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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[...]

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[...]