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Luxx Noir London
Luxx Noir London (born September 5, 1999) is an American drag performer, singer and songwriter most known for competing on the fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' Early life and education Luxx Noir London was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. She attended the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts and earned a degree in musical theater from New Jersey City University. Her parents have always supported her, instilling values of self-love and confidence. Career Luxx Noir London was first exposed to drag from watching ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and she started doing drag in 2018. Originally she considered "Kitty Noir" and "Luxury Noir", before choosing "Luxx Noir London" as her drag name. She has performed in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and at New York City's annual Bushwig festival. Luxx Noir London released her debut single "Round and Around" on April 9, 2021. She told ''Cosmopolitan'' that she wrote the song "probably n30 minutes during quarantine". ''RuPaul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's DragCon LA
RuPaul's DragCon LA is an annual expo of drag culture held in Los Angeles billed as a "convention that celebrates 'the art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all'", which debuted in 2015. Its sister event is RuPaul's DragCon NYC started in 2017, and is considered the "world's largest celebration of drag culture." The event is an outgrowth of the internationally successful ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', which generated '' Drag Race Thailand'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars,'' and Chile's ''The Switch Drag Race''. ''RuPaul's Drag Race and'' the DragCons come from World of Wonder Entertainment (WOW), a production company based in Los Angeles. At RuPaul's DragCon LA, past ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants and other well-known drag artists meet with fans, take pictures, sign autographs, and sometimes perform or take part in a discussion panel, as well as sell merchandise. The discussion panels vary from more obvious topics like clothing, fashion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Lepore
Amanda Lepore is an American model, singer, and performance artist. A former Club Kid, she has appeared in advertising for numerous companies. Lepore is noted as a regular subject in photographer David LaChapelle's work, serving as his muse, as well as many other photographers, such as Terry Richardson and Ruben van Schalm. She participated in LaChapelle's ''Artists and Prostitutes 1985–2005'' exhibit in New York City, where she "lived" in a voyeuristic life-sized set.Williford, Daniel (2009)Queer Aesthetics. ''Borderlands'', Vol. 8. No.2. Lepore has released several singles, many written by and/or recorded with Cazwell. In 2011, she released her debut studio album, ''I...Amanda Lepore'', on Peace Bisquit. Early life Amanda grew up in the Essex County community of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, with one sibling, an older brother. Her father was an Italian-American chemical engineer, and her mother was a German-American housewife. Her mother had schizophrenia and spent much time i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. Since then, the school has grown to house five divisions within the university. These include the Parsons School of Design, the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts (which itself consists of the Mannes School of Music, the School of Drama, and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music), The New School for Social Research, and the Schools of Public Engagement. In addition, the university maintains the Parsons Paris campus and has also launched or housed a range of institutions, such as the international research institute World Policy Institute, the Philip Glass Institute, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, the India China Institute, the Observatory on Latin America, and the Center for New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jax (drag Queen)
Jax is the stage name of Jackson McGoldrick (born April 5, 1997), an American drag queen, dancer, and photographer. Jax competed on the fifteenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early years McGoldrick was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Darien, Connecticut. He participated in gymnastics and competitive cheerleading. He attended the School of Visual Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and videography. Career On December 13, 2022, Jax was announced as one of the 16 contestants who would compete in the fifteenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. During her time on the show, Jax placed among the top positions in the first episode. She placed in the bottom twice, eliminating Robin Fierce and Aura Mayari in lip syncs. Jax was eliminated in episode 8, after losing in the LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown against Anetra. She finished in 10th place. Jax and fellow contestant Luxx Noir London were guest speakers for drag historian and aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out (magazine)
''Out'' is an American LGBTQ news, fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine, with the highest circulation of any LGBTQ monthly publication in the United States. It presents itself in an editorial manner similar to ''Details'', ''Esquire'', and '' GQ''. ''Out'' was owned by Robert Hardman of Boston, its original investor, until 2000, when he sold it to LPI Media, which was later acquired by PlanetOut Inc. In 2008, PlanetOut Inc. sold LPI Media to Regent Entertainment Media, Inc., a division of Here Media, which also owns Here TV. In 2017, Here Media sold its magazine operations to a group led by Oreva Capital, who renamed the parent company Pride Media. On June 9th, 2022 Pride Media was required by Equal Entertainment LLC known as equalpride putting the famous magazine back under queer ownership. The Out100 is their annual list of the most "impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people". History ''Out'' was founded by Michael Goff in 1992 as editor in chief and president. The ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulture (website)
''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'', it was brasher and less polite, and established itself as a cradle of New Journalism. Over time, it became more national in scope, publishing many noteworthy articles on American culture by writers such as Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister. In its 21st-century incarnation under editor-in-chief Adam Moss, "The nation's best and most-imitated city magazine is often not about the city—at least not in the overcrowded, traffic-clogged, five-boroughs sense", wrote then-''Washington Post'' media critic Howard Kurtz, as the magazine increasingly published political and cultural stories of national significance. Since its redesign and relaunch in 2004, the magazine has won more National Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of Music Recording, music recordings. Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short, musical short films that first appeared, they again came into prominence when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium. These kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip" or simply "video". Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live action, live-action, documentary film, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as Non-narrative film, abstract fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Colby
Sasha Kekauoha (born July 26, 1985), known professionally as Sasha Colby, is an American drag performer and beauty pageant competitor. She is slated to compete on the upcoming fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is the "drag mother" of fourteenth season contestant Kerri Colby. Sasha is a trans woman. Early life Sasha Colby was born in Hawaii. Career Sasha Colby has been described as a "beauty queen", a "drag legend", and a "pageant legend". She won the Miss Continental competition in 2012. She walked the runway at the iHeartRadio Awards, wearing a look inspired by Jennifer Lopez alongside other drag queens. Chrissy Callahan of NBC News said her look "channeled" the song "Jenny from the Block" music video. Sasha Colby will compete on the upcoming fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. References External links Sasha Colbyat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistress Isabelle Brooks
Mistress Isabelle Brooks (real first name Israel; born July 14, 1998) is an American drag queen who competed on the fifteenth season of the television show ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she started doing drag as a teenager and later performed at Hamburger Mary's, JR's Bar and Grill, and South Beach prior to competing on ''Drag Race''. In 2023, Mistress Isabelle Brooks was added to the lineup of the touring drag show Werq the World. Early life Mistress Isabelle Brooks was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She discovered drag at around age 14, when she saw GIFs referencing the fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' on social-media platform Tumblr and friends recommended the show. She started doing drag at age 16, and she concurrently attended high school and cosmetology school. Career By the time she was 18 years old, Mistress Isabelle Brooks was performing in drag professionally. In Houston, she was an original cast member at the drag-themed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anetra
Anetra is the stage name of Isaiah Padua, an American drag queen who was runner-up on the 15th season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career Anetra was cast for and competed in the fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She won three challenges and placed in the final two, finishing as runner-up to Sasha Colby. One of the challenges Anetra won was the talent show (episode " One Night Only, Part 2"). Her performance included " duck-walking, taekwondo moves, and a fierce original song", according to Pride.com's Bernardo Sim. The song was the first Anetra ever recorded, which she created after taking an edible. Anetra's performance became "the most-viewed cross-platform scene ever published to ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' social media accounts with over 13.1 million views across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and Twitter". This performance also made her the queen with the biggest amount of growth on social media from Season 15, gaining more than 500,000 followers on Insta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', he has received List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul, several accolades, including 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Awards, Critics' Choice Television Award, two Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag". Born and raised in San Diego, California, San Diego RuPaul later studied performing arts in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta. He settled in New York City, where he became a popular fixture on the LGBT culture in New York City, LGBT nightclub scene. He achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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