Jonathan Van Ness News

Check out the complete list of Emmy nominations, which include Andrew Garfield, Steve Martin, Jodie Comer, Tony Awards Presents: Broadways Back!, Annie LIVE!, Jane Lynch, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Nathan Lane, Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalom, Mare Winningham, Laurie Metcalf, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and more!

Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed performance artist whose work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. In 2021 they headlined the New York Comedy Festival and in 2022 they will be headlining the Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver. They are the author of 'Beyond the Gender Binary' (2020) which has been described as a 'clarion call for a new approach to gender in the 21st century' and the poetry books 'Femme in Public' (2017) and 'Your Wound / My Garden' (2021). On screen, they will next shoot the Netflix/Blumhouse feature film ABSOLUTE DOMINION. They have also appeared in the Netflix docu-series Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, HBO's late-night sketch series Random Acts of Flyness and the documentary 'The Trans List'.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that ALOK, internationally acclaimed transfeminine writer, comedian, performer, fashion icon, activist and public speaker, will be heading to Minneapolis for one night only on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 8 p.m. at the historic Pantages Theatre (710 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis). 

MSG Entertainment will welcome comedy events, including stand-up comedians and podcasts, to its New York City venues this spring. Between now and June, fans will be able to enjoy the best in comedy at four of the most celebrated venues in NYC: Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre.

Selina Fillinger's new Broadway comedy POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, officially begins previews tonight, April 14. Meet the cast!

On the evening of Wednesday, April 13th, Chicago Humanities Festival will host two separate events at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance: the first with comedian Molly Shannon and the second with Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness.

Broadway’s uproarious new comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world, POTUS begins previews at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday, April 14, 2022, with an official Opening Night of Monday, May 9, 2022, for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 14, 2022.

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness is an unabashedly smart and quirky exploration into topics and questions that make Jonathan curious. From skyscrapers to bugs, or from gender identity to snacks, each episode follows Jonathan as he meets with experts in various fields to uncover complexities in a wide range of subjects.

Championed by superstar Katy Perry on the hit television series American Idol, Woodard was signed to Unsub Records—an independent label founded by Perry herself. Since signing with Unsub, Woodard has been in the studio nonstop, strengthening his talents as a songwriter which has resulted in him writing over 130 songs in the last 18 months.

Jonathan Van Ness attended a performance of SIX last night! Check out a photo of Van Ness with the queens of Six

The comedy fest in Los Angeles will feature Amy Poehler, Amy Schumer, Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Larry David, Margaret Cho, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Sandra Bernhard, Seth Rogen, Tina Fey, Wanda Sykes and more. 

This season, Queer Eye’s fearless ambassadors Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Tan France, and Bobby Berk are heading to the Lone Star state with a homebase in Austin, TX. This season they work their life-changing magic yet again and transform the lives of deserving Texans. Watch the new date announcement now!

Championed by superstar Katy Perry on the hit television series American Idol, Woodard was recently signed to Unsub Records—an independent label founded by Perry herself. Watch Michael J Woodard perform his latest single “Hope Full” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show now!

This ground-breaking competition series returns as ten glass artists from around the world gather in North America’s largest hot shop to push themselves to creative extremes in the quest to be named Best In Glass. In each episode the glassblowers must impress a panel of art experts or risk being eliminated.

This morning, Hamilton star Jasmine Cephas Jones and Ron Cephas Jones announced the 2021 Primetime Emmy Nominations, which included 12 nominations for the Disney Plus recording of Hamilton in addition to nomination for Broadway veterans like Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Julie Andrews, the Lopezes and so many more.

Jonathan Van Ness is an Emmy-nominated television personality, New York Times best-selling author, podcaster, and hairstylist to the stars.

Jonathan Van Ness, who stars on Netflix’s Emmy award-winning series Queer Eye, revealed their own HIV positive status in their 2019 memoir Over The Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love in the hopes it would break the stigma surrounding the disease.

Videos for this new series were all shot during the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant various approaches to staying safe and improvising. Durwood explains, “I shot this video with my quarantine pod, “Luv U Like” was a sprint!

Today, LA-based soul-pop powerhouse Rozzi embraces new beginnings with the announcement of her Hymn For Tomorrow EP -- the first installment of a new full-length body of work coming later this year.

Today's top stories: Adam Pascal's concert with Seth Rudetsky re-airs, Jonathan Van Ness and Janelle Monae join the cast of The Prom for a special event, Liz Callaway chats about her streaming concert, and more!