Lover to Frida Kahlo and a favorite of Pedro Almodovar's, world-famous singer and guitarist Chavela Vargas's fierce masculine style--bandanas, ponchos, pants, and cigars--suited her gravelly yet evocative sound. Described by Almodovar as "the rough voice of tenderness," Vargas, who died last year at 93, remained closeted until she was 81, when she finally said, in a voice proud and respected, "I was born this way."
Watch a clip of her singing "En El Ultimo Trago" live below:
Ice Spice and Latto at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Rapper Ice Spice recently appeared on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live to talk about her voice acting role in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. While there, she told the notoriously messy talk show host that her squabble with fellow rapper Latto was never real. Fans of the show called in and asked what inspired Ice Spice to put aside her differences with Latto to collaborate on "Gyatt." Fans also asked what her favorite part of filming the music video was. Keep Reading →
Lea Michele as Florence Vassy in "Chess;" Director Michael Mayer; and Nicholas Christopher as Anatoly Sergievsky.
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Michael Mayer knows star power when he sees it. He's worked with some of the most talented performers in contemporary theater, including Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kristin Chenoweth in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Jonathan Groff and Liam Gallagher Jr. in Spring Awakening. He's done everything from classics like Uncle Vanya, to brand-new musicals like American Idiot, to revivals such as Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and most recently, Chess. Keep Reading →
KATSEYE's Lara Raj seems like she's ready to take a trip to the Upside Down after sharing that she is a fan of the wildly popular Netflix series Stranger Things earlier this week. Keep Reading →
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Omar Apollo has now revealed more details about his still unidentified but heavily rumored ex-boyfriend, elaborating on their intense breakup from 2022 and being even more frank about how he's dealt with his own feelings over the years. Keep Reading →
Queer pop chaos-agent Ashnikko is back with her second studio album, Smoochies, and this time, she's teaching fans how to survive an apocalypse. Keep Reading →
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in the cover art for Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack.
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Explore the full soundtrack albums for Wicked and Wicked: For Good, and check out which Elphaba songs and Glinda songs are in each movie. Keep Reading →
Orville Peck has shared a new video in which he is heard flirting with a very shirtless and quite sweaty Zane Phillips — and let's just say that the teaser to promote the gay country singer's new EP, Appaloosa, is very much giving a "cruising" fantasy between Peck and Phillips. Keep Reading →
(L-R): Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney, and Sabrina Carpenter
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A third Mamma Mia! movie is officially happening — though it's not in production yet and the plot for that project remains under wraps. But that isn't stopping Amanda Seyfried from ruminating on ideas for who she'd want to star with her in the next installment. Keep Reading →
RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 winner Onya Nurve — known as Justin Woody out of drag — is no longer playing the lead in the new North American tour of Kinky Boots starting this November, Out can confirm. Keep Reading →
