Everett leads gay Mardi Gras in Sydney
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British actor Rupert Everett and 250 men dressed as pop singer Kylie Minogue were among 8,000 revelers who marched through Sydney late Saturday for the 29th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
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A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney, Australia - one of the first cities to celebrate the New Year. via News Observer
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Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.
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Mardi Gras costumes were sparse but so were the crowds Tuesday as the annual extravaganza of parades and parties arrived earlier than usual because of a quirk in the calendar.
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PARIS  &#151; The transgender sportscaster wears a miniskirt, the porn is gay, lesbian and bisexual, and Wonder Woman will be on every night at seven.
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"Women like you ... do a lot to bring our two peoples together."  Barbra Streisand performed her first-ever concert in France this week - and was rewarded with a medal of the Legion of Honor. via Myrtle Beach Online
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By Patricia 'Tsh' Hancock, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 11--BAY ST. LOUIS -- Though midmorning presented a crisp breeze, the sun covered and warmed the faces of nearly 200 people, young and old, who gathered to celebrate the 29th annual Krewe of Kids Mardi Gras parade in Bay St.
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Playbill - Billy Elliot the Musical made its Australian premiere Dec. 13 at the Capitol Theatre in Haymarket, Sydney. Creators Elton John and Lee Hall were on hand to take a bow.
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MELBOURNE -- Maybe no man is an island, but this underpopulated Pacific isle called Australia -- 20 million strong -- is riding on one man. Riding for dear life because glowering yet flowering Lleyton Hewitt is the last horse in the perpetually lost race for the Australian Open title.
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Australia's largest city, Sydney, geared up Monday for its biggest night of the year, with around one million revellers expected to turn out for its harbourside fireworks spectacular.
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Dancing, drinking revelers filled the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as parades rolled through on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals said marked another step toward recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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&quot;A giant leap for television, a small step in high heels,&quot; the presenter promised, unveiling France&#39;s first gay television station which aims to make gay culture mainstream and marks a new climate of tolerance in Roman Catholic France.
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Tourism officials have worked for years to make this beach town a gay-friendly destination. Now their biggest obstacle could be the mayor himself.
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Players from around the globe gather in Buenos Aires to compete in the 17th gay football World Cup.
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BEIRUT -- The Lebanese soldiers at the checkpoint peered through the barbed wire. Across the street from these men in their fatigues and combat gear, another group of men had arrived -- revelers in hip-hugging pants and tight shirts on their way to Acid, an openly gay nightclub in east Beirut.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Bills are making plans for tight end Kevin Everett to attend the team's home finale Sunday, which would be his first trip back to Buffalo since sustaining a serious spinal cord injury.
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After seven hours of very fast sailing following a tight and breathtaking duel between the biggest boats as they made their way out of Sydney Harbour, Grant Wharington&#39;s Skandia held a narrow lead in the Sydney-Hobart race yesterday.