbin Reid) — Andrea Bordeaux, who played Ella, departed the series in February 2022, after its debut season — as they navigate the trials and tribulations of being successful career women in pursuit of world domination while juggling their romantic relationships and their connections to one another. As the three strive for personal growth and self-discovery, balancing career, love, and the ups and downs of life in Harlem, New York, they rely on their sisterhood to propel them onward and upward in a world in which they were never meant to do so.The show's logline promises, «At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving – but thriving together.»And according to the cast, viewers will get all that and more when they tune into the show. ET's Rachel Smith visited the set ahead of the series premiere on May 26, during which Webb, West and Reid teased all the exciting things fans can expect in the second season. «We're doing big things, big style in Harlem, honey! We are taking things by the reins, we're being selfish and not apologizing for it and, might I add, we look fabulous doing it as well,» Webb proclaims.West adds that the cast's real-life friendship enhances their fictional bond, pointing out how close they've gotten while working on the show.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Peppermint wants back on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” She famously was runner-up in Season 9 when Sasha Velour took the crown after her iconic rose petal-filled finale lip sync. “I would love to go on ‘All Stars,’” Peppermint tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. She was asked to compete in 2018 but was already booked for the Go-Go’s Broadway musical, “Head Over Heels.” “I will happily go onto the show if they invite me,” Peppermint says. “It is quite expensive and quite an investment, but I do think it could be worth it.” Peppermint will next be seen in “A Transparent Musical,” opening May 20 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She plays Davina, a role originated on the “Transparent” television series by Alexandra Billings. Peppermint recalls having “two-person watch parties” with her music producer when the series first premiered on Amazon in 2014.

We knew it was coming in June, and now we have the date. Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… Season 2 will premiere on Thursday, June 22 on Max.

For those queens who make it to RuPaul’s Drag Race and don’t win, it seems there’s always a hope that they can come back for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and try again. There’s almost always a hope, that is.There have now been nearly 200 contestants who have walked into the werk room, and a handful of them are sure to never do so again.

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) unveiled the nominees for the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards that honors the best in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming.

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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have returned to host This Morning today, 15 May, as reports of a "feud" between them continue to swirl. Over the weekend, the hosting duo had been hit with claims that they’re feuding with one another and that their time on the popular daytime show hangs in the balance. Phil, 61, has hosted This Morning since 2002, with Holly, 42, going on to join him in 2009.

RuPaul’s Drag Race is a superstar making machine.

WOW Presents Plus.On Friday, the first day of DragCon LA, World of Wonder announced its slate of shows coming this year. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 13 winner Symone, “Drag Race UK” Season 4 winner Danny Beard and “Drag Race UK” Season 3 winner Krystal Versace each have their own series on WOW Presents Plus later this year.Find out more about the upcoming shows and their launch dates:“Keeping Up With Krystal Versace” (Coming this Summer)In “Keeping Up with Krystal Versace,” the “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” Season 3 winner prepares for her solo show with her drag family made up of UK legends.

It’s time to dust off your wigs and put on your highest heels, because RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is back with a new season! A group of beloved drag queens from previous seasons are ready to battle it out for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame, and fans can rejoice as the wait is finally over.Can’t wait for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8? Neither can we! Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming season, including who’s in the cast and when and where you can catch the premiere. When Does RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 Premiere?RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 premiered on May 12, 2023 with not one, but two episodes.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor She’s back! “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6 winner Bianca Del Rio will return to host the “All Stars” Season 8 weekly recap series “The Pit Stop.” Each week, Del Rio and her guest will recap and review the most recent episode of “All Stars” Season 8, which begins streaming on May 12 exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes of “The Pit Stop” will premiere Saturdays on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” YouTube channel. “Like a bad rash… I’m baaaack! The greatest thing about a new season of ‘All Stars’ is I don’t have to compete but get to judge all of them by hosting ‘The Pit Stop,'” Del Rio said in a statement to Variety.

Between the 15 regular seasons, a lot of queens have walked into the Werk Room on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Many who didn’t come out on top have gone on to return for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, though only a small portion of those second-time attempts have resulted in a crown.

The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars took the golden popcorn for Best Competition Series at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Shangela has been accused of rape by a former HBO production assistant. The allegation was made in a lawsuit f

Shangela, an actor and former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant who also co-hoststhedocuseries We’re Here, is being sued by a former production assistant on the latter show who says he was raped by the star after a wrap party in February 2020. The actor denies the allegations.

Shangela is speaking out.

which first reported the lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed by a “We’re Here” production assistant named Daniel McGarrigle, who says that on Feb. 25, 2020, he was raped by Pierce in the performer’s Louisiana hotel room after a crew party. McGarrigle says he had passed out, and woke up to find Pierce attempting to penetrate him.