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Cherry Valentine, one of the stars of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, has died at 28, his family has confirmed. He died on September 18. In a statement to the press, the family of the drag star, whose name was George Ward, said “it is with the most heart-wrenching and deepest sadness to inform you that our…

Sweden has become the latest territory to order a local version of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the first from Scandinavia, as the hit format’s producer World of Wonder pushes it at this week’s Mip TV. Swedish pubcaster SVT commissioned the show and it will premiere in the U.S., UK and other territories on WOW Presents Plus…

Nominations are in for the Virgin Media Must See Moment prize which will be handed out at the BAFTA TV Awards on May 8 in London. The field of six nominees includes moments from 2021 installments of Squid Game, I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In the mix are a Red Light, Green Light game…

The BBC has given serious consideration to the idea of moving BBC Three back to television four years after the youth network became an online-only service through BBC streaming service iPlayer. Deadline understands that BBC top brass have held talks about the possibility of reversing the controversial decision to…

The BBC’s online youth channel BBC Three has commissioned a second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK before the first has finished airing. The drag queen battle will sashay its way back to Britain next year after whipping up more than 6.5M views for its first season on BBC streaming service iPlayer. The first season has…

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is sashaying from across the pond to the U.S. The reality competition to find “UK's Next Drag Superstar” will debut on Logo October 11 at 8PM ET/PT. It will be available to stream on WOW Presents Plus a week prior. The news comes fresh off the U.S. edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race winning the…

Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield and Chewing Gum star and creator Michaela Coel are to set to sashay away on the BBC's remake of RuPaul's Drag Race. The pair are the latest A-list stars to join the show. They will feature alongside Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, Spice Girls' Geri Horner and Little Mix's Jade…

Arya Stark of Winterfell is entering the RuPaul's Drag Race arena after Maisie Williams was unveiled as a celebrity guest judge of the UK adaptation of the reality series. The actor, who has starred in HBO's Game of Thrones since she was 13, will feature on the BBC Three adaptation of the U.S. competition format…