2010 RuPaul's Drag Race Calendar! Download It! Hang It Up! Live for It!
It's Drag Time: Mark these calendars and get your weaves secured for Season 2!!
Are you into the juicy video sneak peeks we've served up today for Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race? Ready to make a date for all of the catty, ruthless drama that Ru and her 12 drag superstar-wannabes are gonna bring to you in early February?
Tyra Sanchez is busting out all ovaahhhh in June: Happy Gay Pride!!!
You can print out the calendar, and use it to sass up your office, your kitchen, your school locker, your mobile home, your prison cell... Wherever you call home, these girls will keep you company!
Besides, Season 2 of this wig-flipping drag queen reality show doesn't really begin airing until February so you've got a bit of a wait. And get a glimpse at more of the gals after jump!
This Week In Fabulous 11/20: Big Butts, Big Muscles and Plenty of Shirtless Men!
Just a little preview of the hotness in this week's post!
--By Cory Stottlemyer
In honor of Levi Johnston's upcoming Playgirl editorial, this week's post is dedicated to hunky men! I'd say that's a pretty fabulous week.
5. Oprah's Nate gets his own show!
Gosh darn, he's adorable!
The ever so cuddly-looking Nate Berkus is getting his own show! I think we all knew it was just a matter of time before the magic power of Oprah spread to her favorite designer. Let's hope he's far more endearing than Oprah's past spin-offs (*cough* Dr. Phil *cough* Rachael Ray *cough*).
Bootylicious reality stars, hot mythical creatures and sexy males models after the jump!
RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 2!!! Get an Absolut First Look Now! Vrooommm!!!!
Oh, hell... It begins again. Today it's time to get a sneak peek at the hot, delicious, steaming tranny glamazons hurtling your way in spike heels for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
This time around there are 12 girls scratching for the crown; and they look pretty twisted and amazing. In the Absolut First Look clip above (cheers!) you also get a quick glimpse of some of Season 2's guest hosts which include Kathy Griffin, Dita Von Teese, Debbie Reynolds, Cloris Leachman and Henry Rollins, for starters. And judges Santino Rice and fashion journalist Meryl Ginsberg are both back too.
From the looks of the clip above, it looks like we're getting more gloss, more acrobatics (splits!), messy drama, maybe a medical emergency and some bitch-slappery!
Project Runway Returns to New York, and Doesn't it Feel Good?
Episode 13: The End, part 1
—by Eric Walter
Half the challenge of fashion in the City is not trailing your skirt on the filthy sidewalks or getting soaked from the soupy curb splash of a speeding cab. Keeping your shoes clean. That's a runway challenge.
Yeah ... Fashion Week is kind of a big deal, too.
Oh, Project Runway ... it's so nice to have you back where you belong.
But first! We get a liberal dose of the backgrounds of the final three, from Carol-Hannah's geeky, self-taught schoolgirl history, to Irina's first-generation American dream, to Althea's 5th-grade sewing machine Christmas wish.
A secret rendezvous in wintry Dayton, Ohio? No, just an adorable moment as Tim says good-bye to Carol Hannah.
Will the Fur Fly in the Project Runway Season Finale?
Heidi make a surprise visit to torture the designers some more.
We have to assume that Christopher's fairy godmother was having a smoke break last week when he was voted off the runway. He sure had a long — and precarious — run, didn't he? I was beginning to wonder if he had struck a deal with the devil. Every week was another narrow escape until the luck ran out.
With Gordana sent packing as well, we've dispatched the gay and the woman of a certain age, and now it's down to a three-way catfight among the young'uns. Let us hope they live up to the drama.
Carol Hannah, Althea and Irina. I always got these three confused at the beginning of the season.
Tomorrow, in the first of a two-part finale, the designers are whisked away to New York City, and they show their collections at Fashion Week. Tim will visit and coach them. Pretty standard stuff. And then Heidi stops by the work room — and you know that ain't good.
But the bomb she drops is kind of a dud: Create one more look before we judge you. The kids look stricken. But ... really? For weeks now they've been making dresses under the gun. Big deal.What's one more?
They've had some time to get back to normal. But when you have Irina throwing shade around the workroom — in love with her own competitiveness but resentful that she should have to compete at all — the tensions rise right back up. Ugh, can't you just let me win? Why are these people here? In front of me. Next to me. You need the iron? Ick. Go away.
Irina may not be nice, but she doesn't have to be. She is out for the kill. Have you seen how much fur the girl uses? Be warned.
The "Glee" Cast Plays Musical Chairs! (And Release a Blockbuster Soundtrack) Watch!!!
Hey, that wheelchair guy is totes cute in real life!!! (Photo credit: Michele Crowe, MTV)
There's no fighting the gay-tastic musical/TV juggernaut that is Glee. That is, unless you're MTV's daytime show host Alexa Chung who corrals the entire, supple cast of the show into a rousing game of musical chairs! Who would have thunk that edibly hot Mark Saling would be the first to get bumped? (No worries. I'll comfort him gladly.)
Watch the juvenile fun below!
And yes, the Glee Soundtrack, Volume 1 was released yesterday and is officially HUGE. Er, you're surprised? (Probably not, since you own it already.)
Check out another cute cast pic (courtesy of the always scrumptious Buzzworthy blog) and another Alexa/Glee video clip after the jump!
This Week In Fabulous 10/30: Naked Comedians, Obnoxiously Cute Gay Boys and a Benevolent Bea Arthur!
Bea Arthur is the definition of class (and sometimes crass). This week's post is for you my dear!
--By Cory Stottlemyer
This week, there's a lot of pretty going on. For all the women and men who love Chelsea Handler, you'll get a kick out of her news!
5. Meet White Collar hottie Matt Bomer.
All I can say is: swoon. Seriously, those eyes! Is he single? Because I doubt he will be for long!
Blah blah blah, USA has a new show called White Collar, blah blah blah, it's about an ex-con who is now working for the FBI or something to catch criminals, blah blah blah. All you need to know is that Matt Bomer is the star and he is gorgeous. And he's openly gay (says Wikipedia)! Does Neil Patrick Harris have some newfound competition for hottest out gay actor?
Sexy comedians, cute gay boys and singing celebrities after the jump!
Michael Kors challenges the designers this week with postcards.
Episode 10: Wish You Were Here
--by Eric Walter
This week's challenge doesn't seem that, er... challenging, but it's funny to see how wrong some of the designers go. Michael Kors sets it up this week. He holds up some vacation pictures and matches each designer up with a different destination. Their task: Design an outfit inspired by that location. It's mainly kind of a cheap shot to get the cameras into his Rodeo Drive flagship store.
Lucky seven. Who's going home this week.
Most of the hour is dedicated to Irina trashing everyone. She doesn't have much of a track record actually predicting the worst outfits, though. Most of the people she thinks are the worst either win or make it to the top few, so I have trouble respecting her judgment.
Irina hasn't been in the top herself for a few weeks, but she sure has a lot to say about everyone else.
The fact is, the level of creativity doesn't seem to be increasing
for anyone. This week's collection is an exercise in minimalism. Nothing looks amazing. Even when the judges like something, they have something to complain about.
Even Tim seems let down.
Christopher has the most to gain, having struck out consistently for
more than half of the season. But he just can't bring it. He gives
us a fantastic belt but skimps on the dress. He dodges a bullet again
this week, but he seems close.
...But it's going to have a killer belt, says Christopher.
Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars, Heroes and Gossip Girl fame, will be playing the role of a cabaret singer in the new Cher/Christina Aguilera flick, Burlesque. Cher plays the owner of a struggling cabaret, and Kristen will be playing her number one girl. If you have never heard Kristen sing, then have a listen above. Christina has some competition!
Big Gay Sketch Show Wishes You a Bloody Good (and Clean) Halloween!
Season 3 of Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show doesn't premiere until 2010, but don't think that they're not already busy cooking up twisted, silly gay comedy stuff for you. Since you're getting ready for Halloween, here's a teaser from the forthcoming season. Watch it above.
Grab your sparkles, kids! We're going for the glam!
Episode 9: Let's Put on a Show
—by Eric Walter
It's sort of a designer's dream come true on Project Runway this week. Dressmaker-to-the-stars Bob Mackie stops by to task the designers with creating an extravagant stage look for pop diva Christina Aguilera.
Nina is listening intently to Xtina as Bob Mackie wisely looks on. But all I can see are Nina's fierce shoes!
This is not fashion, he says. This is the stage. It's almost as if he's daring them to create a monstrosity.
At first everyone's kind of excited, but then they start to feel the pressure -- there are so few left -- and they all get a little nutty. Shirin seems totally lost, and Tim does not mince words with her.
More feathers!
Not slutty enough!
You're going to lose the purple thing, right?
Even Gordana freaks out and spends most of the challenge in a foul mood. Relax, lady; you've got immunity this week. (And it's a good thing too, Heidi tells her, out she would have been *this close* to being auffed.)
Ha! You are gonna hate this dress!
The only one who keeps her cool is Irina, who seems to especially enjoy sitting in her corner watching Shirin squirm and trash-talking Carol Hannah. Bad form!
Xtina looks like a shrinking violet next to Heidi.
—by Eric Walter
With a little help, Project Runway keeps gettin' better. As if in answer to our prayers, this week's episode features a very special celebrity guest star.
The five-time Grammy-winning, multiplatinum album-selling Christina Aguilera will be on hand to help judge who is in, who is out, and who's just dirrrty.
But that's not all!
We will also see the long-overdue return of Nina Garcia! Enough with those mean girls they've been playing musical chairs with in recent weeks! Finally some vicious invective from someone who deserves to spew it.
The designers get to help a cadre of divorcees live a fantasy by hacking up their old wedding dresses. The upshot: They get a new dress in the bargain.
Episode 8: There Goes the Bride
--by Eric Walter
With fewer and fewer designers, we notice every cut a little more each week on Project Runway. With so many boys gone, it's starting to look like a woman's game. And the battle of the sexes is directly behind the challenge this week: Free a divorcée from her post-marital identity by transforming her wedding dress into a hot new look.
Irina pulls a rabbit out of her hat.
These ladies are grateful for the services. Seems like they can't wait to tear through their old wedding gowns. It's a wonder they lasted this long. It's also kinda impressive that they all still fit into their dresses.
After turning the virginal white to a more experienced gray, Carol Hannah strips away year after year of someone else's failed marriage. Fun!
It may be a little cynical to celebrate the demise of relationships, the designers get even more cynical as they choose the biggest dresses first. They need all the fabric they can get with only $25 and a maximum of two yards of new fabric!
Tim looks unconvinced.
None of the designers thinks he or she will win. They're more concerned about not getting kicked off than actually winning. But poor Shirin really has reason to worry when she is left with the skimpiest dress of them all.
Shirin's diviorcée wants to get something that looks like a gypsy costume from Cher's Vegas show! Right...
Luckily she realizes her client is crazy and she puts the brakes on her "Half Breed" moment. Her reward: She doesn't win, but she isn't eliminated either.
Wanda Sykes Is Gonna Get Real Gay & Real Political This Saturday Night!
This Saturday night, President Obama is addressing the big gay rights group, the Human Rights Campaign at their national dinner in DC (you can watch it on CSpan). On Sunday, thousands of gays will march to the Capitol to make a big statement about equality. And on Saturday night at 10pm, HBO is serving up Wanda Sykes (shot in DC!) on her new stand-up special "I'ma Be Me."
It looks amazing, funny and really gay. Obama, coming out as a lesbian, gay marriage and the crazy state of America is all fodder for rude and righteous Wanda. Set the DVR, gays!
Is this Glee Star Cory Monteith at NYC Gay Bar Barracuda, or Not? Check out the Cute Photo!
(Left) Is that Glee's Cory Monteith posing with a gay dude at NYC's Barracuda? Photo via MyComrade.com.
As we know, pretty much all the gays are loving the Fox show Glee these days. And they also might love the above photo (on the left) which might be Glee star Cory Monteith (yes, he plays hottie jock Finn) snapped recently at the NYC gay bar Barracuda.
This lovely snapshot comes via drag queen/blogger extraordinaire Linda Simpson who posted the pic on her genius MyComrade.com blog. It was taken by a friend of hers. As Linda puts it "So is Monteith gay? Who knows, but he obviously is comfortable hanging with homosexuals and posing for their cameras."
But my big question: IS IT REALLY CORY? Yes, the guy looks kind of a lot like him. And sure the actor could easily have popped into Barracuda; that'd be no big deal. But whattya think??? This guy in the pic may look a bit older than Cory... See below.
So, this is the real Cory. Is that the same guy in the Barracuda pic???
You think some guy at Barracuda was just yanking a Glee fan's chain??? Celebs and their look-alikes... So tricky!!
"Kept" Casting Call Announced for Logo's Upcoming Reality Show! A-Gays Wanted!
Oh my... Reality TV star-wannabe's, watch out!
From the same production company that brought you The Real Housewives Of Atlanta on Bravo, Classic Entertainment Group (Casting) and LOGO, We are pleased to announce casting for tentatively titled “Kept” – a look at the A List gay social life in NYC.
This series will begin casting immediately – with a series premiere next year on LOGO.
Casting For:
“A-List” gay men in the age range of 20 – mid 30’s (or appear to be) who have steady relationships or dating extremely established, successful men, or have that as a goal. Very interested in couples where one guy is the “breadwinner”, the other living large on his dime (OR is just simple the stay at home part of the couple – concentrating on entertaining and handling the couple’s social calendar).
MANY MORE SORDID DETAILS AFTER THE JUMP! READ ON, SHAMELESS GAYS!!!!
It's a time crunch! The designers have one day to make two cute little blue things. Sounds like a team challenge!
Episode 7: My Blue Hell
—by Eric Walter
Team challenges are always a pain in the pin cushion for Project Runway designers. This time they have to pair up and produce two looks in a single color: blue. This week's challenge doesn't produce anything new. Just the
usual team microdrama: someone's not doing enough; she's not giving me
direction; her top is a mess; I hate ruffles.
So the designers wax esoteric about blue — like it's intrinsically more complicated to work with than other colors. (Would green or pink really be better?) Then they all pair off like it's the last scene of Bambi.
Macy's guest judge, Martine Reardon,
chooses the team leaders.
The designers form their own little Macy's parade, one after the
other trying to impress Ms. Reardon.
The only notable team is Christopher and Epperson. I would be honored to work with Epperson, he says — "honored," really? — which leads to a love fest of high fives and buddy hugs that's pretty much the gayest thing on the episode.
Epperson and Christopher are convinced they are a dream team. Tim looks doubtful.
Nicolas has immunity this week, so he's the one to watch out for. The only thing preventing him from letting his teammate fail is his own sense of pride.
Nicolas grumbles that ruffles are only a gimmick to hide flaws. Louise's primary flaw is choosing the guy with immunity as her teammate.
It's not Nicolas' fault that Louise has a bad idea, but he has no incentive to prop her up or talk her out of her excessive use of ruffles. His motives are suspect, at best. He's definitely not afraid to trash-talk her sketches to the other designers. He even says, half-joking, at the beginning of the show: We have to get rid of one of the girls.
TV Hotness: Madonna Eats Pizza, Cheyenne to Do "30 Rock," Christian Siriano Gets a Show! Discuss!
A hot slice, a hot slice of man & a hot mess!
Gay TV News Flash: First, Watch Madonna on Letterman from last night [see below]. She talks A-Rod, never getting married again, hockey players and then goes next door with Dave for a slice of pizza (her NYC first? as if...).
Yes, Logo's Big Gay House-Husbands Reality Show Is in the Works. Yikes! What Do You Think?
Will any good powergays (and their men) come forward for "Kept"? Let's hope...
After seeing posts on Gawker and RadarOnline last Friday about Logo's big new gay "Real Houseboys of New York" series (that's my title, not theirs), I had to try and get confirmation from this from my Logo colleagues here. Here's what I found out...
YES, there is a show like this actually in the works, and True Entertainment, the folks who produce The Real Housewives of Atlanta and HGTV's Design Star (not to mention The Gastineau Girls -- ouch!) are behind it.
YES, they're gonna be casting in NYC any moment now. And while the working title of the show is "Kept" (Ewwwww! I hope they rethink that; remember that Jerry Hall mess?) the focus won't just be on couples in a rich-guy/kept-boy scenario. More like the Real Housewives the show will likely aim to focus on couples and colorful gay professionals just working and thriving here in NYC.
Frankly, the possibilities are staggering. NYC is full of gay power couples, each with its own dynamics... Jann Wenner & Matt Nye; Marc Jacobs & Lorenzo Martone... How about the fabulous Padilha brothers behind MAO PR? They'd be amazing TV. Uberglam fashionistas The Blonds (you get a husband and a hot wife!)? Or how about porn magnate Michael Lucas and his businessman hubby Richard Winger? Oh, the mind reels...
Just about anybody in gay NYC knows prominent media gays, publicists, event planners, DJs, party promoters, Broadway producers... The casting possibilities are endless. Let's hope that this is tackled in some way that's not inherently embarrassing. OR, more to the point, let's just hope it's a big sprawling gay train wreck that'll be chronicling demented homo drama from Fashion Week to Fire Island; from Therapy to Sugarland; from GLAAD cocktail shindigs to Bana Pool Parties... In the words of RuPaul: "Don't f**k it up, yo."
And can we maybe get a Kim Zolciak and NeNe cameo in there? Please?
Is Ambrose Price TV's Next Design Mega-Star? Have a Look & See!
Will the festive Ambrose Price be reality TV's next hot-glue-gun-toting mess? Let's hope!
Next Monday night Logo debuts a new series The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price, which follows the looney exploits of Ambrose Price, a charming and kooky gay from small-town Newfoundland (as in Canada) who's determined to make it big as the next big design/homemaking/style guru. Should Martha Stewart be worried? Er... Let's just politely say it's a bit too early to tell.
To Price's credit, and in spite of his endearing if fumbling persona (which you see in the preview clip below) Price isn't a total rube. He was a breakout star on the Canadian version of HGTV's Design Superstar Challenge. He didn't win, but audiences loved him and he then got his own show up north. Have a look!
Price is pretty daffy to watch (in a fun way!). I keep wondering, "What's with that accent? Is he drunk?" But I do admire his spunky, fearless approach to everything.
The designers hit a movie set to receive their next assignment.
Episode 6: Genre Bender
—by Eric Walter
The fashions may be fun, but this week's episode is a snooze-fest. With the Nicolas-Johnny conflict resolved, the best we get now is a brief detour into Carol Hannah's crush on Logan. (Get in line, sister.)
Carol Hannah gazes dreamily under the brim of Logan's hat.
There's some workroom drama with a rash of bobbin theft. (Sabotage!)
And Louise stabs her finger tip with a sewing machine needle.
OK, that is kinda gross.
The personality conflict geiger counter is registering record-low
readings. There was no WTF moment this week.
No one's asking for Irina
to press an iron to Nicolas' face, or to use Logan's pin cushion as a
voodoo doll, but what is happening to the Project Runway we know and love?
Forgive me for saying this — where's Santino when you actually need him!
Once again Nina and Michael are M.I.A., and we have guest judges galore. What is this, The Fashion Show?
Perhaps sensing this, the producers have set us up for a team challenge next week. Working in pairs, the designers are always cable-ready for drama, and frankly I can't wait.
This time our intrepid contestants are tasked with choosing a movie genre and creating a character to live in it. But the judges favor couture over costume and leave us with, I think, some unfair results.
The challenge, apparently, is to create a look inspired by a genre, not something that would actually work in a movie. The judges adore Christopher's backless, sleeveless, totally inaccurate Victorian gown but don't much care for Gordana's perfectly lovely flapper dress. They go crazy for Epperson's western-genre denim-and-leather frills but make nary a comment on Shirin's saloon floozy.
Christopher goes all Merchant Ivory on us, but with a twist.
What, I ask you, is wrong with this lovely beaded confection?
Interestingly, the winner and the loser are both from the same genre: sci-fi. But between Nicolas' three cosmic queens living in Orion's belt and Ra'mon's alien-human hybrid, I don't expect a happy ending for either story.
Jonny McGovern's Got a New "3-Dollar Bill" Web Video! It's Wrong... But Gay Jesus Likes It!
Jonny McGovern: Serving you new, twisted dirty-ish gay stuff.
New York's Jonny McGovern is a busy fella. He's got his weekly Gay Pimp podcast, his cast duties as one of the funny folks on Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show (season 3 coming in early 2010), he performs onstage and still throws some hot downtown NYC parties.
And apparently he still finds time to make a twistedly funny web series "3-Dollar Bill" which spoofs everything righteous in the world today. There's a new episode out now, which mocks frothing, alarmist news shows and the demonization of kids TV characters like Tinky-Wink and SpongeBob. You ready to meet "Double-Dee"???
America's new probingly pink latex sweetheart, Double-Dee!
What's impressive about this newest clip is there's some series production and animation going on here. Nice work, Jonny! And WARNING: there's some bad language, so it's sort of NSFW. Watch at your own sassy risk! And yes, "Gay Jesus" does make an appearance!
And there are 4 previous "3-Dollar Bill" web videos you can enjoy (if you dare) while you're at it. Mercy, mercy me...
Stop the Presses! Project Runway Goes 100% Recycled
Don't light a match! These papered ladies could go up like kindling!
Episode 5: Paper Dolls
—by Eric Walter
Against my better judgment, I watched part of Lifetime's Models of the Runway yesterday. And I'm glad I did! I learned that Logan, who I named as last week's "Best Gay," is not actually gay. Or the models don't think so, anyway.
Well, no one's perfect. (I mean Logan.)
I still think he was the Best Gay last week. Let's just call Logan an honorary gay. Everyone deserves to be, don't you think? Why should we have all the fun?
Anyway, I have a feeling I'm not the first to bestow this title.
So this week, we hit up an old-school Project Runway antic. Make a dress out of copies of the Los Angeles Times!
The winner will make headlines!
(And the loser will be wrapping tomorrow's fish and chips.)
Now, the best paper dress I can remember was worn in 1965 by Princess
Kay of the Milky Way. (Princess Kay is crowned annually at the
Minnesota State Fair.)
See right: It's made out of one-pound butter cartons!
The designers have their work cut out for them if they're going to surpass this genius.
As it turns out, it's a little harder than most people might think to fit a dress with paper. The material has no give. And it takes some solid engineering skills to get it off the dress form and on the model.
The pattern Althea creates shines like she's working with plates of brass.
Gordana is off to a good start with a pleated bodice.
This episode of Project Runway brought to you by ... Elmer's Glue.
The producers set up a nice little conflict between Nicolas and Johnny, and they end up in a bitter race to the bottom.
This Week In Fabulous 9/18: Twilight Hunks, Singing Divas and Hot Out Actors!
NPH's smoldering good looks beckon you to read this week's post!
--By Cory Stottlemyer
It's time once again for This Week In Fabulous, and boy, is there a lot to talk about. With the VMAs and the ensuing aftermath, MTV almost single-handedly ruled all that is pop culture this week. But don't worry, Kanye West does NOT make an appearance in this post!
5. Adult Swim skewers the Hills!
Any parody of the girls of the Hills is ok in my book.
Our friends at MTV's "The Daily Fresh" posted this parody of The Hills a little while ago and I am already in love with it. From Heidi's emotional breakdowns to the overly dramatic music, they were spot on in their portrayal of the show. Oh, and they also get mauled by the monsters from The Hills Have Eyes. Fabulous.
Hot out actors, singers who belt it out and singers who can rock it out after the jump!
This week the models are the clients: The lucky 13 designers must make their models an "eye-catching look for an industry event."
Episode 4: Who's the Boss?
—by Eric Walter
The simplicity of the challenges this season has me a little disappointed. I guess it goes to show you don't have to be working with garbage or car parts or groceries to come up with something that looks like crap. Fabric works just as well.
So the models this week get to choose what they wear for once. (Giving them their own show apparently wasn't enough.) Of course they go bonkers. They want to be unique and original and to stand out ... just like everyone else.
Most of the models have a pretty clear idea of what they want — or at the very least a list of adjectives. But some of them are all over the map. Make me every kind of dress — all at once! *snap*
Epperson reads some of his notes to a sympathetic Tim Gunn: "flowy, strong, punk, cocktail, tiger." It could be a bad Chinese translation of an American toilet cleaner brand. Whatever it is, if that's describing a dress, it already sounds like a disaster.
Epperson consults with Mattar. Long but not too long; tight but not too tight; revealing but not too revealing. Got it!
Among the most important revelations of this week's show are Tim Gunn's feet. Check out who's rocking the sandals!
Episode 3 - Surf and Terse
—by Eric Walter
This week California lends itself to one of the most simple and direct competitions of the series: Design a stunning beach dress and a surf-inspired avant garde look to accompany it.
Oh, and there's a guy there from Garnier to talk about hair.
I hope everyone's got their sunblock!
This is the first team competition of the season. Working in teams is great because it instantly brings out the best and the worst in the designers. The bottom two this week were the weakest leaders.
Mitchell wastes no time diving off the deep end, declaring that he chose Ramon for his team because he wants someone who can carry him. He hasn't brought much to the cutting table so far, so it's not surprising he feels this way, but most players would hold their cards a little closer. I don't know how he qualified for the show, but he must have left his self confidence back in Georgia.
It's the little things that count, right?
Mitchell sticks in a few pins and stitches up a petite swimsuit, but his most notable work shows up on the brow of poor Ra'mon, who has to take over the reins to avoid being on a losing team.
Ra'mon is working his animal spirit connections to stay on top this week. Ten bucks says he has a giraffe print on his underwear.
BBC Announces New L Word-Style Lesbian Dramedy “Lip Service.” (Get it? Lip Service?) Read more!
Bagpipes are the new faux hawk.
-- By Jenny Hagel
Did the series finale of the L Word leave you wanting more? Still trying to fill that hour each week that you’ve set aside to watch/judge fictional lesbians?
Good news!
BBC3 has announced plans for a new six-part hour-long lesbian dramedy called “Lip Service” about a group of young lesbians and bi women living in Glasgow.
Creator Harriet Braun (Mistresses, Hotel Babylon) says the series is “based on her own experiences.” Braun commented that, while she was a fan of the L Word, “it's high time we saw some contemporary British lesbians, with all the bad weather, trips to the pub and repressed emotions that go with that.” Say no more, Harriet. You had me at “trips to the pub."
Filming begins this fall, so we’ll have to wait a while to see if Lip Service lives up to its predecessor with regards to blatant product placement (Scotch Tape?), awkward celebrity cameos (paging Susan Boyle...) and lesbians making out in stylish outfits (lady + lady + tartan = hot).
Here’s hoping that BBC America picks up Lip Service! Otherwise, we may have to travel across the pond to follow the adventures of McTina and MacBette. (What? I’m not above it.)
Starting Sept. 14th, Lenk will take over the role of Franz, a great comedic role in the show; the character is the son of the villainous German real estate mogul who plans to raze the rock club that's the main setting of the show's action. Franz transforms from baddie to totally cute audience favorite during the show, and he gets to belt out the Pat Benatar classic "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" in spandex. Yay!
I've seen Rock of Ages. It's a trashy yet fun, cheezy yet totally well-produced show. Art it ain't. They serve cans of beer in the theater!!! But for mass-market fluff, it's smart and doesn't take itself seriously. At all.
Some cute pics of Tom are attached, after the jump (including fun undie shots). Break a leg, Tom!
Logo's on Twitter: Meet Our Staff Tweeters! Plus, Office Gossip & Special Offers!
We here at Logo are always looking for ways to keep in contact with our viewers (and in NewNowNext's case, with our readers) to keep you guys up to date on everything that we're doing here. So yes, we're coming at you with a full serving of Twitter whoop-ass!
If you don't have a Twitter account yet, get one now! Create an account so you can start following @logochannel. We'll change staffers daily, giving you some insight into the Logo office (if you only knew) and the folks behind what you see onscreen and online. (And yes, Rebecca Glasscock is still locked in the supply closet.) If that isn't enough, we promise there will be exclusive contests for our Twitter followers!
And without further ado (well, after the jump) meet your Logo Tweeters!
Heidi unveils special guest Rebecca Romijn and her buns in the oven.
Episode 2: Expecting
--by Eric Walter
This week, Project Runway throws a curve, and it's a big one. The designers are given the task of creating a chic, form-fitting look for gorgeous celebrity guest Rebecca Romijn — and her gorgeous baby bump!
Er, babies bump. She's having twins.
Not surprisingly, the three best designs are created by women and the three worst are designed by men — gay men, no less. Ouch. It's not a shining moment for our boys.
Strapping a pillow to those models' bellies is like a garter snake
swallowing an ostrich egg, but they gamely strap on the pregnancy
prosthetics and march down the runway.
Can we just nominate the Vogue Evoution children for sainthood? They're fierce, amazingly talented dancers, bringing gay-realness and educating the masses each week on America's Best Dance Crew. And they're just so darn cool and sweet and nice! (Via Remote Control.)
Enough with the gushing. Watch the cute video above. Love, love, love...
Tim Gunn meets the designers on a familiar Hollywood location: the Emmys red carpet. Thank goodness Kathy Griffin is nowhere to be found!
—by Eric Walter
Episode 1: Project Runway is
Dead. Long live Project Runway!
After a year of silence and a quick, muted summertime promotion, Project Runway jumped back into the spotlight last night with the long-awaited Season Six premiere.
Fans might have worried about the series’ fate on a network made infamous by titles such as "Crimes of Passion: She Woke Up Pregnant," "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger," and "Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy."
As RuPaul might say, "Don’t f*&# it up, Lifetime."
But you can put your fears to rest. Tim and Heidi and Michael and Nina (a little softened – Marie Clare is treating her well) seem to have weathered the cross-continental risks just fine. It’s the same old Runway – literally.
A familiar, heart-stopping (for them), heart-warming (for us) sight.
The Los Angeles sound stage is an exact copy of the old New York set. The logo is the same. The lighting is the same. The catch-phrases are the same.
They even kept fabric supplier Mood, which reportedly opened a temporary satellite location just for the show.
This Week In Fabulous 8/21: Eric Dane, Miss Piggy, Marc Jacobs & Project Runway Galore!
Anderson Cooper who? Tim Gunn is the original silver fox!
-- By Cory Stottlemyer
For this week's edition of "This Week In Fabulous," there's plenty of fabulous in the form of delusional reality stars, celebrities who can't keep track of their home videos, and fashion! Now let's get started!
5. Heidi Montag will NOT be lip-syncing at the Miss Universe Pageant!
I wish Heidi would stop trying to be sexy. It's like watching a blow-up doll prance around and blow kisses.
This should be HILARIOUS. Heidi Montag will apparently be singing live at this Sunday's Miss Universe Pageant. Either I will want to stab my ear drums out, or I will laugh so hard I will stop breathing. I bet both will happen.
Eric Dane sexiness and fashion fabulousness after the jump!
Project Runway's All Stars Get Their Fill of Santino Rice
Rice Queen: Santino stirs it up! Bravo!
Has all of his time away from TV turned Tim Gunn into a big nervous nellie??? It sort of sounds that way. AfterElton.com has a fun post up about tomorrow night's big special Project Runway All-Stars special (8pm ET), which brings back a bunch of the best from past seasons of PR to compete in a one-off design throwdown.
They rounded up a great group -- Chris March, Sweet P, Jeffrey Sebelia, Korto, Uli, Daniel Vosovic, Michael Knight (sorry, no Laura Bennett or Christian Siriano). But evidently the big troublemaker in the show is (surprise) Santino Rice! In fact, Tim Gunn is quoted (practically hyperventilating) saying things like "I was as close to a psychotic breakdown as I’ve ever been."
Have you missed these fashion messes?
Why the drama? Blame Santino! "I don’t want to give him anymore press," said Gunn. "But that Santino Rice -- I was ready to take a cyanide capsule. I mean, he just sucks all the air out of a room." Oh lordy, Tim. Sounds like great TV to me!
Get more of Tim's kvetching on AfterElton.com. Strangely, none of the folks working on RuPaul's Drag Race have complained about Santino's histrionics. Maybe Tim should have called in Shannel to put Santino in his place. Lord knows she would have welcomed the opportunity.
Vogue Evolution: Read the Fierce AfterElton Interview!
The children of Vogue Evolution are bringing it to ABDC.
A new season of the scorchingly fun MTV dance competition show, America's Best Dance Crew has begun, and I gotta say I've got a special place in my heart for Vogue Evolution, the show's first-ever all-gay dance posse.
It's not just that these children are family and they're from NYC (like me!), it's also that they've got hearts as big as anything, and they're on a mission to inspire other gay kids and show the world how artful voguing truly is.
Read the new interview up on AfterElton and you'll be impressed, too.
This Week In Fabulous 8/7: Kissing Cops, the B-52s, and Hugh Jackman Being Fabulous!
Grrrrr? Nice to know there's a song and dance man behind that waxen scowl.
--by Cory Stottlemyer
It's once again time for "This Week In Fabulous," where I tell you all about everything that happened in the past 7 days that was truly and utterly wonderful. Lots of beautiful men fill this post once again. Check it out below!
This one is for everyone who wants to get in touch with their inner child. A new Where the Wild Things Are trailer has come out and the movie looks fantastic! I'm really glad they decided not to use CGI to create the monsters...too fake looking for my taste. The movie looks incredible, so I'm sure that people of all ages will be flocking to the theaters to see this!
Read about gay cops, Brad Pitt, and Hugh Jackman after the jump!
Paula Abdul Gets the Big Gay Sketch Show Treatment
As we all know (sob!), Paula Abdul won't be back for another season of American Idol. And while that may seem like reason enough to cease functioning or going on hunger strike or taking other drastic measures, don't fret. Those cheeky kids at Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show have managed to milk some humor out of this dire occasion.
Actually, the above clip is a sneak peek at the upcoming Season 3 of the BGSS (due in early 2010), but the timing is perfect for this now, sooo... Here you go!
Well this is good news. According to our friends at AfterElton, The new CW remake of 90s classic Melrose Place is going to have a "non-stereotypical gay character," played by hottie Victor Webster. You might think Victor looks familier; he's played one of the many conquests of Samantha on Sex and the City and is also a Playgirl cover model. Head over to AfterElton to check out tons of sexy and slightly NSFW pictures of the actor. The idea of a Melrose Place remake just got a little better.
Watch Chelsea Handler Give GLAAD a Piece of Her Mind!
Funny lady Chelsea Handler has responded to being left out of GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index, and she's not happy. In the above video, you can check out the comedienne showing off her gay staffers and expressing her annoyance at being left out. Handler has always been a big supporter of the gay community, and was even Grand Marshal in this year's L.A. Pride Parade. Wonder why she was left out?
Congratulations are in order for Ms. Jessica Wild! The fierce performer has been selected by voters to be a contestant on the upcoming season of RuPaul's Drag Race! That's her in the above clip announcing that she won... Hopefully she'll improve her camera skills before the show actually starts. She's an insanely intense performer, so I imagine she'll be bringing a lot of energy to the show next season.
Hopefully she'll also prove to the people who voted for her that she deserves to be on the show, but something tells me we don't have anything to worry about. Just like last season's fan pick, season one runner up Nina Flowers, Jessica Wild hails from Puerto Rico and girl knows how to perform!
Jessica Wild: She's pretty... But can she lip-synch for her life?
Head on over to the RuPaul Casting website to see videos of JW performing at various shows. Girl is going to bring it!
TV Preview: Get a Peek at Bravo's New Fashion Competition Show "Launch My Line"
Here comes round two of Bravo's attempt to replace Project Runway. Launch My Line, a show where contestants get paired with established designers to produce their own fashion line, thankfully looks better than the hot mess that was the The Fashion Show. Maybe it was hatred for Isaac Mizrahi, maybe it was because I didn't understand why an ex-member of Destiny's Child was a judge, but I just could not bring myself to get anywhere close to getting into that show.
Back to Launch My Line. The contestants are comprised of people who are established in careers outside of fashion design (a DJ, fashion critics, an architect, and big gay dandy Patrick McDonald!) but still have an interest in 15 minutes of fashion design fame...I mean they want to create their own lines. You may recognize some of them, including Merle Ginsberg, judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, who I guess just couldn't get enough of the reality TV limelight. This show looks like a much better attempt to replace PR, and the DSquared twins look to be much better hosts than Mizrahi. I'll still be tuning in with a critical eye. The show premieres September 16th.
T.R. Knight Tells All in the Next Issue of Entertainment Weekly
I've always had a crush on T.R. He is such a cutie!
Ex-Grey's Anatomy star and openly gay actor T.R. Knight talks all about his departure from the hit ABC show in next week's issue of Entertainment Weekly. He even talks about the "Isaiahgate” incident (you know...when then co-star Isaiah Washington called T.R. a f*ggot while arguing with Patrick Dempsey) and how exec producer Shonda Rhimes didn't want him to come out.
Hearing all this, I can't say I blame T.R. for leaving. Rhimes all but cut him out of the show this past season, and the whole Izzie/George/Callie love triangle was just incredibly stupid. Still, I'm sad I'll no longer be watching the incredibly adorable Knight every week. The issue hits stands this Friday. Check out a preview of the article here.
NewNowNext Interview: Kim Stolz Talks Tyra, Obama & What's Next!
Out and proud MTV correspondent Kim Stolz has come quite a ways since her days on reality television. Can't say the same for some of the past winners...
By Cory Stottlemyer
America's Next Top Model alum, MTV News correspondent, and out lesbian Kim Stolz sat down with me recently to discuss her future plans, how she got to where she is now, and her opinions on things such as the Obama administration.
Everybody's going to want to know...why did you do Top Model?
I went to Wesleyan University and studied government and foreign policy...and wrote a thesis my senior year on the impact of exit strategies on United States intervention abroad in the Post-Cold War Era. I was sitting around with my friends one day and they told me "you have to do something crazy before you go to law school!"
I had never wanted to be a model. My mom was a model, and I always thought was cool, but not for me. My friends saw an ad for Top Model and told me I had to audition. I went basically because of a bet. My friends and I made a bet; I lost it and went to the audition.
Kim dishes more about her time on Top Model and MTV after the jump!
We're down to four! James Paul, Daniella, Anna, and Reco.
Finale: Part 1
-by Eric Walter
It's been 10 weeks since Merlin went home, and the remaining designers have been hard at work pulling together their beads, buckles and bows for the season finale of The Fashion Show. Now America votes.
But Isaac drops a bomb: America will indeed decide the winner — but among only three finalists. One is eliminated this week. If this is the only surprise this episode delivers, we'll take it! The final collections have been available to view on Bravo's Web site for a few weeks now, so there's nothing new to see here.
Aw... buck up, designers! The eliminated one still gets $10,000!
In their final fashion show of the season, populated by a handful of Housewives from New Jersey and New York, the designers give it their best. Thankfully, Theresa keeps her hands off the furniture and Caroline leaves her killer dogs chained up outside.
Dispensing with what worked and what didn't, let's just take a look at what everyone showed.
Kathy Griffin is excited to find out everything what was truly fabulous this week! So excited...she stripped!
By Cory Stottlemyer
Ladies and gentlemen, this wonderful Friday, I am going to go through with you the list of the most fabulous things that happened this week! Whether it be a piece of news, a bit of celebrity gossip, or just a picture of a hot man, check out this post to find out the top 5 hottest things from the past week!
5) Project Runway reveals the designers and models!
God, as if I wasn't excited enough for the new Project Runway season and the All Star special coming up, Lifetime has gone and revealed all the designers for the upcoming season! If you head on over to their website, Lifetime has a bunch of little videos for each designer, as well as for the models too. And did you know that there's going to be a companion show that's all about the models' experiences on the show? How freaking FABULOUS is that?
After the jump, check out more Kathy Griffin and shirtless men!
Emmy Nominations Announced! Yay Sarah, NPH, Cherry & Ms. Griffin!
If only she'd win... You know a Sarah Silverman acceptance speech would be brutal.
Emmy nominations were announced this morning (it's the 61st year - oy!). 30 Rock and Mad Men got truckloads, no shocker. But some nice surprises... One is that they're allowing more noms in some categories, so now there can be, like, 6 or 7 nominees for stuff like Best Comedy Series and Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
That means, some fresher talent can join the folks who tend to hog all the noms. Like... Sarah Silverman who takes her place among usual suspects Tina Fey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. It's for The Sarah Silverman Program, of course. In which she plays herself (ha!). And which will be on Logo next year. Nice, eh?
Cherry, Neil Patrick Harris and Kathy Griffin get some gay Emmy-nomination love. Suck it!
Gays nominated for prizes include Neil Patrick Harris for Best Supporting Actor on a Comedy Series, How I Met Your Mother (NPH will also be hosting the Emmys); Cherry Jones for Best Supporting Actress for playing the President on 24; Sir Ian McKellen for his King Lear special or movie or mini-series thingy; and of course, non-gay Kathy Griffin (whose tireless inclusion and championing of gays in her show My Life on the D-List is unparalleled) is up for Best Reality series, and one or two others.
Sadly, no Emmy love for RuPaul. Surely, Ru can rank along Heidi and Padma as "Best Reality Show Host," right? Or Drag Race should at least have gotten a nod for Best Lighting! It takes a lotta work to blow Ru's sh*t out with those battleship-worthy searchlights, okaaay?
Who I gotta blow to get an Emmy nom up in heerrrre?
This week the designers are bewitched, bothered and BeDazzled.
Episode 10: Blood, Sweat and Sparkle
-by Eric Walter
The stakes are raised on this week's The Fashion Show when Isaac and Kelly announce that the loser this time will miss out on the chance to present a collection in the season's final fashion show.
I love the mini challenge: Make a dress with two yards of silk and 12 pins. It's super esoteric, yet simultaneously something that every lay person one can understand. Isaac pontificates about draping and the relation of fabric to the human body, but even I can see that this is the basis of a dress.
Professor Mizrahi presents Fashion Design 101: The Drape.
Frankly it's mystifying to me that this is challenge to any of them. Isn't this something they learned in design school kindergarten? (But we saw what happened when we assumed these kids knew how to sew!)
It's a good introduction to this week's challenge: the evening gown. And for good measure — and some glamorous integrated marketing — let's throw in $30,000 worth of Swarovsky crystals for a bit of the old razzle dazzle.
After weeks and weeks of tepid drama, The Fashion Show goes back to its roots and pulls a Project Runway-style coup by bringing back five eliminated designers to be paired with the remaining five contestants!
Andrew, Keith, Angel, Haven, and ... ta-dah! Merlin.
It's fun to see the familiar faces we hoped to see so much more from but who were gone so soon. *sigh*
(Plus, the producers had to get them back for season 1 before the show aired and any of them had a chance to see how they actually look on TV!)
Margaret Cho and Barbara Walters Talk Vaginas and Orgasms
She's raunchy, hilarious, and not afraid to reveal everything about her sex life. With Barbara Walters of all people.
So, in order to promote her new Lifetime show, Drop Dead Diva, Margaret Cho chatted it up with the women of the View yesterday about, what else, her vagina. There's no other way to explain what happened other than being incredibly blunt...so here goes. Apparently, Ms. Cho can't reach the big O while having sex. In order to fix that problem, she went an had a shot of collagen injected right into her G spot.
You know, there are some people who I imagine have heard it all and would never in a million years be shocked by anything. Barbara Walters is one of those people. To see her stare at Cho with her mouth hanging open makes this clip all the more hilarious. Margaret Cho, you are one of the most delightfully bold and hilarious women around. Keep on shocking people!
Bruce and Demi's daughter has her eyes set on making it int he acting biz. Maybe playing gay will be her way to fame?
We're back from the much needed three day weekend and we've got some catching up to do. As our friends at AfterEllen reported, Access Hollywood has learned that wannabe actress and celebrity spawn Rumer Willis is set to play gay in an upcoming episode of the CW's 90210 next season. Her character "Gia" will work at the West Beverly High School paper The Blaze News alongside characters Navid (Michael Steger), Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) and Silver (Jessica Stroup).
The "unique" beauty and Jay-Leno-chin-bearing Rumer has already acted on the big screen in last year's female-led comedy The House Bunny. Rumer's character is being described as a "punky cute lesbian." Well, she's definitely got the punky part down.
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