92.

To me, he'll always be F ART.

There’s gotta be somebody.

We move to 1940s Paris for a bit. Now with Ben Daniels, Justin Kirk, and a brand new Claudia.

Starts May 12.

I just watched the Lucille Ball / Henry Fonda comedy "Yours, Mine and Ours" from 1968 (which I recorded off TCM last weekend). I never heard much about this movie, though I remember when I was a kid it would show up on Saturday afternoons ('the Saturday matinee' on my local stations). I must say, it was much better than I expected (I wasn't expecting much). Ball was very well cast as 'Helen North' in the role - she didn't overplay the part and grab all the attention away from her co-star or supporting cast of kids. I found her to be more subdued than usual. Henry Fonda was fine as the father. Interesting to see that this was the inspiration for 'The Brady Bunch' on ABC the following year - you can see the influence on the series (starting with the casting of Barry Williams who had an uncanny resemblance to Tim Matheson in the movie).

A prominent New York doctor is facing a federal, four-count indictment after he was accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients, including minors, for more than five years beginning in 2015.

New York authorities arrested Dr. Darius Paduch, a 55-year-old former urologist at the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, on Tuesday morning.

Paduch is charged with two counts of inducement of a person to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity and two counts of inducement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity "for his yearslong [sic] sexual abuse of two victims who were his patients and who were minors during part of the period of abuse," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced Tuesday.

Cat lovers know that one cat can revert to being a mean cat when his brother or sister returns from the vet. They don't recognize the smell anymore. Here's how to stop this almost immediately....Put a little dab of vanilla extract between each cat's ears or the crown of their heads. Smell of both cats are now equalized. Try it.

Beginning with a hot guy with stupid hair

Brooklyn and Chase's nuptials are almost upon us.

Will they actually get to exchange their vows?

Will Gregory perform the ceremony? Or will he collapse before he pronounces them man and wife?

Will there be a shootout between Sonny and whoever is out to get him?

Will Lois break a nail before she helps her daughter into her wedding dress?

Does the audience really even care at this point?

But I was told by conservatives that only drag queens engaged in grooming? Yet here, another close friend of Trump, found to be a kiddie diddler. Hmmm...

This book is fantastic. I just finished it. Very detailed and well researched.

One of the highlights was an extensive interview with Mara Hobel, who, I was pleasantly surprised to learn, has nothing but good memories of her experience.

Joe and Kit, Broadway stars (with apologies to Chichester). Season 3 in October. Agatha and The Wild Robot in September. Buzzcut Kit bulked up from Warfare boot camp.

LOL.

Morons!

Sarah Paulson will never forget the actor who sent her six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play.

Paulson recently appeared on the “Smartless” podcast, where she and hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett discussed the theater custom of celebrities coming backstage to meet with the cast.

When Bateman asked the group if they would accept criticism from these visitors, Paulson recalled the “outrageous” experience she had after a show.

“I did do a play once. The last time I was on stage, I did a play called ‘Talley’s Folly’ at the Roundabout, and the actress — and I’m going to say this, and I’m not going to ask you to cut this out, because I don’t f—ing care — this actress came to the play. Her name is Trish Hawkins — Hi, Trish! Hi, Trisha!” Paulson said. “Trish Hawkins came to the play — am I going to get sued? I don’t care, because I think this is outrageous.”

She continued, “She came to the play, proceeded to say — she looked at me up and down and then she went, ‘Your dress is yellow. Mine was pink.’ And I thought, ‘What?’”

Hawkins originated the role of Sally Talley in “Talley’s Folly” both during its 1979 off-Broadway run and its Broadway debut in 1980. In 2013, Paulson played the same character in an off-Broadway revival of the Lanford Wilson play.

According to Paulson, her own mother had brought Hawkins with her to watch “Talley’s Folly” because they were “in some kind of writing group together.”

“Cut to two days later, I got an email that was six pages long of notes and a communication to me about what she had done when she had done the play, what she recommended I do,” Paulson added. “It was outrageous. It was really outrageous. Trish Hawkins, I have not forgotten it, and I hope to see you never.”

Paulson admitted she still has Hawkins’ notes, but she never told her mother about the incident. “I just put it back in the file of things my mother has done,” she said.

I hate this. I cannot stand to have somebody roaming around singing some stupid song or strumming a guitar while people are trying to eat their dinner.

Screw the princesses I’ll take Maleficent any day.

Reigns havoc for not being invited to a party? Check.

Who are your favorites?

The Let’s Pretend Were Dallas thread is almost maxed out, so here’s a new one, without the stupid “Let’s Pretend” bullshit.

The 1976 Yuba City bus disaster. On May 21, 1976 a bus carrying members of the a cappella choir from yuba city high school crashed into a bridge before falling 21 feet of the elevated highway landing on its roof. Of the 52 passengers 28 students and one teacher was killed. The cause being the failure of the air brakes on the bus and the driver confusing the oil pressure and air pressure warnings on the 26 year old bus.

He’s setting out to prove that he’s a man of “great character”.

30 years ago today, the world woke up to the news that former First Lady / Socialite Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis lost her battle with cancer at the age of 64. The next morning, her son John F. Kennedy Jr, then 33 years old, broke the news to the swarm of reporters gathered outside her Manhattan apartment where she died in her sleep from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 10:15 in the evening. Kennedy-Onassis was first diagnosed with the cancer in December, 1993. Her funeral was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral on May 23, 1994 and she was buried in Arlington Cemetery next to her first husband.

MUNA, the indie pop band consisting of Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson, made a special appearance at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s annual Center Gala on Saturday night, accepting this year’s Leslie Jordan Award and a special performance of two of their songs.

Singer-songwriter Jewel appeared at the event to present the trio with the Leslie Jordan Award for Excellence in the Arts. She also joined in on the group’s performance of their single “Silk Chiffon,” eliciting cheers from the audience.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is launching a “Crockett Clapback Collection” of T-shirts meant to raise money for Democratic candidates following the attention on her clash with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

Crockett wrote on the social platform X on Friday that she will be launching a merchandise collection that “will feature various swag that includes random things” she has said. This will include her comment that appeared to target Greene during a House Oversight Committee hearing last week.

Crockett’s post on X also included a photo of a T-shirt that reads, “Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body,” which she said will be available first.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter suffered a hard landing Sunday in a remote area, according to Iranian state TV, which added that rescue teams are being deployed to the site.

Reuters quickly added that “Iranian media provided contradictory reports about the incident and there has been no official confirmation yet.” Iran’s interior minister later confirmed the news on state TV and noted that weather conditions were hindering the search and rescue operation and that they were awaiting further details. Iran’s foreign minister was also aboard the helicopter, which was returning the leaders from a meeting with the president of Azerbaijan.

The Associated Press reported, “Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.”

“Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather conditions. There had been heavy rain and fog reported with some wind. IRNA called the area a ‘forest,’” AP added.

Oops.

This is amazing if you love true crime. I just watched the first episode of the new season and it picks up with the airing of the first season and Bobby Durst trying to escape to Cuba.

Faye sounds as awful as you’d expect her too. But some of her looks are iconic.

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Tribunal finds senior academic at London university was making ‘small talk’ with colleague and that no reasonable person would take offence

Telling a Japanese person that you like sushi is not racist, an employment tribunal has found.

In a ruling, a judge has dismissed claims by a Japanese professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London that she suffered race discrimination when a fellow academic recommended her a sushi restaurant.

Prof Nana Sato-Rossberg, an insect specialist, had accused Provost Claire Ozanne of being prejudiced, claiming she would not have said to a German “I like sausage”.

But an employment tribunal found the senior academic was just making “small talk” and trying to be friendly and that no reasonable person would have taken offence.

Prof Sato-Rossberg was found by a judge to have been “predisposed” to finding fault with Prof Ozanne, whom she had previously accused of being “unconsciously biased” against her.

As a result, her claims of race discrimination and harassment against SOAS were thrown out.

The hearing was told Prof Sato-Rossberg started teaching at the university in 2014 and five years later was appointed as head of department for the School of Languages, Culture and Linguistics.

In 2020, Prof Ozanne was appointed both Deputy Director and Provost and became her manager.

The central London tribunal heard that in September 2021, Prof Ozanne told her about a Japanese sushi restaurant near her home that her family enjoyed. ‘Reasonable person would not take offence’

“[Prof Sato-Rossberg] took exception to this,” the hearing was told. “She told the tribunal, ‘She would not have said to a German person, I like sausage’.

“If Prof Claire Ozanne wished to make conversation, we had many commonalities through our work and professional academic endeavour,” she added. “But [she] chose to speak only about topics directly relevant to my race: the liking of Japanese food and that her family like it and eat sushi.”

After SOAS dismissed her claims following an internal investigation, Prof Sato-Rossberg took the university to the employment tribunal claiming race discrimination, race harassment, victimisation and unfair treatment for whistleblowing.

Rejecting her case, Employment Judge Jillian Brown said: “On one occasion in 18 months, [Prof] Ozanne spoke to [Prof Sato-Rossberg] warmly about her local Japanese restaurant and her family’s love of sushi.

“She did so, knowing that [Prof Sato-Rossberg] was Japanese and believing that [she] would receive this positively. She was making small talk and trying to establish a point of shared interest. Ms Ozanne said nothing detrimental about Japan.

“This was one conversation of many, about many different subjects, which [Prof] Ozanne had with [her] over the course of 18 months.

“The tribunal concluded that, even if [Prof] Ozanne’s comments in this regard were partly because of [Prof Sato-Rossberg’s] race … they were not a detriment, nor harassment.

“The tribunal decided that [Prof] Ozanne mentioning a sushi restaurant and her family’s love of sushi was not a detriment because a reasonable person would not consider themselves at a disadvantage when a manager, trying to be friendly and find common ground, was enthusiastic about food from the person’s country of origin.

“A reasonable person would not take offence at such complimentary and friendly words.

“In this case, [Prof] Ozanne’s words were not even ‘unfortunate’. They were not reasonably seen as hurtful or misjudged. On the contrary, [Prof Sato-Rossberg’s] objection reflected [her] own hypersensitivity and predisposition to find fault with Ms Ozanne.”

This is hilarious. They’re totally serious too!

Tight but ragged and daddy-ish

Jury selection has begun for alleged Winnipeg serial killer Jeremy Skibiki.

You know.....they still butter your biscuit, put dew on your lily....turn you on!

Who would be on that list? Anyone?

Jeffrey Austin Peck was born on April 9, 1971 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. At the age of four he was moved to San Francisco after his parents divorced, and then moved to Los Angeles at the age of eight. He attended Santa Monica High School where he excelled as a football linebacker and was very popular, but he knew what he wanted to do with his life already and dropped out of High School in 1989, shortly before he was to graduate to pursue modeling full time. He had already been modeling since he was 16 years old, having been discovered by a commercial agent while he was hanging out with friends. His friends and the agent kept telling him he should do modeling full time, because with a face like his and a body frame like his (he is 6’2 with a naturally lean toned body), modeling was the perfect field for him.

At 18, Peck found himself modeling in Paris, Milan, Morocco, the Virgin Islands, and Rome. He then appeared in fashion layouts for many publications, including Esquire, GQ, Vogue Hommes, and British Vogue. He did editorial modeling, commercial modeling and runway modeling for a few years, while also going to auditions for tv roles as he wanted to become an actor (something his agent also recommended he do, as he had a face for acting). He struggled to land acting roles but kept trying. Finally, Peck made his network television debut on Days of our Lives in April 1995 as Austin Reed, a romantic and daring boxer-turned-executive. He succeeded the role from Patrick Muldoon. He played the character until 2002.

During his time on Days, he became one of the most popular actors on the show and the character became a fan favorite, with Austin getting the most fan mail a cast member has received EVER on that show.

Austin returned in 2005 until October 2006, when he left again after being offered a role on “As The World Turns”. He moved to NYC to play the character Brad Snyder. His first episode aired in January 2007. After two years (2009), he was let go from the show and his character was killed off. In 2011 he joined the cast of “One Life To Live”. He left the show after less than a year.

Austin returned to Days from January 11, 2017, to February 12, 2017, just for one month. In 2021 he reprised his famous role once again for the Days spinoff “Beyond Salem”.

He has done guest spots on tv shows and done a few low budget films in his career as well.

He has one son from his first marriage and two daughters and a son from his second (and current) wife.

Sometime in the 2010s Austin became a born again Christian and is very involved with his church. On his own time, Peck stays active by boxing and inline skating. He is also an accomplished cartoonist, he enjoys sketching caricatures of family members, friends, and co-stars.

I met him personally in NYC in 2012, and his beauty truly stunned me. He is even more handsome in person, in a striking way. And very tall. He appears taller than 6’2 in person. I am fairly tall and he looked much taller than me. I debated with myself if he fits the “vintage” category yet, but at 53 years old, I think we can label him as such.

Anyone like it? Live there? Been there? I'm thinking about going next January for Hustlaball. Anyone ever been to that? I've never been to either.

Just trying to plan my "Winter Whoring Season"

My mother has this awful hand condition and my brother also has this, but so far at least I've luckily been spared it (I'm in my 50s).

I did not know how many famous people have/had it, including: Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Frank Sinatra, Chelsea Handler, Bill Nighy, Nanci Griffith, Mitt Romney, Tommy Lee, and Andrew Wyeth.

This made me think about department stores. Sad so many are disappearing, but I never could really understand Nordstrom's. Are they suppose to be middle class? upper class?

To me there is only one department store....Bergdorf Goodman

And the hot guy, Sam Rader is a nasty xtian hateful prick. Quelle surprise. He hates gay marriage, thinks his wife should forgive him for being a slutty horndog and is an antivaxer for icing on the cake. Fuck him and his complicit wife. They just wanted YouTube revenue. But he told us god forgave hike and so did his wife.

I thought you hoes would find Hasan Piker’s little bisexual friend interesting.

The only thing that would have made this house gayer is if they opened to door and said breathily…

“…well hello.”

Fuck him

Beautiful Boys ! Are we happy for her?

The need to be underwhelmed rises in direct proportion to public anxiety. Discuss.

Well this is it.

What scene in a film involved a clearly untrained singer - or someone who could flat out not sing - that still worked within the context of the film and was genuinely moving in that context?

My first vote would go for Shelley Duval in Popeye singing "He Needs Me"

This is priceless! Never mind that MAGA thinks Biden cant walk, they need to see this.

Young Johnny Weissmuller

Hold my beer!

Continue discussing Trump's trial, his inane ramblings about Hannibal Lecter, and everything else!

Shall we meet again?

Post Pandemic comparisons. Rent, entertainment, tourists?

Starring DL's favorite portly Indigenous Miss Lily Gladstone.

Anyone watched it? Is it good?

Supernatural stars DJ Qualls and Ty Olsson are engaged!

The actor, 45, revealed the big news on the May 15 episode of his Locked and Probably Loaded podcast with Kelly Blackheart. During the episode, he shared that he and Olsson clicked after they met and then built a strong bond over the years as their friendship evolved into something more.

“Ty and I became inseparable at the very beginning, just immediately,” Qualls shared. “And over the last 10 years our relationship evolved to what it is today, and now we’re getting married.”

The actor, who played werewolf Garth on the series, also recalled how he first met his fiancé, who played the vampire Benny on the show, at a convention for the popular CW series. He said they “didn’t know each other at all,” adding, “We maybe said three words together at the Supernatural convention, and then we went to London for four or five days afterward.”

“And then I was going to Turkey with a friend — and he is such a pure, awesome guy. He came up to us — we all went out as a group — and he was like, ‘Can I come on your trip with you?’ “ the Z Nation actor said.

“And I’m like, ‘That is so ballsy!’ I could never invite myself on somebody’s trip. ‘Cause I’d be afraid they would begrudgingly tell me yes and then not want me there. But it was just so pure and awesome, and that’s who he is,” he continued. “I didn’t know him. And it was the beginning of our friendship.”

Qualls went on to describe Olsson as one of the “most wonderful” people he’s ever met.

“It’s just so crazy that this person who was just my friend, now I think about all the time and he sends the best messages, and he supports me and loves me unconditionally in the right way," Qualls continued.

The Turning Point actor further pointed out on the podcast that he felt that “unconditional love” comes with the condition that “you treat that person with some respect and their best interests are your best interests,” and that was something Olsson did with him.

“Ty was the first person in my entire life, my entire life that I ever had that with,” Qualls said. “I say just a friend. He is the best friend I ever had, and now we’re going to be old men together, which is so crazy.”

Who knew? In addition to a steady modeling career, Madonna's daughter Lourdes has chosen to follow in her mother's footsteps as a singer, too.

Here is Lourdes, who goes by the stage name Lolaho, performing at the Brava Madrid Music Festival yesterday

I’m glad they’re not imitating either Meryl or Goldie, and this is a promo piece, not from the show itself…but it kind of has a sitcom-y, Real Housewives feel to it that the movie didn’t have.

Thoughts? Performance aside, a lot is going to depend on how strong the score is.

I’m just going to have to tell myself that the presence in the Chiefs lineup of Travis Kelce, and now this jerk, have nothing whatsoever to do with Patrick Mahomes.

And to think I stood by Butker two seasons ago when he went through weeks of not being able to loft a ball through the uprights to save his life or the damn games.

It’s not like I didn’t know he was religious. I even thought it was sweet that Jesus turned out to be a Chiefs fan, too, but this crap is just too much.

How did a baroness land in a little place like Springfield?

They sure have some pendulous men there.......

The social media star will dive into the labels that have been thrust upon her throughout her highly publicized transition, her relationship with God, and more.

Will he discuss the label "whack job?"

Anyone else think this is gonna end very badly?

This has to be one of the funniest shows of all time! The series follows Hyacinth Bucket, pronounced "Bouquet," as she demonstrates her social superiority to her family, her acquaintances, and her village.

The show was created and written by Roy Clarke

Starring PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE, with the mere repertory players consisting of Josephine Tewson, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell, Mary Millar/Shirley Stelfox, David Griffin, and Clive Swift as Richard.

What are your favorite scenes? Characters? Episodes?

Written/directed by Osgood Perkins. Alicia Witt and Blair Underwood also star. There have been a number of vague teaser clips released over the last month with cryptic titles, but this is the first proper trailer so far. Looks very creepy.

Lots of rumors over the last 2 days.

I'm teenaged Shirley Temple, pinned to Arthur Freed's casting couch.

A stupid column in today's NYT advocates for the return of the Hollywood tear-jerker. I admit I clicked through, but only to see if the image they used was indeed from the scene that made teen-aged me so angry as I snot-cried in the theater mere minutes before the lights were gonna come up. Fucking "Terms of Endearment," man. Subtle as a brick to the head, but I suppose it was effective.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he would have pardoned former President Trump if he had been in President Biden’s position when federal indictments were brought against him.

In an interview set to air in full Wednesday night on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle,” Romney said Biden would have looked like the “big guy” compared to Trump if he pardoned the former president.

“Had I been President Biden, when the Justice Department brought out indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him. I’d have pardoned President Trump,” Romney said.

“Why? Well, because it makes me, President Biden, the big guy, and the person I pardoned the little guy,” Romney added.

Give us your input fat whores?

I picked the longest-running daytime soaps on American television (sorry Passions fans!).

I was fired from a new job in less than a week after I started. It taught me not every opportunity is a good opportunity.

Calli Nguyen, 24, was fired from her job as a director of digital marketing after less than a week.

Nguyen highlights the importance of mental health and employee respect in the workplace.

She emphasizes Gen Z's unwillingness to settle for toxic work environments.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Calli Nguyen, a 24-year-old social media marketer from Baton Rouge, LA, about getting fired after less than one week of work. It's been edited for length and clarity.

Before I started as the director of digital marketing for a medical spa, I gave my boss the benefit of the doubt because I just wanted a job. What could go wrong?

Turns out, everything.

While I've worked many jobs, this director role was my first paid full-time position in digital marketing. I rationalized that maybe I was going through a learning curve; or that I just had the jitters. But on the third day of work, when I left my desk for a quick mental health break, I was fired on the spot. To be fair, I saw the red flags but ignored them.

I read the negative Glassdoor and Google reviews left by former clients and employees. One review said that five employees quit within two weeks. The review underscored that employers should not mistreat their employees regardless of their age. Also, before I even started the job, I agreed to change my role from client care coordinator to director of digital marketing without changing my hourly pay of $16. Yet, immediately after I was fired, I felt like a failure.

I now feel that getting fired after less than a week of employment was a blessing in disguise. The experience taught me that not every opportunity is a good opportunity. But more importantly, protecting my mental health and having employers see the value in me is more important than earning money.

My boss refused to take my advice

I didn't think it was a big deal that my former boss wanted me to switch gears to social media marketing after I applied on Indeed for an office coordinator role. Afterall, I did list my social media marketing skills on my résumé.

After I accepted the new role over the phone with her general manager, I looked forward to honing in on my creative skills while helping a small, independent business grow and gain more customers. But how can I help someone who refuses to listen to my advice?

My boss wanted her social media marketing to look a certain way: showcasing stock photos of attractive women with outdated fonts.

I showed her the analytics on the low-performing social media posts and that I knew how to update her online presence to gain more customers, but she refused to absorb anything I had to say. So I followed her creative lead — until I became overwhelmed by her demands.

I was shocked to find out that my boss wanted more from me than what I produced

On my third day, I started a project to build posts for the company's social media accounts and research her competitors' special offers. I presented everything she asked for. While she seemed happy with my social posts and the offers that I found, she needed more from me.

Without warning, she asked which products the other medical spas used. I spiraled into a tailspin.

Gallego leads Kari Lake by 13.

But Trump leads Biden by 5. Same poll.

I would say that the reason is Hispanic voters are splitting tickets. That would also explain the huge swing towards Trump in Nevada.

During Thursday’s court proceedings, the former president’s attorney Todd Blanche grilled Cohen on the stand, appearing to catch the former Trump fixer in either a lie or a mis-recollection. Cohen has claimed that he fronted hush money payments to Stormy Daniels with the full consent and knowledge of Trump in order to conceal an alleged affair between the adult actress and his former boss.

Cohen has testified that on Oct. 24, 2016 that he informed Trump directly on a phone call with the plan to pay off Daniels. However, Blanche during the cross-examination referenced text messages on that date between Cohen and Trump ally Keith Schiller regarding a 14-year-old who was prank-calling Cohen. In the texts, Schiller tells Cohen to call him before he allegedly had the call involving Trump.

When asked by Blanche, Cohen noted that the phone call was about both topics. Honig noted during a panel discussion on CNN that this was a devastating moment for Cohen’s credibility on the stand.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a star cooperating witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically as what just happened with Michael Cohen. I’ve certainly seen very effective cross-examinations of cooperating witnesses. I’ve seen aspects of their story cut into and called into question. But this goes to the heart of the allegation here. That phone call on October 24th, and it looks to the jury and to Anderson Cooper and Kara Scannell, Judge George Grasso, who are all in the courthouse, that that was a devastating moment.

Is anyone else watching this truly must-be-seen-to-be-believed movie?

Tony Perkins as a Venezuelan hunter, Sessue Hayakawa as a native chieftain and Audrey Hepburn as a “jungle girl.” (To put a cherry on top of the miscasting sundae, Lee J. Cobb plays her grandfather.)

58 years young.

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Is Sheila really dead?

When will Steffy and Liam get back together?

When will Hope tell Douglas to hit the road?

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

Continue your discussion of the show here.

Everything Trump Touches, Dies

"Trump Media and Technology Group, the company affiliated with former U.S. president Donald Trump that operates Truth Social, reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million."

PBS will be broadcasting this next month. It apparently was already on the BBC last fall.

Looks interesting.

Someone needs an intervention!

[quote] 'Yes my body is built and strong,' Greene, R-Ga., posted on X. 'NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle.

Guess we shouldn't hold our breath for a sequel.

SUBJECT: These colors do run

MESSAGE: One half of a popular onscreen queer couple from that colorful streaming film has refused to do most press. It was tense but spilled over into pure hate when this person refused to show up at an important upcoming event. The better half is livid and has stopped speaking to the disappearing partner once and for all. Don't expect to ever see them work together again.

"Colorful" is the tell that it's RWRB, but is Taylor or Nicholas the one doing the pouting? Any idea what the "important upcoming event" might be? And why is one of them being a conceited bitch?

My first three that come to mind:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Angie Dickinson

Then, in an odd exchange, Putin mentioned Sergei Lavrov, his chain-smoking, hard-line foreign minister. “Lavrov just returned from London and had problems with his cheeks and lips being swollen,” Putin told Bush. “We might need to take a closer look at what Condi did to him.”

Bush, awkwardly, played along with what seemed to be a bizarre form of xesual innuendo. “Condi is not blind,” he joked.

“And she is a very attractive lady,” Putin replied.

“She is a wonderful lady,” Bush said, then tried to move the conversation along. “Listen, I’d like to get this WTO stuff done in the next couple weeks before we get to St. Petersburg.”

Hat's off, here they come, those...

Beautiful Girls

Can someone explain what the deal with them really was? When i was growing up, Hepburn was still alive, and it was pretty well known she had had a lifelong secret affair (which was an open secret in Hollywood) with Spencer Tracy, who could not marry her because she was married to a very Catholic wife who would not divorce him.

But in recent years, it's been said she was a lesbian (not hard to believe) and that he was a drunken closeted gay man (also not hard to believe), and their relationship was some sort of lavender (non-)marriage. Did they have sex at all? Did they have long-term same-sex partners? And is there a book that explains all of this?

It seems so elaborate (although plausible) for Spencer Tracy to have an "open secret" love affair that actually hid even MORE secret love affairs that dared not be exposed.

The family of Noah Presgrove, who was found dead along an Oklahoma highway, revealed that the teen had a caved-in skull, road rash on his hip, a gravel rash on his shoulder and multiple bruises. According to a friend's father who visited the scene, some of Noah's teeth were found scattered on the ground, with a pair of white shorts a few feet away.

Presgrove's cousin Ashley Chadwick and aunt Robyn Smith join NewsNation's "Banfield" to discuss.

More raging celebrity assholes, please!

"A lot of people having been asking me this question! So here goes"....

Bald since 29, Thomas Dolby details his hair replacement therapy journey.

Who were the craziest?

The FDA has approved Eli Lily's tizerpatide for obesity treatment. It will be marketed as Zepbound for chronic weight management. The drug is already approved for type 2 diabetes, and marketed as Mounjaro. Mounjaro has gained massive popularity being prescribed off label for obesity, competing directly with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy (Ozempic).

Eli Lily's stock immediately jumped on the news of the approval.

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

It looks amazing and has an all star cast!

I'm an alt-right "personality" who vents my rage against other gays who actually have courage to be out, unlike me.

This is a good video to bookmark when you want to be reminded that sometimes the world isn’t horrible.

Garbage merch in trash stores. I can't believe that so much crappy items don't devalue a brand. Or is there just more cash in mass market and closeouts?

Be careful who you name on here. Some stars have unlimited power and no sense of humour.

Who wants to fuck Joe Scarborough?

Who thinks Alex Wagner & Joy Reid should be fired?

Who thinks Chris Hayes gained too much weight?

Who thinks Jen Pskai is annoying?

Who will win The Weekend cat fight- Symone or Alicia?

Who loves Daddy Lawrence O’Donnell?

I'm really loving it.

Jared the Bosun is hilarious and weird. He seems stoned most of the time.

Fraser is being an absolute cunt this season. What crawled up his tight ass? And why does he keep calling himself "Mother?"

At first I didn't like Cat, but after hearing her story, I feel bad for her. I'm almost forced to like her.

Barbie is a feisty Latina firecracker.

Not sure what's the trip with Xandi, but she's just odd.

Sunny is cute. She and Ben would make a nice couple, if Ben didn't keep throwing her under the bus.

Kyle is cute too. His Irish accent makes him better looking than he actually is, though.

Speaking of Kyle and Ben, I am LOVING the shots in their cabin, where they keep exposing their bare asses to each other (and us)! On the show, Ben comes across as a total womanizer, but I swear, something about him is very gay. I especially loved the scene where he was rubbing lotion all over Kyle's back - all the way down to his exposed ass!

And the French Chef. He's tres gay, even though he is trying to pretend that he's straight.

I loved his hilarious story about how he got married at 26. Then his uncle offered his wife a job on a yacht as a Stewardess, and she never contacted him again. So he said now it's just him and his cat. Rofl!! Honey, your wife knows you're gay!

This season is very entertaining.

I'm Josh Hawley.

We've talked a lot about the tacky women of MaL, but with the exception of a gay wedding and a Log Cabin fundraiser, we haven't really discussed the men. Do they tend to look like Roger Stone associates like these two? They're the types who lust after and think they deserve Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lara Trump. They're as old as those hags dressed up in cleavage spilling milk maid outfits, but they would be beneath their "dignity". (Open link for full view)

WTF?? How/why is it so hard to travel internationally without ammunition? Like, who has stray bullets rolling around in their luggage?

Todd McKee was born on November 7, 1963 in Kentfield, California to two successful ad agency professionals. He realized he wanted to act at a young age and began taking drama classes as a teenager. He attended the University of Southern California, and in his Junior year he landed an agent and began going on auditions.

McKee struggled to land anything outside of a single McDonalds commercial for a while, and was constantly rejected for being too tall (it won’t look right on camera opposite most of his female costars) or too preppy looking with “wholesome” good looks. However, in 1984 that would finally change.

In 1984 McKee landed the role of Ted Capwell as part of the original cast on the new (at the time) soap opera, ‘Santa Barbara’. The soap always struggled in ratings but did well enough to stay around and had a cult following. The show was a big hit in numerous foreign countries, however, making its cast huge stars in those countries (particularly the shows younger cast members, with McKee particularly being the face of the cast). McKee graduated from college while a cast member on the show. Despite McKee being a main cast member on the soap, he worked as a Real Estate agent part time on the side.

In 1989 McKee decided to leave the soap after 5 years, and quit his Real Estate job to do a world tour alongside Lane Davies.

In 1990 Todd McKee returned home and was immediately offered a new role. He was offered the role of Jake MacLaine on the soap opera ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’. He took the part and made soap history with a controversial male-rape storyline that also featured Tippi Hedren heavily, as she played his mother on the soap. In 1992, after two years, he decided to leave.

He spent the rest of the 90s doing guest parts on shows and small roles in films. In 1999, at the age of 35, he decided to shift careers and joined Merryl Lynch as a financial advisor in one of their California wealth management offices.

In the 00s he continues doing small acting jobs while working his career. He finally decided to retire his acting career for good when Bradley Bell, executive producer and head writer of The Bold & The Beautiful, contacted him and asked him to return to the soap. He didn’t want to but ended up being convinced to return. He returned to the soap in 2007 and left again in 2009. He then returned again in 2011 and left in 2016. On 11/8/2018 he made a single episode appearance and then returned one last time from 11/6/2019 to 11/19/2019.

If you like chicken, you must give this method a try. They turn out moist with skin that is super sweet and delicious.

GREG'S TRIED & TRUE METHOD FOR DRILLING THE BEST CHICKEN EVER

INGREDIENTS

–Bone-in chicken twink, trimmed of excess fat

–edibles

–beer

–poppers

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PROCEDURE

1. Identify twink on the beach in the afternoon sun.

2. Fluff your big daddy dick and chat up twink.

3. Mention your beach barbecue in your private dunes by your friend's beach house.

4. Marinate the chicken twink in beer, edibles and oil starting at 5pm.

5. You are looking to maintain a temperature of about 98 degrees with perceptible flushing, eye widening and back arching.

6. Walk the chicken twink into the dunes to the beach barbecue.

7, To oil the chicken, I use my white t-shirt dipped in coconut oil and rubbed on the chicken. Be sure that the chicken is moist at all openings.

8. Place chicken on all fours, mount and drill. Drill and rotate for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, rearrange chicken, back side down, so that openings that were positioned closest to cock are now closer to mouth and vice versa. Mount and continue to drill until juices run out of chicken, 15 to 20 minutes longer.

9. Move chicken to blanket and let cool down. 5 minutes

10. Flip chicken and finger out remaining juices. Tent with aluminum foil, and let rest for 10 more minutes.

This is a really good way to drill chicken. I hope you like it.

What was the clue for the Banana Splits answer. Someone was talking and I missed it.

I ended up watching a couple of episodes of this on Amazon last night. Beverly Garland plays Officer Casey Jones, an NYPD officer who works as a decoy. Half hours, sharp black and white photography of New York in the 1950s, and the right mix of drama and camp.

In one, Casey goes undercover as an inmate at a women's prison to solve a crime. Colleen Dewhurst and Lois Nettleton play as obvious a pair of dyke lovers as you could get on 1950s TV. In another, she helps out a young woman who's getting obscene phone calls (Ross Martin makes an excellent sweaty pervert).

Lots of fun. Has anyone seen this?

Deaths by boredom in Genoa City are down slightly thanks to a homicidal maniac intent on destroying the Newman family. Plus, a woman with multiple personalities is drawn to a man who another of her personalities rejected.

Then there's the newly discovered long-lost adult child reunited with her parents who thought she died as a days-old infant.

Meanwhile, the battle over Chancellor Winters continues as they anxiously debate whether to add Abbott to the company name or whether to split the company into separate units.

Continue your discussion of all the Genoa City happenings here.

Anyone following this? Sounds Orwellian.

I nominate Doctor Benjamin Franklin. A self made man, America’s first international star, a founder and a million other things.

But deeply, deeply flawed, flawed as we all Americans are.

His greatest contribution, in my opinion, was not copywriting any of his incredible inventions and ideas. He gave us the fire department, libraries, schools etc. and asked for nothing in return.

Cool guy.

All the same tired bitches are back.

Doesn't look like Teresa and Melissa are interacting at all, but it does appear the big focus is on psycho Luis and his pissing away Teresa's money, which should be fun.

It also appears Dolores' overly inflated Irish boyfriend is still married. Oops! And Marge's marriage may be on the rocks.

Other than that, same ol' boiler plate drunken antics and bitching.

Former President Trump suggested Saturday that he could be considered a three-term president if he clinches a win next November.

Speaking to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Saturday, Trump questioned whether he would be a two- or three-term president if he secures a win in the 2024 presidential election.

“You know, FDR 16 years, almost 16 years, he was four-term. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three term or two term?” he asked the crowd during the event Saturday.

“Are we three term or two term if we win?” he added.

Someone could be heard shouting “three” as he continued to speak.

Trump has previously said he would not pursue a third term in the White House if he wins November’s election. In an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” last year, he said he would not pursue a third term in office if elected again.

Deborah Vance is back.

Stay tuned to find out, but prepare now to miss all the action..

The Dixie Chicks were canceled for less than this

Host: Jake Gyllenhaal

Musical Guest: Sabrina Carpenter

When I look at the prestige programs this last winter, they were all pretty much disappointments except for "Shogun."

"Palm Royale" was awful, and "Capote vs. the Swans" was also a huge, huge disappointment. "Sugar" had nothing to it except for Colin Farrell's beauty. "Ripley" was good but too long and slow, and the two leading men were too old for the parts they were playing. "The New Look" had two great central performances, but it wasn't consistently dramatic enough and was uneven.

I miss really first-rate TV.

Bancroft! Shirl! Misha! Now where's the blu ray??????

I found this clip from the end of the 1986 Emmy Awards. Betty had won the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy literally just minutes before, which by all accounts, pissed off Bea to no end. There is no evidence of hostility in this clip. Either Bea is acting for the cameras, or she's still in denial and the anger hadn't had time to settle yet.

Also, why does Bea get to sing the whole first part of the song by herself, and the other three just get a line or two? Poor Rue just gets a few words.

And came to slay as the Queen. Hilarity.

This recipe looks good.

I’ll be all the fiftysomething character actors who played the parents of young children.

He is wild.

Actor Chevy Chase was the third member of the Donald Fagen Jazz Trio, that eventually became Steely Dan.

A legally blind TikToker has shared that he and his guide dog were kicked out of a Seattle restaurant when a staff member didn’t believe he was blind.

“I walked in with my guide dog, Mr. Maple, and immediately somebody rushed up to me and said, ‘No pets allowed, only service dogs,'” said Paul, who chronicles his adventures with his partner on the popular TikTok account MatthewandPaul, which has more than 2.1 million followers.

In his TikTok, posted yesterday, Paul said he explained, “‘It's OK, he's a service dog.’ He looked at me, he looked at Maple, he said, ‘Emotional support dog?’ ‘No, like a guide dog for the blind.’”

“I literally had this harness attached to him,” Paul continued, referring to the words “Guide Dogs for the Blind” on Mr. Maple’s harness.

“I showed this to him, I said ‘I'm blind.’”

“He said, ‘You don't look blind,’ and I said, ‘A lot of people in the blind community still have some functional vision.’”

As Paul has previously explained in another TikTok, he has Retinitis pigmentosa, which the National Eye Institute says causes the “cells in the retina break down slowly over time, causing vision loss.”

He can see a small tunnel of vision, surrounded by “moving light, popping random colors, almost like fireworks.”

Paul shared that he tried to explain this at the restaurant.

“He said, ‘You're looking right at me.’ I said, ‘Yes, but it's like I have a pinhole of vision — that's all I can see.’

"He said, ‘Listen, this isn't my first rodeo’ — he literally said that — he said, ‘This isn't my first rodeo.’”

“What is going on out there that would lead this man to believe that I was lying?”

Paul continued, ‘’He said, ‘Do you see any other dogs in this restaurant?’ I said, ‘Honestly, no. I'm blind. There could be.’”

When Paul offered to come back with his dog’s paperwork, he says he was told, “If you step foot back in this restaurant with that dog I will call the police.”

“I'm speechless,” he concluded his video, which at press time had 5.1 million views.

Apple TV series premieres 5 April.

Does Farrell still have it? I do like his guyliner!

I was today years old when I learned that Dreamgirls began as a vehicle for Nell Carter, who was replaced by Jennifer Holliday when she decided to take a job on Ryan's Hope and then Gimme A Break.

What's the world where she was the original Effie like?

Dan Schneider Files Defamation Suit Against 'Quiet On Set' Producers “‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job,” the lawsuit reads. By Taiyler S. Mitchell May 1, 2024,

Kids television producer-screenwriter Dan Schneider is suing the producers behind “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” a docuseries about the alleged abuse of child actors on several Nickelodeon shows.

The suit — the defendants in which include Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures Television and others — was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, more than a month after the docuseries aired on March 17.

“‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job,” the lawsuit, which was obtained by HuffPost, reads. Schneider’s suit seeks financial compensation and to remove or edit parts of the series and the trailer.

Schneider, 58, is known for numerous Nick hits including “All That,” “iCarly,” “Victorious,” “Drake & Josh,” “The Amanda Show,” “Zoey 101″ and “Kenan and Kel.”

He did not appear in the five-part series, but several former child actors shared their experiences on the sets of some of these shows. The series also showed imagery of Schneider cozied up with some of the young female actors on set and several other clips that appeared to show young actresses feeling uncomfortable in his presence.

Subjects in “Quiet on Set” also described Nickelodeon as a workplace that was hostile and discriminatory against women. Sources on the show said that Schneider frequently required the women on set to massage him.

Nickelodeon reportedly cut ties with Schneider in 2018. The company had investigated Schneider for “alleged sexual behavior,” but found only that he had been verbally abusive to employees, according to Business Insider.

“Schneider will be the first to admit that some of what they said is true,” the lawsuit reads. “At times, he was blind to the pain that some of his behaviors caused certain colleagues, subordinates, and cast members. He will regret and atone for this behavior the rest of his life. But one thing he is not — and the one thing that will forever mar his reputation and career both past and present — is a child sexual abuser" In the series, Drake Bell, who starred in Schneider’s “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh,” recounted being sexually abused by Brian Peck, Bell’s dialogue coach.

Several of the former child actors also recalled being forced to participate in scenes that imitate uncomfortable and/or sexual situations under the guise of comedy.

In a statement to HuffPost, Schneider said that the series “highlighted mistakes I made and poor judgment I exhibited during my time at Nickelodeon. ... There is no doubt that I was sometimes a bad leader. I am sincerely apologetic and regretful for that behavior, and I will continue to take accountability for it.”

But Schneider and his lawyers argue the documentary conflates his own misconduct with the child sexual abuse detailed by Bell and others.

“In their successful attempt to mislead viewers and increase ratings, they went beyond reporting the truth and falsely implied that I was involved in or facilitated horrific crimes for which actual child predators have been prosecuted and convicted,” he continued. “I have no objection to anyone highlighting my failures as a boss, but it is wrong to mislead millions of people to the false conclusion that I was in any way involved in heinous acts like those committed by child predators.”

Scary

I'm the astronomical Baby Boomer STI rate amongst 70 year olds.

I'm the 90% pro Trump voting rate.

Elton John would make the perfect datalounger- he's SUPER bitchy.

And her wellness brand, CosMoss?

Denholm Elliott brought class, intelligence, warmth, and humor to every film until his untimely AIDS-related death.

He started acting after World War II and quickly became a reliable character actor, first in British comedies, then a few Hammer Horror movies, then prestigious films:

Dear Mr. Prohack, The Cruel Sea, The Night My Number Came Up, King Rat, Alife, The Sea Gull, The House That Dripped Blood, A Doll's House, To the Devil A Daughter, Voyage of the Damned, A Bridge Too Far, Watership Down, The Boys from Brazil, Bad Timing, Trading Places, A Private Function, A Room with a View, Defence of the Realm, September, Maurice, Noises Off, and Indiana Jones.

Whenever I see a gaggle of these invasive motherfuckers, I want to take out a pickaxe and start swinging.

You still know what to do.

Milton Avery, Seascape, 1945

Surely they're inflated, yes? No one stands for 12 straight minutes applauding after a movie is over; no one even does that in the theater.

A report today said that Kevin Costner's new yawn of a Western (which got scathing reviews) received an 11-minute ovation at the end.

This video quality is awful. But even going full Baptist wife, Claire was still very funny.

Drink your Rudy Coffee while reading your Trump Bible

a Global Color Ambassador.

A new ChatGPT voice has been added that she feels sounds just like her and is shocked and angry over this.

Apparently, this was shunted from Max to Netflix earlier this year. It's technically a spinoff of Doom Patrol, although the leads were recast. The comic it's based on is a Sandman spinoff, and Neil Gaiman has said one of the Endless (I assume Kirby Howell-Baptiste's Death, although he was vague) will show up.

Jayden Revri who plays Rowland (who was played by DL Icon Sebastian Croft on Doom Patrol) gives some baby gay vibes, and DL Icon Lukas Gage has a recurring role.

It’s the male ‘Barbie’ must see movie event of summer 2024 with box office king Ryan Gosling and America’s sweetheart, Emily Blunt.

Opening weekend: $65 million US box office: $700 million Worldwide: $1 billion

i usually plan something with friends but have been too busy with work this year. Enjoying some solitude on a sunny holiday monday in Canada, thinking about how to treat myself. . . Give me some suggestions for the day DL!!

A House Oversight Committee hearing devolved into chaos Thursday night as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) clashed after the firebrand Republican accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) of wearing “fake eyelashes.”

The comment — which was made during a markup to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress — prompted nearly an hour of disorder in the committee, with lawmakers screaming over one another and hurling insults left and right, leaving Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) struggling to maintain order.

The madness culminated Thursday night with a vote on whether or not to allow Greene to continue speaking during the hearing, which the panel ultimately granted in a 22-20 vote. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) — who has butted heads with Greene in the past — crossed party lines to vote against allowing the Georgia lawmaker to proceed during the hearing. Boebert was sitting two seats away from Greene during the vote.

“I hope you brought your popcorn,” Greene exclaimed at one point during the hearing.

If Jeffrey Dean Morgan did porn.

Joshua Miller

Hot or not? Vote below then discuss

Is there anything for womyn near you this summer?

I am too lazy to start 2 threads.

As suspected that Kevin Costner film that got a 300 minute standing ovation is being DESTROYED by the critics..

However this new Demi Moore film sounds like the film of the year to me!!

This review gives away way to much.. But this film sounds off the hook crazy-

Okay, bitches. What do you think.

Attention whore Shawn Mendes’ nudes will “leak”.

What do you think?

in the UK.

What is it?

TIA

Hope this is untrue because I don't want that Nazi fuckface on the team!

Those eyes.....man, he was hot back in the day.

Fortunately, Amy Klobucher has the balls to deal with him.

Republicans Against Trump: People need to understand that the consequences of Ukraine losing the war would be enormous for the United States and the free world. A total victory for Ukraine is the only option.

Royce White: Fuck you... RINO, Neocon, Cunts!

I have studied Western and Vedic Astrology, Numerology, Divination methods, etc., and am coming to the conclusion that it is ALL just BS.

It is all so vague (on purpose) and keeps you guessing on and on without a firm answer for so long, you'd almost think you're at a psychiatrist's office.

I'm about ready to give it all up, but then I'd really have nothing to believe in (except gay porn)

Anyone else find it all just smoke and mirrors?

This looks amazing. Will be watching.

The "skeletal remains" of a 19-year-old Utah farmer are believed to have been found nearly two years after he vanished, according to authorities.

Dylan Rounds was allegedly murdered in 2022. In March 2023, James Brenner was charged with one count of aggravated murder in the death of Rounds, and one count of abuse or desecration of a human body, according to court records, per EastIdahoNews.com.

“On April 9, 2024, skeletal remains presumed to belong to Dylan Rounds were recovered in the remote western Box Elder County area of Lucin,” a press release from the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office began. “The remains are in the possession of the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner for confirmation of identity.”

“Our hearts go out to the family of Dylan Rounds. We offer our sincerest condolences for the loss of their family member. We understand that the pain of their loss is immeasurable, and we want to express our deepest sympathies to them. It is our hope that they can find peace moving forward,” the release continued.

All of your favorite characters from 1979 in Air Balloons

I especially loved her in "Silver Linings Playbook", but didn't really understand "Mother"

Meatloaf

Chicken a la King

Tuna Noodle Casserole

I guess the GOP is done pretending to care about antisemitism

The Channel 4 doc, titled 'Spacey Unmasked,' will feature interviews with several men about their experiences with the actor.

Max and ID have acquired U.S. rights to a Channel 4 documentary about Kevin Spacey.

The two-part doc, titled Spacey Unmasked, is billed as a “forensic look” at Spacey’s career and the allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct against him. Spacey was acquitted in July 2023 of nine charges in a U.K. criminal case against him.

The documentary will also include interviews with “multiple men unconnected to that case about their experiences with Kevin Spacey, almost all of whom have never spoken before,” along with other previously unseen archival footage and interviews with the actor.

Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, faced nine criminal charges from four different men in his U.K. trial, ranging from unwanted touching to, according to testimony from one man, performing oral sex on the man while he was asleep. The charges stemmed from alleged acts that occurred from 2001 to 2013; Spacey was artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre from 2004-15.

Spacey Unmasked is set to air on Channel 4 in the U.K. on May 6 and 7. Premiere dates for the U.S. and other territories haven’t been announced yet. All3Media International is handling international sales of the documentary and struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for rights to the United States (where it will stream on Max and air on ID’s cable channel) and several other countries.

Katherine Haywood directed and produced Spacey Unmasked. Dorothy Byrne and Mike Lerner are executive producers. Roast Beef Productions (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer) produces in association with All3 Media International.

I'm starting a thread for all my brethren who were cut from the herd by Henry Geldzahler. If this is not you, please move on and let us reminisce in peace.

If this is you, please share your stories.

I usually take a pilgrimage to Assouline to have my photo taken beneath this one of Henry Geldzahler and Andy Warhol, two guys who meant so much to my early life in NYC. They opened lots of doors for me into the inner rarefied rooms of the city until they nudged me from the nest to make room for other youngsters they cut from the herd to add to their folds. Henry would have cringed at that mixed metaphor; Andy might have noticed but would not have allowed himself to cringe and mar the mask of himself. They knew when I was ready to make my own way once I'd learned more fully and cleverly the charms of palaver and poise and a kind of performative southernness, some would even say it was - it is - a perversion of southernness because of my politics. But labeling it so just signals their own perverse contextualization of southernness to exclude my hero Fannie Lou Hamer to make way for hoop skirts and "how y'all?"s and honeyed accents that hide the sting of history. Henry and Andy helped me find a sense of home within my southern self when for so long what was within myself back home was what sent me into exile. Henry and Andy - exiled themselves to lives in NY - taught me that to have stayed back where we were raised would have been sentencing ourselves instead to an exile from ourselves. "Sometimes," Henry once said to me. "We are born in Elba. It's getting off that island to this one that saves our lives." He paused and put a Grether's Pastille into his mouth and stared at his half a cigar. He straightened his porcelain bowtie. I heard, as usual, the clink of the ring against it, a ring his jeweler cousin Johnny gave him, a hollowed out gold one inside of which were two small diamonds that could be emptied into one's hand from a tiny secret compartment. Henry emptied them into his soft small palm, they glistened in its pinkness. "Do you know what the name of the ship on which Napoleon was sent to his exile on Elba?" he asked. "The Undaunted. The HMS Undaunted."

Tom Ripley is 31 in Highsmith's 1955 Novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

There are five Ripley novels and some have been made into movies with actors of different ages.

Andrew Scott is 47, which pushes some viewers' panties into a moist, acrid bunch.

Matt Damon was 29 and Alain Delon was about 25.

Moving on...

How are you enjoying this series?

Is it because funny lines are being added so late in the process that the actors don’t have time to process them in rehearsal?

Given that such a high percentage (30%) of Gen Z identify as LGBTQ, are any of them still staying in the closet?

I get it that DL elder gays faced society’s pressures to stay in the closet. But today, what would prompt a 21-year-old to stay in the closet --conservative family, career, religion, what..?

Are you still talking? Have you written anyone out of your will? Are you tortured by the realization that someone in your family is a fucking idiot? I haven't been on Facebook since Trump "won" in 2016.

I'm in my mid 50s and have gained 20+ over the past two years.

I wake up at 6AM, tired. I go to bed at 10PM, tired and spend the time in-between taking naps and not making progress on the multiple to-do lists I draft during the day.

Otherwise it's a weed, couch and snacks death spiral.

What is ONE change I could make that could have the biggest impact?

I'm thinking of growing psychedelic mushrooms again and doing a micro-dosing protocol to easily quit the weed and investigate testosterone replacement.

Have any of you elderer elder gays recovered from a similar situation.

What'd you do?

Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid with Travis Kelce at the Swift concert in Paris

She will be a recurring guest character.

One of the most anticipated moments of the 77th Cannes Film Festival finally arrived Monday night with the world premiere of the Donald Trump drama The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan as a young version of the real estate mogul in his pre-MAGA days.

Only Francis Ford Coppola’s wildly ambitious swan song Megalopolis had inspired more pre-premiere chatter and curiosity at this year’s edition of the glamorous French film festival. Ahead of its unveiling, virtually no one had seen The Apprentice, as the movie reportedly was finished only days before its premiere.

Ali Abbasi, Stan, Martin Donovan and Maria Bakalova walked the Cannes red carpet for the premiere. Only Jeremy Strong, who plays notorious political fixer Roy Cohn in the film, was not in attendance.

Directed by acclaimed Iranian-Danish filmmaker Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice explores Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America under the influence of the firebrand rightwing attorney Roy Cohn. Succession star Strong co-stars as Cohn, along with Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr. and Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.

Several shocking moments late in the film — a scene depicting Trump’s alleged rape of his first wife Ivana and a surgery room sequence showing Trump getting liposuction — drew audible gasps from the Cannes premiere crowd. As the final credits rolled, the Cannes crowd starting clapping in time to the sound of Baccara’s “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” playing on the soundtrack.

Mine was this ridiculously good-looking fireman. Why are most of them SO HOT? Almost makes one want to start playing with matches.

Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield Eight

Acting President of Iran.

Muhammad Mokhber was born in Dezful, Iran, in 1955. He possesses two doctoral degrees, including a doctorate academic paper (and an MA) in international law; he also has a doctorate degree in management. He also holds an MA in management.

I just saw Ever After last night and remember he was kind of poised for leading roles but nothing big since. He was quite good looking IMO.

Will it bomb? Francis poured all his money into it.

There was a point midway into the movie where I thought to myself, “this movie is fucking awesome”, and it is, for the most part.

The writing is strong and “tightly knitted”, as I like to call it. There aren’t tons of subplots etc like can happen with movies like this. There is one focus and the film remains focused on that from start to end, and that is these 3 character’s relationship.

Zendaya is a fucking force. I think she’s talented but she surprised me in this. She is manipulative and a boss bitch and bodyslams the role. Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor are both amazing as Art and Patrick, and their chemistry is off the charts. I personally LOVED Josh as Patrick. He was soooo good as the no-good asshole who women still feel drawn to, but he’s the guy you fuck, not marry. Art is the opposite. Very boring for Tashi and her lapdog, as opposed to Patrick who she gets into arguments with and goes head to head with her, which seems to turn her on. The score is brilliant. It’s a character of its own in this film.

The film is fun and energetic. There is so much energy you can feel it.

There is a scene where we finally meet Tashi in the past (the first time the boys see her play in person) that got me excited. When she walks out music starts bumping and it’s pure energy. Zendaya looked so beautiful in this. There are a few salacious scenes and some people in the theater reacted. You could hear “omg Zendaya!” like people were genuinely shocked to see her straddling a man. It was funny but makes sense as she has such a clean image and always plays teens.

There are two moments I disliked, one being the way the film ended. Just no. And two, the scene with Tashi and Patrick in the wind storm. I thought the scene was cool until it went all weird. But besides that, amazing.

There are a lot of homoerotic undertones in this from early in the film and I don’t see many straight men liking this unless with their girlfriends or cinephiles. That’s one of the things I liked about the film too. You could feel that atmosphere without actually seeing anything like that happen. It was interesting.

Honestly, I would give it a 4/5. It’s awesome but that ending was a no for me and it started to become too stylistic toward the end.

I won't bore people who don't care for sports stats but he is without a doubt a living legend and on track to break some of the most ridiculous records in the NBA. He is the best player on the reigning championship team and they are looking like the best team in the NBA this season too. The American media and the NBA pretty much refuses to market him, because he's considered to be fat and ugly and unathletic. Obviously it isn't possible to be the best player in the NBA without tremendous athletic gifts, it basically just means he doesn't jump high or run fast. He was fined a few years ago for saying "no homo". Nikola Jokic is 6'11" and 284 lb from Serbia. Is it fair for the NBA media to freeze him out of promotion and coverage for not being sexy or flashy? Do you think he's hot or a complete uggo?

The storm hit downtown and most of Houston

A house of 5,500 square feet in the village of Chillworth, ten minutes to the small cities of Godalming or Guildford and then a 45-minute train ride to London. A red brick house of 2.5 stories, it has wonderful stepped and curved gable ends and large leaded glass casement windows in every room. The house is surrounded by lawn, gardens, and trees, with a pool at the rear.

I love the exterior and interior both, the great stepped gables and early 17thC features repeated 300 years later in the Edwardian expansion and renovations blend together well, and the happy blend of dark paneling and the many windows, some with terrific Edwardian stained glass panes and panels. Assuming you didn't need 7 or 8 bedrooms on the regular, there are bathrooms enough and well located. It's a lovely house and very comfortable, and remarkable that the signifiant Edwardian expansion and more recent and quieter renovations are a happy mix. The kitchen is very pleasant and an efficient plan. The pool I could have done without. And the house is set on a road that probably sees a share of morning and late afternoon commuter traffic, but set behind fencing and a perimeter of trees and shrubs, it wouldn't bother me at all.

The ground floor has four reception rooms (one vast one created from three smaller rooms), two entrance vestibules, and a kitchen; upstairs there are five bedrooms and three bathrooms (one ensuite) plus a library and a further, small bedroom; the second floor has two bedrooms, two storage rooms, a terrace and no bathroom. There is a separate garage and carport plus a smaller outbuilding.

Floorplans and photos at link.

Remember when Hollywood was trying to make him happen with 'The Truth about Cats and Dogs' and 'Birthday Girl' to name a few?

Sounds like he transitioned.

I somehow knew Karen would be number one

I want to see this in IMAX with lots of popcorn.

His name is Enrique but he’s always gone by his nickname, Kike. He is 37 going on 38 this year and has worked on Mexican television since around 2006. He is 6’3 and born and raised in Mexico. He pretty much was employed straight out of college and has remained employed steadily since then. I’m certain his good looks play a role in that.

He went to college to work in television (not acting but hosting and presenting) and has worked steadily. He also worked as an online fitness trainer for a while when he was in his early to mid 20s.

He now co-hosts a popular daytime show in Mexico called “Venga La Alegria”. He joined that tv family last summer, when they added 3 new co-hosts after some leaving/being let go. He left the daytime show (and rival to Venga) Vivalavi to go to the more popular Venga when the opportunity came.

He is now married with 2 kids after years of being a playboy and Bachelor.

In a sprawling profile piece from Rolling Stone reporter David Peisner, he claimed Rock waved around a gun "to make some sort of point."

Kid Rock became “drunk and belligerent” and reportedly brandished a gun at Rolling Stone journalist David Peisner during an “off the rails” interview at the artist’s home in Nashville, Tennessee, last month.

The sprawling interview, published Sunday, unpacked Rock’s evolution from Detroit party starter to “MAGA mouthpiece,” painting a picture of a seasoned celebrity who revels in the reactions his conservative posturing receives from supporters and critics.

After hours of casual drinking and trying to bait Peisner into political debates over the singer’s “bestie,” Donald Trump, immigration, Rock’s now-defunct Budweiser boycott and the Confederate flag, Peisner claimed Rock’s playful provocations turned into something more combative.

While in the star’s home recording studio, Peisner said Rock grew increasingly erratic after trading his “white wine for Jim Beam and Diet Coke” and downing “at least three or four of them in pretty quick succession.”

As Peisner wrote:

He’s sitting in a dark leather chair, shouting at me about something or other, when he reaches behind the seat, pulls out a black handgun, and waves it around to make some sort of point.

“And I got a fucking goddamn gun right here if I need it!” he shouts. “I got them everywhere!”

This was the tenor of the next hour or so.

The journalist also claimed Rock casually dropped the N-word several times during the chat.

HuffPost has reached out to both Rock and Peisner for comment.

Elsewhere during the interview, Rock acknowledged his taste for sowing discord, telling Peisner, “I’m part of the problem.”

“I’m one of the polarizing people, no question,” he said. “Sometimes I bitch about other people, then I look in the mirror and I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, why don’t you shut the fuck up too?’”

As the conversation stretched on and Peisner tried to make his exit, he claimed Rock tried to convince the journalist to stay at his Tennessee estate over night before eventually escorting Peisner to his car.

While parting ways with Peisner, the journalist said the “Bawitdaba” singer had one hushed request.

“Would you do me a favor?” Rock reportedly asked. “Just write the most horrific article about me. Do it. It helps me.”

Christian Fascism

Any "missed chance" wishes you have about casting or productions?

Thoughts on this movie? To this day, Scott Gurney might just be the most beautiful man I've ever seen (sigh)

Now we know one of them googled "how long to die in the snow" at 2:30 in the morning from inside the house. The FBI will testify that the car didn't kill John O'Keefe. The investigation is now under investigation. So many lies, so many secrets. Somebody in the house flipped.

Buckle up, buckaroo.

I'm a life-long resident of Nashville, so I can speak with perspective, and NO, moving really isn't an option. I miss the old Nashville (even though it was never that great). Thanks to tourists and people moving here from everywhere, the few redeeming qualities it had have been destroyed. I totally blame it all on that damn tv show "Nashville", which was one of the worst acted shows of all time.

If you're at all planning to visit, please DON'T. If you're planning on moving here, YOU'LL BE SORRY

It's at the point now that I tell people that the only thing that'll help Nashville is a big mushroom cloud.

Yep that’s right. I said it.

She went from Slovenian factory trash, to model, to America (she may have become a call girl, but there's no proof). She bagged a billionaire. Had an 'anchor baby'. Became First Lady of the United States...

She clearly loathes her meal ticket, but has held on through his scandals, affairs, trials... And someday she'll inherit everything.

Bitch. Is. Fierce!

Should I say something, or just let them discover it? Obviously it's in my favor, which is the reason for my question.

I cannot describe how wonderful this is. I have worn it for a LONG time, and it never gets old.

The PERFECT fragrance for hot weather You can literally almost bathe in it and not offend people. I wish they made gallon jugs of it

BBC/PBS co-production that aired on BBC2 this month. I'm just starting it now and it goes to a level of detail I've never seen in just the first 20 minutes.

Apologies if this has been posted. I searched for both Dahmer and Noem.

“Cricket was a wirehair pointer, about 14 months old,” the South Dakota governor writes in a new book, adding that the dog, a female, had an “aggressive personality” and needed to be trained to be used for hunting pheasant.

She includes her story about the ill-fated Cricket, she says, to illustrate her willingness, in politics as well as in South Dakota life, to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it simply needs to be done.

By taking Cricket on a pheasant hunt with older dogs, Noem says, she hoped to calm the young dog down and begin to teach her how to behave. Unfortunately, Cricket ruined the hunt, going “out of her mind with excitement, chasing all those birds and having the time of her life”.

Noem describes calling Cricket, then using an electronic collar to attempt to bring her under control. Nothing worked. Then, on the way home after the hunt, as Noem stopped to talk to a local family, Cricket escaped Noem’s truck and attacked the family’s chickens, “grabb[ing] one chicken at a time, crunching it to death with one bite, then dropping it to attack another”

When Noem finally grabbed Cricket, she says, the dog “whipped around to bite me”. Then, as the chickens’ owner wept, Noem repeatedly apologised, wrote the shocked family a check “for the price they asked, and helped them dispose of the carcasses littering the scene of the crime”.

Through it all, Noem says, Cricket was “the picture of pure joy”.

“I hated that dog,” Noem writes, adding that Cricket had proved herself “untrainable”, “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog”.

“At that moment,” Noem says, “I realised I had to put her down.”

Noem, who also represented her state in Congress for eight years, got her gun, then led Cricket to a gravel pit.

“It was not a pleasant job,” she writes, “but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realised another unpleasant job needed to be done.”

Incredibly, Noem’s tale of slaughter is not finished.

Her family, she writes, also owned a male goat that was “nasty and mean”, because it had not been castrated. Furthermore, the goat smelled “disgusting, musky, rancid” and “loved to chase” Noem’s children, knocking them down and ruining their clothes

Noem decided to kill the unnamed goat the same way she had just killed Cricket the dog. But though she “dragged him to a gravel pit”, the goat jumped as she shot and therefore survived the wound. Noem says she went back to her truck, retrieved another shell, then “hurried back to the gravel pit and put him down”.

At that point, Noem writes, she realised a construction crew had watched her kill both animals. The startled workers swiftly got back to work, she writes, only for a school bus to arrive and drop off Noem’s children.

“Kennedy looked around confused,” Noem writes of her daughter, who asked: “Hey, where’s Cricket?”

(More at link)

Dude in the video isn't me, but this is about the level of damage (and fury) that I'm experiencing right now. Insurance is not an option to cover the damages so I'm stuck removing and replacing the carnage. There is also a severe pest infestation and they let their dog shit all over the floor, for weeks (feces on the floor was old and molded).

I'm at a loss for words and don't know what to do anymore. Bear in mind, I gave them a break on the rent (charged them below market rate for the area) because they were being put out of their previous place, have kids, and had nowhere else to go. I'm a dumbass. A sucker. And I fucking hate people.

They're also seeking warrants for Hamas leaders.

The Telegraph understands that the judiciary is poised to update its court dress code following complaints by some barristers that the traditional headpieces discriminate against those with Afro-Caribbean hair.

Judges are currently reviewing proposals made by the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, with changes expected to be made this autumn at the earliest. No decisions have been made.

It follows widespread criticism from several black barristers who have called for compulsory wigs to be scrapped.

The potential changes come after Michael Etienne, a barrister who is black and has an afro hairstyle, sparked a public debate in 2022 after being ordered to wear a wig in court or face disciplinary action. He branded the policy as hair discrimination, a form of racism.

A Bar Council spokesman said: “Following questions from barristers about wigs and hair discrimination, the Bar Council set up a working group to consider court dress in the context of all protected characteristics.

Leslie Thomas KC said he hopes the judiciary will scrap barrister wigs once and for all. He previously described wigs as a “ridiculous costume” that represents a “culturally insensitive climate” at the Bar.

Well done.

Looks like the Netflix Sandman is moving ahead. Tom Sturridge? - I'd have preferred Colin Morgan, who was also auditioned. The Asian Cain and Abel are ok and I can probably live with Lucienne not Lucien, though a female Lucifer seems pushing it.

Eg, if your name is Robert, do people ever call you, Rob or Bob without asking you if it is OK?

Lets celebrate them 😛

(NAME) was one of the most talented singers ever. She also had a lot of pain and struggle throughout her life. Despite that, she had a good heart, which is hard to encounter in Hollywood. At a time when gay people were oppressed beyond belief, they identified with her struggles and she theirs.

There will be a spin off with Georgie and Mandy but I won't be watching, too much baby story line.

[quote]It’s not just about showing off a cologne’s high price tag: Young enthusiasts say that cultivating an air of sophistication is what separates the boys from the slightly older boys. Using terminology they absorb online, middle schoolers at sleepovers are discussing high-end fragrances the way that sommeliers might analyze wine.

# 1:

I'm glad that he's happier with his life and in a better place, but hot people complaining about their bad life is not as relatable to us normal gays. (not that I am normal;)

Some viewers can’t stomach the idea of it.

Anne Hathaway’s newest film, “The Idea of You,” divided social media users on Wednesday following its trailer debut.

Based on the 2017 romance novel by Robinne Lee of the same name, the movie follows single mom Solène Marchand (Hathaway, 41) who attends Coachella with her daughter only to have a chance encounter with the dashing Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine, 29) from the fictional band August Moon.

“As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn’t long before Hayes’ superstar status poses unavoidable challenges to their relationship,” the plot synopsis reads. “And Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for.”

The sizzling trailer featuring the “Devil Wears Prada” and the “Red, White & Royal Blue” stars divided many on social media.

“I’m so weirded out by this,” one critic wrote. “But I’ll probably watch it anyway.”

“Anne Hathaway as a cougar in a movie? Of course I’m going to see it,” joked a second person.

“It’s disgusting,” a third user seethed. “It’s disgusting to see her acting with someone who looks 20 years younger.”

Others took issue that Hathaway was cast in general.

“How much did they pay Anne for this my god,” tweeted one person.

“What kind of crime did Anne Hathaway commit to agree to make a film like this,” lambasted another. “For the love of God, you know, what a shame.”

“I plan to take this deep inside me,” laughed a user. “My most sincere congratulations to the man who convinced Oscar winner Anne Hathaway to play a MILF who makes out with Harry Styles.”

“I’ll be sitting but I still wonder what they said to Anne Hathaway to convince her to make a film based on a fanfic,” pondered another.

One savvy social media user also pointed out a plot hole from the teaser.

“Obsessed with the fact that the whole reason she meets him is because she takes her daughter to Coachella and yet said daughter is virtually nonexistent in this trailer,” they wrote. “NEVER let your kids get in the way of your torrid love affair with fake Harry Styles.”

Before being picked up by Amazon Prime Studios, “The Idea of You” exploded in popularity thanks to the fan-fiction writing site called Wattpad, where users discussed the book as a tribute to Styles.

Once the book was officially published by St. Martin’s Griffin, Lee, 49, slammed the idea that Hayes is supposed to represent Styles.

“This was never supposed to be a book about Harry Styles,” Lee told Vogue in 2020. “It was supposed to be a story about a woman approaching 40 and reclaiming her sexuality and rediscovering herself, just at the point that society traditionally writes women off as desirable and viable and whole.”

Bad reviews are fun.

Dana Vernon Ashbrook was born on May 24, 1967 in San Diego, California. His father was the director of the Palomar College Department of Performing Arts, and his mother was a teacher who performed at their local theater.

His very first role was an uncredited part in 1978’s “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” when he was just 10 years old. After this he just stuck to school and school plays. His career officially started while he was a teen and in the school play. An agent saw him in the play and was impressed, offering to be his agent. He instantly got cast in guest roles on some tv shows like Lacey & Cagney, Knots Landing and ABC Afterschool Special. Right after that, in 1988, he was cast as Tom Essex in Return of the Living Dead 2 and cast in Waxwork, followed by a guest spot on 21 Jump Street. In 1989 he landed the role of Joey in She's Out Of Control.

The role that would be what he is best known for came in 1990, when he landed the role of Bobby Briggs in the series “Twin Peaks”. He played the role from 1990-1991. While filming Twin Peaks he also made four low budget films, all within a year, as well as guest starred on an episode of “The Hidden Room”.

In 1992 he reprised his role in the Twin Peaks prequel film and portrayed Clyde in Bonnie & Clyde, a TV movie. After this he starred in a few tv movies, independent films, low-budget films and failed tv shows for the remainder of the 90s. In the late 90s and early 00s he guest starred in numerous tv shows, like Charmed, The Outer Limits, The Pretender, Rules of Engagement, Dawson’s Creek, and Law & Order SVU.

In 2009 he was cast as a recurring character on the series “Crash”, the show based off the 2004 film, and he guest starred on an episode of Psych in 2010. After this he continued doing low budget films until 2017, when he reprised his role of Bobby Briggs in the revival to Twin Peaks, giving him another chance at the mainstream.

Since 2017 he has done more small films and guest spots on tv, and has never stopped working since the late 80s.

He is now 56 and has been married to his wife since 2015 after years of being together.

I'm reading Geena Davis' bio and she says Winger quit over the casting of Madonna.

These days, even Tories like myself are finding it hard to defend the hereditary principle. Personally, I have no taste for republicanism, something which is due to my incapacity for envy. That emotion or weakness is quite absent from my makeup.

In the face of other peoples’ good fortune, I am as inert as a deaf person at a recital. But a Starmer government will find the fact that the Royal Family has more money and more privilege than the rest of us interesting.

I increasingly feel that the future of the Royal Family may depend on its ability to cheer the public and what it lacks now is the requisite joyfulness.

The King and the Princess of Wales are effectively hors de combat, poor Camilla is 76, life bears heavily on William, and no one fancies a Pizza Express.

The Windsors are in grave need of some pizazz. Readers may succumb to the screaming abdabs, but the royal left standing who has most star power is Harry. It is easy to blame him and his puerile book for the continuing rift with his father and brother, but some courtiers of my acquaintance hold William equally liable.

Recently, I spoke to a former palace official who used to work for both princes before the good times stopped rolling. “There is a public misconception about William and Harry,” he told me. “It is William who was often the difficult one, and it is William who is preventing his father from having a proper reconciliation with Harry.” He continued, “This isn’t helpful at a point in time when the country would be buoyed up by seeing them together again, as would the King.”

It wasn’t helpful last week when the only family member to greet Harry with warmth was Earl Spencer. When it comes to his brother, William’s disgruntlement can at times seem mildly pathological.

I do not think there is any superior rationality in being discontented with one’s relatives. Take myself. My mother once sold disobliging stories about me to the tabloids, but after an impulse to do her bodily harm, I forgave her.

Yet where William is concerned, Byronic unhappiness has taken hold. I realise Harry has at times taken joy out of William’s life, and that he and Meghan can be a cause of irritation. It remains tempting to call the pair one trick phoneys. But isn’t that what most royalling is all about? Phoney good will and faked enjoyment? Moreover, the Sussexes have youth and glamour, and the young regard them as a religion with no dilution of agnosticism.

To many, Charles and William’s continued coldness towards Harry is beginning to look inhuman. It is important to remember that the Royal Family is a microcosm for every family in Britain, and that a divided family, like a divided political party, has an intrinsic weakness.

I sent a card and check to my friend's daughter for her graduation. I noticed the check was cashed, but no note or anything. I asked my friend when I saw him and he said, 'oh, she says thanks'.

My partner made a baby quilt for a work friend's new baby. We mailed it to them– then nothing. When I asked if they received it, they said 'yea, thank you'.

When we took some family members out to dinner and the theater for their birthday we all had a great time, but nobody said 'thanks'.

Has Miss Manners gone out of style?

What's your favorite underwear brand? AussieBum is great, very well designed, looks great, good quality, but I also like C-in2 too.

This was Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, run by a male trans woman Mridul Wadhwa who said that abused women who want female only services need to "reframe their trauma".

When rape counsellor Roz Adams said that women should be allowed to state that they want to talk to other women the management team began a campaign of harassment against her and launched an investigation/witch hunt which was breached employment laws.

Adams now works at Beira's place, the rape crisis centre funded by JK Rowling.

Yet another case of TRAs thinking the law doesn't matter to them.

Anyone ever met one? Or is anyone here diagnosed? (no judgement)

I searched for an existing third MJ thread but did not find one.

A thoughtful article on how it holds up today and how it shaped gay fandom then and now.

They were married in January

127th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard set to become Elijah Muhammad Way, a Nation of Island leader who worked with the neo-nazi movement. The bill passed 47-2. Very progressive!

I decided to rewatch LA Confidential after many years and I found myself unimpressed and even bored throughout most of it. Toxic Masculinity but in the 50s, zzz. This film doesn’t hold a candle to the film noirs of the 40s and 50s. Kim Basinger won an Oscar for window dressing essentially.

Despite being full blown ginger with short face.

Maybe its the body and natural sluttiness

Male skeleton, wearing a dress, found in Wisconsin chimney in 1989, is identified as twink from Tulsa OK.

Since Fallout premiered there’s been renewed interest in Walton Goggins, including on my part! I read that his first wife had killed herself and was curious as to why. She was gorgeous and by all accounts a wonderful person.

Usually it’s described as being a marriage that ended in her death, which appears to have been technically true, but that also suggests they were still together when she committed suicide. But it appears they weren’t.

One link to her suicide is a local community paper. The writer at the paper knew and loved her. But note at the end of the article, he’s described as her estranged husband. Article linked.

So, what happened?

“ After the Hunt is an intense dramatic thriller about a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.”

[QUOTE]Swift’s achievement is all the more noteworthy, Forbes says, because last October she accomplished “a feat no other musician had before: she became a billionaire strictly off of earnings from her music and performances.”

He appears to get off on it.

What are your thoughts? It’s not true because he dealt with her for 3 more years after this and it’s just completely absurd to think this is how he would have reacted.

Anyways supposedly there was 100K in cash and jewelry in the bag, which he made sure to put back in the room after whooping her ass.

I haven't regularly watched the reboot since Eccleston. I tried watching the first season of Doctress Who, but I got bored.

Can I restarted the new season without attempting to catch up? Are there a few episodes and specials I could watch to "get ready" for the new Who?

A few weeks ago I’d never even heard of her but we have had DOZENS of threads about her in a very short time. These aren’t organic fans. This is being done by someone intentionally using this site to promote her.

DL fave Kim “WHEN WE” Carnes has recorded a new version of “Bette Davis Eyes” KIM’S VERSION!!!!!

Found these on Tumblr. As we all are aware there is a huge Sunny presence there. When Charlie and Glenn were doing their whiskey/bar appearances, a group of fans identifying as neurodivergent/autistic got pretty deep into talking to them about ND.

I know Rob came out (before? or after?) this stating he is neurodivergent, but didnt know Charlie (IRL) was nor his son. He confirms (jokingly? sarcastically?) that the character of Charlie Kelly is neurodivergent. I cant get a read on him.

Now as a ND myself, I struggle figuring out peoples intentions and part of me is just wanting another opinion on if hes being sarcastic or genuine about it? Here are some of the clips. He also referred to them as his "neurodivergent team!" in one.

If its genuine, then I am so pleased. Please give insight and opinion.

Posting the 4 video links as separate posts as I cant post multiple links...

Video link #1:

Why isn’t he more famous?

Performed by an Italian artist on an Austrian talk show!

78 years young today!

Are there any still left near you? They were ubiquitous in the malls here back in 80s-90s but the last one in my city was in the airport and it closed some time ago and I haven't set foot in a mall in 20 years.

Let's discuss gay actors from the past!

Who are your favorite gay actors from days gone by?

I always had a thing for Tom Drake

The saga continues

Someone tweeted it, and I thought you'd enjoy it.

He plays a troubled actor shooting a horror film. It's written and directed by Joshua Miller son of Jason Miller who played Father Karras in The Exorcist.

Never in the history of mankind has anyone looked so hot smoking. I’d let him blow his second hand smoke directly into my mouth and swallow the smoke just because it is his. The hottest man alive!

We just started a full rewatch of the entire series. Have loved this show for a very long time and it never fails to make me laugh my ass off no matter how many times I watch it.

And Charlie is definitely my favorite of the gang!!!

And have always heard really nice things about him, and industry stuff, so hoping they are true.

Starring DL fave Froy Gutierrez. I am a fan of the 2008 film, which to date is the most unnerving experience I've had seeing a film on the big screen. After seeing this trailer a couple of months ago, my expectations were seriously tempered, but it somehow managed to be even worse than I could've imagined. Absolutely fucking horrible. Abysmal. I hope none of you bitches have paid to see it yet. If you're thinking about going, don't.

These days, kids have an online presence before they are born

But us eldergays had to make a decision, as an adult, to have an online presence

My first portable computer was the size of a 20 gallon fish tank and only displayed letters and numbers.

Later, I used to write web pages by actually writing the code, no short cuts

What was your early virtual experience like?

Giving us one of the most iconic redheads on TV. Mulder's "I want to believe" captured the essence of the conspiratorial mindset that would decades later amalgamate into and culminate in QAnon.

Share your thoughts on its legacy, favourite episodes etc.

The beautiful Sheryl Lee Ralph discusses when her son met The Queen

This is almost certain to significantly delay the potential trial, which was already unsettled.

"To the Columbia Community:

Over the past six months, many have spoken in our name. Some are well-meaning alumni or non-affiliates who show up to wave the Israeli flag outside Columbia’s gates. Some are politicians looking to use our experiences to foment America’s culture war. Most notably, some are our Jewish peers who tokenize themselves by claiming to represent “real Jewish values,” and attempt to delegitimize our lived experiences of antisemitism. We are here, writing to you as Jewish students at Columbia University, who are connected to our community and deeply engaged with our culture and history. We would like to speak in our name.

Many of us sit next to you in class. We are your lab partners, your study buddies, your peers, and your friends. We partake in the same student government, clubs, Greek life, volunteer organizations, and sports teams as you.

Most of us did not choose to be political activists. We do not bang on drums and chant catchy slogans. We are average students, just trying to make it through finals much like the rest of you. Those who demonize us under the cloak of anti-Zionism forced us into our activism and forced us to publicly defend our Jewish identities.

We proudly believe in the Jewish People’s right to self-determination in our historic homeland as a fundamental tenet of our Jewish identity. Contrary to what many have tried to sell you – no, Judaism cannot be separated from Israel. Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of that belief.

Our religious texts are replete with references to Israel, Zion, and Jerusalem. The land of Israel is filled with archaeological remnants of a Jewish presence spanning centuries. Yet, despite generations of living in exile and diaspora across the globe, the Jewish People never ceased dreaming of returning to our homeland — Judea, the very place from which we derive our name, “Jews.” Indeed just a couple of days ago, we all closed our Passover seders with the proclamation, “Next Year in Jerusalem!”

Many of us are not religiously observant, yet Zionism remains a pillar of our Jewish identities. We have been kicked out of Russia, Libya, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Poland, Egypt, Algeria, Germany, Iran, and the list goes on. We connect to Israel not only as our ancestral homeland but as the only place in the modern world where Jews can safely take ownership of their own destiny. Our experiences at Columbia in the last six months are a poignant reminder of just that.

We were raised on stories from our grandparents of concentration camps, gas chambers, and ethnic cleansing. The essence of Hitler’s antisemitism was the very fact that we were “not European” enough, that as Jews we were threats to the “superior” Aryan race. This ideology ultimately left six million of our own in ashes.

The evil irony of today’s antisemitism is a twisted reversal of our Holocaust legacy; protestors on campus have dehumanized us, imposing upon us the characterization of the “white colonizer.” We have been told that we are “the oppressors of all brown people” and that “the Holocaust wasn’t special.” Students at Columbia have chanted “we don’t want no Zionists here,” alongside “death to the Zionist State” and to “go back to Poland,” where our relatives lie in mass graves.

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This is mainly for novelty songs that had mainstream success. But if you know of little-known charmers, post them too.

This one is 1992's "Detachable Penis" from band King Missile. Here's part of the wiki on the song:

[quote]the band realized that the song had drawn in many casual fans who did not care about the rest of the group's material; thus, the band began to play the song "early in the set, so that the people who didn't like us could leave, and we could play for the people who cared. That worked out well. People did leave

than any other actor. I could think of seven:

Cathy Lucas as Mavis Henscher in The Other Side of the Wind written a and directed by Orson Welles.

A spoof of Bogdanovich's then-girlfriend, actress Cybill Shepherd (who was present for at least some of the filming, and whose brother, Bill Shepherd, was part of the production crew filming in Arizona). A young actress, Henscher has difficulty balancing her acting career with the correspondence course her home state makes her take while working.

Cheryl Ladd as Pamela Verlaine in Permanent Midnight

"Sandra finds him a new job with a different series, No Such Luck, whose star Pamela Verlaine–herself a recovering addict–sternly but sympathetically insists that he kick his habit first. "

Sharon Stone as Blake Chandler in Irreconcilable Differences. (written and directed by Cybill's ex Peter Bogdanovich)-

When Albert sees a young woman named Blake Chandler working at a hot dog stand, he takes her home and casts her in his next film, which becomes a moderate success. When Lucy sees signs that Albert is interested in Blake for more than just acting, she divorces him, further troubling Casey. Albert ensures that Lucy gets custody of Casey, while he lives in a Hollywood mansion with Blake.

A turning point occurs when Lucy, angered both at Albert's procrastination in paying child support and at the sight of a sloppy, overweight woman in a supermarket buying the same comfort food as she is, hurries home and channels her anger into writing a tell-all novel. Meanwhile, Albert's producers are warning him not to attempt his musical remake of Gone with the Wind, which he is calling Atlanta, but Albert ignores their advice, and his budget for the picture skyrockets, mainly because of his own perfectionist attitude and Blake's mediocre singing voice, along with her diva-like behavior on set. Atlanta becomes an embarrassing box-office bomb, costing Albert any assignments in Hollywood and causing Blake to desert him.

Catherine O'Hara as Carol Ward on Six Feet Under. Carol was a neurotic actress that Lisa Kimmel (Lili Taylor) worked for. One of the writers had worked for Cybill Shephard as a nanny. Also creator Alan Ball has worked on her sitcom.

Annette Benning as Carolyn Bernham in American Beauty. Interview with Alan Ball- "...hating his job, you know, having to run Cybill. There's a lot of Cybill in Carolyn. There's a lot of me in Ricky, there's a lot of my dad in the Colonel, and there's a lot of my mom in the Colonel's wife...."

And of course, Cybill Shepherd as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill– Cybill is a middle aged actress who has had a varied, though mediocre career (which, even in her salad days, seems to have consisted primarily of television commercials, soap operas, and B-movies). She now finds that, due to her age, roles are becoming harder to find and that the quality of roles she is offered is diminishing. Her fortunes seem to vary over the course of the series. Sometimes, she has consistent work and appears to be relatively wealthy, other times, she scrambles to find and keep jobs, and seems to be struggling financially; this inconsistency the most successful actors tend to have their professional ups and downs, both financially and creatively.

What say you guys. She's really not that interesting of a person, but str8 dudes love having a piece like her on their arm.

America's favorite effeminate heterosexual. I actually like him and find this video quite relaxing but a bit complex for a diet plan.

On TCM in 30 minutes!

Rick Moranis, Vincent Gardenia, and Ellen Greene.

10 pm on the East Coast.

The cognitive dissonance of Polanski..both of these movies capture how terrifying it is to be a woman.

This is sublime

The new season debuts on Feb. 28.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina's spending-slashing new President Javier Milei has hailed his country's first quarterly budget surplus since 2008 as an "historic achievement."

In the first quarter of 2024, the South American country recorded a budget surplus of about 275 billion pesos (some $309 million at the official rate), he told national TV late Monday.

This amounted to a surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP.

"This is the first quarter with a financial surplus since 2008," said Milei, referring to his left-wing rival Cristina Kirchner's first year in the presidency.

Milei, who took office in December, boasted of "a feat of historic significance on a global scale."

"If the state does not spend more than it collects and does not issue (money), there is no inflation. This is not magic," the self-described "anarcho-capitalist" said.

Milei won elections last November vowing to reduce the deficit to zero -- a target even more ambitious than required by the International Monetary Fund, with whom Argentina has a $44 billion loan.

To that end, he has instituted an austerity programme that has seen the government slash subsidies for transport fuel and energy even as annual inflation stands at 290 percent year-on-year, poverty levels have reached 60 percent and wage-earners have lost a fifth of their purchasing power.

Thousands of public servants have lost their jobs.

"Don't expect a way out through public spending," Milei warned on Monday.

University students, backed by unions and opposition parties, have called a march for Tuesday to protest financing cuts to higher public education, research and science under the new president.

Universities have declared a budgetary emergency after the government approved a 2024 budget the same as the one for 2023, despite inflation approaching 300 percent and a near 500-percent increase in energy costs that higher learning institutions say has brought them to their knees.

"At the rate at which they are funding us, we can only function between two and three more months," University of Buenos Aires (UBA) rector Ricardo Gelpi said.

They want the Supreme Court to ban abortion in all 50 states

Why would a Jewish YouTuber be best friends with a paying supporter/member of Stormfront?

They got back together for the anniversary of Bob Saget’s death! I see the Olsen’s joined them. That’s nice.

Or is that a class of women who no longer exist in the city?

Wow. She really just dropped the best album of the year so far with this one. Tons of great songs on it, and the album is her best so far! It’s even better than her first official studio album!

Her last album was shit. So glad she dropped that style.

LOVE “Birds of a Feather” and “Chihiro” a lot. What is your fav?

[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 UK has long had to deal with refugees (mostly young men) travelling across mainland Europe and getting to the UK as stowaways or on small boats crossing the channel.

Now the UK is moving ahead with the controversial Rwanda deportation plan the Irish government are getting very angsty about refugees (mostly young men) crossing the border from Northern Ireland into Ireland.

Ireland is already under pressure about immigration after some high profile murders and the subsequent riots in Dublin in November last year.

I wonder if it made flapping sounds at 35 mph.

“The leads in Luca Guadagnino adaptation of William S. Burroughs "Queer" cast has been solidified, writes Variety. Joining Daniel Craig is "Outer Banks" star Drew Starkey, who plays as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated.

"The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome's refurbished Cinecittà Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety," says Variety.”

I’m still not over my defeat at the Kentucky Derby.

I know they were dormant for a while. Has the activity sprung back up again?

LA has a decent Ramble-like park in the San Fernando Valley (Woodley Trails in the Sepulveda Basin). Just wondering if the granddaddy of it all has had a resurgence in recent years.

Share stories and escapades here, please.

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

All I remember was that it ran in the theaters (NYC anyway) sometime in the early to mid 90s and was about the gay porn industry. It might have been called "Making Porn"? I recall Blue Blake was in it. I can't find anything close to that online. Anyone know what documentary I mean?

Thanks -

Olivia de Havilland, who lived to 104.

In August of 1943 that filming began on Gaslight began, where the 17 year old stepped onto a movie set for the very first time. On set, both George Cukor and Ingrid Bergman treated her as not a newcomer, but an equal. For the rest of her life, she decided to treat actors, crew, staff, and guests the same way Ingrid Bergman and George Cukor treated her on her first day back in 1943.

She has been adding class, talent, beauty, and intelligence in everything she touches ever since.

What is your favorite role of Angela Lansbury?

They are in Nigeria!

Let's make a list.

Nancy Olson.

to continue this very important thread

link to previous thread

For those DLers who use THC/Pot gummies, which brand(s) do you prefer?

Happy birthday, Chair!

Link to Part I

Obviously most of them are not fully heterosexual and are addicted to prostate orgasms.

She will tell them the GOP is the real friend of Israel and Jews.

Except when MAGA folks march shouting "They will not replace us."

Now that some in Israel's government are pressing Bibi to get his act together and Israelis are pissed at him, I wonder if her timing is a tad off.

Luna really loves her papa.

It might actually be needed!

Ouch.

He used to inundate the Internet all the time, then he looked quite ill. Now he's silent. Is he still alive? Does anyone know?

A illness is going around at work and finally got me. Fever, chills, sore throat, congestion, nausea, cough, headache, body aches.

A woman at work had an illness last week and vomited on her shirt as she didn’t make it to the restroom in time.

I’ve been vaccinated against the flu and got the latest Covid booster. Got both shots right before Christmas 2023.

They're fat and their clothes are clean. Some have cell phones. What do they eat and drink as they walk through 100s of miles through hot, desolate, brutal terrain? Scorpions, snakes, coyotes... If you slept in the mud wouldn't you be filthy? Wouldn't your shoes fall apart?

Some say they were charged $21,000/person by smugglers. Where would poor-ass people get that kind of money?

I'm tired of all the lies. Someone is transporting these people to 20 mi. from the border. Then the news crews rush out and ask them, "Did you walk from Venezuela?!"

"Si..."

He’s now officially FAIR GAME for mocking and ridicule. Have at him!!

Who actually believed that Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli were sisters and that Bonnie Franklin was their mother? None of them looked anything alike.

Any recommendations?

Arizona officials say they can't find Rudy Giuliani to serve him with an indictment notice

You like?

“ Suddenly, the foreign born superhero doesn't want to play opposite his new co-star. He is trying to get out of his gig.”

Someone who saw it was honest (vs all the people making it sound like the greatest thing they’ve ever seen) and said the play was good but the two of them have no chemistry at all. Their relationship isn’t believable at all, they are stiff with one another.

Don't ask me why I look up the things that I do and how I end up in these rabbit holes. Just enjoy the ride.

It's time for me to go upstairs- floss then brush my teeth, put my mouth guard on and go to sleep 😴.

Every morning about 5 am my pussy comes alive and begins to emit a low, intense yowl that sounds like she's having nonconsensual sex in the living room. Is this normal? My pussy is rather old, if that helps.

Just saw this for the first time. What are your feelings and opinions of the film? And on a side note, I didn’t find Lee Grant’s performance anything exceptional considering she won the Oscar for this.

Investigators found over 10,000 illegal pills, more than a pound of cocaine and nearly $70,000 in cash at the home of a Raleigh firefighter and his wife.

Nicholas Banister, a senior firefighter with the Raleigh Fire Department, and his wife, Amanda Banister, are facing 51 charges total in connection to the drugs, which were allegedly sold at local nightclubs on Glenwood South.

“Under the Bridge is based on Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of 14-year old Reena Virk who went to join friends at a party and never returned home.

Through the eyes of Godfrey (Keough) and a local police officer (Gladstone), the series takes us into the hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder — revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer, per the official description.”

Critically acclaimed and award winning actor for me.

“Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s risk-it-all Western epic, rode into Cannes on Sunday, earning a seven-minute standing ovation.

Costner was visibly emotional as the film received huge applause and chants of “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!” During his speech, Costner thanked the audience and promised “three more” installments of the “Horizon” franchise, which is already due to get a sequel in August.

“I’m sorry you had to clap that long for me to understand that I should speak,” Costner said to laughter. “Such good people. Such a good moment, not just for me, but for the actors that came with me, for people who believed in me who continued to work. It’s a funny business, and I’m so glad I found it. There’s no place like here. I’ll never forget this — either will my children.”

The blood-soaked film, a two-part look at the expansion of the American West, is told from the perspective of the cattle ranchers, farmers and soldiers building a future for themselves in the region, as well as the Natives who lived there first. It’s a deeply personal project for Costner, who put much of his own fortune into making the $100 million-plus film, including mortgaging his ranch. He directs and stars in the film, which he also produced and co-wrote.

Though Costner received a rapturous reaction after the credits rolled, “Horizon’s” three-hour runtime and the American frontier storyline may have proved too much for some. There were scores of walkouts throughout the film — many attendees returned, but some did not. In the movie, Costner shoots his way through the 19th century Wild West. Along the way, he has a sexual romp with a damsel in distress who is 33 years his junior, and shoots and kills a very villainous fellow settler — which earned the biggest applause during the movie. Unlike a typical film one would see at Cannes, “Horizon” closes with a compelling preview of the next installment.

[quote]Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the 18th and final individual indicted in Arizona's fake elector case, was served on Friday at his 80th birthday party, sparking social media users to make jokes about the incident.

[quote]n an X, formerly Twitter, post on Friday evening, Giuliani, a former Trump attorney, taunted Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes with a selfie photo with friends at his party and wrote, "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning: 1. They must dismiss the indictment 2. They must concede they can't count votes." The post has since been deleted.

[quote]Shortly after, Mayes reposted Giuliani's X post and wrote, "The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law." She has since attached a screenshot of Giuliani's deleted post. The hand-delivered papers provide Giuliani with the notice of his indictment.

Is Marjorie Taylor Greene officially irrelevant and unelectable?

I’m JLo aka the original Ghislaine Maxwell

Jerry can't go anywhere now and his wife is under attack for funding pro-Israel protestors at universities.

I am reflecting on my past, my thoughts, and my emotions.

I am searching for a sense of comfort and connection, but find only emptiness and silence. I have secrets and stories hidden beneath my caftan. I contemplate exploring the human experience. I become the void.

does prayer actually work?

I’m running out to the fish monger to pick up some haddock for tonight’s dinner:

[bold] Haddock & Corn Chowder [/bold]

Does anyone need anything while I’m out?

At least she’s nice enough to sign. J Lo would have security assault those people.

On 'Real Time,' the comedian said about the backlash over the NFL player's comments to women, "I don't see what the big crime is, I really don't."

Bill Maher admitted he was confused on the latest episode of Real Time about the controversy surrounding Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker‘s commencement speech at Benedictine College.

This week, the NFL player was criticized across social media over his graduation speech at the private Catholic school, which included comments condemning abortion, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy and the LGBTQ community. He also made some remarks directed towards women in the crowd, suggesting they should embrace being a “homemaker.”

Maher initially emphasized “how much this guy is not like me,” noting Butker’s “religious, he loves marriage, he loves kids,” — all things the comedian has publicly expressed not having an interest in.

“Here’s a quote of his, ‘I’ve seen it firsthand how much happier someone can be when they disregard the outside noise and move closer and closer to God’s will,'” Maher said. “Yeah, not me. I couldn’t be more not like this.”

However, Maher went on to say he doesn’t understand the backlash regarding Butker’s comments that were directed toward women during his speech.

“I don’t get the thing he said, talking to women, ‘Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world.’ OK, that seems fairly modern,” Maher said before continuing to read the football player’s remarks. “‘But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.’ I don’t see what the big crime is, I really don’t.”

Maher explained, “I think this is part of the problem people have with the left, is that lots of people in this country are like this. Like he’s saying some of you may go on to successful careers, but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people, everybody used to be and now can. Can’t that just be a choice too? And I feel like they feel very put upon like there’s only one way to be a good person and that’s to get an advanced degree from one of those asphalt factories like Harvard.”

The comedian isn’t the only person in Hollywood to come to Butker‘s defense amid the controversy. On Thursday’s episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg defended the Chiefs player’s right to free speech, even if she doesn’t share his beliefs.

“I like when people say what they need to say,” the EGOT winner said. “He’s at a Catholic college, he’s a staunch Catholic. These are his beliefs and he’s welcome to them. I don’t have to believe them, I don’t have to accept them, the ladies that were sitting in that audience don’t have to accept them.”

Goldberg continued, “The same way we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to give respect to people whose ideas are different from ours because the man who says he wants to be president, You-Know-Who, he says the way to act is to take away people’s right to say how they feel. We don’t want to be that. We don’t want to be those people.”

Amid the viral backlash, the NFL clarified in a statement this week that Butker‘s “views are not those of the NFL as an organization.”

At the end of the discussion on Real Time, Maher added, “I find it very ironic that he’s saying, you know what, in my world, we like the women to stay at home and just have babies, and the college kids and the young people find this absolutely abhorrent, but they’re demonstrating for Hamas.”

The guests featured on the latest episode included Michael Eric Dyson, Nellie Bowles and Pamela Paul.

Trump says he will appoint extreme MAGA judges who are as young as possible so they will be in power for “50 years” if he wins

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday spoke about the upside-down American flag seen flying outside his home in the days following the Jan. 6 Capitol protests, saying his wife displayed it in response to insults directed at her from a neighbor.

Alito weighed in after The New York Times first reported on the story Thursday, in which it said the upside-down flag — a symbol adopted by some Trump supporters disputing the results of the 2020 presidential election — appeared outside Alito’s home in Alexandria, Virginia, on Jan. 17, 2021.

Alito said the saga in his neighborhood began in the days around Jan. 6, 2021, when a neighbor living down the street put up a sign that read "F— Trump" about 50 feet away from a children’s bus stop.

He said his wife, Martha-Ann, then spoke with those neighbors about the sign and the conversation was not well received.

Alito says those neighbors then put up a sign directly attacking his wife and personally blaming her for the events that transpired on Jan. 6 at the nation’s capital.

He said that during a walk in the neighborhood with his wife, one person who lived at the property with the signage then got into an argument with her — at one point calling her derogatory language "including the C-word."

Following that incident, Alito said Martha-Ann was distraught and decided to make some sort of statement by hanging the American flag upside down outside their home.

Alito said he had no role in the flag decision, and it was flying outside their property only "for a short time."

He added that he felt he had no right or ability to control or order around his wife and that some neighbors on his street have been "very political."

The story surrounding the flag outside Alito’s home comes as the Supreme Court is deciding on former President Trump’s immunity case.

I don't understand all the hype with Ozempic, other than it's trending. Anyone else heard of Phentermine? I've lost 33 pounds in a month and feel great. I've taken it several times before, but would always gain back after stopping it. This time though I plan on staying on it, which my doctor is fine with. I've learned to tweak it a bit for better results (no, not mixing it with coke, but hey, what an idea)

Following a New York Times report earlier this week reporting that US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew an upside down American flag outside of his home after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, top Democratic law makers are calling for his recusal from any cases related to the insurrection.

"Flying an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the so-called 'Stop the Steal' movement — clearly creates the appearance of bias," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) Durbin told the Hill.

Season 27 begins September 5th, after Labor Day. We have now moved.

Red, Hot and Blue, Ethel Merman

I'm Bette Davis asking the Warner Bros. secretary "Can you get them to open up the window? All these dicks are stinking up the room."

Can someone explain what happened to a Certain Simian thread?

Wouldn't one expect it to be a suburb of the big city?

Are any of you fat whores on the Zyn diet?

Just needs to darken the eyebrows a little.

but that's a main reason to like them

Jacob Elordi in the style of George Hurrell…doesn’t really resemble him but I like it…

I've cleaned my washing machine. What else could it be?

You have to watch for foaming at the mouth with these Canadians. They can have a fatal bite.

We need to come up with a role that's sure to win her an Oscar

I can't wait for the Olympics this summer.

The men's swim team......YUM

meta

Katie Britt fabricated the story about her "meeting" with a survivor of sex trafficking. The events happened 20 years ago IN MEXICO while GWB was President. Further, the story wasn't "told to her" it was recounted on a panel she sat on at a press conference. The woman who was victimized in MEXICO by sex traffickers is an activist who speaks frequently about her harrowing experience.

It happened 20 years ago in Mexico while a Republican was President

I'll start with Shawn Mendes

Mine was this. Back when it came out I was going through a very difficult time, and this song spoke to me like none ever have (or have since). I'm sure I listened to it 10,000 times. From my favorite album of hers ever.

Although the U.S. state has good food, too, I mean the country.

They have some wild flavor combinations and exotic dips and sauces. Very vegetable-forward.

Moving back and forth from Tennessee to Alaska, Michael Rogers and his wife Christy have twice been stuck simultaneously paying a mortgage and rent. Once, in 2006, the situation dragged on for eight months, finally ending when they sold their house in Tennessee for $20,000 below what they’d paid for it.

Other adventures in homeownership ended well — the couple doubled their money after selling a fixer-upper. Then later, with another property, they had to pay out $30,000 to fix a mudslide around their home, a mistake caused by the builder.

Two years ago, the Rogerses moved to Kingsport, in northeastern Tennessee, where they signed a lease on an apartment they thought would be a yearlong stopgap before buying again.

The couple just renewed their lease for a third year, and have decided to remain renters for good. Michael Rogers, a construction manager, likes the convenience of being able to move when a job calls.

Either by choice or by being priced out of the market, many people have decided that renting forever is their best — or only — option. Housing costs and interest rates have risen in the past few years, and it can make financial sense to rent. (The New York Times has recently updated its popular rent-versus-buy calculator to help people understand the trade-offs.) In the 1960s, the median house price was a little more than twice as much as the average income. It’s now nearly six times as much.

Homeownership is a traditional strategy for long-term wealth building. For people who aren’t planning to buy, creating a strong financial plan without building home equity requires a different mindset.

Owning a home isn’t a magic bullet to secure retirement. Rogers has seen how being “house poor” has affected older family members, one of whom has three-quarters of her net worth tied up in her house. That situation leaves people with the option of borrowing against the equity in their home or selling the home to get at the value within it.

He’s focused on investing instead, preferring the liquidity and stability of the stock market.

“If you’re buying something like a broad-based U.S. stock index, you’re just kind of buying a slice of the entire U.S. economy,” Rogers said. “When you buy a house, your risk is concentrated literally down to one house, in one neighborhood, in one state.”

Rogers has found that people tend to focus on home equity over other factors. He thinks that can be a mistake.

“In the current market, particularly in my area, rent looks like an absolute bargain compared to what houses are selling for now,” he said. “That allows me to really bump up my savings rate. People are like, ‘Well, you’re not building equity.’ Yeah, but I’ve got a 35% savings rate. I’m building investment accounts much faster than I would ever build equity in the house.”

Scheffler tried to drive around a police presence at a golf tournament to get to the course and some nutzo cop jumped on his car. He was arrested for assault of a police officer.

Buy your tickets now for the House brawl.

[quote]The House Oversight Committee fell into chaos Thursday night after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) made an offhand remark about Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). Crockett and Greene got into it almost right away, with Crockett suggesting Greene didn’t understand the purpose of the hearing. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” Greene said.

[quote]Comer soon suspended the hearing for several minutes so lawmakers could confer with their parliamentary experts, and Greene agreed to “strike” her words, but she refused to apologize...

[quote]Eventually, after several more minutes of parliamentary arguing, the committee voted to allow Greene to finish her allotted speaking time. But Crockett wasn’t finished. “I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling,” Crockett said. “If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde, bad built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”

My mother has had early-onset Alzheimer's for many years. When she first started showing symptoms in her early 60s, it was undeniable that something was very amiss. She didn't have much of a gradual, "is this or is this not MCI?" period.

Now, I'm worried about my father, who's in his mid-70s. Over the past few years, I've been picking up on some worrying signs from him that may or may not be normal signs of aging. They include:

1. Telling me things and then forgetting he told me. For example, he'll say, "I'm having lunch with my friend John tomorrow." Then I'll ask him the next day, "How was lunch with John?" and he'll reply, "How'd you know I was having lunch with John?"

2. Difficulty with multi-step tasks like filling out and mailing forms. The more steps required to complete a task, the greater he struggles with it.

3. Overlooking or forgetting things generally. For example, I'm visiting him in a few weeks. It's been planned for a long time, and we've discussed the trip frequently. Yesterday, in a conversation, he said, "Well, I'll give you the book when I see you again at Thanksgiving ..." completely forgetting about my upcoming trip.

From those with experience, should I be concerned, or do these examples sound more like normal aging?

Muriel used to put descriptions about trolls in parentheses. It would lists the troll name in the "by" line, and then in parentheses it would say something like "(talks to self)". Why doesn't she do that anymore? I haven't seen that in a long time.

If you knew you only had 6 years left to live, what kind of things would you do? Where would you go? What would you want to experience before the end?

For me, it's Spacey, James Franco, Scott Rudin, Harvey Weinstein. I want to see them permanently canceled.

Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster is mulling a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as it looks to restructure its debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Red Lobster has been getting advice from law firm King & Spalding, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing a private matter. The dining chain is considering a possible Chapter 11 filing to shed some long-term contracts and renegotiate a swath of leases, the people said.

Red Lobster's cash flows have been weighed down by onerous leases and labor costs, among other issues. Restructuring discussions are ongoing and a final decision hasn't been made, they said. Filing for bankruptcy would allow the company to keep operating while it works on a debt-cutting plan.

Messages left with Red Lobster and King & Spalding were not returned.

Featuring my fave companion, Donna Noble, and DL fave NPH as a hammy gay villain of some sort.

Three episodes coming in November, presumably ending with Ncuti Gatwa's regen.

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married.

The former TLC reality star, 34, who first gained notoriety alongside sister Brittany when the pair appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996, tied the knot with Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, in 2021, according to public records obtained by Today.

The Hensels' Facebook profile photo appears to be a wedding image, with the conjoined twins wearing a wedding dress, while Bowling, in a grey suit, stands before them holding their hand.

According to Today, the twins are now fifth grade teachers and reside in Minnesota, where they were born and raised.

Bowling’s Facebook page also features happy images of him with the twins enjoying ice cream and traveling together. Additionally, his X profile, which is linked to his Facebook account, reads, "Christian, Father, Husband, Veteran, and occasional gamer."

PEOPLE reached out to the Abby and Brittany Hensel, as well as Bowling, but did not immediately get a response.

The Hensels are dicephalus conjoined twins, a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. They share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist. Abby controls their right arm and leg, while Brittany controls the left.

Following their Oprah appearance, the Hensel's lives were documented on the TLC reality series Abby & Brittany, which followed them as they prepared to graduate from Minnesota's Bethel College and later traveled to Europe.

"People have been curious about us since we were born, for obvious reasons," the twins said in the first episode of the eight-part series, according to ABC. "But our parents never let us use that as an excuse. We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do."

At birth, doctors presented the possibility of separating the twins. But their parents, Patty and Mike, decided against the surgery after being told there was little chance that both could survive the procedure.

“How could you pick between the two?” Mike said in a 2001 interview with TIME.

In that same interview, he also talked about the possibility of marriage one day for Abby and Brittany. At the time, the magazine reported that they were already asking their father about finding husbands someday.

Knowing that other conjoined twins have married, he thought, why not? "They're good-looking girls. They're witty. They've got everything going for them, except they're together," Mike said.

Anyone else noticed that? It's butches and studs that have them, feminine businesses women, your fashionable trendy lesbians, sporty lesbians. Only those hippie vegan earth granola ones don't wear them but they are probably bisexuals for the most part, anyway

This is a huuuuuuuuge deal for an openly gay actor. Maybe unprecedented?

I wonder if he will play adult Timmy and Scarlett will play adult Lex.

It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston's most famed Black churches for 24 years.

It was more daunting – at times agonizing – to reach the decision six years later, in 2015, that God wanted him to tell his congregation that he was gay.

To his relief, most of the worshippers at Myrtle Baptist Church in Newton, Massachusetts, embraced him. Crowley's career has flourished, and he has now written a book – "Queering the Black Church" – that he hopes can serve as a guide for other congregations to be "open and affirming" to LGBTQ+ people rather than shunning them.

Crowley, 41, was born in Atlanta and raised in Rome, Georgia. He admired the preachers he heard as a child, especially at Lovejoy Baptist Church, his home congregation.

One Sunday, however, the pastor preached a fiery sermon against homosexuals.

"He called them all types of names, using derogatory phrases and really describing it as a detestable group and a sinful thing, and I just sort of knew he was talking about me," Crowley said in an interview. "That was my first introduction to really knowing the beauty of who I am as a queer person."

Crowley said his great grandmother repeatedly assured him that he was made in the image of God. She also told him about getting pregnant at 14 – and breaking away from her own church after refusing its demand to apologize to the congregation.

As a lifelong cable person, I don't quite get it.

With cable, you can dozens of channels for about $100 a month.

With streaming, you pay about the same, but only get a few specific shows, and most of them are terrible.

Even with Peacock or AMC+ or Paramount+, you're still limited to shows on only that network.

With cable, you get a ton of different networks and shows.

So why do people stream only one network? That has never made sense to me.

She had her first full concert in LA and brought the house down!!!

You would literally do a commercial for it- without compensation!

In an interview with Rolling Stone published Thursday, Cardi said she’s felt “layers and layers of disappointment” under the Biden administration and is upset about the United States’ destructive role in foreign affairs.

“I feel like people got betrayed,” Cardi said of Biden. “It’s just like, damn, y’all not caring about nobody. Then, it really gets me upset that there is solutions to it. There is a solution. I know there’s a solution because you’re spending billions of dollars on any f-----g thing.”

“[America] don’t pay for endless wars for countries that have been going through s--- for a very long time,” she said. “There’s countries [where] kids are getting killed every single day, but because the [U.S.] won’t benefit from that country, they won’t help. I don’t like that America has this superhero cape on. We never did things to be superheroes. We did things for our own convenience.”

He seriously said this

A friend of mine at work was telling me he recently purchased a Tanggula box. Over 10,000 channels from around the world with a cloud DVR. No subscription.

Sounds fun to me. Is it bullshit? Illegal?

I looked at a few YouTube videos, but they seem very purposefully vague, never showing a channel list.

Anyone out there have one?

Starting back in 2017, something mysterious was going on just 90 minutes northeast of San Francisco: a secretive group was purchasing farmland – lots of it, some 60,000 acres – in rural Solano County. Many feared it might be a Chinese government plot to try to set up shop near Travis Air Force Base.

But as The New York Times' Conor Dougherty (who helped break the story) found out, the truth was even stranger than the rumors.

"Like a lot of people, I was chasing it and running into the usual locked doors," said Dougherty. "I got a tip from someone that what was behind the locked doors was the richest people in the world quietly buying all this farmland: Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn and a venture capitalist; Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder of the Emerson Collective and Steve Jobs' widow; Marc Andreessen of Andreesen Horowitz, venture capital firm, just really a who's-who of Silicon Valley was involved in this."

Something else surprising: Within hours of Dougherty's big scoop, this mysterious company launched a website and publicly identified itself as California Forever, an ambitious plan to build a brand-new kind of city for as many as 400,000 residents.

Jan Sramek, a 37-year-old Czech-born, former Goldman Sachs trader-turned-aspiring city-builder, is trying to convince the public that the project isn't just an oasis for billionaires or some high-tech city of the future. His vision: turn all this farmland into a walkable city in the mold of Savannah, Philadelphia, or New York City's West Village.

"Instead of taking all of these well-paying jobs that are being created in Northern California and sending them to Texas or Florida, let's create a place where we can send them to Solano County," he said.

So, how could such a city remain a place that middle-class people could even afford? "By continuing to build for a long time," said Sramek. "If we look at why places have become unaffordable, it's because they've just stopped building."

The project's fate will ultimately be decided this November by the voters of Solano County, who have to decide whether or not to overturn a three-decades-old law restricting where new development can go. Sremek's charm offensive have been met with, let's just say, a healthy amount of skepticism by many locals.

"We're gonna have total gridlock," said one man at a public meeting about the proposal.

From there, Deggan would turn to press Gatwa for his thoughts on the mountains of criticism fans have leveled towards Davies’ aforementioned decision to focus the series’ narrative on overt sociopolitical messaging – “If you’re not writing that [in 2024], what on Earth are you doing?” the showrunner declared during a previous interview with Rolling Stone – rather than entertainment.

However, instead of earnestly actually engaging with the substance of this very specific and widespread complaint, Gatwa instead moved to paint those fans who have tuned out of Doctor Who as nothing more than anti-black racists.

“I don’t want to diminish racial aggression at all, but for me, personally, I find it fascinating that it matters so much to these people,” said the actor. “You are going to limit yourselves from a show that you love because you don’t like something about someone’s appearance. It’s just, like, really sad for them.”

About his legal dispute with former partner Daryl Hall.

GMA interview with Michael Strahan.

Frau finds married life to DL worthy husband frustrating.

Now we know why people excrete waste in the woods in those places, because portopotties are dangerous. I’m wondering how much a person has to sin in their community to get that treatment. These drunken individuals didn’t read their Bible because in there it says wine is a brawler.

It might have stood a chance with Emma Stone or Margot Robbie as its leading lady.

What about half brothers and sisters? Did you add the half? For instance, did you introduce your half sister "This is my sister Becky" or "This is my half-sister Becky" or "This is Becky"

A dad on Reddit says he will buy his son condoms, host “skinny-dipping parties” and allows his son and his friends to go streaking around the neighborhood.

But wearing a speedo on a family cruise? That’s a thread too far!

In a subreddit titled, “Am I the A-hole,” the dad asks whether he overstepped his bounds demanding his 18-year-old son cover up. He goes on to mention that Jax is a “great kid” who suffers from “TOO MUCH confidence lol.”

It’s the must-see summer movie for everyone in the family from toddler Timmy to granny Joyce. America’s favorite son John Krasinski continues to flex his “auteur” biceps with this delightful original film that is going to “The Princess Bride” for the children of today.

Plus, it’s stars that likeable, wisecracker Ryan Reynolds who always makes everyone LOL with his witty tweets and adorable memes.

A franchise is born!

Opening weekend: $50million US box office: $550 million Worldwide: $1 billion

I am cleaning out my refrigerator and have found a pork roast and some green beans. I guess I could do rice with them. Not in the mood for salad.

After neighbors complained about building a slightly house on the heretofore empty lot, he built to code, leaving 10 ft from property line on either side. 1547 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bath.

This twink in the thumbnail caught my eye. Reporter isn't bad looking, either.

Fewer than a thousand left in the world, apparently. Their collapse is nearly complete!

I am re-watching, and it holds up amazingly well.

The episode, “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”, was the single greatest episode of television in the 1990s: perfectly acted and perfectly written.

I know there's been a big mystery about who the character really is.....

......are they a trans?

This was uttered by a professional sports team general manager in an ESPN story I read today.

Isn't it supposed to be "satisfactory to him and his son"?

Obviously.

But this misuse seems to be more common, for sure, even among "educated" folks.

I admit that the misused word possibly sounds more intelligent!?

Does it jump out at most of you when you hear such misuse, like a skipping record on a turntable, especially when used by heads of professional organizations?

Or only to the "Oh, dear!" crowd like me, who admittedly can be very annoying to most normal, easygoing folks who are likely as or more educated and/or accomplished than the "Oh, dear!" crazies, right?

When I google the phrase "Discerning Dataloungers" I get zero hits.

I find that surprising. Don't we all have good judgement? Provide an example for good judgement in your life.

Limited series from Sweden. 🇸🇪 discuss? Well done and hot Scandinavian anti-hero.

Last week they spoofed Lauren Bacall’s coffee commercials, this week they spoofed Follies.

Surely they realize how small the audience is who would get these jokes? 99% of their viewing audience has no idea what this supposed to reference.

I hate shaving in general. I hate having a beard too. I'm a bitch like that, I guess.

But the process would be so much more tolerable with a decent electric razor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the appeal of this so-called forbidden fruit? Do you just want a fling or like the excitement of an affair? Or are you hoping to "convert" one for ultimate bragging rights?

34 years ago this month, on May 22, 1990, Madonna released her studio album "I'm Breathless' (Music From and Inspired By The Film 'Dick Tracy'). Madonna co-starred in the movie with her boyfriend (at the time) Warren Beatty, playing 'Breathless Mahoney'. Her acting was forgettable, but this album was one of her best (IMO). Three songs were written by Stephen Sondheim, and several songs were co-written by Madonna. The album incorporated pop, jazz and swing. The album peaked at #2 on the Hot 200 Albums Chart in the US, but hit #1 in many countries around the world.

The lead single was "Vogue" and the follow-up was "Hanky Panky". Sondheim's "Sooner or Later" won the Academy Award for 'Best Song' that year. "Vogue" topped the Hot 100 Singles Chart in the US, as well the 'Dance Charts', and went to #1 in other countries. In the summer of 1990, her second single "Hanky Panky" peaked at #10 on the Hot 100 Singles, and did about the same in other countries.

What do you all think of the album ? Is it one that's on your Madonna playlist (if you still listen to her) ?

It’s such an excellent film. The story, characters, acting, pacing. The ending lands perfectly, which is very hard to do. I love great filmmaking and it gets no better than this. It’s nearly 20 years old and feels as fresh as the day it was released.

He mentions his son has too much confidence! I interpret that remark he has a healthy ego with a dash of narcissism? (I'll bet he's HOT look'en , too bad he didn't provide a pic!)

Under “place of employment/occupation,” the Louisville Metro Police Department report for inmate No. 00654436 read “PROFESSIONAL GOLFER,” though officers didn’t immediately recognize him.

The time and place of arrest were listed as 6:20 a.m. at Gate 1 of the Valhalla Golf Club on Shelbyville Road, near where a 69-year-old man named John Mills had earlier been fatally struck by a bus while crossing the street to work for a tournament vendor.

Over four surreal hours, Scheffler, 27, a man of faith who once proclaimed his “identity isn’t a golf score,” was charged with felony assault for allegedly dragging a police officer with his car while arriving at the course in the predawn hours.

He was handcuffed and taken away in an arrest captured on video that was widely circulated on social media. He took a mug shot in an orange jumpsuit and rushed back to the course in time to shoot a stellar 5-under par that left him near the top of the leaderboard. Scheffler struggled on Saturday, knocking himself out of contention for the championship.

“I definitely never imagined ever going to jail, and I definitely never imagined going to jail the morning before one of my tee times for sure,” Scheffler told reporters Friday.

Scheffler called the incident a “big misunderstanding.”

One of the strangest days in the history of professional golf began to unfold at 5:07 a.m. Friday, when police said a pedestrian was struck by a shuttle bus in front of Gate 2 at Valhalla.

After Mills was struck, police shut down traffic outside the course.

At 6:16 a.m., Scheffler pulled up to stalled traffic in a black 2024 Lexus and steered the PGA player courtesy vehicle into the opposite lane in an attempt to get around the backup.

“I didn’t know what … happened at the time other than there was an accident,” Scheffler said. “I didn’t know that it was fatal.”

On the dark and rainy morning, Det. Bryan Gillis was directing traffic into Valhalla.

“Detective Gillis was in the middle of the westbound lanes, in full LMPD uniform and a hi-visibility yellow reflective rain jacket,” the police report read. “Detective Gillis stopped subject and attempted to give instructions.”

Scheffler “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground,” according to the police report.

“Detective Gillis suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions to his left wrist and knee. He was transported to the hospital for further medical treatment by emergency medical personnel. Detective Gillis’ uniform pants, valued at approximately $80, were damaged beyond repair.”

the one who's in his 20s looks to be in his mid 30s... Mick Jagger looks like a wax figure

Seeing as there's so much justified disdain at the Jeremy Clarkson poll let's have our own poll!

I'll do another thread if there's anyone you think should be added and then a grand thread.

Please note that the men have to be both sexy and from the United Kingdon. Please note the United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland and people with British parents born in the Channel Islands and educated in UK schools.

Some of us bitches can be viciously predatory when concerning a (very) good-looking man. Some guys, (especially straight ones) just can't handle it.

Tell us all the details. I almost fucked Andy Cohen once after meeting at an event but schedules didn’t allow it.

Wow, these female basketball players are gorgeous.

When did this happen?

Angel Reese (left) and Cameron Brink (right) look like models..

What was the last tv show you watched?

The urban population hated the president who was in that crash landing, right?

I'm tired of turning on the television to drek. Things that pass for quality programing today are sad. PBS is the last to offer truly great productions:

The PBS NewsHour is the gold standard of nightly news in my opinion.

Intelligent talk shows like Charlie Rose, Dick Cavett, and Firing Line (now just Firing Line)

Antiques Roadshow

Masterpiece Theatre (which can be hit or miss. Downton Abbey was so inaccurate and cheesy, watch The Remains of the Day or Gosford Park instead).

Documentaries by Ken Burns as well as The America Experience, American Masters, and Frontline

BBC or iTV shows- Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett immediately come to mind

Recordings of symphony, ballet, and opera

Foreign and classic films. The Sound of Music was always on during holidays.

So, what are other quality programs to add to the list??? I get tired of the same old stuff over the years.

[QUOTE]Drew Baglino, a top VP who played a key role in the company’s rise, has resigned. Tesla is also laying off 14,000 workers due to declining sales. As investors question Elon Musk’s focus, its share price has lost one-third of its value.

I see no problem if a handsome, athletic, good-looking, built young man wants to wear as little as possible.

As Billie Eilish releases the tight 10-track album Hit Me Hard And Soft, Taylor Swift has beat her to the punch. Swift released a 24th variant of her album (across vinyl, CD and digital) The Tortured Poets Department one day prior to Eilish. The extra tracks? Early iPhone message versions of songs she sent to her producers.

Continuing our discussion.

Voice of the Night's prior thread:

Interesting…..

Applauding a performance by Pam Tillis in the 90s

High praise

Heidi Klum?

Naomi Campbell?

Kate Moss?

Cindy Crawford?

Linda Evangelista?

Melania Knauss-Trump?

I’ve never watched this film. May watch it tonight!!! Is it worth it?

Lord of the Rings: The Search for More Money

The body of a 23-year-old hiker who vanished in Colorado mountains over the weekend was found on Thursday, park rangers in Colorado announced on Thursday night.

Lucas Macaj from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was recovered on Mills Glacier near the base of Lamb’s Slide on Longs Peak, a mountain in the Rockies, Rocky Mountain National Park officials wrote in a release posted on social media.

Prior to disappearing, Macaj texted his friend about 1 p.m. on Sunday, rangers reported, and said he was at the summit of Longs Peak.

An initial investigation revealed the hiker took a "significant fall," officials said in the release.

On the afternoon he was last heard from, rangers reported significant storms moved through high elevations in the park.

how many can you guess?

“ This A-list actor is an Oscar winner/nominee and is back to booze and coke big time and he looks rough.”

Who do we think it is?

I just recently re-read "Treasure Island," and enjoyed it so much I'm watching "Black Sails," which I missed when it was first out because it was on Starz (and so hard to access) and because I did not like the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I have such mixed feelings about it. There seems to be a secret gym and shower and laundromat hidden in the pirate ship because most of the pirates are so well built and have clean hair and clean clothing, so that seems weird. And the lead woman who plays the pirates' fence looks like Keira Knightley and wears 21st-c. make-up. But the stories are pretty harrowing, and the sets are incredible. There's lots of eye candy, too (thanks to the well built actors playing sailors), especially the guy who plays Long John Silver. The lead is Toby Stephens and he's terrific.

Some beautiful birds in this video including the Mourning Dove.

Is that a crime?

Aging like a fine wine I want to get drunk off of.....

Zendaya? Timothay? Which wispy, anemic pretties will be able to give tour-de-force, ball-breaking performances in the future?

I miss ACTING!

Is ripped to death.

In line for Anson Mount now and then hopefully getting over to Ray Park.

Both of these guys are hot so I may just drop to my knees with mouth agape.

What do you suppose would have happened? Would history have unfolded exactly as it did or would they have behaved differently? Would Elizabeth still have become Queen?

Yahoo Entertainment Jennifer Aniston Is Jealous of Julia Roberts’ Plastic Surgery Work, Says Source Michael Gioia Wed, April 3, 2024 at 7:10 AM MST 1 min read

Julia Roberts' subtle and strategic nips and tucks are giving Jennifer Aniston a serious case of sour grapes, an insider exclusively tells Life & Style.

Roberts, 56, "is quietly boasting she's found a way to turn back the clock without going over the top," the source says. "She looks fantastic. You can see that she's had a little work on her eyes, but nothing too extreme. It's done wonders for her self-esteem and her marriage because her husband, Danny Moder, can't keep his hands off her."

But Roberts' youthful glow is causing Aniston, 55, to turn green with envy, according to Life & Style sources.

"Jen's getting trolled for the work she's had done, while Julia is being feted as this forever young sex symbol. She is frantically trying to find out who Julia's doctor is, but she's getting shut out," says an insider.

"It looks like Julia's had Botox to her lower to the forehead and her upper eyes done," says top Chicago plastic surgeon Dr. Otto Placik. "I think she's likely had Botox and filler to the lip region and maybe in the cheeks as well."

He also points out some plastic-surgery fails on the former Friends star. "I think Jennifer got filler eyelids that is not sitting well, and it looks as though her lower eyelids have been tightened," says Placik, who has not treated either star.

"It looks like she's got undesirable filler in what we call the tear trough. And then she looks like she's definitely had some filler to her lower lip."

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

Whew, chile, girl!

[quote]A 14-year-old citizen of Montenegro planned a terrorist attack on Jakomini Square in the Austrian city of Graz. After searching her house, the police found a knife, an axe, Islamic State propaganda material, as well as numerous videos of battles and executions. Evidence was also found of activity on chat forums where the girl was sending photos of weapons she owns to "like-minded people". The plan was for her attack to be directed against "infidels".

It's that time of year again, and they got NEW RULES!

Tomorrow is a holiday. Are you making something nice for dinner tonight to celebrate?

I am making Ethiopian food—a favorite cuisine.

On tonight’s menu:

Doro Wat

Miser Wat

Atakilt Wat

Injerra

And yes, I make my own niter kibbeh, berbere, and injerra.

We must discuss the lesser-known TV Newsgays.

What are your thoughts about Will Ganss? Dan Krauth? Others?

“ Of course she wants people to start thinking she is pregnant again. It gives the alliterate one a lot of attention. Plus, it will be great cover for when she gets the new breasts she wants.”

Will she get a boob job?

Is this an actual song? All these idiots on IG , TokTik, and YT keep doing dances to this song.

This guy is kind of cute though…….

Max now has a Doctorate in Litter-ature.

An unhappy homosexualist, yes? Raised in a religious Mississippi family, never married, died in San Francisco of what his family said was heart failure and the coroner said was "acute methamphetamine intoxication."

Anyone here ever touched by John Dye?

The 64-year-old presenter surpassed notable contenders such as Prince William, Idris Elba, and Cillian Murphy in the annual poll conducted by IllicitEncounters, that brands itself “the best online dating site for married people”.

The Clarkson's Farm star achieved an impressive score of nine out of 10 points in the survey.

Meanwhile, Spider-Man actor Tom Holland secured the second spot in the UK's sexiest man list, which coincides with his return to the West End.

This story's been on DL and various places now and then

But new info of them (actually him but texting her) trolling bars to pick up women for threesomes has come out. He'd secretly take pics of women and send them to her for a yay or nay.

A refresher: She was a big wig in the Moms For Liberty outfit - the one that's getting LGBT books banned and whatnot - a Ron DeSantis ally, and an Exec at some rightwing org called The Leadership Institute that 'taught' rightwingers how to run for their local school board. He was the Florida GOP Chairman

The new info came out because he's been accused of, on his own, raping one of the women they had threesomes with - and the cops went thru his phone.

HBO Films has acquired The Great Lillian Hall, starring Jessica Lange, for premiere on Friday, May 31, the eve of the June 1 Emmy eligibility cutoff date. The film will air on HBO at 8 pm ET/PT and will stream on Max.

Per the logline: As beloved Broadway star Lillian Hall (Lange) pours her heart, soul, and time into preparing for her next big role, she finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness. Battling against all odds to make it to opening night, while holding on to her fading memories and identity, she must navigate a tumultuous emotional journey – balancing her desire for the spotlight and the stark demands of the real world.

In addition to Lange, the cast includes Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams, and Pierce Brosnan.

The Great Lillian Hall is directed by Michael Cristofer; written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; produced by Bruce Cohen, Steven Rogers, Scott Thigpen, and Marie Halliday; executive produced by Tom Cappello, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Michael Cristofer, and Alex Platis; co-produced by George Scarles and Jessica Fox-Thigpen.

The three-time Emmy and two-time Oscar-winning Lange is nominated for a 2024 Tony for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her performance in Mother Play. The role marks Lange’s first Broadway appearance since her Tony-winning performance in 2016’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.

Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred.

She was a Repug, but still kind of shocking.

lol this is almost as good as when the police let a woman “sign” for them at a news conference and she just made up stuff with her hands

Well?

Michael Moore has sent a warning to President Joe Biden, saying his chance of losing the election in November is “so great” due to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Michael Moore appeared Monday on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins. During the segment, Collins referenced a recent poll showing that 81 percent of voters age 18 to 35 disapprove of Biden’s handling of the conflict in the Middle East.

“I’d like to speak to one particular individual — and that is President Biden,” Moore said. “I want to say this on your show tonight that his chance of not being reelected, I think, at this point is so great because of those numbers, and because he’s losing the youth vote. He’s lost the Arab-American vote in Michigan.”

Moore said that he is “trying to save Joe Biden.”

“We need an immediate ceasefire,” the filmmaker said, then addressing Biden: “You can stop the killing tonight.”

He added: “We’re going to lose the election. We’re going to lose Michigan if we don’t turn this around. If President Biden doesn’t turn this around, that is going to do more to put Trump back in the white house. And I refuse to have Donald Trump back in the White House.”

Citing young voters who are overwhelmingly unhappy with Biden’s stance on Gaza, Moore said, “They’re not going to vote for Trump, ever. But they may not vote.”

Anyone care for a two day “Transitioners Package”?you can come as often as you like, just wipe up afterwards.

I read that actor William Atherton, amongst others, changed his sexual orientation with the help of Aesthetic Realism. How could people possibly take this shit seriously? Eli Siegel sounds like a quack and all I can get out of some of his writings is major word salad. Do any of you know of anyone who followed this dude and his BS 💩?

Was she special?

Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.

Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Belle View neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred.

“Alice was a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN,” Mark Thompson, the network’s CEO, said in an email to staff Saturday. “A political veteran and an Emmy Award-winning journalist who brought an incomparable spark to CNN’s coverage, known across our bureaus not only for her political savvy, but for her unwavering kindness. Our hearts are heavy as we mourn such an extraordinary loss.”

Stewart was born on March 11, 1966, in Atlanta.

Stewart started her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia before moving to Little Rock, Arkansas, to be a news anchor, she told Harvard International Review. She went on to serve as the communications director in then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office before assuming a similar role for his presidential run in 2008.

She also served as the communications director for the 2012 Republican presidential bids of former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and then former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, also a former CNN commentator. Most recently, Stewart was the communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 GOP presidential campaign.

A horny teenager - me- who was picked by an attractive older women. We had coffee, I had a boner. She was a native New Yorker like I was and we laughed and reminisced over how much New York had changed. I paid for the coffee. She gave me her number. I called it the next day and it was permanently disconnected.

Zachary Wolfe Galligan was born on February 14, 1964 in New York City, New York. His mother was a psychologist and his father was a lawyer who also was a founding partner of the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro. He grew up on the Upper West Side and went to The Collegiate School. During his Junior year of HS he was approached and asked to audition for the film Taps. He went to the audition and didn’t land the role but did land himself an agent that day.

After graduating HS in 1982, he began attending Columbia University while also auditioning for film roles.

In 1984 he landed his debut role in “Nothing Lasts Forever”, a film with Bill Murray. The film ended up getting shelved and never seeing the light of day. Later that year he starred in his second film (but debut film to the public), “Gremlins”, a role he beat out Kevin Bacon, Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson for. The film turned out to be his big break, becoming a massive commercial and cultural success and becoming the third highest grossing film of 1984.

During that time Galligan was asked to audition for the lead role in “Back to the Future”. He would have had to fly out to LA to audition and meet with people etc. His parents objected to this because he was in the middle of classes at Columbia and they felt he wasn’t taking school serious enough. They wanted him to focus on school more so he can have a stead career one day if acting doesn’t work out and were strong believers in the importance of higher education. He obliged and decided to send in a videotape audition. He never heard back from the casting. He knew not being able to audition in person blew his chances.

In 1985, he played the doomed teenager Rick Brogan in Surviving, an acclaimed TV movie that featured Ellen Burstyn and Marsha Mason (as well as a young River Phoenix), and landed him on the cover of People magazine with co-star Molly Ringwald.

1986 brought his Broadway debut, replacing Matthew Broderick in Neil Simon’s Tony winning play Biloxi Blues.

In 1988, he fully dropped out of Columbia and he moved to Los Angeles. He starred as Mark Loftmore in the horror comedy Waxwork.

In 1990 he reprised his role in “Gremlins 2” as well as his role in “Waxwork 2”. Gremlins 2 did poorly at the box office, leading Hollywood to stop offering Galligan roles. He spent the next decade hoping (in vain) for another big break. “My days involved waiting for an audition, working out at the gym and partying,” he recalls. “I had a blast in the 90’s, perhaps too much fun, and maybe I should have worked a lot harder and partied a lot less, but I definitely don’t regret the 12 years I spent living out in LA.” He worked in straight to VHS films or low budget B films for years after Gremlins 2 failed.

In 1996, 14 years after starting his college career, and 14 years of aborted semesters, missed classes and multiple relocations, Zach moved back to NYC and graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in History.

In 2002, Zach returned to his theater roots with the comedy Doing Judy at the Alcazar Theater in San Francisco, and on screen has played a Brooklyn sleazoid on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a hack playwright in Let Them Chirp Awhile (2008), and a New Orleans sheriff in Hatchet 3 (2013). In early 2021, Galligan appeared in a Mountain Dew commercial in which his Gremlins character, Billy, gives Gizmo a drink of his Mountain Dew, and will play a role in the new Gremlins animated series being made.

He works as an acting teacher for years.

This show was nothing without Samantha

I like having nice tits

I like having nice tits in a top

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

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

All she's doing is getting into the gutter with MTG to wash up. She's not distinguishing herself in any real way.

Naturally AOC had to involve herself in this bitchy hen house embarrassment.

Of course MTG is a stupid whore, but Crockett and AOC acted in a embarrassing manner showing zero decorum and restraint. I guess the phrase "Don't feed the trolls" is unknown to them. Crockett swears a lot and speaks in a performative AAVE (Ebonics) manner, which is nothing but a sop and a put on. I like her a lot, but she's really rough around the edges.

I'll be bringing drilled chicken from a beach bonfire.

So why the fuck isn’t anyone talking about Toronto?

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

Lowish risk, better than the one fucking cent my bank is giving me.

Suggestions Data Lounge?

Is anybody else getting tired of seeing this word used to describe practically everything entertainment-related these days?

Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep.

Many of us have been soooo vindictated!

Maggie Haberman is a double nepo baby whose father has been a NY Times contributor since 1977 (bet he knows Judith Miller!) and who’s mom was Trump’s PR agent at Rubinstein Associates. Weirdly, Maggie’s sister is the “Special Events Coordinator” in DC for Jose Andres World Central Kitchen, (WCK) the food aid charity that shows up wherever there’s a global hot spot. At first WCK seemed noble, now it looks like an intelligence operation.

WCK coordinated with the Israeli Defense Force to deliver food to Gaza. Every trip they made was logged with IDF ahead of time. WCK trucks were clearly identified. Yet IDF attacked WCK on its way to make a food delivery and killed 7 of the aid workers. Isn’t that kind of odd? A well known aid group, affiliated with sister of “The Trump Whisperer” gets attacked and murdered by the military group they were coordinating with? A very deliberate attack of a group known to them…an attack meant to kill people. Would seem to make no sense…except it was planned and carried out and 7 people are dead.

I’ve always despised Chris Cuomo. He has no right to have a tv show except daddy and bro were governor. This dynasty needs to fade out of politics and media (same for their fellow nepo baby pal Dan Abrams)

Katy Tur has a trans dad she stopped speaking to (even though dad’s contacts got her foot in the media door) …looks like an Elon Musk situation. “I don’t believe in trans, so now I’m supporting the right wing.” Lawrence O’Donnell spanked her on camera the other day when she had the gall to claim Trump flunkies like Tuberville and Mike Johnson had a right to stand up and be spokesmen for Trump as he slept in the courtroom.

and not because That Girl isn't posting.

Anyone like this song? I always found it weird how none of her other songs ever charted.

Has anyone ever noticed that golf is basically a straight guy sport? What is it about golf that's so unappealing? I know with the exception of only a few, not many hot guys play, and few if any openly gay guys play. I myself hate it because it's outside, a place I don't care for much, golfers get that horrible farmers tan, and it's excruciating boring to watch. Just wondering if anyone else noticed?

This asshole needs a comeuppance. I've seen this "truck" driving around here in Sonoma County and am glad to see it being offloaded.

Elon Musk is a failure as a human.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan in three weeks’ time for the war in Gaza, a decision that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on far-right allies.

The announcement deepens a divide in Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which Israel has yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages abducted in the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack.

Gantz spelled out a six-point plan that includes the return of hostages, ending Hamas’ rule, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip and establishing an international administration of civilian affairs with American, European, Arab and Palestinian cooperation. The plan also supports efforts to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia and widen military service to all Israelis.

He gave a June 8 deadline.

“If you choose the path of fanatics and lead the entire nation to the abyss — we will be forced to quit the government,” he said.

The reboot to the 2008 horror film finally has a trailer!

Ben Carson is back.

The trailer is here for Part Two of our new fav season of AHS! Looks good.

IF we gove it no attention, it has no power.

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

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

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

WHAT A FUCKING DOWNER!!!! Shit!

I have to say- Chastain has quickly become one of my top actresses

And that Anne--- Between this film and Eileen- she is no longer a thirsty bitch to me-

She is a fucking talented as hell actress who was merely annoying a decade ago-

She is picking some awesome roles (rolls)

Well, this is it, final season.

Starts April 4th.

“I remember times where everyone just stayed quiet, knowing what was happening was wrong,” the actress said

In a May 15 Instagram Stories post, the 33-year-old actress — who played Gabi Hernandez on the iconic soap for 13 years — shared a pointed message criticizing “behavior” she experienced at her “previous place of employment,” according to Soaps.com.

“I will never understand all the people at my previous place of employment that are friends with snakes,” the Emmy-nominated actress wrote. “Just know this. I remember all, I will continue to remember how those snakes treated me and how others allowed and perpetuated their behavior.”

“I remember times where everyone just stayed quiet, knowing what was happening was wrong,” she added. “Men and women.”

According to the outlet, Banus also accompanied the call-out post with both a teapot and cup of tea emoji, seemingly indicating she has a lot more to share about the drama behind the scenes of the popular soap.

Banus first announced her departure in an interview with TheWrap published in May 2023, telling the outlet that the show's "changes" were a sign for her to move on from the long-running Peacock soap, which previously aired on NBC from 1965 to 2022.

"There's definitely been a lot of changes at Days, the last couple of years, one being moving to Peacock," said Banus, whose last shoot day was April 28, 2023.

"Although it's been wonderful and we've had a super great reception, for me, I felt like that was kind of like the initial start for changes happening in general," she continued. "And I kind of just saw that as a sign for me to start the next chapter in my life."

Banus also told the outlet that she was “open to renegotiating a certain type of shooting schedule” that allotted her more time off — “but they didn't go for it."

“At first, it was just easy to say, 'Well, if you can't meet these demands, then I can't,' and move on with a new contract,” she said. “But then, you know, I talked to producers and they had a call with me and they were like, 'Well, what can we do?' And I honestly, I need to slow down. And part of that is, you know, you guys accepting this shooting schedule for me, and you won't.”

“So, you know, I have to respectfully bow out and say thank you, and that's all I can do,” she added.

Season 9 of All Stars features contestants from Seasons 1, 5, 11, 13, 14, All Stars 1, and All Stars 2.

Each contestant will be competing for a $200,000 prize donated to a charity of their choosing.

Discuss!

They were so disappointed

Ok!! Looking like a hottie!

I once “dated” a guy who was nominated for a Dove Award. He asked me to be discreet. Also, he was in a relationship with another guy-a fact I learned years later.

Has anyone seen these yet?

Then he died.

Oh this was not the trailer to release after the bombing of “The Marvels.”

I grew up in the 80's, and remember this movie fondly.

Anyone else remember it? Or like it?

Jessica Tandy was great (not particularly in this, but overall)

Yes, she talks about Mommie Dearest, Bette Davis trashing her, her mental illness and alcoholism and more.

Lookalike she's got a juicy memoir coming out next week.

Smelling cookies?

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

All over Europe, I'm seeing great photos on Twitter.

I’m, what year does he think this is? No kid is thinking about nor knows this has-been.

I know she’s a mess, but I love her music.

I surprisingly enjoyed it. It’s their typical old style of music and that’s what I needed to hear. It is a fun and easy listen filled with dance tracks and a couple that are less “dance”. It’s a good album from them, probably their best in years.

It was released on April 26.

On Friday they released an EP where they redid four of their classics, but that isn’t this album. That is titled “Furthermore”.

I love “Why am I dancing?”

What were they thinking , no one is going to buy that shit if they see how poorly made it is first.

Atlantic coastal beaches are always the same old boring places. Anything better around the Great Lakes?

[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.]

Is it the magic underwear?

I’m

“911 what’s your emergency?

HELP My wife is bleeding and not responding!”

Did anyone read this article on notorious UK nurse sentenced to killing several babies? I was a little bit shocked how she was condemned without any actual evidence on the deaths other than statistics and some misguided post-its.

The defence seemed also very incompetent. What say you, Miss Marples from datalounge?

29 years ago today, Liz Montgomery died from colon cancer at the age of 62. The actress was diagnosed with the disease for the second time (the first time was in the mid-80s) six weeks earlier. By the time she went to her doctor, the cancer had spread to her liver.

Montgomery requested she die at home (not in the hospital or hospice), with her family. When she was slipping away, she asked her kids and husband to leave the room - she didn't want them to witness her last breaths. They did as she asked, and returned a short while later to find her gone. Montgomery was cremated, per her request, and a 'public' memorial was held in Beverly Hills a month later at the Canon Theater. Three years later, her children auctioned off her personal items to raise money for the LA AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

PEOPLE Magazine caught a lot of flack for not giving Montgomery the 'cover story' in their next issue. Instead, they had her in the top right corner with an inside tribute. The cover was given to Keeanu Reeves, promoting his new movie 'Speed'. The magazine later blamed the studio, saying that the movie studio booked the cover story months earlier (re: paid the magazine to put him on the cover). This was the second time PEOPLE got backlash from readers for not putting a celebrity's death on the cover (the first time was in 1977 when Elvis died). Later on, PEOPLE did release a limited-edition 'tribute' issue to Montgomery.

There’s only 8, or so queens. I guess it means the only thing eliminated is their old faces.

Gone With The Wind 💨 (1939)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

On Sex And The City, everything bad happened to Skipper. Maybe it is because his name was “”Skipper”.

Overkill?

A billionaire gifted graduating students at UMass Dartmouth with "envelopes full of cash" totaling $1,000.

Robert Hale Jr., the CEO of Granite Telecommunications, made the announcement during the school's commencement ceremony on Thursday. The school shared a video of the ceremony online, showing the moment Hale told the 1,200 graduates and their families.

"These trying times have heightened the need for sharing, caring and giving," Hale said. "Our community needs you and your generosity more than ever."

A UMass Dartmouth press release said security brought onstage two large duffle bags "packed with envelopes full of cash."

Hale told graduates that he had two envelopes to give them: one reading "gift" and the other reading "give."

Hale explained that each student would receive $1,000 but added there was a "stipulation."

"The first $500 is our gift to you," Hale said. "The second $500 is for you to give to somebody else or another organization who could use it more than you."

If all 1,200 students received the $1,000, Hale's giveaway amounted to about $1.2 million.

During the ceremony, Hale also received the UMass Dartmouth Chancellor's Medal for his philanthropy work.

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

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

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

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

Were they fucking?

An employment verification letter American Airlines gives to some newly hired flight attendants documenting their salary has been circulating on Reddit, drawing attention to their low wages.

The letter states that a new American Airlines flight attendant will have a “projected annual salary of $27,315 per year before incentives and taxes” and concludes, “Any courtesy you can provide would be appreciated.”

The union representing American Airlines workers, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), verified the authenticity of the letter, which is given to potential landlords or for other services where attendants need to verify their employment and income. The union represents 28,000 American Airlines flight attendants, and it is working on their first new contract in five years – a deal that stretches back before the pandemic and the inflation crisis.

American Airlines did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.

Even as price increases are slowing down, the letter shows how, for some Americans, a little inflation relief isn’t nearly enough. The low wages for starting flight attendants – a job once seen as glitzy – underscores how many people are still struggling, despite what on paper looks like a strong economy and job market.

This salary is above the federal poverty line of $15,060 for a single-person household. But that’s a national level and doesn’t take into account regional price differences, including in major metro areas where the cost of living can be significantly higher.

Has anyone else delved into the world of Oz beyond the 1939 movie?

Very interesting article (it's a gift article so no paywall)

Milo Yiannopoulos is parting ways with Ye (formerly Kanye West). The ex-Breitbart editor, who had been serving as Yeezy’s chief of staff, revealed his exit to TMZ on Wednesday.

“I wish Ye every success in the future,” he told the outlet. “I have some concerns about his new team and hope he proceeds with caution.”

Yiannopoulos also shared with TMZ his letter of resignation, in which he wrote that he “cannot be complicit in the production or dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons. He added that “such material and the kind of people invariably involved in its production represent an imminent danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and physical health as a former homosexual.”

He also noted on his resignation letter that he was delivering an “orderly handover” by Friday, May 31 or “the first pornography shoot, whichever is sooner.” Yiannopoulos also stated that if the company “publicly and permanently abandons any plan to produce, distribute or profit from obscene content,” he would be honored to return to Yeezy.

A source told Rolling Stone that besides Yiannopoulos, around 20 Yeezy employees have left the company because of other issues with Ye. “Porn was the slightest of factors,” the insider said.

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I think if you have the legs and the thighs to justify it, shorts are acceptable at any age. Opinions please.

Whether they are nieces, nephews, or neighbors’ kids… what they say, the opinions that they spout off, what do you think of that?

I’m currently hosting a niece and covering her initial costs to be introduced to the world of dance. Tonight she tried to school me on just how important Amy Winehouse is/was and what a travesty the actress in the new biopic is making of Amy’s legacy.

When Amy died, my niece was 7. I bought Amy’s first album before my niece was born. I appreciate my niece’s knack for the past, but she was a condescending b’yatch tonight.

Has anyone else experienced this?

The other thread has less than an hour left my Cinderella sisters/ brothers/ etcetera.

Eric found out that Sloan wasn't having an affair with anyone in Leo's room LOL.

Alex & Kristin slept together for realsies with no Rachel in sight range.

Mayor McCheese's actions caused her daughter to get radiation poisoning.

Konstantine got his D. & D. card back from Chad's little thieving brat.

Wendy & Tripp departed for Hong Kong without telling Johnny a single word about it.

Everyone seems to know about Maggie's wedding plans by now.

Discuss.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Judgment Day,” finale of the limited series “A Man in Full,” now streaming on Netflix.

Cardi B tells Rolling Stone she won't be voting in this year's election.

"I don’t fuck with both of y’all..." Cardi B says of Trump and Biden.

It’s not like she’s ugly or desperate. With her family’s billion dollars, why did she choose to invest in McTurtle and help him grow into who he is today? It would have been much more fun to get a better looking rich white guy.

I stumbled on these videos where he is being interviewed. He seems far more retiring and quiet than I would have expected.

To pull George Jefferson out of that hat is pretty amazing

I just take Vitamin D3, Fish Oil, and Zinc.

For me, I would probably get the most interest from people looking for that 50 something daddy type. I would be shocked to get more than 10 bucks.

This Inclusive Underwear Brand Sells the First Genderless Version

Virtue — a fluid intimates brand launched in 2023 — even has a $3,700 diamond-encrusted strap.

WHY is this movie not on dvd or streaming? I just found it, and Nick Scotti is HOTTTTTTTT

Jerry Seinfeld's latest vanity project is this screwball comedy set in 1963, detailing the totally fictional origin story of the Pop-Tart. Seinfeld plays an executive for Kellogg's who steers his invention through a competition with Post Cereals to see who could get a breakfast pastry to market first.

Unlike the many recent true-to-life origin stories about Beanie Babies and Flamin' Hot Cheetos, this work is entirely fictional, and based around an old joke from Seinfeld's standup career. There was no cutthroat competition to invent a toaster pastry. There was no scandal. Marjorie Post was real, but she didn't send a goon squad to beat up the pastry chefs of Battle Creek.

Some people have too much money.

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Anyone else think that A I will be both the best AND worst thing ever for mankind?

As IF mankind doesn't have enough to worry about...

Oh my!

Melania and the orange turd cheered him on...

Discuss your favorite mellow/easy-listening music.

The Alan Parsons Project had some gems.

Old-fashioned and Biblical names diminate.

If someone put a picture of her in front of me, I would have never recognized/guessed who this was (if I hadn't actually clicked on a story with her name in the title).

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

Gorgeous.

Looks like Camilla painted it with her fag.

Has anyone else seen how great Jane Fonda looked at Cannes this year?

Welp.

Six of Jeopardy!'s highest winners compete for the title of Jeopardy! Master 2024.

Tournament starts Wednesday, May 1 in primetime on ABC (not in syndication).

Nine games over three weeks, with the final game airing May 22.

Competing are James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut.

Use this thread to discuss the Masters Tournament. Use the other thread to discuss the daily syndicated Jeopardy! game (linked inside).

I always assumed she would never drop a second album and be one of those rare artists who has one masterful album and massive success then leaves it at that.

Sad what religion does to people.

CBS This Morning

Fuck him!

A few reading suggestions...

Anyone else think Tilda Swinton is a national treasure? She is so great in everything. Especially the films by Derek Jarman.

Builder of shitboxes. Destroyer of local construction companies. Horrible man. Creator of homogeneous, ugly neighborhoods. Nothing about this man was good. Rot in piss.

Mizz Cohen allegedly played the cards he had up his sleeve and forced ‘the powers that be’ to make his worries go away, so now this puff, kiss-ass piece just came out to clear her name. Will he ever go away?

This duet by Peggy Lee and Judy Garland is always fun, especially seeing the respect they have for one another and the ad libbing that makes them laugh. Do you have a favorite performance from this period when variety was so prominently displayed.

Some moms get flowers for Mother’s Day; Paige Singh got to see Donald Trump on trial.

The Bay Area mom, in town from California to accompany her husband on business, snagged a spot on Tuesday for what has quickly become one of the hottest tickets in New York City, thanks to her husband and the professional line-stander he hired as a Mother’s Day gift to hold a spot for her in the queue outside the courthouse.

“My husband? He thinks it’s crazy,” she said. And her kids “just laugh.”

But for Singh, the hundreds of dollars she sent via Zelle to a stranger holding her place outside the Manhattan criminal courthouse was well worth the chance to see the former president of the United States on trial.

The paid place-holding went so well that Singh, who also attended part of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Trump, changed her travel plans to squeeze in an extra day at the court.

“It was so easy, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go Tuesday.’ So I changed my flight,” she said.

Professional line-standers are a growing part of the gig economy. But the criminal trial of a former president accused of illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star has translated into a windfall for people who get paid to wait — and who, as the trial goes on, have increasingly been hired by members of the general public with no stake in the trial other than curiosity.

“We’ve definitely had to staff up,” said Robert Samuels, who runs Same Ole Line Dudes, which bills itself as “New York’s Premier Professional Line Sitting Company.”

For the Trump trial, Samuels doubled his prices, expanded his stable of standers from 26 to 32, and has been too busy to watch the “Bridgerton” episodes he loaded on his iPad to pass the time during waits.

Admission to the court is free, of course, but it is first come, first served, and seating is limited. The first person in line Wednesday morning had paid $1,800 to have someone else hold that spot. A little further back in line, a woman was offering up her spot for $450.

“This is a unique experience that you can only see here,” Samuels said.

In New York, professional line-standers are more familiar working the queues of restaurants that don’t take reservations, ticket booths, sample sales, book signings, pop-up events and new product launches — anywhere that someone with more money than time might want to pay someone to wait.

“Skip the queues and enjoy your time in the big city!” reads the page advertising line-standing services on TaskRabbit, the gig work platform. “Even the DMV can be conquered with help from Taskers!”

Tell us about your crazy, creepy, eccentric, OCD or amusing co-workers and their antics.

Years ago my boss was thrilled when the wife of a doctor he had been unable to get a business meeting with responded to a job opening.

She arrived for the interview with two huge boxes of donuts for the office. She came to a conservative, professional office dressed in Bohemian new agey, mother earth attire. She brought a "portfolio" that showcased her crafts (scrap booking, pottery making, all unrelated to our industry) and also her EIGHT children's activities and musical awards. He hired her!

First day on the job she freaked everyone out by having all her kids come in at lunch time and assemble in the breakroom in a line oldest to youngest and take turns stepping forward and reciting their name and age like something directly out of The Sound of Music. I expected them to start singing the Do Re Mi song.

Within days she decorated her office with dozens of vintage mannequin busts of flappers from the 1920s (photo below) and costume jewelry displays like at a thrift or consignment shop. Employees, clients, building maintenance and employees of other businesses in the building complained about her weirdness.

He fired her within a couple of weeks. We all watched from the window as she dragged all her mannequins out to the parking lot one by one, beat them against the pavement and then threw them in the dumpster.

I'm not exaggerating any of this and boss never got a meeting with her husband.

and didn't just divorce her??

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but search didn't turn anything up. Apparently a member of his security team shot his next door neighbor in the back for going Into His Own Home, then arrested his other neighbor who came over to help, along with the neighbor's pregnant partner, who then went into labor and suffered a stillbirth... Can Adams be gone now, please?

Is now modeling underwear for American Eagle

Cat lover or not, is this not the most hilariously ridiculous thing ever?

You can buy the little sunglasses, pearls, outfit, and what's REALLY the best is the tiny Birkin bag.

The nutbag ruined Dune 1&2.

Thoughts and prayers, assholes

They were among the biggest stars of the "reality" style pron that started back in the mid-00s and then came to dominate the industry for many years. (That style of pron, not Lucas and Dawson)

Neither guy was model handsome, but they were better than average looking, had good bodies and, more than anything, came off as very likeable and relatable. Sort of the the "nice guy straight buddy you wind up having sex with" for a lot of guys.

I wonder what they are up to now--they both must be close to 40 at this point--and how much 10 years of regularly having sex on camera with other guys did to their psyches and their love lives--do they identify as bisexual now? Do they still fool around with guys?

This is a clip from their final "reward" from CorbinFisher--a trip to Australia to shoot a series of videos called "Lucas and Dawson Down Under" which marked the first time either of them had ever done a bareback scene as well as something close to an internal. You can tell there is some affection/chemistry between them, which could be because they found each other hot or because they'd both been on the same long strange trip together for so long.

Share some of your own memories of them here or any news on what they may be up to.

Marco Dane owes me some money and I need to get it from him......

We’re so excited to go to Gaza for the first time! Does anyone know where to stay? Where is the best spot to catch the parade? Which gay/Queer bars are nice? We also want to check out the bathhouses and sex clubs scene. Where can you hookup with hot Hamas guys, we hear they’re pretty hung?!

I'm watching Men in Black and they basically set her up to costar in the sequel and the only mention of her in the 2nd one was "She wanted to go back to the morgue and I helped her". Surely Kevin Smith spilled the details. Why is she so hated.

Young men are being tricked into sending naked pictures to scammers pretending to be women — who then demand money. The consequences can be devastating.

Adolph Hitler, Roy Cohn, Donald Trump, Josef Stalin, Charles Manson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Bundy, Idi Amin Dada, Harvey Weinstein, Sean Combs, R. Kelly, Jesse Helms, Addison "Mitch" McConnell, Kari Lake...

Not like he has a job or anything.

US officials have warned that foreign terror organisations may attempt to target LGBT events around the world during Pride Month in June.

Authorities warned US citizens abroad to "exercise increased caution".

"Stay alert in locations frequented by tourists, including Pride celebrations," a warning issued by the state department said.

The advisory came on Friday, a week after a similar alert issued by US law enforcement agencies.

Thoughts on Anna WIntour? Has anyone else ever had the idea that she would make a perfect wife for Putin?

[quote]In May 1980, Gary Rosenquist and his companions arrived at a location near Mount St. Helens, where they camped overnight. The following morning, they witnessed the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Gary Rosenquist captured a series of 21 photographs during the eruption, which have become historically significant. Recently, these images have been transformed into a continuous video using advanced AI software and pixel processing algorithms.

The May 18, 1980, event was the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the contiguous United States. The eruption killed 57 people, nearly 7,000 big-game animals (deer, elk, and bear), and an estimated 12 million fish from a hatchery. It destroyed or extensively damaged more than 200 homes, 185 miles (298 km) of highway, and 15 miles (24 km) of railways. Between 1980 and 1986, activity continued at Mount St. ~ Wikipedia

Yes, I, an old partnered lesbian and my wife felt sorry for LL and befriended her. We soon realized she is as crazy as you told us she is. She is also not who she purports to be professionally. We should have believed you, wise elder DL’ers. Anybody got some garlic cloves we can wear?

Any homosex

Is it worth the $$$?

When this happens, time is almost over...

This is an insult worthy of Datalounge.

“Fake eyelashes” and “butch body”: Reps. MTG and Crockett hurl insults

May 17, 2024 | 7:21am

A House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night on whether to move forward with a contempt resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland devolved into chaos as lawmakers took turns body-shaming each other, starting with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene telling Rep. Jasmine Crockett “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stepped in to come to Crockett's defense, before things spiraled further out-of-control, with Crockett taking the mic to fire back at MTG, in a question to Comer about what constitutes a personal attack. “I’m just curious. To better understand your ruling, if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleached blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” Crockett asked.

You’ve heard of Chekov’s gun? This is Chekov’s cannon.

This is a classic!

I'm the long lines and nearly record turnout!

In junior high or high school we are taught the textbook version of what happened when the bombs were dropped. But did it cover the actual nationalities of all the victims? As an Elder I've started thinking about that. How could everyone in those two cities at the time of the bombings be Japanese? Or is that how it was during WWII, everyone stayed in their lane, or in this case, country? And was there an advance warning of any kind?

Any gifts from dad?

I read Tom still sends Dakota Fanning a gift every year on her birthday.

Anyway, happy birthday!

A group of teens become the targets of a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume known as Ghostface.

Directed by Wes Craven

Written by Kevin Williamson

Music by Marco Beltrami

Starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown, Henry Winkler, Liev Schreiber, and Drew Barrymore.

Not what you would expect from an A-list star. Calling it low key would be an understatement.

That is all.

Harriet Craig is a highly polished 1950 remake of George Kelly's Pulitzer Prize winning play Craig's Wife, all about a demanding domestic goddess and the havoc she wreaks. Columbia borrowed WB star Joan Crawford & director Vincent Sherman for this version. This one plays to the image of Joan's perfectionism & personal style, to the extent it feels like you're watching a home movie! This housewife Harriet's home is designed by Billy Haines, with demonstrations in precision packing, and treating the man in your life like one of your beleaguered staff. The ingredient lacking from Joan's other '50s camp fests is humor, THIS Craig & Crawford are deadly serious. My look here:

I find her fascinating

She just turned 99 yesterday.

Think she'll make it to 100?

Will it finally be the year for Oliver Jackson Cohen?

Or someone else?

Make your guesses here!

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Will Ste and James make it to the alter?

Will Warren's gangster mum plans come to fruition?

Will Ethan take his top off again?

Ste's gay teen son returns