9 h. ago The Life of Sean DeLear review – loving film about queer black punk rocker, and secret legend

Sweet documentary about Sean DeLear, of LA punk band Glue, who never landed a major record deal but was famous among celebrities That’s Sean DeLear, pronounced like “chandelier”, born Anthony Robertson in 1964. You probably haven’t heard of him: DeLear was the lead singer of a band called Glue on the underground post-punk scene in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s. On stage, he performed in drag, singing punk songs dressed like a 1960s go-do dancer in cute little dresses. The band never landed a major record deal, and DeLear died from cancer in 2017. This sweet, scrappy documentary has been lovingly put together by his friend Markus Zizenbacher.It’s not the first posthumous attempt at recognition for DeLear. In 2023, his teenage diary, written in 1979, was published under the title I Could Not Believe It. Extracts of this queer black memoir are read here on the voiceover – and they are glorious. Even aged 14 years old, living with his Christian parents in a conservative suburb of Los...

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46 h. ago Drag performer Jiggly Caliente from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' franchise dies at 44 after hospitalization

Drag performer Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who was known as reality television star Jiggly Caliente on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” has died

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47 h. ago Drag queen Jiggly Caliente dies aged 44 after ‘severe infection’

The RuPaul’s Drag Race star, whose real name was Bianca Castro-Arabejo, died on Sunday ‘surrounded by family and friends’The drag queen Jiggly Caliente has died aged 44 after a “severe infection”, her family confirmed. The performer, whose real name was Bianca Castro-Arabejo, rose to fame after taking part in the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.Caliente’s family announced on Thursday that the Filipino-American drag performer had part of her leg amputated due to the infection. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller

The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophyA fixture on London’s Dean Street for 25 years, Soho theatre has hatched plays that won Oliviers, shows that earned the Edinburgh comedy award and ideas that became TV hits. On any night, across its upstairs studio theatre, its main house and basement cabaret bar, you’ll find plays from new writers, experimentations in clowning, drag performance, standup comedy, or a hybrid of them all.In those rooms, I’ve watched American clown Natalie Palamides giving such a spirited performance that she vomited on stage, dancer and comedian Adrienne Truscott challenging rape jokes, and performance artist Kim Noble pushing audiences beyond comfort. I’ve sung along to ballads with sketch group Daphne, and folk songs with Sh!t Theatre. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Noble cause: meet the drag kings holding court in Australia’s queer spaces

As drag queens find a place in the mainstream spotlight, their counterparts are taking back the underground scene with theatrical performances that celebrate a marginalised communityGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt’s just past 11pm on a warm Wednesday night at Sircuit bar in Smith Street Collingwood, in Melbourne’s inner north. The venue is filling up with an assorted crowd of predominantly punky and boyish-looking people of all genders. There’s no shortage of fauxhawks, baseball caps and mullets in the room.Holi Dae Knight, introducing the drag king show tonight called SlayBoy, has just taken to the stage in a green sequined dress, hot pink hair and a full moustache and bushy beard performing Cher’s Believe. It’s the last night of a three week season of SlayBoy and the crowd is here to see drag kings. The first performers are Justin Sider and Johnny Cocksville doing a version of Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy – they strut wildly on stage simulating raunchiness but it’s...

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9 d. ago Liza Minnelli makes rare appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race for her first performance in years

The ‘Cabaret’ actor last took the stage to perform at the 2022 Oscars

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4 w. ago Unlikely Celebrity Big Brother champion already decided days ahead of ITV premiere

While ITV has yet to confirm the official contestants for Celebrity Big Brother, speculation is mounting, with rumored participants including Hollywood star Goldie Hawn, EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer, singer Chesney Hawkes, and drag performer Danny Beard

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4 w. ago Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, S.F., demand justice for late drag queen

Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, S.F., demand justice for late drag queen  San Francisco Chronicle

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4 w. ago ‘Heklina needs justice': Demonstrators in SF, London rally for late drag performer

‘Heklina needs justice': Demonstrators in SF, London rally for late drag performer  NBC Bay Area

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4 w. ago Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, demand justice for late S.F. drag queen

Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, demand justice for late S.F. drag queen  San Francisco Chronicle

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