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As we all know the Queen of pop Madonna is heating up the radio around the world with her new video and song GIVE IT 2 ME !

The quality of the video is not the best but enjoy anyway!

Truly classy lady Ms. Ashanti gets our vote. It was a pleasure and an honor meeting and speaking with her. We are in love with “THE DECLARATION” It’s been 4 years since her last album, and this one is a must. Great summer anthem album! She even has guest singers on her album like Robin Thick, Nelly, & Akon. Thanks to Shane Smith, Virgin Megastore Times Square, Universal/Motown & ASHANTI!

Check out the video for “THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU”

Best Play:
August: Osage County
Rock ‘n’ Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

Best Musical:
Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby, Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In the Heights, Quiara Alegria Hudes
Passing Strange, Stew
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score
Cry-Baby, Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
In The Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid, Music: Alan Menken and Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew

Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereueses
Macbeth

Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park With George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
Paulo Szot, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O’Hara, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park With George

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Robin De Jesús, In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
de’Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In The Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights
Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Anthony Ward, Macbeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park with George
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Robin Wagner, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Best Costume Design of a Play
Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps

Best Costume Design of a Musical
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In the Heights
Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley, In the Heights
Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play
Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, In the Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Special Tony Award
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific.

How many nominations each show received:
In The Heights, 13
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific , 11
Sunday in the Park with George, 9
August: Osage County , 7
Gypsy, 7
Passing Strange, 7
Boeing-Boeing, 6
Macbeth, 6
The 39 Steps, 6
Les Liaisons Dangereuses , 5
Cry-Baby, 4
Rock ‘n’ Roll , 4
The Seafarer , 4
Xanadu , 4
A Catered Affair, 3
The Homecoming, 3
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, 3
The Little Mermaid, 2
Come Back, Little Sheba, 1
Cyrano de Bergerac , 1
Grease , 1
Is He Dead?, 1
Mauritius, 1
November, 1
Thurgood , 1
Top Girls , 1

The 62nd Annual Tony Awards — hosted by Tony and Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg — will be presented June 15. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live from Radio City Music Hall, 8-11 PM ET. (Red-carpet arrivals will begin at 6 PM).

The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. CBS has broadcast the annual event since 1978.

Source www.TonyAwards.com.

Watch these two guys especially the blonde one he is just hillarous !

Thanks to Josh & Alex.

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This will be the hit of the season and you need to buy it becuasde COLDPLAY is better that ever.

When considering all it takes to become a well known drag queen we must not underestimate what that really entails. In the world of “ Glitz and Glamour” it’s not simply slapping on some makeup and a nicely fitting wig in order to make it. Any young gay boy has snuck into his mother’s closet and tried on her heels while she was in the shower, that doesn’t make him a fierce drag queen. So what does it take?

Mizz Cori knows exactly what it means when someone says taking it to the next level. Knowing that in the world of color there are no limits to how loud or soft one can go. Mizz Cori has most frequently been seen these days hosting at a very popular club in Ft.Lauderdale called Jet Set Nightclub. Here you can see her at least 3 times a week if not more and I would pay the person who says they have seen her wear the same things twice. The rainbow of Mizz Cori’s closet is one the sky hasn’t ever shown us before.

She has taken the Drag Diva world by storm with her appearances on the very popular MTV show sweet 16 and has also begun making appearances on the Atlantis Gay Cruises. You can see her annually at One Mighty Party in Orlando for its “Gay Days” celebrations. She is Miss Stonewall 2005 and the current reigning Miss South Florida Fantasy Illusion Plus. “When I am not working as a entertainer, I am working on my education. I have 3 degrees .A.A. General education, A.S. in Theatre and entertainment technology, and a bachelor’s in Graphic design. I am currently working on my Masters in web design.”

So what’s next for this diva with so many claims to fame as it is? Well it’s time to take off into the new upcoming show on the LOGO network RuPaul’s Drag Race. On this show RuPaul will be the host and put the finalists through a competition of the sorts of Americas Next Top Model. According to Perezhilton.com RuPaul says “Tell Tyra that the Queen has returned, and while you’re at it have Heidi clear the runway. I’m going to pump some ‘realness’ into reality. To be a winner on this show the contestants need to be a fashion designer, an American Idol, and a top model all rolled up into one. And they definitely have to be smarter than a fifth grader.”

The website votes will allow one winner to enter the show by means of voting. Voters can vote once a day for their choice Drag Diva and Mizz Cori is in it to win it. Many of her friends on the Myspace network have done their job by spreading the word and asking others to vote. She guarantees that WHEN she makes it to the winners circle you will see the magic a drag diva is meant to have. “I promise you I will represent the title of winning Rupaul’s Drag Race fabulously! Let me make reality TV history with you in your living room! Go to this link in order to vote for the diva everyday – she thanks you in advance for all the support.

www.rupaulsdragrace.logoonline.com/people/MizzCori

Juan Mario Rodriguez for Metrovelvet.com

Check out our favorite assistant from Mode Magazine Betty Suarez, as she makes a request from Madonna. Hope Madonna makes a response video back.
Could we see The Queen of Pop on an episode of Ugly Betty next season. They are moving to NYC, Madonna has been on Will & Grace, we’d love to see her make a cameo on Ugly Betty.
New Season of Ugly Betty will start when Madonna kicks of her “Sticky & Sweet Tour”, hope they can hear us and work the Icon into an episode.

No doubt that Kristi is a truly winner, she got now an Olympic gold medal now she got a disco ball for the best on Dancing with the stars.

Congratulations to Kristi Yamaguchi and partner Mark Ballas.