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Hershii LiqCour-Jeté
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté (born 1990, 1991 or 1992) is an American drag performer most known for competing on the sixteenth season of reality television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Hershii LiqCour-Jeté was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in a Christian family. Career Hershii LiqCour-Jeté's drag career started in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. She competed on the sixteenth season (2024) of the television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and therefore also appeared in the companion series ''RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked''. She sold her car to afford outfits for ''Drag Race''. On the second episode (" Queen Choice Awards"), she performed "a fun, memorable number to her original track selling Whiplash wig glue", according to ''Gay Times''. The track "Whiplash!" was written by Kornbread Jeté, who competed on the fourteenth season of ''Drag Race'' and is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté's "drag sister". Trae DeLellis of ''Miami New Times'' and Michael Cook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag Queen
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and have been a part of gay culture. People Drag (clothing), do drag for reasons ranging from self-expression to mainstream performance. Drag shows frequently include lip sync, lip-syncing, live singing, and dancing. They typically occur at gay pride parades, LGBTQ pride parades, drag pageants, cabarets, carnivals, and discotheque, nightclubs. Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals who star in films and spend a lot of their time in their drag personas, to people who do drag only occasionally. Women who dress as men and entertain by imitating them are called drag kings. Those who do occasional drag may be from other backgrounds than the LGBT community. There is a long history of Drag (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami New Times
The ''Miami New Times'' is a newspaper published in Miami, Florida, United States, and distributed every Thursday. It primarily serves the Miami metropolitan area, and is headquartered in Miami's Wynwood Art District. Overview It was acquired by Village Voice Media, then known as New Times Media, in 1987, when it was a fortnightly newspaper called the ''Wave''. The paper has won numerous awards, including a George Polk Award for coverage of the Major League steroid scandal in 2014 and first place in 2008 among weekly papers from the Investigative Reporters and Editors for stories about the Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony. In 2010, the paper garnered international attention when it published a story by Brandon K. Thorp and Penn Bullock which revealed that anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers had hired a male prostitute to accompany him on a trip to Europe. In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars bought Village Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic Flow (rapping), rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap since the 2010s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her Nicki Minaj discography#Mixtapes, three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Her debut studio album, ''Pink Friday'' (2010), topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, spawning the global hit single "Super Bass". Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'' (2012), which produced the top-five single, "Starships (song), Starships". She returned to her Hip hop m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Petras
Kim Petras (, ; born 27 August 1992) is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records, before signing with Amigo and Republic Records in 2021. Petras began recording music as a teenager. Prior to releasing a full-length project, she independently released various singles from 2017 to 2019, including "I Don't Want It at All", "Heart to Break" and "1, 2, 3 Dayz Up", and has coined this series of singles as "Era 1". Several of these singles charted on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s Dance/Electronic Songs chart. In 2019, Petras independently released her first two full-length projects, ''Clarity (mixtape), Clarity'' and ''Turn Off the Light (mixtape), Turn Off the Light''. Petras signed with Republic Records in 2021 and released the EP ''Slut Pop'', her first project with Republic, the following year. Petras's collaborative 2022 single "Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone (Kim Petras And Nicki Minaj Song)
"Alone" is a song by German singer Kim Petras and Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on 21 April 2023 through Amigo Records and Republic Records as the lead and only single from Petras' debut studio album, '' Feed the Beast'' (2023). The song was produced by Dr Luke and Rocco Did It Again!. The song became a top 10 hit in Turkey and a top 40 hit in Slovakia on the United Kingdom Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart. Background Kim Petras' admiration for rapper Nicki Minaj dated back as far as 2011. First speculations about a collaboration arose in early March 2023, after Petras started commenting on Minaj's Instagram. In an interview with ''Billboard'', the singer also mentioned Minaj as part of her dream girl group. On 9 March and 15 March, Petras posted snippets of the song to her TikTok account. The singer announced the collaboration with Minaj on 6 April. She is seen answering a phone and lip-synching over Minaj's part of the song. The song samples "Better Off A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage (drag Queen)
Mirage Amuro (born 1993/1994), better known simply as Mirage, is the stage name of Dean Sproule, an American drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career Mirage competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She performed a " heel clack heavy" lip-sync to an original song called "She's Such a Bitch" for the talent show episode. The song referenced season 15 contestant Anetra. On the show, Mirage discussed her Apache heritage and performing at Indigenous Pride. She was eliminated in the fourth episode ("RDR Live!"), after placing in the bottom two of a challenge requiring contestants to perform in a ''Saturday Night Live''-style sketch comedy show, and losing a lip-sync against Geneva Karr to " Dark Lady" (1974) by Cher. Mirage was the host of the comedy show, and during '' Untucked'' she admitted to not knowing the words to "Dark Lady". She was the second contestant to be eliminated on season 16, placing thirteenth overall. Sam Damshenas includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava Max
Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koçi; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava Max ( ), is an American Pop music, pop singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of her breakthrough single "Sweet but Psycho". The song peaked at number one in 22 countries and reached number two and number 10 on the Australian ARIA Charts and US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. In March 2020, Max released the song, "Kings & Queens (Ava Max song), Kings & Queens", which peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, ''Heaven & Hell (Ava Max album), Heaven & Hell'', in September 2020, which charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and at number 27 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. In November 2020, the song "My Head & My Heart" was released, which peaked at number 45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 18 on the UK Singles C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybe You're The Problem
"Maybe You're the Problem" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ava Max from her second studio album, ''Diamonds & Dancefloors'' (2023). The song was written by Max, Abraham Dertner, Cirkut, Jonas Jeberg, Marcus Lomax and Sean Douglas, and produced by Cirkut, Dertner and Jeberg. It was released as the lead single from the album for digital download and streaming by Atlantic in various countries on April 28, 2022. Blending dance, dance-pop, dance-rock, pop and synth-pop music, the song depicts Max's ex as a toxic individual unwilling to accept any form of commitment placing blame on others while absolving himself. Upon release, it garnered a positive reception from music critics for its music, lyrics and Max's vocal rendition, with various critics highlighting it as a standout on the album. "Maybe You're the Problem" charted at number 17 on the US ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Songs ranking, reaching the top 30 on the Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 charts. Peaking a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson 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 ... [...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. ''Out'' was owned by Robert Hardman of Boston, its original investor, until 2000. It then changed hands among LPI Media, PlanetOut Inc., Here Media, and Pride Media. In June 2022, Pride Media was acquired by Equal Entertainment LLC, taking on the name Equal Pride. ''Out'' is known for the Out100, its 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 executive editor was Sarah Pettit (since deceased). In 1996, owner Robert Hardman fired Goff and hired Henry E. (Hank) Scott, a former New York Times Co. executive, as president of Out Publishing Inc., with the charge to rescue the financially troubled magazine company. When Scott joined ''Out'', the company had annual revenues of less than $4 million and ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Chronicle
The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With the 1995 buyout of its longtime rival the ''Houston Post'', the ''Chronicle'' became Houston's newspaper of record. The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper owned and operated by the Hearst (media), Hearst Corporation, a Privately held company, privately held multinational corporation, multinational corporate media conglomerate with $10 billion in revenues. The paper employs nearly 2,000 people, including approximately 300 journalism, journalists, editorial, editors, and photography, photographers. The ''Chronicle'' has bureaus in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas, Austin. The paper reports that its web site averages 125 million page views per month. The publication serves as the "newspaper of record" of the Housto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mother Of All Balls
"The Mother of All Balls" is the third episode of the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16), sixteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Isaac Mizrahi is a guest judge. Episode The beginning of the episode reveals the twist of the season: as the winners of the first two episodes, Plane Jane and Sapphira Cristál will hold the power of the Immunity Potions. This power can only be used once during the competition, the owner will be able to decide whether to use immunity to save themselves or another one of the contestants. For the main challenge, the contestants walk the Mother of All Ball, presenting two looks brought from home and one made in the Werk Room. The categories are "Mother Goose", "Significant Mother", and "Call Me Mother/Father Eleganza". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley is a judge and Isaac Mizrahi is a guest judge. After the runway, the contestants rank each other using Rate-A-Queen. Nymphia Wind, Q (drag queen), Q, and Sapphira Cristál recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
