Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews

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        Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews
    The RuPaul's Drag Race judge shared red-carpet tips with the bounce musician — and got a diva's digits in return.
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          Sep 26, 2017
          
        
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Here's a teaser from tonight's episode of Big Freedia Bounces Back, in which Big Freedia makes her debut at the Grammy Awards -- but not before getting some red-carpet advice from RuPaul's Drag Race judge Ross Mathews.
Watch the full episode at 10 p.m. Eastern on Fuse.

        
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Big Freedia Shows Beyoncé's Phone Number to Ross Mathews

The RuPaul's Drag Race judge shared red-carpet tips with the bounce musician — and got a diva's digits in return.

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The organization had been inundated with financial problems.

“It’s just moving paper around. There’s no chance that one of the plaintiffs could continue to serve," Judge Judith Rogers told government lawyers.

“There’s now a place for us to have this conversation, to be able to talk as openly as this,” Oglivy said.

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Opinion: "While the obstacles we face may be significant, Lenacapavir represents a monumental breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS, one we can not afford to squander," write Dr. Kelly Gebo and Dr. Amanda Castel.

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Police are still searching for the suspect who slashed the man's face.

The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.

Press freedom groups voiced concern over the possibility of Lemon being charged. One DOJ official implied he may still be.

“We have seen where this road leads when dissent is punished, oversight is dismantled, and people can be disappeared or expelled beyond the reach of the law,” Amnesty International said.