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The Beauty Routines of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
You don’t have to know much about the Dallas Cowboys — let alone football — to know who the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are. Arguably the most famous cheerleading team in the U.S., if not the world, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC for short) are the epitome of effortless glamour. But what does it actually take to look the part of America’s Sweetheart? “There’s not one specific look to a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader,” Kelli Finglass, current director and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, says on Netflix’s documentary series, “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.” Finglass, along with many current and past DCC members in the hit documentary, emphasizes a certain “it” factor that…
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Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls – Brudenell Social Club, 15.07.24 – Backseat Mafia
There are some simple rules at his gigs, Frank Turner tells us before things really get going. “Don’t be a dick” naturally. And, “if you know the words to any of the songs, you have to sing them”. Both were assiduously adhered to at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. The night had kicked off brilliantly with two fine tour supports, handpicked by Turner to accompany him on this leg of his seemingly never ending touring journey. Essex-based singer-songwriter Ben Brown gave us a thoroughly entertaining half hour of acoustic indie-folk, interspersed with witty chat that even involved an impromptu auction of the t-shirt he was wearing on stage! The Meffs,…
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Black Students Are Still Being Punished For Hair Choices
Before Zenda Walker’s daughter started kindergarten, the 10-year-old’s feelings toward her hair were of pride and curiosity. But that quickly changed when she spent the majority of her days around classmates with looser curl patterns, straight hair, and more “manageable” hair. “When she went into the world, the message she was getting was not that her hair was beautiful, but that it was unkempt, messy, and bad.” “I realized it didn’t matter how much I affirmed her at home. When she went into the world, the message she was getting was not that her hair was beautiful, but that it was unkempt, messy, and bad,” the hairstylist and author says.…
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A sublime collaboration delivers a fresh and fulfilling ambient statement. – Backseat Mafia
Living with music, living through music, living inside music are descriptions which could all get thrown around when trying to capture Passepartout Duo’s relationship with their sound art. The sonic partnership between pianist Nicoletta Favari and percussionist Christopher Salvito which began in 2015, thrives on constant travel, seeking out new collaborations as well as inspirational settings for recording and performance. It also revolves around an inventive drive to develop new tools to craft their mesmerising soundscapes. So far, on what they see as their “nearly continuous world tour”, Passepartout Duo have taken in fifty-four countries from China to Tunisia, Peru to Austria taking their hand built electronic instruments across continents…
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Simone Biles’s Makeup Products For the 2024 Paris Olympics
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Last night, all eyes were on Simone Biles and the US women’s gymnastics team as they competed for and (unsurprisingly) took home gold in the women’s artistic team all-around final. The competition delivered some of the most endearing and badass moments of the Games thus far. Jordan Chiles winked at the camera during her electrifying floor routine; Suni Lee made the balance beam look like her own personal jungle gym; and Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva — in…
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The Script will return to Australia for a tour and A Day On The Green – Backseat Mafia
The Script are heading back down under on their ‘Satellites World Tour’ in January and February 2025. This will be the band’s first Australian shows in close to three years, after their 2022 Greatest Hits Tour. “Australia always holds a special place in our touring hearts so we can’t wait to come back early 2025 to play the hits and new songs from our forthcoming new album ‘Satellites’.” – Danny O’Donoghue The band will play seven shows across the country, including their a day on the green debut, with five very special outdoor shows – Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley, NSW on Saturday 25 January; Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton, QLD on Sunday…
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Remedy For Dark Spots Review With Photos
PS Photography | Anvita ReddyPS Photography | Anvita Reddy While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. My number one skin-care concern is fading my dark spots, and I’ve spent a lot of time and money trying to diminish my hyperpigmentation. Dark spots are notoriously tough to eliminate, as is maintaining an even skin tone. So I’m on a mission to find treatments that are actually effective. After interviewing board-certified dermatologist Muneeb Shah, MD (better known as @dermdoctor on TikTok) about his skin-care recommendations,…
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Incineration Festival Announce Date and Line Up For 2025 – Backseat Mafia
The next edition of Incineration Festival will take place on Saturday 3rd May 2025, and they are going bigger and getting louder ! Created with GIMP In the spirit of extreme metal, across five hallowed grounds they will lower the tone and present the next edition of Incineration Festival. They recently enthused “We are honoured to be adding the Roundhouse to our usual Camden Town setup of the Electric Ballroom, Underworld, Black Heart and The Dev”. DECAPITATED TO HEADLINE THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM Brace yourselves for the visitation of one of extreme metal’s finest. Decapitated – Poland’s formidable masters of death metal return to London in 2025 to headline the Electric…
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One Editor’s Favorite Holdover Hairstyles
Picture this: you’re fresh out of the salon, you just got the most incredible layers, and touched up your highlights. The wind is blowing — you are the main character. We all know and love that fresh-out-of-the-hairdresser’s-chair feeling but as fun as it is, we also know that it never lasts. If you’re someone who stretches the time in between your hair appointments, you should familiarize yourself with the art of the hold-over hairstyle. If you’re wondering exactly what that is, it’s the list of go-to styles that you opt for when your hair isn’t as fresh as it was post-salon run, but you know they’ll come through for you…
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Fortress Festival Announces 2025 Line Up – Backseat Mafia
The Mighty and Magnificent Fortress festival will take place again on the Yorkshire coast in the beautiful and exquisite town of Scarborough at the Scarborough Spa from 31st May to 1st June 2025, and thus far, they have not been disappointed with the announcements. To date, they have unleashed festival headliners Agalloch alongside Moonlight Sorcery with their first ever live show, Selbst and Perennial Isolation, who both come to the UK for the first time ever, Grist who will perform a UK exclusive 10 year anniversary set of the debut album ‘Syner’, Akhlys, Spirit Possession, Belore, The Great Old Ones, Perchta with a UK Debut appearance, Fortresse, Ulcerate with a…
