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The Big Dick Is The New James Dong

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

by Anonymousreplies 45March 19, 2024 9:57 AM

Eldergay brethren, this is how you get past paywalls

1. Copy the link for the article you want to read

2. Go to archive.ph

3. Paste the link

4. Voila!

by Anonymousreplies 21March 19, 2024 9:57 AM

As Tulsi Gabbard joins Trump's VP shortlist, her father distances himself

Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. Representative once considered a rising star of the Democratic Party and even ran for president, has reimagined her political career. She went from being a prominent figure in Hawaiian politics to being considered as a potential vice presidential candidate on Donald Trump’s shortlist. It’s worth noting that her father, Mike Gabbard, has taken the opposite political path.

During a speech at Mar-a-Lago early this month, Tulsi Gabbard embraced MAGA talking points and compared the Democratic party to “evil-doers” and “dictators.” Conversely, her father, a political powerhouse in the Aloha State, remains one of the longest-serving Democratic senators in the Hawaii legislature, leading to some awkward dynamics within the Gabbard family.

“I don’t have the time or the information to be involved in that political circus,” Mike Gabbard recently told USA Today. “I feel that I’d be out of place talking about it. I’ve never had a clue as to what is going on (there).”

Mike Gabbard’s political career has been remarkable for several reasons, particularly his stance on traditional marriage. He established a non-profit organization called Stop Promoting Homosexuality and spearheaded the campaign against same-sex marriage in Hawaii during the 1990s. Tulsi used to work for her father’s anti-LGBTQ organization but later expressed regret for her decision.

When Tulsi decided to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, she apologized in a four-minute video in 2019 for her earlier stance on homosexuality - a move that surprised and upset her father.

“My father was very outspoken. He was an activist who was fighting against gay rights and marriage equality in Hawaii and at that time, I forcefully defended him,” Gabbard said in the video. “But over the years, as I grew up, I formed my own opinions based on my life experiences.”

In an email exchange with the Washington Examiner, the elder Gabbard wrote, “I never realized how much trauma I put her through because of my overly aggressive advocacy for traditional marriage.”

After winning his first state senate race as a Republican representing Hawaii’s 21st Senatorial District in 2006, Senator Mike Gabbard switched parties while supporting his daughter’s political ambitions. Still on the job after 18 years, the 76-year-old currently serves as chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Environment and vice chair of the Committee on Judiciary and Committee on Government Operations.

Gabbard says his decision was made after discussing his intentions with Tulsi and being drawn to the Democratic party by the people around him.

“It was talking ... with my constituents, Democrats, Republicans and Independents that I came to this decision,” said Gabbard.

Hawaii State Rep. Diamond Garcia (R) shed light on the reasons behind Mike Gabbard’s party switch. “That was, of course, to help campaign for his daughter. And so, yes, it is easier to win here as a Democrat, there’s no doubt about that,” Garcia said. “It’s easier to raise money, it’s easier to get bills passed. Of course, being a Republican, none of your bills will pass.”

For decades, the Democratic Party has dominated Hawaii’s legislature, which includes 68 Democrats and only 8 Republicans. Since its founding in 1959, the state has only elected two Republican governors.

Scott Saiki, the Speaker of the Hawaii State House, has worked with both Mike and Tulsi Gabbard. Before running for the U.S. House, Tulsi Gabbard won a seat in Hawaii’s State House at 21 in 2002, making her the youngest person ever elected to the state’s legislature. She left office in 2004 to join the Hawaii Army National Guard, where she was deployed to Iraq for a 12-month tour of duty; in 2009, she returned to the island to work for U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI).

by Anonymousreplies 8March 19, 2024 9:55 AM

Heartstopper

Kit in LA, Joe in NY. S3 coming this year sometime

by Anonymousreplies 481March 19, 2024 9:55 AM

Corbin fisher's Cain

Anyone remember him? He was so hot and great versatile fucker.

by Anonymousreplies 19March 19, 2024 9:54 AM

The Gays and Tennis, Part 164 -- The Sunshine Double

Into the deep end of Indian Wells, gurls ... and many questions arise:

Is the Big 3 now officially dead, with Novaxx succumbing to the Nardi Party?

Will Misery and Granny Vee enter the wheelchair dubs in FL?

Does Legz shave his legz? Or Nair them??

Can Boss Daddy repeat, or will the PP take him down?

When will Tommy Haas get a decent haircut?

Can Larry Ellison move any muscle in his face?

What about Our Sweet, Dumb Tommy? Balding or not, he's still HAWT! Can he go deep -- and not just in his PP?

Feel free to add something about the womyns, even if none of us cares.

Carry on!

by Anonymousreplies 198March 19, 2024 9:53 AM

Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

Former President Donald Trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million fraud judgment against him, his lawyers said in a court filing Monday.

Trump and his company need to post a bond for the full amount by next week in order to stop New York Attorney General Letitia James from being able to collect while he appeals. They've asked an appeals court to step in in the meantime and said Monday that they have not had any success getting a bond.

"Defendants’ ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'" the filing said. "These diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through 4 separate brokers."

by Anonymousreplies 172March 19, 2024 9:50 AM

Navy lieutenant arrested on charges he paid $200 to have sex with a 14-year-old boy he met on Sniffies

A Navy lieutenant commander has been arrested on charges he paid $200 to have sex with a 14-year-old boy he met on a hookup site called Sniffies. Lucas Martinez, 61, allegedly wore his Navy uniform in his profile photo on the app and used a Navy phone to call the boy after his cellphone number was blocked, Task & Purpose reported. Martinez, who is assigned to the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Northwest in Washington State, is charged with third-degree rape of a child, commercial sexual abuse of a minor, and communication with a minor for immoral purposes. The alleged abuse came to light after the boy’s mother reported to police that her son received packages with sex toys and sexy costumes and then admitted he had posed as an 18-year-old online to solicit gifts from older men. She subsequently reported that Lucas was meeting with her son at their house when the teen was supposed to be at school. When he was arrested on Friday, Lucas allegedly told Anacortes Police: “I never slept with a minor, let alone rape.”

by Anonymousreplies 3March 19, 2024 9:47 AM

Susan Sarandon serving massive cuntitude at 90s Con

Having attended/worked these conventions for many, many years I will never understand why you would commit yourself to something you absolutely loathe. My clients have always been grateful for the experience (mainly the cash & free food/accommodations) and the thrill of interacting with their fans....even the weird ones can give you a good laugh and fun story to tell...

So I'm hearing Sarandon is not a happy camper.

During COVID, it was understandable that clear plastic barriers would be used to protect the talent from germs...but this is ludicrous...

Also...

[quote]someone said her daughter told Susan Sarandon her favorite movie was Stepmom and Susan Sarandon glared and said GOOD!

Sidenote: That is not me in the photo...I ended up attending GalaxyCon this weekend and had a blast joking with Tara Strong (a doll!) and got to meet Josh Keaton who is cute as fuck!

by Anonymousreplies 77March 19, 2024 9:46 AM

Bond, James Bond

Aaron!

by Anonymousreplies 17March 19, 2024 9:44 AM

Ever had a complete change of career?

I've been working in the same industry for the past 20 years. I've done different roles for a couple of different companies within the industry but have never strayed too far.

I've always received praise and good feedback every year for my performance but over the last few years I've hit a brick wall. I've found myself lacking motivation and disliking the work. I find I get more easily stressed due to a slight change in role that I feel unprepared for and my heart's not in it. There were talks of redundancy recently and I was secretly hoping I'd be made redundant as I'd get good severance pay and it'd make me look for something else. However, that's looking unlikely now.

The last couple of weeks have been particularly bad and it's been giving me a 'flee' feeling where I feel as though I have to get out. I worry about the long term effects on my health because surely feeling like I could throw up with nerves for weeks on end can't be great for my health. Leaving my current company and doing the same role for another company doesn't feel like a great idea as the same problems will be waiting for me. But I also don't know what else I'd do. I feel like I may have left it too late.

Has anyone here had a complete career change and, if so, how did it go? Did you have a good idea what you wanted to do before you made the choice to change? I know it's possible I just know it's gonna be hard.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 9:39 AM

Wait, Is Bitcoin Going to Die?

Inverse Cramer Strikes Again!

"Jim Cramer has a curious ability to predict one thing, and then the opposite happens. Did he just use his powers on Bitcoin?"

by Anonymousreplies 21March 19, 2024 9:38 AM

Cute Porn Actor Bottom Joey Mills Has Had Sex With Over 600 Guys

He's a WHORE darlins!

by Anonymousreplies 99March 19, 2024 9:37 AM

"Quiet On Set"....this looks GOOOOD!

We've been writing on DL about what a psychopath Dan Schneider was at Nickelodeon but this is a full length investigation. And if any DLers worked on these shows or with Schneider, this would be a great time to share them.

by Anonymousreplies 101March 19, 2024 9:36 AM

John Schneider patriotic song

Cringe.

by Anonymousreplies 19March 19, 2024 9:35 AM

Celebrity Shit You Were Surprised To Discover

Jason Patric is Jackie Gleason's son.

Whaaaa????!!

by Anonymousreplies 433March 19, 2024 9:33 AM

Treason Thread #67: Beware the Ides of Treason

Dump is traveling through the empty rooms of Mar a Lago with a retinue of deplorables. A Soothsayer calls out to Dump; Dump stops and listens.

Soothsayer: Beware the Ides of March!

Dump: It will be YUGE! What's that long, sharp thing in your hand???

And scene.

Previous thread below. Thanks R554 from the previous thread for the title!!

by Anonymousreplies 145March 19, 2024 9:33 AM

What is your opinion on Zachary Sire and str8upgayporn?

Just

by Anonymousreplies 18March 19, 2024 9:25 AM

Rebel Moon Part 2

How much did they piss away on this one?

I bet if you gave Zack Snyder a $20 million budget, he would be forced to make something interesting.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 19, 2024 9:20 AM

Ben Folds Five Member The New Liz Taylor

5 marriages?

by Anonymousreplies 11March 19, 2024 9:19 AM

DL catnip: Little House 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion this weekend March 22-24 in Simi Valley

This is not a drill, folks. A huge cast and crew reunion honoring the 50th anniversary of the TV series Little House on the Prairie. So many cast members scheduled to attend but the ***BIG*** announcement is Jonathan "Willie Oleson" Gilbert has come out of hiding and says he will be there, confirmed by both Melissa Gilbert and Alison Arngrim. Also Linwood "Adam Kendall" Boomer will be there, I believe his first ever participation in a Little House event. On the downside, no Albert or Mary Ingalls. I imagine they'll be recording the events for some type of anniversary tribute; they're recreating some of the sets which I can't imagine they'd do just for a weekend fan event. The VIP tickets are all sold out but there are still some general admission available. Should we charter a Datalounge tour group for the weekend?

by Anonymousreplies 1March 19, 2024 9:17 AM

Sharon Osbourne claims 'nobody will employ' her in the U.S.

Sharon Osbourne says she's having trouble finding work in the United States lately.

While appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in the United Kingdom, the media personality discussed public backlash following accusations of racist behavior on The Talk with her housemates. “I got banned in America,” Osbourne said to her costars Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh (via Yahoo!). “I did nothing wrong.”

Yahoo! reports that after Simon asked Osbourne if she was permitted to work in the U.S., the Osbournes star responded, “I can legally…but nobody will employ me because they say I am racist.” Simon observed that Osbourne is Jewish, to which she responded, “I know, and that’s what I said to them!”

“They think we don’t know what it’s like to be picked on,” Osbourne continued. “I wouldn’t pick on anyone because of their race or religion, ever.”

Reps for Osbourne did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.

Osbourne generated controversy on The Talk in March 2021 when she defended Piers Morgan amid backlash to his questioning the validity of Meghan Markle’s comments about mental health issues during her Oprah Winfrey interview. Osbourne insisted that Morgan is “not racist” and said, "Did I like everything he said? Did I agree with what he said? No.” She explained that she wanted to defend Morgan "Because it's his opinion. It's not my opinion… I support him for his freedom of speech, and he's my friend."

Cohost Sheryl Underwood said, "While you are standing by your friend, it appears that you are giving validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist," to which Osbourne responded, "I feel like I'm about to be put in the electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is racist, so that makes me a racist.”

After the heated on-air exchange, Osbourne was accused of racist and homophobic behavior behind the scenes of The Talk. Osbourne denied these allegations. She exited the series shortly thereafter.

"The events of the March 10 broadcast were upsetting to everyone involved, including the audience watching at home," CBS said in a statement at the time. "As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon's behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace."

by Anonymousreplies 64March 19, 2024 9:16 AM

Scary, bizarre or comical behavior you experienced from someone after you broke up with them?

From a partner/husband, date or hookup.

Guy I dated for barely two months called my mother. I repeat, HE CALLED MY MOTHER to ask her to intervene.

Then he left angry messages on my machine (yes it was a while ago) screaming about my mother pretending to not understand English and he knew damn well she understood and spoke English. She was a "fraud", and I was a "fraud", and we were both "frauds", and we can both go to hell blah blah blah.

My poor mother defaulting to her standby "I no capisce" when she didn't want to talk about something.

by Anonymousreplies 19March 19, 2024 9:13 AM

Facelifts on men

I'm only 36, so it's not something I'd even be considering for at least a couple of decades, but for some reason I fell into a rabbit hole this morning looking at galleries of mini facelift results, and was surprised at how much more natural they look now than decades ago. I can't think of any male entertainers that have gotten facelifts that didn't end up looking absolutely ridiculous, but maybe it's just bad facelifts are the only ones we notice?

Are there any male celebrities you can think of that you're almost positive have gotten a good one? Have you had one, and if so, do you think it was worth it?

by Anonymousreplies 126March 19, 2024 9:11 AM

Aileen Cannon does it again

I hope they throw her off the case.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 19, 2024 9:11 AM

Languages: How many do you speak and why?!

It's been a while since we've had a language thread. The one I was searching for seems to no longer exist. In it, several years ago, one DLer posting in the thread detailed teaching themselves Swedish, then Danish and Norwegian, then Dutch and finally German, if I recall correctly.

It was a very interesting thread.

Do you speak other languages? How and why did you learn? Did you try to learn one and give up?

by Anonymousreplies 13March 19, 2024 9:11 AM

William and Kate BUSTED by the Associated Press! - Part 2

Because we still don't know what's wrong with her.

by Anonymousreplies 203March 19, 2024 9:09 AM

Kate Middleton and Prince William's united front fell apart

Exactly a week after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey catapulted the royal family into crisis in March 2021, Prince William and Kate Middleton released a photo on Mother's Day in the UK.

The picture, posted to their joint Instagram on March 14, 2021, was of a cake they said their three children made to remember Princess Diana. It was endearing and casual, far from Kate and William's typical social-media content.

Fast-forward three years, and the royal family has found themselves surrounded by controversy yet again. But this time, Kate and William are at the center of it, igniting weeks of speculation with a match in the shape of a digitally altered Mother's Day photo.

The scandal has been breathtakingly swift, turning the once-golden Prince and Princess of Wales into joke fodder for American late-night hosts — not to mention all of social media. The publicity has been so bad that even the British tabloids' loyalty is starting to crack.

Where did it all go wrong? When Kate and William stopped acting like a united front.

The royal family went on the charm offensive after Harry and Meghan's interview with Winfrey, and they knew Kate and William had to be on the starting lineup.

As the world slowly emerged from lockdown, William and Kate were suddenly everywhere. They visited Westminster Abbey to mark their 10th wedding anniversary, hung out with children on a farm, launched a joint YouTube channel, played soccer with more kids, and hosted a drive-in movie night — all before June.

The ensuing photos were a PR dream for the royal family: Kate with a goat! Kate laughing with a golf club! Kate holding a tarantula! Kate in sneakers!

There were also plenty of snaps of the couple together, and many noticed that William and Kate were suddenly more affectionate in public. That May, they visited the University of St Andrews — where they first met — and an Access Hollywood story noted that William "even affectionately put his hand on Kate's back in a tender moment we don't often see from the perfectly poised heir."

It came just a month after the couple released an anniversary portrait, accompanied by a playful Instagram video far more relaxed than their previous pictures.

William and Kate's public appearances in 2021 were a huge PR shift for the royal couple, celebrity brand management expert Eric Shiffer previously told Business Insider.

"They were manicured to the nth degree," he said, adding that they "played their public persona with a Buckingham Palace excellence, out of the playbook that's been mastered for centuries."

Kate and William's formal and polished persona was opposite to Meghan and Harry's easygoing and affectionate demeanor, which didn't go unnoticed by the public or press. By sharing their mental health struggles during the Oprah interview, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex positioned themselves as the antithesis of the royal family's tight-lipped and stone-faced "never complain, never explain" mantra.

"Harry and Meghan successfully came off as more human, more approachable, and more affectionate with their subjects," royal commentator Kristen Meinzer recently told BI. "Meghan was doing these things that came off as her own heart's desires, rather than 'I am doing this because I have to cut another ribbon.'"

Royal historian Clare McHugh previously told BI that Kate and William "really adjusted their style" after the Oprah interview.

"They realized if they don't, they'll be overshadowed by this couple living in California, so they have to show themselves," she said. "They have to reveal who they are more because that's the currency now. So they let the anniversary film out, and they have YouTube, and they make jokes. It's a new world."

Until it wasn't.

by Anonymousreplies 199March 19, 2024 9:06 AM

Richard Simmons: I’m Dying

His hair?

by Anonymousreplies 31March 19, 2024 8:51 AM

Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri Spark Dating Rumors as They Share Sweet Moment in St. Patrick's Day Selfie

Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri are causing a stir with their latest photo together!

The actors set dating rumors ablaze after they were seen getting close in a new joint selfie posted on Instagram on Sunday to mark St. Patrick’s Day.

In the cute snap, which was shared on Edebiri’s Instagram Story, she and Mescal, both 28, laughed as they sat together on a stairwell. Edebiri had her arms wrapped around Mescal’s shoulder as he took the photo.

“Happy St Paddy’s 🍀,” Edebiri wrote in the caption.

In additional snaps taken on the same stairwell, Mescal and Edebiri posed with director Oliver Hermanus and Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris. Hermanus is directing Mescal in the film The History of Sound, which is currently in production.

The Bear star most likely posted the photo in joking reference to her claimed Irish roots shared with Mescal, which has become a running joke on social media. (She previously raved about her time living in Ireland to prepare for a role in The Banshees of Inisherin, only she wasn’t actually in the Oscar-nominated film, nor did she live in Ireland.) Some fans though are now convinced Edebiri and Mescal might have possibly “soft launched” a new romance with their latest cozy snap. (Edebiri was last linked to actor and comedian Colin Burgess in 2022.)

Or perhaps the pair are testing their chemistry out working on a new project together?

Mescal previously said in an interview last November that he’d be interested in working with Edebiri on a romance-comedy.

“That’s one of those I leave the cinema and I’m incredibly jealous and brightened by everybody’s talents involved with that film,” he told Awards Watch. “But I think in the next five years I’m going to set myself a challenge to do maybe a rom-com with Ayo, or something like that would be cool.”

On Sunday, romance novelist Emily Henry appeared to support a collaboration between the actors as she reposted the pair's St. Patrick’s Day photo on her Instagram Story.

Fans quickly picked up on the repost and shared their reactions to Edebiri and Mescal possibly starring in a romcom together on social media.

“If Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri play a couple in an Emily Henry rom com … I might actually not survive i'm serious,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

“Thought about the prospect of an Ayo Edebiri Paul Mescal romcom and started hyperventilating with excitement,” a second user added.

Edebiri and Mescal have been pictured a few times together in recent months.

In February, the pair were seen catching up at the BAFTA Awards in London. They were also snapped in a group photo with Fred Hechinger, Jeremy O. Harris and Michael Seater in October 2023. Last March, the actors were pictured together at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards in California.

PEOPLE has reached out to Edebiri and Mescal’s representatives for comment.

by Anonymousreplies 44March 19, 2024 8:29 AM

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert is one of my favorite composers.

What are your favorite pieces by him? Favorite recordings?

Sad he died at the age of 31.

by Anonymousreplies 50March 19, 2024 7:57 AM

Alabama library staff fired

Because they called attention to library policies censoring young adult books about gender and sexual orientation

by Anonymousreplies 8March 19, 2024 7:54 AM

Help Name My Rescue Cats!!!

In the frigid waters of the Bay of Bengal, a complex international search locates two adorable kittens in a tiny orange life raft, wearing tiny orange kitten life preservers. While the world waits and watches, I spring into action. They are saved by my generosity of heart. I shall take possession upon delivery and they shall dwell with me in my neighborhood showcase homes.

Who saved whom, indeed? T'was me.

Do you have any other naming suggestions that will only reinforce the decision I'm going to make anyway?

by Anonymousreplies 79March 19, 2024 7:52 AM

Taiwan, Samsung, Put Plans on Hold to Manufacture Semiconductors in US, Citing DEI Mandates

Oh, well.

by Anonymousreplies 9March 19, 2024 7:51 AM

JFC. Is There No End To This Wealth And Power Grab?

40 years ago I couldn’t think about inequity and oligarchy because it would make me crazy.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 7:48 AM

Once again i am a decade or so late

This Bernie Madoff dude has me OBSESSED!!!

What a far reaching fucking story.

So many decent people fucked hardcore.

Many suicides. His son, his sister, this incredibly rich french dude who seemed like a stand up guy.

A bunch of guilty thugs.

People who knew 15 years before he was caught- and nothing was done...

I would read every single book about this prick and it would never get old.

Tragic and horrifying.

by Anonymousreplies 32March 19, 2024 7:45 AM

Gallup Report: LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. has grown 7.6% in the US

Either there are suddenly more gay people moving to the United States or the number of people feeling comfortable enough to live in their truth is on the rise.

As reported by a new Gallup report, LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. has grown 7.6%, up 5.6% from four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, which was Gallup's first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.

According to Gallup, the results are based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In the survey Gallup asks respondents about their sexual orientation, and overall 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% declined to respond.

According to the survey data, bisexual adults make up the largest portion of the LGBTQ+ population, with 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of LGBTQ+ adults identifying as bisexual. Gay and lesbian identities were next as most-common, with just over 1% identifying. Transgender adults made up less than 1% of the population.

So what does it all mean?

by Anonymousreplies 19March 19, 2024 7:43 AM

I think I'm going to cry genuine tears when William Shatner kicks the bucket

He's a national treasure. And I'm going to miss him. I consider him a father figure, honestly.

by Anonymousreplies 75March 19, 2024 7:40 AM

Do You Have A Close Actor/Actress Friend Who Had A Break Out Role, But Never Made Into The Big Time?

Did they: pick themselves up, dust themselves off and start all over again? Said to you "Oh well that's how the cookie crumbles?' Or become depressants, angry, bitter, boozers, druggies, recluses who disappeared from you and show biz?

by Anonymousreplies 11March 19, 2024 7:39 AM

I want to be underwhelmed—Vernal 🌿Equinox edition

You people have been so underwhelming that we need a new thread already.

by Anonymousreplies 233March 19, 2024 7:34 AM

My friends kid looks sinister

My friend has a seven year old son who looks evil. It’s in the eyes and mutual friends have also confided to me that the kid looks evil. We jokingly call him Damien. I haven’t spent much time with him but I know he has disciplinary issues in school. Can you tell if somebody is evil at that age?

by Anonymousreplies 10March 19, 2024 7:33 AM

Shangela accused of multiple sexual assaults

Another predator exposed

by Anonymousreplies 36March 19, 2024 7:30 AM

Timothée mocked for Bob Dylan appearance

Many think he looks more like Keira Knightley or Anastacia

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 7:28 AM

Is Frank Conniff family?

Is Frank Conniff family?

by Anonymousreplies 62March 19, 2024 7:27 AM

The Golden Girls (1985-1993)

I was surprised DL did not have thread dedicated to the Golden Girls! Created by Susan Harris, he series follows four 50+ women as they struggle through their liberty, love, and life.

With an extra ordinary cast consisting of Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, the series earned countless awards and the acclaim of millions.

by Anonymousreplies 13March 19, 2024 7:26 AM

Professor from Virginia Bible College Found Dead in Orlando Bathhouse

Oh my!

by Anonymousreplies 30March 19, 2024 7:23 AM

Cruises - Classier or Trashier?

Continuing our discussion.

Voice of the Night's prior thread:

by Anonymousreplies 268March 19, 2024 7:19 AM

Oprah Winfrey returns to primetime to explore weight-loss injectables.

This woman is really exhausting.

by Anonymousreplies 71March 19, 2024 7:05 AM

THEATRE GOSSIP #554: The “Goings-on of Kristi Dawn” Edition

As Kristin prepares to conquer Boston, thus continue these days of flops and closings.

by Anonymousreplies 561March 19, 2024 7:04 AM

GG

Gage Gomez

Sugar baby to rich older gay men is sneaking around NY with his 40 year old year boyfriend.

His past daddies Michael Cohen Anthony Watson

by Anonymousreplies 485March 19, 2024 6:59 AM

Figure Skating

We need a general thread for figure skating news and discussion so I thought I'd start one.

Gracie Gold has a new memoir coming out called, wait for it, “Outofshapeworthlessloser” and in it she writes that she was raped at 21 by a fellow skater in a hotel suite where she and her sister held an event after-party. Five years after her alleged assault was reported to the U.S. Center for Safesport, she has no idea about the status of her complaint. She hasn't heard from the center in three years. (Via @WSJSports)

by Anonymousreplies 62March 19, 2024 6:56 AM

Why did Adam Driver’s career go down the shitter?

House of Gucci, White Noise, and Ferrari were all disappointments. The Last Duel and 65 both flopped hard.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 19, 2024 6:55 AM

Jasmine Guy has not aged well.

Especially her voice. Was she a smoker? She was a dancer and a singer and if she smoked, what a dummy.

I just saw her in an ad got an interview on TV One. She’s like the old Billie Holiday.

I know it’s been over 30 years but Dawnn Lewis and Cree Summer still look pretty good.

by Anonymousreplies 28March 19, 2024 6:49 AM

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Christina Applegate on Being Diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy

She's a trouper. What a lousy diagnosis.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 19, 2024 6:48 AM

New York City - What is it like in 2023

Post Pandemic comparisons. Rent, entertainment, tourists?

by Anonymousreplies 382March 19, 2024 6:46 AM

Celebrities you wish would fade into obscurity.

Oprah

Ellen

James Corden

Go away already!

by Anonymousreplies 111March 19, 2024 6:39 AM

The Official Kennedy Family St. Patrick’s Day Photo Featuring Joe Biden

From No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen on Twitter:

[quote]The Kennedy family just released a St. Patrick’s Day photo with President Biden in a major rebuke to RFK Jr’s extremist conspiracy presidential campaign.

by Anonymousreplies 94March 19, 2024 6:33 AM

Do You Care About Kate Being Missing?

I'm tired of the Royals. With Liz dead, they're nothing more than English Kartrashians.

by Anonymousreplies 133March 19, 2024 6:32 AM

Let’s be young gay men

I’m the long dong and poor hygiene.

by Anonymousreplies 106March 19, 2024 6:20 AM

With the release of Dune 2 Timothée Chalamet is on track to become the worlds number 1 box office champ.

He is the biggest movie star on the planet. Why all the DL hate?

by Anonymousreplies 202March 19, 2024 6:20 AM

Even Kate and William’s Friends Are Shocked by Missing Wedding Ring

Speculation over the health of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s marriage, triggered by the absence of a wedding band on Kate’s ring finger in her notorious Mother’s Day photograph, has been thrust firmly back into the mainstream after Stephen Colbert trolled Prince William in his monologue Tuesday with rumors of an affair.

Colbert astonished audiences Tuesday night by referring to an affair William is widely alleged to have had with his neighbor, Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. The palace has repeatedly denied an affair ever took place.

A former royal staffer told The Daily Beast that Colbert’s comments would be “deeply annoying” as William and Kate’s office at Kensington Palace desperately tries to course correct after a tumultuous few days of headlines.

The former courtier, who worked with William and Kate when employed at the palace, said, “It’s deeply annoying and unhelpful for the palace, but it’s not surprising that the affair rumors are being reheated. What else are people supposed to think when she sends out a photo not wearing her wedding ring?”

Another source, who is a friend of Kate and William’s, said that they and their friend group were “completely baffled” as to why Kate put out a picture which showed her without a wedding band when it seemed “guaranteed to get people asking questions about the state of the marriage.”

The friend said: “They are often seen together at school events, and really it is remarkable how one and often both of them will always be at every match, every music concert and every prize giving. The relationship has always seemed incredibly strong despite the immense pressure they are under, so it’s fair to say we were all completely baffled when the picture came out with the wedding ring missing, especially as it was photoshopped. It just seemed guaranteed to get people asking questions about the state of the marriage.”

In public at least, William and Kate not only present a united front, but a telegenic one. Their family unit and camera-friendly genial bearing also represent the future of the royal family in microcosm—a more open, seemingly progressive, and at least more normal-looking and relatable one than the stiffer and more them-and-us royal models of the past.

Any threat, perceived or otherwise, to Kate and William’s marriage places an imperiling question mark over the royal institution itself—at a time when it is already looking smaller and more vulnerable than ever before, with both King Charles and Kate absent from public duties because of their medical issues.

The affair rumors go back to 2019 when The Daily Beast reported on palace lawyers’ attempts to suppress reporting of the alleged affair by issuing stern legal notices to British publications, cautioning them not to write about the rumors.

At the time, official sources in Kensington Palace told The Daily Beast that the allegations were “totally wrong and false.” Royal law firm Harbottle and Lewis issued letters to the British media stating that the stories were “false and highly damaging.”

British newspapers instead reported that there had been a terrible argument between former friends Kate and Rose without giving a cause.

Colbert said in his opening monologue that “internet sleuths” were guessing that Kate’s absence “may be related to her husband and the future king of England, William, having an affair.”

Colbert, who mocked the fact that Rose’s married name, Cholmondeley, is pronounced Chumley, said there had been “rumors of an affair… since 2019.”

Speculation about Kate and William’s marriage sparked into life again in mainstream British newspapers after Kate and William were photographed in a car together Monday with Kate looking, apparently glumly, away from her husband.

by Anonymousreplies 404March 19, 2024 6:18 AM

Gyllenhaal jumps on Stop Making Sense suit bandwagon

Not as bad as some of the others out there but it still looks like a child playing dressup in dad’s suit

by Anonymousreplies 28March 19, 2024 6:16 AM

Garrett Clayton getting ready to transition?

Good for her?

by Anonymousreplies 97March 19, 2024 6:15 AM

Let's post names of obscure celebrities

Jo Ann Pflug

Next...?

by Anonymousreplies 240March 19, 2024 6:11 AM

Fat whores, mourn! Intermittent fasting may not be as helpful for losing weight as once thought, study finds

by Anonymousreplies 67March 19, 2024 6:10 AM

My husband pissed himself, and I don’t know how to feel about it.

My husband has a tiny bladder. We could go for a walk and 15 minutes in we’re trying to find a bathroom. The next half hour is spent rushing around looking for a place. If none are to be found he’ll pee somewhere on the street. At times he’ll have leaks here or there in his pants before he can fully release.

Yesterday we were casually walking with friends after lunch around a vintage market. We had come up on the train to visit them. He never mentioned anything about needing to go to the bathroom which was surprising because even I had to really pee by the end.

When we were standing on the platform waiting for the train back home I mentioned how surprised I was he didn’t have to go. He casually said, I just went it my pants, that’s why I wore my dark jeans. I didn’t want to interrupt the afternoon. I looked down and from his crotch to his ankles on the inside of his jeans was soaked.

I was shocked, and still don’t know how to feel about this. This is a new low.

by Anonymousreplies 69March 19, 2024 6:08 AM

MARK LAXXX 6'5" 250lbs straight jock BOTTOMS!

This is so hawt! Said no one ever!

by Anonymousreplies 105March 19, 2024 6:08 AM

Elon Musk & Rupert Murdoch No Longer Receiving Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award After Criticism From Barbra Streisand

The EGOT winner joined RBG's family in slamming this year's recipients of the Woman of Leadership Award.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 19, 2024 6:02 AM

Ben Platt Releases Vulnerable New Single 'Andrew' Accompanied by a Heart-Wrenching Music Video

The music video flashes between Platt singing in iridescent blue lighting and clips of a high school boy gazing at his crush from a distance, while he flirts with other teenage girls.

by Anonymousreplies 75March 19, 2024 6:01 AM

He IS Patrick Duffy! And he just turned 75!

Well, hip hip hooray!

by Anonymousreplies 18March 19, 2024 6:01 AM

Oprah paid tribute to her gay brother who died from AIDS

At the GLAAD media awards

by Anonymousreplies 18March 19, 2024 5:53 AM

Sped up Atlanta Rhythm Section sounds like Stevie Nicks

Does that mean that slowed down Stevie Nicks sounds like ARS?

Seriously, this was a pretty big deal way back when. When DJs actually spun records for radio audiences, one played around with 33 rpm Imaginary Lover from ARS at 45rpm and the result was unquestionably Stevie Nicks. Not only are the vocal stylings exactly like Nicks, the song itself is very much in the Nicks' style of lyrics. When she heard the results, she was so impressed she included the song in a group of her own recordings and played them for Chris McVie. McVie not just fell for it, she specifically praised the song. It's been said that ARS was not at all amused.

What do you think?

by Anonymousreplies 1March 19, 2024 5:45 AM

Jennifer Love Hewitt Debuts A Transformative Chin-Length Bob Haircut

Jennifer Love Hewitt just debuted a dramatic hair transformation and it has, truly, induced a sense of shock throughout the office. I mean, we've never seen her hair this short, nor this dark – ever!

Now, if you've yet to see or hear about JLH's said new look, listen up. Earlier this week, the actor took to the 9-1-1 season 7 ABC premiere [March 11, 2024] and for this, she, of course, went above and beyond in both the fashion and beauty departments. Stepping out onto the red carpet, Jennifer looked gorgeous wearing a chic cropped blazer and straight leg pantsuit moment but stealing the spotlight for its ~newness~ had to be her freshly cut chin-length bob.

by Anonymousreplies 43March 19, 2024 5:45 AM

Man almost sucked out of plane among passenger lawsuits seeking $1B compensation

A passenger who was almost sucked out of a plane mid flight is amongst many seeking legal action against Boeing and Alaska Airlines.

Back in January, and Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 was forced to make an emergency landing after part of the fuselage and a window were blown out shortly after take off.

The plane had taken off from Portland in Oregon at around 5pm local time and was heading to Ontario, California, but just minutes into the flight disaster struck.

A plug covering an unused exit door blew off the Boeing 737 Max 9 as it cruised about three miles over Oregon.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the lost door plug was found days later near Portland, Oregon, in the back garden of a home.

Passenger Cuong Tran was seated in a window seat behind the door plug.

Miraculously, he was saved by his seatbelt but the rapid depressurisation sucked away his iPhone and tore off his shoes and socks.

Understandably, the whole experience was incredibly traumatising.

"I was just dozing off, my phone in hand, and then the captain messaged we were above 10,000 feet," he told The Los Angeles Times.

"Next thing I know, I hear this whoosh sound — really strong-sounding wind.

"I was just in disbelief, to be honest. I was like what’s going on here, why does everything feel so weird? Next thing I know I’m like oh, s— there’s a big hole. I was just registering everything in slow motion."

by Anonymousreplies 34March 19, 2024 5:38 AM

Texas student disappears

Datalounge sleuths- have at it.

by Anonymousreplies 111March 19, 2024 5:34 AM

Trump-backed Ohio Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Was Looking For "Young Guys to Have Fun With"

He's apparently anti-LGBT as well

by Anonymousreplies 46March 19, 2024 5:31 AM

Really Rich Gays with Kids in Greenwich Village - Tasteful Friends

Obviously the husband is the one with the big bucks.

by Anonymousreplies 29March 19, 2024 5:29 AM

Marching Orders From Clyde Weston - DOOL

The other thread has probably been paywalled.

Jada fingered her Joker hubby pretty quickly & eliminated the possibility of him having a twin.

Sarah might just have a Nu-Twin taking over her life after standing by her Xander-Man firmly for the first time in ages.

Piggly Wiggly stirred again with some finger twitching and some vocal cord squealing i separate scenes.

Not to be out done, Paulina "Hamming -It-Up" Price squealed as her relatives learned she might need a heart transplant to finish up her acting classes.

Tripp had to go all Uncle Remus on hyperventilating Wendy to calm her poorly acted self down a bit.

Discuss.

by Anonymousreplies 124March 19, 2024 5:28 AM

I Just Watched "Baby Boom" (1987) for the First Time. What a Piece of Shit.

TCM was showing movies about women in the workforce, and since I'd never seen "Baby Boom," I thought I'd watch it, expecting lots of laughs. Nope. The movie doesn't hold up, and I don't think I laughed even once. Some of the things that bothered me the most:

- Diane Keaton is supposed to be a maverick business woman, but she can't figure out how to put a disposable diaper on a baby. - Also, the maverick business woman buys a house sight unseen, then runs out of money in about two weeks trying to fix all of its problems. - She carries the kid around like a sack of flour. I can't imagine they could get away with that kind of mishandling of a child in the movies today. - The movie appears to take place over the course of a year, but the kid never grows an inch and never learns to talk. Is it developmentally disabled? - Sam Shepard had teeth that looked like bowling pins that were just knocked down.

Anyone else seen this piece of crap? What are your thoughts?

by Anonymousreplies 108March 19, 2024 5:27 AM

A Cheerful Prairie Home in Iowa

For our tasteful friends

by Anonymousreplies 24March 19, 2024 5:25 AM

MSNBC - Part 55

Tonight Is the State of the Union. Please fill up Part 54 before we move here.

by Anonymousreplies 207March 19, 2024 5:20 AM

Cher Flying Into LAX From London Gets A Bit Bitchy

Some idiot tells her he watched her as a kid on The Sonny And Cher show- she snaps back

YOU LOOK OLDER THAN ME!

I say YOU GO GURL!

by Anonymousreplies 21March 19, 2024 5:17 AM

The Howard Stern Show’s Gay Rich

aka Richard Virgilio. Who here had him? Probably the one guy who was likable his entire time on the show.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 19, 2024 5:09 AM

Joan Crawford BBC Interview 1957

The man interviewing our goddess Joan is an adoring HOMOSEXUAL.

by Anonymousreplies 152March 19, 2024 5:05 AM

Rachel Maddow's take on Paul Manafort joining the Trump campaign

"It's not like [Paul] Manafort's the only one in stripes, right? That's how these guys roll," Maddow says. "You sign up for the Trump campaign, they ask you what size should they make your jumpsuit."

by Anonymousreplies 8March 19, 2024 5:04 AM

University of Missouri student, 22, went missing from Nashville bar

A family is pleading for answers in the search for a University of Missouri student who has been missing since Friday after he left a bar in Nashville, Tennessee.

Riley Strain, 22, a senior, was last seen Friday night by friends at a bar in Nashville’s bustling Broadway area, known for nightlife, Nashville police said.

He was visiting town with his Delta Chi fraternity brothers for their spring formal, the St. Louis-Post Dispatch reported, but they got separated after he was asked to leave country singer Luke Bryan's bar, Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink, his family told NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville.

“At approximately 9:45 p.m., he was asked to leave Luke Bryan’s bar,” Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, told the station. “They got separated. The boys called him, and he said, 'I’m walking back to my hotel.' They didn’t think anything about it.”

When his friends returned to Tempo Hotel, about a half-mile away, they saw Strain’s room key but no sign of him. When they tried to call him, his phone was dead.

The young men went out to search for him, checked his Snapchat locations, and they went through the other fraternity brothers’ rooms but did not find him, so they called his parents.

Whiteid, along with his wife, Michelle Whiteid, traveled from Springfield, Missouri, to Nashville to search for him.

“We talk every day, multiple times a day,” Michelle Whiteid said. “This is the longest I’ve ever gone without talking to him.”

“We’re in a bad dream. Can we wake up? Please, just let us wake up,” her husband told WSMV.

Chris Whiteid told the Post-Dispatch that according to security video, it appeared that Strain was heading back to the hotel but took a wrong turn. It's not clear where the video was from.

Searches took place Monday, including a helicopter search of Gay Street, the area where Strain was last seen, the riverbank and a ground search, “but to no avail,” police said.

On Tuesday, police shared security video showing Strain, wearing a two-tone shirt, crossing 1st Avenue North to Gay Street at 9:47 p.m. Friday. That cross-section is about 0.7 miles from the bar he was at earlier.

TC Restaurant Group, the operator and owner of Luke’s 32 Bridge, said it, too, was working with police to provide security camera video and other potentially helpful information to aid in the search.

Strain is described as 6-foot-5 with a thin build, blue eyes and light brown hair.

by Anonymousreplies 104March 19, 2024 4:59 AM

13 Places to Retire Just Like Hawaii

Ahhh yes Duluth in March is just so warm and tropical.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 4:59 AM

Next James Bond announcement – Unveiling of new 007 rumoured to be in just a few weeks

Who will it be?

by Anonymousreplies 211March 19, 2024 4:55 AM

I’m pregnant

Can you have an abortion?

by Anonymousreplies 40March 19, 2024 4:54 AM

Bob Anderson "The worlds greatest singing impressionist"

How come we don't know him? He's amazing.

He sounds like Tony Bennet, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc., etc.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 19, 2024 4:52 AM

30 years ago this week, in a dressing room at the Adelphi Theater on the West End...

It happened 30 years ago this week, in a dressing room at the Adelphi Theater on the West End...

According to the memoir of actress Patti Lupone, who was starring in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'Sunset Boulevard', she learned of her firing from the upcoming Broadway production through the NY gossip columns (Liz Smith's, to be precise) in the middle of March, 1994. In black and white it said actress Glenn Close - who had been playing the role in LA since December, 1993 - was to star in the upcoming Broadway production that following November. Patti Lupone - who signed a contract with ALW to open both the London production and the Broadway production - was officially out. Fired. Done.

She took the news rather well - she destroyed that dressing room, according to Lupone. Lamps went flying, mirrors were smashed and windows were broken. Yet, she remained professional - she still had some time left on her contract, and she planned on showing up for every performance - including that day's performance. She wouldn't abandon the production and let this news get to her - so she soldiered on like a professional.

She also ended up suing ALW for a reported $5M dollars for breach of contract, and she won.

by Anonymousreplies 37March 19, 2024 4:51 AM

King Charles has cancer Part 2

Let's continue to discuss here!

by Anonymousreplies 475March 19, 2024 4:43 AM

If you had a time machine...

Where would you go?

Would you stay there forever?

Would you try to change past events?

I would stick to the 20th century, visit multiple countries, have sex with sexy 1950s lonely housewives and then stay in 1970 in California so I can experience the 70s and 80s as an adult instead of a child.

by Anonymousreplies 78March 19, 2024 4:43 AM

Deal or No Deal Island (2024)

Hosted by handsome and talented Joe Manganiello

And featuring Boston Rob, who is still appealing in all his 48 year old soft fleshiness.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 19, 2024 4:40 AM

What are your favorite French names?

I've always liked Étienne, the French version of Stephen. Oceáne is a more modern girl's name that I like.

by Anonymousreplies 109March 19, 2024 4:34 AM

Apple TV's Constellation Series. Anyone watching?

It's pretty good but still confusing.

The storyline is heavily influenced around Quantam Mechanics and a device that seems to be responsible for the strange events occurring in the Series.

The space station cinematography was very realistic. The acting is pretty good so far too.

We haven't had a decent science fiction tv series in a while in my opinion, and Beacon 23 was a bit of a letdown.

by Anonymousreplies 20March 19, 2024 4:31 AM

Alan Alda

Born in New York, the son of a vaudeville artist, he went on the stage at an early age. By his mid-30's he'd been in several films and starred on Broadway. It was then he landed the part that transformed his life. He was cast as the wise-cracking womanizing surgeon Hawkeye in the American television series M*A*S*H.

It made him rich, it made him famous, but it didn't stop his appetite for work. He's written, directed, and starred in his own films, The Four Seasons and Betsy's Wedding are two. He's even stolen the limelight in other people's; he was the egomaniacal film producer in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors, a presidential candidate in The West Wing, and the burnt-out divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.

Most recently, he decided to go back on the stage, playing on the West End in London as the gentle, thoughtful narrator in Thornton Wilder's Our Town.

He is Alan Alda.

by Anonymousreplies 77March 19, 2024 4:30 AM

7th Heaven heartthrob and child star David Gallagher's radically different appearance

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

by Anonymousreplies 2March 19, 2024 4:26 AM

Two twinks "recreate" Call Me By Your Name

Without the gay.

Or the sex.

But with all of the pretentiousness.

Maybe I missed something, but I don't get it.

All of the comments at the bottom of the video are calling it "genius." Really?

by Anonymousreplies 4March 19, 2024 4:18 AM

Hot or Not: Jack Bailey

Who else likes Jack Bailey? He's an adorable twink to be sure, but also quite adventurous and diverse in his tastes. Sometimes he gives passionate action, and sometimes he's just doing a job. He's got a great ass, but his smile is his money-maker.

What's going to happen to him when he turns 28?

by Anonymousreplies 11March 19, 2024 4:15 AM

Variety lists “Leprechaun 4: In Space” as the greatest Leprechaun movie

I personally always liked 3 the best. Never liked 2.

Their list from worst to best:

8- Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

7- Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)

6- Leprechaun (1993)

5- Leprechaun 2 (1994)

4- Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

3- Leprechaun Returns (2018)

2- Leprechaun 3 (1995)

1- Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)

by Anonymousreplies 5March 19, 2024 3:57 AM

How American News Lost its Nerve

There’s too much to read and watch, too many places to read and watch it. It’s enough to distract you from the biggest news in journalism right now: In 2024, it’s harder than ever to get a tough story out in the United States of America.

by Anonymousreplies 13March 19, 2024 3:51 AM

Drake Bell reveals the sexual abuse he suffered as a child star

It sounds like Nickelodeon was full of creeps

by Anonymousreplies 16March 19, 2024 3:50 AM

Boeing 737s: “Maury, we are out of control!”

How could all of this be happening at exactly the same time?

by Anonymousreplies 15March 19, 2024 3:30 AM

Fat Whores, Why is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over Hot Chicken?

Is it really that good? Isn't it just chicken cooked in hot sauce?

by Anonymousreplies 3March 19, 2024 3:28 AM

Don Lemon demanded Tesla Cybertruck, $5M advance, equity in X

Don Lemon demanded the sun, the moon and the stars from the SpaceX boss – before being unceremoniously dumped this week, The Post has learned.

The ex-CNN anchor sent over an astronomical wish list to Elon Musk during contract talks to host a show on the billionaire’s social media platform X – including a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content, according to a document reviewed by The Post.

Lemon — who was expected to air an interview with Musk for next week’s debut episode on X — had also demanded a private jet flight to Las Vegas, a suite for him and his fiance, and that the company pay for their day drinking and massages, a source with knowledge of the situation said.

Musk agreed to do the interview with Lemon despite the fact that he was aware of some of Lemon’s outlandish demands, sources told The Post.

The proposal reviewed by The Post was sent from Lemon’s agents at United Talent Agency to X’s leadership in December.

The partnership was announced in January, but an X spokesperson told The Post that the company “did not have a final or signed agreement with Don Lemon or ‘The Don Lemon Show'” before Musk sat down for the explosive interview last week.

X declined to comment on the details of the document.

Jay Sures, vice chairman at UTA, told The Post: “This is absolute, complete utter nonsense without an iota of truth to it.”

Lemon was fired hours after the one-on-one sit-down, with Musk calling the anchor “dull” and “underwhelming.”

The one-and-half hour grilling included testy exchanges about Musk’s political leanings, his past drug use and the site’s content moderation policy. It is scheduled to run on YouTube next week.

Lemon claimed on Wednesday that he was jettisoned by X because Musk reneged on his “free speech” pledge.

Lemon’s discussions with the company began shortly after he was fired by CNN last April after a series of high-profile incidents, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

In an interview with veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher on Friday, Lemon claimed they held discussions over the summer in which the company threatened to fire him if he did not attend the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.

CES, which was held earlier this year between Jan. 7 and 10, is one of the most highly anticipated events on the tech calendar as companies including X flock to the show in order to schmooze advertisers.

A spokesperson for X called Lemon’s claim “a disingenuous lie.”

Lemon wanted to be flown to the convention with his longtime fiance on a private jet and be put up in a private suite, as well as for X to foot the bill for alcoholic beverages and massages that he and his fiance ordered during their stay at the Vdara, the MGM-run resort on the Las Vegas Strip, according to people familiar with the matter.

The negotiations progressed after Musk brought former NBCUniversal advertising executive Linda Yaccarino on board as chief executive officer of X, sources said.

But the talks stalled over Lemon’s extensive demands, which included executive assistants as well as a marketing budget that ranged from $10 million to $15 million, people with knowledge of the situation told The Post.

A spokesperson for Lemon told The Post: “There is nothing in your list of demands that you claim Don made of X that is true. Literally nothing.”

by Anonymousreplies 62March 19, 2024 3:17 AM

Courts may lower Trump fines because HE CAN’t FUCKIN AFFORD IT!

Apparently the courts can do this if amount is “deemed.” unreasonable-F U C K ! “Curses,curses somebody always helps that girl”

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 3:15 AM

Badehotellet (The Seaside Hotel)

Danish series starting on PBS this weekend, many seasons and many episodes. Any gay content ?

by Anonymousreplies 34March 19, 2024 3:15 AM

Bruno Mars has a gambling problem!

He needs to put 2000 euros under his mattress.

by Anonymousreplies 25March 19, 2024 3:14 AM

Guys on OnlyFans who charge a lot and only show ass

You suck!!

by Anonymousreplies 5March 19, 2024 3:05 AM

Trump says there will be a 'bloodbath' if he loses the election

VANDALIA, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump vowed on Saturday that there would be a “bloodbath” if he’s not reelected in November.

The comments came at a rally here as Trump discussed the possibility of an increasing trade war with China over auto manufacturing. The rally was intended to get out the vote for Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, whom Trump endorsed in December, ahead of Ohio’s primary on Tuesday.

“If you’re listening, President Xi — and you and I are friends — but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now…you’re going to not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the cars to us, no. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected,” Trump said.

"Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it," he added. "It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars. They’re building massive factories.”

Later, he added, "If this election isn’t won, I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country."

In response to the former president’s comments, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told NBC News, “Biden’s policies will create an economic bloodbath for the auto industry and auto workers.”

James Singer, a spokesman for President Joe Biden’s campaign, issued a statement following Trump’s remarks, noting that former Vice President Mike Pence announced he will not endorse Trump’s reelection bid.

“This is who Donald Trump is: a loser who gets beat by over 7 million votes and then instead of appealing to a wider mainstream audience doubles down on his threats of political violence,” Singer said. “He wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge.”

Before he began speaking, the former president stood and saluted next to the lectern as “Justice for All,” by the “J6 choir“ of inmates awaiting trial for their roles in the insurrection played on the loud speakers.

He again referred to the people who are in prison for crimes committed in the Jan. 6 attack as “hostages.”

“They’ve been treated terribly and very unfairly and you know that and everybody knows that,” Trump said at the beginning of his speech. “And we’re going to be working on that as soon as the first day we get into office, we’re going to save our country, and we’re going to work with the people to treat those unbelievable patriots.”

At the event, Trump also said that some undocumented immigrants were “not people,” although he added that he was “not allowed to say that because the radical left says it’s a terrible thing to say.” He also told Catholics not to vote for Biden.

“Any Catholic that votes for this numbskull is crazy, because you are being persecuted,” Trump said.

by Anonymousreplies 92March 19, 2024 3:01 AM

Does anyone else not understand why Chris Watts killed 4 lives

and didn't just divorce her??

by Anonymousreplies 107March 19, 2024 3:01 AM

Confusion reigns over Princess Kate's post-surgery return to royal duties

LONDON — Confusion reigned this week over when Kate, the Princess of Wales, would return to royal duties following a recent surgery that has kept her out of the public eye for weeks.

Kate, 42, wife of the heir to the throne, Prince William, was listed to appear in June at the Trooping the Colour, a traditional military parade. But the reference on the British army’s website has since been deleted.

She was hospitalized for almost two weeks in January to undergo abdominal surgery for unspecified reasons and Kensington Palace said she would step back from official royal duties entirely until at least after Easter. The lack of explanation for her surgery and subsequent long recovery have led to widespread speculation and a slew of online conspiracy theories.

Royal enthusiasts noticed this week that the army website was advertising Kate’s involvement in the Trooping the Colour in London on June 8. It said that she would be there to “review” troops, alongside a large picture of her.

Britain's Defense Ministry referred questions about the advert's removal to Kensington Palace; the palace declined to comment.

Also known as the King's Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour is a traditional show of military pomp and pageantry that dates back to the 17th century and features 1,400 troops on horseback and on foot, including 400 army musicians.

The soldiers would be “reviewed by her royal highness the Princess of Wales,” the listing said, advertising tickets for between 5 pounds ($6.36) and 15 pounds ($19.09). King Charles III is due to review troops in an almost identical event the following weekend June 15.

“The soldiers will be inspected by Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, Colonel Irish Guards,” the event listing said, referring to her honorary military title, previously held by William.

The listing now simply refers to the event as "The Colonel's Review," with no mention of Kate by name or any explicit confirmation that she will be there.

The princess was pictured this week in a black SUV driven by her mother near Windsor Castle.

The king, 75, was diagnosed with cancer following a medical procedure in February, but he has continued with royal duties behind the scenes while skipping some in-person appearances.

by Anonymousreplies 199March 19, 2024 3:00 AM

HGTV Winter Thread 2023-2024

Wishing that either Mike Holmes Jr. or Dave Marrs would cum down my chimney.....

Anyway.....here's the new seasonal HGTV thread.

by Anonymousreplies 162March 19, 2024 2:59 AM

my heart for a stripper in Pittsburgh

friends took me out to Real Luck's cafe in Pittsburgh last night. They warned that it was divey, cash only, people smoked, and to bring singles as there were nude dances on the upstairs bar. One in particular caught my eye, big and "husky" and pierced. he was friendly and let me fondle his ass. I'm thinking about him all day today. Gosh. I need to get out more often

by Anonymousreplies 28March 19, 2024 2:58 AM

"Girls5Eva"

I got Peacock to watch "Poker Face" and came across this show. It's hysterical – a flash-in-the-pan girl group from the late 1990s, now in their forties, decide to reunite and tour.

The casting is great. Renee Elise Goldsberry is the group diva; obviously she's a great singer but she's also a very funny comedienne. Busy Philipps is very good as a Botoxed Jersey housewife and Paula Pell is a riot as a bitter lesbian dentist. Sara Bareilles plays the "normal" mother who works in a restaurant.

Very funny writing as well. If you liked "Difficult People" or "The Other Two" you'd likely enjoy this.

Has anyone else watched it?

by Anonymousreplies 31March 19, 2024 2:57 AM

Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar speech denounced by 450 Hollywood professionals

They could have given the Director nom to Greta Gerwig and voted for Foreign Film for a film in the native language of the country that submitted it, but NOOOOOO. I could have told them this was going to happen. Hadn’t they seen him interviewed?

by Anonymousreplies 10March 19, 2024 2:54 AM

Alison Sweeney in a Hallmark movie Love and Jane

Jane Austen comes to life.

by Anonymousreplies 53March 19, 2024 2:52 AM

All In The Family- Mike's Mysterious Son -Air Date January 22, 1972

Marcia Rodd plays the tough broad of a mother- late in the year she was the first actress to portray Maude's daughter in the first de facto episode of Maude.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 2:43 AM

Kate Winslet stars in new HBO series, “The Regime”

Kate Winslet plays a European authoritarian ruler under heaps of pressure, and crumbling because of it.

It debuts March 3, 2024.

by Anonymousreplies 77March 19, 2024 2:41 AM

DL Sleuths! Where is Tyler Goodrich?

He was last seen Nov. 3,2023 running from his home after an argument with his husband. The husband wanted a divorce because of Tyler's alleged physical and verbal abuse.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 19, 2024 2:41 AM

Shall we discuss Madonna's face?

Madonna hosted her Oscars party.

by Anonymousreplies 33March 19, 2024 2:41 AM

90s con pictures

Step by Step first

by Anonymousreplies 29March 19, 2024 2:38 AM

REPORT: General Hospital Alum, Robyn Bernard, Homeless & Battling Addiction, Before Her Passing at 64

Aye yi yi.

by Anonymousreplies 42March 19, 2024 2:35 AM

Suspect indicted in ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers heist used sex tape for leverage:

Jerry Hal Saliterman, 76, was charged with witness tampering and theft of a major artwork, according to a newly unsealed indictment out of St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Crystal resident was arrested in connection to the theft of a pair of the iconic shoes worn during Garland’s portrayal of Dorothy in the 1939 film, which were lifted from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids by a thief who thought they were encrusted with real rubies.

When the crook discovered they were in fact coated in nothing more than glass beads, he passed them along to an associate.

It remains unclear whether Saliterman is that associate, but the indictment says between 2005 and 2018 he “received, concealed, and disposed of an object of cultural heritage,” later naming the ruby slippers as the object.

While in possession of the slippers, he allegedly leveraged a sex tape of a woman who knew about the heist to keep her quiet and promised “take her down with him” if she spoke.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 2:34 AM

“Have the day you deserve.”

This is the most witheringly cunty way to dismiss another person ever crafted.

Not even that old, time-tested standby — “fuck off” — compares.

I bet this phrase was invented by an Indian IT worker. They are really good at coming up with evil shit that can be cloaked in plausible deniability.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 19, 2024 2:33 AM

Lily Allen says having children ‘ruined’ her career

British pop singer Lily Allen has said that her children “complete” her, but having them “totally ruined” her career.

When asked on the Radio Times podcast if she had to rethink her career strategy after having children, Allen replied: “I never really have a strategy when it comes to career, but yes, my children ruined my career.”

“I mean I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop stardom, totally ruined it,” Allen said jokingly during the interview, which was released Tuesday.

by Anonymousreplies 108March 19, 2024 2:29 AM

So, we’ve talked about Morton and Dale?

Laughed a lot at these videos with a friend. These guys are DLers, right?

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 2:23 AM

Tallulah Willis reveals she’s neurodivergent

Father was 38 when she was born.

by Anonymousreplies 30March 19, 2024 2:21 AM

Billboard will now count music played in Roblox

With the platform boasting hundreds of millions of monthly users, this could bump some artists up the chartsBillboard charts will now count music played in ‘Roblox' With the platform boasting hundreds of millions of monthly users, this could bump some artists up the charts

Universal Music Group and Republic Records have announced the launch of Boombox, a new product being integrated into Roblox to allow players to stream in-game music that artists can monetise and have count toward Billboard charts.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 2:14 AM

Pornstar Cameron Neuton Any Thoughts?

Originally debuting as Cameron Jones for BiGuys Fuck he briefly moved to Gay Hoopla. With his name now changed to the current Cameron Neuton, he shot several videos for Next Door Studios where he would both top and bottom. Currently, he’s at MEN.com. Cameron’s OF has been dormant since August.

by Anonymousreplies 22March 19, 2024 2:07 AM

Your Favorite Cellist?

The cello is a beautiful piece of music. Who is your favorite cellist?

Why?

by Anonymousreplies 12March 19, 2024 2:05 AM

Liza says b her 78th Birthday: “I am recording music again!”

Shortly before her 78th Birthday this past week, Liza had this to share with PEOPLE magazine:

“A party is being thrown in my honor by dear friends [pianist] Michael Feinstein and Terrence Flannery “ she says. “There will be food, fabulous music and I am told to expect a wonderful surprise and my only clue is Elsa Peretti!" (Minnelli has long worn the modern designs of the Italian jeweler, who, like her, was a friend of Halston.)

“I am so grateful for all the good wishes and all the love that comes my way. Not only on my birthday, but always,” she shares. “I wish I knew how to act my age. But kids guess what, I have never been this damn old! Just keep going baby, that’s the secret!"

“I am recording music again!” she shares. “And I’m involved in an exciting brand collaboration that will be announced soon.” According to her publicist Victoria Varela, “It’s very exciting news but not something we can reveal yet.”

by Anonymousreplies 58March 19, 2024 2:03 AM

The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement

The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more.

In a sweeping move expected to dramatically reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commissions.

The NAR, which represents more than 1 million Realtors, also agreed to put in place a set of new rules. One prohibits agents’ compensation from being included on listings placed on local centralized listing portals known as multiple listing services, which critics say led brokers to push more expensive properties on customers. Another ends requirements that brokers subscribe to multiple listing services — many of which are owned by NAR subsidiaries — where homes are given a wide viewing in a local market. Another new rule will require buyers’ brokers to enter into written agreements with their buyers.

The agreement effectively will destroy the current homebuying and selling business model, in which sellers pay both their broker and a buyer’s broker, which critics say have driven housing prices artificially higher.

By some estimates, real estate commissions are expected to fall 25% to 50%, according to TD Cowen Insights. This will open up opportunities for alternative models of selling real estate that already exist but don’t have much market share, including flat-fee and discount brokerages.

Homebuilder stocks rose Friday midday on the news: Lennar shares gained 2.6%, PulteGroup shares added 1.1% and Toll Brothers shares added 1%.

For the average-priced American home for sale — $417,000 — sellers are paying more than $25,000 in brokerage fees. Those costs are passed on to the buyer, boosting the price of homes in America. That fee could fall by between $6,000 and $12,000, according to TD Cowen Insights’ analysis.

“While the settlement comes at a significant cost, we believe the benefits it will provide to our industry are worth that cost,” said Kevin Sears, president of the NAR, in a statement.

In November, a federal jury in Missouri found the NAR and two brokerages liable for $1.8 billion in damages for conspiring to keep agent commissions artificially high. Because it was an antitrust case, the NAR was potentially on the hook for triple those damages — $5.4 billion.

The NAR had pledged to appeal the case, but other brokerages settled — and, eventually, so did the NAR, on Friday.

“NAR has worked hard for years to resolve this litigation in a manner that benefits our members and American consumers,” said Nykia Wright, interim CEO of NAR, in a statement. “It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible. This settlement achieves both of those goals.”

The NAR had required homesellers to include the compensation for agents when placing a listing on a multiple listing service. Although NAR has long said commissions are negotiable and that the structure helped making housing more affordable for buyers, critics have long argued that the fees were expected and homesellers felt they would lose buyers if they didn’t offer them.

Homesellers who brought lawsuits against the NAR have argued that in a competitive market, the cost of the buyer’s agent’s commission should be paid by the buyer who received the service, not by the seller. The sellers who brought the lawsuit against the NAR and the brokerages said that buyers should be able to negotiate the fee with their agent, and that the sellers should not be on the hook for paying it.

by Anonymousreplies 45March 19, 2024 2:01 AM

Post a guilty pleasure song without any explanation.

Go!

by Anonymousreplies 416March 19, 2024 1:58 AM

Am I the only one who is curious..

The Talulah Willis post reminded me of Bruce which reminded me of aphasia which then made me think Wendy which then made me ponder is there a connection between cocaine and aphasia and is it some sort of microbe/fungi/spore of death possibly during production (icky process from what little I have seen online/documentary) that is eating the brain after being inhaled with the blow? I mean, this is spitballing but is this even possible, and if so, who the fuck is gonna be able to research it because, well, it's cocaine.

Have I lost my mind or might this really be a thing?

by Anonymousreplies 5March 19, 2024 1:54 AM

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have no passion

Somebody sent Taylor this of Kelce and his ex

by Anonymousreplies 137March 19, 2024 1:53 AM

Frau alert! Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has launched a lifestyle brand

It's called American Riviera Orchard! This is going to be so bad.

by Anonymousreplies 577March 19, 2024 1:52 AM

A Florida woman who advocates for not paying taxes insists that her cars are diplomatic vehicles

Authorities, who dragged her simple ass out of the car and onto the concrete felt otherwise.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 1:48 AM

Antonio Salieri

Piano cocerto in B flat adagio

by Anonymousreplies 2March 19, 2024 1:45 AM

Remember when people used to read thick paperbacks with small print?

Michener. Clavell. Uris. Judith Krantz. (Whom we took a peak at.)

And they were read all the way through. Now if an author even makes it to 500 pages, the type is much larger and there’s a lot more white space between lines and chapter headings.

by Anonymousreplies 173March 19, 2024 1:39 AM

Kristen Wiig returns to television in new series “Palm Royale”

It looks amazing and has an all star cast!

by Anonymousreplies 12March 19, 2024 1:39 AM

Are you excited about “Shogun”?

Can anything replace our beautiful Richard Chamberlain ?

by Anonymousreplies 162March 19, 2024 1:38 AM

Help Me Repair My Credit

Could use some advice here for those who have been through bankruptcy before.

I declared Chapter 7 last May after owing around $40K on credit cards.

I'm looking at eventually getting a new pre-owned vehicle in the next 2-3 years and want to get my credit score as best as possible so I'm not stuck with a high interest rate.

The other night I was approved for a credit card with a limit of $3000. I'm taking my finances very serious and want to use it to repair my credit.

I'm not interested in getting anymore cards.

What is my best route for repairing my credit? I don't plan to carry the card on me as that is what got me in trouble the first time.

But I have considered purchasing my weekly groceries on it and then paying that off as soon as I get home from the store.

One weekly purchase, paid in full that very same day.

But I have also heard it helps your credit to carry a small balance month-to-month. So what if I paid all but about $20/each month. I'd be hitting my minimum payment and carrying very little over.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 19, 2024 1:35 AM

Prince William pulls out of scheduled appearance over personal matter

Since Kate Middleton returned home to Windsor to recover from abdominal surgery, Prince William has carried out select public engagements while also focusing his family. However, today the Prince was unexpectedly forced to pull out of a planned appearance at a Thanksgiving Service, with the Palace citing a personal matter as the reason.

Prince William was scheduled to join Queen Camilla and other royals for a service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor this morning to celebrate the life of King Constantine of the Hellenes, who died last January and was William’s godfather. But just before the service began Kensington Palace let reporters know that William would not be going due to a personal matter. It is understood the Prince called King Constantine’s family personally to let them know.

Given the concern over Kate and the likelihood of speculation that this could have something to do with her recovery, a Palace aide added that she “continues to be doing well.” The Princess has not been seen publicly since her surgery, which took place at the London Clinic on January 16. Her last public appearance was on Christmas Day last year when the royal family walked to church from Sandringham House.

Kensington Palace has made it clear that they do not intend to give regular updates on her recovery. They said when her surgery was announced, the day after it took place, that she was unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter. Kate has chosen not to make her condition public, with the Palace saying,"She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private.”

The news came at the same time as King Charles was forced to pull out of public engagements due to being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer. Queen Camilla has continued with a busy program. Prince William has carried out some engagements, including investitures, but he has modified his timetable to support his young family. His last appearance was at the BAFTAs on Sunday evening.

by Anonymousreplies 419March 19, 2024 1:34 AM

Joann (Fabrics) Is Dead To Me

Where will Dottie Hinkle get her knitting supplies?

by Anonymousreplies 37March 19, 2024 1:32 AM

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS SEASON 13 PART 3

Continue the cunting here.

Evil bitch Kathy lumbers to the stage in part 3 of the reunion and Sutton faints at the site of the old cow.

-Will Andy put Dorit on the basket of his bike so they can fly over the moon and get home to the tristate area?

-Will Annemarie headbutt Crystal with her big ass forehead?

-Will Avi faint when he sees Sutton being loaded into an ambulance?

Tune in and find out!

by Anonymousreplies 23March 19, 2024 1:28 AM

Celine Dion poses with her three sons

Rene-Charles is 25 and has turned into quite the little bear.

He's giving me Stiff-Cock Syndrome (SCS).

I can't believe her twins are 13 already. They look... interesting.

Bless their hearts.

by Anonymousreplies 11March 19, 2024 1:23 AM

Dan Schneider scandal

Can you imagine THAT on top of you?

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

by Anonymousreplies 24March 19, 2024 1:21 AM

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

"The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop it..."

by Anonymousreplies 26March 19, 2024 1:19 AM

A New Barbra Streisand Thread

LIES in her book, lies/half-truths there and in recent interviews.

One, Streisand claims she wore her own hair and no wigs in The Owl and the Pussycat. Sorry Barbra, this is NOT all your own hair -

by Anonymousreplies 10March 19, 2024 1:11 AM

1960's/70's novel recommendations

I'm a millennial but have always had an affinity for 60's/70's/early 80's books and cinema. I've been on a quest to build up a nice library of some of my favorite comfort reads from this era that I've somehow lost over the years in moves, breakups, etc. So far I've ordered Joyce Carol Oates' 'Expensive People'; James Baldwin's 'Another Country'; Ira Levin's 'Rosemary's Baby'; Sue Kauffman's 'Diary of a Mad Housewife'; Roald Dahl's 'Kiss Kiss'; Judith Rossner's 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar', and Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood'.

Would love some more recommendations of a similar feel from a similar era.

by Anonymousreplies 185March 19, 2024 12:59 AM

Angela Basssett on losing last year's Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis: "I was gobsmacked!"

During a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, the actress shared her thoughts on losing the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis at the 2023 Academy Awards, and addressed her viral reaction to Curtis being announced as the winner.

Bassett, 65, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, while Curtis won for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Many viewers were shocked, including Winfrey, with Bassett admitting that she was surprised over the loss as well.

"I just knew your name was gonna be called," Winfrey said, after referencing how Bassett was previously nominated for an Oscar in 1994 for What's Love Got to Do with It, but she didn't win. "And then, when they didn't, I was beside myself! We were beside ourselves in our house."

Bassett admitted with a laugh, "I was gobsmacked!"

"I thought I handled it very well, and that was my intention: to handle it very well," she continued. "It was, of course, a supreme disappointment, and disappointment is human, so ... yes, I was disappointed, and I handled it like a human being."

At the time, Bassett went viral on social media over her reaction to Curtis' win. She appeared to be visibly disappointed, didn't clap for her fellow nominee, and had a blank expression on her face.

by Anonymousreplies 270March 19, 2024 12:57 AM

Andrew Sullivan’s takedown of Andrea Long Chu‘s Freedom of Sex New York mag cover story

…with a Judith Butler take-down thrown in for measure.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 12:46 AM

Dateline Port Charles: Out With Chris Van Etten & Dan O'Connor, In With Elizabeth Korte & Patrick Mulcahey

Chris Van Etten and Dan O'Connor's stories are coming to an end.

Elizabeth Korte has been promoted from Associate Head Writer to Head Writer, with Patrick Mulcahey joining her along the ride.

Will the trio of Sonny, Carly and Jason continue to reign supreme, or will a changing of the guard take place onscreen as well?

Time will only tell.

by Anonymousreplies 569March 19, 2024 12:44 AM

Luke Evans frying his skin in Portugal

The vacations, speedos, and lack of sunscreen persist.

by Anonymousreplies 174March 19, 2024 12:34 AM

Jeopardy! #41

Continue the discussion of each day's Jeopardy episode here.

We're still in the midst of Champions Wildcard, but the Tournament of Champions is looming.

by Anonymousreplies 266March 19, 2024 12:33 AM

Why are Nigerian people so beautiful?

I’ve noticed that the people I’ve met from Nigeria are strikingly attractive. Are they genetically different from other Africans? I’ve also met a lot of Ethiopians and they were not as attractive on average.

by Anonymousreplies 28March 19, 2024 12:31 AM

Out gay runner wins two NCAA National Championships

Rock on!!

by Anonymousreplies 3March 19, 2024 12:27 AM

Aramis & Estée Lauder - End of Era

Aramis (a part of Estée Lauder) has discontinued a number of classics. I think only classic Aramis remains. Gone are Devin, JHL, New West, Havana, Tuscany, etc.

Estée Lauder has discontinued many of their classics for women in their present form. And these present formulas are of course already reformulations. But the price had remained reasonable.

Now they have reformulated again, by Frederic Malle, changed the bottles to just one style, renamed them "Legacy Collection" - including Azurée, White Linen, Knowing - and upped the price 3x or 4x to USD 300 the bottle. If you see a present bottle around, get it while you can.

I know this because a lot of this is made in Switzerland and I just saw many bottles of Devin and JHL for USD 25 in a cosmetics store in a shopping center here, for working class folks. So the company is dumping old stock, and far away from the high street department stores so as not to damage the brand image.

The current Aramis is thin shell of what my dad wore in the 70s.

by Anonymousreplies 17March 19, 2024 12:26 AM

Blind Item!- Madonna’s NYC roommate before she became famous kept diaries about everything

“ Twenty years ago, a man bought a locked trunk at an antique store in Soho for $30. He broke the lock and found the trunk filled with amazing vintage textiles and at the bottom were three diaries of this A list singer’s first NYC roommate and BFF from the mid 80’s. The diaries chronicle two critical years as the singer launched her career with everybody, while her friend watched, traveled with and supported her. The diaries had a ‘self portrait’ the singer drew of herself in her friend’s journal, plus the BFF names many, many names that they partied with, secret agreements, lies she told, etc. in the pages.

Six months later, the singer purchased the diaries for $400,000 and destroyed them. What she doesn't realize is there are two people who have copies of some of the pages of the diaries. Before she bought them, the man went on an entertainment show to talk about finding the diaries. And the producers made photocopies of pages that they still have today. ”

I bet those diaries had all the real tea about what Madge was willing to do to launch her career.

by Anonymousreplies 20March 19, 2024 12:16 AM

Expressions an/or words you CANNOT STAND

"Put on your big girl panties...."

"Imma"

"Imporant"

by Anonymousreplies 503March 19, 2024 12:11 AM

Anything about Quentin Gainz?

I discovered him like few weeks ago and I must admit the guy and his scenes are hot.. I wanted to find some more info about him then I saw that he worked like 6-7 years ago and there is not much info. Anyone has some tea, dramas, stories, anything about him? Gay?Bi? Anything interesting... Shit I wish I could find him MUCH earlier..

by Anonymousreplies 593March 19, 2024 12:01 AM

2/3rds of adults in the states prefer watching movies on streaming than a movie theater

Hence why people aren’t going to movies the way they used to. They would rather wait for it to come to streaming. Streaming has killed the movie business.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 19, 2024 12:01 AM

What would your mom say about Data Lounge?

I think my mom would "nicely" say "Oh I don't think thats necessary, you gentlemen can find something else to do with your time and creativity"

by Anonymousreplies 29March 19, 2024 12:00 AM

There's a new trailer for Mary & George, the upcoming miniseries about King James and his boytoy

Looks good!

by Anonymousreplies 353March 18, 2024 11:49 PM

Lardos 34: Niall Hogran, Lewis Fataldi, Greaseball Niko and their crazed superfan

Discussion about the Lardos Niall Hogran, Lewis Fataldi and Fat Niko continues here.

Blubbery Niko and Gainer Gemma are getting ready for the Booze Cruise.

by Anonymousreplies 339March 18, 2024 11:47 PM

Trump threatens “bloodbath” if he’s not elected

Too far?

by Anonymousreplies 48March 18, 2024 11:46 PM

A year ago today, Kirstie Alley passed away

Surely a DL icon no? She managed to carve put a pretty decent career for herself and was very beautiful when younger. Not to mention all the hot peen she rode in her lifetime. Parker Stevenson, James Wilder, and William Shatner to name a few. Has anyone ever met her or have any gossip? Any favorite Kirstie Alley films or TV shows?

by Anonymousreplies 70March 18, 2024 11:43 PM

'Fundie Baby Voice' Seems To Be Everywhere Now. Here's What You Should Know.

Just when you thought those freaks couldn't be any more off-putting, they drag us to a lower rung of dystopic Hellscape.

"Experts break down this vocal phenomenon — most recently displayed by Sen. Katie Britt — and what it means in politics and pop culture today."

by Anonymousreplies 66March 18, 2024 11:43 PM

Target limits self-checkout to 10 items or less

If you want to use Target's self-checkout lanes, you'll have to start limiting your cart to 10 items or less.

The Minneapolis-based retailer is making some checkout changes after recently testing limits on the number of items customers can have in self-checkout lanes. Express self-checkout lanes with limits of 10 items or fewer will be rolled out Sunday, March 17 at most of Target's nearly 2,000 stores nationwide, the company said in an announcement on Thursday.

"While the hours of operation may vary based on store needs, Express Self-Checkout will be available during the busiest shopping times," Target said in the announcement.

Stores will also open more checkout lanes staffed with clerks for shoppers "who have more in their Target carts, need a helping hand, or just enjoy connecting with our team to help them get on their way sooner," the company said.

At each location, "store leaders have the flexibility to open more lanes staffed by team members and set self-checkout hours that are right for their store," Target said.

"Checking out is one of the most important moments of the Target run, and we know that a fast, easy experience –whether at self-checkout or the lanes staffed by our friendly team members – is critical to getting guests on their way quickly," the company said in the announcement.

Back in October, Target spokesperson Brian Harper-Tibaldo told USA TODAY the retailer had begun experimenting with self-checkout lanes limited to 10 items or fewer at select locations "in order to reduce wait times and better understand guest preferences."

Earlier this month, he said pilot tests were continuing at select stores to assess "their impact on the overall guest experience."

The retailer's tests with Express Self-Checkout lanes for customers with 10 items or less found the process was "twice as fast at our pilot stores," the company said. "By having the option to pick self-checkout for a quick trip, or a traditional, staffed lane when their cart is full, guests who were surveyed told us the overall checkout experience was better, too."

Several companies have been experimenting recently with changes in their self-checkout strategies.

Walmart has let store managers try different staffing options – including removing self-checkout at some stores – to see what works best at their locations. And Costco began cracking down on checking membership cards in self-checkout lines. One reason: an increase in "shrink," from theft or products selling for less than actual prices.

In stores with self-checkout, customers will be limited to five items or less, Vasos said.

Dollar General made the decision after having a company specializing in artificial intelligence assess its transactions, Vasos said, according to a transcript from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

"What we're able to see was how much shrink – true shrink we've had, both purpose shrink, unfortunately, and inadvertent shrink by items not being scanned properly or thinking they scanned it and didn't," he said.

Many retailers increased self-checkout during the pandemic to make it easier for customers and staffers to avoid close contact – and to cope with lack of staffing. Now, retailers are shopping for new models that reflect "the need to control losses and ensure a reasonably acceptable customer experience," Adrian Beck, emeritus professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester in the U.K., told USA TODAY this week.

He authored the 2022 report “Global Study on Self-Checkout,” which found two-thirds (66%) of the 93 retailers in the survey (29 were from North America) said they thought self-checkout losses were becoming more of a problem in their businesses.

"As the survey showed, if you have too few staff, it can lead to growing levels of customer frustration which in turn can lead to incidents of violence and verbal abuse," Beck said. "Retailers therefore have had to develop a more nuanced operating model."

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 11:42 PM

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 OFFICIAL Thread!

Meet the queens video below.

They are so fucking boring. Except the Philly queen.

by Anonymousreplies 356March 18, 2024 11:36 PM

What commercials are we hating? Part 2

We need more Medicare Advantage Plan Adverts. Martha, Martha, why have you abandoned us???

by Anonymousreplies 134March 18, 2024 11:34 PM

North West discusses her upcoming album

10 year old North West has an album coming out, and it wasn’t orchestrated by the parent you may think it was. KIM is behind this, forcing her to make this album.

by Anonymousreplies 53March 18, 2024 11:32 PM

Candace Owens is spreading a conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron is really a man

I wish this were a joke....

by Anonymousreplies 87March 18, 2024 11:31 PM

Ex-belami whore Daniel Knight (Viggo Sorensen) said he is mostly straight and pissed off everyone

Well,maybe its that twink fault that he asked him if he is gay instead of skipping this question but saying you are "mostly straight and straight as a circle" and then saying he rarely enjoy it but most of the time its hard for you is so insulting;

"Yeah fag sex is gross and everything but those thirsty fags will pay my bills so I milk them as long as I can"

by Anonymousreplies 154March 18, 2024 11:23 PM

British TV chat, 2024

We haven't had a thread to talk broadly about British shows and/or the PBS or Britbox viewings of them in the US for a while.

Starting off with something that apparently happened a few months ago....the sexy guy that played Spiros on The Durrells has been ACCUSED! of sexual harassment/assault/rape. (He was serving as a rep in EU parliament.)

by Anonymousreplies 114March 18, 2024 11:19 PM

The Gentlemen: Theo James takes another swing at bat

I like him but maybe he would have been more successful if he had kept his actual name, Theodoros Taptiklis.

“Dimi, why you do this to me?”

by Anonymousreplies 37March 18, 2024 11:17 PM

A Star is Born, Willie Wonka -- any other movies remade 3x?

Updates make sense. But what's the point of another Willie Wonka?

by Anonymousreplies 19March 18, 2024 11:17 PM

Ending a friendship because of betrayal

I have a close friend who I've known for just over a year. My friend and I met through a community group. I trusted them with some personal information about myself, which they then shared with their friend, who is a part of the group. I had requested they not share it with anyone else.

That person told the others in our group. I forgave my friend, because he really is a kind and caring person. He has given me rides to the grocery store, bank, etc. while I was recovering from surgery. I also enjoy his company. However, I recently found out he has been talking about me again.

He has been unemployed for a while, after being fired from his job. He then tried pursuing poker professionally, but he lost his savings and had to stop. I've been honest with him in my thoughts, and how I think he made some poor choices. I do not really feel bad for him, because he has parents who will help support him. He is 38 and will be moving back in with them again, after being kicked out by his roommate.

Maybe he was resentful towards me, even though never showed it or said anything.

Today I found out he went and told his friend, the same one he talked to about me before, that I was not being supportive or understanding. I had suggested we go out for a brunch at a nice restaurant, but didn't offer to pay. He was recently hired at a new job, and received some money, so I thought he would be able to.

I let him know that I'm no longer interested in being friends with him. Am I overreacting? I think I should've seen that he isn't trustworthy earlier on.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 18, 2024 11:10 PM

So the Acting Oscar winners will be:

Cillian Murphy

Lily Gladstone

Robert Downey Jr. or Mark Ruffalo

and

DaVine Joy Randolph

(I've only seen Oppenheimer so these are pure guesses)

by Anonymousreplies 591March 18, 2024 10:59 PM

What's your favorite opera?

I was always partial to La traviata

by Anonymousreplies 23March 18, 2024 10:56 PM

Diva Bill Maher dumps CAA after failing to receive invite to Bryan Lourd’s Oscar Party

Lourd, when reached for comment, said, “I don’t know her.”

by Anonymousreplies 83March 18, 2024 10:50 PM

Pedro Pascal Says ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Residual Check Saved Him

Pedro Pascal has become a mainstream star in recent years with roles in franchises from “The Mandalorian” to “Fantastic Four,” but he wasn’t always in as secure of a position. He shared in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight that a residual check from an earlier role on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was the only reason he was able to pay his rent and not quit acting.

Pascal began his ET interview at the SAG Awards with praise for the acting community represented by the awards, where he was honored for his role on “The Last of Us.”

“That community has sustained my life as a professional,” Pascal said. “My entry-level lasted about 15 years.”

He continued by listing events in his life that he’d struggled with financially during that time, including how “Buffy” saved him when he was in a tight spot.

“We’re talking about being able to see a doctor, getting sick, getting a surgery, paying my rent when I had less than $7 in my account, and a residual from ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ showed up and saved the day, and literally is the reason I was able to stay in it and not give up,” Pascal said.

Pascal appeared in the season premiere of Season 4 of “Buffy” in 1999, but one reason the appearance could slip below the radar is that it was before he began going by Pedro Passcal — at the time, he was credited as Pedro Balmaceda. He would later go on to use his mother’s last name, Pascal, following her death.

In that “Buffy” appearance, his character Eddie serves as the cute guy who bumps into Buffy Summers as she begins her freshman year at college. She helped Pascal’s lost student Eddie find his way on campus. They share a friendly, slightly flirty interaction as Pascal’s character Eddie talks about the psychology professor he shares with Summers.

It looks like maybe it’s the beginning of a new couple for the show — until Eddie gets grabbed by a group of vampires. Watch the “Buffy” clip responsible for that fateful residual check here — along with his short-lived return as a vampire who meets Buffy and a stake.

Pascal has shared about his financial struggles as he came up in acting before, as has his close friend Sarah Paulson.

“There were times when I would give him my per diem from a job I was working on so that he could have money to feed himself,” Paulson told Esquire last year.

Kieran Culkin also teased Pascal during the interview after their earlier kiss during the SAG Awards ceremony. You can watch the full interview in the video at the top of this story.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 18, 2024 10:50 PM

Middle class brands disappearing

The world's losing a middle ground in retail fashion. It's either discount or premium, with fewer choices on between.

by Anonymousreplies 24March 18, 2024 10:41 PM

Nuclear heart stress test and angiogram

Have any of you old bitches had these procedures?

by Anonymousreplies 16March 18, 2024 10:30 PM

Why didn't the Kylie relationship hurt Chalamet's career?

From the moment this relationship was announced, everybody said that it would end his career and that nobody would take him seriously anymore. The PDA got more painful with each outing. While I'm sure there were some people who skipped Wonka and Dune because of it, overall it didn't seem to have that much negative impact. I guess the strategy of going public but not directly addressing it really works. While I still don't understand what the point of it was, you have to admit it wasn't the disaster that everybody predicted it would be.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 10:30 PM

Eastenders catch-up needed

I’m the OP of the EastEnders on Britbox US thread.

I’ve been behind in my real-time viewing and now the episodes from October have been removed from Britbox. I’m lost.

Can my fellow EE fans please catch me up?

I left off where it was revealed that Terry is actually Tom Cotton looking to swindle Sonia. Keegan had already cheated on Tiffany with Dottie. Ruby was arrested based on Jean’s false accusation. Mick and Linda left Waldorf to stay with Linda’s mother.

Please help me, DLers. You are my only hope.

TIA!

by Anonymousreplies 531March 18, 2024 10:24 PM

Jamie Lee Curtis Leaves 2024 Oscars Early and Heads to In-N-Out

Will this woman EVER stop being a cunt?

What a shitty thing to do, as last year's Best Supporting Actress winner.

I told you all she didn't deserve it.

by Anonymousreplies 146March 18, 2024 10:15 PM

Aunt Jordan Causes Havock for the Newmans and Genoa City

Aunt Jordan seems to be a master of disguise and a master at getting past security guards.

She stalking Nikki, eluding police and doing all sorts of crazy things. The woman is certifiable!

Bravo to Aunt Jordan for spicing things up in Genoa City and making the place interesting once again.

And bravo to a great second act for our Colleen.

by Anonymousreplies 574March 18, 2024 9:55 PM

Paging Darfur Orphan! You're back on the map, baby!

You can thank the US ambassador for it.

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Silence. Last September, when I visited a makeshift hospital in Adré, Chad, where young Sudanese refugees were being treated for acute malnutrition, that was all I heard: an eerie silence. I had tried to prepare myself for the wails of children who were sick and emaciated, but these patients were too weak to even cry. That day, I saw a 6-month-old baby who was the size of a newborn and a child whose ankles were swollen, and whose body was blistered, from severe malnourishment.

It was equal parts newly horrific and tragically familiar.

Twenty years earlier I had visited the same town and met with Sudanese refugees who fled violence in Darfur, where the janjaweed militia, with backing from Omar al-Bashir’s brutal authoritarian regime, carried out a genocidal campaign of mass killing, rape and pillage. Today, civil war has once again turned Sudan into a living hell. But even after aid groups designated the country’s humanitarian crisis to be among the world’s worst, little attention or help has gone to the Sudanese people.

For almost a year, I have been pushing the United Nations Security Council to speak out. On March 8, the Council finally called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. This is a positive step, but it is not nearly enough — and it does not change the fact that the international community and media outlets have been largely quiet.

The world’s silence and inaction need to end, and end now.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 18, 2024 9:54 PM

The Zone of Interest - A24 Holocaust film highlighting the banality of evil

Has anyone seen it? It isn't playing anywhere near me, unfortunately. "The film centers on Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife as they strive to build a dream life next to the concentration camp."

by Anonymousreplies 331March 18, 2024 9:43 PM

Post a song you can't get enough of lately

I just discovered "Precious Little Diamond" by Fox the Fox and I've been listening to it on repeat for days!

What are some other catchy tunes I should add to my spring playlist?

by Anonymousreplies 40March 18, 2024 9:41 PM

We haven't had a joke thread in awhile

The cashier told me "Strip down facing me".

By the time I realized they meant the debit card, it was too late.

by Anonymousreplies 78March 18, 2024 9:30 PM

Has the DL given up on figure skating?

Two GRAND PRIX events completed, and I see nothing… I tried a Google search..,

by Anonymousreplies 278March 18, 2024 9:11 PM

“Euphoria” season 3 to begin filming around May!

FINALLY!!! Let’s see if something happens that keeps them from filming season 3 for like the 4th time!

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 8:46 PM

“Tourist Trap” remake officially happening!

45 years after the original cult classic was released we are finally getting a remake!!

Do you wanna see any changes from the original made to this one that you feel would make it better? Clearly it would be set in modern day vs 1979.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 18, 2024 8:03 PM

Blind Item!- CNN bosses are trying to get Chris Cuomo to come back. Their ratings are at their lowest

“ This alliterate news host who was fired from a cable channel is being wooed by his former bosses after they suffered disastrous ratings this week.

Chris Cuomo/CNN”

by Anonymousreplies 137March 18, 2024 8:01 PM

DataLounge sleuths: please help me remember this recent documentary about serial gay catfish creep

I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember identifiable details about a recent documentary, so I can look up the case. I can’t remember a single name, and unfortunately the subject mater “catfishing,” “gay,” “sex tape,” “blackmail,” etc., are so common they make searching online a cluttered mess.

It came out about five(?) years ago and was about someone who was contacting young men (I think in the pre-internet world) and convincing them to make sex tapes to send to him. He would start out slow and give the boys money and then the requests would get weirder. He blackmailed several boys on high school(?) sports teams. The filmmakers themselves did so much research they ended up identifying the culprit, who was this overweight bitchy spoiled rich kid (young adult) who lived in a high rise condo somewhere, and they actually interviewed his mom on the phone, who defended her son.

What was this documentary? What was the case? I need names so I can search. Help!

by Anonymousreplies 29March 18, 2024 7:44 PM

It's been almost a year since Alan White's body was found

And still no murder charges?

by Anonymousreplies 24March 18, 2024 7:42 PM

Landline users remain proudly ‘old-fashioned’ in the digital age

[quote]Some also like landline phones for aesthetic reasons. Mark Treutelaar, the co-owner, with his wife, Galina, of the Old Phone Shop, which sells and repairs landline phones in Franklin, Wis., said he has noticed an uptick in sales of brightly colored, rotary-dial wall and desk phones from the 1960s and ’70s.

[quote]“We are selling more phones recently than ever before,” Mr. Treutelaar said. “People like them just because they remember them from when they were younger and, even if they don’t have a landline, they are buying them as just decoration or are hooking them to cellphones through Bluetooth.”

by Anonymousreplies 28March 18, 2024 7:38 PM

So what did the Prince and Princess of Wales inherit?

As the new Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate receive a majority of their income from a private estate called the Duchy of Cornwall, which was established in 1337 to financially support the heir to the throne, according to CNN. The Duchy of Cornwall—which provided the income for Charles and Camilla before they became King and Queen Consort—is funded through the ownership and operation of land in rural and urban areas, as well as islands and rental cottages in Wales, Cornwall and other areas in the United Kingdom.

In 2018, the Duchy of Cornwall made Charles and Camilla $28 million, which is around what William and Kate will make as well. According to CNN, about 50 percent of Charles and Camilla’s annual income was spent on travel and official royal engagements, while a quarter went to taxes. The remaining $8.9 million went to Charles’ children with his late wife Princess Diana—Prince William and Prince Harry—as well as non-official purchases and a royal savings account.

William and Kate’s income also include money from Sovereign Grant, a taxpayer fund paid each year to the British royal family. The Sovereign Grant originated from an agreement made by King George III in 1760, who agreed to surrender his income from Parliament to receive a set annual payment for himself and future generations of the British royal family. The agreement was originally known as the Civil List before it was reworked as the Sovereign Grant in 2012.

Under the agreement, the British royal family receives a grant in exchange for surrendering their profits from the Crown Estate, the family’s collection of lands and holdings worth £14.1 billion, to the government, according to BBC. Each year, the reigning monarch receives 25 percent of the Crown Estate’s profits. The amount pays for property upkeep and utilities, the British royal family’s travel and the royal employee payroll. The grant doesn’t cover security and royal ceremonies, which are funded by other areas.

William, for his part, also has money from the trust his mother, Princess Diana, left him and his younger brother, Prince Harry, after her death in 1997. William gained access to the on his 30th birthday. According to Cheat Sheet, Diana left William $10 million in assets, which included his late mother’s jewelry collection that he and Harry split.

Kate and William are also senior members of The Firm, also known as the Monarchy PLC, according to Fortune, which is made up of the public faces of the House of the Windsor and the royal family members the Queen Elizabeth II—now King Charles—was the head of. The firm operates and a multi-million-pound business empire that boosts the United Kingdom economy through televised events and tourism, according to Fortune. Before her death, the Queen was the head of The Firm.

The other seven members were: Prince Charles; his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William; Kate, Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Anne; Prince Edward; and his wife Sophie, Countess of Essex. According to Forbes, the British royal family holds almost $28 billion in real estate as of 2021 that cannot be sold. Here’s how that amount breaks down:

The Crown Estate: $19.5 billion

Buckingham Palace: $4.9 billion

The Duchy of Cornwall: $1.3 billion

The Duchy of Lancaster: $748 million

Kensington Palace: $630 million

The Crown Estate of Scotland: $592 million

How much did Kate Middleton inherit from Queen Elizabeth II? Radar Online reported in September 2022 that was Kate was expected to inherit $110 million in jewelry from the Queen after her death. The collection includes 300 personal pieces of jewelry that belonged just to the Queen and not the Crown. “She’s been focusing on her beloved pieces and who deserves what,” a source told Radar Online in July 2022 before the Queen’s death. “The whispers are that she’s made some last-minute changes to her will that’ll be a shocking surprise for her heirs.”

by Anonymousreplies 19March 18, 2024 7:36 PM

What is going on with Cher's face?

Can someone explain to me what that is under her lower lip?

It's become more noticeable in the past year and I can't exactly figure out what she had done.

by Anonymousreplies 115March 18, 2024 7:34 PM

Meet Europeans who moved to the US and say there’s no going back

For all the stories of American families who’ve bid adieu to the United States to give their kids a different upbringing in France, decamped to Italy for a better lifestyle or made the move to Portugal to afford health care and retire on the cheap, there are plenty of Europeans who’ve crossed the pond and made America their home and say they’ll never return to the European continent to live again.

Since CNN Travel regularly features expats “living the dream” in Europe, we decided to find out what the experience has been like for some of those seeking opportunities on the other side of the Atlantic.

We spoke with a handful of Europeans who are embracing American life about what brought and ties them to the United States. Here’s what they said:

Florian Herrmann, 44, originally from Munich, Germany, first came to the United States in 2006 as part of a university exchange and internship program in California.

When that ended, he returned home to Germany before being recruited to work for a small family business in Wyoming.

“I was always a career hunter, super career-focused,” says Herrmann, who eventually started his own tourism marketing business in the United States, Herrmann Global. “Everything changed for me when I came to America. People told me the sky is the limit, if you see it you can do it.”

He finds the American spirit of “supporting the underdog” particularly powerful. Herrmann, who is still a German citizen, says he plans to pursue US citizenship when the option for Germans to have dual citizenship becomes easier.

“The mentality here is ‘Let’s give it a try.’ And if it doesn’t work, they say, ‘Well, you did it and now you know it didn’t work,’” he says. By comparison, failing at something as an entrepreneur in Germany is something you “carry on your shoulders,” he says, and usually means less opportunity in the future.

Herrmann, who lives with his American wife and their two kids in Lander, Wyoming, a small town that’s home to less than 8,000 people, says he feels fortunate to live in such a tight-knit community with a can-do, “cowboy mentality,” too.

“Small town America is still absolutely amazing,” he says. “There’s a support system I just don’t see happening anywhere in the world. You know the police officer, the people from the courts, the neighbors. My friends will visit from Germany and see me waving to a police officer and wonder what I’m doing.”

Although Herrmann loves the wilderness of Wyoming, he admits it can feel isolating at times. And while he would consider moving back to Germany for a year or two, he doesn’t think he could ever return there long term.

“I have become too Americanized. I love my life and the way I live,” he says. “When I go back, I think, ‘I really couldn’t live here anymore.’”

“I know that I will be buried here,” he adds. “I feel like an American. This country has done a lot for me, and I’m committed and thankful.”

Gabriele Sappok, 54, founded Imagine PR in New York City in 2006 after leaving Stuttgart, Germany, to live with her German boyfriend (now her husband and business partner). The optimism of American life is what inspires her most.

“I love my home country, but the general vibe in Germany is the glass is half empty versus here, where there’s this innate optimism that I cherish and love,” says the German citizen who has a US green card.

When she’s back in Germany, Sappok says Germans complain about how Americans will casually ask how you’re doing “without really caring,” she says.

“I explain to people there that it actually makes my day when people ask how I’m doing in the US, it’s a gesture I appreciate,” she says, adding that there’s a huge cultural divide between Europe and the United States, not to mention within Europe.

“In Germany, it’s almost like it’s expected not to be happy-go-lucky all the time because then people doubt your sincerity,” Sappok says. “You have to have a certain level of cynicism and criticism because that’s what makes you smart.”

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 7:30 PM

Woman with ‘world’s biggest cheeks’ hits back at messages slamming her new appearanceYikes!

Yikes! This 32 year old model from Ukraine has spent 'thousands of dollars' to look like this. Over the past six years, she has had botox, fillers, implants, etc. to achieve a look many say 'looks like an alien'. But she's happy.

by Anonymousreplies 43March 18, 2024 7:03 PM

“Wonka” is getting RAVE reviews

The early reviews are in and they’re mostly all very positive, calling the film an instant Holiday classic and Timmy is getting amazing reviews.

Nice!!!

by Anonymousreplies 440March 18, 2024 6:59 PM

The Last Emperor (1987)

After a DL recommendation, I just watched The Last Emperor. The epic chronicles the interesting rise and incredible fall of Puyi, the last Emperor of China.

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Based on the book From Emperor to Citizen by Puyi and Twilight in the Forbidden City by Sir Reginald Johnston

Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su, and Johann Strauss

Starring John Lone, Wu Tao, Joan Chen, Ying Ruocheng, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Maggie Han, Vivian Wu, Lisa Lu, Henry O, and PETER O'TOOLE

by Anonymousreplies 33March 18, 2024 6:36 PM

Where to find a replica of Dorothy's ruby slippers?

I'd like to purchase Dorothy's ruby slippers, a life-size replica. Does anybody know any place to find the most genuine version?

by Anonymousreplies 20March 18, 2024 6:33 PM

What Books Are You Reading In 2024? Part 1

As midnight ticks around and the fireworks burst in the skies of my hometown, it’s time for the first reading thread of the New Year, where DataLounge friends share what they are reading, good or bad. Short stories etc are welcome.

As per the previous thread, I am still listening to Moby Dick, but not during chemotherapy, there are too many interruptions and I am enjoying the story far too much for stopping and starting. So it’s on my commute.

I wanted a big, easy to read saga to read over the holidays so I am rereading Gone With The Wind for the first time since childhood. Scarlett has less of Vivien Leigh’s devious intelligence, and Melanie isn’t a beatific and sickly sweet as per Olivia de Havilland but guileless, plucky and almost immature. Reading now, they are very much sheltered teenagers.

I read the CWA Gold Dagger winner every year so The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green is on my list.

by Anonymousreplies 365March 18, 2024 6:32 PM

Buying/Financing a used car and need opinions on what SUVs to steer clear from

First time i'm financing since 2014 and I'm trying to get something that will be reliable and used. Parameters are >2011, less than 95k miles and at least 20 average mpg. No hybrids or EVs as I don't live in a place to charge and I'm not willing to finance a hybrid with an impending battery failure after already going through that.

Real question: any to stear clear of or highly recommend?

I'm not able to probably go for higher-end vehicles because I don't make enough and my credit score is not considered high.

But other questions: do Nissans suck and are unreliable? What about Hyundais and Kias? Scions? American-made vehicles? (I tend to think they're not as well-equipped, long-lived as others).

by Anonymousreplies 116March 18, 2024 6:31 PM

Oregon going backwards on drug legalization

Discuss.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 18, 2024 6:25 PM

Wayne Brady Details the 'Biggest Misconception' of Being Pansexual

Wayne Brady is sharing the "biggest misconception" about being pansexual.

While attending the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday night in Los Angeles, the Whose Line Is It Anyway? star, 51, told PEOPLE he understands why some people are confused by the term — and that he even needed to "research" the topic himself.

"I had to do research and find out what it was that I was," says Brady, who came out as pansexual in August 2023. "I think the biggest misconception — and I even make a joke about it onstage tonight — is that people think that you're an indecisive bisexual. It's like, no, no, no, no, no. Let me set you straight."

"What the definition basically boils down to is, regardless of gender, regardless," he continues. "So that means that I am happily free to fall in love with anybody here. If you're gay, if you're straight, if you're non-binary, trans, I don't care."

Brady explains that it's all about "the person, which in my mind is the ultimate in acceptance and loving — so I win."

After coming out last year, Brady described being pansexual to PEOPLE as "bisexual — with an open mind." At the time, he shared that Robin Williams' 2014 death deeply affected him and set him on a surprising path of self-discovery.

In addition to doing therapy to try to understand why he wasn't feeling joy in certain aspects of his life and being treated for "love addiction," he found himself asking the question, "Wayne, um, are you gay?"

"And the answer was no because despite having been in all of these unsuccessful relationships and now dealing with what I know can be diagnosed as love addiction, I started to go, 'Okay, I'm feeling something, but I just don't know how to get there,' " the actor and TV host recalled to PEOPLE.

He said he thought about the fact that he'd been attracted to certain men in his life but "always pushed that aside because of how I was raised, and because I live in today's world."

Brady told PEOPLE he felt a lot of "shame" and worried about people finding out, despite having "a wonderful community" of friends in the LGBTQ+ community.

"I've always felt like a sham because I wasn't being forthcoming with myself," he said. "You can play at being an ally, but until the day that you can truly say, 'This is who I am, and I wanna stand next to you,' that's not ... I always wanted that day to come."

When that day finally did come, Brady said the response was overwhelmingly positive.

“I've gotten so many DMs, emails and texts from people who, at a midpoint in their life, want to express themselves, whether it's changing their work or coming out,” Brady told Yahoo Entertainment in December 2023.

He noted that he hoped his story would inspire others. “It’s never too late to take hold of your story … for teenagers, young adults, theater students and young Black men who question the idea of masculinity, and what it all means," he said, adding, “Past a certain point, life becomes too short to live in the dark all the time."

by Anonymousreplies 26March 18, 2024 6:21 PM

Kiefer Sutherland

I know he has several DUIs -- that is certainly not good. But why the constant whispering campaign on DL about how evil he is? It is starting to remind me of Tammy Cruise gossip that never amounts to anything.

by Anonymousreplies 500March 18, 2024 6:16 PM

I don't think the other members of the What's My Line panel liked Dorothy Kilgallen, Part 3

In case it's needed.

by Anonymousreplies 285March 18, 2024 6:13 PM

WaPo celebrates idiots who significantly redecorate apartments they do not own

We had a thread about the guy in Los Angeles who was doing stupid things like covering kitchen countertops with contact paper because he wanted it to look like wood. He had crazy eyes in his videos.

by Anonymousreplies 39March 18, 2024 6:10 PM

Down and Out in Paris and London

An Orwellian classic or a modern manual for living?

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 5:47 PM

Baby, it's COLD outside!

It's chilly AF tonight in the City of Angels!

Kitty & I are finally snuggled up in bed together, browsing DL, & considering something on Netflix.

Is it cold where you are tonight? How are you & the partners/pets holding up?

Thoughts & prayers for all Texans!

by Anonymousreplies 42March 18, 2024 5:42 PM

Hot Mugshots 3: Revenge of mamas Mussy

Beginning with a hot guy with stupid hair

by Anonymousreplies 269March 18, 2024 5:23 PM

Tesla owners - need advice

I am in the market for a used Model S. I tried the 3 and hated it. Both are 2019 models. One is a 100d, which is early 2019 with only 17K miles. The other is the long-range with 50K miles. I am not too sure about it but I think the later year model was part of a refresh with newer hardware. I could be wrong. Other than the mileage the only difference I can see is the 100d has the enhanced autopilot, but the long-range does not. I can get an after-market warranty for the same price for either so I am just looking for advice on early model vs late model 2019? Any insight would be appreciated and of course, the usual snark is always enjoyed.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 18, 2024 5:13 PM

Black men get me hot under the Calvin's

Virtually every black man I see gives me a raging boner. Anybody share my obsession?

by Anonymousreplies 79March 18, 2024 5:07 PM

Jennifer Gates Set to Become N.Y.C. Pediatrician After Finishing Med School

Jennifer Gates has found her match!

On Friday, the daughter of billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda Gates announced in an Instagram post that she had received her placement in the National Resident Matching Program, which determines the first position for young doctors in the U.S.

“Pediatrician incoming!!! 💗👩‍⚕️” Gates, 27, wrote in the post, alongside a photo of her smiling for the camera in a black dress, holding up a card announcing the hospital she would be working for.

“Thrilled to finally share that after 4 years of medical school, I’ve matched for residency at Mt. Sinai on the Pediatrics Research pathway,” Gates continued. “What a dream come true — I can’t wait to learn from incredible healthcare providers and patients about all that it means to become a doctor.

“Residency here we come! 🩺👩‍⚕️💗.” she finished, adding the hashtag “#matchday2024” to share her results with her fellow incoming doctors.

“Congratulations @jenngatesnassar!” Bill, 68, wrote in an Instagram Story post, alongside his daughter's picture. “I’m so impressed by you—and the doctor you’re becoming."

Bill has long been supportive of his oldest kid’s dreams of becoming a doctor. In May 2023, he and Melinda were seen together attending Jennifer’s graduation from Columbia University.

Gates' mom chimed in in the comments, as well, writing, “I am so proud of you! Congratulations on this next chapter.”

Her sister Phoebe Gates, 21, also shared some love, simply commenting with two hand-clapping emojis on Gates' post.

Gates has been quite busy over the last several years. The now-doctor wed her husband, Nayel Nassar, in an elegant New York ceremony in October 2021. She and the Olympic equestrian, 33, welcomed a baby girl in March 2023.

“(Accelerated) Master of Public Health 👩‍🎓🩵,” Jennifer wrote in another Instagram post, shared just after her graduation. “Thank you @columbiapublichealth for this incredible educational opportunity and the village around me who made this possible. Grateful 🙏✨.”

Reflecting on a busy year, Gates wrote in an Instagram post celebrating her 27th birthday in April she was happy to welcome her baby girl.

"Best part of 26: a healthy pregnancy and daughter. 🙏💜 I love you so much, sweet girl. 👼," she wrote at the time, alongside a photo of her holding her little girl and smiling for the camera.

Writing in his own Instagram post back in April, Bill told his daughter, "Happy birthday, Jenn! You continue to amaze me with your intelligence, creativity, and compassion. I feel incredibly lucky to be your dad, and I'm so proud of everything you've accomplished. Love you always!"

by Anonymousreplies 19March 18, 2024 5:02 PM

Mike Pence refuses to endorse Trump

He says he “cannot in good conscience” endorse Trump. It would eat away at him mentally and Trump doesn’t stand for the same things he does.

by Anonymousreplies 63March 18, 2024 4:55 PM

So what do you think happened to MH370 ten years ago ?

MH370 is the Malaysia plane which disappeared 10 years ago today on a flight en route to China. No one knows what happened - but there are plenty of conspiracy theories. What do DLrs think happen ?

by Anonymousreplies 69March 18, 2024 4:53 PM

Porn Ho Jayden Marcos has recently caught my attention.

There are so many many reasons not to find him sexy, yet I do anyways.

by Anonymousreplies 47March 18, 2024 4:52 PM

Fani Willis good to go but “WADING”

Latest

by Anonymousreplies 226March 18, 2024 4:24 PM

Do other internet fora correct gramma and orthography?

Or is “Oh Dear” a Datalounge thing only?

by Anonymousreplies 11March 18, 2024 4:22 PM

Shirley Jones turns 90 on Monday

Happy Birthday Mrs.Partridge!

by Anonymousreplies 29March 18, 2024 4:12 PM

Sia recruits Kylie Minogue for comeback single.

What do we think DL, is it a hit?

by Anonymousreplies 29March 18, 2024 4:04 PM

My water bottle was slowly killing me

About two weeks ago, I started getting terrible headaches and a queasy feeling that never seemed to go away. I am not a naturally sickly person, or a person prone to bouts of hysteria, so I chalked it up to allergies, and went about my business as best I could. Until yesterday. When I was washing my water bottle, as I do every night, I noticed black stuff on its straw. On closer inspection, I found that the inside lid was completely covered in black mold! 🤮🤢

I hadn't noticed the mold before because the lid itself is black. I have three identical water bottles that I swap out each day when I'm washing the other, and they are all covered in mold! I don't know how it happened because I am so careful about washing them every day.

by Anonymousreplies 61March 18, 2024 4:00 PM

We met on Scruff*

Trade murders gay man met on sex app.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 18, 2024 3:57 PM

Drake Bell details "extensive abuse" by acting coach during Nickelodeon days

At first, actor Drake Bell wasn’t sure he was ready to publicly reveal that he was the previously unidentified minor who had been sexually assaulted by Nickelodeon dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck, who was convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004.

“I think there was a lot of uncertainty up until very recently,” Emma Schwartz, co-director of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, tells Yahoo Entertainment.

The four-part Investigation Discovery (ID) docuseries examines the toxicity on the sets of Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider’s kid-themed shows — All That, The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, Sam & Cat, Drake & Josh — in the '90s and '00s. In the show, Bell, now 37, revealed he was the minor John Doe who accused Peck of sexual assault and abuse.

Schwartz and filmmaking partner Mary Robertson were deep into exploring that world — interviewing former cast members, writers and crew members about their experiences — when they connected that there were three different men who worked on Nickelodeon sets in that era who had been arrested and convicted of child abuse.

“We really wanted to understand how that had happened,” Schwartz says, “and in the course of having conversations, you start to have whispers of who some of the victims are.”

Bell was introduced to Peck during Season 2 of The Amanda Show in 2000 when Bell was 14 and Peck was 40. In the doc, Bell details how Peck — who had been talked up as having a hand in Leonardo DiCaprio’s early success — glommed on to him, pushing out Bell’s dad and becoming his manager.

In the series, Bell calls the "extensive" abuse “pretty brutal” and says it was “the worst stuff that someone could do to somebody as a sexual assault.” Bell felt trapped. He later broke down to his mother about the abuse, which continued, and they went to police. Bell secured Peck’s confession in a call recorded by investigators. In 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old and oral copulation with a minor under 16. He served 16 months in prison.

Bell’s identity was kept a secret, and it stayed that way for over 20 years. The filmmakers of the series say much sensitivity was involved when they approached Bell to see if he wanted to share his story.

“Anyone who's a survivor of child sex abuse, you want to be very, very careful and very, very thoughtful,” Schwartz says. “You don't know if they're ready to speak. You don't know if they want to have any outreach — or that if even by reaching out, you could trigger them in some way. So I wrote a letter, and from that letter we began a conversation. It was not an easy conversation, and there was a lot of back and forth before we finally met. And once we met, I didn't know if he would want to move forward. Even once he got to a point where he was ready to share on camera, I don't know that he went home and said, ‘That was the best decision I made in my life.’”

Some of Bell's uncertainty was lifted after filmmakers screened the final project with him.

“I think he felt it really did reflect his truth,” Schwartz says. “And ultimately, as this has come out, has felt a bit lighter from holding in so much for so many years that he's really still trying to grapple with and move forward from.”

Bell — who went on to star in Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007 — detailed the horrors of what he went through, including going to court to deliver a victim impact statement and seeing Peck’s side of the courtroom filled with Hollywood supporters.

“That was one of the more shocking … revelations that came from the reporting of this,” says Robertson. “And I think for Drake, it was one of the more devastating aspects of a completely devastating experience.”

by Anonymousreplies 5March 18, 2024 3:49 PM

Horrible "first date" experiences

Anyone recall any bad dating experience they'd like to share? Not counting any hook-ups. Just getting together for dinner, movie, etc that all went bad.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 18, 2024 3:43 PM

How do so many players get Wordl on the second guess?

I've been playing Wordl since before it was a NY Times game and I've guessed the world correctly on the second try only 5 times. Looking at the bot's analysis, consistently there's tens of thousands of people who guess it on the second word. What is their starting guess? Is there a way to find out?

As we'll come to find out when they destroy the world, the bot is not your friend.

by Anonymousreplies 461March 18, 2024 3:31 PM

Etsy - Do you shop there?

I love Etsy for their genuine handmade stuff, esp. furniture. I was annoyed though when I saw one item that I was about to purchase on Etsy also on Temu. I understand if someone sells on Etsy and Amazon. But seeing items on Etsy and at the same time on Temu crosses a mental barrier for me. Those two e-tailers have the opposite approach in terms of authenticity. So that was quite a turn-off. Now it looks like AI is chipping away another piece of Etsy's credibility. Was I just too naive all along or is Etsy going down the drain right now?

by Anonymousreplies 16March 18, 2024 3:27 PM

Finally, Influencer fatigue is setting in

Apparently the kids are getting sick of it.

by Anonymousreplies 26March 18, 2024 3:23 PM

Great Film Entrances

I thought it would be fun to have a thread about great character entrances in movies!

by Anonymousreplies 68March 18, 2024 3:22 PM

MARY and GEORGE in a NUTSHELL TRAILER GORGEOUS FILM!

Oscar (queer ) Bait

by Anonymousreplies 36March 18, 2024 3:19 PM

Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, thread 3

to continue the bitching

by Anonymousreplies 8March 18, 2024 3:14 PM

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Has anyone seen this documentary on Netflix? I saw clips and it looks fascinating. I vaguely remember the name but I was in middle school. No idea that discussing female orgasm threw the media and right wingers into such a tizzy at the time. Apparently men, even regular Joe's, hated her. It's on my soon to watch list.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 3:10 PM

Do you think the 2024 election will go smoothly?

Or do you think there will be contention that it was stolen, like the last two?

by Anonymousreplies 99March 18, 2024 3:03 PM

Cheetos Puffs are smaller!

BF and I just opened up a bag and they are not as thick and there are a lot of short ones in here. Anyone else notice your food is smaller or the portions are smaller?

by Anonymousreplies 16March 18, 2024 3:00 PM

Oy oy Britpop fans, PULP is coming back to N. America...

... this autumn.

Chicago

Toronto

Brooklyn

San Francisco

Los Angeles

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 2:54 PM

Formerly Fat Whores: Did Gay Life Improve after You Lost Weight?

Or is that just a fantasy we tell ourselves along the way?

I had a creepy old dude in Scruff tell me he’d rather fuck someone young and fat versus older and thinner. He said age is a bigger factor in dating success than weight.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 2:47 PM

Why was the Concorde discontinued?

It was such an amazing aircraft.

New York to London in under three hours.

Impeccable service with good wine, cheese, and meals.

Traveled at 1250 mph at 56,000 feet.

It was such an amazing feat of technology that is no longer used.

Why in the hell not??

by Anonymousreplies 130March 18, 2024 2:45 PM

Republican Senators Don’t Mind If Party Picks Up Tab For Donald Trump’s Legal Defense

“They’re trying to drain the guy dry... I just think we need to help our nominee as best we can,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said. Asked if the RNC should bail Trump out, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) answered, “I believe so.”

These Repigs will bend themselves into a pretzel to kiss Trump's ass.

If Biden had Trump's court-ordered financial punishments, the Repigs would be out of their minds.

by Anonymousreplies 31March 18, 2024 2:34 PM

Interview With The Secretaries From The TV Show Dallas

That's like interviewing Mrs. Trumbell from I Love Lucy- such minor characters.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 2:15 PM

John Mulaney's ex-wife Anna Marie Tendler to release memoir about her 'heartbreak and rage'

John Mulaney’s ex-wife Anna Marie Tendler is ready to tell her side of the story. The visual artist and writer announced on social media that she will be releasing her memoir, titled Men Have Called Her Crazy, in August — and she’s not planning on holding anything back. “I have been writing this book for two years,” Tendler wrote. “More accurately though I have been writing it for close to four decades. I have never been more proud of any work.”

She also teased what readers can expect from the upcoming tell-all. “It is a story about mental health; about being a woman; about family,” she explained. “And finally, about the endless source of my heartbreak and rage — men.”

Mulaney, 41, filed for divorce from Tendler after six years of marriage in July 2021. At the time, the pair issued separate statements about their split, with Tendler telling PEOPLE that she was “heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage.” Furthering the drama was that, just two days after his divorce announcement, it was revealed Mulaney had begun dating actress Olivia Munn. The Big Mouth star shared four months later that he and Munn were expecting their first child together, and the pair welcomed their son, Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney, that November. Tendler later reflected on the effect the divorce had on her life it in a 2022 interview with Harper’s Bazaar. “Everything that has transpired has been totally shocking and I think surreal,” she told the outlet. “In a way, I feel like, well, it can only go up from here, because I reached the depth of where I could go." Last June, Tendler revealed in an Elle essay that she had been “hospitalized for depression, self-harm, and severe suicidal ideation in the first two weeks of 2021,” and credited her late dog, Petunia, for helping her during the difficult time. “The doctors asked me to make a list of my reasons for living,” she wrote in part. “Petunia was the one and only thing on that list.”

Men Have Called Her Crazy is set to hit bookshelves on Aug. 13

by Anonymousreplies 177March 18, 2024 2:14 PM

Lawmaker Asks Delta Pilot About Being A 'Stewardess' Immediately After Being Told She's A Pilot

If you live in Minnesota and your state senator is R-Gene Dornink, know he's got shit for brains.

by Anonymousreplies 39March 18, 2024 1:52 PM

Scott Disick spotted out and about looking like a skeleton

Is he on drugs?

by Anonymousreplies 35March 18, 2024 1:46 PM

How Come Benjamin Walker Never Made It Into The Big Time?

Did Meryl have something to do with it. He divorced her daughter. He was wonderful as Abe Lincoln in that musical he did a few years back. Present, believable, and camera ready in films. Got stage chops. His now separated wife is doing a super job in The Gentlemen on Netflix - is he jealous? Or is it he simply hasn't gotten those break through roles?

by Anonymousreplies 33March 18, 2024 1:39 PM

Elizabeth Hurley Stars In Son Damian’s Seductive Directorial Debut “Strictly Confidential”

“Strictly Confidential” features the sex symbol, 58, getting steamy with another woman, in scenes filmed and directed by her son, model and budding filmmaker Damian Hurley.

by Anonymousreplies 54March 18, 2024 1:36 PM

Have you ever used an "Onward Ticket"?

This is a temporary airplane ticket you buy for about $20 when you haven't booked a roundtrip ticket and need to prove to Customs that you will be leaving their country in a timely fashion. My understanding is the ticket expires within a few days so you buy it immediately before your flight and it stays active long enough to get you through Customs.

Does this work?

I think I would be a nervous wreck trying to pull off something like this.

With my luck, alarms would go off and police would come to take me away. The Daily Mail would then run an article about the antics of a dumb American and list the value of my house and run the worst possible photo of me.

by Anonymousreplies 28March 18, 2024 1:26 PM

Why did Robert Downey Jr make it but Matthew Perry did not?

Both were semi-nepotism actors with horrid addictions, talent and industry goodwill. Both used the same drugs. Both were the same age.

by Anonymousreplies 127March 18, 2024 1:08 PM

WHET Kris Humphries

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

by Anonymousreplies 18March 18, 2024 1:02 PM

The massaging of the shaft

must be as varied as you can make it. Experiment with different grip directions, intensities, lengths, and speeds of your strokes. Their reactions will tell you everything you need.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 1:01 PM

Is anyone else excited about the sexy gays on The Amazing Race 36?

Who will win, Yvonne & Melissa or Ricky & Cesar?

I had a good feeling about Rohan and his sister, but alas, ‘‘twas not to be.

I was so happy Team Mom & Son rallied to a respectable finish.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 18, 2024 12:53 PM

I Need A 10 Incher

I want a really good quality frying pan. What do you recommend? Most of my cooking is frying hamburgers or taco meat.

by Anonymousreplies 20March 18, 2024 12:27 PM

Conspiracy theories that colored your youth

Kategate '24 has got me thinking about some of the nonsense-but-fun-enough conspiracy theories I engaged with as a kid in the 90's. Most notably, a staple of sleepovers was calling the "Paul is Dead" phone number over and over. I also had an older cousin whose very hot boyfriend was obsessed with the Kennedy assassination and I would listen to him rave on about it for hours, totally enraptured (pretty much just wishing he would let me lick his face).

What were some of yours?

by Anonymousreplies 56March 18, 2024 12:00 PM

Bloodbath at RNC: Trump team slashes staff

BWAHAHAHAHA! Trump gonna rob them bitches blind and they won't have any $$$ for down ballot races! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Donald Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the Republican National Committee on Monday began the process of pushing out dozens of officials, according to two people close to the Trump campaign and the RNC.

All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. Those being asked to resign include five members of the senior staff, though the names were not made public. Additionally, some vendor contracts are expected to be cut.

by Anonymousreplies 144March 18, 2024 11:44 AM

Ass pain

Hey! Hopefully this is a good place to post this, I’m not a fully gay guy but do play with my butt during masturbation. Last night I used a dildo for the first time (only a 5 inch thin one) at the time I experienced no pain but this morning I’m a bit sore/tender on the inside. It’s not a full on pain and there’s no blood or pain when I went to the bathroom, however it just feels very tender inside. Is this because it was my first time using anything bigger than a butt plug? Is it normal to be a bit tender the day after?

by Anonymousreplies 44March 18, 2024 11:42 AM

Within the millennial generation, a rift appears

The older millennials have crossed over into homeownership while the younger half struggles.

The pandemic years transformed wealth in the US, sowing the seeds of a new form of inequality.

The divide is clear when describing the state of family finances in 2024. Household balance sheets, in aggregate, are arguably in the best shape ever. At the same time, borrowers are getting squeezed as high interest rates make servicing new debt more challenging. This sets up a difficult balancing act for the Federal Reserve as it contemplates policy changes.

A blog post published last week by the St. Louis Fed provides some important context. The authors looked at the median household wealth of people based on the decade in which they were born and compared it with where history suggests they should be. For example, how are older millennials born in the 1980s doing compared with past generations when they were the same age.

by Anonymousreplies 25March 18, 2024 11:26 AM

The bomb scare, the police and the drag queen

How a drag queen named Titti von Tramp became part of Northern Ireland's gay history

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 10:52 AM

If I Inly Had His Nerve

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 10:33 AM

Bruno Mars allegedly racked up $50 million in casino debt to Caesar's Palace!!!

When it comes to pop stars, you don't get much bigger than Bruno Mars. I mean, he played the friggin' Super Bowl, for Christ's sake.

One of the many things Bruno has got going on is a long-term residency at the Park MGM Las Vegas. He's had a relationship with the casino and hotel for more than eight years.

And if a new report from NewsNation is to be believed, Bruno is allegedly in deep with MGM in more ways than one.

According to the publication's source — and I really must stress that none of this has been verified by Bruno's reps, or anyone else, as of press time — the pop juggernaut allegedly has racked up $50 million in gambling debt with MGM.

“He owes millions to the MGM," the source claimed. "They basically own him."

A few notes: Bruno has not been shy in the past about his taste for games. During an appearance on Carpool Karaoke, he talked about his love of poker (you can catch it in the back half of the video below).

The source also alleges that Bruno is taking home $90 million a year from his current deal with MGM — and he just launched a cocktail lounge, The Pinky Ring, at another Vegas-based MGM property, the Bellagio.

So, if any of this is true — and it very well may not be! — Bruno is probably going to be just fine, or close to it. Still, wild stuff, all things considered.

Bruno's rep declined to comment to NewsNation. BuzzFeed has also reached out to Bruno's team for comment — we'll let you know if we hear back.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 10:15 AM

Trump in hick Ohio town draws small crowd

Rails against teleprompters, the Congo and 'fanny' Willis.

by Anonymousreplies 31March 18, 2024 7:53 AM

Chee Files For Conservatorship Over Elijah Minnelli

Cher doesn't seem to trust her son Elijah to make sound financial decisions right now ... so the singer-songwriter has filed for a conservatorship to control access to his money.

In documents filed Wednesday, Cher claims her 47-year-old son is "substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues."

The documents state Elijah is entitled to regular payouts from a trust set up by his late father, legendary musician Gregg Allman, but Cher is concerned the money will immediately go toward drugs rather than basic living necessities.

The 77-year-old singer argues that she, as Elijah's mother, is in the best position to serve as conservator and also notes two of Elijah's siblings have nominated her to fill the role.

She also takes a dig at Elijah's estranged wife, Marieangela King, who she says is undermining Elijah's attempts at getting the mental health and substance abuse help he needs.

As we previously reported ... Marieangela accused Cher of kidnapping Elijah to force him into rehab last year, a claim Cher has unequivocally denied.

The court set a hearing date for March 6, 2024, to determine whether Cher will become conservator of his estate.

by Anonymousreplies 252March 18, 2024 7:52 AM

What happened to Gen X in politics?

It's like an empty vacuum of suckitude.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 18, 2024 7:51 AM

Billy Baldwin comes after Sharon Stone

And it's not going well.

by Anonymousreplies 16March 18, 2024 7:33 AM

Silliest accents

What makes your list of shame?

5. Boston - the rumours are all true

4. South African - pure comedy

3. New Zealander - I can’t take them seriously

2. Israeli - heinous kh-kh-kh noises

1. Black British aka Multi-Cultural London English AS SPOKEN BY WOMEN (men sound fine) - makes me physically sick because they sound like they’re spitting out mouthfuls of food

Dishonourable mentions to Queenslanders from my native Australia, Cantonese and Québécois.

by Anonymousreplies 138March 18, 2024 7:15 AM

Congratulations are in order-Putin wins by a landslide (again)

“Surprised though I didn’t see it coming” quips Russia's favorite KGB Alumnus

by Anonymousreplies 4March 18, 2024 6:58 AM

Let's be the prime time drama DALLAS

I'm the Southfork barbecue.

by Anonymousreplies 178March 18, 2024 6:30 AM

Soft White Underbelly

These videos are pretty wild and disturbing. Has this been discussed here before?

by Anonymousreplies 92March 18, 2024 5:33 AM

I made hot ham water!

I don't often buy ham, but it can be insanely cheap(er) for the short period of Easter. So I bought a spiral cut behemoth for $9.52, marked down from about $45, which I sliced up and vacuum-sealed in plastic packages. Then I put the ham bone and attached meat into my slow cooker, added roughly chopped onions and carrots and celery, a bay leaf and some peppercorns. Cooked on Hi for 4 hours. Then I let the liquid cool down, strained out the veg mush and weird bone, and am now freezing it for future bean soup. It tastes good. This was all time-consuming in a small kitchen, but it was fun. Thankful I don't have to do it frequently.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 18, 2024 5:25 AM

Let's be a Gen Z woman identifying as LGBTQAIII+2S

I'm "queer" and I support Hamas

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 5:21 AM

Learn the Alphabet with Mommie Dearest

No you won't? Yes you WILL!

by Anonymousreplies 4March 18, 2024 3:59 AM

Nolly on PBS Masterpiece

Anybody watch the first episode tonight? It’s great. Helena Bonham Carter is absolutely hilarious as a soap actress in the 1980s who is abruptly fired from her show. The soap scenes are fabulous. Was Crossroads really that bad, elder British gays? I want the clone who plays Tony Adams in my bed pronto butbI gather the actor is married to some lucky bastard. I look forward to the next two episodes. I can see Helena and Kate going head to head for the Emmy this year, both playing comic characters.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 3:33 AM

Tasteful friends: 1930s house in Stratford-Upon-Avon

I’m not usually a fan of this type of angular, red-brick architecture, but this place is really beautiful. I’d move in in a heartbeat.

Does anyone have a spare £2million I could borrow?

by Anonymousreplies 64March 18, 2024 3:27 AM

So Help me God, I'm watching S2 of "So Help me Todd"

This craptastic series stars real actress Marcia Gay Harden and yet it's written for and performed to the peanut gallery. If it is even written by a person, and not second string A.I.

Episode 3 Season 2 guest stars Sandra Bernhard, serving her curdled lesbian.. er. thespian finest.

As with Season1, best consumed while my attention is applied to weightier tasks such as dreary housework or online banking.

by Anonymousreplies 41March 18, 2024 3:21 AM

Dr. Phil Blames Child Abuse on Ridiculous Covid School Closures

The ladies were fuming.

by Anonymousreplies 100March 18, 2024 2:57 AM

Hail, Putin!

The tiny dictator scores another miraculous victory.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 2:56 AM

Do average people in US know at least a few politicians personally?

Like your mayor, congressman or city council?

by Anonymousreplies 17March 18, 2024 2:48 AM

Coronation Street Part 6: Keep cobbling on!

A new thread for us to discuss all the Weatherfield happenings for 2023..

by Anonymousreplies 371March 18, 2024 2:45 AM

Roberto Bolle gets a supporting cast

He doesn't get the ovation he deserves though

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 2:44 AM

Putin comments on Navalny death: "Shit happens"

Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died.

In his first comments to address Navalny's death, Putin said of the dissident's demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It's life.”

The remarks were unusual in that he repeatedly referenced Navalny by his name for the first time in years — and that they came at a late-night news conference as results poured in from a presidential election that is certain to extend his rule.

Early returns showed him leading with over 87% of the votes in a race with no competition, after years of ruthlessly suppressing the opposition and crippling independent media.

Navalny's allies last month also said that talks with Russian and Western officials about a prisoner swap involving Navalny were underway. The politician's longtime associate Maria Pevchikh said the talks were in their final stages just days before the Kremlin critic's sudden and unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony.

She accused Putin of "getting rid of" Navalny in order not to exchange him, but offered no evidence to back her claims, and they could not be independently confirmed.

Putin said Monday, also without offering any evidence, that several days before Navalny's death, “certain colleagues, not from the (presidential) administration” told him about “an idea to exchange Navalny for certain people held in penitentiary facilities in western countries." He said he supported the idea.

“Believe it or not, but the person talking to me didn't even finish their sentence when I said: ‘I agree,'" Putin said in response to a question from a journalist about Navalny's death. He added that his one condition was that Navalny wouldn't return to Russia.

“But unfortunately, whatever happened, happened,” Putin said.

Navalny, 47, Russia’s best-known opposition politician, died last month while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges that he rejected as politically motivated. His allies, family members and Western officials blamed the death on the Kremlin, accusations it has rejected.

The politician's associates said officials listed “natural causes” on paperwork Navalny's mother was shown when she was trying to retrieve his body.

Navalny had been jailed since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow of his own accord after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He was immediately arrested. The Kremlin has vehemently denied it was behind the poisoning.

Pevchikh claimed that there was a plan to swap Navalny and two U.S. citizens held in Russia for Vadim Krasikov. He was serving a life sentence in Germany for the 2019 killing in Berlin of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian citizen of Chechen descent. German judges said Krasikov acted on the orders of Russian authorities.

She didn’t identify the U.S. citizens that were supposedly part of the deal. There are several in custody in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, and Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, convicted of espionage and serving a long prison sentence. They and the U.S. government dispute the charges against them.

German officials have refused to comment when asked if there had been any effort by Russia to swap Krasikov.

Putin had earlier said that the Kremlin was open to negotiations on Gershkovich. He pointed to a man imprisoned in a “U.S.-allied country” for “liquidating a bandit” who had allegedly killed Russian soldiers during separatist fighting in Chechnya. Putin didn’t mention names but appeared to refer to Krasikov.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 18, 2024 2:39 AM

Smokers are annoying

“I’m ready to go, but first I need to have a cigarette”

“Ok, we’re all gathered to blow out the candles. But I need a cigarette first.”

“Doesn’t this theater have a smoking section?”

by Anonymousreplies 13March 18, 2024 2:39 AM

Kimberly Guilfoyle Celebrates 55th Birthday With Over-the-Top Party Featuring 'Patriot Tree'

In an unusual lavish celebration, Kimberly Guilfoyle marked her 55th birthday with a Trump holiday-style party at her Florida home.

The soirée featured a unique attraction: a Christmas tree she called a "Patriot Tree," which was adorned with decorations and messages supporting Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

The party was attended by prominent guests, including several members of the Trump family. Despite the occasion being a birthday celebration, the décor was undeniably infused with a strong political undertone.

According to insider reports, the "Patriot Tree" is a permanent fixture in her and Donald Trump Jr.'s home, serving as a testament to their unwavering support for the ex-prez.

The tree was elaborately decorated in red, white and blue, featuring ornaments with slogans such as "Let's Go Brandon" and "Trump 2024."

by Anonymousreplies 83March 18, 2024 2:38 AM

Cyclists have turned Paris into hell on earth - Opinion

If only Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, spoke better English, she could apply for a job with the forthcoming Trump administration: the city she describes belongs to an alternate reality, entirely re-engineered with alternative facts.

Earlier this month, the mayor announced proudly, Paris had been named the best cycling city in France – the first step towards her avowed aim of becoming the best cycling city in the world. (Hidalgo is both addicted to unearned kudos, and to staying in power thanks to a singularly toxic red-green coalition obsessed with de-growth.) You’d have to be the most despicable of naysayers (to use the Duchess of Sussex’s favourite epithet) to quibble that the ranking was in fact established by a bicycle shopping website, buycycle.com, hoping to develop its business in France.

What is true, however, is that the Paris policy of driving cars out of the city has produced, besides some 2,000 km of performative bicycle lanes costed at €120,000 a kilometre – many potholed and bordered by concrete railings, some zigzagging terrifyingly between buses and ordinary traffic, others replacing entire boulevards and avenues – traffic congestion, pollution, a great deal of frustration, as well as what may be the nastiest cycling culture this side of Hô Chi Minh-Ville.

The city may not have delivered a fit-for-purpose cycling plan, but it has given rise to a sense of smug entitlement among Parisian cyclists, or “vélotaffeurs”, as they call themselves. Convinced that they are worthier than anyone else, they run red lights, cycle against traffic up one way streets (all too often on electric bikes), scream at motorists and kick their cars, shout at pedestrians and jostle them, screech at lorries and risk being run over, and in general make Parisian street life hellish.

And that’s even before pedestrians get entangled in heaps of rental bikes on the pavements (rental scooters are now banned) blocking the way. To compound the crisis, public transport, which is not within the mayor’s ambit (it’s the Greater Paris Region) has been in a serious crisis since Covid, with fewer drivers, the cancellation and shortening of bus routes, and permanently packed metros at longer intervals.

Three years ago, the American writer Liz Alderman described mounting hysteria in the newly-closed to motorised traffic rue de Rivoli, previously one of Paris’s main East-West thoroughfares: “Cyclists blowing through red lights in two directions. Delivery bike riders fixating on their cellphones. Electric scooters careening across lanes. Jaywalkers and nervous pedestrians scrambling as if in a video game.” If anything, it’s got worse since.

The irony is that the mayor’s newspeak word of choice, whenever she imposes yet another crazy notion on exhausted Parisians – compost stations on Haussmannian pavements; solar-operated organic toilets where men’s urine is meant to fertilise anaemic plants in view of passers-by (nothing is planned for women); rows of rough granite stone benches, aligned coffin-like, around the historic Panthéon monument to block traffic – is “apaiser”, which doesn’t so much mean “appease” as “becalm”. This belongs up there with “We’re not at war with Oceania and never were”.

Such “becalming” has a way of becoming permanent. Que Choisir, the French answer to Which, reported last summer a constant rise in the number of fatalities either caused by or to cyclists: 90 per cent in a decade.

And not only to humans: City Hall’s all-cycling policies have rung the death knell of many Parisian businesses. Thirty have closed on rue de Rivoli alone, as shoppers and families, unable to carry packages or strollers, give up on the area, where neither taxis nor Ubers dare venture. It’s Mad Max out there: survival of the fittest, on their bikes, heady with their empty victory over everyone else.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 18, 2024 2:33 AM

Glen Powell…HOT

I just watched lame rom-com “Anybody But You” primarily to see Glen Powell. This man is so damn hot! There’s something about him - not only his incredible body and his gorgeous face, but his charm, the way he carries himself, his expressions - totally compelling. And yes, I know he’s straight.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 18, 2024 2:31 AM

Fake titty bleach blonde assaults airport employees

Cusses like Pazuzu.

by Anonymousreplies 115March 18, 2024 2:24 AM

M*A*S*H (1970)

Let's talk about the classic war film M*A*S*H. The film follows the unique Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.

Directed by Robert Altman; Produced by Ingo Preminger

Written by Ring Lardner Jr., based on the novel by Richard Hooker.

Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, David Arkin, Fred Williamson, Jo Ann Pflug, Gary Burghoff, John Schuck, Carl Gottlieb, Indus Arthur, Michael Murphy, Bud Cort, and G. Wood.

by Anonymousreplies 32March 18, 2024 2:20 AM

Which Actor/Actress Should Have Won an Oscar?

The Oscars are not an indication of talent, but some actors and actresses really deserved an Oscar but never received one.

Add others if I'm missing any!

by Anonymousreplies 11March 18, 2024 2:16 AM

Bijou Phillips has returned to Instagram in a big way

After going dark in the wake of her ex-husband's rape conviction, she has reappeared on the social scene with a lot of celebri-kids, including Kim Stewart and the Hiltons. I wonder how she's doing.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 18, 2024 2:13 AM

Old shit on TV (part 2)

When I was a kid I loved December Bride mostly because I thought Spring Byington was the funniest name I ever heard. Then I saw Florida Friebus.

by Anonymousreplies 121March 18, 2024 2:08 AM

Soccer

Ya gotta love it!

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 1:58 AM

6 former Mississippi officers will be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to state and federal charges stemming from the torture and abuse last year of two Black men, one of whom was shot in the mouth, are set to be sentenced in federal court this week.

The former officers, some of whom federal prosecutors said called themselves “The Goon Squad,” pleaded guilty in August to charges of conspiracy against rights, deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and obstruction of justice, according to federal court records. They also pleaded guilty the same month to state charges related to the same incident.

The incident occurred on January 24, 2023, in Braxton, Mississippi, just southeast of Jackson. It came to light after the two victims, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, filed a $400 million federal lawsuit. Many of the claims in the lawsuit were reflected in the federal charging document.

The two men said six White law enforcement officers entered the home they were in and tortured them for nearly two hours, culminating with Jenkins being shot in the mouth.

Jenkins and Parker alleged the officers illegally entered their home and handcuffed, kicked, waterboarded and tased them and attempted to sexually assault them over nearly two hours, before one of the deputies put a gun in Jenkins’ mouth and shot him, according to their lawsuit.

The deputies, “in their repeated use of racial slurs in the course of their violent acts, were oppressive and hateful against their African-American victims,” the lawsuit says. “Defendants were motivated on the basis of race and the color of the skin of the persons they assaulted.”

Activists march towards the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Mississippi on July 5, 2023, calling for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. - Rogelio V. Solis/AP Activists march towards the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Mississippi on July 5, 2023, calling for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. - Rogelio V. Solis/AP According to a federal charging document, Dedmon texted Elward, Middleton and Opdyke on January 24 about going to the property in Braxton to resolve a complaint received by McAlpin. McAlpin’s White neighbor told him several Black men were staying at a White woman’s home and reported seeing suspicious behavior.

Dedmon warned the deputies there might be surveillance cameras on the property, telling them to knock on the door instead of kicking it down if they saw any, the document stated. Otherwise, they could barge in without a warrant, the document continued.

“No bad mug shots,” he said, meaning, prosecutors said, the defendants could use excessive force on parts of the body not visible in a mug shot, according to the charging document. Dedmon told the others Hartfield would accompany them.

by Anonymousreplies 25March 18, 2024 1:57 AM

Variety: Jennifer Lopez is a flop

Jennifer Lopez's “This Is Me… Now” album was crushed critically, debuting at a deflating No. 38 on the Billboard 200 before dropping from sight. Her accompanying first North American tour in five years is said to be selling poorly.

by Anonymousreplies 34March 18, 2024 1:54 AM

“The Idea of You” trailer- AnnE Hathaway is fucking Nicholas Galitzine in the new romcom

Anne is a woman in her 40s and single mom who gets to live out a teenage girls dream: fucking the 23 YO lead singer of the biggest boyband in the world, played by Nicholas.

This looks cute!!!

by Anonymousreplies 88March 18, 2024 1:53 AM

No coming out statement needed

Well done.

Nicholas Galitzine at Mary & George premiere

by Anonymousreplies 141March 18, 2024 1:43 AM

tasteful friends - Kathy Hilton's 65th bday

I don't even know what to say. Have at it.

by Anonymousreplies 47March 18, 2024 1:42 AM

It's time for Ruby to go to bed...

Tuck her in and say goodnight!

Lol.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 1:42 AM

34% of U.S. adults prefer to watch movies in theaters

which means a solid two-thirds would rather wait for them to be released on streaming.⁠

by Anonymousreplies 52March 18, 2024 1:41 AM

I forgot to wear green for St. Patrick’s Day

I was getting pretty upset at the goosings I was receiving at the farmer’s market, even into the used book store before it dawned on me. Was anybody else assaulted today?

by Anonymousreplies 12March 18, 2024 1:38 AM

Celebs whose kids are not total fuckups

Bruce Springsteen's son is a fireman.

Marianne Faithfull's son is an economist.

Patti Smith's son is a realtor

by Anonymousreplies 77March 18, 2024 1:26 AM

If somebody with good qualifications only ever applies for low-paying, low-skill jobs, would you find that weird?

For example: somebody has a business degree, is good with numbers/not illiterate, but only applies for cleaning jobs and warehouse roles. Do they have low self esteem?

by Anonymousreplies 42March 18, 2024 1:24 AM

MAGA drama!

No one can cook-up a sordid soap opera like the Deplorables.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 18, 2024 1:22 AM

Famous Men in the Closet

Politics/Sports/Business/Tech/Music/Hollywood - whatever? Who is gay/bi and not out?

by Anonymousreplies 179March 18, 2024 1:00 AM

Which youtubers are closeted gays?

Sometimes I think MrBeast is gay. He grew up in the bible belt and used the word fag often as a teen in his older youtube videos. I don't find that offensive but in some cases when men use these homophobic slurs, they do so in order to hide something... He also has a nasal voice, his relationship seems PR and he once showed a picture of himself after his weight loss journey and there you can observe that he has wide child bearing hips (according to scientific research, it means gay). Sometimes I think his friend and co-worker came out as trans recently only because that when you type in google "Mr beast gay" only his friend Chris(tina) appears in the search results (this actually happens despite the fact that trans has not much to do with being gay).

2. Anthony Padilla from smosh. I always thought he was gay but he said he was straight but the way he dresses and his hair style.......... It reminds me of the Scream 4 chad actor who came out as pansexual some time ago(which means bi btw). Anthony also had a nose job, yet his original nose was normal. Another sign of gayness?

3. There is a gaming channel called Hard4Games and the guy who owns it is called Tony. He is married with a child but he has gay face, gay voice and has a close gay friend. There is no evidence besides that. What do you think? (I linked a video of him)

4. Mark Dice. After I read the tumblr article "the similarities between closeted right-wingers and Chris Evans", I did even more research regarding rapepublicans. We already know that Steven Crowder is a closet case but sometimes I think Mark Dice is too. He also has a high pitched voice, he is rumored to be controlled opposition (which means he is an illuminati member allegedly and these people are basically sodom and gomorrah) and he doesn't seem to have a wife and kids despite spreading tradcon propaganda. I thought the same about Paul Joseph Watson too but he recently announced a child (Which seems as random as when Steven Crowder announced that he is expecting.... Because they both just showed the fetus ultrasound on their youtube channels but they never really seemed loving/romantic with their girlfriends... strange). It all gives Tim Scott vibes.

5. Is Hasan Piker bi? He dresses gay and has a nasal gay voice. He had a PR relationship with a porn star and one time there was an Asian lady that looked like a prostitute next to him while he was streaming on twitch. Hasan went to the toilet and this escort-like girl was alone with his audience in front of his PC and said something along the lines of "I can't wait to fuck him. To have his muscular dick inside me"... or something like that. And when Hasan came back he was like "why do you say something so perverted to my audience?". This incident was not just cringe but also seemed staged to me. He also once pretended to be in a relationship with another streamer called pokimane but I don't think she would date a brute like him. Also, he kinda pretends to be a chad and admittedly, many find him hot but so far I haven't seen one oopsie child and he lives in LA after all were everyone fucks! He is over 30 years old and is not wedded (despite saying he is pro islam, his family is muslim and he is from a traditional Turkish background) and instead of a wife/girlfriend, he has a dog (like Henry Cavill and other Hollywood closet cases) and he has a best friend called Austin who is a gay top and I wouldn't be surprised if they both happen to fuck twinks in threesomes... It's Just.. I live in a country with many Turkish people and these Turkish men are very often bi. Oh and before I forget. Hasan once bragged about using a brothel in Germany but aren't straight men usually ashamed of using such facilities and only men who think they have to prove something have to brag about stuff like that?

What do you think of my speculations and do you know other youtubers you suspect to be closeted? And b4 you come at me, sayingt that this is all wishful thinking on my part: I only find MrBeast cute.

by Anonymousreplies 57March 18, 2024 12:48 AM

Anthony Recker New

Lovers of Anthony's giant ass. Apparently he's been talked about on DL before, but I just discovered him. What's your favorite pic of him and his plump ass?

by Anonymousreplies 34March 18, 2024 12:46 AM

You got me fucked-up

You pussy-assed bitch.

by Anonymousreplies 11March 18, 2024 12:42 AM

I just watched “On Golden Pond”

The loons, the loons!

At times stagey, mainly in the early scenes and final scene. But it was good. Never saw it when it first came out as I was 10 and it had no appeal to me.

by Anonymousreplies 64March 18, 2024 12:34 AM

227 appreciation thread

It was really a good show. Mary, Brenda, Lester, Sandra, Rose, Pearl and Calvin.

by Anonymousreplies 41March 18, 2024 12:30 AM

Julie and Gopher

They’re in love

by Anonymousreplies 2March 18, 2024 12:26 AM

Why is the Hollywood establishment so adamant and aggressive in their Timothee Chalamet campaign?

Even Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence weren’t campaigned this heavily. They never sleep in their promotion of Chalamet. They want him to a have leading man career with longevity. Any little good thing in his career and all the rags instantly declare it as evidence he’s box office gold. Even Hellen Keller knows that it’s the generational IP’s that are carrying him.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 18, 2024 12:14 AM

OK DL Doctors & Nurses Part II: Raleigh to the Rescue!

To continue our nice chats and bring you more photos of Sir Chonks-a-Lot.

by Anonymousreplies 225March 18, 2024 12:11 AM

Bernie Sanders pushes for 32-hour workweek

Thoughts?

by Anonymousreplies 50March 18, 2024 12:06 AM

What are you eating for dinner on this Saturday night? 3/16/24

Dinner is served, bitches! I got myself McDonalds for tonight. Didn’t feel like cooking and this is right by me.

by Anonymousreplies 37March 17, 2024 11:46 PM

Timmy is young Hollywoods highest paid actor after “Wonka” and “Dune 2”

“ Chalamet already gets to cash in on the box office riches he spun from visiting Arrakis and a world of pure imagination. The actor earned more than $8 million for “Wonka,” according to sources. Now, he’s getting a salary bump and looking at paydays in the double digits for leading roles in studio films. Warner Bros. and Legendary don’t have a contract yet for “Dune: Part Three,” but director Denis Villeneuve has been vocal about wanting to make it, so Chalamet’s salary could surge for future installments after the success of the sequel.”

by Anonymousreplies 153March 17, 2024 11:41 PM

Clown paint professor terrorizes Midwest

Well, not exactly, and to be honest I think this story is a bit overblown, but there’s no doubt that college professors should not be using their position of authority to satisfy their sexual fetishes. This professor sometimes paid students to let him paint their faces up as clowns, and other times wove it into his courses, claiming the face painting was mandatory.

He never revealed it was being done to satisfy a sexual fetish.

Definitely wrong, but the article has an air of his tying them up and keeping them in his basement or something, not putting clown makeup on them.

Have you ever been asked to do something weird and fetishy by a teacher or professor?

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 11:01 PM

Timothée Chalamet Makes History with the Two Top-Grossing Movies of the Last Eight Months

This hasn’t been done since John Travolta, with Saturday Night Fever and Grease.

He’s on FIRE

by Anonymousreplies 6March 17, 2024 10:52 PM

Will the stay-at-home voters hurt one candidate more than the other in November ?

This morning on 'The Weekend' ( a very good show, BTW), they're talking about the upcoming election, and how there's a growing number of 'Never Trumpers'. However, they are not all convinced to vote for Biden. Instead, they believe they will be staying home in November and not voting at all; which can become a concern for the election results.

What does DL think ?

Do you think there would be enough 'stay at home' voters to have an effect on the election ? If so, which candidate will they hurt more - Biden or Trump ?

by Anonymousreplies 56March 17, 2024 10:44 PM

The movie “Drive Away Dolls” is horrible

I saw it last night. Cringy, over-the-top performances - the one girl had the worst fake Southern accent - it was painful to hear. I had high hopes but it was totally miserable. I also walked away thinking it was a bit exploitative. Anyway, avoid it.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 17, 2024 10:35 PM

Michael B. Jordan Says He Struggles with 'Loneliness'

Michael B. Jordan is getting candid about romance.

During an appearance on Monday's episode of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast, the actor and filmmaker admitted he goes "back and forth between wanting partnership and then not knowing what's the best partner for me."

"Bringing them into my world, what I got going on, isn't easy," Jordan, 37, added of his busy lifestyle. "And it's not just, 'I love you, you love me, that should be enough,' right? It's not quite that simple."

For the actor, "Finding the right person to understand all of me, but then all that comes with me, as well" would be paramount for him to consider another romantic relationship. (Jordan was most recently linked to Lori Harvey, whom he split from circa June 2022 after dating for a year and a half.)

"And understanding that balance between wanting to be available and there for that person, while I'm juggling everything else. And feeling okay to put the other part of my businesses down," Jordan said of his perspective on a potential future partner.

The conversation came about when host Jay Shetty asked what Jordan considers the best and worst parts of himself.

After raving about being "Uncle Mike," the actor said, "I love multitasking; I love juggling, the balancing act that I do. The worst part is the loneliness that comes with that."

"There's a loneliness that I have. The responsibility that you have is isolating, and the weight is isolating," he continued. "So I think the worst part of that is the feeling like nobody really understands, and sometimes falling into the spaces of just being alone, feeling alone."

Asked how he, as the former PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive, finds love, Jordan joked to Shetty, 36, "I revert back to the last question. It's very lonely!"

In all seriousness, "The sacrifice, the compromise that comes with a partnership and a relationship, and understanding how to make that all work, sometimes it gives me anxiety and pause," he said.

The Black Panther star also acknowledged that "there's a part of" him "that really has not really lived life yet." For example, he hasn't "really traveled as much for fun," with the exception of his trip to Japan last spring.

"I'm looking forward to that part of my life ... I gotta start living. I've sacrificed and I've zoned in for so long. I owe it to myself a little bit to do that," he said.

And while he's "not looking" for a romantic partner, he would welcome the right one into his life.

"But it would take a very special person to understand and grow with me," Jordan said, noting in addition, "I want a family [eventually]."

by Anonymousreplies 65March 17, 2024 10:24 PM

(Most of) 7th Heaven Cast Reunites at '90s Con

From Glen Oak, California to Hartford, Connecticut, the Camdens were reunited. The cast of The WB/CW hit 7th Heaven made their way to the East Coast for an epic reunion in front of fans over the weekend for '90s Con.

Beverley Mitchell, who portrayed Lucy Camden across all 11 seasons of the hit family drama had the biggest smile in photos shared to her social media on Sunday.

In her slideshow, she reconnects with Barry Watson (Matt), David Gallagher (Simon), Mackenzie Rosman (Ruthie), and their on-screen mom, Catherine Hicks (Annie).

"Beyond grateful for these crazy humans that I call family! To say that this was needed was an understatement, my heart is full and I have been so blessed to love and laugh with them!" wrote Mitchell in her share's caption.

She went on to thank event organizer That's4Entertainment before revealing that they'd even connected with Jessica Biel (Mary) via FaceTime, even though she wasn't able to make it. "There is a whole lotta love in this group," she noted.

The slideshow itself included the reunited cast on the red carpet for the event, one of them enjoying the sites around town and several selfies of their obvious joy in coming together again. After all those years together on television, the 7th Heaven cast has stayed close over the years.

That's4Entertainment had some fun with their appearances, too, airing a "very special" scene from the convention floor. Okay, they actually dubbed it "the most unhinged episode ever," but we're calling it like we see it.

The '90s were known for they're schmaltzy "message" episodes, and this definitely qualifies as Annie reveals to her kids, "I've smoked pot." Their shocked reactions prove that this is about to be a teachable moment about the dangers of drugs and resisting peer pressure. The thinly-veiled PSA is alive and well in Hartford this weekend!

It almost didn't happen, though, as both Mitchell and Gallagher wound up on the same flight -- and that flight started having troubles. Mitchel jumped on her Instagram on Thursday to let their fans know the TV siblings were together, but not sure they'd make it in time.

"We're going to make it, but it might come down to planes, trains and automobiles," she quipped, as Gallagher tried to stay optimistic. Ultimately, though, they didn't make it all the way there. In an update, Mitchell and Gallagher shared that they'd only made it as far as Washington, DC.

Faced with a seven-and-a-half hour road trip or an early flight, Gallagher told fans, "I tried to get her to do a road trip, everybody!"

"I don't think he's ready for the backseat driver in me," she shot back as they both laughed. Instead, they opted for five hours of sleep and an early flight, with the duo obviously successful in making it for the weekend's festivities.

Stephen Collins, who played patriarch Eric, was not present. He's been largely disconnected from the cast since a 2012 therapy session was recorded without his knowledge in which he confessed to molesting underage girls. He came clean in an interview two years later with Katie Couric, saying he'd been dealing with these issues privately.

7th Heaven followed the sprawling Camden family from 1996 to 2007 across 243 episodes and two networks (The WB became The CW after a merger with UPN in 2006). Collins portrayed a minister trying to successfully raise seven kids with his wife Annie. It was the most-watched series ever on The WB.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 10:21 PM

Why is Sally Field clawing at Jennifer Lawrence to get to Emma Stone?

And Michelle Yeoh doesn't seem to want to let go of the Oscar.

by Anonymousreplies 67March 17, 2024 10:16 PM

Meet the cast of Survivor 46

The new season debuts on Feb. 28.

by Anonymousreplies 39March 17, 2024 10:16 PM

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ is DEAD TO ME! Again.

Upcoming season will be its final season.

by Anonymousreplies 37March 17, 2024 10:15 PM

Fox News introduces sponsored prayers to Jesus: 'Thank you again for this partnership'

You can’t make this up.

by Anonymousreplies 13March 17, 2024 10:12 PM

Yet more news and gossip from our Marvelous Midwestern towns

How did a baroness land in a little place like Springfield?

They sure have some pendulous men there.......

by Anonymousreplies 157March 17, 2024 10:05 PM

Phrases that signal someone is about to tell you some bullsh*t

"They won't tell you, but this is how the rich do it."

"Hear me out."

"They don't want us to know about this simple trick."

"Something, something, passive income..."

by Anonymousreplies 38March 17, 2024 10:04 PM

2024 Outcome Trump Presidential Race- FINAL

Psychic predicts Trump future.

by Anonymousreplies 27March 17, 2024 9:57 PM

Gay identified pron star Derek Kage fucking tuna to piss off gays.

A practice of "gay" men fucking women in straight porn go ways back to 70s when straight porn industry was full of straight-for-pay "actors".

In more recent times other examples include Arpad Miklos, Arad Winwin, Jeffrey Llyod etc.

Everytime it pisses off tons of people ( Jasun Mark is still getting death threats for filming 2 S4P scenes).

Derek Kage despite insisting he is gay is known for having off screen relationship with one female pornstar.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 17, 2024 9:57 PM

Best cover songs!

Here’s mine…

Yours?

Please & thank you.

by Anonymousreplies 138March 17, 2024 9:54 PM

Eve Plumb (Jan Brady ) on Conan in 1993

With dark hair!

by Anonymousreplies 5March 17, 2024 9:39 PM

It's Time For Another Love Boat Guest StarS

Weird a VERY young and almost normal looking Tori Spelling.

by Anonymousreplies 72March 17, 2024 9:36 PM

Nothing I love more when im horny than getting a bottle of poppers

under my nose and feeling inside my muscle hole as it opens up and gapes like fuck hungry for fat dick and heavy loads

by Anonymousreplies 26March 17, 2024 9:29 PM

Who’s that eatin’ that nasty food?

NASTY!!

by Anonymousreplies 59March 17, 2024 9:19 PM

Elon Musk Cancels Don Lemon's Show On X (Twitter) Right After Their Interview

Reports say the mogul was miffed when Lemon asked him about his alleged ketamine use.

Lemon made the announcement on X Wednesday and said the cancellation came “hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday.” The interview is still the show’s premiere episode, but it will run on YouTube instead.

Tech journalist Kara Swisher is reporting that Musk was miffed when Lemon asked the mogul about his alleged ketamine use.

Lemon said Musk’s reaction is strange, considering he “publicly encouraged me to join X with a new show, saying I would have his ‘full support,’ and that his ‘digital town square is for all.’”

by Anonymousreplies 40March 17, 2024 9:18 PM

Favorite homes in the movies.

We've done TV, but what are your fave houses, condos, or apartments from movies? Mine are:

Art Garfunkel's apartment in Carnal Knowledge

Charlton Heston's in The Omega Man

by Anonymousreplies 124March 17, 2024 9:08 PM

Celebrities call for Israel not to be banned from Eurovision

Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, Gene Simmons, Scooter Braun, Boy George, Mayim Bialik, Haim Saban, Julianna Margulies, Sharon Osbourne, Debra Messing, Emmy Rossum Support Israel’s Continued Inclusion in Eurovision

Jody Gerson, Julie Greenwald, Ginnifer Goodwin, Selma Blair, Noa Kirel, Tom Rothman, Harvey Mason jr., Skyler Astin, Gregg Sulkin, Patricia Heaton, Diane Warren, Tracy-Ann Oberman among 400+ celebrities and entertainment industry professionals who signed an open letter rejecting attempts to banish Israel from the contest.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 17, 2024 8:59 PM

Poor Jimmy Garoppolo. Fired from the Raiders. Now what?

Jimmy Garoppolo and Hunter Renfrow were among the four players the Las Vegas Raiders released Wednesday.

The Raiders officially announced the decision to part ways with the quarterback and wide receiver on the first day of the new league year. In doing so, Las Vegas cleared up $19 million in salary-cap space. Backup quarterback Brian Hoyer and defensive tackle Jerry Tillery were the other two players who were let go.

The writing was on the wall for Garoppolo after the Raiders reportedly reached a two-year, $25 million agreement with free-agent quarterback Gardner Minshew on Monday. Should Las Vegas not find its quarterback in the upcoming draft, then Minshew provides competition for Aidan O'Connell. The rookie replaced Garoppolo as the starter when head coach Antonio Pierce took over following former head coach Josh McDaniels' firing in October.

This closes the one-year chapter for Garoppolo as Raiders quarterback, and it comes nearly a year after he signed a three-year, $72.75 million deal — $33.75 million guaranteed — as a free agent last offseason.

It was a year to forget for the 10-year veteran, who registered career lows in completion percentage (65.1), passer rating (77.7) and QBR (34.2), all for a minimum of six games played. Garoppolo's career ended similar to how it began with Las Vegas.

When the 32-year-old signed with the team, his contract couldn't become viable until he passed a physical. At the time, he needed left foot surgery. During the season, Garoppolo sustained a concussion and dealt with a back injury that limited him to only seven games, 1,205 passing yards and nine interceptions, which paced the NFL at the time of his benching.

Garoppolo's release comes days before his $11.25 million roster bonus was due. Las Vegas also got to save the guaranteed $11.25 million base salary he was owed, thanks to the two-game suspension he received from the NFL as a result of violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy.

"I just want to get back to playing, honestly," Garoppolo said during exit interviews. "That's why I play this game. ... I love to win. Honestly, what I think I'm here for is just to go out there and get wins. As a football player, it's something you've got to embrace. Not everyone wants that. Some people just want statistics and things like that. I really just want to go out there and win. I really enjoy doing it. That's what we're here for."

Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow is now a free agent after the Raiders released him Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Locher) Renfrow's release comes two years after the slot receiver was elected to his first Pro Bowl. That season, he hauled in 103 catches for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns. Las Vegas subsequently signed him to a two-year, $32 million extension, with $21 million guaranteed, that offseason.

But in 2022 and 2023, Renfrow's numbers took a nosedive, and he finished with a combined 61 passes for 585 yards and two touchdowns.

[quote] "Raider Nation, thank you for welcoming me and my family in the last 5 years," Renfrow said on X. "From Oakland to Vegas it felt like home. I wouldn't be the person I am today without my teammates and coaches inspiring me every single day. 5 years went by quick...... 'Once a Raider Always a Raider.'"

by Anonymousreplies 52March 17, 2024 8:52 PM

They hear us ! Chili's offers new "3 for Me" $10.99 menu

I guess Chili's heard everyone on DL complaining about the prices of combo meals at McDonald's, Five Guys, Burger King and all the other fast food places. So they introduce their new '3 for me' menu items : appetizer, soda beverage, and entree for $10.99. Choice of burgers, chicken sandwich, 6 oz steak, etc. for your entree. Cheaper than the combo meals at the fast food joints. See y'all there this weekend !

by Anonymousreplies 41March 17, 2024 8:52 PM

Lost almost everything gambling. Gonna take out my last 2,000 euro and keep it under my mattress.

I know you don't care but I need to share with somebody.

This is the lowest I've ever been. If I have access to my debit card, then I will gamble the remainder online. Taking cash out of the ATM and hiding it at home is the only way to prevent myself from gambling right now because I'm still in that chasing state of mind. I only gamble online, so there's no risk of me going into a bookie or land casino.

Ugh, this is really killing me. Now I have to start from scratch again building up savings, even though I can't find a job.

by Anonymousreplies 75March 17, 2024 8:43 PM

Capuchin Monkeys have entered the Stone Age!

I just watched close up Capuchin monkeys who have entered the Stone Age. Scientist found a site in Brazil that dates back at least 3000 years where the monkeys take palm nuts and use giant rocks to break them open. This was a trait we once thought was unique to humans and what, we thought, set us apart from the other primates. Our own Stone Age last 3.4 million years so these monkeys have a long time to go...unless they out pace us in their evolution. Fascinating stuff and super cool to see up close in VR!

by Anonymousreplies 11March 17, 2024 8:38 PM

Evangelical Christian nutcase wins seat on school board, wants school curriculum changed to suit her beliefs.

Linda Wenhold absorbed Patriot Academy’s message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a seat on her local Pennsylvania school board.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Linda Wenhold closed her eyes, bowed her head and offered a prayer. “Lord, let us see that the further we move from biblical truth, the further we move from our liberty and freedom,” she began.

The 60-year-old grandmother stood at the front of a modest stone church in this former steel town just beyond the exurban sprawl of Philadelphia. About a dozen people had turned out on a cold February night for the fourth week of a 10-week course she was leading on the Constitution and America’s Christian roots, one of 500 that were underway at churches and community centers across the country. Radiators clanked. The attendees sipped coffee from foam cups.

Wenhold hit play on a video that opened with soaring music and scenes of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. The classes were the product of the Patriot Academy, a Texas-based nonprofit whose mission is to “restore our Constitutional Republic” and the “Biblical principles that cause” the United States “to thrive.”

The Patriot Academy’s classes were tapping into a growing fear among some evangelical Christians that their faith and what they saw as its rightful place at the center of American culture and government were under siege. It’s a message sounded in recent years from church pulpits, conservative think tanks, right-leaning colleges and the 1776 Commission report, released in the final, chaotic days of Donald Trump’s presidency. This sense of loss has become a central part of Trump’s 2024 campaign and his outreach to conservative Christians. Like the former president’s “Make America Great Again” movement, the Patriot Academy was calling for a restoration.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 8:36 PM

Henry Cavill shares photo of beloved elderly Akita

The Akita has not been seen in a long time on Cavill’s social media.

It’s 11 (Akita lifespan is 10-12)

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 8:23 PM

Hadrian and Antinous

Who is more your type? Personally, I prefer Hadrian over the twink, pretty though he is.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 8:13 PM

Tasteful friends: Boston Back Bay 1869 townhouse $7.5M

A red brick and brownstone townhouse with classic bay-fronted facade and a bit of Muscular Gothic detailing to borrow the English term.

With 5165 square feet with 11 main rooms across five floors with 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The entry level includes a foyer, eat-in kitchen and large butler's pantry; principal entertaining rooms are one floor up and include a handsome "library book"; bedrooms are on the upper floors; and the basement level includes a guest suite and wine cellar. There is a roof terrace.

I like the period architectural details of the interior and the modern spaces and elements are well done. The principal rooms are handsome as flexible in use. It's a big space with mostly large rooms and a good plan.

I would paint all of that brown wood in the pantry. The wallpaper falls shirt and on the frilly side, but there's not too much of it. A few other things are easily changed to taste. The furniture is nothing great but neither is it too objectionable for the most part. It's easy to overlook and see it in your own taste.

by Anonymousreplies 104March 17, 2024 8:12 PM

Happy St. Patdrinks's Day!

Sláinte!

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 8:08 PM

Toronto Police: Just Let the Thieves Steal Your Car

The city of Toronto has a car theft problem, and it doesn't sound like police have much of a clue as to how to combat it. In a recent safety meeting, one officer even gave advice that basically boiled down to: If thieves come knocking to steal your car, just let 'em have it.

As reported by blogTO, Toronto Police Service Constable Marco Ricciardi said, "To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your [key] fobs at your front door because they're breaking into your home to steal your car. They don't want anything else."

On the one hand, I totally understand the very rational, self-preserving stance of not risking life or injury over what is, at the end of the day, an insured, inanimate object. It is, however, the sort of advice you'd expect from a well-meaning parent or spouse. Hearing it come out of the mouths of the very people whose taxpayer-funded, gun-toting job it is to prevent this sort of thing from happening in the first place, however, is arguably less OK and frankly kind of crazy.

Spoken or not, though, some Torontonians have evidently taken the advice to heart like one person who—after having their vehicle broken into three times—opted to leave their car unlocked (along with a big, handwritten note indicating this) so that would-be thieves don't break the window again.

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This message comes on the heels of some other ambiguous messaging from the Toronto Police when it comes to criminals.

Last month, they launched a campaign protesting budget cuts by informing criminals exactly how long they'd have to complete their crime before police would appear at the scene.

With one car stolen roughly every six seconds in Canada, it doesn't look like the problem will be solved any time soon, so locking up your car and just taking the TTC might actually be the best option for the time being... which is pretty bleak indeed.

by Anonymousreplies 28March 17, 2024 8:03 PM

The Deep Red US Senate conversion thread. Deep Reed States where the incumbent is a Deep MAGA Trump Supporter.

Races and Primary dates Inside,

where Abortion Rights and Global Boiling are on the ballot:

by Anonymousreplies 20March 17, 2024 8:02 PM

Blueberries are getting too big!

I bought blueberries today at Trader Joe’s an they are HUMONGOUS! When will this blueberry inflation end? Are all fruits getting bigger?

by Anonymousreplies 103March 17, 2024 8:01 PM

Hun culture is the only good thing happening in the post-Brexit hellscape in the UK

"Hun culture" (hun or hon), originating from the term of endearment honey, celebrates "naff" and deifies soap actors, reality TV icons and female pop stars. The culture mixes nostalgia, camp humour and irony-laced national pride. The Guardian wrote: "If American social media influencers are preened, puckered and always on sponsored holidays, huns are sloppy, sarcastic and off on their "holibobs"." The culture has encouraged the creation of social media accounts such as Loveofhuns, Huns and Giggles, and Hunsnet (a word play of Mumsnet), celebrating "huns".[4][5][6][7] Comedian Jack Rooke made references to several "huns" in his Channel 4 sitcom Big Boys, including television presenter Alison Hammond, Big Brother 6 housemate Makosi Musambasi, and The X Factor contestant Gamu. Rooke said: "I support hun culture because it's like, no, we’re going to celebrate these women that 15 years ago would just be constantly slagged off in the press."

Television presenter and actress Denise Welch, who has been referred to as a hun, said "I think if you're older and a survivor and still remaining relevant in whatever way, that makes you a hun." The Hundamental Guide to Life: Learn to Live, Love & Laugh Like a True Hun, a book based on hun culture written by Gareth Howells, was released in August 2022.[4][8] Media personality and businesswoman Gemma Collins, who rose to fame on The Only Way Is Essex in 2011 and has subsequently maintained a media career, is considered a staple of "hun culture" and has been idolised for her popular catchphrases, diva behaviour and non conforming attitude. As a result, Collins became the subject of numerous internet memes and was branded a "queen".[9] Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee is often referenced in hun culture, most frequently for a moment in her television series Totally Scott Lee where she discovered her single, Get It On had peaked at number 23 in the UK Singles Charts, with Scott-Lee saying she was "B List at Capital" (referring to the station's playlist). The X Factor "rejects", applicants who failed to pass the first audition, such as Rachel Lester, Holly Jervis, Kelly Peakman, Dawn the Jockey, Debbie Stevens and girl group Ablisa are regularly referenced in "hun culture".

Another example popular within the culture is Nadine Coyle lying about her age on the Irish version of Popstars, and then misplacing her passport when confronted.[8] "Hun culture" is often referenced on the BBC Three series RuPaul's Drag Race UK, an example being In the second series of the show, where during the episode "The RuRuvision Song Contest", the song which the contestants had to create a verse for was titled "UK Hun?"

by Anonymousreplies 86March 17, 2024 8:00 PM

Concerned about my lover

The other day I saw his attache case sitting in the hallway. I picked it up the wrong way by accident and everything fell out on the floor, including a pipe and pot, which I knew nothing about previously. My lover is doing something selfish and destructive, and more importantly he's hiding it from me. What should I do?

by Anonymousreplies 122March 17, 2024 7:58 PM

Who's making corned beef for St. Patrick's Day? What do you serve with it?

I bought my corned beef and rye bread today. I'll be buying cabbage and carrots and crock pot that with potatoes and onions. I am doing this with or without family. It's been several years since I did the whole she-bang but i'm doing it this year.

Do you celebrate in this way?

by Anonymousreplies 104March 17, 2024 7:50 PM

Who is the Greatest French Novelist?

I've only read a handful of French novels (Candide, Les Misérables, The Red and the Black). I'm curious to know what DL thinks.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 17, 2024 7:27 PM

Princess Diana’s brother reveals he lost virginity to sex worker at age 12 on family vacation

Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer revealed he lost his virginity to a prostitute on a family vacation when he was 12 years old.

Spencer wrote in his new memoir, “A Very Private School,” that he was on a trip to Italy with his mother and stepfather when he spotted a “short-skirted sex worker standing on a corner” (via the Sun).

The 9th Earl Spencer, now 59, used his “pocket money” to pay the woman £15 — roughly $16 — to take his V-card.

Elsewhere in the tell-all, he claimed to have been sexually abused by a female nurse assistant at his boarding school when he was 11 years old.

“This woman’s control over mesmerized boys was total, for we were starved of feminine warmth and desperate for her affection,” he reportedly wrote.

by Anonymousreplies 56March 17, 2024 7:21 PM

Wonder Woman - Beauty on Parade (1976)

Diana goes undercover at a beauty pageant to try to uncover a suspected spy operation behind the facade.

Guest starring: Dick Van Patten, Anne Francis, Bobby Van, Linda Bloom, Jennifer Shaw and Christina Helm as Rita. Christina Helm was murdered in 1977. It has been suggested that her murderer was the same individual who murdered Sal Menio.

by Anonymousreplies 16March 17, 2024 7:21 PM

Janet Jackson - TOGETHER AGAIN tour still going strong in 2024

Yay!!! Janet just announced additional dates through summer 2024. 'Together Again' has been the most profitable tour of her career and she is still going strong at 57. She will turn 58 this spring. Janet is the QUEEN.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 17, 2024 7:15 PM

The Great Black Rhyheim FUCKS All My Favorite White Boys: SW College Boys And Ace Carter

SW College Boys Only Fans lists their pronouns as he/his

Rhyheim does not list his pronouns because he’s an ALPHA MAN

Ace doesn’t list his pronouns either, because he’s a top and not a pussy

by Anonymousreplies 6March 17, 2024 7:06 PM

Gen Z Believes Men Are Being Discriminated Against More Than Boomers

Members of the Generation Z age bracket across the globe believe men are being discriminated against more than those among the Baby Boomer generation, according to a new poll.

A poll by Ipsos conducted on International Women's Day, March 8, asked respondents across 31 countries a number of questions on women's rights and gender equality among different age groups.

The poll asked respondents whether they agree or disagree with the statement that "we have gone so far in promoting women's equality that we are discriminating against men."

According to the poll, 60 percent of Gen Z men, 57 percent of Millennial men and 43 percent of male Baby Boomers agree with this statement. In comparison, among women that agree with this statement, the poll found 40 percent for Gen Z, 44 percent of Millennials and 30 percent of Baby Boomers.

by Anonymousreplies 98March 17, 2024 7:00 PM

Murdoch MURDERS Elon Musk

Outs Musk as a druggie.

Who benefits, but Biden?

by Anonymousreplies 97March 17, 2024 6:57 PM

“The American Society of Magical Negroes” is expected to earn a little over $1 million in its opening weekend

Ouch.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 17, 2024 6:57 PM

People Magazine in conjunction with Datalounge presents: THE SEXIEST MAN NOT ALIVE: 2024

Post your nominees.

FRED WARD: dead since 2022.

by Anonymousreplies 33March 17, 2024 6:52 PM

I just drunk a mohito before midday and I’m feeling very tired

i’m on holiday and im 2 kmiles from my hotel and the cafe bar is playing enigma return to innocence

by Anonymousreplies 34March 17, 2024 6:52 PM

I think tomorrow,

is a Say Something hat day!

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 6:49 PM

VPL 2024

It's a new year, so time for a new thread! Let's start from where we left off in 2023...

by Anonymousreplies 200March 17, 2024 6:47 PM

Princess Di's Brother Charles: I was molested!

At British boarding school.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 17, 2024 6:45 PM

Family (1976-80 TV Series) Appreciation Thread, Part 3

Continuing our discussion of the stars, storylines, and Sapphic sisters of the Lawrence family of Pasadena.

by Anonymousreplies 219March 17, 2024 6:39 PM

Robyn Bernard is DEAD to ME!

Sister of Crystal.

by Anonymousreplies 63March 17, 2024 6:38 PM

Remember when Gavin Newsom was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle?

Good times.

by Anonymousreplies 52March 17, 2024 6:35 PM

DL, please recommend me singers :)

Hey DL,

I've realized I'm a little too obsessed with Madonna's body of work, so I think I need to broaden my horizons.

Who are some other singers I should get into?

by Anonymousreplies 56March 17, 2024 6:33 PM

Inside the Glorious Afterlife of Roger Federer

[bold]Do you miss tennis?[/bold]

Not really, actually.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 17, 2024 6:28 PM

Favorite TV Homes

Mary Richards’s first apartment.

The Huxtable brownstone.

by Anonymousreplies 220March 17, 2024 6:14 PM

Another JC fan, Timberlake still acting the fool

N Sync reunited. Travis Kelce was there looking like he is from Jersey in a v neck sweater with thick chain. Lance was swooning.

by Anonymousreplies 22March 17, 2024 6:00 PM

The Czech actor Karel Roden

While he's appeared in a mixture of Czech, American, and British films, he is perhaps best known to most for playing Rasputin in the 2004 "Hellboy" film. He was also in "The Bourne Supremacy" and has a role in Terrence Malick's upcoming epic "The Way of the Wind". He's a very good actor, and hot as fuck. He's aged well into a hot daddy. Do we know anything about him?

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 5:50 PM

Post your favorite male back sides

The man ass appreciation thread.

by Anonymousreplies 49March 17, 2024 5:43 PM

How old is too old to break into Broadway

Please no personal insults.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 17, 2024 5:33 PM

Because I can’t post on the Prince William and Kate Thread

Everytime I click the comment box the DL crash window pops up. Everytime. I won’t ever be able to post on that thread. Something weird about DL’s servers.

Anyways I know what happened. He cheated. He cheated and then she also had this life altering medical thing happen to her. Not life altering but you know what I mean. Women will tolerate cheating sometimes but when shit happens that can affect their own existentialism, shit hits harder. It’s the only thing to explain why she wouldn’t publicly wear the ring. He cheated and then she had to have abdominal surgery and she was like ENOUGH.

by Anonymousreplies 12March 17, 2024 5:30 PM

Trump is going to get away with everything, isn't he?

NY prosecutors tell judge they’re willing to delay Trump hush money trial until late April

The potential delay throws the date for what’s supposed to be the former president’s first criminal trial into question, a surprise twist that represents a major boost for Trump – whose defense teams have employed a strategy of consistently trying to delay all of his trials past the election.

by Anonymousreplies 66March 17, 2024 5:07 PM

James Marsden, 1997.

Feast your eyes.....

by Anonymousreplies 41March 17, 2024 5:07 PM

Pookie’s horrible tits!

They don’t look like fire tonight, but they look like they melted in one!

by Anonymousreplies 14March 17, 2024 5:02 PM

Fox News introduces sponsored prayers to Jesus: 'Thank you again for this partnership'

Desperate.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 17, 2024 4:58 PM

A Good Movie for Tonight

We are planning to curl up on the sofa with the kittens and watch a movie tonight and I’m looking for recommendations.

Has anyone seen any of the following films:

Perfect Days

The Teachers' Lounge

Poor Things

Wonka

Or any other movies that you would recommend.

Thanks!

by Anonymousreplies 65March 17, 2024 4:57 PM

Gen-Z Philadelphia couple from successful families shoot to fame as HOMELESS influencers

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

by Anonymousreplies 43March 17, 2024 4:37 PM

Charlie Hunnam - brown-skinned blond.

On the “You Get to Eat ONE Celebrity Ass” thread, one poster claimed that Charlie is a “brown-skinned blond”, and linked the picture below as evidence.

Do you agree or disagree that Charlie is a “brown-skinned blond”?

by Anonymousreplies 43March 17, 2024 4:33 PM

The Best "Bill Pay Alternative Services" Sites

MyCheckFree.com is shutting down here on Thurs. & I was wondering what automatic bill paying services

the USA DL community uses to take care of ALL of their bills with no headaches or hassles.

This would include mortgages, phone & stuff like cable/internet companies.

I haven't heard of any of the alternatives listed online & wonder what positive/negative experiences you guys have had with them (like have they added fees

later after starting out as originally free, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 17, 2024 4:18 PM

Recently started Downton Abbey

Am starting season 5. What did you like best and least?

by Anonymousreplies 9March 17, 2024 4:18 PM

Chocolate-Raspberry Cake

My husband surprised me yesterday (Valentine’s Day) with a homemade dark chocolate cake with raspberry jam filling, and dark chocolate frosting.

So good!

by Anonymousreplies 241March 17, 2024 3:43 PM

If you don’t want to get a job …

you can always get yourself locked up for 20 years.

I hear that lots of guys inside are buffed up. They say meals aren’t great and vacation planning is pointless but you’ll have a roommate and maybe you can lure a nice pen pal and find a gang to swear allegiance to.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 3:39 PM

Biden raises over $53M in February; has $155M+ cash available

President Biden has raised over $53M in campaign donations for the month of February, and now has over $155M at his disposal, according to his campaign. This does not include the money brought in after his SOTU speech last week, which was held in March (he reportedly raised $10M in 24 hours). Most of the donations in this grass-roots effort came from contributions of $200 or less.

Meanwhile, Trump has over $155M in legal fees.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 3:37 PM

NYT: Cabbage is the new bacon

If I were a vegetable, I would hire cabbage’s brand manager.

Cabbage has spent an eternity as the workhorse of the stir-fry and the braise, the quiet companion to endless duck legs and pulled pork sandwiches. It never complained, even when boiled with corned beef or shoved into a crock for months.

But today, a vegetable that can make your house smell like a 19th-century tenement is the darling of the culinary crowd. Leaves of purple cabbage have been enlisted to swaddle mapo tofu at Poltergeist, the current culinary fascination in Los Angeles. At Superiority Burger in New York City, cabbage gently enrobes sticky rice studded with tofu and braised mushrooms.

Fancy dishes that cast cabbage in a leading role have been popular on the coasts for some time, but they’re now making their way onto menus across the country. At Good Hot Fish in Asheville, N.C., shredded green cabbage stars in a pancake punched up with sorghum hot sauce. In Denver, Sap Sua sprinkles a charred wedge with anchovy breadcrumbs. Cabbage is bathed in brown-butter hollandaise at Gigi’s Italian Kitchen in Atlanta.

by Anonymousreplies 64March 17, 2024 3:32 PM

Something Cool....

We interrupt the shit show of life to bring you this....

by Anonymousreplies 14March 17, 2024 3:28 PM

I did not like Timothée Chalamet in his role as Paul Atreides

Dune Part 2 tries to be a lot of things but I don’t think it succeeds in being what it essentially is at its core, which is “The Godfather.” And Timothée Chalamet is simply not Al Pacino. There’s an emptiness where there should be turmoil, a prettyboy vacuousness that never makes the character particularly sympathetic. He could not have successfully portrayed Michael Corleone.

The two movies also suffer because the Leto character, which of course is analogous to Vito Corleone, is played by slight, forgettable Oscar Isaac. This role needed to be played by a star of Marlon Brando’s stature. I don’t know who that would be right now. Daniel Day Lewis?

Zendaya was very good in the Diane Keaton role.

Christopher Walken is badly cast as the Hyman Roth character (Lee Strasberg). Walken is such a parody of himself there were giggles when he was revealed.

The two actors Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa played the Tom Hagen role, but because its function was split between the two actors, neither was particularly memorable.

by Anonymousreplies 55March 17, 2024 3:21 PM

Eric Carmen is dead to me!

I'll light some candles while listening to "Hungry Eyes"

by Anonymousreplies 38March 17, 2024 3:21 PM

Pornhub banned in Texas

Party’s over.

Popular adult streaming site Pornhub is currently blocking users in Texas following a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the site's age-verification practices.

by Anonymousreplies 37March 17, 2024 3:20 PM

Lara Trump for RNC Chairman

They're going to rob the donors blind! 🤣🤣🤣

by Anonymousreplies 99March 17, 2024 3:14 PM

Let's be a bitter and unfucked prisspot on DL

Uncut cock!!?? Deal breaker!

by Anonymousreplies 60March 17, 2024 3:01 PM

Minnie Driver Was “Devastated” When Matt Damon Brought Date to Oscars Weeks After Their Breakup

Minnie Driver recently reminisced about her experience at the 1998 Oscars, which occurred shortly after she and Good Will Hunting costar Matt Damon had broken up.

by Anonymousreplies 112March 17, 2024 3:01 PM

'The New Look' series on Apple TV

With Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer and Claes Bang.

[quote]Set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, “The New Look” focuses on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior.

Premieres February 14.

by Anonymousreplies 67March 17, 2024 2:58 PM

Tasteful friends, David Gandy takes you on a tour of his apparently freezing cold house

It’s quite lovely if you don’t mind the same shade of paint (Farrow and Ball’s Studio Green) in multiple rooms of the house. And referenced in the furniture of rooms which are painted white.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 2:50 PM

Oh God, Rand Paul is making sense

Banning TikTok because it has Chinese ownership is unlawful because we already do business with many companies that are owned by oppressive governments (Saudi Arabia) and creating a law targeting a specific company is not legal

by Anonymousreplies 16March 17, 2024 2:40 PM

Gay Soccer players!

It seems odd that there are more and more soccer players coming out of the 'closet!' Is it because the attitudes of the public is changing, and the stigma of being gay, is fading away? Retired gay NFL players claim there are more gay players in the nNFL than most people realize! Also, their teammates know who they are, but don't give a damn! So, maybe we will see a liklely coming out in the NFL??

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 2:28 PM

For Christmas, I just wanted a hot South Korean boyfriend.

I did not get one.

by Anonymousreplies 94March 17, 2024 2:20 PM

Bibi is Back

[QUOTE]Now Benjamin Netanyahu, the man who has dominated Israeli politics for more than a decade, has made a dramatic return to power with the help of far-right parties that surged into the mainstream after the country’s latest election.

by Anonymousreplies 71March 17, 2024 1:51 PM

Aerial America on the Smithsonian Channel

Do any of you watch Aerial America on the Smithsonian Channel? There’s an hour long episode devoted to each of the 50 states.

Absolute gorgeous scenery that’s pure comfort tv. The historical tidbits aren’t too bad either.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 1:01 PM

“George Girl” (1966)

Could never figure out this film. Drama? Comedy? Would it fall under kitchen sink?

Starting closeted Alan Bates. And Charlotte Rampling as perhaps the most beautiful woman ever on celluloid. But what an ice queen!

Still, that title song is one for the ages.

by Anonymousreplies 128March 17, 2024 12:07 PM

Myth shattered: Study shows Americans have worse dental health than Americans

Y’all Yankees have some purty bad teefs.

by Anonymousreplies 42March 17, 2024 12:05 PM

Jane Russell: Right-wing anti-abortion advocate

Tried converting Hollywood stars to Christianity, went on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Was there anything likable about her? She sounded like a grouch.

[quote] She was a recovering alcoholic who had gone into rehab at age 79, and described herself in a 2003 interview, saying, "These days, I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist."

[quote] Marilyn Monroe once said, "Jane tried to convert me (to religion), and I tried to introduce her to Freud". Russell had tried to take her to a Bible study for Hollywood stars. In an interview, Russell later said "I certainly wasn't trying to convert her to religion because I don't like religion", denoting that she didn't consider Christianity "a religion".

by Anonymousreplies 12March 17, 2024 11:50 AM

Diane Warren allegedly threw a tantrum after 15th Oscar loss

Loon.

by Anonymousreplies 93March 17, 2024 11:16 AM

“Apples Never Fall”- new limited series starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill

It looks good!!! We will be watching.

by Anonymousreplies 40March 17, 2024 11:04 AM

Gangs rule Haiti’s capital. Some say they’re ready to overthrow the government too

Haiti has descended into complete chaos.

by Anonymousreplies 127March 17, 2024 10:50 AM

Celebrity Big Brother

Anyone watching? So glad Sharon is gone.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 9:29 AM

Condi was so impressive that even murderous dictators were smitten

See state department gift archives. She was the only official so far receiving lavish gifts from a “crush” on behalf of her country.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 8:07 AM

Is it wrong to like watching big flaccid penises pissing?

Just asking.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 17, 2024 7:50 AM

Today's Russian wrestler weigh-ins

You're welcome.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 6:56 AM

Is cursive handwriting outdated?

Do you know anyone who cannot read cursive handwriting? It never occurred to me people can't read my Christmas cards.

by Anonymousreplies 131March 17, 2024 6:52 AM

Irish Films

For St. Patrick’s Day, I’m watching Irish films.

What should I watch?

by Anonymousreplies 41March 17, 2024 6:35 AM

Maybe it's time for a world without princesses?

This whole thing just doesn't seem to work for anyone involved, does it?

by Anonymousreplies 7March 17, 2024 6:16 AM

Getting a set of anal dilators

is a great way to train your sphincter to take a cock without injury.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 17, 2024 6:16 AM

'Days of Our Lives' Star Greg Vaughan Hospitalized After Health Scare: 'My Lungs Were Full of Fluid'

Father Eric, get up!

by Anonymousreplies 25March 17, 2024 6:06 AM

Why is South Dakota governor Kristi Noem doing ads for dentists in Texas?

Weird

by Anonymousreplies 20March 17, 2024 6:02 AM

Merrick Garland's office appears to be responsible for causing the NY trial of Trump to be postponed until April

It's almost as if a series of very bizarre things are happening at once. Almost like it's being done on purpose.

by Anonymousreplies 79March 17, 2024 6:00 AM

Stop.

Collaborate

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 5:15 AM

Why does MAGA love trans-adjacent Scott Pressler?

He is more femme than Dylan Mulvaney.

by Anonymousreplies 30March 17, 2024 4:59 AM

Fran Dresher interviews Streisand for SAG

I believe this was done last weekend, when Streisand was being honored by SAG. It's a fairly good interview, though Streisand doesn't reveal anything new - she just highlights some of the points about women in Hollywood which she made in her book. (She's also channeling her Penny Marshall look, again. This time she's gotten rid of the tam and the straight blond wig she wore on television).

by Anonymousreplies 18March 17, 2024 4:57 AM

Mildred Pierce on in 10 minutes!

TCM Sunday at 6pm Eastern, 3 pm Pacific.

You can watch Veda be a bitch, and Joan Crawford fake her way through being a loving mother!

My favorite part is when Veda slaps Mildred's face!

They should have show this movie last Sunday, for Mother's Day.

by Anonymousreplies 116March 17, 2024 4:55 AM

Weird thing to show up on FB feed: Owen Wilson has a 4 year old daughter who he refuses to see

I have no idea why this showed up on my FB feed, and apparently he has a 4 year old daughter who he has been tested against and show to be her biological father. In court, he checked the "no visitation" box and "doesn't want any custody" of her.

Anybody hear or know about this? It seems strange, although I know he did try to commit suicide once. Maybe he's trying to prevent any (of what he thinks are his) bad traits to rub off on her...

Sorry if this was discussed before, I did do a search on here before posting.

by Anonymousreplies 25March 17, 2024 4:37 AM

Mae West's gay toady died tragically 50 years ago...or was it murder?

Friends say he ran his dicklicker to the wrong person and paid the price.

by Anonymousreplies 39March 17, 2024 4:08 AM

Seattle's weather hit 72 degrees today

I think that's a new record.

It's still technically Winter, and this type of weather is almost unheard of in Seattle in March.

What in the hell is going on?

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 4:03 AM

Dollface thread: Man dies from four-minute-long Gila monster bite

Just awful…

An autopsy report revealed that a pet Gila monster’s venomous bite contributed to a Colorado man’s death in February in what an expert described as “an incredibly rare” fatality caused by one of the desert lizards.

The man, Christopher Ward, 34, died on Feb. 16 “due to complications of Gila monster envenomization,” said the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office autopsy report, which also cited heart and liver problems as contributing factors.

Mr. Ward endured a four-minute-long bite by the lizard to his right hand on the night of Feb. 12, the report said. He lapsed in and out of consciousness for about two hours before seeking medical attention, the report said.

Paramedics found Mr. Ward in a bed, minimally responsive and “in apparent severe distress,” the report said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was put on life support and “continued to decline throughout his hospitalization.”

by Anonymousreplies 2March 17, 2024 3:53 AM

Retirees are leaving Florida for Southern Appalachia

Thousands of wealthy retirees are ditching Florida and now choosing to spend their golden years in Appalachia instead - but not everyone is happy about it.

But while older populations are attracted by cheaper living and housing cost, lower crime levels and pleasant weather with fewer hurricanes, some locals are furious about the impact this influx is having on property prices, traffic and even restaurant bookings - with one resident saying 'they should go back to where they came from'.

by Anonymousreplies 44March 17, 2024 3:33 AM

Dan Stevens’s new look

Trans is beautiful?

by Anonymousreplies 64March 17, 2024 3:30 AM

Instructor has a conference with Nurse Sharks

Whoever thought that sharks could be DOLLFACES?

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 3:22 AM

Aaron Rodgers is even crazier than we all thought!

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real.

CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers has enthusiastically shared these stories, including with Pamela Brown, one of the journalists writing this piece.

Brown was covering the Kentucky Derby for CNN in 2013 when she was introduced to Rodgers, then with the Green Bay Packers, at a post-Derby party. Hearing that she was a journalist with CNN, Rodgers immediately began attacking the news media for covering up important stories. Rodgers brought up the tragic killing of 20 children and 6 adults by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, claiming it was actually a government inside job and the media was intentionally ignoring it.

When Brown questioned him on the evidence to show this very real shooting was staged, Rodgers began sharing various theories that have been disproven numerous times. Such conspiracy theories were also later at the center of lawsuits brought by victims’ families when they sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the matter.

Jones baselessly repeating lies that the 2012 mass shooting was staged, and that the families and first responders were “crisis actors,” spawned multiple lawsuits and a trial was held in 2022 over lawsuits that were filed in Connecticut.

Family members throughout that trial described in poignant terms how the lies had prompted unrelenting harassment against them and compounded the emotional agony of losing their loved ones.

Brown recalls Rodgers asking her if she thought it was off that there were men in black in the woods by the school, falsely claiming those men were actually government operatives. Brown found the encounter disturbing.

Rodgers, through one of his agents, declined to comment to CNN.

CNN has spoken to another person with a similar story. This person, to whom CNN has granted anonymity so as to avoid harassment, recalled that several years ago, Rodgers claimed, “Sandy Hook never happened…All those children never existed. They were all actors.”

When asked about the grieving parents, the source recalled Rodgers saying, “They’re all making it up. They’re all actors.”

Rodgers went on to delve into some of the darker caverns of the false conspiracy theory. This person found the encounter disturbing.

Kennedy’s campaign announced Wednesday that the candidate will name his running mate on March 26 in Oakland, California. Kennedy told CNN in an interview on Tuesday that he had recently met with Rodgers, as well as former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, about the possibility of joining his campaign.

by Anonymousreplies 70March 17, 2024 3:22 AM

CNN’s Paula Reid

Has such an odd face.

by Anonymousreplies 17March 17, 2024 3:18 AM

A Most Excellent Performance of You've Got a Friend In Me

by Randy Newman performed by members of the United States Navy Band in the time of Covid.

[quote] #InThisTogether

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 3:17 AM

Nancy Mace on Bill Maher

Jesus, why does he give her a platform. She's nothing more than Sgt Fame Whore Barbie, rape survivor (but only prosecutable rape, not 'court decided' rape) and I can only deduce that Bill must really want to fuck her as she offered her usual lovable Republican ditz schtick on a platter and little else.

Also, questioning the veracity of the rape threat after her Stephanopoulos appearance. Something seems off.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 17, 2024 2:56 AM

Joe Biden is shipping weapons to Israel every 36 hours

These transfers are classified as sales, but very few of them meet that definition in the conventional sense. The vast majority are funded through State Department grants. Biden made just two of these publicly funded sales to Israel public, and the only reason he did is because he had to. Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) requires the president to notify Congress when a proposed arms sale exceeds a certain value. The notification threshold depends on the type of matériel (for “significant military equipment” it’s $14 million; for other military articles and services, $50 million; for military construction services, $200 million), but also the recipient. For NATO countries and South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Israel, the notification thresholds for these three categories are considerably higher ($25 million, $100 million, and $300 million, respectively).

While Biden is loud and proud about arming Ukraine, he prefers to arm Israel in secret. The quantity of sales since October 7 is case in point. By spreading his military support for Israel across more than one hundred sales, Biden kept pretty much all of them “under threshold” per the AECA, thereby avoiding congressional and public scrutiny. Biden might have picked up this trick from his predecessor. Donald Trump exploited the same loophole to dodge oversight on arms deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose intense and indiscriminate bombing of Yemen at the time had created a direhumanitarian crisis.

Keeping these transfers out of public view makes it easier for Biden to cast himself as Humanitarian of the Year in Gaza while going great lengths to help Israel destroy it. Biden’s series of food airdrops suggests he’s bravely trying to fix a catastrophe beyond his control. Administration officials perpetuate this narrative by insisting the president has no leverage over Israel. “There is a mistaken belief that the United States is able to dictate to other countries’ sovereign decisions,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller recently said.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 17, 2024 2:51 AM

Blind Item!- A List actor is bored with his beard and has secretly fallen for a guy he’s seeing

“ This A list actor is bored with his long time beard and is head over heels for a new guy in his life.”

Who do you think it is?

by Anonymousreplies 23March 17, 2024 2:19 AM

“The Go-Gos” documentary on the CW

The CW has been doing some interesting docs on pop culture and celebs lately. It’s airing right now.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 17, 2024 2:14 AM

Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli and Pamela Harriman were also part of Capote's Swans...

but they are rarely mentioned. Why not?

To be one of Truman's Swans," Laurence Leamer wrote in his 2021 book Capote's Women, "it wasn't enough that a woman be elegant, beautiful, and rich. She had to be amusing." Those women who qualified as such—at least those who became muses of Truman Capote—included Babe Paley (his favorite), Lee Radziwill, Slim Keith, Ann Woodward, C.Z. Guest, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, and Pamela Harriman.

by Anonymousreplies 17March 17, 2024 1:58 AM

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades

The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the U.S. is recycled.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 17, 2024 1:49 AM

Hey, any of you guys ever fucked a monk?

I find myself turned on by them, the shaved heads, dark skin, marigold color robes...it just sends me.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 17, 2024 1:35 AM

March Madness Hotties

Oso Ighodaro - 6'11

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 1:25 AM

Don and Chris have great chemistry.

And I don’t mean sexually. They should be back on tv.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 1:17 AM

Czech international soccer player, Jakub Jankto comes out as HOMOSEXUAL.

Current international-level player -45 caps for the Czech Republic - and still playing at the top level (at Sparta Prague.

Oh yeah, he's also cute.

GOOD FOR HIM.

by Anonymousreplies 429March 17, 2024 1:06 AM

Wayne Brady says men send him NSFW pics in his DMs

Which one of you is the ringleader?

by Anonymousreplies 8March 17, 2024 1:05 AM

Sonoma County sewage spill leaks into Russian River

An equipment failure at a Guerneville sanitation facility late Friday and early Saturday morning night caused a nearly 277,000-gallon sewage leak, some of which flowed into the nearby Russian River, officials said.

Pam Jeane, assistant general manager of operation and maintenance at Sonoma Water, told SFGATE that last week’s heavy rains caused a power outage at the plant that led to a failure in a valve. Though no one was present at the facility at the time, she said, staff were quickly alerted to the problem.

According to a release from the agency, some of the secondary treated water was contained to the facility’s property, at the end of Neeley Road. But an undisclosed portion leaked into nearby forestland flowing a third of a mile into the river, an area that is near the Northwood Golf Club.

At the time of the spill, according to the release, the river was flowing at 7,500 cubic feet per second, or approximately 3.3 million gallons per minute.

Sonoma Water said it notified the appropriate regulatory agencies and that no effects on fish or wildlife have been observed.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 17, 2024 1:00 AM

American Nightmare on Netflix.

Holy shitballs. The docuseries is worth a watch, Only three episodes. Not to spoil it but the one thing I didn't understand was the kidnapper said it was supposed to be the other woman. How did he know about her?

by Anonymousreplies 18March 17, 2024 12:49 AM

Facebook just recommended Jason Gould as a friend.

How did it know?

I never post anything about his mom. I think the only musician I’ve mentioned is Joni Mitchell.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 17, 2024 12:43 AM

Famous men looking hot in cowboy regalia/western wear

Gary Cooper.

by Anonymousreplies 60March 17, 2024 12:37 AM

"Modern Girls" (1986)

Starring Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, and Clayton Rohner, it follows a group of young women (along with one of their blind dates) through a series of nightclub mishaps and other shenanigans in downtown Los Angeles. It has a killer soundtrack and Rohner provides some nice male eye candy. While it has a bit of a revolving pace that makes it feel meandering at times, I think it encapsulates the pop culture of the '80s more than possibly any film I can think of. Take this opening montage, for example:

by Anonymousreplies 10March 17, 2024 12:35 AM

Lillie Mae ( Jessica Lange) Taunts Truman- Feud: Capote Vs The Swans

The actor playing Truman is not as effeminate as the real Capote was. It's nice to see Jessica again in another bitchy role.

by Anonymousreplies 33March 17, 2024 12:34 AM

Theresa Caputo Returns To TV In 'Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits'

Big Hair. Very Big Hair.

Big Predictions

by Anonymousreplies 40March 17, 2024 12:24 AM

Michael Douglas IS Benjamin Franklin!

Also starring Noah Jupe and Théodore Pellerin.

[quote]Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” the show explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when – as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance – he embarks on a secret mission to France.

Out April 12.

by Anonymousreplies 39March 17, 2024 12:23 AM

BREAKING: Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat

🌋 Are we all gonna die? 🌋

by Anonymousreplies 143March 17, 2024 12:22 AM

I made Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie so you don’t have to

The Bisquick classic recipe (which was on all the boxes) kept popping up on my FB feed so I figured, what the hell?

I guess there’s a reason my mom never made it. It’s just bland. Surprisingly. Needs a lot of seasoning.

Well. Live and learn.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 17, 2024 12:14 AM

CNN's Jeanne Moos

It always sounds like she's saying Most, but I guess it is Moose.

Dish, please.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 17, 2024 12:06 AM

Lara Trump claims MAGA Republicans are “the counter-culture now” and “cool.”

This fucking cunt and her man shoulders.

by Anonymousreplies 89March 17, 2024 12:01 AM

Tasteful friends: Normal for Norfolk in the 18th century

I love this place, such a perfect mixture of old and new. The central staircase is so grandiose, but stays just the right side of camp. The pool, which often ruins a historic house, seems to work well in this one.

I suspect many people will hate the kitchen, but clean and modern works for me.

by Anonymousreplies 32March 16, 2024 11:57 PM

I’m not sure about this new NYC supertall skyscraper, tasteful friends

Looks a little too-heavy to me

by Anonymousreplies 53March 16, 2024 11:55 PM

Marion Island Mice Multiply Rapidly, Demise Planned

Dollface thread about stowaway mice near the arctic. 🐁

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 11:49 PM

Meet Siren, the Trans Music Collective Making Love Songs for the Future

They’re bringing Trans musicians to the mainstream!

by Anonymousreplies 14March 16, 2024 11:42 PM

RuPaul claims Madonna treated him like a 'worthless EUNUCH' when they first met - and 'SNARLED at him' when he entered the room

Oh, get in line.

by Anonymousreplies 106March 16, 2024 11:36 PM

Tegucigalpa Terror!

45 degree angle turn and then landing on a short runway, resulting in hard landings every single time.

Why doesn't Honduras do something about this airport??

It looks scary as shit.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 16, 2024 11:33 PM

Let's be a Gay4Pay performer coming home to his girlfriend after a long day of work

I'm the smell of lingering splooge!

by Anonymousreplies 55March 16, 2024 11:32 PM

Daniel Craig lusts after Drew Starkey in upcoming film, “Queer”

“The leads in Luca Guadagnino adaptation of William S. Burroughs "Queer" cast has been solidified, writes Variety. Joining Daniel Craig is "Outer Banks" star Drew Starkey, who plays as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated.

"The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome's refurbished Cinecittà Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety," says Variety.”

by Anonymousreplies 93March 16, 2024 11:25 PM

Let’s be Films with Good Performances but awful Screenplays

I’ll start: Kingdome Come

It’s like they hired sitcom writers to write the script.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 16, 2024 11:23 PM

How to stretch ass?

I want to stretch my ass but don’t have any real toys. What would you use as lube as well if you don’t have any real lube?

Any advice?

by Anonymousreplies 8March 16, 2024 11:14 PM

Second Worst US Senator

While most of the attention this week has been on (previously little regarded) Katie Britt, the cesspool she swam out of is rife with undesirable characters. Who do you regard as the lowest of the low?

by Anonymousreplies 44March 16, 2024 11:06 PM

This a Datalounge Amba Aloit!

Has anyone heard from Lynn Doot?

We are worried.

Lynn Doot- She is 40'ish and has great skin and sings rockabilly.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 11:02 PM

“The Greatest Hits”- starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min & David Corenswet

Omg this looks so good!!! I can’t wait to watch this. It comes out on Hulu on April 12th!

The concept reminds me of The Butterfly Effect a bit. But this looks sweeter.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 10:58 PM

Should Madonna and Janet start a pop duo?

The two Queens of Pop together at last! Imagine the possibilities.

by Anonymousreplies 12March 16, 2024 10:53 PM

There's a new Freddy Krueger movie!

Miko Hughes stars it, and it's an amateur movie, it looks very bad, but Freddy fans should know about this :

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 10:52 PM

Steven Mnuchin forming investor group to buy TikTok

The move comes after the House passed a bill forcing China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 16, 2024 10:50 PM

BRF reveals plan to release another crappy candid next month—the world holds its collective breath

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

by Anonymousreplies 19March 16, 2024 10:50 PM

Ethel Merman Was Not Good...

...she was JUST LOUD

by Anonymousreplies 191March 16, 2024 10:48 PM

Blind Item!- Toni Braxton knew her sisters husband was beating her but remained silent

“ The R&B singer whose heart needs to be unbroken knew that her sister’s husband /manager was beating her up and said nothing. Not even when the husband forced his long suffering wife to lie and say that she wasn’t abused on the hit talk show with the iconic table. This is because the Secretive singer didn’t want her sister’s abusive man to expose what her Bird boyfriend/ benefactor does to his male artists behind the scenes. A lawsuit would interrupt her flow of cash. She’s terrified of going through another bankruptcy”

by Anonymousreplies 8March 16, 2024 10:46 PM

Former Neighbours actress Holly Valance backs Lee Anderson and Reform UK and Donald Trump

Aussie trash.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 10:44 PM

'Hot Athletic Blonde Fatigue' on adult social media? Adult content creator Niles Tatum doesn't seem to think so

Nils Tatum is an adult content creator from Slovakia who has become a big name on social media in America. Like a lot of young models from overseas he was scouted by gay adult studio Bel Ami in 2017 at the age of 19. He was still in college but was unsure of his direction. He said in a Freshman.com (NSFW) interview that, at the time, he only had 10 sexual experiences in his life so far.

Now, seven years later he's become a social media tease with multiple accounts doing what a lot of adult content creators do, cut out the middleman by building on their OnlyFans page which, in his case, has amassed over 57,000 subscribers so far.

Even with the adult content market experiencing athletic blonde fatigue over the past few years, Tatum seems to have made it through the clutter and come out on top.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 16, 2024 10:40 PM

Blind Item!- A- List Actor has stopped seeing his child because his new GF doesn’t want him around his Ex

“ This foreign born A- list actor has stopped seeing his child because his A- list girlfriend doesn't want him having any interactions with his ex.”

Who do we think it is? Many think it’s Joshua Jackson/Lupita/Turner-Smith

by Anonymousreplies 6March 16, 2024 10:39 PM

Let's Be a DL Travel Thread

I'm the description of any locale as a place where "all seems to breathe freedom and peace, and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils."

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 10:38 PM

Blind Item! Craycraydayandnight this F-lister posts blind items no one cares about

Who could it be??

Enquiring minds have guessed:

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 10:35 PM

Blind Item- permanent A List one named singer is cutting off one of her kids

“ This permanent one named A list singer is cutting off one of her kids financially. The offspring pretends to hate mom but is happy to live off mom's money.”

The consensus seems to be down to Cher or Madonna. Who do we think it is?

by Anonymousreplies 13March 16, 2024 10:30 PM

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Chat Thread

Not long now. Talk all things Paris Olympics here.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 10:24 PM

Pence refuses to endorse Trump in 2024

Mike Pence said on Friday that he would not endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024, breaking with the man who tapped him as vice president only to make him the target of an angry mob for his refusal to help with efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

“It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence told Fox News.

The former vice president ran against Trump for the Republican nomination this cycle but bowed out of the race months before voting began after failing to gain any traction with voters.

Pence becomes the most prominent Republican to date to say he will not back Trump in the 2024 election. Other Trump skeptics, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have announced that they will back the presumptive nominee.

Republican Sen. Todd Young, also from Pence’s home state of Indiana, has said he will not support Trump’s candidacy.

Asked about his decision, Pence said it was driven by more than just anger over the riots at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, during which Trump-backing protestors called for his hanging.

“I’m incredibly proud of the record of our administration,” said Pence. “But that being said, during my presidential campaign, I made it clear there were profound differences between me and President Trump on a range of issues. And not just our differences on our constitutional duties that I exercised on Jan. 6.”

Among those issues that Pence cited as Trump heresies included the national debt, his unwillingness to take a position on abortion restrictions and his recent reversal on banning Chinese ownership of the social media app TikTok.

“In each of these cases,” said Pence, “Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years.”

Pence declined to say how he would vote in November, save to rule out the current president.

"I'm gonna keep my vote to myself,” he said. “I would never vote for Joe Biden."

A Trump campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Pence was never a serious factor in the presidential primary, dropping out in October amid weak polling and fundraising.

But his refusal to endorse Trump was reflective of a broader challenge the former president may have in winning over more traditionalist Republicans in November. A steady voice in the conservative movement for years as a House member and Indiana governor, Pence in 2016 endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the presidential primary, before embracing Trump.

When he did, it helped to legitimize Trump’s smash-mouth politics and connect them to the party’s mainstream. And when Trump picked him to be his running mate, many members of the party’s old establishment were relieved.

But Pence's resistance to Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election infuriated many in the party's base, crippling his political aspirations as he broke with the former president.

by Anonymousreplies 14March 16, 2024 10:10 PM

Predictions for 2024

Attention whore Shawn Mendes’ nudes will “leak”.

by Anonymousreplies 149March 16, 2024 10:10 PM

Billy Porter is a narcissist with The Guardian as he discusses race, recognition in Hollywood and the Middle East

You can read the full article below, but this is how it’s starts off…

“Billy Porter is known for going big. The 54-year-old actor and singer routinely stole scenes as the drag ball emcee Pray Tell in FX’s drama Pose, a role that won him an Emmy. In Amazon’s 2021 update of Cinderella, he turned the fairy godmother into a fabulous, tough-talking fairy “godmuvva”, as he puts it. But his latest role, in the Bill Oliver-directed relationship drama Our Son, takes a different tack: as Gabriel, a relatively meek stay-at-home dad divorcing his husband, Nicky, (Luke Evans), Porter is required to play small, wounded and, sometimes, bitter, without any of the glitz or glam of his best known characters.

It’s the kind of role that Porter always knew he could pull off, but has rarely been considered for. Even fans, he says, don’t really get it. “At the premiere, somebody said to me, ‘Oh my God, Billy, how do you act like that?’” he recalls. “Would you ask Viola Davis that question? Would you ask Al Pacino that question? The world has a difficult time understanding that fabulous and serious do coexist – and you’re looking at him.”

In case you were wondering, yes – this is basically how Porter speaks 100% of the time. Over the course of our 45-minute interview, he compares himself with the four-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis on three separate occasions; he punctuates his musings on a ceasefire in the Middle East with the word “doll”. Peering out from Zoom in a hotel room in Florida, dressed (relatively) casually in a white T-shirt with sparkly rainbow accents, he comes across as a born orator, delivering every response as if he’s playing to the cheap seats in an auditorium. His charisma, which made him a star on TV and on Broadway, is on full display.“

by Anonymousreplies 42March 16, 2024 9:56 PM

LGBTQ+ Groups call for a “Complete Investigation” after Nex Benedict is ruled a suicide!

Not everyone is buying it!

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 9:52 PM

Indiana governor signs age verification bill

This is supposed to "protect children" but it will make it harder for adults to view porn

These are the same people who used to rail against "the nanny state"

by Anonymousreplies 32March 16, 2024 9:49 PM

One Thousand Pencils

For $60.00. Is that a good deal?

by Anonymousreplies 5March 16, 2024 9:48 PM

It's time for me to stop drinking. Again.

I started drinking again mid November after a year of sobriety.

I thought i could do it in moderation, but I couldn't.

I've gained about 20 lbs and my left knee hurts again. Not many articles of my clothing fit because I had lost so much weight and was exercising, removed them from my wardrobe and now everything is tight and uncomfortable.

I'm going to have to do all that i did last year over again. I have much pain and loss in the past month that contributed to my relapse and need for a way to soothe the pain i was feeling, but more pain has developed - physically and emotionally. My health and work is suffering.

Flame away, but I thought I should share for others that are struggling too.

by Anonymousreplies 31March 16, 2024 9:28 PM

Post a song that’s an earworm for you

“Instant Replay” by Dan Hartman is one I’ve had stuck in my head for days.

by Anonymousreplies 403March 16, 2024 9:23 PM

List of gay pornstars sexualities

Brad Star- bisexual Trent Diesel- bisexual Trenton Ducati- gay Johnny V- gay Landon Conrad-gay Malik Delgaty- straight Elliot Finn- straight Ryan Jordan- pansexual Jessie Colter- gay Sean Cody's Joey- straight/bi Sean Cody's Brandon- unlabelled Sean Cody's Sean- bisexual Sean Cody's Tanner- bisexual Roman Todd- pansexual Mark Long- straight/bi Marcus Mojo- bisexual Rod Daily- bisexual Tyler Torro- straight/bi James Huntsman- sexual Markie More- bisexual Quentin Gainz- bisexual Johnny Rapid- bisexual Jimmy Johnson- straight Colby Jensen- pansexual Justin Matthews- bisexual Jarec Wentworth- bisexual Brady Jensen- bisexual Corbin Fischer's Dawson- bisexual Corbin Fischer's Connor- straight/bi Corbin Fischer's Beau- bisexual Corbin Fischer's Max and Elian- gays Austin Wolf- gay Dante Colle- straight/bi Michael DelRey- pansexual Kurtis Wolfe- gay Austin Wilde-gay Ryder Owens- bisexual Phoenix Saint- bisexual Colby Keller- gay Aspen Salomon- bisexual Donte Thick- bisexual in denial Wesley Woods- bisexual in denial DeAngelo Jackson-bisexual Joey Mills- gay Ricky Sinz- bisexual Finn Harding- straight David Skylar-straight Wiliam Seed- bisexual Ryan Bones- pansexual Rocky Vallarta- gay Charlie Pattison- straight/bi Derek Atlas- bisexual Zeb Atlas- sexual/bi Ricky Decker- straight/bi Ty Roderick- bisexual John Magnum- pansexual Seth Sweet- bisexual

by Anonymousreplies 120March 16, 2024 9:16 PM

Has there ever been a thread on men's underarm hair?

Well this is it.

by Anonymousreplies 443March 16, 2024 9:00 PM

Ready for a laugh? RFK Jr has Aaron Rodgers on his shortlist of potential running mates

ROFLMAO, those bozos deserve each other

by Anonymousreplies 51March 16, 2024 8:49 PM

The Solid Gold Countdown 1982

Watching now it is virtually indistinguishable from something Andrea Martin would have written for SCTV. But wow, it's so wonderful to watch reruns of this show!!

I believe that this episode might have been a special 2-hour long end-of-year Top 40 countdown because there are so many acts it boggles the mind. There are performances from Laura Brannigan, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Men at Work, Hall and Oates, Sheena Easton, Air Supply, The Motels, Juice Newton, The Go-Go's, Olivia Newton John, Survivor and more - as well as appearances from a Ronald Reagan impersonator and the puppet Madame. Plus commercials from your youth.

And a Very Special interpretive dance for the song Ebony and Ivory.

by Anonymousreplies 13March 16, 2024 8:46 PM

Is the ideal rate of tipping at restaurants with sit down service 20% or 30%

I have always tried to be a generous tipper, but I have friends who now say that the standard rate should be 30%. In some cases 40% - 50% for exceptional service. I find that's just ridiculous. When I goes out with husband we usually have two to three cocktails each and then a bottle of wine to share between us and then maybe an after-dinner drink. I'm partial to penis coladas and my husband, masc as he is, is more of neat Scotch drinker. I simply cannot imagine adding the cost of drinks to the tip. What, you poured me three ounces of fucking Scawtch and you demand like, what, 20 bucks for that? It's a fucking joke. Last time my husband and me went to a restaurant it was a very nice gastropub, but only the drinks costed like two hundred and fifty bucks. Plus tip, that's insane. So I ALWAYS deduct drinks when tipping. Then I tip 20% for ok service, and maybe, just maybe, 25% for good service. Exceptional service (or hot waiters who flirt with me) gets 30%, but that's like once in a month of Sundays.

I also noted that some servers is aggressive in demanding tips. I am overweight, balding and effeminated. 60 this year (seriously, ppl say I look 38). Strict bottom. Waiters, especially the masc ethnic ones, can get quick pushy and aggressive. Some dagowop waiter was serving us and when he saw the 20% tip he asked, Is anyting wrong with youse guys? And I was like, It's just normal service, bro, chillax. The greasy guinea said, Youse guys best follow me out back. A maniple of servers fronted by the manager ushered me to the back of the restaurant. They had some freckled mick as the security guy and he had staves unto him. The piggy-eyed fenian eyed me with his angry, homophobic gaze. He then seized upon his staves and beated me most unmercifully while I wailed and shrieked and begged for mercy. After the ham-handed mick had laid into me and beated me most cruelly, he lowered his pants, mounted me, and entered my bussy. He rode my faggot hole for a couple of minutes and then blasted his wad up my filth trench. The dagowop waiter watched this, jerking off, bellowing homophobic and misogynistic blame language. The other waiters was gathering around. There wasn't one real American among any of them. They was all shifty ethnic, blue collar types. A couple of more wops, a bohunk polack and the scum of Ireland all gathered banging the tables bellowing swear language while they took turns charging me up with their nasy straight hot masc seed. They tagfucked me. They woudl tag in and out and when they was out they would jerk off and bellow insults. One of them had a phone camera. He recorded proceedings. They then dragged me out where two police pigs was waiting. They was heavyset with handlebar moustaches, meaty thighs, enormous biceps, fabulous traps and delts. One of them had a measuring tape. He measured my puny, useless faggot cocklet. The measuring tape spoke louder than words. Two inches, hard! He shrieked. The other kwap made a note of this.

They then dragged me back into the dining room, my cutoff denim shorts around my ankles, my tank top pulled up, and my puny cocklet exposed to the whole world. The diners, who was mostly mascular Millennial dude-bros, shrieked with lauaghter and immediately started instagramming me. The next day I received my faggot card, which was sent to my husband, three adopted sons and coworkers. I was hopelessly exposed as the fat poz f@g pig I am! I was so humiliated. I've never been so degarded.

by Anonymousreplies 73March 16, 2024 8:45 PM

Marvel Shocker: ‘X-Men ’97’ Gay Creator Beau DeMayo Fired Weeks Before Premiere (Exclusive)

They deleted his email, he deleted his social media. Huge scandal incoming.

by Anonymousreplies 30March 16, 2024 8:28 PM

Has anyone seen the gay romantic movie Eismayer ?

"Eismayer" keeps popping up in my social media feed as a rec, and I'm thinking of streaming this. I searched here on the forum - nothing came up. Has anyone seen this ? It's available on HERE TV. Looks rather sexy and good.

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 8:16 PM

Who is this GenZ Whore called HORSEMEET?

He's such a gay baiter.

And he totally stole his name from Datalounge.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 8:10 PM

"Mewing" Is A Viral New Trend Among Students: Teacher says it's "smug" and "rude"

Internet trends can be fun and bring people together, but do they belong in the classroom? Recently, Teresa Newman, a middle and high school teacher, took to TikTok to explain the latest — and seemingly disrespectful — viral trend she's noticed her students doing: Mewing.

In the TikTok, which has been viewed over 6.5 million times and has over 10,000 comments, the 36-year-old teacher from Texas starts the video by exasperatingly declaring: "I think this 'mewing' trend with students is probably gonna be the final reason that I decide to never return to the classroom to teach ever again."

But what exactly is mewing? Well, before it was a trend adopted by older Gen A'ers (those born around 2010) and younger Gen Z'ers (late 2000s babies), it was a viral do-it-yourself technique that allegedly helps with face shape. Named after orthodontist Dr. Mike Mew, mewing involves positioning your tongue in a resting position at the roof of your mouth, which, over time, supposedly creates a sharper jawline.

Though there isn't enough evidence to support that mewing can drastically define your jawline, that certainly hasn't stopped younger folks from turning the technique into a social trend. On TikTok, the terms "mewing" and "mew" have over 600,000 posts affiliated with them.

According to Teresa, though, mewing has evolved from a face-shaping trend to a non-verbal, dismissive gesture. The action consists of a shushing motion followed by pointing to your jawline and tracing the outline of it — and Teresa notes that her students have been doing it in the classroom.

"Mewing is a gesture that kids are making toward other people that signals to that person that they don't care what they have to say, or they're too busy being silent doing the mewing technique to respond to them," Teresa explains in her video. "It's basically just another way to be dismissive of somebody."

Essentially, when a teacher is asking a question to a student or trying to tell them something, the kid will mew at them to indicate that they're "unavailable" to listen or communicate because they are mewing. And though the mewing gesture isn't inherently harmful, Teresa says that the students have been mewing to be disrespectful toward teachers without teachers even realizing it. "[The gesture] doesn't really signify anything specific unless you know exactly what it means and why [the kids] are doing it," she says in her TikTok.

"It's basically a way for the kids not to have to answer verbally," Teresa continues, "or respond to anything that the teacher or the adult in the room has to say."

While it's true that students mew at each other as well, making the gesture in the classroom is seemingly intended to embarrass teachers and is used as a medium by students to avoid participating. Teresa, who describes it as a "power play" on the kid's end, says that students mew to avoid taking accountability for upholding classroom expectations. "The teacher can't really respond in a way that's helpful or useful," Teresa says in the video, "because if they try to get [the kids] in trouble or try to question the gesture — if they try to respond in some way that's going to stop the gesture from happening again — there's really no way to prove the gesture is in and of itself disrespectful or harmful."

by Anonymousreplies 72March 16, 2024 7:57 PM

Wall Street banker turned priest evicts community groups, including food pantry after three decades

, jacks up rent for Alcoholics Anonymous 900%, and cancels children's Christmas party in posh NYC neighborhood

by Anonymousreplies 41March 16, 2024 7:56 PM

Billy Baldwin threatens Sharon Stone after she names producer pressure to fuck him

Not sure why Sharon Stone keep talking about me all these years later?

Does she still have a crush on me or is she still hurt after all these years because I shunned her advances?

Did she say to her gal pal Janice Dickinson the day after I screen tested and ran into them on our MGM Grand flight back to New York… "I'm gonna make him fall so hard for me, it's gonna make his head spin." ???

I have so much dirt on her it would make her head spin but I've kept quiet.

The story of the meeting I had with Bob Evans imploring him allow me to choreograph the final sex scene in the photo below so I wouldn't have to kiss Sharon is absolute legend.

Wonder if I should write a book and tell the many, many disturbing, kinky and unprofessional tales about Sharon?

That might be fun.

by Anonymousreplies 202March 16, 2024 7:52 PM

Blanket Jackson Makes Rare Appearance

Blanket and Prince attended the 10th anniversary of 'Michael Jackson ONE' in Las Vegas on Tuesday

Bigi Jackson and Prince Jackson are remembering their father Michael Jackson on what would have been his 65th birthday.

On Tuesday, Bigi (formerly known as Blanket), 21, was joined by his brother Prince, 26, as the two made a rare appearance in Las Vegas to honor their late father. The siblings were spotted at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino where Cirque du Soleil has its ongoing Michael Jackson ONE show taking place.

PEOPLE confirmed that the famous siblings greeted fans inside of the casino. One MJ supporter also gave the sons a picture of Michael with an angel on it as they shared their favorite memories of the global superstar.

According to an announcement shared on Cirque du Soleil’s website, members of Michael’s estate were present to host a public Q&A session to commemorate the “Human Nature” artist's “Blue Sapphire Birthday Celebration.”

After Michael’s loved ones spoke to some of his biggest fans, they were scheduled to enjoy a special performance from the cast of the Vegas show. The event is expected to run throughout the evening and will also feature a book signing by Michael Bush, the author of The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson.

The festivities will not end there. There will also be a meet and greet with the original Michael Jackson ONE creative team, as well as reps from the Grammy winner’s estate. Fans who show proof of purchase for a ticket to either of Tuesday’s two shows will also be treated to cake and cupcakes before the main event.

The Cirque du Soleil show paying tribute to the Thriller hitmaker promises to be “part music, part acrobatics” and “all amazing.” The major draw was first announced in February 2013 and opened to the public several months later. Michael’s 65th birthday marks the 10th anniversary of the Vegas residency.

“Everything [Jackson] does is with a childlike heart. For Michael, every day was fresh, every day was new, every day had to be bigger and better than the last one,” Michael’s friend and choreographer Jamie King previously said in a statement. At the time, executives for ONE also promised the new show would differ greatly from its predecessor Immortal.

Tuesday’s extravaganza isn’t the only time the Jackson kids have made a rare appearance at the show honoring their father’s legacy. In August 2018, Paris Jackson, 25, and Prince attended the “Michael Jackson Diamond Birthday Celebration” at Mandalay Bay for his 60th birthday. While at the event, the two accepted the Elizabeth Taylor Legacy Award on his behalf for his humanitarian work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

The late Cleopatra actress was a longtime friend to Michael and was also Paris’ godmother. “I can recall my dad speaking with Elizabeth on a few occasions at our home in Encino,” the Swarm talent told PEOPLE for World AIDS Day in December 2021.

“They would sit in the living room and have conversations … he supported Elizabeth and the cause with his time, celebrity, and donations,” Paris added.

In 2007, one of Michael’s former bodyguards described the “Man in the Mirror” artist’s three children to PEOPLE as "well-mannered, well-behaved kids,” adding that “they are really level-headed." Michael’s publicist continued, "They were Michael's first priority."

At Michael's funeral in 2009, Paris, who was just 11 years old at the time, said: "Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much."

by Anonymousreplies 109March 16, 2024 7:45 PM

Billy Porter is this this year’s Miami Pride Grand Marshal

The gal must be late on her mortgage payments.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 16, 2024 7:31 PM

What the fuck is wrong with Korea

When did they become the Iran of the Orient

by Anonymousreplies 19March 16, 2024 7:15 PM

Time to ban the Golden Girls references from DL

While there hasn't been a lot of Golden Girls references made lately it wouldn't take much for them to show up so I prpose all references be banned from DL

by Anonymousreplies 23March 16, 2024 6:59 PM

watch movies on tcm,com

Click on movies and select watch live or watch movies.

If you choose the watch live they will ask for a cable or satellite provider is just the channel's scheduled programming.The watch movies allows you to watch movies from their library.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 6:37 PM

Rebecca Wentworth Vs Ellie Ewing-1982

The saddest scene for me on Dallas for it's entire run is when Rebecca Wentworth dies and tells Pam before she dies to protect Cliff.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 6:35 PM

Councilman Caught Urinating on Door of Popular Gay Bar

In California, a Crescenta Valley town council member was caught on camera urinating on the door of a popular gay bar with another man. As reported by KTLA, the council member was doing everything you should not do while he was out at the bar Precinct in downtown LA, including taking drinks glasses outside, using the employee entrances, and then public urination.

"Last Saturday night, these two party boys decided to show everyone what not to do at Precinct," wrote the bar in a message on Instagram. "They first left the bar with full cocktail glasses in hand, then decided to go to our employee entrance, whip out their [shrimp emoji] and p**s all over it together."

Yikes.

The incident has put the council member, identified as Chris Kilpatrick, under scrutiny for his behavior.

And there is more. When Kilpatrick was reportedly confronted by the bar's manager about his behavior, he got belligerent.

According to the bar, their manager was physically assaulted and thrown to the ground by Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick has since retained a lawyer and sent out a statement claiming that the alleged physical altercation was in fear that he and his boyfriend would be "possibly gay bashed by these two individuals," KTLA reports.

Mhmm.

by Anonymousreplies 46March 16, 2024 6:33 PM

Married Birds

EXTREMELY adorable!

Two precious entities.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 6:21 PM

“Feud: Capote vs The Swans” Finale Night!

Will you be watching the finale tonight or tomorrow on Hulu!?

I finally caught up with it (I was 3 episodes behind) and episode 7 was phenomenal! I thought it was so well done and so fucking sad. My only issue with it is all the hallucinations Capote keeps having. During episode 1 he envisions his mother and he keeps envisioning Babe now and it looks like we will see a lot of his mother in the finale. I’m not a fan of all those hallucinations, otherwise, terrific.

Episode 7 was top tier.

Also, shoutout to Chloe Sevigny. DL can be pretty harsh about her but I feel she’s been terrific on this!

by Anonymousreplies 12March 16, 2024 6:08 PM

What the everloving *fuck* is going on with Kate Middleton?!

Well?

by Anonymousreplies 39March 16, 2024 6:06 PM

Let’s be a Billy Porter interview!

“…and I looked Jennifer Aniston in the eye and said, ‘White Devil!’”

by Anonymousreplies 16March 16, 2024 5:47 PM

Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, Thread 2

This actually the third thread, but the two threads that were running simultaneously just maxxed out.

Time to discuss further why it must be chrysanthemums and not carnations for a child's birthday party.

by Anonymousreplies 600March 16, 2024 5:42 PM

Suffering from SPS, Celine Dion gives her fans an update on her health

Singer Celine DIon, who made an appearance at the Grammys last month, seems to be doing better - though she admits everyday is a 'struggle' with SPS.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 5:40 PM

Grammar Troll Revealed!

And he's just as prissy and uptight as you imagined.

Very fussy!

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 5:32 PM

Do you like gay midgets in your porn? Like Latinx Adrian Zuki?

I thought Adrian was a woman pretending to be a man, but he has a cock. He’s had a substantial career.

I think the dwarf Little Hottie on OnlyFans is much hotter.

by Anonymousreplies 55March 16, 2024 5:26 PM

Let's be troll farms in St. Petersburg trying to figure out DL

I'm the one bumping all the British Royal Family threads, thinking they have a wide audience.

by Anonymousreplies 72March 16, 2024 5:14 PM

Let’s Be: Billy Porter’s Save My House Telethon

I’m the 10 blow jobs Billy has to perform as a match for any donation. This hard work brings in a total of $3.71 cents

by Anonymousreplies 3March 16, 2024 5:12 PM

Bomb Threats Reported in Half a Dozen State Capitols

What's going on?

by Anonymousreplies 13March 16, 2024 5:07 PM

Meet Prince William’s Alleged Mistress, Rose Hanbury

SMFH

by Anonymousreplies 154March 16, 2024 4:55 PM

If Dataloungers were parents

They would pull some severe mind games like this poor young gayling experienced. His childhood best friend was a fraud!

This is also another wonderful example of TikTok helping others through the modern act of self-humiliation.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 16, 2024 4:43 PM

Classic Epic to Watch on My Birthday

Since COVID, my birthday celebrations have consisted of ordering in, having a scotch, and watching a classic epic I have never seen.

I have watched Lawrence of Arabia, Das Boot, Le Grande Illusion, and Bridge on the River Kwai. This has become a fun birthday tradition and I look forward to it every year.

Now, I am having a hard time picking my next big scale epic and thought DL could help me out. Please recommend others!!!!!

by Anonymousreplies 98March 16, 2024 4:37 PM

What happened to this Boeing 787 plane flying from Sydney to Auckland?

At least 50 passengers were injured on a Latam Airlines flight on Monday, the New Zealand Herald first reported.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner traveling from Sydney to Auckland experienced a technical problem that caused the jet to drop suddenly, the newspaper reported.

In a statement shared with Business Insider, Latam Airlines said there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement."

One passenger, who said she used to be a flight attendant, told the Herald it was the first time she'd experienced such an event.

She said there was a "quick little drop" and "the whole plane just froze."

The outlet reported that seven ambulances and four other emergency vehicles were sent to Auckland Airport after the plane landed.

In its statement, Latam said 10 people were taken to hospital with no serious injuries reported.

Although, the ambulance service told the Herald it had treated 50 people, of whom 12 were sent to the hospital. It added that one person was in a serious condition.

An onward flight to Santiago, Chile was canceled, with a replacement scheduled for Tuesday, the airline said in its statement. "Latam is providing affected passengers with food and accommodation services due to the flight cancellation," it added.

"Latam deeply regrets any inconvenience and discomfort this situation may have caused its passengers and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards," the airline said.

by Anonymousreplies 43March 16, 2024 4:36 PM

Does anyone else not understand the insane success of Taylor Swift?

She’s being treated like goddamn Beatles. She is so damn bland and annoying. I’m dumbfounded over the hype surrounding her. The type of success she’s having is astronomical. People are close to sacrificing their first borns to get tickets to one of her crap shows. It’s not like it’s only young kids who are into her. That I could understand. It’s everyone. Has the entertainment industry gotten THAT bad that people are willing to sit through garbage? I don’t get the cult of Beyonce either, but that’s another story.

by Anonymousreplies 61March 16, 2024 4:27 PM

Granny SERVES CUNT at Mardi Gras

YAAAAAAAAAAAS

by Anonymousreplies 18March 16, 2024 4:23 PM

Terrified New York City commuters trapped with live shooter

If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere.

It's up to YOU, New York.....New Yooooooork!

by Anonymousreplies 18March 16, 2024 4:22 PM

Let's be the GLAAD Media Awards!

I'm the complete lack of actual gay and lesbian honorees.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 4:09 PM

Sydney Sweeney says she will only do another “Spider” film if she gets to work with Zendaya

Queen wants to work with another Queen again. Queens recognize Queens.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 3:53 PM

"A Date with Your Family" - MST3K Short on High-Pressure Family Dinners

It's arguably the funniest ten minutes ever produced for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Something tells me Greg watched this filmstrip twice each day after school. It's right up his alley.

by Anonymousreplies 17March 16, 2024 3:51 PM

Let’s be your local St. Patrick’s Day Parade

I’m the repurposed green Mardi Gras beads.

by Anonymousreplies 26March 16, 2024 3:43 PM

Let’s Be Facebook Marketplace

I’m the $80,000 BMW being sold for $400. The ad is in broken Spanish, but you can discern that $400 is actually the weekly payment to buy this car from some sketchy Venezuelan with a coke problem.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 3:30 PM

'Irish Wish' starring Lindsay Lohan

More like Irish curse, looks kinda shit.

[quote]When the love of her life gets engaged to her best-friend, Maddie puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Until a spontaneous wish for true love causes her to wake up as the bride-to-be.

Out March15.

by Anonymousreplies 60March 16, 2024 3:27 PM

Who is your favorite brat packer?

Choose one.

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 3:22 PM

I found the ballet Timothee Chalamet

This male ballerina is the spitting image of Timmy! He could be his twin!!! Omg.

by Anonymousreplies 46March 16, 2024 3:07 PM

UKRAINE SLAMS 'THE WHITE LOTUS' FOR PRO-PUTIN CASTING, Miloš Biković

Ugh. Do politics have to be shoved onto everything now?

by Anonymousreplies 18March 16, 2024 2:56 PM

Princess Diana : Jacques Azagury 1985 evening dress Estimate: $100,000 - $200,000 Sold Price?

A romantic ballerina-length evening dress designed by Moroccan-British fashion designer Jacques Azagury for Diana Princess of Wales who wore it for at least two formal public appearances.

Princess Diana first wore this dress to a dinner held by the Mayor of Florence, Italy when she was on an official royal tour of Italy with then Prince Charles in April of 1985.

Diana was next photographed wearing this dress as she attended a performance by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, Canada in May of 1986.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 16, 2024 2:53 PM

Oh, Daddy, Beat me eight to the bar!

Jeff Jackson, run for president before I'm too old to know better!

by Anonymousreplies 31March 16, 2024 2:20 PM

Reneé Rapp has called for an immediate & permanent ceasefire

Reneé Rapp has called for an immediate & permanent ceasefire to the ongoing genocide happening in Palestine whilst on stage at the GLAAD Awards.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 16, 2024 2:04 PM

Ricky Martin’s twins

Twins?

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 1:55 PM

‘X-Men ‘97’ Creator FIRED days before the show premieres

Nuts!

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 1:53 PM

Good Thursday morning Datalounge, Alex Jones wants to eat your ass!

Seriously. He even advertised his desire. I haven't actually checked his Twitter feed to see if he has any takers.

I see a bumper sticker coming out of this. "Honk if Alex Jones tossed your salad"

by Anonymousreplies 16March 16, 2024 1:41 PM

Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor filming “The History of Sound”

Our boys!!!

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 1:29 PM

Jon Bonjovi would look better with a close shave haircut

Why does he insist on this old lady hairdo?

by Anonymousreplies 38March 16, 2024 1:12 PM

Casino is Better Than Goodfellas

That’s right, I said it.

by Anonymousreplies 117March 16, 2024 1:00 PM

Cash Jordan

I know he's not glamorous looking like that blond thief in Texas, but watch his videos and I think this slim yuppie is cute.

What does the datalounge think of him.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 12:50 PM

Let's be contract era M-G-M Studios

I'm teenaged Shirley Temple, pinned to Arthur Freed's casting couch.

by Anonymousreplies 386March 16, 2024 12:38 PM

54-square-foot Midtown West unit without a bathroom or a kitchen listed for a grand $1,200 a month,

“So today I’ll be showing you the smallest apartment that currently exists in New York City,” listing agent Alexander Bruni claimed at the beginning of the brief clip, which posted last February. “Check this out.”

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 12:35 PM

Hordes of dead animals are dumped outside village shop just weeks after nearby primary school was also targeted

Yuck.

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 12:24 PM

Jennifer Lopez cancelling dates for new tour

New album bombed out of the top100 in one week debuting at an incredibly low number worldwide. Now her tour is getting scrapped. She spent millions of dollars on this project, including a film and documentary only to have it fail. Is she truly over?

by Anonymousreplies 119March 16, 2024 12:11 PM

How's the weather?

In these parts, it seems we're up for another unusual season... it's really messed my planting schedule up. And it's not doing much for my health either but it frees up my time to spend with the rest of you.

So, how's the weather and how are you dealing with it this season?

by Anonymousreplies 28March 16, 2024 11:46 AM

Morning Joe 2

(I didn't see a continuing link from the previous thread and the DL Search feature/engine is a waste of time)

I'm very glad that Morning Joe is featuring Chris Matthews more. Basically, they're bringing him out of obscurity. BUT, this morning, I noticed how thin Chris is. He is so thin that it made me wonder if he might be suffering from some sort of illness.

by Anonymousreplies 108March 16, 2024 10:56 AM

Will Jacob Elordi come out eventually ?

Or he's glass-closeted already since he's working on his third queer character. He used to hangout a lot with tranny Tommy Dorfman before he became famous.

by Anonymousreplies 507March 16, 2024 10:37 AM

Judas Priest score highest charting album of their career 50 years in

#2 in the UK. Not bad for a gay fronted lead singer.

by Anonymousreplies 0March 16, 2024 10:26 AM

Has anyone noticed that Tom Hollander’s Truman Capote voice sounds like Bette Davis with the stroke?

I can’t not hear it in “Feud”.

by Anonymousreplies 3March 16, 2024 10:22 AM

Words that give you the ick

Veg or Veggies - for some reason this makes my skin crawl.

Moreish - oh do fuck off.

Hun - nuff said.

by Anonymousreplies 301March 16, 2024 10:14 AM

Why is the subway shooting incident being censored?

Media blackout on CNN and NYT. A thread was started on here but "not found" now?

by Anonymousreplies 14March 16, 2024 9:50 AM

Austin Butler’s new tv series “Masters of the Air”

The trailer is here!

The Austin Butler vehicle debut’s January 26, 2024.

by Anonymousreplies 56March 16, 2024 9:46 AM

Midnight Snacks

I just raided the fridge for cheese cubes,pepperoni,a plum, and some of those fancy olives that come with garlic and pepperoncini. I ate this with some whole wheat crackers and strawberry LaCroix.

by Anonymousreplies 10March 16, 2024 9:40 AM

Anatomy of a Fall

It has won many awards, garnered much critical acclaim, and will be nominated for an Oscar, but it might also be the longest, dullest movie in the history of long, dull French movies. Has anyone here seen it and liked it? If so, curious why....

by Anonymousreplies 51March 16, 2024 9:30 AM

Nitrous Oxide/Whippets to be illegal in the UK by the end of the year.

Good riddance. I walked all over empty tanks on weekends. It's a dumb, short high anyway.

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 9:08 AM

Oscars In Memoriam

I didn't see it. Any surprises?

by Anonymousreplies 55March 16, 2024 8:11 AM

What topics do you find unbearably boring?

For me, it’s science fiction.

by Anonymousreplies 134March 16, 2024 8:03 AM

Let's be Sharon Stone's psychotic lies

I'm a MENSA member.

by Anonymousreplies 23March 16, 2024 7:57 AM

Be Gone, Satin

You Have No Power Here

by Anonymousreplies 73March 16, 2024 7:48 AM

Fitness Influencer, 23, Dies After Falling into a Ravine While Creating Content

He was filming content for social media when he fell to his death in Italy.

by Anonymousreplies 56March 16, 2024 7:31 AM

Royal Caribbean's ICON OF THE SEAS is ready to set sail!

The largest cruise ship in the world.

It's a $2,000,000,000 floating resort that's nearly 1200 feet long.

20 decks that can accommodate 7600 passengers, who can enjoy 7 pools, theaters, a casino, and 43 places to eat and drink.

At full capacity of passengers and crew, the ship holds nearly 10,000 people.

The average stateroom for a 7-day cruise, costs about $3500 for two people and up to $100,000 for the "Family Townhouse."

by Anonymousreplies 36March 16, 2024 7:27 AM

'Young Royals' season 3

Great, another royal thread.

Out March 11.

by Anonymousreplies 9March 16, 2024 7:11 AM

Andrea Bocelli & Hot Son Death Video

Iconic tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son premiered a very cryptic video of themselves performing his most iconic song in a new arrangement by Hans Zimmer. Clearly, Andrea is gaunt and frail, with son attending to him even as Andrea plays piano and sings brilliantly. Is he next?

by Anonymousreplies 3March 16, 2024 7:11 AM

PJ Harvey on Jay Leno (1993)

I grew up listening to her and have remained a longtime fan, though it's been awhile since I listened to some of her earlier stuff. I came across this performance on YouTube and was taken aback by it. Such a simple song that is anything but—there are two chords, but it is so riveting and powerful. I love the casual interview she gives with Leno after.

by Anonymousreplies 5March 16, 2024 7:05 AM

Chris Evert Announces her Ovarian Cancer Is Back

Sad Last Days

Tennis legend Chris Evert announced the return of her ovarian cancer in a statement Friday.

The tennis Hall of Famer and on-air ESPN announcer was first diagnosed with an early stage of ovarian cancer two years ago. She announced that she was cancer-free in an op-ed for ESPN.com in January.

“My cancer is back,” Evert, 68, said in a statement shared by ESPN. “While this is a diagnosis I never wanted to hear, I once again feel fortunate that it was caught early.”

Cancer cells were found in the same pelvic region as her previous diagnosis, Evert shared, adding that all the cells were removed and she began another round of chemotherapy.

Evert will not be joining her colleagues in Melbourne to cover the Australian Open.

by Anonymousreplies 35March 16, 2024 7:05 AM

Though rare,

some patients find that they are no longer able to close their anus.

by Anonymousreplies 6March 16, 2024 7:03 AM

Do talented people make good partners

Or is there a tradeoff involved?

by Anonymousreplies 31March 16, 2024 6:18 AM

Tired: JonBenét. Wired: CUTIE PATOOTIE

Is she DRUNK?

The women of The Talk are nonplussed.

by Anonymousreplies 25March 16, 2024 6:09 AM

This Just In: P. Kate’s Disappearance…

Was caused by Meghan Markle. Result!

[quote] Friends of Kate Middleton have blamed “intense stress,” including the fall-out from the various royal dramas involving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as being at least partly responsible for her absence from public life

by Anonymousreplies 13March 16, 2024 6:02 AM

Abortion Funds at Olivia Rodrigo Concerts No Longer Allowed to Distribute Contraceptives

Jade Hurley, the communications manager for the DC Abortion Fund, says the National Network of Abortion Funds stated that Olivia Rodrigo’s team preferred they no longer pass out lubrication, condoms and Plan B at concerts because “children are present at the concerts.”

“The reality is that youth have sex, and youth need access to birth control and emergency contraception,” Hurley tells Variety over the phone. “What we’re doing is completely legal in all 50 states.”

by Anonymousreplies 1March 16, 2024 5:55 AM

BREAKING: Paula ABDUL Sues American Idol & Dance Producer Nigel Lythgoe - SEX ASSAULT!!!

Paula Abdul claims one of the "American Idol" executive producers, Nigel Lythgoe, sexually assaulted her multiple times while she was judging 'Idol' and "So You Think You Can Dance" ... according to a new lawsuit she's filed.

Paula filed the lawsuit Friday in L.A. County ... and in the docs, obtained by TMZ, she alleges the first assault happened during "one of Idol's initial seasons" while they were on the road for regional auditions. Paula claims she and Lythgoe got into an elevator at their hotel, and once the doors closed he shoved her against the wall and grabbed her genitals and breasts ... and tried to tongue-kiss her.

In the suit, Paula says she tried to push him away, and then ran to her room once the elevator doors opened. Paula says she immediately called one of her reps to inform them about the alleged incident -- but fearing she'd be fired in retaliation, she decided to keep quiet.

She says the second alleged encounter happened after she signed a new contract in 2015 to be a judge on 'SYTYCD' -- which was also executive produced by Lythgoe. At some point during her 2 seasons on the show, Lythgoe invited Paula to his house to discuss work opportunities ... and she says she accepted because she thought it was a professional situation.

However, she claims the evening ended with Lythgoe forcing himself on top of her while she was on a couch ... and trying to kiss her. In the suit, she says he was telling her they would make an "excellent power couple." Paula says she pushed him off of her, said she was not interested and immediately left.

Paula alleges there was another instance during her 'SYTYCD' that happened in 2015 -- she claims she witnessed Lythgoe grope one of her assistants.

Aside from the disturbing allegations of assault, Paula also claims Lythgoe "taunted" her by calling her at some point to say they should celebrate because it had been "7 years and the statute of limitations had run."

More broadly, Paula alleges she was the victim of harassment and discrimination -- in terms of compensation -- during her time judging 'Idol.'

She is suing Lythgoe, 19 Entertainment and Fremantle Media North America for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence and negligence.

Paula says she's coming forward now due to California's Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act ... which gives plaintiffs a window to file claims that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations.

by Anonymousreplies 100March 16, 2024 5:41 AM

Crows Peck At Woodchuck And Pull It's Tail

I love those mischievous crows.

I say would Woodchuck even though it's titles Groundhog because Woodchuck sounds CUTE Groundhog does not.

by Anonymousreplies 15March 16, 2024 5:07 AM

Licorice Pizza

Is it too early to re-assess this 1921 film? It was a failure at the box office, but got some great reviews. It was nominated for Best Picture. I think National Board Of Review gave it Best Picture, and awards to newcomer stars Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman (son of Philip Seymour).

I've seen it 3 or 4 times, now. First time I didn't like it, then I did. Has some great supporting performances--Bradley Cooper as Jon Peters, Harriet Sansom Harris as agent Mary Grady, Christine Ebersol as Lucy, Sean Penn as "Jack" Holden, John Michael Higgins, Benny Safdie as Joel Wachs (and the actor who plays his boyfriend). Based on the teenage experiences of a kid who was in Yours, Mine, and Ours. I lived in the San Gabriel Valley for a while in this time period (movie is mostly set in the San Fernando Valley). I think the film captured everything beautifully and was heartfelt, funny, and bittersweet. Yet sort of overlong. Thoughts?

by Anonymousreplies 93March 16, 2024 3:54 AM

Nailed It!: People the Datalounge Was Totally Right About

Mel Gibson - years before "sugar tits" I remember reading on the DL that Mel's family man image was bull and that he was a bigot who cheated on his wife all the time

Trump - even before he ran for president, DL thought he was a grifter and a dirtbag. I remember hearing good gossip about Don Jr and Ivanka and what assholes they were, too

Fabian Basabe - DL said he was a closet case and a grifter asshole. Now he's being accused of sexually harassing male interns

Who else was the Datalounge totally right about?

by Anonymousreplies 168March 16, 2024 3:48 AM

I just got hired at Blockbuster

While I'm waiting for my drug test to come back, I'm supposed to watch this video on my VCR.

by Anonymousreplies 2March 16, 2024 3:24 AM

Apartment Complex CUT OFF from Mail for Months after Resident Attacks USPS Worker

The USPS made the harsh decision after a letter carrier was brutally attacked and mugged while delivering mail. Until further notice, the entire complex must pick up their mail in person during business hours.

Residents are sympathetic, given the high crime they see, but it’s also a major hassle to the many elderly and disabled residents who can’t venture out to get mail every day. Some of them have lost welfare benefits because they missed the paperwork in the mail.

No word yet on whether they might eat their more violent neighbors who caused this mess.

by Anonymousreplies 35March 16, 2024 3:22 AM

Bill Maher Fires CAA After Not Being Invited To Bryan Lourd’s Oscar Party

What a whiny little bitch.

by Anonymousreplies 1March 16, 2024 3:06 AM

Billie Joe Armstrong

What's with the ridiculous wig?

by Anonymousreplies 7March 16, 2024 2:54 AM

Eva Longoria Among Two Recipients of $50M Jeff Bezos Award

Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System, also received a $50M sum.

Jeff Bezos will gift $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and admiral Bill McRaven as part of the Amazon founder’s annual prize to individuals who contribute to society significantly.

The Jeff Bezos Courage and Civility Award amounted to $50 million for both Longoria and McRaven, to be used to help those in need.

Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, have distributed the award yearly since 2021 (though Bezos did not present an award last year). Previous recipients include Van Jones, José Andrés and Dolly Parton.

Longoria, known best for her work on Desperate Housewives, founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012 with the stated mission “to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship. By providing Latinas with the resources to succeed in school and business, we can help empower the Latino community.” Their outreach includes work in STEM education, parent engagement, mentorship and entrepreneurship.

“We work to narrow the opportunity gap that Latinas face by funding culturally-relevant programs that enhance Latinas’ productivity and earning power,” the website states.

A retired four-star admiral, McRaven has also served as chancellor of the University of Texas system. Per the university’s website, McRaven “spearheaded the creation of the Preservation of the Force & Family initiative to ensure the mental, spiritual and physical well-being of those who serve, as well as their families. His wife, Georgeann, has dedicated much of her career to playing a leadership role with military families and wounded warriors.”

by Anonymousreplies 33March 16, 2024 2:50 AM

Worlds Worst Sheepdog

The sheep chase him!!

Poor Nelson.

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 2:50 AM

Have You Ever Embarrassed Yourself in Front of a Celebrity?

I have a couple of times but there's one that still makes me laugh at myself. I was in the lobby of an office building and Z-list celebrity Fabio was there checking in. Someone pointed him out to me and I yelled, out LOUD, "I love you Fabio!" I don't know to this day why I did this. I'm not the fangirl type. At the time I was kind of a low-key guy in my 40s, or thought I was. To make make it worse, the lobby of this building was all marble -- floors, walls, etc. so there was like this big echo when I said it, and then it just got really quiet. Fabio turned from the desk, looked at me, and said "Thank You."

by Anonymousreplies 27March 16, 2024 2:36 AM

Rapamycin

According to the Washington Post, Rapamycin is a popular choice for promoting longevity and fending off age-related diseases. Are any DL eldergays using it?

by Anonymousreplies 3March 16, 2024 2:31 AM

Michael Jackson victims denounce his upcoming biopic

Apparently, it will be whitewashed crap that makes him look like a saint

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 2:18 AM

Cara Delevingne's Hollywood mansion burnt to cinders

Cara Delevingne's Hollywood mansion was destroyed in a huge fire. She was in London at the time. How does a fire this huge break out?

[quote]Cara Delevingne's Hollywood mansion has been extensively damaged in a major fire.

[quote]The British-born model and actress's Studio City home, reportedly worth $7m (£5.5m), was engulfed in flames and smoke on Friday morning, causing the roof to collapse.

[quote]It took 94 firefighters more than two hours to put out the blaze. Two people were injured, including a firefighter, and an occupant of the home, which was not Delevingne, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) said.

by Anonymousreplies 8March 16, 2024 1:57 AM

Why did you adopt me?

I wanna know!

by Anonymousreplies 4March 16, 2024 1:46 AM
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