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The Messenger.While Finkbeiner’s ruling is not binding, the commission must consider her findings before issuing a final decision.Chaudhry told The Messenger she hopes the ruling will ensure other businesses aren’t allowed to discriminate against anyone, and implied her complaint may have broader implications, especially for members of the transgender community, who may experience discrimination in public accommodations.“The implication is if [New Orleans House is] allowed to discriminate against any genders they don’t want coming in there, then any other place of public accommodations can do the same thing,” she said.New Orleans House says it allows anyone to stay at the resort, but restricts access to the “clothing-optional” parts of the facility.Russell Cormican, the attorney for New Orleans House, criticized the judge’s ruling, claiming Finkbeiner “totally sidestepped” what Cormican believes is the most important issue at play: the privacy rights of New Orleans House guests who have deliberately sought out a male-only, clothing-optional facility and wish not to be in a state of undress around non-males.“There’s areas of the hotel that are set aside for men to be nude,” Cormican said.

Thania Garcia Beyoncé will no longer be visiting Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium, which was set to host her massive “Renaissance” tour next month. The stadium confirmed the news via social media on Wednesday, revealing that the show had been canceled “due to production logistics and scheduling issues.” Two additional stops in Seattle and Kansas City have been postponed, with Seattle’s delay being just one day after the original date and the Kansas show shifted from Sept. 18 to Oct. 1. Both venues cited the same scheduling and production issues for the move. pic.twitter.com/7LYLHkMjHi Fans have rallied online to discuss the canceled Pittsburgh date, many expressing their frustrations with how the last-minute announcement left them with the very limited option of finding replacement tickets on costly resale sites.

Kevyn Lee-Wellington, the co-owner of Fluffy’s Sno-Balls in Long Beach, takes pride in his frozen treat from New Orleans. Fluffy’s Sno-Balls in Long Beach has been named one of the best ice cream shops in the nation, according to Yelp. Photo: Caitlin Hernández for Q Voice News.

Kimora Lee Simmons refuses to let Russell Simmons get her down!

Kimora Lee Simmons is standing strong!During an appearance at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans on Saturday, the fashion mogul gave an update on how she's been, following the public social media dispute between her, her oldest daughters Aoki and Ming Lee, and her ex-husband, Russell Simmons. «I'm OK,» the former model said during a backstage interview via a video shared on theYBF's Instagram Story. «I'm always OK.

Nearly 30 years ago, creators of Essence Magazine came to New Orleans to celebrate the publication's 25th anniversary with a salute to Black women highlighting culture, empowerment conversations with the nation's thought leaders and, of course, music. The Essence Music Festival has since morphed into the Essence Festival of Culture, which, in its 29th year, kicks off Thursday and goes through July 3 across various venues in downtown New Orleans.The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will hold most of the free workshops, vendor exhibits and celebrity meet-and-greets.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a team to keep an eye on as the offseason officially begins. They have already been active in trade talks and are sure to be active when free agency hits. Things seem to be brewing in Cleveland lately.

When it comes to wedding guest etiquette, there’s a fashion faux pas one should never commit: wearing white. 

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are embracing the relaxing warmth of the summer sun.

Alicia Keys is hitting the road again for her most adventurous tour yet. The 42-year-old singer is embarking on her  on June 28, and she gave ET's Denny Directo an exclusive first look at the incredible setup she has in store for her fans.«I'm thrilled, I'm so excited,» Keys tells ET about her upcoming tour, gushing about the expansive stage custom-made for her shows. «Honestly, the lights, the content, these big, huge screens and everything is just really artistic, beautiful, powerful and fun.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Frederic Forrest, a character actor who had a memorable role in 1979’s “Apocalypse Now” and earned an Oscar nomination for “The Rose” in the same year, died Friday in Santa Monica. He was 86. Forrest’s death was first reported by his “Rose” co-star Bette Midler, who paid tribute to the actor on Twitter. “The great and beloved Frederic Forrest has died,” Midler wrote. “Thank you to all of his fans and friends for all their support these last few months. He was a remarkable actor, and a brilliant human being, and I was lucky to have him in my life. He was at peace.”

Kelly Ripa couldn’t stand this moment of mothering mayhem.

Jennifer Coolidge is going into depth about why she almost turned down her award-winning role in The White Lotus.

Kelly Ripa isn't afraid to remember the less glamorous parts of a vacation. On Friday's episode of, the co-host remembered a time she awoke in a hotel room to her then 3-year-old son, Joaquin, urinating in a closet. «I see his little head moving around the corner of the bed.

Todd Gilchrist editor While it’s been around for decades, the New Orleans-spawned genre of bounce music is bigger than ever, thanks to Big Freedia: the self-appointed Queen Diva’s appearances on Beyonce’s singles “Formation” and “Break My Soul” have given her, her music and her community a visibility previously unimaginable outside their shared New Orleans hometown. But A-list collaborations — which also include Drake, Lizzo and Kesha — are simply a reflection of her increasing profile, not the reason for it; since releasing her first album in 2003, she’s not only worked steadily as a recording and touring musician, but starred in two TV shows (“Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” and “Big Freedia Means Business,” both on Fuse), produced a documentary about gun violence (“Freedia Got a Gun”) and made dozens of appearances as a spokesperson and advocate for LGBTQ+ issues.

Jennifer Coolidge almost missed out on playing Tanya McQuoid. During The Hollywood Reporter‘s drama actress roundtable, the 61-year-old actress reveals how her now-iconic role on “The White Lotus” nearly slipped through her grasp.

Jennifer Coolidge almost missed out on playing Tanya McQuoid. During 's drama actress roundtable, the 61-year-old actress reveals how her now-iconic role on nearly slipped through her grasp.«Mike and I were going to do another show, which had been turned down by a lot of people, and he mentioned he was going to write [his next] show about rich people on vacation, but I never heard anything more about it,» Coolidge tells Claire Danes, Emma D'Arcy, Dominique Fishback, Jennifer Garner and Melanie Lynskey of Mike White, the show's creator.Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, Coolidge explains.«We were like six months into COVID, and I'd been locked up in my house in New Orleans just pigging out on these vegan pizzas.

purchase your tickets here.The R&B and soul trio – Raphael Saadiq, his brother D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley – have announced that they will be embarking on a the ‘Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné Just Me and You’ US tour this September.Kicking off in Birmingham, Alabama on September 21, the group will make stops in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Nashville, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and many more, before finishing up in San Francisco, California on November 17.Fans can access pre-sale here, some of which are happening now, before general sale starts Friday (June 23) at 10am EDT. You can find the full list of dates below and purchase tickets here.Announcing the news in a press statement, Saadiq, who will also perform works from his solo career, shared: “I’ve always wanted to put my family back together.

DJ Khaled grew up around money. Literally — as a child being raised in New Orleans, the future producer-rapper watched his parents sell clothing out of their car at flea markets and stuff the profits in a pouch wrapped around their young son’s waist. Later, when they got their own store, it was the sound of the cash register that would ring in his ears. Those early experiences with street-level entrepreneurial activity influenced the rest of his life, most dramatically after all of his family’s hard work to build up retail businesses was done in by what Khaled calls “a bad accountant” when he was 17. Now 47, Khaled took those hard lessons to heart. Today, he’s an enormously accomplished artist and entrepreneur, known to most as an eminently quotable hype man (“We the best!” “Another one!” “Bless up!”) whose records feature guest appearances from friends such as Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Drake, Lil Wayne and other hip-hop royalty.

John Goodman's weight loss was prominently shown during an appearance he made earlier this week, and people can't seem to stop talking about how different he looks these days. While Goodman hasn't offered an abundance of information on how he's managed to lose so much weight over the years, his trainer, Mackie Shilstone, has revealed how he motivated the actor to make the change. In an interview with the New York Post, Shilstone, who has known Goodman for years and lives near him in New Orleans, recalled that just prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the actor had lost 85 pounds with his help.