Haters Win! Melbourne’s Shrine Of Remembrance Cancels Rainbow Lights

Jessica Kiang After 18 days of in-person screenings, over 370 movies and the allocation of a new prize fund totaling $210,000 AUD (approx. $145,000 USD) the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has to be one of the lengthiest, liveliest and now most lucrative film festivals in the world.

Victoria’s department of health on Saturday issued a health alert over an emerging monkeypox outbreak in Melbourne and increase in cases of local transmission. As of August 18, Victoria reported around 40 monkeypox cases, with many due to local transmission. Though monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease, the current outbreak has been predominantly among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men.

Sharon Stone and her family are absolutely basking in baby joy, and her fans can't get enough!MORE: Sharon Stone looks stylish in statement jacket and heels during LA lunch dateShe took to Instagram to share an impossibly cute photo of a baby, and fans and celebrities alike couldn't help but gush over the boy.The star shared that the cutie is actually her godson, and though he seems quite young, she revealed that the young babe is already on the move!WATCH: Sharon shares sneak peek into her luxury vacationMORE: Sharon Stone looks incredible as ever in latest swimsuit photoThe delightful baby portrait is seriously charming, and sees her godson sitting up sporting a beige onesie, but better yet, he has a big and heartwarming smile on his face.As if it couldn't get any cuter, atop his head is a little knitted joker hat in a baby blue color with colorful spheres attached to the corners. Plus, behind him is a massive brown teddy bear multiple times his size.Sharon captioned the photo with: "Godson.

actress and model, was brutally stabbed and strangled to death along with four others by members of the Manson family in her Beverly Hills home, 53 years ago this week.Debra Tate told The Sun that she met with Manson at the LA County Jail shortly after he was arrested and accused of being behind what became known as the “Helter Skelter” murders.Debra met with a shackled Manson in jail but neither said a thing. “I had two guards next to me, and we just sat there looking at each other for about 10 minutes,” she said.

Olivia Newton-John will be given a special send-off in her native Australia, it has been announced.

Serena Williams is preparing to say farewell to tennis after the 2022 U.S. Open. The professional athlete has announced her retirement from the sport in Vogue‘s September 2022 cover story while sharing the challenges of being at a crossroads of tennis and family.

Serena Williams has announced her intention to retire from the sport — but she's not using that word. «I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,» she shares in a first-person account published for 's September 2022 issue. «A few years ago I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm. Soon after that, I started a family. I want to grow that family.»The 40-year-old star welcomed her first child, daughter Olympia, with husband Alexis Ohanian in 2017.

Jordan Moreau Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion and one of the most iconic figures in modern sports, is planning her retirement.In her Vogue cover story Tuesday, Williams announced that she is planning to step away from tennis after participating in the U.S. Open in New York later this summer. Though she doesn’t call it a “retirement” from tennis, she is moving on to focus on her family and other business ventures.“I have never liked the word retirement,” she wrote for Vogue.

Serena Williams is Vogue‘s September 2022 cover star, and she also wrote an essay in lieu of the traditional sit-down interview.

In a historic first, Melbourne’s iconic landmark, the Shrine of Remembrance will be bathed in rainbow colours on Sunday August 1, 2022, to honour LGBTQI veterans. Not surprisingly, the decision has run into the usual homophobic and transphobic opposition.Shrine CEO, Dean Lee told Star Observer that plans to light up the Shrine in rainbow colours to mark the opening of a new exhibition, ‘Defending with Pride: Stories of LGBTQ+ Service’, would go ahead. “Enough.  The Victorian Shrine of Remembrance being used to promote divisive political ideologies.

Sharing their stories. There is no shortage of celebrity moms who have opened up about their experiences with Cesarean births.

Sharon Stone is sharing her self-love with the world.

Dayum, Sharon Stone!

posted a topless pic — posed simply in just a green bikini bottom with a matching a towel draped over her shoulders.“Gratefully Imperfect on a Perfect Day ❣️,” she happily captioned her saucy post.The photo had the “Casino” Oscar nominee laughing poolside and rocking sunglasses and silver necklaces.Fans loved her gorgeous photo, inspiring a host of Stone’s Hollywood peers commenting nonstop on her lewk.“Legend!” raved “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” icon Lisa Rinna, 59.Comedian Whitney Cummings, 39, declared her an= “I C O N,” while actress Joely Fisher, 54, simply said: ‘Haute

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