On last night’s Sept. 18 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama sat down with the late-night host—for the whole episode, without sharing the bill—to discuss the campaign, events in the Middle East and the future of the American economy. And, while we know that our POTUS can be funny and can do the format well, …
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He might be the world’s most famous drag queen, but RuPaul knows he’s not the queen of drag. “That’s Cher,” he says. “She’s the queen of all drag of all time!” Here, the 51-year-old TV host—whose makeover show, …
