For me it's falafel.

It's always a dry ball of pebbles.

This can't be good.

Britney Spears is responding to Kevin Federline's troubling allegations against her in his upcoming memoir, including that she allegedly watched their sons sleep "with a knife in her hand" sometimes.

"With news from Kevin’s book breaking, once again he and others are profiting off her and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin," a representative for Spears tells Entertainment Weekly in a statement.

"All she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James and their well-being during this sensationalism.

Even in majority black city Atlanta many white people showed up to support.

The couple had been fighting for months, who said Donald “demonstrated an escalating pattern of violence toward his husband in defiance of multiple public court orders, culminating in his husband’s death,” prosecutors said, according to the Daily News.

The model was arrested for violating an order of protection issued by a judge in November that barred him from having contact with Jacob, which he immediately confessed to police, according to the report.

I have two boxes of engraved notecards and every time I send someone a thank you, they act like I'm some quaint relic. I'm not even 50. Does anyone else still send notes to thank someone for dinner, or a condolence note?

It's almost Halloween, bitches.

I've had him about two months. His name is Alfie.

She really thought she did something

What is your favorite John Candy movie?

I'll start...

A24 Films

Diane Keaton’s death brings to mind the dear woman’s later filmography, especially over the past two decades. She started out as Woody Allen’s greatest muse, then stole “Reds” from Warren, then defined middle-aged roles in “Father of the Bride” and “Something’s Gotta Give.” But then her career turned a sharp corner, and she started making forgettable Frau Comedies about menopause, wine, and Viagra. And her career ended on that note when she died before making a swan song hit.

It’s also happened to Rita Moreno, Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, etc. Julia and Viola are next.

WHY do they do this? Why does Hollywood produce this worthless shit, and why do these solid actresses, who need neither the money nor the humiliation, do it?

I had no idea they're carnivorous. Apparently, this isn't AI (or at least Grok didn't point it out). I will never look at squirrels the same way. No wonder that squirrel was attacking pedestrians in Marin County!

I seem to remember some recent post mentioning one of the towns in NY where a guy at some particular bookstore or bath house with a truly giant cock could be seen.

Was there a sort of "famous" guy with notoriously big sizemeat in your town?

That’s why he won’t be on SNL tonight

Demonstrators will take to the streets nationwide on Saturday for the “No Kings Day of Peaceful Action” against the Trump administration’s policies. Organizers believe that the president is acting more like a king rather than the leader of a democracy.

President Trump “is doubling down — sending militarized agents into our communities, silencing voters, and handing billionaires giveaways while families struggle,” the main page states on the “No Kings” website.

Organizers say this weekend’s series of mass peaceful protests will build on the momentum from the June 14 “No Kings Day of Defiance,” which was formed in response to the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, D.C., and also coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday.

Must be seen to be believed. He's literally crapping all over the protesters while rubbing in the "king" claim, to the tune of "Danger Zone." Meanwhile, Vance posted an AI video where Trump crowns himself and everyone bows to him. This is the pathetic trollery that passes for MAGA governance.

Fantastic news for the swarms of Rachel Zegler admirers, especial anyone who *is a fan* of Gloria Estefan!

The girl with the looks, talent and political takes you all can’t get enough of has signed onto a biopic of the legendary miami sound machine vocalist and noted bus accident victim Grolia Estefan in Lget on Your Feet!” A jukebox musical biopic about Estefan rise to the dizzying heights of cultural relevance during the golden era of Miami Beach

How excited are you for all the intoxicating rhythms, freestyle vocals and crispy hair?

Not at all what I expected.

Pair a TV show or film with a drink that "pairs well" together.

For example, I would pair Lawrence of Arabia with scotch, but have sherry while watching Frasier.

As always, fill up part 68 first...

Prior thread:

In honor of the umpteenth DL thread on Lucy-Mame, what do YOU think was the worst ever stage musical-to-film adaptation?

Host & Musical Guest: Sabrina Carpenter

Everyone can watch without fear.

He was awarded for his performance in Frankenstein. He’s gaining Oscar buzz for his performance

Okay, there have to be some besides Miss Aaron Rodgers

Who are they?

Let's discuss

It's about John Wayne Gacy

Is anyone here planning on watching?

[quote] "In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.

[quote] "With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me."

Beatrice and Eugenie will remain princesses. Fergie is no longer Sarah, Duchess of York.

.....here you go, for 20 bucks.

I’m in love

When we were opening Christmas presents, with every gift we were admonished for destroying the gift wrap. Because it was lovely, we were ruining it and it could be reused next year.

This is a great new series. I’ve loved Keri Russell going back to her early days on Felicity, but my God what were the hair and costume people thinking? She looks like she needs a good overall scrubbing. At the very least her hair washed and a brush run through it. There’s only one scene where she’s getting ready for a British Vogue interview where she’s costumed and styled at all. She’s playing an American Ambassador for flippin sake! I know they’re prolly trying to give her a grittier, earthier look, but come on at least have her look like she bathes regularly. It’s a shame…she’s such an attractive woman and good actress.

Go on.

Since that fat bastard got elected last fall, I’ve been watching a lot of Family (1976-1980). It provides such a soothing distraction from reality. Almost any show from that era will do it for me, but this show was special.

My Fat Daughter posted the inane comment “I’m sorry but we’re just never going to have a President Gavin” on X, and then this brave soul tried to help her.

My Fat Daughter put the stick of butter she was consuming like an ice cream cone down, to shrilly remind everyone she is pregnant. Then My Fat Daughter’s 13 fans attacked this poor man , who was trying to use tough love to stop My Fat Daughter from consuming everything in her wake.

Whomever you are, anonymous person-thank you for trying. Lord knows the entire. McCain family has tried to get My Fat Daughter to stop eating, but listening and restraint are qualities that do not come naturally to her.

I assume it is one of you-and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Also-does My Fat Daughter think there will be a President JD or a President Tulsi? There certainly won’t be a President Meghan.

It is a dark time for the very heterosexual city of Los Angeles, in which Hobo Ridge and his wrinkled face somehow still captivates both The Slut from the Valley and yet another recast of his other ho, NuTaylor of Cameltoe. Meanwhile, in LA's sole restaurant, Ill Giordino, vile, despicable mistress of evil, Sheila Carter, makes pizza while bonding with her granddaughter, two-time murderer Luna of the Enormous Panties. Wafting throughout the city is the rank odor of Daphne, a perfume expert who can be smelled twenty miles away, making it impossible for her to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. All are looking for one thing that may heal their galaxy: the cure to Zende's explosion from twink to obese, hoping to stop his expanding girth before he outgrows blouses and transitions into caftans--and possibly blocks out the LA sun. Continue the adventure here, where Liam may be dying, Dollar Bill needs pants that don't give him a muffin top, where Hope is hopeless, and JKW wins another Daytime Emmy just for showing up to work in a bad mood. . .

Bitch on, bitches!

She was 77.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the film follows the second Mrs. De Winter as she discovers the secrets of Manderley and Rebecca.

Starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Nigel Bruce, Sir C. Aubrey Smith, Florence Bates, Reginald Denny, Leo G. Carroll, and DAME JUDITH ANDERSON.

With a lush score by Franz Waxman, and excellent cinematography by George Barnes, Rebecca is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Not sure if he's Nathan or Nobody or some other Faison spawn....one rumor claims he's Faison himself.......but hey, let's hope Ryan P is as frequently shirtless as he was in his previous run. He sho is pretty.

A lot happening - Monica's death and the appearance of SLEE!

No sign of the Princess of the Poconos. No trace of her raspy voice or her cheap cigarettes anywhere to be found......

Directed by George Cukor and based on the play by Patrick Hamilton, let's discuss the film Gaslight. The film follows a young woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is descending into insanity.

With Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Breon, Barbara Everest, Lawrence Grossmith, and INTRODUCING ANGELA LANSBURY.

This Halloween season, let's discuss the film noir GASLIGHT.

It's better than I expected it to be. I'm in.

I'm (almost) willing to do without if it finally gets Repugs to understand the evil of Dump.

Remember the big fuss about the company that promised to clean your place for $19?

Appears they slipped in a whole bunch of fees, charges and subscriptions into the contract for clients. Oopsie!

Sabrina, the Middle-Aged Witch

Turned 35 this year and beginning to feel discouraged with my sexuality. I never struggled with my sexuality growing up. Never felt shameful or conflicted. I knew from an early age and accepted it. But as I get older the more I feel that it’s making me unhappy.

I see my friends getting married and having kids which I don’t envy but I feel because I’m not also married with kids we have less and less to talk about and do.

I’ve never had the courage to come out and live openly. I was always scared of being ostracized and losing my family and friends. I live in a small rural town so pretty much every guy I know is straight. Every crush and attraction goes unrequited. Dating is nonexistent. I’ve had to sit through countless weddings and watch a friend, who I could see myself growing old with, get married to a woman.

I was always happy being single and living life on my own terms, but now wishing I had somebody to share it with. I can’t help but feel if I wasn’t gay then life would be easier.

The previous thread is almost finished. Thought I'd start a new one.

I'm Ted Allen!

I'm: fish sauce, alligator hearts, creme 'caramel, and lemongrass

Let's go!

My maximalist, mid century living room is going to be so cute.

I’ve already painted the walls green and the wall art pictured is actual mid century fiber art that I already own.

We still need to rip up old wall to wall and install the chevron wood flooring, settle on a sectional in the right shade of rust orange velvet (the actual couch will be L shaped), replace our current hideouski white plastic vertical blinds with chocolate brown fabric ones and make a DIY uphosltered valance.

But honestly I couldn’t be happier with what I’ve been able to put together here. Chat gpt gave me a few suggestions but mostly was useful for just executing my vision and providing links to websites that offered the products I’m looking for

What do you bitches think of my dream living room? Too much?

Seethe, bitches. Seethe.

I was in a political discussion and tangling with a maga incel i.e. homophobic, obsessed with trans, the usual shit. After some back and forth, he demanded we meet on camera for 1⃣on 1 debate on some site called Omegle. I refused as it seems not safe.

What's the scoop with site. Anyone know? Basic video chat service or hook up shit?

Just curious to hear different responses on this...

Jesus Christ.

I don’t want to inflict cruelty on them, but I think most of them are evil and I wish there was a way for me to not have to interact with most of them. I don’t see a lot of good in humanity and never have.

I used to buy Born's, but they've gone down drastically in quality in recent years, so I'm looking for something new for simple black, lace-up, everyday shoes.

Tonight is the annual Academy Museum Gala! And stars always dress up classy for this but some are treating this like Met Gala 2.0.

“It was my dream job! “

“Man created the COVID-19 vaccine to separate you from God,” he said. “This is a spiritual war. This is a war of evil against good. I stood on the side of good. I stood on the side of God. I stood on the shoulders of God.”

Disney’s lawyers, led by Maria Rodriguez of McDermott Will & Schulte, argued that Dunbar lacked credibility. She noted that Dunbar routinely takes synthetic testosterone and anastrozole, which the leader of the Congregation of Universal Wisdom called “sacrilegious.”

[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.]

Trump Justice strikes again...

Pitched six shutout innings along with 3 homers. The second was out of Dodger Stadium.

However, the Dodgers went to the White House and allowed ICE to use their parking lot as a staging area so fuck them.

I guess not as many people as the media wants to make believe want to watch this.

Who are the celebs you fancy despite no one classing them as movie star attractive? Mine are Steve Carrell, and Charlie Day from Its always sunny in Philadelphia. It must be the overall package that I like; cos their look isnt what I'd ever fancy. Who are your oddball crushes?

Continue your discussion of each day's game of Jeopardy! here.

Just announced.

Macron must be so jealous!

Justin has a Sugar Mama.

Tonite. October 17, 2025. This week features a one-on-one interview with actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. This week’s panel discussion includes Andrew Ross Sorkin, host of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and author of “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How it Shattered a Nation”; and Mark Cuban, minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks and founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.

In Honor of Halloween, choose the most likely Silent Generation Superstar to be scythed next, by the Grim Reaper

Will Cheno's flower be giving off the foul scent of floppage?

Will "Chess" bring us one night in Bangkok, or a sore ass after 3 hours in the cheap seats?

Is there any good gossip with Jane AND Cheyenne in "Oh, Mary!"??

Let's get into it, darlings.

‘It’s Almost as if’ We’re in a ‘Cult’

"The two no longer felt “a spark” and realized they were better off as friends, a source told the Sun."

Cher is a Brentwood life coach

Dione hosts her own daytime talk show

Murray is an ESPN sports commentator

Christian is a tax attorney/ wedding planner

Sean is a Lose Angeles detective

Elton is a liberal Democrat mayor.

Amber is a Real Housewife of Calabassas

Josh is a UCLA professor.

Heartstopper’s Joe Locke joins lonely souls looking to make life matter

I've noticed lately that there is an extra thing in the vertical scrollbar. What purpose does it serve?

Remarkable run for DeLuca & Abdy at Warner Bros

Previously the BP frontrunner was Sinners, also from WB.

My mother recently died (I posted about it in another thread; she was declining for a long time with Alzheimer's). The week of her death, I texted some of my oldest friends to let them know she was gone.

Among those friends was one of my closest friends from college. We stayed close for a while, and then drifted, and although we were both out in college, never dated. A few years ago, he partnered with an older man (maybe twenty years his senior), but by that point, we had drifted, and I've never met the partner.

Within days of my mother's death, the friend was texting and begging to borrow money. Eviction was imminent, he said. I don't lend friends money; I only give it freely, and as I get older, even that is rarer. I am also in a somewhat precarious financial situation myself right now and cannot afford to part with large sums of money even if I wanted to. But in the past few weeks I've sent him a little money (we're talking less than $500 total).

The requests for money are now becoming uncomfortable. At first, the pleas revolved around the eviction; now they need money for the move. I am thinking that maybe drugs are involved, just based on the tone of the messages asking for more. But I also know that a lot of people are struggling right now, and I don't want to not help a friend who legitimately needs it.

Finally -- and this is my petty side coming through -- I was a tad bit taken aback that he started asking for money before my mom was even cold and didn't even ask how I was doing.

I really hate being in this position. I will admit I am easy to guilt into things, but this is starting to cross the line even for me.

Tell me every last sordid detail you know on this topic.

Where is it most common?

Did you ever whore around?

I hate iceberg lettuce.

I'm watching it again for Diane Keaton (it's one of her best roles), but I forgot how superb Mariel Hemingway is in it as Woody Allen's other (teenage) girlfriend. I wish she had had a better career, because she was so gorgeous and was so great as a young actress.

And of course Meryl Streep (also at her most beautiful) has a significant role in it as Allen's ex-wife.

And of course it's worth seeing just for the gorgeous Gordon Willis cinematography. It's one of the most beautifully shot movies of all time.

Some time around 2nd grade, I had cute boys sitting on my lap.

Mrs. Nunez chastised me and told me that "boys don't sit on other boys' laps!!"

Uh-huh. Sure, Jan.

So what was your awakening?

Meryl would never. 😂

Let me tell you about my Go Fud Me page and the Davissh-Sterling Pre-Lien Letter Act Law.

Hysterical

Oh, how Jaelynn has fallen from demanding two seats on airplanes ....

[quote]According to court records cited by the UK Daily Mail, Chaney, 29, was arrested after police were called to Trios Medical Hospital in Kennewick, Washington, for a disturbance. Officers said Chaney, who was not a patient, became combative after being asked to leave, tearing up a trespass warning and threatening officers. [bold]The arresting officer described her as “very unpleasant to deal with,” claiming she threatened to kill their families and shouted obscenities while being escorted out in a wheelchair due to her size.[/bold]

[quote]When officers attempted to arrest her, Chaney allegedly struck one in the shoulder and arm, tried to hit him in the face, then threw herself to the ground screaming that she was being killed and sexually assaulted. She was charged with third-degree assault and resisting arrest. [bold]Police later said they had to summon an evidence van to transport her because she could not fit into a patrol car.[/bold]

She had called 911 41 times before the meltdown. Bitchy straight travel blogger Matthew Klint summarizes it: " ... her story now illustrates how denial of reality eventually collapses under its own weight."

Hart was five feet tall. Ethan Hawke is 5’10. They can use camera tricks to make him look short, but it doesn’t work when any of the shots show his arms because his arms are still proportionate to his actual height.

He looks like ET the Extraterrestrial.

Julia Roberts, America's Sweetheart and last legitimate movie star before social media, will collect her second Oscar this March.

This year's the 60th anniversary of this camp classic, starring (and can there be any doubt he was the star?) Jonathan Harris as the conniving Dr Smith.

Has there ever been a queenier character than Dr Smith?

Please share your recollections of this program and its flaming star.

My favorite ep was when they went to the planet with the gigantic monsters. That was boss!

You know, the “both sides” people. The “I don’t discuss politics” or things are becoming too woke crowd. I’ll start: Janet Jackson.

Remember her whole “they say she ain’t black” fiasco. She never properly addressed that. You fake titty ass ho, these MAGAs are the same mafuckin crowd who canceled yo ass. Weak ass ho. Let’s call them out.

What does this mean for Mamdani?

Sunny Hostin turns 57 on Monday, so she's probably having a birthday party in The Hamptons, at her friend Don Lemon's house. Let's be her birthday party !

I'm the noticeably pregnant guest, Alyssa Farrah Griffin - Sunny's cohost from 'The View'. I'm getting the stink-eye from Sunny all day long, because I'm getting way more attention than she is due to my pregnancy. She abhors not having the attention on her at all times.

Carry on, bitches.

He's accusing the assembled generals of being fat fucks who can't outrun the enemy, unlike his own fit self. His speech is a cringeworthy exhortation for "top male standards" of physical fitness. Basically forcing the top military brass to listen to a half-baked rightwing ted talk.

You were so different from your father. You swore you'd never be anything like him. And yet over time, you've eerily started mirroring some of his behavior.

Mine: Whenever my dad came home from work, he'd park on the driveway and just sit/stall in his car for about 20 minutes or so before entering the house. My mother forbade me from going out to greet him and I didn't get why at the time. It was his 'decompress' break in between work life and 'family man' life.

I now find myself doing the same.

Do you have any?

The sequel found its director and new title!

She got a Best Actress nomination for Sterile Cuckoo. She won the Oscar for Cabaret. Arthur was popular and well received by critics. Couldn’t she have made more good movies? Why didn’t she?

Begins with anecdotes of DL faves like Ann Miller and Carole Channing...

DL's AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO CALL IT QUITS AFTER 7 YEARS . Despite Kevitch's best efforts inching at coming out. His last trip to London had him posting about him "looking forward to your big announcement" from his partner that never came. He-Man's career won out. Austin has moved out of their Santa Monica home of four years. Kevitch is homeless and Galitzine is in a deep dark closet with his faghag. THE CLOSET WINS. Sad.

One of the best threads on here but can’t seem to find it again.

I know it debuted six years ago, but I decided to start watching it tonight. So far, I'm underwhelmed as it feels like I'm watching Rachel Greene meets Katie Couric. But, my God...Billy Crudup is amazing! And, although not classically handsome, could weasel into my "morning show" any day! Thoughts on the show or performances?

What are some big let downs?

A mostly broken bag of potato chips

Commercials on streaming channels that interrupt

Your favorite foods without the required condiments

A selfish lover

Flat soda, champagne or beer

Cliffhanger endings to seasons

I saw him on 'Velshi' and Timmy Knudsen melted my heart. Glad to know this 35 year old Chicago alderman for the 43rd ward is gay. Any info - legit or embarrassing - on him to share? Any nude selfies out there ? Sizemeat verificata ?

See previous thread

….Or Trump cabinet appointee.

Stacy Kennison, like most Dataloungers, is being stalked by numerous celebrities, including:

Maria Shriver Barack Obama Jennifer Aniston Helen Hunt Panera Meryl Streep (who had a child with her father)

And her mortal enemy, Sandra Bullock (who wants to shut Stacy up because she knows too much).

She keeps appearing in my Instagram feed, and like a car crash, I can’t help but look.

Sad to hear that Lisa died, but I know the Mona Lisa will live on. It's been nearly impossible to get a reservation there these last few weeks!

I saw that Susan Stewart sitting with Bob one night, and Fanny Grady was there too, boa feathers and all. Lyla was singing and it felt like old times, almost.

I could swear I saw Donna Love there, too, in a Simply Barbara original. So many big floral arrangements but yet.....I swear I could still smell a slight whiff of.....vinegar?

Anyway, what's going in in your corner of the marvelous towns? Do send along missives from Monticello, Oakdale, Springfield, Henderson, and all nearby towns. Aunt Liz will be waiting to spread the news!

Next week.

[quote]The decision for the King and Pope to pray together during the service will be the first time a monarch and the pontiff have joined together in this type of moment of reflection in the 500 years since the Reformation when, in 1534, King Henry VIII declared himself as head of the Church of England and broke from the papal authority of the Rome Catholic Church.

[quote]In another historic step, the King will be made "Royal Confrater" of the Abbey of St Paul's Outside the Walls. The abbot of the community and the archpriest of the basilica wished to confer the title and received the Pope's approval to do so. To mark the occasion a special seat has been made decorated with the King's coat of arms.

Judged on feats of strength and......?

Continue your discussion of each day's game of Jeopardy! here.

Kyle or Fen might show you around the locker rooms.

But this summer there's no Summer......(thankfully).

For instance, the new James Baldwin biography.

I've been taking thrice weekly microdoses of psilocybin for the last four weeks, and it's been life-changing. I never feel "high", just markedly more patient, tolerant, peaceful, and grounded. No more road rage, deep political anxiety and anger, wanting to bitch slap my co-workers, or privately seething at my partner's annoying habits. It's also calmed my eczema and lessened my joint pain (apparently it's also anti-inflammatory), and really boosted my libido. Zero side-effects. It feels like it's healing my frazzled brain and body.

I firmly believe if all Americans were secretly dosed with this stuff we would be a far less polarized, anxious, and violent people.

Any other fellow shroomers here?

Oh gosh.

Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser and Glen Powell are our next three hosts!

Autumn Edition

Please continue posting pics of nature’s most perfect art form: the naked male body!

I'm ready...

Oscar winner Jane Fonda, who turns 88 at the end of December, was just interviewed on CNN by journalist Christiane Amanpour. They talked about Redford's passing (Fonda pointed out they costarred in four movies together), and then Fonda said she hasn't worked in 3 years - and she's scared to death her acting career is over. She 'needs to work' because that is her 'craft', but she hasn't gotten any offers. She did 3 movies in 2022 (all released in 2023), but nothing since. She admitted, "I shouldn't be saying this, but I'm scared to death!"

I will post a link when it becomes available on YT.

Here be found more tales of Nori derring-do as she saves a family who didn't know they needed saving--destroying long-held assumptions about dogs, 70-year old wood floors, mountains of paper towels, and full-nights' sleep in the process!

More Minka! More Tripaw Wyki! More Pippin the inscrutable! More Old Dad!

I have a huge favor to ask: when I finish my Nori children's book, will you help me out with a title, please?

(Link to Pt. 1 in next post)

Microsoft said that if we moved to Win10 they would update us forever. Then they instituted the mandated move to Win11 because of security hardware requirements?

Why isn't there a hardware filter I can buy to put between my IPS and my computer? Will I have to buy a new computer for every new iteration of Windows? Keeping 10 until I get hacked and frozen.

Call it the Arc de Trump.

At a dinner to thank donors for contributing to his longtime passion project − a $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House − President Donald Trump unveiled a new idea.

Standing behind a podium in the East Room on Oct. 15, while guests sat at round tables, he picked up a 3-D model of a giant arch, reminiscent of Paris's imposing Arc de Triomphe. He pointed to a table with a map showing its proposed location across from the Lincoln Memorial. The arch would serve as a gateway to Washington while entering via the Arlington Memorial Bridge from Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

According to Cybill, she also resolved her issues with Bruce Willis before his dementia diagnosis.

Who else should bury the hatchet before it's too late?

Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger? Megan Mullally and Deb Messing? SJP and Kim Cattrall?

Come on girls, life's too short!

of the French wife rape victim.

No, I'm not referring to Lipstick Alley. I'm a fragrance guy who participated on Makeup Alley for many years, and was introduced to a lot of different performing artists over the years, like Goldfrapp and Mylene Farmer. I got help building my fragrance collection by swapping with other members.

Anyway, I went there today for the first time in months, only to find the site has been deleted. I posted a few weeks ago here on DL about missing The Scarlet Street forums. So many chat sites seem to be struggling or disappearing.

The contestants are annoying. Drew is not Bob, They have guy models now. Maybe I'm just old.

Politics Exclusive Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border plummet to lowest annual level since 1970 By Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: October 6, 2025 / 11:06 PM EDT / CBS News

Unlawful crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2025 plummeted to the lowest annual level since the early 1970s, amid the Trump administration's sweeping clampdown on illegal immigration, internal federal statistics obtained by CBS News show.

U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 238,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the southern border illegally in fiscal year 2025, which began in October of last year and ended on Sept. 30, according to the preliminary Department of Homeland Security data, which has not been previously reported.

The number is the lowest annual tally recorded by Border Patrol since fiscal year 1970, when the agency reported roughly 202,000 apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, historical figures indicate.

I never came across this before. Does anyone remember this ? I don't remember this airing (was it on network TV or cable?). It's pretty entertaining.

Coming soon to a TV near you. Featuring cunt queen Patti LuPone and Miss Applebee's herself, Vicki Lawrence!

I was sort of entertained but it was also a narrative mess, and I was shocked it got a second season. Still looks messy.

And she has major support in the party.

The life of the heterosexual yadda yadda

Just saw this on Pluto. Great cast and I kept with it for two hours and then gave the fuck up. I'd appreciate any fans telling me WHY they enjoyed this film.

Supposedly, Pope Leo wants to bring Holy Mother Church out of the 15th century.

I like the cut of his jib.

Anyone?

Will Lindsey Graham finally admit his truth?

An episode of "Click" from 1997 features dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks teen contestants and a format which had Ryan running all over the stage.

I'll put a link to the article in a comment.

I searched but didn’t see a new thread.

Got another Wordle in 2. Third one this week. The Bot gave me an 85.

Happy No Kings Day, fellow Dataloungers! I spent a few hours at a San Diego-area protest. This round two was even bigger than the first one. Totally peaceful, of course. My ears are still ringing from all the car horns, bells, and noisemakers. Lots of amazing signs on display, as well as a lot of very sexy, bare chests. It's 80 degrees and sunny, so there were many shirtless bicyclists, joggers, and protestors.

How did you spend the day? What were the protests like in your area? Please share photos of the signs -and the torsos!

New thread for a new year.

Hollywood is ODing on true crime. Residual effect of the writer’s strike?

Anyone watch this?

I checked search. Anyway, another cute straight guy. He doesn't appear to be gaybaiting like others OR it's not as obvious.

I always liked her. RIP.

The common wisdom is that actually being in a healthy, loving relationship makes you look younger and happier. A certain glow everyone can see when they're the right one. And then there's these two travesties. *Not* aging well are they. Especially when compared to just seven months ago *before* they moved in together.

Meanwhile Professor Barnes is still looking fabulous at 76. I guess Tricia is actually a genuinely good woman. But their good luck clearly isn't passing on to Benny. Because Skeletor however. . . .

What do you use?

Let's discuss Mark Rydell's film adaptation of Daryl Ponicsan's novel of the same name in which a sailor falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 10-year-old mixed-race son.

Starring: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach and Kirk Calloway.

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Actress (Marsha Mason), Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Song ("Nice to Be Around").

"The Corps" will also star Vera Farmiga and Max Parker.

This is so much funnier than it should be. I’m with Role Model, it doesn’t matter if it’s a fourth cousin, it still has cousin in the title so it’s a no.

But Jake Shane seems fine with it and him bringing it back up after talking about how hot the Imagine Dragons guy is is so funny. He was really thinking about fucking cousins lol.

Starts tonight (Sept 25). Kyland and other hunky BB contestants from the past few seasons are participating. Who's watching this season ?

Hi, my name is Christian!

Hi, my name is Buddhist!

Hi, my name is Hindu!

The allegations about Katie Porter have had some Dataloungers claim ALL politicians abuse their assistants verbally, and that Porter 9and Amy Klobuchar) are victims of an unfair double standard. I don't think that's exactly true: I've had some friends who have worked for politicians in DC who have said there was no abuse in the politicians offices they ever saw.

But i am curious: in which field do you think there's the highest percentage of abusive bosses? Obviously I can;t name all job fields, but I listed some that are infamous for high stress.

I've been laid up with the flu for the past week and have gone down the YouTube rabbit hole watching police bodycam videos, everything from DUI arrests to drunks getting kicked out of bars to ex-girlfriends stalking their ex-boyfriends. Most of the videos are hilarious (and most take place in Floriduh, of course), and I love how all the people who get arrested inevitably shriek, "I didn't do anything!" as the handcuffs are placed on them. It's also fun watching deadbeats without a dime scream, "I'm calling my attorney," as if these WalMart rejects have a lawyer on retainer.

Anybody else get oddly entertained by these?

[QUOTE]At town halls across Pennsylvania, Democrats aren’t hearing from Fetterman. But Lamb has clocked 2,000 miles appearing in small towns, small cities and suburbs, often in conservative areas.

I’m 55 and very burned out. Took a five-day vacation from work, with today being my first day. It’s scary how exhausted I am and the things I did today.

My total at the pharmacy was $37 and I handed the cashier a $20 and then I just stood there. So did he. I couldn’t figure out what the hell was wrong until finally he reminded me of the $37 total.

Then I get a bottle of wine and am standing in what I thought was the back of the line when in fact the lady behind the counter told me this was the front of the line.

Then I get back in my car and forget what my next stop was supposed to be so I go home to take a nap, kind of terrified and hoping I’m just really beat and not in the throes of early dementia.

Jesus Christ, how do the elderly do anything? Maybe this cognitive stuff will get better once I’m not working full time. Been stressed lately and having to make many big decisions. Plus I’m single and have to do everything on my own.

Reassure me, other old people.

It's not poppie$, honey..

Aka Hot young man gets beaten up by frat boys, and wackiness ensues

We could have had class in the White House. Why, why, why?

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Seriously, I have never seen anyone in real life that was good-looking.

No wonder famous people are put on such a pedestal.

And I'm not joking either.

If someone is good-looking they would be offered a contract for movies, music, modeling, etc and therefore would become famous and I don't know of anyone that would turn that down.

Let's discuss...

I still think I'm RAMBO

Was reading about Edward Platt from Get Smart...he killed himself but his family initially told the media he died from a "heart attack"

Wonder how many of these guys who "had a heart attack" or "died suddenly" or "passed away from an undisclosed illness" actually died from suicide, drugs, alcohol, AIDS, or whatever but the friends and family lied about it?

The highway sing-along guy? He was sizzlin' hot

This is a new interview with actress Michele Lee, 83, with host Steve Kmetko. Sad to see her look this way. She's dressed terribly, she's wearing a horrible wig, and her speech seems off (false teeth?).

A spokesperson tells EW that Donald Trump is "restoring the warrior ethos" to the military: "We will not compromise our standards," a statement reads.

Will the Dems manage to regain the majority?

Will Susan Collins finally lose?

Uplift:

Meidas Touch

Rachel Maddow

Lawrence O'Donnell

Brian Tyler Cohen

Amy Goodman

Alex Wagner

Farron Cousins

Jessica Tarlove

Symone Sanders-Townsend

Michael Steele

(I do have more)

DESTROY... I mean ... Tear Down (apologies)

DAVID IGNATIUS

Joe Scarborough & Side Chick

Chris Cuomo

The Young Turks

Charlamagne The God

Jesse Watters

Jeanine Piro

James Carville

Katy Tur

Van Jones

(I do have more)

I think Joe Namath is a good example.

This woman is utterly clueless. Diana would be rolling over her in grave at this. You're a royal, not a reality star. Show some damn decorum for once.

[quote]Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, made a surprise appearance at her first Paris Fashion Week show, wearing two custom looks. How did that happen?

[quote]Meghan and I met some years ago, and we’ve been texting ever since. She reached out and said she’d love to come to the show. There was no strategy or big orchestration. I didn’t tell anyone she was coming because I wanted it to stay a surprise. In fashion, real surprises are rare, and this one was beautiful.

against Hamas considering they are the ones currently executing Palestinians who are fighting back? Or will they rage when they realize that every female hostage was killed because according to Hamas their lives had no value as a bargaining chip? Will there be an outcry?

Wow, there are so many scenarios in this book I could relate to -- the doctor father who got married again and cut off his original set of kids; the anger that sprung up unbidden from secret depths I was unaware of; being busted by the principal and his assistant while tripping my ass off on Acid; that first bad news girlfriend before I came out as gay to my mom and dad; even dating actors in L.A. who were good at breaking my heart but bad at taking responsibility. It's all there, expressed with irony and an almost otherworldly synchronicity, at least for me.

Sigourney Weaver won’t rule out returning to her seminal Alien character Ripley in light of 50 new pages of a script she’s seen from producer Walter Hill.

“Walter Hill is a very good friend of mine, and he wrote 50 pages where Ripley would be now, and they are quite extraordinary. I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but I have had a meeting with Fox, Disney, or whoever it is now,” she told the crowd at New York Comic Con on Friday. “I said I have never felt the need. I was always like, ‘Let her rest, let her recover.’ But what Walter has written seems so true to me as very much about the society that would incarcerate someone who has tried to help mankind.”

Added the star: “She’s a problem to them, so she’s sort of tucked away. Anyway, I think it’s a very strong first 50 pages, and I’m thinking about working with Walter to see what the rest of the story would be.”

I’m currently reading Frankenstein. I think the fact that it’s written by a woman makes the male narrators all seem feminine. First of all, the opening narrator, Robert Walton, sounds really gay the way he longs for a male friend.

Victor seems to love his friend Henry Clerval. He’s in no rush to marry Elizabeth. Why is he traveling with Clerval and enjoying the beautiful, romantic cruise through Switzerland instead of sharing it with Elizabeth?

Plus, this particular text had me chuckling — “Clerval desired the INTERCOURSE of the men of genius and talent who flourished at this time; but this was with me a secondary object.” It’s like they’re a gay couple who want to check out the gay scene in London.

Thoughts?

I've loved many of these shows, but don't totally understand what this brand is. Do you watch? What are your favorites?

Anti-MAGA ruffians repeatedly chalked the sidewalk in front of his house with slogans like “Stephen Miller is destroying democracy,” “stop the kidnapping,” and "we heart immigrants," which Miller described as “terroristic threats.” His family has already packed and moved, taking with them an "elaborate set of Halloween decorations."

I can’t believe that I slept on this lovely and talented lady. Her cover of Billie Holiday’s Lover Man is amazing.

A favorite of mine, 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I saw the movie & re-read the book in honor of my late, great friend Alice, who thought the Betty Smith novel was like the story of her life. From what I've read, a lot of people felt that way! I wrote about "Tree" & Alice, whose birthday was Oct. 2. The film is a lovely adaptation by Elia Kazan, with a great cast, including Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, and James Dunn. My tribute here:

[this is not a skit]

Sometimes, not often, the biggest dorks make some of the best music.

I’ll go by songs where he has a lead vocal or duet, be it solo or with Genesis.

I can't stop laughing at the flyer. A dollface and maulface thread. Damn, the face launch sounds horrible. TIL squirrels aren't vectors for rabies.

[QUOTE]Joan Heblack told ABC affiliate KGO-TV that she was walking in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting. “It clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up here. I was like, ‘Get it off me, get off me!’,” Heblack said.

[QUOTE]Isabel Campoy also said she was attacked while walking in the same area. The squirrel launched itself from the ground to her face and wound up on her arm, leaving it bloody, she said.

[QUOTE]“We’ve seen this kind of behavior before,” she said. “It’s almost always because someone has been feeding the animal.”

[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.]

I hope this is not the las The View Thread...

Previous thread:

Have you ever sampled one of these stoic boors?

Is the '90s-era stench of poverty and desperation still thick with them?

“Matlock" star David Del Rio has been kicked off the CBS show ... and it's due to some serious allegations, TMZ has learned.

A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ ... David was escorted off the Paramount lot last week as soon as the allegations were reported.

We hear the actor has been accused of sexually assaulting actress Leah Lewis on Paramount property.

His character Billy Martinez -- one of the main ensemble of the Kathy Bates-starring reboot -- will be immediately written off, CBS Studios confirmed. He's appeared in at least 20 episodes, counting the ones yet to air this season.

The series has a pre-planned hiatus in October and November upon completion of the first half of the season. "Matlock" Season 2 premieres Sunday on CBS.

We've reached out to CBS Studios for more information and a rep for David for comment ... so far, no word back.

I'm sure you've seen his dancing shorts. Is he good for the gays- or bad?

Rate 37yo Jake's sex appeal. U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2021. Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of major. Son of a scientist and surgeon and liberally educated at Harvard and MIT. His blueblood pedigree, in a male line celebrated for WASP size meat, apparently overlooked teen orthodontics.

I remember reading this back when I subscribed (and 2025 felt so far away!)

So the Dodgers are going to World Series. I am a home grown Angeleno. And when I hear Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” played at the end of a game like this, it does break me to tears. I love my city.

All from outside the US, I think.

One per post.

ww if you keep up with them on DL.

Jamie Lee Curtis.

Have you samples these men?

The rest of you, go ahead, expose your hoary stereotypes.

This big cock rivals the legendary Amazon River Basin and Congo River Basin Big Cock Belts.

I've been trying to take stock of her remarkable oeuvre. Obviously I can't list all her great films, so if I didn't name the one you wanted, just vote for "Other" and list the one you wanted.

I didn't list the first Godfather because other than the great final scene she really doesn't really have much to do in that movie--she got much more to do in The Godfather Part II. I also left off other films where she had supporting roles, like the Father of the Bride films. I wish i had had room to list Interiors, Love and Death (a huge favorite of mine), Baby Boom, and The First Wives' Club--feel free to vote for them under "Other" (or for any other film I didn;t have space to list).

In the episode, "Thiel drops by South Park Elementary to educate the children on the impending arrival of Satan and President Donald Trump’s 'butt baby,' aka the antichrist."

"Shocked by the children’s outburst, Thiel becomes convinced the 6-7 meme portends something numerologically dark, related to the antichrist. It soon becomes clear that Thiel is acting under the command of the minion-esque Vance, who, as was revealed in the last episode, is trying to ensure Satan’s baby is not born so that he can inherit the presidency. The billionaire follows the 6-7 trail to Eric Cartman, the one child who seems to be enjoying the meme so much that he is projecting devilish amounts of vomit each time it makes him laugh," Mack writes.

The episode also features Trump visiting a Planned Parenthood, disrobing for an exam in a highly awkward scene, and later engaging in a series of bizarre and inappropriate acts in the Oval Office and presidential bedroom that push the boundaries of decency for television.

How will cuts to food stamps affect you Dataloungers?

Or if we're talking past, could you dance, back in the day?

Mon Dieu, quelle horreur!

Theres good legs in GHOSTS, the CBS soon-4th season sitcom. Anyone see it? The character Trevor runs about without pants (when Trevor died he was without pants). Good legs on actor Asher Grodman, 37. A Columbia grad, he can fence! Legs are hairy enough, if your tv is good enough. I check out the show to see if he shows any dick. Any package is covered by shirttails. One tv interview the actor says he wears “flesh-colored underwear.” The GHOSTS bit is the ghost characters wear what they were in when they died. Show runners can play with his legs, as when hiding a pregnancy, showing Trevor sideways, sitting down, full frontal sometimes, his long necktie ‘tween his legs. Many I know want to bury their face in Trevor.

An 1891 Victorian designed by the Newsom Bros. The murderess mais is a special touch.

[quote]Andrea Bocelli will perform at the White House on Dec. 5, President Trump told reporters following the Italian tenor’s visit to the Oval Office. The White House on Friday posted video of Bocelli singing Con Te Partiro as music was played inside and outside the Oval Office. It also played during Bocelli’s Oval Office meeting.

[quote]Bocelli is scheduled to perform at the Capital One Arena on Dec. 14. Bocelli’s appearance will take place two days before the Kennedy Center Honors, which will be different this year, with Trump himself hosting and playing a major role in selecting the awardees. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, Michael Crawford and George Strait.

1. He absolutely raped Corey Haim 2. He’s a sexual predator 3. Was all the drugs and prostitutes just hide the gay?

My partner and I are over 60 and no longer work full time. We can’t get employer-sponsored health insurance and are too young for Medicare. We make too much money to quality for Medicaid.

We live in two states for half of each year and we’ve been told by experts that ACA / Obamacare policies only cover you in a single state. So we’re scared to get coverage that only covers us in one state. Plus, many of our doctors don’t accept ACA insurance. We have struggled to get private insurance because of pre-existing conditions, all of which I would describe as relatively minor that many our age would face.

We did find private insurance that accepted us but the company just went bankrupt. We only learned about this when the company stopped billing us and their 800 was terminated. There has been no formal communication from them.

I’m setting aside the affordability issue for now though that is another challenge. I would say this is an eldergay issue but younger Americans may also face it if they don’t get employer sponsored insurance.

Is anyone else in this situation and if so, what do you do?

Even just for fun for a friend? Send him a Santa-Merman ornament?

December Diamonds... priced under $40 per!

Maybe buy one of the bears? There's also a whole line of fairies too! Options away boys...

You may have heard about those emails from scammers who say they have nude photos of you and try to get you to pay money to prevent their release. For a long time, those emails were just that: scams. But now there’s a real threat. A new malware called Stealerium apparently knows when you’re viewing pornographic material in your browser and automatically takes snapshots of what you’re viewing and webcam photos of you in that moment. The malware then sends those recordings to cybercriminals who use them for blackmail. The Stealerium malware is spread via phishing emails that look deceptively genuine. The attackers disguise their emails as messages from reputable organizations (e.g., banks, streaming services, charities) and encourage recipients to open attachments or click on links. These phishing emails take the usual scare tactics, generating a sense of urgency with subject lines “Payment Due,” “Court Summons,” and “Donation Invoice.” When you open said emails, the hope is you’re so alarmed that you’ve let down your guard, making it more likely that you’ll download attachments and/or click malicious links and buttons. What makes Stealerium even more worrying is that its source code has been freely available on the internet via GitHub for years, allegedly for educational purposes. However, it’s only in recent months that Stealerium has been increasingly used in real-world attacks. How the Stealerium malware works Once infected, Stealerium exhaustively searches the PC for sensitive data, including passwords, credit card information, chat logs, and cryptocurrency accounts. Stealerium also monitors browser windows and recognizes certain keywords that you type. With that latter function, Stealerium can recognize porn activity by detecting entries such as “porn” or “sex.” As soon as such content is detected, Stealerium takes screenshots of the content as well as photo snapshots using a webcam (if available). These files are then sent to the perpetrators via services like Discord, Telegram, or email.

"Band of Gold" was a Top 10 hit for Freda Payne in 1970. It was later recorded and released in 1986 by both Bonnie Tyler and Belinda Carlisle. Tyler's version didn't chart in the US (it's the best one, IMO) and neither did Carlisle's. But the song lyrics have always been controversial. As explained in Wiki:

The song tells a story which is open to a number of interpretations – based on the lyrics in the most commonly heard version of the song, which is the seven-inch single, the story is of a recently married woman whose husband is incapable of loving her (even though he tried), resulting in the couple sleeping in separate rooms on their honeymoon, to her dismay. It would appear that the marriage ended in the husband's abandoning his bride, leaving her with no more than the "band of gold" of the title (and the dreams she invested in it). Allusions to the husband either being impotent or gay have been suggested as the cause of the breakdown of the relationship. Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice, alluded to the song as being "about wedding-night impotence";[7] Steve Huey of AllMusic also deciphered the song as being about the man being impotent – "being unable to perform".[8]

An earlier studio recorded version of the song includes some lyrics which were cut from the seven-inch single, which reveal the story as somewhat different. The couple were young, the girl was either a virgin or sexually inexperienced. She was still living at home ("You took me from the shelter of my mother"), the boy was her first boyfriend ("I had never known or loved any other"), and the relationship was probably unconsummated ("and love me like you tried before"). The couple rush into marriage and the relationship crashes on the wedding night, when the woman rejects her groom's advance ("And the night I turned you away”) [citation needed] emotionally wounding him, resulting in him leaving her. After the hurt she had caused, they spend their wedding night in separate rooms. She then expresses her regret at her mistake ("And the dream of what love could be, if you were still here with me").

According to Ron Dunbar, when interviewed in the documentary Band of Gold – The Invictus Story,[9] he encouraged Freda Payne to learn the lyrics to the song despite her reluctance, Payne saying, "This makes no sense to me." Dunbar told her, "You don't have to like it, just sing it!"[10] Dunbar continues: "I dubbed that tune 25, maybe 30 times just to get enough parts of it that we could edit to get the song."

Dunbar continued: "They said this song is a smash in the gay community. And I said, gay community? They said, yeah man, it's a smash. And I says, why is it that? And they said, well it's what the lyrics are saying. She said the guy couldn't make love to her so they figured he had to be gay! And I said oh no! And I remembered when they said that to me and I listened back to the song and there was a part in there... because I remembered when we were editing that tune, it was too long, so we had to cut a section out of the tune so the section we cut out of the song really brought the whole song [story] together."

The lyrics which Dunbar cut in the final edit which he was referring to were made to reduce the length of the single from three minutes 43 seconds down to the final two minutes 53 seconds. These were taken from the first verse – "And the memories of our wedding day, and the night I turned you away" – these were effectively substituted with, "And the memories of what love could be, if you were still here with me"; and a larger bridge – "Each night, I lie awake and I tell myself, the vows we made gave you the right, to have a love each night." [citation needed] – which is repeated again later in the song, cutting 18 seconds twice over from the song. With further refinements in the arrangements, including a heavier, richer bassline, and a different vocal take, a further 14 seconds were shaved off the final released seven-inch single.

Which explanation do you agree with ?

I know this is a perennial topic on DL.

I recently befriended a woman in her mid-60s who is attractive, vivacious, educated, intelligent ... and as I've gotten to know her, I'm increasingly convinced there is something very off about the way she relates to other people. She has also been married twice and both marriages ended disastrously, with allegations of abuse. She is also (probably) an alcoholic. She tends to befriend gay men, in part, I think, because she cannot maintain friendships with other women. I could go on, but she exhibits other classic "borderline" behaviors.

Anyway, tell me your stories, DL. Ultimately, how does one deal with this kind of -- for lack of a better term -- crazy?

I'm not buying it given her shady history, but I am willing to bet she has a whole host of unrelated personality disorders.

What's a crash course as to his best or most popular songs?

I imagine the crowd will be all screaming girls and middle-aged homosexuals like me.

70s AF.

God bless you Diane. RIP

The wisps of the disappearing hair and turkey neck are standouts!!

"They 'disappeared' my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird!" he continued. "I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?"

He's hideous.

The first Grand Prix of this season, the Grand Prix of France is already underway.

TV coverage on NBC is available on Saturday October 18 from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.

These kids today have it made.

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Boomery

Y2K

Are you fucking kidding me?

Both proclaim themselves to be Christian. Both are married to men. I was wondering what is going through the head of men like that? Ironically, liberal podcaster Michael Barbaro has a more traditional lifestyle that aligns with conservative ideals.

We be screwed

I don’t mean discreet moistened eye corners. I mean blubbering like a baby.

For me it’s Stan Rogers’ “Mary Ellen Carter.” Gets me crying without fail every single time.

What’s yours?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced that the top military official overseeing military strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug runners will retire at the end of the year — a surprising move given that the four-star admiral took command less than a year ago.

Adm. Alvin Holsey’s abrupt departure as head of U.S. Southern Command — which oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America — comes as President Donald Trump has conducted lethal strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. forces have destroyed at least five boats since early September, killing more than two dozen people, and Trump this week floated the idea of conducting land strikes against Venezuelan cartels, though he offered no details.

Hegseth, who announced the retirement in a post on X, did not give a reason for Holsey’s departure or immediately name his successor.

The Second Stain

I find it interesting that both films were utterly trounced by Taylor Swift.

Smashing Machine outright BOMBED- frankly I am glad as its well known that The fucking Rock is late as fuck all the time to every fucking set he works on- Doesn't give a FUCK about anyone and is overindulged. So fuck him.

I really thought that OBAA would go to Oscar glory, but its box office is very disappointing.

I wonder what other films may come along and get Box office and Oscar recognition-

I've said all long that Sinners does not have a fucking chance to win-- I'm starting to rethink that- Wasn't it a massive hit?

Based on the Movie Cliches You Detest thread, what are the sitcom cliches you detest?

It's in another article, but a $1M opening gross adds up to a truly stunning $767 total PER THEATER FOR THE ENTIRE FUCKING WEEKEND. Poison may be an understatement – this may be more like radioactive!

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According to a report by Rob Shuter of #ShuterScoop, the Latina star is “absolutely heartbroken” by the box office reception of her recent film release. Inside sources are calling it one of the toughest blows of her long career. Lopez is reportedly upset about the film not meeting box office expectations. The film was made on a $35 million budget and was expected to open to big numbers.

However, according to trade experts and industry projections, the film might open to a modest $1.5 to $2.5 million. Lopez was counting on the film to be her big Hollywood comeback as a lead actress after a supporting role in the 2024 sports film, Unstoppable.

Inside sources remarked, “She poured her soul into this. She thought it would be her A Star Is Born moment.”

What age did you consider yourself totally alone? Dad died, mom has Alzheimer’s so she might as well be dead, and every other family member is dead. I have very few friends left as they’ve all moved away — or worse married a conservative man and had children; my best friend has also moved away but we keep in touch regularly. Everyone tells me I should start dating again but in the past 10 years, one significant other died by suicide and the other one left me as he told me I wasn’t good enough in no uncertain terms.

All of this happened at age 35 and I just can’t imagine what 40 or 50 will look like.

Thank Liza I have my friends on DataLounge.

what has happened to comic genius Rob Schneider’s Twitter account? Sorry but I refuse to call it that other thing.

Did he delete it? Was it hacked? Did Elmo shut it down to punish Drumpf?

I am. I don't think I know another person who is quite as alone in the world as I am. It's been really bothering me (for a long time), but it's gotten especially sharper as we start approaching the holiday season and we see commercials about family events, holiday movies, people talk about their holiday plans, etc.

I have one very good friend (who I've had for 30+ years) and we do things together probably once a month, though we talk (via messaging) almost daily. I have one other friend who recently had quadruple bypass surgery and is going through intensive recovery right now. He's married and has a wife and a large network of family and friends. I've been to see him both in the hospital and since he's been out.

And that's it. I don't have a partner, I don't have anyone I live with, I haven't had sex for over 5 years (no desire to, either), my brother ex-communicated himself from our small family 30 years ago so haven't talked to him and frankly don't know if he's alive.

My biological mother and father are both dead. They were both only children, so I have no aunts, uncles or cousins. All my grandparents are dead. My stepfather lives in Hawaii and I haven't seen him for at least 15 years. We just talked to each other for the first time in almost 2 years a few weeks ago. He's going through some health issues (upcoming cataract surgeries on both eyes and recent skin cancer diagnoses). I have tried to ask if he'd like to come to visit (or vice versa) for the holidays but was turned down.

And that's it. I do have my dog, though. I'm considering getting a cat. I've been trying my luck with dating apps again and have gone on two dates (which didn't yield any fruitful results), but I rarely even get any hits or people to talk to (stupid algorithms and they want you to pay for "spotlights", it's all a scam to get you to spend more). I'm an introvert and I don't like to go to bars, nightclubs, etc. The activities I like tend to be things I do on a solitary basis (hiking, gardening, etc.).

I tried to look up any kind of local support/talk therapy groups I might join just so I could get some real human interaction, but beyond AA or addiction recovery, I haven't found any. Yes, I'm sober and no I don't feel like going to any addiction groups because that's not the problem. The problem is loneliness, emptiness, no real purpose, no human connection.

I did reach out to mental health services today via my insurance and talked to an intake coordinator today to check if they had any support groups, but they said all of them (outside of addiction recovery groups) shut down during Covid and never started back up. I have an appointment tomorrow (phone) to select a counselor to start talk therapy (which I've done in the past), but really all that will happen there is a rehash of all the traumatic events that has happened in my life.

Anyways, I'm lonely. I'm trying to fix it before I fall into shitty patterns again. I haven't spent the whole of this year working on my body and mind to fuck it all up again with drinking to bandage the utter loneliness I feel and can't seem to get rid of, despite things I do to change it.

Are you? Tell your sob story here. Or tell me I'm a loser, I guess. At least I'll have some human interaction instead of this...nothingness and emptiness that my life is right now.

Just to get this clear up front - I'm an eldergay with no real experience using AI. I've played it with it for fun (making some of my photos into things like pencil sketches, caricatures, and even action figures), other than that - not much. I've started to use it to create trivia questions for a thing I run a couple of times a month at my senior center, but I notice a lot of errors.

I saw a video today (designed for seniors) that showed how you can use it for travel planning and I was amazed at how robust it was. (Of course it's not as easy to find inaccuracies in this kind of info.) I was able to get packing information, carry-on recommedations, cruise ship shore excursion advice, etc. Really impressed with it so far. (This was all with Google Gemini.)

Has anyone else used AI for travel planning, and do you have any suggestions, or did you encounter any problems?

You are cordially invited to view the cinematic masterpiece that is the ABC Movie of the Week, SATANS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, which swept the 1974 Oscars for movie least nominated for anything.

Let’s watch it together — Saturday Night, October 11 at 10pm EST, so 7pm Western. We can post our comments in replies to this thread.

It’s free on YouTube so we can all watch the same edit. See link below.

So curl up in your caftan and earrings with deviled eggs and deviled ham, and take in the majesty that is SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS … won’t you?

Any mention of Mitzi is the perfect excuse to share this.

They're dropping like flies.

...committed suicide 10 years ago. The Kid who played Geoffrey, shot himself in the head.

I also didn't know that the girl who played the daughter was their real sister.

I'm just behind on everything.

Let’s get it out of the way… I find Kidman to be an excellent actress. I just watched Big Little Lies, & she was SOOO GOOD!

But BabyGirl?

What a cheap wankfest!

I just cannot get into it. As racy as it attempts to present itself, it’s actually boring AF. I also think her co star wasn’t properly cast. Sorry, but he wasn’t IT. Perhaps that would have made all of the difference here, however, I’m not too sure.

Christ, what a tedious film!

9 1/2 weeks was also a tad tedious, but far more interesting, in comparison.

Thoughts?

Three Days of the Condor is informed by the post-Watergate era & certainly doesn't seem far-fetched today. Condor feels sleek, w/ timeless stars and NYC locations, but filmed naturalistically. Robert Redford as the man on the run is at the height of his '70s stardom; Faye Dunaway is appealing in non-neurotic mode; Cliff Robertson in his smarmy villain era; and Max Von Sydow is brilliant as the assassin. My look at the top-drawer political thriller:

I am a neutrals person but that's a lot of white...shows off the woodwork I guess. Are the ceilings low or am I just used to seeing enormously high ones in other homes.

Cinnamon's tainted history

Lead has a history of finding its way into the nation's cinnamon supply, with several factors playing a role, according to Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports.

"Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of several tree species and can absorb lead from the soil in which it's grown, and the soil can be contaminated with lead from industrial byproducts," he explained. "Lead can also enter cinnamon from processing equipment, storage containers or packaging."

Have you ever been to a party/gathering where the host tries to force people to convene into one room or push them out of a room? (I’m not referring to dinner parties which are different.). I have and it feels abrupt.

My ex said that for some reason, people like to congregate in kitchens at parties. He’s right. He also said that people want to gather in the kitchen, you let them. Again, the rules are different for a dinner party but you’d hope guests would know that. I’m referring to a general social gathering.

Do you try and control the flow or just let people go freely?

Is this the new fad? Moved from binary to asexual? Is there some reason teens/twenties went from hormonal horndogs to being asexual?

Chilling, but nothing we didn't know already.

Still, a great video. Gift article -- I hope the video comes with it.

Does anyone know whatever happened to HKN? The crazy lady who was convinced that Kristin Stewart and Rob Pattinson were secretly married, apparently cherishing this absurd delusion because she took shipping the “Twilight” actors to the NEXT NEXT level?

She and a band of devoted flyover followers chattered incessantly about it. They would block you instantly if they determined you were a “dipshidiot,” that is, someone who doubted the conspiracy theory.

One thing I agreed with her on — she was a solid liberal politically. Which shocked the hell out of me.

Whatever happened to her? I know she had health issues. AFAIK she’s been silent since 2021.

Interesting name for a restaurant accused of racial discrimination.

[bold'Not going anywhere': Houston Pride group defiant after waterpark cancels event[/bold]

Less than a day before a planned Pride event was meant to kick off at a Houston-area waterpark, the group was sent scrambling after the venue suddenly dropped the event.

Katy Pride, an LGBTQ+ celebration, was scheduled to kick off on Thursday night with a launch party at Typhoon Texas waterpark in Katy before the main event on Saturday. But according to local organizers, Typhoon Texas dropped the event due to "security concerns."

"Typhoon Texas has made the decision to cancel its agreement to serve as the venue for the Katy Pride event," Typhoon Texas said in an emailed statement. "This decision was made with concern for the safety and security of our guests and staff members, which must always remain our top priority."

more at link

WTF am I watching? I feel like I’m high.

What does the DL have to say about America's thirstiest little gay Mormon?

It wasn't like this in the seventies.

I started the new season of The Morning Show, a guilty pleasure. She is, again, terrible. By again i mean one of the worse performances of all time which is her villainess in a Batman movie some years ago. Is this only a case of her being incapable to act in english (a la Penelope Cruz) or is she always this bad?

Still. Excruciating

For me it's Richard Pryor, it was a shock to hear he was supposedly bottoming for Marlon Brando

He’s a Lounger right?

I was visiting my friend and her kids were watching this Winnie The Pooh movie. She had to run out quick and asked me to watch the kids for a little bit and this movie was touching and this scene made me cry. I had to find it for you guys.

I cried lol.

Anybody watching this shitshow right now? He's doing his monologue and trying to make jokes about Charlie Kirk and Dump, some are kind of okay, but I'm curious to see where he's gonna go with this.

So, for anyone who might be watching with me.....

I rarely see her mentioned here but damn, she’s good.

Despite her career reaching a peak in 1989 , I’ve always found her albums before “Nick of Time” to be her best. Like Stephen King. I think Raitt was really cooking when she was under the influence.

When she finally hit mainstream fame, she resolutely would not sing her older songs which kinda sucks. I love the songs “Streetlights”, “Goin’ Wild for You Baby”, “Under the Falling Sky”, “Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind”, “Give It Up or Let Me Go”, “Walk Out the Front Door”…

She and Linda Ronstadt covered a lot of the same songs.

Do we race or gender swap Freddy, or do we want to to keep him as a white man because he’s the villain?

Nancy will have to be an ethnic minority.

Rod Lane will be black with the cops assuming he killed Tina because he’s her black boyfriend. I guess for that purpose, we’ll keep Tina white.

Rod can be scared of cops because his brother was shoe and killed by cops.

During Rod Lane’s nightmare death, Freddy becomes “Cop Freddy” and kills Rod, who dies in prison. This results in BLM protests and riots because they think racism killed Rod Lane.

Jesse, Lisa and Grady are also included because Jesse and Gradyare questioning their securities.

Now, how do we add some trans women of color and non-binaries in here?

Fans are expressing concern for Britney Spears after the singer shared a video of herself singing “off-key” in her messy home.

Taking to Instagram on Monday, the pop star shared two videos of herself singing Rihanna’s 2006 hit “Unfaithful” and Prince’s “Kiss.”

In the clips, Spears, 43, sang, danced and spoke in a British accent while wearing her “PJs,” which consisted of a polka-dot crop top, low-rise shorts and black knee-high boots. A variety of items were noticeably all over the floor in the background.

Too much of a good thing?

First, the crooked mouth. Then the vocal fry.

Then there’s this quote:

“Put your own selfish needs aside and desires aside…”

…while there’s a link to his Amazon wishlist, along with a note to buy him shit.

Does anyone have pretentious friends?

They can be closeted besties.

How long are people going to ignore the fact that he is 100% a bulldyke?

Can someone please photoshop him with Sara's vagina cape?

TWIRL, WILLIAM, TWIRL!

It’s White rule forever now. The South won the war, it seems. What a disaster.

I mean, we all knew that already, but look at the tie he wore to today’s meeting with Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy. It bears the colors of the Russian flag.

It’d be like if he wore a swastika tie to a meeting with World Jewish Relief in the late 30s.

The Signal super user claimed it is the colors of the U.S. flag, but, do us a favor.

First the couple that killed their disabled kid and now this.....

Using broader criteria than BMI alone (pun intended)—70% of Americans are fat whores with health risks.

Psst—it’s Big Food

What celebrities will die in 2025? Do you think Jimmy Carter will be able to hang on that long?

Make your predictions here!

The lard saga continues into its fifth year.

Ever since I was a kid people have said that and I wanted to know if there was any truth to this.

Has anyone else heard this?

Airports in more than a half-dozen U.S. markets have declined to display a video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem blames congressional Democrats for the government shutdown and any related travel delays, citing the political nature of its content, according to local authorities. Officials that oversee airports serving Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, said the video could violate internal policies that bar political messaging or contravene state or federal laws that prohibit the use of public resources for political activity. “We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” said Molly Prescott, a spokesperson for the Port of Portland, which operates Portland International Airport. Enacted in 1939, the Hatch Act bars federal employees from engaging in politics while on the job and is meant to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion. Oregon law also precludes public employees from promoting or opposing political parties during working hours, Prescott said, noting: “This is the first time to our knowledge that the Port has declined to play a video.”

In her own district. Dumped as ambassador to UN and now this. Elise is not having a great year.

[quote]Why (oh, why) is the press still interviewing Lindsey Graham? You know, the once-supposedly-moderate Republican senator from South Carolina who, after Donald Trump sent his supporters, many armed with real and makeshift weapons, to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, declared that he was done (“Count me out. Enough is enough,” he said, also pointing out the lack of any evidence of voting fraud) and then who, quicker than most people can figure out the spelling of “sycophant,” became a Trump golf partner and one of his most reliable and eager lapdogs?

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'd like to get a current take on this. I have a bunch of old gay stuff that I ended up with from a deceased friend. (Honest! It's not mine!) Books, old Advocates and porn magazines, gay Yellow Pages, local advertising, a Calvin Klein jeans pictorial, porn mailings. Most of it is probably '80s and '90s. Is there any place that collects or archives these types of things? I don't mind throwing it all out, but I hate to do it if there's someone who might be able to benefit from it.

The "father" version of this thread is attached.

As you get older, are there ways that you notice you're starting to act like/resemble your mom? (Thinking more here about the ways you think and act, though you're welcome to mention physical resemblances.)

Not to be confused with the general THEATRE GOSSIP thread, already in progress.

This is a sequel to earlier threads from 15 years ago.

Part One is below......

FBI agents on Thursday morning raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump and a staunch critic of the president, NBC News confirmed.

The raid is part of a "national security investigation in search of classified records," a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.

An FBI official said, "The FBI is conducting court authorized activity in the area. There is no threat to public safety," but declined to comment on Bolton, according to NBC.

FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted "NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission" at around 7 a.m. ET, the same time his agents reportedly arrived at Bolton's residence in Bethesda, near Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Pam Bondi retweeted Patel's tweet, writing, "America's safety isn't negotiable. Justice will be pursued. Always."

And Patel's deputy director at the FBI, Dan Bongino, in his own post on X wrote, "Public corruption will not be tolerated."

I really like this one. What do we think?

Admits tariffs are not sustainable. Stock market up after comments.

Every Monday morning, Virginia-based cinema owner Mark O’Meara pores over grosses to see how the newest releases are playing in his area.

A24’s “The Smashing Machine,” a sports biopic starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, “died pretty quickly,” O’Meara reports. Meanwhile, “nobody did really well with ‘Roofman,’” a dramedy featuring Channing Tatum.

“It was slow as hell,” O’Meara says. “I thought the movies were good. There was a lot of hype with them that just didn’t happen.”

Milwaukee got a homer off the first pitch and Brewers fans were thrilled. Then the Dodgers turned things around quickly. The trash talking turned nasty when one female fan told a Dodgers fan that she was going to call ICE on him. He responded to call them because he's legal and a veteran of two wars. Of course, that means nothing to ICE but whatever. The video went viral and we find out that not only was Karen fired from her job but she was also resigned from a post at Make a Wish.

I've listened to her for more than 40 or more years.

How did this escape DL's attention?!

"We Can Live Like This: A Memoir of a Culture" by Michfest founder Lisa Vogel was published last August and recounts the history of the festival from beginning to end.

I'm about a third of the way through the audiobook. It's long and comprehensive, albeit heavily focused on the logistical nuts and bolts of running the event (so far). Lisa has a warm and pleasing voice and is way more laid back than I expected. She even dedicates an entire chapter to the men (ON THE LAND!) who helped her problem-solve during Fest's early years.

I haven't gotten to the trans controversies yet, but my sense is that the Fest outgrew its original, rather simple intention (womyn in the woods listening to womyn's music) and evolved into a would-be lesbian separatist utopia where EVERYONE's needs and preferences had to be accommodated. The arbiter was Lisa, who had the impossible job of keeping everybody happy -- and I suspect this is why she ultimately pulled the plug back in 2015.

The chapter detailing the creation of DART services for disabled womyn is exhausting, and Lisa blesses us with a blow-by-blow account of cilantro-sensitive womyn roaring with angry power over the inequities of the Festival Kitchen.

A must-read for Festival completists.

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

Hollywood studios are reportedly taking cues from TikTok, where fan edits set to pop songs, packed with filters and neon text rack up millions of views.

Lionsgate has started hiring the same editors behind viral Syd Carmy and ‘TWILIGHT’ videos to craft official promos for their movies.

Angela Lansbury gave her greatest screen performance in 1962's political thriller, "The Manchurian Candidate," as Laurence Harvey's monstrous mother. Lansbury, who would be 100 on this day, was just three years older than Harvey! Angela has a field day as the crass, scheming, and ultimately chilling political wife willing to sacrifice anyone to win. A classic, with great story, direction, and cast--Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh. Still, Angela steals the show. On TCM at midnight. My take:

I just have always been curious to know why...

Jerry Seinfeld

Ricky Gervais

Ellen Degeneres

Rosie O'Donnell

Martin Lawrence

Sandra Bernhard

Steve Harvey

Amy Schumer

George Carlin

Billy Connolly

Good for him. He’s an unstoppable force right now.

Color me shocked!

Girl sounds like a live wire. She's already being interviewed by the Daily Mail to clarify some angry, questionable posts.

[QUOTE]Last month she had a spat with Renner and publicly posted a flurry of angry comments under his photos on Instagram, after reading critical news stories about the actor's past, demanding that she be 'treated respectfully'.

[QUOTE]According to a screenshot of one comment Zhou appeared angry about an alleged 'secret weekend' he had with another female social media influencer. She has now deleted all the posts, and said it was a 'misunderstanding' she regrets.

Link in next post.

Darlings, I must share what can only be described as a culinary hate crime.

I was invited *invited*, mind you—to what was billed as an “intimate supper” with a small but exclusive group. Visions of coq au vin, perhaps a tenderloin, danced in my head. I even wore a linen jacket.

I arrived to find... a baked potato bar. Yes, set up right there on the kitchen counter like a PTA fundraiser in 1997. There were no hors d’oeuvres, no wine pairings, no salad course—just a sad row of potatoes sweating under foil.

And the toppings! Darlings, shredded cheddar cheese. From a bag. The cheap kind that refuses to melt and tastes faintly of plastic despair. There was also bacon (of the bits variety), not even freshly cooked! A sprinkling of green onions, a tub of sour cream, and for the pièce de résistance, a bottle of squeeze butter. Why not just offer butter beads?

Everyone pretended to enjoy themselves, loading up their plates and saying things like, “Isn’t this fun?” Fun? FUN? I could barely look at my plate without imagining Mrs. Garrett rolling her eyes in heaven.

I made my excuses after one (half) potato and fled home to dignity and brie. Do people truly think a baked potato bar counts as dinner, or have standards slipped that far into the abyss?

And there was no doily!

Love his squeaky clean Christian good gay boy image.

Any fans here?

Why didn't they become bigger?

Jealous bitches?

I wonder if the baby will be ginger or half-Asian?

With Hollywood looking to potentially reboot the franchise, they need a new Freddy.

Donald Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., was dealt another blow after a jury acquitted a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent during a protest against immigration officials.

Federal prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro failed to persuade three different grand juries to indict Sydney Reid on felony charges this summer. They could not get a jury to agree to any of the charges against her until reducing the case to a single, lesser misdemeanor charge.

After a brief trial and less than two hours of deliberation, jurors returned a not guilty verdict Thursday. In a brief statement shared with The Independent, Pirro said “the jury has spoken and we accept their decision.”

My husband's laugh is whole and hearty. I now laugh that way. And my husband has a hearing problem which causes him to speak loudly. And my voice has gotten louder over time. Our children think we are yelling at each other sometimes when we are just having - to us- a quiet conversation.

Cutie pie.

The house? FABULOUS. The interiors? FUCKING HIDEOUS. If anyone can explain what the ACTUAL FUCK is going on with that living room, that'd be a great start: it looks like my grandma's furniture from her UES co-op, but transplanted into an abject FARCE of a setting. You can't put that shit in a room with 40-foot ceilings!!

But pic #16 is the real tell. That is NOT a fucking $45 million kitchen. It's not even a Nancy Meyers movie-level kitchen! How utterly basic-bitch can you GET?

Finally, pic #26. A boring-ass den with the unthinkable (for any decent stager): a visible dangling power cord!! EW!!!

P.S. I also expect a decent amount of room for $45 mil. Pic #29 is a bedroom smaller than my servant's quarters!

You're probably not going to get it and it's not being returned to the sender. So much competence from this administration. How much you wanna bet DOGE may have cut customs processors bac in February? Or that Noem/Lewandowski made cuts and diverted funds to her Storm Troopers?

[QUOTE]the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, where by packages valued under $800 could slide in without duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

LA Olympics next?

[quote]Global soccer body FIFA issued a statement to multiple news outlets on Wednesday confirming the U.S. government has the ability to move 2026 World Cup matches amid recent comments from President Donald Trump regarding host city safety.

DL has been on this one for years. Will this have any impact on his career, or the eventual assessment of his career?

Charlie Sheen is fully opening up about his past in two upcoming new projects — his memoir The Book of Sheen (Sept. 9) and the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen (Sept. 10) — and in both, he gets candid about past sexual experiences with men.

"I flipped the menu over," he says in the Netflix doc and the book, of trying something new after years of having sex with women. He says he's no longer hiding from his past, but owning it. "I'm not going to run from my past, or let it own me," he tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.

In the documentary when the interviewer asks Sheen how it feels to be talking publicly for the first time about having sex with men, he says, "Liberating. It's f---ing liberating... [to] just talk about stuff. It's like a train didn't come through the side of the restaurant. A f---ing piano didn't fall out of the sky. No one ran into the room and shot me."

Also, what are some little things you enjoy personally from your bottoms?

Datalounge, please help me. I’m a divorced woman and I’m trying to compile a list of the best disaster movies of all time.

Think The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, The Day After Tomorrow, etc.

Democrats face a steep challenge in their quest to take control of the Senate after next year’s midterms. Any realistic scenario for doing that has to include flipping a seat in Maine that has been held by Republican Susan Collins for nearly 30 years.

Before Democrats can challenge Collins, they have to pick a candidate. The Maine Democratic primary is already shaping up to be a heated contest, one that exemplifies the party’s deep generational tension as it seeks to rebound from its pivotal losses in last year’s elections.

On Tuesday, Janet Mills, Maine’s current governor, officially announced that she was joining the race. Mills, who is not eligible to run for governor again, is relatively popular and has a strong track record of success in statewide races.

I'm secret.... Irises.

Hilaria Baldwin is two-stepping toward the haters.

Following her elimination last week from Dancing With the Stars, the 41-year-old shared why she believes she and her partner Gleb Savchenko were booted from season 34 of the competition series.

“I did get bullied off the show,” Hilaria said in an Oct. 12 Instagram Live, referring to the criticism she received online throughout her four weeks on DWTS. “I did, that’s for sure. That is for sure.”

It's Halloweentime, so let's discuss this classic American legend. What was her deal?

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, who is currently imprisoned for multiple sex offenses and pedophilia crimes, was taken hostage by fellow inmates and brutally stabbed and beaten, according to The Mirror. He is reported to be fighting for his life.

The disgraced UK rocker is roughly 10 years into a 29-year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple counts of engaging in sex with minors. Among his many heinous charges was the attempted sexual assault of a baby.

Per The Mirror‘s report, the now 46-year-old Watkins was taken hostage on Saturday morning (August 5th) by three fellow prisoners who brutally beat and stabbed him. He was eventually freed by prison guards and treated in an ambulance outside HMP Wakefield prison, where he is serving his sentence.

The Mirror cites a source as saying, “He was found by officers after being held hostage and battered on Saturday morning. He’s in a life-threatening condition and there are fears he could die. If he survives, he’ll have been very lucky.”

A spokesperson for the prison stated, “Police are investigating an incident which took place on Saturday at HMP Wakefield. We are unable to comment further while the police investigate.”

Lostprophets hit it big with their 2004 sophomore album, Start Something, featuring the No. 1 alternative-rock single “Last Train Home.” The band broke up in 2013 in the wake of the horrific charges against Watkins, with the other members eventually forming the new band No Devotion with Thursday singer Geoff Rickly.

[quote] Madrid – A major twist has emerged in the investigation into the death of Isak Andic, founder of the Spanish fashion giant Mango. The Court of Instruction No. 5 in Martorell has formally charged Jonathan Andic, his son and the company’s current vice president, as a suspect in the case. The fatal incident occurred on December 14, 2024, when father and son were walking alone along one of the mountain trails of Montserrat, near Barcelona.

[quote] Initially, police from the Catalan regional force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, treated the fall that caused the businessman’s death as an accident. That remained the official line when the case was reopened in March 2025 — a routine step in investigations involving deaths from non-natural causes. By late May, sources indicated that the Mossos were preparing to close the case, reaffirming the accidental nature of the death, as reported by El Periódico de Cataluña.

[quote] However, on the night of October 16, El País revealed that not only was the investigation still ongoing, but it had also shifted direction: from a presumed accident to a possible homicide. According to the local newspaper La Vanguardia, the court has now named Jonathan Andic as a suspect in the case, a decision reportedly made by the presiding judge in late September.

Well, DL, what's the verdict? Is he attractive enough to be presumed innocent?

This delicious snack has been around since 1917. Proclaim your love for them here!

He should be working in an office or as a model.

He’s from somewhere in Europe and is half Brazilian and half Italian and 100% beautiful

Will it be a good season? A positive season?

Season 34.

Gleb.

Who are they?

It's not conventionally attractive men who make convincing he-shes. Sometimes it's the odd looking men who make convincing ladies

Who do you think killed her?

Jesus Christ on a bike. I want out of this country.

At the age of 24 he was given an opportunity granted to few and dreamed of by many, when he took over the maestro's baton of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in mid-concert after their conductor had fallen ill. Since then, flair and good looks have helped him gain international recognition. While his ambition to bring music to the people has made him something of a television star in the United States.

At 43, he was tapped to be the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and seven years later to lead the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra until his retirement in 2020. He loves all music and his admires love him. They call him the most exciting American conductor since Leonard Bernstein.

Let's discuss the American conductor and virtuoso Michael Tilson Thomas

Both amazingly talented illustrators with a similar (identical?) style, both born within months of each other, both even worked on the same iconic movie poster art. However Amsel lost the AIDS lottery dying at 37, while Struzan just passed at 78 (although his passing from Alzheimer's didn't sound like a picnic either).

Thoughts or comments on these two giants?

I'm back. I'm touring again. I am happy and healthy. I'm still cute. I hope you have your tickets for my tour. I sold out my upcoming show at The Hollywood Bowl. Surely you haven't forgotten about me.

Where my gurls at?!

The same American electorate could return either a Republican or a Democratic majority in the US House in the event of a close election in 2026 as the two parties race to redraw congressional maps to their advantage.

So far, Republicans are having more luck, with new maps on the books or awaiting a signature in Texas and Missouri.

If everything goes their way in the known and potential redistricting efforts, it’s possible President Donald Trump’s party could pick up a dozen seats simply by carving up Democratic districts in red states.

Is this a bad time to be a sugar boy?

I've always thought they were a dreadfully boring band—bland guitar riffs from Carrie Brownstein, and some of the most lifeless vocals I've ever heard in my life from Corin Tucker—but after seeing this, I feel they may be even worse than that. It's time to wrap it up, riot grrrrrrrrls.

A Milwaukee Brewers fan lost her job and Make-a-Wish Wisconsin board spot after social media footage showed her saying she was going to “Call ICE” on a Latino Dodgers fan during a playoff game.

Tensions have flared in recent months as the Trump administration’s immigration raids have swept the country. Now, mentions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have even reached America’s pastime.

A video of the encounter captured Shannon Kobylarczyk, sporting yellow and navy Brewers gear at the National League Championship Series game in Milwaukee Tuesday night and yelling at a Los Angeles Dodgers fan, Ricardo Fosado, who filmed the incident.

,,, or senators from Alaska

[quote]Murkowski — a moderate Republican who previously criticized the rescissions as “unlawful” — told reporters Tuesday that Democrats are justified in fearing a “backdoor move” from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought.

[quote]“If you’re a Democrat, you’re looking at it, and you’re saying, ‘Why am I going to try to be helpful, if Mr. Vought and OMB is just going to do a backdoor move and rescind what we’ve been working on?’” Murkowski told reporters outside the Capitol. “So, yeah, there’s a lack of trust,” she continued. “Does it make it harder to come to terms on hard things like a government shutdown? Absolutely, it makes it harder.”

I can give her one of mine.

The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event, directed by Sam Mendes.

Harris Dickinson (John Lennon)

Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney)

Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr)

Joseph Quinn (George Harrison)

This is Pearle Bixby Wait who invented Jello-O in 1897.

Diane Keaton would've been a much better fit. Something's Gotta Give was a bigger hit and more critically praised. Meryl has always been awkward when it comes to comedy.

But this was in the era when Meryl was a giant role hog, having to take every lead role for women between 50-70.

Are Hillary and Condi best buddies now? They appeared in the Jon Stewart show together a year ago. Now this. And they are scheduled to show up together again for a lecture at Brown University in a few weeks. How surreal? Did Hillary find a plan B after her Arabic toy girl got married off?

But is getting some treatments.

Psycho with Tourette's Syndrome on the brink of STARDOM!

Thanks, TLC.

They also seem to wish for "political violence"....I guess they're done pretending to be against that

Christopher Nolan is weighing in on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest film, The Smashing Machine, which is underperforming at the box office, and the Dark Knight director is showing his support for Johnson.

Nolan recently appeared on an episode of the podcast The Director’s Cut with Smashing Machine director Benny Safdie, who was in Oppenheimer, which won Nolan his first best director Oscar. During the discussion, Nolan praised Johnson’s performance as “heartbreaking.”

“I think it’s an incredible performance,” Nolan continued. “I don’t think you’ll see a better performance this year or most other years.”

Glen Powell tells GQ Magazine that while he doesn't dwell on it, he'd still like to win an Oscar.

"In some weird way, it changes how people perceive you. And I'm looking at all the men in my peer group — they've all got one."

Powell was passed over for awards recognition for his work on Set It Up, Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You, Everyone Wants Some!!, Hidden Figures, Twisters, Scream Queens, and Chad Powers. He is hoping the upcoming blockbuster The Running Man will rectify that situation.

He attended Mistr’s PReP party.

He looks thrilled.

Jesus, I thought modern day Hollywood was fucked up. These silent film stars could give any celebrity today a run for their money. Pre-code Hollywood was a circus.

The heat is bringing out all the hot street meats. But how do I get thing started? Is $ 20 enough these days in flyover states? No, I don't want reference to that horrendous " touched by a hobo " thread, it is tawdy & unhelpful

Each night, two actors who’ve never met or rehearsed perform the play live for the first time, guided by an onstage intimacy coordinator to keep everything safe and consensual. The story explores desire, betrayal, and loneliness in a world still relearning connection.

What songs - older, new or somewhere in between - lift your spirits and make you forget your troubles?

The world may be collapsing, but let's have a few moments of joy.

Who are you rooting for? Is Moñet gay?

Cheapskates.

Days of Our Lives!

Which do you prefer - Body and Soul, One Stormy Night or DiMera Free Clinic? Take my poll please and provide reasons.

Enjoy our strudelicious autumn poster boy!

I always had a thing for Montgomery Clift, even though he died before I was born

How do I stop auto renewal of Datalounge?

One of the original GODSPELL castmates, she composed the music for “By My Side,” one of the most exquisite of showtunes. I would have expected more from her in time… and yet one day, the laughter stopped.

This is from a 10 year anniversary benefit, so she’s a bit older. But it’s interesting to hear her sing her own composition - where she places emphasis, etc.

Suddenly nothing will play.

These are apparently the cast members as per The Mirror. I personally don’t believe it. Wasting Ross, Carr and Fry on one season? There are far too many genuine A-Listers (as an Australian, I recognise 3/4 of them), only one soap star and no Love Island alumni.

Charlotte Church

Bob Mortimer

Alan Carr

Kate Garraway

Jonathan Ross

Joe Marler

Stephen Fry

Nick Mohammed

Tom Daley

David Olusoga

Niko Omilana

Mark Bonnar

Joe Wilkinson

Clare Balding

Lucy Beaumont

Paloma Faith

Ruth Codd

Tameka Epson

Celia Imrie

Cat Burns

Says he caught her holding a knife watching their sons sleeping.

I guess that was his comment.

I watched the Odd Couple and couldn't believe how two men who were in their 40s at the time, could have such hunchbacks. Then I watched the Odd Couple II, both were in their 70s, Mathau is almost completely bent over and Lemmon looks like a shrunken turtle with his forward head posture.

Why didn't anyone tell them about this?

How do I set up a poll? TIA.

I had to do it.

No question!

When is this bullshit going to end?

Who is he? Who does he hope to be?

Thoughts?

Discuss.

[quote]A Daily Beast review of the site’s Trustpilot profile uncovers a string of poor reviews, with 57 percent of the 30 customers who have rated the watches at the time of publication giving the company just one star. Another 3 percent of reviewers gave it two stars. ... Reviews cite delays, non-arrivals, and ignored demands for refunds.

$499 to $2,499 for a fake gaudy Rolex like you'd buy on a street corner, except instead of ROLEX it says TRUMP. Cue the rave reviews!

[quote] Infact, its the most beautiful watch in the world to look at and thats a lot of watches to compare it to. This afternoon, my wrist felt itchy and was burning up. I removed the most beautiful watch I have ever seen and I had a strange rash all around my wrist from the strap. When inspecting the strap, the colour has already started to change from Silver to Black, as if its been scratched away. I wore it for 6 hours and it looks like it was thrown from a car window on the highway and driven over by every passing vehicle for the next hour. Very dissapointed in this product, not least because its supposed to represent the Greatest man to ever lead our country, and its making a mockery of him.

What do our Tasteful Friends think of this Roman-style (or at least Paris-style) monument with the gilded angel on top?

I'm a fan of the Daily Beast podcasts, and never miss 'Inside Trump's Brain' with Joanna and Michael Wolff.

I finally looked her up on Wiki, and turns out she's very well connected, has had prestigious jobs in many, many publications. She sounds like a cross between Tina Brown and Ghislaine Maxwell, in that she probably knows everyone there is to know (though not as much as the Zelig-like Wolff, who knows EVERYONE).

Seems like there's often tension between her and Wolff, he appears to sneer at everything and everyone, but that didn't stop people from wanting to hang out with him.

Her ex-husband sounds fascinating, and I'm going to buy one of his books.

British male fashion model

Bosnian fashion model based in Antwerp

Scott Wolf’s estranged wife, Kelley Wolf, hit up a bar shortly after she was released from the hospital.

Kelley took to Instagram Wednesday to post a photo of her right hand resting on a bar, next to what looked like a margarita. Among the many bracelets on her wrist was an apparent hospital band.

The copy atop the picture read, “Hi,” while the caption read, “God bless 🇺🇸.”

I give to you, a $10 million “teardown”!

Well, dang.

What in the ever loving fuck?

Stars of Britain’s 22 Kids and Counting splurged on a $70,000.00 drip to Disney World for the who family to celebrate Mom’s 50th birthday. Hit with truancy fines upon return home.

Oldest born when Mom was 14.

And they’re not even Quiverful.

Ohanian said that much of the internet was "botted" or "quasi-AI," referencing the proliferation of "LinkedIn slop." The Reddit cofounder referenced "dead internet theory," which asserts that there is more bot activity than human activity on the web.

In September, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that he "never took the dead internet theory that seriously," but that now he sees "a lot of LLM-run twitter accounts."

Ohanian said that the internet needed to be the opposite of dead, with "live viewers and live content." He said that holding attention required "proof of life."

"I think we'll see a next generation of social media emerge that's verifiably human, because it's all going down in the group chats now," he said.

Group chats have boomed in recent years. That's not just via text; users are also turning to apps like Signal and Discord for a human-to-human connection. In 2024, some frequent group chatters told Business Insider that they'd started sharing their thoughts there instead of on Twitter.

As Datalounge always said, she’s still horny (even in death). Bless her. Murder, She Wrote remains my comfort food.

He's becoming a very handsome man.

You can buy American Psycho 25th anniversary 4K Bluray set or a new special edition VHS starting December 9th

Seniors should never fall. It could kill them........

What is the most depressingly grim, gritty realist movie you've ever seen?

Mine has to be a film that is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. Gary Oldman's sole directorial venture (partly based on his own experiences growing up in South East London) 'Nil by Mouth'. Starring Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke who both give stunning performances (Burke won Best Actress at Cannes) it's a hopelessly bleak depiction of poverty, alcoholism, domestic abuse and drug abuse set on a working class estate in London.

Some scenes will never leave you.

Curious to hear what your favourite miseryfest is?

Please tell.

Let's discuss this forgotten late-90s fantasy rom-com in which a magic crab performs wonders for an out-of luck chef/restaurant owner, including getting closer to the man of her dreams.

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flannery. Co-starring: Patricia Clarkson, Dylan Baker, Christopher Durang, Larry Gilliard Jr., Betty Buckley, Amanda Peet and Gabriel Macht.

I had the fantastic idea of watching this cooking-related film for the first time before going to sleep. Then I started feeling hungry at midnight.

It looks like it’s thinning

Move over, personality quizzes, there’s a new matchmaking trend in town, and it’s deliciously strange. Forget bonding over a love of tennis or both working in finance. Gen Zers are going deeper, and somehow lighter, than that. They’re embracing something called “freak matching.”

This isn’t about zodiac compatibility or your favorite Netflix show. It’s about connecting over the quirkiest, most unexpected shared traits. Whether it’s a cupboard overflowing with novelty mugs, a borderline unhealthy obsession with ’90s pop culture, or a mutual fear of garden gnomes, “freak matching” is all about finding your match in the weirdest possible way.

...in Indianapolis by some guy.

This could be fun!

I’ve liked Warby Parker eyeglasses for a many years. It’s made eyeglasses much more affordable and Warby has up-to-date styles.

My problem started when I ordered contact lenses online through Warby. The sheer number of emails and texts are so mind numbing that it’s harassment at this point. It’s obvious that no one working on the other end is an actual eye care professional because they can’t understand simple things in the prescription.

The prescription needs to be exactly like Warby states or it will be rejected. They’re acting like I’m trying to get an opioid. The prescription must be physically signed—my eye doc stamped it and put her license number on it (like she always does without issue), and it was rejected for no signature. My prescription in one eye is -2.50. The brand my doc recommended I try only has it in -2.25 and doesn’t sell it in -2.50. My doc says the 0.25 difference shouldn’t make much of a difference. Warby demands a completely new prescription with -2.25 when an eye care specialist would know the 0.25 change happens all the time. Because it’s taking a while to get the new Rx (my doc is busy), Warby decides, on its own, to change the brand. WTF?!

I responded to one of the 20 Warby emails to fucking stop emailing me and to be patient—I’ll fucking add my new Rx when I get it. I get a response back where, I kid you not, every sentence ends with an exclamation point. Pissed off at getting yet another absurd email, I wrote back telling them to stop with all the exclamation points as if a child is writing the email. I’m likely writing to an AI bot anyway…

She will play the Greek Goddess in the new season of Percy Jackson

And dressed like the Abominable Snowman

I defy you to watch this without wanting to crawl into a hole and scream.

Yet he has millions of people who worship him like a god. This guy. The guy in this video.

Castro is one of the largest investors snapping up scorched Los Angeles properties decimated in the January wildfires.

If his name sounds familiar, that's because he's the winner of a record $2 billion Powerball ticket in 2022.

Now, he has his sights set on Altadena, a close-knit community full of historical homes where Castro spent time as a child. The lucky winner has so far purchased 15 lots, spending $10 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.

I first noticed this handsome Irishman in "Say Nothing" where he played Brendan Hughes. Now's he's the star of "House of Guinness" and obligingly shows us his todger in episode 3.

Seems like a charmer. Asked why he gets cast in so many period pieces, he said, "I've got a face that looks like I can't comprehend the internet." Of his new role, he quipped, "Proper of Guinness to be paying me since I've put my own wages into them since I was 18."

Anyone else a fan?

Was watching a silly piece of fluff on Netflix that was supposed to be set in Paris, TX. As a native born resident of this current shithole state it was so obviously not Paris, TX, which is brown scrubland, while the movie had lush green woods and rolling hills.. They filmed in British Columbia.

Smoking hot male lead though.

I guess they wanna work together to take down any competition

Susan Dey in, "Cage Without A Key"

Any fans? There is nothing especially gay about them but their lyrics and harmonies and damn catchy cacophony had me as a big fan in the very early 90s. There is no “The” in the name.

I saw them in concert Thanksgiving weekend in 1990 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Kim Deal said maybe two things, the rest just played and made no eye contact. And Joey Santiago was from the town right next door (Longmeadow).

The White House’s plan to aid Argentina appears to have backfired.

According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans and striking a huge new deal with China. That diminished the price of U.S. soybeans and weakened U.S. trade leverage with China, which immediately pulled out of its existing arrangements with soybean farmers in America’s heartland.

The photo taken by Angelina Katsanis for the Associated Press last week shows Bessent reading a text that appears to be from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

They're the female counterparts of male incels. They create elaborate 'ships between themselves and Pedro Pascal and have AI boyfriends.

Weren't they considered frigid just a few years back?

Olivia de Havilland, who lived to 104.

Motivational speaker Captain Shandy is back. Unfortunately.

Everybody still hates Bronwyn.

The meaning of BEADY eyes.

His eyes are dead, beady, and evil.

He is frightening to look at.

Turkey? CG? Hand-drawn?

Apparently her fart on the UK reality TV show Celebrity Traitors is making quite a....splash? poof? in the UK.

(I don't *think* this clip spoils anything but if you're watching this show proceed with caution.)

I guess this falls into the category of Takes One to Know One

Do we really need another filmed version of Amadeus?

I never thought I would consider leaving but now I’m more worried and am looking around. What’s your experience? Suggestions?

Let 'er rip, ladies and gentlemen!

Eddington

I forgot how much I'm not a fan of Joaquin Phoenix.

My TV remote died with the sound on mute. My replacement is being delivered on Monday.

What are some non-silent movies/TV shows that are reasonable to watch with no sound, but with subtitles?

How many of you ever recited the first bar to the first verse of a hymn but tagged on at the end "between the sheets"? It doesn't always work but sometimes it does! Examples:

Just as I am without one plea...between the sheets.

I sing a song of the saints of God...between the sheets.

Lord Christ when thou first cam'st to men...between the sheets.

And so many more!

If I switch from briefs to boxers, will my grower become a shower?

This should be fun!

I imagine Charlie Kirk will make quite the splash during these October festivities! Or is it more of a spurt?

There's a frightful Laura Loomer mask going around that makes Michael Myers look grandfatherly.

Daddy Michael Silver

For the last ten years a former colleague has sent a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card at Christmas, assuming I'm an avid reader. This year, how do I politely say to stop sending the card? Always give to friends, who know how I feel.

We have the original theatrical ending which is shorter and happier. One of the Greek chorus girls couldn’t make the final shot so they put another woman in the line and didn‘t show her face.

Then you have the Director’s Cut version which cost a fortune for such a small film and was cut after the test screenings said it sucked all the air out of the room. It was closer to the stage ending but the actors didn’t reappear as flowers on Audrey II and there was no curtain call or dropping vines to freak out the audience during “Don’t Feed the Plants”. Instead, we got an endless sequence of exploding brick walls and the plants taking over the world with no optimism. Once Ellen Greene dies, the film runs out of gas.

Which do you prefer?

Tucker Carlson seems a little bit too interested in what Pete Buttigieg might be doing in the bedroom.

While discussing President Donald Trump’s war on diversity during the Wednesday episode of his online show, the former Fox News host absurdly accused Buttigieg of being a “fake gay guy.”

“My gay producer was always like ‘he’s not gay.’ He was with a girl like 20 minutes ago, and like he wants to be the Democratic nominee, it’s like ‘Time for a gay guy!’” the far-right pundit told his guest, Michael Knowles, who also said that he has a friend who believes Buttigieg is “a fake gay.”

I've been seeing so many commercials which claims 'Home Stealing' is a real thing. They claim it's on the rise for someone to download a fake property document, transferring the title from you, forge your signature, use a fake notary stamp and then go to city hall and record it with the property registrar, and they have their name on the deed of your house.

I know this sounds exaggerated, but curious f this is possible and has it happened to anyone you know - especially elderly people ? Any realtors out there who can shed some light ?

I won’t link to the article, it’s behind a paywall and in any case, that sewer is probably the only American site that would publish him.

Woody Allen:

It’s grammatically incorrect to say “most unique,” but all rules of grammar, and I guess anything else, are suspended when talking about Diane Keaton. Unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again, her face and laugh illuminated any space she entered.

I first laid eyes on her lanky beauty at an audition and thought, If Huckleberry Finn was a gorgeous young woman, he’d be Keaton. Fresh out of Orange County, she flew to Manhattan to act, got a job as a coat check girl, and was hired for a small part in the musical Hair, in which she eventually had the lead.

Meanwhile, David Merrick and I were auditioning actresses in the Morosco Theatre for my play Play It Again, Sam. Sandy Meisner taught an acting class and told Merrick about an up-and-coming actress who was amazing. She came in and read for us and knocked us both for a loop.

A small glitch was that she appeared to be taller than me, and we didn't want that to figure in the jokes. Like two schoolkids, we stood back-to-back on the stage of the Morosco and measured. Fortunately we were the same height, and Merrick hired her.

For the first week of rehearsal we never spoke a word to one another. She was shy, I was shy, and with two shy people things can get pretty dull. Finally, by chance we took a break at the same moment and wound up sharing a fast bite at some Eighth Avenue joint. That was our first moment of personal contact. The upshot is that she was so charming, so beautiful, so magical, that I questioned my sanity. I thought: Could I be in love so quickly?

By the time the show opened in Washington, D.C., we were lovers. About then, I showed her my first film privately and prepared her for what a mess it was, how awful, a total failure. She sat through Take the Money and Run and said the movie was very funny and very original. Her words.

Her words. Its success proved her correct and I never doubted her judgment again. I showed her every film I made after that and grew to care only about her appraisals.

As time went on I made movies for an audience of one, Diane Keaton. I never read a single review of my work and cared only what Keaton had to say about it. If she liked it, I counted the film as an artistic success.

If she was less than enthusiastic, I tried to use her criticism to reedit and come away with something she felt better about. By then we were living together and I was seeing the world through her eyes. She had huge talent for comedies and drama, but she could also dance and sing with feeling.

She also wrote books and did photography, made collages, decorated homes, and directed films. Finally, she was a million laughs to be around.

For all her shyness and self-effacing personality, she was totally secure in her own aesthetic judgment.

Whether she was criticizing a movie of mine or a play of Shakespeare's, she held both to the same If she felt Shakespeare had gone wrong—it didn't matter who or how many sang his praises, it was her own feeling that she went with, and she didn't hesitate to put the knock on the Bard.

Her fashion sense was a sight to behold, of course. Her sartorial concoctions rivaled the contraptions of Rube Goldberg. She put together clothing that defied logic but always worked. In later years, her look became more elegant.

Will Kaitlan constantly glare at AOC?

Will AOC talk about her new pal Zohran?

Will Bernie shout the entire time?

Besides Corey Haim?

Has he ever hooked up with Robert Downey Jr?

Can one of you explain what's happening in the Blue Jays/Yankees game - I'm confused because the Yankees just let that guy go to first base instead of trying to strike him out.

I'm Canadian, so I'm rooting for Toronto.

TIA.

Ryan Walters announced Thursday night that he is resigning as Oklahoma’s state superintendent after nearly three years of near-constant controversy.

On a Fox News program around 10:45 p.m., Walters announced that he is becoming the CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance.

Teacher Freedom Alliance's stated mission is to "assist educators in their mission to develop free, moral and upright American citizens," and the non-profit organization's website states that it currently has 2,617 teachers enrolled as members.

He did not say whether he is still considering a gubernatorial run in 2026.

“We’re going to destroy the teachers unions,” Walters said on the cable news program Thursday evening. “We have seen the teachers unions use money and power to corrupt our schools, to undermine our schools. We are one of the biggest grassroots orgs in the country. We will build an army of teachers to defeat the teachers unions once and for all.”

Dominion Voting Systems - the voting machine company at the center of false 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories -- has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former Republican election official. John Poulos, the former Dominion CEO, confirmed the sale in a statement. "Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion Voting Systems," Poulos said. "As of today, Dominion is gone".

Liberty Vote was founded and run by Scott Leiendecker who has been working in elections for decades, first as an official. He was the Republican elections director in St. Louis. Liberty Vote called its purchase of Dominion "a bold and historic move to transform and improve election integrity in America."

Uh oh...

That any dip at all in the paid employment causes a sharp drop in their influence

Omg

A Republican congressman from Ohio is condemning the display in his office of an altered American flag that included a swastika, calling it “a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol” that is now under investigation by his office.

“I am aware of an image that appears to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol near an employee in my office. The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Rep. Dave Taylor said in a statement.

Politico first reported the existence of the flag, which was spotted pinned to a bulletin board behind one of Taylor's staffers during a virtual meeting. A picture of the flag obtained by Politico shows the stripes in the American flag forming the Nazi symbol.

Taylor's office said the flag was "vandalism" and the congressman said it is being investigated.

"Upon learning of this matter, I immediately directed a thorough investigation alongside Capitol Police, which remains ongoing. No further comment will be provided until it has been completed,” Taylor said.

The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Slobs-a-dozen. More chins than a Chinese phone book. More rolls than a Parisian bakery.

Where is Bobby Kennedy at? These honkeys are eating way too much processed food. They look like they bathe in seed oil.

From my experiences, it follows the equator from Latin America to the Mediterranean and the Middle East!

Anyone else remember this film? Based on the alleged Bell Witch haunting in 1810s Tennessee. I always wondered how they nabbed Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek for this. Maybe a decent paycheck? It sounds like an interesting supernatural period piece on paper, but...

A few bad apples ruined the reputation of working for the brand

Did any of you ever meet him? We’ve heard about people here meeting contemporary porn stars, what about the legendary old ones?

Has anyone joined his Onlyfans yet? Any hot pics? He bi?

50 years of true friendship is a gift.

Sssshhh! Don't tell anyone! Only the NYT knows.

[quote]Feuding Shakopee (Minn.) neighbors cost police time, taxpayer money

[quote]Both have restraining orders against each other and claim harassment.

I just liked the sign.

It was creative. It was smart. It was hysterically funny. It was a breath of fresh air in the sitcom cesspool. And Nicholas D'Agosto was cute as a button.

Why didn't the show click with audiences?

Eventually the truth will seep through to his base.

His wattles and hairline are more than compensated for by the pink and shell-like integrity of his ear. I guess he is good at ducking, as he said yesterday.

Madison Cawthorn announces another run for Congress, this time in Florida

After losing his seat in North Carolina, the 30-year-old Republican is plotting a political comeback in another state.

Their 7.5 ounce cans have always been sold in multipacks but starting next year you can buy them individually. This is for people who prefer the smaller amount to the 20 oz.

A woman allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death with a kitchen knife outside an Ohio grocery store in what authorities have described as a random attack.

Little Julian Wood and his mother Margot were both stabbed around 3 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle grocery store in North Olmsted, a city 15 miles outside of Cleveland, local officials said.

Officers responded to a report about a possible stabbing in the parking lot and located the suspect, 32-year-old Bionca Ellis, still carrying the kitchen knife she used in the fatal attack, North Olmsted officials said Tuesday.

First responders provided aid to the victims, who were taken to St. John Medical Center, where Julian died from stab wounds suffered to his back and chest, police said.

Any gay rumors about either of these sexy white 70s studs?

Conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA has announced a counter program halftime show that will be held during next year's official Super Bowl LX halftime show.

The nonprofit, founded by the late activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed during a public speaking event on Sept. 10, revealed this week that its counter program show would run opposite the NFL's Super Bowl LX halftime show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8 and will be called The All American Halftime Show.

Last month, the NFL announced Bad Bunny as the 2026 Super Bowl LX Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show performer.

Can be for albums/eps/singles/etc as long as it's vinyl.

I'm trying to collect all of them.

Thanks in advance.

If you wanna add a 4K physical copy of Boogie Nights to your collection, it will be available to buy on December 9th. There will be a standard edition and a limited edition steelbook version as well.

Republicans have tried more than 70 times over the past 15 years to weaken or kill Obamacare. But their campaign keeps backfiring.

The sweeping tax and spending bill Donald Trump signed this summer got his party closer to that goal than ever before. Though never marketed as a repeal, it unraveled much of the law and is expected to eventually push millions of people who gained insurance since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, off the rolls.

As the government shutdown stretches into its second week, the White House and a growing number of congressional Republicans are worried that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of any bill to reopen the government is proving salient with voters - including their own.

Smdh

Republicans have been done with democracy since the demographics of the country shifted and straight white Christian conservatives were no longer predominant. They’ve kept it quiet until now, but Trump’s election brought them out in the open. They’re not even hiding it anymore.

Polunin is a mental case covered in Putin tattoos, so I'm sure he won't be too upset.

[quote] The award-winning ballet dancer, who is originally from Kherson Oblast — one of the regions most devastated by Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine — previously held Ukrainian citizenship in addition to a Russian and Serbian one.

[quote]Polunin, who is known to have a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin tattooed on his chest, has said in past interviews that he "always regarded himself as Russian."

[quote]Polunin has actively supported Russia's war against Ukraine, including the brief occupation of his native Kherson.

Is anyone watching this? Between incest vibes and real estate porn this is quite wonderful. The plot is preposterous, but there is a bitch fight in every other scene.

Laurie Anderson plays the son, a puppet between the women and is quite adorable.

Cable and streaming outlet MGM+ has ordered a series called Bosch: Start of Watch, a prequel to the Bosch series that starred Titus Welliver as the title character, the LAPD detective from Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels. Cameron Monaghan (Shameless, Gotham) will play the young Harry, and Omari Hardwick (Power) will also star.

Start of Watch will be the fourth series in the Bosch-verse, following Prime Video’s Bosch, sequel Bosch: Legacy and spinoff Ballard, which was recently renewed for a second season. Franchise veterans Tom Bernardo and Brian Anthony co-created the series and will executive produce, with Bernardo serving as showrunner. The show is set to film in Los Angeles.

Anything, anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone I think is very dangerous."

Chloe Jones

The verticals focused on Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ groups will remain, but they come amid a broader shift in media away from diversity efforts

Handsome.

He’s no longer single at 60! He’s seriously dating a regular guy who’s not in the entertainment industry.

Huge cock

I think Channing’s on-set contractually required Package Presentation Manager has gotten a little carried away here.

And Sunny wasn't having it.

The perfect man!

These two assholes actually said it's for the "safety" of their other children.

They should move to Alabama. They'd fit right in there.

On my youtube feed came this video of an amazing gymnastic ffeat.cute guy too. More power to him.

I have heard from a reliable source that Harmony and Rachel Korine are getting divorced.

She has started using her maiden name, Rachel Simon, and has apparently been posting thirst traps on IG.

No idea why they split.

I thought he was a major cunthound, and caught AIDS from a prostitute?

Apologies if there's already a thread for this but it didn't come up in the search.

6/12 songs are about Travis Kelce and his giant dick, including one called Wood where she says he 'dickmatized' her with his 'magic wand'.

"More than one in four (28 percent) men under the age of 30 reported having no close social connections."

Other studies show about 10% of all Americans have no close friends.

How many close friends do you have?

I don't think it is.

The nose is in the middle of the face therefore making it the most prominent and important feature on the entire face.

The more perfect the nose is, the more attractive the person is.

It can either make or break the face.

I don't understand why people with imperfect noses don't get nose jobs.

Let's discuss...

She’s hosting and musical guest this Saturday

Lmaooo

I just finished watching it and found it extremely boring. Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland are great but the story is pointless.

Was this movie successful when it came out?

Vanity Fair has hired Olivia Nuzzi as its next West Coast editor, the magazine announced on Thursday. The move came nearly a year to the day after New York magazine suspended the former Washington correspondent over her personal relationship with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his 2024 presidential campaign.

The magazine said in an announcement that Nuzzi would focus on “editing stories across platforms and topic areas, with a focus on events, industries and culture of the Pacific region.” She will also write for the magazine.

Nuzzi’s hiring is one of 12 new roles the magazine unveiled Thursday, part of its newly installed global editorial director Mark Guiducci’s attempt to revamp the glitzy Hollywood and culture-focused publication. Semafor reported last month that Guiducci had spoken to Nuzzi about a role

The former co-anchors made the decision to marry about a month ago.

Inflation is MUCH higher than the claimed 3%.

An $8.99 bag of coffee is suddenly $14.99. Cereal boxes are now 2/3 full for a higher price. Sit down meals in so so restaurants are $150 for two people. And, unless they’re rent controlled, apartment rents costs more than mortgage payments.

I thought I was saving enough to retire, but now, WTF.

Please vote

The ones who won't go anywhere without a toupee or a face full of makeup

Or the ones who spend half their income on plastic surgery

Let's name them!

Everyone klangranny has a fixation.

For those of us who can remember back to the '70s and '80s (for a start), let's talk about what it was like then: at first, pretty much magazines only, and maybe some 8mm "loops" that you could show on a home projector. Then gradually there were adult movie theaters that starting showing hardcore. So given the limited options, I know I personally was desperate for ANYTHING short of lesbian porn. Straight scenes, solos, less attractive men, whatever - as long as you could see a dick, that was all that mattered. And remember that you had to PAY for pretty much everything then. (And if you were young, money was probably tight.)

Moving on to the '80s when home video became dominant, I was still watching straight scenes, etc., because at first there wasn't that much content. And again - money (although you could rent videos at reasonable rate depending on where you lived.)

Now let's fast-forward through the '90s and '00s to the last 15 or 20 years, when of course the internet has become the main source of adult entertainment. I know for me personally, because of the fact that there is SO much readily available content out there that's either free or very inexpensive, I've become WAY pickier about what I'll watch. My big "hard pass" content now includes most straight scenes, solos, unattractive men, blurred or hidden faces, most kink, twink-only scenes, etc. I'm interested to know how my fellow eldergays' porn preferences have evolved.

I guess a lawsuit from the Macrons wasn't enough to stifle her. Is she spiraling into full-blown schizophrenia?

Instagram fed me an ad for this.

Now I wonder how many other male catalog models have Twitter accounts that are nothing but videos of themselves abusing their anuses with dildos!

I’ll start. Yeah or Nay? 1957 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date, stainless steel with black sun-bleached dial, paired with a loose tennis bracelet set with large square-cut moissanites in rhodium-plated silver, on a hairy arm.

Are you delighted? I know I am.

Say what you want but she is isn't selling out on the platform she campaigned on like most of MAGA

I'm doing a gut reno of my house and my designer proposed a black kitchen. I'm in love. I want something like this picture, but I also want charcoal countertops. Thoughts?

Let’s discuss Internet It Girl Julia Fox.

Who is she? Who does she want to become?

I started to feel bad interrupting the other threads, so I’ll come here instead

The cast is overall better, and all of them are so fucking hot it’s insane. Like, all the guys and girls in Part 2 are hot. It’s the hottest cast of the franchise.

The acting is good. The suspense is good. And most of all the pacing is better. This one moves at a much better pace than the first, and is more fun.

Ginny is a much better final girl than Alice in every way.

Killing off Alice in the opening scene was great.

Freddy was at his best in this one, before the hockey mask and his running instead of just walking.

The one thing I noticed that was bizarre was they had one black guy in the group who was shown maybe two times with zero lines and then he’s never shown again.

Let's discuss the Steven Spielberg-Joe Dante-Chris Columbus black comedy horror Gremlins (1984)

The film follows a small town as it is terrorized by Gremlins during the Christmas holiday.

Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Glynn Turman, Dick Miller, Judge Rheingold, Edward Andrews, Frances Lee McCain, Scott Brady, Corey Feldman, and Keye Luke.

As of fall 2025.

Just thought it would be interesting to have all the hot guys in one thread.

Starting with Mike Sacks. He may want to unfuck politics, but he could fuck me any time!

I had no idea.

Pancreatic cancer

Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared another long, aggressive handshake while meeting at the signing of the Gaza peace agreement in Egypt.

The two came together ahead of the “family photograph” of world leaders who had gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to witness the breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Trump was pictured amiably shaking hands with presidents, prime ministers and other leaders in turn, before the room was apparently infused with testosterone when France’s head of state arrived

...by which I mean not nostlagic because of the events in your own life, but rather because of the movies, songs, TV shows, and even magazines of the time.

For example, I always am most nostalgic for the culture of the late 70s and very early 80s, when i was in junior high.

Perhaps the ol Kath-ode ray was a bit ahead of her time?

Then again, she’d DEFINITELY still get fired today. I mean Matthew Dowd got fired for making a completely factual statement about Charlie Kirk.

What are some elegant and sophisticated horror films to watch this Halloween?

Though Hasselbeck praised Behar in her videos about O'Donnell, she made headlines in January for calling the comedian out over her thoughts about Carrie Underwood performing at Donald Trump's inauguration.

"Joy — @carrieunderwood is an INCREDIBLE WOMAN. You could learn from her strength," Hasselbeck wrote on X.

Hasselbeck has made subsequent appearances on The View since her departure from the permanent panel, including as a guest cohost in 2022, and again as a guest for Barbara Walters' tribute episode in January 2023 after the co-creator died the previous month.

O'Donnell spoke out against Hasselbeck's 2022 spot on the show, saying that it reminded her of "why I don't wanna watch it with her anymore."

Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly

I wanted to be a veterinarian but it didn't pan out.

Watching it now. God, that very first b/w shot of her is so amazing. Not her first single but her first big hit, the song that really got her noticed everywhere. “Lucky Star” was rereleased after this became a hit.

Who plays her Latino bf in this video? He looks quite short.

Whatever happened to the woman with the crimped hair?

Does that area of LA still look the same?

Is anyone else struggling with the pervasive feeling that life will never get better or be good again? I know I need to Mary myself, but I don’t know how much longer I can live trying to convince myself that life at this point isn’t hopeless. Every day I watch the news and it’s nothing but vile people and their impunity being celebrated. It’s to a point that when I see a video of someone being genuinely good and kind to another I tear up. Ending it crosses my mind daily. Please help me with suggestions on how to fight this existential dread! I never imagined a perfect life, but one this dark is miserable.

These authoritarian countries are considered world powers and yet they contribute absolutely nothing at all to modern culture, art, medicine, technology, music, dance, cinema, literature, science. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Not the 21st century and probably not the 20th either.

In China's case, it must be galling to be completely culturally overshadowed by the Japanese and Koreans.

And nobody anywhere ever envies Russia.

Who would ever want to live in a world controlled by them?

Throughout her career, Keaton moved multiple times, developing a love of purchasing older homes, renovating them, and then selling them.

However, when she found her latest abode, she explained that it was the first time she had considered actually settling down for more than a few years.

Keaton spent a staggering eight years on a gut renovation of the home, which effectively saw her rebuilding it from the ground up, a process that she documented in her 2017 book, "The House That Pinterest Built."

Has anyone else read this book, or remember Barneys?

Lee Grant in "The Spell"

Why aren’t we discussing this fascinating case? Harvard Lawyer shot and killed in driveway by hit men hired by periodontist ex brother in law (just found guilty), and just arrested mother in law, and potentially his ex wife (also a lawyer).

Do we think Wendi Adelson will be charged?

Time for some new gossip and some new shots of Mike Holmes Jr. flexing and posing.....

This historical drama/horror film focuses on F. W. Murnau's making of the silent classic "Nosferatu", during which cast and crew come to suspect that Max Schreck, the actor playing the titular vampire, may not really be an actor at all. Willem Dafoe stars as Schreck, while John Malkovich portrays Murnau. Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, and Udo Kier also appear. The film is based on the oft-repeated urban legend that Schreck was an actual vampire. Dafoe received nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy and Golden Globe Awards for his performance. It is a fantastic film that, despite having a cult following, never seemed to have really caught on.

Booked and busy.

Loosely based on an actual 1981 murder case, the film stars Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, and Dennis Hopper. It focuses on a group of disaffected northern California teenagers who become embroiled in a crime when the girlfriend of one of their classmates is found murdered on a riverbank. Often cited as an example of nihilistic youth-oriented cinema, it has been cited as one of the darkest teen films ever made and I think served as a progenitor for films like Harmony Korine's "Kids" (1995), among others. I think it is a minor masterpiece, but it's not a pleasant watch.

We had this really meaningful conversation about bullying,” Derek said. Then Derek revealed that he was “severely bullied as a kid myself. I experienced some pretty extreme stuff … being hung by a tree by my feet, being spat on, beaten up, a gun held to my head, even hogtied in a field for hours.”

He explained how bullying has now moved into the cyber world. “Before we post or comment, let’s pause and think: are we building each other up or tearing each other down?” Derek remarked. “As I step into fatherhood, I’m thinking about the world we’re shaping for our kids and how we can all be a little more mindful of the voices we choose to amplify.”

Well? Enquiring minds want to know! Who done caught you?

The new season begins tonight with three original episodes.

Let's discuss the James Whale pre-code horror film The Old Dark House.

with Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey, Ernest Thesiger, Lilian Bond, and Boris Karloff Based on the novel Benighted by J. B. Priestley,

When did coffee shops become 'human rights movements' ?

She was horrible in Nell. In Silence of the Lambs, she always had the same facial expressions. The movie was all Anthony Hopkins. In The Accused which I watched recently for the first time, it's Kelly McGillis who was the better actress and who should have been nominated. Jodie was OK in that movie but I don't understand why she won two Oscars. Plus, she looks like a man with long hair.

A top tier cast.

Perfection!

I'm the laser-disc machine in your wealthy friend's rec room.

On This Day In Herstory. On October 4, 1963 Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland sang an arrangement conceived by Judy and created a show business moment of historical proportions.

Life was oh so simple then…

Plans to turn Chat GPT into a personalized erotic toy for verified adult users, 'mental health problems" be damned!

....

Let's discuss...

His Dog Kaya is not allowed to move from her place. The moment she moves and wants to walk, she gets shocked. Hasan denies having used a shock collar but people notice how he put ductape to hide the shockers!!!

Is there anything hotter on earth than a naked man?

Hot, muscular, shirtless Harvard Grad with an engineering degree.

Josh Levin 2.0

Oh, Momma!

Bradley Whitford Has a 'Sweet' New Horror Flick

Bradley Whitford has spent much of his career balancing sharp drama with unexpected moments of horror. Now, the Emmy-winning actor is stepping back into the genre—this time with a project that blends nostalgia and a chilling twist.

Directed by Mike Diva, Chester Collins stars as a former child actor who was cursed during an infamous commercial shoot, forced to live his entire life as a so-called “FruitHead.”

Whitford plays the director responsible for the curse, whose ambition and bad judgment set the terrifying events in motion.

For the veteran actor, it was a chance to lean into a darker, exaggerated role while poking fun at the unsettling undertones. “It was so much fun to play this character and reimagine the original FruitHead ads to give them this haunting backstory.”

It’s not Whitford's first time in horror—fans will also recall his role in The Cabin in the Woods—but this marks a more playful return to the genre. At the same time, it builds on his reputation for characters who are equal parts charismatic and menacing.

For those wanting to see FruitHead on the big screen, the film will make its festival debut at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival later this fall.

Some may remember her Victoria's Secret meltdown but she had more run ins with the cops.

If you don't enjoy Karen meltdowns, please spare lectures and skip.

Is he ... well, you know.

Previous thread

Joe can't catch a break and keeps being cast as a depressed gay teenager. His West End debut is a colossal flop and he plays to a half empty theatre every night.

The saga continues ...

And the bf is now a news anchor!

Injuries not life threatening. Unfortunately.

I'm completely opposed to the death penalty but always open to exceptions.

Editor note: Ian Watkins is not the same person as Ian "H" Watkins, the homosexual member of Steps.

This concert has two sections. Which one would you choose?

Surprise!

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government shutdown, calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the House back into session and warning that Americans would be hammered by higher costs if her party doesn’t help right the ship.

Greene, a staunchly conservative Georgia Republican, warned that her party would face backlash from voters if rising health care costs are not addressed, underscoring the growing rift between the prominent Trump ally and GOP leaders.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed,” Greene told CNN in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview from her House office. “Look, Democrats, you created this mess. Republicans, you have no solutions. You haven’t come up with a new plan in place, and we’re not even talking about it, and it is hurting so many people.”

The issue is front-and-center in the feud over the government shutdown, with Democrats demanding an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that were bolstered during the Covid-19 pandemic to help families pay for health insurance. The loss of those subsidies, set to expire at year’s end, are expected to drive up health care premiums — and Democrats say they must be dealt with immediately as a condition for their votes to reopen the government.

Republicans say those negotiations must wait until after Democrats support a straight extension to fund the government until November 21. Johnson says he won’t bring the House back into session until Senate Democrats vote for the stopgap bill, which the House passed last month.

“I think he should really bring the House back in session for many reasons,” Greene said, lamenting that the regular appropriations process and important meetings between members, including on health care, are on hold. “Any serious speaker of the House is going to build consensus within his conference behind a plan. It’s not something secret that gets worked on in a committee.”

“This cliff is coming for millions and millions of Americans where their health insurance premiums are about to skyrocket, so put your money where your mouth is,” she said, while calling for broader changes to the nation’s health care policy as she contended that the Obama-era Affordable Care Act drove up her family’s health care costs dramatically.

Greene’s comments are the latest in a series of steps she’s taken that have isolated her from her party’s leadership — and the White House. An outspoken critic of Ukraine, she has also ratcheted up her criticism of Israel and called the Gaza war a “genocide.” And she’s one of a handful of Republicans trying to force a full House vote to seek the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, while urging Trump to meet with the victims of the late convicted sex offender, saying it would be a “good thing to hear their personal stories.”

So embarrassing. Also, the comments.

A continuation thread for our nattering about Britain's favourite soap.

Woody Allen paid to his former muse and ex Diane Keaton, saying it's a 'drearier world' without her.

The 89-year-old filmmaker penned an emotional essay for The Free Press honoring Keaton after her death on Saturday. The beloved actress was 79.

“It’s grammatically incorrect to say’ most unique,’ but all rules of grammar, and I guess anything else, are suspended when talking about Diane Keaton,” Allen began. “Unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again, her face and laugh illuminated any space she entered.”

It’s about time!

I tend to like Asian men and I am limiting it to three as I can be here all day. These guys are all on Instagram:

SKLOW- sexy free diver in Malaysia. Spends most of his time running (and swimming) around in a small Speedo. Unapologetically gay.

_brandonyoon_ -absolutely beautiful California dude. Beautiful face, beautiful body. Silly. Very young. Straight - I think? Loves his grandma.

dr.michaelpark - handsome as fuck dermatologist resident. He sings, he recommends skin regimens, he resembles Jinu from K-Pop Demon Hunters and gets a lot of attention for it.

It’s being called a career best so far

Sparkly ceilings! I love it and its MCM glory.

Top actresses are circling a major juicy Oscar-potential lead role that could do for them what 127 Hours did for James Franco.

Snake Crush is a propulsive, ticking-clock survival thriller about a woman hiking alone in the Everglades who wakes to find herself trapped in the crushing coils of a massive python, fighting to stay alive as every breath brings her closer to death. Inspired by true events and told primarily in real time, every minute the giant python squeezes tighter, the less hope she has to survive, until…

Sure to be crowd pleaser, the picture is positioned as a Valentine’s tentpole as audiences are expected to bring their main squeeze. It also hits all four quadrants, appealing to men wanting action, women looking for romance, and teens who love reptiles.

I hope no one posted this already -- I did a search, but you know how those are.

Free article.

I am dreading Diane Keaton dying!

I 100% believe that she has dementia(her Instagram went from many videos to none, all of her projects are delayed)

There are 5 people that I don't want to see die

Kate Bush

Tori Amos

Diane Keaton

Jessica Lange

Stevie Nicks ( I am not really a fan anymore because she really is a spoiled egotist- but I cannot deny that I cannot imagine a world without her in it!)

Told you I was hardcore! And I warned you about the homework!

Underrated Gem.

I forgot about that television movie Lynda Carter did about Rita Hayworth. At least Lynda did her own singing. But she lacked Rita’s sinuous, slinky elegance.

Hate the dubbed English. I'd prefer them to speak French and just read subtitles.

I was about 19 when I was reading him on my own and finally getting it and enjoying it. It always helps to have a book where some of the more muddled language or antiquated allusions are deciphered right next to the corresponding line.

My breakthrough play was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which I found myself laughing through and needing textual help less and less. True, it’s not one of his more complex works. But I also feel Act V maybe extends the story a little too long as things are pretty much wrapped up at the end of Act IV.

What are some of your favorites? How many people have you corrected when they say they don’t like Shakespeare as they hate “Old English”? Why are we always taught “Julius Caesar” when it’s dry as dust and not “Measure for Measure” when the guy wants to fuck a nun?

…change X.com to Twitter.com and the post will appear in line without requiring an offsite click.

MELT ICE NOW

A sister-in-law of former U.S. Sen. and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was found dead Friday night in a Valencia parking garage, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities responded at about 8:30 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of someone dead inside the garage in the 24500 block of Town Center Drive in the community north of Los Angeles. The woman jumped or fell from a five-story parking structure and died at the scene, law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates.

The garage is near the Hyatt Regency hotel.

She was identified by the medical examiner's office as 64-year-old Carrie Elizabeth Romney. No cause of death was listed Monday afternoon.

The death does not appear to involve foul play, authorities said.

You never hear about her anymore. There was the time years ago that she snatched sexy Eddie Cibrian away from Brandi Glanville but quietly kept her career going switching from country to dance tracks. She burned out her vocal chords and suffered a bout with cervical displasia but came back last year with "Spaceship" a rather morbid but catchy track.

SHAME!

SHAME!

SHAME!

Some US airports are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

The video, first obtained by Fox News, is intended to play at security lines, with Noem stating, “It is TSA’s top priority to make sure that you have the most pleasant and efficient airport experience as possible while we keep you safe.”

She also says, “However, Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted, and most of our TSA employees are working without pay.”

Went in expecting a limited series but it was a Hallmark quality script. Needed more time to develop characters and motives. I love Guy Pearce but this was not good. It felt like it was originally going to be more but maybe ran out of money?

Anyone else?

Diane really hit the jackpot with these two kids.

They're both attractive, and quite normal.

She did a great job raising them.

Is it still as bad it used to be?

He blames Trinity Broadcast Network

Why was Italian Brenda (with a mobbed-up Uncle Carmine to boot) throwing her son a bar mitzvah?

They say that Annie lives in Connecticut, yet she's shown walking her whimpering dog down a Manhattan street.

I'll start. I hate it when characters die and are brought back to life by some form of magic. It's been a constant especially in sci-fi and horror films. It kills the suspense because what it means is no one is at risk.

Petty and brilliant. Too funny 😆

We must settle this once and for all. Is the man a closet mo. His marriages don’t seem to last very long. But I know lots of straight guys with short marriages because women are batshit crazy lol. I kid, of course. What’s the deal. Closeted? Bisexual? Asexual? Neurotic? He is so talented to me and so fkin good looking.

Of course, the widow will accept it. I wonder if pyrotechnics will be involved.

OMG, utter chaos!

Judy Garland, Ethel Merman and Barbra Streisand all on the same stage belting out a song.

Poor Judy seemed so confused, Barbra was like a deer in the headlights, and Ethel stole the show, of course.

Donald Trump got his COVID booster shot Friday night while Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s most famous anti-vaxxer and the HHS Secretary, restricts Americans’ access to the vaccine he hates.

During a “routine annual checkup” at Walter Reed Medical Center—Trump’s second of 2025—Trump received a report of gushing awe from White House physician Dr. Sean Barbarella, who claimed the president had the heart of a man “14 years younger” than Trump’s actual age (which is 79). Trump also received two shots: an annual flu shot and the COVID-19 booster.

The myth of George Washington's wooden chompers is as enduring as the tall tale of the time the young future president chopped down a cherry tree and came clean about his crime. It's also just as false.

In fact, Washington had multiple sets of dentures, and they were made of ivory, metal alloys and — most disturbingly — the teeth of other humans, quite possibly slaves. According to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Washington's documents show that he purchased toothbrushes and tooth powders beginning at least in his early 20s, but to no avail. His first tooth was pulled in 1756, when he was just 24. By 1781, Washington was wearing partial dentures, and by 1789, he had only one tooth left in his mouth. That year, he started wearing full sets of dentures made from ivory and human teeth.

These teeth were quite possibly purchased at cut-rate prices from slaves or, in the very best case, from desperately poor people, said Kathryn Gehred, a research specialist at the University of Virginia who has written about Washington's teeth.

Keifer was sexy as hell in this and Jason and Keifer had some major hate-fuck chemistry.

Why didn't Jason have more of a career?

He is over ten years younger than me but I don’t feel old. This guy is so fire 🔥.

This is a brilliant video. Tell your friends

According to the Gaylor reddit, there is a theory that Travis has a long-time roommate called Ross Travis and this is why his older brother allegedly was so defensive when someone called Travis a fag-slur and threw the slurers' phone on the ground. Think about it. Travis Kelce's brother = wife + 4 children. Travis Kelce himself = fashionista with lesbian PR beard + 0 children. Do you think this theory is true? See linked link for theory. I imagine now how they first met: "Heya my surename is your first name ha!".

Are you going to be impacted by the stricter banking laws starting at the end of this year?

I understand it is especially problematic for people relying on social security deposits into an account that is being closed given the government shut-down.

He’s still selling photos there as of this week.

Tallulah Willis is taking back her power.

In a post shared to Instagram on Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 31-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, opened up about learning to embrace her features after years of hating them due to online bullying.

“My Lordy! if I am NOT this man’s child,” the actress captioned a carousel, which alternated between pictures of herself and her famous father, 70.

The images showed shots of Tallulah with facial expressions similar to Bruce's.

I guess this was done in 1994 for British television. I was never a massive fan or anything, but I found it surprisingly moving.

Particularly Susan Dey at 18:45. She seems to have a real affection for David, and even greets Shirley Jones and Danny very warmly.

I don't know, this popped up on my YT recommendations and I enjoyed it and I figured I'd share.

He's quite funny, too.

They should do a comedy show together.

Keaton spoke about her eating disorder to Dr. Oz in 2014. “All I did was feed my hunger, so I am an addict,” she said. “It’s true. I’m an addict in recovery, I’ll always be an addict. I have an addictive nature to me.” She revealed that, during her battle with bulimia, she would eat up to 20,000 calories and then force herself to throw it up.

In her 20s, Keaton overcame basal cell carcinoma. Then, decades later, she was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer which took two surgeries to remove.

“It’s a family history,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. “I remember my Auntie Martha had skin cancer so bad they removed her nose. My father had basal skin cancer and my brother had it. It’s tricky with this skin cancer. That’s why you’ve got to put the sunblock on.”

A chilling case that has always haunted me, I hope this doc will lead to her family finding Amy.

Wall Street investors were taking Trump seriously in the wake of his initial threat of economic retaliation on Friday. Stocks sank after the president’s morning social media post. The Dow fell 879 points, or 1.9%. The broader S&P 500 dropped 2.71% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 3.56%.

Trump said Friday he would impose a 100 percent tariff on China “over and above any Tariff they are currently paying” effective November 1 – massively escalating his trade war amid a heated dispute over export controls on rare earths.

This may be sacrilege, but I think in some ways I prefer it to the original. It has a darker aura than the first film, and the empty hospital setting is very creepy. It's very atmospheric. I think one of its few flaws is Jamie Lee's obscene wig.

Elderly man apparently had a seizure and does a perfect Dukes of Hazard over the Long Island Expressway.

"Scrotum slasher"

They're such little dolls. I think they might grow up to be skateboarders.

I never saw it - the previews seemed like a drag. And it was too muppety for me, back then. Maybe it was good, and I missed out?

I always liked part 2, but most people hate this one but love the original and the third, with some even saying they watch the first and then skip the second to watch the third. Why?

I always liked it and never got the hate. I always hated Grady’s death and still do. He was an ass at first but later showed he was a good guy and he was hot as fuck. Freddy could have at least spared him for being a hottie.

Darrin #2, played by actor Dick Sargent, was Elizabeth Montgomery’s first choice for the role.

Watched this today on demand. Cute little movie. The Baby Gay is like a future Datalounger, perhaps one who would be in the Broadway threads.

Like, Martha Stewart time. Where I get time alone, no violence, just time time to read.

Three hots and a cot.

Australia's long, national nightmare is over!