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Time Out
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Bangkok LGBTQ+ Film Festival unleashes 15 films to mark the fight for marriage equality
Fifteen powerful films. Nine countries. One loud and proud message: equality matters. From 27 June to 6 July, the Bangkok LGBTQ+ Film Festival is ready to celebrate love, identity and queerness in all forms – just in time for Thailand's historic marriage equality bill. Curated by Baturu, a global platform pushing for equality through art, the festival spotlights LGBTQ+ voices across Asia while bringing in standout picks from New Zealand, Sweden, Japan, Nepal and more. Special screenings will take place across Bangkok at Goethe-Institut Thailand, Jim Thompson Art Center, Slowcombo and Buffalo Bridge Gallery, alongside talks, workshops and Q&As with international filmmakers and producers. Global screenings The lineup releases 15 films – raw, fearless and pushing boundaries to celebrate queer voices. Queer Japan (2019) The film rummages through Japan's LGBTQ+ underground, spotlighting artists, activists and outsiders living loud and breaking norms. Rurangi (2020) Directed by Max Currie, Rurangi follows trans activist Caz returning to his divided hometown to face his estranged father. It's about relationships, identity and the strength of finding acceptance. Enfant Terrible (2020) A documentary exploring the world of Rainer Werner Fassbinder – the rebellious director who redefined New Wave cinema and queer culture. Rebel Dykes (2021) A raw documentary capturing punk-fueled feminism through the wild lives of '80s London lesbians. Prejudice and Pride (2022) Swedish documentary takes you on a rainbow-colored journey through Sweden's queer cinema history from 1916 classics to today's trans stories. Rodeo (2022) From Germany, Rodeo follows Julia, a young rider determined to join a male-dominated dirt bike crew. When an accident strikes, her place in the group is put to the test. Skin Deep (2022) To save their crumbling relationship, Leyla and Tristan swap bodies with another couple. But when Leyla discovers freedom in her new form, she's not so keen to switch back – and that's when things really start to get weird. Winter Boy (2022) When his father dies in a sudden accident – possibly a suicide – a 17-year-old boy struggles with grief, confusion and the search for answers. He decides to visit his older brother in Paris seeking solace. The Missing (2023) To unravel his past, a mouthless young man faces an alien visitor. It's a film that takes you on a surreal journey through memory, identity and loss. Dalton's Dream (2023) This moving portrait captures Dalton Harris, X Factor UK champ, as he struggles with identity and fame. Under the Moonlight (2023) Nur, a cook at an Islamic boarding school for transgender women, finds joy in a rare safe haven where her chosen family thrives far from the world's harshness. Chhesang (2024) An empowering period piece with a twist – a 21-year-old Chhesang battles gender dysphoria and chases acceptance, rewriting the rules of identity in every scene. Hombres Integros (2024) Hombres Íntegros hits hard with love, loyalty and a brutal coming-of-age twist. The main character, Alf, is drawn to a new classmate at his Catholic school, but peer pressure and toxic masculinity force a choice he can't take back. Langue Etrangere (2024) Eager for approval, a 17-year-old becomes willing to go to extremes to please her pen pal. The film explores the uneasy pull between friendship, identity and belonging. Number 2 (2025) Number 2 brings back Chow Chee Beng (Mark Lee) and his drag crew as they chase glory in a Thai competition. Campy, chaotic and packed with glitter – this sequel brings the drama.
CBS News
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Vegetation fire burns in Rodeo near homes, Highway 4
A brush fire was burning in Rodeo Monday afternoon near a residential subdivision and close to state Highway 4. The fire was burning grassland on the eastern edge of Rodeo just north of Highway 4 and east of Stirling Drive. The flames were seen just yards from homes on Dennis Court and also close to the Phillips 66 carbon plant off of Franklin Canyon Road. Cal Fire air tankers dropped retardant and helicopters performed water drops on the fire as crews on the ground dug lines around the blaze. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire. As of 1 p.m., the fire had burned 15 acres, Cal Fire said.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wallets any dad would love for Father's Day
Fox News and its syndication partners may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom. Finding the perfect gift for Father's Day can feel daunting, especially when you want to balance practicality with thoughtfulness. That's why wallets are an excellent choice—they're functional and personal, reflecting their style and daily needs. Wallets come in various styles, making finding one that suits their personality and lifestyle easy. It's the perfect practical gift for the guy who has everything. Whether Dad values classic craftsmanship or modern functionality, a wallet is a gift that seamlessly blends sentiment with utility. Here are 10 options to consider this Father's Day. This Bellroy zipper wallet is a versatile and secure option for men who want to keep their cash and cards secure and safe. With a zipper closure, this leather wallet ensures that nothing falls out and adds an extra layer of security while still staying slim enough to fit in your pocket. We also found a similar style at Amazon at a lower price. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Original price: $44.99 This Rodeo wallet from Carhartt has a longer, rectangular shape with enough space to hold a checkbook in Carhartt's signature rugged leather. It features plenty of compartments for organizing checks, business cards, receipts, cash and cards. If you want something a little more decorative, check out this deer-emblazoned House of Jack Co style for under $40 at Amazon, perfect for the hunting enthusiast. Read On The Fox News App 10 Gifts For Dads Who Love To Fish This Ralph Lauren leather bifold wallet is made from pebbled full-grain leather and features the timeless and iconic Polo logo. The wallet offers multiple card slots, a fully divided currency pocket and a coin pocket, providing ample space to stash essentials. Father's Day Fitness Gifts Your Dad Will Love This durable Manhattan Portage travel wallet is designed to go the distance for those who are frequently on the go or travel internationally. It has 10 compartments to hold passports, boarding passes, travel cards and other documents in addition to cash and credit cards. If you don't need quite as much space, check out this version at Amazon for under $50. The Fossil Everett bifold with flip ID is a versatile wallet that combines traditional design with modern features. Crafted from leather with polyester webbing trim, it includes a bill compartment, two ID windows, two slide pockets and six credit card slots for under $20. The flip ID feature adds convenience, allowing easy access to identification cards. 15 Father's Day Gifts For Difficult Dads Who Don't Want Anything The Royce New York RFID blocking wallet is handcrafted from full-grain leather, offering a luxurious look at under $100. Its slim profile fits comfortably in pockets, and the RFID-blocking technology protects against electronic pickpocketing and identity theft. You can also find a range of wallets with RFID-blocking features on Amazon, like this one from Buffway for under $20. Original price: $12.99 This Travelambo front pocket wallet is compact, slim, and has a just a few card slots. Front pocket wallets offer easier access, added security and better posture, as carrying a wallet in your back pocket can lead to discomfort over time. Fossil makes slim wallets too, with a magnetic closure if you prefer. The Bellroy Hide and Seek wallet offers a minimalist design with innovative features. This leather wallet includes hidden compartments for extra bills and cards, which help keep the wallet slim and organized. The RFID protection safeguards against digital theft, ensuring peace of mind. You can find a different style at Walmart with similar features for under $30. Original price: $40 The House of Jack Co money clip wallet is a smart, modern solution for those who prefer to carry cash. It features a strong clip on one side that securely holds bills while offering card slots for essentials in stylish stitched leather. Metal money clip carryalls are also a popular option and here is one at Amazon that's around the same price as the leather version. This Perry Ellis magnetic card case is made from high-quality leather and offers a polished and professional look while still being durable enough for everyday use. Its compact size makes it ideal for carrying in a pocket without creating bulk, perfect for dads who prefer to travel light. Also consider this money clip card case from article source: Wallets any dad would love for Father's Day
The Guardian
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Saddle up for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour, which kicked off in California in April, began its European leg in London last week. I went to the first show and considered the legacy-making significance of this latest evolution in the singer's long career – and the part that left me cold. As a native of Houston, Texas, Beyoncé grew up surrounded by cowboy culture. Between 2001 and 2007, she performed four times at the city's Livestock Show and Rodeo, which was launched in 1931 to promote agriculture through live entertainment and ended up as the largest rodeo in the world. When you consider the depth of southern tradition this generation-defining artist is steeped in, it seems all the more remarkable to be in north London and see people from all corners of the world assembling to become spectators of a rodeo that is all Beyoncé's own. Outside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, there are people in cowboy hats, encrusted with rhinestones or with veils attached; cow-print vests; embroidered boots with spurs; double denim, bandanas, alligator skins and shirts with fringes. Though revellers are greeted with grey skies and a forecast of rain, spirits are high, and their presence summons the sweltering climate of Texas. I speak to a woman named Marieles, wearing a white and denim cowgirl costume, who has come to London from Panama. It is her second long-haul trip to see Beyoncé – she attended the Renaissance tour in Amsterdam in 2023. Is she as excited by the Cowboy Carter album, Beyoncé's dive into country music? 'I love the impact and the message that it brings,' Marieles tells me. 'I feel very empowered as a Black girl with that album. I'd never heard country music before and it taught me a lot about the history.' The same is true for Cornelius from Germany, who is at his fourth Beyoncé concert. He tells me that on Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé sings with 'a lot of love and passion' and that he has become 'more open' to country music after listening to it. A Beyoncé country album had long been predicted. Daddy Lessons (one of my favourites from her 2016 album, Lemonade) was the singer's first explicit foray into the genre. The track sparked controversy when Beyoncé performed it with the Chicks (then the Dixie Chicks) at the 50th Annual Country Music Association awards (CMAs). Naysayers from the Nashville country music establishment asked why Beyoncé had been invited to perform – her musical background supposedly too R&B and hip-hop, her activism through music the antithesis of the Republican-dominated mainstream country scene. The Chicks, of course, had experienced a formidable backlash in 2003 for expressing shame that George Bush came from their state of Texas. The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Texas Hold 'Em, was a runaway success, hitting the top spot in 19 countries (including the US and the UK). Significantly, it also reached No 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in the US, the first record by a Black woman to do so. Unveiling the album's artwork, Beyoncé suggested that her experience at the CMAs had inspired Cowboy Carter, saying it was 'born out of an experience that I had years ago, where I did not feel welcomed … because of that experience I did a deeper dive into the history of country music and studied our rich musical archive'. This resulted in Beyoncé inviting Linda Martell, the first Black female singer to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, on to Cowboy Carter as well as including excerpts from Roy Hamilton and Son House on its radio station interludes. This attempt to assert the presence of Black Americans within the history of country music is framed even more vividly on this tour. Its visual storytelling provides an all-singing, all-dancing archive of Black American music that is so alive and dynamic, and which contextualises the voices and instruments you hear. After all, the secondary title for the Cowboy Carter tour is The Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit, a reference to the performance venues that catered to African American patrons and commercially sustained Black performers in the era of Jim Crow segregation. And God, does this show live up to that entertainment tradition. From her fringed chaps and gloves to her custom Versace-print dresses, Beyoncé looks magnificent, while the stage design is grand and kitschy, with two neon bar signs that say 'salon' and 'saloon'. At various points, she flies across the stadium on a giant neon horseshoe and a Cadillac, and she rides a gold mechanical bull for a sultry performance of Tyrant. I first saw Beyoncé on the Formation World Tour when I was 19, and have caught every tour since. This is the most confident and carefree I have seen her – she is visibly having fun. The Cowboy Carter tracks translate so well to the stage, too, with Riiverdance, II Hands II Heaven and Flamenco being particular standouts – on Ya Ya she evokes the ferocious, theatrical rock'n'roll style of Prince and Tina Turner. All the ancestors are summoned for the Chitlin' Circuit. On large screens, during performances and interludes, images of Black America's musical iconography are projected at the audience. There's a clip of Chuck Berry playing Johnny B Goode at Hullabaloo A Go Go in 1965; a 1932 performance of Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club band's melancholy hit Minnie the Moocher; Nina Simone singing I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free at Montreux Jazz 1976; Little Richard blazing through Lucille in 1957; Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing The Lonesome Road in 1941 and Berry blasting You Can't Catch Me in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock! Sign up to The Long Wave Nesrine Malik and Jason Okundaye deliver your weekly dose of Black life and culture from around the world after newsletter promotion The references are neverending but they don't feel like a fleeting history tour. Instead they emphasise how a genre that has been co-opted and framed as 'not Black' has a long history of African American pioneers, many of whom forged careers in a segregated US and laid a path for so many others, including Beyoncé. It is interesting to me, though, that after the opening performance of Ameriican Requiem, which, live, has the soulful beauty of a cathedral choir, and her cover of the Beatles' Blackbird, Beyoncé then sings The Star-Spangled Banner, taking her cue from the incendiary rendition that Jimi Hendrix performed at Woodstock in 1967 in protest against the Vietnam war. The meaning of national symbols such as the anthem, and the American flag projected on the screens before the performance, have a new resonance in the era of Trump 2.0. Can the iconography of such regressive, destructive and supremacist political movements even be redeemed? Beyoncé clearly believes that it can. On the screen she wears a sash reading 'the reclamation of America' – and there is the view that these symbols, like American music, should be strongly reaffirmed as an intrinsic part of Black American identity, especially at a time when Trump is attempting to wash African American history from record. Certainly, I can see that it's important for Black Americans to express pride in traditions they had a fundamental role in creating. Yet this flag-waving still leaves me cold. Last year, at Kamala Harris's presidential campaign rally in Houston, Beyoncé appeared alongside her friend and former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, describing herself and Rowland as 'proud country Texas women'. Harris had been under fire during that campaign for her support of President Joe Biden's arming of the Israeli state in its onslaught against Gaza. Hendrix's protest, meanwhile, took place under the Democratic president Lyndon B Johnson, who sent Americans to fight in Vietnam, and drew chants from protesters such as: 'Hey, hey, LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?' Americana imagery can't be neatly divorced from the imperial aspects of the state – and the musicians who Beyoncé admires knew this well. Even if there are debates still to be had about Beyoncé's political aesthetics (we have been here since at least her self-titled 2013 visual album), you walk away from Cowboy Carter with no doubt that she is the greatest performer and artist of our time. Some have taken the mood of the tour, the montage of images from Beyoncé's personal history, and the return of seemingly long-retired tracks including If I Were a Boy and Why Don't You Love Me as an indication that she is inching towards retirement – but I have never seen a clearer example of a performer who will not be slowed down by naysayers or knee injuries. The rodeo queen rides on. To receive the complete version of The Long Wave in your inbox every Wednesday, please subscribe here.
The Hindu
11-06-2025
- The Hindu
Starry nights and sunshine: Luxeglamp eco-resorts have launched the country's first eco-sensitive Luxe Chateau glass glamps, designed to offer an immersive experience with sustainable luxury
It's 6am and I awake to the sound of birds heralding the morning outside my glass dome. I am glamping at the brand new Luxe Chateau, a double-glass dome at Luxeglamp's eco-resort near Poombarai Hills in Kodaikanal. Shortly after I step out, the crisp forest air washes over my face and I catch the first rays of the sun rising over a breathtaking landscape — of a valley draped in layers of greenery amidst a cascading waterfall and acres of terraced fields. As the morning breeze carries the scent of the forest, I feast on freshly-baked pastries, fruits, and omelettes — all arranged on a wooden tray floating in my private infinity pool. Says Antony Thomas, CEO & Founder of Luxeglamp EcoResorts, 'We wanted to elevate our guests' connection with nature. Our new Glass Glamps offer an all-encompassing experience where guests can sleep under the stars and wake up to one of the most beautiful sunrises in Kodaikanal — all while staying warm and cozy.' Glamping or 'glamorous camping', is an outdoor experience that combines the excitement of camping with the luxury and comfort of a high-end hotel. Instead of traditional tents and sleeping bags, glamping accommodations often include stylish, fully furnished tents, domes, yurts, or cabins equipped with modern amenities. In India, glamping is rapidly growing due to the country's diverse landscapes, from mountains and beaches to deserts, and also because it combines the best of both worlds — of camping outdoors yet with the modern conveniences of a luxury star hotel. For example, Rajasthan offers glamping in luxury tents near the Thar Desert, Udaipur, and Jaipur, often combined with camel safaris and cultural experiences while in Kerala, the backwaters, tea plantations, and lush hills, provide serene glamping options, particularly in Munnar and Wayanad. States like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also popular for glamping near scenic mountains, rivers, and valleys, especially in Manali, Shimla, Rishikesh, and Nainital. At Luxeglamp in Kodaikanal, one can choose from seven premium domes designed around Moroccan, Rodeo and Celestial themes that cost ₹ 17700 per day (all inclusive of tax and breakfast), or the exclusive glass dome at ₹29500 per day including tax, breakfast and one meal. The glass glamp features minimalist interiors inspired by the rustic homes of the Wild West, plush bedding, soft cushions, and warm lighting, a private deck for outdoor relaxation, electricity, and private bathroom. During the day, I bask in warm golden morning light that filters in and as night falls, the dome transforms into a dreamy setting for stargazing. From the comfort of my bed, I gaze at the large, panoramic roof window that frames the night sky like a canvas. As I snuggle up in my king-sized bed, I continue to watch the starlit expanse, of a glowing crescent and glimmering stars on a clear sky, and drift into blissful sleep. Guests can also try the afternoon tea experience, a scenic guided horse ride across the valley or an intimate candlelit outdoor dining experience under the stars. The food is continental, Indian, or regional, made from seasonal produce grown in nearby villages. The interiors of my luxury dome are designed for both functionality and aesthetics. Furnishings are selected to maximise space and comfort and provide a clear 360 degree view allowing one to enjoy uninterrupted views of the surrounding forests and starry night skies. As the glass dome uses double-glazed or insulated glass, it maintains the indoor temperature thereby reducing the need for artificial heating or cooling. This in turn lowers energy consumption and carbon footprint. As there are no permanent structures, there is no piling, and zero soil disturbance, which makes the dome an eco-conscious design. Besides, the property uses solar power for operations and some of the structures are made from recyclable materials including tempered glass and aluminium. There is also a ban on single use plastics at the property. 'While we have maximised the use of solar panels for energy needs so as to reduce fossil fuel reliance, all our structures are fully removable and temporary. This ensures that we don't leave a trace of waste in the forest,' explains Antony adding that Luxeglamp also has plans to introduce more thematic glamping experiences across its locations, including Munnar in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the UAE. For reservations, visit or call 9962159621. The author was at Luxeglamp eco-resorts at Kodaikanal on invitation
