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WATCH “Stranger Things” Millie Bobby Brown Rap Nicki Minaj’s “Monster” Verse

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It’s no surprise that the kids of “Stranger Things” were the breakout stars of the now, cult-ish series on Netflix. (It was just announced that Season 2 is coming in 2017). They stopped by the Fallon Tonight and revealed secrets about filming kissing scenes and playing with silly string. Another secret discovery surfaced when Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) spilled some ill verses of Nicki Minaj’s “Monster.” Who knew she could rap?

Check it out here:

Literally:

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September 2nd: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: Musician, Billy Preston

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September 2, 1946Billy Preston was said to have the wildest organ in town. He was absolutely one of the greatest keyboard players in Pop Music History and probably also the best session player of the Rock Era. Preston is one of several gifted humans sometimes referred to by fans and music historians as the “Fifth Beatle”. At one point during the 1969 recording sessions for Get Back, John Lennon actually proposed the idea of having him as the official Fifth Beatle (Paul McCartney: “It was bad enough with four Beatles”).

Preston first met The Beatles in 1962 when he was part of Little Richard‘s touring band. The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who was gay, had organized a Liverpool show with Little Richard with The Beatles as the opening act.

They would meet again in 1969, when The Beatles were on the verge of breaking-up during recording their last album to be released, Let It Be (they would later record Abbey Road which was released before to Let It Be). George Harrison had just quit the band and walked out of the studio. He took himself to a Ray Charles concert where Preston was in the band playing Hammond organ. Harrison brought Preston back to Apple Studios, where his keen musicianship and gregarious personality calmed the tensions of the Fab Four and the recording of Let It Be continued.

Preston was signed to The Beatle’s Apple record lable in 1969, and released the Gospel tinged album That’s The Way God Planned It. The title track, produced by George Harrison, was released as a single. The pair had a strong relationship after The Beatles split. Preston was the first to record My Sweet Lord, for his 1970 album Encouraging Words, and he appeared on several subsequent albums by Harrison. He also appeared at the Concert for Bangladesh.

He was born William Everett Preston in Houston, but he grew up in LA. Preston was a child prodigy on piano and organ.  At just 10 years old he was performing in the bands of Gospel singers Mahalia Jackson and Andraé Crouch. When Preston was 12 years old he began a side-career as an actor. He appeared in the film St. Louis Blues (1958) playing composer W.C. Handy as a young man. In the mid-1960s, Preston was a regular on my much loved musical variety series Shindig! as a member of the show’s house band.

Always in demand, Preston collaborated with, played keyboards and recorded with: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Eric Burdon, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, The Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Mick Jagger, Sly Stone, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ringo Starr. He played traditional piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, and the Hammond organ.

Preston was the very first musical guest on the very first show of a brand new television series called Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975, along with the still closeted singer/songwriter Janis Ian. He wrote Joe Cocker’s biggest hit You Are So Beautiful To Me. His terrific tune Me And Mrs. Jones is in my own repertoire and was always a hit in my act. He had a string of solo and duet hits in the 1970s that were so infectious that I can still hear the groovy hooks: Outa-Space, Will It Go Round In Circles and one of my favorite songs of the era, Nothing For Nothing. Preston composed and sang the duet with Syreeta Wright, With You I’m Born Again which I plan to sing to The Husband when we renew our vows on our 75th anniversary, changing the lyrics to “Bored Again”.

Preston is the only person to share a songwriting credit on an album by The Beatles.

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It was well known around the music industry that Preston was gay with a penchant for young male hustlers. In summer 1991, Preston was arrested for showing pornographic material to a minor, possession of cocaine and being under the influence of a controlled substance. But, who among us has not? He was fined and served three months of house arrest. Preston admitted that he could never openly come out of the closet because of his church, and he felt that the music industry would have never have continued to support him.

Preston liked his drugs and ultimely his drug of choice was crack. It took his life after he began using large amounts after receiving a successful kidney transplant. I think that the street cocaine may have been a form of slow suicide for Preston. After an overdose, he was in a coma for six months before Preston took that final bow in 2006. He was just 59 years old.

His final public appearance had been at a 2005 press event in LA, for the re-release of the film of Concert For Bangladesh. He performed Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), My Sweet Lord and Isn’t It A Pity alongside Ringo Starr and Harrison’s son Dhani.

His gayness was no secret from the The Beatles or the other artists he worked with. He often took boyfriends out on tour with him. He was sort of outed by Keith Richards in his memoir Life (2010). Before he died, Preston had been working on a collection of Beatles cover versions, which remains unreleased.

 

 

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SPOILER ALERT: Check Out Last Night’s Eliminated ‘RDR All Stars 2’ Queen IMMEDIATELY After Leaving the Main Stage!

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Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2 aired last night, so one of our all star queens has already been eliminated. Before she sits down with Michelle Visage on Whatcha Packin’, find out her reaction IMMEDIATELY after leaving the main stage. WARNING: The eliminated queen will be RUvealed!

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How To Get Barb’s Look From “Stranger Things” In 5 Easy Steps

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Besides Eleven and her band of love stricken boys, it’s clear that fallen Barb was the breakout star of Netflix’s cultish “Stranger Things.” Only appearing in four episodes, she connected with audiences over her fashion, snarkiness, and her faithful loyalty to her terrible friend Nancy.

I’m sure tons of peeps are gonna squeeze into some mom jeans and borrow their aunt’s specs to achieve this now, iconic look for Halloween. Well I’m here to show you how to get Barb’s look in 5 Easy Steps.

STEP 1: MOM JEANS

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Grab your girlfriends and get yourself to the Goodwill (or Squaresville, they have TONS of high-waisties for every size).

STEP 2: HIGH NECK BLOUSE

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Zara, Jet Rag, and even Urban Outfitters will stock you up. Think, what would Diane Keaton wear? And the more shapeless and unflattering it is, the better, hunties.

STEP 3: SPECS

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The Vintage Shop has amazing spectacles that will have you looking like Terry Richardson and Angela Lansbury’s love child.

STEP 4: WIG

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A simple stroll down Hollywood Boulevard on your lunch break, and you’ll find a short, curly, Grandma bob in no time.

5)  WORLD OF WONDER TEXT BOOK

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Barb always had her head in the books. Too bad she didn’t look up when she was on the diving board. Get your copy here.

And, voila! BARB CITY!!!

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Last Night’s “Snatch Game” Episode of “All Stars 2” In GIFs

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It was the clash of the titans last night as the remaining eight queens of All Stars 2 duked it out in their best impersonations of the late, great, or still very much alive icons on last night’s Snatch Game challenge. From Ariana Grande to Nancy Grace, the girls were she-larious. I think it’s safe to say that no matter how you slice it, we all want to talk like Alaska doing Mae West from now on…

Check out all the gifs here:

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All The Runway Looks From Last Night’s “All Stars 2” In GIFs


‘The View’ at 20! Trump’s Wacky Doctor! ‘I Love Dick’! It’s the ‘Top Ten Things That Make Us Go WOW’ for Radio Andy on SiriusXM

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From Hollywood Boulevard, it’s The WOW Report for Radio Andy on SiriusXM! That’s right WOWers, World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey, Executive VP of Development Tom Campbell, and WOW Report Editor James St. James have collaborated with reality TV guru and WOWlebrity Andy Cohen on a weekly Top Ten Countdown of the things from the past week that make us go…WOW!

It’s a pop-culture obsessed hour complete with colorful diatribes, opposing opinions, and a dissection-like discussion that will make your drive home from work more fabulous!

We air TODAY at 4PM EST on SiriusXM and repeat at 4PM PST (7PM EST). You can also catch “Top Ten Things That Make Us Go WOW!” on the SiriusXM app.

Without further ado, here’s our Top Ten list of the things that made us go WOW this week:

10) The View: 2o Years and Counting

 

Tom reflects on his time working on the juggernaut chatfest – The View – during it’s infancy when he worked for ABC Daytime. Did you hear about the feud between Joy Behar and RuPaul? See it in the video below (2:15), and check out the full ABC special The View: 20 Years in the Making.

9) Domonique Echeverria: The Girl Whose Ass Saved Her From a Suicide Attempt

James St. James recently sat down with designer and beloved NYC nightlife icon Domonique Echeverria who came to the WOW studio to tell the harrowing story of her suicide attempt last November when, after being over-prescribed the mood-stabilizer Lamictal, she leapt in front of a subway train. She miraculously survived (thanks to being hit ass first, which actually cushioned the blow), but later lost both an arm and a leg. Now she’s here to talk about to detail the events leading up to that day, her subsequent healing process, and where she goes from here.

8) Dr. Harold Bornstein: Trump’s Quacky Doctor

The latest to emerge from Donald Trump‘s clown car of characters is Dr. Harold Bornstein. He’s the man behind Donald’s bizzaro doctor’s note.

7) I Love Dick

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We discuss the Amazon original pilot I Love Dick starring Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon based on the book of the same name.

6) Red River

Is the 1948 western Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift the gayest movie of all time? James thinks so. Check out the scene he says is practically gay porn above and peep the movie on Amazon.

5) The Ballad of Big Freedia

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Big Freedia has had a big year with season 5 of her show Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, her being featured on Beyonce’s hit “Formation,” her recent probation for 3 years for theft of government funds, and now her new single “Marie Antoinette” with Boyfriend. Check out the brilliant piece Pitchfork did on Big Freedia.

4) Scandinavia’s Slow TV

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Netflix has recently added eleven “Slow TV” titles which are HUGE in Scandinavia. Slow TV, according to Wikipedia, “is a term used for a genre of live ‘marathon’ television coverage of an ordinary event in its complete length. Its name is derived both from the long endurance of the broadcast as well as from the natural slow pace of the television program‘s progress.” Think like the old yule log video people watch at Christmastime.

3) Spa Night

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We discuss the Korean-American movie Spa Night about a young gay man, played by Joe Seo, coming of age in Los Angeles.

2) Making His Marc: Marc Jacobs & Tabboo!

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Marc Jacobs has recently teamed up with WOWlebrity Tabboo! for a brand new collection, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Pictured is a life-size painting Tabboo! did of RuPaul!

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What could top all of these? You’ll have to FIND OUT at 4:00PM EST and again at 4:00 PST (7 PM EST) on SiriusXM!

Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to give your ears the gift of THE WOW REPORT on Radio Andy SiriusXM EVERY Friday.

And remember, do something this weekend that makes YOU go WOW!!!

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Watch: “In The Dollhouse With Lina” Talk Show feat. Justin Vivian Bond

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So, I just happened to step out to the store for a minute for snacks, and who do I run into?…Justin Vivian Bond!!! We had a quick chat, and she told me how much fun she had being interviewed by Lina Bradford,on her new YouTube show In The Dollhouse With Lina. For those of you not in the know, Lina is a super famous Disco and House Music DJ on the international level, most known for her long-running Fire Island party Twirlina at Sip-N-Twirl, her new residency TBS (Throwback Sundays) at The Gilded Lily in NYC, and her infectious smile, dance moves and spirit. Now she’s putting her quick wit (formerly known as Girlingo…yes, she has her own language), music prowess, and pop culture knowledge to better use with a talk show, musing with all her celeb friends. The first episode, shot in Lina’s Barbie doll room (She has over 600!), features singer-songwriter and performance artist Mx Bond, giving us insight into her inspiration for her iconic cabaret act Kiki and Herb, and some of her fave bands/singers. Check out full episode below.

 

Lina Bradford via NewNowNext:

“[In The Dollhouse] is about all the fun little quirky things that my friends who know me as Lina [see]…but other people only see me as a torso behind a DJ booth. They’ll get to see this other side of me that they never got to see. There’s a lot of people who only know me from [Fire] Island, but I was feeling, ‘who is Lina now?’ That was my moment that happened over the winter. When you meet Lina, it’s Lina…and a whole lot more!”

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Does Adore Delano’s New “I.C.U.” Vid Explain Why She Quit RPDR All Stars 2?

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On the recent episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2, Season 6 fan-favourite Adore Delano quit the show, in tears, after receiving harsh critiques from guest judge Raven-Symoné and Michelle Visage. Delano went on Periscope (see below) to address the fact that at the time of filming, she was in a dark space, having not dealt with some personal issues, including the death of her father, and her breakup with her BF. “Last year I had a super-emotional breakdown,” says Delano. “I was just constantly working to fill the void of not dealing with family issues and what was really happening with my self and self-esteem. I was going through a really dark depression.”

 

But from the darkness comes light and clarity…and Adore is back, healing with her latest video for single I.C.U., off current album After Party. Directed by my bestie Santiago Felipe, we get to see an introspective and hurt Adore in several heart-wrenching sequences… walking the streets of NYC and documenting her emotions in a narrative that explains how she was in this long distance love affair with a boy who decided he needed even more space…a morphing scene that visually depicts what depression and anxiety looks like in ones head, when one is losing control…and the eerie last scene that lands her alone, in a sterile hospital bed setting, where Delano exclaims, “There’s nothing left. I gave it all to you. My heart’s still beating, and it beats for you!”. (pics below by Santiago Felipe and Michael Ventolo)

 

I.C.U. and After Party are available now on iTunes.

 

 

Behind The Scenes:

 

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September 3rd: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: Actor, Alan Ladd

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September 3, 1913Alan Ladd:

“If you can figure out my success on the screen, you’re a better man than I.”

In Rebel Without A Cause (1955), Sal Mineo’s character, Plato, opens his school locker and longingly gazes at James Dean reflected in a small mirror. Tucked behind the mirror is a photo of Alan Ladd.

Ladd was the number one box-office star of 1954, the year that I was born. I never understood his appeal until I saw George Steven’s Shane (1953) in Film Survey class in my early 20s. I think that Shane is the very best Western film of all-time, and Westerns are one of my top genres. Its success as a film classic owes a lot to Ladd’s performance.

Ladd was sort of the Tom Cruise of his day, short of stature (not quite 5’6’’), intense and deeply closeted. He came across as cold, cruel, calm, bitter, and handsome. He removed his shirt whenever he could and we appreciate that in our male stars. In his great Film Noir roles, he could reduce murder to an act as casual as crossing the street. But, Ladd’s cool manner and beautiful deep voice made him especially well-suited for his finest role: movie star.

Before working as an actor, Ladd worked as a studio carpenter, and for a short time he was part of the Universal Pictures studio school for actors. But Universal decided he was too blond and too short, and they dropped him.

Ladd still wanted an acting career and he began getting small parts on radio shows and on stage during the 1930’s. In the early 1940s he was receiving feature rolls in B-movies at independent studios, like Republic Pictures. He appears briefly as a reporter in Orson Welles‘ masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941), a sailor in Souls At Sea (1937) with Gary Cooper, and a waiter in Last Train From Madrid (1937)  starring Dorothy Lamour.

But, it was his stunning starring turn in the terrific film noir This Gun For Hire (1942) that Ladd was able to join the ranks as one of Hollywood’s hottest male stars. Ladd’s handsome, blonde, green-eyed, vicious trench coat wearing persona knocked out audiences. He was named Favorite Male Star by Photoplay Magazine for this flick. It was to be the only acting award he ever won. The taut thriller also stars luscious Veronica Lake.  Ladd and Lake made seven films together. At 4’11’’, Lake was a perfect match for Ladd . He played opposite many different leading ladies, but the diminutive Ladd had to stand on boxes to reach a visually desirable height, unless his co-star agreed to stand in a trench.

Throughout the 1940’s, Ladd was a big box-office draw, appearing in all sorts of genres: Dramas, Westerns, War movies and Crime films. Getting older, just as his career began to slip, he was cast in the leading role in Shane, a performance that would put him back way on the top and cement his legacy. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It is listed at number four on the American Film Institute‘s ranking of the 100 Top Films Of All Time. The scene in where Ladd and Van Heflin struggle together, shirtless, to remove a tree stump is Hollywood homo-eroticism at its dizziest.

Ladd was the perfect actor to play the lead in my favorite film version of The Great Gatsby (1949). His performance captures F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s tragic hero with every nuance, every movement, every hidden torment.

In 1942, Ladd married his agent/manager, former silent film era actor Sue Carol who was a decade older. Despite Ladd’s fathering of three children, he frequented hot spots in Hollywood’s gay subculture. He was a regular at gay director George Cukor’s Sunday afternoon pool parties attended by closeted celebrities and attractive young men from the bars and gyms.

His dream role was as gay adventurer T.E. Lawrence and Ladd lobbied hard for the role when it was announced that a film of his life was to be made in 1962. But, director David Lean rejected the idea, casting Peter O’Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia, a disappointment from which Ladd never recovered.

He was such a sad person figure in so many ways: Booze, pills, depression and insomnia loomed large for Ladd. His father died when he was four years old and his mother killed herself with poison. In 1962 almost died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while alone at his ranch. He had been drinking and claimed that he tripped over one of his dogs and the gun went off.  Asked in a 1961 interview: “What would you change about yourself if you could?” Ladd replied: “Everything.”

He may have realized that his time as a leading man was coming to an end, and his closeted gayness might also have contributed to his emotional state at the end of his life. Shortly after his 50th birthday, Ladd was found dead in his Palm Springs home from an overdose of sedatives and alcohol, an apparent suicide. Ironically his last role was that of a washed-up actor in The Carpetbaggers (1964), his 92nd film.

His children went on to have careers in show business. David Ladd took up acting and Alan Ladd Jr. is very successful and well-liked in the biz as a film producer and studio executive.

Deborah Kerr:

“Alan Ladd was awfully good in putting across what he had, in his looks and in his manner; he had something very attractive, a definite film personality which he had worked hard to perfect.”

 

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#FirstLook: 3 Cheers for Christopher Guest’s New Mockumentary “Mascots”! Watch.

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Writer/ actor, director Christopher Guest, the man who gave us A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman, now brings us Mascots. This time he lays bare the world of mascot competitions, with the help of his troupe of genius improvisors like Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, John Michael Higgins, Ed Begley Jr., Fred Willard, and Jennifer Coolidge, with newcomers Zach Woods and Chris O’Dowd. It premieres on Netflix on October 13. Can. Not. Wait.

Watch.

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#TransJester: Lady Bunny on Gender Identity, “I Don’t Even Know What to Call Myself”

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Political correctness is NOT in Lady Bunny‘s wheelhouse. In fact, quite the opposite. Bunny’s one-woman show, Trans-Jester, just returned to NYC’s legendary Stonewall Inn after a wildly successful run in April. (I was there on my birthday opening night as Bunny’s guest!) Let’s just say, the show is sickening, in every sense of the word. Bunny recently talked to Isaac Kozell at Splitsider about a myriad of things, including the show and her own gender identity. Here’s an excerpt,

People need to laugh. I don’t delve much into politics in the show because I think people need a break from it. It’s more concerned with gender politics and political correctness in general. There are so many different things we’re not supposed to say. It’s changing so quickly that I have a hard time keeping up with words like cisgender and heteronormative. I think I’m probably some of those things, but I don’t even know what to call myself.

Cis-gender is a word which puzzles me because it seems to come from transgender therapy. It refers to someone who is not trans. In other words, a cisgender woman is a woman. A woman like my mom and sis, who were born women and have no desire to transition into anything. Trans issues may be trendy right now, but if trans people are roughly .3% of the population, where do they get off creating a word for 99.7% of the rest of us? That’s like asking

‘Would you like that omelette with egg whites or with cis-eggs?’ or

‘Do you prefer Diet Coke or cis-Coke?’

We don’t need a word to describe the main thing which isn’t the variation.

Sometimes, militant trans activists will abbreviate cisgender and say things like,

‘Die, cis scum!’

Great! You are really building allies in your quest for equal rights by creating a slur for 99% of the rest of humanity. Trans people can have a very tough time on their journeys and they do experience a lot of ignorance, prejudice, violence, or even murder. I’m not trying to belittle their struggle. But I will gladly belittle Caitlyn Jenner, who gay groups held up briefly as a trans role model. Bitch, please! I support anyone’s right to transition into anything. But that fool needs to transition out of the Republican party which seeks to destroy the rights of the LGBT community which she’s trying to join. Caitlyn actually confused many transsexual friends of mine who smelled a publicity stunt and fakery. And when Glamour magazine named her Woman of The Year… she hasn’t even been a woman for a year!

Look, I have no problem with changing lingo, just don’t expect that everyone else is forced to play your word games because they mean something to you. As someone who’s worn women’s clothes to work for 30 years, I’m not going to frown on anyone for playing with gender. But what is a zir? I’ve never even met one and I’m 54! And is ‘gender fluid’ when I’m in drag and I have diarrhea? Even I can’t keep up with all of these terms myself. So it’s time to mock them. And I don’t embrace non-PC language in a way that Trump does: to justify racism. I just want to laugh.

Your show is called Trans-Jester. What does that title mean to you?
“‘Trans’ is a prefix for both transvestite, which is what drag queens are, and transsexual. Because I juggle a lot of new sexual identity terms in this show and I’m essentially a clown, I wanted the title to inform everyone upfront that if you’re too precious to even handle a title which indicates that a show pokes fun at PC culture, skip this performance. You’re probably no fun. Speaking of precious, I sometimes bill myself as The White Precious in a reference to the movie Precious, since I’m fat, retarded, and will probably get AIDS.

I joke that ‘I tried Syrian refugee cock, but that it just kept coming.’ One night, a lady came up after the show and told me,

‘I’m from Syria.’ I thought ‘Oh, shit. Here comes the lecture.’

Instead, she told me,

‘We have a saying in my country: ‘The best humor comes from the worst tragedies.’

Then she hugged me. Humor can actually defuse terrible situations if we would get off our high horses for long enough to enjoy it like we used to. Remember the brilliant character Pat from SNL by Julia Sweeney? ‘Pat’ was of such indeterminate gender that no one who met her knew how to address her and “it” was kind of creepy. The whole thing was hilarious, but you couldn’t air those skits today without a firestorm of criticism branding it transphobic.

The same thing with In Living Color’s queeny movie reviewers who gave films “three snaps up.” Were they playing on gay stereotypes? Absolutely! And it made us howl, gay and straight alike. I just think that if you treat people with respect, labels become a lot less important. So if you get someone’s pronoun of choice wrong, it’s not really a big deal because you’ve introduced yourself to them respectfully. You just got it wrong once and we’re all learning.

Speaking of learning, I also touch on what is going on with PC college campuses. At one college, they claim that it’s insensitive to ask someone where they are from. Huh? That’s making conversation, you idiots! Can I still ask someone, ‘How are you?’ without transferring my cisgender white male privilege onto them because I’m more likely to be doing more okay than they are? And don’t never ask ‘What’s up?’ to someone with Down’s Syndrome. It’s just gotten so out of control that well-meaning people don’t know how to approach concepts like heteronormative. So our Oppression Olympics and victim culture actually stifle discussion, and therefore understanding. And if you honestly want to stop hearing fat-shaming, then quit eating so much. You’ll never hear it again.

You’re performing at the historic Stonewall Inn, which is known as the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement due to the 1969 Stonewall Riots. What personal significance does performing there have for you?
These riots were started by trans people, drag queens, and gays who had had enough harassment from cops. It was also right after their main diva Judy Garland died, so they were really in a mood. So I think it’s interesting that decades later, after the joint had been landmarked by President Obama this summer, a drag queen is there asking some questions about the direction of the gay movement now. Some of my people would whoop me for even saying ‘gay’ instead of LGBT or LGBTI or LGBTIQA… they change the configuration of letters every day. I ask in the show,

‘How does a movement which can’t even decide on its name hope to advance its causes?’

There is so much in-fighting between the different elements of my community that we’re fighting each other instead of the enemy: people who would bash or kill us, or who would roll back civil rights gains through new legislation. In North Carolina, where I was born, they now force trans people to use the bathroom of their birth sex as opposed to what sex they currently live in. I worked there recently at a fundraiser and I was really nervous about which bathroom to use. Luckily for me, my new Extra-Strength, Heavy Flow Depends allow me to go anywhere, anytime.

Why do you feel that drag is an important contribution to the performing arts?
Drag is larger than life and as such, it’s been an effective theatrical device used from Shakespeare’s day to Kabuki theater in Japan. I like drag because unlike acting, I’m able to choose my own character, script, musical numbers, costumes, choreography – if you could call it that – and styling. Unless you’re a top actor, you pretty much have to do what a director is telling you according to a script you didn’t select. So for me, drag is freeing and I’m less the pawn of someone else’s choices.

Drag has always been the entertainment of choice in gay bars, where I hail from. You’re either going to find drag queens tucking their junk away or strippers flopping theirs around. There was a big drag boom in the 1990s with To Wong Foo, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, etc, so sometimes straights – the mainstream – will have a temporary love affair with drag and then tire of it. Drag is less taboo than trans because people view someone like Dame Edna or RuPaul as putting on a costume for a show. It’s more difficult for some to accept that person on the train who is trying to live their life as a different sex and not quite there yet with the look. But since I normally don’t look like I’m trying to blend in and I wear flashy costumes – not to mention I’m 6’2″ in giant wigs – people are more likely to pass me in the street and say, ‘You go, girl!’ or, ‘Where’s the party?’ Or sometimes smart asses will ask ‘How much?’ and I’ll say ‘Go ask your mom. She’s on the next corner.’ I never mind someone thinking I could get paid for sex. Currently I’m an unemployed hooker.

You and RuPaul used to be roommates in Atlanta. Any good gossip or stories?
Tons! In the upcoming memoir.

You recently turned 54 and you look amazing. I’m 36 and struggling. Any beauty tips I could implement?
Thanks! Appear in dark venues where they serve booze and keep moving. Take photos from above to chop off jowls and always use a flash to smooth out anything from wrinkles, to pores, to beard stubble, to coke snot.

It runs for just a dozen more performances. You can get tickets for Trans-Jester here.

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#OnStage: “Golden Girls” Puppet Show Coming To New York City!

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SO much Golden Girls news this year. A GG themed restaurant is opening called Rue La Rue Café, loads of fun GG merch on Etsy (like granny panties) and recently it came out that Bea Arthur left money so an LGBT center could be built in NYC.

Now there’s a new puppet show coming to New York City. That Golden Girls Show opens on September 19 at the DR2 Theatre in Union Square, and will be a full-puppetry parody of classic moments from the show. Drama Desk nominee Jonathan Rockefeller created the show after huge successes in Australia and Canada with another Golden Girls parody show called Thank You For Being a Friend.

You can get tickets to That Golden Girls Show here.

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#WakeYourP*ssy: This Va-Jay-Jay Alarm Clock Gets You Up To an Orgasm!

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Have a hard time waking up in the morning. Want to get up with a BANG!? (To say the least!) The Little Rooster, is a smart new sex toy. It isn’t just a vibrator, it’s an alarm clock for your pussy. The device has 27 ultra-quiet levels of intensity (plus three more monster-loud ones for those deep sleepers).

You actually wear it inside your undies where a,

vibrating leg stimulates your clitoris and labia.

The Little Rooster starts the sexy vibrations five minutes before you actually need to get your lazy c*nt out of bed. And it’s fairly affordable at under $100. But does it really work?

And ladies, wouldn’t “The Big Cock“, been a better name for marketing? Go ahead and say it…

I’ll have what she’s having.

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September 4th: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: City of Los Angeles

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September 4, 1781El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola). Los Angeles and I have history. My father grew up in the Silverlake neighborhood, which at the time was a quiet, nice, but already decidedly bohemian neighborhood.

Silver Lake was home to Harry Hay, considered to be the father of Gay Rights. He is now honored with the naming of the Mattachine Steps on Cove Avenue. The Mattachine Society was this nation’s first Gay organization, formed in the 1950s. In 1967, Silver Lake was the scene of one of the USA’s first gay rights protests, organized by P.R.I.D.E. (Personal Rights in Defense and Education), after police raided the Black Cat bar after men were spotted kissing on New Year’s Eve. This was more than two years before Stonewall. The Advocate, the oldest and largest LGBTQ publication in the nation, began as a pushback after those first protests.

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When I lived in the city in the early 1970s, Silverlake had deteriorated, but then the gays moved in and fixed things up as they always do in metropolitan areas, and it now it is inhabited by an eclectic community of hipsters, the creative class, and still, of course, lots of gays.

I went happily to college in Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. I lived in Playa del Rey, right on the strand. My apartment had sliding glass doors that opened to white sand and the Pacific Ocean, with a view of Santa Catalina Island on a clear day, which there were few of in the early 1970s. My Los Angeles life, hardly ever involved LA proper. My universe was very “beach” and stretched from Redondo Beach to Malibu Beach. I frequented spots in Venice and Santa Monica. My friends and I would go into Westwood or Hollywood to see films and plays, but for the most part it was beach, beach, and beach. A good place to stop for a drink and a look at cute surfer dudes was The Friendship, a friendly bar at the start of Santa Monica Canyon near Will Rogers State Park, a favorite spot for sun worshipping homos. There was also the deliciously seedy The West Side in Venice Beach.

Los Angeles has been a city of many firsts for the LGBTQ community, and West Hollywood, an enclave within LA, is the planet’s first Gay City. It is a small town of just 1.9 square miles surrounded by Los Angeles’ Hollywood neighborhood and the independent city of Beverly Hills.

Because the town was outside the jurisdiction of the LA Police Department, gambling flourished and the booze flowed freely during the Prohibition era. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Sunset Strip running along WeHo’s northwest border became the main nightlife destination for celebrities in the film industry. Posh apartment complexes were home to Hollywood stars. Lesbian actor Alla Nazimova‘s residence, The Garden Of Allah, was infamous for its wild celebrity filled parties.

During the first half of the 20th century, Gay people discovered West Hollywood. It was beyond the reach of the notoriously homophobic L.A.P.D. and convenient for the creative talent working in the film industry. So many gay men bought and renovated working-class bungalows in the 1960s and 1970s that the area around Sunset Strip became known as the “Swish Alps”.

The gay scene was centered along Santa Monica Boulevard. Clubs, cafes and shops catering to gay patrons sprang up on the street, dubbed Boys’ Town (though it also included a long-lived Lesbian bar, The Palms). But not everyone was friendly towards the Gays. Barney’s Beanery, a popular spot since the 1920s, for decades posted a sign reading “Fagots (sic) Stay Out”.

The east end of Santa Monica Boulevard, near the border with Hollywood, became a strolling spot for male hustlers and trans-people. In the 1970s, when I loved in LA, this part of town was pretty darn gritty, now it is just pretty.

With a large population of renters, WeHo residents grew concerned when LA County proposed dropping rent control despite skyrocketing real estate prices. A coalition of gays, Jews, and seniors organized a grassroots movement to establish a separate city. West Hollywood was incorporated in 1984, and elected the first-ever city council with a gay majority and the first openly lesbian mayor, Valerie Terrigno. The city council quickly passed strong rent control and anti-eviction laws and an ordinance banning discrimination. Terrigno personally removed the “Fagots Keep Out” sign from Barney’s Beanery. In 1985, WeHo began offering domestic partnership benefits, the first American city to legally recognize same-sex relationships.

My LA was a decidedly 1970s affair and the city had many bathhouses, bars, and that distinctly 1970s enterprise, discotheques, boomed. The biggest was WeHo’s Studio One, a cavernous factory building that was outfitted with strobe lights and speakers in a hall of mirrors that was a temple of amplified music and masculine vanity. Every night between Memorial Day and Labor Day 1975, I was one of a thousand gay men at Studio One who danced, danced, danced the night away. Music industry promoters vied to have their records played there; it was featured on national television; and it was dubbed by the media as the most exciting disco in the country. The good-looking staff famously dressed in tiny, tight basketball shorts and attended to your every need. The cachet of the place was enhanced by its Back Lot Theater which featured entertainers ranging from Broadway Diva Barbara Cook to Wayland Flowers and his puppet Madam.

Studio One in WeHo, my favorite hangout in summer 1975

Studio One in WeHo, my favorite hangout in the mid-1970s

West Hollywood has never had an actual gay majority, but it has the largest proportion of gay residents of any city, about 40 percent of a total population. The Christopher Street West Pride Parade was first held in 1970, 350,000 people attended this year’s parade. In 1987 the city added an annual Halloween Carnaval, a debauched affair that attracts a half-million homos every year. Rainbow flags fly on Santa Monica Boulevard year-round, and the LA County Sheriff cars have a rainbow logo.

Archaeological studies show there was a gay culture in Los Angeles in 8,000 B.C., mostly acting hopefuls trying to be seen by casting directors for the prehistoric version of pilot season. There was much disappointment and a certain amount of violence when it was revealed that film itself was a full 27 centuries away.

By 3,000 B.C. Los Angeles was occupied by the Hokan-speaking people of the Milling Stone Period who could sing, dance, act, and write screenplays, plus gather wild seeds. LA, along with the rest of Southern California was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542. By the time the rest of the Europeans arrived in the mid-18th century, there were 250,000 to 300,000 people in LA., all trying to get their SAG cards.

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Los Angeles is the second largest city in the USA. It spans an area of more than 600 square miles. The urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 20 million humans. It is the 21st largest urban area in the world. Los Angeles is the largest city with the highest and lowest (sea level) elevation difference in the world. Native plants include California Poppy, Coast Live Oak, and Xanax.

Although I have always felt the weather is rather perfect, Los Angeles is sadly in its fourth year of severe drought, maybe you’ve heard. It is also subject to the phenomena of microclimates, with extreme variations in temperature in close physical proximity to each other. The average September maximum temperature in Santa Monica is 75 °F, but it is 95 °F in Canoga Park. The city, like much of the Southern California coast enjoys weather with foggy skies in the morning burning off to sun by early afternoon.

Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. Los Angeles/Long Beach comprise the largest port in Western North America and the fifth busiest port in the world. It is the third largest metropolitan economy on our pretty planet, after Tokyo and NYC.

It is a global city, with 225 different languages spoken including “Agent”, with many ethnic enclaves with cool restaurants throughout the city. It is home for the largest population of people of Middle Eastern heritage outside of, well, The Middle East, with large groups of Armenians and Persians centered near Sunset Boulevard, and the second largest population of Jews in North America. Only 29% of Los Angelinos are white people, yet they make up 98% of the entertainment industry.

Some of the happiest moments of my life have been experienced in LA. I love the city and I have watched the renaissance and turn-around of neighborhoods that I would never have dreamed possible: Hollywood, Culver City, Downtown, Glendale and Venice are now hot places to live and play. When I was there last February, it was simply gorgeous, with blue skies, temps in the 70s, a slight dusting of snow in the Santa Monica Mountains, and lots and lots of pretty people.

Happy Birthday to the City Of Angels. I will always love you: Tommy’s Burgers, Hollywood’s stucco cottages, The Capitol Record Building, Santa Monica, Laurel Canyon, Griffith Park, Randy’s Donuts, Rodeo Drive, Nate N’ Al’s Delicatessen, Canter’s Deli, La Brea Tar Pits, The Getty Museums, Venice Beach Boardwalk, The Hollywood Bowl, Union Station, Scientology Headquarters, Watts Towers, The Chateau Marmont, The Hollywood Roosevelt HotelEl Portal TheatrePalos Verdes, Beverly Hills, Swimming Pools, Movie Stars, World Of Wonder Headquarters.

Everyone should live in Los Angeles at least once in their life.

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#DonListed: Some of These 16 “Stars” Supporting Trump Might Surprise You

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HULK VOTE! Hulk Hogan has said not only is he for Trump but he wanted to be his running mate and "The Incredible Hulk", Lou Ferrigno who was on "Celebrity Apprentice" wants Donnie to "go all the way."

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Hulk Hogan has said not only is he for Trump but he wanted to be his running mate and “The Incredible Hulk”, Lou Ferrigno who was on “Celebrity Apprentice” wants Donnie to “go all the way.”


Yes, we’re using the term “star” here VERY generously with these Donald Trump supporters. Some of these folks are D-list at best (we’re looking at you Kid Rock & Kendra) and more than a few were Trump’s Apprentices. I gotta say I was most disappointed to see country music queen Loretta Lynn on Trump’s side. I guess it’s not a HUGE surprise since her country counterpart here, Blake Shelton and his fan base are mostly voting Republican too. Arnold has been solidly GOP (operative term, “has-been”) as is addle-brained Rush Limbaugh, but who knew their fellow action hero and newsmen Jean-Claude Van Dam and Piers Morgan were also so pro-orange. Mr. Brady, I guess you are lucky that Giselle is Brazilian, and not a solidly American born Democrat like many of her fellow super models.

Others like Garey Busey, Ted Nugent, Stephen Baldwin, Omarosa, Martin Skhreli, Jon Voight, Mike Tyson, and Tila Tequila, among other dumb-dumbs, are totally predictable as Trump-lovers. Like their candidate, they’d say or do ANYTHING for a little attention.

ACTION BROS 80s action star Jean Claude Van Dam, says he's for Trump, even though he doesn’t believe the candidate can win. And no surprise Donald is Arnold's pick. He's supposedly his replacement as host of "The Apprentice".

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80s action star Jean Claude Van Dam, says he’s for Trump, even though he doesn’t believe the candidate can win. And no surprise Donald is Arnold’s pick. He’s supposedly his replacement as host of “The Apprentice”.

CHEERS!? Kirstie Alley and fellow "Cheers" cast mate John Ratzenburger are both vocal Trump supporters. Ratezenburger said, “The only candidate out there is Donald Trump, for me, because he’s a builder.” Boo!

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Kirstie Alley and fellow “Cheers” cast mate John Ratzenburger are both vocal Trump supporters. Ratezenburger said, “The only candidate out there is Donald Trump, for me, because he’s a builder.” Boo!

KIDS, ROCK THE VOTE!?  Pop singer Aaron Carter says he endorses Trump because he likes ” somebody who likes to defy the odds, such as myself.” And Kid Rock has said, “I’m kinda digging Trump." I'm kinda gagging.

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Pop singer Aaron Carter says he endorses Trump because he likes ” somebody who likes to defy the odds, such as myself.” And Kid Rock has said, “I’m kinda digging Trump.” I’m kinda gagging.

SAD FACE COUNTRY SO disappointed that the coal miner's daughter is a Trump supporter. Even after Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Blake, how does the future Mrs. Shelton, Gwen feel about marrying a Republican?

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SO disappointed that the coal miner’s daughter is a Trump supporter. Even after Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Blake, how does the future Mrs. Shelton, Gwen feel about marrying a Republican?

JOCK BRAINS Yes, Terrell Owens is yet another former cast member of Celebrity Apprentice to give The Donald his endorsement. Tom Brady, not sure what your excuse is?

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Yes, Terrell Owens is yet another former cast member of “Celebrity Apprentice” to give The Donald his endorsement. Tom Brady, not sure what your excuse is?

REALITY CHECK, PLEASE! Kendra Wilkinson is for Trump. Duh. Teresa Giudice said she'd cast her vote for Donald too, only problem is –she can’t vote.  As a convicted felon she won’t earn that right back until February of 2018.

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Kendra Wilkinson is for Trump. Duh. Teresa Giudice said she’d cast her vote for Donald too, only problem is –she can’t vote. As a convicted felon she won’t earn that right back until February of 2018.

NEWSFLASH! No surprise Rush is for Trump but Piers Morgan’s about-face was surprising to some. On the day of the Brussels terror attack. Morgan wrote, “When it comes to terror, isn’t it time we started listening seriously to Trump?” In a word. No.

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No surprise Rush is for Trump but Piers Morgan’s about-face was surprising to some. On the day of the Brussels terror attack. Morgan wrote, “When it comes to terror, isn’t it time we started listening seriously to Trump?” In a word. No.

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