Equality Issues The Queer History of Camp After months of waiting, the Met Gala is finally here, and I am dying to see this year’s outfits. The theme is based on Susan Sontag’s seminal 1964 essay, “Notes on Camp”, in which she tries to explain and describe the sensibility known as Camp. Trying to define By Prem • May 06, 2019 10:11 am
Trixie Mattel’s New Cosmetics Line and Beyond Move over Rihanna and Fenty Beauty, legend-star-icon Tracy Martel announced the launch of a new cosmetics line this week which will exclusively debut at LA Drag Con starting May 24. (I’m sorry Rihanna, I was just joking. You could never be pushed aside, even by a skinny legend like By Prem • May 03, 2019 03:39 pm
Equality Issues Brie Larson’s Body Language There’s an absolutely ridiculous video on YouTube that was released last Friday making rounds on Twitter. The creator, an alleged ““““““““expert”””””””” in body language, analyzes a press interview with Brie Larson, Don Cheadle, and Chris Hemsworth. The video makes you both laugh at the sheer absurdity of some of By Prem • May 02, 2019 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Russo Brothers on “Marvel’s First Gay Character” ***ENDGAME SPOILERS*** THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS POST SPOILER ALERT LAST CALL FOR SPOILERS . . . . . . I got a notification on my phone yesterday about a Hollywood Reporter article titled “'Avengers: Endgame' Directors on Seeking Robert Downey Jr.'s Blessing and Marvel's First Gay Character.” Maybe I’ By Prem • May 02, 2019 12:18 pm
Amazingness The Second Reign of RuPaul On Monday, added to the list of things I didn’t know I needed in my life but now can’t live without, RuPaul was revealed dressed as Queen Elizabeth I for Vogue’s May issue. Seriously, me when I saw this image. The puffed sleeves! The gold brocade skirt! By Prem • Apr 18, 2019 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mindy Kaling is building an empire Last week weekend, Deadline reported that Universal won the rights to Mindy Kaling’s and Priyanka Chopra’s new untitled comedy about a big Indian wedding that takes place in both America and India. What’s it about? We don’t know much yet because the details are sparse, but By Prem • Apr 17, 2019 04:10 pm
TV Updates Crying over Tales of the City Our site manager Emily sent me the trailer for this yesterday, with the caption “I’m not crying, you’re crying” and now I’m definitely crying, so I guess we’re all just crying. Netflix released the trailer for latest installment of Tales of the City, scheduled to air By Prem • Apr 11, 2019 11:58 am
Relationship Assumption What’s the Deal with Richard Madden and Brandon Flynn? The thought of the upcoming nude scene between Taron Egerton and Richard Madden in the Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN was enough to keep my motor running this month (even though it might be getting cut and straightwashed like Bohemian Rhapsody). So, you can imagine that all the talk about Richard By Prem • Apr 10, 2019 03:25 pm
TV Updates Scarlet vs Rajah: Who Should’ve Won? You might as well call me The Oracle from The Matrix because I predicted the sh-t out of this latest episode. On Thursday, I wrote about how there is some serious foreshadowing in the Season 11 promo, and I even said these exact words: “For example, Rajah O’Hara pushes By Prem • Apr 08, 2019 04:18 pm
Game of Thrones Prem’s Best of Thrones: The Ghost of Harrenhal Although I’m now a huge fan of the show, I joined the Game of Thrones train a little late, somewhere between Season 4 and Season 5. The show is famous for its merciless killing of beloved characters. For most, their “Game of Thrones moment” was either Ned Stark’s By Prem • Apr 08, 2019 03:39 pm
Music The 2019 BBMA Nominations: Cardi B and BTS Make a Big Splash The Billboard Music Awards will be airing on May 1st, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, and the nominees were announced yesterday. You probably don’t care about the Billboard Music Awards and understandably so – except for two fan voted categories, the winners and nominees are based on sales, streaming, and a By Prem • Apr 05, 2019 09:40 am
TV Updates RuPaul’s Conspiracy Race: Foreshadowing in the Promo We’re already down to 10 queens in tonight’s episode even though it feels like we just started. The challenge this week is about the first ever “Draglympics.” At this point in the season, there are already some frontrunners in the competition (*cough* Yvie Oddly) and others who probably By Prem • Apr 04, 2019 03:16 pm
Maple Leaf Carly Rae Jepsen Announces Album Date and US Tour April has already been the best month of this year, and we’re only on day two. Yesterday, Ariana released a new single and video which I wrote about earlier AND Carly Rae Jepsen announced that her new album Dedicated is dropping May 17th and that she’s touring starting By Prem • Apr 02, 2019 03:41 pm
Music Ariana and Victoria’s “Monopoly” Ariana Grande dropped a new song and music video yesterday called "Monopoly", with best ring buddy, Victoria Monét. Actually dropping a song on April Fools' is some Big Dick Energy, because I don’t know about you, but I was on guard all day yesterday. My mom By Prem • Apr 02, 2019 09:59 am
TV Updates Broad City: A Guide on How to End a Show On Thursday, one of the greatest shows on television aired its final episode, and it was everything. I ugly cried both during and after that finale, and I’m still not okay. Fans knew this day was coming, but ending the show was always going to be a herculean task. By Prem • Apr 01, 2019 02:08 pm
TV Updates Shangela and Mimi Imfurst: What Really Went Down We’re going to need a lot of paper towels because a whole bunch of tea from RPDR Season 3 just spilled this week. If you’re a Drag Race fan, you’ll probably be able to lip sync to the iconic Untucked fight between Shangela and Mimi Imfurst. If By Prem • Mar 29, 2019 03:57 pm
