HoodCelebrityy Photo: Rick Kern/WireImage In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine , as the vigorous gyration of the waist is known across the Caribbean, and the lyrics to gyal tunes like Tony Matterhorn’s “Dutty Wine” and Mr. Vegas’s “Bruk It Down” echo this connection, calling out ladies-only instructions. The living embodiment of this culture, as seen through the years in music videos from Chaka Demus & Pliers’ “Murder She Wrote” to Rihanna’s “Work,” are the so-called dancehall queens: acrobatic dancers in go-go boots, fishnets, and “batty rider” shorts who run the floor at Kingston street parties and diaspora nightclubs with splits, head-top plants, and other feats of flexibility. Yet dancehall, the music genre, has long minimized female voices, relegating women artists to a peripheral role. This, finally, is changing. In Jamaica, where the current generation of male dancehall acts have struggled to replicate the crossover appeal of aughts icon Sean Paul, or the cult status of the currently jailed but still hugely popular and influential Vybz Kartel , women like Spice, Shenseea and Ishawna are keeping the genre fresh, provocative and relatable. “Females are definitely taking over this male-dominated business,” says Grace Hamilton, better known as Spice, the brash, blue-wigged diva behind bashment party essentials like 2014’s “So Mi Like It” and a new addition to the cast of VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta . (She’s recently taken up part-time residence in Georgia, while maintaining her home, and presence, in Jamaica). “Back in the days, you only had one female that was reigning. But it’s not like that now. If you called Jamaica and [asked] who are the top artists right now, I’m sure my name has to come up. And a lot of other females, who are doing extremely well.” Kingston isn’t … [Read more...] about Women Are Keeping Dancehall Fresh
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Producers Werking on New Competition Series for Paramount+
Photo: RuPaul’s Drag Race/YouTube If Drag Race U.K. , Canada’s Drag Race , Drag Race Thailand , Drag Race Holland , Drag Race España , and Drag Race Down Under weren’t enough, well, henny, does Paramount+ have a show for you. World of Wonder, the production company behind RuPaul’s Drag Race , is readying a new drag-queen competition series for the streamer called Queen of the Universe , Paramount+ has announced. Touted as “a singing competition like no other” and sounding a lot like a drag Eurovision, the show will pit drag queens from around the world against one another. Along with this news, Paramount+ announced that the upcoming season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars will sashay to the streamer — but the company’s reps have yet to confirm whether it will also air on VH1 like last season, along with the current season of Drag Race . Rounding out its reality offerings, Paramount+ announced a new All Stars season of The Challenge and the premiere of the Real World reunion series The Real World Homecoming: New York on the streamer’s launch date of March 4. … [Read more...] about Producers Werking on New Competition Series for Paramount+
George Kotsiopoulos talks Kate Middleton, Emmys, and confidence
August 22, 2014 - 12:45 BST hellomagazine.com HELLO! talk the Duchess of Cambridge's style, fashion confidence, and the upcoming Emmys with Fashion police host George Kotsiopoulos George Kotsiopoulos critiques style for a living but the Fashion Police star reveals that he has no criticisms of the Duchess of Cambridge. "Kate dresses appropriately for who she is, she always look impeccable. It’s never too trendy, just very classic", admitted George in an exclusive interview with HELLO! Online. George Kotsiopoulos hosts Fashion Police on E! He added: "I was looking at pictures of Diana in the 1980s and the crazy clothes she was wearing with the big poofed shoulders - fashionable at the time but I don’t think we’ll look back on Kate’s photos, 20 or 30 years from now, and think of how specific it is to a time." George is part of the Fashion Police panel and is gearing up for the Emmy Special, airing on Wednesday 28th August. He admits that this year's show has crept up on him: "They’re early so it’s been hectic, and we have Fashion Police at New York Fashion Week right after." In the run up to the Emmys Special though, there's been a lot of other fashion styling to ruminate on - and Julia Roberts has gone and confused George. "I was thinking she would go low key [to the Emmys] but now I’m not sure. She wore this beautiful Valentino jumpsuit to the creative Emmys... she could have worn that to the Emmys! " he laughs. George and his co-stars Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne , and Guiliana Rancic, analyse and critique over 50 dresses a week, George guesses, and he admits that it's impossible to pick favourites. "I’m immune to the beauty!" he laughs. George Kotsiopoulos with his co-stars on Fashion Police He adds, thoughtfully: " The red carpet has become something that it wasn’t before , it’s so prevalent, everyone is talking about red carpet with … [Read more...] about George Kotsiopoulos talks Kate Middleton, Emmys, and confidence