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  How the National Media Turned Me Into a Trump Supporter

  June 23 at 4:33 a.m.

  Mike Brooks is a longtime Observer concert photographer who has shot seemingly every type of artist at every type of local venue. Here he breaks down how this week he was misidentified as a Trump supporter. This is a clickbait headline that is totally “true.” Quotation marks intentional. I readily...

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  Wedding Video Company Allegedly Refused Refund and Mocked Man Whose Fiancée Died

  May 29 at 4 a.m.

  Things keep getting stranger, and uglier, in the story of a man denied a refund after his fiancee died. Justin Montney and Alexis-Athena Wyatt planned to wed in Colorado Springs this month, according to BuzzFeed News, but Wyatt died in a car crash in February. Montney reached out to Copper Stallion...

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  The Pandemic Locked Down One Rising Group in Particular: Female Concert Photographers

  May 12 at 4 a.m.

  Concerts are something we look forward to for weeks or months. They mark our lives with a meaningful timestamp that interrupts the drudgery of our daily responsibilities. A concert can be a significant life event, where our idols’ lives intersect with our own, as we feel at one with a...

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  The Story Behind 5 Photos of Big Stars Playing at Small Dallas Venues

  April 28 at 4 a.m.

  Mike Brooks is a longtime Observer concert photographer who has shot seemingly every type of artist at every type of local venue. Here he breaks down five of his favorite concert photos. Five pictures, five stories. Or, 10 pounds of talent in a 5-pound bag. I’ve been lucky enough to...

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  How to Quarantine Like an Influencer or Celebrity

  March 20 at 4 a.m.

  Coronavirus has taken over the world and to help stop the spread of the deadly virus, the government has advised everyone stay inside. But there's no way you're quarantining as fabulously as social media influencers are. Have you seen their posts? They're wearing makeup and they're on boats in thong...

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  Fort Worth’s Kellie Stewart Is GUESS’s Next ‘It’ Model

  January 17 at 4 a.m.

  With high cheekbones, long legs, full lips and the kind of blond hair only Texan women have, she’s any brand’s dream model. A little bit Anna Nicole Smith with some Elle MacPherson sprinkled in, Kellie Stewart is the ultimate GUESS model. Stewart, a Fort Worth native who now lives in...