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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 10, 2018 2:16:14 GMT
Congratulations to RuPaul and the show for picking up 4 Emmys tonight at the Creative Arts awards show. It won for Best Reality Show Host (Ru's third consecutive win), Best Directing/Reality, Best Costumes/Reality and Best Hairstyling/Reality. Which means that season 3 queen Delta Work (aka Gabriel Villarreal) is now an Emmy winner, since she joined the show in season 9 as Ru's hairstylist and as a creative producer. 2018 Creative Arts Emmys: The Complete List of Night 2 Winners - The Wrap The Creative Arts awards were handed out last night and tonight, and will be televised this coming Saturday at 8PM ET on FXX. Drag Race is nominated for Best Reality Competition Show, but that award will be given out live on the Primetime Emmy Awards the following Monday at 8PM on NBC. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 18, 2018 7:23:03 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 29, 2018 21:38:38 GMT
Valentina (season 9) was cast as Angel in the live musical staging of Rent on Fox network in January.
Interesting item in the story: They say Valentina will be in the next Drag Race All Stars, which will air in January. The cast isn't due to be announced until December, but obviously there are cast spoilers leaked all over the net already. Both All Stars 4 and season 11 have already been filmed (except for the season 11 finale which is taped closer to the actual air date).
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jan 12, 2019 22:04:10 GMT
RuPaul will be in a guest arc on the new season of Grace & Frankie on Netflix. As a bonus, he got to interview Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin on the set: Here's a trailer for the new season -- I'm only providing the link, NSFW (tons of F-word): youtu.be/_PyDQeM9bgo |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Feb 24, 2019 12:05:38 GMT
At last night's Film Independent Spirit Awards, Shangela came onstage during a break to perform musical versions of the nominees for Best Film, and she slayed of course: |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Mar 10, 2019 3:40:17 GMT
Jujubee, Thorgy Thor, Bebe Zahara Benet and Alexis Michelle co-starred in the TLC special tonight, Drag Me Down The Aisle. They four queens play Queer Eye to a shy plainjane bride and get her and her reception looking more beautiful. There's a thread for it in Other Reality Shows: fansofrealitytv.freeforums.net/thread/1352/drag-me-aisle-tlc |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jun 11, 2019 20:18:11 GMT
RuPaul's talk show is airing for three weeks, starting this past Monday. If there is enough positive reaction it will be brought back for a full season. rupaulshow.com/when-its-on Also, according to the buzz mill, All Stars 5 is filming this month. Usually the new regular season is filmed immediately after. They would both premiere early next year. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jun 13, 2019 18:36:46 GMT
Queens are EVERYWHERE!
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jun 27, 2019 21:45:48 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 8, 2019 17:08:57 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 23, 2019 19:04:18 GMT
For those who may be new to the show and need to catch up with all the show's lingo, S2/All Star Raven has created a Drag Race Dictionary.  |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 26, 2019 13:04:27 GMT
Michelle Visage is currently in the UK competing on Strictly Come Dancing (their version of Dancing With The Stars). Someone came up with this cool lip sync mashup:
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jan 21, 2020 21:48:55 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 10, 2020 18:17:39 GMT
The celebrity spin-off event will air before the new season ends: ‘RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race’ Event Series Sets Premiere Date - Deadline---------------- VH1 is going to serve more charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent with the premiere of the forthcoming RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race. The new four-part event series is set to debut on April 24 at 9:30PM ET/PT. Originally called RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race (apparently, it now has a secret!), the event series will debut after an all-new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The usual aftershow Untucked will shift to 11pm ET/PT. During the series, a trio of stars from film, music, television, and comedy stars will get sickening drag makeovers and embrace their inner fierce queen. The “Queen Supremes” that will help give the celebrities gag-worthy looks include Drag Race alums Alyssa Edwards, Asia O’Hara, Bob the Drag Queen, Kim Chi, Monét X Change, Monique Heart, Nina West, Trinity the Tuck, Trixie Mattel and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. The celebrities will compete in fan-favorite challenges from previous seasons to win prize money for the charity of their choice. At the end of every episode, RuPaul will crown “America’s Next Celebrity Drag Race Superstar.” “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race is a blast,” said four-time Emmy Award-winning host and Executive Producer RuPaul. “We put these celebrities through it! Because no matter how famous your charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent is, you still put your pantyhose on one leg at a time.” RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race is produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang, San Heng and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Producers. Tim Palazzola serves as Executive Producer for VH1 and Jen Passovoy serves as Producer. |
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Post by beerbelly on Apr 10, 2020 20:36:39 GMT
I'm there!
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Post by MFWalkoff on May 11, 2020 0:44:22 GMT
RuPaul appears on tomorrow (Monday) night's Price Is Right primetime special on CBS.
It looks like he hangs out for most of the show & helps contestants, etc.
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Post by MFWalkoff on May 15, 2020 4:00:21 GMT
Canada is getting its own Drag Race! Available on the Crave channel, and on WOW Plus Presents.
The above video is a link to a playlist, each queen has their own video.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jul 23, 2020 2:12:18 GMT
How about ANOTHER spinoff? Premieres on VH1 Friday August 21st, with a sneak peak during this week's All Stars finale. ----------------------------- VH1 To Slay Sin City With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue’ Docuseries - Deadline By Dino-Ray Ramos July 22, 2020 11:00am VH1 “Ru-vealed” today that the RuPaul Drag universe will continue to expand and slay with the new docuseries RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue, which is set to premiere at 8 p.m. Friday, August 21. An extended first look will air during Friday the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5. The new series will follow six legendary drag queens in their professional and personal journeys as performers in RuPaul’s Drag Race Live! residency, which kicked off at the Flamingo Las Vegas in early 2020. The cast includes Season 11 winner Yvie Oddly, as well as fan favorites Asia O’Hara, Derrick Barry, Kameron Michaels, Naomi Smalls and Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo. The series will give a behind the scenes look at the Las Vegas strip stage show on and puts the spotlight on the queens as they slay the stage at the Flaming with their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Summer Premiere Dates 2020: Here’s What’s On As Lockdown Starts To Lift The Drag Race franchise has been serving fans top-notch, gag-worthy drag content since the beginning of the pandemic. The season 12 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race pivoted to an innovative virtual finale and it was followed by the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars, which is currently in progress. On top of all that, earlier this week, it was announced that Canada’s Drag Race would be making its U.S. linear debut. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Aug 20, 2020 23:24:25 GMT
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Post by beerbelly on Aug 20, 2020 23:55:45 GMT
Tremendously heart-breaking. So young.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 20, 2020 13:37:05 GMT
Going into tonight's Emmy Awards show, Drag Race has already won 5 Emmys during this week's Creative Arts awards: - RuPaul won his fifth consecutive Emmy for Best Host of a Reality/Competition Program. This breaks the previous record held by Jeff Probst who won 4 of them a decade ago. Ru dedicated her win to Chi Chi DeVayne.
- The show won Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special, which meant a trophy for Season 2/All Stars 1 contestant Raven (real name David Petruschin), who now does makeup on the show (see below).
- Drag Race also took the trophy for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program, and Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program.
Most of these wins were for the first episode of season 12, "I'm That Bitch". On tonight's Emmy broadcast, the show is still in the running for Outstanding Competition Program. It has won the award the past two years in a row. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jan 18, 2021 21:04:33 GMT
RuPaul's global expansion continues... ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Goes Down Under For Australia And New Zealand Edition - Deadline Ru will host this one and Michelle Visage will come along to judge. Other judges are still to be announced. But don't expect one of them to be Courtney Act -- she and the show have fallen out over the past few years. But who knows, maybe they will kiss and make up. She's certainly the biggest drag star from Australia right now... Production is supposedly beginning this week in New Zealand, and the show will likely air later this year. US viewers will most likely need the WOW Presents Plus streaming app to watch it. |
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Post by MFWalkoff on Apr 15, 2021 19:52:49 GMT
Here is a trailer for Drag Race Down Under, which premieres in Australia on May 1st, and soon after on Wow Presents Plus:
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Post by MFWalkoff on Jan 17, 2023 0:27:52 GMT
Season 5 and All Stars 7 winner Jinkx Monsoon makes her Broadway debut tonight as Matron Mama Morton in the long-running hit Chicago!
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Post by Mikesgirl on Jan 16, 2024 18:03:57 GMT
“RuPaul's Drag Race” took the reality competition category title for a fifth time at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, while RuPaul won as host for the eight consecutive year. He how holds the record for most Emmy wins by a performer of color, according to the Television Academy. 
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Post by Mikesgirl on Jan 16, 2024 18:06:58 GMT
I forgot to include his acceptance speech but it is so lovely it deserves a post of it's own anyway.
Read RuPaul’s remarks in full below:
“Thank you so much, you lovely, lovely people. We are so honored to have this award. Listen, you guys are just pure lovely for honoring our show and recognizing all these queens.
We have released into the wild hundreds of drag queens, and they’re beautiful. On behalf of all them, we thank you. Listen, if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her because knowledge is power, and if someone tries to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you, so listen to a drag queen!
We love you. Thank you!”
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