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QUEER CLIP: ‘LIFE ITSELF’

If you’ve seen a movie in the last 30 years, chances are you’ve seen Roger Ebert’s name — not on the credits onscreen, but on the posters and ads. With rival-cum-partner Gene Siskel, Ebert patented the “Thumps Up!” system of movie evaluation — first on the…

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QUEER CLIP: ‘LIFE ITSELF’

If you’ve seen a movie in the last 30 years, chances are you’ve seen Roger Ebert’s name — not on the credits onscreen, but on the posters and ads. With rival-cum-partner Gene Siskel, Ebert patented the “Thumps Up!” system of movie evaluation — first on the…

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Keeping cool

As the Texas heat begins to take over, we offer some sexy ideas to stay chill When the mercury rises, so should your creativity to stay cool … or at least entertain yourself and your partner.  Consider these seven ways to beat the heat, and add a little sex…

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Tasting notes

Taste of Dallas returns to Fair Park, Pakpao gets a menu makeover   Taste of Dallas is right around the corner, offering bites from dozens of North Texas restaurants next weekend, July 11–13, at Fair Park. It starts Friday with “date night,” designed specif…

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Feelin’ Grove-y

What you need to know about Trinity Groves, Dallas’ hottest foodie destination     ARNOLD WAYNE JONES  | Executive Editor When the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge was being erected, critics dismissed it as an expensive “bridge to nowhere.” But nobody’s saying tha…

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Has Chris Colfer been fired from ‘Glee’?

Chris Colfer’s Twitter account hacked, not leaving Glee

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Maybe they should call it Burger Queen?

Maybe they should call it Burger Queen?

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Abuelo’s offers 25 cent enchiladas today. Goal!

Abuelo’s offers 25 cent enchiladas today. Goal!

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Kathy Bates: The gay interview

SMU alumna Kathy Bates, one half of a lesbian couple in Tammy, discusses the gay boys she met in Dallas, kissing girls and drag impersonators

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‘Charity and Sylvia’: Same-sex marriage in 19th century Vermont

As the United States marches — hopefully — onward toward full recognition of same-sex marriage, author Rachel Hope Cleves takes a look back at one lesbian couple’s lives when the U.S. was still a nation in its infancy. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake spent…

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WATCH: John Oliver does Gay Pride Week proud

WATCH: John Oliver does Gay Pride Week proud

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Cassie Nova

Karma chameleon: This diva can take it as good as she gives Hey, y’all. It’s me, Cassie Nova, superstar of the Rose Room and all around badass! I’m here every other week to answer some of life’s most difficult questions. Just kidding. I’m really here to tal…

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