Pop singer, Lgbtq activist, actor, vocal coach, Broadway performer… entertainer Billy Porter has more talents than most of us have had hot dinners. With a long, varied career in the industry, the star has a resume that most entertainment veterans can only dream of, featuring roles in such hit musicals as Kinky Boots, Grease, Dreamgirls, and Jesus Christ Superstar, and in TV shows such as Pose and The RuPaul Show. But there’s a lot more to Porter than just acting talents. To learn about the popular entertainer, keep reading. 1. He ran away from home at 15 Porter was raised
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Porter...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Porter...
- 6/17/2019
- by Aiden Mason
- TVovermind.com
Netflix has ordered a new comedy series starring RuPaul Charles titled “Aj and the Queen.”
RuPaul stars as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990’s R/V with her unlikely sidekick Aj, a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 11-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits, one tall, one small, travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode first season. RuPaul will also write and executive produce with Michael Patrick King also serving as writer and executive producer. King’s Mpk Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.
King previously co-created the CBS sitcom “2 Broke Girls” and was a writer and executive producer on “Sex and the City.
RuPaul stars as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990’s R/V with her unlikely sidekick Aj, a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 11-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits, one tall, one small, travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode first season. RuPaul will also write and executive produce with Michael Patrick King also serving as writer and executive producer. King’s Mpk Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.
King previously co-created the CBS sitcom “2 Broke Girls” and was a writer and executive producer on “Sex and the City.
- 5/11/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
RuPaul has been workin’ it since he came out of the womb!
“I feel like I was already shaped at birth,” the drag queen (a.k.a. RuPaul Andre Charles) says in the current issue of People of growing up in San Diego playing dress-up in both his mom’s and his dad’s clothes. “My mission statement was to play with all the colors, wear all the clothes. It was weird to me that everybody else wasn’t doing that.”
“I was told to get in line and be like everybody else, but I was also encouraged to express myself,...
“I feel like I was already shaped at birth,” the drag queen (a.k.a. RuPaul Andre Charles) says in the current issue of People of growing up in San Diego playing dress-up in both his mom’s and his dad’s clothes. “My mission statement was to play with all the colors, wear all the clothes. It was weird to me that everybody else wasn’t doing that.”
“I was told to get in line and be like everybody else, but I was also encouraged to express myself,...
- 8/24/2017
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
J.J. Abrams is set to produce a dramedy series based on television star and legendary drag queen RuPaul.
According to Deadline, Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, has teamed up with World of Wonder, who are behind RuPaul's Drag Race, for the half-hour series, which will be a “fictionalized” version of the star’s journey to becoming a gay icon and global celebrity.
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The series will be written by Power executive producer Gary Lennon and co-produced by Abrams and RuPaul, among others. It will be set in New York City, where the San Diego native moved after studying performing arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rising to prominence in the local nightclub scene, he went on to become a legend in the Lgbt community and a television star thanks to shows including The RuPaul Show and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The 56-year-old star recently dished to Et on the upcoming...
According to Deadline, Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, has teamed up with World of Wonder, who are behind RuPaul's Drag Race, for the half-hour series, which will be a “fictionalized” version of the star’s journey to becoming a gay icon and global celebrity.
Exclusive: RuPaul Reveals the Real Reason Behind His Surprise Marriage
The series will be written by Power executive producer Gary Lennon and co-produced by Abrams and RuPaul, among others. It will be set in New York City, where the San Diego native moved after studying performing arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rising to prominence in the local nightclub scene, he went on to become a legend in the Lgbt community and a television star thanks to shows including The RuPaul Show and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The 56-year-old star recently dished to Et on the upcoming...
- 3/22/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
RuPaul’s Drag Race has released a bonus scene from the Queens of Talk episode. We don’t get any extra footage of the interviews themselves, just a chance to see the introductions that the girls filmed for The RuPaul Show. Logo TV The clip features each drag queen dancing & lip synching the theme song. Some highlights of the clip include: Trinity didn’t get Chaz’ name right in the intro with cue cards either. BenDeLaCreme describes her guests as the top and bottom buns of the Cher family sandwich. She’s probably the most entertaining of the queens. Courtney can’t help herself … Continue reading →
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- 4/15/2014
- by Ruth Boulet
- ChannelGuideMag
Nearly five years after launching her eponymous reality competition Drag Race, the world’s most famous drag queen is taking the cult hit for a second spin around the block. RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Lost Season Ru-Vealed premieres tonight — a replay of the first season that’s been bedazzled with insider-y introductions by RuPaul herself as well as behind-the-scenes secrets and trivia in pop-up bubbles. Before the flag drops on Ru-Vealed, Ru talked with EW about the series’ rich (and sparkly) history. So what did she have to say about the now-famous Lip Synch for Your Life elimination tradition,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside TV
Over the last year, MTV and Nickelodeon have tapped into viewers' nostalgia by resurrecting a few of their long-gone but still-beloved series for special runs to much fan fervor.
Nickelodeon kicked off the trend last March with the invention of their midnight to 2 a.m. '90s Are All That block, featuring reruns of Rugrats, Kenan & Kel, Pete & Pete, The Amanda Show, All That, and Clarissa Explains It All.
Related - TV's Biggest Cast Reunions
MTV followed suit this past summer by rerunning Laguna Beach from the beginning, which led into The Hills and then Daria, once Brody's backdrop was wheeled off.
The one-time music video channel also brought back four classic seasons of The Real World this past weekend as a promotional tool to help launch season 28, which takes place in Portland and premieres this Wednesday.
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Since I stayed up late for Nick's '90s...
Nickelodeon kicked off the trend last March with the invention of their midnight to 2 a.m. '90s Are All That block, featuring reruns of Rugrats, Kenan & Kel, Pete & Pete, The Amanda Show, All That, and Clarissa Explains It All.
Related - TV's Biggest Cast Reunions
MTV followed suit this past summer by rerunning Laguna Beach from the beginning, which led into The Hills and then Daria, once Brody's backdrop was wheeled off.
The one-time music video channel also brought back four classic seasons of The Real World this past weekend as a promotional tool to help launch season 28, which takes place in Portland and premieres this Wednesday.
Photos - On the Set of Girl Meets World!
Since I stayed up late for Nick's '90s...
- 3/25/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
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