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There Were A Few Surprises And Record-Breakers In An Otherwise Pretty Predictable Emmy Awards Ceremony

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I watched the 73rd Annual Primetime Emmys last night, and because I live on the east coast, I went to bed immediately after the final award was presented at too-late-for-me-o’clock. And it should be no surprise that I had the weirdest dream last night about a member of the royal family-turned-soccer coach that looked like Kate Winslet and sounded like John Oliver, who for some reason really wanted me to learn how to play chess with their best friend, Cedric the Entertainer. The Emmys last night kind of felt like déjà vu happening in real-time. Oh look, Ted Lasso won another award! The Crown is cleaning up! But there were some moments that felt right, like the formerly snubbed Michaela Coel taking home the award for Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, for the incredible I May Destroy You. But other than that, and a few fun surprises, there was a whole lot of Cheerful Soccer Coach and 1980’s-era British Queen Having Problems With Her Son’s Messy Marriage.

When the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards were announced back in July, they were swept by The Crown, and The Mandalorian. I hoped in my heart that Baby Yoda would finally get the spotlight he deserves while accepting an award, but no! Baby Yoda took home nothing. Another series starring a beloved saucer-eyed creature nabbed several golden trophies last night instead. I’m of course talking about The Queen’s Gambit (and its star, Baby Chess Girl – I mean, Anya Taylor-Joy). Or are you more of a fan of salty, vape-puffing Pennsylvania detectives? Then you were likely thrilled that Mare of Easttown took home awards for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Julianne Nicholson), and Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Evan Peters). All in all, The Crown received the most wins (7), followed by Ted Lasso (4), then Hacks and Mare (both with 3), and The Queen’s Gambit tying with Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (both with 2 wins).

Hacks won one of the awards that I’m sure the internet was really hoping it would win, which was Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, which went to Jean Smart. Here are some of their acceptance speeches below, like Kate Winslet forgetting to thank the unsung hero of the Mare of Easttown production: Wawa.

There was a bit of a common theme with last night’s acting category winners, and let’s just say, the connecting branch between them all is that they’re probably big users of high-number SPF. After the acting awards had been presented last night, the hashtag #EmmysSoWhite began trending on Twitter, because well, every acting award went to a white actor. Which was a change from last year, where a record number of Black actors took home awards. This year, a record was broken by a Black performer, but it was one we all probably could have predicted.

RuPaul made herstory last night when RuPaul’s Drag Race won Outstanding Reality/Competition Program. Last year, Ru broke a record by winning five consecutive Emmy awards for Reality/Competition Host. Now, with eleven Emmy Awards, RuPaul is the most awarded Black recipient in history, beating a record previously set by cinematographer Donald A. Morgan. Naturally, Ru brought Michelle Visage to the stage to accept that 11th award, as well as Season 13 stars Symone, in a look that says I Dream of Not-Low Blood Sugar, and Gottmik, looking like the Hellraiser universe’s version of Jolene.

Here are all the winners from last night’s show! And a big shout out to Ewan McGregor who took home the award for Leading Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and had me thinking, “Oh yeah, Halston was nominated!

Drama Series
The Crown

Comedy Series
Ted Lasso

Limited or Anthology Series
The Queen’s Gambit

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Josh O’Connor, The Crown

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Olivia Colman, The Crown

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart, Hacks

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Ewan McGregor, Halston

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mare Of Easttown

Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Evan Peters, Mare Of Easttown

Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Julianne Nicholson, Mare Of Easttown

Directing for a Drama Series
The Crown

Directing for a Comedy Series
Hacks

Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
The Queen’s Gambit

Writing for a Drama Series
The Crown

Writing for a Comedy Series
Hacks

Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
I May Destroy You

Writing for a Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live

Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Variety Special Live
Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020

Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Hamilton

Competition Program
RuPaul’s Drag Race

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Announces The Queens Of Season 14

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There are three things in life that are unavoidable: death, taxes, and a new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul is able to find queens on queens on queens and there’s a whole new crew of 14 of ’em for the fourteenth season of the show. If you think there isn’t a wealth of men ready to tuck their balls into their assholes and prance to a pop song? You don’t know about reality! The trailer is here and it brought all of the campy one-liners the writers wrote for Michelle Visage last season that she probably rejected. But Ru’s a professional, she always saves the best ones for herself anyway.

The trailer for the new season of RPDR, which debuts on January 7th, has a Willy Wonka-esque theme because there’s a Ru-brand chocolate bar with a golden ticket. Saying that “Victory never tasted so sweet,” Ru’s new set of girls walk a confectionary board game while being witty and sarcastic and dressed in all manner of hoe outfits, artistic body paint, sequins, and glitter. Except, wait–there’s a straight man (Maddy Morphosis) on Drag Race. I know! We’ve been infiltrated! It took Ru how long to get a trans person on the show, but now the straights are just waltzing in? Okay… Here’s the trailer:

A live stream was hosted this morning by the previous season’s winner, Symone, and because Drag Race isn’t enough with just one hour and a half episode a week, Untucked–the behind-the-scenes true tea drama–will air after at 9:30 pm. Here’s a list of the queens from Deadline:

Alyssa Hunter (Cataño, PR)|Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @thealyssahunter

The huntress is on the prowl! As one of the most celebrated pageant queens from Puerto Rico, Alyssa knows her way around a runway and delivers stunning looks wherever she goes. She’s here to prove that not only can she give a fierce lewk, she also has the performance chops to bring back the crown to her hometown.

Angeria Paris VanMicheals (Atlanta, GA)|Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @angeriavm

This southern belle from ATL will light up any room with her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. An old school pageant queen, “Angie” is here to serve fierce fashion and face with a country charm that you can’t help but fall in love with.

Bosco (Seattle,WA)|Instagram/TikTok: @hereisbosco

Don’t let her laid back Seattle grunge vibe fool you, this fiercely competitive queen is all about femme fatale glamour. With her razor-sharp wit and an impressive arsenal of drag talents, Bosco will stop at nothing to bring the crown back to Seattle.

Daya Betty (Springfield, MO)|Instagram/TikTok: @dayabetty, Twitter: @daya_betty417

You Betty be ready! Hailing from the House of Methyd, this edgy six foot four goddess is serving 80’s inspired rockstar realness. Daya’s known for crafting incredible looks out of any material she can get her hands on and will do whatever it takes to claw her way to the top and claim that crown.

Deja Skye (Fresno,CA)|Instagram/Twitter: @dejaskye, TikTok: @dejaskye101

This pastel princess prides herself on embracing all her curves and swerves. Deja is known for her bold, colorful drag aesthetic and design skills. She’s a sweetheart, but she has killer lip sync skills, so watch out for her!

Jasmine Kennedie (New York City, NY)|Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @jasminekennedie

The ditzy doll of New York City has arrived! She is known as a high energy dancing queen who brings polished drag and the gift of gab. Her personality may be bubbly and fun, but she is drop dead serious about slaying the competition.

Jorgeous (Nashville,TN)||Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @jorgeous_1

Hello-tis, it’s Jorgeous! This spicy Latina dancing diva started drag at the age of 16 and never looked back. A fierce performer who was born to do drag, Jorgeous is looking to dance the house down boots all the way to the top.

June Jambalaya (Los Angeles, CA) | Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @junejambalaya

This jambalaya is heating up! Bringing Black Girl Magic to the stage, June is known for her fiercedance moves and is ready to show off her kicks and splits and put a fork in the rest of the competition.

Kerri Colby (Los Angeles, CA)| Instagram/Twitter: @kerricolby, TiktTok: @kerricolby

This bodacious queen is all about beauty, hair and body-ody-ody. From the legendary House of Colby,Kerri is a bold diva who tells it like it is, while always looking flawless. She came to slay the game in true Colby style!

Kornbread “TheSnack” Jeté (Los Angeles, CA)| Instagram/TikTok: @kornbreadthesnack

The bakery is open and Kornbread is being served! This LA queen is a performance powerhouse with adeliciously sassy personality. She will leave you gooped, gagged and gandered and will want a taste of what she’s cooking!

Lady Camden (Sacramento, CA)|Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @ladycamden

Three cheers for America’s little spice girl! Born in the UK but now living in Sacramento, this professional ballet dancer turned drag queen is ready to take the world by storm serving class and sass and living the pop princess fantasy she always dreamed of.

Maddy Morphosis (Fayetteville,AR)|Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @maddymorphosis

This small-town camp and comedy queen is ready for her big stage debut. As the first heterosexual queen on Drag Race, Maddy’s quirky performances set her apart from the pack and she’s here to prove she can perform with the best of them.

Orion Story (Grand Rapids, MI)| Instagram/Tiktok: @theorionstory

Orion is a retro sex kitten with a campy edge. As the first queen to represent Michigan, this midwestern beauty brings a smoldering Lana Del Rey energy to her drag and is eager to share her unique drag stylings with the world.

Willow Pill (Denver,CO)|Instagram/Tiktok/Twitter: @willowpillqueen

A quirky little pill, this queen digs deep to deliver a wicked sense of humor and a darkly eccentric drag style. She is season 11 winner Yvie Oddly’s drag sister, so expect the unexpected from Willow Pill.

With a straight man in the cast, it’ll be interesting to see how things go in The Werk Room and what words he uses while kiki-ing with the other queens. Hopefully, someone told him not to go around slurring the other queens by calling them a twink!

Pic: YouTube/VH1

Mel C Joked About Victoria Beckham’s Singing Abilities On “Drag Race UK Vs. The World”

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Every time a Grindr notification pings, a new RuPaul’s Drag Race spinoff gets produced. The latest is Drag Race UK Versus The World, which stars former Drag Race contestants from across the globe. The series premiered Tuesday and featured a talent show, a wholly unjust first elimination, and Melanie Chisholm making an appearance as a guest judge. Sporty Spice seemed to be having a ball, and during judging, she joked that contestant Baga Chipz must have been inspired by Victoria Beckham because her lip-syncing skills sucked. Ha! It’s funny cuz it’s true.

Mel C said this about Baga performing her original song, “Much Betta”:

You are giving me lots of Spice Girl inspiration tonight. You lip synced badly… but when you were performing, I was like, there’s a resemblance. Posh Spice! But you know what? Your vocals are “Much Betta!”

But she didn’t stop there. Later Mel C shit-talked Geri Halliwell Horner’s dancing, in response to contestant Blu Hydrangea’s routine where she had life-sized cheerleader puppets attached to her so they’d mimic her moves. Blu explained that she’d done the act before, but with Spice Girls puppets (she played Geri). Mel joked, That’s a way of keeping Geri in time! We should do that next time we go out!” Here’s the clip of Sporty Shady Spice doing her thing:

The Spice Girls’ most recent tour was in 2019, and Victoria had zero interest in joining. Later Mel B shared that she was upset that Victoria didn’t even come to see their final show at Wembley Stadium. But Mel C doesn’t seem to have any (public) beef with Victoria, as evidenced by this friendly birthday post from last year:

I’m gonna guess Posh isn’t too offended by the cheeky digs. But it would be a different story if Mel C. came for something she actually cares about. Like her fashion, her husband, or that bucket she filled with her kids’ teeth. Yep, tooth bucket ranks way higher than something silly like “talent.”

Pic: INFphoto.com

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Has Increased Its Grand Prize To $150,000

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Start your engines, and may the saltiest former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant win! Vh1 seems to have found some money hanging around in the bottom of its purse because Drag Race just got a big boost to its prize money. The grand prize used to be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOOLAHS! Now the winner of its current season, season 14, will get $150,000 and the runner-up will get more than just some really good tour merch sales–they’ll also receive $50,000. New wigs for everyone!

When RPDR started in 2009 the prize money that winner BeBe Zahara Benet went home with was a measly $20,000. BUT!  She also got $5,000 worth of MAC Cosmetics. Variety says that the finale of the current season will air on April 22, and during the finale, the winning queen will get the biggest cash prize to date and the runner-up will get a nice stack of cash stuffed into her Boobs4Queens rubber cleavage.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 will crown America’s next drag superstar on April 22 when the finale airs on VH1. With that, the winning queen will also receive a cash prize of $150,000, the highest amount awarded to date. Additionally, for the first time in the history of drag race, the runner-up will also receive $50,000 cash prize, powered by Cash App.

The latest episode airing April 8 will see the queens play catty supermodels battling for the spotlight in the music video for RuPaul’s new hit song, “Catwalk.” Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, and Carson Kressley all return to serve as judges.

The queens left in the running are Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, Willow Pill, Lady Camden, and Daya Betty.

This boost in prize money makes sense since the Drag Race franchise has probably made more money for RuPaul than the fracking at this point, I’m sure. There are also so many international versions including Spain, UK, Thailand, Canada, Sweden, France, Italy, and the Philippines. Not to mention All-Stars and more.

Drag Race contestants from the past chimed in about this news:

This news will make the next season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK very interesting since the winning queen of that show only gets a crown and a trip to Hollywood to film their own digital series. So when the winner of series 4 is crowned, she’ll probably look at Ru like, “Um, you give $150,000 to the Yanks, so you can at least reimburse me for my Tube fare.

Pic: Vh1

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Announces The Queens Of Its All-Winners Season

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The seventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars will debut May 20 on Paramount+, and, for the first time in the show’s herstory, it will be an all-winners season! Eight former Drag Race champions will duke it out for a prize of $200,000 (the most ever), the title of “Queen of All Queens,” and probably a “sickening supply” of makeup from Anastasia Beverly Hills. And when RuPaul says “sickening” he means it literally; those cheap-ass cosmetics will give the winner a full-face rash!

The All-Stars 7 contestants are former winners Raja (season 3), Jinkx Monsoon (season 5), Monét X Change (All Stars 4), Trinity the Tuck (All Stars 4), Yvie Oddly (season 11), Jaida Essence Hall (season 12), The Vivienne (Drag Race UK season 1), and Shea Couleé (All Stars 5). This morning the queens were RuVealed during a live Meet The Queens:

The show will debut with two episodes on May 20, an extended preview of the season will air during Season 14’s finale on April 22, and a four-episode special, “Countdown to All Stars 7: You’re A Winner Baby,” will air on VH1 starting April 29. It will feature eight other drag queens “reacting” to the best Drag Race moments from the All Stars 7 cast. Say what you will about RuPaul, he knows how to milk every cent from his cash cows.

Here’s a reminder of all the other American winners that weren’t included in the season: BeBe Zahara Benet (she returned for All Stars 3), Tyra Sanchez (she doesn’t do drag anymore), Sharon Needles (um, controversies abound with this one), Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, Aquaria, and Symone. Past All Stars winners include Chad Michaels, Alaska Thunderfuck, Trixie Mattel, and Kylie Sonique Love.

So I guess Ru is keeping the other winning queens on ice for his second all-winner’s season. Which, judging by the pace at which these seasons and spin-offs are churned out, will probably be filmed… ohhh, I dunno, July? After that, All Stars 9: The Ruh Roh Season will be released. It stars problematic alumni like Sharon Needles, Soju, and Sherry Pie. Then it’s time for Drag Race: Antarctica, Drag Race: The Moon, and, finally, season 15, which will have a total of 96 episodes (each contestant gets nine lives, like a cat!). Sigh. God help us Drag Race fans.

Pic: Paramount+

Jennifer Hudson Became The 17th EGOT When “A Strange Loop” Won The Tony For Best Musical

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When A Strange Loop took home the Tony award for Best Musical at last night’s Tony Awards, Jennifer Hudson became the 17th quadruple threat to earn the highly coveted PMTAOEE, better known as the Philip Michael Thomas Award for Overall Excellence in Entertainment, even better known as the EGOT. And she didn’t even have to break a sweat or unhinge her jaw for it! Jennifer won her Tony as a producer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning show and shares the Tony with RuPaul Charles, Don Cheadle, Alan Cumming, Ilana Glazer, Mindy Kaling, and Billy Porter among others. But thanks to her 2021 Daytime Emmy for an animated short called Baba Yaga, she was able to close the loop and put a PeriodT! On her EGO status.

The last person to EGOT was Alan Menken in 2020. Before him, there was a three-way EGOT when John Legend, Tim Rice, and Andrew Lloyd Webber came together on Jesus Christ Superstar. Live in Concert no less! Accordion to People:

Jennifer Hudson has officially achieved EGOT status!

The actress and singer clinched her first-ever Tony Award on Sunday evening, when A Strange Loop won best musical. (Hudson, 40, serves as a producer on the show.)

It was the final trophy she needed to complete the EGOT quartet of having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Hudson won her first of the big four awards, an Oscar, for her role in 2007’s Dreamgirls. She is a two-time Grammy winner, having nabbed her first one for her 2009 self-titled album.

Here she is fracking her neck back and forth with fellow Tony winner Ru Paul.

A Strange Loop’s creator, Michael R. Jackson also won a Tony for Best Book of a Musical but the show’s star Jaquel Spivey lost Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical to Myles Frost who plays the OTHER Michael Jackson in MJ: The Musical. Joaquina Kalukango won Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for Paradise Square. Now, just so we don’t get our wires crossed here, indulge me if you will — JHud is an EGOT who won her Tony in a show written by an MJ that beat a show about a different MJ and whose most buzzed-about role to date was in Cats written by a fellow EGOT whose latest show was a flop and whose arch-nemesis Patti Lupone won her third Tony last night for her role in Stephen Sondheim’s Company which won Best Revival of a Musical and used the opportunity to remind everybody who it is that pays her motherfuckig salary. As they say in the biz, now that’s entertainment!

Company also brought Matt Doyle a win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical as Jamie, a gender-swapped role Bridgerton’s Johnathan Bailey originated on the West End. And Company director Marianne Elliott won Best Direction of a Musical. Now, of course the Tony’s aren’t just about musicals. They also honor the work of those who create and perform in plays, which are kind of like musicals but without the songs, if that makes any sense. No? Think about it this way, when they talk it’s just words like in a normal conversation, the actors don’t sing or dance. Look, I don’t get it either but some people actually prefer them. Best Play went to a talkie (I don’t know what else to call them!) called The Lehman Trilogy which is about people talking about stocks and bonds. The Lehman Trilogy also saw wins for its star Simon Russell Beale who won Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and Sam Mendes who won for Best Director.

Keep in mind, these guys are not singing! They are just standing like that for financial reasons. Is this how one manifests a fortune? AFAF. The baseball talkie Take Me Out won for best revival of a play which is about 9 inches according to star Jesse Williams, who lost Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play to his TMO cast-mate Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Deirdre O’Connell won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Dana H. and Phylicia Rashad won Best Actress in a Featured Role for Skeleton Crew which, to my disappointment, is not a two-woman show in the style of Waiting for Godot where she just sits on stage for 3 hours waiting for someone else to show up for her Cosby is Innocent meeting co-starring Camille Cosby.

Here are all the winners, via Playbill:

Best Musical
Girl From The North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
SIX: The Musical
*A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
*Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl From The North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
*Myles Frost, MJ
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
*Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
*Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen

Best Play
Clyde’s, by Lynn Nottage
Hangmen, by Martin McDonagh
*The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini and Ben Power
The Minutes, by Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morisseau

Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
*Company
The Music Man

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson
MJ, Lynn Nottage
Mr. Saturday Night, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Paradise Square, Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
*A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
*Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive
*Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
*Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde’s

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
*Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, SIX: The Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
*Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From The North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
*Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
*Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, SIX: The Musical
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square
*Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, SIX: The Musical
*Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse, SIX: The Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
*Gareth Owen, MJ

Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
*Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, SIX: The Musical
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
*Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
*Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
*Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
*Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
*Gabriella Slade, SIX: The Musical
Paul Tazewell, MJ

Best Costume Design of a Play
*Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset; Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Michael Korie
Mr. Saturday Night; Music by Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics by Amanda Green
Paradise Square; Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
*SIX: The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
A Strange Loop, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Pic: John Nacion/Startraksphoto

RuPaul Has Spoken Out Against Anti-Drag Legislation

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While in his Boy Ru drag, RuPaul took to the internet to finally roast Republicans for all of their anti-drag bills that have been put forth across America. And one of Ru’s solutions against those ridiculous bigoted bills is to vote, bitch!

In case you’ve been living under a blissful rock, the GOP has followed up its attack against abortion rights by going after drag queens and transgender people. As a result, many drag show-type events have been the target of right-wing personalities, threats, and now state legislatures. As pundits accuse drag shows of indoctrinating children into transgenderism, Tennessee just passed an anti-drag bill that would prevent drag performances on public property. Additional laws are being proposed in other states that would prevent people from even being dressed up in drag at Pride parades and celebrations. Kentucky and Montana are two states with their own drag bans being written out, and 11 other states are also getting ready.

Some have been calling for Ru to speak up, but Ru was busy fracking, okay! But Mama Ru has now finally spoken against the bills. via Variety:

“Hey, look over there! A classic distraction technique, distracting us away from the real issues that they were voted into office to focus on: jobs, healthcare, keeping our children safe from harm at their own school,” RuPaul said. “But we know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues. They look for easy targets so they can give the impression of being effective. They think our love, our light, our laughter and our joy are signs of weakness. But they’re wrong because that is our strength.”

RuPaul continued, “Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement. Don’t get it twisted and don’t be distracted. Register to vote so we can get these stunt queens out of office and put some smart people with real solutions into government. And by the way, a social media post has never been as powerful as a registered vote.”

Many former RuPaul’s Drag Race queens made a video for GLAAD where they spoke out against the bills:

Well, since RuPaul compared drag queens to the military, I’m sure Drag Race lover and daughter of late veteran John McCain, Meghan McCain is so conflicted. I’m sure she’ll eventually turn on Ru with a 10,000-word piece in The Daily Mail that will win her the Guinness World Record for the most times “my father John McCain” has shown up in one article.

Pic: Fernando Lucena/Startraksphoto

The Queens Of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8” Have Been Announced

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The regular season of RuPaul’s Drag Race ended last week, and you know what that means: more RuPaul’s Drag Race! Specifically the eighth season of All Stars. Entertainment Weekly reports that the cast of twelve was announced today, and some of these queens are less “~*ALL STARS*~” and more, “Oh shit, I forgot about that one. Didn’t she get kicked off third like four seasons ago?” However, this is not to say RuPaul’s unexpected picks won’t surprise us (or, at the very least, provide us with shady-ass dramatics and/or fodder for memes).

Here are your All Stars 8 drag queens with my notes:

Alexis Michelle: Season 9. Total theater kid, best known for her Snatch Game win as Liza Minelli, musical performance as Kris Jenner, and that time she painted herself green for the roast of Michelle Visage.

Darienne Lake: Season 6. Darienne came fourth in her (very competitive) season. I remember her being painted as a villain type? I think? Since then, she’s had a “transformative weight loss journey”.

Heidi N Closet: Season 12’s Miss Congeniality. Very funny, very sweet, has that gap between her teeth that gives her a little whistle. She admits that her looks and makeup were rough on her season.

Jaymes Mansfield: Season 9. Jaymes got kicked off first after the cheerleading challenge. But I always really liked her. Pure camp, unique sense of humor, A+ name.

Jessica Wild: Season 2. Loooved Jessica. Just pure insanity, super funny, very likable. The “Puerto Rican powerhouse” says she struggled with English in her first season, which was over 13 years ago. 

Jimbo: Canada’s Drag Race Season 1, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs. the World. Yaaay Jimbo! She got a raw deal on UK vs. the World. I enjoy her big, fat titties and absurd sense of humor.

Kahanna Montrese: Season 11. No memory. She’s Coco Montrese’s drag daughter and was kicked off second in her season. Kahanna admits she was unprepared for her season and says she’s way more confident this time around. She also got a ton of plastic surgery.

Kandy Muse: Season 13. Very entertaining and will give us lots of juicy, juicy drama and Untucked shenanigans. Queen of the meme.

LaLa Ri: Season 13’s Miss Congeniality. Didn’t get super far in her season and is probably best known for her iconically abysmal paper gift bag dress. I remember her being a great lip-syncher.

Monica Beverly Hillz: Season 5. Got out pretty early on her season. When the judges said she seemed disconnected, she came out as a trans woman on the main stage! Herstory.

Mrs. Kasha Davis: Season 7. I love Mrs. Kasha Davis. Her tagline was, “There’s always time for a cocktail!” Except, since her season, she’s ditched the cocktails for mocktails and is proudly seven years sober.

Naysha Lopez: Season 8. She got sent home first, then got brought back for a reason I don’t remember, then got kicked off again. A pageant girl. Very pretty.

Here are all their promo pics from the official RDPR Instagram:

And the official Meet The Queens of All Stars 8:

All Stars 8 starts airing on May 12. I wonder what the big twist this season will be! Lemme see, we’ve already done Legendary Legend Stars, Lip Sync Assassins, teams, and LaLaPaRuZa lip sync tournaments. What’s left? Cage matches? Russian roulette? Immunity idols??

Pic: World of Wonder/Paramount+


RuPaul Showed Off His Lavish Beverly Hills Mansion To Architectural Digest

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In late 2019, RuPaul bought a $13.7 million mansion in Beverly Hills (every last cent was paid in FrackBucks™ [there, I burned my obligatory fracking joke right off the top]). Since then, RuPaul and interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard have completely transformed the “grand but uninspired residence” built in the 80s into a swanky “fever dream of Hollywood regency.” Now, Ru is finally ready to show that shit off to Architectural Digest. Cuz if a celebrity spends a kajillion dollars redesigning their mansion and nobody from Architectural Digest is around to take pictures…  does it even exist?

RuPaul gave AD a personal tour of his and his husband Georges LeBar’s home, starting with his fancy-ass foyer, via Architectural Digest:

As for decorative drama, the slay bells start ringing the moment one steps through the front door into a palatial, powdery-rose entry hall featuring a sweeping stairway with serious Mommie Dearest overtones.

What a sentence! Next up is Ru’s “disco room.” This black-and-white room is filled with disco balls, a fancy fireplace, and framed pics of iconic disco artists like Diana Ross and Donna Summer (and also Josephine Baker). Now it’s time to head to the kitchen, which RuPaul describes as “very bold.” It features a fancy orange LaCornue oven. RuPaul says orange is his favorite color. Personally, it’s my least fave, but you do you, Ru.

After the kitchen, it’s time to head on over to the breakfast nook that features a large gold light fixture in the shape of a leaf. Ru shares that it once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent in the 1970s. Then he yammers on about how this house was designed with “community” in mind, and the breakfast nook is where he and his guests play dirty charades. However, in the actual AD article, Ru says this:

“I entertain on television, not at my house. When you live such a public life, you need boundaries,” RuPaul insists, emphasizing his preference for intimate gatherings and small dance parties with close friends.

Up next is the “dining pavilion,” a giant black-and-white circus tent. Ru says this room was inspired by Elizabeth Taylor’s card room in the movie Boom! (1968). Then Ru takes us to his office, that’s very orange and filled with his Emmy awards. He says he thinks it’s an office Joan Collins would enjoy. RuPaul also shows off another office, his “office workspace,” which sorta looks like a boardroom with a bar. Then there’s his living room. It was inspired by “great lady designers” of the 30s and 40s, such as Dorothy Draper and Elsie de Wolfe.

Finally, it’s time to take us to one of Ru’s massive walk-in closets. The first one he shows off is his menswear closet. It contains a wooden sewing box that once belonged to Ann-Margret. Later in the video, he gives a tour of his drag closet. It has mannequins and tons of jewels and a connected glam room where he gets his hair and makeup done. Here’s Ru’s video tour and some pics from AD:

All those black-and-white stripes and zig zags! Thank god RuPaul hasn’t had a drink since 1999, cuz if your house looked like that when you came home wasted, it would trigger a mean case of vertigo (please note, I do not know how vertigo works).

Pic: Architectural Digest

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Winner Yvie Oddly Calls Out Producers For Being “Culture Thieves” And For Taking A Year To Pay Her Winnings

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Drag queen Yvie Oddly won the eleventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and later competed in the all-winners season of Drag Race All Stars. She’s best known for her lip-synching skills, freaky fashions, and bendy dance moves (she has Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos syndrome). Now, Yvie has something to say. And she’s gonna say it! The 29-year-old took to Twitter to call out Drag Race producers for being “capitalist culture thieves” who take advantage of the “sleep-deprived, depressed, and DRASTICALLY underpaid” contestants. Yvie also reveals that it took over a year for her to get her $100,000 prize. RuPaul has yet to address these accusations, but if he does, he’ll likely blame that shit on Yvie’s “inner saboteur”.

Out reports that Yvie began tweeting about Drag Race while catching up on the current season of All Stars. She writes that she has “two thoughts.” The first is that the queens are “remarkable” and are the “lifeblood” of what makes the show great:

She adds:

“All the things we love: the looks, the catchphrases, the memes, the drama,” Oddly writes. “It all comes from the queens.” And that can not be denied. While the producers certainly do invaluable work in casting, and even sometimes nudging or positioning the performers, it’s really up to the performers to do the things. As RuPaul said in that shady “Blame It On the Edit” track, it’s ultimately the competitors saying the things that are only being edited in or out of the final cuts.

Thought #2: fuck the producers:

Yvie adds:

“Then they tell themselves they’re good people for showcasing queer content and creating opportunities for us while ignoring the irreparable damage they cause, and creating a chokehold monopoly on how drag artists can succeed.”

Then, the bit about not getting paid on time:

Yvie goes on to say that she’s thankful for the series, and she doesn’t regret milking the system. But she wants to see a future that includes everyone (including drag kings and the trans contestants who were barred for years):

Pop Crave also screenshat Yvie’s tweets:

 

This isn’t the first time Yvie’s criticized her Drag Race experience. After competing on All Stars 7 last year, she took to social media to share her grievances:

She described the entire experience as “pretty gruesome from the start” and took issue with production reducing her to “some goofy big-dicked mascot, bravely laughing through my chronic illness, happy to be along for the ride.” Suffice it to say, she was displeased with her edit. But now, she’s taking the producers to task for their overall handling of the massively successful series.

Yvie also isn’t the first Drag Race contestant to shit-talk RuPaul and the show’s production company, World of Wonder (see: Willam, Pearl, Phi Phi O’Hara). I believe every damn word they say, and the reason more queens don’t come out and expose the show is because… they need the show. But it sounds like Yvie is over that phase of her life, especially cuz she finally got her hands on that $100k. Sorry, not sorry, RuPaul!

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