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Gabourey Sidibe on Shopping: “I Either Look Like a Thief or a Waste of Time”

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The Empire star opened up in latest Lenny newsletter about shopping at a Chanel store in Chicago and not exactly getting the star treatment. She asked the saleswoman if she could look at some eyeglasses — only to be told she should go to the store across the street since it sells eyeglasses and the Chanel store only has shades.

“She told me the name of the other store again and exactly how to get there and let me know that they had lots of different frames, including Chanel. I’d love to pretend she was being polite, and I’m sure she would love to pretend she was polite, but she was actually condescending,” wrote Sidibe.

The experience wasn’t unusual for her, she says. She went through something similar at a Dior counter.

“The saleswoman literally took a gloss out of my hand and put it back down in the display case.”

“No matter how dressed up I get, I’m never going to be able to dress up my skin color to look like what certain people perceive to be an actual customer,” she continued. “Depending on the store, I either look like a thief or a waste of time. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground between no attention and too much attention.”

Side says isn’t entirely sure why she was being mistreated by the saleswoman, but suspects it had something to do with the color of her skin or her weight.

“I suspect it’s because I’m black, but it could also be because I’m fat. Maybe my whole life, every time I thought someone was being racist, they were actually mistreating me because I’m fat. That sucks too. That’s not OK.”

Not OK at ALL. They should be throwing themselves at Queen Sidibe’s feet.

But I do know what it’s like though. I’ve been ignored on Rodeo Drive maaaany times. Armani and Dior Hommes are THE WORST offenders. Even when I’ve been determined to buy something, they make it as difficult as possible and ignore me for as long as possible. GRRR.

You can read Gabourey’s  complete essay here.

(via Hollywood Reporter; Photos: Pacific Coast News)

 

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May 10th: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: Fred Astaire

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May 10th, 1899Fred Astaire:

“I just put my feet in the air and move them around.”

The Husband and I have compared the many attributes of Fred Astaire versus Gene Kelly over the years. It doesn’t really matter. Astaire has been named the favorite dancer and a major influence for Kelly, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bob Fosse, Rudolf Nureyev, and Michael Jackson.

One of the greatest artists of the 20th century, a Style Icon, and arguably the finest dancer ever to appear in films, I always have felt he was underappreciated as a singer, with his perfection diction and phrasing, vocalizing with the same casual elegance as his dancing. Astaire introduced the world to some of the greatest tunes of the 20th Century including: Cole Porter’s Night And Day, Irving Berlin’s Cheek To Cheek, Jerome Kern’s The Way You Look Tonight, George and Ira Gershwin’s Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off, and Johnny Mercer’s One For My Baby. He frequently claimed that he could not sing.

He was born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha. He started in showbiz at four-years-old, by default. He was along with his parents and his sister in NYC  when the sister, Adele Astaire, was starting dancing class, and she had an initially reluctant partner in her little brother Frederick. The team gave their first professional performance in 1905 when Fred was six-years-old and Adele was nine-years-old.

With sister, Adele

The Astaire siblings grew up dancing together in vaudeville and they were big stars while still in their teens, with smash stage musical hits in NYC and in London. Adele Astaire left the act, giving up the theatre world for good in order to marry rich in 1932. Fred Astaire became a solo act. He soon scored a stunning success in The Gay Divorce (1933) on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hollywood studios seemed interested and Astaire agreed to do a screen-test in hopes of having a film career. One studio executive’s now famous report:

“Can’t act.  Slightly bald.  Also dances.”

Astaire’s first film was at MGM,  Dancing Lady (1933) with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Astaire played himself, introduced by Gable as: “That dancer from New York”. He went on to make 40 films, 31 of them musicals, although he received an Academy Award nomination for his dramatic turn in the campy disaster flick, The Towering Inferno (1975). He was given an honorary Oscar, presented to him by his frequent song and dance partner Ginger Rogers, in 1950. Astaire’s final musical film was Finian’s Rainbow (1968), which I like quite a lot, and his last screen performance was in That’s Entertainment, Part 2 (1976), serving as the narrator and even dancing a little bit. My own favorite Astaire performance would have to be in Shall We Dance (1937), his seventh collaboration with Rogers, and with a sparkling Gershwin score.

With Rogers

Astaire and Rogers had one of film’s greatest partnerships. They made ten movies together, always playing a couple who fall out over a misunderstanding, then end up together when it’s cleared up. Unexplainable magic happened when they danced together. Astaire tapped and twirled with other great dancers like Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, and Judy Garland, but none had quite that special stardust as Rogers.

With Hayworth

In 1952, Astaire recorded The Astaire Story a four-volume album, and then announced his retirement. It did not last long. He made a series of television specials in 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1968. Each one won him an Emmy Award. Astaire revolutionized dancing on television, just as he had for film.

Even his walk was like dancing. Academy Award winning choreographer Hermes Pan described Astaire’s everyday walk as:

“A loose rhythmic saunter that looks as if it’s, in a way, dancing. I remember Gershwin wrote music especially for that walk.”

Gershwin had been one of Astaire’s Broadway rehearsal pianists. He was a big fan and admired Astaire’s self-taught jazz piano style. Astaire was also an accomplished songwriter.  He wrote the music for I’m Building Up To An Awful Letdown, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, which reached number four in the Hit Parade of 1936. He recorded his own tune It’s Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby with Benny Goodman in 1940.

Astaire remains an incomparable male Style Icon. I can’t imagine any other man today who could get away with wearing a necktie as a belt (well, maybe Justin Timberlake). No matter the plunge, pirouette or position Astaire was photographed, his clothing always fit him perfectly. Astaire always opted for bespoke suits. He made sure that they had the range of motion needed and were never restricting while still holding their form and style. Astaire’s contribution to Men’s Fashion is sans pareil.

For the Astaire look, a suit was always well tailored and well-fitted. Brightly colored or pattern suits were to be avoided; simplicity and timelessness was the thing. He stayed with brown, beige and grey suits. Tweed and herringbone were fine. The jacket needed to compliment the natural contours of the body, close-fitting, and the trousers should have a high-rise waist with looser, creased legs and cuffed at the ankles. Astaire never ever wore a suit without a pocket square, boutonniere, or both. Shirts were usually plain in a variety of colors. Striped shirts were less favored, but not completely out of the question. Neckties were not always necessary. Ascots and cravats are also encouraged. Remember, accent colors make or break an outfit, so choose wisely! And finally, under no circumstance should you forget that every little detail matters… even your socks.

Nothing I have read about him, the few people that I know that worked with him never indicated to me, and I never got any gay vibe from Astaire, but Gore Vidal had told someone I know that Astaire may have married twice and had children, but Vidal had seduced the famous actor/dancer/singer when he was working in Hollywood. People have accused me of “making everyone gay”, so… I don’t know.

I once spotted Astaire in a vintage Jaguar convertible while driving on Benedict Canyon Drive. In the early 1970s, I loved nothing more than to drive around Bel Air, Beverly Hills, or the canyons, in my 1959 black T-Bird, looking at the fabulous homes and hoping to spot a movie star. Well, you couldn’t get bigger than Fred Astaire! I followed him on to San Ysidro Drive in Beverly Hills and watched him park his car in an un-gated driveway of a very nice, but not ostentatious modern house. To the horror of my passengers, I chose to turn around in Astaire’s driveway in order to get a better look.

With Jennifer Jones in Towering Inferno (1974)

Astaire was fit, trim and active well into his 80s, checking out in 1987, at just 88-years-old. He concludes his memoir Steps In Time (1959) with the modest:

“I just dance.”

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#LGBTQ: J. Views’ Video, “Don’t Pull Away”. Watch

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J. Views at the Tribecca Film Festival in April

He goes by J. Views, but his real name is Jonathan Dagan, and he is a two-time Grammy Award nominated artist from Israel who is now based in Brooklyn. J. Views is a polymath: singer, songwriter, producer, re-mixer, and art director; always pushing the boundaries of the creative world. He has worked with Moby, Kings Of Leon and Dido.

This spring he released his latest single Don’t Pull Away. The imaginative, evocative video features transgender model/actor Indya Moore and gay model Elliott Sailors. The song was originally released in 2015, but the breathtaking video really brings the tune new resonance.

“Every part of you is pulling me, so don’t pull away. Don’t pull away.”

The director, Tamar Glezerman, told NPR in an interview:

“The story of the video is that of a loss, love and even lust, between a singer and her object of affection…”

Glezerman stated that this love story was especially important to have in today’s political climate.

“I feel even more motivated to proudly celebrate women, women of color and LGBTQ people, through visibility, artistic collaborations and continuing to try and reflect the world as it is full of all kinds of different people with all kinds of stories. Stories that just got a lot more urgent to listen to.”

The provocative Don’t Pull Away has the seductive voice of Mike Milosh, of the Los Angeles R&B group Rhye, and Gotye, whose lovely Somebody That You Used To Know is now more than a half decade old, plus J.Views.

The video smartly shows the loss, love and lust between a singer and the object of affection who is soon revealed to be a woman who is filming her.

Glezerman:

“We had set out to make a bittersweet video about the commonest of denominators, heartbreak, with this particular one happening to be gay and interracial. No special reason required. Or at least, no more than would’ve been required had they been a straight white couple. However, that is not what America feels like right now, and I feel even more motivated to proudly celebrate women, women of color and LGBTQ people, through visibility, artistic collaborations and continuing to try and reflect the world as it is — full of all kinds of different people with all kinds of stories. Stories that just got a lot more urgent to listen to.”

Don’t Pull Away is on the deluxe edition of the album 401 Days, titled 402 Days, which includes a 40-page hardbound book. It will be released on June 16. The original version was on J. Views DNA, an “interactive album” which follows the entire 18-month process of creating his album from start to finish. Here is the website, it’s worth poking around on.

Can you dig it?

 

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Must-See: Netflix’s “Sense8” Is a Queer Celebration! (& More)

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Lilly and Lana

Their screen-credits read: “The Wachowskis”, but they are Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence) and Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andrew). The American film directors/screenwriters/producers are siblings, and both are trans women. As The Wachowski Brothers, the pair made their directing debut with the sexy lesbian bondage flick Bound (1996), and became famous around the globe with their second film The Matrix (1999) and its two sequels: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both in 2003).

I was totally absorbed in the first season of the Netflix series Sense8 and its special, much appreciated special Christmas episode. It is a beautifully realized, hypnotic dream of show. Sense8 takes on themes of politics, identity, sexuality, gender and religion, unusual in the Sci-Fi genre. It is lushly shot at spots around the world including Seoul, Mumbai, Chicago, Berlin, Amsterdam, Nairobi, Iceland, Mexico City and San Francisco.

Sense8 cast

It may be Science Fiction, but Sci-fi premise aside, the real center of Sense8 is its LGBTQ-themes. This makes it one of the queerest shows that I have ever seen, perfect for binge watching. Among the LGBTQ characters are Nomi Marks (played by trans actor Jamie Clayton), a trans woman hacker and blogger living in San Francisco with her girlfriend Amanita (Freema Agyeman). Nomi was born Michael but changed her name to Nomi, which stands for “Know Me”. There is also Lito Rodriguez (Miguel Ángel Silvestre), a very popular closeted actor who works on a hit telenovela filmed in Mexico City. He has a hot professor boyfriend, Hernando (Alfonso Herrera), but he is afraid of being open about his gayness because it might destroy his career.

What it is about is sort of beside the point, but in a nutshell, Sense8 tells the story of eight strangers, each from a different culture and different part of the world. In the aftermath of a tragic death they all have experienced in dreams and visions, they suddenly find themselves growing mentally and emotionally connected. If that doesn’t make sense, it comes together early in season one. Sense8 might be a story about eight strangers who are psychically linked across five continents, but, you know, nothing makes you connect like an orgy, which is what you get in season one, episode six. It is an extremely powerful scene, with the characters connecting with passionate kisses and touching that crosses the boundaries of both gender and sexuality. A gay man, a transgender lesbian, and four straight people, all making-out and thrusting in a beautiful pool to the sound of Fat Boy Slim’s Demons.

If the idea of a “special Christmas episode” sounds icky, well, that episode gets all sentimental with another steamy orgy, this one outdoors. Sense8 is not just the queerest series on television, it’s the horniest.

Tiny spoiler: in season two, Lito comes out of the closet in a big way. After a sex-tape is leaked, he goes public at Gay Pride in Sao Paolo where he is serving as grand marshal, giving a speech where he shares:

“All of my life, I’ve had to pretend to be something I wasn’t … I couldn’t be what I am. I am a gay man. I’ve never said those words in public before. I am a gay man! I am a gay man!” he proclaims.

“Why did I have to be so afraid to say that? Because I know that people are afraid of people that are different than them. And admitting that I’m different, and refusing to be something that I am not, may cost me a career of pretending to be things that I am not, which is kind of crazy when you think about it. But I did. I did. For years, I was living inside the fake world of movies, never to imagine that one day, I might be brave enough to do something like this,” Rodriguez continues, before introducing his partner to the crowd and embracing him with a kiss.

“This is Hernando. He is the love of my life. I am a better and braver person because of him. And whatever it cost for me to be able to do this, I know in my heart that it is worth it.”

Silvestre and Herrera, season one

I am a fan of the look and feel of Sense8 and its themes of global and sexual inclusion. It is an excellent choice for our troubled times, taking on issues of paranoia, corporate power, unbridled capitalism and fascism and the division between human beings. But, it is deeply hopeful at the same time.

By the way, the pair of orgy scenes, available on YouTube, are too steamy even for the sophisticated readers of The Wow Report. You will need to do your own homework.  All eleven episodes of Sense8, Season Two, are streaming on Netflix now.

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#Flashback92: “The Golden Girls” Ended 25 Years Ago. Why Do Gay Men Still Love It SO MUCH?

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We said goodbye to all of The Golden Girls 25 years ago yesterday. The two-part series finale “One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest”, aired on May 9, 1992. Bea Arthur’s Dorothy said her goodbyes to the gals she shared a Miami home with… and then she headed off to Atlanta with her new husband.

According to Drew Mackie of Unicorn Booty, he thinks The Golden Girls is a blueprint for how gay men want to spend their final years,

Dorothy leaving Sophia (Estelle Getty), Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Rose (Betty White) behind meant the breakup of a family unit. (I refuse to acknowledge the existence of The Golden Palace — even the episode where Bea Arthur came back.) They weren’t related — except for Dorothy and Sophia, whose relationship frequently defied the typical mom-daughter dynamics — but they lived together, they ate cheesecake together, they shared each other’s struggles, and they bickered and squabbled only to make amends by the end of any given episode. By and large, they succeeded because they lived together.

And he’s not the only one,

I spoke to Los Angeles nightlife promoter and actor Mario Diaz about the virtues of being a gay man who opts to live with friends. For years, Diaz lived in a setup that he shared with friends, Golden Girls-style.

“Not all of us find our peace with traditional lifestyles. Partnering up and settling down isn’t the path that works for all of us. We have options,” Diaz says. “And let’s face it: No one has more fun than a bunch of homos. We’re clever, funny and have great style, if I say so myself.”

Diaz has since sold the compound that he nicknamed “The Diaz Home for Wayward Boys,” and he says he’s noticing the difference. “Now that I’m living alone again, I’m dealing with some feelings of isolation and loneliness that I haven’t had for some time. I’m realizing how much it means to have loved ones around. I miss it.

There’s one thing we all need, and that’s connection and companionship,” Diaz says.

Mackie has tried the set-up too,

It so happens that I entered my Golden Girls phase early. I bought a house in 2014, and I was using the second bedroom as an office when I decided to invite a friend to live in it. (That makes me the Blanche, though homeownership is the only way I’ll ever get to be the Blanche.) I’d previously vowed never again to have a roommate if I wasn’t in a relationship with him, and I think both of us thought of the living situation as temporary. But we’re a good fit. He’s a Dorothy. (Hi, Glen, if you’re reading this. I’m sure you agree that you’re a Dorothy.) And years into this setup, it feels right.

There may come a time when my roommate decides to move into his own place, and there may come a time when the person I’m dating might move in with me. Looking decades down the road, however, there may also be a point at which I invite platonic friends to share my living space with me once again. A lot of my unmarried peers seem to think of not having roommates or not needing roommates as an indictor of having — at long last — “grown up,” but I’m not sure I agree. Just practically speaking, it’s easier to manage life with someone to fall back on — to wait for a plumber or feed the dog if you’re obligated elsewhere. It’s nice to have someone to watch your stories with. And barring any future technological advancements, dogs can’t drive you to a doctor’s appointment.

While waiting for RuPaul‘s keynote this last Sunday, I overheard a group of young gay men discussing their love for The Golden Girls and which one they were in the same way Sex and the City queens decide who is the Samantha. TV and movie are our shared experience in the world so it’s no wonder we want to emulate those we grow to love on screen.

Mackie says,

It’s a stereotype of the gay journey to leave behind your biological family in Cornpie, Indiana, and then to amass a de facto gay family in the big city. But I feel like one of the reasons gay men gravitate toward The Golden Girls, even today, is that those four ladies made the de facto family a lot more literal.

True. Here’s the series finalé and FYI, the whole series is streaming on Hulu right now.

Watch.

(via Unicorn Booty)

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If Trump Fired Comey Over Being Unfair To Clinton, Why Did He Campaign On It?

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Unless you were in a coma or somewhere without wifi, you heard yesterday that Trump fired FBI Director James Comey yesterday supposedly for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email debacle. The White House said what Comey did was,

a textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.

But Trump at times praised Comey’s work on the investigation, including after his announcement that he was re-opening the investigation, just 11 days before the election. Trump said the day after the now-ousted FBI director’s announcement.

I respect the fact that Director Comey was able to come back after what he did…

It took guts for Director Comey to make the move that he made in light of the kind of opposition he had where they’re trying to protect her from criminal prosecution. You know that. It took a lot of guts.

I was not his fan but I’ll tell you what: What he did, he brought back his reputation. He brought it back.”

And in January, according to Talking Points Memo in shaking hands with Comey at the White House, Trump said,

“He’s become more famous than me.”

Well, yesterday he was. He learned of his firing while addressing FBI agents in L.A. and it came across the TV behind him. The agents thought it was a joke.

No joke. The firing seems to make no sense, given that Comey could have been fired the day Trump took office. The timing is very suspect, even to those who in the past have supported Trump.

According to Politico,

By ousting the FBI director investigating his campaign and associates, Trump may have added more fuel to the fire he is furiously trying to contain — and he was quickly criticized by a chorus of Republicans and Democrats. “The timing of this firing was very troubling,” said Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican.

Trump had grown angry with the Russia investigation — particularly Comey admitting in front of the Senate that the FBI was investigating his campaign — and that the FBI director wouldn’t support his claims that President Barack Obama had tapped his phones in Trump Tower.

But the fallout seemed to take the White House by surprise. Trump made a round of calls around 5 p.m., asking for support from senators. White House officials believed it would be a “win-win” because Republicans and Democrats alike have problems with the FBI director, one person briefed on their deliberations said.

By Tuesday evening, the president was watching the coverage of his decision and frustrated no one was on TV defending him, a White House official said. He wanted surrogates out there beating the drum.

Those drums ARE beating but that sound is calling for Trump’s impeachment.

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#LGBTQ: Richard Simmons Lawsuit Says It Was “Cruel & Malicious” To Call Him Transgender

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Richard Simmons, who has been reclusive in the last few years, is now suing the National Enquirer and Radar Online for defamation because they said he is transitioning.

Simmons’s lawyer is points out that, even though he’s suing someone for calling him transgender, he has no problem with trans people,

The cruel and malicious publication of these stories is particularly offensive because Mr. Simmons fully supports individual autonomy and the essential human dignity of every person to make his or her own personal choices regarding sexual identity. Mr. Simmons has been an avid support of the LGBTQ community for his entire life.

But in order to sue someone, you need to be able to show damages and defamation is no different. The legal definition of defamation requires that the victim’s reputation be hurt.

Simmons’s suit says that he lost business and personal contacts because of these stories.

According to LGBTQ Nation,

The problem is transphobia, not being seen as transgender. If someone loses a business deal because they are transgender and the other person is transphobic, then blame transphobia. If this is a reason to sue anyone, then it’s a reason to sue the people who refused to do business with Simmons, not the Enquirer and Radar.

Because where do transgender people go when they lose business because of transphobia? Not every state bans employment discrimination based on gender identity, and even in a state that does it’s just not possible to sue people for not buying your exercise video because they hate trans people.

For someone who isn’t even really out publicly, this is a weak case, if you ask me. Your fans don’t care either way, they’ve always accepted you and loved you.

(via LGBTQ Nation)

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Have You Met The Pups Of ‘Million Dollar Listing’ Yet? We Present To You, The Million Dollar Dogs!

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Even superheroes need sidekicks!

What better sidekick is there than that of an adorable puppy! From Los Angeles to New York, we know you love the casts of Million Dollar Listing, but let’s be real, you love their dogs even more.

Sure, when it comes to Million Dollar Listing, we know that you watch for the real estate porn, the team’s zany antics, and of course, the hot guys- but, there’s one more reason you always tune in…

The MILLION DOLLAR PUPS!

With the premiere of Million Dollar Listing New York happening on Thursday, May 25 at 9/8c on Bravo, we thought we’d take a deep dive into the cutest pups of the MDL franchise because who DOESN’T love cute dogs? No one, let’s be real here.

So, check out all of the fantastic, adorable, fur-babies from your favorite real estate moguls below!

 

Fredrik Eklund

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I can’t choose who’s the cutest: Fredrik, his nephew, Fritzy, or Mini?!

Steve Gold

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You literally cannot put a price tag on that face! Who doesn’t want the #LifeOfPablo?!

 

Madison Hildebrand

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Hildebrand’s Mr. Prince and Maya dobermans are the mannequins of the dog world.

 

David Parnes

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Maxi, Bella, and Apoosh! Can I please be the next member of the Parnes family?!

 

Josh Altman

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Diego, Brady, and Lucky got even luckier with the newest Altman addition, baby Alexis!

 

Josh Flagg

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These babies certainly do look like TROUBLE and Jax! #Family

OH, and how could I forget?

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Penny! The Queen of them all…obviously!

Million Dollar Listing New York premieres on Thursday, May 25th at 9/8c on Bravo! Will you be tuning in?

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What’s the “Optimum Number” of People You Should Sleep With Before You Die? (You Won’t Guess It)

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What’s the “optimum” number of people to bed down before you leave this earthly plane? A dating site — which happens to cater to married people looking to cheat — has revealed some research on sexual partners after its users participated in a study.

Are you ready?

12

According to their poll, somebody who’s gotten down with 10 to 14 sexual partners is “the perfect amount.”

Btw, that’s not per month. In a LIFETIME, whores. The website says that describes somebody who is,

“sexually adventurous, liberal, and transient.”

And I guess straight. The research added that 70 per cent of men say having less than 10 partners indicates,

“sexual inexperience and a lack of adventure in the bedroom.”

Over 19 sexual partners and you’re,

“too eager to jump from partner to partner, or simply too selfish and difficult to please.”

Otherwise known as a slut. JK.

So, you do the math? Does this study add up…? Tell us on our Facebook page.

(via Queerty)

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Exclusive New Stills from “Menendez: Blood Brothers” Starring Courtney Love! Nico Tortorella! Mike Olivier! and Benito Martinez!

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Fabulous new images from Lifetime today for the upcoming movie Menendez: Blood Brothers, featuring the boys, Lyle (Nico Tortorella) and Erik (Myko Oliver) as well as a gorgeous Courtney Love playing their mother Kitty Menendez and Benito Martinez as the father.

Check them out above and below.

Lifetime also includes an exclusive preview clip for the movie which tells the true events that led both brothers to end up behind bars for killing their parents.

The preview concludes with both brothers examining the shotguns that would eventually be used to murder their parents, with one brother saying,

“He will never touch you again, I promise.”

SHIVERS, I TELL YOU. Cannot WAIT.

World Premiere June 11 at 8/7c on Lifetime.

Watch below.



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Flashback 2004: Watch Future Congressman Antonio Sabato Jr Get Into a Fistfight at the Heatherette Fashion Show

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I remember it like it was yesterday.

Backstage at the Heatherette show with designers Richie Rich and Traver Rains and a glittering crowd that included Amanda Lepore, Nicolette Sheridan, French Stewart, Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis, Leelee Sobieski….

… and Antonio Sabato Jr, who at that time was still just a soap hunk/underwear model and not the raving right wing Trump apologist he is now….

Suddenly fists were flying, drag queens were screaming, and there – on the concrete floor, rolling around with an unidentified man – was Sabato. In a bizarre backstage fistfight.

Via a 2004 People magazine story:

“It was a real fight,” said an eyewitness to the April 1 incident, which was documented on video and has now become a hit on the Web. “They knocked over rolling racks of clothes and had security rush in and pull them apart. It was so dumb.”

A cameraman for Heatherette recorded the action on video as did Chris McKim, a reporter for World of Wonder Productions, which put the action onto the Internet.

“During the scuffle, they knocked into me,” McKim said. “Clothes were flying and the models were getting out of the way.”

WOW’s fight coverage reported that the curly-haired Sabato, 32, the former Calvin Klein underwear model looked like he needed some help. The actor, WOW said, “was getting the s— kicked out of him.”

Watch the long-lost footage that proves that possible future Congressman Sabato has been a hot-head for decades.

 

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Dueling Evitas: Patti Lupone Rips Madonna as a “Movie Killer” and a “Dead-Behind-the-Eyes Actress”

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Hey, Ryan Murphy! Are you paying attention? We’ve got your season three of Feud right here!

Big-time Broadway star Patti Lupone was on Andy Cohen‘s Watch What Happens Live! last night and was asked what she thought of Madonna‘s 1996 movie Evita. (Lupone, of course, originated the role on Broadway, winning a Tony and my 14-year heart FOREVER).

And, well, let’s just say Patti is NOT a fan…

Said LuPone: “I was on the treadmill when MTV used to have videos, and I saw, I believe it was “Buenos Aires”, and I thought it was a piece of sh-t.”

She went on: “Madonna is a movie killer. She’s dead behind the eyes. She cannot act her way out of a paper bag. She should not be on film or on stage. She is a wonderful performer for what she does but she is not an actress. Bang.”

OH NO SHE DIDN’T!

Watch the diva GO OFF, below.

Via Billboard:

The two-time Grammy and Tony Award winner went after Madonna when a caller asked if the two had ever spoken about their shared performances as the late First Lady of Argentina. She explained that she was performing in Anything Goes while Madonna was making her Broadway debut in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow in 1988 when a press agent put a sign up that said “there was only one diva allowed” in the theater at a time.

LuPone got a snicker out of that, but quickly followed up by saying that the only words Madonna has ever spoken to her were: “I’m taller than you.” A spokesperson for Madonna could not be reached for comment.

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Anderson Cooper’s Shady Eye Roll at Kellyanne Conway is EVERYTHING. Watch

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Kellyanne Conway came out of hiding last night to talk with Anderson Cooper on CNN and defend Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Cooper grilled Conway who told Cooper he was

looking at the wrong set of facts.

Recalling her “alternative facts” statement about the inauguration crowd size. The result is another GIF-worthy reaction from Cooper.

After Cooper showed video of candidate Trump talking up Comey, which Conway reacted to by bragging about winning the election. Cooper told Conway,

As a candidate, Donald Trump praised James Comey. Donald Trump talked about this on the campaign all the time. All of sudden the White House is concerned about James Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s email?

Cooper pressed on, questioning why all of a sudden Trump and his administration is showing concern over the handling of the Clinton emails investigation, when candidate Trump had a much different view.

You’re going back to the campaign. This man is the president of the United States. He acted decisively today.

Cooper shot back.

That makes no sense. He said one thing as a candidate and now he’s concerned as president?

Conway pointed to Trump saying in his letter that he was told by the FBI director that he was personally not under investigation,

Yeah, when did he say that?

She responded.

That’s between the president of the United States and director Comey.

Copper then asked,

You don’t think it looks odd at all that the president of the United States is firing the guy who’s leading the investigation into the president’s White House and the people around the president?

Conway:

Well, let me repeat that the president has been told by the FBI director that he’s not under investigation. That’s right in the president’s letter.

Cooper shot back,

But, I mean, clearly this White House is under investigation. The people around the president are under investigation. You would agree with that, right?

Conway replied.

No, I don’t,” “I know that some are obsessed with the word Russia, Russia.

It’s amazing to witness. How much do we love Anderson Cooper?

Watch.

(via LGBTQ News)

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The Rock Is Thinking of Running for President Because Politically Inexperienced Celebrities Always Work Out So Well

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Let the words “President Rock” roll around on your tongue a few times. Because it could happen.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently sat down for an interview with GQ in which he hinted he’s strongly considering a run for President.

“A year ago,” he says, “it started coming up more and more. There was a real sense of earnestness, which made me go home and think, ‘Let me really rethink my answer and make sure I am giving an answer that is truthful and also respectful.’ I didn’t want to be flippant—‘We’ll have three days off for a weekend! No taxes!’”

So, after all that consideration, Johnson doesn’t hesitate when I ask him whether he honestly might one day give up his life as the highest-paid movie star on earth—which is unquestionably easier, more fun, and more lucrative than being president of the United States—in order to run for office. “I think that it’s a real possibility,” he says solemnly.

Johnson then shares the qualities he thinks are important in a Commander-in-chief. “Personally, I feel that if I were president, poise would be important. Leadership would be important. Taking responsibility for everybody. [If I didn’t agree with someone] on something, I wouldn’t shut them out. I would actually include them,” he explains. “The first thing we’d do is we’d come and sit down and we’d talk about it.”

Of course, the idea that just anyone with a large enough fan base can hold the highest office in the land, is ridiculous at best and downright dangerous at worst (as we are currently seeing).

As one Jezebel commenter pointed out

That this complicated, stressful, important job is appropriate for anyone who doesn’t have years of political experience AND intricate knowledge of the law and how our government works is ludicrous. This is what the dumbing down of America has wrought. Cocky, rich, well-known men thinking they are qualified to be president.

 

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Amy Schumer IN COURT!

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Being in court is no laughing matter

…Unless you’re Amy Schumer!

Can you believe this – Amy and RuPaul more in common: their love for Judge Judy!

So much, that Amy and her sister, Kim Caramele, were audience members of Judy‘s Show yesterday!

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Can you imagine standing in that exhausting, long, audience line only to be in front of Amy Schumer?! Do you let her cut you?! Back cuts?!

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A source close to WoW states:

“Amy Schumer is in the audience of Judge Judy! She’s hilarious and took photos with everyone!”

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Amy took photos with fans, got to sit on Judy’s throne, and even had a photoshoot and mock-trial with Bailiff, Petri Hawkins-Byrd.

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Lately, Amy has been on a promotional tour for her new film, Snatched, which premieres Friday, May 12th. Schumer leads the film opposite the iconic, Goldie Hawn, Bubble-Butt, Christopher Meloni, and the hysterical, Wanda Sykes.

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Dr Clancy Cavnar Explains the God-Like Experience of Tripping on Ayahuasca

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In an instructional video entitled “How Ayahuasca Can Dissolve or Strengthen the Ego,” Wowlebrity Dr Clancy Cavnar lays out some of the profound and seemingly metaphysical changes that occur during an ayahuasca trip.

Ayahuasca, of course, is…

…an Amazonian plant mixture that is capable of inducing altered states of consciousness, usually lasting between 4 to 8 hours after ingestion. Ranging from mildly stimulating to extremely visionary, ayahuasca is used primarily as a medicine and as a shamanic means of communication, typically in a ceremonial session under the guidance of an experienced drinker..  (via The Ayahuasca Information Page)

Dr. Cavnar is a leading researcher of ayahuasca and has published several ground-breaking books on the therapeutic and shamanic use of ayahuasca. She has been drinking ayahuasca for 19 years and brings a fountain of personal wisdom to her teachings.

In the video below, she says:

A change in perception of identity is one of the primary causal factors for positive change following ayahuasca use for many people.

“Losing track of who I am” is one result. The sense of “I” seems to diminish. Some report looking at objects and thinking they ARE those objects. Others believe they have become other people. Or previous incarnations of themselves.

People may feel transformed into kings, queens, shamans, or other archetypal figures. Transformation into animals or birds is also a characteristic that results from drinking ayahuasca. For South American shamans, transformation into a jaguar is a particularly desired metamorphosis.

Fascinating. Do I… want to try? Am I intrigued? Are you? Do you want to give it a whirl with me?

Listen to her talk about it below and decide for yourself.

See more of Dr. Clancy Cavnar’s teachings in her free course, The Ayahuasca Experience: Wisdom You Need To Know

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FASHION PHOTO RUVIEW: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 Episode 7 “Big Hair Everywhere”

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Jujubee joins Raven this week to critique the looks from episode 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9. The runway challenge is “Big Hair Everywhere.”

Featuring some of your favorite queens from the current season of RuPaul’s Drag Race; Aja, Alexis Michelle, Farrah Moan, Nina Bo’nina Brown, Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Shea Couleé, Trinity Taylor and Valentina.

Watch HERE:

*~reunited and it feels so goooooOOOOoooood~*

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Gag on PAPER Magazine’s Must-See DragCon ’17 Pics by Albert Sanchez

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We’re featuring ten absolutely breathtaking photos from PAPER magazine’s coverage of RuPaul’s DragCon 2017. They were taken by the incomparable Albert Sanchez, a longtime friend of WOW, and really, it doesn’t get more sumptuous, more dazzling, more jaw-dropping than this. Gag on the eleganza here, then head over to PAPER to see the other 43 images (including all the Season 9 girls!).

This fall, the east coast will get it’s own Dragcon, in New York September 30-October 1. Tickets go on sale on this Friday, May 12.

Above and below: Detox, Violet Chachki, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Gia Gunn, Alaska, MILK, Acid Betty, Alyssa Edwards, Katya, and BOB the Drag Queen.

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