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6 days ago
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Family-operated strip club on sale for first time since 2008
A family-operated strip club in Oxfordshire is on sale for the first time in nearly two decades. Mirage on Broad Street in Banbury is one of the only late night venues in the town. It was put on the property market earlier this month for £75,000. The 'warehouse style' property, which is being marketed by Fleurets, has two floors and a glazed entrance onto Broad Street. The main trading area is on the first floor and it is designed to provide a two room operation. READ MORE: Mechanic dies after being found 'unresponsive' at home Mirage also owns a club in Aylesbury. According to property website Rightmove, it is fitted out to a 'good' standard and benefits from an enclosed smoking area to the back. The listing on Rightmove states the business has been family-operated since 2008 and is one of only two late night venues in Banbury. It has a 4.30am licence, as well as a Sexual Entertainment Venue licence, which is renewed annually. READ MORE: Nurse found dead in bath at Travelodge The venue is well proportioned as a two room operation and is only traded two days a week on a Friday and a Saturday, offering the operator the potential to extend trading days further. There are two other nightclubs in Banbury. Zinc on High Street, formerly Moo Moos, is open until 3am and 3.30am on Fridays and Saturdays respectively. Fever, an associated nightclub with free entry next door, is open until 3am on Thursdays and Fridays and 3.30am on Saturdays.
Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Robin Williams Reportedly Said He'd Buy an '80s Strip Club to Impress This Music Legend
Robin Williams Reportedly Said He'd Buy an '80s Strip Club to Impress This Music Legend originally appeared on Parade. Some people write love songs for their idols. Others name-drop them in speeches. Robin Williams? He walked into a London strip club and threatened to buy the whole place—just to impress David Bowie. On Monday, July 21, The Guardian published a new interview with The Comic Strip Presents… creator Peter Richardson ahead of the show's remastered film screenings at Edinburgh Fringe. While reflecting on the wild early days of the British alt-comedy scene, the article resurfaced a jaw-dropping moment involving the late actor and the music icon. Back in 1980, Williams reportedly turned up at the Comic Strip club—hosted inside the Raymond Revuebar strip club in Soho—with Bowie and made it clear he expected stage time. Comedian Alexei Sayle, who helped run the venue, recalled offering the Mrs. Doubtfire star a 15-minute slot. 'I told [Bowie] I'd do an hour,' Williams said. When Sayle refused, the Mork & Mindy icon responded, 'I'll buy the club!' Unfortunately for Williams, the venue wasn't for sale. 'We don't own it,' Sayle told him. 'It belongs to a bouffant-haired pornographer.' The Comic Strip, founded by Richardson with support from Rocky Horror Picture Show producer Michael White, helped launch the careers of comedy legends like Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, and Adrian Edmondson. The shows were edgy, strange, and often risky—just what Channel 4 was looking for when it tapped Richardson to bring something new to TV. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 That something became The Comic Strip Presents…, a tonally unpredictable anthology series that ran throughout the '80s and returned for occasional specials until 2016. 'It wasn't good television,' Richardson admitted. 'Because it wasn't repetitive, and television is about repeating a formula.' 🍳 SIGN UP to get delicious recipes, handy kitchen hacks & fun food news in our daily Pop Kitchen newsletter 🍳 Now 73, Richardson is remastering the series for theatrical screenings, which kick off next month. 'We've discovered that there is an audience around the country who want to see these films on the big screen and talk about them,' he said. 'It's fantastic that something we created 30 or 40 years ago is still creating laughter.' As for Williams, he never did buy the club—or any club, for that matter—but he did go on to become one of the most beloved performers of his generation. He won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting, two Emmys, six Golden Globes, and five Grammys over the course of his career. He died by suicide in August 2014 at age 63, after battling undiagnosed Lewy body dementia—a rare and aggressive brain disease that was only discovered after his death. Robin Williams Reportedly Said He'd Buy an '80s Strip Club to Impress This Music Legend first appeared on Parade on Jul 21, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
CNN
19-07-2025
- Business
- CNN
NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. steps down amid reports he expensed trips to strip clubs
NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Executive Director Lloyd Howell Jr. has stepped down from his role amid various controversies, including reports on Friday that he expensed the union for trips to strip clubs. 'It's clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day,' Howell said in a statement late on Thursday night. 'For this reason, I have informed the NFLPA Executive Committee that I am stepping down as Executive Director of the NFLPA and Chairman of the Board of NFL Players effective immediately. I hope this will allow the NFLPA to maintain its focus on its player members ahead of the upcoming season.' CNN has reached out the NFLPA and to Howell Jr., through the union, for comment. According to Reuters, which cited ESPN, receipts from a trip taken by Howell in Novemember 2023 showed that the NFLPA was billed for a car service and other costs by Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami, which claims to be the largest strip club in the world. Citing ESPN, Reuters also reported that a second strip club bill was also reviewed by the NFLPA's lawyers, relating to a reported trip in February during the NFLPA summit and itemizing $2,426 in charges, which included cash withdrawals from a club ATM ranging between $200 and $525. Howell reportedly earned between $3.5 million and $4 million in his role with the NFLPA. That was not the only controversy which Howell has become embroiled in during the last two weeks. Citing ESPN, Reuters reported that alongside his commitments to the NFLPA, Howell also held a part-time consultancy role with The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm that the NFL reportedly approved to pursue minority ownership in NFL franchises. This has been viewed by many as a serious conflict of interest. On top of that, Reuters – citing ESPN – also reported that Howell had decided to keep NFL players in the dark over an arbitration ruling on suspected collusion between team owners. Amid concerns that owners were coming together to reduce the growth of quarterback contracts, arbitrator Christopher Droney ruled there was not sufficient evidence to support the claims, per Reuters. However, he added that 'by a clear preponderance of the evidence,' the NFL's general counsel, along with commissioner Roger Goodell, did encourage owners to restrict guaranteed money in player contracts, the agency reported. According to reports, Howell and the NFLPA had a confidentiality agreement with the NFL designed to stop the full report from leaking. Although Howell did brief players on the matter, he did not give them copies of the report, according to Reuters, which cited ESPN. 'I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish at the NFLPA over the past two years,' Howell added in his statement. 'I will be rooting for the players from the sidelines as loud as ever, and I know the NFLPA will continue to ensure that players remain firmly at the center of football's future.'
CNN
19-07-2025
- Business
- CNN
NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. steps down amid reports he expensed trips to strip clubs
NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Executive Director Lloyd Howell Jr. has stepped down from his role amid various controversies, including reports on Friday that he expensed the union for trips to strip clubs. 'It's clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day,' Howell said in a statement late on Thursday night. 'For this reason, I have informed the NFLPA Executive Committee that I am stepping down as Executive Director of the NFLPA and Chairman of the Board of NFL Players effective immediately. I hope this will allow the NFLPA to maintain its focus on its player members ahead of the upcoming season.' CNN has reached out the NFLPA and to Howell Jr., through the union, for comment. According to Reuters, which cited ESPN, receipts from a trip taken by Howell in Novemember 2023 showed that the NFLPA was billed for a car service and other costs by Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami, which claims to be the largest strip club in the world. Citing ESPN, Reuters also reported that a second strip club bill was also reviewed by the NFLPA's lawyers, relating to a reported trip in February during the NFLPA summit and itemizing $2,426 in charges, which included cash withdrawals from a club ATM ranging between $200 and $525. Howell reportedly earned between $3.5 million and $4 million in his role with the NFLPA. That was not the only controversy which Howell has become embroiled in during the last two weeks. Citing ESPN, Reuters reported that alongside his commitments to the NFLPA, Howell also held a part-time consultancy role with The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm that the NFL reportedly approved to pursue minority ownership in NFL franchises. This has been viewed by many as a serious conflict of interest. On top of that, Reuters – citing ESPN – also reported that Howell had decided to keep NFL players in the dark over an arbitration ruling on suspected collusion between team owners. Amid concerns that owners were coming together to reduce the growth of quarterback contracts, arbitrator Christopher Droney ruled there was not sufficient evidence to support the claims, per Reuters. However, he added that 'by a clear preponderance of the evidence,' the NFL's general counsel, along with commissioner Roger Goodell, did encourage owners to restrict guaranteed money in player contracts, the agency reported. According to reports, Howell and the NFLPA had a confidentiality agreement with the NFL designed to stop the full report from leaking. Although Howell did brief players on the matter, he did not give them copies of the report, according to Reuters, which cited ESPN. 'I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish at the NFLPA over the past two years,' Howell added in his statement. 'I will be rooting for the players from the sidelines as loud as ever, and I know the NFLPA will continue to ensure that players remain firmly at the center of football's future.'
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Disgraced former NFLPA boss reportedly used union funds for jaunts at strip clubs
In a hilarious new turn, it was revealed on Friday that disgraced former NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. used union funds for excursions to strip clubs. In a new report from ESPN, the outlet revealed that an NFLPA-appointed investigator looking into Howell Jr.'s questionable decisions as leader of the union received some interesting expense reports and documents recently. The reports and receipts showed proof that Howell Jr. used money from the association to fund nights out at multiple strip clubs. An NFLPA-funded jaunt last year was discovered when a union finance worker noticed the nearly $800 bill he charged for a car service. The cost wasn't for a long drive. It was for the driver to wait eight hours at an address in Miami Gardens. The worker then looked up the location and discovered it was Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami Gardens, FL. A 76,000-square-foot strip club that bills itself as the world's largest gentleman's club that is 'full nude and No. 1 rated.' A year later, expense reports showed he and two NFLPA employees used union funds for a trip to an Atlanta strip club, Magic City. The visit that occurred during the union's summit in February saw the trio allegedly charge over $2,000 on NFLPA accounts. 'According to the expense report, the purpose of the strip club outing: 'Player Engagement Event to support & grow our Union,'' ESPN reported. The employees reviewing the report flagged the reports and receipts to the travel department for further review. The head of the department then forwarded the documents union lawyers for a deeper look at, according to sources the outlet spoke with. Howell Jr. abruptly resigned from his post this week following weeks of criticism over his leadership, as well as a serious conflict of interest. The former attorney was working as a part-time consultant for the Carlyle Group, an NFL-approved private equity firm seeking minority ownership in NFL franchises. Also Read:: Highest paid NFL players 2025: Highest paid NFL quarterbacks, highest paid players by position Related Headlines '1 Percent Chance': Pirates Reporter Shares Bleak Take on Paul Skenes Extension Prospects Yankees Expected 'To Get After It' Before Trade Deadline: 6 Blockbuster Trade Targets, Including Chris Sale Top MLB reporter: Teams Will 'Laugh At' Luis Robert Jr. If He Makes This Demand Did Kyle Schwarber's All-Star Game Heroics Drive Up His Price With Free Agency Looming?
