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Feature Over two dozen artists from the LA area were given homemade costumes to decorate as they pleased as part of the School of Sexuality Project’s community-centered celebration. One artist rocks her pink costume at the Second Annual Vulva Gala. (all photos Lucas Gordon, courtesy of The School of Sexuality) LONG BEACH, CA — Artists bedecked in handmade giant vulva costumes paraded down the aisle of the First Congregational Church of Long Beach as part of the School of Sexuality Project’s 2026 “Vulva Gala” this Saturday, August 15. Approximately 30 artists from the Los Angeles area were given homemade costumes…

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Kim Le Court of Mauritius won stage three of the Lloyd’s Tour of Britain Women to the Great Orme to move into the overall leader’s green jersey.The AG Insurance-Soudal rider powered away from rivals with three kilometres to go on the winding final climb in Llandudno, north Wales after a 104.7km race from Mold.Le Court, 30, finished 13 seconds ahead of Germany’s Liane Lippert of Movistar with Sweden’s Caroline Andersson of Liv Alula Jayco a further seven seconds down in third.Le Court now leads the overall general classification by 26 seconds over Lippert with the Netherlands’ Lorena Wiebes in third,…

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I turned 65 in mid-July, at a dinner that ran well past the hour I would normally have called it a night. I have never made much of my birthday. I am an introvert by long habit, the kind of person who has always preferred a few close friends to a room full of acquaintances, and for most of my life a birthday was something to let pass without much fanfare.  Yet there I was, in the spotlight at a long table, and instead of enduring the attention I found myself relaxed inside it, glad, receiving the people around me.…

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The trio brought their Burning Up Tour: All Over Again to the New York City venue on Thursday night Jonas Brothers debuted a new song, “Listen When Sad,” during their concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. The group, Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas, showcased the track during the latter half of the show. “We’ve tapped back into a sound that was kind of the sound of the early 2000s,” Nick told the crowd. “To be honest, that was heavily inspiring to us. Bands like Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional. We re-teamed with the producer of our self-titled…

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Jamie T made his return to the live stage last night (August 20) with a last-minute, intimate gig at London’s Scala before announcing a full-scale 2026 UK tour. See what went down and tour details below. The show was announced last week, with fans reporting tickets selling out in minutes. It marked the musician’s first live performance in almost exactly two years, following a 2024 set at Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival. As Jamie T – full name Jamie Treays – walked out on stage with his band at 8.30pm, he was greeted with chants from the audience of “Jamie, Jamie, Jamie fucking…

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For the first time since 2023, the state of Sinaloa will stage Independence Day celebrations in Culiacán, its capital city, incuding the traditional public Grito.  Interim Governor Yeraldine Bonilla this week announced that the  Grito will be celebrated in the Governor’s Palace Esplanade, declaring that preparations are already under way to resume the popular Sept. 15-16 festival and the massive celebrations that accompany it. Interim Sinaloa Governor Yeraldine Bonilla’s announcement was succinct and to the point: “There will be Independence Day celebrations!” Then she turned it personal: “I hope to see you there.”   (Yeraldine Bonilla) Culiacán’s “Grito” — an…

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Indian auteur Sriram Raghavan is developing a new thriller for Matchbox Shots set in the tonal zone of his 2007 film “Johnny Gaddaar,” as the Mumbai production house grows its slate on the strength of the global Netflix success of war series “Operation Safed Sagar.” “Johnny Gaddaar” was a twist-laden neo-noir heist thriller that marked Neil Nitin Mukesh’s screen debut alongside Dharmendra, and has since grown into a cult favorite. “I am personally working on a couple of subjects with them,” Raghavan tells Variety. “One is a true crime sort of thing which I am sort of adapting in my…

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House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are calling for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to abandon plans to equip immigration agents with electric shock gloves and “halt this procurement before more innocent lives are lost.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this month published a notice of their plan to…

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