, several of the show's stars are looking back at the beloved family drama. Melissa McCarthy, who got her start playing lovable chef Sookie St.
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Last Sunday (September 18), members of Atlanta’s LGBTQ community gathered for the 25th anniversary of Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office. The fundraising event, which was held at the Intercontinental Buckhead, highlighted both the past and present work the LGBTQ legal advocacy group has been involved with.
“It was a way to connect people who are interested in this work as well as to raise the funds that we need,” Michael Schutt, the Southern Regional Director, told Georgia Voice. “Lambda Legal is mostly funded by individual giving through companies or law firms as well as bequests in people’s wills and estates. We don’t receive any federal or state money because, well, we’re often suing the federal government or states. This means that every single year we have to continue fundraising to make sure we can do our work. Being an organization that is employing some of the best legal minds in the country, this means that that work can be expensive… Part of this was making sure the community knew that everything that they were investing in us – whether it was their time, their talent, their money or resources – to make sure that they knew it was money, time, and brainpower really well spent.”
The event highlighted the 25-year history of Lambda Legal’s Southern arm by highlighting some of their significant cases based in Atlanta, like removing sodomy from the books, the Vandy Beth Glenn case (which established the first understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination as sex discrimination), addressing police misconduct during the Eagle raid, and a case involving couple Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg (who were in attendance with their family), who sued the State Department after it refused to recognize
, several of the show's stars are looking back at the beloved family drama. Melissa McCarthy, who got her start playing lovable chef Sookie St.
Louise Redknapp celebrated a 'big anniversary' on Thursday with a slew of stunning throwback snaps.MORE: Louise Redknapp wears slinky crop top and blazer in sassy new picturesTaking to Instagram, the songstress posted a carousel of professional shots to mark the 25-year anniversary of her second solo album, Woman In Me. Sharing snippets from her music videos, Louise dazzled fans with her 90s inspired outfits.WATCH: Louise Redknapp stuns in mini skirt as she shows off upcoming Peacocks collectionIn one photo, the blonde beauty posed up a storm in a stylish off-the-shoulder blue knit.
Some of the stars of Emmerdale have undergone a glam makeover to mark the ITV soap's 50th anniversary. The whole month of October will be littered with drama to mark the special occasion but one week, starting on October 16, will focus on a devastating storm in the village that will affect the lives of every single villager.
Janet Jackson will reissue her sixth studio album, 1997’s ‘The Velvet Rope’, in celebration of its 25th anniversary this week.The expanded edition will arrive this Friday (October 7), exactly 25 years after the original album was released. It will feature a smorgasbord of bonus tracks, which will be available on streaming platforms for the first time.These tracklists include rarities ‘Accept Me’ and ‘God’s Stepchild’, along with a slew of B-sides and remixes that were previously only available via CD singles. These include Teddy Riley’s ‘TNT’ remix of the Blackstreet-assisted ‘I Get Lonely’, J.
Emmerdale fans have been left reeling for all the right reasons after getting a hint at what's to come during the show's 50th anniversary celebrations next month. The ITV soap will be celebrating five decades on air with four weeks worth of action centred around one dramatic week.
After two years of marriage, David Beador and Lesley Beador (née Cook) have called it quits.
The Spice Girls are making a comeback — of sorts.
Spice Girls have announced a new and expanded 25th anniversary edition of their 1997 album ‘Spiceworld’.Curated by the band themselves, ‘Spiceworld 25’ apparently brings together the original chart-topping record with some of their favourite bonus tracks and B-Sides, along with previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.“The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us,” said Spice Girls in a statement. “We’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”The digital deluxe version of the album features a series of live songs from their 1997/1998 tour of North America, Europe and the UK as well as a new “ambient” remix of ‘Viva Forever’ from John Themis who went on to co-write Emma Bunton‘s ‘What Took You So Long’.Also included in the digital album is the demo version of ‘Step To Me’, a track originally recorded for a soft drinks campaign.
Kate and Rio Ferdinand recently enjoyed a romance getaway to Paris to celebrate their third wedding anniversary. Former The Only Way is Essex star Kate, 31, and football pundit Rio, 43, jetted off to on a 'child free' trip to France to mark their anniversary, and the pair looked as loved-up as ever in snaps shared on social media.The couple, who tied the not in Turkey in 2019, posted an adorable video montage on Instagram which featured numerous short clips from their trip to the city of love, with Kate writing: "PARI you were everything, celebrating 3 years of marriage," alongside heart emojis.
The Crown actress takes on the role of widowed cleaning woman Ada, a hard-working housekeeper who decides she wants to spend her life savings on a Dior dress, after seeing one being worn by a wealthy client. She scrimps and saves (and gambles at the dog track) to raise enough money and finally arrives at Dior’s Avenue Montaigne headquarters, where she charms everyone. The fairy tale is complete when she moves to Paris and starts making some changes — for the better — at the fashion house.
Lesley Manville and Lucas Bravo are sharing a cute moment on the red carpet!
Roy Trakin As the new documentary on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group puts it, Chicago is “The Last Band On-Stage,” marking its 55th anniversary since its founding in the city of the same name in 1967. The feature film is the second about the band from director Peter Curtis Pardini, who also helmed 2016’s “Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago,” and catches us up on the last six years, the title referring to their 18-month absence due to the pandemic after a final performance on March 14, 2020 at Las Vegas’ Venetian before everything shut down. From the members’ beginnings as part of Windy City cover bands to their incarnation as Chicago Transit Authority on their groundbreaking debut, the band has had 28 different members over the years, with only vocalist/keyboardist Robert Lamm, trumpet player Lee Loughnane and trombonist Jimmy Pankow remaining from that original lineup. Their contemporaries include Joe Mantegna, now the star of TV’s “Criminal Minds,” but then just a member of fellow Chitown cover group the Apocryphals — hence his presence as narrator of the documentary, and moderator of a recent panel hosted by the Grammy Museum in L.A., joining the three band mainstays in front of an audience of adoring fans.
Back on? The Real Housewives of Orange County star Shannon Beador’s ex-husband, David Beador, and his wife, Lesley Beador, have seemingly pressed pause on their divorce.
The Bodyguard is coming back to the big screen to celebrate its 30th anniversary since its release. On Sunday, Nov. 6 and Wednesday, Nov. 9, Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner will return to movie theaters in the romantic film. The companion album to 1992’s The Bodyguard is the best-selling soundtrack of all time and tied for the 13th-biggest-selling disc in U.S. history with 18 million-plus units, per the RIAA.