Bebe Zahara Benet and Dollhouse Dude (Tom Andrews, LAist) With so many fantastic queens competing to be the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, very few fans expected Bebe Zaraha Benet, the Minneapolis queen born in Cameroon, to beat out experienced veterans of runways, cabarets, and the Vegas stage to... continue reading on LAist
Dan Collins
- Name: Dan Collins
- Location: Los Angeles
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Tammie Brown (Tom Andrews/LAist) Tammie Brown was eliminated in episode 2 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” but that didn’t stop her from turning sour grapes into the sweet champagne of success. She will be performing alongside Drag Race winner BeBe Zahara Benet at tonight’s Real Fruit Tour stop at Eleven... continue reading on LAist
In the wake of the violence against women in Mangalore, India two weeks ago, where single women out for a nice night were attacked by members of an unapologetically reactionary group called the Sri Ram Sena, an organization called "A Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women" based in... continue reading on LAist
Too artsy-fartsy to enjoy the big game on Superbowl Sunday? You may want to check into LACMA for the very last day of the monumental "Hearst the Collector" exhibit, a display of over 150 art pieces including medieval tapestries, Georgian silver, Greek vases, Renaissance paintings, and random bits of... continue reading on LAist
A copper-coated statue of a giant shoe was unveiled in the Iraqi city of Tikrit Tuesday in honor of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at George Bush last month on international television. The statue's creator, Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari, had some fitting helpers when molding its... continue reading on LAist

