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GORILLA Glue girl Tessica Brown found lumps in her breasts just weeks after an operation to remove the adhesive from her hair. Brown's doctor found the lumps while doing a pre-surgery prep for breast augmentation earlier this week, according to her manager. Brown, known online as Gorilla Glue girl, rose to fame after a posting a TikTok video asking for help after she used the sticky adhesive to set her hair . The viral video led to Brown getting a celebrity management team, a merchandise line and even a sketch on Saturday Night Live . Her manager, Gina Rodriguez, told TMZ that Brown's doctor, Dr Michael Obeng, discovered the lumps while they were doing a prep for a "mommy makeover," which would include a breast lift and implants. Dr Obeng also performed a free operation on Brown to get the Gorilla Glue out of her hair. During the pre-surgery procedure, the doctor discovered a lump in each breast and quickly sent Brown to have the lumps removed. Her manager … [Read more...] about Gorilla Glue girl Tessica Brown finds breast lumps during boob job prep – weeks after op to remove adhesive from hair

What: Sunset Symphony, performed by the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra Where: Rhododendron Lawn, Hamilton Gardens When: Saturday night Who: Conductor Rupert D’Cruze and concertmaster Ann Speed Reviewed by: Mike Mather It wasn’t meant to be the soundtrack to the end of the golden weather, but there was an unfortunate, unavoidable tinge of sadness to the conclusion of this year’s Sunset Symphony concert. It was a sense of things lost. Freedom of movement, maybe. Definitely for any Aucklanders in the audience. The annual concert – a crowdpleasing highlight of the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival for more than a decade now – attracted, as usual, a huge crowd to the Rhododendron Lawn. Hamiltonians love free (or nearly free) entertainment, and this concert was, on this particular night, the best show in town. The late summer evening was cool and still. Picnic dinners were consumed by people sitting on picnic blankets. Kids cavorted in and out of the treeline as … [Read more...] about REVIEW: Sunset Symphony, at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival

One of India’s oldest dance forms, the Chhau dance is a traditional, semi-classical dance that started in the 19th century and combines folklore with tribal traditions and martials arts. Story has it, soldiers practising martial arts during peacetime turned their workouts into a dance for entertainment for the kings and queens, and also for the people. Today, it’s earned a spot on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage that’s still being performed in April during the Chaitra Parva festival to thank the gods for a good harvest. Those keen to catch authentic performances in India can visit three areas: Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. READ: Celebrate Asia: Inside a village of mask makers and dancers in Indonesia PURULIA CHHAU All three offer different styles and in West Bengal, you’ve got the Chhau dance from the Purulia district. What makes this particular one unique is the use of masks, which are made using age-old traditions that date back at least a … [Read more...] about Celebrate Asia: Colourful masks, martial arts and an Indian dance fit for the gods

Pham Nguyen Quy Do you agree to a 30-50 percent cut in your income? Will you refrain from going out to meet friends and family for extended periods of time, maybe forever? These were much-debated questions in Japan where I live, as the country faced arguably the most impactful event of the decade in the form of a pandemic. Last year when the disease hit the country, authorities asked citizens to "refrain from going outside unless it was necessary or urgent." But it was difficult to pin down a definition of "necessary" or "urgent." For the first few months, people heeded the request. Not surprising, considering the nature of news coming in, of deaths in the thousands, and suffering in the millions. Over time, that sense of danger diminished, albeit slowly. People began to pay more attention to the costs of social distancing. For many, their jobs were their literal lifelines, keeping them and their family afloat. A pandemic disruption could lead them to ruin. And reports … [Read more...] about The Covid-19 challenge: reclaiming normalcy from the new normal

Your ticket to the German classical music festival scene: Concert Hour has the picks of the season — two hours of music updated regularly. Along with host Rick Fulker, the musicians themselves are on hand to give their insights into the events and the music. In these two episodes of Concert Hour, we take a tour through the works of 19th-century Danish composer Carl Nielsen. Listen to audio 54:59 Concert Hour: Carl Nielsen, part two Carl Nielsen, part one " These songs go straight to the heart, " says Nielsen expert Bo Holten , " and they're in the bloodstream of every Danish person - over forty. That's how it is now unfortunately, but we're hoping for a revival and for the interest of younger people. " Danish fiddler Harald Haugaard sees Nielsen as a very open-minded person. "He went through life with an open heart and open mind and found inspiration everywhere," said Haugard : "in other music, literature, art, … [Read more...] about Music for your soul: Carl Nielsen