Amanda Lepore

Night of 1000 Gowns Was Sumptuous

The Imperial Court of New York's annual Night of 1000 Gowns gala--at the Hilton last night--brought out a sumptuous array of gown- and tux-wearers of various genders, as the court gathered to anoint the new Emperor and Empress, Wen-Dee Bouvier Pinkhouse and Gracie Steeles. What a night. From red ca ... More >>

Sharon Needles Interview! Hail, Satan!

Sharon Needles won the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race with a witchy mix of ghoulishness and girlishness. And she's back from the dead once again! The world's most fabulous corpse is hosting rentboy.com's Hookie Awards for male escorts this Friday, so I strapped her in her coffin and grilled h ... More >>

"Punch It! Punch It! Punch My Kitty!"

No, PETA doesn't need to get mad, but maybe somebody should. In her new music video, "Punch My Kitty," Glamorous Monique is luxuriating in the tub and urging people to punch her kitty, and not only will your eyes pop, but your head will spin, and by the end of it, you will surely be trying to dive ... More >>

What The Nightlife Stars Did During The Blackout

At the weekly circus known as Vandam last night at Greenhouse, Amanda Lepore looked and smelled as fresh as a daisy. "I stayed at Cazwell's house," she explained, blithely. Co-host Susanne Bartsch had no such luck. "I have no heat and no fucking water!" she said, dressed like Merlin. "It's roman ... More >>

Tranny Strip's One Year Anniversary

Friday nights at Evolve, Tranny Strip is a sexy party for transsexuals and their admirers, a bash that's such a hit they celebrated their one-year anniversary the other night with a cirque-style three-ring blowout. The mood was slinky, S&M-y, glammy, and a little bit subversive, the way we like it. ... More >>

The Glammy Awards Brought Out The Very High Fashion

At last night's Glammy Awards -- the Cherry Jubilee-produced toast to nightlife's finest, held at Splash -- the looks were dragtastically good. My stunningly dressed co-hosts, Bianca Del Rio and Amanda Lepore, won big prizes, and I copped Best Writer/Blogger, plus Most Desperate to Be Noticed Via a ... More >>

This Year's Glammy Hosts Will Be...

​​ Bianca Del Rio... Amanda Lepore.... And a scintillating male named....

'Knock Knock, Who's There, 9/11, 9/11 Who?'

Get A Load Of Glamorous Monique

​Sort of the West Coast version of Amanda Lepore, Glamorous Monique was recently spotted at Amanda's Highline Ballroom concert, pursing her pillow lips and posing (for I'm not sure whom) all throughout it. She's really something. And she'll gladly show you her pendulous bosoms and maybe even ... More >>

The Observer Names The 50 Most Powerful Gays In NYC

Christine Quinn, who came in at #1​A reporter from that other weekly paper recently called me, and in the course of the conversation, he asked if I'd be amenable to being on the list. I replied, "Sure, I love being on lists." But then he got to work trying to pick my brain about which real e ... More >>

HARD CANDY

Amanda Lepore brings you treats

Fashion Week: Herchcovitch Trails in the Wind, the Blonds Stage a Chinese Extravaganza, Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. Goes Six Ways 'Til Sunday

style.comL.A.M.B.​If there were a venn diagram of the final three shows we saw for Fashion Week, the central overlap would simply read "these are clothes" - because beyond the very basic scale of function, these designers had absolutely nothing in common in terms of aesthetic, quality, or succ ... More >>

Amanda's "Big Top" Party Is Kaput!

​My favorite weekly bash, Amanda's Big Top at Carnival, has gone bust like an exploding water balloon. It was the event where cute guys, fashiony types, and fabulous trannssexuals mixed to play carnival games, watch weird shows, and then perform druggy dance moves in the adjoining club room.

Live From The Bizarre But Much-Improved Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards

Mia Moretti, co-winner, Best DJ (seriously). Pics by Puja, more below.​"There's nothing that says 'party' and 'class' like a bomb-shelter basement in Midtown," joked drag comedian Murray Hill last night. "This is bullshit!" It was one of the many loving jabs taken at the sixth-annual Paper Mag ... More >>

Logan Hardcore vs. Dallas Dubois?

​Which hard working drag performer will you pick for Entertainer of the Year in Cherry Jubilee's Glammy awards race for club excellence? (Or will you just write in Sandra Bullock?) The nominees were announced at Splash the other night over the sound of eyes being scratched out and tucked pen ... More >>

Will Anyone Buy "Woody Hoodie" Condoms?

Swing-dancing, Fringe-watching, Montauk-visiting—almost relaxing

Big Fun at the Big Top

​Check out Tommy McCall's startlingly vivid array of shots from last Wednesday night's Amanda Lepore's Big Top party at Carnival (fifth floor of Bowlmor). The games of chance were more treacherously exciting than ever, and, as usual, I didn't go home alone. I hooked up with Scooby Doo!

I Won a Bear, Two Monkeys, and a Gerbil!

​ But it turned out they were all fake! Still, it was a blast getting to play all the kooky, crazy games at Amanda Lepore's Big Top party on the Carnival floor of Bowlmor Wednesday night. Hosts Kenny Kenny and Joey Israel welcomed me to the game playing area, so I stuck with the easiest cha ... More >>

Week in Review: He Did? I Love It!

Happy birthday, clowns. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week James Murphy finally squashed his beef with our own Michael Musto, we watched as another journalist-on-artist feud--M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg, who else?--heated up, adding an album cover, a response to a response to a response to a r ... More >>

Live From Amanda Lepore's Big Top, A Lurid Circus-Themed Extravaganza That Could Actually Use A Bit More Luridness

That may very well be that guy's own action figure. Pic by Puja, more below.​Figuring out what to wear to an event called "Amanda Lepore's Big Top" was half the fun of going to the newly christened party at Carnival. The queen of the city's gay nightlife scene has always been the bearer of cur ... More >>

Candis Cayne Moving Back To NYC?

​That's what I heard last night, honey. Supposedly, Candis Cayne, TV's most famous TS, has broken up with her man, the hunky Marco, and is heading back to our grateful shores sometime soon.

Johnny Depp Remembers Heath--And Other Oscar Treats

Showstoppers and rip-offs in the blowsy movie musical. Plus: Paper's Nightlife Awards

Live From The Paper Nightlife Awards, Which Honored Quite A Few Sketchy People (Musto Excepted, Of Course)

Puja PatelYou get older, and Amanda Lepore stays the same age.​Last night's Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards joined the dismayingly long list of 2009 award-show travesties. The invite-only event went down at M2 (the old Mansion) to a packed audience of important downtown scenesters (that's the ... More >>

Gay Celebs Descend on Atlantic City!

Out and about, and then back here to walk in Nancy Sinatra's boots.

Miss California Partied With a Trannie!

Did Carrie Prejean really get down with transsexual extraordinaire Amanda Lepore? Was their moment together like something out of The Parent Trap? Is Carson Kressley making swine flu jokes? Did Sally Field really say Tom Hanks seems to have A.D.D.? And speaking of attention spans, did I really ... More >>

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild

ART ASSAULT

Arm yourself for the season’s biggest shows

Craft Fairs and Cuddle Rooms

Christmas is upon us, so enjoy yourselves—but don't go around grabbing people's lips

Pride Party Roundup

Before—and after—the parade passes by

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Cashing In

Here's banking on Larry Tee's new gay Saturday bash

Club Crawl

Cat Fight!

Meow!—Paper magazine's Nightlife Awards gets catty between Richie Rich, the MisShapes, and The Trinity

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Music

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New Year's Weekend

Oh Boy!

Boy George, photographer, ragga star? Hip-hop karaoke

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Party Poopers

March raids visiting volume and cash checking; polo in the Hamptons

Misstress With the Mostest

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Celebs Take Manhattan

Slags and Hags Invade NYC!

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Twilo’s Gender Gap

Dismissed Dancers May Finally Get Their Day in Court

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