Drag Race RuCap: “Q-Pop Girl Groups”

Like in the last couple of years, Nick Taylor and Cláudio Alves are following and recapping the new RuPaul’s Drag Race season…

You know what? Bless this MESS.

CLÁUDIO ALVES: After that promising premiere, Drag Race season 18 continues to prove itself an entertaining new addition to the franchise. Sure, some judging decisions at episode’s end left a little to be desired, but these girls are very fun, and the runway is an all-timer that had me cackling alone with my cats - Major Tom looked very confused, but he always looks confused. Were your fur babies similarly mystified by your reactions to “Q-Pop Girl Groups” or were you a very sedate watcher, bored into inexpression? I can’t imagine you could be that displeased by this hour, though one never knows. (I know, because we’ve discussed the episode on DMs and GroupChats, but please allow the subterfuge for this intro’s sake. You saw nothing, dear reader. Thank you.) 

NICK TAYLOR: I wasn’t with my cats when I watched this episode, though the host of my watch party has a lovely, skittish young cat who didn’t seem inordinately cautious while we were howling at the runways...

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The 83rd Golden Globes - A Quick Review and Takeaways

by Nathaniel R

A very happy ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER team. Photo: AP PHOTO

The 83rd Golden Globe awards have come and gone. Did you have a good night? You probably did if you are a fan of One Battle After Another (and who isn't?). It cleaned up with four Globe awards: Picture (Comedy), Director, Screenplay, and Supporting Actress. My boyfriend hadn't yet seen it so sat down to finally do that about eight hours before the show. I said to myself "just watch with him until Teyana's exit since it's been awhile since you've seen it". Alas, no such luck for the long task list on the fridge. I couldn't tear myself away. I literally kept saying "okay just one more scene" and then the credits were rolling. It is just as riveting and spontaneous-feeling on repeat viewings (despite the absurdly high levels of obviously planned craftsmanship on display) even though you know every thing that's going to happen. The Globes party was a bit more subdued than general given the ubiquity of black gowns, non-aggressive political asides, and 'just grateful to be doing this job' kind of weary-artist acceptance speeches. But the best thing about the night was that everyone felt a bit like winners: Sinners, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, and The Secret Agent, for example, certainly can't complain (or shouldn't) about the results given their key wins and the enthusiasm in the room for those films. More to come once we have more time  but for this quickie post, brief comments on some (most) of the wins...

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Drag Race RuCap: "You Can't Keep A Good Drag Queen Down!"

Like in the last couple of years, Nick Taylor and Cláudio Alves are following and recapping the new RuPaul’s Drag Race season…

Raja, Bob and Kim Chi came back for an unexpected, unexplainable intro.

NICK TAYLOR: Happy New Year, everyone!! Can you believe it’s already time for another season of Drag Race? Season 18 premiered this Friday, and I had a great fuckin’ time. The cast seems uniformly entertaining, and the challenges felt like the best kind of throwback to earlier seasons while still feeling right for 2026. In short, this was a great introduction to these divas, and I’m excited to spend four months watching them on my TV. RuCap OVER.

Oh wait, what did you think, Cláudio?

CLÁUDIO ALVES: I’m mostly glad they’re not all baby queens. We actually have a pretty seasoned cast after last year’s youth revolution. Multiple divas are even older than me! What a concept!!...

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Robert Award Nominations in Denmark

by Nathaniel R

Mads Mikkelsen & Nikolaj Lie Kaas in THE LAST VIKING

We'd love to do a better job of covering all the Oscar-parallel prizes all over the world but there are only so many hours in the day. Nevertheless, we wanted to give a shout out to Denmark since they aren't competing for Best International Feature Film this year (their candidate, the documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin didn't make the International finalist list) and they usually are! Today they released the nominations for their own awards, called The Robert Awards. Let's investigate Picture, Actor, and Actress and which Oscar Best Picture Nominees (or Future Nominees) the Danes also love...

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"One Battle After Another" leads the SAG Actor Award Nominations

by Eric Blume

Going lead was a risky move for Chase Infiniti, but it's paying off.

SAG Award nominations (for the newly-rebranded “The Actor Awards”…oy vey) were announced today. As usual, they are pretty lame.

The key thing to remember here is that the voting body for the SAG Awards consists of about 160,000 members. This number includes a large number of people who, for example, might have stood in the background of an insurance company commercial, or did a promo spot for a dishwater detergent brand. So, let’s just say these are not the most… discerning… group of people, if you know what I’m saying. And while there is some crossover between SAG Award voters and Oscar voters, it's not as big as you might think...

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