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Arts + Entertainment
Billy Masters • 09-05-14
Not everything is as it seems — just ask Nate Green… and Idris Elba! I have known Belinda Carlisle since I was in my 20s (last month, she celebrated her birthday on the same day as Big Mama Masters). So I have, in essence, known her son James Duke Mason sin…
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Crossword • 09-05-14
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Best Bets • 09-05-14
Friday 09.05 TeCo launches inaugural Play Pride LGBT Festival competition Think of it as a cage match for creatives, or an intellectual’s American Idol. Six playwrights, pictured above, each wrote a short play with gay themes, chose a local non-profit organ…
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Sheriff Lupe Valdez takes the ALS ice bucket challenge
Sheriff Lupe Valdez and other members of her department took the ALS ice bucket challenge on Sept. 4 and raised $610 for ALS research. Valdez was challenged by Dallas County Treasurer candidate Pauline Medrano, Denton County Sheriff Bill Travis and Dallas C…
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The winner of ‘SYTYCD’ is …
The winner of So You Think You Can Dance is … Ricky Ubeda!
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Heather Kitchen retiring from DTC
Heather Kitchen retiring from DTC
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Right-wing media upset with fed money studying lesbian and gay health
A new study that’s mostly been reported by conservative-leaning newspapers and blogs says that lesbians tend to be obese and gay men tend to be toned.
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Steve Grand’s au natural plunge for ALS
I like country-western music in general, but I have to admit, I hadn’t heard about Steve Grand until a coworker sent me a link to Grand’s FB post about how he answered the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. So I watched the video for his song, “All-American Boy,” (b…
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Michael Urie opens ‘Buyer & Cellar’ tomorrow night
Michael Urie makes Dallas “debut” at City Performance Hall in Buyer & Cellar
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BREAKING: Michael Sam cut by St. Louis Rams
Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay football player and a Texas native, was cut today, Aug. 30, in the seventh round of cuts by the St. Louis Rams. The defensive player for the Rams may still be able to play for the practice team. “In order to place him…
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Cocktail Friday: Skinny Colada
Cocktail Friday: Skinny Colada
Arts + Culture
Coupe d’etat
BMW’s sassy 428i puts the x-factor into xDrive CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer [email protected] Since the iconic BMW 2002 evolved into the 3-Series nearly 40 years ago, the little coupe has been the sassy prince of the Munich-based dynasty. Small, sporty…
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