8.7 earthquake off of Russia.

Where do you plan on watching?

when he made this Masterpiece!

Not enough love for this veteran out gay Canadian figure skater. I remember howls of outrage from the frau contingent back in the day when we said he was gay.

I'm always surprised when I go to Europe how much more practical duvets are rather than top sheets, which is much more common in the USA.

They are dating!

American Eagle’s new ad campaign faces backlash over slogan some say reflects eugenicist ideas of beauty

American Eagle’s new fall campaign starring Sydney Sweeney is under fire—not for the jeans, but for the tagline: “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.”

The phrase, used in bold on billboards in Times Square and Las Vegas, was designed as a denim pun. But online, many saw something else: “great genes,” a phrase historically used to celebrate whiteness, thinness and attractiveness. This makes this campaign seem to be a tone-deaf marketing move.

“Maybe I’m too … woke,” one viral post read, “but getting a blue-eyed, blonde, white woman and focusing your campaign around her having perfect genetics feels weird…” Others described the slogan as too close to “master race” propaganda and said it echoed eugenics-era language used to validate and promote the superiority of white beauty.

Can no longer walk on her own.

How’s it going to bury her and dig her up in the courtyard where everybody can watch?

It’s really a weak plot.

It looks like it’s thinning

To continue the conversation about CHASS while we can

Jeff Richards, who was in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and had a brief leading man career, spent his later years living off disability in a trailer

Cathy Downs from My Darling Clementine died broke

Who are some others who took a turn down the boulevard of broken dreams? 🤔

Bosniak fashion model based in Antwerp taking the fashion world by storm

I couldn't care less about his relationship with Taylor Swift. This thread is about his looks, acting and appeal.

Click pic to enlarge.

Cutie pie.

Per someone's request

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

Bitch on, bitches!

Ugh! Justin you can do so much better.

She was also the head of HR for his company, so she should have known better.

I don't think I can take it.

Well done

Which one will be the nelly queen and not the handsome “masculine” gay man we crave for this show?

I love Pittsburgh's stunning skyline.

It's fun driving in to the city from the hills, and you're almost above the skyline.

He was 28 or 29 filming this and soon enough 43yo Ursula Undress_me was riding his dick. They had a son in 1980.

Donald Trump said he disagrees with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that no starvation is taking place among the people of Gaza.

"Based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry," Trump said July 28 when asked by a reporter whether he agrees with Netanyahu's assessment. "But we're giving a lot of money and a lot of food, and other nations are now stepping up."

Trump made the remarks ahead of a bilateral meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland, where the second-term U.S. president arrived July 25 for a four-day trip.

Any ideas why he’s here. Is it 5 👀?

Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast on Tuesday after a major, 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

The earthquake occurred about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula with a depth of nearly 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A warning was announced for Alaska's Aleutian Islands and Hawaii. California, Oregon and Washington are under a tsunami watch, as well as the U.S. territory of Guam, while the threat is being evaluated.

He has that borderline "midget voice" that small people have, not quite but close enough. He gets really shrill and high-pitched when he gets excited.

He also says "foe-werd" instead of "forward" a very common native Queens/Nassau County pronunciation (see all three Meiselas brothers). It drives me as batty. Can he possibly be straight? Gurl!

He has good guests, I'll give him that.

on to the US open, gurls!

Continue talking about the show!

I wasn’t attracted to men until I saw him in the late 90’s.

It’s like I’ve entered Mamma’s mind.

In this thread. Naked. Go!

The MGM movie (1939) gets a new, immersive, 16K restoration/expansion that puts the audience inside the movie. Screen larger than the size of 4 football fields,167,000 speakers. At Sphere, in Las Vegas.

Certain things are done to expand the picture (see the video, the scene with Uncle Henry).

18 queens ruturning! Are you gagged???????? Do YOU have an 8 by 10 of Shauna Brooks?

Van Doren has also remained outspoken about causes dear to her, serving as an early high-profile grand marshal for the LA Pride Parade in 1987 — at the height of the AIDS Crisis.

“Elizabeth Taylor came along trying to say that she was the first one that ever did anything for the community. And it was a very bad shock… I wasn’t invited to anything after that,” Van Doren explained. “So, the gay community got together and… put me in the parade and made me the queen.”

Van Doren said that, after Taylor took on the task of being a leader in the campaign to fight AIDS, she and other advocates were “iced out.” “A lot people — we were all the first ones — we’re all getting ready to go to this charity thing that [Taylor] had, and they called us and told us that we weren’t wanted. That was the end of it. I want to make it very clear in history, she was not the first one. She only did it after Rock Hudson died

It's almost time to watch my program.

I've been buying large California navel oranges at Kroger since May. The quality has diminished over the months. Today the oranges are imported from South Africa (with tariffs); they are smaller, less juicy and have no taste. I am wondering if the crackdown on agricultural immigrants has put us in this position; maybe our American products are dying in the fields? If so, how is this helping us?

What's your review?

I was surprised to find out that Scarlett Johansson and Lens Dunham are Jewish.

In an interview with The Guardian on July 26, the actress spoke candidly about her thoughts on plastic surgery, referring to women who have undergone such procedures as "disfigured."

"I’ve been very vocal about the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who’ve disfigured themselves," Curtis told the outlet. In reference to a prop she brought to wear for the accompanying photo shoot, the star added, "The wax lips really sends it home.”

The Oscar winner then doubled down on her use of the word "genocide."

"I’ve used that word for a long time and I use it specifically because it’s a strong word. I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human appearance."

I just got into this show on Tubi. Ricky and David were hot and so was Oz. Sis anyone here grow up with it?

What happened to the snark? Where did the funny bitches go?

From the heat to the state's power grid, Joe Rogan's friends are learning that Texas isn't what they were promised.

Schaub, who Rogan has had on The Joe Rogan Experience multiple times, moved from Los Angeles to Austin earlier this year, but has said on his show, The Fighter and the Kid, that he misses Los Angeles.

"I miss my community and my routine," Schaub said in June. He recalled a conversation with a fellow LA-to-Texas transplant, who told Schaub that Austin "is no LA."

Schuab is far from the first. In September 2024, Tim Dillon, a Los Angeles comedian who hosts podcast The Tim Dillon Show, called Austin "a horrible city without a soul" on a podcast with actor Whitney Cummings. Lured to Austin by the promise of low taxes and a "new" experience, Dillon quickly soured.

"It's a soulless city that should be burned to the ground and everyone that lives here should be summarily executed," Dillon joked. "It is not the 'live music capital of America,' it's three heroin addicts busking with guitars. There is zero talent here in any capacity. There's three restaurants that are good and I've been to all of them twice."

Dillon, who moved to Austin shortly after Rogan, announced in the summer of 2021 that he would be moving back to Los Angeles. Dillon said that the COVID-19 pandemic and Rogan's 2020 decision to move to Texas made him want a change of scenery, and that while he had "never loved Austin," he was willing to give it a chance, even though it wasn't a "world-class city."

"Yes, the taxes are better. 
And yes, there are benefits to not being in LA. And yes, LA is a host of problems," Dillon said on his podcast. "But I moved here because, first and foremost, I said, something new will be good. I was wrong."

Another Rogan associate was more direct with his criticism of Texas.

"Texas f--king blows," comedian Shane Gillis said in a June episode of the Andrew Schulz podcast, recalling a storm that left his Austin home without power for three days. "It's hot as f--k. The second we ran out of power, the house was 90 degrees and bugs came in immediately."

"They're on their own power grid, like f--king idiots," Schulz added.

Schuab, Gillis and Dillon are far from the only comedians to not see what Rogan sees. In January, New Orleans-native comedian Mark Normand called Austin's comedy scene "a punchline." Normand has also declared that "moving to Texas is over," and last summer complained about Texas' weather and Austin's homeless population.

"That city is a boiling pot of evil goo, just circling a dish," Normand said in July 2024.

Everywhere you look, comedians in Rogan's orbit are trashing Austin. So if you've had enough of California and New York transplants ruining Texas, don't worry. It appears the fever may have broken.

Adam Sandler's sister was my parents' dentist for years. My sister had Seth Meyers's mom as a French teacher.

Donald Trump Jr is either becoming a lady or got the worst pec implants known to man.

Farewell to St. Maria of the Push Up Bra......

Can we all possibly stand yet another shirtless Rory photo? I hope so.

What kills it for you when you can’t have your favorites they way you want them?

It’s like a delicious salad but with a horrible dressing. Kills it.

Bove, seen here taking a break from playing the villain in a Dick Tracy cartoon, was born in the 1980s. Am I the only one whose mind is utterly blown and disgusted by that fact? He looks friggin' 90!

Just goes to show you: Evil ages you fast. Christ, he's an ugly man, inside and out.

Breaking with Republicans or the vanguard of the new Trump policy?

[quote]Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, said there is a "genocide" happening in Gaza, becoming the first Republican lawmaker to use the term to describe the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the enclave.

[quote]"It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza," Greene wrote on X.

The drama continues!

The goal of this game is to deliberately avoid answering the question, using flair and wit, without going silent or refusing outright. This should be right in the wheelhouse for many Dataloungers.

How to Play:

DLers post questions.

Others may opt to answer but must not answer directly, rather respond with:

misinterpretation

wild digression

obfuscation then quick displacement or diversion

vague non answers

overly literal, poetic, metaphorical, philosophical, emotional, political or moral answers of an exhausting windbag

feigned stupidity

trolling

and so on.

Answers are judged on

creativity of misdirection

wit, amusement

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whether they accidentally answered (and embarrassed themselves)

and so on

One for the elders on DL. Always loved his line: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

I just discovered what a great combo these two make. It has changed my life.

Roger Stone just threatened to release one of Tom Cotton’s deep secrets! Is that because Tom Cotton was allegedly seen at a Gay bar recently! WTH is going on lately with Republicans?

Jamie Lee Curtis is campaigning for Lindsay to play the iconic Ann-Margret one day.

This site isn’t nearly as edgy as it used to be.

Why is nobody stating and repeating over and over that, “tariffs are taxes on the american people.”

They should be repeating it over and over and over. For the 5% of americans with more than two brain cells, they can add additional information, like the fact that ontario’s are regressive. But that is probably too challenging a concept for our undereducated electorate.

the democrats will never win over the Greedy or the Racist, but they have a chance with the Dumb. If I were in charge I’d be focusing all of my attention on winning the hearts and minds of the stupid.

I like to douse everything in a ridiculous amount of black pepper. The quantity tends to shock others. I also prefer to eat most crackers by chewing them slowly until it becomes a big pile of mush in my mouth. Then I slowly suck the cracker meal down. That's the best way to eat Cheez-Its.

Antenna TV ran Dear John all day Sunday and it might take the cake for the worst theme song as well as concept.

Jesus Christ it was awful. How did it last 4 years?

What’s the worst sitcom you’ve ever seen?

They HATE New York City. And the rhetoric about Mamdani will have an impact.

Fucking old crone.

“Donald is a brilliant brilliant man.” - Judy, 2024

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

That you still listen to, long after watching the film…

For me?

The Brutalist soundtrack resonates.

I love the scene when Lazlo is reaching America, and the horns start blaring triumphantly, as he and the viewer see the Statue of Liberty.

The music accurately describes how so many must have felt when first seeing the statue!

How about you, DL? What soundtrack(s) is/are your favorite(s)?

James Badge Dale. He is a walking God.

Omg I wonder what is happening. She seems disheveled and unhinged as of lately, not her usual self. I wonder if she’s going through a mental crisis.

She now claims Scott was abusing her.

Starting the new thread.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation Monday to provide tariff rebate checks of at least $600 per adult and child to American families, similar to the stimulus checks the government distributed during the Covid pandemic.

Hawley, R-Mo., submitted his legislation after having pledged to do so Friday after President Donald Trump told reporters he would be interested in sending a tariff-related rebate check to Americans.

“Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country,” Hawley said in a statement.

Can this be his comeback??

Kyle or Fen might show you around the locker rooms.

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

Ten thousand steps per day has been widely recommended as the standard benchmark for physical activity — but a new study suggests that just 7000 could be enough to boost essential health markers.

Researchers from the University of Sydney conducted a review of 57 studies spanning more than 10 countries, which tracked participants’ steps and health outcomes.

Led by Professor Melody Ding from the School of Public Health, the team looked at how different daily step counts impacted the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer, as well as the risk of developing cancer, type 2 diabetes, dementia and depression, according to a university press release.

And it turns out, you may not need as many steps as was first thought.

Researchers found that walking at least 7000 steps a day was linked to improvement in eight major health outcomes, including heart disease, dementia and depressive symptoms.

“Any increase in daily steps, even modest ones like 4000 steps, delivers health benefits compared to very low activity levels,” Ding toldFox News.

“When possible, targeting around 7000 steps per day can substantially reduce risks for many chronic diseases and adverse health outcomes.

“Even small increases in step counts, such as increasing from 2000 to 4000 steps a day, are associated with significant health gain.”

Higher step counts beyond 7000 may add extra benefits, but the improvement rate slows, she noted.

The results were published in The Lancet Public Health journal.

He claims to not be homosexual.

Sure Jan.

The Trump administration has identified a new target in its battle with elite higher education, announcing a two-pronged front against Duke University on allegations the North Carolina school is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

The Education Department is launching an investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal, the department announced in a news release Monday, citing reporting that alleges the university was violating the Civil Rights Act. Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also sent a letter to Duke University “outlining shared concerns about the use of race preferences in Duke’s hiring, admissions, and scholarship decisions.”

The announcements come days after Columbia University reached a $200 million settlement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding to the school. Trump administration officials have cast the Columbia deal as a blueprint for other schools, and an administration official told CNN that Cornell and Brown universities are engaging in negotiations and agreements are in sight. The administration remains in multiple legal battles with Harvard University after freezing more than $2 billion in federal funding for the school.

Duke, so far, has not indicated that it’s willing to negotiate with the Trump administration, the official said. This marks the first time the administration has targeted a school in a state that President Donald Trump won in the 2024 election.

A spokesperson for Duke University did not immediately comment in response to a CNN request. CNN has also reached out to the Duke Law Journal.

The administration will investigate whether Duke and its law journal violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs or activities receiving federal funding.

Separately, the letter from McMahon and Kennedy alleged “serious allegations of systemic racial discrimination permeating the operations of Duke University School of Medicine and other components of Duke Health.” The letter, according to HHS, “outlines expectations for a partnership-style pathway for Duke to work with HHS and the Department of Education to swiftly uncover prohibited race-based discrimination in Duke Health and come into compliance with certain Federal civil rights laws.”

Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who wants bibles in the classroom and Christianity taught to kids, just got caught watching adult content.

On his work computer.

During a Board of Education meeting.

A cruise ship carrying Israeli tourists departed the Greek island of Syros on Tuesday without its passengers disembarking after a protest by more than 150 people at the port.

Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and called for an end to the conflict in Gaza.

They displayed banners reading "Stop the Genocide" and "No a/c in hell."

The vessel, identified as the Crown Iris operated by Israeli company Mano Cruise had about 1,700 passengers on board.

He is a joke of a human being and a grifter and I just hate it that people give him the power to be the face of what used to be the gay community. It’s just sickening. He acts like a caricature of a woman and he gets painted as some hero and trailblazer.

Why does it look like a porn?

I know ...

What is Smosh?

Who?

They look fat.

I'm a casual fan of this comedy Youtube channel.

The reason I care about this is the duo sold their channel to a Defy Media for stock (assuming the company would go public someday and they would reap the rewards)

That never happened and Defy was liquidated in 2018, so while they collected salaries during that time (Padilla left over creative differences - who knows), they built up the channel that has 25 million subscribers and really didn't get a dime.

The channel was bought by a fellow Youtube channel - Mythical Entertainment, saving it from the trash bin in 2019.

The original founders bought the company back today. It isn't that you have to be a fan of Smosh - the humor is kind of juvenile - but it is a really nice story of how two kids who got screwed out of something they built, finally got it back.

I've read that Europeans don't tip ever--waiters, can drivers, bell hops . Are Americans expected to follow suit?

Do you tip when you go to Europe?

Oy. Please, God, no!

And you need not be a Norwegian catholic.

It actually may be the best song ever created for a video game franchise. It’s so good. The guy screaming “Mortal Kombat!” As the beat drops… awesome.

Can’t believe it’s been 30 years since that movie adaptation came out. I was like 8 at the time.

Idk how this classic song peaked at #102 on the Billboard Hot 100.

wtf.

This is easily their best song and most iconic song years later.

Might have to have one. The big needle sounds scary as fuck.

Dexter the original.

Dexter: New Blood.

Dexter: Original Sin.

And coming next year, Dexter: Resurrection.

When did Dexter become a franchise?

1-Death Becomes Her

2-The Bridges of Madison County

3-Julie & Julia

4-Out of Africa

5-Kramer Vs Kramer

Attacked by MAGA for singing "Trump was on the Jeffrey Epstein Plane" (to the tune of YMCA).

Lol.

Might Muriel consider adding a CONFIRM whatever?

Or does asking make DEAD TO DL?

Sooooo happy for them! They are proud and not ashamed at all.

And I hope I’m not mistaken, but I believe that Drew’s vocal is that DL fave LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Look at them run for their lives

Law Roach, stylist to Zendaya, has provided a new update regarding the actress’s wedding plans with Tom Holland. Despite the confirmation of their engagement over six months ago, Roach stated that the couple has not yet begun the planning process.

Speaking to E! News on July 17 during the Las Culturistas Culture Awards in Los Angeles, Roach explained that Zendaya’s career is a priority for the time being. “The process hasn’t even started yet. Zendaya is working on so many movies. She’s now filming the next iteration of Dune, so she’s away doing that. It’s so many movies, so we have time. We have a lot of time,” he said.

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

He looks like ET the Extraterrestrial.

There better be lots and lots of nudies!

Alcoholic whores discuss. Only 1.89!

You may continue.

He’ll be gone soon…

Jax and the other guys are intoxicatingly douchy except for Jason who is adorable. The women led by Jax's wife Brittney are all vapid dopes. What's not to love?

She was so stunning in the picture below! :

Connections drives me batty. Ranging from the comically basic (body parts mentioned in the song Heads, Shoulders, Knees And Toes? Really?) to the ridiculously esoteric.

Jamie Lee Curtis has an idea of who should play Ann-Margret in a biopic, and the Swedish-American actress and singer approves!

Curtis, 66, pitched her costar, Lindsay Lohan, to portray the film icon during a Monday, July 28, appearance on Good Morning America to promote Freakier Friday — and Ann-Margret later responded.

“I’m going to out you now to the world — I want her to do the Ann-Margret story," the Halloween alum told Lohan, 39, on the talk show. "So, every day on Instagram… I find videos of her back in the day, and I send [Lohan] every day videos [of Ann-Margret],”

Following the commentary, Ann-Margret, 84, gave her take on the topic.

“I know that she wants to do that,” the Viva Las Vegas actress told IndieWire. “It just depends on what the dialogue is like. What can I say? I adore her. I think she’s full of talent, and I just would like to see what they can come up with.”

Curtis mentioning Lohan and Ann-Margret as her dream collab isn’t the first time the idea has been discussed.

Tippi Hedren, 93

About 2-1/2 hours ago I went out to the front yard to call my three indoor/outdoor cats in for dinner. I called names, and thought I saw my black cat running from across the street, but when I opened the gate in rushed a black puppy instead, his ENTIRE body one big wag. My neighbor's fiance was doing yard work across the street at her house. He saw me and was spitting nails, saying "These two guys just pulled up in front of me, opened the door and THREW that puppy out, looking dead in my face and smirking the whole time!"

I scooped Puppy up, and he immediately snuggled into my neck. Took him inside to a spare room, sat on a sofa with him on my lap. Suuuucch a good little one. Three of the cats are curious-to-indifferent; one just stalks off when Puppy approaches; the last is LIVID.

My question: is it okay to put Pup on the front porch for the night? I don't want nighttime animal drama, plus I don't know Pup's health status. I have several cat beds s/he'd fit, and while I don't have dog food, I have plenty of high-quality cat kibble Pup already seems to love. Of course I have water bowls. Pup would be 1000% safe as long as s/he stays inside the yard, inside the fence line.

Pup is sweet as pie and good as gold. Except he keeps trying to gnaw on my phone charger cable, which is easy to put out of his reach. But I'll give him some cat toys to keep him entertained.

Tomorrow I'll deal with which no-kill shelter to take him to. He really is a big-little ball of total sweetness. Plus his little snuffling noises sound like Snoopy.

He'll be gone for six nights, the longest we'll be apart since before the pandemic. Also, we're open now, which is a more recent development. Just wondering how far I should push this opportunity.

I LOVE Australian horror films and this one looks EPIC.

Dangerous Animals

And the killer seems HOT AF.

I think it is because she currently lives in Sweden where the age of consent is 15. Does that mean Epstein's Island was near Sweden?

We're done with the previous thread. Onward.

It's official! "Gone with the Wind": Melodramatic. Garish. Flop.

I'll be gone for six nights, the longest I've ever gotten away from my husband since before the pandemic. Also, I told him we're open now, which is a more recent development. He seems excited I'm leaving, and he asked me to buy him three of these 48-count Snickers Chocolate Candy Bar boxes from Costco. I did, but now he's asking for a 40-count case of Pirates' Booty popcorn.

He's a fat whore, right?

For defamation. Maybe she can pick up more gigs on Explore Talent.

I'm the pipe smoke

Who's had him?

I love Tusk.

Gold Dust Woman distantly follows.

A man and a woman who had recently moved to northwest Arkansas were apparently killed as they hiked in a state park with their school-age daughters, authorities said Sunday.

Arkansas State Police identified the victims as Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41. The agency said in a statement that the couple had recently moved to Prairie Grove from out of state.

State police said the agency was notified of the double homicide in Devil’s Den State Park shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday. The park is about 12 miles east of Prairie Grove and about 25 miles south of Fayetteville.

An Illinois dad has been accused of killing his daughter-in-law execution style at a family wedding in front of a guest after she planned to divorce his son, according to the cops.

Roland Schmidt, 76, has been charged with the first-degree murder of Christine Moyer, 45, following the deadly shooting in the parking lot of a Marriott hotel in Schaumburg, located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, local police said.

Schmidt and Moyer were attending a wedding at the hotel Friday night when the father-in-law followed Moyer outside the venue and shot her in the head, according to the cops.

Prosecutors said, per ABC 7 Chicago, Schmidt shot his daughter-in-law execution style while she was talking to another family member. Local outlets reported, citing prosecutors, the shooting was witnessed by several family members.

Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets.

His order commits federal funding to move people on the streets who are "causing public disorder and that are suffering from serious mental illness or addiction" to "treatment centers, assisted outpatient treatment, or other facilities."

"Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order," the text of the order said. "Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens."

So the films biggest issue is her lack of screentime. When she’s on screen the movie is so much better. There is a scene where she chases them in space that is one of the most beautifully shot and intense action scenes ever in a superhero film. It’s THAT good a scene.

The film is good but not great like some are claiming. Some of the dialogue can be very cheesy and cringe, and the story is very basic. However, it is coherent and tightly written. No crazy subplots etc. however, there is an emotional scene close to the end that feels like a rehash of 2007’s “Rise of the Silver Surfer” and I didn’t like it.

Thing is probably the closest we’ve gotten to the comics. Sue Storm is once again the one who has to do the heavy lifting on the team and pretty much saves the day. This version of Johnny Storm is extremely watered down though. He isn’t quick witted, sarcastic, or a hyper sexual frat-like woman crazy hottie like he is in the comics or 2005 film. This one is toned down extremely. Almost neutered. He has no sexuality.

Overall a good film but the final battle was underwhelming. And Silver Surfer isnt on screen much.

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

He's cute.

And weird.

I'd date him. The pornstache works on him, and I don't usually like them.

But clearly, he's undatable.

Katy Perry Nearly Falls Off Flying Butterfly Prop After Mid-Air Malfunction at SF Concert

What are they?

I’m not so sure.

I have an interview in Philadelphia next month and will be staying in City Center. Any recommendations for places to eat or things to do? Areas to avoid?

“We have certain things in common, Jeffrey… Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?… Happy Birthday, and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

Part 2, for further Trump-Epstein updates, insights, thoughts and justified rants.

I was watching documentaries from the 80s and early 90s about crack and it sounded like such a huge threat at the time that was destroying whole communities and causing violence. Today you never hear about crack causing too much trouble. Is crack still a major issue but we’ve just gotten used to it? Does anybody even smoke it anymore?

the good, the bad, and the ugly!

Veteran jazz singer dies aged 97.

[quote]In a long career, Dame Cleo was the first British singer to win a Grammy Award in a jazz category and performed with all the greats – including Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. She had a four-octave vocal range and the ability to perform everything from Schoenberg to a Spike Milligan hit about a man with too many tonsils.

What is the world coming to?? Say it ain't so, Justin.

CITY OF ANGELS (1998): Meg Ryan rides her bicycle sans helmet with her eyes closed and her arms wide open and gets run over by a logging truck.

Hard to believe it's the 30th Anniversary of The Real World: London.

I really loved the cast: Neil, Kat, Jacinda, Jay, Mike, Lars, and Sharon.

I wonder what they're all up to now?

I know Jacinda is married to Gabriel Macht from suits, but how about the rest?

Target is ending a price matching policy that for 12 years allowed customers to request a price match if they found an identical item with a lower cost at competitors Amazon or Walmart.

The policy enabled a price match if shoppers could provide proof of the lower price within 14 days of their purchase. The product had to be identical in brand name, size, weight, color and model number, and had to be sold and fulfilled by Amazon or Walmart, according to the Target policy.

After July 28, customers will only be able to request a price match for products sold at either Target or Target.com, not competitors Amazon and Walmart, according to a Target spokesperson. The company said that it's ending price matching for products sold by the two rival retailers because "guests overwhelmingly price match Target and not other retailers."

Target introduced its competitor price match policy in 2013. At the time, former Target CEO and president Gregg Steinhafel said the policy provided "unbeatable value."

Other retailers that have price matching policies include Best Buy and Home Depot. Walmart also has a price matching policy, although it's for Walmart.com, not competitors.

Target's decision to end its price matching policy comes as the retailer is struggling to boost sales and store traffic. In its most recent earnings report released in May, the company reported a nearly 3% decline in sales during the first quarter compared to the same time last year.

At the time, Target CEO Brian Cornell said the retailer was navigating an "exceptionally challenging environment," citing declining consumer confidence and uncertainty around tariffs as some of the headwinds.

Other retailers are also facing challenges as consumers pull back on spending. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks Americans' sentiment toward business and labor market conditions, fell 5.4 points in June, a sign consumers may be more cautious about the state of the economy.

Everyone called her Bea. Did she miss the memo? It’s as pretentious as Deborah Harry.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Wallis Annenberg, the visionary Los Angeles philanthropist whose family name graces everything from a performing arts center in Beverly Hills to a wildlife crossing in Agoura Hills, has died. She was 86.

The Los Angeles Times said she was battling lung cancer.

She was heir to her father Walter Annenberg's publishing empire, which included TV Guide.

After he died in 2002, Wallis Annenberg took over as president and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, which he founded in 1989 after selling TV Guide and assets to Rupert Murdoch.

She was also behind the $120 million donation that founded the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC back in 1993.

Eyewitness News reporter Rob McMillan was one of many who benefitted from that massive donation. He received his broadcast journalism degree after studying at USC shortly after the university received this generous gift.

But the generosity wouldn't end there. A $50 million donation allowed the construction of Wallis Annenberg Hall at USC more than a decade ago.

Her impact was also felt at K-12 schools in Los Angeles by way of a $53 million donation to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Project, which enhanced school reform.

Are we being visited by creatures from outer space?

She says Trump is obsessed with her. Well yes, but she's obviously obsessed with him too.

She says in the interview that she left the US for Ireland because she didn't want Trump to be so much a part of her reality anymore.

That's all she's been doing since she arrived in Ireland, is talk about Trump. Poor Rosie. It's like she has Trump OCD.

She also seems to be spending a lot of time in pubs drinking pints.

Premieres tonight on AMC and AMC+.

Season 1 was much better than I expected, and I loved the setting in Paris and France.

Season 2 will see the return of Carol to the WD series.

Unfortunately, Adam Nagaitas was killed off last season, but Clemence Poesy will return as Isabelle.

I'm excited!

Who cares about stars that were big in the 50s and no one knows anymore. How about recent celebrities who we actually lived through and now have problems even making it onto TMZ.

Judge Judy

Perez Hilton

2025.

The continuing adventures of the hunk and his twunk.

Do you think she flicks her bean while she watches?

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

Dressed once again in Ferragamo, Santos is using his last days as a free man to trash his former colleagues and kinda-sorta hint at begging for clemency from Trump.

You bitches all stole his look, and when he gets out of the pokey in seven years, he’s comin’ lookin” for you!!!

Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, was driving to work in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol on 2 May 2025.

After asking the occupants for their details, the officers called for backup, and US border patrol agents arrived on the scene. The three male occupants of the car were forcibly pulled out of the vehicle and arrested. One of them was put in a chokehold and another was tased. After the incident, the officers could be heard bragging and making light of the arrests.

Great Value fruit cocktail with a bit of Skittles jelly powder mixed in as a flavour booster tonight.

What sweet ending to a meal are you currently enjoying?

Training for his new movie F.A.S.T.

The city that reminds me the most of LA is Lima. The ritzy parts are right by the Pacific Ocean with ocean bluffs. The rest of the city is dusty, chaotic, sprawling with bad traffic and poor public transit. Great food cities though.

Yours?

I guess he was on his way to Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook but didn't make it all the way. Too bad

If it's spring, it must be a shot of Mike Holmes Jr. in a swimsuit.

Despite previous accusations against Michael Weatherly......

And congratulations on one of the most fascinating disappearing acts of our times.

According to local eldergay zionists, the only possible explanation for today's widely reported story that, for the first time in history, two leading and respected Israeli human rights groups have declared that the nation of Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

According to regular Datalounge posters Harvey (age 89, but "looks 60") and Ezra (age 76, twice declared legally dead by paramedics), this is propaganda and these two respected Israel-based human rights groups do not actually exist and are actually fronts for Hamas.

Further, and completely related, Harvey and Ezra want to remind you that every single Arab and every single Muslim in the world spends approximately 3 hours a day throwing known and suspected homosexual men off the the roofs of buildings, while every Israeli citizen spends approximately 18 hours a day celebrating LGB (but not T) people with daily parades, free meals at all restaurants and (unsolicited) back massages. They will not entertain any follow up questions and any attempt to challenge their hasbara talking points will immediately be classified as anti-S terrorism.

Don't use Grindr with a facepic when you are horny in Philly!

New thread for a new year.

Trump disrobing as he waddles across the desert. 🤮

Maybe she can pray to Jesus to drop some money from heaven onto her fascist cunt head.

Shit, I guess Jaydine Vance is failing in his quest to make everyone have more kids!

Barbra Streisand: The 1991 60 Minutes Interview

This is an amazing house but why is it so cheap (relatively)? The neighborhood?

They're often black shirts with a yellow representation of the American flag over the breast or on the left sleeve. Sometimes they're gray. Usually no other writing. The asshole brewery near me has the servers wear it as their uniform.

It's a MAGA thing without saying MAGA, right?

I doubt there's a gay man in the USA who owns one.

Well this is an interesting look.

A New York tale, as old as time…our new Gilded Age.

I’ve seen him before.

I read daisy edgar jones is set to star in the new Netflix series.

Unless they take a radically different approach I really don’t see the need for this after the terrific 1995 mini series and a decent movie in 2005 with Keira Knightley.

I can see why they might remake a series that didn’t really fulfil its full potential but why this one which has had two successful versions already.

Are there no other Jane Austen or novels of that kind that can get adapted instead. I’d much rather see the much talked about ‘custom of the country’ instead- at least it would be original. So sick of remakes of already good movies/series.

Fifty years ago on July 24, 2975, actress Barbara Colby - newly cast in a main role on the upcoming CBS sitcom 'Phyllis' - was murdered outside an acting class in an unsolved shooting. Her clleague who was walking through the parking lot with her, also died from the shooting.

On July 24, 1975, Colby and acting colleague James Kiernan were walking to their car following an acting class in the Palms district of Los Angeles when they were shot inside a parking area. The murders occurred some time after the first three episodes of the upcoming TV series Phyllis had been filmed.

Colby was killed instantly, but Kiernan was able to describe the shooting to police before he died of his wounds. Kiernan said that he did not recognize the two men who shot them and that the shooting had occurred without warning or provocation. It was normal for Colby and classmates to congregate in the parking lot after acting class and talk. Kiernan told investigators they were approached by two black men in a light-colored van and were each shot once. Police said there was no attempt to rob the pair and concluded it was a random drive-by shooting or a targeted killing. The killers were never identified and the case remained an open cold case. Colby was separated from her husband Bob Levitt at the time, who was Ethel Merman's son. She left behind her mother and half-sister.

Colby had already filmed three episodes of 'Phyllis' that summer, as owner 'Julie Erksine' of the photo studio where Phyllis worked, and they all aired the first three weeks of September. Actress Liz Torres took over the role to replace Colby. By the end of season one, the character was written out of the series.

Years later, actress Cloris Leachman who starred as 'Phyllis', said she wanted to pay tribute to Colby at the very end of the third episode before the credits rolled. She said CBS would not allow it, and never acknowledged Colby's death to viewers. She claimed CBS didn't want to end a 30 minute sitcom with a 'sad' tribute.

This guy keeps showing up on my Facebook feed. He posts these short clips of him looking at guys' crotches, then seeming to long for them.

He's kind of cute. Anyone know who he is?

Would you get it lopped-off or keep it?

I've noticed my 401(k) has been doing great lately. I don't have a ton of money and am not one of those people here who have multiple properties and a few million in assets. What I have is these Fidelity accounts and social security if it's still around when I retire in less than 10 years. With what I have at the moment, I should be okay. Not rich, but secure in a low-key way.

So my question is how I can protect myself now. Is there a way to remove risk at this point? Move money around so it isn't going to disappear if/when the economy and stock market take a dive under this administration?

Nowadays, so many events have a “VIP ticket” option. You’ll get some privileges like early seating, a glass of wine, whatever. Overall, you’re still a schmuck who paid extra for some stupid shit.

You will never be a true VIP. They actually don’t pay any money.

November

Dir. David Freyne

Elizabeth Olsen | Miles Teller | Callum Turner | Da’Vine Joy Randolph

[quote]In the afterlife setting known as “the Junction,” newly deceased souls are given one week to choose where to spend eternity. Joan (Olsen) must decide whether to stay with Larry (Teller), the partner she built her life with, or reunite with her first love Luke (Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her arrival.

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Did your favorite(s) make the list?

1 Wendy’s

2 Sonic Drive-In

3 Taco Bell

4 Dairy Queen

5 KFC

6 Quiznos

7 McDonald’s

8 Smashburger

9 Little Caesars

10 Chick-fil-A

I thought Taco Bell was somewhat okay. I'm glad Shake Shack didn't make the list.

And so the Times basically becomes worse than Fox News.

“As major economies fall in line to sign agreements that include the highest tariffs in modern history, the president’s vision for global trade is rapidly being realized.”

“FALL IN LINE”??? You don’t need to stroke his ego, Pinch!

Who will Carrie get into a relationship with next? Berger or the Russian?

It has now been transformed into a turn of the 20th century drama about an upper class Madrid family and their servants.

Who are some famous actors who wore a rug and did it well?

Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit kicked off on Friday, and while the roster of buzzy speakers included conservative media heavyweights like Tucker Carlson and Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, it was Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles who walked away with one of the more bizarre viral moments from the Tampa, Florida conference.

In an elongated riff on the merits of traditional family values — merits that include the dissembling of LGBTQ+ rights, particularly for the transgender community — the “Michael Knowles Show” host and Fox News regular argued that LGBTQ+ people are, in fact, “fading.” Look no further than 22-year-old singer, dancer and actress JoJo Siwa, her said.

We're off on a wonderful vacation! I mean, after Bert told me I should hang it up, I decided to follow Alan and Hope on their trip!

We're all having a blast. Alan keeps wandering down to the nude beach. He must be bored down there, since it's only a bunch of guys. Anyway.....

Time to catch up again with the tea in Springfield, the vinegar in Oakdale, the babble in Bay City, and all the other good stuff. Fill me in!

She was the daughter in law of Ethel Merman . Her murder remains unsolved.

If Boebert hadn't let Ted Cruz eat her pussy, she and her brood would be living in a double-wide on the outskirts of La Junta.

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

Anybody else get oddly entertained by these?

Good times.

This season promises to be a shit show.

Chicago Cubs player.

Always thought he was cute.

Link is to Maddow.

From The Hill - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just found nearly a billion dollars — $934 million to be exact — hidden deep in the Pentagon couch cushions. That money was supposed to fund Sentinel, a $77.7 billion modernization project for America’s aging nuclear missile system. Instead, it’s being rerouted to a classified project.

But here’s what we know about that classified project, thanks to reporting from The New York Times: part of it is funding a personal, Qatar-backed Air Force One project for President Trump.

Yes, you heard that right. Remember that Boeing 747-8 plane that the Qatari royal family donated to Trump earlier this year, well, it’s now being retrofitted for the commander-in-chief. The Secretary of the Air Force estimates the job will cost “less than $400 million,” but aviation experts and engineers say that number is optimistic at best.

NBC News reported that the actual cost could climb north of $1 billion — possibly more — especially since the aircraft needs to be stripped nearly to the studs to install encrypted communications, harden defenses, and protect against cyber and physical threats.

It seems Pedro Pascal is not bigger than newly crowned BO prince David Corenswet. Box office projections for The Fantastic Four: First Steps show the Marvel movie will struggle to catch up to DC Studios’ Superman. That would make three straight bombs in this year alone for the struggling Marvel Studios. This forecast sets up a difficult financial battleground for Marvel’s First Family to win the summer, as they must leverage the MCU’s historical strength in the international market.

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

Opening line: Jay Leno took aim at late-night hosts whose political humor appeals to only “half their audience” by making jokes targeting only one side of the ideological spectrum. …..

Instead, the audience would prefer his lame-ass jokes, I suppose.

This is not your grandmother’s nightgown. Or maybe it is. The same style of sleepwear that was once strictly relegated to bedrooms and boudoirs has now become the summer dress of the year.

Reformation’s Holly Sleep Dress, a floaty mini dress with a scrunched 1950s-style neckline with scalloped edges, was inspired by “vintage nightgowns that you can probably get away with wearing out and about,” the brand’s website read. Similarly, fellow cool-girl label Damson Madder noted that its Elspeth Nightdress, which features dainty floral embroidery and a broderie hemline, is “effortlessly wearable from night to day.” Meanwhile, If Only If — the British brand behind the scene-stealing nightgowns worn by Megan Stalter in Lena Dunham’s Netflix series “Too Much” — photographs models wearing their nighties with woven basket bags at the farmer’s market or out in the countryside.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Israel denounced the decision.

Macron said that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September. “The urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops and the civilian population is saved,' he wrote.

France is now the biggest Western power to recognize Palestine, and the move could pave the way for other countries to do the same. More than 140 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including more than a dozen in Europe.

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening’s daughter will lead the fourth season to the hit series.

I’m so jealous!

As in, maybe a sign of interest? I know a cute guy at work who is out and just happens to be single, but I'm not sure how he feels about me. We have a very playful relationship. He likes to joke with me a lot. He calls it "teasing," and he does it often. Sometimes, I'll think he's being serious about something, but then he'll look at me and say "I'm just fucking with you!" And then he'll laugh. I wonder if he really likes me? At work he's always trying to get my attention even going out of his way to talk to me. Our conversations are usually lighthearted because we like kid around with each other. I think we 0have great chemistry, but I also find myself overanalyzing when I'm alone. Dl, do you joke around with guys that you like? Can teasing be a form of flirting?

Joan Crawford!

Miss El Paso, Betty Buckley!

Charming TV personality Bess Myerson!

Miss Iowa's dramatic interpretation of "Alice in Wonderland!"

Miss Mississippi's tribute to Dr. Zhivago in painting!

Sponsored by Oldsmobile and Toni Hair Products.

He voted for Trump to fight against "child trafficking"

Adams comes in 4th, trailng after Curtis Sliwa.

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

I expect that will be the upper limit of what universities will pay in settlements.

Based on the books from the Slow Horses guy.

[quote]When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.

Eight episodes, starts October 29.

The company is splitting into two entities which will be called, respectively, Warner Bros. and Discovery

So what exactly has been accomplished?

TimeWarner’s cable entities save HBO are now part of Discovery Global (CNN, TNT, TBS, etc.)

Warner Bros now consists of all the most valuable assets for an acquisition.

Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein looks INCREDIBLE. Omg. I remember when this was announced and I rolled my eyes but this actually looks good. I got excited for this one after seeing this trailer.

I can’t wait for this.

It is like everyone can catch their breath. No life-shattering news everyday. A moment to relax. The way life used to be. Remember?

OMG the forever kickline - CHILLS! ❤️🤩

She said everything I've wanted to scream at the genocide apologists of DL.

[quote] "No I'm not gonna let you filibuster, bitch. You guys are totally okay with IDF soldiers shooting and killing desperate people waiting in line for humanitarian aid. You're okay with that? It shocks my consicence and my soul that people as evil as this exist in this world. Watching these videos, seeing these images, seeing all these kids desperate, hungry, parentless, trapped in Gaza, and you're sitting here and you're defending it. I can't stand it. I can't listen to it."

Jim has a new show on Substack.

Can we take a few posts to discuss the hotness of Ray Winstone from "sexy beast" ? back in the day, I was all hot and bothered everytime he was on the big screen. Surely I'm not the only one ? WHET him ?

Seriously. Mentally ill, just trolling? I saw a clip of her on Faux saying how she loves watching YT videos of immigrants being dragged out of court hearings all while constantly blinking. The blinking indicates duplicity/lying to me. All of the female dumpers are this way. Morse code blinking.

What's the game? Attention or just mental illness.

Swish and gargle some for at least 30 seconds after you whores suck cocks.

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

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

Federal employees can display religious items at work, pray in groups while not on duty and encourage co-workers to adopt their faith, according to guidance released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civilian workforce.

WaPo, so can’t link

Why can’t I find a thread on this show? And I mean a proper thread - not a Lena Dunham thread that is only TOO MUCH adjacent.

Also, Megan Stalter is as awful here as she is on HACKS.

Track 17 is my favorite of this list.

1. Showboat - William Warfield – Old Man River

2. Patti LuPone – Anything Goes

3. Oklahoma - Laurence Guittard – Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'

4. Carousel - Katherine Hilgenberg – You'll Never Walk Alone

5. Annie Get Your Gun - Ethel Merman + Bruce Yarnell + Rufus Smith + Jerry Orbach - There's No Business Like Show Business

6. Brigadoon - David Brooks + Marion Bell – Almost Like Being In Love

7. Guys And Dolls - Peter Gallagher – Luck Be A Lady

8. The King And I - Yul Brynner & Constance Towers – Shall We Dance

9. West Side Story - Charlotte D'Amboise + Debbie Gravitte + Barbara Yeager + Nancy Hess + Elaine Wright + Renee Stork – America

10. Gypsy - Angela Lansbury – Everything's Coming Up Roses

11. Bye Bye Birdie - Jason Alexander + Vanessa Williams – Rosie

12. Oliver - Michael Goodman + Bruce Prochnik – Consider Yourself

13. Carol Channing – Hello Dolly

14. Fiddler On The Roof - Zero Mostel – If I Were A Rich Man

15. Man Of La Mancha - Colm Wilkinson – The Impossible Dream

16. Cabaret - Alan Cumming + The Kit Kat Girls – Money

17. Chicago - Bebe Neuwirth – All That Jazz

18. 42nd Street - Jerry Orbach – Lullaby Of Broadway

19. Titanic - Brian D'Arcy James + Martin Moran – The Proposal / The Night Was Alive

20. Ragtime - Brian Stokes Mitchell + Audra McDonald – Wheels Of A Dream

Many pharmaceutical products made in Europe will face a 15 percent tariff, pinching manufacturers and potentially leading to higher drug prices.

Jealous, bitches?

Ryan Coogler may be getting Denzel Washington for Black Panther but Eddie Murphy is The Pink Panther. As if Eddie Murphy weren’t already synonymous with iconic franchises, the veteran comic and actor revealed today that he’d soon be taking on the famed role of the Pink Panther.

Speaking to Today‘s Al Roker, Murphy said he had initially “planned on slowing down, and things just happened” with regard to his slate of upcoming projects.

“I’m getting ready to do a [biopic of] Bill Clinton, The Pickup star said. “I’ve already started Shrek 5. And I’m going to be — I’m Inspector Clouseau in the next Pink Panther.”

Related Stories Eddie Murphy shares update on Donkey movie spinoff Eddie Murphy Teases 'Shrek 5' & Shares Update On Donkey Movie Spinoff: "They've Written This Funny Story"

When Roker reacted with surprise, asking if the canonically French character would still be written as such with Murphy occupying the role, the Saturday Night Live alum responded coyly: “Maybe. Well, he has to be French, but he could also be Haitian. I will tell you, he’s Black. He’s Black, for sure.”

Watch on Deadline

I’ve been using Spotify for a good 15 years and over the last year started using Apple Music only because my sister has the family plan and added me to it so I get it for free.

I got a free 3 month trial to Amazon Music (don’t mock me but I didn’t know they had an app) and its interface is better than Apple Music and they have more music overall too. Also, the songs sound better and louder on Amazon Music for some reason.

I’m shocked. It’s the closest to Spotify than any of the music streamers.

I’m actually liking it and have been using it more often lately.

What's with the guy? He is aways "on" and it's seven directions at once!

In 2017, I was at a crossroads. A lot of people I knew were dying, and I started thinking: You really don't know how many days you get or what's promised to you.

I figured I'd start traveling abroad. My company was kind enough to let me take a sabbatical while I sorted out my world. It turned out to be a mistake for them, because I decided I wasn't coming back.

Once I stepped out the door and visited places I had only dreamed of and ate food I had only read about, it was ridiculous to think I was going to go back to my "normal life."

[quote]A House Republican’s bill would strip former President Kennedy’s name from the Washington institution created in the 35th commander in chief’s honor and instead have it known as the “Trump Center for the Performing Arts.” The bill, recently introduced by Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.), aims to “designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the ‘Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts.'”

[quote]Representatives for Onder and the Kennedy Center didn’t immediately return ITK’s request for comment about the proposed name change. In an earlier statement, Onder called Trump “a patron of the arts and a staple of the pop-culture landscape.”

[quote]Dubbing the bill the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act, a play on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” Onder said, “I cannot think of a more ubiquitous symbol of American exceptionalism in the arts, entertainment, and popular culture at large than President Trump.”

Post yours here for inspection pls

Previous thread at the link.

The actress Dame Joan Collins has decried the “invasion” of London by e-bikes and scooters, claiming that she had been “almost run over twice by Lime bikes”.

Collins, 92, said the capital was being “destroyed by the insidious antics” of its mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, and blighted by graffiti and road closures.

She accused delivery riders on rental e-bikes of being the “most dangerous” road users given the sheer volume of deliveries they made in a day.

Writing a diary column in The Spectator, Collins said: “Several news outlets are reporting the surge in the dangerous crossings of immigrants coming to our shores, and the cost of giving them succour. But I’m seeing an invasion of a different sort: the proliferation of rental bikes and powered scooters that litter our pavements.

“I’ve recently been almost run over twice by ‘Lime bikes’ … Everyone I know has experienced the rudeness and sloppiness of most of these bike riders. They seem to care not for road rules, pedestrians, safety, or anyone but themselves. The bikes dart recklessly between vehicles.”

As well as almost being run over by Lime bikes, Collins, who has recently been filming The Bitter End, a film about the Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson’s latter days, said she has also “tripped over a bunch of discarded cycles on the streets of Belgravia”.

E-bikes are “dockless”, allowing users to park them in designated zones across the city. In some places the bikes can be left anywhere in a certain area, in others they have to be lined up in a parking bay. Lime asks users to park their bikes “neatly”, wherever they are left.

:mirror-universe-schism:

What if, Joe Biden were to tell Trump he’s right.

Lie, just say that he should have pursued legal action against Trump while in he was in office, but that he, like President Obama, were too short sighted by their deference for the office.

He could even fluff himself up and say he was too busy fixing the country after Fuckup #45 to put him in a jail cell with pool angled camera footage and missing minutes?

Come on Joe, get on tv, shed a few crocodile tears, maybe have a prayer circle(jerk) photo-op with Jill and Hunter? I think the former pillow guy now sells religious jewelry. Throw him a bone, get you some big ol’ chains with the OG J on’em, like SpokesBarbie.

This explains a few things.

The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance?

Police responded to reports of armed suspect and warned those around Park Ave in Manhattan to shelter-in-place

Starring Eric Bana as a special agent solving a Yosemite murder. Did anybody else try watching this?

I wanted to like it but it was SO bad.

The mountain scenery was nice at least.

Yup, Ben's mid life crisis not only continues, but gets worse.

Cunning. Shrewd. Cold. Bitch.

These are just a few of the names she has been called in her forty years of being in high fashion and journalism. Yet, to only classify her as a British Leona Helmsley would be misguided.

From a young age, she either worked in her father's publishing house or at magazines like Oz and Harper's Bazaar before landing the Editor-In-Chief position at Vogue.

What are DL's thoughts on Anna Wintour?

I'm the new millennium coming in with a bang

I could have swore it was Pike but it seems like ever since the show started they want you to believe it is Kirk.

What's the deal???

Maybe there’s a retreat-to-attack strategy.

Rope-a-dope.

And this articles notes danger signs: “But Harvard’s decision to walk back its public commitment to DEI could prompt backlash among some students and faculty, who argue that promoting diversity should be a central tenet for the University — and who see recent changes as concessions to the Trump administration.”

Doris Day

John Ratcliffe accused several Obama-era officials of helping to fabricate allegations about Russian interference in the 2016 election and then lying under oath

Blind Items Revealed #4 March 27, 2025

This married state A++ lister seemed very very close to a model at an event this week.

Gavin Newsom

Blind Items Revealed #6 April 7, 2025

This married state A++ lister has national plans but that won't happen if he is busted with his new much younger friend.

Gavin Newsom

Time has not been kind to him.

To be precise, it may not work if the goal is to promote child development.

“But now a rigorous experiment, in a more direct test, found that years of monthly payments did nothing to boost children’s well-being, a result that defied researchers’ predictions and could weaken the case for income guarantees.

After four years of payments, children whose parents received $333 a month from the experiment fared no better than similar children without that help, the study found. They were no more likely to develop language skills, avoid behavioral problems or developmental delays, demonstrate executive function or exhibit brain activity associated with cognitive development.”

David Archuleta gets up close and personal about his #queer journey in this special episode of Storytellers: Pride Edition.

The former #AmericanIdol finalist shares his unique perspective on discovering his #LGBT identity and how it differs from understanding his #Latino roots.

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

Where is it most common?

Did you ever whore around?

He was very hot when young, and he still has a nice ripped body (as per "Watchmen"). He has the fruitiest posh accent ever (and I say that as a compliment), and though capable of subtlety when younger he is now pretty hammy.

Have there ever been rumors about him indulging in the homosex? He's been together with his wife Sinead Cusack for decades.

For Candice Lyall, cherry harvest is always a race against the clock. Eastern Washington is famous for its cherries, and there’s just a short window when they are the perfect ripeness. Wait too long and they are too soft for sale. And they must be picked by hand. Lots of them.

Finding those hands locally can be a challenge. Some of her workers are foreign-born. But this summer the harvest coincided with Donald Trump’s mass deportation sweeps. Rumors swirled of roadway checkpoints. More than 100 workers who started, dwindled to 30 by the second week.

“There's a lot of farms that didn't pick because they didn't have enough labor,” she said. Lyall is a Trump supporter in a conservative farming region. She favors stricter border security because of worries of drug cartels. But she wants to see a path toward a stable workforce.

To a pivotal place in your past- where would you like to go back to and make the right decision?

I have engineered wood floors that I'm stuck with for the time being. I usually vacuum, then wet swift, but I can't stand the Fabreeze scent that seems to be in everything. Are the steam mops any good? I see a ton of them in thrift stores, so I wonder if they are a hassle or don't work well, any suggestions?

We're getting a William the Conqueror series this year, apparently. With two blond DL faves and lots of hot Vikings.

[quote]A clash that defined a country, and a continent, for a thousand years. The epic story of 1066, and the brutal battle for a kingdom.

Eight episodes, starts August 24th, later globally on Paramount.

Hi, these are camels and you will love them.

Please find me something new that involves dollfaces in non-dangerous situations.

I don’t want to see some cloudy-eyed kitten saved by a moo. I always think they made the illness happen for the video.

No, I want happy oblivious pets in this horrible world.

Please share. It can be old.

Mellowing out in his old age.

[quote]Lucas was previewing his long in development museum, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is set to open next year. At the panel, held on July 27 and moderated by Queen Latifah, Lucas called the museum “a temple to the people’s art.”

[quote]The museum will also have two theaters, a library, an event space, and 33 galleries, including one of exhibit that will include the earliest forms of narrative art: the mythological Greek, Roman, and Egyptian gods.

Dawson's gaped hole aside, there are gaping plot holes. Just one: If it is a weekend it's not a great feat of outrageous slutty nihilism. 25 loads a day? Maybe fewer if they started to load him on Friday night. I know cum dumps who routinely took 10 loads within a few hours at the sex clubs of Paris and Berlin in 2005, when this classic gay porn was shot.

Was bored, threw the show on just to have something in the background while did some chores. Next thing I know, I'm glued to the screen, totally transfixed. Watching on HBO, though I think it's airing elsewhere too.

Only thing I can't wrap my head around: how the hell were people holding up their phones filming all that chaos? I'd have dropped mine in pure terror.

I don’t for the life of me get his appeal. Tough guy? Winner with women? I see him as a mediocre FUG posing with what the studio gave him. Please explain.

Thanks!

And not add HBO to my bills. I can't afford it! But I want to see this and I haven't used one of those websites in about 3 years, so I don't know what's out there and where I can watch this.

Anyone?

Or he is fingering her. Or she’s giving him a 🤚J.

There are 10 gay celebrities wanting to get in! Whom would you choose?

It was slightly before I was born, but it sounds like a simple enough premise: Bring the era's biggest stars together to sing a soaring single, and donate the proceeds to famine relief.

It's a diverse group, too. Ray Charles to Kim Carnes, Bruce Springsteen to Bette Midler, also Cyndi Lauper and Dan Aykroyd show up, for some reason.

A few stars hogged the mic, though: Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles (well), Cyndi Lauper and Springsteen (poorly).

So what was it like at the time? Was this a big deal that people liked and supported? Did it end up helping people?

How would you rank these classic brunette beauties?

the whole family gets nominated but not Chavez?

Was it because he came off cold in some interviews?

Was he resented because he has an Emmy.

A Daytime Emmy is STILL an Emmy.

Welcome to Plathville star Barry Plath has seemingly been working on his revenge body as he has been hitting the gym hard following his split from ex Kim Plath.

The reality TV star, 55, looked unrecognizable when he was seen in a recent selfie with son Micah Plath looking ripped as the father-son duo showed off their bulked-up arms and chest on Saturday, August 26.

Since Barry and Kim announced their split in June 2022, he has found a new love: fitness. “Working out, that’s my new hobby,” the father of 10 said during the trailer for the upcoming season of the family’s reality series. “Blood flows in and everything gets bigger,” he laughed.

The former couple – who share children Ethan, Hosanna, Micah, Moriah, Lydia, Isaac, Amber, Cassia, Mercy and Joshua – shocked fans when they separated after 24 years of marriage. “After considerable thought and discussion, we have decided to end our marriage,” Kim and Barry told People in a joint statement at the time. “While this was not an easy decision, we know it’s the best choice for both of us. We have been through many highs and lows in our 24 years of marriage and as we navigate this new chapter in our lives, we will co-parent our amazing children.”

Prior to their announcement, the pair’s marital struggles played out during season 4 of the TLC series. They revealed they had been living separately for “a while” after Kim told her husband she wasn’t “happy.”

“One thing I thought wouldn’t ever be shaken was us. Now it’s totally shaken up. It’s just really sad. It’s a tragedy,” he told Kim. Kim later explained that she previously felt ignored by her husband when she tried to discuss their marital issues.

“Now it’s gotten to the point where I’m ready to leave the marriage, now he cares,” she added. “But I feel like if I was really worth it, he would have listened earlier.”

While Kim has seemingly moved on from their marriage, hinting at a new relationship in the trailer for the upcoming season, Barry has taken on the role of single parent as he cares for the former couple’s younger children.

“This man right here sets a real high standard for men in my life! I never really realized how important the role that a father plays in his daughter’s life is till I started restoring my relationship with my dad,” daughter Moriah Plath gushed about her father via Instagram in May. “My dad has grown so so much as a person and father and it’s changed my life. I guess the best way to put it is I’m secure! I feel priceless, and I am the most confident in who I am than I have ever been in my life.”

Is there something intrinsically gay about weather?

Some child actors possess natural talent (the Fanning sisters), some have fantastic performances coaxed out of them (Tatum O'Neal), and some are cloying (Shirley Temple). Who do you think is the best of all time? Vote for one of these or comment with your own choice, y'all.

What would your list consist of?

He gave as much as the period at the end of this sentence ➡️.⬅️

Maybe the character is supposed to be filler?

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

She is THE FACE of Hollywood.

Shapiro just imploded his future political career.

The linked video shows a caddy surreptitiously dropping a ball ahead of the double reinforced golf cart carrying fat assed trump. trump gets out of the cart and moves to the ball to complete the cheat

Grok, Elon's right wing leaning AI platform ,describes it as follows.

@grok

"In the video, a companion drops a golf ball from the sand trap onto the fairway, allowing an improved lie without penalty—clear evidence of cheating, which aligns with known allegations about Trump's golf habits"

Oooooooh Rupes is maaaaad

Is it required that the person being proposed to in a public setting must always have their hand over their mouth?

I don’t know 🤷🏻

We will face it together 👯‍♂️

We will fight it together 👊🏻

As a family👩🏼‍🍼

What time is it? 🕰️

I'm Kalinda's notebook.

Go!

It’s easy to tell.

Discuss.

Per the comments, Taron appears to be ovulating.

He is ripping off Avatar the Last Airbender.

I'm contemplating purchasing the nude of the naked gunner but I'm sort of at a loss for where or even if such photos are acceptable. I'm new to buying art and while I shouldn't have to worry about the opinions of guests in my home, I would like some honest opinions on your thoughts on nudes. I know hanging it in my dinning room or living room wouldn't be appropriate, though a child has never set foot in my home. I would put it up in my bedroom but don't want people to think this is some of my jerk off material. Also, when my parents visit town they will sleep or nap in there.

I'm sure many will think I'm overthinking all of this, myself included a bit, but I am really new to art and want to make a good impression while collecting things that speak to me. Any guidance will be appreciated.

Notes: Adult male, live alone, no kids. Ideally, i would love to put up this photo anywhere I please. But I host parties and don't want anyone to be uncomfortable.

I’m the insufferable Cary Agos smirk.

Don't they execute gays there?

He didn't live in Arizona. He chose to run there because it was easy.

Please discuss.

Season two of "The Sandman" goes deep. Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most-remembered Greek myths. At the wedding of Orpheus (here, the son of the muse Caliope and Morpheus - not Apollo) and Eurydice, the bride is bitten by a serpent and dies before their life together even begins. Orpheus descends into the underworld, and sings to Hades and Persephone in an attempt to rescue his beloved. Operas, visual arts, literature...the story is retold countless times over the centuries. Played here by Ruairí O'Connor (and voiceover by Regé-Jean Page), I didn't expect "The Sandman" to set a new standard for depicting Orpheus' story, but that's exactly what it does. What a shame the central scene lasts only seven minutes.

In the old texts, the trees leaned in to listen, the rivers ran silent, even the rocks shed tears. Sisyphus stopped pushing his boulder to listen. Tantalus ceased reaching for the water he would never drink. The goddesses of vengeance (Orpheus' three-in-one sister/grandmothers) wept. For the first time in our modern age, I feel the story has been done justice. Here, Persephone's breast heaves, so moved by the unfolding tale and the power of Orpheus' song. Then.... her eyes say "da fuk?" as a surging glow of longing uplifts the souls of the dead.

Antonia Desplat is REGAL in this short role. David Thewlis channels Paul Scofield. The whole second season of The Sandman is worthwhile, but IMHO this version of Orpheus (spread over two episodes) is a must-see.

Well?

[quote]iOS 26 adds a new filtering system to the Messages app that tucks away messages from “Unknown Senders” into a separate tab. Punchbowl News (via Daring Fireball and Political Wire) reports that Republicans in Washington, D.C. are already freaking out about the fundraising implications of this new feature, warning that it “could cost them $25 million in fundraising revenue.”

Poor babies! Personally I can't wait for this.

Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that does not border Ontario, and Ontario is the only one of the Great Lakes that does not border Michigan. Discuss............

I am in a complicated family situation, and I could use some legal and financial advice. I am a 50 year old recently married gay man. When I was in my twenties, I was able to purchase a small home, for about 40k. As my credit wasn't stellar, and the price was so low, my parents took out a home equity line of credit and financed about 30k of the purchase. I paid my parent's loan amount each month until it was paid off in 15 years. The house was solely in my parent's names, with the expectation that it would be put in my name after the loan was finished. It never did, and it wasn't really an issue. I came out to family when I was 19, and while they said they accepted me, it wasn't something they were thrilled about. I finally met the right guy, and after we got engaged, my family relationship really soured. My parents and younger sister refused to meet him, or allow him into their homes. That was the point where it finally clicked. I had been gaslit for decades, and finally went to almost no contact. After the wedding, I moved in to my husband's apartment which is slightly larger and works better for us for the moment. My plan has been to renovate and expand my house for us longterm, once the deed was quit claimed. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers, and because my sister and father are trying to get her on Title 19 if she goes into a nursing home, my sister who has power of attorney, and my father are saying they cannot sign the house over because of the tax implications. I understand that the federal government will review your assets for the previous 5 years to see if a person will qualify, but for the life of me I don't see how they can shield themselves from a larger tax burden when on paper they are likely worth around 2.5-3 million without adding my house to the mix. My house is worth around 400k if that makes any difference. Any thoughts folks?

She's so weird the way she eats the cake. Guy is a bit weird too- he digs into it VERY quickly as if he's in some kind of rush.

Gay content, from A24 and Amazon.

[quote]From creator, writer, executive producer and star Benito Skinner, [italic]Overcompensating[/italic] is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, watching as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs.

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Owen Wilson will return for the fourth installment in the long-running comedy series, while Ariana Grande is joining the cast.

Stiller teased the fourquel during a 25th anniversary screening of “Meet the Parents,” saying they only returned because they found an “organic reason” to revisit these characters.

“What spurred the idea is that I’m the age that Bob was when we did the first movie,” Stiller told the crowd at Tribeca Festival. “It felt like a mirror to the first film, where one of my kids is thinking about introducing his person to the family.”

Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children

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I had the Brisket Melt with a side of Onion Rings. You can ask me anything.

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This looks like fun!!!

Interesting

Very late to this beefcake party. This isn't my type of man or entertainment but I've made exceptions. Haven't you all?

I’m scared. I’ve got myself together but one year I did enough ❄️ to provide enough fake snow for an indoor ski resort. Jesus I’m sorry. I repent.

Why do I keep seeing this term now? Commonly used by people who claim they aren't christian but "culturally christian".

Sounds like some bullshit a white supremacist would use.

Money maker

I wish that there were more Mr. Bean shows and movies!

For me, it would have to be Clint Walker. Everything was perfection. Body, face, hair, voice…they don’t make ‘em like that anymore.

Idk why this quick moment always makes me feel uneasy.

Let's discuss the war film The Dirty Dozen. Tough Major Reisman is tasked to lead one of the most dangerous missions in WWII: to infiltrate a German chateau to gain Nazi secrets. Accompanying him are twelve of the worst criminals in the U.S. Army.

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Based on the book by E. M. Nathanson

Adapted for the screen by Nunnally Johnson and Lucas Heller

Music by Frank De Vol

Starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Jon Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, and ERNEST BORGNINE

He got a message that brought the past full circle and offered something close to healing.

Ranging from Reese Witherspoon's witch chin to Luke Evans' leathery hide.

After 125 days in silence, detained inside an El Salvador concrete fortress built to disappear people, gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero is finally home in Venezuela, alleging he was tortured, sexually abused, and denied food while detained under a Trump administration deportation order that erased him from society.

“It was an encounter with torture and death,” Hernández, 32, told journalists at his family home in Capacho on Wednesday, describing how he and others were beaten, shot with rubber projectiles, and confined in dark cells, before they were suddenly freed on Friday. “Many of our fellows have wounds from the nightsticks; they have fractured ribs, fractured fingers and toes, marks from the handcuffs,” he said, according to Reuters. “Others have marks on their chests, on their face ... from the projectiles.”

In a televised interview aired on Venezuelan state media Monday, Hernández alleged sexual abuse by guards. The Venezuelan attorney general has said his office will investigate Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele over the reported torture of Venezuelan nationals, Reuters reports. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the abuse claims Tuesday, calling the deported men “criminal, illegal gang members,” Reuters reports.

The Democrat was floated as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) gave a fleeting answer when asked if he’s planning to run for president in the 2028 election.

“I’m going to give you a yes-or-no question here, senator … you did a town hall in Michigan and you’re [livestreaming right now] from Pennsylvania, both of them are key battleground states,” CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper said Sunday. “Yes or no, are you considering running for president in 2028?”

Who would make your list?

What are DL's thoughts on the Woody Allen drama Interiors. The film follows an affluent Connecticut family as they struggle with work, marriage, fidelity, retirement, alcoholism, and depression.

Written and Directed by Woody Allen

Starring Kristin Griffin, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston, and Geraldine Page

I think I'm in love.

Will she marry me, even if I'm gay?

Such passion!

"If you want to raise psychological safety by miles, you don’t need another training. You need to stop managing perception and start surfacing truth."

And the response to ^this^: “I'm putting this one on my quote board!”

Such a...charming...couple. Their love story isn't the sleaziest, but it works.

So you balding reprobates can rejoice! Love is indeed out there!

I always hated going to church, though I did pray and believe in God, until I was 18. It was late summer of 1997.

Ironically, it was in church one Sunday, (Catholic) on my own, that it clicked - It was the moment I began to gradually stop believing. It was also at that Sunday Mass I decided to call my best friend at the time after church, and come out to her (duh, she knew, but I digress). It was my Freshman year of college, and my parents no longer dictated churchgoing. It was the last time I entered a church voluntarily, outside of weddings, funerals etc.

No more painfully torturous Stations of the Cross. No more 3 hour Easter Vigils. No more of that pro-life crap shoved down my throat. Raised in 12 years of Catholic school in the age of AIDS and acceptable homophobia just wore me down. It was my Age of Enlightenment.

Freedom of thought and clarity was way more important to me than leaving my fate in God’s hands.

I don’t believe in God at all anymore, but I do my best to respect religion (though privately I detest ALL religion, even the peaceful ones),

I do still say a prayer to St. Anthony when I lose my keys or wallet, just to be safe.

Gwyneth Paltrow isn't the only big name attached to Astronomer's cheeky response to "Coldplaygate."

Ryan Reynolds' company, Maximum Effort, announced its involvement with a lighthearted X post on Sunday.

"Thank you for your interest in Maximum Effort, @astronomerio! We'll now get back to what we do best: motion pictures with Hugh Jackman, Fastvertising and Wrexham football," the post said. "We'll leave data workflow automation to Gwyneth Pa Astronomer."

Keira Knightley, DL fave Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, and the beautiful Andrew Koji.

Six episodes, out December 5th.

[quote]Aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park's northern range are experiencing their first new generation of growth in 80 years, according to a new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management. The research found that about a third of 87 surveyed aspen stands now contain tall, healthy saplings throughout – a change directly attributed to the reintroduction of wolves to the park in 1995.

[quote]Gray wolves disappeared from Yellowstone by 1930 following extensive hunting and government eradication programs. Without these apex predators, elk populations soared to an estimated 18,000, with their constant browsing preventing aspen saplings from establishing themselves. Surveys in the 1990s found virtually no young aspen trees in the area.

I had seen a few episodes before and the show was pretty funny. I like the interplay among the ensemble - sharp writing.

I have just started watching the series from the beginning, and it is still very funny but like a family sitcom with AA as another invisible character.

I will be interested to see how they go from this beginning to the ensemble with veteran comedy actresses.

Just finished watching the movie 'Roseland' from 1977 (Merchant Ivory Productions), which I recorded last week on TCM. The movie was made up of three stories of the 'lonely' people who danced weekly at 'Roseland' in Manhattan, and starred a young Christopher Walken as a gigolo (hustling older wealthy women to be their companion and dance partner). Geraldine Chaplin also starred. At times, it was a very emotional movie - I really became invested in most of these people, and wanted them to find just one night of happiness on the ballroom floor. Of the three stories, my favorite was the last, titled "Peabody".

Anybody else ever see this ? What did you think ?

Anyone?

Will Lindsey Graham finally admit his truth?

Too bad our media isn't as honest.

[quote] CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND.

Reportedly, the man believed that the security guards had scratched his car.

😞

New couple alert!

This trailer doesn’t make me feel much of anything, unlike the trailers for 1 and 2.

OMG that ass!

I've noticed that even some "straight guys" are lusting after him, in the comments section.

I ❤️ Blood Orange, but this one hits just right.

Dedicated to all my Swans of all colors. 😘

The first two episodes dropped today.

To my mind this is the best ST show since The Next Generation. Love Captain Pike, love hot Spock, love Jim Kirk's mustachioed little bitch brother. I love Uhura and Chapel, even though they look and act nothing like Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, and it is inconceivable they could one day grow up to become them.

I can even tolerate the navigator who seems to be patterned on Che Diaz (awful lesbian haircut, cocky and mouthy).

ova, Anisim vs. Svee-i-tek in the Ladies' final

Sinner vs. Alcaraz in the Gentlemen's final

Which teams are you on?

If you have watched this, what is your opinion of it?

I watched this movie last night for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The film follows the Fox News Room as it deals with the 2016 election, Trumpism, and sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes.

Directed by Jay Roach

Written by Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Rob Delaney, Holland Taylor, Mark Moses, Richard Kind, Brooke Smith, Stephen Root, and JOHN LITHGOW

US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian. The officers’ testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with “assaulting” and “impeding” federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers’ inaccurate reports, court records show. The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.

The rapid felony dismissals are a major embarrassment for the Trump-appointed US attorney for southern California, Bill Essayli, and appeared to be the result of an unusual series of missteps by the justice department, former federal prosecutors said.

Accidental drowning.

Well?

He's made his name as one of our greatest living classical actors, the heir to Olivier, they've called him. But these days, you're just as likely to see him starring in a Hollywood movie as on the West End stage.

He's had no formal training, brought up in a middle class family in Lancashire. He went to Cambridge and then straight into the theatre. It wasn't long before he was attracting attention. He played a famous Double Bill of Richard II and Edward II, was greatly acclaimed as Macbeth at the RSC, and won a Tony as Salieri in Amadeus on Broadway. For the last 30 years, he's worked increasingly in films. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Gods and Monsters, and has been seen more recently doing his bit for box office receipts as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings.

A more contented man, he feels, since he came out as gay 37 years ago, he's pretty unromantic about his job. "People like me are sloggers," he says, "I'm not a born actor."

He is Ian McKellen.

I learned lots of new facts about the show after watching this one.

I wish it went more into the Kes departure and the 2 Of Breasts arrival tho.

Discuss.

Did anyone did this before?

The former First Lady and patron of the arts would have been 96.

While inevitably somebody will bring up the scandals, I’m focusing here on his body of work. I would assume he’s done directing. I’ve recently watched a lot of his later films which I hadn’t seen. While there isn’t a “Hannah and Her Sisters” or “Purple Rose of Cairo” in the bunch, some were quite good. I liked “Blue Jasmine” and “Coup de Chance” quite a bit. I was wishy-washy on “Wonder Wheel” for about the first ten minutes but Kate Winslet really knocks it out of the park. I didn’t quite “get” “Cafe Society” until I read he structured it like a novel, which made sense. As for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, I don’t think most women would really take up a stranger on his offer to fly them to another city and have sex with them.

One thing that sticks is how out of touch Allen is with “regular folk”. In his world, people still have cocktail parties and stand around talking while listening to smooth jazz. Cate Blanchett keeps looking down at Sally Hawkins’s apartment in “Blue Jasmine” when in actuality it’s a large, great space that anybody in San Francisco would kill for. No grocery store cashier with two kids could afford that.

And some of the casting doesn’t always work. Justin Timberlake as a lifeguard who’s an aspiring writer who loves Eugene O’Neill? Gina Gershon supposed to be married to Wallace Shawn in “Rifkin’s Festival”? Gershon has a hard time pulling off the role anyhow and can’t recite his dialogue believably. And why cast Parker Posey in “Cade Society” when she’s basically holding up scenery?

I think “Chance” is a good stopping point.

I need a new carry-on bag. I just ordered a Travel-Pro which is well-reviewed and good quality, but I find it ugly and dated and the built-in charger has a USB-A cord which is already outmoded. What do you like?

Xavier Novell is a well-known figure in Spain's Roman Catholic communities, having become Spain's youngest bishop when he took the role in 2010 at the age of 41.

Despite his relative youth, Novell was firmly traditionalist in his views, supporting so-called 'conversion therapy' for gay people-- and even carrying out multiple exorcisms.

The former bishop resigned last month, after meetings with Catholic officials and even the Pope himself-- and BBC News reports that the 'personal reasons' for his resignation is that he left the role to be with a woman.

Religión Digital revealed that Xavier Novell is now in a relationship with author Silvia Caballol, a psychologist and erotic novelist whose books include The Hell of Gabriel's Lust, and trilogy Amnesia.

Ms Caballol's novels involve themes of Satanism, sadism, lust and erotica. Spanish media reports that his high-profile resignation has caused outrage in the Catholic church, with some colleagues concerned Mr Novell may have been possessed by demons.

I nominate Brian Dunkleman and Taylor Kitsch.

Despite a round of new Netflix cancellations it looks like Sandman get another season! None of the threads are coming up or I would have posted this great news there.

Are you a good precedent or a bad precedent?

Was she considered a great beauty/top supermodel back in the day? Why did she have such a tragic ending? I watched a documentary about the family and her sister Mariel was callously cruel about Margaux, going as far as calling her stupid and saying she used to be embarrassed to be associated with her. Even if true, it seemed so unnecessarily cruel.

A day after arriving in Sydney on a long-haul flight from the U.S., Keith Urban was back at the airport to pick up his wife of 17 years, Nicole Kidman, as she came home for Christmas on December 18.

The pair smiled widely as he led her by the hand and ushered her outside into his waiting car. “It was all very sweet and lovey-dovey — he even opened the car door for her,” says an observer, “but it definitely seemed a little bizarre, like they were putting on a show of unity and happiness for all of the cameras.”

In private, it’s a different story. “Nicole has been secretly struggling and doing her best to hide it,” says an insider exclusively to In Touch. But fans have started to notice her erratic social media posts, dramatic weight loss and changing face due to suspected plastic surgery. “Everyone wants to know what’s wrong with her. Even those close to her are concerned. The truth is, Nicole has been working herself ragged, and it’s taking a toll.”

In the past two years, Nicole has filmed five TV shows and three movies. “She’s been acting in projects nearly back-to-back while also doing advertisements and producing,” says the insider. “She even just took on the job as a Balenciaga brand ambassador, as if she didn’t have enough on her plate.”

Another source reveals she also earns upwards of $1 million for a few hours’ work appearing at private events, such as corporate conventions and sales conferences. “The sheer frequency of these jobs seems to indicate she’s desperate for easy cash,” says the source. Despite already being worth an estimated $250 million, “it’s as if she fears if she turns down work opportunities, she’ll lose the career she worked so hard for,” the insider adds of the 56-year-old. “She’s shown no signs of slowing down.”

And she throws herself into every new job, body and soul. As a practitioner of the Method acting style, she’s admitted her preparation for roles is “bats—t crazy.” She’s been known to lose herself in a character to the point where those on set have observed that “something inside her just snaps and she becomes a different person,” says the insider.

It’s difficult to turn off that level of intensity when she gets home. After making the 2020 series The Undoing, Nicole admitted, “I went down for a week because your immune system doesn’t know the difference between acting and truth.”

The side effects are more than just physical. “Certain things penetrate in a really deep way. There is just no getting around that, and I wish there was. It does take a toll on my health and my spirit,” she’s said, adding that sometimes when she gets home, her children “are going, ‘Why are you looking like that, Mummy?’”

Fans wonder the same thing. “Nicole has always been shy and slightly quirky, which can cause her to act awkwardly in social situations. But her recent behavior has drawn a lot of attention,” says the insider. “She just seems off at times.”

In a series of Instagram photos posted on November 30, the actress made faces while wearing just rock band T-shirts and no pants.

Aside from acting like “she’s 15 years old,” as one commenter griped, others fretted about her bony frame and speculated that she seems to have gotten plastic surgery.

In person, the changes are even more noticeable. “She looks incredibly skinny. People are whispering about how boney she is,” says a witness who’s seen her on set for the erotic thriller Babygirl in NYC recently. (Nutrition expert Dr. Fred Pescatore, who has not treated Nicole, estimates that the 5-foot-11 actress is about 25 pounds below the average weight for her height.) “Her face doesn’t look so sunken,” adds the witness, “because she appears to have had fillers.”

Who are some gay singers worth a listen?

She seems happy at least. Good for her.

Almost three-quarters of Americans (73%) scan QR codes without verification, and more than 26 million have already been directed to malicious sites, according to NordVPN.

The FTC warned earlier this year about scanning QR codes on unexpected packages.

New York City’s Department of Transportation issued a warning that scammers are posting QR codes on parking meters that are not legitimate payment links.

Loony, but lovely. Like old man Mose, she has kicked the bucket.

Something I still haven't figured out.

US President Donald Trump has launched fresh accusations against top Democratic figures Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Al Sharpton, and Vice President Kamala Harris.Mr Trump is claiming they illegally received millions of dollars for political endorsements—an allegation made in a new Truth Social post that appears aimed at shifting focus from ongoing controversies linked to himself.

In his post, Mr Trump alleges that Democrats paid “Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!),” he said.“Three Million Dollars for ‘expenses’ to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV ‘anchor,’ Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING!” US President Donald Trump has posted a barrage of messages, ranging from questioning finances to demanding sports teams revert to former names, and sharing an AI video of Barack Obama’s arrest. He goes on to claim, “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted!”

We're already one episode in and no one's created a thread yet?

In the words of Shannon Beador, "Wow. Okay."

Amazing poster. Wow.

A private lab quietly altered voting machines used across the U.S. Then it vanished.

"In 2024, voters in Rockland County, NY, filed sworn legal affidavits claiming they had voted for independent Senate candidate Diane Sare. But the machines told a different story. In one district, nine people said they voted for her. The machines recorded five. In another, five claimed to vote for her but only three were officially counted by the machines. At the same time, In districts where voters clearly favored Democrats (evident by strong support for democratic Senate candidate Kirsten Gillibrand) Kamala Harris’s name either underperformed or seemed to disappear from the top of the ballot completely. They’d found that in some of the counties people where voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate Kirsten, Kamala Harris somehow got no votes at all. At the same time, Donald Trump raked in more than 750,000 votes above what Republican Senate candidates received on the exact same ballots. That would mean 750k people voted for him & skipped the rest of the Republicans on the same ballot. That kind of pattern doesn’t scream voter preference. It whispers something went wrong in the vote count itself. That’s not split-ticket voting. That’s a mathematical anomaly."

"At the center of it all: missing votes, statistical anomalies, and a federally accredited testing lab called Pro V&V, whose seal of approval may be worth less than the paper it’s rubber-stamped on."

"Software changes are not supposed to be considered minor. But Pro V&V approved them anyway without full testing, without public oversight, without explanation. Watchdogs like SMART Elections flagged it immediately. They knew what this meant. If the system could be changed in the shadows, then every vote cast on those machines was at risk of miscount or manipulation."

"Their website, once home to testing logs, certification documents, and contact information, collapsed into a hollow shell shortly after the 2024 elections. Federal law all but guarantees labs like Pro V&V stay in power. Under the Help America Vote Act (2002), they're accredited by the Election Assistance Committee (EAC) in conjunction with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). But once a lab is in, it stays in."

Ryan Walters. That’s who.

Ryan Walters (born May 23, 1985) is an American politician who has served as the elected Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023 and who served as the appointed Oklahoma Secretary of Education between September 2020 and April 2023.

A member of the Republican Party, Walters' political positions have been described as "far-right". He has been a vocal critic of critical race theory, LGBT students' rights, and teachers' unions in Oklahoma and has been described as "the state's top culture warrior". He supports the political organization Moms for Liberty, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has described as an "extremist" and "antigovernment" group.

He sucks with conviction.

If you do, it’s free

The political landscape right now is more confusing than a corn maze. For every data point that suggests Republicans face headwinds, there seems to be another that suggests Democrats should hold their britches.

Let’s start with President Donald Trump’s approval rating. Gallup released a poll last week putting Trump’s approval rating (37%), way down from the beginning of his second term (47%).

Then you have the Wall Street Journal survey, which got a lot less play and showed something very different. Trump’s net approval ratings among registered voters, have barely declined from earlier this year. His approval rating of 46% looks a lot like it did at the start of the year.

The Italian crooner turns 91 today. He's still performing, and recently addressed criticism of his latest concert tour.

He said in a POPLE interview back in October:

“I know there has been a lot of stuff on the internet about me lately so I wanted to clear the air. I am blessed to be 90 years old and still be doing what I love to do and as long as I am able, and audiences want to come see me, I am going to be out there performing as always. I absolutely love what I do. And I know we put on a great show because our fans are still coming out in force and the show still rocks.

How do we do the show?! The Four Seasons sound was always about layering vocals and instruments. We use our 60 years of experience so we sound like the records. I sing, I have singers who sing, great arrangements….everything. I get a chuckle from the comments wondering if someone forcing me to go on stage. Nobody has ever made me do anything I didn’t want to do.”

I just don’t understand why it hasn’t happened yet. Until then, I will continue to bask in the glow that is Tim’s gorgeous face and hair with reruns of Wings on AntennaTV at midnight on a Friday.

On her birthday!

I've always wanted to see this. Found it on youtube. I'm half way thru. Good performances so far. Shelley's Golden Globe nomination probably encourached her that her future lay away from Cheers.

Sharon Stone gets quite an entrance. Just a little touch of star quality.

I fear it will just be a standard picture, nothing special but I'm glad I found it to see Miss Stone's debut.

...along with Oprah, Gayle, the Kardashians. There were surprise performances from Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and Shaboozy. (The latter of which was mercifully brief.)

Any questions?

Nowadays, there'd be phone data and whatnot for the media types to obsess over.

It was all definitely tragic.

But I can see how an accident like that would induce shock in anyone.

“Number one, I agree with Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney is not a fucking actor … he is a brand"

That's pretty funny

Only in New York folks.

Stealth Dollface thread.

Proposal gone wrong? 😑 😂

“Essentially, you have female, you have male. I’ve met a lot of females, love them, don’t feel like them. Met a lot of males, love them, definitely not them. Met a lot of people in my life that are nonbinary, and these beautiful nonbinary people are who I feel the most like..."

JoJo was later supported by her other housemates, admitting that she is “afraid” to speak about how she is feeling publicly because she’s “not sure” about how she identifies.

During the show’s livestream, viewers saw JoJo excitedly open up to drag performer Danny Beard, saying: “I feel, like, so queer, do you know what I mean? I think that’s the thing, I’ve always told myself I’m a lesbian, and I think being here I’ve realized: ‘Oh, I’m not a lesbian, I’m queer,' and I think that’s really cool.”

Now you must submit your ID or face scan to the government before they will let you look because, ya know, breeders can’t raise their kids.

This is a fun Facebook account......some of it is literal TV listings but it's fun to see some of the ads or shows listed.

What are DL's thoughts on Dan Rather? I searched and could not find much on him.

A journalist with a JD, Rather worked for CBS and 60 Minutes for decades until he was abruptly fired over his reporting on George W. Bush's National Guard service. After his departure from CBS, he moved back home to Texas, where he works with his alma maters and civic and literary organizations.

I always felt he was more intelligent and classier than this contemporaries. He turns 93 on October 31.

In photos posted online, Spears juggled several pairs of shoes while glancing down at an accessories display. When it was finally time to check out, she messily spilled out her choices on the desk, including black sandals, nude pumps and heeled cheetah-print boots.

The pop star shopped in style, donning an off-the-shoulder red minidress and black fedora.

Pictured below: Al Pacino on the left & Robert De Niro on the right...

Who has tried these?

What songs would you include?

I love watching films that weren’t made by Americans and Hollywood but are set in the USA.

Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci made this horror film set in Boston. Filming took place between March 1981 through May 1981 and filmed in Manhattan, NY and Boston, MA. It stars Italian actors and one British actress.

It’s an interesting watch if you enjoy those Giallo films.

This is so sad. My grandmother died after a long battle with this horrible disease.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will be returning!

She was so good in Network.

What does one get for the anniversary of their first load?

Pete and Re-Pete

Curt and Rod

Denise and Denephew

I assume everyone will come together at election time.

Here he is in a recent photoshoot. He's got a new movie coming up. What do we think of ole Daryl Dixon now?

He does videos on his he differences between British and American English—but I don’t listen to a word he says. I just look at him.

His chest is so hairy—but I have yet to see a video with his shirt off. OnlyFans, Please!!

He will be the bestest politician ever.

ust when we thought the Coldplay Jumbotron controversy had run its course, Gwyneth Paltrow has entered the chat.

The Academy Award-winning actress and Goop founder appeared in a new – and very funny – ad for Astronomer, the tech firm whose former CEO and human resources chief launched a million memes after being shown on a Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert last week.

“I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer,” Paltrow said in the clip shared on the company’s Instagram on Friday night, adding that Astronomer had received “a lot of questions over the last few days.”

In addition to her other hats, Paltrow, of course, is also the famously “consciously uncoupled” ex-wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who at a concert in Boston last week inadvertently revealed an intimate moment between two top executives at Astronomer – who were seen embracing but immediately ducked from view – during a performance of Coldplay’s “Jumbotron Song.”

What other secrets are waiting to be revealed about the unraveling of Anita and the Articulates. And will their reunion tour actually come off.

What disguise is Leslie wearing today to commit her latest nefarious plot?

How will Eva adjust to being the apple of Ted's eye after being told he was the enemy for so long?

When will Martin's deeply held secret finally come to light?

How many times is Bill going to end up in the hospital before he gets proper treatment? And what will Dani do when she learns of Bill's latest heath scares.

This is the place to discuss Beyond the Gates.

Sign me up!

I just got an email from some cunt running for office in New Mexico discussing her fucking green chile chicken recipe. I know it’s because I google a lot of recipes and watch a lot of cooking content 😂. It’s annoying and an invasion of privacy.

Which sea or ocean is considered the most dangerous? Which has claimed the most lives?

Wow. Just wow. The film is amazing! And I’m one of the people who mocked the movie and felt it looked like absolute shit but I decided to go watch it today and was eating my words.

The movie is not only fun but charming and sensitive. I loved it. There is not a single moment that felt boring and the film goes by so fast that the time feels shorter than it actually was. It felt like 90 minutes max. PS I’m also someone who’s never been a fan of Superman. He’s just boring to me and too powerful. All that is changed in this film.

David Corenswet gives a movie star making performance. From start to end he never misses a single step. It’s an incredibly charming and heartwarming performance. He is tough and strong when necessary but also can be a bit naive to the human condition and is loving, kind and sensitive. I’ve never been so turned on while watching a Superman movie. Not even Cavill had me hot and bothered. I just thought he looked good. Corenswet is so charming and attractive in this.

Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois is the best Lois I’ve ever seen done. I loved her and the chemistry between her and David is off the charts. Her Lois puts Amy Adams to shame.

Despite how amazing they both are, the scene stealer here is Nicholas Hoult, whose Lex Luther feels closest to the comic book and he feels like he was born to play this character. That’s how effortlessly good he is.

Oh, and shoutout to James Gunn for including Krypto. I absolutely loved the dog and he had my theatre laughing. He was a pain in the ass but so much fun. I remember thinking it’s cheesy as hell to include him but Gunn knew what he was doing. The dog was awesome. Also, good call on cutting out the scene of the dog being beaten and tortured by Lex Luther.

There is a scene in the film where Lex and his crew break into Superman’s place while he isn’t there and destroy his robots and when Krypto attacks the woman uses her powers to take him down. Next time you see him you see they have him trapped at Luther Headquarters. Originally there is a scene of Lex beating and torturing Krypto but it didn’t go well with test audiences who saw it so it was removed. The film tested much better without that scene.

I first noticed this affectation by Jeremy Allen White in the final seasons of Shameless. "We'll drop Shane off at the bus stop, yeah". He brought the tic over to The Bear and Mountainhead had an example of it at least once in every scene. I just know it will leak into the masses soon and when it does, that person will get such a vicious face slapping, yeah.

I connected up with him a few times in the early-to-mid 2000's...he was such an incredible-looking guy and a great personality and it was wow...just wow. I know he has an instagram but hasn't posted in several years. Anyone have any info?

In Living Color.

Datalounge people- Please make some choice comments about this photo- especially the DL patron saint VV.

I think she looks fantastic.

The change has done her good!

In 1993

Tensions between pro-maskers, anti-maskers, q-anons and BLM activists escalate in a small Texas town plunging it into chaos in the new film from director of Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau is Afraid.

Looks intense and cohen brother-esque

Making his Cannes Film Festival Competition debut, Ari Aster unveiled Eddington, with the psychological western lassoing a nearly seven-minute ovation that included scattered clapping during the credits.

The thriller/black comedy is set in May 2020 and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr. and Amélie Hoeferle.

Phoenix plays small-town Sheriff Joe Cross in the eponymous New Mexico town, where he challenges Mayor Ted Garcia (Pascal) as the Covid pandemic is creating high tension. There’s a backdrop of fake news and collective anxiety.

I see a lot of older women who dress and wear their hair like this around L.A. Is this an ex-rocker? ex-hippy looks. Kinda 70s. Kinda Goldie Hawn. What do you think women like this are into when you see them?

Dizzy from all the Izzy chat. Do we have a betting pool for date/time the closing notice for Izzy will be posted?

It's summer, kids.....all the other theater news is slower than the recovery time for Jean Smart's knee!

We gonna watch this mess or what?

[quote]First unveiled as a serialized audiobook before hitting bookstands in 2023, The Shards is a dark coming-of-age tale with semi-autobiographical facets for Ellis. Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character’s world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.

I’ve been listening to both the Broadway cast recording and the film soundtrack lately, listening to how Julie Andrews and Marni Nixon sound compared to each other.

Julie originated the role, but you know, when you listen to her sing, she does have kind of a nasally quality to her voice.

Marni’s voice is always very pretty.

By the way, Audrey Hepburn did her own singing in most of “Just You Wait” (Marni takes over during the King sequence) and the very beginning of “I Could Have Danced All Night” (Marni takes over at “Not for all the jewels in the crown”).

Thank you David Epstein.

This plus the sales of American beef in the AU is going to bring a new pyrite age.

I follow Meidas Touch and a few smaller channels. Despite the endless false click bait headlines I need to find SOME hope- but I think all of these pundits have lost their minds thinking that this will be some kind of second coming and finally destroy Trump-

(Cannot stand the Bulwark or that Tim dude- I find him vaguely smug- I find all of them very off-putting on the Bulwark)

Anyway, as this Epstein List is going to be loaded with democrats in addition to Republicans, why does Trump give a shit? His base knows that he lies, and once its official that he did lie, these fuckers ALWAYS forget and move on..

And yes, his base is obsessed with the topic of child trafficking and rape (despite so many people in that party always being caught being sick hypocritical freaks hiding behind religion)

Is this is as simple as Trump lied about his connections to Epstein and now his party is going to turn on him?

(I think whatever is revealed will ultimately be underwhelming where Trump is concerned and will actually destroy others- whether by intentional obfuscation or other means)

I just find it unconvincing that a party and cabinet who literally lies to the public 50 times PER DAY will be brought down by this lie.

If so, name them...

[QUOTE]The Korean show follows Seong Gi-Hun as he and hundreds of other desperate contestants compete in violent children’s games for $38 million. Only one person can win the prize, and those who lose will pay with their lives.

He was just waiting for a kid to prove it. 🥹🥲

The author Sharon Draper was presenting her book Copper Sun on the stage. When she approached the end of the storyline excerpt where a man won the bid of an African girl for his son’s 16th birthday, the camera turned towards Bush, Laura and Condi. Condi looked miserable. Bush was solemn. Oddly Laura started to smile as soon as the author finished. The camera captured all of those. Did Laura pick that book for her book festival?

After Deadline reported a Murder, She Wrote reboot in the works at Universal, Jamie Lee Curtis has officially confirmed she’s on the case.

The Oscar winner revealed she “a minute away” from taking over the late Angela Lansbury’s beloved middle-aged mystery writer and amateur sleuth role, Jessica Fletcher, in a feature adaptation of the CBS series that ran for 12 seasons from 1984 to ’96.

“Oh, it’s… happening,” Curtis playfully confirmed to Entertainment Tonight. “We’re a minute away, but yeah, [I’m] very excited. Very excited. But I’m tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I’ll get to enjoy that work.”

In December, Deadline’s The Dish exclusively reported that Curtis was in talks to star in a Murder, She Wrote film penned by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, with producers Lord Miller and Amy Pascal.

Lansbury starred from 1984 to 1996 in what became one of the most successful and longest-running shows in TV history. Her Jessica Fletcher was a retired schoolteacher turned successful mystery writer, who proves to have an uncanny knack for solving real-life murders. The show was primarily set in the seaside town of Cabot Cove, Maine, though Jessica often travels to other locales as cases unfold.

Scoring four Golden Globes and multiple Emmy nominations for her performance as Jessica Fletcher, Lansbury reprised the role for four TV movies.

Stephen King and director Jack Bender have joined forces again for a new TV thriller "The Institute". Based on King’s best-selling 2019 novel by the same name, Bender said after working together on shows such as crime drama "Mr Mercedes" and sci-fi show "Under the Dome" they were keen to find a new project.

The Institute tells the story of Luke Ellis, a boy who is abducted and wakes up in a mysterious facility called The Institute, where other children with special abilities are held. The series will star Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker, with Joe Freeman as Luke Ellis. "It's a sort of… a slow simmering sort of horrifying thriller rather than a horror," Barnes said.

While the first series covers the book, there are plans to continue. Trailer posted at R1.

Fire!

Because the gays just weren’t suffering enough.

JoJo Siwa has dusted off her platinum wig, slapped on a triple strand of pearls, and announced (sorry — threatened) that she’s releasing a cover of Bette Davis Eyes.

I give her credit for most likely spending hours either screaming or chain smoking before she went into the studio to try and capture Kim Carnes vocal nodules voice.

Real life Kimmy Schmidt situation in Alabama

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

Our boys!!!

It will be like “Nine”, but with child prostitution.

Is this more prevalent then most people think?

These values include paying for abortions and cheating on your wife with a stripper

Echoes of a thrilled Bart Simpson watching Mr Blackwell: “Ohhhh he’s such a BITCH!”

So fucking sick.

Sea turtles hatch on land, and have to scurry to the water’s edge for safety before they can be eaten by waiting birds or mammals. If they get disoriented, they can also die from exposure. By instinct, they move toward bright light (because the stars and moon reflect off of the water), but in coastal communities with bright streetlights, they can easily get lost and die.

A new Buc-ee’s megastore (a giant gas station owned by MAGAts) has opened right next to a turtle habitat, and their giant parking lights are killing the turtles. But the state prefers the “jobs” of the gas station, and won’t enforce a lighting ordinance.

Again with this bitch? It's almost one year exactly since her last high-profile lawsuit tried to do the exact same thing.

Is your haircut or style any different t than it was 10, 20 years ago?

Are there things you wore in 2006 or 2016 that embarrass you now?

I don’t think of dataloungers as being very trendy but over the course of a couple decades, the goalposts for good taste must have shifted a bit, even for you.

and fantasized about ejaculating in cookie batter for his daughter's bake sale.

Can Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, carry a show? Let's find out!

[quote]Follows a secretive society which tracks supernatural beings like witches, vampires, and werewolves.

Starts October 26.

Mike Wallace was SO smug and patronizing.

Which celebrity romatic relationship or marriage has stunned you, made you think "Them? No Way!"?

I never thought Neil Young and Darryl Hannah would be an item, much less marry.

I signed up for texts about sales from a luggage company and they have been texting me nearly every day. I finally said STOP. Do they imagine this is effective?

Yesterday: Briggs & Riley: Dreaming of one more summer adventure? Shop luggage that'll help your dreams turn into reality. Shop now: [link]

15 hours later: Briggs & Riley: See something you like? Don't let a good thing pass you by...come back and shop now [link}

Did anyone watch it? It is surprisingly charming.

I’m still convinced he did it deliberately to chase away the gay rumors.

What are some of your favorites? I posted some of mine in the first few posts. Movies don’t do opening credits like they used to.

Nashville (1975)

Is this skunk-headed bitch insane? Projection? Forced to do this by Dump or Vlad?

Jan 6, HELLO!

OMG they’ve all aged!

Bobby is a GROWN MAN!

Anne Burrell cause of death has been revealed five weeks after the celebrity chef died at 55.

Burrell died by suicide, PEOPLE can confirm. Her cause of death is specified as "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine, ethanol, cetirizine, and amphetamine," and was determined by the New York City medical examiner's office. Diphenhydramine and cetirizine are antihistamines, ethanol is a compound found in alcohol and amphetamine is commonly used to treat ADHD.

Her family declined PEOPLE's request to comment.

A man known for animal cruelty (it's a lot more than bats and doves, google what he did to his cats), questionable music and a family of lunatics has dies, and the internet has lost it's fucking mind. You'd think the Pope died again.

When did this happen? Can someone explain it?

Jim Lewis is creepy.

It’s the Scream Unseen mystery movie. Rated R for graphic nudity, sexual content, and violence. Who’se going?

At first I couldn’t believe my eyes but I think it makes sense for two reasons.

1) none of the democrats except Harris have been presidential candidates yet, and incumbency has a huge advantage.

2) let’s face it, Fox News is the real enemy. Not MAGA, not Trump. They are the symptoms. Fox is the disease.

…know Dorothy’s last name?

South End family with two young kids were away.

Suspect had just been arrested the day before for housebreaking

Ringwalds character is unlikeable and she spends 80% of the screentime looking like she's passing a kidney stone. She's also a snob who hates the rich but secretly wants to be one. She also dresses somehow both like a little girl and a grandma. And can people stop defending that dress with arguments like "It wasn't supposed to be pretty" "It showed Andie's originality"....beech the name of the fucking movie is "Pretty"in pink. Not "Unique looking in pink". It was absolutely meant to blow us away.

And her supposed friendship with Ducky was less a friendship and more him being a pestering puppy-like sidekick. She treats him like a little brother. She's also been stringing him along for years, and just gives no importance to her supposed best friend being in love with her. Hell the bitch even goes to clubs her supposed bff cant enter and is cool with him just waiting outside while she parties. And people rooted for them as a couple?

And yeah Duckie seems gay anyway, less because of his flamboyance and more because he loves telling everyone and their granny how much in love he is with her. Like, dont most guys, especially if they are in the friendzone, keep that stuff to themselves? Seems sus...

Blaine isn't much better. He is as interesting asa cold flat pancake and has zero personality or spine. He has null chemistry with Andie and the 1.5 dates they go on have to be the most depressing in film history. That couples has nothing going for it other than class differences. Zero depth there. Not to mention he gets excused for his sins way too easily. Steff didn't hold a gun to his head, he just said "me or her" and his pathetic self was the one to chose him and his friends. That was on him.But at the last 5 minutes he tells Steff off and approaches Andie, says ILY after 1.5 bad dates and the dumb bitch just drops her drawers.

Ironically who she should have dropped her drawers for was bad boy Steff because at least he showed an ounce of personality and was hot as all hell, plus he seemed like a good lay, going by girlfriend Bennie's demeanor during the party scene in the bedroom. Honestly Spader is the only thing that elevates this movie to being worth my time, because of his hotness and because Spader managed to give the character a little bit if nuance which made him kind of compelling if you think about it

Actually Iona was great too, I just don't understand why she hung out with a drip like Andie. And of course they have her sell out in the end. Viva the 80s I guess.

Harry Dean Stanton as Andie's dad gave a good performance but dear god he was such a sad sack, he bummed me out.

Anyway, give me problematic but fun 16 Candles and the better written characters from The Breakfast Club over this fake attempt at exploration of class that ends up as conservative as shit.

Ten seasons and 227 episodes just wasn't enough to tell their story.

Starts July 17th!

I love the cheeky shopkeeper and the gal with the visor.

The blond is a William Higgins "Leo and Lance" look-alike.

What a nightmare. I don’t see how any of you from that area were able to ever buy over the counter meds again.

“ This foreign born actor has been acting since he was not even double digits in age. From his very first public thing, he has worked with some of the biggest actors and directors on the planet. He has always been groomed to succeed. To Gen Z he is probably A- list, but to everyone else, he is probably closer to B+ list or even B. By the end of this year, his team thinks he will be pushing A+ list. That is a bit of a reach but they want him to be offered the same roles that Timothee Chalamet is offered. They see identical career paths.

When our actor was coming up through the ranks, there were many directors who took liberties with him and he was always known as someone who wouldn't complain or put up a fight to get to the casting couch. Our actor is legal now, but he has always looked very young. Because he was in such high demand sexually, it is why he got the roles he probably would otherwise have had to wait years for.

He is about to be big enough to say no to everyone other than the people he wants to be with sexually. There is just one fear. One of the directors, a director who is A list and has worked with him for a very long time has some very explicit videos of himself and our actor. They are not just explicit, they are also extreme. If they came to light, that would be a tough hurdle to overcome for the actor.

The director is getting older and sometimes forgets things and has more and more people assisting him with things. Our actor and his team, hope the new hires can be trusted not to leak things. Maybe they should look at themselves in the mirror since they are the ones talking about it all.”

If a word is used with regularity :

- by a certain number of people

- for a certain length of time

- to mean a certain and specific thing

it becomes a word, whether we like it or not.

I put this in the Disco thread, but my mind is so effectively blown that I thought it needed its own.

Ten years ago today, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22 year old daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died in hospice care on July 26, 2015, at age 22. Her death was considered similar to her mother's death, as both had died from effects of being submerged in a bathtub. She had been placed in an induced coma after being found face down in a bathtub, by her friends in her home in Alpharetta, Georgia on January 31, 2015.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said it used both medical records and police investigative files to arrive at a determination for Brown's cause of death. According to the statement, her body tested positive for marijuana, alcohol, the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, benzodiazepines (typically used to treat anxiety) and morphine.

As to the cause of death, it found the "underlying cause" of death as "immersion associated with drug intoxication". However, the manner of death could not be confirmed. The summary statement read, "Death was clearly not due to natural causes, but the medical examiner was not able to determine whether death was due to intentional or accidental causes, and therefore classified the manner of death as undetermined."

A finalized autopsy report determined Brown died of lobar pneumonia.

I've recently become a baseball fan. Go Astros!! Several hotties on each MLB team. Are there rumors about any closeted players? I refuse to believe all these guys are straight, including some of the married ones. Also, is there anything better than a player’s muscular arms, thick thighs, and firm round ass (NOT a womanly ass)?!

The Senior League World Series is held each year in Easley, with six teams from the United States and six international teams. A different team from Maracaibo won the tournament last year.

The Venezuelan team was reportedly deemed ineligible for visas due to a June executive order from Donald Trump that limits entry into the U.S. from certain countries. Venezuela is one of the countries that currently faces a limited ban.

The Venezuelan team, which was attempting to procure its visas in Bogota, Colombia, posted a statement on Instagram calling the decision a "mockery." Team Venezuela beat the Mexican team it's being replaced by last month in the Latin American regional tournament.

Typing fat here to ask DL--are there any gourmet food catalogs out there that you recommend? I've been an intermittent Zingerman's customer for several years, but I'm kind of played out on the breads and cakes--their product line hasn't expanded much over the years.

I haven't had good luck with Goldbelly--hard to justify the shipping costs unless the product is utterly unique (I tried ordering one of those jiggly Japanese cheesecakes, and my shipment was delayed by a freak NYC-area storm, so arrived spoiled and smashed--and no refund).

Have you found any hidden gems out there for either prepared or special/giftable food items?

Oh, Christ.

Let us pay fulsome tribute to the great one!

This came up on the Bulwark. Damn! Back in the W. admin, he was big girl.

The first, Brian Pruett, was a college player with model looks who now appears to be doing fitness training and coaching. The second, Greg Vogel, apparently actually did modeling. His private Instagram profile, MikeVogel888, reads “God and Family first. Husband and Father.”

Pruett:

It’s on Netflix.

I personally think highly intelligent, innovative people who create things and then experience some early success build a shroud of narcissism where they simply believe they are immune from death. This man was so fucking sexy.

What do you think?

I've noticed in my local news area, there has been a revolving door of local news talent. The 6 pm news anchors on each station have been in place for a while (one dates back to the early 1980s), but the news reporters in 'the field' (who eventually make their way up to substitute anchors) , the sports anchors and the weather team are changing on what appears to be a bi-weekly period.

In September, one of the local news stations introduced three or four new reporters to their team (with no mention of the disappeared news reporters they hired in the spring), as well as a new meteorologist for the weekend. They've all been replaced already - 8 weeks in. There were two young cute gay guys (one on each news station in my area) I followed on social media. One left six weeks in, the other made it to eight weeks. On their social media, each said they left because 'broadcast journalism' wasn't for them (by watching their reporting and the mistakes and mispronunciations they made, I can't argue), and they each want 'new adventures'. There's definitely work for these two cute twunks in escorting and massage work !

I remember when news talent stuck with their local networks until they got national recognition and moved on to bigger jobs. (Meredith Viera, Dylan Dryer, Matt Lauer, Kristen Welker all got their starts in our local market). I guess those days are long gone.

She is an American who writes columns for the Daily Mail and the NY Post. She wrote an excellent book last year called “Ask not: the Kennedys and the women they destroy”. She is incredibly funny and hates Meghan Markle more than almost anyone on earth.

I'm so excited to see what you all have been raving about.

My expectations are high, so I hope it doesn't disappoint.

Then from 2009 until 2017, we weren't fascists and like 1930s Germany.

But it's ping-ponged back and forth since then.

Still, I thought "BusHITLER" was a clever portmanteau.

As the clock ticks down the final days of July, thermometers will climb across much of the eastern half of the U.S., creating a dangerous and long-lasting heat wave that will put millions at risk of heat stroke and other illnesses.

Those in the path of the heat wave should plan to take extra measures to stay cool through at least July 30. Keep things chill by staying in air-conditioned spaces, visit friends with pools, pile up the popsicles and lemonade and pull out the recipe for your favorite cold summer salad.

“This will be a long duration heat wave, with little to no overnight relief and high humidity levels, leading to an increased danger,” the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center said on July 24.

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

Is the show ever coming back?

I miss seeing Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson's bare asses.

CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) -Cincinnati immigration attorney Trisha Chatterjee had a problem. She needed to ask U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement how best to submit paperwork for her clients detained at the Butler County Jail. Our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer say that after days without a response, she finally got through to an ICE officer who said he could give her the phone number for someone who could help. Chatterjee said the number was for a Columbus-area Taco Bell.Chatterjee has practiced immigration law in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton for two years. Currently, she said she has at least eight clients detained at the Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio which has a contract to hold people with immigration violations for ICE.

Chatterjee wanted to submit a “stay of removal” for some of her clients. This protection prevents the Department of Homeland Security from deporting immigrants who are actively pursuing legal status or humanitarian protection, or are challenging their removal order. Homeland Security accepts or rejects these applications. “We have a number of people who are detained right now who have cases pending before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or before the court,” Chatterjee said. “They’ve got immigration proceedings already pending.”

Applications for a stay of removal have to be submitted in person to the regional ICE field office. For people with immigration cases in Ohio, that office is in Detroit. Chatterjee, who is based in Greater Cincinnati, was hoping she could submit the applications another way. She said she called and emailed ICE and the Detroit field office, asking if she could instead submit these applications at a closer ICE office in Blue Ash, but got no response. She was given another ICE phone number from the Butler County Jail, which she said has connected her with helpful agents in the past.

The ICE agent who picked up the phone gave her another number to call, Chatterjee said. That number went to a Taco Bell in Columbus.

“I called and they answered and they said, ‘Hello, Taco Bell?’ And I said, ‘Taco Bell?’ And the guy who was working said, ‘Yeah, Taco Bell. Ma’am, you called me," Chatterjee recalled. It’s not clear if this was a one-time prank or something repeatedly done by the ICE agent. A Taco Bell employee answered the phone when The Enquirer called the number, but hung up when asked if they had received other calls from immigration lawyers. Chatterjee felt it was a prank this ICE officer had played before because of how quickly he provided the phone number. She did not know where the agent was based. “I was in such disbelief,” she said. “So, I called the ICE officer back, just really frustrated with what had just happened. He says, ‘Oh, I’m sorry. I was trying to lighten the mood and make you laugh.’”

Why didn’t he do that all the time to save other people?

Also, with her gone, he could’ve had so much fun at the bathhouse

It’s about four Australian soldiers who go on a mission to a country torn apart by war and are captured by freedom fighters who produce this hostage video that goes viral lol.

Adam Klotz is the Fox News weatherman on weekends and fills in during week. He's a real hottie and I think he might play for our team. On his Instagram page he has pics in a cute little skirt at Carnival in Martinque. Anyone had him?

I can’t believe how bad it was. It’s easily the worst film in the franchise.

First off, the script is AWFUL. The acting is even worse. This film has TERRIBLE acting from everyone, even Mahershala Ali who is typically fantastic and Jonathan Bailey who is usually charming. He feels lost and bland in this. ScarJo is the most wooden she’s ever been. The story is silly and the whole film feels pointless in the end. It’s so bad.

SPOILERS! Do not read on if you do not wanna know.

Ed Skrein looks gorgeous in this but is wasted. He is the first kill and it’s done so stupidly you don’t even care. The film lacks excitement and energy. It all feels slow and B-movie despite it being a Jurassic World movie.

Jurassic World may have been a stupid movie but at least it was fun, with energy and high stakes. This one lacks all of that. The characters never even feel like they’re truly in danger outside of the random Mexican family in the movie.

Rupert Friend as the sorta-villain is hilariously bad. He gives a cartoon performance. The little girl got annoying after a while and the girl who played the teenage daughters acting was sooo bad. I couldn’t believe it. Who did she fuck to land this role?

Shoutout the actor who plays the Latino dad. He was lowkey kinda hot in a thick beefy way.

Terrible movie.

Isn’t this how Disney’s Oliver & Co. begins?

After years of thinking Keanu Reeves was the weakest link I wonder if it isn't John Malkovich. His contemptuous deadpan works perfectly with his conversations with Glenn Close, but he is strangely unconvincing as a person able to win Michele Pfeiffer's heart.

Alan Rickman played the role for the London stage version and I wonder if he might have suited the film better overall.

Who would you have cast...or does Malkovich work for you in the overall context of the film?

It was the water pistol shot that echoed around the world.

In the summer of 2024, after years of enduring the pressures of overtourism, locals in Barcelona ramped up their protest, with thousands gathering to chant “tourists go home.” But it was a small group armed with toy water pistols who made headlines by squirting them at visitors seated in outdoor cafes.

A mischievous, seemingly harmless act, perhaps. Yet as pictures of the incident spread globally, the firepower of those toy weapons soon became apparent. Barcelona’s longstanding tensions over the city’s transformation into a tourist playground had erupted into very public hostility.

At this point, I expect Britney to release an OnlyFans of her honeymoon night with Fido and then I might be shocked.

But I cannot think of a single thing in the world of politics, or sex, or celebrity, or violence, or anything that is left to shock.

Goodness knows, anything goes

Trump in bed with Satan. Probably the funnest episode they have ever made. Have not watched that show in years. They didn't hold back, including the news people and how they bend the knee. Don't miss the end when they do the PSA. Nothing they can do, creators of South Park just signed a 1.5 Billion deal with Paramount for 50 more episodes. The ink is dry and the episode was aired a day later.

Yes, I know there is another thread, but OP's link is dead and title is not clear.

Geena Davis, an Oscar winner snapped up the part. “Earth Girls Are Easy” airs tonight at 8pm EST on Me-TV’s “Svengoolie”.

Daddy says I'm the best!

Employment judge George Alliott says term, typically targeted at middle-aged white women, is pejorative

Calling someone a “Karen” is “borderline racist, sexist and ageist”, a tribunal judge has said.

Employment judge George Alliott said the term, typically targeted at middle-aged white women, was pejorative.

The remarks came in the case of Sylvia Constance, 74, who had brought claims of unfair dismissal, direct race and age discrimination and victimisation against Harpenden Mencap, a charity that provides support to adults with learning disabilities.

Constance, who the tribunal heard is black British, said she was targeted because of her race, having been dismissed on 13 June 2023 because of an “irrevocable breakdown in the relationship” with Mencap.

Bosses had previously suspended Constance over claims of “emotional/psychological abuse of a tenant in your care” and “bullying and intimidation of colleagues”, the tribunal heard.

Christine Yates, who represented Constance at the tribunal, said in a document: “The respondents have acted like the stereotypical ‘Karen’, having weaponised their privilege and more powerful position against the complainant, making up and suspending the complainant for numerous fictitious infringements, and deflecting from their personal misconduct.

“As egregiously, they encouraged residents under their care to do same. There is also something very sordid about the way in which white, female management have facilitated racism by colluding with white, male residents to give a misogynistic, racist view of the black complainant.”

But Alliott said: “We note Christine Yates uses the slang term ‘Karen’, which is a pejorative and borderline racist, sexist and ageist term.”

The judge dismissed Constance’s claims, saying that the complaints against her were “legitimate” and “did not constitute a targeted racist campaign against her”.

Can Rahm save the Democratic Party?

The movie was decent overall but strange. It was charming and funny and sweet at times but then goes dysfunctional and the final act is just weird.

I didn’t dislike it, but didn’t like it either. I would give it 3/5 stars and that’s me being kind.

However, Molly Gordon is a ridiculously charming delight in this and Logan Lerman never misses as far as screen presence and talent goes. He’s so handsome in this too.

The film is about this couple (or what you believe to be a couple) named Iris and Isaac who are driving to a charming house in the charming middle of nowhere that they rented as a getaway. Isaac cooks because he enjoys to as it comforts him and they wine and dine and get to know one another while also hooking up a lot and enjoying each other.

One night Isaac wants to tie up Iris in bondage to try it during sex and she insists he get tied up, which he gladly does. After sex they’re talking a bit and she says she’s so happy they’re getting along so well and easily as this is their first couple trip together. He acts confused and tells her he isn’t looking for a relationship and she’s confused because they’ve been seeing each other EXCLUSIVELY for 4 months, which he says no they haven’t.

This leads to ..: a lot lol.

The first act is solid, middle pretty good and the final act just weird.

But still worth a single watch. Maybe you will like it. Based on critics reviews, the film seems divisive.

It's pretty good. It's on HBO Max, or whatever HBO is calling itself lately.

Research shows America's youth today are having less sex.

The 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior found adolescent sexual behavior declined since 2013. A 2022 survey from the Kinsey Institute that found one in four Gen Z adults say they have never experienced partnered sex.

Sherman found through interviews with more than 100 young people that this generational dry spell is less puritanical and more political, with Gen Zers abstaining from sex for a complex variety of reasons.

I think a parent has entered the active dying phase under hospice care and I’m trying to figure out if they are entering the active dying phase or if it’s just the morphine. They’re becoming more unresponsive and sleeping a lot more, but vitals are still good, especially blood pressure. With everyone else I knew who was dying, their blood pressure tanked right before.

Are you disappointed that most of The Gilded Age buildings were demolished?

They just crack me up.

My favorite is when she was picked up in her car service to go perform. She told the driver she was singing with Mary Martin that night.

Pause. Then, to the driver-

"Dyke, y'know."

I'm looking for some good recommendations.

Thank you in advance!

OK DL porn sleuths, skip to the 42-minute mark of the porno linked below. Yes, it’s water sports. Yes, it’s my kink. No shame.

What is going on with the two "actors" in this scene? Truly bizarre. It’s like Jocelyn Wildenstein and Carrot Top had a baby, then dropped it in a vat of silicone and raised it on hair extensions and regret.

What is their story. Because honestly, what the fuck. Freaks is an understatement.

Who cares what this nepobaby thinks about anything?

This throwback made me really wonder, how long has Russia been influencing right wing media like Fox?

Is Mrs. Buttigieg okay?

Won $455,000 on "Jeopardy." Waved hands when talking. Anyone from Somerville, New Jersey know him?

TV networks churned out a lot of these over the course of these two decades, and a lot of them are great fun. A personal favorite is "Home for the Holidays", a Christmas slasher starring Sally Field, Julie Harris, Jessica Walter, and Walter Brennan.

Merv luvs her CHaRaLs. So will the men and straight women on this board.

Looking dapper but with slightly orange hair.

[quote]Based on the novel series by Martha Wells, Murderbot follows a rogue security unit as it searches for the meaning of life.

Ten episodes, starts May 16th.

My favorite new show is 'MurderBot' on Apple+. That tall drink of Swedish hunkiness, Alexander Skarsgård, stars as a rogue security bot with a dry wit and a lot of firepower. I find both him and the show utterly charming, it's got this campy, retro movie-serial vibe that totally works. Definitely not Marvel, not Aliens, no bloody gore or guts.

Tonight was the season finale, and from the looks of it, we're getting a season two. Anyone else watching?

It’s getting panned by critics, but I saw it today and actually quite liked it.

The NYT is pretty much the only one who gave it a positive review.

I don’t get all the negative reactions from other critics. Variety called it “by the numbers horror…” but it was anything but. Loved how it all came to a conclusion and didn’t see it coming at all.

I remember mine, and it’s a most strange story for a gay man.

I am old enough that I grew up before the internet, and I was raised in a working class Catholic family so there was absolutely no talk about our bodies or sex. None. I literally had no idea what a penis was even for. We knew “fuck” was a curse but didn’t know its meaning.

I had three female cousins, aged 9, 11 and 15. They were over our house all the time, visiting. I was 10.

One time the 11 year old asked to see my penis. I said no because my mother had told me I always needed to keep it covered because I peed with it. But my cousin insisted and cajoled me. It turns out my 15 year old cousin told her younger siblings all about her experience seeing and touching a boy’s penis, how she has rubbed it and something amazing had happened. This seems to have really lit a fire in my younger cousins and they seemed to view me as a safe test subject to explore this phenomenon further.

I relented and in my bedroom I revealed my small flaccid penis. They were amazed and after a few moments of looking began to touch it. I felt quite startling sensation, and the three of us were all amazed when I quickly became erect. I mean, I must have had erections before, but if so, had no idea whatsoever what it meant. (I think back on that time in my life and laugh at my profound lack of bodily awareness.)

Once I became erect, the sensation of the rubbing took on an increased intensity — an odd feeling I had never had before (I have never had nocturnal emissions so had never had an orgasm.) I began to react to the rubbing, and my cousins noticed my squirming and giggled. Always a bit of a devil, my younger cousin cupped the upper part of my dick in her two hands and began rubbing them back and forth, like you do when you’re warming your hands, and she was closely watching my reaction with a smile on her face. This hit me like a tidal wave and brought me into COMPLETELY uncharted waters of feeling. She kept doing it and the EXPLOSION of sensation kept building, and I felt like I was going to fly clean out of my skin. I panicked and pulled my penis away and said, ok let’s stop. They seemed disappointed because the thing my oldest cousin had told them about didn’t happen, but seemed on the verge of it.

I certainly remembered that experience, and the next time I got an erection, when I saw a shirtless actor in the brand new magazine, People, I went into the bathroom and rubbed some of my sister’s thick strawberry shampoo on my penis and began stroking it. Soon I had that unbearable sensation again and stopped. It was the next time I did this that I forced myself to keep going, and even though I felt like my head was about to detonate like an atom bomb, finally had my first orgasm. Ii had never experienced anything that even came close to that.

Kind of ironic that I found out about all this from two girls — girls I was related to, at that. It’s odd that I got an erection, because I don’t get erections from women. I guess it was the physical stimulation.

Do you have a clear memory of the first erection you experienced and were aware of?

#9. Theaters nearly empty for screenings.

Her set was amazing!

Condi!

Last four paragraphs

Trump then called on a friendly reporter, who asked him what, as a builder, he “would do with a project manager who is over budget”.

“Generally speaking, ”Trump said, “I’d fire him.”

As Trump, Powell and Scott stepped away from the media to continue the tour, Trump said that there is something that Powell could do to assuage his concerns about the cost of the renovations. “I’d love him to lower interest rates,” he said.

Powell has asserted, repeatedly, that the president does not have the power to fire him, as the head of an independent agency, and that decisions on interest rates must be immune to political pressure.

I went to Jr High with a girl, she sat at our nerd lunch table, whose mother was killed by her husband. It was somewhat notorious at the time but the only sources I can find are the pay walled WaPo.

His name was Dr. David Davoudlarian. My friend always spoke of how she hated him and I used to think she was being overly dramatic then one day a few years later I saw her on TV.

Ziwe, Alexis McCamond and Taylor Lorenz come to mind.

You can now venmo a monetary gift to lower the national debt. How many magats are flush with cash?

looking forward to seeing some high drama and beautiful triceps!

long dead now.

Dollface thread.

[quote] Video released by Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom shows a rare snow leopard cub taking its first steps. The baby was the first of its kind born at the facility in its 94-year history. Snow leopards are currently listed as “vulnerable” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Will Carrie and Aidan survive? Will Harry die? Will Miranda ever acknowledge Steve again?

Keep watching to find out.

Bookish is the best series I have seen in a year. On U&Alibi streamer and will be on US BPS next season. It's 6 episodes and very tight, and a great mix of murder mystery/procedural, historical drama and wry comedy. I enjoyed it so much, and was surprised to end in tears over the closing scene. No spoilers!

And yes there is 1 cute main character and some pretty guest stars.

I suppose it's hard to discuss without giving spoilers but if you must give them, warn readers.

I got agita just watching the walkthrough.

AND you have to exit the space to take a shit in the hallway toilet.

I don't trust this woman's story at all. Not even a piece was found.

Does anyone find this remotely attractive? They’re implants, right?

I did not know that this fetish existed, but the comments are full of men and women who love mommy’s “milkers.”

I just watched the opening scenes of Hitchcock‘s Psycho - man was John Gavin hot!

Which presidential couple do you think had the best marriage?

The original owners lived in it for 60 years and maintained it impeccably. Seems a shame to tear it down and throw up a McMansion. Guess it's not economically feasible for one family to maintain a house this size anymore.

The Gay was being FORCED on him and his family by the evil Wokesters, so he moved to RuZZia, where there are no gays and no woke.

He was then called up for military service. Having been told he would serve in the rear, 🤭, he loudly proclaimed he’d serve RuZZia to prove his loyalty to his adopted homeland.

Alas. He’s actually going to be a Mobik on the front lines, in the expected human wave attacks coming in the next month. He’ll likely be dead within a month or so.

Not Barbara Covett

As a type do you like or dislike them? Have you dated and/or had sex with any? Was it good or bad?

The "Swedish Caruso" Jussi Bjorling was the greatest tenor of all time. What are some of your favorite recordings of Bjorling?

Sadly, he died of heart-related issues in September 1960, at 49.

Vote now.

Her chastity is INTACT!

I don’t know how to explain it, but every time I see a remotely hot man in a commercial, I get more turned on than I do from watching porn. Is it niche? Probably. Is it from desperation? Definitely

(Here is one of the many recent guys I’d love to fuck)

[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.]

Hilarious. Too bad they can't get close to Mar Lardo.

Go on.

The search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife has been called off, police say.

Tenerife's Guardia Civil told the BBC: “The search operation is over. Yesterday was the final day of the search."

The 19-year-old from Lancashire has been missing since 17 June, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. A family friend, who is on the island, said they would carry on the search and were looking for people with rescue experience to help.

Police carried out a new search on Saturday with the help of dozens of emergency workers near the village of Masca, in the Rural de Teno national park.

Confirming that the search for Mr Slater was no longer "active", a Guardia Civil spokeswoman told Reuters that "the case is still open and there are several lines of investigation".

Since the teenager disappeared almost two weeks ago, the Spanish authorities have deployed helicopter crews, specially trained search dogs and drones.

Rachel Hargreaves, the mother of Mr Slater's best friend Brad Hargreaves is in Tenerife supporting his family.

She said the family would speak to the Spanish authorities on Monday to learn more about their investigation into the disappearance.

The apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, had been attending the NRG music festival on 16 June, and his friends said they were out in the tourist hotspot of Playa de las Americas when he was seen getting into a car with two British men he met earlier in the night.

The next morning, 17 June, he was tagged in a photo posted on Snapchat at 07:30 BST at an Airbnb in Masca, which was reportedly being rented by the two men.

Investigators have spoken to the pair and they are "not in any way relevant to the case".

Apologies if this one has been posted before. I can’t tell if readers are meant to be shocked, amused, aroused, or all of the above.

I’m willing to bet these two aren’t even the hot/porno kind of twins, either.

From “his” social media, below. I feel bad for anybody who works hard and saves money and finds themselves in a bad situation. But these whores who flaunt their carefree lifestyles, but need a friend loan for a car repair of under $3000… Spend less time whoring around for Pennie’s and more time working two or three paying (but unsexy) jobs.

“ In April 2024, the dreaded engine light came in our 2015 Cadillac SRX. We got the code read at Auto Zone and found out we needed a new fuel pump and there was an EV leak (emissions)- something that would not stop the car from running, but would prevent us from passing California's SMOG check, required to renew registration. After spending $240 for an estimate (outrageous) at the dealer, we were told repairs would cost $1900. Since car drove fine, we determined we'd delay the work to try and save up the massive amount of money.

Fast forward to last week when the car refused to start. We had it towed to the dealership only to be told we had a dead FOB battery and another $240 to find that out. A day later, the car died again, we had it towed again. Dead battery. I had it out with the dealership about a second $240 charge and went further to insist that the first charge should be applied to the major repairs we needed to have done.

Three days later, the work is done, the check engine light is off, and we're now another $2200 in debt. But thankfully, friends were kind enough to loan us the money interest free. Had I charged it, we'd be paying 29% interest on top of the $2200. Post bankruptcy credit cards always have massive interest rates.

The car has 88,000 miles. Hopefully there are no more repairs for a good while. But given that a new, used car would require a down payment, plus monthly payments of at least $300 per month, (probably closer to $500)- putting $2000 into this car to keep it running as long as possible isn't a bad deal. No way we could afford a car payment. We're going to get at least 175,000 miles out-of this car.”

Richmond-San Rafael

This one was random. No COD released yet. I liked her.

I actually thought these two would last a little longer than this!

This hot former flight attendant has Momma ready for take-off!

Coffee, tea, or Momma?

Olivia de Havilland, who lived to 104.

[quote]The Health Secretary told The Sun he is on a mission to slash levies by giving more people access to drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro. Mr Streeting said: “The jabs are a route not just to lower weight, but lower taxes.”

[quote]Obesity-related illnesses cost the NHS a whopping £6billion every year. It estimates fat jabs could boost the economy by 257,000 working days – worth £35.6million per year.

So young!

Leonard's son, dies at the age of 70.

Women have admitted that a lad, who goes by the name Peachy Boy, has a bigger behind than them after a clip of him in skin-tight gym leggings went viral on TikTok

It is not uncommon to see female influencers flaunt their round bottoms on social media.

A quick scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you are most likely to come across a models showcasing their behinds bikinis or swimwear. by Taboola

But this one lad has certainly given them a run for their money – as he went viral for his very pert bum that making ladies envious.

It is apparent that he is peachy by name and peachy by nature, as the lad only refers to himself as ‘Peachy Boy’ on social media.

In the viral clip, which has racked up a huge 2.6 million views, the TikToker donned a white T-shirt and green leggings that accentuated his rounded booty.

As he reached over his kitchen counter with a measuring tape, he left little to the imagination.

The sculpting gym wear, which had darker green panels beneath the cheeks, highlighted his derriere.

He cheekily captioned the clip: “Well?”

Many people fled to the comments to praise the lad – with many women admitting that he has a bigger tooch than theirs.

One person gasped: “Better than 99% of girls.”

A woman admitted: “Definitely better back there than me.”

Whilst a third person shared: “Bigger than mine.”

Someone else voiced: “That’s massive.”

It recently turned 15 years old. The project dated back to around 2006, but Love perseverated for several years before totally reworking it with producer Michael Beinhorn (who famously produced "Celebrity Skin" and allegedly booted Patty Schemel) and her then-guitarist Micko Larkin. Do you think it has held up? Many felt it was DOA back in 2010. I have mixed feelings. There are some good songs on it, but the final product is not the sum of its parts. I still listen to it on occasion, though. At this point, I think it is the last musical offering we will get from her.

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

Has anyone else heard this?

Do you have any near you?

Donald Trump is no stranger to lawsuits. In fact, he was involved in more than 4,000 of them before winning the White House in 2016.

Since then, Trump has made headlines mostly as a defendant — that is, the individual getting sued (for sexual abuse and defamation; for business fraud; for hush-money payments; for trying to end birthright citizenship; and so on).

But now, six months into his second presidential term, Trump is positioning himself as something new: America’s first “suer in chief.”

And the strategy seems to be working.

Miss Claudia Cardinale

I'm allowing the candidates to sit at tables rather than stand.

I recorded 'The Last Tycoon' (1976) off of TCM a couple of weeks ago, and finally got around to watching it. It's based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's last unfinished novel (he died of a heart attack before e could finish it), and focuses on the Golden Age of Hollywood. It was directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Robert De Niro and features Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell and Ingrid Boulting.

DeNiro was absoultely handsome and sexy in this film, in his early 30s. He gives a haunting performance as Monroe Stahr is the young production chief and the most creative executive at one of the biggest studios. It was the third film he was in that year, along with '1900' and 'Taxi Driver'. Unfortunately, he didn't get the critical attention he deserved in the movie, nor did the movie itself. (I thought the rest of the cast was outstanding as well). His few shirtless scenes are worth checking out (beautiful, naturally fit chest with light chest hair).

The film was released in late fall for the 'Oscar season' on November 17, 1976 but didn't do well at the box office. (It was originally was set to be released with an R-rating, but days before it opened it was given a PH rating). It received mixed-to-negative reviews, with many critics saying there was a story in there somewhere 'but never really told '. As the weeks went on, movies with greater expectations were released closer to Christmas, including Stallone's "Rocky" and Streisand's "A Star Is Born" both which buried DeNiro at the box office. On a $5.5M budget, it took in just $1.8M at the box office. It received one Oscar nod - for set design.

If you saw the movie, what do you think ?

Recently saw on Alicia Silverstone’s social media that she was on a cruise and Sting was the entertainment. I thought, what?, and looked it up.

Saw stories going back over a decade of his cruise ship work. He won 16 Grammies, why is he resorting to this, pardon the expression?

He says he began his career on a cruise ship, before The Police, but so what? That’s like saying I’m washing dishes like I did when I worked at the steak restaurant when I was 15.

I’ve started at least two threads about this. This is my 12th gay cruise and I think this will be the 12th gay cruise. I’ve never had sex on because today is the last day of the cruise. So my record of no sex on these gay cruises will be unbroken. The first day of the cruise at the bon voyage party a hot guy was cruising me. I have not seen him since that first day and no one else has expressed any kind of interest in me on this ship. Oh well.

Helen looks FAR too old to be the daughter.

thanks. She does good work.

It really should have been bigger news. She was a big star back in the day.

Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That's most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more.

July 24, 2025

The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted over the last two decades, as they have begun to drink more frequently and in larger quantities.

Alcohol-related deaths among women more than doubled from 1999 to 2020. And deaths from alcohol-related hepatitis, a disease resulting in severe liver inflammation, nearly tripled among women over the same time period.

A new study, published Wednesday in the medical journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, similarly points to an elevated risk of alcohol-related liver disease among women. The condition encompasses various types of liver damage due to excessive alcohol consumption. It spans early-stage inflammation to severe scarring, known as cirrhosis, which can lead to liver failure.

Women are more susceptible than men to alcohol-related liver disease for several reasons. For one, their bodies tend to have less water weight and a higher percentage of body fat. That combination increases the concentration of alcohol in their blood, which the liver then has to process. Compared with men, women also naturally have lower levels of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, which helps the body metabolize alcohol. That again leads to higher blood alcohol concentrations.

Those physiological differences, combined with the sharp increase in alcohol use and binge drinking, have made women particularly vulnerable to alcohol-related illnesses.

“Historically, there’s been differences in prevalence rates [of alcohol use] between men and women. And essentially, that gap has now closed and the ratio between men and women’s drinking is almost at 1 to 1,” said Sherry McKee, director of the Yale SCORE Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder.

Changes in women’s lifestyles have created increasing opportunities to consume alcohol, McKee said. Today’s young adults drink less compared with previous generations, but there are now more women in college than men — and college is generally associated with increased alcohol consumption, she said.

“You pair that with the fact that women are delaying childbirth, delaying marriage — it just gives more space for women to continue drinking in the post-college years,” McKee said.

Women’s heavy alcohol consumption is most common in midlife, said Katherine Keyes, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Some researchers attribute the trend to stress or office drinking culture, but Keyes said the main reason women are drinking more is for fun. She noted that wine and spirits are often marketed to women as luxury goods or methods of relaxation.

Experts said more awareness of the health risks of drinking could help encourage women to scale back.

“It isn’t the case that every single person who drinks heavily will get liver disease from it. But we do know that a proportion of those folks do — about 25 to 30%,” said Dr. Jessica Mellinger, a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Health, a Michigan-based health system. The more a person drinks, she added, the greater likelihood they have of getting alcohol-related liver disease of any stage.

The study published Wednesday found that heavy drinkers are developing alcohol-related liver disease at more than double the rate compared with 20 years ago. The researchers suspect that’s because people vulnerable to liver disease — including women and those with obesity or diabetes — are drinking more compared with decades past.

“The modern American drinker looks different than it did 20 years ago,” said Dr. Brian Lee, the study’s lead author and a hepatologist at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California.

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Noem's cost-cutting efforts at FEMA slowed down search and recovery efforts for the Texas flood

n the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol.

In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.

A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, then called for backup. Officers with US border patrol arrived on the scene.

Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”

Donald Trump has posted a bizarre AI video of former president Barack Obama being arrested and thrown in jail.

Trump, still mired in controversy over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, posted the TikTok clip on his Truth Social platform on Sunday in which the Democrat is seen declaring in a rally speech that “no one is above the law.”

He is then seen being handcuffed by law enforcement during an Oval Office sitdown with a grinning Trump, created using real footage of the two men meeting at the White House in November 2016 when the Republican was president-elect and Obama about to leave office.

Tonite I tuned in to watch my favorite CNN anchor, Abby Phillip, and found her, and her political roundtable on a Food Network set!!. What the hell? I thought it was a joke or a backdrop screen error playing the Food Network... It wasn't. What. The. Hell.

The halls of the Palace of Versailles, that had few to no toilets or baths, reeked of body filth, human waste, and god only knows what other stenches.

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Archived article from Bloomberg Businesweek, (6/6/2025) addresses "Trump's $12.5 Billion Tourism Wipeout"

[quote] Four months into the president’s second term, his policies are upending tourism worldwide. Nine charts show the toll on global travel.

[quote]US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies have cut into travel worldwide. The simmering trade war, the crackdown at the border and the rollback of LGBTQ rights—capped by a ban on visitors from a dozen countries announced on June 4—have led to tens of thousands of canceled trips. With travelers choosing alternate destinations, the American economy will lose out on $12.5 billion this year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council—which will widen the trade deficit, because economists count spending by visitors to the country as an export. Here’s a look at the toll the president’s policies have taken on travel, in nine charts.

When you see them having gay sex with each other?

Yeah, dude, they're going extinct by outbreeding you white folks.

And she just left Spain, where she performed a few days to sold out stadiums.

They LOVE her.

I just finished watching 1974's "The Great Gatsby" starring Redford and Farrow. I heard mixed things about the movie over the years, and I'm glad I watched it tonight, as it was very well done and entertaining. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews when it was released in March, 1974. However, on a $7M budget, it was a box office hit with nearly $27M in ticket sales. It may not have stuck to the Fitzgerald novel, but it's still an engrossing movie to watch (the 2.5 hours fly by).

Redford was incredibly sexy throughout the movie (the camera man loved him), Mia Farrow was stunningly beautiful. She was pregnant at the time, so she was costumed in flowing, oversized clothing. Sam Waterston was so handsome and sexy as 'Nick', and many of his scenes with Redford were very sexy. Scott Wilson was also handsome , as the 'every man' garage owner.

Producer Robert Evans chose his wife Ali MacGraw and Warren Beatty as the original choices to star, but Beatty didn't want to work with MacGraw. Evans offered the role of Gatsby to Jack Nicholson, but he didn't want to work with MacGraw. Marlon Brando also passed on Evans' offer when the studio wouldn't meet him at his $4M request for pay. Robert Redford campaigned for the role, but Evans thought the character should be 'dark haired' and not blond. Director Jack Clayton pushed for Redford, and eventually convinced Evans. Bruce Dern was sexy and handsome as Tom Buchanan.

Eventually, MacGraw left the project, and Candice Bergen, Katharine Ross, and Tuesday Weld were offered the role, but none were interested. Faye Dunaway campaigned for the role, even did a screen test - but Clayton couldn't envision her as Daisy. He eventually went with Farrow (perfect in the role).

(As a child, I had seen Redford, Farrow and other cast members throughout Newport, RI where much of the movie was filmed in the summer of 1973).

Any fans of this movie on DL ? Is the DeCaprio film worth watching ?

Carry on, bitches!

The A-list actor and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have reportedly been going through the motions regarding their treasury, which has been underperforming for some time now.

Will Smith's career and earnings have seemingly taken a slight downturn since the contentious episode between him and Chris Rock on the Oscars stage in March 2022, which resulted in a 10-year ban from the award ceremony.

The actor's multi-million-dollar net worth is being threatened by enormous bills reportedly stemming from managing his sprawling properties.

What was his best Western (not a hotel chain) and what was his best war movie?

I'd say The Longest Day for the best war movie. Not sure for best Western.

I like the film "Sweet Bird Of Youth" based on Tennessee William's Broadway play. Filmed from July to October 1961 and released in March 1962. Steve Hayes at the "Tired Old Queen At The Movies" YouTube channel has a funny review. It was sleazy at the time but is tame by comparison with what Hollywood is putting out today. Geraldine Page is great as the fading film star Alexandra Del Lago. Geraldine was a plain woman but with the right hair style and makeup she could look very attractive which she did in this film. Paul Newman as the gigolo Chance Wayne was still gorgeous at age 36 and shows his beautiful sculpted body throughout the film. I like the line in the film where the are lying on the bed and she unbuttons his shirt to reveal his hot body. Geraldine says "I like bodies to be silky smooth hard gold" I also like her car in the movie, a 1961 Cadillac Series 62 convertible in the Laredo Tan color. I'm curious about one scene in the clip I have included. At 2:50 she has a package she opens and starts eating what looks like leaves. It that marijuana?

I have two friends that have Covid. It feels like a long, bad cold. Chills but no fever. Very sore throat.

Do you and anyone you know have it?

We need a distraction from our current catastrophe. What are your most hated commercials? Are Christina and her Jacuzzi bath remodels still annoying the hell out of you?

The ones that bug me the most right now are the life insurance commercials where the wives are always nagging the husbands to get life insurance.

What's wrong with you doing it, bitch? You too fucking lazy? Fuck right the hell off!

They paid $1.5 billion for the series to stream exclusively on Paramount+ for 5 years. It currently streams on HBO MAX and will be leaving there and moving to Paramount.

The ultimate Hollywood insider was ahead of her time—and, as Brian Kellow writes in an absorbing biography, a victim of her own hard-charging personality.

I have to teach it to teen students. I think I skimmed it at age fourteen or so. It left no impact. It is just such a tiresome piece of shit.

Can any Catcher fans please share what they enjoyed about it? Maybe I can learn to appreciate it through you.

Never heard of her.