RuPaul is coming back to Sweet! Hollywood for another singing! Head over to Sweet! Hollywood at the Hollywood & Highland center to this Saturday to buy some RuPaul merchandise and meet Ru-Ru himself!
Check out photos from the first and last RuPop Up Shop singing!
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Last week, the WOW Report hosted a fabulous Tiki-themed party for HGTV ‘s hit show Island Hunters! I was there to get lei’d and interview to the crew (and some fabulous Island Hunter fanatics) about the show. Click over and watch.
About Island Hunters (for the uninitiated):
It’s House Hunters… with a tropical twist! Follow some lucky buyers who aren’t just looking for a house, they’re looking the ultimate getaway — their own private island! Follow families as they tour three separate islands, complete with vacation homes and gorgeous beachfronts. Then see which beautiful tropical island escape they choose!
Check your local listing for times.
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RuPaul herself is your host for this week’s episode of WOW Shopping Network! She’s here to tell you about her HIT album Born Naked! Joining her is Jinkx Monsoon, Sharon Needles, Manila Luzon, Tammie Brown, Latrice Royale, and Shangela! Click over and watch!
Tune in every Friday for a new episode of WOW Shopping Network! And you can purchase a RuPaul Bar at Sweet! Hollywood!
RuPaul is selling the delicious RuPaul Bar! Click play and watch this beauty sell some candy! And come to the RuPaul Pop Up Shop at Sweet! in Hollywood! RuPaul will be there in person on Saturday, June 14th from 1PM – 3PM!
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J. Bryan Lowder’s weekly series “Ask a Homo” tackles the reason gays use gay slang and gets to the bottom (so to speak) of all that pronoun switching.
In this episode, Lowder offers insight into the need for gay men to speak in code back in the days when speaking openly about your gay trysts could get you arrested or bashed or worse. Hence, calling men “she.” As in, “I went on a date last night and SHE was really hot.” That morphed into Polari, the 19th century British slang used among “theatrical” types i.e. gays. He also touches on ballroom-speak and the colorful expressions they often use.
And as for straight people calling their gay male friends “she” and “her” and “girl”? Yeah, you probably shouldn’t do that.
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Dancer and silent movie star Carla Laemmle (whose uncle founded Universal Studios) died last night, leaving just Mexican silent movie star Lupita Tovar, child stars Baby Peggy, Dickie Moore, Fay McKenzie and a couple of Our Gang kids left as the only living stars from the silent era. Carla was 104. “Her heart just stopped,” Laemmle’s great niece, Rosemary Hilb, said in a press release today, noting that she had been in good health.
Laemmle appeared with screen legend Lon Chaney in the silent classic The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and in Dracula (1931) with Bela Legosi, where she famously spoke the film’s first lines: “Among the rugged peaks that frown down upon the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bygone age … . “
Watch a fun interview with Carla from just a few months ago, talking to her great-niece about Hollywood at the turn of the last century, and appearing in some of the great Universal studio horror films.
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Check out Matthew Rettemund of Boy Culture‘s comprehensive Last Star Standing list over movie stars over 80.
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Johnny Scruff and his friend Joey compete for cash on this week’s episode of Homie$ For Ca$h! How much money will they win? Watch and find out!
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Calpernia Addams and Andrea James compete for cash on this week’s episode of Be$tie$ for Ca$h!
Alaska Thunderfuck and her brother Cory are contestants on this episode of Bro$ For Ca$h! Watch them compete for some dollah dollah billz and test their knowledge. Do they have the brotherly love?
The absolutely delightful Selene Luna and her boyfriend Adam test their relationship knowledge and play Couple$ For Ca$h!
Daniel Franzese and his homie Jordan compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h: Homie$ Edition!
The hilarious duo Jessica and Hunter are competing for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h:Bestie$ Edition!
Season 4 RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Phi Phi O’Hara and her boyfriend Mikhael compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h!
RuPaul’s Drag Race pit crew member, Shawn Morales and his boyfriend Robert compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ For Ca$h!
Delta Work from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 3 and her boo-thang, Davey, compete for some Freaky Money on this episode of Couple$ For Ca$h!
On this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h, RuPaul’s Drag Race pit crew member, Jason Carter and his boyfriend JASON compete for some cash-money!
RuPaul’s Drag Race Glamazon, Yara Sofia and her boyfriend Rubin are contestants on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h! How well do they know each other? Watch and find out!
Raven and her boyfriend, Martin, are competing on to win some dollah dollah bills on this episode of Couple$ for Ca$h!
It’s Valentines Day and what do we love more than love? CA$H! Today we debut a new web show on WOWPresents, Couple$ for Ca$h! It’s kindof like The Newlywed Game, only better because it features your favorite wowlebrities and they make cash money! In the first episode, we have Catch-of-the-Day Vivienne Pinay and her boo Devin.
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If you’re feeling overdressed in whatever you’re wearing, take a look at some of these rural Germanic women. Once commonplace among peasantry, traditional garb are now worn mostly for posterity these days among an aging rural population. A minority of older women still wear these amazing outfits out in their daily lives, however, and dress to impress. Check out more info on the history, eccentricities and social complexities woven into this fashion by looking at Eric Schütt’s incredible article on Vice, which beautifully illustrates an under-reavealed phenomenon. I think it’s time to bring this back. Drag, anyone?
Marie Meier, Schaumburg
Emma Krahl, Lusatia
Elderly Couple
Mrs. Süssman, Swalm
Agnes Müller, Lusatia
Maria Mirtschink, Lusatia
Anna Schäfer, Schaumburg
Anna Pawelczyk, Schaumburg
Marie Meier, Schaumburg
Marie Meier, Schaumburg
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Holy moly, are you in for a treat! We’re closing out the week with the steamiest pics of the hunkiest hunks YOU’VE EVER SEEN! Scott Speedman! Stephan El Shaarawy! Nick Jonas! And MORE! After the jump!
’90s-goddess-turned-horrible-Republican-shill Stacy Dash and her new boytoy Michael Evers. Much as I dislike her, DAYUM, girl, congratulations. You better WORK!
Scott Speedman enjoys lunch in a park after picking up food from Erewhon Market in Los Angeles. And my GOD. He looks better than he did in 1998 when Felicity debuted, doesn’t he? And look at that. He appears to be alone. Does he need company? I’ll picnic with you, Scott Speedman!
Somebody named Stephan El Shaarawy from something called AC Milan is shirtless in someplace called Varigotti. Well, OK then.
R-Patz arrives at Jimmy Kimmel Live in a dapper blue suit.
Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas. Say it Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft and it’s almost like praying. Nick Jonas. I’ll never stop saying Nick Jonas.
The sexiest 50-year-old EVER arrives for day three of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict at The ExCel in London. God bless him.
Colin Farrell checks out his phone as he does an afternoon workout in Los Angeles. I will forever do Colin Farrel. FOREVER DO HIM.
(Photos: Pacific Coast News)
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Am I the only one who thinks Jack White is still super hot? It’s that near death, porcelain pale skin that really taps into my necrophilia issues…(Mind you, I did have a crush on Eddie Munster too!). In his latest video for single Lazaretto, Jack dons another vintage-style suit with lace overlay cutouts, which appear to be faces of aliens wearing glasses. I mean, how fey, fabulous and totally mondo Bizarro can you be Mr. White? The new album, also called Lazaretto, is out now!
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Jodie Harsh answers the queens questions! On this episode she talks about cheating drag queens and keeping your makeup from sweating off! Click over and watch!
Previous Episode:
On this episode she talks about queen cat fights, how to cheat promoters into free drinks, and how to get the perfect tuck!
On this episode she talks about how to keep lip gloss on, how to take a selfie, and how to touch up while traveling!
Episode 2
Internationally-renowned DJ and club sensation Jodie Harsh shares advice on how to take care of business in her new web series #DragQueenProblems. Each episode features three video messages from fellow Queens and drag aficionados seeking Jodie’s guidance on pressing issues, like how to tuck properly, how to have sex in drag, and how to walk in a pair of high-inch heels! Watch episode three after the jump!
Jodie says about #DragQueenProblems:
“Being a drag queen is more than just having big hair and high heels – it’s about getting paid, throwing shade and getting laid! I’m excited to get to the bottom of the problem with all these Queens worldwide, I’m here to help.
Jodie offers helpful tips as your personal Auntie / Drag Guru, and anyone, rich or tall, wide or small, heels or flats, can apply Jodie’s insights! Have a busted face, but a stylish waist? Jodie teaches us that the higher the brow, the closer to Cher – make sure and tune in to see why!
New episodes of #DragQueenProblems every Saturday, only on WOWPresents!
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Jimmy Scott with his longtime admirer, Madonna in her music video for “Secret” in 1999.
Jimmy Scott, whose unique, high-pitched voice has had a haunting effect on listeners for decades, died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 88. Mr. Scott began singing in the 40s and had one minor hit during his career, with “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” in 1950. (His name was not on the record. Credit was given to his bandleader at the time, Lionel Hampton) Yet, he was a major influence on generations of singers, like Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Frankie Valli, and Marvin Gaye.
“Jimmy Scott is the only singer who makes me cry.” – Madonna
(I have to admit when I learned of the news of his death, I inexplicably burst into tears. Silly. I didn’t know him and the man was 88 – so it’s not a big shock – but I truly loved his music, as many did.)
He disappeared in the 1960s, when the album long considered his masterpiece, “Falling in Love Is Wonderful,” was pulled from the shelves in a legal dispute between record labels. It wasn’t until the 1990s that his career revived, with a series of new recordings and performances that continued into his 80s. Arts writer Joseph Hooper said of Mr. Scott in the New York Times that he was “perhaps the most unjustly ignored American singer of the 20th century.” His music was an acquired taste and his records sold in small numbers but Mr. Scott became something of a cultural touchstone. Documentary films were made about his life, a biography was written, and critics praised his idiosyncratic singing and his resilience after a life of adversity.
People who hear Scott for the first time are startled by his striking and preternaturally high singing voice, which was the range of a high alto but with power. Because of his hereditary condition called Kallmann syndrome, Jimmy never went through puberty, and his voice didn’t change when he reached adolescence. He was slight, had no facial hair and stood just 4′ 11″ (He inexplicably grew several inches in his mid-30s.) He was billed as “Little Jimmy Scott” for years. He was married 5 times and had a number of girlfriends, but he had an androgynous quality that led to some painful encounters. He told David Ritz in his biography, Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott:
“In my adult life, people have looked at me as an oddity. I’ve been called a queer, a little girl, an old woman, a freak, and a fag. As a singer, I’ve been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don’t belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.”
He sang at VERY slow tempos bringing fresh meaning to oft-heard standards, with his eyes closed, his arms and hands danced, as if giving the music shape. His singing seemed to be the expression of a broken heart. Music producer Quincy Jones, in a 1988 interview, recalled seeing Mr. Scott perform in the 1950s:
“He’d just stand there with his shoulders hunched and his eyes closed and his head tilted to one side. He sang like a horn — he sang with the melodic concept of an instrument. It’s a very emotional, soul-penetrating style. He’d put me on my knees, give me goose bumps. Jimmy used to tear my heart out every night.”
Mr. Scott spent his final years in Las Vegas and continued to perform, sometimes in a wheelchair, until his mid-80s. Even then, the one-of-a-kind voice was still there, penetrating and clear, filled with pain and grace.
“All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.”
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So, Thursday night was the second installment of Nora Burn’s New York Stories at the Stonewall Inn. I was lucky enough to be in attendance, as well as tell of my own little slice of Big Apple pie. The lineup (other than yours truly) was pretty legendary, as was the audience, who likely had stories that were just as good. We learned that:
Nora Burns – “toured” with Tiny Tim in strip malls and had the good sense to keep track of funny folks she met along the way…
Paul Alexander – grew up in New York City, among the fabulous freaks and recounted a student fashion show crashed by a drag queen bride…
Brenda Bergman – the hilarious victim multiple robberies, married a Pakistani man for money ($1500, which she was immediately robbed of) and SO much more, God love her… (I was so enthralled by her stories, I forgot to take a picture)
Tom Eubanks – described the personal loss of St. Vincent’s hospital and the hole that it’s left downtown
David Ilku – regaled us with crack smoking parties in Kiss’s manager’s penthouse and the simple 80s pleasure of “just snorting some lines” with the boys…
Bob Russell – entertained –and bummed us out– with the sadness and syncronicity of murders & suicides in the 70s
Anita Sarko – brought back her memories of the Mudd Club and a loaded Chrissie Hynde, with Keith Haring at the coat check…
David Schweizer – had a LOT of sex in the 70s and was haunted by a phantom Peter Berlin on the streets of the empty city
Lucy Sexton – spoke of the magic of making vomit disappear at Florent and police who arrive to collect a dead body, only to pretend it’s all about the plumbing
Linda Simpson – read her vintage column from “My Comrade” about Lady Bunny, Wigstock and Guiliani’s futile persecution of transsexuals
And me, I told the following story, along with a couple of others…
NEW YORK STORY TELLERS: Host Nora Burns, Tom Eubanks, Lucy Sexton, Paul Alexander, Anita Sarko, David Schweizer, Linda Simpson, David Ilku, Trey Speegle (not pictured, Brenda Bergman, Bob Russell)
“When I was a young gay boy, growing up in Houston, I dreamt of what New York City was like and I LOVED Andy Warhol and I always wanted to work at Vogue. I moved here for six months in the summer of 80 and then moved back to Houston, briefly. While back home, I went to a museum event that New York performance artist, Colette was at. You know Colette right? – “Colette is Dead” – performance artist, right? – no she’s not dead, that’s just what she was called. Anyway, she performed at the Contemporary Arts Museum and there was a party at a club called The Island, which was like Houston’s Pyramid. I met her there and we were drinking champagne and getting pretty drunk, and she asked me what I did. I said, ‘Oh, I work for Vogue and I go back and forth from Houston to New York?’ I didn’t work at Vogue. Who does that? goes back and forth from New York to Houston… so, 6 months later I come back to New York and it was coming up to my 21st birthday, my ex-boyfriend Haoui Montaug, offered to give me a birthday party at the Peppermint Lounge in Times Square. So, I went to check it out and who was performing there…? Benjamin Liu as Miss Ming Vauze (THE worst lipsync but THE best outfits ever…) That night I met a guy, Philip Monghan, and fell in love. I went back to Houston to get myself together to move back to New York and in with Philip and his roommate, Roberta Wagner>. One of Roberta’s best friends friends was Mickey Soutendijk, who was the Art Editor at Vogue. Mickey needed an assistant. She interviewed me and then hired me! (Applause. Thank you. I got a job at Vogue at 21!) About 6 months or so later, I run into Colette at a some nightclub downtown and she says to me, “So, what are you doing now?” And I say, “Oh, I’m still working at Vogue.”
So, as the old adage goes, “Fake it ’til you make it.” It was such a fun night hearing everyone’s stories. It brought home another old cliché – we all choose our real family. Corny as it is, I kinda felt like these were my brothers, sisters, cousins and uncles – half of which I had never met. It was a lovely family reunion. Thanks, Nora.
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Beverly Hill’s poshest pooch is Prince of Pumps starring La Toya Jackson’s precious pomeranian, Prince! With the voice by Latrice Royale! Watch episode three where Prince drools over La Toya’s RED BOTTOMS! Christian Louboutin, baby!
And don’t forget to tune into OWN tonight at 10PM to catch the all-new season of Life with La Toya!
Previous Episodes:
Salvatore Ferragamo
Ralph Lauren
Prince of Pumps is light-hearted web series that takes us inside the head of La Toya Jackson’s prize pup as he shares his unique point of view on her to-die-for designer shoes. Each episode Prince talks about a different pair of Mama Toy-Toy’s pumps. The voice of Prince is provided by RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4 favorite, Latrice Royale. Prince of Pumpspremieres Saturday on World of Wonder‘s original channel, WOWPresents. New episode of Prince of Pumps every Saturday morning, only onWOWPresents. And his master’s series Life with La Toya premieres Saturday, June 7th on OWN.
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Here’s what you missed this week on WOWPresents! Get all caught up before this week’s new episodes!
Guuuuuuurl, you’ve got some marathon watching to do. Happy Saturday!
And DON’T forget to subscribe to WOWPresents!
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Gay global social-networking site MOOVZ just put out this super cute video featuring Amanda Lepore and William Belli (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4). William heads to Tel Aviv during gay pride in search of the elusive Amanda lepore. The short film/advertorial, shot by Marco Ovando, is apparently showing how being a member on MOOVZ can bring anybody together, anywhere around the world…or you could just use Facebook.
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Marcel Wepper
Steve Moore
Andy Pettitte
Bif Naked
Chloe Dao
Courteney Cox
Elizabeth Reaser
Helen Hunt
Ice Cube
Idalis DeLeon
Jake Busey
Jim Belushi
Johnny Hallyday
Julie Hagerty
Ken Jeong
Leah Remini
Mary Carey
Michèle Laroque
Nadine Coyle
Neil Patrick Harris
Polly Draper
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Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads! We all have one, whether we ever knew them, they’re still in our lives or they’ve left the planet. Dad’s like lots of different things, some of them are here. And then there are Daddies that like different things – we love them too. Now, call your Pop.
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SoHo House has been expanding lately. There are 6 houses in England, New York, Toronto, Berlin, Hollywood, Miami and several in the works (Chicago, Istanbul, The Lower East Side, Mumbai) It’s a membership club, yes but you may not know that you can stay at the hotels even if you aren’t a member. So, this a valid fantasy. Set in the English countryside, existing farm buildings are being restored and renovated and will have everything from a main dining Barn to a farm shop stocking locally sourced produce, to a kids’ house. Accommodations will be in cabins set in the fields following the path of a stream, as well as a main Farmhouse and Cottage. Other buildings across the site will feature a cooking school, a Cowshed Spa and a 60-seater screening room. A south-facing Boat House will feature an indoor-outdoor infinity pool, set within the lake, as well as bar terrace overlooking the tennis courts. Guests can make their way around the car-free site on foot or bicycle, or for more of an adventure, on horseback. No date as to when it will be finished but I’m having a nice mental getaway just imagining it.
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