Diversity Rules Magazine

20 Diversity Rules Magazine January 2018 After a three-time Emmy® Award-winning season of "Ru- Paul's Drag Race" left fans shook and grasping for their masks, fan-favorite queens from previous seasons will battle it out for their second chance at the crown on "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars." e new sea- son will return with an explosive 90-minute premiere on an all-new night, ursday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on VH1. "e rumors are 100% true, baby," said executive pro- ducer and host RuPaul. "e 'All Stars' three debut delivers my most legendary queens, and they're fired up and ready to take over the mother-tucking world. #RealNews #FakeEyelashes." e nine queens competing for the gold and title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" were previously an- nounced in an hour-long televised pre-season episode, and include: Aja (season nine; from Brooklyn, NY), BenDeLaCreme (season six; from Seattle, WA), Chi Chi DeVayne (season eight; from Shreveport, LA), Kennedy Davenport (season seven; from Dallas, TX), Milk (season six; from New York, NY), Morgan McMi- chaels (season two; from Los Angeles, CA), Shangela (seasons two & three; from Los Angeles, CA), orgy or (season eight; from Brooklyn, NY), and Trixie Mattel (season seven; from Los Angeles, CA). For more information on "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" and up-to-date news, go to http://www.vh1. com/shows/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars or to the "Ru- Paul's Drag Race All Stars" Facebook page. "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" is produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Sa- langsang and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Pro- ducers. Pamela Post and Tim Palazzola serve as Execu- tive Producers for VH1. About VH1: VH1 is the dominant pop culture brand for adults 18-34. e network is available in 93 million U.S. households and has an array of digital channels and services including the VH1 App, VH1.com and @VH1. VH1 is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB). For more informa- tion, please visit www.vh1 press.com,VH1.com, or the VH1 Facebook page. Follow us on Twitter @VH1PR. About World of Wonder: Award-winning production company World of Wonder is behind entertaining and critically acclaimed hit series including the Emmy® Award winning RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1/Logo), which received a groundbreaking seven 2017 Emmy® nominations, Million Dollar Listing LA & NY (Bravo), Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Fuse), and Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric (Na- tional Geographic). World of Wonder has also created award-winning films and documentaries such as Map- plethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Menendez: Blood Broth- ers, Inside Deep roat, e Eyes of Tammy Faye, I Am Britney Jean, In Vogue: e Editor's Eye, Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking, Monica in Black and White, e Last Beekeeper, which won an Emmy® Award for Outstand- ing Nature Programming and Out of Iraq, which won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Special Class Special. Seven of their films have premiered at the Sundance Film festival including Becoming Chaz and Party Monster, the documentary and feature film starring Macaulay Culkin. World of Wonder has created a substantial digital foot- print with its YouTube channel WOWPresents, along with an award-winning blog, e WOW Report. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey authored e World According to Wonder, celebrating 21 years of produc- tion, which can be found online at http://worldofwonder. net/. Randy and Fenton were honored with the IDA Pioneer Award in December 2014, celebrating exceptional achievement, leadership, and vision in the nonfiction and documentary community. RuPaul's All Stars Return Premieres January 25, 2018 www.vh1.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars

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