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Ra'Jah O'Hara
Benni Miller (born Bennie Roy Miller; December 31, 1984), better known by the stage name Ra'Jah O'Hara, is an American drag queen best known for competing on the eleventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2019 and the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' in 2021 finishing as a runner-up. She was crowned the winner of the international ''All Stars'' spin-off series, '' Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' which aired in 2022. Career Ra'Jah O'Hara was announced to be one of fifteen contestants competing on the eleventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' on January 24, 2019. In the third episode, she was involved in the show's first ever six-way lip sync with Honey Davenport, A'keria C. Davenport, Plastique Tiara, Scarlet Envy, and Shuga Cain, which she survived. She later lip-synced again against Scarlet Envy, sending her home to Donna Summer's " Last Dance". The following episode, she lip synced again with A'keria C. Davenport to Sheena Easton's "Strut", wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The cities of Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the " Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical ''Hair'' in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as " Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, and more hits such as " Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", " Heaven Knows", " Hot Stuff", " Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kameron Michaels
Dane Young (born July 23, 1986), known professionally as Kameron Michaels, is an American drag performer who came to international attention after competing on the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Originally from Columbia, Tennessee, she began her career in Nashville, where she performed locally from 2004 or 2005 until her appearance on television. Since her season aired in 2018, Michaels has been a staple of several domestic and international tours that feature ''Drag Race'' contestants, including Werq the World, Christmas Queens and Drive 'N Drag. She has also appeared on a number of web series produced by World of Wonder. In June 2019, she released "Freedom", her debut single and music video. Since January 2020, she has been a staple cast member of ''RuPaul's Drag Race Live!'', a residency show in Las Vegas, and also stars in the accompanying VH1 miniseries '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue''. Michaels identifies as a muscle queen, that is, a drag queen whose ae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Clap
"Boom Clap" is a song by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX, released as the first single from the soundtrack album of ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014) and is also featured on XCX's second studio album, ''Sucker''. There are two existing mixes of this song: the first and original one is heard in the film, the film's soundtrack, and the music video shot in Amsterdam; the second mix is heard on the music video shot in Japan and in ''Sucker''. The single peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topped the Mainstream Top 40, as well as peaking inside the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Italy. This song is featured as downloadable content on ''Just Dance 2015''. Background and composition "Boom Clap" is a "radio-ready" electropop and synth-pop ballad, written by Charli XCX, Fredrik Berger, Patrik Berger and Stefan Gräslund. The song was initially written during writing sessions fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charli XCX
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery by a promoter who invited her to perform at warehouse raves. In 2010, she signed a recording contract with Asylum Records, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Charli XCX rose to prominence with the Icona Pop collaboration " I Love It", which became an international success, reaching top 10 in North America and Europe. Her debut studio album, ''True Romance'' (2013), was released that year to critical acclaim but failed to meet commercial expectations. In 2014, she contributed the hook and bridge to "Fancy" by rapper Iggy Azalea, which finished the year as one of the best-selling singles worldwide and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. The same year, Charli XCX released "Boom Clap", which becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiggly Caliente
Bianca Castro (born November 29, 1980), commonly known as Jiggly Caliente, is a Filipino-American drag performer, singer, and actress best known for competing on the fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', for judging Drag Race Philippines, and for her recurring role as Veronica Ferocity on the FX series ''Pose''. She released her debut album, ''T.H.O.T. Process'' on March 9, 2018. In 2020, she co-hosted ''Translation'', the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast. Early life Caliente was born in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines. In the first grade, she was expelled from school for stabbing a bully through the hand with a pencil. She moved to America in 1991 at age 10 with her mother and brother and lived in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City. She came out in junior high school to her late mother, and her drag mother is Chevelle Brooks. Her drag first name is based on the Pokémon Jigglypuff, and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Lynn Hytes
Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe (born March 10, 1986), a Canadian drag queen, ballet dancer, performer, and television personality. After working as a dancer with Cape Town City Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Hytes achieved international recognition for competing on the eleventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''; Hytes placed second, only to winner Yvie Oddly. Hytes is the first Canadian to compete in the series. Hytes is also a main judge on the spin-off series ''Canada's Drag Race'', becoming the first ''Drag Race'' contestant to become a full-time judge in the franchise. Early life Hayhoe was born on March 10, 1986, in Toronto. He attended high school at Etobicoke School of the Arts. When he was 15, he started to take ballet at the National Ballet School of Canada for five years. He came out as gay when he was 18. He is of Swedish and French descent. Career At 20, Hytes moved to South Africa and performed at the Cape Town Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada's Drag Race
''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to the American version, the show features a crop of Canadian drag queens as they compete for a grand prize of $100,000 and the title of "Canada's Next Drag Superstar". The series airs on Crave in Canada, the United Kingdom's BBC Three, and worldwide on WOW Presents Plus. It was the fourth international version of the ''Drag Race'' franchise to be announced, following '' Drag Race Thailand'', ''The Switch Drag Race'' (Chile) and ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''; two months after the announcement of the Canadian version, ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' was also announced. ''Canada's Drag Race'' was the first English-language iteration of ''Drag Race'' to not be hosted by RuPaul, although RuPaul does appear in video messages to the contestants, and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss You Much
"Miss You Much" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson. Composed by songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, it was recorded for the singer's fourth studio album, ''Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814'' (1989). As with all tracks for the album, recording took place at Lewis and Jam's Flyte Tyme Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1988 and 1989. Lyrically, the song narrates a longing to reconnect with a romantic partner after time spent apart. "Miss You Much" was released as the lead single from ''Rhythm Nation 1814'' on August 21, 1989, by A&M Records. It topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, becoming the second number one hit of Jackson's career. Spending four consecutive weeks atop the chart, it was the longest running number one single of 1989. It is Jackson's third longest running Hot 100 number one, behind " That's the Way Love Goes" (1993) and " All for You" (2001), which spent eight and seven weeks at number one, respectively. It al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreography became a catalyst in the growth of MTV, enabling her to rise to prominence while breaking gender and racial barriers in the process. Lyrical content which focused on social issues and lived experiences set her reputation as a role model for youth. The tenth and youngest child of the Jackson family, she began performing at the MGM Grand. She starred in the variety television series ''The Jacksons'' in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including '' Good Times'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', and '' Fame''. After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her third and fourth studio albums ''Control'' (1986) and ''Rhythm Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strut (Sheena Easton Song)
"Strut" is a song recorded by Scottish singer Sheena Easton for her album ''A Private Heaven'' (1984). It was composed by singer-songwriter Charlie Dore and her longtime songwriting partner, Julian Littman. Easton was sent the demo for the song by Christopher Neil, who was Easton's first producer. "Strut" was released by EMI America in August 1984 as the album's lead single and peaked that November at 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the UK—where the single was released in November 1984—the track became the first US top-40 single by Easton to completely miss the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. Background While Easton had achieved success with singles over her career, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' asserted in 1984 that "the old Sheena Easton was running into some identity problems" due to her management not knowing whether to promote her as a rock or pop artist. EMI record executive Dick Williams noted Easton's concerns with being branded as a middle of the road artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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