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Kevin O’Keeffe

Kevin O’Keeffe is a writer, host, instructor, and RuPaul’s Drag Race herstorian living in Los Angeles, California. His favourite pastime is watching a perfect lip sync.

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 11 recap: Loose lips sync ships
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 11 recap: Loose lips sync ships

The LaLaPaRuZa battle is the shot of competitive energy that Season 14 has been needing

March 21, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 10 power ranking: Forecasting the LaLaPaRuZa
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 10 power ranking: Forecasting the LaLaPaRuZa

How will the queens fare in a lip sync battle for survival?

March 15, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 10 recap: Looking Snatched
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 10 recap: Looking Snatched

Season 14’s cast gets shocked out of their good vibes by an unprecedented twist

March 14, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ finale recap: The first Queen of the Mothertucking World is…
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ finale recap: The first Queen of the Mothertucking World is…

We have our first international “All Stars” champion!

March 9, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 9 power ranking: Someone’s got a hold on #1
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 9 power ranking: Someone’s got a hold on #1

We reshuffle the rankings after another non-elimination week

March 8, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 9 recap: A casual stroll to find America’s Next Drag Superstar
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 9 recap: A casual stroll to find America’s Next Drag Superstar

What Season 14 lacks in urgency it makes up for in fun times with its cast

March 7, 2022
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 5 recap: ‘London’ girls
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 5 recap: ‘London’ girls

The final frontrunner is eliminated, leaving us with an even race among the final four

March 2, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 power ranking: Top of the charts
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 power ranking: Top of the charts

After a brief fall from the top tier, our frontrunner returns to the peak of the power rankings

March 1, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 recap: There goes my baby
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 recap: There goes my baby

The girl groups of the past inspire a very fun challenge—with some very strange judging results

February 28, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 4 recap: International Snatch
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 4 recap: International Snatch

The shocks just keep on rolling in on “UK Versus The World”

February 23, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 7 power ranking: Shantay you all stay
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 7 power ranking: Shantay you all stay

There may not have been an elimination this week, but the power rankings have been shaken up nonetheless

February 22, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 7 recap: All toots, no boots
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 7 recap: All toots, no boots

Ru pulls a prank on the queens this week, but follows it up with a blessing

February 21, 2022
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 3 recap: Anything could happen
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 3 recap: Anything could happen

Finally, the All Stars format lives up to its promise in shocking fashion

February 16, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 6 power ranking: an undisputed frontrunner
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 6 power ranking: an undisputed frontrunner

For the first time in several seasons, we have a clear frontrunner who is not the week’s maxi-challenge winner

February 15, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 6 recap: a sudden rivalry
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 6 recap: a sudden rivalry

It comes almost out of nowhere, but this week’s lip sync has major stakes

February 14, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 2 recap: Give them a sewing challenge and they’ll give Ru what she likes
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 2 recap: Give them a sewing challenge and they’ll give Ru what she likes

The RuPaul Ball sees a beloved legend fall into the bottom two—but does she go home?

February 9, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 5 power ranking: The top 10
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 5 power ranking: The top 10

With two departures this week, we’ve reached an even 10 queens

February 7, 2022
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 5 recap: In the arms of the angles
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 5 recap: In the arms of the angles

A parody charity PSA challenge brings back past first-out favourites

February 7, 2022
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