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DAFT PUNK MANIA HITS AUSTRALIAN TOWN (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on May 18, 2013 at 10:37 am
Tiny Australian town abuzz with Daft Punk fever (via AFP)

A tiny Australian town better known for cotton-picking than culture was relishing the limelight Friday as thousands of electro-pop fans descended for French group Daft Punk’s album launch. Though “Random Access Memories” has been available online for several days and the French duo were not present…


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WORLDS RICHEST WOMAN THINKS POOR PEOPLE ARE LAZY DRUNKS (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on August 31, 2012 at 10:41 am

Gina Rinehart made her money the old fashion way, she inherited a $30 billlion coal mine from an Australian family.

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Mickalene Thomas X Cass Bird X Oyster Mag (PHOTO)

In LGBT on June 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm

 

Brooklyn based artist Mickalene Thomas is featured in the June/July issue of Australian fashion magazine Oyster. The issue is called the “All Women’s” issue and the Pratt Institute and Yale graduate was photographed by noted photographer Cass Bird against colorful and multi-patterned backgrounds, akin to her paintings.

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