'RuPaul's Drag Race' Star Shangela Responds to Multiple Allegations, Including Reported Rape: 'It Has No Basis In Fact'

The woman charged with killing a bride on her wedding night has been speaking out from jail. And for her, it’s still all about herself…

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Alice Rohrwacher is in the Cannes competition for the third time with “La Chimera,” in which “The Crown” star Josh O’Connor plays a young British archeologist named Arthur who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s. For Rohrwacher, the film is connected to growing up in Umbria, once the center of the Etruscan civilization. But it’s also the final piece of a triptych on a territory that she started with her previous Cannes entries: “The Wonders” and “Happy as Lazzaro.” Three works that, as she has put it, pose a central question: “What to do with the past?”  

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.

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.

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famously protested taking off her facemask during her elimination lip-sync against Nina Bonina Brown, placing seventh.She would later compete in “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4,” also finishing seventh. She’s appeared in her own WOW Presents Plus series and modeled in several fashion magazines, including Vogue Mexico, and appeared in Fox’s live musical “Rent.”Born in Mexico City and based in Paris, Lolita Banana, is the first Mexican-born queen to have participated in the “Drag Race” franchise and is positioned as one of the most important drag queens in France.

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.

A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly shot at a group of kids playing in his yard — and hit one little girl in the head.

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

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela has been formally accused of rape and sexual harassment by a former staff member of HBO’s reality series We’re Here. The accusations have been vehemently denied by Shangela – real name is Darius Jeremy Pierce – and the claims are fairly graphic.The lawsuit was filed by Daniel McGarrigle, a former We’re Here production assistant, in Los Angeles on May 3.

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.

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.

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, which is set to premiere in just a few short days. Fans of the reality staple were recently treated to the announcement of the cast, and now we finally know who will be judging the queens thanks to a tantalizing trailer unveiled a short time ago.This season will feature a star-studded lineup of celebrity guest judges as per usual, which is sure to add even more excitement and glamour to the show.From actors to comedians to musicians, the guest judges for season eight of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars include Adam Shankman, Bowen Yang, Brandon Boyd, Ego Nwodim, Idina Menzel, Javicia Leslie, JoJo Siwa, Maude Apatow, Matt Rogers, Robin Thede, Thom Filicia, and Zooey Deschanel.Returning as the main judges are the fabulous foursome of Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison, and, of course, Ms.

Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is nearly upon us.

The RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8 guest judges have been Ru-vealed!

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is revving up for quite the season.

Charna Flam London’s West End smash hit “Death Drop” is headed across the pond. The killer comedy drag show, starring some of the most famous drag queens, is coming to New York this summer. “Death Drop,” is set to begin its off-broadway previews on June 30, followed by opening night on July 13 at New World Stages. The show stars “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Jujubee as Summer Raines, Willam as Shazza and Shuga Cain as Lady Rosebud von Fistenberg. Joining the “Drag Race” alum include Peachez Iman Cummings (“Worst Cooks in America”) as Morgan Pierce, Wang Newton (“Sacred Wounds”) as Phil Maker and the “Death Drop” writer Holly Stars as the Bottomly Sisters. Kiki Ball-Change will serve as an understudy. Additional casting will be announced soon.

Start your engines. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars has found its Season 8 contestants.