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With the first two episodes of Paramount+'s RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars currently streaming, fans of RuPaul's reality competition series universe were treated to some good news on Friday morning That's right, MTV and Paramount+ are giving a green light to RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17, as well as new seasons of "All Stars" and the[...]

On Friday, August 16th, Paramount+'s RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars will see 12 fan-favorite queens from around the world represent their countries as they compete for a grand prize of $200,000, a spot in the international pavilion at the "Drag Race" Hall of Fame… and the title of "Queen of the Mothertucking World," of course![...]

It's not like the finale of a season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars isn't reason enough for viewers to get excited – but when you get a visit from the woman who very well could be (fingers, toes, and other various body parts crossed) the next President of the United States of America, it[...]

  Beginning Friday, August 16th, RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars will see 12 fan-favorite queens from around the world represent their countries as they compete for a grand prize of $200,000, a spot in the international pavilion at the "Drag Race" Hall of Fame… and the title of "Queen of the Mothertucking World," of course![...]

A very special ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is now officially underway – with S09E01: "Drag Queens Save the World" and S09E02: "The Paint Ball" currently streaming on Paramount+ This season spotlights eight returning queens who are competing for a greater good (more on that in a minute) – with RuPaul and a[...]

With a very special ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars set to hit streaming screens with a two-episode debut on Friday, May 17th, Paramount+ has released an official trailer spotlighting our eight returning queens in action – for a greater good, we might add (more on that in a minute) In addition, this[...]

Did you really think RuPaul was going to leave "Drag Race" fans hanging for long? Shortly after the franchise series crowned its 16th top queen, we learned that RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 9 would be hitting Paramount+ screens beginning on Friday, May 17th Now, the eight legendary fan-favorite queens have been "ru-vealed" –[...]

No one could say that the "Grand Finale" of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 was epic in all of the right ways We had eight-time Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer RuPaul performing "Pink Limousine" from her album Black Butta, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson) receiving the "Giving Us Lifetime Achievement Award"[...]

If we're being honest? Half of the fun of last week's episode of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, S15E15: "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited" was just trying to figure out the process behind selecting opponents and lip sync songs With Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane & Sapphira Cristál getting a break, our returning queens were[...]

MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 reached this week's final episode before next week's "Grand Finale" with a mini-challenge involving an underwater lip sync performance of RuPaul's "Kitty Girl" and a main challenge that saw our four queens penning their memoir, posing for the cover, and taking part in a podcast interview to promote it[...]

That's how things stand heading into this week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Last time, our queens were challenged to give drag makeovers to Pit Crew dancers from RuPaul's Drag Race Live! as well as choreograph a dance & perform it to a special remix of RuPaul's song "Super Queen." Plane Jane would take[...]

During last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, our queens faced a mini-challenge involving designing a t-shirt using only make-up – and their faces When the designs were done, Plane Jane walked away with the win (and $5,000 worth of makeup products) Following that, the "Bathroom Hunties" saw our queens breaking up[...]

Last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 saw Sapphira Cristál walk away from "Spill the T" with top honors (and a big tip) for the mini-challenge before the main challenge saw our queens creating and presenting a drag awareness employee seminar For Plane Jane and Q, it was "Do you know your drag[...]

Heading into this week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, we're happy to say that we didn't have to eliminate anyone from our updated profile guide The main challenge saw our queen writing and performing verses on the song "Power" and "True Colours" as the runway theme When the fierceness subsided, Plane Jane bestowed[...]

Welcome to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – and where do things stand heading into this week's round, "Werq the World"? After a spit-take mini-challenge that saw Nymphia Wind walk away with the win, it was time for the main challenge – "See You Next Wednesday." Our queens were challenged[...]

That brings us to the opening moments (above) from this week's episode of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, with "See You Next Wednesday" finding our queens creating a Neo-Goth look from scratch – using only black, white & gray fabric. Image: MTV Screencap RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 16 Overview WELCOME BACK! Of course, Emmy Award-winning host RuPaul[...]

With that in mind, we have a look at MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Episode 8 – and guess what it's time for? Yup, it's "Snatch Game" time, with guest judges Kyra Sedgwick & Carson Kressley – and there might just be a mini-challenge in the mix this week To check out some of the[...]

That brings us to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – as we offer you a look at the opening to S16E07: "The Sound of Rusic." And if that sounds like it's time for the season's "Rusical," then you are a true fan For this go-around set high in the Swiss Alps, a[...]

Once again, we're back with our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – but how were things left heading into S16E06: "Welcome to the DollHouse"? After a win by Sapphira Cristál in a mini-challenge that saw the queens competing to create a front cover & bio for their respective autobiographies, the main challenge[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – but how were things left heading into S16E05: "Girl Groups"? The main challenge saw our queens putting on a series of comedy sketches for the "RDR Live!" main challenge before everything became "Everything Every-Cher All at Once (Night of a 1,000 Chers)"[...]

During last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, Plane Jane & Sapphira Cristál were granted Immunity Potions that can be used to save themselves or another contestant; our queens took on S16E03: "The Mother of All Balls," and Geneva Karr & Hershii LiqCour-Jeté found themselves in a lip-sync battle to the tune[...]

So how are things looking with MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 heading into tonight's third episode, S16E03: "The Mother of All Balls" (with guest judge Isaac Mizrahi)? Last episode, we met our other seven competing queens – with everyone safe and "Rate-a-Queen" ranking Geneva Karr & Plane Jane at the top for the week[...]

  By the time the credits rolled on MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race S16E01: "Rate-A-Queen," our queens had taken on "MTV's Spring Break" talent show and found themselves having to rate one another In the end, it was Q & Sapphira Cristál who had received the highest scores – making them that week's top 2 (while everyone else was[...]

If you're a fan of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, do we really need to tell you what today is? That's right, today sees the premiere of the jaw-dropping sixteenth season of the award-winning reality competition series – let that sink in for a second And RuPaul is doing it in style, with a two-episode, two-week[...]

Following an impressive 9 Emmy Award nominations across the franchise, the most for any reality competition series this year, MTV and Paramount+ today announced that RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (and Untucked) have been greenlit for new seasons. From top, left to right: Mrs Kasha Davis, Alexis Michelle, Naysha Lopez, Jessica[...]

When it came to two rising stars in the 1990s, Will Smith and RuPaul, their paths could have crossed, but the musician-turned-actor turned down the opportunity to have the drag performer, who's the current host of RuPaul's Drag Race, on his show Smith starred in the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which he[...]

On Friday, May 12th, 12 returning queens will face the franchise icon, mainstay judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews & Ts Madison, and a lineup of celebrity guest judges when the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars hits Paramount+ This season's returning queens include Alexis Michelle (season nine), Darienne Lake (season six),[...]

Look alive, race chasers! Summer is right around the corner, and that means another season of Drag Race All Stars is almost here, and RuPaul herself has blessed the children with finally announcing the competing queens This season's competition is FIERCE and international – for the first time, the cast of All Stars includes a[...]

Earlier today, fans learned that Jinkx Monsoon (RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Sketchy Queens; Chicago on Broadway) has joined the cast in a major (but undisclosed) role "In a galaxy of comets and supernovas, here comes the biggest star of all Jinkx Monsoon is on a collision course with the TARDIS, and 'Doctor[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes HBO Max previewing Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy's very problematic Valentine's Day, Hilary Duff teases another familiar HIMYM face appearing in Hulu's How I Met Your Father Season 2, Pamela Anderson accusing her Home Improvement co-star Tim Allen of exposing himself to her on the set, M&Ms apparently giving[...]