Steve Banerjee's Chippendales: The maverick Indian who became a US strip club king

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But Mumbai-born Steve Banerjee turned the conventional American Dream for a South Asian on its head when he founded the male strip club Chippendales in Los Angeles in 1979. In the US, the Chippendales brand appears to have eclipsed the reputation of its controversial founder. "Steve was a reserved, controlled man with a clear goal of creating a worldwide brand to rival Disney, Playboy or Polo." But in the wake of the sexual revolution of the 1970s, Banerjee's Chippendales also came at a time when women's empowerment and sexual liberation could be commodified, the historian explains. "It was only after Steve refused to help him by paying for an attorney that Ray finally broke with Steve," MacDonald says.
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Aaron Donald, Jaylen Brown part with Kanye West's Donda Sports after rapper's antisemitic remarks

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Stratton Sales Barn: Largest locally-owned cattle barn in Ontario recieves federal funding

Stationed amongst green pastures north of the Minnesota border is the largest locally-owned cattle barn in Ontario—Stratton Sales Barn. Cattle farmers in Thunder Bay and Dryden often auction at Stratton Sales Barn as well. On September 23, 2019, an accident with a chainsaw caused a fire to spread at the Stratton Sales Barn damaging penning and minor buildings. Story continuesInstead of going out of business, Stratton Sales Barn received funding of nearly $830,000 from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor) and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHHFC) to rebuild a new sales facility. From the ashes something good rose out of it.”These changes were estimated to boost cattle sales for years to come.

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Tory MP Julian Knight warns of face-offs with Musk's Twitter

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