The queen is back! Everything feels right again in the world now that Janet Jackson has released a new single. It’s called “No Sleeep” and it’s a sexy slow jam worth kicking back to and putting on repeat. The track will appear on Janet’s long-awaited 11th album that will see the light of day this fall, along with the Unbreakable tour which you can check out all of the details for on her official website.

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Can you IMAGINE the courage this must have taken? MY GOD! Whatta woman. GIVE HER A MEDAL! HuffPo is reporting that

Sofia Vergara spent Sunday soaking up the sun poolside before traveling for work.

Vergara shared a makeup-free selfie Sunday on Instagram from a beautiful backyard. The 42-year-old enjoyed some down time before jetting off to Mexico with her “Hot Pursuit” co-star Reese Witherspoon.

No makeup! By the pool! And she actually TOOK A SELFIE! Admittedly, she looks AMAZING. I hope I look that good when I’M her age. And I hope I have the cojones to go makeup free by the pool, too.

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Good for her. Kylie Jenner had the absolutely correct response to a guy who ran up to her as she was getting into her car and asked, “Hey, what that mouth do? What that mouth do, Kendall?”

“Get the fuck outta my face,” she said quietly, but firmly.

Yes, honey. Don’t take that kind of shit. She should have punched him in the face. For the rude question AND for getting her name wrong.

Watch the Instagram video below.

“Get the fuck out of my face” – @kyliejenner #gokylie #whyareyoustandingsoclose #sodisrespectful #iloveherresponse

A video posted by Kim Kardashian West (@ultimatekimkwest) on Jun 21, 2015 at 5:25am PDT

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QwerrrkOut is where LGBTQQIA kiddies and their friends can upload photos of themselves queering out and being their authentic selves on the street, in the club, in the boudoir; wherever and however they feel cutest! QwerrrkOut offers gays, lesbians and other queer identified individuals a unique platform to make the world GASP by boldly displaying Gay Anarchy and Sex Positivity.

“Somewhere, during the trajectory of the gay rights movement, queers learned how to hide in public,” proclaims Paisley Dalton, the longtime World of Wonder writer who created QwerrrkOut. “We learned how to pass. Appearing gay became a negative. The whole ‘No fems, masc only, no Blacks, no Asians’ ideology fueled our internalized homophobia. It’s time we queens got back to celebrating our individual fabulousness. There’s too much beige Hollister and Abercrombie bullshit going ‘round! It’s about showing our strength in numbers on a platform where individuality is celebrated,” continues Dalton. He drew inspiration for QwerrrkOut from the politics and anarchy of the 80s gay advocacy group ACT UP. “To make real change, we have to start with ourselves. We need to take a deep, long look at who we are, smile, take pride, and then QwerrrkOut!”

Here’s how QwerrrkOut works: queers post their photos on QwerrrkOut’s Facebook, including their Instagram handle and a caption. QwerrrkOut will then repost the image on its Instagram, including the poster’s Instagram handle so people can follow the poster’s page too. Additionally, if poster’s include the Qwerrrkout hashtag on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, the QwerrrkOut team will repost the photo to QwerrrkOut’s Instagram page.

Let’s have some fun and show the world how we QwerrrkOut!

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As mentioned in an earlier post today, over the weekend Taylor Swift wrote a strongly worded open letter to Apple criticizing the company for choosing not paying artists during a 3-month trial period of Apple Music, and would therefor not be releasing her album 1989 on the streaming service in protest of their policy.

This is not about me. Thankfully I am on my fifth album and can support myself, my band, crew, and entire management team by playing live shows. This is about the new artist or band that has just released their first single and will not be paid for its success. This is about the young songwriter who just got his or her first cut and thought that the royalties from that would get them out of debt. This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field…but will not get paid for a quarter of a year’s worth of plays on his or her songs.

We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.

Taylor

And, by God, it worked!

According to The Daily What:

Shortly after she posted the letter, Apple changed its tune on trial royalties, with senior vice president Eddy Cue announcing the news on Twitter.

“Apple will always make sure that artist[s] are paid,” he wrote. “Even during customer’s free trial period.”

Which made Taylor something of an instant internet hero. Since the announcement that Apple was bowing to her demands, fans have been tweeting her, asking her to solve some of their other problems as well.

(Photo: Pacific Coast News)

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Although the album officially drops tomorrow (June 23), Billboard is giving you the chance to listen to Alaska Thunderfuck’s ENTIRE ANUS ALBUM RIGHT FREAKIN’ NOW! I had the pleasure of hearing some of these songs while we were filming Let the Music Play, which premieres with Alaska tomorrow on WOWPresents(!!!), and I LOVE IT, and I think you will, too! “Pussy” may just be the song of the summer! Head over to Billboard to listen to the album. You can pre-order or buy the album at midnight on iTunes!

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Now through Thursday (June 25th), it’s a fabulous once-in-a-lifetime online auction at Christie’s of over 100 Warhol photographs, prints and drawings “in which the artist focused his unique gaze on the LGBTQ community.” You know what that means: lots of Candy Darling, Keith Haring, hot naked ’70s boys, and more!

Says the press release:

Throughout his career, Warhol depicted male nudes through photography or drawing, often using gay underground culture as his backdrop. His visual explorations of the complexity of sexuality and desire chronicle the momentous changes within the gay community in the late 20th century, when many young men were flocking to urban centers such as New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans from their suburban and rural hometowns. With the anonymity of the city came the opportunity for a subculture that was both self-sustaining and self-defining. Warhol himself moved from Pittsburgh to New York in the summer of 1949, and witnessed first-hand both the blossoming of the gay community in the 1970s and the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic that battered the community in the 1980s.

With opening bids starting at $1,600, there is something for both the seasoned collector and new Warhol enthusiast alike. Please visit Christie’s to learn more about the sale and register to bid.

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NYC-based gay rapper Big Dipper has got your summer jam on deck! His latest EP Extra Good is out now, and he just released a camp pop video for the single Vibin’, one of his best dance floor tracks to date. Check the man-maid gettin all fishy and flippy on an apparent deserted island…but then…wait… of course there a few slutty sailor boys, willing to tuna his tartare. I GOT your butter Dipper!

“Vibin’ is not only a great song, but we also had a vision for an amazing music video,” continues Big Dipper.  The concept for the video came about in a production meeting where his team discussed set ups that could be used for fun promotional images.  “I thought it would be incredible to see a big beefy hairy man playing a merbear,” laughs Big Dipper.  “It made sense to play off  The Little Mermaid and go from having a tail to legs so we could get some dancing in the video.”

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A photo I took of friends at Julian Schnabel’s loft at David McDermott’s birthday party, circa 1988.
You can see Andy far left next To Julian.

In the Christie’s auction, this photo is captioned; “‘unidentified friend’, John Sex & Keith Haring” … that is the porn star Leo Ford on the left. Sadly, all three, along with Andy, were gone in a few years, John & Keith of AIDS and Leo in a motorcycle accident.

I noticed a few friends and many “unidentified men” in the pics and it got me to thinking. Like many of my peers, I knew Andy. My friend Benjamin Liu was his assistant for years (and he’s the reason I have my Warhol purple cow wallpaper. Thanks, Ben…) But loads of other friends of mine like John Sex, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and many others knew Andy much better. He liked young people but specifically young, cute gay men.

Andy’s boyfriend in the 70s was Jed Johnson, the twin brother of Jay Johnson, boyfriend then and now of Tom Cashin. I’ve known Jay & Tom for years. They run Jed Johnson Interiors (named for Jed who sadly perished in TWA Flight 800 in 1996) and Christie’s recently talked to Tom about Andy;

“I met Andy Warhol for the first time in Paris at the Hôtel de Crillon. My partner Jay Johnson, who I’m still with today, had a brother named Jed – he was dating Andy at the time. We ended up ordering food to his room and I couldn’t believe my eyes that Andy ordered his dog a steak – it was a riot”.

He would call me if he had an issue… Jay was the bad boy and Jed was not. He would call me about all sorts of things that were happening in his life – and I always answered…”

He wasn’t shy about bringing his partners over the years around or having all the guys over to his house in Montauk. That’s usually where he would have them do those incredible torso pictures – but he always maintained some level of privacy.

He was a real voyeur in terms of watching ‘the young kids’ misbehave, carry on, take drugs, dance at Studio 54 or wherever people were going. What Andy thrived on was being at the part and taking it all in. I have no doubt he would be as inspired today as he was back then.”

Lots of those drawing and photos, some very explicit, are on auction now at Christie’s now and a few of those “unidentified men” were easily identifiable to me. My ex-boyfriend was very friendly with Andy, who was always dropping by to give him presents and flirt. He was also on Andy’s “Christmas list”. Those who were, received original artwork made especially for the holidays, like two fish drawings silkscreened on a silk scarf or a black and white silkscreen of a supermarket steak ad.

I had a few encounters with Andy over the years, all of which –if I’m being honest– were thrilling at the time. But Andy wasn’t such a mystery really. He seemed to let his guard down the most with other gay men. Pittsburg and the art world try to claim him now (neither wanted that much to do with him when he was alive) but us downtown misfits, WE were really his tribe –especially gay artists.

The last two photos are of Andy and his last boyfriend Jon Gould. Jon died of AIDS in 1986, and it really broke Andy’s heart. I don’t think he ever really got over it. People said he was heartless, but he was always just protecting himself from being hurt, I think. He was very available in person a lot but there was usually a mote of protective distance around him –even when he let someone in a little. But I don’t want to make him seem like some pathetic gay recluse. He really wasn’t. He loved having fun and cute boys –gay or straight. More than anything, that’s really what he wanted to be.

Photographer Christopher Makos, Andy’s friend and traveling companion posted this pic on Facebook recently, disagreeing with Christie’s caption; “Uh!, more like Andy asked me to do something in a bathtub in some hotel in Europe on one of our Portrait Commission trips”

Again, the catalogue says “Unidentified men” but this is clearly Bob Colacello on the left and Jay Johnson on the right. The guy in the middle, I’d have to make a few calls about…

Tom Cashin & Andy; “I can’t remember how many times he photographed me to be honest. I don’t remember him taking a lot of the pictures but Andy always had his camera and did his thing – whether I was aware of it or not”.

Again captioned as “Andy with unidentified man”, this is clearly the late Lance Loud, of “An American Family” fame

Andy’s last boyfriend, Jon Gould.

This photo of Jon Gould and Andy just might have been a metaphor for his relationships…

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A 22 year old me visiting Houston, where I’m from. The date on the back was the same as the day I went to scan it, June 20th!

Everyone marks the passage of time and different anniversaries… last weekend marked the 130th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, as well as my 35th anniversary of living in the same city that she and I face every day. When I first arrived, I went to see Lady Liberty with a friend I had met while still in Texas. Florence Bernstein had been the personal assistant of the action star Charles Bronson as well as Shirley McClaine as well as the man who I met her through, architect and heir to the de Menil fortune, Francios de Menil. Florence was born in New York and was in her mid 50s and had NEVER even seen the Statue of Liberty – believe it or not? (I still find that hard to fathom.) I can see the statue in New York Harbor now from the roof of my building, as well as the new World Trade Center, the High Line and the new Whitney museum. So much has changed since I arrived and yet essentially, New York is the same –even post 911. Everyone says it’s now “ruined” because of all of the hi-rise multi-million dollar penthouses but that’s just supply and demand. When half the civilized world would like to have a piece of a tiny island, it gets expensive for those who are just regular folks. There’s always been good and bad in New York, and if you start to see the bad more than the good, it might be time to go. I can still see plenty of good…

Today my mother, Joyce Crisp, arrives to visit and celebrate her 75th birthday. And I celebrate 2 years writing for The Wow Report too! My first post was the 44th anniversary of Stonewall and the repeal of DOMA. Tonight at The Stonewall is 1969: A Gay Odyssey, starring Linda Simpson, Sweetie & more, at the birthplace of the modern gay movement.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing today on the designation of The Stonewall Inn as a historic site and is expected to approve it after some public testimony. It comes just before another anniversary – The Stonewall uprising, began the night of June 28, 1969. In the early morning hours of June 28, eight police officers raided the bar in search of bootlegged alcohol and began arresting some of the 200 people inside, especially men dressed as women. Rather than dispersing, the others gathered outside and were joined a large group drawn to the commotion. Members of the crowd scuffled with officers and threw pennies at them, considered to be an insult. Bottles, bricks and other objects followed. The officers retreated inside and called for reinforcements, while the crowd used a parking meter to try to break down the door.

On the night of the Stonewall riots, artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt was hanging around on nearby streets. (He shares another part of my own NY history that I’ll save for another post.) Just before the raid began, the young teenage runaway had showed up at the Stonewall and the doorman refused to let him in. He walked around the block and when he came back, the crowd had started to gather and he joined in with other younger protesters. Usually, he said, gays didn’t fight back during police raids. But as Schmidt recalled, Stonewall was the only place at the time where gays could dance close;

“They had a really good jukebox with a lot of Motown. We just danced with each other, with the same dances I did in Catholic youth dances. Why did people fight back [that night]? From my perspective it was because we could dance slow. We felt totally human. It was something that a heterosexual could take for granted but gay people couldn’t.”

So with ALL these multiple anniversaries happening, I noticed a post the other night. Randy Jones, one of the original Village People posted that Can’t Stop The Music came out 35 years ago, two days after I arrived in New York. And you know, someone FKA Bruce Jenner made his acting debut in that film! See how it’s all come full circle? The one drag is all of the great people we lost to AIDS in the 80s and early 90s… I miss all of them dearly. That’s another reason I’ll never complain about aging or “being old”… I know it’s a priveledge to still be on the planet and in New York City.

So, enjoy pride, make your own memories and remember, they Can’t Stop The Music, kids! I’m taking off for a while to show my Mom the city. See you next week!

NOTE: The Landmark Commission just now granted landmark status to the Stonewall Inn!

My late pals, Michael “Rags” Raglin & Juan Botas.

The late, great Michael O’Donoghue. Original headwriter of SNL, comic genius and cherished friend.

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The brilliant Maya Rudolph tells her old pal Seth Meyers that NOT A DAY GOES BY where she isn’t told that she looks like recently disgraced transracial icon Rachel Dolezal and that she should portray her in a parody. Seth hands her a wig and together they reenact a recent interview in which Dolezal tries to evade a reporters questions about her race. Comedy ensues. Watch it below.

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An unidentified shirtless man is videotaped chasing a moose on a speedboat, then jumping on it’s back and riding it across the lake like a bucking bronco. “I’ve never seen something so awesome,” says one of the men off camera. Yeah, awesomely idiotic. Poor little moose. Actually moose (meese?) are pretty dangerous, and I’m thinking the guy could have really gotten his ass handed to him.

From The Daily What:

The clip was originally posted on Facebook and reposted on YouTube by Wolftracker TV this past weekend. It has since been reported to conservation officials in the area. Authorities don’t think the video was filmed this year, and they are investigating the incident after receiving a number of complaints, reports CTV News. If identified, the moose rider featured could face charges of animal harassment and receive a hefty fine.

Maybe he was trying to emulate the famous pic of Teddy Roosevelt riding a moose, below? Of course that was a fake… so this might be the first actual case of moose riding ever?

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Trust me, kittens. You need Alaska Thunderfuck‘s ANUS in your life! Her impressive debut album dropped today and already has hit number 1 on the iTunes dance chart.

As she told Billboard, “There is something for everyone on this album, and I put my heart and soul into each word. ANUS is a very special, personal part of me, and I hope you get all up in it.”

Watch the new video for “This Is My Hair” and buy ANUS on iTunes!

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It’s the good, the bad, and the super-fierce as season 7 legend-in-the-making Miss Fame squares off against a black-hatted villain (played by porn star Boomer Banks) in her new music video “InstaFame.” Here’s one Redditor’s description: “A cowboy steals money from a local bar, Miss Fame, being the chicken heroine of justice, defeats him. The whole video was kinda dreamy and neptunian, and its growing on me. I find it kinda trippy actually, in a good sense. Okay, so after 4th watch, i definetely love it :-)”

Soooooo, yeah. Watch it below.

Director: Ben Simkins, producer: Katelyn Simkins (of Transformations fame!)

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Everybody poops. We all do it. On this week’s brand-new episode of RuPaul’s Squirrel Friends – RuPaul, All T, and All Shade discuss where your poop goes after you flush it. Hey! The children NEED to know. Watch after the jump!

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After an exhaustive search to find the perfect young actor to play Peter Parker/Spiderman in the 347th reboot of the franchise, Sony Pictures has landed on relatively unknown British teen Tom Holland. Tom is best known for playing Billy in the West End production of Billy Elliot (“GO BILLAYYYYY!”) and for the BBC Two series Wolf Hall (see pic below). Oh yeah, he was also one of the kids in that Naomi Watts/Ewan McGregor tsunami movie, The Impossible. And one of the voices that Tom Hardy talked to in that movie where he was in the car on his cell phone the whole time. Locke. But, yeah, that’s about it.

Said Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman (via Deadline):

“It’s a big day here at Sony. The Marvel process is very thorough, and that’s why their results are so outstanding. I’m confident Spider-Man will be no exception. I’ve worked with a number of up-and-coming directors who have gone on to be superstars, and for Spidey himself, we saw many terrific young actors, but Tom’s screen tests were special. All in all, we are off to a roaring start… We love finding new and exciting voices to bring these characters to life.

“Sony, Marvel, Kevin and I all knew that for Peter Parker, we had to find a vibrant, talented young actor capable of embodying one of the most well-known characters in the world,” added Amy Pascal in a statement: “With Tom, we’ve found the perfect actor to bring Spider-Man’s story into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”

Tom beat out every young hunk in Hollywood, including my favorites Dylan O’Brien and Charlie Rowe, as well as likeable every-teen Nat Wolff,  broody outsider Liam James, and that creepy (and possibly encephalitic) Asa Butterfield.

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Mean comments suck. Unless you get to watch some of your favorite queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race reading the mean commenters to filth! Alaska Thunderfuck, Raja, Raven, Milk, Morgan McMichaels, Pandora Boxx, Mariah Balenciaga, and Jaidynn Diore Fierce respond to some nasty shade on this all-new episode of Mean Comments!

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Sadly, we barely get to see Zayn Malik anymore. Ever since he pulled a Justin Timberlake on One Direction, he’s been laying low—especially on his social media. But here’s hoping that this is the start of a new day! Earlier today, Zayn was seen with a fresh new blonde buzzed haircut and wearing a crisp white shirt and gorgeous jacket combination at Paris Fashion Week (???) attending the Valentino Spring/Summer 2016 show—seated front and center.

#HQ | Zayn arriving to PFW earlier today! pic.twitter.com/DSXo9Sgxer

— Zayn Malik News (@ZaynJMNews) June 24, 2015

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— ❯Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴢᴀʏɴ /₅ ♡ (@TLautzGirlGurur) June 24, 2015

Front row ready Zayn Malik. Live streaming now on http://t.co/TLqezSkskz #linkinbio http://t.co/BOfAHgSghe pic.twitter.com/BEgnzYMT0L

— Valentino (@MaisonValentino) June 24, 2015

I’m literally crossing my fingers at this very moment that a future Valentino campaign starring Mr. Malik is in the works. If Zayn’s gorgeous face isn’t meant for fashion modeling, I don’t know what is! Plus, it would be a pretty smart career move considering the amount of publicity Justin Bieber’s Calvin Klein campaign garnered—and since Zayn’s career is in a transitional phase, it would definitely keep fans interested! But if not, I’m still very grateful for this moment.

Still tho. Here’s hoping…

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Check out the latest videos from our WOWPresents Network! Big Dipper, Vanity Venom, Tom Goss, Lacey Noel, Chris Sapphire and SO MANY MORE all have new videos from the WOWPresents Network!!! Watch all these and more right now on the WOW Report!

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I might be a little obsessed because I recently saw Chris Pratt star as the hottest dinosaur trainer in the Universe in the summer blockbuster Jurassic World (which I loved) but OMG now he’s on the cover of Men’s Health looking just like the God he is, and my eyes are exploding in the best way possible.

In the article he jokes that he may gain the weight he recently shed back (just teasing us with his amazingly adorable sense of humor, am I right?):

I can tell that people are motivated by my transformations, and that feels really good. But everyone should know when the movie star stuff is over, I might go back to being the fat guy. My wife wants a pizza oven — she’s going to learn how to bake bread, and I’m going to eat it. I love the health benefits of exercising, and I have a kid now. By exercising, you really can add 20, 30 years to your life. But you gotta live too, so hopefully I’ll find a nice balance.

Let me confess, though, because Jurassic World was my first introduction to Mr. Pratt—however, thanks to the best inventions ever Instagram and Tumblr, I’ve been able to catch up and see what I’ve been missing. Let me share in case you’re currently living under a Chris Pratt-less rock like I was:

Oh, and the SELFIES:

Oh, did you catch that Instagram caption? Bless his brother.

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