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You’d Better Sit Down: Clooney’s Engaged!

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I’m sure you’re not reading it here first (and if you are, you need some better news sources) but hold the phone, stop the presses, Katie bar the door – George Clooney is engaged! He has supposedly proposed to British attorney Amal Alamuddin, according to People. When news broke that they started dating last fall, one assumed she was yet another in a long line of “girlfriends” in the serial dater’s string. But the most eligible, confirmed bachelor on the planet reportedly proposed to the 36-year-old British lawyer, who specializes in international law and human rights, after just six months of dating. News of the impending nuptials started to burn up gossip lines after Amal was spotted wearing an engagement ring while she was out to dinner with the couple’s friends, supermodel Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber. You know Clooney was previously married, to Talia Balsam and has since had much-publicized relationships with Sarah Larson, Elisabetta Canalis and Stacy Keibler. We shall see if this pans out. I think that Will & Grace reunion might happen first – but who knows? (photo, Pacific Coast News)Stacy Keibler Sarah Larson George Clooney engaged Elisabetta Canalis Amal Alamuddin

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For Your Leisurely Amusement: The WOW Report Longer Reads!

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We know you don’t have time to read every article, every think piece, and every blog post people send your way. That’s why we’re offering up the Sunday morning Longer Reads section. Here’s your chance to catch up on some of more interesting news items you might have missed.

Longer Reads in the news blog love

Vulture argues: At this point George W Bush is actually a better artist than James Franco.

Vulture also has a fun interview with Neil Patrick Harris about Hedwig, dressing rooms, and how he gets all that glitter off every night.

BuzzFeed goes deep inside Bryan Singer’s wild Hollywood world of upwardly mobile twinks and the men who prey on them, oh my!

Vaguely related: Meet the Hollywood screenwriter by day, go-go dancer by night, Jeff Tetreault, who tells New York magazine he’s having “an awesome dick day.”

The Daily Mail uncovers why the British are such fashion victims. HA! Also how trends are interpreted by the various classes, which is something the British have always obsessed about.

30 internet famous people YOU NEED TO KNOW.

And a poignant interview with a formerly famous internet star.

Simon Doonan just wants everybody on TV to PUT THEIR DAMN CLOTHES ON.

To celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday this week, Harper’s Bazaar has listed the best fashions from our favorite Shakespeare films.

Frazier Glenn Miller, the former KKK leader and anti-Semitic murderer, was once arrested with a black, cross-dressing hooker. The Daily Beast says that according to psychology and history, it’s not that surprising.

Slate has the poignant story of a daughter and the gay father she never knew.

Why Joan Rivers, Madonna, and, um, “OTHER CELEBRITIES” don’t owe you an apology, in Salon.

and The New York Times listens in as Liz Smith and Jess Cagel  (of People and Entertainment Weekly) dish on just about everyone from Jackie O to Kim K.

 

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David Foster Wallace long ago warned that irony is ruining our culture. Salon thinks we ought to have listened.

Dame magazine reports that trans semantics is causing an uproar within the community, but is language REALLY the issue here?

Slate explores the science behind Transcendence. So… when will be able to upload Johnny Depp’s brain? And, more importantly, why would we want to?

After James Franco called the New York Times theater critic “a little bitch” on Instagram for giving his performance in Of Mice & Men a bad review, The Guardian says we have now entered into a new age of counter-criticism.

The Daily Beast tallies up every woman Don Draper has ever slept with.

And Vulture asks a serial killer expert to analyze every episode of Mad Men for links to the Manson Family murders (because OBVIOUSLY Megan is about to be killed by them).

Alice Hoffman has some… um… out-of-the-box suggestions for getting you started on that novel you’ve been meaning to write.

Newsweek reports on how Laverne Cox transformed the audience at the GLAAD Awards.

New York magazine announces that we have reached “Peak Beard Saturation” and has the scientific proof the trend is is OVER.

A lengthy piece on Cartoon Network’s iconic Adventure Time declares it is a “deeply serious work of moral philosophy, a rip-roaring comic masterpiece, and a meditation on gender politics and love in the modern world. It is rich with moments of tenderness and confusion, and real terror and grief even; moments sometimes more resonant and elementally powerful than you experience in a good novel.” And I thought it was just fun to watch in a k-hole.

The New York Times obituary for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and over at Slate: What he meant to the people of Colombia (and why we can never TRULY get his novels).

Also in the Times: The complicated life of one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s heroin connections.

Salon exposes Leonardo DiCaprio’s DARKEST SECRET: He’s actually deeply uncool.

Newsweek has earthshattering nerd news: Dick Grayson ISN’T DEAD after all! The former Robin-turned-Nightwing-turned-Batman (for a period) has gone deeeeep undercover and become… a secret agent? Yep, he’s basically Archer now. Greeeeeat move, DC.

Oh My Gah. Going braless is SO NORMCORE.

And finally, a rather salacious article in The Daily Beast goes inside Bryan Singer’s infamous twink pool parties. I saved it for last because you’re going to need a Silkwood shower after reading it.

 

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OMGOMGOMG! An interview with Brienne of Tarth! An interview with Brienne of Tarth! Game of Thrones star Gwendolyn Christie talks to IGN on the new challenges her character faces now that her quest with Janie Lannister has ended.

Have you heard about the cherry tree that was raised on the space station and stunned scientists by blooming six years earlier than it would on earth? Read about the far-reaching implications of that in the Daily Mail.

From Dior’s New Look to Bianca Jagger’s birthday party at Studio 54, Harper’s Bazaar has the most iconic moments in fashion history.

The Geldofs were Britain’s first celebrity family, long before the Osbournes and the Beckhams. The death of Peaches is the latest cruel twist in a tragedy the nation has watched unfold for decades. The Guardian tells the tale of one family’s epic suffering for Americans who don’t understand the fuss.

Mickey Rooney gave his life to show biz, the least you can do is read his obit in the Florida Sun Sentinal.

The Daily Beast implores you: For God’s sakes, don’t remember Barbara Walters for The View.

OMGOMGOMG! You MUST READ this investigative report about why people loathe “upworthy” headlines. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

From Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry to Swan in The WarriorsDazed Digital ranks the most rebellious screen icons of all time

Salon debunks the myths of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Slate has some data on how Hilary could make a difference.

 

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In boingboing: Filmmaker, writer, and trans activist Andrea James writes about LGBT reactionaries throwing drag queens under the bus for “transphobic language” and the growing rift between the drag, gay, and trans communities.

Trans icon Calpernia Addams passionately sounds off on the same subject in the Huffington Post.

In The Atlantic: Scientists create Mars-like community in Hawaii to see if astronauts will get SPACE MADNESS when we begin colonizing it in the ’30s.

A fascinating tribute to the lasting legacy of DJ Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of House music in The LA Times.

Moby reminisces about Klaus Nomi, the ’80s club scene, and the ’90s rave drugs in Vulture.

Just how risky is oral sex? Find out here. (The answer might surprise you)

The Daily Star says the comedian Jonathan Ross is starting his hunt for Britain’s Next Drag Superstar…

Noah is just the latest film to earn the wrath of the Christian right. Read about five other blasphemous movies in Salon.

Then read: The 10 Weirdest Things the Christian Right Thinks Will Turn Your Kids Gay.

From Slate‘s advice column: “Dear Prudence: My twin brother had a one-night stand with a girl, gave her my name and number as joke, then she and I started dating. We’re engaged now, should I tell her the truth?”

Gen X catastrophe in the making: How the coming inheritance boom is going to DESTROY THE NATION.

Slate asks: How do we instill journalistic ethics into our robot reporters?

The New York Times decrees that mankind is inherently spiteful, but you know what? That’s a GOOD thing!

A fun Q & A with Cyndi Lauper in The Guardian.

BBC News: A French couple has gathered a thousand on-line fan tributes to Pharrell’s “Happy”

So the Black Death wasn’t really the Bubonic plague after all? Read the new theories in Slate.

Swoonworthy rates the top ten hunks of Game of Thrones. (Grey Worm should have scored higher, just sayin’)

 

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Always tackling the most important stories of the day, HuffPo has 19 Very Real Struggles of Women with Big Butts.

The much buzzed-about New York Post article: “L’Wren Scott’s Suicide Reveals Tragic Side of City’s Glitzy Scene.”

Slate uses music theory to explain the  genius of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” (Maybe next year they’ll tackle why “Happy” is so goddamn annoying).

Nile Rogers writes about Studio 54, Grace Jones, and the Disco backlash in New York magazine.

From Salon: Why Entertainment Weekly‘s decision to start paying writers with “prestige” rather than, you know, actual money is terrible for both writers and readers (and does not bode well for the future of pop culture).

Also in Salon: Why Gwyneth Paltrow’s utterly obnoxious “conscious uncoupling” letter proves she’s the last, great star, “worthy of the legacy of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.”

Mental Floss investigates: Is the Five-Second Rule real?

The New York Times says millennials in the work place are shallow, callow, unmotivated, and undependable… just like every generation since the middle ages.

Also in the Times: Exploring the Salton Sea, the Sunken City and other modern ruins of Southern California.

Lead singer of cult metal band GWAR David Brockie aka Oderus Urungus found dead at 50. Read about it in Rolling Stone and Daily Mail.

 

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Nickelback, Smash Mouth, Goo Goo Dolls: Salon has the 15 most hated bands of the last 30 years. (But no fun.?  No Mumford & Sons? I demand a recount!)

The must-have coffee table book of 2014 about the mob hit men of Murder Inc. will cost you exactly $4,200. But YOWZA, what a book! Read about it in the New York Times.

Washington Post has a fascinating obituary of the villanous Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps.

And HuffPo has the LGBT reaction to his death.

Arkansas school doubles down on decision to ban gay student’s coming out story in yearbook.

For all you hardcore Benson fans out there (you know who you are), Salon  has the answer to how the series was supposed to end.

For when you absolutely need purple pleather harem pants on the run: Fashion trucks are about to become ALL THE RAGE.

Coming soon to the Great White Way: James Franco and Chris O’Dowdare reimagine Of Mice & Men as a bromantic comedy

Absolutely riveting video (if you’re into this sort of thing): Alexander Wang, Prabal Garung and Eddie Borgo analyze the concept of style at the SCADstyle 2014 conference. At Style.com

Liza Minnelli talks to the LA Times about Ellen, that blue streak, and her new show.

Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg must NEVER EVER retire from the Supreme Court in Slate.

Of Hippos and Kings: Archeologist and anthropologist Eric H Cline has a new book called 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, and it sounds remarkably like today.. Read the review in the New Yorker.

 

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Air & Space magazine magazine has a fascinating article about a 727 airline that vanished from Angola in 2003.

Daily Mail claims that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 was a political fanatic. This comes as police are investigating the possibility that he hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest.

OK, so we all think Flight 727 was hijacked, but just in case that gets disproven, New York magazine has other theories ranging from mechanical failure to alien abduction.

Kitty Genovese, whose 1964 rape and murder was witnessed by 37 bystanders who DID NOTHING,  became a symbol about the unravelling of society, racial fears,  and the lack of care exhibited by city dwellers for their neighbors. Now Off the Grid reports that Kitty was a lesbian. Did that have something to do with her neighbors’ responses (or lack thereof)?

The New York Times writes about the growing transgender presence in pop culture, talking to icons-in-the-making Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and wowlebrity Zachary Drucker.

Has the tv-star-to-movie-star career trajectory become outmoded? Vulture thinks so.

Why Mel Gibson deserves a second chance: Deadline pleads his case.

Salon has an expose on how to behave at an orgy.

10 famous geniuses and their drugs of choice, also at Salon.

One man’s mission to name an island after Busta Rhymes in Slate.

 

LAST WEEK’S LONGER READS:

What the hell happend to Jay McInerney? Slate examines the ’80s literary superstar’s unrealized potential.

Finally, someone details the difference between Death Metal and Black Metal.

The Independent examines the culture of rape in men’s prisons.

Semen allergies, broken penises, and spontaneous orgasms: Salon has six weird consequences of sex they don’t teach you in sex ed.

The New York Times Style section has a breathless investigation into the return of the monocle as the fashion accessory du jour for hipsters.

Slate has a bit of fun with Beyond the Monocle: Five Ideas for Future New York Times Hipster Trend Pieces including ruffs, powdered wigs, and plague doctor masks. Which, of course, I was wearing before they were cool.

The Guardian has grim news for authors: Not even award-winning best-selling authors are making money in publishing anymore.

Nightclubbing 101: An oral history of New York’s Pyramid Club as told by the trailblazing drag queens and performance artists who performed there.

Is belly dancing racist? Salon decrees it so.

The New Yorker has a humorous piece about 59-year-olds who look down their noses on 56-year-olds. Insolent pups!

 

PREVIOUS LONGER READS:

Sunday, March 2, 2014:

The inimitable Cindy Adams predicts tonight’s Oscars, as only Cindy can.

Who thanks who at the Oscars (No surprise: Meryl gets thanked more than God)

The Guardian has a piece imploring Academy voters not to give the Oscar to the documentary The Act of Killing  (in which Indonesia’s political mass-murderers restage their slaughters).

The brilliant Douglas Rushkoff writes in Politico: “How Technology Killed the Future

Slate has the 19 most common questions a trans person is asked.

The Atlantic has a fascinating interview with trans activist and memoirist Janet Mock.

New York magazine asserts the latest sartorial rage among hipsters is Normcore: the dad-brand non-style you might have once associated with Jerry Seinfeld.

Riveting stuff: Furniture shopping habits of the rich and famous at Salon.

Gawker profiles the adorable 101-year-old man who’s running for Congress, and really ought to win.

Fascinating article in The Economist about the controversial heroin treatment used in Switzerland and the Netherlands which sets up safe sites where users can inject while monitored by health-care staff and – in some cases – provides heroin itself free.

An investigation at Slate into the impenetrable time signature of The Terminator‘s musical score. Honestly, I wouldn’t mention it if I didn’t think it was REALLY INTERESTING.

W has a piece on venerable downtown fashion designer Andre Walker’s comeback. I still kick myself EVERY DAY for not buying some of those cookie-cutter outfits back in 1985 when I had the chance. STUPID JAMES!

The New Yorker translates what Ted Nugent was really trying to say when he called President Obama a “subhuman mongrel.”

Slate covers an exhibit at the National Museum of  Australia showcasing convict love tokens – coins that had been smoothed over and then engraved with messages that prisoners gave to their sweethearts before leaving for penal colonies in Australia in the 18th and 19th century.

And finally, the Daily Beast has an update on Michael Alig and his post-prison plans.

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Watch Now: Billy On The Street Hates Art!

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So, Billy Eichner says that, like Tyler Perry, he “hates art and is doing everything in his power to destroy it”. In this new game, Billy randomly ambushes people on New York streets (looks like 23rd St. to me) with Tyler Perry trivia and for every question they answer correctly, he destroys a piece of art right there. Full disclosure, I’m an artist and my ex used to work for Tyler Perry, so I might find this funnier than it actually is. And PS, that ain’t real art.

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Khloe Kardashian Reads The World According to Wonder on RuPaul’s Drag Race Set

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This week’s RuPaul’s Drag Race guest judge, Khloe Kardashian is back and reads The World According to Wonder...AGAIN!

You can get your copy of The World According to Wonder on Amazon or on the iBook store and be just like these RuPaul’s Drag Race guest judges!

Khloe Kardashian:

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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka:

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Paula Abdul:

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Georgia Holt and Chaz Bono:

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Lainie Kazan

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Leah Remini

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Bruce Vilanch

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Jaime Pressly

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Eve

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Trina

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Heather McDonald

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

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Lena Headey

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Linda Blair

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Khloe Kardashian

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Adam Lambert

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On the Red Carpet: The Neighbors Premiere in LA

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What an odd assortment of people on the Neighbor‘s red carpet last night. Let’s take a look.

Here we have The Mindy Project‘s Ike Barenholtz. Love Ike Barenholtz. OK, let’s see. Marry, Fuck, Kill: Ike….

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… Seth Rogan…

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And Zac Efron. I don’t much like Zac Efron these days. He reminds me of Wayne Newton now. All bloated and phony, not even a real person anymore. I’d definitely kill Zac Efron. Yeah. Fuck Ike, marry Seth, and kill Zac.

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Yuck. Look at the way he’s perfected that “stare into the middle distance” gaze for the photographers. I just want to punch him. I’m almost excited for his drug problem to exacerbate, just to put a chink in that armor. He’s too Tom Cruise-like now. Just a little robot. Is he straight, is he gay? I don’t think HE knows. I think he’s so balled up and repressed and worried about being PERFECT ZAC EFRON that he’ll never know. He wouldn’t want to ruin his idea of himself.

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Still love Dave Franco, though. Hey. Have you noticed everyone is wearing grey suits? What’s THAT all about?

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Dying over singer T Mills.

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Dying

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Now THAT’s an impressive RBF. My GOD, she’s magnificent. Her name is Suzan Hughes and she’s a the founder of Herbalife. I think I just turned straight.

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This is Alan McClune. I had no idea either. Until I went on his Facebook page and discovered he was with Skinny Executive concierge services, which… OK.  I fell into a Facebook hole looking at his inspirational messages to his fans, you really need to spend an hour or so doing aswell.  I’ve include a few of my favorites beneath his picture.

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WUT. Just: WUT. I don’t even.

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Watch an All-New Transformations with Erick Gerson!

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Today’s all-new episode of #Transformations features the ABSOLUTE DARLING Erick Gerson, a boy I met on Facebook, who did me up to look like the Queen of Hearts. It’s a creepy, surrealistic Queen of Hearts though, not just your standard blue eyeshadowed Helena Bonham Carter type. It’s trippy good fun. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, and so on. Watch now and don’t forget to subscribe to WOWpresents!

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UPDATE: What Luke, Leia & Han Were REALLY Doing In London…

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Star Wars Princess Leia Mark Hamill Luke Skywalker J.J. Abrams Harrison Ford Han Solo Carrie Fisher UPDATE: Earlier today I posted the info below and shortly thereafter, this brand new photo was released by J.J. Abrams revealing what we suspected – Here’s the cast for Star Wars: Episode VII in this photo of the first table reading along with the casting list on StarWars.com. Abrams (top center right) leads the reading with (clockwise from right) Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Producer Bryan Burk, Lucasfilm President and Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Writer Lawrence Kasdan. The film will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

So, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill all just HAPPENED to be in London this weekend, just as J.J. Abrams’ first installment in the new Star Wars trilogy is about to begin shooting at nearby Pinewood Studios. Harrison “Han Solo” Ford was photographed at London’s Hakkasan and then was seen in Grosvernor’s Square, chatting with crew members from London’s air ambulance. Then Carrie “Leia” Fischer Tweeted “So my dog Gary has been spotted in London, but apparently without me. Who has he been seeing? Let me know if you have any clues.” Finally, Mark “Skywalker” Hamill wasn’t caught out in public but Peter Serafinowicz, the actor who provided the voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, blew Hamill’s cover on Instagram: “Met up with @HamillHimself in London today. I wonder why he’s here.” With this image. No casting news has been confirmed, even though principal photography is starting soon. All three former Star Wars stars have all dropped hints that they are planning to return – so we shall see. (Ford photo, Pacific Coast News; EW)Star Wars Princess Leia Mark Hamill Luke Skywalker J.J. Abrams Harrison Ford Han Solo Carrie Fisher

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We Have Two Boy George Tickets! Tomorrow Night in Los Angeles!

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OMGOMGOMG. We have two Boy George tickets available for tomorrow night’s show at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles! Do YOU want to go? OK. Well. How should we do this? A contest? THAT’S IT! Send us a picture of you in drag! Or in some kooky ’80s getup! And if we pick you, you can GO SEE THE ORIGINAL KARMA CHAMELEON PERFORMING ALL HIS GREATEST HITS, OMG YAY!!

Email your pic and telephone number to contest@worldofwonder.net, and if we pick you, your tickets will be available at World of Wonder office in Hollywood! Come by and say HELLO!

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The Trailer for All Cheerleaders Die

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Check out the trailer for the new zombie/witch/horror/teen/comedy All Cheerleaders Die. After a late-night party goes awry, the four most popular girls at school die in a car accident. A sinister, supernatural power intervenes and the girls mysteriously appear at school the next day with a killer new look… and some unusual new appetites. Hot zombie cheerleaders out for a good time? Count me in. Opens June 13th.

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What BenDeLaCreme Wrote on the Mirror

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It was too long and too fast to read on last night’s episode, but here it is, in its entirety after the jump. “Dear top 4- howz it going? I’m doing pretty good. Sometimes you have to have Mama Ru yell atcha a bunch of times before it sinks in. I guess I never reached that number of times, Darienne. I knew the second I was up against you i waz out the door. You get it lady. I wish you all the luck in the world and only harbor enough resentment to write a long pointless message that you will have to clean and clean and clean and clean. But fo real tho you girlz are my heroes. XX BDLC.”

Read the RuPaul’s Drag Race episode 11 recap at the Strangler.

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It’s Birthday, Bitch

The Simpsons Killing Off Major Character

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Say it ain’t so! The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean said they are killing off a major character, so major the actor won an Emmy for his voice portrayal. He even went as far as calling in the “yellow wedding” in reference to the recent purple wedding on Game Of Thrones, saying it would be even more shocking than that. But he did leave it open which leads me to believe they are doing this for season 26 premiere ratings then they will bring the character back a la Brian on Family Guy. I wish if these cartoons are gonna take the leap to announce they are killing off a major character, have the balls to keep them dead, otherwise it does’t count.

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Jessica Simpson Keeps the Boys With Her Tongue

@Midnight: ClickBait Headlines

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I’ve been telling you to watch @Midnight with Chris Hardwick, right? It is by far, hands-DOWN my favorite new show. Tuesday night they dealt with a relevant online topic; clickbait. Needs no explanation. They gave the Sklar brothers, Randy and Jason, and Kyle Kinane 60 seconds to come up with as many click bait headlines (I’m sure they were written in advance) Go!:

Find Out How Nicki Minaj’s Butt Saved Xmas

Fat Smoking Thai Baby Gets Divorced

Donald Sterling Reviews Django Unchained

Find Out Which Color M & M Cures Erectile Dysfunction

Donald Trump Discovers Way To Have Intercourse With Self

The Goat That Ate Hitlers Testicles Is At It Again

You’ll Never BELIEVE What Star Jones Did With Her Back Fat

Sklar Brothers Randy Sklr Kyle Kinane Jason Sklar clickbait Chris Harwick @midnight

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Flashback: Vintage Pin-Up Drag

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RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren These paintings by Gil Elvgren, show “real” women as slim, busty, and perfectly coiffed bombshells, not drag queens. But the way Elvegren has distilled and heightened their feminine traits is really the essence of drag. As Ru has famously said, “We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.” This would be great Drag Race challenge for Season 7, right? Take a gander at these gams and hooters! (via Nerve)RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

RuPauls Drag Race Reality pin ups Gil Elvgren

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RuPaulooza!: Sissy That Party!

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RuPaul Laganja Estranja Darienne Lake Courtney Act BenDeLaCreme Alysaa Edwards Adore Delano

RuPaul Laganja Estranja Darienne Lake Courtney Act BenDeLaCreme Alysaa Edwards Adore Delano

RuPaul Laganja Estranja Darienne Lake Courtney Act BenDeLaCreme Alysaa Edwards Adore Delano

RuPaul Laganja Estranja Darienne Lake Courtney Act BenDeLaCreme Alysaa Edwards Adore Delano I’m exhausted just LOOKING at the full list. You’ve, no doubt, heard that some tickets were offered for the Season 6 finalé in LA on May 6th, I guess? But those are mostly sold out, I hear. Well, never fear, there are two dozen Drag Race adjacent events in the next month or so. Check here for all and full details:

Here’s a little sampling:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Reunited
Los Angeles, CA, May 6

RuPaul’s Drag Race – Season 6
*Official English screening*
Madame Jojo’s London – Apr 16

F#%ing Awesome Drag Show
with Alysaa Edwards, Laganja Estranja
Asylum Lounge, Portland – May 15

Second Saturday RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Brick & Joe’s, Dallas – May 17

BenDeLaCreme: Terminally Delightful
Laurie Beechman Theatre, New York
May 21-23

Darienne Lake – Adore Delano – Live!
XL NIGHT CLUB, New York – May 24

A Big Gay Boat Ride with Bianca Del Rio!
Pride Sunday, Portland – June 15

(via Gay Cities)

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Flashback ’84: Baby RuPaul In The Meatpacking District

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The Jane Hotel today. Once an SRO and built as a seaman’s house, survivors from The Titanic were brought here

Oh, this is so much fun to see. I met Ru at The Pyramid around this time, fresh off the boat (bus?) from Atlanta with a group called The Now Explosion. This footage and lots of other great stuff, was shot by the late Nelson Sullivan. The Jane Hotel is just around the corner from where I live now (The Jane is a relatively cheap place to stay in NYC, btw) and a block away The new Whitney Museum is going up. With backup dancers Trade and Spicey, Ru heads over to 5 Ninth Avenue to see Nelson’s house – photographer Don Freeman later lived next door (now Ports 1960) and Kenny Scharf’s studio was across the street – Restaurant Florent, just down the block. The old neighborhood has sure changed. Wow. I still love it. Watch.

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Controversy: FYI, We’re Boycotting The Beverly Hills Hotel

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the Sultan of Brunei The Dorchester Group The Beverly Hills Weekly The Beverly Hills Hotel Sharon Osbourne LGBTQ rights Hotel Bel Air Hassanal Bolkiah Ellen DeGeneres Beverly Hills Courier Beverly Hills OK, so you’ve heard this news? It’s all over LA – New York, not so much. So, Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, owns the Dorcester Collection, some of the world’s most upscale hotels, that include the Principe de Savoia in Milan, the Dorchester, Le Meurice, the Bel Air AND the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel. He has just decided to implement laws, based on the Islamic Shariah, that call for flogging of women who have abortions and the death by stoning of those who engage in gay or lesbian sex. Needless to say, there are a more few gay people and MANY gay rights supporters that frequent these hotels. The protests have centered on the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Bel Air the boycott has gained more traction in the last few days when Ellen DeGeneres said on Facebook that she will not patronize the hotels. The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) has also said it will not hold its Global Women’s Rights Awards event, scheduled for next Monday, at the Beverly Hills Hotel and on The Talk, Sharon Osbourne also announced her support for the boycott. In addition, a major LGBT rights organization, the Gill Action Fund, has cancelled plans to hold a meeting of major donors to gay rights campaigns at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Shoe designer Brian Atwood and fashion designer Peter Som also have called for those in the fashion industry to boycott the Dorchester Collection hotels, which are preferred venues for fashion buyers and journalists attending fashion shows in Paris and Milan. “We cannot hold a human rights and women’s rights event at a hotel whose owner would institute a penal code that fundamentally violates women’s rights and human rights,” said Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal. The Beverly Hills Hotel has responded to boycott threats by saying that it adheres to the laws of the country in which it is located and that laws in other countries, such as Brunei, have no impact on how it is operated. Newspapers in Beverly Hills have been mute on boycott and John Seitz, senior editor of the Beverly Hills Courier, said his newspaper will not write about the boycott “We hardly want to promote that,” Seitz said. “We don’t particularly want to promote boycotts of our institutions here … We try to promote our local businesses.” The Beverly Hills Weekly also hasn’t written about the boycott.

Just a little background on the Sultan, once the richest man in the world. He lives in the Istana Nurul Iman palace, the largest palace in the world, much bigger than the Vatican palace. It has 1788 rooms, 257 bathrooms and is 2,152,782 sq. feet. So this guy gets what he wants (like 250 bathrooms) so, I can’t imagine this is going to change. If only there was a “hotel commissioner”, like the NBA’s Adam Silver who could force the Sultan to sell. Well, thanks, Marvin Davis. He’s the guy sold the hotel to the Sultan. (via WeHoville)the Sultan of Brunei The Dorchester Group The Beverly Hills Weekly The Beverly Hills Hotel Sharon Osbourne LGBTQ rights Hotel Bel Air Hassanal Bolkiah Ellen DeGeneres Beverly Hills Courier Beverly Hills

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The First iHeart Radio Award Winners

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It’s a RADIO awards show – on TV, voted on by the public, so I guess it’s like music’s People’s Choice Awards. The first heart award went to Rhinanna for Best Hip Hop/ R & B, she was a no-show to accept (apparently stuck in traffic on the 405 – for real) because she turned up later and turned out to be the night’s biggest winner taking home Fan Army and Artist of the Year. Pharrell gave her a run for her money though, taking home the Innovator Award. People were interviewed about Pharrell and they said SO many nice things you would have thought it was an “In Memorial”. Speaking of dead celebrities, a new Michael Jackson song was premiered (I can’t remember the name because it was totally forgettable) and Usher who, I’ll admit, is an AMAZING dancer, shuffled around a bit as a tribute, but if anyone is inheriting the King of Pop’s crown, Pharrell is first in line, not Usher. Sorry. The whole thing was a friggin’ MARATHON clocking in at 3 hours. (It would have felt even longer but thanks to Mr. DVR, I could FFW through the dull acceptances and country performances, like frat-boy Luke Bryant and ham-bone Blake Shelton.) Here’s all the awards, minus introductions, performances and commercials:Usher Rhianna Pharrell Michael Jackson Lorde Blake Shelton Ariana Grande

HIP HOP/R&B SONG OF THE YEAR
“Pour It Up” Rihanna – Winner
“Holy Grail” JAY Z feat. Justin Timberlake
“Hold On We’re Going Home” Drake feat. Majid Jordan
“Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
“Started From The Bottom” Drake

BEST COLLABORATION
“Timber” Pitbull feat. Ke$ha – Winner
“Stay” Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
“Suit & Tie” Justin Timberlake feat. JAY Z
“The Monster” Eminem feat. Rihanna
“Holy Grail” JAY Z feat. Justin Timberlake

BEST NEW ARTIST
Icona Pop
Passenger
Lorde – Winner
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Florida Georgia Line

BEST LYRICS
“I Love It” Icona Pop
“Wrecking Ball” Miley Cyrus – Winner
“Say Something” A Great Big World
“Wake Me Up” Avicii
“Same Love” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

BEST FAN ARMY
Rihanna Navy – Winner
Gaga’s Little Monsters
Ariana Grande’s Arianators
Taylor Swift’s Swifties
Austion Mahone’s Mahomies
Demi Lovato’s Lovatics

iHeartRadio Young Influencer Award
Ariana Grande

Usher Rhianna Pharrell Michael Jackson Lorde Blake Shelton Ariana Grande

iHeartRadio Instagram Award
Austin Mahone’s Mahomies

ALT ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR
“Royals” Lorde
“Pompeii” Bastille
“Demons” Imagine Dragons – Winner
“Do I Wanna Know” Arctic Monkeys
“Safe And Sound” Capital Cities

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Stay” Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko – Winner
“Mirrors” Justin Timberlake”
“The Monster” Eminem feat. Rihanna
“Hold On We’re Going Home” Drake feat. Majid Jordan
“Radioactive” Imagine Dragons

COUNTRY SONG OF THE YEAR
“Highway Don’t Care” Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift
“Boys ‘Round Here” Blake Shelton – Winner
“That’s My Kind of Night” Luke Bryan
“Mine Would Be You” Blake Shelton
“It Goes Like This” Thomas Rhett

EDM SONG OF THE YEAR
“Wake Me Up” Avicii – Winner
“Get Lucky” Daft PUnk feat. Pharrell
“Summertime Sadness” Lana Del Rey feat. Cedric Gervais
“Stay The Night” Zedd feat. Hayley Williams
“Sweet Nothing” Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch

iHeartRadio Innovator Award
Pharrell Williams

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rihanna – Winner
Justin Timberlake
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Usher Rhianna Pharrell Michael Jackson Lorde Blake Shelton Ariana Grande

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