Drag Race

How ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18 went off the rails

After a streak of strong flagship seasons, the MTV era saw its first real disappointment. What went wrong?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 15 power ranking: Battle of the queens

Ten eliminated competitors returned for the LaLaPaRuZa, but who won?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 15 recap: All Ru, all the time

This season’s LaLaPaRuZa is all about Mother

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 14 power ranking: The final three

Who can win? Who will win?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 14 recap: Top of the morning to Ru

We’ve finally reached the end of in-season play, with just a LaLaPaRuZa and finale to go

By Kevin O'Keeffe

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 13 power ranking: A genuinely shocking elimination

It feels a bit like whoever wins this season, their title will be followed by an asterisk

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 13 recap: Such a Karen

A disastrous puppet show is the dark omen before a catastrophic elimination

By Kevin O'Keeffe

TV & Film

There’s no excuse for ‘The Last of Us’ casting a cis actor to play trans

Putting the care into casting a young trans actor might be a challenge. It’s also an opportunity

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 12 power ranking: We can’t be ranked

Which queen goes home after the makeover challenge?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 12 recap: Metamorpho, sis

The makeover challenge sees two queens land in the bottom two for the first time

By Kevin O'Keeffe

TV & Film

Alex from Degrassi on finding her calling counselling queer teens

Deanna Klymkiw tells Xtra about playing the franchise’s first out lesbian, and her career pivot since

By Jacob Aron Leung

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 11 power ranking: Toasted and roasted

The winner of this week’s “Toast of Alyssa Edwards” does it by surprising us all

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 11 recap: Flipping the roast upside down

The winner of this week’s “Toast of Alyssa Edwards” does it by surprising us all

By Kevin O'Keeffe

TV & Film

Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon

The actor tells Xtra about carrying on Star Trek’s legacy of inclusion

By Christos Tsirbas

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 10 power ranking: The ‘Drag Race’ miracle

No one goes home, but we have one queen to discuss who has previously escaped our notice

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 10 recap: Trash into treasure

The eliminated queens’ parting gifts serve as the materials for this week’s design challenge

By Kevin O'Keeffe

TV & Film

Will ‘Sinners’ win Best Picture at the Oscars?

“One Battle After Another” seemed locked in to win the film industry’s top prize. But a once-simple awards race has gone haywire

By KC Hoard

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 9 power ranking: And the Tony goes to …

This season is increasingly looking like a race between two queens

By Kevin O'Keeffe