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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[...]

Welcome back to the wonderful world of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race because who doesn't love drag queens? (I'll spare you from the timely political joke here) This week is season 15's snatch game, which gives us high highs and, honestly, new lows, of which there have been many through the years of "Snatch Game." Image: MTV[...]

Look alive, drag fanatics! Season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race is here, now on MTV For the first time in franchise history, the premiere is one extra-long, super-zesty episode Before we get into it, yes, there are major spoilers for the double-episode Drag Race premiere You have been warned, henny… so what are you waiting[...]

"Bitch Like Me" is the newest single & music video for the alter ego of non-binary actor, comedian, and musician, Caldwell Tidicue, aka Bob The Drag Queen, a drag performer best known for winning the 8th season of RuPaul's Drag Race The single is drag, rap, and unapologetically queer all at once! The video was[...]

Summer is sneaking up and this season of RuPaul's Drag Race is almost over, which means the latest season of Drag Race All Stars is locked and loaded Today via live stream, the cast of competing queens was announced – and it's the long-rumored "Oops! All Winners" All Stars Legends season. Photo credit: Richard Phibbs/Paramount+ In no[...]

After last week's Rusical episode of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, there are still seven queens in the competition That's right – Bosco was saved at the eleventh hour via the golden chocolate bar, thank goodness This week's challenge is the roast of Ross Matthews, aka a stand-up comedy challenge In the roast challenge, the queens whose[...]

After last week's harrowing lip sync battle royale which saw miss Jasmine Kennedie sashay away, RuPaul's Drag Race is returning to form with the musical… Ummm… "Ru-sical" episode that sees the queens take to the stage to perform Moulin Ru: the Rusical Before getting into every kickball change and all the sickening looks, there are[...]

It's been a minute, but we're back with all the juicy RuPaul's Drag Race drama – and trust that there is plenty of it this season, the house down First things first – this episode is hot on the heels of a double save during the DragCon panel challenge: Jorgeous and Jasmine Kennedie duked it[...]

So, here's an extra "thicc" review catching you up on everything RuPaul's Drag Race First things first, last we saw of the queens, Miss Kornbread departed the competition owing to an ankle injury and Orion Story was eliminated for good after some questionable choices in the acting challenge and on the runway That takes us[...]

VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race goes PSA – and it's hilarious! First things first, sadly Miss Kornbread "the snack" Jete is no longer with us – she's not dead, just out of the competition on account of rolling her ankle last week and given doctor's orders to stay off of it for the next 6 weeks[...]

Coming off of last week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 that saw Alyssa Hunter sashay away, Friday's episode looks to ramp up the competition with an improv challenge and guest judge Ava Max Of course, speaking of guests, Jaymes Mansfield, Tempest DuJour, and Kahmora Hall all come out to play in this week's[...]

After last week's balls, the new episode of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race has some sickening shoes to fill…and fails In this week's acting challenge episode, the queens were split into two teams and tasked with filming shots to be cut up and used in a comedic promo for season 14 of Drag Race itself[...]

This week's episode of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race has everything: a room full of gay men freaking out over a bug, 14 very colorful and eclectic wedding gowns, and TWO whole balls Believe it! It's the ball episode, featuring a whopping 42 looks Confused by that math? So are we Speaking of confusion, clearly, the[...]

VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race is back with the second half of the season 14 premiere – but these queens are anything but sloppy With this new batch of seven competing queens, the brief is the same with a photoshoot, talent showcase, and runway So let's dive in! First into the werkroom is Jorgeous, serving snatched,[...]

RuPaul's Drag Race is back, b!tches, and you better believe that these queens came here to WERK IT This week's premiere episode is only part one of two in our introduction to this season's contestants, but already they came out of the gate strong with the traditional first episode talent showcase The guest judge for[...]

It seems only appropriate that Emmy Award-winning "Drag Race" franchise host RuPaul weigh on on a "Marvel vs DC" matter on the same day that Roku released its official trailer for the Russo Brothers' docuseries examining the two companies' feud, the Kevin Smith-narrated Slugfest Checking in with host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC's late-night talks show[...]

Last week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars focused on yet another disturbingly dull group acting challenge centered around American Horror Story: Coven.  Kylie Sonique Love brought home the win for both the challenge and the lip-sync, using her lone vote to send A'keria home The show picked up with the queens entering the[...]

Fresh from the elimination of Scarlet Envy, the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 contestants entered the workroom in a flurry of excitement.  The leader of the rally was the previous episode's Pink Table Talk winner, Miss Ginger Minj.  The novelty of success wore off for the queens rather quickly, however, as Pandora Boxx[...]

Two beavers are better than one, and Canada's Drag Race is delivering on both of those beavers! The judges' panel for Canada's Drag Race, the RuPaul's Drag Race spin-off, is helmed by resident Queen of the North Brooke Lynn Hytes; joining her on the panel this season are actor and season one guest host Amanda[...]

RuPaul's Drag Race, the long-running drag queen competition show, has recently branched out into international versions of the show, much like the similar Top Model franchise Hot take: Drag Race international versions are not made for you They are not engineered to have the same worldwide appeal as the OG franchise does There are currently[...]

LBGTQ icon and arguably the world's most famous drag queen RuPaul Charles is no stranger to controversy – he's made a career out of shocking the everyday person Last year's quarantine was an interesting time for the iconic drag queen – he did an interview with Terry Gross which caused outrage over fracking on his[...]

This past week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race sees the queens competing in both the annual reading mini-challenge and the improv challenge Warning: there are spoilers ahead, though nothing really matters anymore since Tamisha Iman was sent home last week Just end it already and crown Symone like everyone knows will happen Shockingly, the reading[...]

It's time once again to start the weekend off with a new episode of the 13th season of RuPaul's Drag Race, and this time it's the one about the disco Be warned: we're throwing on the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign for this week's episode You have been warned, honey. Image: Screencap Elliott with 2 Ts is serving[...]

Of course, if you haven't already seen last week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, be warned – we're throwing on the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign and meeting you on the other side of this spoiler image buffer. Now, on to the looks! Jujubee took over hosting duties this week for the Extra Lap Recap, part of[...]