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Daily Mail
01-06-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Mystery of 'Budweiser Girl' murder could finally be solved as lurking suspect emerges from the shadows
It was raining the afternoon that Jessica Richardson found her mother, Cheryl Williams Frady, dead in the basement of her Georgia home in 2008 - a single gunshot wound to the head ending a life just hours away from a highly anticipated escape. The mother and daughter had planned to spend the day shopping, gathering last-minute essentials for a cruise to the Bahamas they were set to embark on the following morning.
Time Out
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Here's how we're celebrating Mexican New Yorkers this week for Cinco de Mayo
For too long, many have accepted Cinco de Mayo —and by extension, Mexican culture—as an excuse to down a few tequila shots. But for Mexicans, the holiday is more complicated: In the homeland, it's only celebrated in the state of Puebla to commemorate the 19th-century victory a Mexican battalion won against the French army. The Mexican-American community took the holiday and gave it new meaning, using Cinco de Mayo a defiant occasion to celebrate and assert their rightful place in the United States. Growing up, I saw a holiday that was supposed to celebrate Mexican-American identity as one that turned our culture into an opportunity to sell discounted margaritas. Don't get us wrong, we love a good party (and occasionally, a great drink), but Mexican-Americans have a lot more to offer. To me, the power in New York's Mexican community is that we've managed to find pride and joy in our heritage in spite of messaging about our communities being filled with drug dealers and currently, a criminal presence to be purged from our borders. What most don't realize is that you can't get rid of us because we're everywhere, even when you don't realize it. There are more than 330,000 Mexicans in New York, and we all have a different story to tell. We've managed to break out of every box we've been placed in—Now, we're just waiting for everyone else to notice. Last year, we highlighted prominent New York Mexicans through our Cinco to Celebrate editorial package, in which we asserted the importance of New York's Mexican community as a force that deserves to be recognized, appreciated and ultimately, platformed. This year we're doing that again, but bigger: Through more features, we want to show that there're infinite ways Mexicans show up in New York culture, sometimes in ways you don't expect. Whether they're playing hard techno behind the decks at Basement; photographing covers for your favorite magazine; or being big time influencers on TikTok, they're all shaping the future of our city.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New Bloom Fest Act 'Excited' To Do Their First Shoey In Australia This Week
There is perhaps no topic more divisive in contemporary Australian musical discourse than the concept of the 'shoey'. The eruption of the controversial 'shoey' chant at gigs has sparked increasingly polarising reactions from punters and artists alike for going on a decade now, with some fans remaining doggedly amused by the act of peer-pressuring their favourite artist into sipping from the athlete's chalice, while others are increasingly pissed off that the unapologetically bogan tradition refuses to fuck off and die. Mere days ago, US country star Chris Stapleton said he would 'graciously decline' the unhygienic rite of passage if offered during his current arena tour. But the multiple Grammy-winner doesn't speak for everyone. While headlining Spilt Milk 2023, pop megastar Post Malone voluntarily ripped a shoey live onstage. Nobody asked – he just wanted to. And tbh, regardless of how you feel about the ongoing debate around the cursed foot-flavoured frothy, I'd like to put forward that, in a Liberal Democratic society that supports individual liberty, bodily autonomy and personal choice, it's kinda our duty to hold space for overseas artists visiting our fair country who just really wanna give it a red hot crack. Case in point: Zayna Youssef from Philadelphia alt-rock rising stars Sweet Pill. The five-piece are currently gearing up to make their Aussie live debut alongside Basement, Balance & Composure and more at the East Coast-roaming New Bloom Fest, which kicks off in Brisbane next Saturday, 8th March. And Youssef is excited to toast their maiden voyage down under with a traditional Aussie hydration ritual. 'If I had to pick one thing I'm most excited to do while we're in Australia – it's definitely going to be a shoey,' she confesses to Music Feeds. 'As gross as it is, I want to impress you guys! Whatever you guys do, I wanna do. The adrenaline's gonna be pumping, but I'm gonna be drinking!' But Youssef is still pondering a few key logistics. 'I'm not sure if I want it to be my shoe or not though,' she continues. 'It's a little conflicting because I don't want my shoe to be beer-y and sticky; but I also don't know where that shoe has been if it's from someone else. I've never been to Australia before, so how am I going to know what an Australian shoe is going to be like?! Maybe we can get a spare pair for me, with the tags still attached preferably!' Now, speaking as someone who has been peer-pressured into chugging a toe-jam lager live on stage twice in my time, with a 50% hit rate on getting fucked with gastro the day after, I would strongly encourage Sweet Pill or their fans to whip down to Payless before the fest to pre-prepare some untainted foot schooners, so the frontwoman can experience all the glory with none of the guts-chucking. Cheers, mates! Basement Balance & Composure Drain One Step Closer Sweet Pill Saturday, March 8th – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD with Primitive Blast, The Others, Colourblind, Deadshowws, Wifecult & Masochist Sunday, March 9th – UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney NSW with Secret World, GLOAM & Feel The Pain Monday, March 10th – The Timberyard, Melbourne VIC with Horsepower, Wayside & Crawling Tickets on sale now via the New Bloom website Supported by Bad Neighbour Friday, March 7th – Valley Loft, Brisbane (18+) Wednesday, March 12th – Stay Gold, Melbourne (AA) Thursday, March 13th – Jive Bar, Adelaide (AA)+ Tickets on sale now via Sweet Pill's Zayna Youssef Shares Her Fave Femme Artists, Ahead Of New Bloom Fest 2025 New Bloom Festival Shares 2025 Set Times Pretty Much Everyone Touring Australia This Week Has Been Doing Shoeys The post New Bloom Fest Act 'Excited' To Do Their First Shoey In Australia This Week appeared first on Music Feeds.
The Independent
27-02-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Refugee – Taking up boxing at centre supported by Sport England ‘saved my life'
A refugee has said that taking up boxing at a centre which is supported by Sport England 'saved' her life. Dr Zin Myint said she was in a 'bad place' after arriving in the UK three months ago having fled Myanmar in South East Asia because of a thesis she wrote on the Rohingya conflict. She began boxing at St Augustine's Centre in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Dr Myint told the PA news agency: 'I have a lot of mental issues and I've been going to the boxing gyms every week, which is very helpful. 'The centre means the world to me. 'It saved my life as when I came here three months ago, I was in a bad place.' Meanwhile, Kelly Lees, a recovered drug addict who attends the Basement Recovery Project in Calderdale, said the centre has helped her regain her confidence and self-worth. She said: 'I heard of the Basement Recovery Project from a few of my friends that I actually used with years ago. 'I started off volunteering and now I work here.' Ms Lees added: 'Physical activity has helped with my mental health. 'It's helped my confidence, my self-esteem and my worth.' Local impact reports indicate that in Calderdale inactivity has reduced by 7% among children and young people and 4% among adults. It comes as Sport England announced plans to invest in activity levels in more than 50 new places currently struggling to provide it, including major cities such as Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton. New research found that more than a third of adults living in the country's most deprived areas are not getting enough physical activity.
