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Drag-a-thon
Drag-a-thon was a drag show held during July 10–12, 2023, at the drag venue Darcelle XV Showplace in Portland, Oregon. The event was a successful attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for the longest drag stage show. Drag-a-thon was conceived and produced by Emma Mcilroy, co-founder of Wildfang, in response to the Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act and similar anti-drag legislation across the United States. Eden Dawn, the host venue Darcelle XV Showplace, and its longtime performer Poison Waters were also credited as co-organizers. Drag-a-thon was also a fundraiser, yielding approximately $290,000 for LGBT support service The Trevor Project. Participants included ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants Eureka O'Hara, LaLa Ri, and Peppermint, as well as Fred Armisen, spouses Lance Bangs and Corin Tucker, spouses Janine Brito and Paula Pell, Carrie Brownstein, Cameron Esposito, Laura Gibson, Frankie Grande, Punkie Johnson, Meghan Klingenberg, Stacy London, Sarah Marshall, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildfang
Wildfang is a Portland, Oregon-based queer-friendly apparel company known for its untraditional approach to gender norms. The company was co-founded in 2012 by Emma Mcilroy, Taralyn Thuot and Julia Parsley, who previously worked at Nike, Inc. The business operates a shop in downtown Portland. History In 2018, Wildfang created a collection of t-shirts and a bomber jacket with the tagline, "I Really Care, Don't U?". This was in response to the "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" jacket worn by Melania Trump on her trip to visit immigrant children at a detention center. All proceeds from the sales of the tag-lined items went to a charitable organization, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. In February of 2020, Wildfang filed a lawsuit against Target Corporation alleging that its Wild Fable clothing line infringed on Wildfang's company trademark. In the lawsuit, Wild Fang asks that Target stop selling its Wild Fable line, and that profits from the sale of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcelle XV Showplace
Darcelle XV Showplace is a drag venue in Portland, Oregon, opened and operated by drag performer Darcelle XV. History The club opened in 1967. In June 2020, the venue was nominated for national historic registry status by the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation, marking the first time an LGBT-related establishment was considered in Oregon. The site was listed in November 2020. The venue launched drag brunch in September. Darcelle XV, the founder and namesake of the showplace, died of natural causes at the age of 92 in March 2023. From July 10 through July 12, 2023, Darcelle XV Showplace hosted a 48-hour Drag-a-thon attempting to break the Guinness World Records for longest drag artist stage show. In addition to attempting to break the world record, the event also raised money for the nonprofit The Trevor Project that provides crisis intervention services for LGBTQ youth. Reception Darcelle's won in the "Best Drag Show" category of ''Willamette Week'' "Best of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corin Tucker
Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorded with the indie rock group Heavens to Betsy and The Corin Tucker Band. ''Entertainment Weekly'' writes, "Corin Tucker’s place in rock history is already set in stone, and her work in the riot grrrl era is pretty much peerless, thanks to the muscular guitar style, otherworldly wail, and knack for punchy, pounding three-minute blasts she brought to such great heights with riot queens Sleater-Kinney." ''Rolling Stone'' called her “a punk-rock heroine." Early life Tucker was born in State College, Pennsylvanaia and spent her childhood in Grand Forks, North Dakota. There, her father was a college professor and her mother was a medical technician. Her father is also a folk singer and musician.McDonnell, Evelyn. 1997. “There’s a Riot G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busy Philipps
Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), ''Dawson's Creek'' (2001–2003), ''Love, Inc.'' (2005–2006) and '' ER'' (2006–2007), for her abortion access advocacy, and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC series ''Cougar Town'' (2009–2015), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, such as '' The Smokers'' (2000), ''Home Room'' (2002), ''White Chicks'' (2004), ''Made of Honor'' (2008), '' He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009), '' The Gift'' (2015), and ''I Feel Pretty'' (2018). From 2018 to 2019, Philipps hosted her own television talk show ''Busy Tonight'', on E!. She currently stars in the Peacock original series ''Girls5eva''. Childhood Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katelyn Ohashi
Katelyn Michelle Ohashi (born April 12, 1997) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a six-time All-American and was a four-time member of USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team, the 2011 junior national champion”Katelyn Ohashi,” USA Gymnastics, Bio accessed September 27, 2011. and the winner of the 2013 . She trended globally on various social media networks in January 2019 for her perfect 10 score at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is a two-time Tony Award winning American actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director. He is best known as the writer, director and star of the 2001 film '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', which is based on the musical of the same name that he wrote the book for. He also portrayed the role of Joe Exotic in the Peacock limited series '' Joe vs. Carole'' in 2022. Early years Mitchell was born in El Paso, Texas and was raised on a variety of military bases in Kansas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Germany. His father, John Henderson Mitchell, was a U.S. Army major general and the U.S. Commander of West Berlin from 1984 to 1988. His mother, Joan Cameron Mitchell, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to the United States at a young age to become an art teacher. He had an older brother who died at birth and three younger brothers: Christopher Lloyd, Colin Mackenzie, and Samuel Latham, the last of whom died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Marshall (writer)
Sarah Marshall is an American journalist, writer, and podcaster. She is the host of the modern history podcast ''You're Wrong About'', which discusses incidents from history that the hosts consider as misunderstood or misinterpreted. Marshall has written extensively on other non-fiction subjects including serial killers and Satanic panic. Early life Marshall has lived most of her life in Portland, Oregon, including part of her childhood on Sauvie Island. She received both undergraduate and MFA degrees from Portland State University, and has also taught writing at Portland State. Career Tonya Harding In 2014, Marshall published an 11,000-word essay titled ''Remote Control'' in ''The Believer''. The story posits that Tonya Harding was "unfairly vilified" by the media in order to better shape and sell a narrative. Marshall's piece was featured by ''Time'' magazine, and her piece is oft-referred to as a defense of a misunderstood woman in history. As of 2023, Marshall sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy London
Stacy London (born May 25, 1969) is an American stylist, fashion consultant, author, and magazine editor. She is known primarily for her time as co-host on '' What Not to Wear'', a reality television program that featured wardrobe and appearance makeovers. After graduating from Vassar College, London started her career as a fashion editor at ''Vogue'' and transitioned into being a stylist for celebrities and designers. She moved into television by co-hosting ''What Not to Wear'' with first Wayne Scot Lukas and then Clinton Kelly, and doing fashion reporting for ''Access Hollywood'', ''The Early Show'', and the ''Today Show''. From 2009 to 2010, she was a celebrity spokesperson for Pantene, Woolite, Dr. Scholl's, and Riders by Lee. She co-owns Style for Hire and is the creative director of Westfield Style. Early life London was born in New York City on May 25, 1969. She is of Sicilian descent on her mother's side and Jewish descent on her father's side. Her mother, Joy Weinman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghan Klingenberg
Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg (born August 2, 1988) is an American soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A former member of the United States women's national soccer team, she is a one-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. She has also played for three teams in the Women's Professional Soccer, Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, for Tyresö FF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan and for the Houston Dash in the NWSL. Early life Klingenberg was born in Pittsburgh and raised in the suburban north hills of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. She has a younger brother named Drew who played college soccer at Penn State. She attended Pine-Richland High School from 2003 to 2007 and was the captain of the girls soccer team. In 2005, she helped lead Pine-Richland to the Pennsylvania state high school championship and was an NSCAA All-America selection. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punkie Johnson
Jessica Williams (born April 29, 1985), known professionally as Punkie Johnson, is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer based in New York City. Johnson began her career as a stand-up comedian at The Comedy Store in California, before becoming a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' for its 46th season in 2020. She was promoted to repertory status in 2022, ahead of the show's 48th season. Early life Johnson, born Jessica Williams, was raised by her mother, Mary Johnson, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she attended Catholic and public schools, graduating in May 2003 from McDonogh 35 High School. Johnson studied at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, where she graduated in May 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies. Career Johnson began her career as a stand-up comedian. She later joined The Comedy Store in Los Angeles as a paid regular. In 2019, Johnson performed at Just for Laughs. As an actress, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Grande
Frank James Michael Grande Marchione (born January 24, 1983)Murphy, T. Michelle"10 Facts you won’t learn about Frankie Grande on ''Big Brother 16''" Metro.us, September 22, 2014, accessed December 3, 2014 is an American dancer, actor, singer, producer, television host and YouTube personality. He is the older half-brother of singer and actress Ariana Grande. He performed on Broadway as Franz in the musical ''Rock of Ages'' (2014–2015) and in '' Mamma Mia!'' (2007–2010) and has played roles Off-Broadway, in regional theatre productions and on tour. Grande has produced Broadway shows and both produced and appeared in cabaret acts, including his own one-man show. In 2012, Grande established a YouTube channel and has also been building a following on Twitter and Instagram. In 2014, he was a contestant on the U.S. reality television series '' Big Brother 16''. Grande was a judge on the 2015 season of ''America's Best Dance Crew''. From 2016 to 2017, he co-hosted ''Style Code L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gibson
Laura Anne Gibson (born August 9, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She currently records for the U.S. independent label Barsuk Records, and the Berlin-based label City Slang. Gibson's most recent album ''Goners'' was released October 26, 2018. In addition to her solo work, Gibson has released a collaboration album with Ethan Rose, titled ''Bridge Carols'', in 2009. Early life Gibson was born and raised in the coastal logging town of Coquille, Oregon. She was classically trained on cello in her youth. Gibson's father died of cancer in her childhood. She attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon where she completed pre-medicine requirements and competed for the Women's basketball and Track and Field teams. Career 2004–2011 Gibson relocated to Portland, Oregon after graduating from college, and worked odd jobs prior to composing music. She began performing songs for patients at hospice homes prior to writing her first extended play, ''Amends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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