Annals of Entertainment

The drag star brought the form mainstream, and made an empire out of queer expression. Now he fears “the absolute worst.”

After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene, in the orbit of Robert Mapplethorpe and Harvey Milk.

After decades on the fringes of Hollywood, the showrunner, writer, and actor talks about “Better Things,” sudden success, and her relationship with Louis C.K.

Led by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, its first black president, the Academy tries to solve its diversity problem.