On tonight’s episode of Sell It Like Serhant things get formal as Ryan Serhant travels to New Jersey to help struggling evening dress saleswoman, Jill. Ryan helps take Jill’s sales skills from cocktail drab to evening elegance! You won’t to miss the episode, especially with Ryan modeling such great fashions and showing off his great dance skills!
The top six queens are still in the running for RuPaul’s Drag Race and some queens (*cough Aquaria cough*) feel some type of way about that. Check out this extended clip for this week’s episode as the queens go butch in the mini challenge.
Have you been dying to see Jamal Sims’ directorial debut, When The Beat Drops? Well the opportunity has come, because it is premiering on the West Coast at the Frameline Festival. You can get your tickets to attend the premiere on Monday, June 18th at 6:30 PM. Check out the trailer and don’t wait to get your tickets!
In a blistering Instagram post, Wilhelmina model and season three standout Carmen Carrera goes OFF on the “cowardly” Caitlyn Jenner, detailing the reasons why “she is the most selfish person I’ve ever met.”
It’s a helluva read, and one that I hope the treasonous former Trump supporter takes to heart.
Writes Carmen:
Listen, I have a very out-going personality, especially when I care about someone. I met Caitlyn Jenner at her house in Malibu when she first transitioned. I gifted her an amazing gift basket with sentimental things to get her through her transition, never asked for a photo or even for a spot on her now cancelled reality show because I wanted to show that I genuinely cared and wanted a friendship with her to help her grow. Sisterhood. I made myself very available (even offering my advice on how to feminize her living space when I was asked by her production managers because she didn’t know). I also asked if she wanted to help me spread equality throughout Latin America because I knew it was a big job I couldn’t do alone. What I found was this lady’s ego is way too big for no reason and she’s the most selfish person I’ve ever met. She even told me to my face that she “wanted to be #1“, whatever that means. Doing humanitarian work means you have to actually be a human. Honestly, what does she actively do everyday for trans folks? And why does she take credit for what real activists are doing? Who even is she?.. A retired athletic hero turned background reality star, who is now stealing credit from the already disenfranchised trans community all for her own public benefit? God please protect me because I know I got that east coast mouth when I gotta speak the truth. I cant stay quiet anymore and I refuse to kiss someone’s butt or fear someone else especially when I can see right through the bs. @caitlynjenner if you want to be a real hero, run a few triathlons and donate the money to these LGBTQ organizations who really need it. Be active with us, HUMBLE YOURSELF and let your “celebrity” take a backseat. Be who you really are instead of who you think you need to be to gain more popularity. I will not let you take advantage of my people. Also, since you’re too much of a coward to communicate, please do not send your sidekick to handle your dirty work. She’s just as fake as you are.
Whoooooeeee.
That is some SCALDING T.
(Photo of Caitlyn via Pacific Cast News, photo of Carmen via Alex Evans photography)
He just gets more wonderful every day, doesn’t he?
Donald Glover, who of course stars as the dashing, young Lando Calrissian (the role made famous by Billie Dee Williams) in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff/prequel/standalone/whatever SOLO (premiering this weekend!), and had THIS to say about his character’s wide-ranging sexual proclivities.
via SiriusXM’s Entertainment WeeklyRadio program. :
“Yeah! How can you not be pansexual in space? There’s so many things to have sex with. I’m serious. I didn’t think that was that weird. Yeah, he’s coming on to everybody. Whatever. He’s like a 70’s swinger. It didn’t seem that weird to me, because I feel like if you’re in space it’s kind of like, the door is open! It’s [not] like, ‘only guys or girls.’ No, it’s anything. This thing is literally a blob. Are you a man or a woman? Like, who cares? Have a good time out here.”
“What happens in space stays in space. So he didn’t necessary tell you that, but you had the same vibe on it.” Donald responded, “I just feel like… One thing that Billy did say, he was like, “Be charming, you know, he’s eclectic. He likes different things. He’s somebody that goes around and tries everything.
Yeah, well, THIS literal blob is ready and willing, Lando. TAKE ME, I’M YOUR’S!
(Top pic: Pacific Coast News; SOLO production still courtesy of Disney)
Beloved Icelandic songstress Björk made a super-rare appearance on BBC’s Later… With Jools Holland last night to sing a couple of songs: “Courtship” off her latest album Utopia and her classic “The Anchor Song” from 1993’s Debut. It was the first time in EIGHT years she’s given a televised performance, and she blew everybody away with her vocal prowess, her ever-alluring stage presence, and HOLY MOLEY that new look! DID YOU CLOCK THE NEW LOOK? She and her flock of flautists were all doing that “intergalactic insect” look that originated with German drag queen Hungry (who just happens to be Bjork’s new stylist/makeup artist). And if you don’t follow isshehungry, well, I don’t know that we have anything more to say to each other. She’s only the MOST fascinating queen ON THE PLANET, and one who is really moving the needle on what drag can be. Björk knows it. That’s why she’s hired her to tour with her. Anyway, watch the two performances below and marvel at the brilliant nuttiness of it all.
On yesterday’s episode of the Rachael Ray Show, RuPaul herself stopped by for a legendary chat with Rachael Ray and we are here for it!
Mama Ru sat down to talk about RuPaul’s Drag Race, the upcoming book GuRu, take questions from the audience and so much more! The pair talked about being invited to Judge Judy‘s house, which Ru is absolutely dying to do, going to Cher‘s house, which song Ru would lip-sync to, and a bunch of other amazing stuff!
Peep the clip of the pair below and try not to pass out from jealousy that they’ve both been invited to two different legends houses!
The folks from Bad Lip Reading are back with a hilarious new video featuring all the highlights from last weekend’s royal wedding – and it just might be their funniest yet! During the wedding, Harry Harry and Meghan argue with the priest about their favorite Harry Potter character, the reverend goes on a rant about cooking hotdogs, the choir sings about buying bikinis, and Harry and Wills have a surprisingly poignant conversation about existentialism. Trust me, you will pee your pants.
“If you want a hot dog, you gotta cook the hot dog!”
“I hope you understand that we’re puppets.”
“I thought you said we have free will.”
“No I didn’t.”
SO GOOD!
A week after he was caught on Youtube accosting Spanish-speaking patrons of a New York City cafe… for daring to speak Spanish in New York City… disgraced lawyer Aaron Schlossberg has issued an apology. And it’s not because he’s been chased through city streets by angry mobs, had his law office lease terminated, become a punch line for late night comedians, been serenaded by Mariachi bands outside his apartment, and had his license threatened to be suspended until he “amends his actions.” No, no. He really means it, y’all. He’s seen the error of his ways.
Listen:
“Seeing myself online opened my eyes — the manner in which I expressed myself is unacceptable and is not the person I am,” he tweeted this morning. “I see my words and actions hurt people, and for that I am deeply sorry.”
He wrote that “people should be able to express themselves freely” but “should do so calmly and respectfully.”
“What the video did not convey is the real me. I am not racist. One of the reasons I moved to New York is precisely because of the remarkable diversity offered in this wonderful city. I love this country and this city, in part because of immigrants and the diversity of cultures immigrants bring to this country.”
— AaronSchlossbergLaw (@ASchlossbergLaw) May 22, 2018
Heartening to read the thread of people NOT BUYING his too little/too late bullshit.
Watch the tape that landed him in hot water all over again, if you’re even slightly on the fence about forgiving him.
Then giggle at the backlash…
Also with noting, this wasn’t his first timer being caught in a racist rant:
Since last week’s video went viral, two men came forward with other stories about Schlossberg becoming belligerent in public.
Willie Morris said Schlossberg bumped into him on the sidewalk and called him an “ugly f***ing foreigner” (Morris is from Massachusetts).
In another instance, Isaac Saul described Schlossberg angrily yelling at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who was participating in a protest, accusing him of being a fake Jew. Both encounters were caught on video.
Saul, lead editor for the digital media organization A Plus, saw the Fresh Kitchen video and said he recognized Schlossberg from a previous encounter at a protest outside Saul’s Midtown Manhattan office.
On May 25, 2017, Linda Sarsour, an American Muslim political activist, was speaking at a City University of New York graduation ceremony. Saul said there was a protest against Sarsour just outside his office, and anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller and far-right personality Milo Yiannopoulos attended.
Saul also said there were Haredi Jews — ultra-Orthodox Jews who, in some cases, are stringently opposed to Zionism and the state of Israel — counterprotesting in support of Sarsour’s speech.
Saul said that after the protest ended, he saw some members of the protest “get in the face” of the counter protesters.
In video of the confrontation, Schlossberg can be seen yelling profanities and saying, “You are not a Jew” at the counterprotesting Haredi Jews. He also flips his middle finger at the counterprotesters.
Lovely guy. Groan.
Frameline Festival is gonna be more of a drag with World of Wonder‘s episodic docuseries premiering during the festival. Follow Me: Gia Gunn and Follow Me: Aja are both premiering during the Frameline Festival. If you have ever wondered what a day in the life of a drag queen, better yet some of your favorite drag queens are like, you won’t want to miss the premiere.
You can get your tickets for the premiere on Saturday, June 23rd at 1:15pm at the Victoria Theatre.
#LightsCameraTakeAction! Frameline42 has unveiled our full program: https://t.co/YVQrUeA5TR … See all the films in the lineup and get ready for the largest and longest-running showcase of the best LGBTQ content on the planet! #FL42 #Frameline42 pic.twitter.com/yjrtsDqxhx
— Frameline (@framelinefest) May 23, 2018
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the West Coast premiere of When The Beat Drops. That documentary tells the story of the dance style bucking. The documentary is the directorial debut of Jamal Sims.When the Beat Drops premieres Monday, June 18th at the Castro Theater during the Frameline Festival! Check out the trailer!
#WeAreAllBarb, of course.
We carry her in our our hearts, and now we can carry the iconic (but ill-fated) Barb from Stranger Things season 1 with us everywhere.
Yes, McFarlane Toys has journeyed into the Upside Down, found her, and made her into a 7″ action figure, complete with Trapper Keeper, mom jeans, and ’80s-era prairie blouse (God, I miss those!).
And, anyway, she’s simply TOO FABULOUS for words! A MUST-HAVE for Stranger Things super-fans!
One of the most iconic niche characters of the hit TV show Stranger Things. Barbara Holland, or Barb as she’s known by the masses is the geeky cautious best friend of Nancy Wheeler that goes missing. One eerie night in 1983, Barb begrudgingly tags along with Nancy to Steve Harrington’s house for a party. Little does she know there is a demonic creature from another dimension waiting for her in the bottom of the pool.
A GameStop Exclusive, McFarlane’s 7″ Barb figure is now up for pre-order.
GameStop lists a November 11 release date for the figure.
(via Bloody Disgusting)
We’re not going to rehash who won, Drag Race All-Stars 3, Err-kay? Shoulda, coulda, woulda, Prada! Let’s just agree that BeBe Zahara Benet was in it to win it. But for the Drag Up Your Life challenge we saw and heard –along with Adam Lambert–mouths wide open…
“Rrrrra-ka-ta-ti-ti-ta”
…and the world was confused, and then GAGGED. And the rest was Drag HerStory.
Queerty just announced that Bebe is stepping up her pussy for a new song, Jungle Kitty, the first single off her upcoming album.
The video, directed by Assaad Yacoub with model and stuntman Sergei Sheza will be released tomorrow on BeBe’s VEVO channel.
Below is the lead up to it during the challenge. You can see the teaser video here… tune into The Wow Report tomorrow for the full video.
Watch.
And just for fun, watch the full Drag Up Your Life again…
(via Queerty)
CNN is reporting that eight women have come forward, claiming they are victims of actor Morgan Freeman‘s sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior.
One unidentified woman said she was harassed by him daily while working as a production assistant for the 2015 comedy Going in Style.
via HuffPo:
Freeman “kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear” at one point while they worked together, the woman alleged. Actor Alan Arkin “made a comment telling him to stop. Morgan got freaked out and didn’t know what to say.”
Another woman claims she was sexually harassed multiple times while working on 2012’s Now You See Me.
“He did comment on our bodies,” the second accuser told CNN. “We knew that if he was coming by … not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms, meaning not wearing clothes that [were] fitted,” she said.
Other inappropriate behavior included staring at women’s breasts, massaging an intern’s shoulders, asking a woman how she felt about sexual harassment and asking women to twirl for him, according to CNN.
HuffPo reports that Freeman “was not immediately available for comment.”
Sad, if true, as Freeman is a giant in the industry.
Of course, there’s always been whispers of THIS by Hollywood insiders, so maybe it isn’t as surprising as it first sounds…
(Photo: Pacific Coast News)
Yesterday West Hollywood was abuzz, and not because the clouds were rolling in and there was thunder and lightning, but because a different storm was coming to town. Stormy Daniels, the porn star who has recently become a household name for having slept with the current president of the United States and then speaking out about the hush money she was paid from his campaign funds.
Since she first spoke out many have people have praised Stormy and commended her on her role in the resistance movement against the current administration. For her efforts West Hollywood Mayor, John Duran, declared May 23rd to be Stormy Daniels Day in West Hollywood and presented her with the keys to West Hollywood.
Many people were in attendance including Stormy’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti who made a few comments to attendees after the key ceremony, as well as outspoken, WOWlebrity, artist Sham Ibrahim. Sham was very supportive of the key ceremony and recognition of Stormy Daniels.
[Getting the keys] is a larger part of the resistance movement overall. Stormy Daniels is THE most important person IN THE WORLD right now and it was an honor to give her a portrait!!! She looked amazing and was very down to earth and friendly to everyone. Even though there was a literal storm of media around her she navigated the storm flawlessly and fearlessly. The event was so glamorous and there was so much press I had to do an outfit and wig change half way through the whole ordeal. After the key to the city dedication she did a meet and greet and after that I partied with her and my future husband Michale Avenatti at the Abby. I never dreamed the night would end at the Abby dancing drinking and partying with Stormy Daniels, but Stormy is all about making fantasies realities and she certainly did that for me! STORMY FOR PRESIDENT NOW!!!!
Sham showcased a piece of art she had done that depicts Trump as a baby holding a cutout of the Unites States of America. She also gave a special art piece to Stormy which was a portrait she had made of Stormy Daniels.
Fans, supporters and admirers alike came out for the event. The key ceremony took place at ChiChi LaRue’s and the store front, sidewalk and adjacent establishments were all packed. The festivities continued as the key ceremony became a meet and greet and signing. Many people gathered with their #TeamStormy t-shirts and other memorabilia to get a signature and picture with Stormy.
In true fashion of our politically charged times the event had an appearance from Trump supporters who walked back and forth down the sidewalk to show they don’t stand with Stormy, but rather with the president who is famous for the “Make America Great Again” catch phrase which was splattered all over their t-shirts, baseball caps and signs. Many supporters of Stormy engaged in civil conversations with the Trump supporters to have an open dialogue to try and get the other party to see their side of it.
The celebration of Stormy Daniels Day continued after the meet and greet with Stormy Night at The Abby!
A six-month course in royal protocol to teach the new Duchess of Sussex how to behave like a Duchess of Sussex OUGHT to behave has begun at Kensington Palace. Scuttlebutt around the castle has it that the Queen reportedly selected one of her senior aides, Samantha Cohen – known in royal circles as Samantha the Panther (which probably rhymes if you say it with a fusty old British accent) – to movie into the palace to “whip Meghan into royal shape.”
via Cosmo:
“It will be six months of listening. She is seeking out advice from a range of people. She is going to proceed with humility,” a source says. “It is not going to be quiet, though. It is going to be a very busy office. She has worked every day of her life. She is used to a demanding schedule.”
Meghan, you might recall, was just this week seen sporting PANTY HOSE (!!!!) to Charles’ birthday party, so apparently she already WELL ON HER WAY to mending her hussy ways. Soon it will be all fascinators, two-inch heels, and weighted topcoats for the once carefree young woman. SAD!
(Photo: Pacific Coast News)
Jenkies, I am so on board with this. I, of course, grew up in that glorious era of Scooby Doo when every week the gang would just happen to bump into the Harlem Globetrotters or Phyllis Diller or Sonny & Cher, and together the would solve the mystery of the fish monster or thawed-out caveman or whatever. It was AMAZING. Real edge-of-your-seat stuff. After that, of course, the series went downhill with the introduction of Scooby Dumb and (shiver) Scrappy Doo – and it never recovered in my opinion. UNTIL NOW, that is, when it returns to its thrilling heyday with Boomarang’s new series Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, which will feature various guest stars for the gang to team up with and solve mysteries. Among those? Halsey and Sia, Ricky Gervais, Kenan Thompson, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Hamill, Steve Urkel (marking his return as Urkel), Batman, Sherlock Holmes, The Flash and Wonder Woman. Fabulous! Finally, you 21st century kids will be getting some QUALITY cartoons!
Another new series coming to Boomerang will be a new version of The Flintstones.
The new series will be titled, Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs, and while the adults, Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty will enjoy daily life in Bedrock, while Pebbles and Bam-Bam, along with the lovable Dino will set out to explore the Bedrock countryside, with their parents none the wiser to their adventures.
(via IRM online)
Are you dying to see When the Beat Drops? Well it is in two separate festivals on the west coast so your time has come. You can attend the When the Beat Drops premiere at the Frameline Festival in San Francisco and now also at the Outfest in Los Angeles. When the Beat Drops is one of the six opening and closing night films of Outfest. Watch the trailer and be on the look out for more details coming soon!
If this doesn’t just melt your heart, you probably don’t have one to begin with. It’s a video compilation of the Kids of DragCon, and good lord, I just want to gobble them ALL up, they are so adorable. What a wonderful world we live in where these kids get to dress up and meet their favorite queens. I dare say, some of the are more fab than the actual queens! Season 21 contenders right here! Watch it below!
And don’t forget: RuPaul’s DragCon New York is JUST around the corner! Get your tickets here!
H&M announced today that it’s launching a pride-themed capsule collection that comes OUT (see what we did there?) next week on May 31, just in time for Pride Month. With a 70s vibe, it pays homage to the early days of gay pride and LGBTQ history.
Andreas Lowenstam, head of Menswear Design for the brand, told WWD,
“H&M believes in everybody’s right to love who they want. We hope people can use H&M;’s Pride collection to celebrate their belief in equal love.“
The ad campaign, in collaboration with Out magazine, features an influencer initiative called Pride Out Loud with Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, musician Kim Petras, model and activist Gabrielle Richardson, model Shaun Ross and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum, Aja!
(Photos, H&M; via Paper)
Well. My drears. He’s only the most fabulous man ON THE PLANET, of course. A mountainous creature of pure fashion, a luminary BEYOND luminaries, a wearer of caftans and choir robes and sleeping bag coats… he’s simply IT and now Andre Leon Talley is the subject of a must-see documentary opening inselectedtheaters TONIGHT.
via PAPER:
The Gospel According to André, which premieres May 25, director Kate Novack traces the legendary tastemaker’s beginnings in the Jim Crow South all the way to the top of his rise to the highest ranks of the fashion and media worlds as Anna Wintour’s counterpoint at Vogue and beyond.
Featuring fierce-as-fuck commentary by Fran Lebowitz, Anna Wintour, Whoopi Goldberg and MORE. Check out the super-fab trailer below.
via the LA Times:
Perhaps this is the greatest takeaway from Kate Novack’s documentary on Talley, titled “The Gospel According to André,” in theaters Friday — for all of fashion’s newly found interest in black and brown bodies and aesthetics on their runways and in their campaigns, André Leon Talley was fighting the good fight long before.
“I have fought quietly, not with placards,” he said. “I fight quitely to influence the culture. This [film] is a blessing that [Novack] had the vision to create this which is, for me, a summation of who I am after all these decades out there fighting.”
A long overdue meditation on the man behind the custom caftans and capes, the film charts his rise from modest beginnings in Durham, N.C., where he first discovered fashion through the pages of Vogue to being a receptionist-turned-writer for Andy Warhol’s recently shuttered Interview Magazine to, now, a former editor at large of Vogue who sits atop the steps at the Met Gala commenting on its attendees’ garb.
Featuring interviews from the likes of Vogue head honcho Anna Wintour, fashion designers Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg and Norma Kamali and celebs Whoopi Goldberg and will.i.am, “The Gospel According to André” pulls back the curtain on a cultural icon who often doesn’t get his due.
How did I overcome that kind of racism? I internalized and struggled with it…
Such was Novack’s intention, she said, highlighting that Talley has been in countless fashion documentaries about other people, brands and industry ongoings.
“He always steals the show, but always talking about everyone else as the supporting character,” she said. “And we know the fashion part of him, but I wanted to tell the story that we haven’t seen a million times — [about the] other part of him that is an enigma.”
Going into her first meeting with Talley, Novack, who has also produced documentaries including “Page One: Inside the New York Times,” said she was “nervous because he’s this big character and because he’s this big persona.” But after reading his autobiography, “A.L.T.: A Memoir,” she discovered his favorite church hymn was “Precious Memories.” That prompted her to think of “memory as a sustaining force” that she wished to bring to the picture. Talley was very interested from the beginning, she said.
“He wanted to go behind his childhood church and show me where he was baptized and he talked about how his life was very much like Truman Capote’s ‘A Christmas Memory,'” she said. “It wasn’t about ‘Let me show you my closet of 350 Hermès boxes’ — which he does also have and is totally fabulous.”
The result, of following Talley for over a year as the 2016 election was taking place, is a picture that earnestly portrays a man — billowing with justified aplomb — who succeeded in spite of the odds against him as someone black and from the American South whose size is deemed alarming, and gesticulations and mannerisms effeminate.
