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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Sovereign Monarchs’ lunch at Windsor Castle: “Front row, left to right: HM the Emperor of Japan, HM the Queen of the Netherlands, HM the Queen of Denmark, HM the King of the Hellenes, HM the King of Romania, HM Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, HM the King of Bulgarians, HM the Sultan of Brunei, HM the King of Sweden, HM the King of Swaziland, and HH the Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein. Middle row: HSH the Prince of Monaco, HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, HM the King of Lesotho, HM the King of the Belgians, HM the King of Norway, HH the Emir of Qatar, HM the King of Jordan, HM the King of Bahrain, and HM The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Top row: HH Nasser Mohamed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, HH the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, HRH the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, HM the King of Tonga, HRH the Crown Prince of Thailand, HRH Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco and HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Picture: John Stillwell/PA”
-Susan Burns (Arlington, Va)
Convicted Police Assailant
Failed Art Assassin
Your Girlfriend[Story via ArtLyst]
Auguste Rodin
Balzac, étude de nu, grand modèle
1892-92
Brooklyn Museum
See also: Rodin Sculpture of French Novelist Honore de Balzac Stolen From Israel Museum @ artdaily
“Posters reading ‘We Love You Tania’ appear on bulletin boards at the University of California campus with a picture of Patty Hearst holding a machine gun. The 20-year-old daughter of Randolph A. Hearst, president and editor of the San Francisco Examiner was a coed at UC. She was identified by the FBI as one of four armed women who took part in the robbery of a San Francisco bank, although it was not determined if she did so of her own free will.” (Bettmann/CORBIS)
February 4, 1974: “There’s been a big kidnapping on the West Coast. The victim is Patricia Hearst, the daughter of newspaper executive Randolph Hearst and a granddaughter of the legendary William Randolph Hearst … Miss Hearst, newspaper heiress and daughter of Randolph Hearst, managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner, is a University of California sophomore.” (via Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst, 2004)
R.I.P.: “Our friends over at thisisfyf are reporting the grim news that Pac West Distributing, the company that makes and distributes Rush poppers, has gone out of business. Apparently the iconic little yellow bottle that has livened up gay parties since the 70’s and was even honored with a giant sculpture by John Waters is now off the market.” (buttmagazine.com; see also, and previously)
Naked photo at Sydney Opera House highlights openness: “More than 5,000 people have shed their clothing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to pose for a photograph by the American artist Spencer Tunick … ‘Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society,’ Tunick said.” (BBC)
Saints victory as seen in newspapers, web sites around the U.S. (wwltv.com, via restrass)
I’m sorry but this video is amazing.