Latest updates say 26 police officers have been injured and 43 people arrested as violent riots flared up in North London. Two patrol cars, a building and a double-decker bus were torched as rioters clashed with officers on SaturdayAugust 6, 2011 in front of the Tottenham Police Station, where peop...

The Passover Disney Opera:
The 10 plagues came, the Egyptians proclaimed
"The Jews are all now free!" Personal liberation, like splitting your own sea. Miracles do happen, freedom comes every year Seder, matzah, wine -- Passover's here.Stuck in a rut, trapped by the grind and every time you feel y...

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Brazil (2013), France (2013), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), th...

Harry Styles opened the 2021 Grammy Awards with a sultry performance of his Fine Line track “Watermelon Sugar.” Styles is a first-time Grammy nominee this year, earning nods in the Best Pop Vocal Album category for his sophomore LP as well as Best Pop Solo Performance (“Watermelon Sugar”) and Best M

After a year and a half of work and interviews with more than 1,000 witnesses, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report. The 9 member pipartisan panel approved what is essentially an executive summary of those conclusions. The panel voted una...

"The Invasion" of the Fire Island Pines is now an annual tradition and a day of joy. But Thom Hansen was there when it began as a protest. Americans across the country have many traditions when it comes to celebrating Independence Day. But it’s possible that none are as distinctive as Cherry Grove’s

Overcome with emotion, the 21-year-old singer – who, since releasing her first song at age 14, has made a meteoric rise to reach the upper echelon of the Israeli pop scene – burst into tears. The next night, the tears of joy turned into screams of elation as Kirel turned in a performance that would

The University of Warwick Rowing Club has stripped down for the fifth year in a row for a nude calendar, with proceeds helping to fight homophobia. The University of Warwick Boat Club was founded in 1966 and is "on the verge of top tier status in British rowing." The Warwick Rowing Calendar was foun...

Katy Perry's "Firework" is the first non-Christmas song I synchronized to lights. The song is a favorite with the entire family and my wife and kids sing along whenever it is on. In October 2011 Light-O-Rama came out with their new S3 software and I was really excited to sequence a song, and I'd bee...

A Tom Daley nude portrait by artist David Hockney has gotten the diver’s seal of approval: Daley stopped by the esteemed Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to check out “82 Portraits and 1 Still-Life,” a new exhibition by the 81-year-old gay artist. Husband Dustin Lance Black snapped an Instag