Put your platforms on, we’re going to dance! He added, “We have to choose it every day so we can fight the evil that is so pervasive. We can only fight it with love and I am so excited for my music for that.” Meredith Truax For the Emmy- and Tony-winning actor, singing and music were his “first love.” (He released albumUntitledin 1997 and several Broadway LPs since the, along with a Richard Rodgers tribute record in 2017....

Billy Porterhas nothing but love forRuPaul— and he’s making it very clear. As the producer/host, 58, delivered his speech,cameras captured Porter in the audiencewith a blank expression on his face and seemingly giving a side-eye. His reaction prompted a number of social media users to speculate that thePoseactor, 50, was throwing shade at RuPaul and that there was some underlying drama between the pair. “I need to know the tea between RuPaul and Billy Porter,”wrote one fan, while anotheradded, “Woaaaaaaaah, @theebillyporter is NOT impressed with @RuPaul”...

Billy Porterisn’t a fan ofHarry Styles’Voguecover.In a new interview withThe Telegraph, published on Friday, the actor, 53, revealed his feelings about the “Daylight” singer beingthe first solo maleto appear on the cover of the fashion magazine. Styles, 29, famously posed in a Gucci gown forVogue’s December 2020 issue.Porter, who is known for breaking barriers with his gender-fluid fashions, said he felt that the One Direction alum landed the cover because he’s “white and straight....

Billy Porter and Céline Dion.Photo:Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Billy Porteris reflecting on the challenges he faced in the early days of his music career. While the actor/singer, 54, may be considered an A-lister and a fashion game-changer nowadays, he opened up in aninterview with Vultureabout how “traumatizing” it was trying to make it as a musician in the ‘90s because of the “homophobia” he experienced....

Billy Portershowed up to London Fashion Week with one intention — to have fun with fashion. ThePoseactor, 49, made the streets of London his own runway as he attended all the A-list shows, including Victoria Beckham, Roksanda and JW Anderson, in one stop-and-stare outfit after the next. “As a man, I really want to make a different kind of statement and show up in a way that could also be transformative, that could also be political,” Portertold PEOPLEabout his boundary-breaking red carpet style....

Photo: Amy Sussman/GettyBilly Porterhas done it again!While attending the 80th annualGolden Globe Awardson Tuesday, thePosealum wowed with yet another incredible outfit. He turned to designer and friendChristian Sirianowho created a custom tuxedo gown in a vibrant fuchsia hue for the star to present in at this year’s ceremony. The look was reminiscent ofPorter’s game-changing velvet tuxedo dress her wore to the 2019 Oscars.“THE KING @theebillyporter in this custom Siriano tuxedo overlay gown tonight at the #goldenglobes!...

Billy Porteris among six stars who will be diving into their family’s past in the long-awaited return ofWho Do You Think You Are? In PEOPLE’s exclusive look at the NBC show’s new trailer, thePosestar, 52, meets with a family historian and genealogist to learn more about the death of his maternal great-grandfather in 1923. “Billy’s research takes him through conflicting accounts of what happened, before he discovers a local African-American newspaper that lays bare the appalling truth of his grandfather’s death and the community uproar that followed,” reads a press release from the show....

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Billy Porter is experiencing a career breakthrough at 49.The Broadway veteran and Tony Award winner was at a low before being cast in FX’sPose, in which he plays Pray Tell, the outspoken and outrageous emcee of the New York City house balls the ’80s-set show centers on. The series features the largest cast of transgender actors and LGBTQ actors in television history.“I really had a hard time as an out, black, gay actor making any headway....

Billy Porteris proud ofJonathan Van Nessfor opening up about his HIV status.ThePosestar, 50, praised Van Ness for helping break down the negative stigma surrounding the virus after herevealed that he is HIV positiveover the weekend.“Visibility is the point. We need to see what it looks like. We need to take the stigma away from it,” he told PEOPLE at theEmmy Awardson Sunday night. “And so it’s people like Jonathan who allow for the stigma to be taken away....

Billy Porterchanneled a bit of Renata Klein onthe Oscarsred carpet on Sunday. While interviewingBig Little LiesactressLaura Dernduring the ABC Oscars red carpet, thePosestar couldn’t help but to recite the iconic line from Dern’s character on the HBO show. Steve Granitz/WireImage; Amy Sussman/Getty “It really works somehow on the red carpet,” Dern, 52, said with a laugh. “You saying it in gold is really working for me.” Dern wore a custom Armani Privé blush pink silk crepe gown, which was embellished along its V-neckline with black beads, black crystal embroidery, and black ornamental tassels....

Billy Porteris speaking his truth. In a candid new essay forThe Hollywood Reporter, published Wednesday, the 51-year-old actor reveals for the first time that he was diagnosed asHIV-positivein 2007 — which he calls “the worst year of [his] life.” As thePosestar recalls, “The shame of that time compounded with the shame that had already [accumulated] in my life silenced me, and I have lived with that shame in silence for 14 years....

Billy Porter at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.Photo:Manny Carabel/WireImage Manny Carabel/WireImage This summer has been a financial strain on many in the television and film industry andBilly Portersays he has been forced to make a difficult decision to stay afloat financially. “I have to sell my house,” he told the London newspaper theEvening Standard. “Because we’re on strike. And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work]. The life of an artist, until you make ‘F— you’ money — which I haven’t made yet — is still check-to-check....