Rockettes reveal secrets of the Christmas Spectacular

Male former aide to John Conyers says that 'Most of us have seen him in his underwear' and that it's not a 'big deal' after woman accuses the Rep. of partially stripping in his office Ice baths, a secret M&Ms stash and microphones hidden in their SHOES: Rockettes reveal what really goes on behind the scenes of their much-loved Christmas Spectacular One of the most iconic shows in New York City, the Rockettes' 84-year-old Christmas Spectacular, is right around the corner Astonishingly, the Rockettes do not actually hold each other during high kicks, but lightly brush the performers beside them with outstretched arms Their quickest costume change comes between the 'Parade of the Wooden Soldiers' and 'New York at Christmas', when the Rockettes have just 78 seconds The famous tapping sounds are not recorded, but there is a trick to make sure the audience hears them loud and clear One of the ... (more)

World War I Warships Were Protected By This Cubist Camouflage

If you're stuck in traffic along the I-5 near San Diego International Airport, and your attention wanders from the brake lights in front of you, your eyes might land on a low-slung leviathan of a building, a third of a mile long, resembling the upper deck of a buried cruise ship peeking above ground. Keep your gaze there long enough, and you will notice that the geometric black-and-white pattern on the northeast side of the structure keeps changing.

Houston arts groups working to recover from Hurricane Harvey

In a Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 photo, members of the Houston Ballet rehearse the Nutcracker at their studio, in Houston. The company will have to hold their performance at Smart Financial Centre and the Hobby Center this year, and giving 10 less performances than usual, because its home stage at the Wortham Theater Center was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey.

Egypt: Militants kill at least 235 in attack on Sinai mosque

The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Texas state trooper during a Thanksgiving Day traffic stop has been charged with capital murder of a law enforcement officer. The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Texas state trooper during a Thanksgiving Day traffic stop has been charged with capital murder of a law enforcement officer.

The Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017

Political news dominated not only headlines in 2017, but the biggest, splashiest book titles of the year as well, from Ta-Nehisi Coates reflecting on the Obama-Trump continuum to Hillary Clinton answering for herself the cries of "What happened?" These books covered the rise of evangelicalism to the future of humankind amid war and climate disaster. Even histories like David Grann's account of the Osage people or Tina Brown's memoirs of making it in a man's world carry a cultural relevance today.

Impeachment of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe set to begin

Lawmakers within the ruling Zanu pf party gathered Monday to meet on the fate of long ... . Terrence Chari poses as he mimics a painting of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Mbare Harare, Monday, Nov, 20, 2017.

Strippers pose for photos with piles of dollar bills

Radio host and former Playboy model says Democratic Senator Al Franken kissed and GROPED her while she was asleep and without consent during a USO tour to Afghanistan in 2006 'I don't expect any of you to forgive me': Man who STOMPED his prison mate to death confesses to killing girlfriend and baby boy who 'were SUFFOCATED before their mysterious disappearance eight years ago' Grandmother, 69, dies of an overdose while cleaning up her son's drug paraphernalia by 'absorbing the substances into her system' just days after his fatal overdose Top interior designer reveals the decorating hack that will add THOUSANDS to your home Children's yoga teacher, 22, is charged with repeatedly molesting a six-year-old because he thought the boy was 'cute' EXCLUSIVE - Runaway bride: Serena Williams pairs Versace couture gown with NIKES for rehearsal dinner as she and fiance Alexis Ohanian generously pay ... (more)

Records: Man posed for photo with dead wife, then cut her up

Preliminary autopsy results confirm that dismembered human remains found inside a subu... Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife and their two young children before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room. Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife and their two young children before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room.

Glamour fuses with politics at annual Women of Year awards

But perhaps the most rapturous ovation at Glamour magazine's annual Women of the Year awards went to 79-year-old Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who delighted the crowd - including hundreds of cheering young girls - with a rousing speech that ended on a very political note. "Impeach him," she exhorted the audience.

Blind photographer Cathy Browne takes on standup comedy

Cathy Browne, a talented photographer who also happens to be legally blind, is trying her hand at standup comedy as part of the fundraising event Comedy Cares IV: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun at the ANZA Club Nov. 19. Photo Tim Matheson A Vancouver photographer, who also happens to be legally blind, has decided to tackle one of the most terrifying professions known to humankind - standup comedy. Many Courier readers will recognize Cathy Browne as having graced the cover of Lifetim e magazine last year.

Mark Morris’s Azerbaijani Epic

Mark Morris, as a teen-ager, in the seventies, did his longest and most serious dance training as a member of a Balkan folk-dance troupe, the Koleda Balkan Dance Ensemble, a semi-pro group of Seattle hippies and music geeks who got together on weekends, went to the woods, drank slivovitz, and danced till they dropped. When you see the sheer danciness of his work-the twirling, the leaping, the falling, the floor-smacking-Koleda, in large measure, is what you're seeing.

The Shakespeare of Opera

Which music-theatre works of today will play to sold-out houses in the twenty-fifth century? Such is the challenge issued by Claudio Monteverdi, the former maestro di cappella at the Basilica di San Marco, in Venice, who, four hundred and fifty years after his birth, still has a knack for putting butts in seats. In October, the British conductor John Eliot Gardiner led vital performances of Monteverdi's three surviving operas-"Orfeo," "The Return of Ulysses," and "The Coronation of Poppea"-at Alice Tully Hall.

Rep. Steve Chabot’s campaign has paid son-in-law’s firm…

Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other services over the last six years. WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other Internet services since 2011.