The Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion has been given to a winner!
21.08.2023 - 15:21 / variety.com
McKinley Franklin editor “Drag Race” fans, get ready to start your engines, as MTV and Paramount+ have greenlit a slew of new sickening seasons of the beloved franchise. That’s right: Season 16 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will sashay onto television screens 15 years after the series’ iconic first episode premiered in 2009.
An additional season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will premiere after each episode debuts each week. Paramount+’s beloved “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” will, too, return back to the streamer for its ninth season with adjoining “Untucked” episodes.
The announcement comes on the heels of the “Drag Race” franchise accumulating nine Emmy nominations during the 2023 season. The nominations, including those for outstanding reality competition program and outstanding casting for a reality program, make “Drag Race” the most nominated reality program of the year.
Casting directors Goloka Bolte and Ethan Peterson explained that they’re always looking for “people that are going to step up and fight” for the LGBTQ+ community when casting queens for new seasons. “We are in a world where ‘Drag Race’ [have become] a beacon of hope for a lot of people, and in these scary times for our community, it’s important to put people on the show that are going to fight and be examples to help evoke change,” said Peterson.
Following an influx of anti-LGBTQ threats and censorship, production company World of Wonder, co-founded by Fenton Bailey and Fenton Barbato, established the Drag Defense Fund in partnership with the ACLU. “It has never been more vital to be an ally to defend and protect the rights of drag artists and the LGBTQ community,” says Bolte.
.The Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion has been given to a winner!
Carole Horst Oscar-winning doc makers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin chose an appropriate subject for this move into traditional narrative feature: Diana Nyad, the athlete who swam from Cuba to Florida in 2013 at the age of 64. The “Nyad” directing duo won an Oscar for rock climbing doc Free Solo in 2019, and earned much critical praise 2015’s “Mero” and 2021’s “The Rescue” (which, even though it’s not an extreme sports movie, does feature physical acts of courage and daring). Nyad burned with a passion to complete the swim, a feat that she had to abort four times before; her first time in her twenties. So at an age when most people are planning retirement, she planned a hundred-mile swim.
Thania Garcia Hot Girl Summer is not over yet! Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have released a summery music video for their new joint single “Bongos,” the not-so-similar follow-up to their massive joint hit “WAP.” The Latin-infused beats of “Bongos” match up with colorful visuals of both Cardi and Megan relaxing by the beach in over-the-top accessories and custom fits. The pair take turns spitting their verses over a twerk-worthy bassline and take center stage, rapping: The song is Megan’s first release since her 2022 sophomore effort “Traumazine,” which debuted at No.
McKinley Franklin editor Get a grip, girl! Latrice Royale is officially joining the Season 4 cast of HBO’s “We’re Here,” Variety can exclusively reveal. Latrice Royale joins fellow drag artists Priyanka, Sasha Velour and Jaida Essence Hall in leading the new season.
A Scottish mum is set to appear on a new ITV dating show that has been billed as a 'spin-off' to Love Island for middle-aged parents to have the opportunity to find love once again, with the series kicking off next week on Monday, September 11.
Quantum Leap‘s cast is getting bigger for season 2!
A man has admitted to assaulting drag queen The Vivienne in a McDonald's in Liverpool.
TELLURIDE – There is quiet tension bubbling underneath Andrew Haigh’s latest endeavor. An often sublime drama that features a unique reunion between a son and his parents and a transformative, passionate romance.
Madonna, when the Queen of Pop began spanking and humping him on stage.The professional journalist recalled the moment he attended a Madonna concert back in 2015, in a new interview – describing how the singer invited him onto the stage with her in an unexpected twist.The moment took place during the musician’s ‘Rebel Heart’ concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, where she jokingly pulled the CNN host into the spotlight and began spanking and humping him while she sang ‘Unapologetic Bitch’.Footage of the moment – which also saw Cooper awkwardly trying to dance to the track – soon made its way online, and eight years on, the journalist says he is still “mortified” by the experience.“That [moment,] I choose to forget. I’m mortified,” Cooper told Kelly Ripa during an interview with Sirius XM’s podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is back!
Alexandra Burke, Suranne Jones and Joel Dommett will be amongst some of the famous faces to appear on the upcoming fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
Thania Garcia Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds has shared the complete list of artists set to perform for his fifth LoveLoud festival. Victoria Monét, Cavetown, Allison Russell, Lindsey Stirling, Chelsea Cutler, Vincint, and David Archuleta, have all been added to the lineup. The 2023 iteration of the nonprofit organization’s festival comes in the form of a tour, hitting cities and venues across the U.S., for the first time since it launched in 2017 in an effort to address the nationwide threats facing the LGBTQ+ community.
As the August sun prepares to set, a gang of Hollywood it-girls knew how to soak it up.
The stars of Vanderpump Rules are hard at work filming the show’s latest season.
Kim Cattrall finally made her much-discussed return to the universe on Thursday's season 2 finale of. The 67-year-old actress, who previously said she was done playing Samantha Jones in the franchise, reprised her role as the beloved public relations specialist during the episode's first five minutes. In the scene, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) walks into her old apartment to prepare for her «Last Supper» meal when she receives a phone call from Sam, who is living her best PR boss lady life abroad in London.
cast's season 15 reunion, set to kick off on Sunday, Sept. 3.
Back and more fabulous than ever! Though her cameo was brief, Samantha Jones returned in all her glory to the universe in Thursday's season 2 finale of the Max reboot, .Fans didn't have to wait long for the much-discussed appearance from original star Kim Cattrall as it happened in the episode's first five minutes. In the scene, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) walked into her old apartment to prepare for her «Last Supper» meal when she received a phone call from Sam, who is living her best PR boss lady life abroad in London.
Kim Cattrall finally made her much-discussed return to the universe on Thursday's season 2 finale of. The 67-year-old actress, who previously said she was done playing Samantha Jones in the franchise, returned to make a quick phone call to Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a sweet exchange that took place in the show's first five minutes.Samantha calls Carrie «f**king furious» because her flight is delayed and she had wanted to surprise her friend for her «Last Supper» meal to say goodbye to her old apartment.
Raquel Leviss (who is now going by Rachel) is saying farewell to Vanderpump Rules.
Coronation Street star Harriet Bibby has told her former co-star that she 'loves and misses' him as she paid a sweet tribute on social media. The actress took to Instagram to publically wish James Craven a happy birthday.