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Venezuela’s LGBTQ community is in an extremely vulnerable situation due to the increasing repression and systematic human rights violations that President Nicolás Maduro’s regime has perpetrated after July 28’s disputed election.

Madonna is a once-in-a-generation talent, pop provocateur, dedicated LGBTQ+ ally, legendary singer-songwriter, and showstopping performer — but what is she really like behind the scenes?Well, if you asked Bob the Drag Queen — who emceed all 81 shows of the singer’s epic Celebration Tour — he’d say, “Madonna is exactly what you expect.”But don’t worry, according to him, “that is a compliment.” LOL!Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Working with Madonna was fun thanks next question. It’s been months since the RuPaul’s Drag Race star wrapped up his stint on Madonna’s greatest-hits tour, but he’s already back on the road with his very own comedy tour, This is Wild! Of course, the fans are craving some tea on his time alongside the Queen of Pop, and the We’re Here alum was happy to oblige with a recent standup clip on TikTok.“There’s a moment where you’re like, ‘This is the motherf*cking queen of pop.’ Madonna is just standing in front of me,” he began, quickly adding, “Then there’s moments where you’re like, ‘This is a 65-year-old boomer,’ and the moments are back to back to back.”A post shared by Bob/ Caldwell Tidicue (@bobthedragqueen)As he explained, one of his funniest stories involved planning the show alongside Madge, who went above and beyond in recalling the lyrics to her biggest tracks.

The D.C. Department of Health and Whitman-Walker Health are closely monitoring an outbreak of a new, more virulent strain of Mpox in several African nations that prompted the World Health Organization on Aug. 15 to declare the outbreak a global health emergency.

Melania Trump is very busy campaigning for her husband and his vision for America gearing up for the release her of her new book.The ex-FLOTUS just released another trailer for the forthcoming memoir, appropriately titled Melania, and this time she’s using her husband’s assassination attempt to try and drum up publicity.This marks, checks notes, three trailers promoting her memoir in one week, which is almost as many appearances she’s made on the campaign trail since Donald Trump announced his reelection effort in November 2022.Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!In the latest trailer, Melania complains that not enough people seem to care that her husband was nearly killed earlier this summer.“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” the 54-year-old says in a clip posted to her Twitter X account this morning. “Now, the silence around it feels heavy.”“I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech?”20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots at Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania back in July.

Kamala Harris and convicted felon Donald Trump to take the stage tonight in Philadelphia.So, it’s no accident that film distributor Briarcliff Entertainment chose today to release the trailer for their already controversial Trump biopic The Apprentice—you know, something to tide us over!From Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider), the film taps frequent Marvel anti-hero Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) to play this real-world villain to democracy, honing in on his early days as a wannabe real estate mogul when he still had his Big Boy Businessman training wheels on.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Now, we know what you’re thinking: “Wait a minute, Sebastian Stan? Isn’t he incredibly handsome? How can he play someone like Trump?” Well, that’s nothing a bad wig and some subtly frightening makeup can’t fix. It’s movie magic!Anyway, the crux of The Apprentice is the hate-mongering former president’s unlikely relationship with notorious New York City prosecutor Roy Cohn, here played by Succession star Jeremy Strong.Cohn’s noxious reputation no doubt precedes him.