what kind of family doesnt cooperate with the police? suspicious.....

[QUOTE]It’s hard to avoid the feeling of being judged as histrionic, even when evidence suggests mask wearers are right to be cautious. Many face pressure adjusting to changing social norms around a virus that others are treating as a thing of the past.

“hi so a tsa agent at jfk airport punched me in the genitalia, yelled at me for having a penis (?) and humiliated me in front of everyone after i told her to please stop,” she captioned over photo of her crying in the airport bathroom, according to a screenshot of the post.

But the embarrassment didn’t stop there, according to the woman.

“[The TSA agent] followed me into the women’s bathroom and began talking about me to a coworker while I sobbed in a stall,” she wrote, asking friends on the internet for advice as to what she should do.

In a follow-up post, she said she was left crying for over an hour and said “my balls still hurt so bad“.

Music has been announced. Andrew Lloyd Webber has written the anthem.

This is in NY.

Or continues to be.

So many beautiful old homes left abandoned and destroyed. Sad.

What are some songs that were career ending or foreshadowed popular decline? What song was the moment an artist went off the rails? When the untouchable got touched?

I’ll start this thread off with Lady Gaga’s “Applause”. It was almost as bad as Meryl Streep’s “Look At Me” performance in “Death Becomes Her”.

Happy Birthday, Diana!

She shares a birthday with:

T. R. Knight: 50

Jennifer Grey: 63

Steven Tyler: 75

Nancy Pelosi: 83

Sandra Day O’Connor: 93

Leonard Nimoy: Dead

Me and my husband are taking a small road trip this weekend. Nothing too fancy, just a 4 hour drive to a small town on the coast. I planned the trip so we could have a good experience together. Not a lot of planning, mind you, but I did book our hotel, do all the driving, and plan what we would do.

Yesterday was a fun day, and we went shopping, explored and had a nice meal.

We we’re taking a ferry today so a small island and I am really looking forward to it. This morning, I went to the car to get my jacket and when when back in the room, I was laying on the bed while he was in the bathroom. My shoes were on, but my feet were off the bed and shoes not touching the bed.

He saw this, got upset and said “don’t wear your shoes in the bed!”. I told him they were not in the bed, but he said they were close enough and it was gross. I kicked my shoes off but was a little upset because 1. Its a hotel, not our own bed and the shoes were not in the bed and 2. It was 8 am, can’t I get a good morning or something first?

Anyway now he isn’t talking to me. I didn’t yell at him or anything, so I really think he is just trying to punish me for being upset with him. I already apologized to him, told him why I was upset, and asked him if we could just put it behind us so we could have a nice trip.

He still is ignoring me. He hasn’t spoke to me for the 45 minutes to the ferry terminal or on this ferry ride. I should be able to enjoy this beautiful sea but instead I am stuck on DL replaying what I did wrong.

Season premiere and series premiere tonight (October 6) on the CW.

Jared Padalecki is Executive Producer of both shows.

Opening exclusively in theaters December 23.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is known for her beauty and fashion trends. But in 1877, she celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image. With a future of only ceremonial duties in front of her, she rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

Director: Marie Kreutzer Starring: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasan, Finnegan, Colin Morgan

You’re a true eldergay if you can name all the stars.

Esther Rolle is wearing a hat.

Julie Kavner looks like somebody dropped an ice cube down her dress.

Linda Lavin looks like she’s performing “Hey Big Spender.”

Will Geer next to a Gabor sister. That must have been an interesting conversation. A gay communist and a goldigger socialite.

Bonnie Franklin wore the same dress as Linda Lavin.

I had never realized that CBS had the top three queens of comedy: Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore.

#1 in overall freedom

#1 in public safety

lowest crime rate

zero income taxes

lowest poverty rate

fastest growing economy

#6 highest salaries

#2 healthiest population (hot guys who aren't fat)

All of this is possible if you just vote for sane republicans.

I am a 41 year-old attorney. I’m 6’4”, weigh about 240 lbs, I go to the gym regularly, my body fat % ranges between 23-26% according to my scale.

I have never had a relationship before. None of the girls I liked in high school were into me.

In my 20s, I lived in LA. I was hopelessly heartbroken over a straight best friend, but I never found anyone to take my mind off of him. I guess I also knew that until I made more money and/or got a better body, I was never going to be good enough for anybody I’d be really interested in.

I didn’t start hooking up with guys more until I was in my mid-thirties, but I’d always get bored quickly, I’d never do anal, I could never come from oral sex, and the guys weren’t interested in seeing me afterwards.

At this point, I have to ask myself — what do I want a relationship for? I know that reality is different from fantasy, but I kind of suppose if I had been interested in anything “real,” I would have found it by now. I guess I’m not interested in anything “real,” only surface and fantasy. But I shouldn’t have had to become a lawyer first before finding a relationship. Even if I found someone I’m really interested in that’s also interested in me, if it took becoming a lawyer first, how will I ever take such a relationship seriously if I was not good enough before becoming a lawyer?

At this point, I’m just jaded. I want my OWN kids, I want an egg donor and surrogate. Let’s be honest, the people I find attractive, I’m not what they want, and anybody who’d be interested in me, they’re not what I want.

But how common is this going to be in the future? Keeping up with appearances, making money, struggling to keep my body in shape, etc? With all this hard work, how does ANYBODY a ever end up together? How do people stay satisfied with each other?

I say, people should save their love for their seed, stop looking for relationships (because relationships with good partners, good catches are for privileged people).

Oh, dear.

I feel decades ago big gay organizations were tied somehow to the base via funding. They must have relied in part on donations. Requests for donations were everywhere. So their policies were more or less tied to the majority of gays and lesbians’ views. But I sense now they basically try to use PR and social media to tell us what to believe. Where is their funding coming from? Corporations? Soros?

As gay men, has your sex drive diminished as you aged. I guess testosterone starts to diminish in your 40s, and they say that correlates with a lower sex drive. Is that the case? I ask because, in my admittedly anecdotal experience, gay men in their 40s are still plenty horny, like all the time. When does age catch up to you as far as sex drive, or is doing the butt stuff a hunger that never really goes away?

Or he's glass-closeted already since he's working on his third queer character. He used to hangout a lot with tranny Tommy Dorfman before he became famous.

Mark Arnold, 62, a critical-care nurse with a keen interest in architecture and design, relished the idea of building a modernist structure that reflected his taste and his ideas about how to live well. Specifically, he wasn’t interested in living in a big house full of empty rooms he wouldn’t use.

“I wanted a small, architectural house,” he said. “Just for one person.”

I haven't watched him in years, but I don't recognize him anymore. He used to be a progressive centrist kind of guy, now he seems full Republican rhino. Will be be MAGA by Tuesday?

One eyelid has been slightly red and scaly all winter (I have dry eyes), and since Wed I've started having tons of floaters and a ring around my vision every time I move that one eye.

I have an appt with the ophthalmologist Fri, should I ask they squeeze me in sooner?

Pay attention- OLD AND FAT people- maybe this will help you get laid.

I was old and FAT. I was a FAT WHORE but now I'm just and eldergay and even I can use all the help I can get.

Watch the Qween in the video.

Do you hire someone to do them? Do you do them yourself? What software do you buy? How much does it cost? Is it hard? I always had an accountant do my taxes but last year she charged $400. Does that seem steep? Could I do it myself for less?

Basically the opposite of interior decorating matching items?

A gay friend of mine just came out as conservative. He wants Trump to be president again. It’s bizarre

Gretchen Whitmer is very presidential, despite what she has said about not running. Great potential as a uniter and has accomplished a great deal in Michigan.

Progressive Democrat who comes across as relatable. See link—“Michigan’s First Dogs.” Love this.

Continue

Mine: Robert Blake, Michael Moriarty, Lisa Nicole Carson.

I have two indoor cats, both coming up to three years of age. It's recommended that you play with cats for mental stimulation and physical fitness. I would imagine this is doubly so if they're indoors all the time. Having said that, they do provide each other with some simulation as, even though they are quite independent of each other, each watches the other's activities.

Anyway, I know there are many cat owners here, and I'd be grateful for your thoughts.

Discuss.

New season starts today (3/15/23).

Continue with the tawdry tales of Low Country royalty, which were really just whomped-up trailer trash, here.

Just fell into this show about disturbed young woman who's the Superfan of a Beyoncé like singer. It's absolutely off the rails crazy hoodie/thriller and the lead actress is gonna win all the awards . Anyone else watching?

Which show had better guest stars?

We've seen the old and haggard guest star lineup from The Love Boat.

But Supernatural goes unrecognized for the sheer volume of STAR POWER that have appeared on that show, over the course of 15 seasons.

This is probably not the complete list, but from the episodes of Supernatural that I've actually seen, these are the famous people who have been on the show:

Season 1 Cory Sarah Shahi, Steve Railsback (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Cory Monteith (Glee), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Loretta Devine, Nicholas D'Agosto (Election), Nicki Aycox (Jeepers Creepers 2), Sterling K. Brown, Summer Glau, Linda Blair (Exorcist), Jason Gedrick, Tricia Helfer, Gary Cole, Aldis Hodge, Lauren Cohan (Maggie, Walking Dead), Michael Massee (Crow), Peter Deluise, Helen Slater, Dylan Minnette, Barry Bostwick, Jim Parrack (True Blood), Jack Plotnick, Jake Abel, Mark Pellegrino, Christian Campbell (Trick), Rachel Miner, Paris Hilton, Snookie from Jersey Shore, Julian Richings, Eric Johnson (Smallville), Mitch Pileggi, Corin Nemec, David Paetkau, James Patrick Stuart, Osric Chau, Felicia Day, Curtis Armstrong (Revenge of the Nerds), Hal Linden (Barney Miller), Adam Harrington, Kathryn Newton (Ant Man and the Wasp), Steven Williams (21 Jump Street), "The Miz" (Wrestler), Colin Ford, Finn Wolfhard (It), Alicia Witt, Kurt Fuller, and Adam Beach (Law & Order SVU).

Just to name a few.

Some of these people were in major feature films like Loretta Devine, Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Dylan Minnette (Don't Breathe), Finn Wolfhard (It), Kathryn Newton (Ant Man), and Sterling K. Brown (Black Panther).

I think that Supernatural beats The Love Boat.

I used to be a bartender at a hotel, and Vivica A. Fox came in with a guy late one night after an event. He ordered a drink for himself and a house red for her, so I turned to her and asked if she preferred cab or merlot. She gave me the DIRTIEST look, like, how dare I address her directly, and flounced off to a table without answering. The guy said, 'Just give her red, whatever...' and didn't leave a tip (they ordered four rounds, and no tip each time). They also complained that someone else came in and sat at a table near them and tried to get me to make them move. The other guests didn’t even try to approach her or anything — she was just mad that they dared to sit at a neighboring table.

A Florida charter school principal has been ousted after multiple parents complained that their sixth graders were made to view pornography—because they looked at Michelangelo’s iconic statue of David.

The statue was shown during a sixth grade art history lesson at Tallahassee Classical School, the Tallahassee Democrat first reported. One of the most famous pieces of artwork in the world, the statue shows a chiseled, naked man posing. But while most of the world sees it as art, some parents deemed it “pornographic” and said it “upset” their children.

I guess we'll see.

Jailed porn star Ron Jeremy has a new trial date in his serial rape case — and a new lawyer on his defense team.

At a hearing in Los Angeles Wednesday, the adult film industry veteran agreed to push the start of his planned jury trial from late February to May 2. His defense lawyer, Stuart Goldfarb, also tells Rolling Stone that Kate Hardie will help represent the actor at trial.

Hardie is a former Los Angeles County public defender now specializing in sex crimes, according to her website. She confirmed her new role on the case in an email Wednesday but declined to comment further.

Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, appeared at the hearing in a wheelchair with a bushy beard and his trademark long hair now almost completely white. He spoke only to tell Judge George Lomeli that he agreed to the case delay and new trial date.

The 68-year-old performer has been in custody in Los Angeles County since his June 2020 arrest. He’s being housed in a medical ward, Goldfarb says. “He’s doing as well as someone could do in jail,” Goldfarb says.

Jeremy has denied any wrongdoing in the case. He pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of sexual assault, including a dozen counts of forcible rape, following his indictment by a Los Angeles County grand jury.

The new indictment returned Aug. 19 involves 21 alleged victims ranging in age from 15 to 51 and an alleged pattern of predatory behavior dating back to 1996.

All of the alleged victims testified for the grand jury, with many saying Jeremy used his status as a pop-culture icon to disarm their defenses, according to transcripts of the proceeding obtained by Rolling Stone.

Multiple women said Jeremy used his VIP access to the employee bathrooms at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood to lure them out of earshot of other patrons, trap them in a confined space, and sexually assault them.

[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.]

The rise of luxury networking gyms, where you have to be somebody to join. Is it worth it?

I just discovered this lovely little movie on TCM.

What a surprise this turned out to be.

It's a quirky coming-of-age film about Manhattan socialite life, with a good sense of humor, and lots of faux intellectualism thrown in.

I really miss the days when studios used to take a chance on movies like this.

Has anyone else seen this little gem?

I wonder where the actors are today?

Do you know anyone who has no gaydar whatsoever?

A straight male friend of mine was stunned when Michael Stipe and Kevin Spacey came out.

Anyone familiar with him?

Poor thing.

Lose weight Aaron! You're not hot fat!

Some of the cases on this list are new to me and haven't been discussed ad nauseam on the Datalounge:

1) The Hinterkaifeck Murders

2) The Axeman of New Orleans

3) Austin Yogurt Shop Murders

4) Murder of the Dardeen family

5) The Grimes sisters

6) The Villisca Axe Murders

This fucking cunt.

I've seen it. I like it more than 5.

My personal ranking: 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3.

Harry Styles and Emily Ratajkowski Spark Dating Rumors After They're Spotted Kissing in Tokyo

It’s racist to consider it.

Quite an extreme example.

Continue discussing what you're reading this spring!

Call me, call me, call me, call me any anytime. 🎶

We currently have an advert for Flo tampons being broadcast in the UK. It is being shown at any time of day and gets pretty directly to the point.

Not sure you'd see it anywhere outside of Northern Europe

I think it's the combination of her faux humility with her predatory capitalistic instinct. She's not real, she just shows the public the friendly facade they want to see, in order for her to profit off them further. Everything she is comes down to making money. Her philosophy is not about living, it's about exploiting. And the worst of it being, is that her fans get so fucking defensive about it.

There's not always a fun little story, is there? I once sat next to David Duchovny on a flight, back when the X Files was still on, and he read the Wall Street Journal for the entire flight. Three hours. He was polite and quiet. I thought that was a long time to read the paper.

[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.]

The TQs assault & silence women under the banner of “Gay Pride”.

NZ has domestic violence through the roof, btw. It’s where a rich, old white man (Laurel Hubbard) competed as a woman in the Olympics

—————-

Controversial pro-woman and anti-transgender campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull said she thought she was going to die after she was attacked with tomato sauce and mobbed, forcing to cut her planned rally short. The biological sex campaigner, who also goes by Posie Parker, staged a rally in Auckland on Saturday on the next leg of her international Let Women Speak tour, which is aimed to support women’s rights.

Ms Keen-Minshull attended her organised rally at Auckland’s Albert Park, but it was quickly drowned out by LGBTQIA+ protesters.

The British Activist and self-described transphobe had to be led out of the event by a large amount of police.

The 48-year-old said she genuinely feared for her life during the event.

“I genuinely thought if I fell to the floor I would never get up again, my children would lose their mother and my husband would lose his wife,” she wrote on Twitter.

“My security saved my life today, no words can express my gratitude.”

Is Emily really dating Harry or just bearding for him?

One of Hollywood’s leading Native American figures is being accused of faking her claims of Cherokee heritage, The Post can reveal. Award-winning Heather Rae, 56, serves on the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Indigenous Alliance, previously headed up the Sundance Institute’s Native American program and claims “my mother was Indian and my father was a cowboy.” Multiple prior news reports have also cited her as having a Cherokee mother.

I didn't see a thread so I thought I would start one.

Things are moving right ahead and the boys are working hard to entertain us.

My favorite game so far was last night's Iowa Loss! I cannot believe there is NO criticism of Iowa coach giving his son Connor a scholarship for SIX years - he offered him his first one while Connor was still in High School. And the Covid portal has kept him on two MORE YEARS.

He is a middling player at best. Of course we still have scholarship son Patrick for another season....and two more McCaffrey sons coming up (one in high school who will no doubt be offered a scholarship during his senior year....and a boy in Jr. High.......).

None of them are really outstanding players. Last night at the end of the game Connor was bawling and moaning because his college career is finally over. My guess is he'll be back next year on his father's coaching staff.

Rant over.

Tonight: Purdue!

This video will never not be hilarious.

[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.]

Know it's bad to say this but..

Please, oh please!

I went to the art show in Memorial Park In Houston today, and there were so many paintings of cows, it was overwhelming. Why would anyone want a gigantic painting of a cow? Apparently a lot of people do, because there were a shitload to choose from.

There's this new gadget that will take over your kitchen like a godzilla

I don't know if she deals with that kind of stuff, but let's pretend she does.

What is your initial reaction to photos like these?

Positive? Negative? Neutral?

Turned on?

Envious?

Turned off?

Self-conscious?

One gay guy I used to follow *only* ever posted photos of himself either alone and shirtless or in mostly-unclothed groups like this one. He once posted a photo with an average looking person and someone commented "I didn't realize you've ever met anyone with more than 5% body fat!"

My honest reactions when I see these types of photos online are 1) extreme self-consciousness and 2) disappointment that gay men are ultra-ultra conformists and that we attribute most of our value to how well we measure up, and how well the company we keep measures up against all standards of social worth, beginning with a standardized appearance and including professional status and displays of wealth.

I find it alienating because 1) I don't compare favorably to young gym dudes who parade their bodies, and 2) I resent that gay men overall are so eager to uphold these as their community's values.

In the late '90s, pride celebrations felt important and exciting and political, and now they feel like...I don't really know what to compare them to, but the closest I can come up with is beauty pageants whereby body after body is paraded and judged based on standards, and then everyone present agrees to participate in the absolute lie that their talents and answers to questions about politics and society have anything at all to do with who are determined the winners and losers.

You got that??

Wow!!! Love the cover!!! Playful yet sexy! Only he could pull off such a hot cover so effortlessly.

And the issue is already sold out? Wow. Is a star being born?

Rewatching. I can forgive Richard Harris anything, including those bangs. Was Titian hair in, or is everyone in England blond red headed.? Franco Nero is not imposing at all as Lancelot. He’s weak. Why bother why you have steak at home? (Harris)

Nurse Nicole Linton, charged with killing six in 130mph crash, ‘froze’ at wheel: lawyer

Was this lady full of herself or what? Would it have killed her to have a shred of humility?

It must have been hard being Audrey Hepburn’s sister but man, what a piece of work Kate was.

Have you ever noticed that everyone except Joyce DeWitt is clowning around during their credit? Ritter falls backward on the fence, Pricilla Barnes stands on one leg like a flamingo, Don Knotts growls like a lion, and Richard Kline gets too close for comfort with an elephant.

Meanwhile, Joyce is shown gently playing with small children and animals.

Why is that?

I just read an article about him, and it mentioned he was considered good looking.

So I googled images.

Fuck.

From linked article: I think Viola Davis is talented, I didn't see Woman King, but I'm a little tired of Viola Davis and her snotty crying.

This movie has everything.

Happy Birthday, Chaka!

[quote] A.O. Scott started as a film critic at The New York Times in January of 2000. Next month he will move to the Book Review as a critic at large. After 23 years as a film critic, Mr. Scott discusses why he is done with the movies, and what his decision reveals about the new realities of American cinema.

He and I must be close-ish in age, because he came of age during the '90s, and he thinks the 90s was the end of a golden age of movies.

The bottom line of why he decided to quit reviewing movies is because of the corporate superhero-and-'IP'-productions takeover—the Marvel universe, DC Comics, Pixar, and a few others.

One primary criticism is just the general formulaic approach to storytelling, and he said in one written review that these are not movies so much as ATMs for corporate executives. He also said that the movies' only strength is that they often have funny, snappy dialogue, and that the movies are really just joke machines masquerading as something else—and ultimately, yes, just corporate ATMs that leave you with nothing to think about or discuss after they are over.

Specifically, he says that the movies are criticism-resistant because they're not self-contained, and because they've intentionally cultivated obsessive fandoms who do not accept the idea of honest reviews and criticism. Questioning any choices or expressing any dissatisfaction with any aspect of any MCU-type movie immediately results in personal attacks and accusations of being a 'hater.' He said he finds it unnerving in that audiences no longer think independently but rather follow and consume all they are given, and he said he worries that the corporate influence over movies, and the eager acceptance of it, is contributing to an acceptance of authoritarian leadership that demands people follow and never question decisions made by those of their respective factions.

He says his notion of a movie reviewer is someone to have a virtual discussion with, and only acceptance is deemed acceptible by today's fans of corporate movies.

He's gone to the NYT book review to be a literary critic. Presumably, readers are less to follow blindly and not condemn reviewers for asking questions or expressing dissatisfaction.

I was thrilled to hear this interview because I have had all of the same sentiments for many years and I don't understand how people have just gladly accepted the replacement of thoughtful screenwriting and direction with invincible steroidal men in tight unitards and CGI-everything, all the time, the same thing in every single movie.

I also lost faith in contemporary movie critics. The straw the broke the camel's back for me was Wonder Woman 2, which got the most insanely stellar early reviews from critics who were shown private previews before the HBO release during the pandemic. The reviews were all hyperbolic but completely consistent—A+++++. Then the movie was released and it *sucked* and was twice as long as it needed to be, with a terrible story, and then real reviews came out after audiences agreed it was a shit movie. Evidently, a lot of critics must be paid off to write what the corporate studios want them to say—and that is marketing, paid advertising, not criticism.

I have 3 siblings: one with green, one with one blue and one green, one with hazel.

I got brown.

I’m glad for vision. But brown eyes suck. COMMON!

Cable network renews its top rated show through January 2024. Go Dan Abrams, Sean “Sticks” Larkin and Curtis Wilson! Shout out to OP Nation!

[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.]

When will Anetra's nudes leak? Have they?

Also, part 1 linked below.

Which famous TV Judge molested Sheryl Lee Ralph?

Um....How have we not discussed this? Ole Scottie dishes the dirt on the sexual escapades of Tinseltown's most glamorous bygone stars, including Roman Navarro, Judith Anderson, Kate Hepburn, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, and so many more. Yikes! And it's on Hulu!

Losing control of the narrative is anathema to royalty. The great ship of state is supposed to sail serenely on despite the weather, not get tossed about on the ocean’s waves.

Harry and Meghan know this well. And so, no doubt, they knew exactly how disruptive it would be for the royals when they unilaterally declared Wednesday that their daughter Lilibet was a princess. They causally tucked her new title into a christening announcement delivered to People magazine—as opposed to the more traditional easel outside Buckingham Palace.

The article also took a dig at the royals’ absence, with a source saying Charles, Camilla, Kate, and William had all been invited to the affair, which featured a ten-piece choir brought by Tyler Perry, but didn’t show up.

After an hour of two of startled silence, the royal rabbit removed itself from Harry and Meghan’s headlights, and journalists were briefed that the palace had no issue with the move and had, indeed, been expecting it all along and would shortly be updating their website to reflect the new titles, and that the hold-up had only been a matter of Harry and Meghan getting on and announcing it. (The royal website now shows Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex as sixth and seventh in line to the throne.)

Harry and Meghan said in a statement that the decision to use Lilibet’s princely title was “settled in alignment” (note: not “approved,” the Sussexes’ point being that their kids were entitled to the titles as a matter of law and nobody’s permission was required) with Buckingham Palace.

But the timing and manner of the big reveal made it look rather like the Palace, and many courtiers, had, if not been blindsided, certainly been caught off guard.

The bulletin to People was about as far from a co-ordinated joint announcement as you can get and has fueled suspicion that Harry and Meghan, tired of Charles’ refusal to officially declare their kids prince and princess (which he could easily have done at any point from his accession address onwards), decided to put it up to the royals.

The timing was certainly exquisite: the king was hardly going to be anything other than accepting when he is widely thought to be on the point of securing the couple’s attendance at the coronation. The Daily Mail reported Thursday that officials tasked with planning the event are actively making plans for Harry and Meghan to attend, with one source saying, “Harry and Meghan are being factored into all of the planning.... the cars, the seating plans, dining arrangements, everything.”

Friends and allies of King Charles and Prince William told The Daily Beast that the king would be “pleased” that Harry and Meghan had decided to use Prince and Princess titles for their children, and that it showed they had never been discriminated against, contrary to Meghan’s claim in the Oprah interview that Archie was unfairly denied the title “Prince” at birth, suggesting this was down to racial prejudice.

She said she was aghast at the “idea that the first member of color in this family not being titled in the same way that other grandchildren would be.”

As constitutionalists were at pains to point out at the time, the rules (known as letters patent), issued by George V in 1917, made it clear that their children would not be prince or princess until their grandfather was monarch.

A friend of Charles’ told The Daily Beast: “Meghan said on her Oprah interview that the royals had blocked Archie from becoming a prince, but it was always just a matter of convention. When the queen was alive they were great-grandchildren of the monarch so they were not entitled to the titles. Now they are grandchildren of the monarch, so they are.”

The friend tried to put a pro-Charles spin on this week’s turn of events, presenting it as a victory for the values of traditionalists, saying: “Charles will of course be pleased that [Harry and Meghan] clearly want the children to inherit their royal titles.”

[quote]The Dalai Lama has proclaimed a Mongolian boy born in US as the reincarnation of the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism. The eight-year-old boy was pictured with the Dalai Lama at a ceremony that took place in Dharamshala in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

[quote]Dharamshala is also the place where the Dalai Lama — Tenzin Gyatso –, 87, currently lives in exile. Owing to the longstanding Chinese animosity towards the Dalai Lama, which has previously emphasised that the country will only recognise Buddhist leaders that the government has chosen, the reincarnation of a Mongolian boy is expected to anger the country.

Continue the discussion here.

Part 2 has been ‘Murieled’/Paywalled, and today is their Wedding, so continue here:

"Wild Things" nearly featured a sex scene between Kevin Bacon and Matt Dillon, but the moment was scrapped when one of them refused to film it, the director said.

Speaking to Ethan Alters for Yahoo News on the 25th anniversary of the 1998 cult classic, director John McNaughton recalled one of the more surprising moments in the original script that never got shot.

"Wild Things," which also starred Neve Campbell and Denise Richards, follows a police detective uncovering a conspiracy in a case involving a high-school guidance counselor accused of rape by two female students.

The film features several twists and turns. However, one of the most shocking moments scriptwriter Stephen Peters originally included was a sex scene between Dillon's and Bacon's characters after it is revealed the pair are conspiring together against the two young women.

"In the original version of the scene, Matt walks into his bathroom to take a shower and there's Kevin," McNaughton said. "They were supposed to look each other up and down and then wham — go at it."

But it never happened, because one of the two refused to film the scene as it was originally portrayed in the script. According to Alters, McNaughton refused to say who. Representatives for Dillon and Bacon did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

"I love surprise, and I love stuff that I don't see coming," he said. "But in that moment it was like 'You win some, you lose some; we're moving on.'"

Dillon told Total Film in 2005 that he was "relieved" when the scene was cut, while Bacon told the publication that the twist would've been "great," ultimately blaming the film's financiers for taking it out as he believed they "didn't like the idea of men making out."

McNaughton made several other revelations elsewhere in the Yahoo interview, including that Marvel star Robert Downey Jr. was initially slated to play Dillon's character.

According to the director, they ended up going with Dillon over Downey Jr. partly because his substance-abuse issues at the time made him a liability for the studio production and partly because they were unable to finalize a deal with his representatives.

Looking back, McNaughton said he believes the right actor got the role.

"As my dear mother used to say, 'Everything happens for a reason,'" he said.

March 26, 1944 - Miss Diana Ross was born ! Happy Birthday Diana !

To celebrate - an interview she did with Andy Warhol nearly 50 years ago...

He does JLo’s hair

Seems they were milking the audience for applause.

in my opinion.

Perfect in every way.

Arrested in Phoenix. I look at the mugshots every day, but hardly ever see someone good-looking. I think this guy is gorgeous, I even like what he's done with his hair. What do you guys think?

If King George V had allowed his dear beloved cousin Tsar Nicholas II and his wife and children to flee to England during WWI, instead of rejecting his cousin's desperate pleas, and they were able to make it out of Russia to England and avoid being executed/martyred by the Bolsheviks...

...do you think we'd be dealing with Putin today?

Time for her side of the story. Three days into the trial, Gwyneth Paltrow testified about her 2016 skiing accident.

The Goop founder, 50, took the stand on Friday, March 24, to recall the events that took place seven years ago when she and Terry Sanderson crashed into each other while on the slopes in Deer Valley, Utah, as she was on a ski trip with her now-husband, Brad Falchuk, and their family. During her testimony, the Emma actress revealed she originally thought the collision was a sexual assault when she and Sanderson, 76, crashed into each other on the slopes.

“So that was a quick thought that went through my head when I tried to reconcile what was happening,” Paltrow recalled when asked about he sexual assault remark. “I was skiing and two skis came between my skis forcing my legs apart and then there was a body pressing against me and there was a very strange grunting noise so my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening. I thought, ‘Is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted? This is really, really strange.’ My mind was going very quickly and I was trying to ascertain what was happening.”

The trial began at the Park City District Court on Tuesday, March 21, and was scheduled to go on for eight days. All eyes have been on the hearings as they have been airing on Court TV. Paltrow made headlines on day 3 when she and her security team asked if they could bring the court bailiffs some treats as a thank you for their help. However, the request was objected to by Sanderson and ultimately denied by the judge.

The retired doctor originally sued Paltrow for $3.1 million back in January 2019 — three years after the incident occurred. He claimed that the Iron Man actress severely injured him when the two crashed into each other while skiing and left the scene. However, the optometrist is now only seeking $300,000 in damages.

Gwyneth PaltrowPer court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time of the original filing, Sanderson’s legal team claimed that the Oscar winner "skied out of control and hit the back of Terry Sanderson, another skier, who was downhill, knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries. Paltrow got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured.”

Paltrow, for her part, refuted the allegations and insisted that she and her ski instructor “remained on [the] scene” and “rendered aid” to Sanderson and left after they felt that he was not seriously injured. She further responded in a statement to Us at the time stating, “This lawsuit is completely without merit and we expect to be vindicated.”

One month later, the Marvel star decided to countersue the former optometrist. Paltrow sought out a jury trial and sued Sanderson for a symbolic $1 in damages plus reimbursement for her legal fees "to defend this meritless claim." In her legal defense, she claimed that she was the one who was actually struck by Sanderson.

“[Paltrow] was enjoying skiing with her family on vacation in Utah, when Plaintiff — who was uphill from Ms. Paltrow — plowed into her back,” the February 2019 paperwork read. ​“She sustained a full ‘body blow.’ Ms. Paltrow was angry with Plaintiff, and said so. Plaintiff apologized. She was shaken and upset, and quit skiing for the day even though it was still morning.”

Eldergays tell me about him. Was he 1 of your favorites? He's a bit before my time. He looks great in the photos from his porn days. At the end of the article there are 2 recent pics of him. He must be in his 50s by now and he looks like a DILF. I wouldn't fuck a porn actor but he's quite attractive

I guess he's 1 of the rare cases of former porn actors not OD'ing on drugs, committing suicide, ending up in jail for crime or homeless.

I didn't know Madonna used him once in 1 of her projects

I need to lose 20 lbs.

I'm sure some of my fellow fat whores are interested in improving their diets as well.

Of course

And then he divorced her in a year. I mean she played a slut but was she?

And what was up with his nipples?

This thing is a real POS. The casting is bad and the acting is even worse. The new wife is fugly, has vocal fry, and horrible eye makeup. Alleged peg-ee Steve Howey doesn’t even take his shirt off. The Tom Arnold type sidekick “Gib“ is one of the worst characters ever seen on TV. The only redeeming factor is an underused Beverly D'Angelo as the intelligence agency director.

Gregory A. Locke, 33, charges fans 12 bucks a month on the platform and has produced more than 100 posts since he opened an account in November 2020.

Everyone and anyone who has not given it a watch should! It is Irish Goth at its best. Emily Watson gives a tremendous performance, and Paul is always top tier.

My goodness, THE DRAMA! You see Stevie look at Lindsey numerous times through the performance of “Silver Springs”, but when they get to the bridge she stares at him, singing out the lyrics with PASSION as he stares back. It’s something out of a drama series, only it’s fucking real life 🤣 💀

Skip to the 3:40 mark if you do not wanna see the entire performance. That’s when it starts. If I were there in the audience I would be more intrigued by the drama than the song!

PS Stevie still sounds phenomenal there.

Keep going here...

And he's gay, too

That's depressing that people still think that way

Where can I get a prescription?

Is Macron okay?

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. DeSantis' administration is moving to unilaterally forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don't Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run."

We know who they are: the gas companies (or should we say company since they have all re-merged), the grocery store conglomerates: Kroger being a major gouger. And the food companies themselves are also gouging.

So are landlords, car dealerships, many other necessities we need in life.

We need to get back to taking consumerism seriously in this country and stop waiting on somebody else to fix it. It’s up to the consumer now.

How sleazy are these things?

Most of the famous designers are dead- or dying. There are no Supermodels anymore.

This guy goes around New York asking people what they're wearing and it's usually vintage, thrift, consignment shop, etc.

Is the future just leggings and sweatpants?

What do you think of diners, and diner cuisine?

What separates a diner from a mere restaurant? Is it the architecture of the place? The menu? The attitude of the staff?

And what are your favorite diner classics?

- Breakfast platters of various combinations

- Grilled sandwiches, from patty melts to tuna melts

- Fresh pie, from the rotating case on the counter

- Milkshake, with the second helping still in the metal tumbler

Actress Suzanne Somers and her husband supposedly put their Palm Springs desert home up for sale because their once-friendly neighbors seemed to 'shut out' the couple over their political beliefs. It's been said the couple has lost plenty of friends and the actress has committed 'career suicide' - all because of her support for Trump.

A few years ago, she publicly supported Trump as well as his re-election bid in 2020, saying she was 'happy with him' in the Oval Office, and happy with how the economy improved under his administration. Before he took office, she was very vocal about her opposition to President Obama - saying his Presidency was one of the most 'divisive' she has ever witnessed in her lifetime.

"And it's become divisive in the industry that if you're not part of the group, you should probably keep your thoughts to yourself," she told Fox Business News at the time. Her views didn't sit well with her Palm Springs neighbors nor with her Hollywood friends. In 2021, she put her beloved Palm Springs ranch up for sale, feeling pushed out by the community.

Said one former neighbor of the actress, "Their vocal support of Donald Trump didn't make them everyone's favorite neighbor anymore. Suzanne has lost friends because of her political views. It's sad, but she knows when she's not wanted."

The Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post wrote a scathing editorial on Friday about Donald Trump, with a cover headline that calls the former president “deranged” and “bat hit crazy.”

The editorial centers on Trump’s past behavior and reaction to the current real possibility of indictment in the criminal case he’s facing in New York related to hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels, with Trump warning of “death and destruction”

He was mentioned on the thread "Conservative Pundit Can't Define ‘Woke’ During Interview About Her Book On Wokeness". Surprisingly he's married to a woman.

Do any of you know him or heard rumors about him?

flash in the pan or ?

starting this thread for obvious reasons

It's been quite an eventful Saturday with lots of hard fought matches. Play is still going on actually as of 10:30 PM EST

Reese Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth have reportedly been living “separate lives” as friends are growing increasingly more concerned about the future of their relationship. The couple recently celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary (wow, has it really been that long?!) but those close to them reportedly fear that they are drifting apart due to their very different lifestyles!

The 46-year-old Big Little Lies actress reportedly has a very busy schedule filled with both work and family commitments, while the 52-year-old Hollywood talent agent, according to a source who spoke to RadarOnline, “prefers a quieter existence,” and to remain out of the spotlight, which is why we don’t see them make as many red carpet appearances together as we would like. The insider claimed that Toth “likes to escape the noise,” adding, “The hecticness that surrounds Reese is a lot and sometimes too much to handle.” Yikes!

“Jim is hardly ever with her and it wasn’t always like that,” the source added. “Friends are worried that they’ve stopped putting the work in,” they continued, before going on to say that they can sometimes go days without talking, and when they do, it’s “usually about their son,” in reference to ten-year-old son Tennessee James Toth. A second source said that if the Oscar-winning actress does “free up time for him” in her busy schedule, “he disappears off to hang with his buddies.” They added: “There have definitely been – and are – issues in their marriage.”

This news might not come as a huge shock to those who know Reese and Jim, as there has reportedly been trouble in paradise for quite some time. Back in June, an unnamed insider told Us Weekly that the couple were living separate lives, but were putting on brave faces for the sake of their son. But even when they *were* together, they weren’t “very affectionate with each other.”

"They present as very cold and business-like," the source continued. "The passion is non-existent and they are living very separate lives. They’re a business partnership as much as a couple, and that’s why they’re so careful about their image right now." The source added that Reese's obsession with perfectionism hasn’t helped either. "She expects the best from everyone around her," they added. "It’s made her rich and famous. And people do take her seriously, but it can be exhausting to be around Jim."

The source also added that the Little Fires Everywhere star may not have been in a hurry to end things with Jim because of how great he is as a father, and also how he allegedly helps to improve her image. "Jim is a very hands-on dad to their son, and that’s really allowed Reese to take Hello Sunshine to the next level," the insider shared, in reference to Reese's production company. "Plus, Jim makes Reese more likable. People can relax around him, which has never really been the case when it’s just Reese on her own. She can be incredibly sharp and intimidating – and Jim softens her edges a lot."

Reese and Jim met at a mutual friend's house at the beginning of 2010, shortly after breaking up with Jake Gyllenhaal, and got engaged to him less than a year later. They tied the knot in 2011 at Reese's ranch in Ojai, California and had their first child together in September 2012. (Reese also has two children with first husband Ryan Phillipe – 23-year-old daughter Ava and 19-year-old son Deacon. Reese and Ryan got married in 1999 and finalized their divorce in 2008.)

Although the pair have mostly kept their relationship out of the spotlight, there were a few standout moments during their marriage. In 2016, the Morning Show actress credited her husband with inspiring her to create Hello Sunshine, telling Harper's Bazaar at the time that he told her: "You should produce movies. You read more books than anybody I know. You should just buy some of them and turn them into films."

Who's going to the bicentennial celebration? I mean, 200 years ago.....Mrs. Chancellor was but a girl then!

Just came across this trailer on YouTube and thought I'd share it here. Honestly, it doesn't seem like a movie I would personally go and see (despite the fact that rugby men are in my opinion, the hottest men out there), but I thought others here might be interested, especially as there are often complaints that modern day gay stories don't really focus on gay male masculinity so much. This may be the movie for some people!

If you do see it, please report back. As I said, I'm not really interested in watching it, but am interested in hearing opinions.

I’m glad they love to show them off 💪🏽

Calling our DL sleuths, thoughts?

This episode of the CBS series The Bermuda Triangle Crisis, airdate October 7, 1977.

Diana Prince and Steve Trevor Jr (Lyle Waggoner) are intercepted by a laser beam while flying over the Bermuda Triangle in a Learjet . They bail out of the plane and parachute onto an uncharted island that is just miles away from Paradise Island. Anyway, Diana refashions her ripped pastel yellow pants into provocative Daisy Dukes that nearly show her pussy and ass.

I've been listening to the David Spade/Dana Carvey podcast, and it's been interesting. Those guys are funny, but they worship Lorne. Ellen Cleghorne was on, and it was weird. D&D did their usual Lorne worship, and Ellen noted how she made basically no money, was not allowed to meet with Lorne, and was effectively sidelined from the start. And she was in a good mood the whole time (also, her daughter is an oral surgeon).

They've been hired to act on the show because they did well in their audition. Many of them probably trained or at least took a few lessons. Just because soap operas are usually low quality doesn't mean the actors care less about the job. Somebody on the Daily Mail said that the "Home and Away" cast should be ashamed to call themselves actors because their not Hollywood-tier, and that the show is basically Love Island with a bit of mystery and crime.

It seems like the only actors who are respected are the ones with fame and oscar noms. Even struggling actors who have trained at drama school are disrespected and told to get a real job.

Based on an old sitcom!

Movies and Books become musicals, why not sitcoms?

Different Strokes: The Musical

Damn, DAMN, DAMN! A Good Times Musical

Newsradio: The Musical

Cheers: Down in the Cellar at the Waterin' Hole

Gunther! A Friends Musical Extravaganza

The possibilities are endless

An Idaho bill aimed at providing students with free feminine hygiene products in school failed on Monday after Republicans slammed the prospect as “woke” and “liberal.”

The one-page House Bill 313, introduced on March 13, would have required that public and public charter schools provide students with free tampons, sanitary napkins and other menstrual products.

Dissenting Republicans decried the bill as “woke” and overly generous.

“This bill is a very liberal policy, and it’s really turning Idaho into a bigger nanny state than ever,” said state Rep. Heather Scott, according to The Daily Beast. “It’s embarrassing not only because of the topic but because of the actual policy itself. So you don’t have to be a woman to understand the absurdity of this policy. And you don’t have to feel that you’re insensitive to not address this.”

The cost of the bill would have been $735,400 — $435,000 allocated toward product dispensers and the remainder for the actual menstrual products, according to the fiscal note.

The cost of the products was calculated at about $3.50 per student for 85,825 female students.

“It’s not a lot of money in the state’s budget,” Republican state Rep. Rod Furniss said on March 16 to the House Education Committee before the bill failed, according to the Idaho Statesman. “Today is a step to preserve womanhood, to give it a chance to start right, to not be embarrassed or feel alienated or ashamed, or to feel like they need to stay home from school due to period poverty.”

Still, the House vote was split down the middle, with 35 in favor and 35 against. Ten of the nay votes came from conservative women on the floor.

“What’s gonna be next?” Scott asked. “We can’t help but sweat. So are the schools now going to be providing deodorant for these kids?”

Another conservative lawmaker, state Rep. Barbara Ehardt, said the phrases “period poverty” and “menstrual equity” used to discuss the bill were “woke terms.”

“Period poverty” refers to the idea that some people, particularly low-income students and students of color, can have trouble accessing the menstrual products they need because they can’t afford them. Factors like sales taxes can make it even harder to obtain these necessary products, the American Civil Liberties Union notes.

She tells Sky News: "I consider being trans a superhero thing - I wanted to put it in a very positive light with superheroes because some people are so negative about LGBT stuff.

"I've been out and open about it since 1985, it's a long time… And if we go back to the 1930s, if I've been in Nazi Germany, I would have been murdered for saying that I was trans.

So don't buy anything else EVAH

Alexa...well, she's Alexa.

Something good happening in school. FINALLY

Model. Is he an Instaho too?

Who will it be?

Craigslist shut them down 5 years ago this month. I still miss it, that's where I got most of my hookups for 14 years.

Previously The 2015 Bump Troll.

Very active today.

What is his diagnosis?

I feel like I'm living my best life whenever I'm enjoying a Little Debbie snack cake

What is your favorite Little Debbie memory?

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

I'm testifying in my mink stole and slapping a mouthy woman reporter on my way out.

Will Faison's brain soon be getting some company? Until we see Ryan's brain safely ensconced in a specimen jar on a shelf in Kevin's office (appears the crazy gene didn't totally bypass him) or his full taxidermied body proudly on display at the Port Charles Museum of Mayhem, can we really be sure that the citizens of our fair city can finally rest easy? If so, then what was the point of Ava's blunderous zero hour confession that she killed Nikolas, if not to give something for Ryan to hold over her?

Where did time go? It feels like yesterday that Suri Cruise was toddling around New York City with her mom, Katie Holmes. Now, the almost-17-year-old is starting the college process, but there is one person missing from this rite of passage: Tom Cruise.

Her dad “has no part” in Suri’s life after Holmes pulled off the surprise divorce on the Top Gun star in 2012, according to a Daily Mail source. The former Dawson’s Creek actress is close with her only child and she’s pleased that her daughter is “leaning towards” staying in Manhattan and pursuing a career in fashion. “Suri is applying to schools all over the place. [Katie] really does want her to stay in New York so they can be close to each other,” the insider shared. “Katie takes great pride in her but is also extremely overprotective.” And like any mom with a teen leaving the nest, Holmes is “overwhelmed” with mixed emotions.

The father and daughter have not seen each other since 2013 which was one year after his divorce from Holmes. The 44-year-old actress reportedly (and abruptly) ended the marriage because she did not want Suri to be raised in the Church of Scientology. Despite their estranged relationship, Tom is apparently holding up his financial end of their split and will be covering Suri’s college tuition even as his $400,000 a month child support payments end when she turns 18.

Tom has already missed out on many of his youngest daughter’s major life moments, and it looks like high school graduation will be added to that list. However, Holmes has raised “a very intelligent mature” young woman and has “always put Suri first.”

My Boston Terrier can snore like a human when he’s on his side.

Some of these folks are struggling

This weekend!!!

Serious question.

In the past, people used "want ads" or classified ads in the newspaper.

But those don't exist anymore, and there's no ONE place most people can go to when looking for a job.

And lots of supposed job seeking online sites are bogus or not patronized by reputable companies.

So where's the best place to look for a job now?

No I’m not the OP of the previous threads.

And yes I’m intentionally using a flesh-baring - rather than music-related - pic to ‘Open the Show!’

Both of their surgery is excellent. Madonna should take pointers.l

Massive goldfish the size of footballs are cloning themselves in Ontario lakes

The ubiquitous household goldfish can be found mindlessly swimming laps around fishbowls and aquariums worldwide, but when released into wild settings like Ontario lakes, these small fish can grow to absolutely gargantuan sizes comparable to an American football.

None of us know him personally, but the court case he choose to have televised gave us a good glimpse.

I'm not just talking about his Amber era, but in general.

I think he's always been snooty and pervy. The lovey dovey stuff he did publicly with his early loves were cringeworthy (the non-stop "we're so in love" campaign with barely legal Winona, and that sexual photoshoot with Kate Moss) I can't stand his purple prose way of talking. He always tries to appear so cool and above it, and spoke non-stop about how acting isn't a real job and he's just doing it for money; he complained about fame, even though he clearly loves it.

He's a hypocrite. He spoke about how France is the better option to raise his kids because they were too good to be raised in USA--a land with drug dealers on every corner. Depp had no problem drinking and drugging around his kids.

As for his looks: I think he's overrated. He's very good looking certain roles like Blow and Chocolate, even the Pirates franchise--he looks better with long hair and facial hair. However, I never found him attractive with his normal, clean-shaven appearance with short hair (like Donnie Brasco, Nick of Time, Rum Diaries) He looks best with eyeliner.

Acting ability? It depends on the character. He's good at the over the top type, and yes, Jack Sparrow is very charismatic But he's bland and replaceable in more normal roles.

Also, the legal mess with Amber Heard showed just how vindictive and relentless he is. I don't know or care if she abused him, but Depp clearly abused her too. Go to the subreddit DeppDelusion and you'll see all the stuff he's done. Forget about the physical abuse for a second, and look at the emotional abuse. There are texts and phone call recordings where he's calling Amber old and over the hill because she was approaching 30, making fun of her for not having kids by 30, accusing her of being a gold digger but getting upset when she tries to work.

Unless he has severe memory loss, he must know that he was abusive. The fact that he'd seek a televised trial to show off what a good guy he is, shows just how arrogant, delusional and mean-spirited he is. He clearly has a scat fetish, so if Amber did shit his bed, I assumed Depp liked it. He's also suing a different guy who claims Depp stole his lyrics--these lyrics were published years before Depp released his recent album. How can he think he can get away with this? He's a rich bully who knows he can silence poorer people with lawsuits.

I'm suspicious it might be a bullshit buzzword.

I took the day off and spent my entire day at the library, emersed in the film and theatre reference books. I poured over old NYTimes review of movies from the sixties and theatre books from the sixties and seventies.

I'm now 47, but back in high school I worked in the children's section of my local library. I also helped to barcode the entire library collection circa '93/94. During college I was a facility supervisor of an historical house /library. I spent hours at many libraries in the '90s, but since the turn of the century not nearly as much as those 10 years. I miss studying and losing oneself in useless knowledge obtained from books.

The floor nurses in the nuthouse must be changing shifts and they are not being properly supervised.

And why?

Links appreciated.

I don't know what it is.

It's just something about him that feels.... tainted.

I attended a HS Varsity basketball game with my husbear last week. My second adopted son, Packer, is a cheerleader and we are very supportive of his choice. As the game got underway, I was overwhelemd by the alpha, testosterone-laden atmosphere. I popped a rare spontaneous hardon and my puny cockle shifted in my Spanx. Shortly after the start of the third quarter I couldn't take it no more. I went down to the changing rooms, which were by then deserted. I immediately fished for used jocks, boxers and sox. I worshiped the rank, hormonal, teenage smells and the ripe vinegary foot odor. My mancunt was hopelessly wet. I was leaking ass mucus. I snarfed skid-marked boxers and used jocks and started jerking off. I badly wanted to check if one of these hot, masc, alpha, str8 jocks had left a log in the bowl. I wanted jock log so fucking bad. But I knew I couldn't stay long. So i pocketed a couple of used jocks and retreated upstairs. Man smells arouse me to no end. I grew up on a farm, so I am used to strong, animal, alpha smells.

My daddy was a violent, abusive drunk, but he was hyper-masc, and I always fantasized about consensual sex with him (I fantasized about most of my male relatives, but then again so do most gay men I know). He didn't think nothign about consent, though. He was a brutal homophobe: 6'4", 280 lbs, and built like a shit brickhouse on steroids. My brother and me was once in the attic sniffing a jock's jockstrap I'd stolen from the changing rooms at school. It was used and smelled heavenly: like piss, smegma, and a whiff of ass funk. We both hungered to taste rich white cock cheese. Our tiny inferior cocklets stood to attention and started jerking each other off. All of a sudden we heard a furious pounding on the attic door. We'd bolted it shut, but the pounding intensified. It was Daddy! He was absolutely hoppin mad! He pounded on the door so hard the house shook! He was shrieking vile homophobic and misogynistic slurs at the top of his lungs. My brother and we was cowering in the corner when the door finally gave way and shot off it's hinges. My daddy was erect in his filthy Levi's. He smelled of sweat, piss, and man! He started shrieking homophobic abuse and then turned his belt on us. We both got belted within an inch of our lives. He then mounted me, lubed his tiantic erectia with gun oil, and fucked my ass.

He roared, "I's gonna make ye pregnant, faggot!"

My brother, who was like me chubby, weak, unathletic, and fem, cowered shrieking in a corner. He sharted in terror when my daddy done pulled out his Colt .38. My daddy shoved the gun barrel in my mouth and said, "You behaves like a queer boy, I's gonna treat you like a queer." I immediately lost control of my bowels in the terror. I shat all over my daddy's dick! I moaned homosexually when I felt his huge, sweaty, musky, fertile balls slap up against my inferior ovaries!

My daddy was livid! He truly lost it! He beat me with the butt of his gun until I was unconscious. In my extreme shame, I actually came while he was beating me, and I woke up with my Ma tending to me with my chubby, flabby belly covered in congealed sperm! My daddy had ordered her not to clean me up so my shame would be exposed to the whole world!

I'm not against physical exercise, rigorous or otherwise. If shaping your physique and having a 6 pack is what you want, cool. But it seems that the majority of these guys have some neurosis, or a very big chip on their shoulder which they overcompensate with through their physique.

They have NO personalities. Their lives are centred around going to the gym. Their faces aren't that special most times (I assume this is why theg body build to begin with). The don't sleep with guys unless they look like them. It's ridiculous.

It's a narcissistic and hedonistic way of life, and I'm sick of it.

I go to Adam4Adam all the time and see these profiles where the guy says he is a "jock". So does this mean he runs marathons all the time or he just wishes he was a jock? What activities qualify one as being a "jock"? Like does going to the gym 7 days a week for an hour qualify as being a jock even though half of that time you are in the steam room getting blown?

Not a Klan Granny here. I'm watching an episode of Real Time from a couple weeks ago and this guy just irritates the fuck out of me! Because for as much as he may get me to agree with him, he also presents as a lazy, mean, dog-whistling (white) man. He reminds me of one of those middling characters in The Fountainhead.

Rosie O'Donnell turns 61 today as she morphs into Tyne Daly.

Years ago in an interview, Rosie said she doesn't celebrate her birthday - and hasn't since she turned 11 years old. As an Irish woman, she doesn't celebrate St Patrick's Day either - just a few days before her birthday.

She explained that her beloved mother died on St. Patrick's Day in 1973 at the age of 39. Her Catholic funeral was held four days later - on Rosie's 11th birthday. She said unlike other birthdays she had and unlike other birthdays kids had, hers was a very sad day that year. All her school friends now new her as the kid without a mother. She decided back then she would never have a birthday party, and never celebrate St. Patrick's Day or her own birthday.

She always had a fear she would die of breast cancer at the age of 39, just like her mother. Turning 40 was a huge turning-point in her life, a milestone she thought she'd never see. And 21 years later, 50 years after her mother's death, she turns 61.

Ask me anything

What do you think the treats were????

Jackie Bisset is the godmother to fellow comely ingenue Angelina Jolie and is the hottest sensation to hit Tinseltown since the Golden Age of Hollywood

What do you think of this sultry temptress?

Also did gay porn (top only) as Mack Reynolds. Damn.

Since we've not had a Laverne Cox thread on DL in a while...

Laverne Cox was also featured in Sunday NYT after her E Online hosting of Academy Awards broadcast. LC was invited back to do the "Red Carpet" show made famous by late John Rivers.

Agatha Christie is the latest bestselling novelist to get the rewriting treatment for 2023 readers, according to a British newspaper.

The bestselling novelist in the world, Christie created enduring popular sleuths Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and the Daily Telegraph reports that new editions of both these series have had original passages amended or removed by publisher Harper Collins.

The Telegraph states that digital versions of new editions of the books written between 1920 and 1976 (the year of Christie’s death) include text stripped of “descriptions, insults or references to ethnicity, particularly for characters Christie’s protagonists encounter outside the UK.”

For example, in the book Death on the Nile – published in 1937 and recently remade for the big screen by Kenneth Branagh – references to “Nubian people” have been removed, as have several references to non-British characters’ physiques. The word “local” replaces “native”

A line in Christie’s debut novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles which has Poirot commenting on a character being “a Jew” has gone. And Christie’s narration and sections of dialogue uttered by unsympathetic characters have also been cut, according to the newspaper.

These changes come after similar recent treatment of books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming, who created James Bond.

Will he eventually beat his dad's record?

Did they get it right this time?

Kim Cattrall ended up here instead of digging Carrie Bradshaw's grave on that awful lesbian reboot nonsense across town.

Sarah Button was once caught with a butt plug filled with her dead boyfriend's ashes at an airport, and has now revealed she had been kicked out of university for posting racy content on social media

Considering a loft there - looks very nice - former mill area. Moving from Brooklyn in May. Job is in Cambridge but remote possible.

May that big cock buy you some favors in the jailhouse!

Kanye West has made his return to Instagram, claiming it was Jonah Hill’s acting in “21 Jump Street” that finally changed his mind about anti-Semitism.

“Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again,” he wrote on the platform alongside a poster for the 2012 film.

“No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people.”

“No Christian can be labeled antisemite knowing Jesus is Jew,” he went on, adding, “Thank you Jonah Hill I love you.”

West’s social media accounts were locked over a slew of anti-Semitic posts that followed hot on the heels of his offensive Twitter rants.

The “Jesus Walks” rapper was booted from Twitter after he said in a now-deleted tweet he wanted to go “death con 3 on Jewish people” in a bizarre rant in October 2022.

“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” concluded the rapper, also known as Ye.

Some of West’s posts promoted violence, and the rapper soon found himself on the receiving end of widespread criticism for wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt.

Celebrities across the board have denounced the musician’s behavior, while companies including Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga, JPMorgan Chase, and Vogue have severed their working ties with him.

The multi-Grammy award winner, who lives with bipolar disorder, later said he was “happy” about his remarks when given the chance to apologize.

Some of West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s family members even spoke out against him via Instagram, with Khloé Kardashian writing that she supports her “Jewish friends and the Jewish people.”

Kim later echoed Khloé’s sentiment on her own account.

West’s fall from grace also cost him his billionaire status as all of his partnership deals were terminated immediately.

His Twitter restriction was lifted in late October, and on November 4 he called himself “mentally misdiagnosed.”

West later claimed to have been “nearly drugged out of [his] mind” in the past to be “a manageable well-behaved celebrity.”

He made the world wake up to the reality of climate change/

He really did "create" the internet in a sense. He wrote and sponsored the Congressional bill that stitched together the various 'nets (like DARPANET).

We would not have had a 9/11 of he were president.

I have a fucker of a kidney stone. It hurts like hell. I went to the ER yesterday and the CT Scan said it’s a big one (9mm).

Because I likely won’t pass it on my own, the urologist is going to stick a stent up my pee hole to get it on Monday.

This all sounds awful but I want this annoying pain stop. At least they put me on a mild opioid in the meantime that sort of works. I hope I don’t become an addict.

Apparently holograms and androids can age. Who knew?

I legitimately thought Daniel Davis was dead.

I bet most of the used cars on the lot are CLUNKERS. The husky customer with the beard is quite doable.

I’m the cockadoodie car Rocketman didn’t get out of!

I’m a woman. A woman, Ernest. From Newark, for Godsakes.

has been hiding a boyfriend in DC for years. His wife just found out about it and he's getting a divorce.

Can this possibly be true??

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in three decades, the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club.

Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the nation's most prevalent purebred dog last year, the club announced Wednesday. Frenchies ousted Labrador retrievers from the top spot after a record 31 years.

Why?

“They’re comical, friendly, loving little dogs,” says French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa. City-friendly, with modest grooming and exercise needs, she says, “they offer a lot in a small package.”

Yet the Frenchie's dizzying rise — it wasn't even a top-75 breed a quarter-century ago — worries its fans, to say nothing of its critics.

The buzzy little bulldogs have been targeted in thefts, including last month's fatal shooting of a 76-year-old South Carolina breeder and the 2021 shooting of a California dog walker who was squiring singer Lady Gaga's pets.

There’s concern that demand, plus the premium that some buyers will pay for “exotic” coat colors and textures, is engendering quick-buck breeders and unhealthy dogs. The breed's popularity is sharpening debate over whether there's anything healthy about propagating dogs prone to breathing, spinal, eye, and skin conditions.

The British Veterinary Association has urged people not to buy flat-faced breeds, such as Frenchies. The Netherlands has prohibited breeding very short-snouted dogs, and the country's agriculture minister aims to outlaw even owning them.

“French bulldogs can be a polarizing topic,” says Dr. Carrie Stefaniak, a Glendale, Wisconsin-based veterinarian who's on the Frenchie club's health committee.

She has treated French bulldogs with breathing difficulties, and she stresses that would-be owners need to research breeders and health testing and to recognize that problems can be expensive to treat.

But she's no Frenchie foe. She owns two and has conditioned them to run agility courses and take hilly hikes.

“These dogs can be very fit, can be very active,” Stefaniak said. “They don’t have to be sedentary dogs that can't breathe.”

The AKC's popularity rankings cover about 200 breeds in the nation’s oldest canine registry. The stats are based on nearly 716,500 puppies and other dogs newly registered last year — about 1 in every 7 of them a Frenchie. Registration is voluntary.

The most rarely owned? English foxhounds.

The rankings don’t count mixed-breeds or, at least for now, Labradoodles, puggles, Morkies and other popular “designer” hybrids. The AKC's top 10 were: French bulldogs, Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles, bulldogs, Rottweilers, beagles, dachshunds and German shorthaired pointers.

With roots in England and then France, French bulldogs became chic among American elites around the turn of the 20th century, then faded from favor.

That changed, rapidly, in this century. Social media and celebrity owners (ranging from Leonardo di Caprio to Megan Thee Stallion to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) gave the dogs fresh exposure. Still more came last year, when U.S. TV audiences watched a Frenchie named Winston take second place at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and then win the National Dog Show hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia.

Last year, about 108,000 newly registered French bulldogs surpassed Labs by over 21,000.

As a longtime breeder and a veterinarian, Dr. Lori Hunt sees Frenchies as ideal companions but their popularity as “a curse, not a blessing.”

“They're being very exploited” by unscrupulous breeders, she said. The Westlake, Ohio-based vet has seen plenty of Frenchies with problems but rejects arguments that the breed is inherently unhealthy. Some of her own do canine performance sports.

Model Jeff Thomas may have died while attempting to take a selfie on his balcony, his agent claims in a new interview.

Luli Batista of The Sovereign Talent Group told the Daily Mail that she couldn’t believe he would die by suicide and suggested his plunge was a freak accident.

“I just can’t believe it’s true that he intentionally did this,” she said. “He may have fallen while he was taking a selfie.”

Batista said that not even 24 hours prior to his unexpected death they had been texting about an upcoming audition.

He couldn’t wait to tell me about his move to Miami. He seemed thrilled and was proud of himself,” she told the outlet.

“He was happy, motivated and excited for his next step just loving life. I am so stunned. He was such a beautiful and sweet boy.”

Batista’s claims contradict those of the late model’s family, who insinuated he died by suicide after struggling with addiction and mental health issues.

“As you have followed through the years, Jeff traveled the world and lived life to the fullest. What you may not know, is Jeff struggled with addiction and mental health challenges, which ultimately led to his tragic passing,” Jeff’s brother Skylar Ray Thomas shared on Facebook.

The post described Jeff’s struggle as “difficult” but honored his “sense of humor, love for music, art and family.”

Skylar urged those battling similar issues to seek help.

Jeff died March 8 after what local authorities were investigating as a suspected suicide. He was 35. An autopsy was performed, but the results for a conclusive cause of death have yet to be released.

While Jeff’s brother appeared firm in his belief that he died by suicide, Jeff’s cousin Meghan Rae vehemently denied the suggestion.

“This was not a suicide. To report otherwise is a complete disregard to his character and who he was,” she said.

“The information being published is false and defamatory. No further comments will be made by our family. Please respect our privacy and his memory during this difficult time.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

He's a disability rights advocate and special needs teacher.

He's also hot.

Keep it Klassy

DEAD AT 89

She seems so forgotten, like she disappeared into the aether for us born in the late 80s. Her discography is ripe for a Kate Bush treatment. Stranger Things interns, please make Linda happen. 🙏🏼

American evangelicals strike again.

[quote]Uganda will propose a new anti-gay bill on Wednesday, the speaker of the country's parliament said, as conspiracy theories accusing shadowy international forces of "promoting homosexuality" flood social media.

[quote]In recent weeks, online conspiracy theories conflating child sexual abuse at boarding schools with consensual same-sex acts between adults have reached fever pitch. Uganda's government last month set up a committee to investigate the alleged "promotion" of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in schools.

Feeling "restless" at 4:45am on May 15, 1997, Eddie Murphy decided to be a "good samaritan" by soft-launching his complimentary taxi service to transgender prostitutes in West Hollywood

Did you get a free ride?

Liked better, got on with better?

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have officially been invited to King Charles' upcoming coronation after a ton of speculation about whether the royals would include them on the guest list. In fact, the couples' rep released a statement confirming the news, simply saying "I can confirm The Duke has recently received email correspondence from His Majesty's office regarding the coronation. An immediate decision on whether The Duke and Duchess will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time."

While the Sussexes still haven't made said decision, there are rumors that they will be in attendance at the event—and sources tell the Daily Mail that the royals have no desire to socialize with them.

Per a friend of the royal family who spoke to the outlet, "They will be given the cold shoulder by very many relatives. One said to me, I hope they’ll be seated in Iceland. Many of the family just want nothing more to do with them. If they have to see them at the Coronation then so be it, but they do not want to socialize with them."

The Daily Mail also reports that Meghan and Harry will stay at Frogmore Cottage should they attend the coronation, despite the fact that they're being evicted from the property—something their rep also confirmed with a statement saying "We can confirm the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage."

While the couples' lease on Frogmore Cottage runs out in March, apparently they've been allowed to extend it for just a few months to arrange the transportation of their belongings to California.

She pulls this crap in every interview. Didn’t he dump her? The fuck is she talking about?

Looks like he's packin' too!

(AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.

His calculated risk set off a clamor among lawmakers, who began singing the national anthem even before Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrived in the lower chamber. She spoke forcefully over their shouts, acknowledging that Macron’s unilateral move will trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government.

The fury of opposition lawmakers echoed the anger of citizens and workers’ unions. Thousands gathered at the Place de la Concorde facing the National Assembly, lighting a bonfire. As night fell, police charged the demonstrators in waves to clear the elegant Place. Small groups of those chased away moved through nearby streets in the chic neighborhood setting street fires. At least 120 were detained, police said.

Similar scenes repeated themselves in numerous other cities, from Rennes and Nantes in the east to Lyon and the southern port city of Marseille, where shop windows and bank fronts were smashed, according to French media. Radical leftist groups were blamed for at least some of the destruction.

The unions that have organized strikes and marches since January, leaving Paris reeking in piles of garbage, announced new rallies and protest marches in the days ahead. “This retirement reform is brutal, unjust, unjustified for the world of workers,” they declared.

Macron has made the proposed pension changes the key priority of his second term, arguing that reform is needed to keep the pension system from diving into deficit as France, like many richer nations, faces lower birth rates and longer life expectancy.

Macron decided to invoke the special power during a Cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, just a few minutes before the scheduled vote in France’s lower house of parliament, because he had no guarantee of a majority.

“Today, uncertainty looms” about whether a majority would have voted for the bill, Borne acknowledged, but she said “We cannot gamble on the future of our pensions. That reform is necessary.”

“There will actually be a proper vote and therefore the parliamentary democracy will have the last say,” Borne said.

She said in an interview Thursday night on the TV station TF1 that she was not angry when addressing disrespectful lawmakers but “very shocked.”

Opposition lawmakers demanded the government step down. One Communist lawmaker called the presidential power a political “guillotine.” Others called it a “denial of democracy” that signals Macron’s lack of legitimacy.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒓-𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒐-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, and Communist lawmaker Fabien Roussel said such a motion is “ready” on the left.

A no-confidence motion, expected early next week, needs approval by more than half the Assembly. If it passes — which would be a first since 1962 — the government would have to resign. Macron could reappoint Borne if he chooses, and a new Cabinet would be named.

If no-confidence motions don’t succeed, the pension bill would be considered adopted.

The Senate adopted the bill earlier Thursday in a 193-114 vote, a tally largely expected since the conservative majority of the upper house favored the changes.

Raising the retirement age will make workers put more money into the system, which the government says is on course to run a deficit. Macron has promoted the pension changes as central to his vision for making the French economy more competitive. The reform also would require 43 years of work to earn a full pension.

It's over. Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix split after nine years together, a source confirms to Life & Style. The couple sparked breakup speculation following rumors that Tom allegedly cheated with Raquel Leviss.

TMZ was the first to report the news on Friday, March 3. Tom, 39, and Ariana, 37, decided to call it quits shortly after finding out that the Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder was allegedly unfaithful during their relationship and hooked up with Raquel, 28, the outlet reported. VPR producers heard about the pair’s breakup and documented the full cast’s reactions

Ariana appears to have deactivated her Instagram shortly after news broke of their split. Both Tom and Raquel's social media accounts, however, are still active.

Fellow VPR costar and Raquel’s ex-fiancé, James Kennedy, reacted to the news of Tom and Ariana's reported split via his own Instagram by resharing TMZ's article to his account.

"Hope you all feel as sick as I do. This explains everything," James, 31, wrote in a comment under his post. He then responded to a separate commenter, writing, "Read it and weep. Tom's a f—king creep!"

Or I will be VERY CROSS.

Remember Anna Delvey? How fucking delicious was that? I still remember getting home from work, the day after Memorial Day, making myself a martini, dry, dirty, and with lots of olives, and checking in on the Datalounge, a wonderfully disgusting and vile place, to find…this amazingness!

It was

So crass

So funny

So mortifying

So supremely New York

I was obsessed. I can’t think of anything that’s quite matched it since. It’s the fifth anniversary. Bitches, please step up.

I’m sick to death of liberals and neo-fascists at each others’ throats about tiny differences in national policy. It’s going to be the death of me.

Help me, datalounge kenobi…you’re my only hope!

Isn’t she the next logical choice? Who else would come close to Mercedes McCambridge and Colleen Dewhurst (“The Exorcist III”)? A woman who also sounds like a man. Kathleen fits the bill.

Love this guy! I never thought I would see him in a dress though, lol.

He was dubbed Mr. Hollywood. He played a hot grinding stripper on an episode of “Married… with Children,” too! No one knows what happened to him. Hopefully it wasn’t AIDS.

A longtime Mississippi news anchor appears to no longer be employed with the WLBT news team after quoting a Snoop Dogg lyric deemed racially insensitive during an on air broadcast.

And I'm the son of Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. I'm the dead baby Sharon was carrying when Mom was brutally stabbed to death. But where would I be today if I had managed to survive?

If you have been to a bathhouse- what were your adventures there?

I went a week ago and I had sex with this guy who sucked on my toes and fingers besides my cock which he said was HUGE but I noticed a bit later that his penis was impressively small- I would say that full erect he was only about 3.5 inches.

In the near future, Chloe Grace Moretz enters an AI world that look like Westworld’s future NYC, but in London, covering for her hunky brother to test out security by hobnobbing with the beautiful people and doing battle in what might really be a future reality. First two episodes drop on October 21.

Ok Dolly ❤️❤️❤️

Now that the annual nonsense of the Oscars is over and the polarising Everything Everywhere has been crowned Best Picture, what are the other Best Picture nominees that lost out to something mediocre or not as good the other nominees? For me Shawshank Redemption should have beaten Forrest Gump, Scent of A Woman should have beaten Unforgiven, Goodfellas over Dances with wolves. Thoughts?

I'm looking in the Yellow Pages under "egg donors" right now.

I need to get my ass back on a weight loss plan and my friend told me that WW is going to stop in person meetings? I hope she is wrong.

I went to the bathhouse and after hanging out there a bit some guy in his 40s came to my door and asked if he could come in. He had on a t-shirt on top and a towel on the bottom, and a baseball cap. He asked if I was married and I said yes, to a man. He said he was married to a woman and she didn’t know he liked to play with guys. I wasn’t really interested in his life story and just wanted to play, so we got down to 69 sucking which he was VERY enthusiastic about doing. I was on bottom and he laid on top with his decent-sized cut cock in my mouth, his balls bouncing on my chin. I promise this isn’t a stealth scat thread, but I was massaging the outside of his asshole and spread his very smooth and firm ass cheeks open and noticed there was a musky smell. It didn’t smell like shit, it was more like a combination of piss and sweat and maybe something else that had a tangy edge to it. I sniffed my finger and immediately thought i’m not going to rim this guy because it smells, but after he left I kept sniffing my finger and it became enthralling to me. It was like the more I sniffed it the hornier I got. It didn’t seem gross, again it didn’t smell like shit. But he definitely smelled like he worked all day and didn’t wash his ass before coming to the bathhouse. Still, it was a GREAT smell and I wish I could experience it again. Anyone else get turned on by a guy’s ass musk?

But at least she doesn’t look like a blow up doll, I suppose.

Beyoncé Renaissance Couture.

Do we like him?

No nudes but he was fine looking…

"After three years of intensive therapy and a lifetime of denying the reality of my past, I can finally say it out loud," Christian Weissmann shared with HuffPost.

Happy Birthday, William!

Why is this dummy suddenly all over everywhere?

But i don't know how to share it here

Marcel Bruer’s Catholic Church

Leaked rehearsal plans for the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III reveal that there is currently no place for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle in the procession to follow the king’s crowning in Westminster Abbey.

This revelation by The Times of London follows reports that Harry and Meghan have been invited to the ceremony taking place on May 6 in the UK capital.

According to the plans, the King’s shamed brother, the Duke of York, has no place in the royal procession, and his daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will not be taking part either. In an event estimated at about the third of the size of HM The Queen’s in 1953, it appears there is a place for “working royals only.”

These include the King’s sister the Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the newly titled Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and a few other adult royal cousins.

One person who will be joining in is the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Louis, who stole the show at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June last year.

Then aged four, he was considered too young to take part in her funeral procession two months later, with his elder siblings George and Charlotte becoming the youngest ever royals to take part in such an event.

Harry and Meghan’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have not yet been invited to the Coronation, according to the Times.

Lynn Whitfield is highly underrated. She’s spectacular in anything she is in and elevates the material. She also doesn’t chew the scenery like Angela Bassett and Viola Davis.

What are some of the worst celebrity tragedies?

Doesn't that mean they couldn't get into an American one?

Post the best song of any artistes

A new true crime series to delight DL!

Does anyone really want to see this? They should do a role reversal where the man is crazy.

50 million people attended.

My previous thread that I posted last night is now inaccessible so I am starting another thread on my experiences there Saturday night. I was lamenting the fact that none of the so- called hot young guys noticed me. I was invisible to them. I am NO spring chicken- but still it hurt. Someone responded and said that bathhouses are like beauty pageants no one cares about your character they only care about looks.

DL people please say some things to cheer me up about my unpleasant experience there Saturday night.

If a basic actor is going to win an Oscar, I'm glad it's for something where it seems like they're really trying hard and not just Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich or Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side where they're basically just playing themselves. .

I keep seeing them on TikTok and can’t decide if they’re cute or if there’s something a little off about them. What says DL?

Is Macron okay?

They should be sentenced to eat poo and drink piss for the rest of their lives.

Missing for three weeks off a farm in Utah.

Where is he?!

Accusations of human trafficking and pedophilia on social media have caused two new Houston parents to sue a former Delaware U.S. Senate candidate for defamation.

"She took a very special moment, which included video of my babies who had just been born, and circulated that, calling me a pedophile," said social media influencer, Eric Vaughn.

....

Political activist, Lauren Witzke, took to Twitter and other platforms, sharing Vaughn's videos of his newborns stating in part "this is human trafficking and in a sane society would be illegal."

The accusation continued.

"My tweet is a representation of my beliefs and I truly believe what I say," said Witzke. "I have a right as a Christian to my opinion."

When asked if her response to the couple's posts were "Christian like" she stated, "So they posted it publically on their social media. When you post your depravity, you are going to get reprimand, welcome to the Internet."

The Pennsylvania Democrat is "working with the wonderful doctors," though his healing "will be a weeks-long process," a spokesperson said.

Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said the senator “remains on a path to recovery,” though healing “will be a weeks-long process.”

“John is doing well, working with the wonderful doctors, and remains on a path to recovery,” Calvello said. “He is visiting with staff and family daily, and his staff are keeping him updated on Senate business and news.”

Fetterman’s team is moving “full speed ahead and working tirelessly for the people of Pennsylvania,” including opening new offices across the state, Calvello said.

What an odd pairing. Who's idea was this?

Post 'em here.

This time DL fave has weighed into whole Uganda gay mess.

You have to wonder if this is all just PR, or if Lil Nas X is truly just a hot mess.

Growing up in the 80s and 90s I remember San Francisco having a reputation as being a gay Mecca. Is that at all accurate today? Is there anything interesting about modern San Francisco?

I know that this seems like it’s a song to a man. But at the time, I knew where her bread was buttered.

Great lesbian rock song.

Great song.

One of the all time great choruses

Cutest dollfaces ever!

I am surprised though, that Brodie's dad takes him on the airplane as a "service dog."

What would be the reason for that?

Tattooed, hairy, big-dicked daddy. Who's had him? Is his OnlyFans worth it?

I'd love to know how often this happens in porn. I couldn't imagine fucking with someone I hated

What a deep human he is. 🙄

... he can easily take roles written for Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon. And he's out!

One realizes young people often lack common sense, but this is just too bad.

Why not simply reach out to hotel staff and let them fetch the errant object?

thanks

Fighting all who rob or plunder!

And I’m not talking about who you find hot. I’m talking about horrible actors with looks that truly belong in gay porn movies.

As in they would have made more money and more fans if they had just done gay porn.

Kellan Lutz is my first example.

I'm very curious about these medications and what kind of results people are getting. But more than that, I do want to know: if you are on one of these meds, are you exercising? If so, how much/often/kind? If you had to guess, how many calories do you think you are consuming on a daily basis?

His too dark, hair coloring, is exposing his aging face. He needs some salt and pepper to soften his almost fifty year old mug.

[quote]Multiple sources tell Page Six that Marciano was “banned” from Times Square Studios, where the show shoots daily, after he made a colleague feel uncomfortable last year. “He was found to have done something… that was improper, but he was punished for it, and they still haven’t let him return,” one insider told us.

[quote]“He made people feel uncomfortable. There was a period where there were some issues, [bold]a number of alarming events[/bold],” the second source claimed.

What could those alarming events be? Feel free to speculate wildly.

Man this guy was a god!! W.E.H.T

Please tell me he was actually gay and not some gay for pay bodybuilder.

Celebs you think are gay or bi but everyone believes to be straight? To you the comments!

In these parts, it seems we're up for another unusual season... it's really messed my planting schedule up. And it's not doing much for my health either but it frees up my time to spend with the rest of you.

So, how's the weather and how are you dealing with it this season?

Fooling no one.

Isn’t this a tad cold. If you’re gonna say anything, why say this? It’s akin to saying, “Oh, well.”

…

Melissa Etheridge refuses to feel “guilt” or “shame” over her son’s 2020 overdose.

The singer told Page Six at the opening of her off-Broadway show, “My Window,” that she’s been able to move on by “having a deep spiritual belief that we all make our own choices.”

“We can all choose every day, whether it’s love or fear, and my son made his choices and I did the best I could as a mom and I’m not going to take any guilt or shame,” she told us. “He wouldn’t want me to stop and ruin my life because of his choices.”

In May 2020, the “I’m the Only One” singer announced on social media that her son Beckett died from opioid addiction at age 21.

I like the simplicity of the look more than the traditional caked on makeup and colorful hair etc.

One week after Gwyneth Paltrow sparked backlash over her intermittent fasting diet, ex-husband Chris Martin has revealed his own strict wellness regimen.

“I actually don’t have dinner anymore,” the Coldplay frontman, 46, said during a Monday, March 20, episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast. “I stop eating at 4 [p.m.] and I learned that from having lunch with Bruce Springsteen.”

The England native added: “I was lucky enough to go over there to lunch the day after we played Philadelphia last year. I was on a really strict diet anyway. But I was like, ‘Bruce looks even more in shape than me’ and Patti [Scialfa, his wife] said he’s only eating one meal a day. I was like, ‘Well, there we go. That’s my next challenge.’”

The “Fix You” singer — who made a surprise appearance at one of the 73-year-old singer's live shows in June 2022 — later joked that his sole meal of the day consists of a “flank of buffalo with a steroid sauce.”

Martin’s wellness comments come nearly one week after the 50-year-old Shakespeare in Love star’s own minimal diet made headlines.

“I eat dinner early in the evening. I do a nice intermittent fast,” Paltrow — who split from the rocker in 2014 — said during a March appearance on Dr. Will Cole’s “The Art of Being Well” podcast. “I usually eat something [at] about 12. And in the morning, I’ll have some things that won’t spike my blood sugar. So, I have coffee. But I really like soup for lunch. I have bone broth for lunch a lot the days [sic].”

She continued at the time: “I try to do one hour of movement, so I’ll either take a walk, or I’ll do Pilates, or I’ll do my [workout with celebrity trainer] Tracy Anderson. I dry brush, and I get in the sauna. So, I do my infrared sauna for 30 minutes. And then, for dinner, I try to eat, you know, according to Paleo. So, lots of vegetables. It’s really important for me to support my detox.”

While the Avengers: Endgame star was quickly criticized for promoting a meal plan that seemingly calls for disordered eating, Paltrow has denied the claims. The Shallow Hal actress, who coparents two children with Martin, revealed earlier this month that she found success with intermittent fasting after struggling with “long COVID.”

“The way it manifests for me is very high levels of inflammation over time,” Paltrow said during an Instagram Story Q&A on Friday, March 17. “I’ve been working with Dr. [Will] Cole to really focus on foods that aren’t inflammatory, lots of vegetables, cooked vegetables, all kinds of protein, healthy carbs … and it’s been working really well.”

She explained: “It’s really just what’s worked for me and it’s been very powerful and very positive. This is not to say that, you know, I eat this way all day, every day. And by the way, I eat far more than bone broth and vegetables. I eat full meals. I also have days where I eat whatever I want, French fries or whatever. But my baseline really has been to try to eat healthy.”

Hoping to soon see: "BREAKING: Poopin' Putin Has Pooped His Last (Set of Trousers) & Is Now Burning in Hell With BFF Hitler"

Canadian manufacturer We-Vibe collected data about temperature and vibration intensity, revealing intimate information without customers’ knowledge

Could someone please explain Basic Instinct to me? I watched it on Amazon Prime a few days ago, and I don't get it. The sex scenes are so cheesy and not at all realistic. Michael Douglas is a nothing burger as usual. And the whole point of the movie is a trio of crazy lesbians who are all beautiful and obsessed with the Michael Douglas character? Really? This movie is laughable, cheese, totally unconvincing. Also, they wasted Bill Cable (literally) in the first scene.

Why was this movie such a hit and considered so edgy and iconic?

Isn't it offensive to lesbians and to human intelligence?

Finances aside (I realized this is often the primary driver behind the decision), do you wish you retired earlier, later ?

So apparently there has been an unsupervised border crossing into Canada until just days ago and I’m the one of the only Canadians who didn’t know. And it’s not like this is bordering the desert like the southern US. It’s a very populated area. Post 9/11 this seems like a really idiotic thing to do. Does Canada just have huge sections of unguarded borders even in the 21st century?

Currently, it's nothing but dark sky and clouds. Sort of sucks and I have low energy because of it.

Yes, I know they're different countries, but are they genetically similar in terms of appearance?

Basically he went behind their backs and presented his own script to WB.

Did Lisa Maria hate her?

I’ve seen all five performances nominated that year, and while I did love Holly Hunter’s silent performance, I still to this day feel Angela was robbed for her portrayal of Tina Turner. The way she moved on that stage was like a Tina clone. She was brilliant. Her acting the entire film was top tier.

What a robbery.

I loved that film. It always upsets me though but I cheer for her when she finally wakes up and escapes that awful man. Burn in hell Ike Turner.

Bob Odenkirk's new post-"Better Call Saul" series. First episode aired this past Sunday (March 19).

I thought for sure there'd be a thread already, but searched every possible permutation and didn't find one. So, here we are.

Did anyone else watch?

We need to rescue that boy from his crazy family!!

Yeah, I'm sure SOME cunt will come along to say "I can't stand Dolly Parton," but whatever. Add to the list.

Dolly Parton

Vanessa Williams

Elizabeth Montgomery

Audra McDonald

Jean Smart

Natasha Lyonne

Patty Duke

Martina

Mary Kay Place

Police are setting up fake profiles and arresting the men who show up

Let us not concern ourselves with his death or the manner of his death, but rather mourn the loss of his hotness.

Has anyone ever done this? I have increased my music library exponentially thanks in large part to popular songs that have sampled (usually better) other tunes that may or may not otherwise be well-known. A lot of people shit on sampling in music, but many don't realize that sampling tends to introduce new ears to rather high-brow, quality, music that they may never have heard if it wasn't sampled. Also, the sampled artist usually continues to get royalties as a result.

What fairly decent songs have you discovered because you went on a "sample hunt?"

I am not sure how well-known he was on a national scale, but Darcelle had the longest-running drag performance career in the United States., and was a legend in my hometown. My mom and stepdad saw several of his shows and they were apparently uproarious.

Our "dearest" Brooklyn Seacow?

Well, another thread of nudie pics disappears. I think I know why. I posted a pic from the Daily Mail of the nearly naked British guy who was protesting mask mandates a few years ago by only wearing a face mask around his groin. I referred to him as a male prostitute as a joke and I thought it would be obvious to anyone else that I was kidding but the powers-that-be disagreed and deleted the thread. Oh well.

Wentworth at 50 isn't tight or built, but he's still handsome and elegant, and black don't crack so he looks youthful. Wentworth is famously depressive, aspie, yet he's an intelligent Princeton grad. Luke is an imposing himbo at 42, handsome if a bit plastic. Luke's a hard worker and seems like Joe Normal who gets along fine with people including family and colleagues. Luke stuck with Wentworth when Wentworth turned into a fat recluse so points for fidelity and not being superficial.

Which man would you rather date and fuck?

I’ve been rewatching “Dawson’s Creek” and I have questions…

Any truth to the rumors about John Wesley Ship and James Van Der Beek? Who was the top and who was the bottom?

Any gay rumors on Kerr Smith or Dylan Neal (Pacey’s gay brother)?

Why did Kevin Williamson quit? The writing was better in the beginning when he was the show runner.

With so many items on actors, I would be interested in hearing of your acting careers and how far you got.

A film classic.

That is sexual assault, madams!

Should compensation go North or South?

The actress, who has been single since splitting with Brad Pitt, has been spotted on a lengthy lunch date with the heir to a reported $1 trillion fortune.

Was there ever a more beautiful face than Sarah's? Not even Elizabeth Taylor or Vivien Leigh in their prime were as stunning. Compare to the vapid teenage and young women of today - with all the lip fillers, jaw implants, tattoed eyebrows, heavy makeup, loads of instagaram and tiktok filters - and none look this good. This is a candid photo, no filter, no nothing, just true beauty.

Andrew Lloyd Webber shared his son Nicholas has been moved to hospice care as he continues to battle “ghastly” stomach cancer and pneumonia.

“I want to thank you for the outpouring of messages of support for my son, Nick. He’s now been moved into a hospice and he’s battling away,” the famed composer said in an Instagram video.

“I think he’s over the worst of this first bout of pneumonia that he’s got as a result of his cancer, which is just ghastly,” Webber continued.

“We’re all here and the family here has gathered around, and it was the right place for us all to be I think.”

Webber, 75, concluded his message by saying he was leaving to visit his 43-year-old son and would pass along the well wishes and prayers from his fans and followers.

The “Phantom of the Opera” composer first shared Nicholas’ devastating diagnosis last weekend, telling fans Nicholas was “critically ill” and he’d have to miss the opening night of his new Broadway musical, “Bad Cinderella,” in New York City because of his son’s declining health.

“I therefore have not been able to attend the recent previews of ‘Bad Cinderella’ and as things stand, I will not be able to cheer on its wonderful cast, crew and orchestra on Opening Night this Thursday,” Webber continued.

“We are all praying that Nick will turn the corner. He is bravely fighting with his indomitable humor, but at the moment my place is with him and the family.”

Webber shares Nicholas, who also works as a composer, with ex-wife Sarah Hugill.

Nicholas previously revealed he dropped the “Lloyd bit” of his surname in an attempt to be judged on his own merit.

“I got some stuff on the radio, so I thought, ‘OK, I’m obviously not a complete idiot.’ Then I thought, ‘Hang on, if other people are prepared to work with me without the surname, then maybe I should just get on with it.’”

I take a long walk- 4.2 miles on Saturday and I don't eat dinner- it's supposed to lengthen one's telomeres. By the time I eat breakfast on Sunday I will not have eaten for 21 hours or so.

I am already FUCKIN hungry.

I always enjoyed his performances.

Who wudda thunk it?!!?

[quote]Svirgunov is one of the artists behind a popular synth-pop group called Cream Soda, which confirmed his death.... The group’s music was used by a comedian to make fun of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s billion-dollar mansion, dubbed “Putin’s Palace”.

[quote]Cream Soda, then, wrote a song called Aqua Disco about a room in the palace described as an “aquatic disco”, which became an anthem of anti-Putin protests. Svirgunov’s death comes as a string of critics of Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine have been found dead.

$2 more than athlete’s foot spray.

AND IT’S THE EXACT SAME SPRAY CAN, IN THE EXACT SAME VOLUME, WITH THE EXACT SAME INGREDIENT.

Literally, the only things different are the location in the store, the label on the spray can, and the price.

So I am spraying CVS brand athletes foot spray on my sore taint and inner thighs y’all.

Are you good at multitasking?

Do you think gay men or fraus/lesbians are better?

Besides typing, reading, what else are you doing right now?

Why has it never been tried? I think some lesbians attempted to make one for them, but it failed. Do you think a gay men version could work?

75% of the “let’s connect” requests I get on LinkedIn are people from my company’s HR department.

They ignore me like I’m garbage at work. But they love being LinkedIn buddies.

She's exiting the ballroom.

Cute kid. Hoping they find him.

Sorry to all the fans of the Exorcist but in 1976 Richard Donner directed the best horror/thriller movie EVER

Nothing matches it

Damn. No wonder they snubbed her ass hard for the Oscar. If that's how she treats a two-time Oscar-winning legend, imagine how she interacts with the crew.

No I’m not the OP of the previous threads.

And yes I’m intentionally using a music-related - rather than flesh-baring - pic to ‘Open the Show!’

We're celebrating Ada Day in Bay City!

We'll all be waving our dishtowels like a Terrible Towel as Ada and Rachel are celebrated.

Some of us have elegant, colorful towels. This one in particular, though, is a little faded and washed out. Sort of like Cecile.

Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, George W Bush, Jeb Bush and DeSantis. Can you rank them in the order of hotness?

Who is it?

Ive mentioned it to numerous people and only one person remembers it so far.

I made a post about it elsewhere and most don’t remember them but a couple do.

I remember that McDonald's added Cherry Pie for a while and discontinued it in the early 90s, around the same time they discontinued the deep fried apple pies (1992) and went baked. When they went baked they stuck with just Apple.

$2 less than jock itch foot spray. AND IT’S THE EXACT SAME SPRAY CAN, IN THE EXACT SAME VOLUME, WITH THE EXACT SAME INGREDIENT. Literally, the only things different are the location in the store, the label on the spray can, and the price. So I am spraying CVS brand jock itch spray on my sore feet and toes y’all

Producer Ross Hunter presented an all-star cast--Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie, & James Fox--in 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Director George Roy Hill brings the period charm to this fluffy but fun musical, a great vehicle for Andrews as Millie. And Carol Channing brings on the camp! My look at "Millie" here:

If you can't get enough of old westerns, sitcoms, and Camp Lejeune/ambulance chaser/Medicare ads, MeTV has added a new channel! Check out the lineup.

I'm not referring to known addict, just anyone with that look.

anything good?

You don't see this in other ethnicites so I'm kinda curious.

A select few get a period of grace until their mid 20s ,if they are lucky, and then it goes downhill FAST. I'm not talking about faces only, their bodies overflow into some formless mass of blubber too. And the fashion, my god.

Is it genetics?Diet? An ancient Indian curse?

"❤️❤️I was not invited."

It must've crushed Brenda. She lives for the Red Carpet.

I thought I'd post a new thread since Part 141 is closed to subscribers yet again. If someone could post this in Part 141 to let them know there is a new thread, it would be much appreciated.

Who do we like on finals day? I'm rooting for Alcaraz. Good men's matches yesterday. Carlos just had a bit too much for Sinner. Tiafoe kept getting behind too much, although I appreciated his efforts to try and stretch the match out. Tiafoe kept fighting. He just needs to tighten up his game and not fall off pace so much. Medvedev was hitting some crazy winners from all over the place. Very impressive. I'll be curious to see how he plays Alcaraz.

I kind of don't care who wins Rybakina vs. Sabalenka. Sabalenka can really blast the cover off the ball. If she's gotten it mentally together, look out rest of the WTA.

That you just love…

I didn't get a choice in the body I was given.

Let's discuss the stop-motion animated musical film James and the Giant Peach. Young James Henry Trotter flies from England to New York City on a giant peach and many insects.

Directed by Henry Selick

Produced by Tim Burton

Music by Randy Newman and Johann Sebastian Bach

Paul Terry as James

with Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, and PETE POSTLETHWAITE

[quote]All states and territories on mainland Australia will be governed by the Labor Party for the first time in 15 years, after victory in the New South Wales Election.

[quote]The outcome means the whole of Australia, except for Tasmania, will have a Labor state and federal government for the first time since Kevin Rudd became prime minister in 2007. It is the second time this has ever happened in Australia.

Not bad for a robot.

Brett Somers, oh how we adore Your wit and charm, forevermore On Match Game, you ruled the stage With one-liners that stole the page

Your quips were sharp, your jokes so sly You made us laugh until we cried As Charles Nelson Reilly's best friend Your bond was unbreakable, until the end

Your style was classic, your fashion bold With scarves and sunglasses, you never got old You brought a spark to every round And with each answer, you left us astound

Brett Somers, you were a legend true On Match Game, we'll always remember you Your humor lives on, forever bright A shining star in our memories' sight.

I notice that he's one of few tough-guy imaged republicans who actually give off kind, warm vibe. In contrast, those closeted 'macho' republicans look so despicable.

Teenage killer begins life sentence for murder of then-13 year old classmate.

In France.

Wonder if it's filled with Home Goods and TJ Maxx stores.

For those who are locked out of Part 5 (which is now open for subscribers only).

Well, ain’t that some shit?

They'd been dating since the late 70s. Karen was upset about it. Was Mary secretly happy when Karen passed away in '83? She and Richard married in '84. With Karen gone, Mary had Richard all to herself.

According to Ben Mankiewicz the opening scene of George C Scott in front of the giant American fl was meant fo after the intermission but producers wanted it at the beginning to set the tone of the film.

Guess where it happened.

Guess.

He’s going for hot bitch vixen, I think. Blurring those gender lines a bit.

I hit 50 this year. I still have a sex drive but can’t interest anyone in getting with me. I’ve never had much luck but it’s worse now. I have tried apps and websites, targeted guys I thought were in my range (old, fat, average tools…basically me), been polite and forthcoming. I have some physical issues that make me particularly unappealing and which I can’t really change.

I don’t want to hire escorts, just my preference. I don’t blame anyone for this predicament except for me. I’m lucky in most other ways in life and will be fine, but this has been a thorn in my side. It’s just not in the cards for me.

I’m not really looking for suggestions about improving my chances for sex. If there are others who were forcibly retired from the kind of sex they want out there, how did you get over it and find some peace? Or is that impossible?

He had hair in the 70s when he did this series.

He needed a better stylist.

Continue talking about Trumplethinskin, Jared, Qevin McCarthy, Kari Lake, Miss Lindz, George Anthony Devolder Santos, and all the other GOP circus clowns

I can’t believe “Don’t Look Back In Anger” works as a singalong.

But then again, just because I can’t believe Alan Thicke had a hit tv show didn’t mean it wasn’t so.

Stacked like a fitness model

Don't hold your breath for la disgrâce. He's shameless.

I brought it upon myself by admiring two things she had cooked that, it turned out, were from the cookbook. It's called "Food, Health and Happiness" and is about 5 years old. I thought about returning it or pitching it but decided to de-Oprahify it by putting white contact paper over her picture on the cover and gluing or taping together the pages at the beginning of each chapter that are laden with her pictures and anecdotes. That leaves just the recipes, which aren't bad except for the chapter with her low-cal Weight Watcher versions of comfort food. (Just eat the mashed potatoes and fried chicken, bitch. The clue is not to overeat them.)

I looked the book up on Amazon and it greatly upset her frau following because it had too many fur-rein recipes, no use of canned or convenience ingredients, too many steps and it included "expensive" ingredients like truffle oil and monkfish. They wanted the Pioneer Woman or Paula Deen's diet cookbook and they got Oprah's attempt at being Ina Garten.

One of her Amazon fans cautions the following: "Some of the things you need to make the recipes include a pasta roller, pastry bag, high speed blender, microplane, Kitchen aid mixer, cast iron skillet, splatter guard (for tomato sauce), food processor (7-cup) and whisk for salad dressings...

The ingredients you might have to order include lavender flowers, anchovy paste, truffle zest, Old Bay seasoning, red curry paste, Thai fish sauce, tamarind concentrate, curry leaves, mascarpone cheese, star anise, oat flour, xanthan gum, truffle flour, fresh truffles, and sea salt."

I don't find any of these things remarkable except for the edible flowers. My local grocery doesn't have all of them but Amazon does. I'm also not making fresh pasta because I know lazy ass Oprah never has.

Some questions for your consideration: Why would Oprah want to do a cookbook to remind at least half of her fan base how rich and sophisticated she is and what lazy rubes they are? Who is Oprah's fanbase and where do they align demographically?

Bearding note: In the forward, her final dedication is to Stedman, who she says tells her whenever she makes dinner that it's the best she's ever made. Oprah doesn't realize he's actually saying her previous dinner was shit. Who believes any of this, anyway?

The other thread has been paywalled.

Low Bo is on Kick The Can Megan's side against Deadweight Kate.

Dr. Feelgood Rolf is entertaining Dr. Stinkface & Lake Tittycaca.

Now-In The-Know Hope is semi mourning with Little John & Pirate Steve.

Randy Andrew topped Placid Paul.

Discuss.

There were threads about this when it happened in 2022 but it's worth a reminder, imo.

[quote]A bank that promoted itself as an "anti-woke" alternative to Wall Street and won the support of Peter Thiel and Candace Owens is closing down just three months after it started operating. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Texas-based startup GloriFi had laid off most its workforce and was planning to close its doors, according to people familiar with the matter.

I just had to watch South Pacific. Has anyone else noticed what a bad actor he was?

Looks like Keanu has another massive hit on his hands.

Al Franken is guest hosting this week and his first guest is Miss Lindsey Graham being smug and cunty as ever.

He had been arrested.. another OJ

Why compare these two? Because both are/were sex symbol movie stars, both have been accused of domestic violence.

If you had to, which one would you prefer to live with for a month?

Which one seems like a better person?

Also, for fun, describe each one using three adjectives

It has to be a DLer.

This season will feature the most LGBTQ players in show history with 6.

As a huge Nan Goldin fan here, this looks really good. It's supposed to come out today, but I haven't found anywhere to stream it just yet.

It's more than that, really, but that's what it boils down to.

I had surgery for gynecomastia yesterday morning. And more. The office talked me into getting additional lipo since gynecomastia surgery already involves that.

I developed asymmetrical breast tissue growth suddenly in the fall of 2020. It was most likely induced by a drug I took (cimetidine/Tagamet) to control my mast cell activation syndrome. However, I told my dad when I made the decision to do this and he said he is happy for me and he wishes he had had it done 30-40 years ago...! I didn't even realize he has this condition.

The left breast was close to twice the size of the right, primarily breast tissue and not fatty tissue. I had to have a mammogram and an ultrasound when it suddenly appeared to make sure it wasn't inflammatory breast cancer.

So anyway, here I am now, wearing two very tight compression garments (medical Spanx, basically) and feeling like I have the worst sunburn of my life.

I am 5'11" and I weighed in at 167 yesterday morning when I arrived at the surgeon's office.

They were really surprised that they were able to suck TWO LITERS of fat out of me, and today I weigh 176 from all the swelling my body is doing to cope with the trauma.

Posting here because why not.

If anyone has questions about gynecomastia surgery or liposuction, feel free to ask.

Well?

When I was little, if you were 60 or 65, you were retired. Now I work with people pushing 80.

So? Do you?

I type fat.

I don’t care what some of you say, he’s HOT HOT HOT.

It’s not sincere and has to be stressful. They can’t live in the moment with peaceful vibes . It’s all about beating their proverbial neighbors.

There's a giant diagonal support beam going right through the kitchen.

Another hot queer artist

"It's a Living" starring Ann Jillian, Barrie Youngfellow, Gail Edwards and Crystal Bernard was an early Sunday evening syndicated hit

Were you a fan of this seminal comedy series?

New Year, new Slut! What shenanigans is my favourite pretty tart and yours getting up to next? Surely it involves plenty of stripping for grateful crowds, getting all dirty in the grass of the pitch, flashing thigh and bulge in his trademark tiny shorts, and more...

Recently he's had a bit of a Bondgirl Halle moment, and the internet is agog. Have a gander, won't you? (Jack loves it, don't worry)

Let's continue the discussion of Hollywood's best aging twink

It's still working for me as of 8pm EST.

Who's more annoying?

what is this bitch about?

Laundromats.

What else?

Or are you a bitch because your husband drinks?

It's from a few years ago. Insane how things have turned out.

Let's hear it.

Earrings. Caftan.

Some of the TikTok videos about it are tearing it apart, with some people even leaving during intermission. However, everyone talking about how bad it is does have a lot of people curious to go see it. Maybe it will be a terrible show that makes $???

Thread got deleted again.

Part 1 has been Murieled/paywalled

So, here’s part 2 of DL’s Fave Optometrist, Dr Andrew N*ighbors

as in 3 Stooges

Film twitter preemptively cancels him.

Labour in meltdown mode again over him.

An almost 3% increase in their national population in just one year. Fastest-growing G7 country. Third largest population of Ukrainians in the world next to Ukraine and Russia.

[quote]Total population grew by a record 1.05 million people to 39.57 million in 2022, and about 96% of the rise was due to international migration. Canada depends on immigration to drive its economy and support an aging population.

They finally have more bussy than California, for the first time since the mid '80s. Good for them!

Have you recently been ambushed with a screen after buying a soda? What about the last time you picked up a to-go order? Tipping has become muddled and overwhelming.

Sorry--not sorry--but I don't feel like I should have to tip the person behind the coffee counter at Starbucks who gives me my coffee. I order a regular coffee. It's nothing fancy. It's a cup of coffee. You pour it in the cup and give it to me. That's all. I add the cream and sugar. No one deserves a tip for a transaction like that.

A *modified* doll face thread

The cute doggie is Charlie @2dudesandadoodle

Should we even call it sex work instead of prostitution? What’s your stance?

Which of these law enforcement actions do you think were right, and which were wrong?

Tonight (March 25) at 11 pm Eastern and 8 pm Pacific.

One of my favorite Oscar winning movies.

Starring Peter O'Toole.

When people talk about epic movies, this one was definitely epic.

Inspired by the other X-File thread

The blond is soooo quiet.

I saw them on an episode of Buying Alaska.

how will you sign the Memory Book as you enter the Turtle's parlor?

I'm weeping already!

Holy shit, this crap was on at the same time as “The Golden Girls”?

Has anyone watched the entire show?

While his entire family sat in the waiting area. Is there nothing this mega-talent won't do?

Apple has threatened to take action against staff who aren't coming into the office at least three days a week, Platformer's managing editor Zoë Schiffer tweeted Wednesday.

"Apple is tracking employee attendance (via badge records) and will give employees escalating warnings if they don't come in 3x per week.

"At Apple, some orgs are saying failure to comply could result in termination, but that doesn't appear to be a company-wide policy," she added.

Apple didn't respond to a request for comment from Insider.

Last summer, Apple required all corporate employees to work from the office on three selected days from September 5, including Tuesday, Thursday, and a third regular day selected by team leaders.

A group of employees, called "Apple Together," pushed back against the company's plans at the time and shared a petition on Twitter, arguing that staff had showed over the past two years they could do "exceptional work" from home.

In March 2022 CEO Tim Cook sent a memo informing employees that the company would start phasing in its hybrid work plans.

"For many of you, I know that returning to the office represents a long-awaited milestone and a positive sign that we can engage more fully with the colleagues who play such an important role in our lives," he wrote.

"For others, it may also be an unsettling change. I want you to know that we are deeply committed to giving you the support and flexibility that you need in this next phase."

Cook previously described remote work as the "mother of all experiments." While he said it wasn't an inferior way of working, Apple has been more insistent than its peers about getting workers back into the office.

The company's former machine learning director, Ian Goodfellow, blamed the policy for his decision to leave Apple in May last year.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk reportedly emailed Twitter staff in the early hours of Wednesday to remind them about the company's remote working policy.

According to Schiffer the Twitter CEO told staff in an email send at 2:30am that the "office is not optional."

Watching "This Old House" marathon where they are renovating abandoned Detroit homes. Kevin O'Connor is so sexy. I wish he would wear tighter shirts to show off his big strong chest!

What a time to be alive!

I knew it wasn't going to last ever since I saw the arrest video. Suprised it took 10 more years.

In old Hollywood, actors usually started out on stage before securing film roles. Now it seems like the opposite. Theatre is like the next, big scary step for an already established Hollywood actor.

Is theatre acting really different to movie acting?

Keep the Yellowjackets talk going!

Link to Part 1:

Unfortunately, it's in Peoria.

It’s actually a very interesting discussion going on in regards to origins and how people are misusing it.

[quote] The phrase 'gender assigned at birth' was coined in relation to intersex people. Intersex people are those that were born with a mixture of male & female biology. The phrase 'gender assigned at birth' relates to any medical decision that were made to aline the person with either male or female. At some point relatively recently that phrase was incorrectly shoehorned into the definition for cis, making the definition inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LearningMuch7

Jerry Seinfeld

Jay Leno

And that person who keeps posting as Liza, mocking her speech impediment.

Vera would bring in the Johns by shoving a whole box of straws up her hairy pussy while chain smoking.

Was there ever a more beautiful face than Brooke's? Not even Elizabeth Taylor or Vivien Leigh in their prime were as stunning. Compare to the vapid teenage and young women of today - with all the lip fillers, jaw implants, tattoed eyebrows, heavy makeup, loads of instagaram and tiktok filters - and none look this good. This is a candid photo, no filter, no nothing, just true beauty.

Did they ever explain the difference between the two things? In the early seasons, sometimes Sam would fly somewhere and then there were times she'd pop into a place. Popping seemed to be the preferred method. Why would a witch fly, if he/she could pop?

Then there was that time the 3 witches showed up in that magical car. Why would a witch need a magical car with a chauffeur?

Republican lawmakers in Florida are pushing an appalling anti-sex education bill that would ban period talk for children below Grade 6 — and promote a ton of misinformation about sexual health.

The bill in question, Florida HB 1069, proposes that any and all health education involving HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, or “human sexuality” be relegated to “Grades 6 through 12.” It would also require health instructors to define sex as “determined by biology”; teach abstinence as “the expected standard” outside of marriage, effectively nixing comprehensive sex ed; espouse the benefits of “monogamous heterosexual marriage” to school-age children; and establish a process to ban books deemed “inappropriate or unsuitable” for certain age groups.

Is your blood boiling yet? Unfortunately, it gets worse: HB 1069 would also prohibit anyone below 6th Grade from talking about menstrual periods.

“Does this bill prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles?” state Rep. Ashley Gantt, a Democrat representing Miami, asked in a recent legislative hearing. “We know that typically, the age is between 10 and 15, so if little girls experience their menstrual cycles in 5th Grade or 4th Grade, would that prohibit conversations since they are in a grade lower than 6th Grade?”

“It would,” replied Republican state Rep. Stan McClain, the bill’s author.

This bill is dangerous and absurd for a litany of reasons. It should go without saying, but periods are basic function of reproductive biology for people with uteruses. Getting your period is nothing to fear or be ashamed of, but do you know what is shameful? Depriving young people of access to factual information about how their bodies work.

What’s more, abstinence-only sex education doesn’t work. Numerous peer-reviewed studies have the practical and ethical shortcomings of withholding information about safer sex practices from teens. Promoting abstinence leaves young people who are having sex vulnerable to STIs and pregnancy. Simply put, this approach isn’t backed by science; it’s in a service of a political agenda.

HB 1069 has only been heard by the state House’s Education Quality Subcommittee one out of the mandatory three times, so its future is unclear. Regardless, this bill is just the latest example of state lawmakers targeting people’s sexual and reproductive autonomy.

In the wake of last summer, at least 17 U.S. states have outlawed or severely restricted abortions. That includes Florida, which after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Providers are challenging this legislation.

HB 1069’s verbiage defining sex as “binary, stable, and unchangeable” is also in line with the Sunshine State’s multiple on the rights of transgender and nonbinary Floridians.

“These lawmakers are so obsessed with power and control that they are literally prohibiting young women from talking about menstruation,” Florida Planned Parenthood PAC . “Mandating birth, restricting sex ed, and vetoing funding for birth control is simply not enough for them.”

My 12 year old nephew asks me if I have a girlfriend. This makes me believe that my brother and his Christian wife have not said anything to him about me being gay. Their older (college age) kids know, but nothing is ever mentioned or said. I guess every family has their ways of dealing with these things. My sister's kids know and have no issues with it. My siblings and I live in the same city, so I see them at almost all holidays. I'm just curious how many others' nephews or nieces know or don't know. I'm never sure how parents introduce this to their kids - uncles or aunts who happen to be gay.

I told my nephew that I did have a gf a long time ago (which I did), but didn't bring up the many boyfriends I've had since.

I’ve been watching some of his older and newer work and wondering why he doesn’t have a bigger career. He’s a good actor, handsome and charismatic.

Not much is known about him personally, even by DL standards it seems. I assume the under the radar career is probably what he wants.

Is this site, full of fags, full of themselves or what? Would it kill them to have a shred of humility?

It must have been hard being second to Lipstick Alley but man, what a piece of work Dataloungers are

But I'm eager to hear your theories.

"Have you seen Steven Cozzi? The Tampa Bay-area attorney has been missing for days and police say he disappeared under 'suspicious circumstances.' A release from the Largo Police Department says Cozzi was last seen on Tuesday, March 21. Police did not release further details, but said the search for Cozzi is 'active and ongoing.'"

On Facebook, Michael Montgomery, who says he is Cozzi's husband, posted the following: "My husband, the love of my life is missing since Tuesday. I will not stop until we bring him home. Anyone with information should contact the Largo Police Department at 727-587-6730."

Like you're not rich, accomplished or attractive enough to be there. It's probably just low self-esteem, but I'll admit I do feel awkward.

Anyone else?

Kimberly "Ain't nobody got time for that" Wilkins has overcome her drug addiction, got her life on track & is now glowing

HBO always ends its shows fast.

I’m really into Harvard beets.

It's been getting flooded with "wife is out of town" memes

The story of all stories! Her body was a mess, even her gown. The insanity of getting Judy ready for her own funeral could be a mini-series! Jesus fucking Christ!

It won the 1982 Oscar for Best Picture, but seems to be completely forgotten today. Did you see it? Is it any good?

It's exactly as advertised and it's a hilarious good time.

Some of the best death scenes I've seen in a movie.

And a cameo by Blowjob Queen Nancy Reagan!

There are rumors of a comeback for the company.

🎵Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody…🎶

The REMIX!!!

Now I understand why Florida wants to ban talking about it.

Am I wrong to state my needs?

Pics preferred along with your analysis.

Congratulations boys!

Happy birthday, Sarah!

She shares a birthday with:

Lee Pace: 44

Marcia Cross: 61

Elton John: 76

Anita Bryant - 83 - Cunt

Gloria Steinem: 89

Aretha Franklin - Dead

My mother always want to seem in the know and up to date. We were having tea yesterday and I showed her a few pictures of me and a bunch of friends from my last holidays in Spain and she said "you're quite the circus queen". you're quite the circus queen....(and I'm over 50). I know it was a compliment in her mind, but I felt cheap

Saw him on xhamster - I'm sure he's a well known porn star but I have no idea who he is.

All I know is those thighs are a thing of wonder, and so is that dick.

It is a portal that my healthcare provider uses to message with the doctor, make appointments, and get test results. I think it is a great service, but my only issue is your test results are often released to your chart before your doctor has had an opportunity to read and review them. So, you're sitting out there with this information that is both good and bad to have. So what do you do, you end up Googling; and Google and your health information are not always the best duo. Now I have to wait for my doctor.

Chariots Of Fire-

Was this a good film?

I am going to check it out today.

I was watching The Oscars from 1982 on Youtube and learned that this film winning Best Picture was a shocker, but a pleasant surprise for many in the industry.

Most expected Reds to win..

The data are based on aggregated polling data from 2022 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with over 10,000 U.S. adults. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents if they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something else, allowing them to choose multiple identities.

In addition to the 7% identifying as LGBT, 86% of U.S. adults say they are straight or heterosexual, while 7% chose not to answer the question.

As is typically the case, the greatest share of LBGT adults -- more than half, or 4.2% of all U.S. adults -- identify as bisexual. About one in five LGBT adults identify as gay, about one in seven say they are lesbian, and slightly fewer than one in 10 identify as transgender.

Five percent of LGBT adults identify as something other than lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In 2022, Gallup for the first time recorded the preferred identity of those who indicated they were something other than heterosexual besides the traditional lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identities. Most of these individuals said they were queer, pansexual or asexual. Roughly 1%-2% of LGBT adults -- equivalent to 0.1% of all U.S. adults -- prefer each of those identities. Adult members of Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2004 who were aged 18 to 25 in 2022, are the most likely subgroup to identify as LGBT, with 19.7% doing so. The rate is 11.2% among millennials and 3.3% or less among older generations.

In Generation Z, 13.1% say they are bisexual, 3.4% are gay, 2.2% are lesbian, and 1.9% are transgender. Each of those percentages is higher than it is for all other generations.

Does anyone use it? I don’t think it works very well.

looks trash-tastic

Jackie is demoted to a friend. Another friend joins. 2 new full-time housewives are there as well, Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda

article in next post

The rise and fall of English Montreal

[quote]There’s a story about Paula Yates bumping into Diana, Princess of Wales that Yates’s friend Belinda Brewin recollects in the documentary Paula this week. The People’s Princess turned to Little Miss Hypocrite (I’m selecting two of their tabloid epithets from a smörgåsbord) and said: “I love it when you’re on the front page of the papers because it means I’ve got the day off.” Yates was the Diana of the dark timeline: two epoch-making blondes, one bottle, the other natural; one bawdy, the other demure; one flirtatious, the other innocent; one outspoken, the other reserved; a classic whore and madonna dyad. Perhaps neither one would have been as relentlessly surveilled and scrutinised without the counterpoise of the other, but we can never know, because as a direct or indirect result of that surveillance and scrutiny, by the turn of the century both were dead.

I only know briefly of the Hutchence years - let's talk about Paula Yates.

Braveheart won five awards, including Best Picture.

Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards and Anne Frank Remembered, Antonia's Line, Babe, A Close Shave, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, Lieberman in Love, Mighty Aphrodite, One Survivor Remembers, Il Postino: The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility with one.

Not exactly a difficult choice.

If you don't do a job right then don't bother to do it AT ALL!

A dead drag queen found DEAD in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff has been revealed to be a child rapist as social media speculates on whether his death was the result of a hate crime and whether he was last seen in a green or yellow dress.

Only Mail Online are reporting that the Dead Drag Queen was a paedo while lots of people are giving money for the funeral.

[quote]As a teenager, and under his previous name of Darren Sewell, he was convicted of four counts of rape on a boy under the age of 16 in Barry, South Wales, and sent to a Young Offenders' Institution for three years.

[quote]He was banned from having contact with children but in 2011 he was convicted of breaching the order by working as a gymnastics and dance tutor with children in Cardiff.

[quote]He was sentenced to a three-year sex offender's treatment programme, a 24-month supervision order, 300 hours unpaid work and a six-month curfew on electronic tag.

Who is Xander Cook/Kiriakis, and why is Sonny married to some old queen?

I thought he was in love with Will??

And if Sonny and the Old Queen are married, then why is he getting up all over Sonny's cousin Xander???

I'm so confused!!!

Of course I totally anticipate that this will turn into a Diana Ross thread, but I’m really interested in hearing dish on the other stars in the stable as well - Smokey, The Temptations, Mary Wells, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder and of course, The Jackson Five. Anything that you can share.

This article was interesting (I'll post a non-paywall version below). The BM has artifacts that are apparently among the holiest relics of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The artifacts are kept covered in a basement out of public view, and only priests of that church can see them. As you can imagine, Ethiopia has asked that the artifacts be returned, and the BM says "no".

Religious artifacts like that, well I don't think things are holy. But if some object is exceedingly important to a group, and the object is taken from that group to another country where it sits covered in a basement and is only looked at by leaders of that group - just frigging give it back to them!

I wonder how long the BM can continue its "no returns" policy. And would people care and still visit the BM if, for example, you couldn't see the Rosetta Stone or Elgin Marbles? Do people care about the other stuff in the BM?

Let's play a game. Pick a decade and nine people (you are the tenth) who you want to invite to your dinner party.

This is horseshit

Why does it look so bad? The old Miesian building in the center is probably the most attractive of the lot.

The Unabomber would be jealous of this rant he posted on his pretend Twitter last night (Thursday 3/23/23)

[quote] What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country? Why & who would do such a thing? Only a degenerate psychopath that truely hates the USA!

On the road from "they/them" to "she/they."

Living their truth, whatever that means...

And the rest is history. Always loved this movie. Crazy how fast time moves.

One of the first same sex couples on TV in the seventies.

The premise was stupid. The plot was thin. The dialogue was cliched. The acting was ho-hum.

But as someone who is terrified of heights, holy shit, I've never had so much anxiety watching a film.

Not too many shirtless shots of any HGTV faves seeing that it's 5 below in most of the country.

But here's an old shot of a client from last season's Fixer to Fabulous. Clearly a "confirmed bachelor."

Happy posting about various shows/favorites.

She's kinda like the FLYING NUN.

[quote] On January 6, 2021, Josh Hawley showed us he’s a fraud and a coward.

[quote] Missourians deserve a U.S. Senator who’s willing to stand and fight. That’s why I’ve decided to take him on.

It’s telling that I remember moments so clearly throughout life of people being especially and unexpectedly kind to me.

This came up because I work in a large doctors office. A (beautiful) young man signed in at the front desk for his appt. After he was done seeing the doctor he came back to the front desk and asked for the person he had talked to the day before when calling to make the appt. A colleague identified herself as the person who likely spoke to him.

He saw her and literally started to sob. He profusely thanked her for being so kind to him. He said he had been in such pain and was desperately calling doctors on his insurance hoping to find an appt but all were booked months in advance. Only she had taken the time to squeeze him in despite the doc being booked. The patient was so grateful, and he wanted her to know how much that meant to him.

When he left, we sort of sat there stunned because no one ever gives credit to the front desk. And yes, my colleague is a lovely person and her kindness is felt by so many.

Be kind.

Describe your best brunch.

I'm the NPR subscription

I can’t deal with them. They’re just too soft and I feel they aren’t cleaning my mouth properly. They also don’t satisfy my gums. I only use medium toothbrushes.

Do they still make hard toothbrushes? I remember years ago that was an option but I haven’t seen a hard toothbrush in years!

I bought this cheap 79cent toothbrush from Target and it honestly feels better than the Colgate one I had.

I need a new electric one.

Winona Ryder — personal shopper

Whitney Houston — lifeguard

Fate Dunaway and Warren Beatty — mail sorters

Cities. They’re the places where most Americans live, work and play, but skeptics say they aren’t the “real America.” They drive economic growth, but rarely reap the full benefits of what they generate. Cities are places of opportunity and innovation but saddled with neglectful, if not downright harmful policies. Thomas Jefferson called cities “pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.” Donald Trump, a lifelong New Yorker, referred to Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess,” Atlanta as “in horrible shape and falling apart” and inner cities across the country as “burning and crime infested.”

Why all the hate?

In his new book from Columbia University Press, Unequal Cities: Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States,” economist Richard McGahey explores the deep roots of America’s anti-city bias and points to persistent federal and state policies that keep our cities from reaching their full potential. McGahey’s book offers a pushback against market-oriented urban economic analysis that has exacerbated inequality so profoundly that cities like Miami and New York are now as unequal – or more so – than countries like Brazil and Zambia. He points to problems in the way we talk about cities and illuminates how their political, economic, and racial challenges get obscured.

The fate of U.S. cities matters to everyone, argues McGahey, no matter where they live or how they vote. In the following interview, he discusses his book with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, explaining why if we want a prosperous future, we need to start thinking differently about cities.

Who has had him?

New England wealth is a whole other game. Illuminate us with your stories.

Looks like the European contagion may be spreading.

Tell me about little items you cherish which call up remembrance of things past. The less valuable, the better. It needn't be a trinket either - locks of hair, ticket stubs, a one-of-a-kind family photo...

I have a little brass letter-opener in the shape of a sword that I was fiddling with when I told my sister I was gay.

They know exactly what turns on gay men, and they play it to the hilt.

I never realized that straight guys could be such whores - for other men.

Sucks that they're just doing it for clicks, views, and maybe a little cash.

I feel so used.

There was the Brady Bunch

and here's the ETHNIC Bunch

He just storied this.

Time to star a new thread about this closeted Actor/ New TikToker/ "Writer"/ Whiskey and Tequila Seller/cult leader called Sam Heughan.

Let's hope that it's not been deleted like it has happened with dozens of the previous DL threads that were scrubbed.

Just like his gay bios before Outlander were also scrubbed, his name from the list of openly gay actors, the gay comments from Sam's personal FB....etc...etc...etc

A straight actor wouldn't need all this scrubbing, policing, PR stunts, innuendo fake 'girlfriends' and trolling,

In the thirties, when Walt Disney first started developing a theme park that would bear his name, he was met with great skepticism. So too was Christian Guzman’s vision doubted when, in February 2020, he announced plans to turn an old factory into a mega gym (aided by a $17 million business loan). Was he really expecting people to fly in from all over the world to . . . exercise? The skepticism was heard mostly in a Reddit channel called Gymsnark, in which members of the bodybuilding community say bitchy things to one another. Guzman’s dream was the subject of many posts, with titles such as “WTF is Alphaland?” and “Can someone explain to me what Alphaland is supposed to be? Does anyone think it will be successful?” For a while there, it seemed it wouldn’t be. There were pandemic-related construction delays, and Guzman was working so hard and sleeping so little—powered by the nonstop consumption of his proprietary energy drinks, 3D Energy—that his family wondered if they should take him to the hospital. But eventually it all came together. By the end of 2021, Alphaland was ready to open its doors. According to Guzman, 1,800 people came to work out on opening day and, perhaps more important, to document themselves doing so.

Alphaland isn’t a regular gym—it’s a cool gym. Well, it’s three cool gyms, plus an outdoor workout area with ramps for sprinting up and down, two basketball courts, a football field, an in-house chiropractor, a cafe, a pizza oven, a retail store, Alphalete’s corporate headquarters and its more than 250 employees, and a VIP lounge that has a full bar, a glam room and photo studio, and a Skee-Ball machine.

On the Saturday after the Summer Shredding Classic, there were more meatheads pumping through the halls of Alphaland than had been at the competition itself. Guzman told me they were expecting four thousand, and while I’m not sure he achieved that, I do know I had to weave in and out among many young, buff, and good-looking people during my tour of the facility. The line to buy day passes was steady, and sometimes out the door. I don’t think I saw any unoccupied equipment, and every mirrored nook and cranny—of which there were several, as this is, after all, a space designed to support content production—was taken up by someone trying to capture a 360-degree view of their musculature in a single photograph.

I was just driving through Beverly Hills, in the quiet burbs south of Burton Way, east of Rexford.

While at a stop sign, Jessica Lange walked by me. I grew up in a LA and I've seen everyone. But Jessica's a big deal to me. No, I am not that Lange Troll. Just a fan of her work.

We made eye contact. She smiled at me. I then did something I never do. I rolled down my window and told her she's amazing. Then, feeling stupid for doing this, I said she must get so tired of people saying that to her.

Without missing a beat she deadpanned: Never.

I then said, smiling now, that every gay man of a certain age is obsessed with her.

Again, in a perfect dead pan, she says: Oh, I'm well aware.

I laughed and so did she. She waved and told me to have a great day and that I made hers, before walking off.

Naturally, I had to tell DL first thing.

What are your fun celeb stories?

it's now rebranded as influenza a 4 maxi marketing reach,

but don't worry,

it still has the same pneumonia,

same dry cough, same runny nose,

same fatal white lungs

that you have come 2 know & love

Netflix’s upcoming film Chupa is a re-imagination of a creature that has haunted the nightmares of many Latin American children for at least three decades: el chupacabras. Aka the goat sucker.

The movie is about Alex, a shy Kansas teen who travels to Mexico to visit his family. He finds a baby chupacabra in a barn. It looks like an adorable cross between a kitten and bird, and so Alex decides to name it “chupa.” Somewhere in the trailer, a girl tells the protagonist that the name Chupa means “sucker.”

But the word “chupa” by itself doesn’t mean sucker—it means “suck” or “to suck.” And… it has some raunchy connotations for many Spanish speakers. There are several definitions on Urban Dictionary that outline how chupa by itself is used to describe a sexual act for many Filipinos, Spanish speakers, and Portuguese speakers.

The Hollywood Handle tweeted the Netflix movie poster this week and was ratioed with 13,700 likes to over 16,000 quote retweets reacting to the comedy gold. Twitter users have demanded to know if Netflix ran the movie title by any Spanish speakers before announcing the new film. Others have tweeted a variation of “I should call him/her.” Some simply posted JAJAJAJAJA, which is them laughing in Spanish.

Author Vanessa Angélica Villarreal tweeted, “Imagine the sheer amount of people this title went through at @netflix all the way to ‘release promo movie poster’ for no one to tell them that you can’t shorten the word ‘chupacabra’ with ‘chupa’ because it literally means ‘to suck off’ … like kids should not google this word.” Joanna Hausmann, a Venezuelan writer and comedian, tweeted “I’ve got some notes.”

People have also pointed out that they’re confused about the setting. The movie is set in Mexico, not in the Caribbean. Some of the earliest supposed sightings of chupacabras are based in the Puerto Rican countryside around the early 1990s, according to an NPR thread about the mythical creature. There’s archival footage from the Associated Press that shows dead animals with puncture wounds in Puerto Rico. One comment on the video suggested that this may have been around Orocovis, a centralized mountain town.

I’ve never watched his show, but YouTube has been suggesting these gay Tinder segments to me. The way he talks about some of the men makes me think he’s not straight. He clearly wants Trevor in this video.

I'll start with...

Love child of Pete Davidson and Logic

Toronto’s People’s Choice Award gives pic early frontrunner Best Picture standing.

Avi did not go down easily!

Caption this photo DL

Buzzfeed and Politico will be using artificial intelligence to generate feature content within the next year. This is already been announced. I know that at my company, we are already rolling out technology that leverage is ChatGPT. It’s crazy how quickly this is being adopted. Where will we be in five years?

"Invasion Of The Vampires" (1963)

‘It is possible the story focuses on Pauline Kael, one of the most influential movie critics of all time. Kael, who died in 2001, was not just a critic but also an essayist and novelist. She was known for her pugnacious fights with editors as well as filmmakers. In the late 1970s, Kael had a very brief tenure working as a consultant for Paramount, a position she accepted at the behest of actor Warren Beatty. The timing of that Paramount job seems to coincide with the setting of the script — and the filmmaker is known to have a deep respect for Kael, making the odds of her being the subject of the film more likely.’

This is a guaranteed Oscar. I’m thinking someone like Toni Collette.

Some lawyers friends feel this is the weakest case and if NY indicts first, without GA and DOJ, it will give too much fire to the right when the DA has a hard time proving his case.

I do love how right wing Twitter is melting down and claiming this will guarantee and Trump presidency and how some are unhappy that DeSantis hasn’t said anything against Trump’s potential arrest yet.

A lot of films are only great because they represent the era in which they were made perfectly. Which films do you think are only great because they’re time capsules?

More Pitchbot trolling.

Well, the headline, anyway. The quotes from the people who own these places let you know that the reporter thought they were a bunch of pretentious asses.

A sampling:

[quote] “For those that look at a gym as a selfie opportunity, a place solely dedicated to performance-oriented training or a workout that needs to be done, you can probably find a gym that’s more affordable that can deliver those things,” Mr. Schoepe said. “We are not looking to bring in people who keep to themselves and don’t see the value of mingling with like-minded people.” Instead, he said, Heimat welcomes “people who cultivate that ethos of mindfulness with their fellow members.”

[quote] “We’re looking for people who are a good representation of the brand, and they should inspire others to take care of themselves,” said Dr. Jonathan Leary, the founder and chief executive, who also described the average member as a young professional in their 30s...He did, however, attempt to describe what makes the perfect Remedy member: It’s someone, he said, “who will shine bright and help teach people the changes that need to happen.”

[quote] the goal is to have a “tight-knit community of like-minded individuals including but not limited to entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, celebrities, pre- and postnatal mothers and more,” said Liana Levi, the owner and founder.

[quote] Some people, he said, believe that since they are paying a premium, they can just show up and assume that their sessions will be booked for them with white-glove service. Those aren’t the type of people he wants, he said. Instead, Monarch is seeking a community of like-minded people who are motivated to get well. And to sign up for their own sessions. [OP Note: The reporter is not even trying to hide his disdain here.]

[quote] The Ness, a trampoline and cardio boutique fitness space on the edge of Tribeca and Chinatown in New York, opened in 2019 as referral-only. “If you were having a dinner party, you wouldn’t post your address on a flyer and plaster it all over town as an open invitation,” said Colette Dong, the founder. “You would curate a group of friends that you think mesh well together.”... “This creates a better community and environment, which is really important when you’re working out for the first time, coming back into your routine or trying to stick to a goal,” Ms. Dong said. “You just don’t want to do it in front of a bunch of strangers.

The absurd law in Florida seeking to remove anything about race in school curriculum has forced texts about the civil rights icon Rosa Park to remove any language about her race. She, instead, is heralded because she was asked "to change her seats" and refused to move.

"No, I won't move. Let me talk to you manager!!" Essentially just making her a Karen. This is the result of the ignorant "anti-woke" movement.

Here's mine : I watched "Zorba the greek " the other day and couldn't believe how bad Quinn was. What was the director thinking ? I don't think I can't take another Quinn performance before at least a decade. It was an anthology of bad acting. You could feel Alan Bates's embarrassment. Kedrova was great though, just hanging over the edge, but still convincing. Why is it considered an iconic performance ?

Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin used the pomp of the three-day state visit that ended on Wednesday to signal to their publics and to Western capitals that the bond between their two countries remained robust and, in their eyes, indispensable, 13 months after Mr. Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine. They laid out their vision for the world in a nine-point joint statement that covered everything from Taiwan to climate change and relations with Mongolia, often depicting the United States as the obstacle to a better, fairer world.

“It looks like a strategic plan for a decade or even more. It’s not a knee-jerk reaction to the war in Ukraine,” said Alexander Korolev, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Australia, who studies Chinese-Russian relations. Noting the statement’s repeated criticisms of the United States, he said: “The threat is no longer implicit and hypothetical; it’s very explicit.”

In Mr. Xi’s view, recently stated in unusually blunt terms, the United States is engaged in “all-around containment, encirclement and suppression of China” — a campaign of sanctions and diplomatic pressure that he says has brought “unprecedented severe challenges” to the country. To counter Western pressure, Mr. Xi wants to give Mr. Putin the political and economic support to secure their partnership, even if China may not want to wade into Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“Xi is making a significant gesture of political support to Putin with this trip, basically demonstrating that the relationship will be resilient even in these straitened circumstances and that he is willing to live with the opprobrium of the West,” said Andrew Small, the author of “No Limits: The Inside Story of China’s War With the West.”

Amid the model's new chapter in her personal life, the 34-year-old recently shared why she's chosen to take a step back from the lucrative OnlyFans career she launched in April 2020.

"I'm not doing OnlyFans anymore, I'm kind of past that," Chyna told Daily Mail in an interview published March 24. "It is one of those things where I did what I needed to do at that moment because of the circumstances I was in."

Chyna—who has also recently shared she's been baptized—added, "Besides, with me being baptized, that's just not what God will want me to do. It's kind of degrading."

As the "Doom" musician noted, the significance of that event serves as a guide amid her journey.

"Now I'm just going by faith," Chyna, born Angela White, continued. "I'm not even really going by the Blac Chyna way or the Angela way. Let me just let God lead me."

Just for fun, let's cast the inevitable biopic about the Trump Administration. The actor cannot have played the character on any other site.

Donald Trump- Geoffrey Rush

Melania- Olga Kurylenko

Mike Pence- John Slattery

Stephen Miller- Benedict Cumberbatch

Jared Kushner- Joseph Gordon Levitt

Ivanka- Kate Bosworth

Don Jr- Will Arnett

Steve Bannon- Nick Offerman

Kellyanne Conway- Laura Dern

Mike Pompeo- Dean Norris

John Kelly- Stanley Tucci

Reince Priebus- Colin Hanks

Jeff Sessions- Tom Courtenay

Bill Barr- Sean Astin

Steve Mnuchin- Fred Armisen

Mark Meadows- Jeff Daniels

Jim Mattis- Gary Sinise

John Bolton- John Malkovich

Don McGahn- Chris O'Donnell

Rex Tillerson- Mel Gibson

Michael Cohn- David Schwimmer

Gary Cohn- Corey Stoll

Mark Esper- Tim Daly

Betsy DeVos- Christine Baranski

Wilbur Ross- Kurtwood Smith

Sarah Sanders- Casey Wilson

Anthony Scaramucci- Bobby Cannavale

Paul Manafort- Ray Wise

They're back in style, and loafers are out!

I remember this movie as being the first to mainstream AOL and the internet, especially for older folks who weren't familiar with it. It was also a remake of the classic film "The Shop Around the Corner." Everyone thought Meg Ryan was adorable.

Did anyone here go to the theatre to see this movie when it was released back in 1998?

Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Ne-Yo and rapper Lil Yachty are among the eight notable names who have been hit with Securities and Exchange Commission charges for violating securities laws in touting crypto currencies.

The SEC on Wednesday disclosed that charges were filed against eight celebrities in connection with the broader investigation of crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his companies: Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc., which marketed crypto asset securities under the brand names Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT).

The eight boldface names were charged with “illegally touting TRX and/or BTT without disclosing that they were compensated for doing so and the amount of their compensation,” according to the SEC.

The list also includes rapper Soulja Boy, singers Austin Mahone and Akon and adult film star Kendra Lust. All but Mahone and Soulja Boy (aka DeAndre Cortez Way) have reached settlements with the SEC that involve “more than $400,000 in disgorgement, interest, and penalties to settle the charges, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings,” per the SEC.

“This case demonstrates again the high risk investors face when crypto asset securities are offered and sold without proper disclosure,” said SEC chair Gary Gensler. “As alleged, Sun and his companies not only targeted U.S. investors in their unregistered offers and sales, generating millions in illegal proceeds at the expense of investors, but they also coordinated wash trading on an unregistered trading platform to create the misleading appearance of active trading in TRX. Sun further induced investors to purchase TRX and BTT by orchestrating a promotional campaign in which he and his celebrity promoters hid the fact that the celebrities were paid for their tweets.”

The SEC complaint, filed in New York’s Southern District federal court, accuses Sun of instructing the eight celebrities to not disclose that they were being paid to tout TRX and BTT assets on social media platforms.

A representative for Lohan said the actor was unaware of any disclosure obligations.

“Lindsay was contacted in March 2022 and was unaware of the disclosure requirement. She agreed to pay a fine to resolve the matter,” said spokeswoman Leslie Sloane.

Sun is accused of taking numerous steps to manipulate the market for those currencies through “wash trading,” which is explained by the SEC as a process that “involves the simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchase and sale of a security to make it appear actively traded without an actual change in beneficial ownership.” From April 2018 to February 2019, Sun engaged “allegedly directed his employees to engage in more than 600,000 wash trades of TRX between two crypto asset trading platform accounts he controlled,” according to the SEC. Sun also generated $31 million in proceeds through secondary market sales of illegal and unregistered sales of the token, per the SEC.

“While we’re neutral about the technologies at issue, we’re anything but neutral when it comes to investor protection,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. “As alleged in the complaint, Sun and others used an age-old playbook to mislead and harm investors by first offering securities without complying with registration and disclosure requirements and then manipulating the market for those very securities. At the same time, Sun paid celebrities with millions of social media followers to tout the unregistered offerings, while specifically directing that they not disclose their compensation. This is the very conduct that the federal securities laws were designed to protect against regardless of the labels Sun and others used.”

[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.]

Have I been living under a rock?

I feel like my parents didn’t get much joy or satisfaction out of raising me. My mother, who I always got along with, even admitted once that if she could back and restart her life from the beginning, she wouldn’t have children. She said having children is a waste of time and money, that you just end up overwhelmed with stress and responsibility and in the end, you get nothing out of it. You’ll be middle-aged/elderly and forgotten, and your child will now be adult having their own life. It’s not like you’ll be socializing at parties. Most adults avoid their parents and see visiting grandma as a chore.

She used to say that about a lot of women she knew—people she used to work with, relatives, neighbours—that their lives were better before having children, that babies tied them down and ruined everything. I know for a fact that if I had a child, I’d feel the same way. I can’t stand being overly committed to anyone or anything. If I had a child, I’d more than likely resent it and not show it enough warmth and affection. I wouldn’t be intentionally cruel or negligent, but I know I’d be distant and my child would probably grow up with emotional/attachment issues.

Aside from that, I’ve always resented my parents for having me. I’ve spent the majority of my life with depression. I tried to kill myself in my mid-20s and remember feeling an overwhelming hatred for my parents. The only reason I’m here experiencing all of life’s hardships is because those two selfish idiots had me. I’ve let go of that resentment, but I still don’t appreciate being born. I feel like life is an awful burden to inflict upon somebody. Yes, I know many people enjoy life, but many don’t and can’t wait to die. If I had a child who grew up to be suicidal, I’d feel incredibly guilty because it would be my fault they exist.

Also, I don’t like taking care of other people. I like living for myself, and only worrying about myself. It’s not selfish. Why would it be? There’s nobody in my life to care about because I didn’t create brand new people to care about.

What about you? Why don’t you have kids?

Is that still a thing?

How exactly is Olivia Wilde worth over $10 million dollars? Is it really her money, or his Ted Lasso money?

I feel like I just learned who this woman a few months ago (and I'm not impressed).

Have any Loungers dove into the gourmet cookie trend?

Would the US be able to survive? Drugs, food, merchandise, all of it is coming from China. Would the US economy collapse?

Nothing but a Heartache, by the Flirtations.

A student drag show aimed at raising money for the LGBTQ community was canceled Monday by West Texas A&M University’s president, who called such shows “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny,” drawing backlash from students and free speech advocates.

In an email to the school community, university President Walter V. Wendler said drag shows “discriminate against womanhood,” compared them to blackface and said there was “no such thing” as a harmless drag show.

“A harmless drag show? Not possible. I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it,” the email read.

Proceeds of the show were due to support The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people.

The show was scheduled for March 31.

A university spokesperson declined to provide further comment on the president’s email, citing pending litigation.

Wendler’s decision and remarks drew backlash from both students and advocates who said the move was wrong – and unconstitutional.

A Change.org petition said the university’s student body “is calling for the reinstatement” of the performance on campus and called its canceling an “indirect attack on the LGBT+, feminist, and activist communities of the WTAMU student body.”

The petition said the president’s comparison of blackface and drag performances was a “gross and abhorrent comparison of two completely different topics” and “an extremely distorted and incorrect definition of drag as a culture and form of performance art.”

A Change.org petition said the university’s student body “is calling for the reinstatement” of the performance on campus and called its canceling an “indirect attack on the LGBT+, feminist, and activist communities of the WTAMU student body.”

The petition said the president’s comparison of blackface and drag performances was a “gross and abhorrent comparison of two completely different topics” and “an extremely distorted and incorrect definition of drag as a culture and form of performance art.”

In a letter to Wendler, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a group focused on freedom of speech and religion in academia, wrote it was “seriously concerned” by his decision and asked that he reinstate the performance.

“The First Amendment and Texas law protect student expression from administrative censorship,” FIRE said in a later statement.

“As an individual, Wendler can criticize this particular drag show, or the existence of drag writ large. No reasonable person would argue that public university administrators personally endorse the views expressed at every event hosted by every student group on campus. But as a government actor, President Wendler cannot co-opt state power to force his own views on the WTAMU community,” the statement said.

“WTAMU must allow the show to go on — and we’ll continue watching to ensure that happens,” it added.

PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization, called the cancellation an “abhorrent trampling on students’ free expression rights.”

“Drag shows should be welcome on campus; censoring speech the university president dislikes should not,” Kristen Shahverdian, PEN America senior manager of free expression and education, said in a statement.

Bush is still a fool. Condi Rice was the most competent person in the room.

Big Brother Argentina 🇦🇷

I can't do the reverse cow-boy. It's in every porn, and tops love it, but it hurts like hell. Is it me ? doggie style, I can take a DP like a champ tho. Why is that ?

She's so sweet and adorable here. Her looks were still a few years from peaking. She seems older than her 13 years in this interview.

It looks like an erotic dream you would have after staring at the Groton Fisherman.

Way back when…. We didn’t have porn. We used our minds to get off.

Sounds like a creep.

He refused to sleep with his wife Priscilla because she was a mother, and there was no way he'd sleep with somebody who had given birth.

Did you like it? Did you hate it? What was it like?

Ugh this is going to be another Luke Evans situation isn’t it

What do we think they did while vacationing?

40 years after Karen Carpenter's death (Feb 4, 1983), a new documentary on her life and tragic death will debut this weekend. “Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection” will premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 10, 2023.

Using unreleased recordings and celebrity interviews – including with Olivia Newton-John, Cynthia Gibb, Suzanne Somers, Kristin Chenoweth, Carnie Wilson, Bob James and Carol Burnett – the documentary sheds light on the singer’s short life and musical legacy.

The documentary was directed by Randy Martin (“The Inspiration Sessions,” “Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey”) and produced and written by Randy Schmidt (author of “Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter,” “Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters”).

It was so boring.

I want to take simethicone for gas. I hate the little mint flavored pills. They repeat on me and the taste makes me nauseated. Ugh. Mint. So I figured I’d get cherry flavor. But cherry flavor only comes in chewable tablets. I don5 want to chew! I just want to swallow a cherry flavored pill. I feel it is unfair to make me chew a cherry.

“Her placenta falls to the floor” pretty much killed Lightning Crashes for me.

You know that tacky pop culture shit they sell at Cracker Barrel and Hobby Lobby? I think we've finally found the lady who buys most of it.

And what's the story with the living room furniture? Why is it so starkly out of place with the rest of this decor?

On Tuesday night, Ryan Short, a gay man living in Seattle, Washington, spoke to his dad on the phone. During the conversation, his dad, Richard Short, an 80-year-old retired war veteran living in Dallas, Texas, told his son he's still a Republican.

"We were just having one of our random catch-ups and he just casually said, 'I'm still Republican,'" Short told Insider.

Short asked if he still supported the party despite its recent rhetoric against LGBTQ people.

His dad said "yes."

The comment prompted Short to pen an email on Wednesday to dozens of family members asking them to stop voting for the GOP to support him and his other queer family members.

"Hear me clearly — you cannot vote for the GOP and continue to have a relationship with me. No exceptions. I am inviting no dialogue, and I have no interest in nuance," Short said in the email, shared with Insider.

Being 42-years-old and self-described "middle-aged," Short said he didn't want to"waste any more time on things that aren't bringing light to my life."

"The safety and peace of me, my husband, and my community is baseline, non-negotiable, and unrelated to politics," Short wrote. "To vote GOP is to divide the family."

Short told Insider: "This letter was a boundary, not a persuasion. It was not intended to persuade anyone."

After he hit send, Short posted a screenshot of the email to Twitter, along with a text conversation with a family member who initially did not respond positively.

"My letter. Sent with prideful power," Short wrote.

The post has since racked up more than 15,000 likes and more than 3,000 retweets on the platform.

Some backed Short for setting the ultimatum.

"Thank you for posting so others can use your experience as a resource," LA-based actress Sarah Greyson replied. "I'm sorry you had to say it, but it needed to be said!"

"I'm very sorry you had to send this," another user commented, saying they wanted to be a "fly on the wall" when the email is read.

But other commenters argued he went too far.

"It's sad that you're willing to discard the most important love you will ever receive like that," one wrote.

Since posting the email on Twitter, Short told Insider that people — college kids, "trans 20-somethings" — began messaging him asking if they could copy what he wrote to send to their own families. One person asked if they could put the letter in a Google Doc to share it.

"I was like, 'go for it, man, like open-source that shit! We're only free if we're all free.'"

Ultimately, Short is glad about what he did, telling Insider "I came quickly to a place of feeling very proud for putting that message out there. Especially once people said they wanted to copy and paste this to help their situation."

Short said his family isn't homophobic and he has numerous LGBTQ relatives.

"We don't have anyone in my family that doesn't like the queer family, or doesn't support issues, it's just one specific action of voting for the people that do."

"It becomes clear that defending queer and trans rights is necessary to defend our very family itself," Short said.

Short told Insider that nearly everyone on the email chain responded positively and confirmed they would no longer be voting for Republicans as he asked.

But initially, his father, Richard, said he reacted negatively and "quickly, without thinking."

Richard Short said he didn't understand what he read until after the fact when his wife and another friend explained it to him. Ultimately, he agreed to stop backing Republican candidates and he and his son reconciled.

"Family is family," Richard Short told Insider.

He said he feels happy, "sincerely and truthfully," about agreeing to his son's request.

"Being a hard head, I'm a little bit hard to get through to," Richard Short said. "But then I'm one of these people, I'll sit back, reflect and think on what I said, and I'm very quick to apologize."

Not only did Richard Short agree to never vote Republican again, but he also resigned from the Republican Club he belongs to in Collin County, Texas, he told Insider Thursday.

Normal? Abnormal? The under 30s are trying to normalize this lifestyle, even moving to legalize it and have it be a protected class. What say you? Have you ever lived in one?

A performer of world renown, his career spanned seven decades. He is particularly known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt.

An Austrian who has lived in the UK for many years, he was born in 1931 in what is now the Czech Republic. Although not born into a musical family, he began playing the piano aged six and gave his first recital at 17. Largely self taught, in addition to his live performances he has enjoyed a long and successful recording career. Revered for his intellect and individual and original take on the world, he is also a published poet and essayist.

He says, "I regard pessimism as a sign of intelligence. Optimism is a very welcome and life enhancing feature, a gift, but not necessarily a realistic outlook. I am a pessimist who enjoys being pleasantly surprised."

Let's discuss the Austria pianist Alfred Brendel

An indication of the successful terrorizing of the Florida academic system by Ron DeSantis even with his "Stop WOKE Act" yet to be implemented.

[quote] The legislation will prohibit transgender people from using multi-person restrooms and locker rooms at prekindergarten through 12th-grade public and charter schools

Can they used the handicapped restroom?

Happy Birthday, Jim!

Fact.

Look at how sexy he looks!! He looks good on Los Angeles. Just saying.

I just bought a reddish brown suit. It isn’t maroon or burgundy; it is reddish brown. I think it looks great but how and where can I wear it?

I work in federal government in a pretty informal office (I usually wear sweaters) but am moving to a more formal one. I already have a grey, a blue and a few black ones. Is a reddish brown suit too much for the office?

Also, what sort of shoes and ties? I have a great pair of dark blue shoes. Would those match? How about a dark blue tie?

“She posed for a lot of pictures with all these gay men,” our source says, adding that she was a “hit” at the hotspot.

A rep for Williams didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

Page Six exclusively reported in September that Williams, 58, checked back into rehab for substance abuse issues. After nearly two months of treatment in an undisclosed facility, she said she was “better than ever.”

Lincoln Center Presents: Ariana DeBose Authenticity will happen on Saturday, April 8!!!

Get your tickets!!!!

He's a somewhat well known fitness Insta-ho who started a business where models offer one-on-one training, but he must have fallen on hard times as he has an OnlyFans and is now showing cock on it.

The character Sweeney Todd originated in serialized Victorian popular fiction, known as penny dreadfuls. A story called The String of Pearls was published in a weekly magazine during the winter of 1846–47

Eventually it made it to Broadway. The musical was based on Christopher Bond's 1973 play Sweeney Todd, which introduced a psychological backstory and motivation to Todd's crimes.

When Sondheim first brought the idea for the show to director Harold Prince, his frequent collaborator, Prince was uninterested, feeling it was a simple melodrama but it could be OK with the right star.

Sondheim thought stage veteran Angela Lansbury would add some needed comedy to the grim tale as the lunatic Cockney shopkeeper, but Lansbury needed to be convinced. When asked to do it she replied, "I am a STAR. And said to Sondheim, "Your show is not called 'Nellie Lovett', it's called 'Sweeney Todd'.

What an EGO

She finally agreed to do it provided she get approval on all her songs and the final say on who would play the tortured barber. She agreed to allow Len Cariou to be on stage with her

Angela later said, "I was left to my own devices and had to reinvent the character of Mrs. Lovett and I played her cuckoo style

Len Cariou said she completely took over everything and the entire cast had to run with it her way or else

What is that? I googled it and all that comes up is a reference to the murder of a teen prostitute

She looks like shit. Not aging well

The plot focuses on a group of baby boomers who attended the University of Michigan, reuniting after 15 years when their friend Alex dies by suicide. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring an ensemble cast consisting of Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams.

At the hearing for the temporary restraining order last month, Ricky provided evidence of his nephew Dennis texting him at least 10 times a day, making an Instagram of his kid, and asking to hang out with his kids, and Ricky said he got a text from a third party stating that Dennis will stop if he gives him money. And a couple weeks ago Dennis’ request for a temp restraining order was denied after his mother, who is Ricky’s half sister, provided texts between them showing Dennis was planning to harm Ricky for economic benefit.

The restraining order is good for a year. No word yet if Ricky or others provided any extra or new evidence.

How did numbers like "Pet Me Poppa" make it through the censors in such a repressive decade? The costumes alone were quite racy. I personally love Guys and Dolls, Brando, Sinatra, and Simmons shine in this one. Vivian Blane was wonderful. Who knew Brando could carry a tune.

Toxic relationships, self-harm, mental health issues, arson, prison breaks, bent lawyers and recreational drug use might. Add an expletive-laden script, an ethnically diverse cast and references to the evils of the British Empire this is the BBC’s Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel, Great Expectations.

With a cast that includes Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Ashley Thomas as Mr Jaggers, Knight places the story of orphan Pip in what he calls “the Venn diagram” between the explosive action of Peaky Blinders – his long-running show about the criminal Shelby family in early 20th-century Birmingham that redefined the modern costume drama – and the rich atmospherics of Taboo, his 2017 series about the dark underbelly of 1810s London. “Were Dickens alive now,” Knight says, “he’d be writing movies and TV.”

Shalom Brune-Franklin, the English-Australian actress who plays Dickens’s conflicted heroine Estella, never expected to find herself in a costume drama. “I remember saying to the director, ‘I don’t know if I’m capable of doing the stuffy period drama thing’,” she tells me. “And he was like, ‘That’s what I want to hear!’” This adaptation is about taking the supposed stiffness of Victorian Britain and “stripping all of that s--- away”.

Fionn Whitehead, who plays Pip, says he never read Dickens as a youngster since his attention span was too short to “even try and decode the language”. The actor hopes this new dramatisation will be “more accessible for younger people”.

The action is more Charles Bronson than Charles Dickens, then the language is also decidedly Tarantino-esque. So, in the Dickens novel, Jaggers, a London lawyer employed by Pip’s mystery benefactor, tells the boy that he is to be “brought up as a gentleman – in a word, as a young fellow of great expectations”. But, in Knight’s script, the line becomes more baroque: “I will teach you first to be a rat, then a snake, then a vulture and then, with blood dripping from your beak, I will teach you how to be a gentleman.”

Thomas delivers these lines with understated relish, telling me he was careful to avoid “caricature” or anything “pantomime-esque” – even when required to threaten to mulch a man’s testicles into a “savoury mash” and feed it to him.

Knight has also taken liberties with the plot; 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔? “𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕,”he says. “But I would say that the book exists, it is still there. This is not an attempt to say the book is wrong or this is better.”

The refreshingly diverse cast completes the picture: Brune-Franklin was born in St Albans to a Mauritian mother and English father, while Thomas was born in west London to a Jamaican mother and Dominican father.

He claims not to recognise the debate about so-called “colour-blind casting”. Along similar lines, Knight’s screenplay has a strong anti-colonial message.

He plans to do “at least another two or three” Dickens adaptations. A Tale of Two Cities might be next.

It's no secret we Southerners love traditions, especially those that encourage participation from each generation as a rite of passage. So it shouldn't be surprising that two well-known coming-of-age traditions are closely associated with Southern culture: cotillions and debutante balls. Just the mention of either and visions of white gloves and young people dancing the foxtrot appear in our heads. These two events have a lot in common but are distinct occasions with different origins and purposes.

Exactly what his mother would have hoped for him

The video is violent & hard to watch…(for those of us who are not incels)

[quote]More than 2000 counter-protesters - including one armed with a bottle of juice - have led to reports British anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull may abort her central Auckland rally.

[quote]Keen-Minshull - who was in the country as part of her Let Women Speak tour - was drowned out by protesters galvanised by the LGBTQIA+ community.

[quote]As she was standing on the rotunda stage at Albert Park preparing to speak, one counter-protester rushed towards her and poured a bottle of juice over her head.

[quote]The protester then sprayed more on one of Keen-Minshull’s security guards.

[quote] Skirmishes broke out with pushing and shoving between the counter-protest group and Keen-Minshull’s much smaller entourage.

[quote]A barrier erected to try and keep the two factions apart was pushed down.

[quote]The juice-hurling protester was removed by security but Keen-Minshull’s attempts to speak were drowned out by drums, chants of “go home”

I see it

Don’t let the rightwing media love affair with DeSantis fool you. Trump is still king. He’ll turn Little Ron into Jeb Bush if he dares to run against him.

That’s a hard 25.

Pull up rn idc what i look like how big as long as it’s washed let me try it,

I have not seen a thread about him. What a great actor. He was the quintessential British character actor.

He was in so many legendary movies, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The House of Seven Gables, Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, The Gay Falcon series, Tales of Manhattan, The Lodger, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Samson and Delilah, All About Eve, Ivanhoe, King Richard and the Crusaders, Journey to Italy, Death of a Scoundrel, Village of the Damned, A Shot in the Dark, The Jungle Book, The Kremlin Letter, and The Death Wheelers, and Endless Night.

He married both Zsa Zaa and Magda Gabor.

He also suffered from depression after a stroke and several close deaths. He swallowed five bottle of Nembutal and died of cardia arrest.

any DLers in the Bay Area know about this man? It's trending on twitter

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The body of radio host Jeffrey “JV” Vandergrift was found in the San Francisco Bay by Pier 39 on Wednesday, according to the Chief Medical Examiner. He was 55.

The discovery marked a tragic end to a one-month-long search for the beloved longtime radio host. Vandergrift was reported missing to the San Francisco Police Department on February 23.

Police found his body just before 5 p.m. Wednesday and said there was no evidence of foul play. A coroner has not yet confirmed the Bay Area icon’s official cause of death.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner notified Vandergrift’s family. Natasha Yi, his wife and “The JV Show” co-host, said on March 1 that personal information indicating “JV will not be coming back” had been found.

Yi wrote at the time, “I tell you this with incredible pain and sadness in my heart. My heart is utterly broken.” She thanked friends and radio listeners “for your love, support and prayers. I can feel your love and energy for JV, and I am so grateful for it.”

Vandergrift hosted his radio show on the same day he vanished. He spoke candidly to WiLD 94.9 listeners about suffering from Lyme disease. “The body and the pain and all that stuff, I can handle. What it’s doing to my brain, I could never describe to you,” JV said.

In a blog post titled “JV’s Journey,” he described “strange surges in my head,” brain fog, anxiety, and depression. The Fremont native was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2021.

WiLD 94.9 wrote in a statement Thursday, “With a heavy heart, we must confirm that the body found near Pier 39 on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as our dear friend, family member & colleague, JV. We are devastated to know now that JV is gone. JV, we’ll miss you. You are forever a Bay Area Icon.”

Radio hosts Graham and Selena have kept “The JV Show” on the air despite struggling with sadness and grief. During one episode when Vandergrift was still missing, Graham tearfully told listeners, “He’s been a part of so many people’s lives. So many people have said, ‘I never met JV personally, but I know him personally. I feel like I know him.’ That’s what makes this even more difficult.”

Remember when Disney fired lesbian exec Nina Jacobsen while she was giving birth? Fucked up culture.

Convict 45!

The poster child for offbeat kids and baby dykes across the world!

Anyone watching? I think Jared is miscast as douche bro Adam Neumann but I'm enjoying AnnE as ubercunt Rebekah Neumann (and cousin of Gwyneth).

Not great, but I think it's a step above other grifting to TV series Inventing Anna or The Dropout.

Because every other troll has started his own totally unnecessary new thread, here's mine.

Mine is the best.

This loathsome newspaper has nothing but “the sky is falling” coverage and seemingly has Hunter Biden on its cover every two days.

I don’t read it at the newsstand or online and I don’t appreciate seeing it here so damned often.

So, please stop.

This recipe makes me drool. The chef too. He certainly can make a sauce.

Because these threads are always fun.

I am the half dozen messages you find in the AM when you forgot to actually close out of the app the night before.

All of us will contain photos of unattractive cocks, asses and spread assholes with no face or body pics. and message like "HORNY?" or "HOT!!!", inevitably in all caps.

You will delete them and wonder if anyone ever actually responds to these sorts of messages.

If you go, I'll go!

I've been thinking about this lately. I know several people who were raised in religious families and then either became nonreligious as adults, or joined another religion/denomination. I am not sure I know anyone who was raised without any religion who then embraced religion as an adult.

I think that being raised in (any) religion profoundly shapes how one views the world.

What pedestrian thinking. He should live rent free not in every head but in American history. Like Nazis in German psyche and Hiroshima in Japan.

Premieres Thursday, March 9 on BRAVO.

Top Chef: World All-Stars is the upcoming twentieth season of the American reality television series Top Chef.

Initial details about the season were released by Bravo and NBCUniversal on August 1, 2022, with production beginning the same month. The majority of filming took place in London, with the season finale set in Paris, marking the first time the show has been shot entirely abroad. The cast includes past contestants from several international editions of Top Chef. Throughout the competition, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons will be joined by judges from the international editions, in addition to global culinary experts.

The winner receives US$250,000.

Samuel Albert - Soucelles, France France Top Chef (France): Season 10 Winner

Luciana Berry - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Brazil Top Chef Brasil: Season 2 Winner

Sara Bradley - Paducah, Kentucky United States Top Chef (USA): Season 16 Runner-up

Dawn Burrell - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Top Chef (USA): Season 18 Runner-up

Ali Ghzawi - Irbid, Jordan Middle East and North Africa Top Chef (MENA): Season 3 Winner

Tom Goetter - Mainz, Germany Germany Top Chef Germany: Season 1 3rd Place

Nicole Gomes - Richmond, British Columbia Canada Top Chef Canada: Season 3, Season 5 5thPlace , Winner

Victoire Gouloubi - Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Italy Top Chef Italia: Season 2 Runner-up

Charbel Hayek - Beirut, Lebanon Middle East and North Africa Top Chef (MENA): Season 5 Winner

Buddha Lo - Port Douglas, Australia United States Top Chef (USA): Season 19 Winner

Dale MacKay - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Top Chef Canada: Season 1 Winner

May Phattanant Thongthong - Chiang Mai, Thailand Thailand Top Chef Thailand: Season 1 Runner-up

Begoña Rodrigo - Valencia, Spain Spain Top Chef (Spain): Season 1 Winner

Gabriel Rodriguez - Iztapalapa, Mexico City Mexico Top Chef México: Season 2 Winner

Amar Santana - Dominican Republic/Queens, New York United States Top Chef (USA): Season 13 Runner-up

Sylwia Stachyra - Lublin, Poland Poland Top Chef (Poland): Season 7 Winner

The principal of Florida’s Tallahassee Classical School is out of a job after parents complained that their sixth-grade children were shown Michelangelo’s 16th century “David” sculpture, with one parent calling it “pornographic,” the Tallahassee Democrat first reported.

Will the large banks in the US sue the FDIC or US government for making them pay extra to bail out the mismanagement of the small regional banks?

Or will the US government do some quiet back room deal with them to placate them?

And it’s already a given that the extra they pay will be passed on to the customer.

I do remember them having her come in to audition and she did it. She did ultimately decide not to make the movie.

Mahler and Bruckner are similar. They are known, but not known. They each produced nine very long symphonies that broke typical orchestral formulas.

So, which do you prefer and why.

How do you feel about flavored coffee, if you drink or like coffee? I’m not talking about flavored creamers, or adding syrups, although those are certainly other methods to flavoring it.

I’m talking about coffee beans or ground coffee with the flavor in it, like vanilla, Irish creme, hazelnut, cinnamon, berry, etc.

Any fans? I kind of like it now and then.

From the creator of Unorthodox. With Gillian Jacobs and DL fave Cory Michael Smith doing homo stuff.

[quote]Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII.

Seven episodes, out April 7th on Netflix.

Yuck.

Group singalongs - there are always these scenes in movies where a large group is at the piano or something, they're singing along to a song, and they all conveniently know ALL the words and no one is out of tune. I'm not even talking about musicals, just regular non-musical films.

Characters constantly quoting classic literature, philosophy, etc. to show how smart they are. You see this on CSI and Criminal Minds all the time. Do real-life cops and CSIs run around quoting Shakespeare at the drop of a hat? Even actual professors I know don't do that.

Look at that face 😍😍😍 and he has a sexy British accent. Sometimes that accent can sound annoying and obnoxious but not with him. And those pretty dark dark blue eyes.

What a dreamboat!!! I just love looking at him. He also has a gorgeous body and hot ass. His beautiful girlfriend is one lucky gal.

You'd think the ratio of gay men in the general population has stayed relatively constant. Some might disagree.

What are your thoughts?

What's the secret to doing it convincingly?

A group of police officers who raided the home of rapper Afroman have sued the musician for "emotional distress" after he used footage of the botched raid in music videos for his songs “Lemon Pound Cake” and “Will You Help Me Repair My Door,” as well as in social media posts. The officers allege they have faced embarrassment, ridicule, humiliation, and loss of reputation from Afroman’s posts.

Afroman was never charged with a crime. The footage was taken by Afroman's wife and Afroman's home security systems, meaning that there are no copyright issues here. Courts have given wide latitude to citizens filming the police and have generally decided that filming the police in public is a Constitutionally-protected activity. Filming within one's own residence using security cameras is, generally, legal.

The plaintiffs are Shawn D. Cooley, Justin Cooley, Michael D. Estep, Shawn D, Grooms, Brian Newland, Lisa Phillips, and Randolph L. Walters, Jr., according to a copy of the complaint obtained by Motherboard. They all hold various ranks with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. TMZ first reported the lawsuit on Wednesday.

The group is also suing Afroman’s record label Hungry Hustler Records; Media Access which Afroman uses to distribute his music; and three John Does who the plaintiffs believe are business entities in Adams County connected to the case. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege Afroman and others used the officers’ personas without authorization and violated their right to privacy. The plaintiffs are seeking damages of $25,000 per four counts, and that Afroman and the other defendants stop publishing the officers’ personas for commercial purposes.

As the complaint tells it, in August law enforcement officials from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office searched Afroman’s home in response to a search warrant. Afroman was not home at the time, but his wife was and filmed parts of the search on her phone. That footage included the faces of the officers. Security cameras installed in the home also recorded the officers. The warrant was executed for an investigation into drug possession, drug trafficking, and kidnapping, according to a copy of the warrant obtained by Ohio outlet FOX19 NOW.

Afroman then took that footage and used it to create music videos about the search, the complaint continues. He also posted content to Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, “TicTok,” and Instagram, it adds.

“These music videos clearly portray the images, likenesses, and distinctive appearances (‘personas’), of many of the officers involved in the search, including those of all Plaintiffs,” the complaint reads.

One example was Afroman wearing a shirt with an image of Shawn Cooley beside a picture of Peter Griffin from Family Guy. Another shows Shawn Grooms next to a picture of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Another is of Afroman fans holding up merchandise that has images of Cooley. More include images of other officers.

One Instagram post shows an image of Judge Gabbert, who signed the warrant to search Afroman’s residence.

“This is the judge that signed the warrant that said kidnapping,” the caption reads. “Vote him out before he signs a fictitious warrant then send some over reacting paranoid KKKops to your House jeopardizing the lives of you and your family, Stealing your money and disconnecting your home video security surveillance system. Vote out judge Roy Droopy Gabbert,” it continues. (Afroman alleged officers stole $400 during the raid).

(Cont.)

My lunch today is a large salad with Lemon Garlic Vinaigrette dressing and Millet burgers on corn tortillas with vegenaise , lettuce and tomato plus a portion of a large baked sweet potato.

The majority of series, from comedies to dramas, contain at least one episode where the main characters must deal with the aftermath of a traumatic event.

I'm looking for those episodes you consider to be the best or that, despite their shortcomings, flaws, you relate to. . .

so, share and if you feel up to it... tell us why.

And yes that is the Sig.