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Thanks to his foul mouth, our favorite celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay found himself in hot water when he compared Australian TV newscaster Tracy Grimshaw to a pig,  and allegedly hinted that she was a lesbian according to reports.  And all of this took place during a cooking demonstration given by Ramsay in Melbourne for a food festival after being interviewed by Grimshaw.

A local newspaper reported Ramsay showed the crowd of at least 3,000  picture of a naked woman with pig-like features and a picture of Miss Piggy comparing them Grimshaw, adding “Look who I sat next to on the plane at Quantas. “There she is, oh, Jesus, I won’t tell you her name, but it begins with a ‘T’.” He then went on to say,  “It’s all a joke!”

Ummmm.  Yes, it is funny.  I would even go as far as Hysterical!  Does she even know who Gordon is?  Has she seen any of his television shows?  THIS IS WHAT HE DOES!!  You dumb cow!!  Get over yourself!!  You should be honored that Gordon would compare you to a pig!  It’s probably a compliment!!  I would give my left nut to be called names by this man!!

During his TV interview with Grimshaw started with Gordon asking her, “What turns you on?” and ended with him insulting a mole on her face admitting to being “fodder” for the media.  “You get caught in the realms of this sort of celebritysort of dogfight, so you just take the blows.”

Grimshaw reports that “Gordon made me promise not to ask him about his private life. Then he got on stage and made some very clear and uniformed insinuations about mine,” she added.  “Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman who doesn’t find him attractive must be gay. For the record, I don’t and I’m not. But I’m not at all surprised by any of this.  We’re all just fodder to him.”

In this blogger’s opinion, when you are going to interview Ramsay, you have to expect the unexpected!  And the fact you don’t find him attractive I find hard to believe.  As a gay man I find him quite attractive.  Maybe you ARE a lesbian?  Have you never heard of Don Rickles???  Part of Gordon’s charm is in the way he yells and insults people.  It all goes with the personna, lady!

Way to go Gordon!!!  DragQueenDiaries.com loves you!!!  Keep up the great work!!!  Thats the great thing about blogging: having your own opinion!  Don’t forget, opinions are like assholes: everyone has one!

Until next time you donkies!!

xxoo

Michael Queenstown

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Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour Cover

Looks like fans of Madonna will have to wait until November to get their hands on the live DVD tour of Sticky &  Sweet. While Madonna has always been prompt in releasing any tour to DVD, one has to wonder if the fact that this tour went into overtime had anything to with it.

Seeing the concert myself last year at Chicago’s United Center, it had all the bells and whistles we’ve come to expect from a Madonna concert; accept one thing…Personality.

One thing I’ve noticed about Madonna in the past few tours is that she is all business, she comes on stage (usually late) then busts out the hits and then poof the concert is over. Madonna what gives? have you gotten to big to address your audience the way you did on the Blonde Ambition tour or the Like A Virgin tour?

Either way the Sticky and Sweet tour on DVD will be a treat to own, below are some of the sneak peaks at the Queen in action.

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25 years ago, a band from England emerged onto the scene. The boys scored their first international hit “West End Girls” in 1984 and never looked back.

Yes is the boys 10th studio release of brand new material, and this one will surely delight all hard core fans as well as gain new listeners.

From the title track and first single “Love ect.” you get the feeling that you may have heard this before, yet it has todays contempory feel. Every track on this CD is brilliantly produced with Tennants lush vocals and Neils usual flare.

Drag Queen Diaries personal stand out track is “King of Rome” which reminds us of “Kings Cross” from the album “Actually” which was released 22 years ago.

One thing is clear with “Yes” you won’t find yourself saying no.

~Gina Clark

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Our favorite American Idol runner-up has officially inked a deal with 19 Recordings and RCA Records!!

Licensed to RCA Records, Lambert’s debut album is highly anticipated for a fall release.  This would coincide with the debut albums of fellow American Idol Ulumni, fourth-place finisher Allison Iraheta and American Idol winner Kris Allen, both signing with 19/Jive.

Currently,  Lambert has 4 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100, with his cover of  “Mad World”  currently sitting at #4.  His other singles on the Hot 100 include, “No Boundaries”, “A Change is Gonna Come”, and “One”.

“I’m thrilled that we’ve come to a creative and collaborative partnership and look forward to developing a really exciting album,” Lambert said in a release. “We are 100 percent on the same page and are all anxiously awaiting the start of the recordings. It’s going to be ridiculous! Get Ready!”

It’s going to be ridiculous, Adam!!  Ridiculously Awesome!!  We are ready!!!  Bring it on!!!

Until Next Time!!

Michael Queenstown

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BWO – Big Science (2009)

Hell Yes!

Now this is what pop music should be. BWO (Bodies Without Organs) are back with a bang! We haven’t taken this CD out of our player since we got it.

What makes this CD so great is the lush vocals provided by Martin Rolinski, and the usual atmospheric sounds of Alexander Bard.

Starting off with track 1 “Right Here Right Now” we are reminded that “love is right here and right now”. The Vocals on this song absolutely soar.

Stand out tracks include The first single “You’re Not Alone” a very different release for BWO a Ballad

The pulse pounding “Thunderbolt”, The enchanting “Shoot From the Heart”.

If your a fan of euro pop and dance then this will most likely be your favorite CD of the Summer!

Reviewed by: Nitrogen-E

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Deep in Vermont lies the mythical town of Beaver Pond. Slingbacks and Syrup uses the documentary form to tell a true tale of a young man who meets The House of LeMay, a family of outrageous drag queens who forever change his life. Through laughter and leadership the young man learns how the LeMays have stood tall in their heels and changed the world around them, and eventually the young man discovers that his world has been dramatically changed too.

If your looking for something new and fresh in cinema dealing with Drag Queens, then this is the film for you, a suprise hit at the Vermont International Film Festival now on DVD, get your copy today!

Reviewed by: Gina Clark

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Alrighty, here we are with the season 5 premier of one of our favorite shows here at DragQueenDiaries:  Weeds.

I have to say I wasn’t too sure where they could go with this season, but was pleasingly surprised with it.  How hilarious was it that when we last saw Celia, her daughter Quinn had drugged her and was holding her for ransom unless someone came up with the money to get her back or be killed and have all of her internal organs sold on the black market?  And no one would pay up!! Calling everyone in her cell phone and no one had the money nor did they care what happened to her.  Luckily for Celia, she had the battle with cancer and because of all the chemotherapy, her organs would be useless anyway.

Nancy returned home after revealing to Esteban the sonogram of the baby, unsure of her fate, while Andy, Doug and Silas decide to grow pot in a national forest and Nancy decides that it would be best for  Shane to live with her sister.

Can’t wait for next week’s episode!!

Until next time

Happy Viewing!

Michael Queenstown

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“I’m proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. I’s just another part of me,” is what American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert reveals in an in-depth interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, due to hit the stands on Wednesday, June 10.

In this blogger’s opinion, following the “is he or isn’t he?”  controversy as I have, I have to say that his timing was absolutely right.  No sense of coming out publicly during the run of American Idol, for fear that the topic of his sexuality would overshadow any of his performances.  The fact that so many pictures and articles of him: some in drag and others sucking face with another man didn’t already fuel those fires on the internet never took away anything from the fact that this young man truly has a God given gift.  His voice.

As he tells the magaine, “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I am gay.”

Trust me, hun, no one was.

After the American Idol finale, he was so tempted to talk to reporters about it, but decided he didn’t want all the Clay Aiken type of publicity B.S.  and purposely decided on Rolling Stone Magazine, so that he could do it on his own terms.   He goes on to tell how his parents found out after finding his gay porn on the family computer,  and about his “crush” on Kris Allen and how nervous he was when he was paired up to room with the American Idol winner.  “I was like, ‘Oh [crap], they roomed me with the cute guy.’ Distracting?  He’s the one guy that I found attractive in the whole group on the show: nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife.”

DragQueenDiaries.com wants to  thank you,  Adam Lambert for a most exciting exciting season of American Idol and we know you will go far above anyone’s expectations and we look forward to your first cd release!!

Until next time,

Michael Queenstown

“I don’t do chatty.  Quiet.  Quiet and mean. Those are my people,” Nurse Jackie tells first year nursing student Zoey Barkow (Merritt Wever) as they make rounds.  If you have’nt seen the fantastic new show,  “Nurse Jackie”  on Showtime following “Weeds“  on Monday nights, you are missing one of the best new shows of the season anywhere on television.   Created by Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem,  “Nurse Jackie” stars the always entertaining Edie (”Sopranos”) Falco stars as veteran New York ER Nurse Jackie Peyton,  who,  if  she isn’t busting the balls of a smug Ivy League Dr. Fitch “Coop” Cooper (Peter Facinelli)  for not following her advice causing a patient’s death (then forging the victim’s  organ donor card so some good can come out of his senseless death), stealing money from a man who nearly killed a prostitute and giving it to the man’s pregnant girlfriend,  she must make sense out of the chaos around her and level the playing field,  and not afraid of bending the rules whether her methods of justice are right or wrong.

Helping Jackie cope with day to day life in the ER are fellow nurse Mohammed “mo-mo” de la Cruz (Haaz Sleiman) her confidant with street-smarts and biting sense of humor, and her most unsual and unlikely best friend Dr. Eleanor O’Hara, who’s dislike for stupidity is matched only by her genuine affection and respect for Jackie.  They share the same sense of humor and are both intensely good yet intensely unsentimental at the same time.   Nurse Jackie accomplishes all of this day in and day out while on a regular diet of pain killers for her bad back supplied to her by her part-time lover pharmacist Eddie (Paul Schulze), before returning home after a hard days work to her two adorable daughters and loving husband.

Nurse Jackie will make you laugh and cry, but mostly it will make you think about the crumbling state of our country’s healthcare system.  I am not a Doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I would definately prescribe a weekly dose of  Nurse Jackie.

Happy Viewing!!

Until Next time

Michael Queenstown