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Courtney Stodden in Courtney Naturally – Blindfold Object Challenge

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On this episode of Courtney NaturallyCourtney Stodden does the blindfold object challenge! Using only her hands, Courtney has to guess what the objects are that she’s touching. Watch after the jump!

Watch new episodes of Courtney Naturally every Thursday on WOWPresents!

Previous Episodes

Wikipedia Mad Libs

Courtney plays some Mad Libs! Mad Libs with a twist! She fills in the blanks from her Wikipedia page!

Courtney N’ Krista

Courtney Stodden’s Mom, Krista stops by to take a trip down memory lane! She comes equipped with old photos and stories of Courtney when she was a little girl!

 

Hollywood Haul

Courtney has a shopping spree on Hollywood Boulevard, shows us what she bought, and gives a little fashion show!

Dear Courtney

Courtney answers questions that she was asked on Twitter.

#StoddenSelfie

Courtney shows how to take one of her infamous Stodden Seflies!

Helium Hoorah:

Courtney hits a high note while singing with the help of helium balloons.

Courtney Stodden, the infamous tabloid teen-bride and bombshell-beauty, is ready to expose a new and surprising side of herself in an original web series! Courtney Naturally reveals Courtney’s genuine and softer side that the tabloids have too often ignored – the girl behind the gossip. This intimate series showcases Stodden perched among a serene setting of fluffy white clouds, where she shares compelling personal stories, advice, and hosts quirky YouTube video challenges. Get a glimpse of Courtney Stodden’s unique perspective on the world that only someone of her age and experience could have! No topic is off limits, including her world famous boobs.

Courtney says about her webshow:

“It’s a delight and honor to be creating such a fun web series with World Of Wonder, I’m excited to reveal the many colors of my personality and share pieces of me, naturally.”

New episodes of Courtney Naturally every Thursday, on WOWPresents!

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Watch Video: RuPaul Drives… Olivia Newton-John Part 2

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Watch part two of RuPaul DrivesOlivia Newton-John! Check out never before seen footage from their first drive! Click over and watch now!

The two talk about Uber, being starstruck, Burt Reynolds, Olivia’s Vegas show, and meditating!

New episodes of RuPaul Drives… every Thursday on WOWPresents!

Iggy Azalea Part 2

Here is part two of RuPaul Drives… Iggy Azalea! Check out never before seen footage from their first drive! They talk about Iggy’s boyfriend and lacefront wigs!

John Waters Part 2

Here is part two of RuPaul Drives…John Waters! Watch never-before-seen from their first drive!

Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea hitches a ride with RuPaul on this episode of RuPaul Drives! They talk about Australia, Iggy‘s music, and lace front wigs. This looks like the start of a beautiful friendship!

Susanne Bartsch

RuPaul picks up the undisputed QUEEN of NYC Nightlight and one of Ru’s earliest supporters at the start of his career, Susanne Bartsch, on this episode of RuPaul Drives! You’ve gotta watch!

Chi Chi LaRue

RuPaul drives Chi Chi LaRue around Hollywood and they kiki about the porn industry today, thrift shopping, plus a special run-in with a pedestrian (hint: it starts with Lady and ends with Bunny).

Olivia Newton-John

RuPaul and Olivia Newton-John!!!!!! They back together for a great episode of RuPaul Drives…! I could watch these two all day. They talk about Grease, Xanadu, and more!

Mathu Andersen

RuPaul’s hair and make-up guru Mathu Andersen hitches a ride with RuPaul on this episode of RuPaul Drives!

 

John Waters

RuPaul picks up a hitchhiker..that hitchhiker is John Waters! You have got to watch this episode of RuPaul Drives! They talk about EVERYTHING! John’s new book “Carsick,” who John would cast in a movie today, how he got his love for entertainment from being on Howdy Doody, plus a bunch more that you’ll just have to watch to find out!

On this special episode of RuPaul DrivesMOTHAH has arrived! RuPaul interviews the one and only Ornacia!

Lohanthony

Internet sensation, Lohanthony hitches a ride with RuPaul and drives around Hollywood  and they talk about Ru’s new album Born Naked, must see movies, and dreaming big!

Michelle Visage

RuPaul picks up his TV bestie Michelle Visage on this episode of RuPaul Drives and they talk Michelle’s adoption and how she got her name Visage! Hairlarious!

Lucian Piane

RuPaul picks up his music producer Lucian Piane on this episode of RuPaul Drives and they talk Ru’s new album Born Naked and more!

RuPaul and Lucian talk about  how he got his start in the music industry and Ru’s new album Born Naked which drops FebRUary, 24th on iTunes. New episodes every week on WOWPresents.

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The Case Against Queerbaiting

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Queerbaiting is the practice of capitalizing on homoerotic tension between two characters (usually on a TV show), with no intention of ever actually letting them be gay or putting them together in a romantic situation. Think Dean and Castiel on Supernatural, John and Sherlock on Sherlock, Rizzoli and Isles, the entire fucking cast of Teen Wolf. Personally, I think it’s adorable when, say, Reek looks at Ramsay Snow with those big cow eyes, or the way Merlin used to get all flustered around Arthur, but the following bullet-point infographic wants you to thinks otherwise. Apparently it’s insidious and needs to stop. Click to enlarge. (via Chadley MacGuff via SnuggyDaemon)

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Behind the Scenes with Vanity Fair’s Next Wave of Superstars

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Lots of bright young things on their way UP! UP! UP! in Vanity Fair‘s annual list of Hollywood’s New Wave. Photographed by Miguel Riveriego, this year’s freshman class includes: Odeya Rush, Bella Thorne, Josh Wiggins (Hellion), Dylan O’Brien (from Teen Wolf, of course, and the upcoming The Maze Runner), Dayo Okeniyi, Tye Sheridan (so good in Mud), Jaden Smith (yuck), Willow Smith (yuck, how much did Will and Jada pay to get them on this list?), Maika Monroe, Will Poulter (We’re the Millers), Olivia Cooke, Ben Schentzer, Lily James, Jack Kilmer (THE breakout star of Paolo Alto), Eve Hewson, Britt Robertson, Zoey Deutch, Jack Reynor, Douglas Booth (yum), Zoë Kravitz (who’s been THE NEXT BIG THING for over a decade now), Katie Chang, Liana Liberato, Sami Gayle. (via Jezebel)

See them all in the July issue—available this week on newsstands in New York and L.A. and for download in the digital edition—and scroll down for a video sneak peek at what’s inside.

Pictured from top, left: Josh Wiggins, Dylan O’Brien, Dayo Okeniyi, and Tye Sheridan.

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Omg, These Vintage Mall Goths Are SOOO CUTE

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Raven, Your Acid Bath Princess of the Darkness and her partner-in-gloom Tara are like those little goths on South ParkSO ADORABLE, you just want to hug the blackness from their souls. You absolutely HAVE TO WATCH these vintage 2008 YouTube videos showing the goth-lite girls hanginging with their friend Azer, Mime of Satan’s Bidding, and doing a fabulous lip dub of Evanescence’s “Going Under,” in the way that only a bunch of adorably angst-ridden 15-year-olds can do. As Howie Pyro from Dangerous Minds notes, “I love how happy and in-the-moment ‘the darkness’ makes them. When they really let go and forget they’re lip-syncing and the grunts of joy burst forth, it’s like a cute exorcism.”

Azer isn’t in this second video. Apparently, Raven and Tara saw him going into a preppy store at the mall and now he can ROT IN HELL, the traitor!

Gosh, I would give anything to see where these kids ended up and what they’re doing now.

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Meet RuPaul at the RuPop Up Shop at Sweet! Hollywood This Saturday!

The Paddington the Bear Trailer

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In the trailer for the upcoming December release of Paddington the Bear, Paddington arrives at the home of the Brown family and, of course, chaos soon follows . The CGI is a little wonky and I’m definitely not down with Paddington eating the gunk from his ears or drinking the mouthwash. I had a stepmother who drank mouthwash and it wasn’t pretty. Children should definitely not be drinking mouthwash. What do you think? Will you see this or is it just skull-fucking your precious childhood memories?

From Coming Soon: “From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and producer David Heyman (“Harry Potter”), Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear (voiced by Firth) who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says “Please look after this bear. Thank you,” and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.”

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Watch Now! The WOW Report Mixer Celebrating Island Hunters!

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Last week, the WOW Report hosted a fabulous Tiki-themed party for HGTV ‘s hit show Island Hunters! I was there to get lei’d and interview to the crew (and some fabulous Island Hunter fanatics) about the show. Click over and watch.

About Island Hunters (for the uninitiated):

It’s House Hunters… with a tropical twist! Follow some lucky buyers who aren’t just looking for a house, they’re looking the ultimate getaway — their own private island! Follow families as they tour three separate islands, complete with vacation homes and gorgeous beachfronts. Then see which beautiful tropical island escape they choose!

Check your local listing for times.

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Watch This Video Now: RuPaul on WOW Shopping Network

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RuPaul herself is your host for this week’s episode of WOW Shopping Network! She’s here to tell you about her HIT album Born Naked! Joining her is Jinkx Monsoon, Sharon Needles, Manila Luzon, Tammie Brown, Latrice Royale, and Shangela! Click over and watch!

Tune in every Friday for a new episode of WOW Shopping Network! And you can purchase a RuPaul Bar at Sweet! Hollywood!

RuPaul is selling the delicious RuPaul Bar! Click play and watch this beauty sell some candy! And come to the RuPaul Pop Up Shop at Sweet! in Hollywood! RuPaul will be there in person on Saturday, June 14th from 1PM – 3PM!

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Ask a Homo: Why Do Gays Talk Like That? And Can I Call My Male Friends “She,” Too?

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J. Bryan Lowder’s weekly series “Ask a Homo” tackles the reason gays use gay slang and gets to the bottom (so to speak) of all that pronoun switching.

In this episode, Lowder offers insight into the need for gay men to speak in code back in the days when speaking openly about your gay trysts could get you arrested or bashed or worse. Hence, calling men “she.” As in, “I went on a date last night and SHE was really hot.” That morphed into Polari, the 19th century British slang used among “theatrical” types i.e. gays. He also touches on  ballroom-speak and the colorful expressions they often use.

And as for straight people calling their gay male friends “she” and “her” and “girl”? Yeah, you probably shouldn’t do that.

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RIP Silent Move Star Carla Laemmle

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Dancer and silent movie star Carla Laemmle (whose uncle founded Universal Studios) died last night, leaving just Mexican silent movie star Lupita Tovar, child stars Baby Peggy, Dickie Moore, Fay McKenzie and a couple of Our Gang kids left as the only living stars from the silent era. Carla was 104. “Her heart just stopped,” Laemmle’s great niece, Rosemary Hilb, said in a press release today, noting that she had been in good health.

Laemmle appeared with screen legend Lon Chaney in the silent classic The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and in Dracula (1931) with Bela Legosi, where she famously spoke the film’s first lines: “Among the rugged peaks that frown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age … . “

Watch a fun interview with Carla from just a few months ago, talking to her great-niece about Hollywood at the turn of the last century, and appearing in some of the great Universal studio horror films.

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Check out Matthew Rettemund of Boy Culture‘s comprehensive Last Star Standing list over movie stars over 80.

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Watch This Video Now: Homie$ For Ca$h – Johnny Scruff and Joey

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Johnny Scruff and his friend Joey compete for cash on this week’s episode of Homie$ For Ca$h! How much money will they win? Watch and find out!

Previous Episodes:

Calpernia Addams and Andrea James compete for cash on this week’s episode of Be$tie$ for Ca$h!

Alaska Thunderfuck and her brother Cory are contestants on this episode of Bro$ For Ca$h! Watch them compete for some dollah dollah billz and test their knowledge. Do they have the brotherly love?

The absolutely delightful Selene Luna and her boyfriend Adam test their relationship knowledge and play Couple$ For Ca$h!

Daniel Franzese and his homie Jordan compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h: Homie$ Edition!

The hilarious duo Jessica and Hunter are competing for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h:Bestie$ Edition!

Season 4 RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Phi Phi O’Hara and her boyfriend Mikhael compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h!

RuPaul’s Drag Race pit crew member, Shawn Morales and his boyfriend Robert compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ For Ca$h!

Delta Work from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 3 and her boo-thang, Davey, compete for some Freaky Money on this episode of Couple$ For Ca$h!

On this episode of Couple$ for Ca$hRuPaul’s Drag Race pit crew member, Jason Carter and his boyfriend JASON compete for some cash-money!

RuPaul’s Drag Race Glamazon, Yara Sofia and her boyfriend Rubin are contestants on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h! How well do they know each other? Watch and find out!

Raven and her boyfriend, Martin, are competing on to win some dollah dollah bills on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h!

It’s Valentines Day and what do we love more than love? CA$H! Today we debut a new web show on WOWPresents, Couple$ for Ca$h! It’s kindof like The Newlywed Game, only better because it features your favorite wowlebrities and they make cash money! In the first episode, we have Catch-of-the-Day Vivienne Pinay and her boo Devin.

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Why Does Everything Have To Make Sense? Have A Great Weekend, Kids!

Hunks Du Jour

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Holy moly, are you in for a treat! We’re closing out the week with the steamiest pics of the hunkiest hunks YOU’VE EVER SEEN! Scott Speedman! Stephan El Shaarawy! Nick Jonas! And MORE! After the jump!

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’90s-goddess-turned-horrible-Republican-shill Stacy Dash and her new boytoy Michael Evers. Much as I dislike her, DAYUM, girl, congratulations. You better WORK!

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Scott Speedman enjoys lunch in a park after picking up food from Erewhon Market in Los Angeles. And my GOD. He looks better than he did in 1998 when Felicity debuted, doesn’t he? And look at that. He appears to be alone. Does he need company? I’ll picnic with you, Scott Speedman!

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Somebody named Stephan El Shaarawy from something called AC Milan is shirtless in someplace called Varigotti. Well, OK then.

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R-Patz arrives at Jimmy Kimmel Live in a dapper blue suit.

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Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas. Say it Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft and it’s almost like praying. Nick Jonas. I’ll never stop saying Nick Jonas.

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The sexiest 50-year-old EVER arrives for day three of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict at The ExCel in London. God bless him.

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Colin Farrell checks out his phone as he does an afternoon workout in Los Angeles. I will forever do Colin Farrel. FOREVER DO HIM.

(Photos: Pacific Coast News)

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Watch: Jack White “Lazaretto”

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Am I the only one who thinks Jack White is still super hot? It’s that near death,  porcelain pale skin that really taps into my necrophilia issues…(Mind you, I did have a crush on Eddie Munster too!). In his latest video for single Lazaretto, Jack dons another vintage-style suit with lace overlay cutouts, which appear to be faces of aliens wearing glasses. I mean, how fey, fabulous and totally mondo Bizarro can you be Mr. White? The new album, also called Lazaretto, is out now!

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Watch Now: #DragQueenProblems with Jodie Harsh Episode 5

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Jodie Harsh answers the queens questions! On this episode she talks about cheating drag queens and keeping your makeup from sweating off! Click over and watch!

Previous Episode:

On this episode she talks about queen cat fights, how to cheat promoters into free drinks, and how to get the perfect tuck!

On this episode she talks about how to keep lip gloss on, how to take a selfie, and how to touch up while traveling!

Episode 2

Internationally-renowned DJ and club sensation Jodie Harsh shares advice on how to take care of business in her new web series #DragQueenProblems. Each episode features three video messages from fellow Queens and drag aficionados seeking Jodie’s guidance on pressing issues, like how to tuck properly, how to have sex in drag, and how to walk in a pair of high-inch heels! Watch episode three after the jump!

Jodie says about #DragQueenProblems:

“Being a drag queen is more than just having big hair and high heels – it’s about getting paid, throwing shade and getting laid! I’m excited to get to the bottom of the problem with all these Queens worldwide, I’m here to help.

Jodie offers helpful tips as your personal Auntie / Drag Guru, and anyone, rich or tall, wide or small, heels or flats, can apply Jodie’s insights! Have a busted face, but a stylish waist? Jodie teaches us that the higher the brow, the closer to Cher – make sure and tune in to see why!

New episodes of #DragQueenProblems every Saturday, only on WOWPresents!

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It’s Birthday, Bitch

Legendary: RIP The Great Jimmy Scott

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Jimmy Scott with his longtime admirer, Madonna in her music video for “Secret” in 1999.

Jimmy Scott, whose unique, high-pitched voice has had a haunting effect on listeners for decades, died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 88. Mr. Scott began singing in the 40s and had one minor hit during his career, with “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” in 1950. (His name was not on the record. Credit was given to his bandleader at the time, Lionel Hampton) Yet, he was a major influence on generations of singers, like Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Frankie Valli, and Marvin Gaye.

“Jimmy Scott is the only singer who makes me cry.” – Madonna

(I have to admit when I learned of the news of his death, I inexplicably burst into tears. Silly. I didn’t know him and the man was 88 – so it’s not a big shock – but I truly loved his music, as many did.)

He disappeared in the 1960s, when the album long considered his masterpiece, “Falling in Love Is Wonderful,” was pulled from the shelves in a legal dispute between record labels. It wasn’t until the 1990s that his career revived, with a series of new recordings and performances that continued into his 80s. Arts writer Joseph Hooper said of Mr. Scott in the New York Times that he was “perhaps the most unjustly ignored American singer of the 20th century.” His music was an acquired taste and his records sold in small numbers but Mr. Scott became something of a cultural touchstone. Documentary films were made about his life, a biography was written, and critics praised his idiosyncratic singing and his resilience after a life of adversity.

People who hear Scott for the first time are startled by his striking and preternaturally high singing voice, which was the range of a high alto but with power. Because of his hereditary condition called Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy never went through puberty, and his voice didn’t change when he reached adolescence. He was slight, had no facial hair and stood just 4′ 11″ (He inexplicably grew several inches in his mid-30s.) He was billed as “Little Jimmy Scott” for years. He was married 5 times and had a number of girlfriends, but he had an androgynous quality that led to some painful encounters. He told David Ritz in his biography, Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott:

“In my adult life, people have looked at me as an oddity. I’ve been called a queer, a little girl, an old woman, a freak, and a fag. As a singer, I’ve been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don’t belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.”

He sang at VERY slow tempos bringing fresh meaning to oft-heard standards, with his eyes closed, his arms and hands danced, as if giving the music shape. His singing seemed to be the expression of a broken heart. Music producer Quincy Jones, in a 1988 interview, recalled seeing Mr. Scott perform in the 1950s:

“He’d just stand there with his shoulders hunched and his eyes closed and his head tilted to one side. He sang like a horn — he sang with the melodic concept of an instrument. It’s a very emotional, soul-penetrating style. He’d put me on my knees, give me goose bumps. Jimmy used to tear my heart out every night.”

Mr. Scott spent his final years in Las Vegas and continued to perform, sometimes in a wheelchair, until his mid-80s. Even then, the one-of-a-kind voice was still there, penetrating and clear, filled with pain and grace.

“All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.”

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Only In New York: We Are Fam-il-y, Part II

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So, Thursday night was the second installment of Nora Burn’s New York Stories at the Stonewall Inn. I was lucky enough to be in attendance, as well as tell of my own little slice of Big Apple pie. The lineup (other than yours truly) was pretty legendary, as was the audience, who likely had stories that were just as good. We learned that:

Nora Burns – “toured” with Tiny Tim in strip malls and had the good sense to keep track of funny folks she met along the way…
Paul Alexander – grew up in New York City, among the fabulous freaks and recounted a student fashion show crashed by a drag queen bride…
Brenda Bergman – the hilarious victim multiple robberies, married a Pakistani man for money ($1500, which she was immediately robbed of) and SO much more, God love her… (I was so enthralled by her stories, I forgot to take a picture)
Tom Eubanks – described the personal loss of St. Vincent’s hospital and the hole that it’s left downtown
David Ilku – regaled us with crack smoking parties in Kiss’s manager’s penthouse and the simple 80s pleasure of “just snorting some lines” with the boys…
Bob Russell – entertained –and bummed us out– with the sadness and syncronicity of murders & suicides in the 70s
Anita Sarko – brought back her memories of the Mudd Club and a loaded Chrissie Hynde, with Keith Haring at the coat check…
David Schweizer – had a LOT of sex in the 70s and was haunted by a phantom Peter Berlin on the streets of the empty city
Lucy Sexton – spoke of the magic of making vomit disappear at Florent and police who arrive to collect a dead body, only to pretend it’s all about the plumbing
Linda Simpson – read her vintage column from “My Comrade” about Lady Bunny, Wigstock and Guiliani’s futile persecution of transsexuals
And me, I told the following story, along with a couple of others…

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NEW YORK STORY TELLERS: Host Nora Burns, Tom Eubanks, Lucy Sexton, Paul Alexander, Anita Sarko, David Schweizer, Linda Simpson, David Ilku, Trey Speegle (not pictured, Brenda Bergman, Bob Russell)

“When I was a young gay boy, growing up in Houston, I dreamt of what New York City was like and I LOVED Andy Warhol and I always wanted to work at Vogue. I moved here for six months in the summer of 80 and then moved back to Houston, briefly. While back home, I went to a museum event that New York performance artist, Colette was at. You know Colette right? – “Colette is Dead” – performance artist, right? – no she’s not dead, that’s just what she was called. Anyway, she performed at the Contemporary Arts Museum and there was a party at a club called The Island, which was like Houston’s Pyramid. I met her there and we were drinking champagne and getting pretty drunk, and she asked me what I did. I said, ‘Oh, I work for Vogue and I go back and forth from Houston to New York?’ I didn’t work at Vogue. Who does that? goes back and forth from New York to Houston… so, 6 months later I come back to New York and it was coming up to my 21st birthday, my ex-boyfriend Haoui Montaug, offered to give me a birthday party at the Peppermint Lounge in Times Square. So, I went to check it out and who was performing there…? Benjamin Liu as Miss Ming Vauze (THE worst lipsync but THE best outfits ever…) That night I met a guy, Philip Monghan, and fell in love. I went back to Houston to get myself together to move back to New York and in with Philip and his roommate, Roberta Wagner>. One of Roberta’s best friends friends was Mickey Soutendijk, who was the Art Editor at Vogue. Mickey needed an assistant. She interviewed me and then hired me! (Applause. Thank you. I got a job at Vogue at 21!) About 6 months or so later, I run into Colette at a some nightclub downtown and she says to me, “So, what are you doing now?” And I say, “Oh, I’m still working at Vogue.”

So, as the old adage goes, “Fake it ’til you make it.” It was such a fun night hearing everyone’s stories. It brought home another old cliché – we all choose our real family. Corny as it is, I kinda felt like these were my brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles – half of which I had never met. It was a lovely family reunion. Thanks, Nora.

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Watch Now! Prince of Pumps – Christian Louboutin

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Beverly Hill’s poshest pooch is Prince of Pumps starring La Toya Jackson’s precious pomeranian, Prince! With the voice by Latrice Royale! Watch episode three where Prince drools over La Toya’s RED BOTTOMS! Christian Louboutin, baby!

And don’t forget to tune into OWN tonight at 10PM to catch the all-new season of Life with La Toya!

Previous Episodes:

Salvatore Ferragamo 

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Prince of Pumps is light-hearted web series that takes us inside the head of La Toya Jackson’s prize pup as he shares his unique point of view on her to-die-for designer shoes.  Each episode  Prince talks about a different pair of Mama Toy-Toy’s pumps. The voice of Prince is provided by RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4 favorite, Latrice Royale. Prince of Pumpspremieres Saturday on World of Wonder‘s original channel, WOWPresents. New episode of Prince of Pumps every Saturday morning, only onWOWPresents. And his master’s series Life with La Toya premieres Saturday, June 7th on OWN.

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