TV Updates America’s Next Drag Superstar Is…. DRAG RACE SPOIILERS AHEAD I wish I could say that it was a double win for Toronto last night, but a) I don’t know anything about sports and b) Yvie Oddly was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar instead of Brooke Lynn Hytes on the Season 11 Finale of By Prem • May 31, 2019 03:27 pm
TV Updates We Finally Know When Love Island US Will Air I’ve had an alert about this on my phone for months. Season 5 of Love Island UK will premiere on June 3rd, but now it’s been confirmed that its North American spin-off will premiere on July 9th on CBS in the US and CTV in Canada. This is By Prem • May 24, 2019 11:50 am
Maple Leaf Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Album Dedicated is Good but It’s No Emotion Carly Rae Jepsen’s fourth album, Dedicated is finally here! For the past few months, CRJ has been trying to build up the hype, first by releasing “Party for One” in November 2018, then releasing both “No Drug Like Me” and “Now That I Found You” in February 2019. Finally, By Prem • May 21, 2019 03:36 pm
Drama YouTube Drama: James Charles Strikes Back I thought I had the whole James Charles and Tati Westbrook situation figured out last Monday, but since then, some recent developments have changed the direction of the story. If you’re not caught up, you can read my article from last week about Tati’s now deleted video “Bye By Prem • May 21, 2019 10:19 am
Dumbass Gucci F-cked Up…Again Let’s revisit the Gucci Ready-to-Wear collection from Fall 2018. Back in February of last year, Gucci presented their Fall 2018 collection from Alessandro Michele. The Fall 2018 collection was famous for some of its models who carried disembodied copies of their heads on the runway and were the inspiration By Prem • May 17, 2019 10:48 am
TV Updates RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Crown Contenders On Monday, the season 11 queens walked the red carpet for the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The finale is usually filmed with several different outcomes, and the true winner is only revealed when the episode airs. On the red carpet though, to quote Anne Hathaway, everyone really stepped By Prem • May 16, 2019 02:38 pm
TV Updates What the Hell is Going on in the Black Mirror Trailer? The teaser trailer for Season 5 of Black Mirror is out and it’s filled with a powerhouse cast. For starters, Miley Cyrus shows up in a fabulous purple wig, apparently playing the meta role of a famous singer and popstar. There’s also Andrew Scott, better known as James By Prem • May 16, 2019 12:46 pm
Music Lizzo’s Authentic Brand and her Cover in Essence Magazine Just under a month ago, I had the undeniable pleasure of seeing Lizzo live at Coachella. Yes, it was the performance where she stopped the music and whipped out her flute to back her own track after the audio cut out FOR THE SECOND TIME. Watching Lizzo perform is a By Prem • May 16, 2019 09:31 am
TV Updates Mr. Ratburn from PBS’s Arthur is Gay and Married When I was younger (yes Sarah, I used to be EVEN younger), my favourite show on TV was Arthur. I was obsessed, and I could (and still can) sing the entire theme song from memory. Watching Arthur was my after-school ritual because it was a great show. The premise was By Prem • May 14, 2019 09:58 am
TV Updates Team Silky or Team Yvie Things that aren’t controversial: Miss Vanjie should have won the makeover challenge and Nina v. Silky was probably one of the worst lip syncs in the history of Drag Race. I love Nina West too much to call for a double sashay, but if there was ever a moment By Prem • May 13, 2019 03:25 pm
Girly Throw Downs YouTube Drama: James Charles and Tati Westbrook YouTube drama is the best drama, mostly because I’m jealous that young twenty somethings get to film themselves talking at a camera and earn enough money to buy mansions. The best part? This particular gossip starts with a betrayal brand deal for (wait for it) HAIR CARE VITAMINS!!!! (I’ By Prem • May 13, 2019 11:19 am
TV Updates Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt To Pull a Bandersnatch Spoiler alert: If you haven’t finished Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, this article will contain some spoilers from the final season. Also, why haven’t you finished it yet? Wednesday at FYSEE, Netflix’s annual exhibition highlighting its best series, the company announced that an interactive special was in the works By Prem • May 10, 2019 03:29 pm
BFFs More of Anne Hathaway and RuPaul Please! Anne Hathaway was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week promoting The Hustle, which is coming out this Friday. I can’t wait to see The Hustle, since it’s based off one of my favourite movies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. However, Anne’s interview is probably one of By Prem • May 09, 2019 02:51 pm
Met Gala 2019 RuPaul, Aquaria, and Violet, A Drag Queen Disappointment: Met’s Most Unfulfilled Potential RuPaul, Aquaria (Season 10 Drag Race winner), and Violet Chachki (Season 7 winner) walked the Met Gala red carpet yesterday, an important milestone. When I wrote yesterday about the Queer History of Camp, I said, “I’m a little disappointed, although we’ll have to see for sure tonight. With By Prem • May 07, 2019 06:37 am
Met Gala 2019 Harry Styles vs. Ezra Miller: Best Dressed Genderbender A lot of straight men apparently don’t understand Camp (I’m looking at you Taron Egerton, Rami Malek, and Seth Myers). However, there were a few contenders for the Best Dressed Genderbender which makes what I’m about to say super controversial, but I’m here to say it By Prem • May 07, 2019 06:01 am
Met Gala 2019 Billy Porter: Best Met Drama We need to listen to Debra Messing more, because apparently, she has a secret clairvoyant sense that no one knows about. You might even call her the Gay Whisperer. In an article explaining Camp by W Magazine, Debra Messing commented, “I hope Billy Porter is [at the Met Gala]. He By Prem • May 07, 2019 03:27 am