Watch La Toya Jackson on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Tonight

La Toya Jackson

La Toya Jackson

Starting tonight, La Toya Jackson will guest judge on the third season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” airing on Logo at 10/9C. La Toya will act as a voice of reason as she aids RuPaul in eliminating drag queen hopefuls who are vying to be crowned “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” La Toya will be judging contestants on their fashion sense, style and personality.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” tears up the runway with the only drag reality competition on television. RuPaul, the world’s most famous drag queen acts as the show’s host. The 12 drag queen hopefuls are competing for the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and also a prize package that includes a headlining spot on Logo’s Drag Race Tour, featuring cocktails perfected by ABSOLUT®, a lifetime supply of Kryolan Professional Make-up and a cash prize of $75,000.

Jackson commented, “I had an amazing time on this show and I love, love, love RuPaul! The ladies in the competition were exquisite and creative and I know the audience will love this season.”

This season is sure to be full of catfights, drama, laughs and tears. In La Toya’s second guest judging episode of the season airing on April 11th La Toya’s highest airing single, “Just Want to Dance” is featured. Other judges this season include, Sharon Osbourne, Carmen Electra, Margaret Cho, Amber Rose and Vanessa Williams.

La Toya will be a contestant herself on the 11th season of NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice,” premiering on March 6, 2011. Hosted by Donald Trump, the celebrity version of the show features business-style challenges in which the rich and famous compete to raise money for charity, rather than a job with Trump. La Toya will be competing against Dionne Warwick, Meat Loaf and Mark McGrath, to name a few.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Chris McKim and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Producers.  Dave Mace and Pamela Post serve as Executive Producers for Logo.

ABOUT LOGO
Logo is the world’s leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment network from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) for gays and lesbians, their families and friends. Launched in 2005, Logo’s cable channel is in more than 46 million homes across the United States and is complemented by a federation of online properties, including LogoTV.comTripOutGayTravel.comAfterEllen.comAfterElton.com365Gay.com,DowneLink.com and NewNowNext.com. Logo’s content is distributed across all leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo joins MTV Networks’ roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV.

ABOUT WORLD OF WONDER
World of Wonder (WOW) was founded by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey and has created a library of branded properties across all platforms, including such well known films as “Party Monster,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Inside Deep Throat” and television shows “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood,” “Million Dollar Listing,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Fantasia for Real,” “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” and the entertainment blog The WOW Report (www.worldofwonder.net).

14th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival… and why I think Edward James Olmos is amazing!

Growing up in South Florida, my childhood was influenced by the Cuban community, I loved the foods and the music and even did my aunt’s  (who is 3 yrs older than I am )  spanish homework so she could go out and play. Fast-forward to today, living in Los Angeles, I find myself drawn to eating both Spanish (love Frijoles negros and plantains) and Mexican themed foods (you should taste my Guacamole) and making them part of our favorite family foods; I guess what I am trying to say for me, it is not a different culture but part of who I am today.

LALIFF What does this have to do with the 14th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival? Good question. With more communities like Miami and Los Angeles having strong Latino community and strong sense of their heritage, we need to support the preservation of the cultures in our world while embracing and adopting them. Which is why this Festival is so important as a commitment to the community to help encourage Latino filmmakers, producers, writers and actors, to participate in submitting to the Festival including movies that depict the Latino culture.

We were at the festival, more as an attendee this year (don’t ask how I screwed up getting media passes for the red carpet) but we did catch one of my favorite actors… Edward James Olmos, who is a big part of this festival.

Edward James Olmos

No, Edward James Olmos is not calling me....

We did capture a few photos from Grauman’s Chinese where the festival took place and encourage you to check out the website – and find out how you can be part of this community today.

14th Annual LALIFF

Red Carpet at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre for the 14th Annual Latino Film Festival

To close, I’m going to defer to one of the media partners who broadcast en Espanol, La Presensa.

And before I end this post – I would like to share this tribute I found on YouTube to Edward James Olmos….

See you next time!!