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An Open Letter to the CEO of Royal Caribbean on Safety, Negligence, and Drug Use on Atlantis Cruises
Michael Bayley, President Royal Caribbean International January 29, 2018 Dear Mr. Bayley: Since Atlantis Events refuses to take responsibility to protect the lives of passengers on Royal Caribbean-chartered and operated ships, you—and the heads of other cruise lines that do business with Atlantis—must take action. The tragic death last week of Discovery Channel’s Joel Taylor…
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Aretha Franklin makes the perfect call in picking Jennifer Hudson
The legendary Aretha Franklin has handpicked Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson to play her in a new biopic on her life called Queen of Soul that is due to start filming soon. MGM have yet to announce who will direct but producing the film will be Straight Outta Compton‘s Scott Bernstein and music producer Harvey Mason…
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Angela Davis OUTSPOKEN
Angela Davis the black lesbian radical scholar who went from political prisoner to revolutionary icon, to public intellectual is being celebrated in a brand new exhibition opening in San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum soon. Curated by collector Lisbet Tellefsen and historian Amy Sueyoshi the Exhibit considers some of the roles Davis has played in the American…
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Patti Lupone brings the House down again.
N.Y.’s Madison Square Gardens may have been packed with all the brightest and best new talents in music last night at the Grammys, but it was a 68-year-old diva and acting legend who had the crowds on their feet for the most genuine and spontaneous standing ovation of the whole evening. Two-time Grammy and two-time…
