On last night’s Last Week with John Oliver, he tackled one of the most boring but most important issue of our times: Net neutrality. Basically, net neutrality  is what keeps the cable companies from creating a “fast lane” for them and a “slow lane” for everyone else on the internet. Which is basically the end of the web as we know it. Watch John Oliver’s excellent explanation below. His solution? Get the worst internet trolls on the job.

“This is the moment you were made for, commenters,” Oliver said.

And apparently it’s working. Update from Mashable: “John Oliver asked for the trolls, and the trolls obliged. A day after a segment on Last Week Tonight featured Oliver putting out the bat signal for Internet trolls, the Federal Communications Commission website has been deluged by comments. The site is experiencing intermittent outages.

Here’s how you can yell at the FCC.

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Damiana Garcia was thrilled to interview RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5′s gorgeous winner Jinkx Monsoon on the Season 6 finale red carpet. They discussed all of the glory of the past year for her, from her sold-out Broadway show to her touring to Australia where she met Season 6′s Top 3 queen Courtney Act, as well as her sisterhood with Season 6′s Miss Congeniality winner Ben DeLaCreme, her new album The Inevitable Album (now available on iTunes) and her upcoming “Hocus Pocus” live show with the legendary Peaches Christ. More of Damiana’s interviews are coming soon – be sure to subscribe to Michael Lucid Presents!

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Hallo Ihr Lieben,

This year’s Lifeball (a charity event in the style of a Viennese Ball) was ultra special – as it was infused with the energy of Conchita Wurst’s Eurovision win – the woman of the moment, Austrian Superstar, UNSERE  KÖNIGIN.

Lifeball is the a huge event at the regal, gothic Vienna Town Hall to raise money for those affected worldwide by HIV/AIDS. Lifeball is Europe’s largest AIDS charity event.  If this cause is close to your heart, please donate.

The Ball is in its 9th year and is attended by many celebrities, who support the cause. This year Courtney Love, Marcia Cross and Bill Clinton were there. Lindsay Lohan was too lazy to fly and was tweeting pictures of herself jogging in London the same day!

For me it was all about Conchita. We met briefly in the press area. “Conchita, Ich liebe dich und dein musik. Ich repräsentiere WOW report in LA. Sie lieben dich in USA auch”(Conchita, I love you and your music. I represent WOW Report in LA. They love you in the US as well). Conchita placed her hand diva-like on her chest and smiled lovingly ” Danke”.

Conchita performed on the main stage to close the ball with ” Rise like a Phoenix” and then treated us to a private concert inside the ” Heaven Vienna” area. I cannot stress how popular Conchita is here. John Paul Gaultier joined her on the stage.

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There was a catawalk show featuring the likes of Gaultier, Westwood and Viktor & Rolf where Courtney Love and Carmen Carrera walked. Courtney was doing her more Oscar  vs. druggie look in an evening gown. However, the real fashion stars of the night were the well dressed people who had aquired a Style Ticket, some of whom were competing for Best Dressed of the Year. I saw both Amanda Lepore and Daniel Lismore and believe me, they just blended into the crowd for once.

On every floor of the huge Rathaus ( Town Hall) there was another party. The highlight was the burlesque and Boylesque troops featuring international and local artists. I know I’m missing the trend but BOYLESQUE? HOW COOL IS THIS!

I also just wanted to tell you all drag superstars, wanna-be drag superstars that the scene has moved. Yeah, I know, the scene is always moving but sometimes you just get this sense that somewhere is about to go on the map – Vienna is that place. The majestic palaces, the pride flags waving from the trams, the option to eat cheap Sushi on every corner – this is the new, better dressed Berlin.

Liebe Grüße,

Über Fabulous

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Adore Delano’s new album is set to release tomorrow!! Buy the full album “Till Death Do Us Party” on iTunes and don’t forget to watch Adore each week on WOWPresents on Let The Music Play. Watch it on World of Wonder’s Youtube Channel here.

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Bradford Shellhammer
Detox
Anderson Cooper
Arianne Zucker
Deniece Williams
Irma P. Hall
Kristine W
James Purefoy
John Dykstra
Lalaine
Melissa Mathison
Nikki M. James
Rafael Nadal
Suzie Quatro

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“Don’t die on me” or the folksy-fied “Don’t YOU die on me!” is used a LOT in movies. It’s not a cliché, otherwise. You can see just how much this phrase is used emotional death scenes in this super cut (which out of context, they are mostly comical…) Here’s a film list:
On the Line
Mo Money
A Perfect Getaway
Bevery Hills Cop III
Cold Mountain
Con Air
Elvis Has Left the Building
Enemy Mine
Evolution
Four Brothers
Grindhouse – Planet Terror
Hidalgo
Jacobs Ladder
Penny Dreadful
Practical Magic
Proof of Life
Pulp Fiction
Punisher War Zone
Running with Scissors
Sherlock Holmes : GOS
Starship Troopers
The Day After
The Edge
The Gauntlet
The Number 23
The Outsiders
Ticker
Tough Guys
True Romance
Wing Commander
Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Hollow Man
Backdraft
You Don’t Know Jack

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Give up? OK. Sinéad O’Connor. She’s had a few rough years lately, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at this picture. She got married – but it only lasted 16 days. Last August she imparted her wisdom to Miley in an open letter – which must have fallen on deaf ears – and a tongue sticking out. Well, now she’s back with a new album called I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss, that’s out August 14 and I’m curious to see if there’s a new sound to go with this visual.

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We all saw that Rihanna got the CFDA Icon Award the other night from Vogue‘s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour. We imagine they are bffs, right? They text ALL the time. Check out a little sample of what that exchange is like. Real or imagined, it’s probably not too far off. And btw, Anna’s in on the joke – Vogue posted this.

(via Vogue)

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Well, Penny Dreadful, Showtime’s new monster series, showed some same-sex lovin’ the other night, when mystery man Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) hooked up with the legendary Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney). Ethan rushes over to Dorian, kissing him passionately. What the what? Then they get naked and do the dirty. 1, 2, 3. I was liking the series already but I’m REALLY paying attention now. You could hear remotes dropping all across the country. Besides murder, gay sex can wake up a show like nothing else, I’ll tell you. (via New Now Next)

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SISSY THAT EXIT: Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner seen leaving their hotel. Do you know (or care) which is which?

They are an industry unto themselves, like George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic (more like Nabisco with a thousand brands) The Kardashians were out in New York, New Jersey and the Hamptons in the last several days; going to lunch, talk shows, with babies, getting gas – you name it. There were other celebs out too and we tried to squeezed them into the little space team Kardashian left. The K-men made an appearance too. Just keeping you up to date – and keeping the paps in business. (Photos, Pacific Coast News)

HEY, BABY: Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian bookend Jamie King, each with a kid in tow.

2-1-2: Marion Cotillard and Domenico Dolce arm in arm; Kanye in Soho and more Kardashians in South Hampton

HATS IT: All in black, Nicky Hilton and Blake Lively are busy talking, while it looks like Dakota Johnson prefers to text to look busy.

GASSY?: Scott Disick fills up his (rented) Laborghini in the Hamptons. They’re filming The Kardashians and he can’t be seen driving a Camry, can he?

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Looks like Rihanna’s look appeals to middle America after all. The Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin got into the act (and drag) by copying her already iconic CFDA look and RiRi approves. She knows when cartoon characters start imitating you, you’ve hit your mark.

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Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about Louis Vuitton, Louis Vuitton, Louis Vuitton, and Louis Vuitton on this  all-new episode of J’Adore! Can you count how many LV bangs #CCD has?! Watch it after the jump!

Also..how FABULOUS is her Louis Vuitton garbage bag!?

New episodes of J’Adore every Wednesday on WOWPresents!

Previous Episodes

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about her love for the iconic Miley Cyrus!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about the benefits of wearing high heels, who makes the best pumps, and why platform heels are no bueno!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about what’s fresh! Having fun! Mixing colors! And being happy on this episode of J’Adore!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about having talent in the fashion industry on this episode of J’Adore!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about the one and only Marc Jacobs on this episode of J’Adore!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about her love for her dear friend Azzedine Alaïa.

Find out what Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele thinks about Paris and New York fashion and how they differ.

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele describes what it means to be CHIC on this episode of J’Adore!

This episode of J’Adore is about music! Find out who Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele LOVES to rock out to!

On this episode of J’Adore, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele discusses fabulous and exciting street fashion!

On this episode of J’Adore, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele talks about black and white style. And RuPaul drops by for a special appearance!

On this episode of J’Adore, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, talks about her totally fabulous CCD language! Everybody has their own language! The #CerfStyle language just happens to be a combination of Italian, French, and English! J’A.D.O.R.E!

Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, talks about her (exciting!) early career in the fashion industry on this episode of J’Adore! CCD started her career working for French Elle for 10 years before she moved to New York to continue shaking up the fashion world!

Get a rare glimpse into one of the world’s most preeminent fashion editors, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, in WOW’s original series J’ADORE! Carlyne’s motto, ”it’s quick, it’s fun and it’s done!” perfectly summates this fast-paced show, premiering on YouTube today.   J’ADORE features the inimitably gifted Carlyne who captivates with insider secrets on what it really means to be chic.

In the decades spanning her wildly successful career, Carlyne has become a household name in the world of haute couture. Born to a Countess in St. Tropez, Carlyne’s beginnings in fashion were highlighted by her mother’s innate sense of style.

After building a name for herself at  French Elle for 10 years, Carlyne was called by Alex Liberman to move to New York, to become Fashion Director of Special Projects for American Vogue in 1985. During her highly influential ten years at American Vogue,  when Anna Wintour became Editor-in-chief, she named Carlyne Fashion Director. Carlyne hence designed the first and famous cover mixing haute couture and jeans. She also imposed her own style and created the supermodel era. Styling major names like Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell.

Carlyne has become an icon herself, making waves with her emblematic street-chic mode that is reputable throughout the world, and especially visible on her Instagram (@carlynecerfdedudzeele #CerfStyle #CCD). Working alongside photographers such as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, and Inez & Vinoodh. Styling celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman, Celine Dion, and M.I.A. – to mention only a handful – Carlyne has also made a lasting impression on some of the world’s most legendary designers:

“She has no idea what it means to be dull. With her energy she can add life to things that might otherwise degenerate rapidly into mere symbols of faded elegance.” ~Karl Lagerfeld, 1993 (Source: Vogue)

Carlyne combines worldly wisdom with profound youth, and befittingly J’ADORE is impossible not to love.  Carlyne’s unique perspective will challenge your notion on what constitutes fashion, individuality, and beauty. Have fun learning how to spice up your own wardrobe, and most of all understanding what makes this incredible woman tick. Explore how one of the world’s greatest fashion editors operates – her answers are sure to leave you surprised.

You’ll be sure to crave more of Carlyne, make sure to catch J’ADORE every WEDNESDAY, only on WOWPresents!

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Remember Cher’s Half Breed? She got in a bit of trouble 40 years ago with that outfit too. Today Pharrell appears on the cover of the new Elle UK and he’s getting blasted by some on social media for being racially insensitive. The Native American community and beyond are expressing their anger over the honored accessory’s misappropriation. (Search the hashtag #NotHappy and you’ll see just how pissed folks are.) And some are looking for an apology from Pharrell and the magazine. What do you think? Is he being insensitive, or are we as a culture OVERLY sensitive about every perceived injustice? Discuss.

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NSFW! UK’s Channel Four goes deep into the tunnels under Bucharest to explore a world populated by drug addicts, thieves, runaways, and all manner of society’e cast-offs. Wait. Did I say tunnels? I mean panic-inducing crawlspaces and narrow cravasses and tiny, interconnected burrows. They’re presided over by  a man who calls himself Bruce Lee, who takes in these outsiders, provides them with drugs and food and kittens, and gives them a sense of family many of them have never had before. It would be heartwarming if it wasn’t all so completely terrifying and post-apocalyptic…  and if every scene didn’t contain half a dozen filthy drug addicts shooting up in the background and then either nodding off or ODing. Bruce, himself, comes off as alternately benevolent, menacing, idiotic, and a figure to be pitied. It always fascinates me how these subcultures can be founded on such good intentions, but because everyone involved is so inherently broken, it all just immediately devolves into chaos. There but for the grace of God, and all that.

(via Philthy’s Phil)

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Seriously, England. Do you not see the magic right here before your eyes? I mean, Judi Dench, Julie Andrews, but no Katie Price? Pfffff. Our lady Katie went to a photo call for the haircolor range Colour B4, which she is the face of, dressed like a Punky Brewster meets Lisa Frank halcyon trip all while she is six months pregnant. LOOK HOW SHE SACRIFICES FOR US ALL! I don’t have the words to express how much Jordan means to me. I know what you all may be thinking (yes, the wig(s) are Santee Alley ratchet) but I assure you this is everything to me (and I am pretty sure for James St. James as well). Photos Pacific Coast News

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See, what people seem to forget is that under all of the costumery and disguises, Gaga is quite gorgeous. Case in point: this simple morning selfie. I don’t care what filters are used, whatever, she is so naturally beautiful and interesting to look at. This look works for her best of all, hope she sticks with it for a while.

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Jolie in Alexander; Taylor as Cleopatra

“It’s one of those [roles] you feel like maybe that’s the one you put everything into and that’s where you end it. That’s where you finish, in a great way. You kind of go, ‘What could you do beyond that one?’ She went on. “It’s complicated to get this one right. She’s complicated…I imagine that the preparation for it is going to be big.”

She isn’t the first actor to tease the press with early retirement, but she’s probably not bluffing and she would actually be missed. If this isn’t her last role, it might be close. She wants to fulfill the oldest actor cliché in the book; she really wants to direct, something the boys get to do a lot more than the girls. She already has, to some acclaim – and she will again.

Pitt in Troy; Burton in Cleopatra

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Yes, Lindsay snapped this photo of herself the other day in a green sports bra but really, that was just the click-bait tease! The image below is the AMAZING payoff. The Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field – is more than beautiful, it begins to fill in the gaps in our understanding of how stars actually form. This new image, a compilation of shots taken during the course of 841 orbits of Hubble between 2003 and 2012, contains roughly 10,000 galaxies. Says astronomer Phil Plait:

“The galaxies show every possible shape and size. Many are distorted, victims of collisions with other galaxies, their mutual gravity pulling them into weird shapes like taffy quadrillions of kilometers across. Many are very blue, showing active star formation, while others are exceedingly red, probably galaxies much farther away, their light taking far longer to reach us. Note that most of the very red galaxies are smaller dots, another indication of their tremendous distance.”

Named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope is a venture of NASA and the European Space Agency. It was launched in 1990 and has been giving us amazing images like this ever since. Watch the animated zoom in of the galaxies so very far, far away – and wonder what Lindsay is doing right now…?

(Lindsay photo, Instagram; via Huffington Post)

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Staring next week, the new president of the U.N. General Assembly will be Sam Kutesa, the foreign minister of Uganda. Kutesa has a 20-year record of corruption, and a VERY visceral dislike of gays. He is the also right-hand man of Uganda’s military ruler, General Yoweri Museveni. Corruption, scandal, resignation, and reinstatement have been his revolving doors over the last serval years. He was implicated in a scandal in 2007 over $150 million in missing public money. (The case was dismissed on a technicality. Ah-hem.) Then there is Kutesa’s view on homosexuality. He’s been a big supporter of Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law—which has led to a tenfold increase in anti-LGBT violence and he has defended it many times in the Western press. The U.S. Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand has said;

“It would be disturbing to see the foreign minister of a country that passed an unjust, harsh and discriminatory law based on sexual orientation preside over the U.N. General Assembly.”

Secretary of State John Kerry has already gone on record as opposing Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, saying that it violates the very humanitarian values the U.N. is supposed to uphold. A change.org petition now has over 5,000 signatures. Activists in Europe have also begun to take notice and demand Kutesa’s withdrawal. These actions could do more to further endanger LGBT people in Africa and add fuel to the fire of anti-homosexuality campaigns elsewhere. This kinda seems like a no-win situation. Either a known homophobe presides over the U.N. General Assembly, or the homophobe is proven right, that LGBT equality is all just “a Western plot”.

Sam Kutesa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda

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So, Nora Burns (of the fabulous Unitard) is hosting another night of her New York Stories. (I get nervous even mentioning it as I’m on the list of story tellers this time.) From the announcement:

“Do you remember when New York City was a wonderland of fabulous freaks and misfit toys? When there were hookers instead of the Highline and you couldn’t swing a Fiorucci jumpsuit without hitting a hopped up hustler? It’s still our fabulous home, but behind all the TDBanks and Bugaboo baby strollers are some legendary tales. Everyone has a great New York Story, come hear some of the best. Come to a night of fascinating fables. Fun for all ages, stages and wages.”

Glittering Gotham Gabbers
Paul Alexander
Brenda Bergman
Tom Eubanks
David Ilku
Bob Russell
Anita Sarko
David Schweizer
Lucy Sexton
Linda Simpson
Trey Speegle

It’s next Thursday, June 12th, 8PM at The Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher Street. $10 (Suggested donation. Or whatever you can afford.) Stonewall asks that you buy a couple of drinks too. You can give one of them to me, as I’ll need it. No, I’ll be fine – and everyone else will be great. Tell your friends and say hi to me, if you do come!

(Photo, Christopher Makos)

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