la.eater.com – David Zhao/Niku X – The 15 Hottest New Restaurants in Los Angeles, April 2023

“Chef Shin Thompson, previously of Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Bonsoirée and ramen chain Furious Spoon, debuts a truly over-the-top and incredibly impressive yakinuku destination at the lower floor of the Wilshire Grand Center (the tallest building in LA, which also houses the Intercontinental Hotel). Niku X has multiple ways of approaching well-marbled meat, from an all-encompassing $250 per person tasting menu with tableside grilled meats and raw sashimi to varying sizes of fire-roasted tomahawk chops (prepared a seriously impressive tableside situation). Either way, expect to open up the wallet but get an awe-inspiring dinner in return.”

Read the full article here:  https://la.eater.com/maps/best-new-restaurants-los-angeles-heatmap

edgemedianetwork.com – White Party Palm Springs – VINCINT to Headline White Party Palm Springs Event FLUIDITY

“White Party Global (WPG) has announced American singer-songwriter and trailblazing queer performer VINCINT will headline White Party Palm Springs’ FLUIDITY event, taking place on Friday, May 12 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. White Party Palm Springs runs May 12-14.”

 

Authority Magazine – I’m Not Gay a Musical – Carrie Ormond: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became A Filmmaker

As a part of our series called “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became A Filmmaker”, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Carrie Ormond.

 

Read the full article here: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/carrie-ormond-5-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-when-i-first-became-a-filmmaker-b8f39f486a89

 

sports.yahoo.com – Spencer Haywood – Spencer Haywood still seeking rightful place in NBA history decades later

“A man with hundreds of male grandchildren he has never met sits in his Las Vegas home wondering if those youngsters and those who pay them millions will ever properly recognize his influence, much less appreciate his audacity.

“Those guys don’t know who I am,” Spencer Haywood says. “LeBron knows.””

 

thehomoculture.com – White Party Palm Springs – White Party Palm Springs Announces Vincint to Headline Friday Night Fluidity Event

“Diversity and inclusion will take center stage at White Party Palm Springs 2023 with the announcement of singer-songwriter, Vincint, to headline the new Friday night Fluidity party at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Best known as a finalist on the first season of The Four singing competition, the queer artist released his debut EP, The Feeling, in February 2020, and first studio album, There Will Be Tears, in June 2021.”

 

usatoday.com – Spencer Haywood – Former NBA great Spencer Haywood, in helping ravaged hometown, is the anti-Brett Favre

“Two sons of Mississippi: one Black and the other white. One, Spencer Haywood, was born in Silver City in 1949, and by the time he was 13, became the main bread winner in his family by picking cotton. He’d pick up to 200 pieces for $4 a day.…”