Welp.

Putting aside politics for a sec, I find TC to be kinda cute😍... anyone else agree?

If you directed the video for Spandau Ballet’s True, please bypass this thread.

Old Joe snd Rose had about 75 descendants. Sone of course are long gone, but the best I can make out, from children, grandchildren , great grandchildren, there must be about 75 descendants, living or dead. Tbe odds are that sone of them were gay, g-a-y, hard core homosexuals. I wonder who? I think Joe jr who died in wwii was probably a deeply conflicted listed gay man, probably into tough sec, s and n. I read a bio of him, sounds gY. I wonder who else?

Should Broadway/theater have dress codes?? Bare minimum business casual. As someone who grew up poor I find it offensive when people say letting people in with sweatpants and pajama pants is "inclusive" of poor people and other demographics. Even poor people have a collar shirt and normal slacks.

A simple rule of no flip flops, pajama pants, sweatpants, etc. seems like common sense.

[quote]A 38-year-old woman collapsed and died after being bitten by one of her children's pet hamsters. The mother-of-two collapsed while outside a health centre near her home in Spain while accompanied by her two children, a 17-year-old and an 11-year-old. Tragically, the woman was only a few feet from the front door of the medical centre when she collapsed. An autopsy is expected to be carried out to determine whether the hamster bite contributed to her death.

[quote]In rare cases, diseases such as rabies and bacterial infections can pass from hamsters to humans through a bite. The woman may have also had a severe allergy to animals, such as rodents, and the bite may have triggered a reaction. Although a rare occurrence, it has happened in the past.

Wow. I actually love this cover!!!

Apparently, no one told him what discovery is

The new series starts on Channel 4 next Tuesday Sep. 24.

I only see one rather cute guy in the lineup, but maybe the others have winning personalities.

Check him out in Monster and other movies.

What are some old gay slang words you don't hear much anymore or don't read here on DL? I'll start:

Nellie queen

Butt pirate

'Mo

Carpet muncher

Sister-woman

Link inside

Continue the conversation.

What do you think of this arse?

A thread for the home stretch, part two

Why is he just standing there? What is up with the color of his face?

What are our thoughts on this enormous Tudor mansion formerly owned by the chief justice of the PA Supreme Court? It has a ballroom! And law books! And brand-new "greige" faux-wood flooring! Be sure to note pic #27 and its oh-so-original Pepto-Bismol colored bathroom tiles. Including the ceiling.

A total of over 6,000 sq ft for the low, low asking price of $749K. Bargain of the century!

What do we think of these two gays? I just discovered this show despite it having more than a few seasons and they some major design misses IMO.

Continue your discussion of each day's game here.

John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) in Dont Look Now

Marion Crane ((Janet Leigh) in Psycho

Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) in Rosemary’s Baby

Kate Miller (Angie Dickson) in Dressed to Kill

Ripley (Sigorney Weaver) in several Aliens

Yours?

Cheryl Hines - what are you doing baby?

I want a counterbalance to the thread about Halloween candy you hate.

I LOVED Life Savers Fancy Fruits when I was a boy.

Are we all scandaled out yet? What is in the water?

YOU 🚬S CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING 🐮S, 🐀S MARRIED TO BEADY EYED 👸S, PRETENTIOUS 🪓WOUNDS AND, OF COURSE, ME, THE FUCKING ⭐️OF THIS 💩SHOW!

KEEP GOING BITCHES! I NEED YOUR HELP CONVINCING THAT ✝️👀✡️TO BRING ME BACK!

The 1996 Sally Field film Eye for an Eye is gruesome.

Kamala Harris will likely be our 47th president and first female commander in chief. However I’m a just put it out there. A lot of black men are still cool on Kamala because her husband is white. It’s a subconscious thing. Even though interracial marriage has been normalized the past 40 years and we celebrate so many brothas who are married to non black women, it hits different for black men in regards to black women because of the legacy of slavery. That’s just my 2 cents.

What gives?

Instant communication and instant information are the supreme achievements of mankind. Everything else, every other advance, is incremental in nature. There is nothing left to achieve really. As we build on our technological achievements, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. The side effects, the network effects, start to pull us backward. So we turn inwards and upon ourselves.

We should have stopped at 2008. Now we are living through the beginning of the end.

Oh, she's doomed!

"To be fair..." "Not for nothing..." "Off-topic..." To his/her crédit..." 🤯

Lard Channel are taking a long break so Junkie Niko can go to rehab. Greasy Niall is still rotund and has just finished a 90 date world tour. Poor Lewis Fataldi was forced to take a career break because of his Tourettes, so he's inactive as well. Nevertheless, we'll still find plenty to talk about!

First soap opera featuring African-American cast since "Generations" in 1989. 2:00PM ET following "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Included in the cast ..

“Marcus” a congressman who followed in his grandfather’s footsteps in politics. He doesn’t live in the prestigious Fairmont Estates but rather in a brownstone in Washington D.C. Marcus feels it’s important to live in the district he represents. Marcus is married to his husband, Daniel. Seven years ago, they adopted two biological siblings. The married duo met when Daniel was working as a reporter, covering the political beat in D.C. Daniel became a stay-at-home dad to raise their children. Marcus is ambitious; in fact, he has a burning ambition to be the first Black openly gay President.

Pleas tell me there is no chance that DT can actually win this election. How could it be possible? I just don’t get it.

Let the Games continue! When Part 2 is full.

From the old thread re: Simon Winder, I liked Germania and Danuba, but found Lotharingia a weak afterthought.

Finished [italic]Sub Rosa[/italic], which I can recommend if you're a fan of Roman-era fiction such as the Falco series. I know ... a woman writing MM, ugh! Here, I think she did okay, although a bit awkward at times. Audio narrator has very pronounced "gay voice" which I think is his own, not for effect.

Finishing up a second book by Vendela Vita. Didn't like it any more than the other one, reads like a self-published un-edited work. I'm left wondering if she's published because she's married to successful Dave Eggers?

New reality show currently in production reportedly features messy favorites including Jax Taylor, Farrah Abraham, Omarosa, Miss Tiffany Pollard, Tanisha Thomas, Jonny Fairplay, Heidi Montag, Johnny Bananas, Phi Phi O'Hara, Rachel Reilly, and Danielle Staub. The rumored host: Anna Delvey.

Aiden suddenly looks very swole, Sam seems even more lethargic as usual, and the Shoe Polish Don just keeps rolling on.

Share your continued thoughts about the goings on in PC here.

Anna, I just don't know what to do about Carla.

Vie Privée

Continue the MSNBC discussion here as Part 62 is full

The 35-year-old actor came out as gay in a heartwarming video posted on October 11 for National Coming Out Day.

I keep procrastinating. Lately I’ve been on a cloud of positive energy. Cannot wait for our first female president.

Harris/Walz 24

In your opinion which role do you consider his best acting job? I'm not talking about the role you liked the best, I'mm asking about his acting.

DL, is there a good Rx for shingles scarring?

I rarely ever scar, but now I have scarring all over my chest, torso, my neck, my left shoulder & parts of the left side of my jaw & face. It looks AWFUL, & I’m really depressed over this. I’ve read that laser treatments can do wonders, but I cannot afford that right now.

I’m seeing my doctor later today, & any suggestions would really help.

TIA!

Companies are rapidly firing Gen Z employees just months after they hired them, according to a new report from Intelligent.com, but instead of putting the blame on G Z-ers, one expert told Newsweek whose fault it may really be.

The survey revealed that one in six businesses said they were hesitant to hire recent college graduates over concerns about how prepared they are for the work as well as their communication skills and professionalism.

And a whopping six in 10 employers had already fired college graduates who were hired in 2024. One in seven said they might refrain from hiring new college grads next year as well.

The survey looked at responses from nearly 1,000 business leaders in August, who revealed a strong skepticism from companies about how worthwhile Gen Z-ers are as employees.

"Many recent college graduates may struggle with entering the workforce for the first time as it can be a huge contrast from what they are used to throughout their education journey," Intelligent's Chief Education and Career Development Advisor Huy Nguyen said in the report.

"They are often unprepared for a less structured environment, workplace cultural dynamics, and the expectation of autonomous work. Although they may have some theoretical knowledge from college, they often lack the practical, real-world experience and soft skills required to succeed in the work environment."

And because Gen Z already has a stereotype of being lazy or uncooperative in the workplace, employers might be primed to find problems with the generation of workers that is adapting to full-time jobs for the first time.

"It can be easy for managers to buy into typical stereotypes of Gen Z and dismiss them entirely," Nguyen said. "However, companies have an equal responsibility to prepare recent graduates for their particular workplace and give them the best chance to succeed."

Across the board, 75 percent of companies reported that some or all of their recent college graduate hires were unsatisfactory.

I remember reading months ago in an analysis of a prediction for an October surprise, in the form of Israel's invasion of Lebanon, and thought nothing of it at the time. Well it's all clicking now. Biden's stepping down seemingly revived the Dems' prospect in Michigan, so of course Bibi's fucking with Kamala's chances now, in the last leg of the campaign.

Does she hate it? She won’t perform any songs from it on tour despite having two big hits from it “Talk To Me” and “I Can’t Wait”.

Do you even know their names? If you were doing carbs, could you borrow a cup of sugar from them?

The new set, the new studio, the new green opening, and the dreadful lack of a peppy opening tune.

DREADFUL. Have at it!

Former hockey pro Janne Puhakka -- Finland's first openly gay player -- was found shot to death on Sunday ... and police believe his partner was behind the killing.

Puhakka was only 29.

According to a report out of Finland, Janne was found in his Henttaa Espoo home ... where he lived with his partner, 66-year-old veterinarian Rolf Nordmo.

Police said the death was a homicide and suspected Nordmo was the shooter. He was arrested at the scene without incident.

The murder is still under investigation.

Puhakka -- who started playing hockey when he was six -- launched his major league career in 2015 and played for the Blues, Espoo United, and Rapaces de Gap.

He was also on the national team roster and won the bronze in the Under 18 World Championship in 2013.

Puhakka opened up about his sexuality after hanging up his skates, revealing he had concealed being gay to avoid scrutiny in the sports world.

Puhakka was the first ice hockey player in the Finnish major leagues to come out as gay. In 2022, he wrote a memoir, "Ulos Kopista."

"We send our sincere condolences to his family, his relatives and all his former teammates," the Rapaces de Gap team said in a statement.

"Presenting in the team during the 2017/2018 season, Janne marked the staff and his teammates with his kindness and team spirit."

Nordmo has not been convicted of a crime.

Ukrainian military recruiters launched targeted raids at restaurants, shopping centres and a rock concert over the weekend, detaining men and press-ganging them into the army.

“Get away from me!” one concertgoer shouted at three policemen as they pulled him towards a recruiting desk that had been set up on Friday outside the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, where Okean Elzy, a Ukrainian rock band, had been playing.

The man’s face contorted in fear as he strained against the policemen, video footage showed. Several women filmed the policemen on their smartphones, shouting: “Shame! Shame on you!”

Policemen also waited to intercept men at Goodwine, a nearby shopping centre, and Avalon, a popular restaurant, according to reports.

Eyewitnesses said the police checked all the men’s documents. Those who refused to show documents exempting them from military service, or whose documents were considered faulty, were dragged away.

Under Ukraine’s martial laws, all men between the ages of 25 and 60 are eligible for the army. Men between 18 and 60 are also banned from leaving the country.

Facing a severe shortage of soldiers, Ukraine reduced the mobilisation age to 25 from 27 and scrapped an “only partially eligible” loophole in April. Punishment was also stiffened for men who did not arrive at their summons. Ukraine has also followed Russia by mobilising its prison population.

Western intelligence analysts estimate Russian casualties to stand at more than 650,000 soldiers. The data for Ukraine’s war casualties have not been released, but its casualties are estimated to be a third or a quarter of Russia’s.

Fatigue and fear of being killed on frontlines have sapped Ukrainians’ enthusiasm for signing up to fight in a war that has now lasted for more than two and a half years.

Oleksandr Danylyuk, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said: “Mobilisation has begun to be perceived as a one-way ticket, where the only way to end service is to die or become disabled.”

Some men are so desperate to escape mobilisation that they are risking their lives to break out of Ukraine.

Jeff Stryker dancing in the shower!

Does anyone know what movie this is from?

Previous thread here:

Winter is in the air and that's when I tend to make casseroles and with having my second job I suspect that I will make them even more frequently.

What are your favorite simple casseroles recipes? By simple I just mean I don't want to have to brown anything or use multiple pots- that's not my idea of a casserole.

My go to is layering:

cut chicken breast

quinoa

a ton of spinach

feta

add a lot of lemon juice, garlic, water and a few pats of butter. Bake, top with a bit of shredded mozzarella a few minutes before taking out of the oven.

Beautiful voices...

Dumbest generation ever.

I haven't seen any other threads about her here. What does the DL think of her?

She seems underappreciated to me.

There are actors where the first time I saw them in roles of significance, I ran to IMDb to check their names. Some people are simply talented.

However.

There are many, many, more I thought would go on to get great roles but didn’t. Sure, many have enviable careers that 99% of actors would kill for. But I expected more. That they would have more buzz surrounding them. Maybe that they would be more be bigger stars, or work consistently with world class or be competing with A-Listers for the highest quality shows or movies. Certainly, that they would have good roles in stuff that I like.

Harry Lloyd from Great Expectations.

Jason Dohring from Veronica Mars.

Natalie Dormer from The Tudors.

Matthew Lillard in Serial Mom.

Michael Biehn in The Terminator

Mischa Barton in Lawn Dogs.

Romola Garai from I Capture The Castle.

Shailene Woodley in The Descendants

He also loves himself way too much. But that is a different topic of discussion.

Can we have a new discussion of underrated horror films in time for Halloween? There was an old thread back in 2018 but it’s been locked for years.

I nominate The Skeleton Key (2005) with Gena Rowlands, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, John Hurt, and Peter Saarsgard. It’s a Southern gothic thriller with a lot of atmosphere with good (and even sometimes great campy) acting performances. Also, the twist isn’t ending a cheap one at all - it was there all along if you know where to look.

The kind they don't write any more ... Sidney Sheldon, Harold Robbins, Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, etc.

I still can paraphrase the first line of "Hollywood Wives" — something like "Elaine Conti opened the remote controlled drapes in her Beverly Hills bedroom to see a man pissing a perfect arc into her glamorous swimming pool."

Did any youngergays secretly thrill to these trashy opuses about the rich and famous?

Film noir Joan Crawford free on YT colorized looks like technicolor almost any opinions comments or trivia I thought it was meh

I’ve been on a bit of a Nicolas Roeg binge and I just watched Eureka again.

Anyone else see it? Thoughts?

I really like it, Hackman is so interesting as the richest man in the world but sort of plays it indifferently. Theresa Russell is stunning in certain scenes here, her eyes are beautiful. Rutger Hauer is also rather dishy in this with a look sort of reminiscent of Jude Law in the Talented Mr Ripley but slightly more masculine.

Over all I find this to be a great underrated movie. I have seen and loved most of Roeg’s work- my favourites being The Witches, Performance, Don’t Look Now and Walkabout.

Has anyone else noticed this? From approximately 2016 to 2023, it seemed as though the entire world revolved around trans people. The news media wouldn’t stop talking about them, everything was deemed “transphobic,” everyone and their mother was accused of transphobia, and the mainstream media would have a meltdown every time Dave Chappelle had a new special on Netflix. Even the Biden administration got on board with nonbinary passports and protecting “trans kids.“

And then 2024 rolled around and it all seemed to stop. No one is talking about trans people anymore. Pride month this year was almost nonexistent, and the Harris campaign is only mentioning gay people but not trans or nonbinary. I’m not sure if it’s just because the general public got tired of it, or if the Harris campaign is encouraging the news media to lay off the trans stuff so they don’t lose the election.

I was reminded by one of the product recommendation threads that I buy disposable razors because I can’t figure out how to change a razor cartridge.

Part III is close to filling up. Carry on here!

This is in interesting case. Look at the age difference.

The House of Mirth is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Based on Edith Wharton's classic, the film follows a single social climber and she seeks a husband and burns many bridges in between.

Terence Davies writes and directs.

Starring Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Anthony LaPaglia, Dan Aykroyd, Laura Linney, Terry Kinney, Elizabeth McGovern, Johdi May, Pearce Quigley, Penny Downie, and Eleanor Bron

It seems like every day there are more and stranger stories of Republicans going off the rails.

Let's compile them here

Like Russian Orthodox or Greek Orthodox? What was it like? How did it compare to being raised Roman Catholic? Are kids who are raised Orthodox scarred in the same way as Roman Catholics?

Macy's covered up a violent 2008 sexual attack by Sean "Diddy" Combs at its flagship Herald Square, Manhattan store to protect a "multi-million-dollar" deal with Combs' clothing brand, Sean John, a new lawsuit alleges.

The worldwide department store chain was named as a defendant in one of at least six federal lawsuits, all alleging sexual assaults, filed against the hip-hop entrepreneur in Manhattan Monday.

The 19-page lawsuit is one of two filed Monday that names an outside company as a defendant beyond the companies belonging to Combs. It was filed on behalf of a "John Doe" who now lives in Ohio.

The plaintiff alleges that he was orally raped by Combs while working in the stockroom of the flagship store.

The plaintiff said he worked for Ecko, a rival clothing company to Combs' Sean John brand that was also carried by Macy's.

On the day of the attack, Combs entered into the stockroom with three armed bodyguards, the lawsuit says.

One or more of the guards struck him — he may have been pistol-whipped, he alleges — causing him to fall to his hands and knees, the lawsuit said.

The plaintiff says in the lawsuit that one or more of the bodyguards threatened to kill him.

The plaintiff said Combs demanded he perform oral sex on him, calling him by the name of the company he worked for, "Ecko." Combs proceeded to orally rape the plaintiff in what was described as a two-minute attack, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges that after the assault, Combs grabbed armfuls of Sean John merchandise from the stockroom, went out onto the retail floor, and "began passing out merchandise to an adoring crowd, as if nothing had happened."

The lawsuit accuses Macy's of quickly covering up the incident.

The plaintiff reported it the same day to company security, but there was no follow-up, and he was soon barred from the store, the lawsuit alleges.

"Approximately three weeks later, Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's, pressured Ecko executives to fire plaintiff because Macy's had just signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Sean John Clothing," the suit says.

The plaintiff was eventually fired and told by Ecko that he could no longer live in his company-paid apartment in the city, the lawsuit says.

Ecko was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The company did not immediately return requests for comment from Business Insider after normal business hours on Monday.

The plaintiff "believes that the report of the assault was destroyed or otherwise purged from Macy's records, and no action was ever taken as a result of the report." He still "fears for his life," the lawsuit says.

Is it only grandparents who still living rooms furnished with these matching abominations?

Tell me what they would argue about and who would be more sensible.

I was looking on MSN and came across this pic....nicely displayed. I just had to share.

Hopefully, some relief form the election threads...

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons once again – this time his association with Sean "Diddy" Combs. The drama has them doubling down on plans to move away from Hollywood and build a new life in Europe instead, a source exclusively tells In Touch.

“Ashton’s so exasperated that once again he’s being dragged through the mud because of his past associations,” the insider says. “First it was Danny Masterson and now it’s Diddy, and it’s got him convinced that there are way better places out there to live than Hollywood. In his view the town is just a cesspool at this point.”

The couple – who met on the set of That ‘70s Show in the late 1990s – spent their summer in Europe, and even took their children to night two of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour at London’s Wembley Stadium in June.

“They had such a great time in Europe and in many ways the idea of moving there is topping their list right now because they figure that would be such a great place to live and raise their kids with a much more grounded lifestyle,” the source continues. “The only thing stopping them from making the move is work because they do still have a lot of business interests in the U.S. so the concern is that Europe may be too far away.”

If the pair decide that an international move is too drastic for their family, Ashton, 46, has his sights set on another location to call home.

“Northern California is very appealing to Ashton because he loves to be around all the tech entrepreneurs and it’s somewhere they could give their kids a more normal life. The bottom line is they want to take the kids out of Hollywood and raise them somewhere more rural and away from all the superficiality and backbiting,” the insider notes. “They’ve just had it with Hollywood and just going up to Montecito isn’t enough of a clean break, they’d like to get much further away.”

The A Lot Like Love actor came under fire following the September 16 arrest of Diddy on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Old interview clips resurfaced of the Iowa native making light of her close relationship to the Bad Boys Records founder, 54.

“We became fast friends,” Ashton told host Sean Evans during a 2019 appearance on Hot Ones. “We used to just hang out and watch football together.”

In a separate resurfaced interview, Ashton laughed when asked about the depravity that went on at the infamous Diddy parties, saying, “I’ve got a lot I can’t tell.”

From the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper’s perspective, he and Ashton became friends amid the latter’s success on MTV’s practical joke series Punk’d.

“I gave Ashton a call one day and said, ‘I heard you are going to punk me and I just don't think that's a good idea. If you do that, that will not end well for you, but I think we should work out a deal,’” the rapper recalled during a 2018 interview on The Late Late Show With James Corden.

OK, not a great title. But I didn't see a new thread.

I am trying to cut back on meat and I do love my black eyed peas. I usually only eat on New Year's Day.

WHY??????!!!!!!

“This is a woman’s home,” the actress says. “If a man walks in, I want him to feel like a guest.”

For me it’s the following:

1. The selfishness. I wish we wanted to look out for each other, in the form of universal healthcare, fair wages, etc. Or voluntarily wearing masks during a pandemic without babbling about “muh freedoms.”

2. The over-regulation and the criminalization and over-enforcement of every stupid little thing. Shoplifting is a crime. Being in possession of alcohol in a national park shouldn’t be.

3. The prudishness and the hang ups with nudity. Rape and child molestation should be sex crimes worthy of sex offender registration. Public urination and paying for sex shouldn’t be. And nudity at the lake, at the beach, and on TV should be seen as natural as it is in Europe.

4. The guns!

…that you’ve never heard of since

My mom used to oily pads called Eye Q’s to remove eye Make up. And some type of gelatin supplement drink for her nails.

You'd think these idiots would learn by now. Trump has done this countless times.

Of course, his cult followers are blaming Coachella's mayor, saying there was a deliberate plan to abandon rally attendees because of hatred for Trump.

I love watching these losers and suckers get used up and spit out by that disgusting orange felon.

I'm having a sort of Shepard's pie with a bag of Beyond Burger instead of meat. Really filling with lots of fresh mashed potatoes on top. Plus, endless glasses of white wine.

Geraldo says January 6th was the deciding factor in why he dumped his old pal Donald Trump for Kamala Harris.

Dreamy Drake Hogestyn has passed away a day before his 71st birthday (R.I.P.).

Crazy Connie finally caught & crated off.

NuKristen brings Dr. Rolf back to help Brady somehow.

Newly awake Rafe is still in a "script coma" of the writing staff's own design.

Stephanie easily rolls over Everett's fresh corpse to cuddle with Alex the actor.

After many months of waiting, not a single damn episode of "Body & Soul" has been made yet.

Discuss.

Trump is toast. Abortion and the economy. Suburban women are mad as hell. The election has already begun. And based on early data, we are winning!

Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists that aimed to shed light on a centuries-old mystery.

Scientists believe the explorer, whose expedition across the Atlantic in 1492 changed the course of world history, was probably born in western Europe, possibly in the city of Valencia.

They think he concealed his Jewish identity, or converted to Catholicism, to escape religious persecution.

The study of DNA contradicts the traditional theory, which many historians had questioned, that the explorer was an Italian from Genoa.

Columbus led an expedition backed by Spain's Catholic Monarchs seeking to establish a new route to Asia - but instead he reached the Caribbean.

His arrival there was the beginning of a period of European contact with the Americas, which would lead to conquest and settlement - and the deaths of many millions of indigenous people to diseases and war.

Countries have argued for years over the explorer's origin, with many claiming him as one of their own.

Saw this today and have to say it’s pretty good. I did not read nor was I familiar with the book and I understand it deviates from the source material. But I do believe this is a nice little period drama.

It’s set in the 30s and McKellen is good as the rather sadistic theatre critic. Gemma Arterton was good too and I never really rated her before. DL fave Ben Barnes also makes his long awaited feature film comeback and is also pretty good in his role. Lesley Manville… need I say more, she’s a great as always.

Anybody else see it, thoughts?

The interview will be conducted in Pennsylvania and will air on Special Report with Bret Baier at 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Baier is the network’s chief political anchor and executive editor of the newscast.

In November, 2018, a young woman who had been one of Guilfoyle’s assistants at Fox News sent company executives a confidential, forty-two-page draft complaint that accused Guilfoyle of repeated sexual harassment, and demanded monetary relief. The document, which resulted in a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement...

Fox News forced her out in July, 2018—several years before her contract’s expiration date. At the time, she was a co-host of the political chat show “The Five.” Media reports suggested that she had been accused of workplace impropriety, including displaying lewd pictures of male genitalia to colleagues, but few additional details of misbehavior emerged. Guilfoyle publicly denied any wrongdoing, and last year a lawyer representing her told The New Yorker that “any suggestion” she had “engaged in misconduct at Fox is patently false.” But, as I reported at the time, shortly after Guilfoyle left her job, Fox secretly paid an undisclosed sum to the assistant, who no longer works at the company. Recently, two well-informed sources told me that Fox, in order to avoid going to trial, had agreed to pay the woman upward of four million dollars.

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

Place your bets here! I think it is most likely to be Travis Kelce, Pedro Pascal or Jeremy Allen White.

Wildcard: Lewis Hamilton Fug card: Barry Keoghan 2nd timers card: High Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as the Sexiest Men Alive Turns it down but is desperate to be a star card: Ryan Gosling

Re: Prince William, hear me out. Forget the fact that he hasn’t been actually sexually attractive since the birth of his first child. The BRF need positive PR and this would generate positive headlines in Britain for William being a Brave Husband and Son of cancer victims. He could speak some platitudes regarding cancer research and his environment awards ceremony.

Jonathan Bailey has had a good couple of years but Matt Bomer is more likely to be the first gay choice.

Gyllenhaal and his ass will be campaigning for Presumed Innocent.

Good news.

Let’s see if DC Studios makes it to the end of the year.

The talk continues.

I went to Target yesterday to get some bottled water and Diet Orange Crush (yeah, I know, I'm trash.)

As I was putting two boxes in my cart, the soda stocking guy was beside me loading up six boxes of Shirley Temple 7Up, three diet, three regular.

He looked at me and said, "If you're interested in these, you better just grab them now. This is my third delivery, and people are snapping them up right away. They might wind up being worth something."

Again, as I am trash, I bought the three diets. A woman who was also standing there got the three regulars.

Trust me, I felt like an idiot, but whatever. I drank one when I got home. It's fine. Like a Cherry 7Up with a little extra sweetness, maybe. Nothing to be amazed about.

This morning, I get to work and people are talking about how this stuff is selling out fast and it's already on eBay for $35 for ten cans.

I paid $6.

One box open. Two sitting in my pantry.

Should I sell now or see what happens after Christmas when they plan on stopping production?

Maybe I'll retire on my windfall!!!!

The whole clan is in shambles.

What went wrong?

possible motive was jealousy over the victim having a sexual relationship with Michaels' roommate, also a porn actor Adam Rogue

yikes. I guess the victim liked to hang around the porn world if he was dating a producer and having sex with another porn actor only to be killed by a porn actor

I know nothing of Trace Michaels or what his reputation was before this arrest

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

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the death of the Trump/Vance ticket. Or maybe the just Trump ticket, give it a few more days for dough boy. No one will mourn, no one will cry (except for Vance’s hillbilly relatives. Moonshine all around!). May you rot in political purgatory for eternity. Or at least in prison. Donations in their memory may be made to Kamala Harris for President.

Rev. Jack Smith, Esq.

Previous thread below

The 2024 season is set to start on September 17.

I'm still glad there is no Tyra Banks despite her leaving over a year ago.

A lawyer for a new Sean “Diddy” Combs accuser claims that she’s been contacted about the “sale of one of the Diddy tapes,” specifically a pornographic video featuring the embattled hip-hop mogul, indicted last week on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges, and someone “more high-profile” than the rapper and Bad Boy founder.

“There already have been tapes leaking around Hollywood being shopped around, … but one particular person contacted me to shop a particular video they were in possession of and to contact the person who was in the video to see if they were interested in purchasing the video before it became public knowledge,” Ariel Mitchell-Kidd said Friday on NewsNation’s Banfield. “I can tell the video was pornographic in nature. … This was in his Atlanta home, and it does seem the person isn’t looking into the video. To me, it doesn’t seem like that person knows they’re being videotaped.”

Mitchell-Kidd also said she was contacted a few weeks ago by a new client who claims Combs raped her in 2018 and filed a police report at the time.

“She called me and told me about her assault and her escape,” Mitchell-Kidd said. “She was at a friend’s house who had industry ties, and Diddy decided to come to the house.”

Mitchell-Kidd claims her client learned Combs was planning on sex trafficking her when he arrived.

“It led to her being served a drink. She started to feel woozy. Combs sexually assaulted her with an inanimate object,” Mitchell-Kidd said. “And then directed another gentleman to sexually assault her while he watched and pleasured himself.”

Mitchell-Kidd said her client was able to escape, running into the street, which was witnessed by a neighbor.

Two sholed.

That haircut is awful

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris slammed Republican nominee Donald Trump at her rally in Erie, Pennylania, using her rival’s own words.

Literally.

Harris made the rare move of airing footage of the former president on a big screen.

The vice president set it up by telling the audience: “After all these years we know who Donald Trump is. He is someone who will stop at nothing to claim power for himself. And you don’t have to take my word for it. I have said for a while now, watch his rallies, listen to his words, he tells us who he is and he tells us what he would do if he is elected president. So, here tonight, I will show you one example of Donald Trump’s world view and intentions.”

“Please roll the clip,” Harris said, drawing gasps from the crowd.

A montage of Trump fear mongering about the “enemies from within” and ranting that he may use the military to handle “radical left lunatics” if he wins back the White House then played.

The clip ended and the audience booed.

“So you heard his words coming from him,” said Harris.

Trump is “talking about that he considers anyone who doesn’t support him or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country,” she continued. “It’s a serious issue. He is saying that he would use the military to go after them. Think about this.”

“This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America and dangerous,” she added. “Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged and he is out for unchecked power.”

Any fans on here?

In WSJ survey, economists see Donald Trump’s plans as more inflationary by a larger margin than in July when President Biden was on the ticket.

"While neither Trump nor Harris has expressed much appetite for fiscal rectitude, 65% of economists see Trump’s proposed policies putting more upward pressure on the federal deficit, up from 51% in July. "

"the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates Trump’s plans would widen federal budget deficits by $7.5 trillion over the next decade, more than twice the expected increase under Harris."

"Economists saw less daylight between the two candidates on overall economic growth: 45% said output would expand faster under Harris, 37% said the economy would grow faster under Trump, and 18% saw no material difference. "

It's still Mary Janes. Candy corn and circus peanuts are just as bad.

It's October 2024 and the world is falling apart. For fun, I thought I would bring back Desert Island Discs.

A "castaway" selects eight musical tracks, a non practical luxury, and a book (excluding the Bible, Shakespeare, and the Encyclopedia Britannica). to accompany them on a Desert Island.

1. Let There Be Love by Nat King Cole

2. Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 (second movement). Performed by Isaac Stern, Eugene Istomin, and Leonard Rose

3. Brahms Symphony No. 3. (third movement) Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Claudio Abbado

4. Firefly by Tony Bennett

5. Sibelius Symphony No. 4. (first movement) Performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic, conducted by Leif Segerstam

6. Mahler – Symphony No. 7. (third movement) Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

7. The Land of Might Have Been by Ivor Novello, from Gosford Park (2001), sung by Jeremy Northam

8. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2. (second movement) Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink

Luxury: Endless cases of Bordeaux

Book: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

Let another season of DUIs with golden retrievers, forced attempts at generating catchphrases, fights over beady-eyed homosexuals, Jesus jugs, cancelled reunions, general cuntery, oh and Vicki, begin. When is Kelly Dodd coming back? Premieres July 11th.

Gotta say I'm amazed there isn't already a thread. Spoilers obviously.

Second day in a row. I'm an Eldergay who needs his elderbooks.

More from Walford here.

Host: Ariana Grande

Musical Guest: Stevie Nicks

Vital Statistics about The Empress Locomotive Number: 2816 Class: H1b Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works Date built: December, 1930 Last revenue run: May 26, 1960 Type: Hudson Wheel arrangement: 4–6–4 Tractive effort: 45,300 lb (20,548 kg) Driving wheel diameter: 75 in (190.5 cm) Total operating weight (including tender): 643,000 lb (291,665 kg) Extreme length (including tender): 91 ft 2 in (27.8 metres) Extreme height: 15 ft 3 in (4.6 metres) Original cost: $116,555 Converted from coal to oil: March, 1999

Originally retired from revenue service in the 60s and preserved in the United States, in 1998 she was purchased by the Canadian Pacific for a steam program. The restoration took 2 years and cost roughly $3.5 million dollars (adjusted for inflation, this translates to almost $6 million as of today).

She recently completed a tour of the recently Merged Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern Railway’s network from Calgary, Alberta, all the way to Mexico City. At 10,000 miles round trip, it is most likely the longest steam locomotive excursion in the world.

Out of 65 4-6-4 Hudson’s built for the CP, 2816 is one of 5 preserved, and the only non-streamlined hudson at that.

A great thread that had my reading for hours. Tommy Lee Jones and Jared Leto come up with unsurprising regularity. Some, like Shaq have severe swings in reactions, some calling him the greatest, most friendly and others hating him. Michael Jordan and Kobe are not favorites either. This is a one of the best posts I've ever read on Musk:

Elon Musk. He stayed at a mountain resort that I worked at in 2018 . He was luckily only there for 3 days but he was an utter terror the entire time he was there.

He refused to be checked in at the reception area and demanded a private check in at his cabin which is fine but we ask ahead of time so we can staff properly for the later arrivals.

He asked for the youngest female concierge on staff to be sent to the check in with nobody else for "security" reasons. I took the check in myself instead of sending the 19 year old and took the largest and oldest driver I could find for security reasons.

He wanted the personal cell phone numbers for all female concierge staff. I said that is against out policy and set him up with the resort app so he could contact whoever was on duty for a prompt answer.

He harassed every single female employee so nastily that by the time he had been there for 12 hours every department switched him to only male staff. He didn't tip any of the wait staff or guides for any activities. He booked a private horseback ride that a wrangler was brought in specially for the day and then refused to go because he didn't like the colors of any of the horses available , and he wanted to ride a really "butch and muscular" horse. He meant a draft horse, which we had for pulling wagons but none for riding.

He also had insane demands. He wanted a 80 year old beautiful ponderosa pine cut down because he didn't like how the light hit it at sunset. He wanted shock collars put on the squirrels to stop them from being too loud. And he wanted us to trap a grizzly bear and bring it to his cabin for a few hours so he could take pictures and study it.

He was the rudest, stupidest and most arrogant POS I have ever encountered.

Ambushing TMZ's Harvey Levin

Hosted by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, the program features in-depth and informed discussions that help drive the day's current political conversation. The show attracts a wide variety of guests, including top newsmakers, Washington insiders, journalists, and cultural influencers, representing a diverse set of voices and opinions that provide keen insight and analysis around the day's biggest stories. Since its debut in 2007, the show has also covered major political events from the heart of the action, including presidential conventions and inaugurations.

Network: MSNBC

Executive producer: Alex Korson

Release: April 9, 2007 –; present

This is the 1975 TV movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery

I've been home and in misery with it for almost a week. It's definitely not covid (which I had in June) or a cold. It just seems too early to be the flu, but it is. Anyone else have it?

Where, when and how? Is Diddy's breath as fowl as rumored?

Well, it's pay out time!

Shirley MacLaine will be on 'CBS Sunday Morning' this weekend, promoting her new memoir (yes, she wrote another one) and talking about her friend Liz Taylor and the movie she turned down ("Breakfast at Tiffany's") among other things. Here's a brief clip:

Desperation.

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What do you feel about people who can only afford to give you a $20?

Anybody else watching. Such good reviews but I’m finding the acting or dialogue a bit cringe this season. Ellis is a hottie, the main smiley character is the stuff of nightmares.

Poses on the cover of Interview

Isn't this about the most beautiful house you've ever seen?

It seems so out of place in Vermont though

Australian fashion model Samuel Barrie

Part of II Things that Annoy you, now in its 600th post.

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

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

Please just name one. Let's be honest: no one wants to read anyone else's long list.

I'll post mine inside.

I’m Pride and Disobedience, always Pride and Disobedience.

[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.]

Will you be watching this? I wasn't convinced by the trailer, thought it was trying too hard and it seemed aggressively straight. But it got this glowing review; admittedly from a frau, for whom this is probably catnip.

[quote]An agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party. When they walk out – together – the unlikely pair, Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody), can tell there is something between them.

All ten episodes out September 26.

He won’t get leads anymore, especially coupled with his unprofessionalism with the Haynes movie.

Are not good

This is it

TY.

Can be food, toiletries, cleaning products, household gadgets, pet supplies, etc.

I recommend trying the Walmart Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies this Fall season. I discovered them through a youtuber several years ago and they are very good. I have purchased them every year since.

A light whipped cream cheese frosting with a very slight hint of cinnamon between two soft, cakey pumpkin cookies.

The flavors are well balanced, not overpowering and not too weak. I've taken then to the Office and to get togethers and everyone has really liked them.

Blair and Jo - The Facts of Life

Monroe - Too Close For Comfort

Chandler - Friends

Sara - CSI

Who else?

Post Coach Saleh, Still Aaron Rodgers

But MAGA told me that America was a crime-filled hellhole with migrants killing people left and right...

From the headline I thought this would be ridiculous, but she actually seems interesting and genuine.

Brenda the Waitress.

Good for him.

The best I can do is distinguish something like merlot from a pinot noir. Or I can tell if it's bad and cheap. I cannot for the life of me figure out how other people know and have preferences for the exact vineyard, year, undertones, whatever. I went out to a fine wine tasting and it was all pretty... normal.

Something I read about a year ago is “you never have to fight for something that was meant to be yours.”

It reminded me of a time when I was trying to get into a certain university, and I couldn’t get in. I reapplied and kept fighting and trying to negotiate things and it didn’t work. Then I applied to another university and I got right in and had a wonderful experience.

I also used to be in a lousy relationship that I kept trying to make work. Finally after a long decline, a wonderful guy just walked into my life and we’ve been together 14 years.

Looks stupid and Travis Kelce is not attractive. He doesn’t have the face for TV. Sorry.

It's entirely possible. Let's have an intelligent discussion.

Should have had. Your favorite star among two similar type artists

Ethan Hawke - Matt Damon

Shocking

Theme revealed. Yawn.

Why is there not a new thread? And, yes I did a search.

In January, according to a neighbor, the new owners of the Grand Junction house held a garage sale to get rid of things that the previous owners had left behind. Among those items they were looking to sell was a deep freezer.

The neighbor said some people showed up to buy the freezer and when they opened it up to remove the meat, a human head fell out of a plastic bag.

She attended the Dancers Against Cancer gala in Beverly Hills and looked better than she has in years. She's now saying she will go to every performance for that Drag show she's producing in New York. Okay, so we've all said she won't get the Kennedy Center Honors because she can't make the trip. Can this be the start of a comeback?

I love this shit!

If 40 years ago, you would have thought that a beyond graphic slasher horror film would have a great Rotten Tomatoes score, great cinemascore, and kill the box office, handily beating an intended Oscar pedigree frontrunner in its 2nd weel (Joker Part DOO) you would have been told that you were crazy.

Fuck you Gaga and that piece of shit Phoenix

And I oop

If there's already a thread, where is it?

How old is she now?

The advance tickets have been selling so quickly that the show has already been extended by 4 weeks, despite not even opening yet!

A hit!

Wow, this is really good!

What a fun use of Dolly's 9 TO 5 and When In Rome's The Promise!

Gotham City Public School Bus rides will never be the same.

Nicole Kidman was not having Salma Hayek's bossy behavior at a recent fashion show. Kidman was posing for a photographer with Salma and Katy Perry when Salma tried to turn Kidman around, and Nicole did not like it at all. She tells her point blank, "Don't touch me!" and walks away.

You don't disrespect Nicole like that. She's not a doll to be pushed and manipulated.

Oh my heart

On our walk my dog pooped liquid all over my neighbor's lawn....I felt awful and got a towel to try to clean it up but it didn't work.

What would you do

I’m scared. What should we do ?

Internet admiration left just as easily as it came for Hurricane Milton survivor-turned viral sensation Lt. Dan after he dropped the N-word during a livestream.

Real name Joseph Malinowski, the 54-year-old Tampa, Florida, resident became an overnight celebrity after he had to have his 20-foot boat pulled back to shore by a kind citizen.

When Malinowski, a disabled veteran with one leg, said that he planned to ride out the storm in his boat with his worldly possessions a star was born, and social media users worried about his health and safety as the superstorm made landfall Oct. 10.

Fourteen deaths were recorded in the aftermath of the storm. However, Malinowski survived seemingly unscathed after taking shelter nearby. But in a video he posted Friday giving fans an update on his condition, things went awry.

Talking to the Kick social media platform, Malinowski claimed that he may have been tricked out of receiving money donated to him because of another TikTok user.

“If you want to get back into my good graces, you have to take time,” he said, adding, “’Cause once I cut you off, you’re done [N-word]. I’m sorry.”

Reactions to the clip ranged from disgust to disbelief.

“Lt dan only just got signed to kick and already dropped the N-word on stream🤣,” wrote one social media commentator.

Another added, “This generation of mine and Gen Z elevates the worst people, constantly. It’s deplorable. This loser Lt Dan just said the N word streaming. He’s a snake w/ other snakes in the grass. Hope he is ignored into oblivion.”

Dear Lord.

Yes, really.

Also what Fenty foundation is he wearing? He’s darker than Halle Berry.

I was listening to The Town podcast, Matt Belloni’s show about the business of Hollywood.

He and his guest, reporter Lucas Shaw, mentioned what an asshole John apparently is. This show is not gossipy by nature but they said it’s an open secret.

They said he hogged the credit for the Quiet Place script, when he was a co-writer.

And that there was lots of turnover on his show Jack Ryan as people working on the show wanted nothing to do with him.

A Georgia sheriff faces backlash after body camera footage shows deputies coming to the sheriff's aid to deal with an incorrect Burger King order.

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades.

“The landscape is still almost entirely dominated by snow, ice and rock, with only a tiny fraction colonized by plant life," said study co-author Thomas Roland, from the University of Exeter in the U.K., in a statement.

“But that tiny fraction has grown dramatically – showing that even this vast and isolated ‘wilderness’ is being affected by anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change,” he said.

Greening on the Antarctic Peninsula increased from less than 1.1 square miles in 1986 to nearly 14.3 square miles in 2021.

The warmer Antarctica gets, the greener it gets: "Antarctica has experienced significant increases in temperature over the past 60 years," the study said. "With rates of warming highest in the West Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula regions and occurring much faster than global average warming."

Specifically, temperatures on the peninsula have risen by more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1950, a much bigger increase than seen elsewhere in the world, said the study, which was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

And the Antarctic Peninsula is warming at a rate that exceeds the global average, with extreme heat events becoming increasingly frequent in the region, according to the study.

The research suggests the of greening in Antarctica will continue to increase

Study co-author Olly Bartlett, from the University of Hertfordshire, said: “Soil in Antarctica is mostly poor or non-existent, but this increase in plant life will add organic matter, and facilitate soil formation – potentially paving the way for other plants to grow. This raises the risk of non-native and invasive species arriving, possibly carried by tourists, scientists or other visitors to the continent.”

The new research used satellite images to determine that a greening trend across the Antarctic Peninsula is occuring and increasing.

The research is “really important," Jasmine Lee, a conservation scientist at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK, told the journal Nature. Although other studies have found evidence that vegetation on the peninsula is changing in response to climate change, “this is the first study that’s taken a huge-scale approach to look at the entire region”, she told Nature.

The “phenomenal” rate of expansion of greenery, Roland told Nature, highlights "the unprecedented changes that humans are imposing on Earth’s climate."

Cult leaders do this when they’re tired, explains former cult member.

Which of these gay icons, listed chronologically, will be the next headliner to croon at the Pearly Gates?

(Didn't list "Other" - just add your own in comments)

Doing Yard work or working out.

It is now the appropriate time of year to discuss Rosemary's Baby. Roman Polanski was extraordinary faithful to Ira Levin's novel.

Mia Farrow leads an eerie ensemble; John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Angela Dorian, Charles Grodin, Elishia Cook Jr., Patsy Kelly, Phil Leeds, Hope Summers, and RALPH BELLAMY as Dr. Sapirstein.

With music by Krzysztof Komeda and an unsettling plot, the film became a critical and commercial hit, In fact, the film was so effective, Hammer Horror legend Christopher Lee said it was the scariest film ever made.

Can he be the new Olivia on here?

There’s no low she won’t stoop to. This is exactly what her brother was talking about.

You know. Where you look like you bout 58, even though you’re only 45 and continue to look 58 for the next 4 decades 😂.

'Around 1 p.m. Saturday, an official with the U.S. Forest Service, which is supporting recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sent an urgent message to numerous federal agencies warning that “FEMA has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately. The message stated that National Guard troops 'had come across x2 trucks of armed militia saying there were out hunting FEMA.’”

I’ve outgrown my days of post-gym protein drinks for “gains”. I also wake up without an appetite for a proper breakfast. Is there any benefit to drinking old-people shakes like Ensure for breakfast relative to having some coffee with toast and fruit?

I was a Carnation Breakfast devotee for a couple years, but I’m an itinerant and I travel a lot from city to city. I can’t always find it at local supermarkets.

What are your favorites? Are they worth their weight, or would one be worse for wear?

Britain’s next leading man? Meet Louis Partridge, the young actor taking over fashion and film alike

He’s dating one of the world’s most famous popstars, he’s walked the runways for globally-revered designers, and he’s about to share the screen with Cate Blanchett – is Louis Partridge the new leading light of British cinema?

With his upcoming role in dynastic biopic House of Guinness, which chronicles the tragedies and triumphs of the family of Anglo-Irish billionaires, British actor Louis Partridge will need to get to grips with some of modern history’s most illustrious power couples. Think Lady Brigid Guinness marrying Prince Frederick of Prussia (they fell in love while she nursed wounds he sustained in a not-so regal tractor accident), or the relationship between the most swinging of sixties socialites, Tara Browne and the model Suki Poitier.

And while 21-year-old Louis has already proven himself to be quite the actor – holding his own alongside screen icons like Hugh Grant and Julie Walters in Paddington 2, or Bryan Cranston in Argyle – he may be able to draw from lived experience when he takes on the loves and losses of the Guinness family.

[quote]Italy is finalizing a controversial security decree, dubbed ‘anti-Gandhi’ because it targets non-violent protests. It also makes it impossible for undocumented migrants to buy a SIM card and bans light cannabis.

[quote]Meloni’s security decree has been met with unusually strong opposition from the country’s judiciary. Fabrizio Vanorio, a public prosecutor from Naples, warned: “It provides for technically fascist rules. If approved, it would return Italy to an authoritarian criminal law similar to that of the Mussolini years or, to give a more modern example, yo that of Orbán’s Hungary.”

It’s called Unhinged. When did Russel Crowe become morbidly obese. I know not for this piece of crap.

Someone had some time on their hands.

By creating the need!

Donald Trump’s estranged niece is accusing the former president of having a “new owner” because of his increasingly close relationship with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“Donald Trump has always been for sale,” Mary Trump wrote in a Substack post on Saturday.

“Given this decades-long pattern, it’s not surprising that the world’s richest fascist, South African jumping bean Elon Musk, would also be interested in purchasing a few shares in a man who is willing to sell whatever he can get his hands on —whether it’s steaks or American national security — because he values money more than anything,” she added.

For Musk, Mary Trump argued, the support is “a safe bet because he knows, if Donald is elected, he’ll do anything Musk wants him to do.”

Musk, who reportedly initially wanted to endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2024 election, has devoted considerable time and attention to supporting the Trump campaign of late.

Musk regularly touts Trump to his millions of followers on his social media platformX, and joined the former president at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month – an event which saw Trump return to the scene of the July assassination attempt for the first time.

Musk also founded a pro-Trump super PAC that’s reportedly spent around $80m supporting the former president. The PAC is one of the key organizations forming the backbone of the Trump campaign’s unorthodox get-out-the-vote strategy, which has relied unusually strongly on outside groups instead of more tightly controlled campaign efforts.

The group has resorted to eye-catching tactics, like paying potential voters to sign up for a petition expressing support for Trump-ian takes on issues like freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.

Trump, for his part, has welcomed the support with open arms, praising Musk as a genius and promising to appoint him to run a government commission presiding over massive spending cuts.

Such a position would put Musk in a highly unique and influential position, especiallly as a businessman whose firms like SpaceX have contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with the federal government.

The Trump campaign has also leaned on Musk during key moments in the campaign, reportedly successfully lobbying Musk’s X social network to prevent circulation of links leading to a reporter’s articles containing material that was hacked from the Trump campaign.

They're back, Bitches!

Hip-hop mogul T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris scored a massive $71 million jury award Monday after winning their third court trial over claims toy titan MGA Entertainment violated the intellectual property rights of their teen pop group OMG Girlz with its wildly popular “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G.” line of dolls.

Jurors awarded the couple and their companies $17.9 million in real damages and a whopping $53.6 million in punitive damages following a three-week trial in a federal courtroom in Santa Ana, California.

“I mean, wow. They did more than I thought they would,” Tiny tells Rolling Stone after she reacted to the eye-popping award. “I would have been happy with whatever. They blessed us more than beyond. We wanted to thank the jurors so bad, but we didn’t get the opportunity.”

In a complex verdict read Monday afternoon, the jurors said 13 dolls among more than 30 at issue infringed on the trade dress and misappropriated the name, image, and likeness of the all-female band that T.I. and Tiny formed in 2009 with Tiny’s daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins as a core member. A 14th doll violated the group’s trade dress while a 15th misappropriated the OMG Girlz’s name, image and likeness, the jury found.

“I think justice was served. I think it’s a testament to the relentlessness and resilience of my wife, daughter and nieces,’ T.I. tells Rolling Stone by phone, minutes after the verdict was read. “We’re just happy we were able to come out on top and fight for creatives and our intellectual property that large corporations seem to think is just public domain and free for all to come and grab and use.” He called the verdict a win for “the people who actually put hard work and effort into building and creating things from nothing.”

During the trial, MGA’s lawyer called the couple’s lawsuit a “money grab.” T.I. said he was happy the jury didn’t agree. “I think that was a bully tactic, trying to paint me as the bad guy when really, they were the [bad] ones,” he says. “They were the ones that came and ripped us off, and [they] expected us to not have the audacity to stand up and speak for ourselves. … That kind of condescension comes from when you’re not really in touch with the reality of culture after you’ve gone so long kind of having it your way and nobody really standing up and speaking up against you.”

Outside the courthouse, Tiny thanked her legal team, including John Keville, Chante Westmoreland, Robert Green, and B’Ivory LaMarr. “At the end of the day, the evidence showed [MGA] stole from us. They stole from our creation,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I’m glad we stuck with it. No one could tell me they did not steal from us.”

At trial, T.I. and Tiny alleged MGA marketed seven specific dolls with looks that copied the way the OMG Girlz appeared at “very specific public events” or in publicized photos. MGA denied the allegations. Its billionaire founder Isaac Larian testified that T.I., Tiny, and the three members of the OMG Girlz — Zonnique “Star” Pullins, Bahja “Beauty” Rodriguez, and Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack — played no role in the design of his dolls. He called them “extortionists.”

Pullins, Rodriguez, and Womack attended the trial and testified. They hugged in the hallway outside the courtroom after the verdict. “I’m so grateful and overwhelmed with joy,” Womack says. Pullins adds: “When the judge asked if we had a memorable trade dress and everyone raised their hands, I got so emotional. We all silently cried.”

Someone bought these for me one time & I don't know if they're LGBT friendly or not.

I like the mango chews but I won't buy them if they're anti-gay (a.k.a. right wingers).

They seem to be a northern California company but I can't find any anti-discrimination / pro gay things that they've done in their online history.

They are big in adoption laws/outreach around the globe but do they include LGBT families in their advocacy?

Discuss.

Captain Lee Rosbach is keeping up his relevancy by speaking about the hit reality TV series that made him famous. The face of Below Deck left in the middle of the tenth season and was replaced temporarily by Captain Sandy Yawn.

The event soured their professional relationship after Sandy fired Camille Lamb and failed to inform Lee. Also, both captains were commenting on the incident at the time. During a recent episode of his Nightcap tour, Captain Lee named Sandy as his least favorite on the Below Deck series, but he probably could have just as easily said, “No comment.”

Captain Lee said he “doesn’t have to like people to work with them”

A TikTok showed Lee answering the question to name his least favorite cast member.

“My least favorite? Captain Sandy,” Captain Lee said in the video. “And we all know why. I don’t like her. Normally I don’t have to like people to work with them, I can work with almost anyone. I don’t have to like them. But if they do their job, keyword, do your job. Do it properly and I can put up with almost anything. Don’t do your job, and then pretend to be something you’re not.”

The crowd gasped in response. Fans would know that Lee did not approve of how Sandy managed the yacht in his absence.

At the time that Camille’s termination was aired, Captain Lee tweeted, “I would have fired her. but prior to that I would have notified the Captain who I was [replacing] what I was doing and why, not after the fact.”

In February 2023, Sandy offered a response in the form of an interview with Us Weekly. She defended herself by saying she didn’t want to burden Lee while he was struggling with his health.

“He’s in the hospital. Who’s gonna call and say, ‘Can I fire Camille?’ Never in a million years would I do that,” Sandy said.

Clearly, this feud hasn’t resolved itself. And may never.

Interesting.

Wow, it looks good.

But it's huge.

The beans are .... interesting.

When you order this in the UK, can you ask them to leave off the blood sausage cake thing, or will they kick you out?

new face in the modeling industry

Kathryn Hahn!

Patti Lu!

One of those boys from that one show!

A dramatic pattern shift will bring the chilliest air since spring to millions of people in the central and eastern United States this week, making areas that have struggled so far to shed lingering warmth feel more like November than October.

Extended periods of fall chill have been hard to come by for much of the country since the season began last month. But the combination of an expansive cold front and an upcoming surge of cold, Canadian air, will change that and temperatures could drop to 10 to 15 degrees below average by midweek.

The first aspect of this cooldown — a far-reaching cold front — began over the weekend. This cold front swept from the north-central US and will cross the eastern half of the US by late Monday, ushering in a true autumn chill for some along the way.

The coldest temperatures will remain in the Plains and Midwest Monday, before even chillier air out of Canada gets pushed much farther south.

High temperatures from the Midwest and Northeast to the South will be seasonably cool Monday but trend downward Tuesday. Tuesday could be the coldest day of the week in Chicago, where the high temperature could struggle to reach 50. Chicago hasn’t had a high in the 50s since April.

Temperatures will drop again on Wednesday for many areas outside the Midwest. Wednesday is likely to be the coolest day since spring for millions, and in many locations, it’ll feel more like late November than October.

“Truly fall-like weather is forecast … through the start of the weekend” farther south, the National Weather Service in Atlanta said Monday.

The high temperature in Washington, DC, on Wednesday could struggle to reach the mid-50s — 10 to 15 degrees lower than normal for mid-October.

Atlanta could struggle to break into the low 60s on Wednesday and remain in the 60s through Friday. The city hasn’t had a high temperature reading below 70 degrees since May and typically tops out around 75 degrees this time of year.

Wednesday will also be the chilliest day of the week for large portions of the Northeast, with highs in the 40s and 50s for many. With daytime temperatures this chilly, it leaves room for overnight temperatures to possibly dip below freezing.

“Frost and freeze conditions are probable for several nights and in many areas this week,” the National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania, warned Monday.

Freeze alerts are in effect through Tuesday morning for parts of Pennsylvania. More could be issued in the coming days for other parts of the Northeast and chillier spots of the mid-Atlantic.

DL's favorite crazy person - Olive Marie Osmond (known professionally as 'Marie Osmond') - turns 65 years old today. Time for her to hang up her microphone and retire for good. Send her a dozen paper roses and tell her 'farewell'.

My mom moved out of her house into a retirement community and she gave me a bag of toys that were mine and in it was my little Peter Pan Kiddle with his crocodile. My sister used to play with them, some came in lockets and some scooted.

LOL at Jeremy Strong's limp wrists

Because of course he would! Let the games commence!!!!

Here's the clip. Wow, her poor skin.

How popular is Hawley in Missouri?

A legend.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has raked in over $4 million in gifts during his career, including some $2.4 million in the last twenty years. The jaw-dropping amount far outpaces all the other judges’ gifts combined, with former Justice Antonin Scalia coming in second with $175,861 in gifts received in the last twenty years.

Watched GILBERT on Prime. Was he the inspiration for Robin and Howie? It was interesting how he originally wanted to work clean but turned dirty. His antics definitely foreshadow Robin and Howie.

It is in my childhood hometown and I used to pass it often…mostly thinking it was “The Munster’s’” NJ retreat.

The Realtor’s virtual staging is lazy and unnecessary, but it’s otherwise well-presented.

There are no pics of the kitchen, which makes me think the “as-is” clause either indicates an unfinished remodel or a room requiring a lot of work.

I can easily envision a middle-aged gay Brooklyn couple rushing in to do this joint justice.

Thoughts?

It's also revealed what a backwater country it is.

Lots of info on this show that I haven't seen anywhere else.

He has lots of fun at the right wingers making news this week.

Ans Kasparian has now left the Dems.

Also watch this news clip at 1:29 before it gets taken down.

It's so heartbreaking.

Discuss.

Two men in their seventies who have carried on a secret affair since their teenage years in Antigua

The BBC and Fable Pictures (Hullraisers, Rocks, Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie) have released brand new pictures from Mr Loverman, the forthcoming eight-part drama series based on Booker prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo’s best-selling 2013 novel of the same name. The series will air this autumn on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

The new pictures show Lennie James (Save Me, Line of Duty) as the exuberant protagonist Barrington Jedidiah Walker alongside three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D Clarke (Doctor Who, Informer), who stars as Carmel Walker, Barrington’s wife of five decades. Ariyon Bakare (Life, His Dark Materials) plays Barrington’s best friend and soulmate, Morris De La Roux, while Tamara Lawrance (Get Millie Black, Time series two) and Sharlene Whyte (Small Axe, Stephen) star as Barrington and Carmel’s daughters, Maxine and Donna. Tahj Miles (Death in Paradise, Small Axe), will play Daniel, Donna’s son and Carmel and Barrington’s grandson.

Barrington Jedidiah Walker, Barry to his mates, is a seventy-four year old, Antiguan born, exuberant Hackney personality, renowned for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits. Carmel, his wife of 50 years, senses that Barry has been cheating on her with other women. Little does she know what’s really going on: a secret, passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris.

And it’s better than 9 inches of dong

Truly

She had me tearing up

🥹

Is the Moscone Center a foregone conclusion or will they do something dramatic like the plaza in front of the Ferry Building?

Is Sheila really dead?

When will Steffy and Liam get back together?

When will Hope tell Douglas to hit the road?

Are Ridge and Brooke ever going to be an interesting couple again?

Continue your discussion of the show here.

Tinted windows on a car always make me wonder what the owner has to hide.

And that’s the year I stop watching

Jeremy Renner

Elijah Wood

Dominic Monaghan

Armie Hammer

Two weeks after Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee said he would soon be representing at least 120 accusers against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the attorney filed his first six sexual assault complaints on Monday — including one from a man who claims he was a teen at the time of his encounter with the music mogul.

All six lawsuits, which were obtained by TheWrap, were filed in the Southern District of New York per the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, with the allegations stemming from between 1995 and 2021. Buzbee is representing four John Does and two Jane Does in these cases.

One of the four anonymous male victims claims he was 16 years old when he was sexually assaulted at one of Combs’ White Parties in the Hamptons in 1998.

According to the then-teenage victim, he was invited to the party at Combs’ mansion by a mutual friend, where he bumped into the rapper (an apparent picture of the pair from the event in question is included in the legal documents). “Combs took an interest in John Doe” and they engaged in pleasant conversation about the entertainment industry, per the lawsuit.

“When John Doe admitted his voice was not great, Combs assured him that did not matter. Combs made clear that the only thing that mattered was having the right look for the industry, and with it, Combs could transform Doe — or anybody — into a star.”

However, “Combs abruptly told John Doe that he needed to drop his pants. John Doe, caught completely off guard, confusingly asked Combs to repeat himself. Combs made himself clear. He instructed John Doe to drop his pants and expose his penis so that Combs could inspect it, explaining it was a rite of passage and the route to becoming a star, and also as a way to prove himself,” the suit alleges.

“Out of fear, anxiety and the imbalanced power dynamic between himself and Combs, John Doe then dropped his pants and exposed his penis as Combs previously instructed,” it continues. “Combs moved closer and grabbed John Doe’s penis and genitals with his hand. He firmly cupped and held onto John Doe’s genitals for an extended period of time.

During this time, Combs moved his hand in such a fashion to manipulate John Doe’s genitals, squeezing and feeling them … Combs abruptly then let go of John Doe’s genitals and told him that his people would be in touch. Combs continued with his party as if nothing had happened, but for John Doe, everything had changed.”

“We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves and will work to see that justice is done,” Buzbee shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. “We expect to be filing many more cases over the next several weeks naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”

Meanwhile, Diddy’s attorney Erica Wolff issued the following statement to TMZ following Buzbee’s initial press conference: “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.

Mr. Buzbee has not yet filed a single case in any jurisdiction. Mr. Combs looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court if and when claims are filed and served, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”

Couldn’t find a thread on this fantastic show. Anyone else watching?

With Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo.

[quote]In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

Out May 5th.

[QUOTE]This captivating docuseries explores themes like childhood trauma, mental health and revenge, and it will also get viewers thinking about who the true victims are.

Will it finally be the year for Oliver Jackson Cohen?

Or someone else?

Make your guesses here!

I KNOW one of you bitches must know what he said that the NYT refused to print for whatever reason. How bad was it??

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The longtime leader of the York Theater Company, a small New York nonprofit known for its emphasis on musical theater, is acknowledging making “hurtful” comments about diversity that he says prompted his abrupt departure from the organization.

James Morgan, who has served as producing artistic director of the York since 1979, and who has been with the company for 50 years, issued a letter on Monday saying that he had suffered a stroke in 2022, and attributed his behavior to that medical incident. “During a recent staff meeting, I responded to a colleague’s concerns about the diversity of our audiences in a way that was inappropriate and hurtful,” Morgan wrote in the letter. “The words came out — at a raised volume that has been one of the side effects of the stroke — differently than I intended them.”

The York is a niche company, founded in 1969, that operates out of a church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. During fiscal 2023, it had an annual budget of $2.2 million, according to a filing with the Internal Revenue Service; Morgan was paid a salary of $95,000. On Friday at 5 p.m., the company issued a news release saying that Morgan had “resigned from his duties, effective immediately.” Jim Kierstead, the board’s president, raised the diversity issue in his statement in the news release, saying, “We will soon be announcing plans for a future filled with diversity, talent, and musical theater in order to continue our long legacy of supporting artists of all backgrounds.”

It quickly became clear that Morgan’s departure had been preceded by the resignation of Gerry McIntyre, the theater’s associate artistic director. In a resignation letter circulated to board members and posted on Facebook, McIntyre said he had raised concerns about a lack of audience diversity during a video meeting, and that Morgan “started to yell at me.” About one of the theater’s recent shows, he quoted Morgan as saying: “I want you to find anyone who would like this except this audience.” McIntyre said, “His comment immediately struck me as racist.” He added, “The tirade and venom was horrible.”

Neither McIntyre nor Morgan immediately responded to requests for comment, but in his letter, Morgan said: “There’s no question I was being defensive. I’ve tried to make diversity a consideration in everything we do — our programming, our outreach, our hiring, our everything. Were we late coming to the table? Yes. Could we — should we — have been doing more? Always. So, I am heartsick that the words that came out of my mouth reflected the exact opposite of how I feel.”

He added, “I’ve also learned that my aphasia, an after-effect of the stroke, has caused hurt and misunderstandings among the staff. I should have realized that sooner. Whether because of ego or stubbornness — or maybe just cluelessness — I didn’t. And I apologize.”

The Neighborhood currently resembles my life.

My next door neighbor is like Dave Johnson. A happy go lucky, extroverted guy constantly knocking on my door inviting me to do something with him. I'm like Calvin Butler but I'm not married. I am however slightly curmudgeonly and often peek out the window first to make sure neighbor isn't outside before I go out to car or mailbox. But I do like him and think he's a good guy, just bit overly exuberant about everything.

Hand her the damn Oscar now!

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

She'll be promoting her new movie, "Wicked."

Stevie Nicks is the musical guest!

Christina Aguilera loves her ultra skinny figure, but it’s caused a lull in her love life, according to an insider. The source exclusively tells Life & Style that her long suffering fiancé, Matthew Rutler, is tearing his hair out in frustration.

“Christina’s all about looking as sexy as she can these days. She’s constantly showing off her body and parading around in skin tight clothes,” the insider reveals. “Most people probably assume she’s got a hot sex life to go with her hot body, but it’s actually the total opposite.”

The source continues, “Apparently, she and Matt used to have a way better sex life, but these days it’s DOA because she’s just never in the mood. It’s not something that’s ever been an issue in their relationship before so of course Matt is blaming her drastic weight loss. Plus, although Christina denies taking Ozempic or any of the other weight loss drugs, decreased libido is one of the possible side effects so it’s not hard to put two and two together.”

However, according to the insider, the “Genie in a Bottle” hit maker, 43, “doesn’t seem to think it’s a problem.”

“She’s so caught up in looking good and all the stuff going on with her career, but it’s certainly doing a number on Matt. He feels like their connection’s just not the same as it used to be. He’s been complaining to friends and saying he wishes she’d gain some weight and start acting like herself again,” the source concludes.

The news of Matt’s concerns about their love life comes on the heels of fans worrying that Christina might be taking her weight loss too far.

“Christina has been losing weight for the past year and is feeling more confident than she has in ages,” a separate insider told Life & Style on Thursday, October 10. “Still, people are starting to wonder if perhaps she’s taking it too far. She looks smaller than she did in her teen years. It’s really shocking to see in-person.”

The “I Turn to You” singer has never addressed whether or not she’s used weight loss medication to shed some pounds, but the source said she feels “pressure to compete with the younger pop stars.”

However, when Christina sat down for an interview with Glamour in August, she explained that she didn’t want her children to obsess over their weight due to society’s often unrealistic standards similar to how she felt as a teen.

“Your kids trigger things in you that you don’t want them to go through, and it’s almost like you’re reliving this whole thing again,” the “Lady Marmalade” songstress told the outlet on August 15. “When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body than when you’re in your 20s. I started to fill out, and then that was unacceptable because it was like, ‘Oh, she’s getting thicker.’ Then I had industry people: ‘They liked your body and how you were as a skinny teenager.’”

As for the rumors about how she lost weight? Christina said she was past the point of worrying about what people whispered about.

“I have a maturity now where I just don’t give a f—k about your opinion,” the Burlesque star said. “I’m not going to take it on. It must be your responsibility to take up your space. Other people’s opinions of me are not my business.”

Dangerous delinquents or a Czech Hunter casting call? You decide.

What are the dumbest things you’ve ever thought in your life?

I thought that the Alaskan wilderness would have significantly fresher air that would’ve noticeable. I was quite mistaken. It was just like breathing any other air.

My mom thought blood was blue until it hit oxygen and then it turned red.

It is in my childhood hometown and I used to pass it often…mostly thinking it was “The Munster’s’” NJ retreat.

The Realtor’s virtual staging is lazy and unnecessary, but it’s otherwise well-presented.

There are no pics of the kitchen, which makes me think the “as-is” clause either indicates an unfinished remodel or a room requiring a lot of work.

I can easily envision a middle-aged gay Brooklyn couple rushing in to do this joint justice.

Thoughts?

LIST!

So much is devoted to men. Let's hear about the ladies. (Old time movie stars too!)

Hot or not?

Whoops ! Heads will roll in the art department...

Bath and Body Works is pulling their new holiday candle off their website, just days after the candle's big launch on their social media for the shopping season. The new seasonal candle, 'Snowed In', were pulled because the artwork on the labels are being mistaken for KKK members and not a close-up of a cut-out paper snowflake, as intended. The outer edges of the snowflake are white and cone shaped, with two holes cut out near the center.

The backlash from customers was rather quick and spread across their social media. Once this was brought to the company's attention, the candles disappeared from the website with an apology.

“I have never seen a snowflake that looks like that,” one Instagram user commented.

“This wasn’t an accident,” said another.

“We apologize to anyone we’ve offended and are swiftly working to have this item removed and are evaluating our process going forward,” the Bath and Body Works spokesperson said.

It’s a natural part of the human body. I quite often hear cleanliness and hygiene as reasons for hating foreskin, but it’s just like any other part of the body. If you don’t wash your asshole in the shower or clean out your mouth in the morning, it smells god awful. And any good quality man is going to be clean.

“Today, what I wanted to be very clear, we have not conceded one way or the other, we are not saying that there was anything wrong with the original trial,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a press conference held on Thursday, October 3. “We have been giving evidence, we have been given a photocopy of a letter that allegedly was sent by one of the brothers to another family member talking about him being the victim of molestation.”

Gascón added, “We have also got evidence that was provided from the defense, by his lawyer, that one of the members of the Menudo band alleged that he was molested by [Jose Menendez].”

Doesn’t Timmy look gorgeous?

Susan Akin was Miss America, 1986 and considered one of the most beautiful women to wear the Miss America crown, but a lifetime of addiction, missed opportunities and broken dreams nearly destroyed her.

Her mother did a number on her and sounds like Mrs. Patsy Ramsey, formerly of Boulder, CO, putting Susan in pageants from the time she was a little girl.

Hypocritical ass Maga cunt.

She calls herself the first self made female billionaire. Wasn't that Oprah? Nonetheless, this looks good.

She was 86 and sued Goodyear for pay discrimination / The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act,was the result of her equal pay activism and was the first bill Barak Obama signed into law.

The first time in decades. Republicans outnumber Democrats now nationally and in every battleground state. New voter registration is now almost tied. In PA, Democrats lead Republicans by only 4 points for new party registration. This explains why Kamala is having such a hard time in the polls.

Continue the MSNBC discussion here as Part 61 is full

The saga continues

Oh MY! What the hell happened to Lindsey Buckingham?

They are now in such a tizzy of fear over brown people and the border that they are claiming the 9/11 hijackers came in from the border instead of with passports and visa and blaming Biden.

Like...what's the diagnosis? DID, schizo, BPD?

She is tall, skinny, a lawyer, wears ridiculously expensive clothes, and what else?

This one with Rocco Steele and Bruno Bernal gets me off. I get off at the ass eating. So hot.

Nothing says “Alpha Male” like a 78 year old, wearing makeup, shoe lifts, a girdle and a diaper dancing like he is prom king of the memory care unit...while jacking off two invisible guys on either side of him.

What are our thoughts on this charming Colonial abode in the nation's candy capital: Hershey, PA? It predates the Civil War! Just an utterly adorable little pad for a cute couple.

The interior, however, is a bigger ... challenge.

And she marvelously unravels, yay.

Good lord, they’re multiplying again.

The Canadian government said it expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations that the officials gathered intelligence about Sikh separatists who were then targeted for violence!

KNOTS LANDING is coming to streaming Aug 13 on the new Primetime Soaps by WB channel.

The 24/7 ad-supported channel is live now on @Plex w/ FALCON CREST. Eps stream in order, not on-demand.

Watch on streaming devices w/ the Plex app or online: watch.plex.tv/live-tv/channe… #SoapOpera

If he still had his cocky good looks this would be a global tragedy.

This looks delicious. Has anyone ever tried it?

The old thread was full. Continue the discussion here.

Joshua Miller

Hot or not? Vote below then discuss

Attention whore Shawn Mendes’ nudes will “leak”.

Kamala STUNS in new pics.

I'm triggered by all of the male nudity. It's rapey.

A former Los Angeles police detective for years hid the truth about how she killed her ex's new wife. Now, she could go free.

The family of Sherri Rasmussen is outraged that a California board recommended that her killer is eligible for parole.

A former Los Angeles police detective was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 2012, more than two decades after Sherri Rasmussen was killed in her Southern California condo.

But last month parole officials concluded that Stephanie Lazarus, the former detective who was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison, is eligible for parole. And Rasmussen’s relatives are outraged that the woman who hid the truth about the murder and continued to work as a law enforcement officer for more than 20 years could go free.

Lazarus, now 63 and incarcerated southeast of Los Angeles, pleaded not guilty during her trial and had not publicly admitted to her role in the 1986 killing until a parole suitability hearing on Nov. 16, according to two relatives who attended the hearing.

Connie Rasmussen, Sherri Rasmussen’s older sister, said in her family's first interview about the decision that while Lazarus acknowledged killing Sherri during the hearing, she did not apologize to relatives and appeared to downplay the seriousness of the crime, saying that she hadn’t intended to kill Sherri when she went to the Van Nuys condo on Feb. 24, 1986.

I didn’t know this was the sample Mariah Carey used for Heartbreaker until recently. What a stupid song, who was it made for toddlers and kindergarteners?

Il Syringo triumphs over Daddy Fritz in straight sets. On to the rest of the season.

Only in America folks, can a black man get sentenced for 17 years for stealing a fucking purse.

[post redacted because independent.co.uk thinks that links to their ridiculous rag are a bad thing. Somebody might want to tell them how the internet works. Or not. We don't really care. They do suck though. Our advice is that you should not click on the link and whatever you do, don't read their truly terrible articles.]

Starts Sept. 18.

Link has cast members including: Jon Lovett: As a podcast host, I get to travel the country with Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It,

Pick your top 3 and winner.

Kyle, Genevieve, Andy.

Winner: Andy

She didn’t ask to be the center of attention, but she now is. Kamala Harris’s step daughter Ella Emhoff is now being unfavorably compared to Ivanka Trump after her appearance at this year’s Democratic National Convention.

That’s because there are some critics out there who think Ella could have done a better job of representing herself or at least dressing the part on what might be her step mother’s most important moment of her political career.

One person even showed a side by side photo of Ella and Ivanka on X (formerly Twitter) and captioned it with, “One need only compare a photo of Ella Emhoff to Ivanka at the RNC to understand why it’s an issue.”

“If your children can’t look dignified in public, how can you be expected to effectively lead your constituents. It’s disorder all the way down.”

Another critic wrote, “There’s even no comparison. Even Trump’s granddaughter was beautiful and dressed impeccable on top of speaking very well for her age.””

“Exactly – everyone in the family is always well presented and looks respectful in public!”

Another critic wrote, “That’s what makes it bad – if she was 16 I might be more forgiving, but she’s 25 and still dressing and acting like a teenager.”

“Ivanka does look personable though, whereas Ella looks like she just got the wrong fast food order.”

Another critic wrote, “I noticed this last night and thought the same thing – there is ZERO standards or accountability in that party, even in the little things. You can see it when viewing the people in the crowd.”

“I’m not going to criticize anyone who doesn’t want to wear makeup or be frilly, but they always have the ugliest, badly fitting clothes, and often greasy hair.”

So far Ella Emhoff herself has not made any comments about the matter. We will update you with all of the latest details once they come in. For now, drop us a line with your thoughts in our comments section below.

In the meantime, come back right here for all the latest updates and spoilers on your favorite daytime television shows and political news.

Have you ever got one or heard about one? I had a professor write a letter for me for grad school in art history and, when I held the envelope up to the light, I could read large parts. She wrote many compliments about how well-read I was and well-educated and she ended it “she lacks only an eye”. I didn’t realize how devastating that was when I was very young. Now I understand that that one sentence was horrific and basically said I had no taste. She was a Clement Greenberg clone and only liked Stuart Davis and Jack Bush, and denounced me because I didn’t care for them.

Despite all As and A+ from a very good school, I only got into one university out of the four I applied to.

What a fucking asshole she was. She acted completely normally about writing the letter so I would never have suspected a problem and that she was going to knife me. I wish she had said “I am afraid that I won’t give you a positive letter so look elsewhere.”

Mama and boy porcupette are both fine.

I will be living there for a year for work. I'm in the Near North/Gold Coast area. I've liked it the handful of times I've visited, but those were only a day here and a few days there.

And I love winter, so that aspect of life won't be an issue.

So, what is life in Chicago like?

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

Every interview Jenna Ortega gives makes it sound like she hated the experience. Is she trying to get out of the show?

Of her recent work: Scream, X, etc, Wednesday was my least favorite. But it's MASSIVELY popular.

Jesus as soon as Biden left all the Democrats came out like the superbloom in Death Valley.

Then came Milton. A new disturbance is forming in the western Caribbean:

Western Caribbean Sea:

A broad area of low pressure is likely to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea by the middle to latter portions of this week. Some development is possible thereafter if the system stays over water while it moves slowly west-northwestward towards northern Central America.

Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible across portions of Central America later this week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

Muscular azn fireplug.

What do you think of his story?

Strange how it ends with his boyfriend cuddling up to him.

So many inconsistencies.

He was a great man, a great orator and the best politician Scotland has ever seen. RIP.

Cheapskate.

How are you spending your summer days in Genoa City?

Enjoying the Chancellor-Winters escapades?

Waiting for Diane and Kyle to get into a full scale war?

Savoring Victor's impending revenge against Jack?

Counting the days until Jordan escapes prison and returns to get revenge on Nikki and the Newmans?

Just curious

I love this delightful older gentleman who makes scrumptious looking milkshakes every Monday. Here is a milkshake named after Dolly Levi and I’m thinking about making it for tonight.

He won, this will not be topped.

What can we do to stop this insanity?!

I'm thinking of getting my each of my parents tested, and apparently Ancestry will show the make-up of their parents.

Which company is the best and are there ongoing fees to access websites/databases, etc?

Any downsides?

Thanks in advance

Don't panic about the polls -- we ARE winning. The GOP is terrified.

April 23, 1957 - October 9, 2014

A shame we’ll never know more about her. She was a talented comic actor. Even Pauline Kael said so. But Jan was also a basket case. Kevin Nealon said she seemed a little lost even before her mother’s death in 1986. The death of her father, followed closely by the murder of Phil Hartman, seemed to send her into a spiral and 9/11 sealed the deal.

She spent the last years of her life living in a holler near Bearsville, NY. She had leukemia, went into remission and about 5 years later, was diagnosed with chemo-resistant neck cancer. She opted to forgo treatment and died in her brother’s care.

Jan shunned computers, showbiz, family, friends and her own health. She said if she were married she’d be in prison…kids, death row. Jan dated Nealon for a couple years, but he broke up with her after the first SNL season. She then lived with an artist for a few years. Who knows what happened with that. And her relationship with Phil Hartman has been the subject of rumors for decades, which were exacerbated by Brynn Hartman threatening Jan in letters never sent.

I think we only saw the edge of her talent. She just wanted live with her demons, not Hollywood or sobriety. In the end, that’s exactly what happened

I'm looking forward to it. I love Sebastian Stan and Maria Bakalova (Borat's daughter) plays Ivana. It's supposed to be good.

As the nearly 65,000 residents of hard-hit Rutherford County, North Carolina, struggle to clear endless mud and debris left behind by Hurricane Helene, help has hit a roadblock.

Federal Emergency Management Agency crews in North Carolina were forced to relocate due to a reported armed threat against workers, first reported by The Washington Post.

An email sent by the U.S. Forest Service to federal responders in Rutherford County alerted them of an apparent standdown after National Guard troops reportedly encountered armed militia saying they were "hunting FEMA."

Out of an abundance of caution, FEMA said its disaster assistance teams will be stationed at fixed locations instead of going door-to-door, which has been the agency's common practice in the past.

One person was arrested in connection to the threat, CBS News confirmed on Monday.

"FEMA continues to support communities impacted by Helene and help survivors apply for assistance. For the safety of our dedicated staff and the disaster survivors we are helping, FEMA has made some operational adjustments. Disaster Recovery Centers will continue to be open as scheduled, survivors continue to register for assistance, and we continue to help the people of North Carolina with their recovery," FEMA said in a statement to CBS News.

“The Lighthouse” is out now!!! This is probably what she will be performing on SNL

Welcome to the Pole Hole, bitches! Continue goofing around

Did they ever figure out why she ended up in the fatal car crash? I thought she didn't have any drugs in her when they did the autopsy.

😂. Cute reaction of McDonalds cashier who realizes she is taking the order of Bill Clinton.

Including both men and women

Races and Primary dates Inside,

where Abortion Rights and Global Boiling are on the ballot:

When a hottie opens his mouth and a Valley Girl falls out.

This man is part of the most ultra conservative Catholic order. His views are in line with the ones held by Mel Gibson.

Why didn’t his career take off?

Since the most recent comment on the summer thread is about the gays in Detroit, they get the place of honor as the thread photo.

(Until Mike Holmes Jr shares a photo in a jockstrap....)

VOTE

Are some of the XL hung men well known? Have you sampled their natural gifts? Spill.

Two of the notorious horse hung gay guys in Geneva live in my neighborhood. One is an old lawyer and back in the day everyone had to have him. This went on for decades. The twinks to his age, they all lined up at his door. He must be in his mid 70s now. He's very charming and upbeat in personality and was always a great fuck.

The other one is neurodivergent, in his 50s now, and must be one of the world's biggest Sylvie Vartan fans. I think he was a shop bottom for awhile but may be living on disability and family support now. I had him young. Or rather he had me. He was sweet but a real space cadet. Immense dong.

Porn? Food? Interior design?

Behold, the secrets of our favorite fashion victims!

They must really hate her.

Who are you voting for?

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

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

I'm Jan's imaginary boyfriend George. George Glass.

She did a fantastic job

Be honest !

The Federal Emergency Management Agency temporarily halted some aid operations over the weekend in parts of western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene because of threats targeting government workers, local officials said.

The threats caused FEMA employees to temporarily stop accepting in-person applications for federal assistance in some of North Carolina's mountain communities, according to a statement posted Sunday on social media by the Ashe County Emergency Management Department, which said FEMA employees would not be staffed in the towns of Lansing or Riverview.

"It is our understanding that all FEMA reps in NC were stood down due to threats occurring in some counties (not Ashe) but we have not received any official correspondence on this issue from FEMA," the post said. Later Sunday, the Ashe County Emergency Management Department said FEMA would begin accepting in-person applications for assistance on Monday.

Anyone who does drawing or painting? works in oil or watercolors? Maybe even an artist for a living?

What are we getting him?

I remember Obama having a good ass, but not this good. How does he maintain it at his age?

Sad.

It was once almost impossible to miss stories of him shirtless either at music festivals or on tropical vacations with foreign rich men. But we've not heard about him for years now.

I guess the Proud Boys need something to do until Nov. 5th.

I don't submit to anyone. HE would have to bend over and take it like a man.

Does the datalounge find him hot or silly or both?

Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power.

In a speech Friday in Aurora, Colorado, the Republican presidential nominee blasted the immigration system and lobbed a rhetorical grenade at his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“She’s a criminal. She’s a criminal,” said Trump, who was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial. “She really is, if you think about it.”

It’s a pattern of messaging that has long been part of Trump’s stump speeches but has escalated significantly in his 2024 candidacy. In the final stretch to the Nov. 5 election, the former president has developed a tendency to claim that speech he disapproves of is illegal, even if it is protected by the First Amendment.

A questionable cut of a “60 Minutes” Harris interview? “Totally illegal,” Trump wrote on X, saying it makes Harris look better and that CBS should have its broadcast license revoked.

The Harris campaign editing headlines in paid Google ads? “Totally Illegal,” he wrote, vowing that Google “will pay a big price” for it.

Democrats are trying to “illegally hide” part of his statement calling on rioters to be peaceful on Jan. 6, he claimed this month.

In August, Trump told a crowd in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, that criticisms of judges who have ruled in alignment with him should be banned. “I believe it’s illegal what they do,” Trump said. “I believe they are playing the ref. They’re constantly criticizing our great — some of our greatest justices and a lot of great judges. … Playing the ref with our judges and our justices should be punishable by very serious fines and beyond that.”

[bold]‘This is out of the autocratic playbook’[/bold]

An expert who studies authoritarianism and fascism said Trump’s rhetoric about criminalizing dissent is familiar, and could carry serious implications for the country if he’s elected president.

“This is out of the autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they’re in office, anything that threatens their power, or exposes their corruption, or releases information that’s harmful to them in any way becomes illegal,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and professor at New York University who wrote the 2020 book “Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present.”

“He’s actually rehearsing, in a sense, what he would be doing as head of state, which is what Orban does, Modi is doing, Putin has long done,” she said, referring to the leaders of Hungary, India and Russia, respectively. “Just as there’s a divide now because of this brainwashing about who is a patriot and who is a criminal about Jan. 6, right? In the same way, telling the truth in any area — journalists, scientists, even people like me, anybody who is engaged in objective inquiry, prosecutors, of course — they become criminal elements and they need to be shut down.”

Some Harris voters say Trump is channeling dictators.

“He reminds me of Hitler and the rise to power,” said Dan Geiger, a retired Pittsburgh resident. “The more he lies the more it’s accepted by his faithful followers.”

Trump has suggested investigations involving his conduct are illegitimate under the law and vowed revenge against the prosecutors who oversee them. He has also claimed, with no evidence, that President Joe Biden directed those prosecutions, even the state indictments he has no authority over.

Upon early revelations of his New York indictment, Trump said the prosecutor “ILLEGALLY LEAKED” it. And the probe into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia? “They illegally spied on my campaign.”

Jealous, bitches?

Messiest lesbian ever? Also lied about her brother committing suicide.

[quote]As a result, Finch's wife left her, family members disowned her, and she's no longer allowed to see her children.

Add another cunt to the pile...

TO THOSE WHO THINK MY FATHER WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED #TRUMP TO USE FMJ FOOTAGE

Here are my thoughts: I agree in principle that an anti-war movie is incongruous with promoting the idea of a tough non-woke US military and thus war itself - however - these are very dangerous and strange times and thus using this footage is doubtless pure expedience.

Because I’m sure the irony of using FMJ footage is not lost on Trump or his team - Trump is always seeking to end wars and use peaceful methods. However, that’s primarily what FMJ is about, the shocking and complicated paradoxes of human nature.

And thus, on this tooth and claw planet, you need a very strong military - so I’m going to stick with the idea that FMJ footage was used primarily because of its powerful, realistic portrayal of boot camp, juxtaposed with the entirely demoralizing and inappropriate injection of WOKE ideology into the USA military. Which I agree with myself and which I’m certain my father would have agreed with.

Truthfully, I believe my father (who supported Reagan), would very much approve of saving America, indeed the world, from the highly destructive Globalist forces threatening to take over this planet. And if that footage from FMJ helps Trump make the point that the US military needs properly trained, super tough, focused, dedicated warriors, and not introduce the demoralizing effects of woke-ism, and attracting people to join up simply to have their sexual reassignments paid for, then Trump has my blessing.

Finally, knowing my father very well, I can assure you he had a profound grasp of how paradoxical human nature is! Which accounts for how at the same time he made anti-war films, he had a great passion for guns (self-defense not hunting) and he had quite a few!

My father had a great respect for life - his movies being unimpeachable evidence of his love for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! So on that basis, I feel very confident he would be a Trump supporter and would forgive using FMJ incongruously, if it helps the cause of freedom!

Capisce?

Continuing our discussion originally started by Voice of the Night.

Prior thread:

Younger than Diddy, so we can rule out Frankie Valli.

For now, anyway.

Run into the grocery store to pick up a couple items. 50 dollars. A bag of groceries for 4 days? 100 dollars. A new hiking jacket? 300 bucks. Or 600 bucks for that matter. A basic duvet cover? 100 dollars.

I suppose I should be grateful that I'm not a lady jonesing for a Chanel or Hermes handbag.

Does she have one? I’ve never heard anyone talk about it.

If not the best cast of SNL, I think it could be runner up.

Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, and Dennis Miller at Weekend were older, drier, and funnier than the typical SNL cast.

Yet, they had some issues. Victoria Jackson once stood on a chair and called Nora a bitch, and Jan the Devil. Dana was aloof, Dennis was a recluse, Jon Lovitz fought with Lorne over movies, Kevin was Kevin, and Phil Hartman was the glue that held them all together.

But they don’t seem to notice that in every contemporary picture made of him, he is clearly a fag.

“Are they meant to be comedians”

“Instant Replay” by Dan Hartman is one I’ve had stuck in my head for days.

She talks about the time she guest starred on The Golden Girls and how she became very good friends with Bea Arthur. She looks amazing at 84. She's very funny and full of energy. Great interview.

Just now during SNL. What a concept.

Ja ja, bitte!

O tempora, o mores!

This is on you MAGA supporters.

Militia groups plan to target and to prepare for “war” against many supposed enemies, including drag queens, immigrants, pro-Palestine college students, communists—and the US government.

For any of you who expressed a serious thought about leaving the country, have you contacted an immigration lawyer?

For married couples, have you consulted a lawyer about what might happen if Obergefell is overturned?

Just curious......I am hoping for the best and voting, but I feel like I also need to be thinking about a Plan B if that fascist regains power.

🤢🤮

[QUOTE]Watters: We are getting a lot of texts from women about Stephen Miller. Our audience believes you are some sort of sexual matador.

[QUOTE]Miller: Some advice to any young man out there. If you are a young man who's looking to impress the ladies, to be attractive.. the best thing you can do is wear your Trump support on your sleeve. Show that you are a real man. Show that you are not a beta. Be a proud and loud Trump supporter and your dating life will be fantastic

DC Pipe Bomber?

Secretary of Retribution?

Batshit Crazy PTSD sufferer?

I think my professor just sent me a tap on Grindr. It looked like him but I’m not sure. This is so strange. Guys, I told him that he looked kind of familiar and after that, he blocked me. Do you think it could have been him? The men that use this app are so weird sometimes…

OMG.

I wonder if Faye is voting for Trump too. He posted these two items on his Instagram story. The second got flagged.

I will miss Monica but I know the rest of these bitches will bring the crazy. Let's go!

I'm currently watching "Thelma" with June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, and Parker Posey.

It's charming.

Is anyone here planning to watch this?

Will they show Aaron getting it on with guys?

As she once said, "Service is universal."

Strictly has just celebrated its 20th anniversary and the after much speculation it has been widely reported that Giovanni has SENSATIONALLY QUIT.

There's speculation about legal action from Amanda Abbington who felt bullied after pulling out and creating a DANCE DISASTER and Ranvir Singh and Laura Whitmore also had unhappy experiences on the show with Giovanni. There were also stories about his behaviour towards Faye Tozer and Michelle Visage.

There's a fine line between demanding excellence and just being an abusive twat and Giovanni has apparently crossed the line.

I wonder if Rose Ayling Ellis was different because she was always paired with a chaperone to translate?

Anyway if Giovanni does quit will the gurning ginger guy replace him or will they get a new pro in?

Celebrity wise it's Olympic year so expect a few Olympians. Tom Daley is a long standing target (just imagine Dustin's waxy face as he rubs crotches with Gorka) and the producers would be desperate for Laura Kenny although she's happy just being at home with her kids now. Maybe non lesbian lioness Steph Houghton who is retiring this summer?

Sara and Keren from Bananarama must have turned it down countless times as they'd not be up for all that work but Siobhan might be up for it. And Susan Ann Sulley from The Human League would do a great paso.

The American Film Institute (AFI) is planning a salute and tribute to Miss Helen Lawson, Hollywood's most reviled and known anti-doyenne. What are your favorite performances and moments from such a career? Share with us in this thread!

Guess who has been funding her campaign by being an OF model? These photos are 100% real. There’s no way to deLYE your way out of this one, “lady”!!!!!

Beginning with a hot guy with stupid hair

The survey finds that Donald J. Trump is retaining his support and that, on the eve of the debate, voters are unsure they know enough about where Kamala Harris stands.

... Color me incredulous, NYTimes.

I would be afraid that Ellen's "Kind Science" was a practical joke designed to spontaneously combust. So, none for me, thanks.

What celeb or celeb-endorsed product would you avoid like the plague?

Did saying the word embolden you? Did that word or words become part of your vocabulary right then and there cause you knew it was taboo to say it? Did you learn those words as a child of the 40's 50s, 60s, 70s,80s, 90s, or this century?

Two sources for me:1959: Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer," just released into the general public. Line: "When I looked down at this fucked out cunt of a whore." Then this limerick, same year: "There was a young man from Nantucket, whose prick was so big he could suck it. He said with a grin as he wiped off his chin, if my ear was a cunt I could fuck it

Three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone and Golden Globe nominee Mia Farrow, who will return to Broadway later this month in Jen Silverman's The Roommate, recently dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers.

LuPone and Farrow spoke about their brief rehearsal period (it's only three weeks), the start of their friendship many years ago thanks to Stephen Sondheim, and some shocking evenings working on stage.

My first reaction - meh?

Discuss your favorite mellow/easy-listening music.

The Alan Parsons Project had some gems.

Funny or not?

Kamala as a wine drinking mommy frau?

Doug Emhoff as a wimpy "yes man?"

Joe Biden as a dithering, senile President?

Tim Walz as a gaffe-prone buffoon?

Yeah, not so funny.

I notice they took no shots at Vance or Trump.

No wonder I stopped watching SNL.

Where the fuck is Dump?

She can barely flap her signature shawl and totter around in those high heeled boots but she’s still got IT

This was a live performance for the ages.

ROCK ON STEVIE… ROCK ON.

DataLounge, I could BADLY use your assistance. Here's the deal: I’m getting married in a few months at a destination wedding in Costa Rica, and I 'm thrilled to have my four closest friends in the wedding. I'm a straight woman, but as a longtime queer ally, all of said friends are queer men! Sometimes I can feel myself getting too frantic about minute details that only I would care about, but all my "bridesmaids" have been incredibly patient and kind. I thought I just had the greatest friends in the world, but then I got a misdirected email from one bridesmaid to another. The email excerpted one of my mass emails to the other boys and mocked me relentlessly for being a "bridezilla"! I'm "too detail-oriented, too demanding and too self-centered about my wedding." It is obvious these are running jokes among the bridal party, and I am DEEPLY offended!!!

I doubt the writer has realized his mistake. Since then, I’ve been too furious to talk to any of them, and in my moments of greatest anxiety I’ve even considered postponing the wedding or telling them I can no longer afford a bridal party. Do you think I should confront them?

Melania Trump’s eponymously titled memoir is a 180-page exercise in buck-passing and blame-dodging. The former US first lady blames staffers for plagiarizing Michelle Obama; repeatedly stresses her love for her husband despite professing to abhor lying liars who lie; and declares abortion a fundamental right, without pausing to consider Donald Trump’s role in attacking it via the US supreme court.

Melania is by no means an exhaustive read, but it does leave the reader asking why she has chosen to bare her soul just weeks before the election. Or whether Kamala Harris might more accurately channel her policy preferences than her husband, the Republican nominee yet again.

Many subjects are missing. Not surprisingly, Melania has nothing to say about other women in her husband’s life: E Jean Carroll (the woman Donald defamed and sexually assaulted); Stormy Daniels (the adult film star whose hush-money payments led to Donald’s criminal conviction); Karen McDougal (the former Playboy Playmate who also had an affair with Donald). There are less than a handful of passing references to Ivanka, Donald’s oldest daughter who he said he would have dated if she weren’t flesh and blood and who Melania is widely reported to loathe. Trump’s children by other women barely get a look-in. Melania does repeatedly say she loves her own son, Barron, and her parents too.

One of my fave movies! Shirley Stoler was excellent in her role as Martha Beck. Other notable performances by Shirley include:

An iconic season 4 episode of Charlie’s Angels as Big Aggie “Caged Angel”

Pee-wee’s Playhouse as Mrs. Steve

Meghan MyFather McCain turns 40 in tend days (October 23). Let's be her 40th Birthday Party !

I'm the hologram of her dead father John McCain, and I'm mingling with the other guests. "Oh my God, he came back to life !" is a constant comment I hear throughout the room.

Very smart and well-spoken. I love watching her videos and how she sums everything up so well. What do the rest of you think?

Did they ever determine if he was alive or not?

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime, Primal Fear is one of the great legal thrillers. Richard Gere plays Martin Vail, one of Chicago's great defense attorneys. When a young altar boy (Edward Norton, in an Oscar nominated performance) brutally murders an Archbishop (Stanley Anderson), Vail is soon on the case that will change his life.

The rest of the ensemble include Laura Linney, Terry O'Quinn, Alfre Woodard, Steven Bauer, Frances McDormand, and John Mahoney.

8/10

When an insult gets used so much and so indiscriminately, and is aimed at anyone who has even the slightest opinion different than yours, it loses all meaning.

Hoping against hope that this is the year Ted Cruz is going down.

I’ve been watching Frasier episodes—-the original series, not the reboot. My word, but David Hyde Pierce was wonderful. Line readings, facial expressions, exquisite physical comedy. What a treat.

Good ol fashion hot dogs, onion rings, tato chips, and a dill pickle over here.

It was not a bathtub related death.

The evil ugly stupid crazy unloved broke and broken-down drugged-out dirt-common cunt is now also by his own standards HIDEOUSLY OLD.

What is DL getting him for a pressie?

In the bedroom I find myself loving being submissive I love being tied up being used and love the idea of being fucked but when it comes down to it I never enjoy it. It usually hurts and when it doesn't I never manage to find pleasure in it. I tend to much prefer being a top when it comes down to anal. I find it really hard to find a guy that likes to dominate me and make me feel really submissive but then bottom for me. Is anyone else like this and does anyone have any advice?

[QUOTE]Francis Ford Coppola‘s sci-fi epic collected an anemic $4 million this weekend. With poor word of mouth, the film opened in sixth place behind three holdover titles and the Indian action film “Devara: Part 1.”

It could hasten a Warner Bros. sale/merger. Warner Bros. became available for merger or acquisition this April.

And go back to the old days where people watched the evening news for 30 minutes and listened to facts being reported instead of 24 hours a day of commentary and spin?

I feel so hot to trot.

This is one of the most frightening films that I have ever seen.

I am an Ari Ester fan, and it is probably more disturbing than Hereditary and Midsommer.

I watched it a year ago, and then again today- and it was more disturbing on a second viewing.

The script is very cruel once you know what happens-

One of the very few horror films that is more horrifying on the 2nd viewing.

I do not know how these actors did it- in this film particularly-

Amazing film-

Michael Moore wants President Joe Biden to leave the White House a “hero.” According to the renowned filmmaker, the president ought to take advantage of “full immunity” and pass a “bucket list” of reforms in his last 100 days in office.

“With a simple stroke or two of your presidential pen, you can make life better for millions of people in ways you never would’ve dreamed possible,” Moore wrote on his Substack on Saturday.

Referencing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity that provided sweeping protections for “official acts” made by sitting presidents—which has created judicial over Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election—Moore argued that Biden can now essentially govern however he wants while he remains in office.

“Some people are now calling you a ‘lame duck’ president—but then it occurred to me today: You’re not done. You’ve still got 100 days left in office! And the Supreme Court has just granted you super powers — AND immunity!” the film director continued.

Moore detailed a series of executive actions he said Biden should take before Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that the initiatives “already have the support of the majority of the American people.”

Moore’s “Bucket List for Scranton Joe” included 13 line items such as officially declaring the Equal Rights Amendment as “the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution,” eliminating student and medical debt, banning spam text messaging, granting clemency for non-violent drug offenders, and pardoning Edward Snowden.

The Hollywood veteran also called on Biden to “free the hostages in Gaza, free the political prisoners in Israel and stop this slaughter,” warning that his presidential legacy risked being defined by ongoing violence and conflict in Israel and Palestine.

“You want to help people, Joe. That’s your legacy. That’s the real Joe Biden,” wrote Moore.

There's something different about the way she looks lately.

I watched the Werner Herzog- Klaus Kinski film Fitzcarraldo last night. An ambitious entrepreneur is determined to transport a steamship over the Andes mountains to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon basin.

The production was troubled from the start:

Jason Robards was originally cast in the lead, but withdrew when he contracted dysentery after filming 40% of his scenes. Mick Jagger was also cast and filmed 40% of his scenes with Robards, but withdrew when Robards did. His character was cut from the film.

Several of the local tribesman were injured on set. A few died in the abysmal conditions. More were offended by the production and threated the cast and crew.

Klaus Kinski replaced Robards and was a terror on set. He would regularly get into fights with Herzog and other crew members. He even pissed off the otherwise unflappable Claudia Cardinale, who was as elegant and beautiful as ever in the film.

Could it be.....she actually IS straight?

They named the baby "Rush"......ugh

The Department of Canadian Heritage is being told that more than half of the 550 names on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism should be removed because of potential links to the Nazis or questions about affiliations with fascist groups, according to government records.

But concerns have been raised over the years by Jewish organizations and historians that names of eastern Europeans who collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust have been put forward in an attempt to whitewash their past.

"It has come to our attention that a number of entries that have been put forward for recognition may have been affiliated in some capacity to fascist and Nazi organizations," wrote Tristan-E. Landry, a deputy director at the department. "For example, some of proposed individuals were linked to the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its military, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army….and to a lesser extent with Baltic nationalist groups (i.e. members of the Latvian SS)."

Can y’all settle a little disagreement?

In the episode, the nurse tells Edina and Saffron that Patsy died. I say Saffy looks shocked but quickly recovers and smiles before going into the room. My friend believes she was being contemplative and preparing herself for dealing with her mother’s grief.

Who’s right?

One of the best live singers ever.

A supernatural series, not Hyacinth's Periwinkle Royal Doulton.

The first two episodes weren't bad - nicely cheesy and a bit creepy by the end.

Will Rollins almost won the last time - narrow margin of a thousand or so votes.

Hoping he wins over gluttinous fatty and evil Trumper Ken "I Can't Believe I Ate A Whole Town" Calvert.

The two-time Tony recipient will reprise some of his most loved numbers from The Boy From Oz, The Greatest Showman, and more in From New York, With Love.

We may have briefly lost him to Hollywood for a reprise of his Wolverine (in Deadpool & Wolverine), but Hugh Jackman is coming back to NYC in 2025.

The two-time Tony recipient will play a 12-show concert engagement at Radio City Music Hall beginning January 24, 2025, with subsequent dates to be held on select weekends in April, May, June, July, and August. The final shows will be August 15 and 16.

So many of them die from drugs, alcohol, suicide, etc. It really is sad.

The Boss is still stunning at 80!!

Mine:

The Go Between

Black Narcissus

Barry Lyndon

Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Red Shoes

Death in Venice

Le Fou Follet

Lift to the Scaffold

Darling

Rocco and His Brothers

The official trailer to the remake of Salem’s Lot is here.

She deserves a thread. Has anyone ever seen her in her private time between tours? What a mysterious lady who goes from major star into total anonymity and back and forth, and the press totally complies. People don’t bother her in her private times between albums. She is so unbelievably elegant. Can anyone even think of a single unfortunate outfit she ever wore? Never! Has she ever behaved badly? Never.

I adore her and I want to hear what you think about her and know about her.

I started the original thread on August 13.

Now that we're 24 days out, I am curious how the poll will change. Are you feeling more or less confident than you did a couple of months ago?

It's only within the last 50 or 60 years since cats have been kept only indoors. If not completely feral, cats either lived outside (but sheltered in barns) or they were allowed inside but also let outside the house. It was impossible to predict lifespan because of disease, injuries, accidents, etc. Now that cats can be completely domesticated indoors with healthy food and stimulation, how long are they expected to live?

Why oh why is the movie industry pushing rodent boy so hard. He's starring in movie after movie. Do the 21st century teenyboppers have orgasms over rat boy the way the boppers of 1984 did over Matt Dillon?

This was his big announcement… his fans thought he was going to announce Spider-Man 4.

Dollface thread.

[quote] The circumstances leading up to this bison encounter on a Yellowstone boardwalk are unclear but the man clearly felt threatened and deployed a quick blast of bear spray but the passing cloud seemingly had no effect on it.

Her Harley Quinn WILL win her the Oscar. I expected to hate it, but she undergoes transformation/layers and is compelling. The score was a bit much, but LG held my attention.

For today’s event, I am mangling a simple Allrecipe soup that is usually idiot proof.

Out of the gate, I’m using canned northern beans as my tap water does not soften beans. Also, I’m out of fucking celery so it’s celery seed.

I have increased the garlic and I have replaced the mustard with creamy horseradish. It opens my sinuses to the other flavors.

They want me to discard the hocks and replace with cubed ham steak. They can suck shit; the hock is part of the experience.

Everyone already knows what Marilyn Monroe looked like so I don't even need to link a picture of her.

For those who don't know what the other 3 ladies looked like, I linked a picture below. From left to right: Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Diana Dors...

Meghan McCain stood firm on her refusal to offer an endorsement for the presidential election.

There is less than a month until former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off on Nov. 5. Meanwhile, McCain’s brother, Jimmy McCain, the youngest son of their father, the late Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain, endorsed Harris last month.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) posted a photo of himself with Jimmy McCain and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on X. As Harris’s running mate, Walz captioned the photo: “They are showing America what it means to put country first.”

“For all of you tweeting at me — yes, I am over here the last republican in the family. Albeit, it feels strange, everything is okay. There is no family drama,” Meghan McCain responded to the photo of her brother. “I won’t endorse Harris (or Trump) because I am still a principled conservative, like my Dad was his entire life.”

Well, she usually posts on her social media regularly and then nothing since March 27, so 5 months of nothing. I'm thinking something is wrong. Maybe she's trying to leave the Mormon Church like so many others who are. I hope she's okay. More plastic surgery?

Comes back a sheeeee. -Donald J. Trump

😂. I swear to god white people if yall let this mafucker happen again. Lawd a mercy. This mafucker is crazy. He simply cannot happen again.

He isn’t my senator but he was just sort of standing around so I approached him for a conversation. He is kind of an asshole!

Why does he always run around in these oversized hoodies?

It's time to listen to my favorite holiday album!

The Dems are bringing in Barack, aka The Closer. He’ll be tearing up the campaign trail for Kamala Harris starting Thursday October 10th.

I think it’s possible. There was a research screening of it less than two months after it wrapped in Uruguay. I suspect they feel the need to get ahead of the shit which will no doubt splatter on JLo in the coming months due to her longtime “association” with Sean Puffy Combs. JLo apparently is not only one of the producers she bankrolled the film herself.

Pennsylvania is for worrisome. It looks like it could go red.

My wish is that you celebrate your next birthday as First Gentleman in the White House.

Kamala turns 60 next Sunday.

Sammy Basso was one of the oldest known people with the premature aging disease progeria, and he worked to find a cure for his own affliction. The progeria advocate and biologist died October 5th at the age of 28.

President Joe Biden will travel on Sunday to Florida areas ravaged by the back-to-back hurricanes, and announce federal funding for projects to strengthen the electrical grid, according to the White House.

Biden will be touring St. Petersburg, one of the hardest hit Florida cities from Hurricane Milton last week, and reveal $612 million for six Department of Energy projects in the southeast.

Two of the projects are focused in Florida and provide a combined $94M in federal funds, according to the White House.

Gainesville Regional Utilities will use the funding to help mitigate the effects of increasingly extreme weather in north central Florida, "through storm hardening, as well as faster restoration through deployment of self-healing devices and tools that will enable more efficient and precise dispatching of field teams during outages," the White House said in a statement.

Switched Source, a private utility technology developer, will work with Florida Power and Light to deploy Phase-EQ, which "optimizes power flow in distribution circuits, will unlock over 200 MW of system capacity, and improve reliability on circuits serving communities that are most susceptible to prolonged outages," according to the White House.

"These investments are part of the president’s commitment to making long-term investments that protect, enhance, and upgrade our nation’s electric grid, especially in the face of extreme weather events," the White House said in a statement.

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday evening. At least 16 people were killed in the storm and over a million remain without power.

Biden has spoken to numerous state and local officials, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who he said was "very cooperative." When asked if he would meet with DeSantis on Sunday, Biden said yes so long as the governor was available.

Interviewed by the homosexual Steve Kmetko

It's not your imagination: The ground beneath Southern California has been particularly unsteady as of late, with the region experiencing more moderate-sized earthquakes this year than it has in decades.

What precisely is fueling the sequence of shakers is not entirely clear, and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent. But the series of modest shakers have many wondering what is going on.

"Earthquakes pop off around the state, and it's a little bit like popcorn that they hit — sometimes they bunch up for reasons that we don't understand," said Susan Hough, seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey.

By the count of seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research associate, Southern California has felt 15 independent seismic sequences this year, with at least one magnitude 4 or higher earthquake. That's the highest annual total in the last 65 years, surpassing the 13 seen in 1988.

The most recent — a magnitude 4 — struck before dawn Sunday near Ontario International Airport. Just in Ontario, one of the most populous cities in San Bernardino County, there have been five earthquakes of magnitude 3 or higher over the past month.

The Malibu area has been another hot spot. There was a magnitude 4.6 earthquake on Feb. 9, strong enough to toss items off a counter; and a magnitude 4.7 on Sept. 12 — startling enough that the city's mayor and his wife dove under their kitchen table.

Eastside L.A. was rattled by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in El Sereno on Aug. 12 and a magnitude 3.4 on June 2.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the strongest to strike the region in three years, shook Southern California on Aug. 6, with an epicenter northwest of the Grapevine. Another widely felt quake, magnitude 4.9, struck on July 29 about 13 miles northeast of Barstow.

The series of seismic disturbances has shaken the nerves of some Southern Californians — serving as an unpleasant reminder of the omnipresent threat of the Big One.

But experts caution that the latest quakes don't provide any additional clarity on the potential timing of such a cataclysm.

"Seismologists have spent decades trying to read the tea leaves to look for patterns. The seismic network was installed in Southern California 100 years ago because scientists thought that small earthquakes would show patterns before the big earthquakes happened. And that just didn't work out," Hough said.

One thing has been clear: "Nobody has found patterns that are statistically meaningful before big earthquakes happen," she said.

He's such a ditzy Twink!

I'm fascinated by him because he's independent, he lives in an RV, he's fairly handy, and he seems really nice.

But he's so ditzy!

He has a mouse infestation in his camper, he doesn't really know how to drive, he can't cook for shit, and he's so clumsy!

Ethan also thinks that wet wipes constitute "taking a bath," and he's constantly breaking things in his camper.

I think he also has a few OCD type of phobias, which he hasn't really explained fully.

Nevertheless, I think he's adorable. And at least he has a boyfriend to keep him company.

And oh yeah, the boyfriend won't show his face on camera. Lol.

A lot of eldergays don’t have streaming services or access to decent new music.

Post a newer song you would think an eldergay would enjoy.

I will start with the obvious. “Good Luck Babe” by Chapell Roan. It has a great 80s vibe.

How does one get an ass to jut like this.

I am vacillating between cautious optimism and flashbacks to 2016.

So that was nice to hear and a slim good looking Latino guy called it THICK and said he liked my body- not bad for an eldergay.

She can do for what you what Martin did for the people.

Video shows nearly 100 hungry raccoons − some allegedly aggressive – swarm a Washington state woman's home last week in broad daylight looking for their next meal.

The animals were captured on film after the resident from Kitsap County, across Puget Sound from Seattle, called 911 when the mammals surrounded her rural home preventing her from leaving the property, officials said.

In footage shared by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, a deputy is heard speaking to the unidentified woman who says the large numbers of raccoons began gathering in her wooded backyard about six weeks ago.

The woman, who lives a few miles north of Suquamish, told deputies she has been feeding raccoons on her property for more than 38 years, sheriff's office spokesman Kevin McCarty told the Kitsap Sun, part of the USA TODAY Network.

These people are nuts

Blake Lively couldn’t catch her breath this summer when her rumored feud with It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni took on a life of its own. She was accused of taking over the project, along with her husband Ryan Reynolds, and it led to the cast taking sides in the very public debate.

Now that Lively will be promoting A Simple Favor 2 with Anna Kendrick in 2025, she’s reportedly ready to show a softer side to her personality. “Blake has now had the biggest direct hit of her career with It Ends With Us but she’s not going to let herself be permanently painted as the villain every project she does going forward,” an insider told Life & Style. “In fact, she is pushing back against that strongly and making sure her real allies know just how much they are valued.”

If you didn’t already know, Lively’s “mean-girl” reputation has been whispered about before. She and Kendrick reportedly didn’t get along on the set of the first film of the franchise in 2018. The TikTok account Celebrity Memoir Bookclub spoke with a studio insider who worked on the film and spilled some serious tea.

“They HATED each other,” comedian Claire Parker said in the video, via the Daily Mail. “The studio even had to have a talk with them about making it look like they liked each other on press tours because it was starting to get obvious. Anna in particular was really competitive with Blake and was constantly asking to make sure she got more promotion than Blake and even made us PHOTOSHOP HER CLEAVAGE in the Simple Favor poster to be as big (or bigger) than Blake’s.”

The Life & Style source noted that Lively and Kendrick “managed to put aside their personality differences” when they filmed earlier this year. Kendrick described the reunion as “lovely” to People on Oct. 11, but she was rather vague about their friendship. “She lives on the East Coast, I live on the West Coast, so we don’t get to see each other often,” Kendrick explained. “But it was lovely, and I think that those characters have such weird chemistry that it’s so fun to just get the gang back together. And it does feel a little bit like riding a bike.”

Let’s see how Kendrick and Lively handle their press tour ahead of the film’s release. Will it be frosty or friendly?

Let’s share our favourite recipes, DL.

My standard soup is vichyssoise (bastardised with chicken broth) or curried red lentil and sweet potato with coconut milk.

Does anyone have a good recipe for a creamy chicken soup with the flavour of roast dinner? It would be great to go with the recipe of soup with a dollop of stuffing on top, like a dumpling.

Watched Will & Harper, a road trip documentary on Netflix about Will Ferrell and his former SNL writing partner who announced his transition via email a few years ago. It is so affirming, insightful, and full of affirming human kindness and the power of friendship. Lots of SNL icons being supportive, with a rollercoaster ride of funny and scary moments, shockingly positive affirmations from unlikely Red Staters , and the usual cruelty you'd expect from MAGAts as the pair road trip from New York to LA.

Will Ferrell really shines in this as a great friend and kind human, and Harper Lewis really emerges as a great ambassador for live and let live late in life transitioners.

Highly recommended.

DL Catnip: One of the Executive Producers is Justin Baldoni and Fake Lively's ex Jason Sudeikis makes a brief appearance.

It's hard to see how she (he?) would have stayed out of all the election threads.

Earlier this year, I tasked you with converting your Maga family members into Kamala voters. How much progress have you made? Come on now, democracy is on the line. Let’s have a discussion about this.

Anyone watching?

What celebs do you think will die in 2024?

Place your guesses in this thread!

I was engaged to him.

A recent interview years after his very dishy podcast with Kara Mayer Robinson. Tim talks very candidly about how bad the PR contracts were, how despicable Harvey Weinstein is (he notes he's not surprised he's jail) and how happy he is doing Amazon's Making the Cut. This is a really, good interview.

If only Luca Guadagnino had cast Liam instead as Oliver in Call Me By Your Name

But I wonder—do they have anything to say? Or are they all about style and the visceral thrill of movies?

Doesn’t he have enough seniority to get out of doing this? The comments on Twitter are hilarious. (See Trending Anderson Cooper)

$10 for a slice of microwave pizza in the city with probably more cheap pizza than anywhere else in the world

Anybody else going to see this?

I like Vatican intrigue, whether in real life or a movie.

50% of riders of the bus system in NYC have long ago stopped paying the fares. And the MTA has turned a blind eye to enforcement, well maybe until now. Back during the pandemic they were encouraging people to board the busses by the rear doors (where there is no pay point), and now more and more people have decided they're not willing to go back to paying. The city is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fares.

The first thing that needs to happen is the official(s) who decided to just let this ride for so long need to be fired.

This is the second remake La Belle will star in after Roadhouse.

My little boy came into the kitchen this evening

While I was fixing supper

And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on

And after wiping my hands on my apron

I read it - and this is what it said...

never heard of her😃

The Wedding Veil series on Hallmark starring was a hit. So the CEO stated “I need a a White Hunk, a Black Hunk and a Gay Hunk (Also White)” and Groomsmen series was born.

DL Fave Jonathan Bennett will star with Tyler Hynes and BJ Britt.

“It fell back to another version of ‘Snow White’ that was told in history, where she survived a snowstorm that occurred when she was a baby. And so the king and queen decided to name her Snow White to remind her of her resilience.”

A spoiler thread about the film.

I Uber eated like 4 times. Too lazy to drive. No energy, always hungry? Do I have the monster? Am I dying?

Justin Bieber is on the verge of a total collapse as he faces the shattering possibility that sordid details about his relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs will soon be exposed for all the world to see, sources exclusively tell In Touch.

Insiders close to the 30-year-old "Stay" singer say he's "shut himself off from the world" as he wrestles with his disturbing past, when he was a fresh-faced 15-year-old trying to impress a music industry mogul whose alleged degenerate ways are only now coming to light.

"No one knows what's going on with Justin," says a member of his inner circle. "It's like he's fallen off the map since Diddy's arrest and all the sick details coming out. People are genuinely worried about him."

Sources say Justin — who recently became a dad for the first time with model wife Hailey Bieber — partied hard during Diddy's now-infamous "Freak Off" orgies.

"Dealing with that and being a new dad probably has him stressed as hell," says the insider.

Justin was just 13 in 2008 when he was signed to manager Scooter Braun and Usher's music label. Through Usher, he met Diddy, now 54, and became the rap impresario’s protégé.

As a recently unearthed video reveals, the two buddies spent a wild weekend together in 2009. In the video, the rapper alarmingly says, "Where we're hanging out and what we're doing, we can't really disclose, but it's definitely a 15-year-old's dream. I have been given custody of him. I don't have legal guardianship of him, but for the next 48 hours, he's with me, and we're gonna go full crazy."

It's long been rumored Diddy plied Justin with drugs and booze and brought him to clubs when he was underage. Justin himself has confessed he struggled with drug use as a young adult while he dealt with pain that nearly drove him to do the unthinkable.

"I think there were times when I was really, really suicidal, like man is this pain ever going to go away," he once shared.

Sources say Justin, who has seen his star cool considerably in recent years, is terrified details of those troubled times will be laid bare as Diddy faces sex trafficking and assault charges in what promises to be a sensational criminal trial.

Recent images of a gaunt Justin have raised new fears about his state of mind.

"I can only imagine the horrors he carries around with him," confides the insider. "And now he has to deal with all this stuff being dredged up, threatening his marriage and career. No one would be surprised if he has a complete breakdown!"

It's a girl.

Having never made the Hall of Fame.

It is still July…

What a pair - he's a country singer and human Etch-a-Sketch, and she homeschools the little ones, natch.

What a life that baby will have!

A woman ahead of the times, who began renegotiating the concept of natural and attractive decades ago.

He's joined the cast of Terrifier 3.

Gruff but compassionate are the only words I can think of to describe veteran American actor George C. Scott.

From the beginning he appeared in classic films such as Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, and Dr. Strangelove, but he catapulted to international stardom when he starred as the titular character in Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton, where he won the Oscar but told the Academy to " kindly lose my number." After Patton, he continued to appear in both critical and cult classics; The Hospital, Hardcore, The Changeling, Firestarter, A Christmas Carol, The Ryan White Story,12 Angry Men, and The Exorcist III.

When not working, he campaigned and advised his close friend and neighbor, Lowell Weicker.

What is the legacy of George C. Scott?

[QUOTE]Now Benjamin Netanyahu, the man who has dominated Israeli politics for more than a decade, has made a dramatic return to power with the help of far-right parties that surged into the mainstream after the country’s latest election.

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While soaking my feet in my epsom filled feet water jet while eating caviar with the best darn cookout deviled eggs I have ever had in a lifetime.

Jealous bitches?

Who is your go-to Mahler conductor?

Mahler, his music, and his recordings are a hot topic for classical fans. Who is your go-to Mahler conductor?

I fucked these cookies up somehow and I could not get them to mix- they were totally crumbled. So I googled and added some melted butter and water.

Anyway, they rise but do not spread.

And due to the water they are not very rich or have the correct texture. They are more cakey but gluey.

Im like fuck it, let me turn these into bars and throw them into a brownie pan.

Is there anything I can do to salvage these. Including choke on them. What a waste of time!

Hurricane Milton projected to hit as a category 2. Storm could cover entire length of state, stretching from the Keys to Tallahasse at its apex.

The danger of a storm this big is rain. The flooding for this may be devastating, as all outlets to the sea on the entire Florida peninsula would be inundated with an immense about of rain at the same time.

You ruin your life, you losing your mind, you dyeing your hair

People say I'm jealous, but my kink is watching

You crashing your car, you breaking your heart, you thinking I care.

As an adult, are birthdays a big deal to you, or do you like something more low-key? I know some people who celebrate the whole month. I just like to have the day off.

Breaking and entering 🐻

I recently had a hard time remembering the name of a film I saw years ago on VHS after renting it from a video store. I knew it was from the 70s and a slasher and remember liking it. I finally remembered it was titled ‘The Toolbox Murders’. I saw it was available to stream on Pluto and Tubi so I rewatched it. It’s such an underrated slasher. It’s better than most modern slashers. Most old horror films and slasher filmed relied heavily on building a horrific and uncomfortable atmosphere while modern films rely on jump scares and gore (see: Terrifier).

This was actually good! Has anyone else watched it? I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

I see Tobe Hooper directed a remake in 2004 but I read it’s very different from the original. I will watch it though. That one had a sequel in 2013.

There was supposed to be a sequel for this one in 1986 or so but it got canceled.

Barbra Streisand is one of the top contenders to score a Grammy nomination for 2025 - this one is not for a music recording, but for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording category for the audiobook of her long-awaited memoir, 'My Name Is Barbra'.

Other contenders for reading their audiobook memoirs are President Jimmy Carter, Matthew Perry* and Nancy Pelosi.

*Not sure how Perry got into the 2025 nominations, as his book was released a year before Streisand's and should have been considered for the 2024 Grammys.

Hallmark Channel may want to consider a nickname like Ali’s Place: Alison Sweeney is about to celebrate her 30th movie for the media company.

This Time Each Year will premiere October 24 as part of the kick off for Hallmark Mystery’s Miracles of Christmas programming event. Sweeney plays Lauren, who was once in love with Kevin (Niall Matter) but nearly a year after their separation, they now focus on co-parenting their young son Charlie (Ezra Wilson). Despite the split, Kevin is determined to make their family whole again.

A special first look of the film will debut during Sweeney’s 10th Hannah Swensen movie franchise installment, A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, that’s premiering October 4 on Hallmark Mystery.

Dataloungers- Please say some choice things about this PARADE FLOAT/MOOSE

good or bad

Melania Trump‘s memoir, appropriately titled Melania, drops today and in it she takes aim at a familiar target: Rosie O’Donnell.

The ex-FLOTUS writes about how, in 2016, a clip of then-10-year-old Barron Trump purportedly displaying “signs” of autism began circulating online, prompting many to question whether he was on the autism spectrum.

Among the people speculating was Rosie, who tweeted: “Barron Trump Autistic? If so — what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic.”

A backlash ensued and she later apologized and deleted the tweet then she put out a statement saying: “i feel trump is a clear and present danger. but this autism subject – had nothing to do with donald.”

We should note that Rosie’s child is neurodivergent. The comic has been an advocate for autism awareness for years and is currently producing a documentary about Guide Dogs of America’s program for autistic children.

In her book, Melania says she was “appalled” by the Rosie’s since-deleted tweet.

“I was appalled by such cruelty,” the ex-FLOTUS writes. “It was clear to me that she was not interested in raising awareness about autism. I felt that she was attacking my son because she didn’t like my husband.”

Who are YOU in this clip?

Now that he has alienated his traditional customer base he also stands to lose billions in government grants if Trump doesn't win. Musk is also counting on Trump to relax and/or remove business, financial and environmental regulations. Just like all the other oligarchs who run the good ole USA.

What a fucking asshole.

He's cute too.

Latino from the South Bronx.

Would HRC and GLAAD and other gay and lesbian organizations have remained gay and fought to further gay rights? Could gay rights have gone beyond marriage equality? There are so many possibilities? Maybe the federal government could have passed a law to help gays seeking asylum from places like Uganda. Maybe there could have been specific healthcare initiatives that could have been enacted to help gays and lesbians. Who knows.

I met him five years ago. I thought he was hot, but he had a girlfriend, so he seemed straight. Between being straight and also being 12 years younger than me, I didn’t think I’d have a shot with him, but I always thought he was cute.

Anyway, I would look for signs of gayness. The most I could see was that he was into bodybuilding, but not much signs after that. Still, I thought he seemed like the kind of guy who would be down for a boy-girl-boy threesome. I suspected he was an auto-androphilr, if nothing else.

Anyway, 2022, he got engaged with his girlfriend, and he ended up marrying her last year.

They finally separated earlier this year. I thought, “Hmmm, will he still be straight? Is he available?”

Anyway, a few months ago, my former roommate asked me if the brother could stay with me in my house temporarily (brother had been living with my former roommate and his girlfriend). I said of course because I figured it was an opportunity to see if I could hook up with him.

But my roommate told me that his brother had been seeing this 45 year-old woman. (I’m 43, the brother is 31). I thought, “Well, at least I’m younger than his current girlfriend.” The brother apparently liked this new girlfriend because she was skinnier than his wife had been (the wife had gotten fat and was not physically a match for him, a bodybuilder).

The brother showed up at my house two weeks ago. We were chatting, and he originated to me that he wasn’t entirely straight and his sexuality had been an issue in his marriage.

Anyway, last night, we were chatting again, and he invited me to go with him to a gay bar. So I went with him, we had drinks, kept chatting, are legs touching, but I wasn’t sure if he wanted to hook up or not.

Then we went home, into the living room, sat down on the couch, continued talking, and then finally, I leaned forward to kiss him and he was all over me!

We eventually got naked and made out in bed. I went down on him for a bit, but neither of us came.

He says he’s never had anal sex before (neither have I).

Today, apparently he’s out seeing his 45 year-old girlfriend.

My former roommate has no idea we’ve hooked up!

Anyone else watch this episode? It was juicy!

Was open for a month and the hurricane put the entire building under water. They lost everything.

I know we are always suspicious of the grift here, but I feel these guys are decent gays and not on the grift, so I donated to the GFM. Hard enough to open a gay bar or keep one open these days......

Holy cow- this show was actually GOOD...

This 2010 era is so weird.. It was the beginning of a wonderful period in my life..

I am 3 episodes into this show-- People have wrinkles, normal-human lips- no veneers on the teeth.. Thhis wasn't even HD- and every woman has wrinkles, I see no fillers-

Its very, very weird....

I really miss being 29!!!!

Allegedly he tried to pay her to silence her.

Rumor right now. Her MAGAt brother was a big druggie.

Thanks Bernie Marcus!

She's a bleeding idiot! She compared Grey Gardens, and the Beeles to being a real life "Auntie Mame", which was the first of the two movies.

Holy shit, this woman is a moron!

The teen reportedly made it clear publicly that he hates people in the LGBTQ+ communities.

Be careful out there.

What are the best Michael Caine films? Have recently seen The Italian Job, Alfie and the awesomely ridiculous killer bee movie.

Love Dressed to Kill and Educating Rita.

What would you suggest?

The manager sounds sleazy as hell

Or at least most of them seem to. I don't get why they think that hooking up with a guy is going to be a Harlequin novel.

Once you cum, it's over anyway.

Any good stories about your State Fair? Was it a big thing where you’re from? I grew up near our state capital and went nearly every year and go every year now as an adult.

Ever since I was a kid I’ve entered crafts and food I’ve made and I’m busy tonight working on my entries to take in tomorrow. I have done really well in the past and have lots of first place wins over the years. One year when I was 13 I won Best in Show for a quilt that I made and I think my grandmother, who taught me how to sew. the proudest of me for that than anything else I ever did.

One condition: The advice can’t be related to money.

Which is a secret form of mental power.

The Russos promised Hollywood (specifically streaming services) they would bring Marvel-sized magic to the small screen and sold streamers on the idea that they could create their own “cinematic universes” in which a shared story would exist over multiple entertainment programs.

Instead their brand has become synonymous with “formulaic”… “generic”… “derivative”… “cliched”… “boring”… “bland”… “cheap-looking”… and expensive

Their reputation has gotten so bad that many reviews for Chris Evans’s Apple turkey “Ghosted” actually pointed out that they were surprised it wasn’t a Russo Bros. movie.

Citadel had preemptively received a two season order due to peak streaming foolishness so Amazon is being forced to stick with this turkey for another year.

Good for him.

It's pricey stuff. Is it worth it?

I know we have this sort of topic fairly frequently, but I have never heard anyone mention this product line. So, what can you tell me about it (other than to go fuck myself)?

More NYT bullshit.

Does everyone really have a price?

Are you addicted to anything? For me, Energy drinks. I get them at Dollar Tree for $1.25 each. You?

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

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

If he knew me I think he’d take care of me and be concerned for my personal welfare and happiness. He’s that kind of guy. Nice.

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Former President Barack Obama on Thursday admonished Black men who he believes have not adequately supported Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling them it’s “not acceptable” to sit out this election and suggesting they might be reluctant to vote for Harris because she’s a woman.

The striking comments by Obama, made to a small group of voters in a surprise stop at a local Harris campaign office in Pittsburgh, were part of a more forceful campaign message delivered by the former president on Thursday as polls continue to show a neck-and-neck race. At a rally in the city later that evening, Obama issued some of his most searing public criticisms of his successor to date.

The lack of energy some see around Harris’ campaign, Obama told the group, “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.”

“You’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody (in former president Donald Trump) who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that’s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down?” Obama said. “That’s not acceptable.”

The problem, he suggested, was less complicated than some are making it out to be – and that it often comes down to sexism.

“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama said. “Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”

As CNN reported, Harris had been focused on turning out Black men even before she took over as the Democratic nominee, trying to get the enthusiasm there for President Joe Biden.

“The concern is that the couch is going to win,” one person close to the Harris team told CNN. “We need to make sure that Black men, Hispanic men, don’t sit on the couch. Because if they don’t vote at all. That’s (a) vote for him.”

In response to the Harris campaign’s struggle to recreate, in short order, the multiracial Biden coalition of 2020, campaign operatives and allies have been offering a similar directive to the Obama delivered in Pittsburgh, often privately working to make the case to voters in close-up, intimate spaces.

Last month in Milwaukee, Harris’ brother-in-law, Anthony West, quietly attended a local meeting of the NAACP – a technically nonpartisan group whose members are filled with influential, mostly Democratic state activists and organizers.

If Dynasty had been cast as initially devised who would have been in the cast?

George Peppard as Blake Angie Dickinson as Krystal Tyne Daily as Claudia (I seem to have read that some place) Later on, Sophia Loren/Jessica Walter as Alexis

Anyone I’m missing?

and I came upon this bench in a park:

World-nenowned medium Tyler Henry gives celebrity guests hope, healing and long-sought answers through emotional readings.

I guess they are couching the sham with the phrase "emotional readings"

Would you prefer random stars doing a stunt, a comedy routine, a musical performance or an acting sketch instead of having a traditional host?

I'm aware this topic has done the rounds in the recent past, but I'm always intrigued (and titillated) to read what stories Dataloungers have to share, however brief.

So tell us: how did you meet? How did the reality compare with what you'd imagined? Any memorable quirks?

I don't really see much of a difference.

Timothée Chalamet Is A Singing, Smoking Bob Dylan In First Look At James Mangold’s Musical Biopic.

I’ll start with a recent one-Hugo Weaving’s attempt at an American accent in Slow Horses. My god, it’s awful. The way he pronounced the word “offer” alone almost made my ears bleed.

An example of a golden oldie horrible attempt at an American accent was Laurence Olivier’s in The Betsy. The man should never have been allowed to bray the word “car” in an American accent.

I’m working on preliminary plans for a trip next year, and would love your input. I’m more of a city explorer, food and culture lover. Beaches don’t do much for me, though I love being near the ocean. I’m torn between Montevideo and Lima right now, though I’m open to other cities.

Any suggestions, Datalounge?

Who's planning on seeing it? Apparently it is really over the top with the gore, which I like. And David Howard Thornton is brilliant as Art the Clown. I am not much of a theater person, but may have to see this one on the big screen.

Male homosexuals model the latest swimwear in London.

This one looks good!!! I am excited for a full trailer. It will air on Sky in the UK and Starz here in the USA.

Oh, Starz has stepped their game up a bit I think, because this is the third series in a row from them I actually am interested in watching.

Was he in trouble here? Seems weird after all those tough 'Murican pro-miltary movies.

But why are they hiring new showrunners when the show was successful?

Snoop Dogg and Mick Jagger both seem to have good senses of humor, for all their fame.

Same with Henry Winkler. His Instagram is endearing.

Who else?

When I registered to vote in high school at age 17 I registered as an independent. My thinking at the time as an idealist 17 year old was that I wanted to consider the issues and vote for who I truly thought was the best candidate regardless of political party. And then I ended up voting democrat in every election anyway. The first election I was old enough to vote in was 2000 and I hated Bush. I voted for Obama both times and then Hillary and Biden. I thought John McCain was a good man but his running mate was a dope.

Anyway, when I moved across the country I just registered as a democrat because at that point, in the era of Trump, I no longer really saw the point in being independent anymore.

Mainly: did all prom dresses in the mid-1970s look like the church attire of a 75-year-old woman from Greenfield, Iowa?

Even La Buckley's dress ages her considerably.

I haven’t seen such a look of hate in ones eyes since that Brazilian drag queen who lost the pageant went to snatch the winner’s wig.

What's the story here?

I just came across this on YouTube, but after watching this gay scene, I'm wondering if it's worth it to watch the whole series?

The bearish guy is pretty hot.

Inspired by the Oscars thread. I used to go all the time. Now it’s a rare event

Are the spirits in the room with you?

Any of you true eldergays go to these emporiums ca. 1969? Starting at 35 seconds some good looking naked young men with the private areas censored- but still. That antique porn/erotica looks hot.

Cornyn knows Trump is losing, which is why he posted this picture.

It’s your turn to tell the truth now, Donald.

The drama, which streamed in the spring, contained a big twist in its finale.

Apple TV+ wants another helping of Sugar.

The tech behemoth’s streaming service has picked up a second season of the drama, which stars Colin Farrell as the title character, Detective John Sugar. The first season followed John’s search for a missing woman — and revealed a big twist late in the season that helps set the stage for season two.

“It has been incredibly exciting to see audiences around the world embrace ‘Sugar,’ and we are thrilled to return for a second season,” executive producers Audrey Chon and Simon Kinberg said in a statement. “We’re so grateful to our partners at Apple for their support, our showrunner Sam Catlin, the brilliant Colin Farrell, and of course, our viewers. We can’t wait to get John Sugar back on the case.”

Added Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+, “Since its premiere, audiences have been gripped by the mysteries and twists of Sugar, with an incredible performance by Colin Farrell at the center. Colin, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon and the entire team behind this series have brilliantly blended genres to create a compelling, can’t-miss series that keeps viewers guessing, and we cannot wait to see where Detective John Sugar finds himself in season two.”

The show’s first season premiered in April and concluded its eight-episode run on May 17. Season two, Apple says, will bring Sugar back to Los Angeles for another missing-person case while he continues to look for answers about his missing sister. Farrell, who’s also an executive producer of Sugar, has two high-profile series going at the moment. He also stars in The Penguin at HBO, which has drawn big audiences for its first two episodes.

Season one of Sugar also stars Kirby, Amy Ryan, James Cromwell, Anna Gunn, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Sydney Chandler, and Alex Hernandez. It’s not clear whether any of them will return for season two.

Catlin (Breaking Bad, Preacher) will be the showrunner for season two and executive produce via his Short Drive Entertainment. Chon and Kinberg, who has an overall deal at Apple TV+, exec produce for Genre Films along with Farrell, Scott Greenberg and Chip Vucelich. Mark Protosevich created the series.

Interviewed by The New York Times' Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Five times in a row, the GOP vice presidential nominee refused to say Trump lost that year's vote.

Watch the interview...

Timmy does Bob Dylan better than Bob Dylan does himself.

Timmy will get his second Oscar nomination for this film.

Or at least a foot. No sign of the camera ….

Call it Room, SVU.

20 years after being imprisoned by Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Sir), Shanola Hampton (Gabi) runs an investigation firm with other kidnapping victims including Kelli Williams.

The hook is that she has Sir chained up in her basement, helping her solve cases, like Hannibal Lector.

Because she's a fugitive from Justice herself after drunkenly driving her pickup truck into a ditch and sickening four dozen of her fellow citizens with E coli from tainted pork chops? Oh, and her pre- Jan 6 guided tours through the Capitol building...

See next post for a link.

Starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp

I was watching the Oprah / Presley family special and noticed something weird. There is a voice saying hello out of nowhere around 35:10.

Free version for those without Paramount+, etc... Sorry for all the ads.

The room was kept at 55 degrees to preserve his body, she writes, adding that she “got so used to him, caring for him and keeping him there.”

True stories.

He looks so good!!! My loins are quivering.

Who would you get down on your knees for?

This classic 80s song is one of my favorites.

Just keep talking and give it all to Kamala.

I’m not. Hated her as that fake Nazi Wonder Woman.

And then saying “my own” as a save. Sure.

Oh my it’s so self important. Is this parody?

Andrew McCarthy needs to have seats.

“Joe Biden is our superstar.”

When they were romantically involved, "He told me he was still a virgin," Presley writes in the book. "I think he had kissed Tatum O'Neal, and he'd had a thing with Brooke Shields, which hadn't been physical apart from a kiss. He said Madonna had tried to hook up with him once, too, but nothing happened. I was terrified because I didn't want to make the wrong move."

I want to fuck him so bad.

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Was viewed as a flop when released, but now I think it’s arguably David Fincher’s masterpiece and the best San Francisco film alongside Vertigo. Despite its frequent use as a location in films, very few films depict San Francisco’s spookiness correctly- it’s a spooky place.

The new Netflix Zodiac film also comes out at the end of the month.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that still holds the transatlantic speed record it broke in 1952, must leave its South Philadelphia berth of more than a decade by Sept. 12, said a federal judge Friday.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody put an end to a years-old rent dispute that culminated in a two-day January bench trial between the SS United States Conservancy, a steward of the ship, and its Pier 82 landlord, Penn Warehousing.

Tensions came to a boil in August 2021, when Penn Warehousing doubled its daily dockage fee for what was once known as the “Queen of the Seas” to $1,700, an increase the conservancy refused to accept, continuing to pay its previous rate, set in 2011. Penn Warehousing terminated the lease in March 2022 with a written notice, then took the conservancy to court, with the conservancy filing a counterclaim.

During the trial, attorneys for both sides tried to bend the vagueness of the original berthing agreement in their favor. Brody, who’d encouraged the parties to settle instead of leaving it up to her, ultimately gave each side a partial victory in her decision.

She took note of two key omissions in the original berthing agreement. There were no provisions for any change in the “lay up dockage fee” or provisions on how either party could end the relationship save for the vessel’s departure. Penn Warehousing’s demand for increased dockage fees with a 14-days notice “finds no support in the Berthing Agreement or contract law,” she wrote, and the conservancy’s failure to pay the new rate did not amount to a breach of the 2011 agreement or entitle its landlord to damages.

Still, Brody wrote that under Pennsylvania contract law, the berthing agreement is terminable at will with reasonable notice, which Penn Warehousing had issued in March 2022.

Susan Gibbs, conservancy president and granddaughter of the ship’s designer, said in a statement that the conservancy “was vindicated in not being compelled to pay a large sum of back rent.” Yet she lamented the ticking clock the conservancy is now under.

“The judge’s decision gives us a very limited window to find a new home for the SS United States and raise the resources necessary to move the ship and keep her safe,” she wrote.

The decision gives the conservancy about 90 days to find a new home. In addition to finding a location, Gibbs said the conservancy would need funds for insurance, tugs, surveys, and dock preparations for a move.

Penn Warehousing takes no joy in the victory, attorney Craig Mills said in an emailed statement.

“The best hope of everyone involved was that the Conservancy could successfully repurpose the ship,” he said. “But after decades of decay and delay, it is time to acknowledge the unavoidable and return Pier 82 to productive commercial service.”

When a National Geographic documentary team discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a melting glacier on Mount Everest in September, they almost immediately recognized its significance as a clue to a century-old mystery.

A name label still stitched onto the woollen sock read “A.C. Irvine,” revealing that it probably belonged to British climber Andrew “Sandy” Irvine. Irvine’s disappearance on Everest in 1924, alongside his compatriot George Mallory, is one of mountaineering’s biggest mysteries – with a solution that has the potential to change history.

The pair disappeared on June 8, 1924, 800 feet below Everest’s summit, as they set off to complete the first documented ascent of the world’s tallest mountain. But whether they made it to the summit, thus becoming the first known people to reach this milestone, before they died is still unknown.

While Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999, neither Irvine’s body nor the camera that the climbers were carrying, which might reveal whether they reached the summit, have ever been found.

That is, until this latest expedition, when the National Geographic team, which included “Free Solo” co-director Jimmy Chin, discovered a foot inside what they believe is Irvine’s boot. While they are waiting for DNA confirmation, comparing samples from the foot with ones taken from members of Irvine’s family, it appears to be the first evidence of his death since his disappearance.

“It’s the first real evidence of where Sandy ended up,” Chin said, according to National Geographic. “A lot of theories have been put out there.

“When someone disappears and there’s no evidence of what happened to them, it can be really challenging for families. And just having some definitive information of where Sandy might’ve ended up is certainly (helpful), and also a big clue for the climbing community as to what happened.”

A few days before they found the boot, the team discovered an oxygen cylinder from a 1933 expedition that had also attempted to scale Mount Everest. Though that expedition failed, it had found an ice ax belonging to Irvine on the mountain’s northeast ridge, leading Chin’s team to speculate that they might be close to his body.

Following that hypothesis, they spent the next few days scouring the glacier, until filmmaker and climber Erich Roepke spotted the boot.

“I think it literally melted out a week before we found it,” said Chin.

Chin and the team took the boot and foot off the mountain in a cooler when they noticed birds disturbing it and gave it to the China-Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA).

Shortly after their discovery, the team informed Irvine’s family, including his great-niece Julie Summers, who has written a book about the climber.

Summers was “moved to tears” when she learnt of the boot’s existence in an “extraordinary and poignant moment,” she said, according to the PA Media news agency.

“I have lived with this story since I was a seven-year-old when my father told us about the mystery of Uncle Sandy on Everest,” she added.

“The story became more real when climbers found the body of George Mallory in 1999, and I wondered if Sandy’s body would be discovered next. A quarter-of-a-century after that discovery, it seemed extremely unlikely that anything new would be found.”

(and not James Garner)

I understand that Bebe will be showing up on the Frasier reboot on Paramount Plus.

So enjoy this

Cheryl's career should be joining Janet Jackson's.

Curious what others think. Will reserve my thoughts for now to not bias discussion.

Sure to be some good takes on this.

Here’s the biggest myth that Republican candidate Donald Trump is trying to sell to Americans and to the world: that he was a good president.

Trump’s continuously repeated falsehoods about his record as president have convinced many people who find him to be a horrible person, but nevertheless support him because of what Trump says about his term in office.

“Yes, I know, he’s 78, he’s not as sharp as he used to be, he lies all the time, he has cheated on his wives, he makes racist comments, he is a convicted felon, and he tried to carry out a coup after he lost the last elections. But he was a good president,” a Republican friend told me recently.

Let me share with you some facts to help fight political amnesia. In fact, Trump was one of the worst presidents in recent history. Here are the facts:

A larger deficit

On the economy, Trump left the biggest deficit in U.S. history.

Under Trump, the national debt grew much faster than during his successor Joe Biden. Like most populists, Trump cut taxes and spent as if there were no tomorrow, leaving a national debt that will have to be paid by our children and grandchildren for decades.

The national debt rose by almost $7.8 trillion to $28 trillion during Trump’s four years in office, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The debt has kept growing since, but at a significantly slower pace.

As for the country’s economic growth, the U.S. economy under Trump grew by an overall 6.8%. By comparison, it grew by 8.4% in the Biden years.

On the jobs’ front, Trump left office with 3 million fewer jobs than there were when he entered the White House. Granted, that was largely because of the pandemic, but Biden has added nearly 16 million jobs since then.

Granted, inflation was lower under Trump than under Biden. The pandemic disrupted supply chains from China and made consumer prices soar in America in 2021 and 2022. But inflation has since fallen to 2.4%, close to its pre-pandemic levels.

A weakened democracy

On democracy, Trump undermined democratic institutions and the rule of law like no other American president in recent memory. He is the first U.S. president I can remember who tried to stage a coup d’etat to stay in power.

Trump falsely claims to this day that he won the 2020 election, even after more than 60 courts and the conservative-majority Supreme Court found his objections to be unsubstantiated.

Then, he tacitly tried to incite rebellion on Jan. 6, 2021, when he waited for hours before trying to stop a pro-Trump mob from invading the U.S. Capitol in hopes of overturning the election result. He continues to praise the violent rioters who injured more than 100 police officers, calling them “patriots” and government “hostages.”

Emboldening dictators

On foreign policy, Trump weakened America’s standing in the world by picking fights with the closest U.S. allies while at the same time embracing dictators such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord and threatened to abandon the U.S.-European NATO military alliance. Trump’s threats to leave NATO significantly damaged the group’s unity and probably encouraged Putin to plan his 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Trump deserves credit for the Abraham Accords to help establish diplomatic ties between Israel and some Arab countries. But if you look at the world in terms of superpower-led blocs, Trump left power in 2020 with a weaker Western alliance and a stronger China and Russia.

Reproductive rights

On abortion, Trump appointed three conservative Supreme Court judges who played a crucial role in overturning Roe v. Wade, a ruling that had made abortions legal in the country for nearly 50 years. As a result, some states banned abortions, and some women reportedly died because they could not get proper medical care to end their pregnancies.

Donald Trump, who appeared weak-voiced and exhausted, meandered for several minutes while speaking at the Detroit Economic Club, at one point even insulting the city itself while implying that the alleged bad things about it will go national should he lose the election.

“The whole country will be like — you want to know the truth? It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president,” Trump said, referring to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan tweeted in response to Trump’s speech, “Detroit just hosted the largest NFL Draft in history, the Tigers are back in the playoffs, the Lions are headed to the Super Bowl, crime is down and our population is growing. Lots of cities should be like Detroit. And we did it all without Trump’s help.”

Though the city has an embattled history, city and state leaders have touted the revitalization of downtown, and the city’s population rose for the first time in more than 60 years this year.

Elsewhere in his speech, Trump seemed focused on companies “leaving wherever they may be located” before he referenced “things were coming cylinders, no wings, no nothing, and they’re coming down very slowly, landing on a raft in the middle of the ocean someplace with a circle boom” that “reminded me of the Biden circles that he used to have.”

In a clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, Trump said in full, “Many countries, they do that, and then all of a sudden you hear that they’re leaving Milwaukee, or they’re leaving wherever they may be located. It’s very sad to see it… and it’s so simple. I mean, you know, this isn’t like Elon with his rocket ships that land within 12 inches on the moon where they wanted to land, or he gets the engines back.”

“That was the first I realized. I said, ‘Who the hell did that?’ I saw engines about three, four years ago. These things were coming — cylinders, no wings, no nothing, and they’re coming down very slowly, landing on a raft in the middle of the ocean someplace with a circle, boom.”

“Reminded me of the Biden circles that he used to have, right? He’d have eight circles, and he couldn’t fill them up. But then I heard he beat us with the popular vote. I don’t know. I don’t know. Couldn’t fill up the eight circles. I always loved those circles. They were so beautiful. It was so beautiful to look at. In fact, the person that did that was the best thing about… that level of that circle was great, but they couldn’t get people.”

“So they used to have the press stand in those circles because they couldn’t get the people. Then I heard we lost. Oh, we lost. Now we’re never going to let that happen again, but we’ve been abused by other countries. We’ve been abused by our own politicians, really more than other countries.”

Trump’s recent speeches have often been lengthy and rambling, with the presidential candidate frequently wandering off on irrelevant tangents that are difficult to understand. It is immediately not clear what “the Biden circles” are — Some people have speculated he was referring to the social distancing circles used at certain political events in 2020 — or why they couldn’t be filled up, or how they relate to “Elon with his rocket ships.”

The Detroit Economic Club is a non-partisan non-profit that provides an environment to debate social, business, and government issues.

I think he's still clearly bitter about being forced out...

He has barely done anything to help her it seems

Let's discuss the great spooky film Zodiac. It is easily one of my favorite films of all time.

Directed by David Fincher

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Dermont Mulroney, John Carrol Lynch, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, Chloë Sevigny, John Getz, Zach Greiner, Adam Goldberg, John Terry, Philip Baker Hall, and Brian Cox as Melvin Belli

And I only came across this story because it popped up in my search results after typing Hurricane Milton in Google.

Here’s hoping.

How can less talented cunts like Gaga and Marissa Tomei have Oscars but the Queen of the Nation: Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter does not. She is way more talented than they are and I like those cunts. We must fix this injustice.

Saoirse Ronan recently appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and remembered the dramatic casting switch that occurred during the making of Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones.” The director originally cast Ryan Gosling as the father of Ronan’s protagonist, but the actor was replaced by Mark Wahlberg just days before filming after Jackson disagreed with Gosling’s decision to gain 60 pounds for the role.

Jackson never started filming “The Lovely Bones” with Gosling, but Ronan revealed the cast had already “done some prep” by the time Gosling got fired. Ronan had bonded with Gosling and was sad to see him ago.

“I think I just loved Ryan and his dog, George, and I was just sad that, you know, he wasn’t gonna be around,” Ronan said. “But I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid, and I’ve spoken to both [Gosling and Jackson] now and it happens. Do you know what I mean? It’s not personal, necessarily. It’s like sometimes you’re just not on the same page.”

“Mark was able to step in, and he was a father,” Ronan added. “He was a father to, like, I don’t know, three kids? He probably had an experience of that that Ryan felt he didn’t. Ryan was like 27. He was young.”

Ronan would get the chance to work with Gosling a few years later when he cast her to lead his directorial debut “Lost River.”

Gosling spoke to THR a year after “The Lovely Bones” opened in theaters and revealed his firing was due to his weight gain. The actor explained: “We had a different idea of how the character should look. I really believed he should be 210 pounds. We didn’t talk very much during the preproduction process, which was the problem.”

“It was a huge movie, and there’s so many things to deal with, and he couldn’t deal with the actors individually,” Gosling added. “I just showed up on set, and I had gotten it wrong. Then I was fat and unemployed.”