The LPGA won't admit it but the lesbian bars and clubs in Palm Springs tell the real story. Veronica Lee found that the thousands of women who turn up for the Dinah Shore Classic aren't all there for the golf Palm Springs, California, springtime. There is a golf tournament in town and thousands of women have arrived, but not to watch the sport. Instead they are here for some other sport Ð one long party, with nudity, girl-on-girl action and go-go dancers simulating sex on stage.
Meryl Streep: old enough to be their Mamma Mia! | Movies
Film blogMoviesMeryl Streep: old enough to be their Mamma Mia!Hollywood women are finally being called upon to play their real ages. About time tooMeryl Streep outnumbers all her male co-stars in years in Mamma Mia!
The most surprising thing about Meryl Streep high-kicking her way through musical campfest Mamma Mia isn't the sight of the 59-year-old Oscar winner belting out Abba hits like some Pop Idol hopeful. Rather, it's the fact that she is actually older than her three leading men - 55-year-old Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, 57 and Colin Firth, a tender 47.
My boyfriend and I are well matched, but I just dont fancy him
Dear MariellaRelationshipsHe doesn’t seem to be offering you much, so don’t just ‘make do’, says Mariella Frostrup
The dilemma I have been dating my boyfriend for three months. He is intelligent and thoughtful, sensitive and funny. We are in our 30s and have the same long-term goals – to travel, see where life takes us and not add children to a relationship.
I wasn’t physically attracted to him, but the way he treats me convinced me to give it a go.
My ex is with a new man but I still love her, and have even proposed
Ask Annalisa BarbieriRelationshipsThis sounds messy. You’ve told her how you feel, now maybe it’s time to leave her to it
I’m not sure how to describe the current state of my “relationship” with the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.
We are the same age (early 50s) and met a couple of years ago; we lived close to each other and, while it was a wonderful relationship, we maintained a healthy distance that helped prevent an intense flame from burning out quickly.
Aitana Bonmat and Lionel Messi win Fifa best player awards for 2023 | Soccer
SoccerAitana Bonmatí and Lionel Messi win Fifa best player awards for 2023England Lionesses and Manchester City dominate World XIsSarina Wiegman and Pep Guardiola named best coachesAitana Bonmatí said she was “proud” to be part of a generation of women “changing the game and the world” as the Spain World Cup star claimed the title of the Best Fifa women’s player for 2023 at a star-studded award ceremony in London.
Lionel Messi won the men’s award for a third time, but in a ceremony styled as a celebration of the women’s game, Bonmatí’s prize was the climactic moment of the night.
Annie Wersching, best known for role in TV series 24, dies at 45 | 24
Annie Wersching in 2019. Photograph: Rob Latour/Rex/ShutterstockAnnie Wersching in 2019. Photograph: Rob Latour/Rex/Shutterstock24 This article is more than 11 months oldAnnie Wersching, best known for role in TV series 24, dies at 45This article is more than 11 months oldActor appeared in two series of the thriller as well as Star Trek: Picard, and was reportedly diagnosed with cancer in 2020
The actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the TV series 24, has died at the age of 45.
Dumb Starbucks was the perfect crime, but Starbucks was smart to play dumb | Lisa Borodkin
OpinionStarbucks This article is more than 9 years oldDumb Starbucks was the perfect crime, but Starbucks was smart to play dumbThis article is more than 9 years oldLisa BorodkinDumb Starbucks was a Catch-22 for trademark lawyers, and a benchmark for modern humor
Everyone liked the Dumb Starbucks Coffee that opened in my neighborhood last weekend. Hipsters arrived in droves to take selfies in front of the Dumb Starbucks logo. Tourists traveled from the West Side of Los Angeles to take pictures in front of the hipsters.
Jordan Henderson set to complete Ajax move after agreeing Al-Ettifaq exit | Transfer window
Transfer windowJordan Henderson set to complete Ajax move after agreeing Al-Ettifaq exitMidfielder ironing out details of deal to join Dutch giants33-year-old finds way out of Saudi Arabia nightmare Jordan Henderson is set to travel to Amsterdam before the weekend to complete his move to Ajax having reached an agreement to leave Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq.
All parties are currently ironing out the final details of the contract that will see the England midfielder join the Dutch giants, who are fifth in the Eredivisie having endured, by their standards, a disastrous season.
Kevin Jackson obituary | Books
BooksObituaryKevin Jackson obituaryWriter, essayist and broadcaster whose extraordinarily capacious intellect was allied to a sense of fun“Who’s going to be our phone-a-friend now?” tweeted the film producer Kevin Loader, on hearing of the death of the writer, essayist and broadcaster Kevin Jackson, of heart failure, at the age of 66. It was not just a lament for a man with a special talent for friendship but also an acknowledgment that, for pretty much everyone who met him, Jackson was the person most likely to know the answer to the question that was nagging at you.
Samoans lose 31-0 - or was it 32-0? | Football
Football This article is more than 22 years oldSamoans lose 31-0 - or was it 32-0?This article is more than 22 years oldTake the worst football team in the world, ban 19 of their squad for having the wrong passports, stop under-20s from deputising because of school exams and watch the records tumble.
Australia's 31-0 defeat of American Samoa yesterday smashed their own world record for the most goals in an international, set only 48 hours earlier by the Socceroos in thumping Tonga 22-0.