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#Oscars19: Super-Diverse with a Few Surprises (Best Actress!) It Was Better Without a Host

By Trey Speegle on February 25, 2019 5:23 am

#Oscars19: Super-Diverse with a Few Surprises (Best Actress!) It Was Better Without a Host

>Queen started off the show with Adam Lambert as lead singer and rocked out the audience. It was fun and surprising and got the adrenaline pumping. Then Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph came out as our non-hosts and you kinda wish the Academy had asked them to stay all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebs, Comedy, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Movies, News, Social Media, TV & Video

Fashion Photo RuView: The Oscars 2016

By Blake Jacobs on March 2, 2016 1:35 pm

Fashion Photo RuView: The Oscars 2016

Raja and Raven 'Toot & Boot' the looks on the Oscars red carpet in a special episode of [Read more...]

Filed Under: WOW Presents

#BlackHistoryMonth: Photographer Ruben Natal–San Miguel Celebrates with 29 Photos in 29 Days

By Trey Speegle on February 29, 2016 9:28 am

#BlackHistoryMonth: Photographer Ruben Natal–San Miguel Celebrates with 29 Photos in 29 Days

Ruben Natal-San Miguel is a celebrated street and fine art photographer and a friend. Last Monday we went to the RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 premiere in New York and he shot all of the girls. Chi Chi Devayne managed to make the cut and into Ruben's tribute to Black History Month … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebs, Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Photography, Politics

#Oscars16: Every Dress Worn By a Best Actress Winner Since 1929 (Minus a Few)

By Trey Speegle on February 29, 2016 6:33 am

#Oscars16: Every Dress Worn By a Best Actress Winner Since 1929 (Minus a Few)

In 2014, the UK website Big Group wanted to explore the fashion aspect of the Oscars in depth and decided to create a poster that shows all the Best Actress Oscar Winners in order up to the that date. (Julianne Moore won last year.) They say, "Other than the pleasure of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebs, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Movies, News

#Oscars16: Nate Silver’s Very Reliable FiveThirtyEight Predicts the Winners of Sunday’s Academy Awards

By Trey Speegle on February 26, 2016 5:37 am

#Oscars16: Nate Silver’s Very Reliable FiveThirtyEight Predicts the Winners of Sunday’s Academy Awards

There's no way to ask the 7,000 Academy members what they're thinking. (Obviously not about diversity... ahem.) But 538.com still tries to predict who will win Sunday's Academy Awards. Here’s the gist of their methodology. Oscar nominees get points for being nominated for or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Misc, Movies, News

#BornThisDay: Ellen DeGeneres

By Stephen Rutledge on January 26, 2016 3:05 am

#BornThisDay: Ellen DeGeneres

January 26, 1958- Ellen DeGeneres From a commencement speech delivered by DeGeneres at Tulane University, in her hometown of New Orleans: "I never really have a plan. My point is, by the time I was your age, I thought I knew who I was. But I had no idea. Like for example, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Born This Day, Celebs, Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Gay, LBGTQ, Lesbian, Life, Misc, Movies, Music, TV & Video

#BornThisDay: Director, Dorothy Arzner

By Stephen Rutledge on January 3, 2016 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Director, Dorothy Arzner

January 3, 1897- Dorothy Arzner: “Each day when I went to work at a studio, I took my pride & made a nice little ball of it & threw it right out the window. Portland’s own Todd Haynes has been promising a biopic of Dorothy Arzner since 2003. Her story has has yet to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Born This Day

#BornThisDay: Comic Writer, Bruce Vilanch

By Stephen Rutledge on November 23, 2015 3:05 am

#BornThisDay: Comic Writer, Bruce Vilanch

November 23, 1948- I could not quite fathom the idea of Bruce Vilanch being hired by those homophobes Brett Ratner & Eddie Murphy to write the Academy Awards Ceremony in 2011. The Academy did the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Misc

#BornThisDay: Actor, Tilda Swinton

By Stephen Rutledge on November 5, 2015 3:05 am

#BornThisDay: Actor, Tilda Swinton

November 5, 1960- Tilda Swinton. There are only a small handful of actors that compel me to watch a film just because they appear in it, but Katherine Mathilda Swinton Of Kimmerghame is certainly … [Read more...]

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#BornThisDay: Director/Choreographer, Jerome Robbins

By Stephen Rutledge on October 11, 2015 3:05 am

#BornThisDay: Director/Choreographer, Jerome Robbins

October 12, 1918- There is the famous anecdote about Jerome Robbins. I first heard it when I was a high school drama nerd. Robbins was known for dressing down his actors in rehearsal. He was … [Read more...]

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