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Acacia Forgot
Acacia Forgot is the stage name of Tyler Heavner (born October 9, 1996), an American drag performer and musician who competed on the seventeenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life and education Heavner was born and raised in a Minnesota-origin musical family in San Jose, California. After being homeschooled, Heavner studied music therapy at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. After earning a degree, Heavner worked at Mount Sinai Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit in Manhattan, New York as a music therapist. Career Acacia Forgot is a drag performer who competed on the seventeenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. On the show, she impersonated Trisha Paytas for the seventh episode's Snatch Game challenge. Acacia Forgot was eliminated on the eighth episode, which featured a Rusical, after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against Kori King. The character she played in the Rusical was based on Dorothy. Rachel Shatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snatch Game (RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17)
"Snatch Game" is the seventh episode of the seventeenth season of the American television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. It originally aired on February 14, 2025. Quinta Brunson is a guest judge and former contestant Alyssa Edwards is a guest celebrity during the Snatch Game challenge. Episode RuPaul reveals the episode's main challenge: Snatch Game. Alyssa Edwards is a guest celebrity during Snatch Game, with the other being a "Gay-I" robot. The Snatch Game characters are: * Acacia Forgot as Trisha Paytas * Arrietty as Baby Cupid * Crystal Envy as Nicole Richie * Jewels Sparkles as Miss Bigfeet (a feminine bigfoot) * Kori King as Big Ang * Lana Ja'Rae as Rosa Parks * Lexi Love as Gilbert Gottfried * Lydia B Kollins as David Lynch * Onya Nurve as Eddie Murphy * Sam Star as Kim Gravel * Suzie Toot as Ellen Greene On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes fellow panelists Michelle Visage and Ross Mathews, as well as guest judge Quinta Brunson. The runway category is "Nailed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Wonder (company)
World of Wonder Productions (WOW) is an American production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in Television documentary, documentary television and Documentary film, film productions with a key focus on LGBT, LGBTQ topics. Together, Barbato and Bailey have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo (American TV network), Bravo, HGTV, Showtime (TV network), Showtime, BBC, Netflix, MTV and VH1, with credits including the ''Million Dollar Listing'' docuseries, ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and the documentary films'' The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000 film), The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2000) and ''Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures'' (2016). World of Wonder is best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011. Their most well known production is ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' They have managed the career of drag queen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyran Thrax
Kyran Thrax is the stage name of Kyran Peet, an English drag performer and winner of sixth series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Early life Peet discovered drag after playing around with makeup while attending drama school at East 15 Acting School. Peet is a victim of child sexual exploitation. In 2012, at the age of 13, he was groomed by an older man who claimed to be 18–19 years old after befriending him on Facebook, leading to the pair meeting up and beginning a romantic and sexual relationship. In reality, the man was twenty-three years old. Peet testified at Preston Crown Court against the man when his real age was uncovered, resulting in his jailing. However, Peet suffered from psychological trauma as a result of the events that occurred, which in turn stunted his psychosocial development. Peet was awarded the High Sheriff of Lancashire’s Young Citizen of the Year Award in 2014. In 2017, at the age of 19, Peet raised £2,200 for The Children's Society by taking part in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Visage
Michelle Visage (born Michelle Lynn Shupack, September 20, 1968) is an American television personality, singer, broadcaster, producer, and actress. She gained recognition as a member of the dance-pop group Seduction (group), Seduction, who charted five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1989 and 1990. She later served as lead vocalist of the Rhythm and blues, R&B and Dance Moms, dance group The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., who reached the top of the dance charts with the single "Lovely Day (song)#The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. version, It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" in 1993. In 2011, Visage joined the American reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and has served as a permanent judge since RuPaul's Drag Race (season 3), season three. She is also a permanent judge on its spin-off series ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World'', and ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Drag Race Down Under'', also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatcha Packin'
''Whatcha Packin'' is an aftershow for ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and its RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, ''All Stars'' and RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, ''Down Under'' spin-offs, hosted by Michelle Visage, who acts as a main judge for all three series. Its first season was aired in conjunction with the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6), sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Format ''Whatcha Packin features Visage interviewing each contestant on a particular season as they are eliminated, or, in the case of finalists, before the season finale airs. The show is an opportunity for the contestant to discuss their drag, their journey in the competition, and their experience after filming the show, as well as showcase some runway looks they were unable to wear on the show. The series is sometimes known by alternative names. For the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2), second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' it was called ''The Final Lap'', whereas for the RuPaul's Drag Race Dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untucked
''RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!'' (often shortened to ''Untucked!'') is a spin-off of the American reality competition ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', currently airing on the cable channel MTV. The program debuted on Logo in the United States on February 1, 2010, as a companion show launched in conjunction with the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''; it moved to WOWPresents' YouTube channel on March 3, 2015, as a web series, coinciding with the debut of the seventh season of the parent series. The series returned to cable television on VH1, on March 22, 2018, coinciding with the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. The show now airs on MTV as of January 6, 2023, in conjunction with the fifteenth season of the main series. It has been nominated for fourteen Emmy Awards: eight for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program (one win), and six for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program. Format The first season of ''Drag Race'' was accompanied by a seven- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner that impairs the normal clearance of Sputum, mucus from the lungs, which facilitates the colonization and infection of the lungs by bacteria, notably ''Staphylococcus aureus''. CF is a rare genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine. The hallmark feature of CF is the accumulation of thick mucus in different organs. Long-term issues include Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus as a result of frequent pneumonia, lung infections. Other signs and symptoms may include Sinusitis, sinus infections, failure to thrive, poor growth, Steatorrhea, fatty stool, Nail clubbing, clubbing of the fingers and toes, and infertility in most males. Different people may have different degrees of symptoms. Cystic fibrosis is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. It is caused by the presence of mutations in both copies (alleles) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink News
''PinkNews'' is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community (LGBTQ+) in the UK and worldwide. It was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005, initially released in print, but became an online version six months later. The paper closely follows political progress on LGBTQ+ rights around the world, and carries interviews with cultural figures and politicians, including the gay marriage debate in the UK, and has participated in campaigns such as Out4Marriage. History PinkUnlimited.co.uk PinkNews was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005. PinkUnlimited.co.uk Ltd was registered at Companies House on 13 December 2005. That month the sitting Prime Minister, Tony Blair, wrote their online article: ''We are living in a new age of equality''. ''The PinkNews'' paper version was officially launched in 2006. However, ''PinkNews'' became an online-only publication when the print edition was dropped after six mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Gale
Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his ''Oz'' novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and reappears in most of its sequels. She is also the main character in various adaptations, notably the 1939 film adaptation of the novel, '' The Wizard of Oz''. In later novels, the Land of Oz steadily becomes more familiar to her than her homeland of Kansas. Dorothy eventually goes to live in an apartment in the Emerald City's palace but only after her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have settled in a farmhouse on its outskirts. Dorothy's best friend Princess Ozma, ruler of Oz, officially makes her a princess of Oz later in the novels. Appearances In literature In the Oz books, Dorothy is raised by her aunt and uncle in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm. Whether Aunt Em or Uncle Henry is Dorothy's blood relative remains unclear. Uncle Henry makes reference t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kori King
Rashawn King, known professionally as Kori King, is an American drag performer who competed on the seventeenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' Early life and education Rashawn King was born on March 13, 2000 and raised in Boston. His parents are divorced. He attended Boston Arts Academy for visual arts. Career King's drag persona is Kori King, billed as the "Black Barbie of Boston". In 2023, she performed alongside Kesha as part of the Only Love Tour. That same year, she was awarded the "Boston's Best New Performer to Watch" award. She also played Ariel in a local Little Mermaid-themed drag show. Kori King acquired large followings on TikTok and YouTube early in her career. Ian Helms included her in ''Queerty'' 2024 list of Boston's top twenty drag performers. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Kori King competed on the seventeenth season (2025) of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She entered the Werk Room on the premiere episode wearing an outfit inspired by Dunkin' Donuts. She was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lip Sync
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , like the word ''sink'', despite the Hard and soft C, spelling of the participial forms ''synced'' and ''syncing''), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a Speech, speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals. Audio for lip syncing is generated through the sound reinforcement system in a live performance or via television, computer, cinema Loudspeaker, speakers, or other forms of Audio signal, audio output. The term can refer to any of a number of different techniques and processes, in the context of live performances and audiovisual recordings. In Filmmaking, film production, lip syncing is often part of the post-production phase. Dubbing foreign-language films and making Animation, animated characters appear to speak both require elaborate lip syncing. Many video games make extensive use of lip-synced sound files to create an immersive environment in which on-screen characters appear to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
