What’s Next For ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Winner Sasha Colby?: ‘Want To Do A Rom-Com With A Trans Lead’

The Rifles frontman Joel Stoker has spoken to NME about the impending chart success of his debut solo album ‘The Undertow’ – despite no radio support and the record’s deeply personal themes – and the thrill of supporting Liam Gallagher at his recent low-key KOKO gig.The album – recorded virtually solo in Stoker’s shed, with only drummer Brendan O’Neill, Rifles keyboardist Dean Mumford and ex-Menswear member Stuart Black adding instrumentation – is sitting at Number 10 in the midweek album chart.The singer, who sets out on a smattering of solo shows in September, October and November, also revealed that The Rifles are back in the studio working on new material, after two decades of self-made success including four Top 40 albums. “Taken aback really. It didn’t even cross the mind, chart positions or anything like that.

Latrice Royale is the latest Drag Race alum to join the cast of We’re Here!

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.

TIFF 2023 gets underway tomorrow, and that means plenty of world premieres over its ten-day schedule. And there several movies debuting in Toronto to get excited about, like Brian Helgeland‘s “Finestkind,” the GameStop short comedy “Dumb Money,” and the star-studded New England noir “Reptile,” which makes the feature debut for Grant Singer.

Tapestry of Love” (literally — in a notebook) after beginning her writing career at an Amish newspaper.The second novel in her “New Directions” romance series chronicles the romance between two traditional Amish youngsters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has sold close to a million copies, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.But Byler has gotten blowback from some community elders who claim the success of her tome is fueling sexual abuse, she told the outlet.“They are very tame books,” Byler said, dismissing comparisons to the sadomasochistic “Fifty Shades of Grey” novels, which shocked and titillated readers just over a decade ago.“There’s nothing unclean in them. There is some touching, my publisher said it would have to be discreet, and a little bit of a kiss,” she said, adding there was no sex in the book.Byler began newspaper reporting when her husband went bankrupt and later transitioned to publishing books for children before writing about the amorous side of Amish culture, where premarital sex — not to mention divorce, cars, electricity and cellphones — are verboten.Her books have increasingly become popular in the conservative US Bible Belt and other Christian communities, and Byler said she has earned a lifetime of money for her and her husband.However, she claims she is being unfairly blamed for recent publicized cases of sex abuse in the Amish community.“In the last 10 years or so, romance novels have become wrong in the community,” Byler told the Daily Mail.

A Girvan café is in the running for a national gong for its à la bark dog menu.

California Treasurer Fiona Ma has sent letters to the CEOs of seven Hollywood studios urging a return to the bargaining table with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA to end a months-long double strike that’s shut down much of the entertainment industry and is taking a major toll on the California economy.

Netflix has launched it’s latest interactive project – Choose Love.

Entertainment Weekly of the movie. “For that reason, [What Happens Later] sort of evolves the rom-com genre just a little bit.

Variety what to expect in Season 3 of “And Just Like That” where Carrie and Aidan are concerned. “It gives us more story. It gives us an open end,” he said.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Representation in films and television isn’t only about race and ethnicity. It’s also about giving deserved respect to genres and recognizing the allies who do the work to ensure those stories are appropriately told. That’s what director Dan Trachtenberg achieves with the science-fiction horror flick “Prey,” while working hand-in-hand with Indigenous producer Jhane Myers.

It might be time for Nick Murray to get that Emmy Award hat trick. The television veteran already has two Emmy trophies for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, but his work on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 15 might just land him his third.

Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be able to catch up for $4 a ticket in movie theaters nationwide.Theater owners announced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For one day, all movies — in all formats and at all showtimes — will be $4 at participating theaters.

RuPaul’s Drag Race just keeps on coming!

Meri Brown is ready to move on following her split from Kody Brown. The star announced in January that she and her ex had «permanently terminated» their marriage after years of estrangement. While the official split is playing out on season 18 of the Brown family's TLC series, Meri recently opened up to magazine about her plans for the future.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The second single from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s upcoming Broadway musical “Harmony” has been released, “Every Single Day” sung by Danny Kornfeld. In a statement to Variety, Manilow and Sussman said,“We are both so thrilled to have a cast album full of new, original songs for our first Broadway show. This is where we always wanted to be.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Sasha Colby is on top of the world. Well, she’s on her balcony looking out at it. Colby hasn’t had a moment to stop since being crowned the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 15.

Taika Waititi has plans for a follow-up to 2022′s Thor: Love and Thunder.

K-pop girl group PURPLE KISS have begun teasing their return with ‘Festa’.On August 17, RBW Entertainment shared a teaser clip for PURPLE KISS’ comeback with their first single album ‘Festa’. The new video features the group’s logo set against a pastel blue door that opens to reveal their comeback date of September 5.RBW first confirmed last week that PURPLE KISS were preparing to return in September.

“The music video episodes are our main episode where we showcase the best queens from that season,” says production designer Gianna Costa. After winning an Emmy last year for Season 14’s music video episode “Catwalk”, Costa is nominated again this year for “Blame it on the Edit”, which is ideal for someone who grew up watching music videos on MTV. “My favorite part of the music video episodes is getting to look back at all these music videos I love.”