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‘Million Dollar Listing NY’ Season 6 Has A Premiere Date: 5/25!

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The boys of the Emmy-nominated ‘Million Dollar Listing NY’ are coming back this Spring for an all new sixth season premiere on May 25th at 9PM ET/PT on Bravo! Your favorite real estate brokers Ryan Serhant and Fredrik Eklund will join new-to-the-market Steve Gold who specializes in Manhattan luxury properties and won’t take no for an answer.

For a sneak peak of the new season CLICK HERE!

After selling more than a billion dollars’ worth of real estate in the past year, Fredrik is burning the candle at both ends working alongside demanding top developers on several multi-million dollar sellout projects, while also attempting to try again for the baby he’s always wanted. Meanwhile, Ryan and Emilia are embracing their next chapter and settling into married life, but the honeymoon phase may be short-lived when Emilia’s sister decides to move in with the newlyweds. Although Ryan’s business is booming and his workload is heavier than ever with the recent opening of his new Brooklyn office, tensions rise when he is forced to juggle the stresses of work and family. Fresh to the group but not to Manhattan, Steve Gold originally moved to New York City to follow his burgeoning modeling career, but ultimately gave it up ten years ago to join the real estate game. He hasn’t looked back since. A confirmed bachelor, Steve is open to love but settling down is hard to do when he’s also laser-focused on doubling his earning this year in sales. The STAKES are high and the listing prices are higher as these three rival agents are pushed to the limit managing their personal lives while also moving some of the most magnificent and luxurious properties in the concrete jungle.

Meet Steve Gold: Steve Gold is a successful luxury broker at Town Residential, one of Manhattan’s top real estate agencies specializing in residential properties. A resident of West Chelsea, Gold primarily focuses on luxury properties throughout downtown Manhattan and played a vital role in many marquee new developments in Greenwich Village, Flatiron, SoHo and the West Village. Prior to real estate, Gold had an enviable career in the fashion industry, working with some of the world’s most coveted designers, including Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani. Although modeling granted him the opportunity to travel extensively around the world, he considers New York his home and can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Always hungry for a challenge, Gold decided to move on from fashion and go big into real estate. Whether working with a first-time buyer or an A-list celebrity, he prides himself on making the real estate transaction process as seamless and efficient as possible for his clients. Born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, Gold is an avid sportsman. He grew up sailboat racing in the Long Island Sound with his father on their boat, Turning Point. A lifelong athlete, he also enjoys ice hockey, tennis, skiing and SURFING in his spare time. Beyond real estate and sports, however, Gold also allots his time to participate in several charitable causes, including his past support for AmFar for AIDS research, FreeArts NYC, and The Brazil Foundation, among others.

Gold graduated magna cum laude from the Stern School of Business at New York University with degrees in Finance and Marketing. He currently splits time between New York City and Southampton, NY with his dog Pablo, whom he rescued from high kill shelter in Georgia.

“Million Dollar Listing New York” is produced by World of Wonder with Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, and Danielle King serving as executive producers.

Read more here.

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Join Lady Gaga For ‘A Star is Born’ Filming…At Coachella!

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There’s a MILLION reasons to love Lady Gaga and now she’s giving Little Monsters a very special opportunity: to star as an extra in the filming of her upcoming feature film debut ‘A Star is Born’ – directed by hunky Bradley Cooper. After Beyoncé announced her double pregnancy and had to bow out of Coachella, Mother Monster came to the rescue and will transform the stage into part of cinematic herstory including her fans in this once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Check it out:

From the website:

We are happy to have you join us for A Star is Born!

Be in the audience as Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga films scenes on the actual Coachella stages.  Help cheer and applaud their performances on camera.  There will be exciting items to raffle off – iPads, Warner Bros Studio Tours, autograph opportunities and a pair of tickets to Coachella Weekend 2!

The scenes for these days will portray a Country Western music concert.  All you Monsters that can attend should get decked out in your most comfortable denim & boots, throw on a Stetson (leave those pink Joanne hats at home) and come out to show your support!

Tickets are just $10, with all proceeds going directly to the Born This Way Foundation.

Maximum 8 Tickets per person, and you must be 18 or older to attend.  Cell Phones will be locked in a Yondr Pouch (check them out at http://overyondr.com) so it will always be with you, but you won’t be able to record photos or sound.

EVENT INFORMATION:

  • This event will take place at the Empire Polo Club, 81800 Avenue 51, Indio, CA 92201.
  • The event will happen Tuesday, April 18 and Wednesday, April 19 2017.
  • Gates open at 7AM.
  • This event is 18+.
  • Event is rain or shine.
  • All patrons subject to search.
  • All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.

Ticket Support Information
For questions regarding ticketing, please visit Festival Ticketing Purchase Support

Get your tickets here!

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Watch Harry Styles Dangle From a Helicopter (in GUCCI!) for Upcoming Music Video

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The Sun has exclusive footage of the soon-to-be solo star whose debut single, “Sign of the Times,” drops FRIDAY April 7th, omgomgomg.

The video, filmed in a secret location on the Scottish shore earlier this week, has Harry making a dramatic entrance dangling from a helicopter wearing Gucci and Burberry.

Says The Sun:

We can reveal the meticulously planned debut of the single at 8am on Friday will kick off an Adele-style campaign to establish Harry as the world’s biggest male star.

The superfan of David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney wants to be taken seriously as a songwriter and musician – and will distance himself from the teen pop direction of his former band.

A source close to the star tells me: “Harry isn’t a typical popstar. This is an art rock project – and he wants to let the music do the talking.”

Harry has spent months secretly ensuring that the music has a timeless quality reminiscent of Bowie and Prince at their peaks in the 70s and 80s.

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That’s So Family: Meet ‘Raven’s Home’s Superstar Cast of Kids

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When the news broke last September that Raven Symoné would be leaving The View to reprise her iconic role as Raven Baxter – teen by day, clairvoyant by well, life – and executive produce a spinoff  ‘Raven’s Home,’ we were through the roof. And with the show being officially green lit and production beginning in April, the remaining cast members have been announced (namely, Raven’s kids with psychic tendencies) and we’re excited.

Check it out:


Issac Brown of black-ish and Navia Robinson from Being Mary Jane will star as Raven’s 11-year-old twins Booker and Nia. Jason Maybaum (Superstore) will play Chelsea’s 9-year-old son Levi. Sky Katz (America’s Got Talent) will play Nia’s best friend Tess.

Anneliese van der Pol (Chelsea) will reprise her role as Raven’s life-long BFF.

The series finds the two friends as divorced single mothers raising their families in the same chaotic household. Things get even crazier when one of Raven’s kids starts showing signs they’ve inherited her ability to see glimpses on the future.

We can’t wait.

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Bitches, Boobs, and Blood: The Evolution of Horror’s Meanest Girls

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If you’re as big of a horror fanatic as I am, you already know that not all villains wear masks.

In almost every horror movie since the beginning of time, we’ve encountered the Mean Girl. She’s bitchy, she’s petty, and now, she’s evolving to become the sole survivor!

SUZANNE – NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988)

Portrayed by: Linnea Quigley

Status: Death by Possession and Lipstick

We first encounter Suzanne while she distracts convenience store cashiers with her….assets. We don’t get enough time with Suzanne before she becomes the first to be possessed by a demon and sticks her lipstick through her nipple. The last time we see her, she seduces the Final Girl’s horny crush and devours him shortly after. Oh Suzanne, I cherished you on screen and had such high hopes for your character!

 

ALLY BURGESS – SLEEPAWAY CAMP 2 (1988)

Portrayed by: Valerie Hartman

Status: Death by Porter Potty filled with Feces and Leeches 

Ally Burgess graced the…campy, Sleepaway Camp 2. We first see her insulting serial killer Angela Baker and instantly know she’s our resident mean girl. She sleeps her way through camp, is cruel to everyone she encounters, and single handily is the reason that those before her bite the dust. In Ally’s final scene, she is drowned and covered in feces and leeches. Angela famously tells her, “You should have been the first to go.” Thankfully, she wasn’t. Without Ally, there’s seemingly no one to root for…besides Angela!

 

TATUM RILEY – SCREAM (1996)

Portrayed by: Rose McGowan

Status: Death by Garage Door and Stupidity

I believe Tatum Riley is where the Mean Girl stereotype finally evolved into also being the Best Friend. Tatum was abrasive, but she also had you root for her and not against her. In her last moments of grabbing beers for her friends, she’s wedged between a hard place and a doggy door. Her scene is frustrating because Tatum gives no inkling to having a weak mind throughout her story. However, it is because of her that the Mean Girl eventually began to become a character with purpose opposed to another number on the body count.

PAIGE PRESCOTT – VALENTINE (2001)

Portrayed by: Denise Richards

Status: Death by Hot Tub and a Power Drill

Paige Prescott is the only character on this list that receives more screen time than the film’s Final Girl. She oozes sex, mystery, and makes you want to grow up to be her. She’s the only one in her group of friends not necessarily pressed on finding a Valentine. If all of her friends had trusted her suggestion of the killer rather than laughing it off, they would’ve gotten out alive. We last see Paige ignoring a party full of potential suitors to enjoy time alone, as we all would prefer in our best friend’s mansion. The scene comes with the infamous final rose and a few blows to her body via a power drill. You were right, Paige! You should’ve made it!

 

JESSICA PIERSON – SORORITY ROW (2009)

Portrayed by: Leah Pipes

Status: Death by Axe and Stupid Friends 

This is one horror film death that I just haven’t gotten over yet. Jessica Pierson made only good decisions! Well, besides killing someone, but that was completely on accident. It’s after murdering her friend that she does everything right. Seriously, Jessica was just a few movies away from having the New Final Girl written all over her! She wanted to run away at every turn, didn’t want to investigate, and even tried to reason with the killer to get out alive. If it wasn’t for Jessica following her sorority sister’s around a burning home, she easily could’ve gotten out all on her own and ended the film with another sassy one-liner.

 

AMBER – KILL THEORY (2009)

Portrayed by: Ryanne Duzich

Status: Alive 

Without question, Amber is my favorite example of the evolving Mean Girl and arguably my favorite horror character ever to grace the screen. She starts off as the obvious first boot. She’s rude, drunk, and flirts with everyone’s boyfriend, including her own. Hell, she even brings handcuffs and is the only character to successfully get laid… and take Valium. That doesn’t stop her from annihilating her frenemies one by one in this “cabin by the woods” horror film turned into a battle royale. She gets revenge and also ends up finding peace with her one true love: her friend’s fiancee. Amber comes out on top as the sole survivor in kill theory. I’d kill for a sequel to see her continue this mean girl trend!

 

!BONUS! 

For the girlz…since we cannot forget our favorite serial killer…

BEVERLY SUTPHIN – SERIAL MOM (1994)

Portrayed by: Kathleen Turner

Status: Alive

Mean Girls don’t always come in the form of a young woman. Beverly Sutphin contains all of the essential mean girl qualities: sinister, attractive, and ruthless in her efforts… but she’s fighting for the greater good! Rather than being into senseless sex, drugs, and cruel language, she fatally opposes it. She goes above and beyond, even murdering a woman based on her outfit choices…after Labor Day, as she’d defend. Beverly is the classic Mean Girl who takes it a step further and evolves herself into the monster. Bless her heart! Who else wouldn’t kill for Ricki Lake?!

And remember, the Mean Girls tend to give the best advice…

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RuPaul &‘Drag Race’ Nominated For MTV Movie & TV Awards For “Best Host” &“Best Reality Competition”

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Category is: MTV Movie & TV Awards! RuPaul and RuPaul’s Drag Race have been nominated for the MTV Movie & TV Awards in the “Best Host” and “Best Reality Competition” categories. RuPaul is up against Trevor Noah, Ellen DeGeneres, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver and the “fiercest show on fridays” is up against America’s Got TalentMasterChef Junior, The Bachelor & The Voice. That’s not the only news hunties: you can RuVOTE at www.mtv.com and the event takes place on Sunday, May 7th in LA.

Check it out:

BEST HOST

Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC)

John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1/Logo)

Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)

Trevor Noah – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

VOTE BEST HOST HERE:  http://on.mtv.com/2o24x6K

BEST REALITY COMPETITION

America’s Got Talent (NBC)

MasterChef Junior (FOX)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1/Logo)

The Bachelor (ABC)

The Voice (NBC)

VOTE BEST SHOW HERE: http://on.mtv.com/2p6m5Ol

See the full list here.

Tune into an all new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 THIS Friday at 8/7C on VH1!

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Author Fay Weldon: “Transgender People Become Women for Frivolous Reasons Like Fashion and Clothes”

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Yikes.

The Life & Loves of a She-Devil author Fay Weldon has really put her foot in it this time.

The 85-year-old was being interviewed by BBC Newsnight when she said that she believed some transgender people wanted to be female because it’s easier to be a woman in modern society.

“There are lots of sort of transgender people for whom this is a really serious business, but there is also a sort of undertow of frivolous people who for the sake of fashion or the clothes or whatever want to be the other gender,” she said.

“I’m not offending transgender people or thinking there’s anything wrong with that,” she added.

“The women who want to be men have a really hard time for them I think”.

Weldon deals with the subject in her new book, Death of a She Devil in which one character is trans.

Weldon told The Guardian she felt compelled to write the novel when “Germaine [Greer] got into trouble, as everyone does these days, for saying that just to get one’s genitals chopped off doesn’t make you a woman”.

In one section she writes: “Man now controls the best weapon woman ever had – the body he so envied, its very moods and subtleties. He can become her.”

Weldon, who has identified as a feminist, also took aim at the direction of the women’s movement, which she said had not lived up to her expectations.

Fay Weldon says trans people become women ‘for the fashion or the clothes’

”I don’t see men as the enemy any more. I tend to see women as rather the oppressive force”, she said.

In one section she writes: “Man now controls the best weapon woman ever had – the body he so envied, its very moods and subtleties…he can become her.”

Fay is the author of more than 40 novels, none of which you should ever read.

#BoycottTransphobia

(via The Telegraph)

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Donald Trump Jr Mulls Possible Run for New York Governor

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Donnie Jr was speaking at a gun club in Hicksville, NY – (sooooo many eyerolls here ALREADY)–  when he was asked about his political ambitions. No big surprise, he said he would love to follow his father into office.

One of the attendees told Page Six,

“Don Jr. said he is interested in running for office, such as governor of New York, but the position of mayor of New York would be less interesting to him.”

Don Jr. added that he didn’t want to be one of 100 Senators, nor a member of Congress.

Campaigning alongside his father made him think about his future, with him saying, “Do I want to be behind the scenes and be a mouthpiece and fight back against crazy liberal media? Maybe.” Don Jr. joked that he missed the intensity of the presidential campaign: “Going back to doing deals is boring after 18 months. The politics bug bit me.”

I have a feeling this is already a done deal, with Republicans envisioning another win for President Trump in 2020, an eight year Mike Pence presidency starting in 2024, a President Jared Kushner in 2032, and then President Don Jr and Vice President Ivanka in 2040.

God help us all.

(Photo: MediPunch)

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What’s in Your Bag? | RuPaul’s DragCon 2016

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Social media connoisseur Jake Thompson interviews fans, shoppers and friends from the floor of RuPaul’s DragCon 2016 and he’s wondering “What’s in Your Bag?”

RuPaul’s DragCon has everything you could ever need to become a full fledged sickening queen; make-up, wigs, apparel and who doesn’t want a photo with mama Ru herself!
Check it out:

Shopping never felt so good!

Get your tickets to RuPaul’s DragCon happening April 29 & 30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center!

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#RIP: Legendary Insult Comic Don Rickles, 90

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Before there was Bianca Del Rio, there was Don Rickles, the “takedown king” whose nearly ubiquitous reign over stage and television lasted 60+ years and earned him the sarcastic nickname “Mr Warmth.”

For those of us “of a certain age” – we grew up watching Rickles on EVERY television show EVER: Twilight Zone, The Munsters, the Addams Family, Dick Van Dyke, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan’s Island, Gomer Pyle, Andy Griffith, F Troop, The Lucy Show, Laugh In, I spy, I Dream of Jeannie, Get Smart, Sanford & son, Archie Bunker’s Place, Gimme a Break! Tales from the Crypt, Hollywood Squares…

…and if NONE of those ring any bells for milllenials, well, he was ALSO the voice of Mr Potatohead in the Toy Story movies.

Ohhhhhhh, THAT guy!

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

Rickles honed his reputation in numerous appearances on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts that ran on NBC from the mid-1970s to the mid-80s. The specials provided a perfect venue for Rickles to unleash his caustic brand of humor on such visiting dignitaries as Sinatra, Reagan, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Kirk Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mr. T.

Johnny Carson provided Rickles a late-night stage by making him one of The Tonight Show’s most-frequent guests. On one memorable moment in 1968, Rickles cozied up to a half-naked Carson during a sketch with two Japanese female masseuses and said, “I’m so lonely, Johnny!” Carson threw him in a bathtub. More recently, he was a regular guest on Late Show With David Letterman, in which the CBS host treated Rickles like royalty.

Rickles intermittently played in movies, playing opposite beach bunny Annette Funicello in such movies as Pajama Party (1964) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), appeared as a Vegas slime-ball in Martin Scorsese’s Casino (1975) and voiced the cranky Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story films.

He was still regularly working and had a recent gig touring with Regis Philbin.

Donald Jay Rickles was born in the New York borough of Queens on May 8, 1926. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, then studied acting and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

At age 32, Rickles landed a small part in Robert Wise’s submarine drama Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), starring Clark Gable. Two years later, he was cast in The Rat Race with Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds.

Not surprisingly, Rickles found there weren’t many leading roles for a paunchy 5-foot-6 balding man. So, he worked up a nightclub act. After his Sinatra encounter, he perfected his bite and would land gigs in all the Vegas hotels: the Riviera, the Golden Nugget, the Desert Inn and the Sahara.

Flush with his casino successes, Rickles cut two best-selling comedy albums in the ’60s: Hello, Dummy! and Don Rickles Speaks.

Success as a star of his own TV series eluded him. He played Naval Petty Officer Otto Sharkey in NBC’s CPO Sharkey, which ran from 1976-78, and a used car salesman and father of Richard Lewis in Daddy Dearest, quickly canceled by Fox in 1993. He had two series titled The Don Rickles Show; each ran a handful of episodes. For one season in the ’80s, he hosted ABC’s Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders with singer Steve Lawrence.

In 1965, Rickles married Barbara Sklar, who survives him. The couple, who often vacationed with deadpan comic Bob Newhart and his wife, Virginia, had two children, Mindy and Larry. His son, who produced the HBO documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, died in December 2011 at age 41.

Other survivors include his son-in-law Ed and grandchildren Ethan and Harrison. Funeral services will be private. Donations cane be made to the Larry Rickles Endowment Fund at Children’s Hospital LA.

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#Condragulations: Dustin Lance Black Is Now a Supermodel!

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Iconic screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBTQ rights activist, Dustin Lance Black can add another job to his resume: SUPERMODEL OF THE WORLD. Watch out, Gigi!

He recently signed with Wilhelmina Models, the same agency that counts Nicki Minaj, Shawn Mendes, Demi Lovato, and Nick Jonas as clients.

“In a time when too many are using our differences to divide us, I want to help lift our differences up as what make us magnificent, what make us powerful,” said Black. “Fashion has the potential to help our individuality roar, and right now, we must use every tool in our arsenal to amplify that roar.”

Adds Wilhelmina CEO Bill Wackermann:

“Dustin Lance Black is a true visionary talent. He uses his artistry, voice and talent to give voice to individuals and ideas who need to be heard,”

The agency will work with Black to secure editorial opportunities and fashion campaigns.

Of course, we at WOW have always known he’s got what it takes to CONQUER THE FASHION WORLD. Here he is, above, in one of my favorite pictures from the 2012 World According to Wonder book. Maybe I just have a thing for milkmen. Anyway, I could stare at it all day.

Below, his covers of OUT and Attitude

Top pic photographed by Idris+Tony, Brooklyn, New York. March 25, 2010

And get YOUR copy of the World According to Wonder HERE!

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MUG: Makeup Girls Kim Chi & Naomi Smalls Get High-lighted

Happy Birthday to Forever-It Girl, Dianne Brill!

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Our hands-down ABSOLUTE FAVORITE nightlife icon, Dianne Brill, is having a birthday! Let’s all raise a toast to the Queen of the Night, the Queen of Our Hearts, and the Queen of Body-ody-ody! We love you, Fairy Godbabe! LA LA LA LA!

Check out the playlist from Dianne’s “Brill of It All” YouTube series (below), her appearance in the BEYOND ICONIC “Hello, Again” music video, and the gallery of retro ’80s images (including the top pic from New York magazine that was on my bulletin board for, oh…. I don’t know… 25 YEARS!). Click on any of them to enlarge.

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Queens Discuss Pulse Nightclub In Tonight’s Episode of ‘Drag Race’ On VH1

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Be prepared to cry after tonight’s all new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 on VH1 at 8/7C. In a new teaser, Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Trinity Taylor reflect and discuss their experiences with the Pulse Nightclub Shooting. Fontaine was suppose to perform that night while Trinity was a regular performer at the famous Orlando club before last June’s horrifying incident. Grab some tissues and watch this teaser ahead of tonight’s all new episode.

Check it out:

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Ginger Minj Hospitalized After Passing Out Backstage in Dallas

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RDR season 7 legend, Ginger Minj, gave everyone a bit of a fright Saturday night when she collapsed backstage at the end of the Haters Roast tour in Dallas.

“I suffered some internal bleeding while in Dallas last weekend and passed out after the show,” she explained, “so Acid Betty and Phi Phi O’Hara packed my bags, got me out of drag and into boy clothes. By the time I realized what was going on we were in an Uber headed for the emergency room!”

Thank goodness for Phi Phi and Betty!

“They sat and literally held my hand the entire time. After watching a team of doctors perform every test known to mankind, they both have plenty of compromising pictures and funny stories to blackmail me for a lifetime.”

According to NewNowNext:

Ginger is still waiting for more test results, but says she isn’t letting her health scare slow her down. She left the hospital and immediately got on a plane for the next show, in D.C. In between legs of the Haters Roast, she’s also squeezing in a few shows with Katya in the U.K. But she’s checking in with doctors in any free moment she has.

Get well soon, Glamour Toad! we love you!

“I’m doing everything I can to take care of myself,” Ginger explained. “But I refuse to sit at home and do nothing when there are people depending on me,. My fans are amazingly loyal to me and I can’t let them down.”

Ginger and Betty in Houston.

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#RIP: Writer/Editor/Downtown Legend/Style Icon Glenn O’Brien

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ArtNews just described Glenn O’Brien as “the dapper, instantly recognizable art world fixture” “who shaped the cultural identity of 1980s New York” – high praise, indeed, and a fitting tribute to the writer/editor/Warhol associate/and early cable icon. Over the past four decades, O’Brien edited and/or contributed to Rolling Stone, Oui, High Times, Allure, Esquire, and The New Yorker, among others. He wrote long-running, influential columns on music (“Glenn O’Brien’s BEAT”) for Interview, on advertising (“Like Art”) for Artforum, and men’s fashion (“The Style Guy”) for Details and GQ.

Alongside co-editor Bob Colacello, in fact, he helped found Interview magazine in the early 1970s, when Andy Warhol was still publishing the magazine out of the Factory.

But it was his public access television show TV party which cemented his status as a downtown legend.

In the 1980s, O’Brien effectively channeled the Factory for the Mudd Club crew with his public-access television show TV Party, a blend of live music, half-coherent interviews, zany skits, and idiosyncratic debauchery.

“Instead of everybody going to a club, they would show up at this TV studio,” said Chris Stein, the Blondie guitarist who cofounded the show, in 2015. TV Party was broadcast live on Tuesday mornings at 12:30 a.m. from 1978 to 1982 in a small studio anyone could rent for $60 an hour to air their own public-access programming.

“The show ran on Channel D and Channel J, and was quite popular with the kids,” O’Brien said in 2014. “We lucked into following the Robin Byrd Show for a while, and so inherited an audience of horny guys. We also got a big high school following thanks to smoking a bunch of pot and talking shit.”

One episode opens with O’Brien rolling a joint with virtuosic skill while blindfolded. Later on, the fashion photographer Steven Meisel gives a makeover to a girl he met in a nearby bar before the musician Fab Five Freddie starts taking phone calls from viewers. Guests over the years included the artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chris Burden, and Robert Mapplethorpe, and the musicians David Byrne, Mick Jones, and Iggy Pop. Debbie Harry once stopped by to bounce around on a pogo stick.

Glenn O’Brien had been battling a serous illness for many years, when he died this morning. He was 70 years old.

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Kirsten Dunst & Elle Fanning Became BFFs While Filming Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’

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Kirsten Dunst is making the rounds to promote her upcoming (fourth collaboration!) Sofia Coppola-directed film ‘The Beguiled’ with Colin Farrell. Besides sharing her disdain for filming sex scenes at SXSW, she revealed that she got super close with Dakota’s younger sis, Elle Fanning while shooting the film. Besides taking Bey-inspired photoshoots in between takes, or going out for jazz and dinners, Dunst revealed that the two had sleepovers. Isn’t that the cutest thing ever?!

Check out what she said about her new BFF/co-star:

#FriendGoals!

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“Mowgli Girl,” Raised by Monkeys, Found Living in Indian Jungle

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A feral young girl – naked and emaciated – was discovered in the Katarniaghat forest range in northern India, living with a troop of monkeys who had apparently been raising her as one of their own.

When authorities approached her, she began screeching and the nearby monkeys surrounded her to protect her.

“They said the girl was naked and was very comfortable in the company of monkeys. When they tried to rescue the girl, they were chased away by the monkeys,” police officer Dinesh Tripathi told the Associated Press.

She has since been taken to a hospital in Bahraich, a town in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, where she has been receiving medical treatment.

“Based on her behavioral patterns, it’s possible she could have lived with the monkeys since she was an infant,” Bahraich police officer Dinesh Tripathi told The New Indian Express. (They believe she is now between 10 and 12 years old.)

Her behaviors are erratic and include running around on her arms and legs and eating food off the floor with her mouth, D.K. Singh, chief medical superintendent of the government-run hospital, told the AP.

Via The Washington Post:

Now, doctors are tasked with teaching her how to transition to life as a human, a task that initially proved difficult because of her aversion to human interaction.

“She behaves like an ape and screams loudly if doctors try to reach out to her,” Singh told the New Indian Express. Another doctor treating her said the girl struggles to understand anything, and makes apelike noises and facial expressions.

But over the past two months, the girl’s health and behavior have improved significantly, doctors say. She has begun to walk normally by herself and eat food with her own hands. She is still unable to speak, and has begun to use gestures to communicate. Occasionally, she smiles, according to a hospital spokesman, Sky News reported.

Police are trying to determine who her parents are and how she got into the forest.

Via People magazine:

Anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota — who has investigated three cases of feral children in Uganda, the Ukraine and Fiji — says these kids are “often a source of shame and secrecy within a family or community,” according to the Washington Post.

“These aren’t Jungle Book stories, they’re often harrowing cases of neglect and abuse,” Ochota wrote on her website. “And it’s all too likely because of a tragic combination of addiction, domestic violence and poverty. These are kids who fell through the cracks, who were forgotten, or ignored, or hidden.”

In the meantime, she will be sent to a home for juveniles until she is identified.

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Fenton Returns! Kendall’s Tone Deaf Pepsi Ad! What’s Hot on Broadway NOW! And Barry Manilow is GAY?! The Top Ten Things That Make Us Go WOW! for Radio Andy on Sirius XM!

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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 friend of WOW, 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!

The WOW Report airs TODAY at 4PM EST on Radio Andy on SiriusXM, and the show airs again at 4PM PST (7PM EST). You can also catch it on the SiriusXM app!

10) Pepsi & Kendall Jenner’s Tone Deaf Commercial

Another Kardashian kontroversy! We discuss the now-pulled Pepsi commercial with Kendall Jenner and there are many, many questions. Who green lit this? Who is going to take the fall? Is Kendall partly to blame? Did Pepsi throw her under the bus? Get our take at 4PM!

9) Power Rangers

We FORCED James St. James (not really) to go see the Power Rangers reboot, and he LOVED it! Well everything except the whole gay thing. Meaning there isn’t NEARLY enough of it. Unless we’re counting the campier-than-Christmas Rita Repulsa. Power Rangers is in theaters now.

8) Hello, Dolly!

Just after wrapping Menendez: Blood Brothers in Vancouver, Fenton took a mini-vacay with his family to the Big Apple and hit the Great White Way. They managed to get tickets to a preview of Hello, Dolly! with Bette Midler – and the Divine Miss M did not disappoint. You know it’s the hottest ticket in town when one woman won’t give up her ticket, even after she was run over in front of the theater! Hello, Dolly! opens April 20.

7) RIP Gilbert Baker – Creator of the Rainbow Flag

We said goodbye to one of our brothers this week with the passing of “the gay Betsy Ross” Gilbert Baker who created the rainbow flag for gay pride in 1978 at the request of his friend Harvey Milk. Gilbert passed away at his home in New York City. He was 65.

6) Koko the Gorilla Who Talks

We LOVE Koko the Gorilla! This PBS documentary “features footage from four decades and examines both the relationship between American animal psychologist Penny Patterson and gorilla Koko, as well as the evolution of scientific methods.” Stream Koko the Gorilla Who Talks on Netflix.

5) Groundhog Day the Musical on Broadway

Groundhog Day the Musical – based on the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray & Andie MacDowell – is in previews on Broadway right now, and Fenton got tickets to see it as well! He gives his thoughts on the show, and luckily no one was ran over this time. Groundhog Day the Musical opens April 17.

4) The Boss Baby

This animated movie goes way deeper than you would think, and it’s not because of the Trump comparisons. The Boss Baby starring the voices of Alec Baldwin & Tobey Maguire was the number one movie in the country last week and is in theaters everywhere.

3) James St. James’ Technology Beat

New this week in the world of technology – SpaceX’s previously used space rocket which will save us MILLIONS in space travel. Also smart phones are on their way out and you’re NOT GOING TO BELIEVE what is coming next. Finally, Douglas Coupland – the godfather of Generation X – says that the 9-to-5 way of life is barbaric and we’ll soon be only working a couple of hours a day.

2) Sunset Boulevard on Broadway

Finally, Fenton saw the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close reprising her role of Norma Desmond twenty something years later, but is the musical as good as the movie?

1) Barry Manilow is GAY?!?

Photographer: Martin Schoeller

Barry Manilow just came out to People magazine at the spry young age of 73 because he thought his fans would turn on him, but should we as gays be upset at him for not coming out for so long?

Listen in at 4:00PM EST and again at 4:00 PST (7 PM EST) on SiriusXM!

And be sure to give your ears the gift of THE WOW REPORT on Radio Andy SiriusXM EVERY Friday.

Do something this weekend that makes YOU go WOW!!!

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#GASP: Richard Simmons Just Signed a Lucrative New Global Licensing Deal – Does This Mean… He’s Coming Back?!

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Could it possible be true?

Could beloved fitness guru Richard Simmons be coming out of his three-year self-imposed exile sometime soon?

It’s been over three looooong years since he stopped teaching his daily group exercise class and all but vanished from the world. Since then, there have been whispers that he’s been taken hostage by his housekeeper Teresa Reveles… and possibly the victim of her black magic.

But now comes news from Simmons’ manager Michael Catalano that the fitness guru had just signed a lucrative deal with Prominent Brand + Talent. This new deal gives Prominent the rights to represent Richard Simmons for licensing, merchandising and endorsement opportunities around the globe.

Does that mean he’s going to join the land of the living again?

‘All I can say, at least for now, is it is possible,’ Catalano said in an interview with The New York Times about Simmons leaving his home after holing up inside the residence for the past 38 months.

‘But it is yet to be determined, I would say.’

It would certainly help in the selling of his products.

‘Richard Simmons is a beloved American icon and a proven retail brand,’ Dan Levin, a managing member of Prominent, told License Global.

‘Everything he stands for has been the gold standard in health and wellness. He has paved the way for every subsequent fitness personality in this country, yet none of them have matched the impact of Richard’s indelible imprint on America’s psyche.’

He later stated that the company ‘plans to launch a global line of thoughtful motivation and inspiration-based products that will achieve the tenets Richard has always espoused – love yourself no matter what you weigh, make time to do good for others and laugh a little.’

OH, PLEASE COME BACK TO US!

WE MISS YOU, RICHARD!

(via The Daily Mail)

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