Penn Bullock
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2 years ago | Longform
In the fall of 1993, on the island of Palm Beach, future U.S. president Donald J. Trump became friends with Leslie Greyling, an illegal immigrant and accused con artist who is a fugitive from the law. Back then, the local sections of the Palm Beac...
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5 years ago | Politics
On Feb. 14, an unmarked cargo plane touched down from Munich at the international airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, for refueling on its way to South Africa. Ground workers noticed something strange: rust-colored streaks along one side of the all-white...
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9 years ago
Lend Me a Tenor is a Tony-winning, screwball comedy from the '80s that incorporates tranquilizer and blackface. Let me explain. Legendary tenor Tito Morelli is slated to play Othello in Cleveland. Before the show, his wife mistakes an autograph-se...
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9 years ago
A fresh crop of drag queens and kings are hitting the scene in Wilton Manors in search of a throne. For ten weeks, they've been in drag boot camp, honing their struts (and tucks?) and primping under the intense tutelage of Twat LaRouge, a fierce, ...
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9 years ago
Tra-la-la! You need whimsy in your life. Everyone does. At the 1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, they've got you covered with a new exhibit of playful art pieces -- like, for example, a five-foot-tall hamburger. But be warned: A few of the pieces a...
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9 years ago
The Alien franchise got its distinctive aesthetic from a Swiss surrealist artist, H.R. Giger. His paintings gave the alien its drooling, multijawed, angry-lobster look, and Giger later won an Academy Award for his work on visual effects. Art inspi...