They are in Nigeria!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is your favorite role of Angela Lansbury?

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

More from Walford here.

I'm not sure if I'd go far as 90 because Lindz has some significantly good hair, but...

I noticed that he looked *significantly* more aged in an article about submitting his phones to the FBI for security screening after a breach. I'll link in next thread...

Whether they are nieces, nephews, or neighbors’ kids… what they say, the opinions that they spout off, what do you think of that?

I’m currently hosting a niece and covering her initial costs to be introduced to the world of dance. Tonight she tried to school me on just how important Amy Winehouse is/was and what a travesty the actress in the new biopic is making of Amy’s legacy.

When Amy died, my niece was 7. I bought Amy’s first album before my niece was born. I appreciate my niece’s knack for the past, but she was a condescending b’yatch tonight.

Has anyone else experienced this?

LOL.

Morons!

Lots of rumors over the last 2 days.

How can I be masculine? I unfortunately have always been rather feminine, and way too pretty, which really distresses me a lot. I want more than anything to be like those hot jock frat guys I see everywhere (especially in porn), and that everyone lusts for, but I don't have a clue. I've always had very very strong female influences in my life, and have been cursed (i think) with looking like Nicole Kidman (no shade to her, she's great, I just don't want to be a GUY that looks like her). Insecure straight guys always run from me, while I have no problem attracting closeted married guys (I mean, c'mon, make a choice). What I want more than anything is for those hot football and baseball jocks to want me as much as I want them, and while I have had some fun in the past with a few, they only see me as a good time and they never want to be seen with me. How can I be more masculine? I've tried everything, and when I do, it makes me even MORE obvious. Am I just stuck like this? I DO NOT want to be a girl, no matter how some guys want me to be.

Hold my beer!

She looks fantastic.

Its Leasehold though which is unfortunate

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

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

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

Sad what religion does to people.

It might actually be needed!

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

I'm taking out my little black book right now, and there'll be some dirt dished tonight! What's the skinny, sis?

Full concert at the O2 arena in London.

I stumbled on these videos where he is being interviewed. He seems far more retiring and quiet than I would have expected.

To pull George Jefferson out of that hat is pretty amazing

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Apple TV series premieres 5 April.

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

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn't It was different in many ways, as so were tose that did the fighting In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26 In Vietnam he was 19 In-in-in Vietnam he was 19 The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today 25 miles west of Saigon I really wasn't sure what was going on Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19 19, 19, 19, 19 In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served A twelve month tour of duty But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday Ni-ni-ni 19, Ni-ni-ni 19 Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combat In Vietnam were arrested since discharge Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age There are no accurate figures of how many of these men Have been incarcerated But a Veterans Administration study Concludes that the greater of vets Exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances Of being arrested or convicted This is one legacy of the Vietnam War All those who remember the war They won't forget what they've seen Destruction of men in their prime Whose average was 19 De-de-destruction De-de-destruction War, war De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, war De-de-destruction War, war After World War II the men came home together on troop ships But the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat Perhaps the most dramatic difference between World War II and Vietnam was coming home None of them received a hero's welcome None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them Ne-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of them None of them received a hero's welcome None of them received a hero's welcome According to a Veteran's Administration study Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what Psychiatrists call Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guilt Some succumb to suicidal thoughts Eight to ten years after coming home Almost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War

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

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

Milo Yiannopoulos is parting ways with Ye (formerly Kanye West). The ex-Breitbart editor, who had been serving as Yeezy’s chief of staff, revealed his exit to TMZ on Wednesday.

“I wish Ye every success in the future,” he told the outlet. “I have some concerns about his new team and hope he proceeds with caution.”

Yiannopoulos also shared with TMZ his letter of resignation, in which he wrote that he “cannot be complicit in the production or dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons. He added that “such material and the kind of people invariably involved in its production represent an imminent danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and physical health as a former homosexual.”

He also noted on his resignation letter that he was delivering an “orderly handover” by Friday, May 31 or “the first pornography shoot, whichever is sooner.” Yiannopoulos also stated that if the company “publicly and permanently abandons any plan to produce, distribute or profit from obscene content,” he would be honored to return to Yeezy.

A source told Rolling Stone that besides Yiannopoulos, around 20 Yeezy employees have left the company because of other issues with Ye. “Porn was the slightest of factors,” the insider said.

The old thread is impossible to post on . Let’s keep this unsolved homicide going. Dr Hoover deserves justice.

Whose bright idea was this?

They should be fired.

Or hermits in general? Religious or otherwise.

When life gets tough some dream about escaping to a carribean island or some beautifu European city, but I dream of finding refuge in the ordered and disciplined life of a convent. Walking around the scenic church garden, the smell of old wood, and creaking floorboards.

It seems so idyllic and quaint.

Luxembourg returns after thirty years of sulking.

Croatians currently in full-on delusion mode, thinking they can beat the Dutch and win the whole thing. Utrecht 2025, bitches!

Deborah Vance is back.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination.

The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in 2027 as the Hard Rock Las Vegas, featuring a hotel tower in the shape of a guitar soaring nearly 700 feet (about 210 meters) above the heart of the Strip.

“We’d like to thank the Las Vegas community and team members for warmly welcoming Hard Rock after enjoying 34 years at The Mirage,” Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International, said Wednesday in a statement announcing the closure.

It will be the second time this year that a Strip casino shutters. The Tropicana Las Vegas closed in April after 67 years to make room for a $1.5 billion baseball stadium planned as the future home of the relocating Oakland A's.

Developed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn, the Mirage opened with a Polynesian theme as the Strip's first megaresort in 1989, spurring a building boom on the famous boulevard through the 1990s.

Its volcano fountain was one of the first sidewalk attractions, predating the Venetian’s canals and the Bellagio’s dancing fountains. It was known as a venue where tourists could see Siegfried and Roy taming white tigers or a Cirque du Soleil act set to a Beatles soundtrack.

The final curtain on the Beatles-themed show, which brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr back together for public appearances throughout its 18-year run, also comes down in July.

Hard Rock International said Wednesday that more than 3,000 employees will be laid off and it expects to pay out $80 million in severance.

The Culinary Workers Union, which has represented about 1,700 employees at the Mirage since it opened, said in a statement that the contract it won last year ensures laid-off workers will get $2,000 for each year of service.

Who will win, Yvonne & Melissa or Ricky & Cesar?

I had a good feeling about Rohan and his sister, but alas, ‘‘twas not to be.

I was so happy Team Mom & Son rallied to a respectable finish.

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

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

I’m, what year does he think this is? No kid is thinking about nor knows this has-been.

I really have no spiritual beliefs other than materialism, but since I've been studying Vedic Astrology, Magick, Numerology, Tarot, etc. I have noticed that many people in that world firmly believe in reincarnation. I've read many pros and cons of why or why not it exists, but wanted your opinions. Part of me really wishes it doesn't exist, after all, this world is a pretty miserable place, so who would want to come back? But I'm curious.

Brooklyn and Chase's nuptials are almost upon us.

Will they actually get to exchange their vows?

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

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

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

Does the audience really even care at this point?

Or bi. Fucking finally! It's been a long time coming.

A family is pleading for answers in the search for a University of Missouri student who has been missing since Friday after he left a bar in Nashville, Tennessee.

Riley Strain, 22, a senior, was last seen Friday night by friends at a bar in Nashville’s bustling Broadway area, known for nightlife, Nashville police said.

He was visiting town with his Delta Chi fraternity brothers for their spring formal, the St. Louis-Post Dispatch reported, but they got separated after he was asked to leave country singer Luke Bryan's bar, Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink, his family told NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville.

“At approximately 9:45 p.m., he was asked to leave Luke Bryan’s bar,” Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, told the station. “They got separated. The boys called him, and he said, 'I’m walking back to my hotel.' They didn’t think anything about it.”

When his friends returned to Tempo Hotel, about a half-mile away, they saw Strain’s room key but no sign of him. When they tried to call him, his phone was dead.

The young men went out to search for him, checked his Snapchat locations, and they went through the other fraternity brothers’ rooms but did not find him, so they called his parents.

Whiteid, along with his wife, Michelle Whiteid, traveled from Springfield, Missouri, to Nashville to search for him.

“We talk every day, multiple times a day,” Michelle Whiteid said. “This is the longest I’ve ever gone without talking to him.”

“We’re in a bad dream. Can we wake up? Please, just let us wake up,” her husband told WSMV.

Chris Whiteid told the Post-Dispatch that according to security video, it appeared that Strain was heading back to the hotel but took a wrong turn. It's not clear where the video was from.

Searches took place Monday, including a helicopter search of Gay Street, the area where Strain was last seen, the riverbank and a ground search, “but to no avail,” police said.

On Tuesday, police shared security video showing Strain, wearing a two-tone shirt, crossing 1st Avenue North to Gay Street at 9:47 p.m. Friday. That cross-section is about 0.7 miles from the bar he was at earlier.

TC Restaurant Group, the operator and owner of Luke’s 32 Bridge, said it, too, was working with police to provide security camera video and other potentially helpful information to aid in the search.

Strain is described as 6-foot-5 with a thin build, blue eyes and light brown hair.

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

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

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

I'm the 90% pro Trump voting rate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He needs to be fired, he literally let Maga Taylor Green insult another Congresswoman's appearance on the house floor, and then punished the congresswoman she insulted when she called the rancid straw headed sphincter out on it.

My favorite line, Patsy... I'm 72.

I like having nice tits

I like having nice tits in a top

Get ready for more migrants! No MSM reports yet.

Who wants to fuck Joe Scarborough?

Who thinks Alex Wagner & Joy Reid should be fired?

Who thinks Chris Hayes gained too much weight?

Who thinks Jen Pskai is annoying?

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

Who loves Daddy Lawrence O’Donnell?

Is anybody else getting tired of seeing this word used to describe practically everything entertainment-related these days?

Many of us have been soooo vindictated!

Maggie Haberman is a double nepo baby whose father has been a NY Times contributor since 1977 (bet he knows Judith Miller!) and who’s mom was Trump’s PR agent at Rubinstein Associates. Weirdly, Maggie’s sister is the “Special Events Coordinator” in DC for Jose Andres World Central Kitchen, (WCK) the food aid charity that shows up wherever there’s a global hot spot. At first WCK seemed noble, now it looks like an intelligence operation.

WCK coordinated with the Israeli Defense Force to deliver food to Gaza. Every trip they made was logged with IDF ahead of time. WCK trucks were clearly identified. Yet IDF attacked WCK on its way to make a food delivery and killed 7 of the aid workers. Isn’t that kind of odd? A well known aid group, affiliated with sister of “The Trump Whisperer” gets attacked and murdered by the military group they were coordinating with? A very deliberate attack of a group known to them…an attack meant to kill people. Would seem to make no sense…except it was planned and carried out and 7 people are dead.

I’ve always despised Chris Cuomo. He has no right to have a tv show except daddy and bro were governor. This dynasty needs to fade out of politics and media (same for their fellow nepo baby pal Dan Abrams)

Katy Tur has a trans dad she stopped speaking to (even though dad’s contacts got her foot in the media door) …looks like an Elon Musk situation. “I don’t believe in trans, so now I’m supporting the right wing.” Lawrence O’Donnell spanked her on camera the other day when she had the gall to claim Trump flunkies like Tuberville and Mike Johnson had a right to stand up and be spokesmen for Trump as he slept in the courtroom.

The Biebers have a baby on the way.

Justin Bieber, 30, and his model-turned-beauty mogul wife, Hailey Bieber, 27, confirmed that they are expecting their first child together with a video and series of images shared on Instagram today. The first piece of content in a carousel shared to Hailey’s 51.2 million followers showed the couple embracing and kissing during a vow renewal ceremony today in Kilauea, Hawaii, at which they are both wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and matching Tiffany & Co. Forever bands.

The model and Rhode founder is wearing a white lace dress and head covering in the video clip, which was followed by a series of images showing off her baby bump. In one shot, the pop superstar cradles his wife’s stomach, and in another he is photographing her on a hill as she displays her pregnancy. In lieu of a caption, Hailey just tagged her husband’s IG handle.

Sammy Davis Jr, one of the greatest entertainer of the 20rh century, died 34 years ago today from lung cancer. He was 64 years old. Davis had a hit career in music, movies, television, and Broadway.

Secretary of state hopeful Valentina Gomez was already infamous for a video showing her burning LGBTQ-themed books.

And now she's jogging through a gay neighborhood in a bullet-proof vest!

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

Charles Melton is the only one who has broken out so far since the show is over.

I genuinely think Camilla Mendes has talent.

KJ Apa will likely remain in himbo-limbo forever.

The link is NOT paywalled on your PHONE browser

You’re welcome

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More raging celebrity assholes, please!

[quote]Parliament has cleared the way for marriage for all in Liechtenstein.

[quote]The second readings of various laws that had to be amended for this purpose were recently carried out successfully. As a result, Liechtenstein will allow same-sex couples to marry, just like its neighbouring countries. The bill will come into force at the beginning of next year, provided no referendum is held and the Princely House does not veto it.

Here, it’s been pouring rain all day long. The streets outside my windows look like small rivers.

If I were to get inside a kayak, I’d probably be able to paddle all the way down the hill.

Has anyone here done this? We have a condo in a beach town about two hours away that we’re planning on selling and were thinking about listing it with a flat-fee MLS service and then having a RE lawyer draw up all of the papers.

Is this a terrible idea? Showing it wouldn’t be that difficult, as it’s not terribly far away and it seems crazy to pay a seller’s agent 2-3% just to show a dozen times and do some paperwork.

A large apartment of 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, between Park and Madison, with a superb step-down living room of 650 square feet with dual exposures, a Tudor style strapwork plaster ceiling and handsome paneling and herringbone wood floors. Very Stockbroker Tudor style, and very well done. The entrance hall divides the step-down living room, dining room, and kitchen from a lower ceilinged bedroom/entry zone.

Built in 1926 to designs of architects Pleasants Pennington & Albert W. Lewis, it's not been ruined on renovation and retains most of its period details, the kitchen the one exception (while not bad, it's not terribly attractive ir up to the rest of the place).

A bedroom or two more than I would like, but outside my reach whether 2 or 4 bedrooms. I like the plan very much, the two main zones, the entry hall with it's seating area, and the living room and dining room are elegant, bright spaces.

Monthly fees are $12,700 (including property tax as it's a co-op).

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

Will he discuss the label "whack job?"

Madrid, Roma, Paris ... Tu te souviens?

I'll start with Shawn Mendes

I need to lose 20 lbs.

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

“…And so they lived, happily together for three-hundred years. In the land of Tír na nÓg, of eternal youth and beauty.”

(A Degas ballerina floats past a Monet waterlillies)

Okay, bitches. What do you think.

From Amanda Peet's husband David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. Based on the book trilogy [italic]The Three-Body Problem.[/italic]

[quote]A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.

Out March 21st.

You can calculate it at the link.

Please be honest.

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

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

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

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

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

…the kitchen and the bedroom! His misogynistic, homophobic commencement speech is drawing the ire of many.

Your tax dollars at work.

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

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

A lot of people are speculating who would fill the Democratic candidacy for President should Biden step aside because he's 'too old' (I'm happy with Biden and his performance, personally). So we need someone 'younger'.

I know there are different names mentioned often (most often is Newsom, less often is Harris) but no one ever mentions SoS Blinken. I'm surprised - he comes across as 'authorative' and 'presidential' on TV; speaks very well (unlike Trump or the other GOP candidates), and doesn't seem to be the type to be afraid of GOP attacks.

What do you others think - would he be a good candidate for '24 should it become available ?

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

What happened, here? The vast majority of uppity, tight-assed Karens/Kevins are Gen X. Is it their kids (Gen Z) driving them to this? Y'all were cool in the 90s with ripped jeans, plaid shirts, and MTV. Now, most of your are miserable, entitled, Trump-supporting (yes, the voting data supports this), harpies and your offspring have effectively ruined the internet for everyone. You can presently find them brainlessly destroying university property over a cause they know fuck-all about while donning red, black, white, and red face-paint.

Where did you go wrong with your kids, Gen X? Even you childless Gen X aunts and uncles of DL. Why is your sibling failing in this area?

Rant over.

I'm no doubt politically naive, but why is there so much DL hate for Haberman? Why is she perceived as someone who is a tool of Trump when she's always reporting on his failings and misdeeds?

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

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

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

to continue this very important thread

link to previous thread

Attention whore Shawn Mendes’ nudes will “leak”.

What are we to make of this? It's very un-Clarence-Thomas of him.

The cynic in me says he's up to no good with an ulterior motive.

Congrats but he looks super skinny compared to last year even. Did he take ozempic?

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

Hetty was a well known historical figure when I was a boy in the 60s but she seems rather forgotten nowadays. Died in 1916 worth $2.7 billion to $5.4 billion in 2024 dollars.

What do we know? Brilliant and shrewd, and pathologically thrifty and frugal, but in fact a secret philanthropist. Was she a bitch or a cunt? Did she enjoy sex? Sapphic love? A real witch? What?

Why hasn't there been a series or movie? Wouldn't this be a great Oscar Bait role for an aging actress?

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

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

The Supreme Court justice said the upside-down American flag was his wife's doing.

“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” he said in a statement to the paper. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”

The Times found in interviews with neighbors that Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, was having an ongoing argument with neighbors who’d put up an anti-Trump sign with an expletive on their front lawn.

Meatloaf

Chicken a la King

Tuna Noodle Casserole

This girl is no dummy, she works at Microsoft.

Every? Word or phrase? She says? Is broken up? By pauses and? Upseak? It makes everything? She says? Sound like? She’s asking? A question?

Old-fashioned and Biblical names diminate.

Mpox is coming, deadlier than ever.

Oh my!

It looks amazing and has an all star cast!

I'm going to watch it tonight. Because Kara Swisher gave Anne and Nicholas raves. And I'm Kara's age so I figure if a crusty old lesbian can enjoy this rumored crap fest, against all probability I might as well.

[Quote] I found out he gave me herpes after he told me to get tested to make sure he hadn’t given me gonorrhea *imho* the man is a bit of a biohazard… He’s constantly either getting sick, being sick or recovering from an illness… constantly coughing and hacking loogies, pissing everywhere except the toilet, has mad toenail fungus, doesn’t use soap or shampoo, & I’ve never seen him brush his teeth… I used to make him wash his dick off before sex bc it was always kinda crusty… Str8 boy swag ig

Also he supposedly planed to kill a man over his insurance or something.

It’s not like she’s ugly or desperate. With her family’s billion dollars, why did she choose to invest in McTurtle and help him grow into who he is today? It would have been much more fun to get a better looking rich white guy.

Let's make a list.

Nancy Olson.

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

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

If Jeffrey Dean Morgan did porn.

. There is so much that can be written about him as he lived one of the most fascinating lives (in my opinion), but I will keep it short.

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (known as Jack Kerouac) was born on March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents. He grew up speaking French only despite being American, and didn’t begin learning English until he was six years old, and spoke English with a French accent until his late teen years when he finally was able to lose the accent. His parents were devout Catholics and he always credited his mother with instilling strong faith and Christian values in him from a young age.

Kerouac went to Lowell High School where he was a star athlete in football and wrestling. His skills as a running back in football earned him scholarship offers from Boston College, Notre Dame and Columbia, with him choosing Columbia. He spent a year at Horace Mann School in The Bronx, and after the year he entered Columbia.

He broke his leg while playing football his freshman year and then spent the majority of his sophomore year benched because he did not get along with the Coach and would get into screaming matches with him. He wrote sports articles for the college newspaper during this time and joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He also studied at The New School in NYC during this time.

When his football career at Columbia ended he decided to drop out of college. He stayed in NYC for a while, living on the Upper West Side with his girlfriend (and future first wife). During this time he met the Beat Generation figures who would shape his legacy and became figures in many of his novels.

Kerouac was a United States Merchant Mariner from July to October 1942 and served on the SS Dorchester before its maiden voyage. While a Merchant Mariner in 1942, Kerouac wrote his first novel, The Sea Is My Brother. The book was published in 2011, 70 years after it was written and over 40 years after Kerouac's death.

In 1944, Kerouac was arrested as a material witness in the murder of David Kammerer, who allegedly had been stalking Kerouac's friend Lucien Carr since he was a teen.

Later, Kerouac lived with his parents in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, after they had also moved to New York. He wrote his first published novel, The Town and the City, and began On the Road around 1949 when living there.

The Town and the City was published in 1950 under the name "John Kerouac" and got some good reviews but flopped in sales.

For the next six years, Kerouac continued to write regularly. Building upon previous drafts tentatively titled "The Beat Generation" and "Gone on the Road," Kerouac completed what is now known as On the Road in April 1951, while living at 454 West 20th Street in Manhattan with his second wife, Joan Haverty. Kerouac completed the first version of the novel during a three-week extended session of spontaneous confessional prose. Kerouac wrote the final draft in 20 days, with Joan, his wife, supplying him with benzedrine, cigarettes, bowls of pea soup, and mugs of coffee to keep him going. After the book was finished being written in 1951, he struggled to find a publisher.

Kerouac had a history of heavy drinking and depression.

In 1957, over six years after it was written, Jack finally found someone who would publish “On The Road”. Viking Press purchased the book but demanded the book be heavily revised before they could publish it. Jack had to remove most of the sexually explicit passages in the book and was forced to use pseudonyms for his characters instead of using the real peoples names to avoid a libel suit. This revision sanitized the book greatly, to Kerouac’s dismay.

The success of the book brought Kerouac fame, but with fame comes both good and bad. Kerouac was jumped and beaten up numerous times by men on the street and his friends were constantly attacked also, as well as robbed. Kerouac became scared to go out in public.

... and the MAGAts .

Please find alternative ways to disappoint your parents.

I'm 36. I'm single and lonely. I barely have any friends and now I've gotten deep wrinkles on my forehead. I'm severely depressed. I hate this so much. Any advice?

Richard Johnston Porter II was born on August 31, 1954 in Houston, TX. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in drama and acting. After graduating he moved to NYC and got his MA in screenwriting and directing at Columbia University. After finishing college he began going on acting auditions in NYC and landed a few guest spots on tv but in 1978 he landed a major role on Another World. Porter played Larry Ewing on Another World from 1978 to 1986, when he decided to leave. In 1989 he appeared as his character one last time for a single episode in a guest spot. While working on Another World he also worked as part of the camera and electrical department for a handful of low budget films, being hired as the Still Photographer.

After leaving Another World he did a few guest spots on tv shows and landed a short-term recurring role as Hank Tobin on Days of Our Lives in 1989. Porter grew tired of living in NYC and moved to Arizona for a while and then to California. In 1993 he did one last guest role on Walker, Texas Ranger, then in 1994 he did a tv movie and his final acting job was a voice acting job 1996 for a video game. After this be decided to quit acting 100% (he had already pretty much quit but did those few small jobs while working as an entrepreneur) and began working in marketing and consulting.

Porter moved back where he felt most at home and happiest, his native city of Houston. He was married twice in his life and had one daughter.

On February 25, 2013, Porter passed away from congestive heart failure in Houston, TX at 58 years old. He was cremated.

Not many photos of him exist online (despite him being in many soap magazines and tv guide back in the day) and he wasn’t traditionally a “beefcake”, but I still found him attractive in his own way and always appreciated him.

Outside the Bayou, across from the Abbey.

Better than Dolly and Shelby.

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s “Little Black Book” of contacts has gone up for auction, where it is expected to fetch upwards of $200,000.

The convicted pedophile kept names, phone numbers and addresses of multiple high-profile people contained in the book, such as former president Donald Trump, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and attorney Alan Dershowitz.

Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking. His former girlfriend and associate, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted of similar charges and sentenced to 20 years behind bars in June 2022.

Details of many of Epstein’s associates were revealed in unsealed criminal documents earlier this year.

What was the last tv show you watched?

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

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

I'm Diane Rawlinson's hair.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nips you can't forget.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Datalounge Critics help me. This show any good?

[quote] A construction worker joins a community of queer rodeo performers searching for their own version of the American dream. While working on a ranch in the Southwest, they contend with the undeniable forces of nature, family and love.

Will it be a hit?

Or straight to video?

I'd love to hear what people are growing in their gardens now.

What is coming up? What are you most enthusiastic about?

Our crocuses have come and gone—early this year.

The foliage of the grape hyacinth (muscari) is up but has not yet bloomed.

We have lots of tulips and daffodils coming up now and also expect to see Oriental poppies, alliums, and peonies.

And the bleeding hearts are coming up, the Siberian irises are poking out of the ground, the lavender is growing, and the hydrangea is preparing to bloom.

Soon the porch will be draped in sweetly-fragrant honeysuckle and the pathways will be lined with trailing nasturtiums.

I love spring in the garden. Summer will then bring with it all sorts of other flowers and plants.

Let us know what you're planting this year.

The Grandma McFlurry will have a limited run soon!

For those of us not quite ready to say good night to our esteemed panel.

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

Starts May 12.

Gone With The Wind 💨 (1939)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Yes, this article is several years old. I still found it fascinating.

Capote! Mailer! Hitchens! William F. Buckley.....oh, HER.

Also, Gay Talese is STILL alive! But not gay.

He submitted his two minute performance as himself on Abbot Elementary for Emmy consideration.

The Black Auntie Brigade on Twitter is NOT having it.

Not on MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND!

What will Anita's excuse be?

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

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

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

Unconfirmed local reports said the victim’s family had been tipped off about Omar’s whereabouts after the alleged captor’s brother aired grievances on social media during an inheritance dispute. Algerian media have reported Omar said he had been unable to call out for help because of a spell his alleged abductor had cast on him.

None of this bullshit is within your control.

Apartment of Suebelle Robbins.

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

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

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

Continue your discussion of all the Genoa City happenings here.

I'm curious if this has happened to anyone else. I know we all have different 'versions' of posts we get served on Instagram's explore page in which IG shares content the algorithm thinks you'll be interested in based upon who you follow and the content you engage with on the platform. For the past week, I keep getting served memorial posts from seemingly dozens of different Instagays (primarily NY and LA Instagays) mourning the sudden, unexpected loss of their friend Pete Borbap ("borbap" on Instagram.)

Let me be clear, I am in no way mocking their loss. In fact, this Pete Borbap guy must have been pretty damn terrific. From this outpouring of memorial posts it sounds like he was a truly lovely person who was a very good and caring friend to -- seemingly -- every reasonably fit, good looking 20-50 year old gay man in LA or NY. He apparently was nicknamed "Grandma Pete" for the way he took care of friends, which is very sweet.

Anyway, I'm just curious if anyone else is being served a bunch of these posts? Or, better yet, if you were a friend of "Grandma Pete". (If you were... I condole you.)

Yeah, I follow a few Instagays, but most of the stuff I follow is either real-life friends, comedians, musicians or non-mainstream news sources like ProPublica. I mean, clearly, IG knows I'm as gay as the day is long.

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

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

A franchise is born!

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

And she can’t speak about. What on Earth could that mean? She says around 39:55 on Dana Carvey and David Spade’s podcast. Great interview, btw. I guess maybe she knows who gave him the drink.

Wow, these female basketball players are gorgeous.

When did this happen?

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

The saga continues

I'm really loving it.

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

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

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

Barbie is a feisty Latina firecracker.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This season is very entertaining.

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

In movies from the 70s there is always a nun walking by or in a supporting role like in the Airport movies.

Where did they all go?

Keep posting here.

Will Ste and James make it to the alter?

Will Warren's gangster mum plans come to fruition?

Will Ethan take his top off again?

Ste's gay teen son returns

There has to be a lot more to this story.

An Algerian man who went missing more than 25 years ago and presumed dead has been found after he was held captive by a neighbour.

Omar bin Omran was discovered in a hole in the ground covered with hay roughly 200 yards from his family home in Djelfa.

The victim told his rescuers he had at times seen his family from his prison, but claimed he had been unable to call out for help “because of a spell that his captor had cast on him”, local media reported.

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

And it can be easily assembled by a trip to Kohls!

Porter is being recognized for his work as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQIA+ community, specifically his work with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and the Entertainment Community Fund, among other groups.

His get-up will be an over-the-top, stupid-looking , bizarre, nonsensical nightmare.

Shall we meet again?

WB dropped it and Amazon MGM bought it and will release it on Prime.

Not like he has a job or anything.

Fuck these people.

Gale Gordon looks quite ghostly here.

Datalounge people please make some choice comments about this show.

Wait- Isn't Jenny Lewis the little bitch who tried to blackmail Rose on the Golden Girls?

I'm aware this topic has done the rounds in the recent past, but I'm always intrigued (and titillated) to read what stories Dataloungers have to share, however brief.

So tell us: how did you meet? How did the reality compare with what you'd imagined? Any memorable quirks?

I really thought he would have died within a month of Rosalynn.

Not our best president, but by far our best ex-president.

I want to see Shawn Mendes’ cock. It probably not big but I’m very curious to see it.

What the fuck is wrong with him? I know he’s doing it to start a race war that he can squash and say see? This is why we need Dump as president. I didn’t see any other thread on this.

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

Yes, she talks about Mommie Dearest, Bette Davis trashing her, her mental illness and alcoholism and more.

I miss the Silver Fox/Dad Next Door.

Any ideas?

Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Austin protester, after unanimous recommendation

Can anything replace our beautiful Richard Chamberlain ?

That is, real videos made by inmates having sex with each other.

Oh dear.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which make him unfit for office.

I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but do any of you think about death? I got a cancer diagnosis 3 years ago, and while it doesn't appear to have spread, so far I have refused treatment. I just don't want the extensive treatment and certainly don't want surgery. I don't really have a fear of death, since I had a near-death experience years ago, I just don't want any pain of any kind. Just wondering if any of you think about the end of your life.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris used a profanity on Monday while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break through barriers.

Harris was participating in a conversation moderated by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang when he asked her what it means to be the first vice president of Asian descent and how that heritage has informed her views and roles as a leader. Harris' mother was from India and her father was from Jamaica, and she's the first woman elected vice president.

Harris gave a lengthy response in which she told the young people to keep their chins up when they go into spaces where no one else looks like them.

She added: “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f——— door down."

The audience clapped and hollered. Laughing herself, Harris said, “Excuse my language.”

First increase since 1957.

Of course he’s mad, who would give Adam Driver a Caesar haircut?

Yes, really.

58 years young.

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

His parents complained about the excessive bullying at least 20 times in the last year and nothing was done.

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Interesting way to sell tickets.

Just reported. Central Ohio...Unconfirmed Info...

Post Pandemic comparisons. Rent, entertainment, tourists?

I'm the inevitable "Oh, look. Another Trump thread" reply.

Very sad-- I will pray for him.

The other thread has less than an hour left my Cinderella sisters/ brothers/ etcetera.

Eric found out that Sloan wasn't having an affair with anyone in Leo's room LOL.

Alex & Kristin slept together for realsies with no Rachel in sight range.

Mayor McCheese's actions caused her daughter to get radiation poisoning.

Konstantine got his D. & D. card back from Chad's little thieving brat.

Wendy & Tripp departed for Hong Kong without telling Johnny a single word about it.

Everyone seems to know about Maggie's wedding plans by now.

Discuss.

The party of law and order

Another right-wing myth destroy

Justin Bieber is sporting a spanking-new hairline, and medical experts believe it didn't come naturally.

According to cosmetic surgeons who compared photos of the 30-year-old hitmaker from 2021 and 2022 to a more recent picture, there is little doubt the Biebs put down cash to plant hair in his head.

"In the before photos, he's displaying classic male pattern baldness," notes Manhattan-based cosmetic cutter Dr. Yoel Shahar. "The angle of the hair goes deep and backward on the sides, and in the recent photo, his hairline looks more forward and is not at as sharp an angle. From one side to another, it looks almost horizontal. That sort of effect always comes from hair transplantation."

Dr. Nicholas Jones, an Atlanta-based cosmetic surgeon, agrees, saying Justin's hairline has undergone a "dramatic change" and "seemingly swift and complete" transformation.

The former Fly Girl has grown remarkably as a thespian.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of course, when one thinks of Spring, one thinks of Paris.....and when one thinks of Paris, the gem that IS Adrian Leeds comes to mind!

Anyhoo.....more HGTV talk here.

Gen X has always been ignored, insulted, demeaned, and blamed for everything that's wrong with the world. But is the so-called "Karen Generation" really as bad as the media would have us believe?

Back in 2019, Generation X’s legacy as the forgotten generation was cemented by a CBS News graphic. Titled “Generation Guidelines Defined By Birth Year,” it listed “Baby Boomers (54–72 years old)” followed by “Millennials (22–37 years old)” with no acknowledgment of the yawning void where the 38-to-53–year-olds should have been. It was perhaps the most Generation X thing to ever happen.

As a small generation (65 million) sandwiched between two spotlight-hogging demographic powerhouses—Baby Boomers (76 million) and Millennials (83 million)—Gen X has had decades of experience being overlooked. Hell, our own parents had to be reminded of our existence by a televised public-service announcement that intoned “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” In the ginned-up media battles between Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen X’s willingness to kick back and let them fight is the stuff of countless memes.

But something has changed in the past year or so. Despite decades of erasure, it seems that my generation has been remembered just in time to serve as the latest scapegoat for all the social, political, and cultural ills that younger generations feel righteously duty-bound to pin on previous ones. Online, Gen X has been dismissed as “Boomer 2.0,” “Boomer Lite,” and “The Karen Generation.” We’ve been accused of being excessively Trumpy, of having “ZERO empathy,” and of just generally sucking.

We are also, as it happens, officially old. Hip-hop turned 50 this year. Adam Sandler is on the cover of AARP magazine. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter just married Tony Hawk’s son. We’re parenting our children (and sometimes our grandchildren), caring for our elderly parents, and facing the stark reality that retirement won’t be an option for many of us. We’re monitoring our cholesterol, white-knuckling through hot flashes, and fitting orthotics into our Chuck Taylors. At a recent Breeders reunion show in San Francisco, my friend Rita watched the man in front of her do some exploratory pogos as the band launched into “Cannonball” before realizing that, sadly, his knees were no longer about that life.

The aging and the scapegoating are not coincidental. In general, I tend to agree with the theory that young people can’t be bothered to differentiate among old people and therefore call anyone north of 40 a Boomer. Still, it seems fair to explore whether these charges have merit. Does Gen X suck? Are we the new Boomers? Let’s take a look at three of the boldest accusations.

Gen X is not only conservative, but wingnut conservative.

Back in October 2022, Kurt Anderson—founder of Spy, the 1980s magazine that set the template for internet snark—tweeted a snippet of a New York Times/Siena poll that showed a 45–64 age group answering the question “Which party’s candidate are you more likely to vote for in this year’s election for Congress” with a 59 percent vote for the GOP. “Why are Gen X, uniquely among age groups, so strongly Republican and weakly Democrat?” asked Anderson.

His query was preceded a few months earlier by a Politico piece that profiled Iowa State Congress member Cherielynn Westrich, onetime keyboardist for late-’90s Weezer side project The Rentals, by way of explaining “How Gen X Became the Trumpiest Generation.” Author Ben Jacobs asserted that “there were always hints of a more right-wing inclination culturally even if they may have been camouflaged by the less politically charged atmosphere at the time.” His sole illustrative example? Michael J. Fox’s Family Ties character, Alex P. Keaton.

She’s missing teeth.

Yes! So I was on a work trip and at a dinner with about 20 people, a co-worker sat across from me I barely knew. Next to me was another co-worker who fley in from the UK. He was going on about Prince Charles and such and then goes "what about TRUMP? Do you think he is going to win?" I said "Oh god please don't bring up politics." My co-worker goes "well all the polls say he is going to win in a landslide, but they said that in 2020 and he did overnight but the next day he suddenly lost." Oh boy. I just stopped participating and turned to my other neighbour to talk. When the Trumpster got up to go to the bathroom I talked to my UK friend. I said "I don't know what polls he is reading but the only ones saying Trump will win in a landslide are from Fox news" and my UK friend called Trump a twat and could not believe what that idiot across the table was saying. To my relief. The trumpeter was one of the dangerous ones. He does not look like the crazy hat wearing diaper wearing nut balls.

Go!

America is going down hill fast. Where can an old ancient white faegolo like me retire to and be safe?

It’s officially happening!!!

Hewitt and Prinze Jr. are in negotiations to reprise their roles of Julie and Ray.

Dame Maggie, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney, among others. (Kathy is out WORKING that ho stroll these days!)

Not sure the Irish accents are accurate. This looks like it might be a shitshow. Or a decent film. Or perhaps both.

The new season debuts on Feb. 28.

I remember him bitching about Brittany Greiner getting released before he did. This dude strongly implied that her release was fast tracked for social justice reasons. And maybe it was. But maybe people just don’t like the guy.

He was dishononorably discharged after being court-martialed by the Marines for identity theft and larceny. So the military doesn’t like him. The Russians probably don’t like him either.

He should probably stop squealing to CNN.

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

cornstar eventually turned out to be in the far right like Adam Cube, Aron Mathews, and the Thomas from beefcake hunter (Christian Bingo)

Smart move. Force Trump, who really doesn't want to debate, to align with Bobby, to justify a refusal.

Well, this is it, final season.

Starts April 4th.

I don't care if he kills puppies, hates gays, is a terrorist, satan, or diseased, how HOT is this man? (and WHY is he not doing porn?)

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

Buckle up, buckaroo.

Who's seen it and who's had him?

Too gay?

(I didn't see a continuing link from the previous thread and the DL Search feature/engine is a waste of time)

I'm very glad that Morning Joe is featuring Chris Matthews more. Basically, they're bringing him out of obscurity. BUT, this morning, I noticed how thin Chris is. He is so thin that it made me wonder if he might be suffering from some sort of illness.

Fuck Nazis

It was “Coronavirus” back then. What a time to be alive!

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

She lit everyone’s asses on fire. Love it.

Woman from Canada gets tattooed by a man who is drugged, high, and has no body art license.

The result is ... well, see for yourself.

On Thursday, a BBC documentary accused Depher founder James Anderson of lying in X posts, using photos of non-consenting beneficiaries and spending company cash on a house and a car.

The founder of a U.K. charity, to which Hugh Grant is famously a major donor after contributing around 75,000 pounds, has become the subject of an extensive BBC exposé for faking viral stories of kindness to make money.

On Thursday, the BBC released a documentary, Britain’s Hero Plumber Exposed, with an accompanying report accusing Depher founder James Anderson of lying in X posts, using photos of non-consenting beneficiaries and spending company cash on a house and a car.

Anderson has accrued a huge online following in recent years for his social media posts detailing the desperate pleas for help his charity has answered — prompting two million pounds in donations, according to BBC analysis of company accounts and even receiving letters of thanks from the late Queen Elizabeth II and the now-King Charles.

look at them abs!🥴

“It’s okay not to feel happy all the time.”

Is the broad who nearly destroyed Bud Light with Dylan Mulvaney now working for McDonalds?

Assassin's Creed fan Kaida is accusing the game company Ubisoft of fishing for browny points with their latest Assassin's Creed game. AssCreed is a multi billion dollar video game franchise that has existed since 2007. In its stories, the games usually combines historial facts with a made up story about an ancient civilization from 80000 years ago. SPOILER: They died because of a solar storm. This will happen to us too in 2036. However, many gamers are now annoyed because there was always some realism to the game's stories but instead of telling a tale about native Japanese people in the franchise's latest installment that will be released this year, they chose to use a character as the main protagonist, that is often not more than in footprint in the real world's (our Earth) history. I still have a crush on Desmond Miles from Assassin's Creed (2007).

I can’t wait to watch ‘It Ends With Us’. But I need to read the book 😆 good thing my sister bought it for me.

Omg it looks cute!!!

Gayle King is reigning supreme on the 2024 cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.

The CBS Mornings co-host, who turns 70 later this year, says she thought she was “being punked” when she was asked to be in the 60th Anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue out May 17.

“It wasn’t something I dreamed about,” King tells PEOPLE of the honor, “but it was one of the highlights of all the things I’ve done because I never thought this would be possible.”

King was surprised with her cover spot reveal during a live on-air segment of CBS Mornings on Tuesday, May 14, with Hunter McGrady and Kate Upton — who also have solo covers — handing Kin her issue.

"Ahhh! I'm on the cover," the journalist screamed with excitement, holding the issue. "They told me I was just going to be on the inside! It's not a dummy cover? This is going to be on the newsstands? Oh my God! Oh my God!"

"I’m floating, I’m floating, I can’t believe it," she said, noting she didn't think she'd ever be on the cover. "Never in my wildest dreams! Never, ever, ever."

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Yummy

Note that the article never uses the world "gay"....

Suggestions?

Keeping in line with the theme here, he was attractive then and is still attractive now.

So why the fuck isn’t anyone talking about Toronto?

The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more.

In a sweeping move expected to dramatically reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commissions.

The NAR, which represents more than 1 million Realtors, also agreed to put in place a set of new rules. One prohibits agents’ compensation from being included on listings placed on local centralized listing portals known as multiple listing services, which critics say led brokers to push more expensive properties on customers. Another ends requirements that brokers subscribe to multiple listing services — many of which are owned by NAR subsidiaries — where homes are given a wide viewing in a local market. Another new rule will require buyers’ brokers to enter into written agreements with their buyers.

The agreement effectively will destroy the current homebuying and selling business model, in which sellers pay both their broker and a buyer’s broker, which critics say have driven housing prices artificially higher.

By some estimates, real estate commissions are expected to fall 25% to 50%, according to TD Cowen Insights. This will open up opportunities for alternative models of selling real estate that already exist but don’t have much market share, including flat-fee and discount brokerages.

Homebuilder stocks rose Friday midday on the news: Lennar shares gained 2.6%, PulteGroup shares added 1.1% and Toll Brothers shares added 1%.

For the average-priced American home for sale — $417,000 — sellers are paying more than $25,000 in brokerage fees. Those costs are passed on to the buyer, boosting the price of homes in America. That fee could fall by between $6,000 and $12,000, according to TD Cowen Insights’ analysis.

“While the settlement comes at a significant cost, we believe the benefits it will provide to our industry are worth that cost,” said Kevin Sears, president of the NAR, in a statement.

In November, a federal jury in Missouri found the NAR and two brokerages liable for $1.8 billion in damages for conspiring to keep agent commissions artificially high. Because it was an antitrust case, the NAR was potentially on the hook for triple those damages — $5.4 billion.

The NAR had pledged to appeal the case, but other brokerages settled — and, eventually, so did the NAR, on Friday.

“NAR has worked hard for years to resolve this litigation in a manner that benefits our members and American consumers,” said Nykia Wright, interim CEO of NAR, in a statement. “It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible. This settlement achieves both of those goals.”

The NAR had required homesellers to include the compensation for agents when placing a listing on a multiple listing service. Although NAR has long said commissions are negotiable and that the structure helped making housing more affordable for buyers, critics have long argued that the fees were expected and homesellers felt they would lose buyers if they didn’t offer them.

Homesellers who brought lawsuits against the NAR have argued that in a competitive market, the cost of the buyer’s agent’s commission should be paid by the buyer who received the service, not by the seller. The sellers who brought the lawsuit against the NAR and the brokerages said that buyers should be able to negotiate the fee with their agent, and that the sellers should not be on the hook for paying it.

Good Will Hunting

Death Becomes Her

Salt

Blood & Chocolate

Nope

continue...

Howard Stern has officially responded to Jerry Seinfeld saying that he isn’t very funny. Last week, Seinfeld, 70, claimed that Stern, 70, is lacking “comedy chops” on the “Fly on the Wall” podcast. After Seinfeld’s comments went viral, he issued an apology to the famous radio host.

So go comment on his post showing his ass and give it to him.

All of your favorite characters from 1979 in Air Balloons

Beautiful building decorated atrociously.

If so, what's he like? Any stories? This guy is so damn intriguing!!! Discovered him after watching the new show The Curse with Emma Stone and checked out his other projects and been hooked since. The Rehearsal and Nathan For You are also brilliant.

As midnight ticks around and the fireworks burst in the skies of my hometown, it’s time for the first reading thread of the New Year, where DataLounge friends share what they are reading, good or bad. Short stories etc are welcome.

As per the previous thread, I am still listening to Moby Dick, but not during chemotherapy, there are too many interruptions and I am enjoying the story far too much for stopping and starting. So it’s on my commute.

I wanted a big, easy to read saga to read over the holidays so I am rereading Gone With The Wind for the first time since childhood. Scarlett has less of Vivien Leigh’s devious intelligence, and Melanie isn’t a beatific and sickly sweet as per Olivia de Havilland but guileless, plucky and almost immature. Reading now, they are very much sheltered teenagers.

I read the CWA Gold Dagger winner every year so The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green is on my list.

Why is August so popular for fucking?

They struggle to cope with 1,000s of unread messages: ‘Hardest part of my job’

It’s just not clicking for them.

For millennials and older, the “You Got Mail” notification rarely incited stress.

In fact, most folks over thirty can still remember feeling a flush of excitement upon receiving an email — be it from work, family, friends or even advertisers — during its early stages in the early aughts.

But to the digital natives of Generation Z, getting electronic correspondence, namely from the office, is apparently as anxiety-inducing as getting sentenced to the electric chair.

Babbel researchers recently conducted a survey of 2,000 U.S. office workers to determine that employees between the ages of 18 to 24 are the most likely to let emails pile up.

The findings indicated that more than a third, 36%, of Gen Z professionals say they have over 1,000 unread emails in their inbox, compared with 18% of office workers overall.

For youngsters on the job, the accumulation of unanswered missives creates a hefty layer of pressure to open, read and properly respond to the messages. And once they finally reply, a whopping 1 in 5 Gen Zs report “very often” regretting the emails they send.

The formality of emailing, compared to the laissez-faire nature of texting or social media direct messaging, too, makes twenty-somethings feel uncomfortable.

“Gen Z’s communication preferences are heavily influenced by the prevalence of instant messaging platforms and social media,” said Touma. “Platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, for example, prioritize instantaneous communication, informality and visual cues.”

“The structured and formal nature of email communication may feel unfamiliar and more complicated to many [Gen Zers],” the insider added.

And he’s right — the kids are not alright.

The formality of emailing, compared to the laissez-faire nature of texting or social media direct messaging, too, makes twenty-somethings feel uncomfortable.

“Gen Z’s communication preferences are heavily influenced by the prevalence of instant messaging platforms and social media,” said Touma. “Platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, for example, prioritize instantaneous communication, informality and visual cues.”

“The structured and formal nature of email communication may feel unfamiliar and more complicated to many [Gen Zers],” the insider added.

And he’s right — the kids are not alright.

It seems like planes crashed more often back in the 80s and 90s. I can't think of any major airline crashes from the last 10 years.

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

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

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

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

What was your early virtual experience like?

Which fascist toady does the Pampers company want Orange Jesus to choose? Read up, DL!

"Former President Donald Trump is under pressure by business-friendly Republicans to select a particular running mate"

A amusement park ride......

.....with CHILDREN???? (((shudders)))

I find her fascinating

Well, it's tomorrow, but I'm getting a head start.

Canceled her show in Fort Lauderdale at the last minute and blamed it on the weather.

FWIW, I live here and it rained for about 20 minutes earlier this afternoon.

Wuhan scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronaviruses into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.

New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan, China.

They also planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested $14million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to fund the work.

Papers, confirmed as genuine by a former member of the Trump administration, show they were hoping to introduce “human-specific cleavage sites” to bat coronaviruses which would make it easier for the virus to enter human cells.

When Covid-19 was first genetically sequenced, scientists were puzzled about how the virus had evolved such a human-specific adaptation at the cleavage site on the spike protein, which is the reason it is so infectious.

The documents were released by Drastic, the web-based investigations team set up by scientists from across the world to look into the origins of Covid-19.

In a statement, Drastic said: “Given that we find in this proposal a discussion of the planned introduction of human-specific cleavage sites, a review by the wider scientific community of the plausibility of artificial insertion is warranted.”

The proposal also included plans to mix high-risk natural coronavirus strains with more infectious but less dangerous varieties.

The bid was submitted by British zoologist Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance, the US-based organisation, which has worked closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researching bat coronaviruses.

Team members included Dr Shi Zhengli, the WIV researcher dubbed “bat woman”, pictured below, as well as US researchers from the University of North Carolina and the United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Centre.

Darpa refused to fund the work, saying: “It is clear that the proposed project led by Peter Daszak could have put local communities at risk”, and warned that the team had not properly considered the dangers of enhancing the virus (gain of function research) or releasing a vaccine by air.

Grant documents show that the team also had some concerns about the vaccine programme and said they would “conduct educational outreach … so that there is a public understanding of what we are doing and why we are doing it, particularly because of the practice of bat-consumption in the region”.

Angus Dalgleish, Professor of Oncology at St Georges, University of London, who struggled to get work published showing that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had been carrying out “gain of function” work for years before the pandemic, said the research may have gone ahead even without the funding.

“This is clearly a gain of function, engineering the cleavage site and polishing the new viruses to enhance human cell infectibility in more than one cell line,” he said.

Daszak was also behind a letter published in The Lancet last year which effectively shut down scientific debate into the origins of Covid-19.

Viscount Ridley, who has co-authored a book on the origin of Covid-19, due for release in November, and who has frequently called for a further investigation into what caused the pandemic in the House of Lords, said: “For more than a year I tried repeatedly to ask questions of Peter Daszak with no response.

“Now it turns out he had authored this vital piece of information about virus work in Wuhan but refused to share it with the world. I am furious. So should the world be.

“Peter Daszak and the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) proposed injecting deadly chimeric bat coronaviruses collected by the Wuhan Institute of Virology into humanised and ‘batified’ mice, and much, much more.”

It’s Kirsten Kish

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

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

Frankie Grande's husband.

He goes by Hale Grande now, and he's pretty hot.

Is he a kept boy? What exactly does he do?

And please don't tell me that he's a bottom, because that would make Frankie Grande a TOP, and that's just.... ew. Unimaginable.

He kind of reminds me of a Latino Alexander Calvert.

Who knew?

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

How did she feel in late 2022, when she finally wrapped the arduous production?

“Like I knew I was going to need the two years that it took for the movie to come out to deal with it,” she said.

Taylor-Joy told me that championing Furiosa often felt like a solitary experience.

“I’ve never been more alone than making that movie,” she said, choosing her words carefully. “I don’t want to go too deep into it, but everything that I thought was going to be easy was hard.”

Her reticence reminded me of when I first spoke to the actors who had made “Fury Road”: During that shoot, the desperation of the characters bled into their real lives, and unpacking that experience took a very long time. Sensing that she was skirting a sensitive issue, I asked Taylor-Joy what exactly it was about “Furiosa” that had proved more difficult than she expected. For five long seconds, she contemplated giving me an answer.

“Next question, sorry,” she said. There was a faraway look in her eyes, as if a part of her had been left behind in that wasteland. “Talk to me in 20 years,” she said. “Talk to me in 20 years.”

On Instagram - always sharing found photos from thrift stores and the like and trying to figure out who they are or might be.

This batch has a very handsome Navy guy.....

Hes rather... intriguing.

What type of coffee maker do you use ?

Maybe not Joan's greatest movie, but the performance that is the most entertaining. You have watched it a few times and it's always impressive and fun.

Post "other" in comments. I'm sure with only 10 choices I've sadly overlooked some crowd pleasing performances.

Not interested in PS tho... heard a lot about the area

Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment that also cut into sales.

Target, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, said Friday that the decision to offer Pride merchandise, including adult apparel, home products, food and beverage at the stores will be based on "guest insights and consumer research."

A Target spokeswoman declined to disclose the number of stores that won't be carrying the merchandise. But a full assortment will be offered online, Target said.

"Target is committed to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month and year-round," Target said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. "Most importantly, we want to create a welcoming and supportive environment for our LGBTQIA+ team members, which reflects our culture of care for the over 400,000 people who work at Target. "

The moves, first reported by Bloomberg, come after Target removed some items from its stores and made other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month last year after intense reaction from some customers who confronted workers and tipped over displays. Target also moved Pride displays to the back of its stores in certain Southern locations last year.

But Target faces a second backlash from customers upset by the discount retailer's reaction to aggressive, anti-LGBTQ+ activism, which has also been sweeping through Republican state legislatures. Civil rights groups had scolded the company for caving to anti-LGBTQ+ customers who expressed outrage over gender-fluid bathing suits that it had carried. The anti-LGBTQ+ customers also posted threatening videos on social media from inside the stores.

Target's latest moves are just another example of how companies are struggling to cater to different groups of customers at a time of extreme cultural divides, particularly around transgender rights. Last year, brand Bud Light got negative response from customers angered by its attempt to broaden its customer base by partnering with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

You like?

There’s something so special about Persian men.

Apparently the Buffalo music venue had signs posted everywhere forbidding moshing/crowd surfing and had included the policy in the band's contract.

2-minutes into the first song of their set, the enormous lead singer of pop punk band Trophy Eyes heaved himself without warning off the stage into a small group of concertgoers standing in front of it, including tiny, 24 year old mega-fan Piche, partially paralyzing her in the process.

This isn't the first time he's injured people doing this and when fans have expressed concerns about it on twitter, his response was simply, "fuck you". The band has since expressed their deepest sympathy for the girl whose life will forever be altered and who will likely never walk again, calling it a freak accident. They have also contributed $5,000 to the Go Fund Me page created for her. While they did end the show early, they have not cancelled the remainder of their tour.

Some Trophy Eyes fans are saying that's what you sign up for when you go to punk shows. What do you think?

In re-watching the movie years later, Jennifer Grey is the real star of the movie. Everything revolves around her self-inflicted tension with her brother.

Miss USA 2023 is stepping away from the crown.

Noelia Voigt, 24, announced May 6 in an Instagram post that she is resigning from the coveted title to focus on her mental health.

Voigt shared a lengthy message on social media with the caption, in part, "I realize this may come as a large shock to many. Never compromise your physical and mental well-being." She then thanked those for their "unwavering support."

In the text photo, Voigt shared, "In life, I strongly value the importance of making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health. As individuals, we grow through experiencing different things in life that lead us to learning more about ourselves. My journey as Miss USA has been incredibly meaningful, representing Utah with pride, and later the USA at Miss Universe. Sadly, I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of Miss USA 2023.

No competition. It’s easily their best song. Everything about this one is perfection. I dare you to find a better one from them. I said what I said.

Joe Biden is the least popular commander in chief at this point of his presidency in the last 70 years, below even Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, according to a blistering new poll — imperiling his chances of re-election.

Biden, 81, notched a dismal 38.7% job approval rating for the first quarter of 2024, the venerable Gallup Poll found in a survey released Friday, three points lower than that of the one-term George H.W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.

“With about six months remaining before Election Day, Biden stands in a weaker position than any prior incumbent,” the pollsters concluded.

My recent views:

Yellowstone (season 1) Great scenery and detail but a slow, lumbering plot and too much random violence and animal cruelty for my delicate constitution.

The Other Black Girl (season 1) This felt like young adult fare. A clever premise--how Black women can get ahead professionally by ignoring racism and being team players--but it didn't need to be 10 episodes. Many good performances and a few terrible ones. Features cravable Hunter Parrish.

The Morning Show (season 3) Better than the shitshow that was season 2 but that's not saying much. The most recent episode which featured a lot of Holland Taylor and no Reese Witherspoon was the best. Jon Hamm is not even trying and why cast a hunk as a billionaire? They never are.

The Chelsea Detective (seeason 1 and 2) A mystery series about a socially awkward, brilliant dyslexic cop who lives on a houseboat. Many misdirections and the plot thickens in the last 15 minutes.

Unforgotten (series 5) I wondered why the Met Police devotes so many resources to cold cases and then I realized how much lower the murder rate is proportionally in the UK vs the US

Someone has recommended "Wednesday" to me. What say you?

What are you enjoying or not?

Ethel Mertz addresses Joe Biden’s support for the Israeli military:

“we need to bring back assassinations”

He's been known to be a creep for a very long time...also an associate of Epstein. More than half of his accusers were underage.

"To the Columbia Community:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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She's overrated. Convince me otherwise.

Karim Akhtar, 22, and Sully Laurent, 21, were walking home from a night out in Norwich on Friday when they saw illuminations in the sky.

Initially thinking it was the aurora borealis, which made an appearance across the UK due to a rare solar storm, they soon discovered it was in fact the hotel on Duke Street.

A $15 million box office with all the overhype and non-stop marketing using her as the headliner.

Having said that, it still dunks anything non-IP that little Chalamet has had top billing in. She’s a much bigger star than him.

Footage has revealed how thieves in California are stealing copper-filled cables from Tesla charging stations.

Viral video shared on TikTok by Joshua Beckler shows the aftermath of a recent theft at a Tesla Supercharger station in Vallejo, California.

The nine stations are seen without any of the cables attached to them as Beckler shows the core of the heavy duty cable, which is clearly rich in copper, whose value has soared in recent years.

The incident happened sometime over the weekend before it was reported to Vallejo police on Sunday morning.

Current scrap prices for copper have it averaging at $3 per pound, with Forbes reporting that the metal is 'a catalyst for a new era of global economic growth'.

Beckler who first spotted the theft told NBC: 'It most likely happened in the night, and we [him and his wife] found it early morning.

'I went to go to the gym with the wife. I went to park the Tesla to charge it while we were inside and I found that the majority of the Tesla cables had been cut right before we walked in.

'They left five charging stations. I’m pretty sure after they racked up, I don’t know what the quantity was, but almost 20 cables with the nozzles.

'Those are extremely heavy, so I’m imagining that’s all they could haul at one given time.'

While John Brown also told the outlet: 'I think this is the second time, or third that these have been cut, so they need to put some gates up or something. I don’t know what they can do, but this is pretty inconvenient.'

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First the copper for the bridge electric light and now Pete's chargers

Oh, Garfie.

A new thread for us to discuss all the Weatherfield happenings for 2023..

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

I'm lazy and having Beecher's World's Best Mac and Cheese (image below), a salad and Talenti Raspberry Sorbetto later.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Six of Jeopardy!'s highest winners compete for the title of Jeopardy! Master 2024.

Tournament starts Wednesday, May 1 in primetime on ABC (not in syndication).

Nine games over three weeks, with the final game airing May 22.

Competing are James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut.

Use this thread to discuss the Masters Tournament. Use the other thread to discuss the daily syndicated Jeopardy! game (linked inside).

In new movie.

Looks like Camilla painted it with her fag.

Apparently it happened in connection with a prison breakout of some kind

Several topics are covered.

Is Marjorie Taylor Greene officially irrelevant and unelectable?

And the nice fisherman even gives him a kiss on the head, before putting him back in the water.

DOLLFACE!

Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield Eight

I’m not terribly surprised. He had done that stupid Purple Hearts movie and he started getting tons of followers, and he kept posting updates of how his followers were going up. He thinks very highly of himself. Here’s the thing, and wish someone had told him this before he did this:

(Channeling inner Shirley Maclaine)

He is not special enough to be a straight actor. He is not a Star. He does not have the talent or charisma to make this worthwhile. He shows up to the Met Gala wearing a black tux. He is self serious and interviews poorly. His body veers toward doughiess, his features are pronouncedly feminine.

He is the Diversity Hire. That was his ticket into Hollywood. He could not do this, after doing so many queer roles, which he was only getting because it was more or less assumed he would eventually come out publicly. He is not anybody you would cast in any straight role unless the actor needs to register nonthreatening softness. He could not play Jonathan Bailey’s role in Bridgerton.

Jonathan Bailey is going up and up and up. Not because he is a gay actor. But because he is a Star. Andrew Scott is going up because he is exceptionally talented. Nicholas Galitzine is neither of those. He started rising at a very curious time in Hollywood in which the burden on gay actors of gay actordom is beginning to go away, but at the same time actors are expected to be gay if they take a lot of gay roles. It would have behooved him to cling to this like driftwood, because now, when it comes down to it, if I am in casting and I have to choose between him and a straight actor for a straight role, I am going to choose the one that does not pout his lips like Queen Nefertiti.

After Gus Kenworthy came out, his ex cruelly taunted him (bad breakup) and wrote online:

“…you were not fooling anyone. Any man who knows the entire soundtrack to the Broadway musical “wicked” is not bringing in the ladies, unless it’s for a themed dinner party.”

Nicholas Galitzine was already typecast as “man who knows the song score to Wicked.” This was highly self-defeating, unnecessary, makes the people who cast him in queer roles look like idiots, and establishes him as a professional nincompoop. He will never get the straight roles that he really wants, and now the gay roles will be offered to someone else. He should have just said nothing.

God I hate actors.

I can't believe my eyes.

The guy spends almost 40 minutes pissing away $100,000 on a slot machine, at $750 per pull.

He makes some of it back, but ends up over $40,000 in the hole.

It's crazy how some people are able to live, while others can't even pay their electric bill.

Ryan Murphy has cast Travis to lead his brand new horror series Grotesquerie. He will star opposite Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.

Hey there, I know this is usually NOT the place to come for insightful, meaningful insight (and tbh, that’s why we kinda love it sometimes, right), yet I find myself throwing out a thread… baring my soul and insecurity to the wolves. Ughhhh. Well, here goes….

I’m a mid 50’s guy, who’s been off work for about a year. Financially, I’m doing ok. And could continue like this for a while, but I’m seeing my savings dwindle down… and it’s been long enough. I just really feel almost frozen. It’s the only way I know how to describe it. I know I should look for a job, or retraining, or even look into career counselling…. but I’m honestly just stuck. I spend my days not really wanting to do anything. I sit at home, watch tv, run errands, and surf for a hookup. This is not how I pictured my life. I am attached (in an open relationship), and he’s supportive, but I don’t really know if he realizes how I feel. I could dismiss it as just being lazy, but it’s something else. I do suffer from ADHD, and have battled with depression in the past, and I’m wondering…. should I speak to someone professionally about this? Or…. am I just using this as an excuse to not return to work. Any insight into this, or maybe has anyone else felt like this?

Hosted by handsome and talented Joe Manganiello

And featuring Boston Rob, who is still appealing in all his 48 year old soft fleshiness.

Apparently all of the trains in London have stopped running early and he's stuck at the station. He's cold, tired, swearing and sounds slightly inebriated.

He just wants to go home. Perhaps he stayed too long at the flat of a hookup he met on Grindr?

Storytime is in his latest reels.

Kick Chalamet out of Hollywood Glen! You can do it.

[quote] “Christian nationalism” is not the liberal version of the slur “woke.” It’s more like the term “fascist.” Not only does it describe something very real, but something that remains a very present threat, one that is overrunning Oklahoma politics, and potentially the rest of the country.

[quote] ...We define it as an ideology that idealizes and advocates a fusion of American civic life with a particular kind of “Christianity.” I use “Christianity” in quotes there because the Christianity involved isn’t theological; it’s ethno-cultural. It’s “Christianity” as code, shorthand for “people like us,” and that usually means “Anglo European ethnicity, born in the USA, politically conservative.” Christian nationalism is an ideology that envisions that group as America’s founders and rightful leaders. It seeks to institutionalize their privilege politically.

It's an extremely long video so be patient

Awww cutie wild Turkeys.

Not too big, not too small, and I love the interiors, I could live in this pretty much exactly as it is, its move in ready

Page isnt rendering correctly for me but all the pictures are there and thats what counts

Looks like another one bites the dust!

Sounds like Elmo threw a drug induced hissy-fit

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I am knee deep in putting my elderly out of State mother and her husband in an assisted living senior home. Their medical conditions require it. They are fighting me tooth and nail on everything. Their pensions, SS bring in $5 K a month, they spend $6K a month, this includes $10K in QVC and HSN charged debts (making minimum payments at 34% interest). They are selling their house,. After settling their debts they may realize $40K. We got lucky that a respected senior facility will take them with their knowledge of their poor financial condition and likelihood they will convert to Medicaid in future. There are 5 children between them- His daughter and I are the only ones to lift a finger. Honestly, I am not close to my mother and have zero emotional connection to her. I am only doing this as I feel I have a moral or ethical obligation. I have appt next week with elder atty to see what I can do to preserve their assets as she would blow through that cash within a year. Anyone else go through this? When will it get better?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't remember divers having quite the nice packages as these guys. Anyone else like to watch diving?

It's a new year, so time for a new thread! Let's start from where we left off in 2023...

He posed nude in the 70s, some eldergays here surely remember!

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

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

A most amazing live performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Gilbert Bécaud's "It Must Be Him" comes across as a musical theatre song. I could imagine it as something by Jerry Herman for La Cage aux Folles or something like that. It's campy and fabulous, just on the edge of trashy and Vikki Carr gives it an impeccable theatrical delivery. Imagine this performance closing a first act on Broadway.

No one sings like this today. We've lost so much.

Everyone on DL like it’s 1977

If you don’t understand the GameStop frenzy, he explains it simply. These corporate raiders are playing games with our lives. We need to make their casino games illegal.

What are some of your favourite YouTube channels? Lately I love watching this couples road trip videos. They’re non political unlike some and I actually learn a lot.

Then she read the curriculum

You know, to not lose to Trump.

First, he should probably shutdown the incessant, voluminous flow of illegal aliens across the border, start mass deportations, and quit exploring ideas like bringing in Palestinian refugees.

Girl you in trouble!

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing backlash for saying that black children in the Bronx don't know the word "computer". "Right now, we have young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don't even know what the word 'computer' is," she said. "They don't know these things." The Democrat made the comments while speaking to a technology panel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Ms Hochul later said that she misspoke and regrets it. She was at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday to discuss New York's artificial intelligence initiative. During a fireside chat, Ms Hochul spoke of a new AI consortium involving universities and state schools.

She said funds raised by the state would help build a supercomputer that will be accessible to researchers.

The governor then said that black children in the Bronx don't know what the word "computer" is.

What celebs do you think will die in 2024?

Place your guesses in this thread!

"Gov. Kristi Noem's account of meeting North Korean dictator in doubt French president's office also contradicts account in book that documents killing of Cricket the dog"

Harry Shearer voices many characters on The Simpsons and was recently replaced as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.

In 2020, producers decided to have no longer white actors voice characters of color, a decision which also made Hank Azaria retire from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

Shearer recently reflected on the change and who inspired Dr. Hibbert’s voice.

“Folk say the show has become woke in recent years and one of my characters has been affected,” Shearer said on The Times of London. “I voiced the Black physician, Dr. Hibbert, who I based on Bill Cosby. Back then he was known as the ‘whitest Black man on television.’ Then, a couple of years ago, I received an email saying they’d employed a Black actor, who then copied my voice. The result is a Black man imitating a white man imitating the whitest Black man on TV.”

Kevin Michael Richardson took over the role of Dr. Hibbert in 2021. Shearer still voices Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Principal Skinner, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Rainier Wolfcastle, and Kent Brockman, among many more.

Shearer also said he “wasn’t sure about joining The Simpsons in 1989,” as “voice actors are usually given a script after the animation is completed.”

“I took the job because it was the other way around,” he added. “I play more than 20 characters but the evil nuclear power plant owner, Mr. Burns, is a favorite. I styled his voice on Ronald Reagan.”

Rosie O'Donnell is looking more like NYT journalist Susanne Craig. She's aging terribly with her pasty Irish skin and white hair.

But she still can get under Trump's thin skin....

(Oh, yes. This is another Trump thread.)

Musk has known for years the was a dud. Oh well -- sike!

"Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for years, according to five people familiar with the matter..."

She has drug her ex through the mud, and this whole management fee ordeal is being spun like he ripped her off, when it comes down to the technicality of how California operates with heavy regulations on the entertainment industry. He got her the deals, which she wouldn’t have won if it weren’t for his Dad and stepmom’s connections. She is a black abyss. Imagine the therapy you would need after growing up and your mother made your father out to be a horrible person. Sad. She’s lost a ton of weight recently too, wonder how…? I find her fake and obnoxious, she’s a horrible host and interviewer. A real performative woke loudmouth. Shut the fuck up and sing.

For those that haven't watched for eons, his character was a newbie nerdy gay that fell for a hot doctor.

Then they broke up.

Also, he got REAL fat.

I already hollow out bread as she suggests.

I think both radishes and pickles on the egg salad sandwich was too much. I do love bread & butter pickles.

I am definitely going to make that first sandwich, Pan Bagnat (Provencal Tuna). I'll post the ATK video below. Food Wishes also has a video for this sandwich for those who enjoy Chef John's voice /s.

I just saw his picture on the cover of a TV magazine at the store, stopped and thought, "WHO is that?" I had heard the name before, but never saw a picture. Wow. He knows like he knows how to fuck. Wikipedia says he's married with children, but that means nothing. He HAS to be into the mansex. Has anyone here had him? And details?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Someone needs an intervention!

The threats could come online, in person or in the mail, according to the FBI.

Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement.

"Organizations like ISIS may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month," according to the announcement, which the agencies issued last week. The announcement added that the threat is "compounded" by the "current heightened threat environment" in the United States. More at link.

GMA3 anchor getting attention for his VPL.

Happy birthday, Bea!

I hope you are having a great day!

Looks like maybe…

I think I'm in love, with both of them.

A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday.

I just read another article from another person in the industry. What were these difficult periods? It’s all so cryptic.

He has to be the biggest star and most handsome man to ever grace the Broadway stage. His yearly calendar is the must-have item with all of the A-Gays.

Do you still think Biden will win by a large margin, as you've stated in other threads? You're frequently spot on, but I am curious to know if you're still confident about that. I hope so (and that you're right).

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

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

Thanks for giving us Star Wars, George!

Happy birthday!

I am not talking about the stereotype of Bob and Doug Mackenzie of the Great White North from SCTV, eh. But more subtle things like pronunciation of “process”. Pah-sta (Am) vs Past-ah(Cn). About vs aboot.

I can spot it a mile away on tv presenters. They usually try to hide it but it inevitably slips.

Can you hear it, or am I hypersensitive?

Sean Penn

She calls making the musical “exhilarating and exhausting.” Who’s excited to see JLo in Kiss of the Spider Woman?

Did anyone see this live?

If so, how was it?

Major boner for Mike Faist from seeing him in Challengers.

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

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

He’s upset that one of the characters he voiced, a black character, was taken away from him to give to an actual black person.

Ack!

Now I can't be attracted to him any more.

Such a pity, because he's so hot.

A bunch of mature women are blindfolded and they feel up and fuck each other’s sons.

That poor thing!

Will there ever be enough Light to scrubbo the drawers?

I force myself - yes, I'm somewhat of a masochist - to listen to the "All-Star Panel" on the Bret Baier-hosted Special Report. For my money, the worst of the worst pundits - & that's saying something - is the Trump lickspittle Molly Hemingway. If "Nancy" has the "laughing face," this beast surely has the "punchable face."

I don’t see a thread on this. Just watched it last night and I feel as if the actor (and writer) is too old looking to suspend disbelief. He looks the same age as the stalker and the abuser. But I thought it was an interesting perspective on loneliness causing people to be complicit in their own suffering. What thinks the DL? Richard Gadd looks too scrawny and bug eyed haunted for my taste.

Inspired by

Harriet Craig is a highly polished 1950 remake of George Kelly's Pulitzer Prize winning play Craig's Wife, all about a demanding domestic goddess and the havoc she wreaks. Columbia borrowed WB star Joan Crawford & director Vincent Sherman for this version. This one plays to the image of Joan's perfectionism & personal style, to the extent it feels like you're watching a home movie! This housewife Harriet's home is designed by Billy Haines, with demonstrations in precision packing, and treating the man in your life like one of your beleaguered staff. The ingredient lacking from Joan's other '50s camp fests is humor, THIS Craig & Crawford are deadly serious. My look here:

My friend Julie told Marlo Thomas, "A little more filler would really bring out the planes in your cheeks!"

In the program for A Chorus Line, author Nicholas Dante said that this was his favorite book. It was early Kirkwood and intriguing. A young student is on trial for killing his Headmaster at a New England Boarding school, sort of "A Separate Peace" meets "Catcher in the Rye". Because it's Kirkwood, he clearly sees himself as the young, handsome, virile and irresistible protagonist, but there does seem to be some strange empathy for the closeted Headmaster. Although the book spends a lot of time denying gay feelings between the two students, the gay theme comes full circle when the Headmaster becomes obsessed with the lead character, Peter.

I found it compelling because Kirkwood can weave a story but could also understand how Dante would feel so drawn to it judging from his monologue in ACL. Maybe he and Kirkwood should have made a movie adaptation.

I just watched lame rom-com “Anybody But You” primarily to see Glen Powell. This man is so damn hot! There’s something about him - not only his incredible body and his gorgeous face, but his charm, the way he carries himself, his expressions - totally compelling. And yes, I know he’s straight.

Adam Sandler was at his funniest in the 90s.

A barge operator decided to have a little fun.

While New York prosecutors drum up charges about loan application valuations and a private hundred grand from a Cheeto to pornstar, somehow they have turned a blind eye to a billion dollars disappearing from their own city. Funny how that works. Welcome to the age of one-sided political judicial persecutions and hypocrisy.

I’m attending my nephew’s outdoor wedding in Sacramento later this month. The invitation calls for garden attire and I want to be respectful but this is an all day affair in 90 degree heat. Suggestions?

Poor thing.

I present a Munsters Commercial for Cheerios (1965)

This looks amazing. Between this and “Oh, Canada”, he has made a full return to acting after essentially retiring. He must have caught the acting bug again or he’s finally seeing scripts he likes. It certainly isn’t for money, as the films he’s made thus far in his return are small indie flicks.

Excited. He still looks beautiful!

Did her grandmother… you know? What’s the deal?

Ten years ago San Francisco was going to become the face of Silicon Valley; soon it will merely become a suburb.

From Deux Moi…

Relax, enjoy a quiet visit with the Munsters.

New Yorkers should be ashamed of electing this imbecile.

The way I went to the gym and noticed this theory is 100% accurate.

I have no words.

Out today!

The programme is announced. I am surprised Francis Ford Coppola’s film is in competition. I guess I’m looking forward to seeing Sebastian Stan play Trump if only for shits and giggles.

And she's not even running for POTUS.

We are all being manipulated dozens of times a day. From advertising, the media, politics, friends, and family. I try to take everything with a grain a salt but it’s very challenging and exhausting. What are some examples of you being manipulated probably without you knowing until it’s too late? Are you a good manipulator?

With the presidential election six months away it’s only going to get worse. Trump, unfortunately, is a master manipulator. Deny, deny, deny. Never apologize. Repeat ad nauseam (WITCH-HUNT, RIGGED ELECTION) and his followers fall right into line. I will never understand people, whose fathers and grandfathers fought facists in WW2, have no problem with Trump and his dictatorship fantasies.

While I used Trump as an example, I want to know what defenses one can put up to try to make right decisions when choosing a candidate, buying a car, choosing shampoo. One can do research but I’m sure what comes up is written by people who want to influence you to buy their product, vote for their candidate, or think their way. It seems hopeless.

Was his iPad playing Up, Up and Away?

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

Nice gig if you can get it.

[quote]The "Game of Stones" trial provides daily text message tips to participants, including suggestions like "walk a different route home to avoid the kebab shop" and "don't treat your body like a skip." The program challenged participants to lose 10% of their body weight within a year and ensure they maintained the loss for a chance to win a £400 cash incentive.

[quote]On average, men lost 4.8% of their body weight, receiving a proportional reward (averaging £128). Currently, 27 men have achieved the full 10% weight loss target and were awarded the full £400 incentive. The significant weight loss encouraged researchers to believe the program can be rolled out across the NHS. This approach is more effective than traditional slimming classes. Funded by the government, the study recruited 585 men in Bristol, Glasgow, and Belfast.

How much did they pay Nicholas Galitzine to agree to this? Discuss.

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

Anyone here ever touched by John Dye?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The long-gestating prequel series to Dune is coming out soon and looks amazing!!! We will be watching.

He is making me sooooooo Hungry, and for Food too. His English accent is driving me insane with Lust.

How do I not know about this show? How do I know about how "Totes Adorbs" this man is?

DL, why didn't you tell me about this chef?

The film is about confronting mortality and reflecting on your own life when you are now older and know you’re closer to deaths door with every passing day.

It stars Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman.

Jacob with that mustache… yes please. 🥵 such a handsome boy. I hope he gets back to this and stops looking skeletal.

They look like the creatures from The Dark Crystal.

Britney Spears is in "serious danger" on both the mental and financial front and is doing way worse than she was under the conservatorship ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ.

As for her mental health, our sources say Britney is "completely dysfunctional." Since the conservatorship ended, she has no supervision and, according to sources, has radical mood swings that we're told are "shocking."

We're told the few people who remain in Britney's life say she was doing much better when she was under a conservatorship. As one source said, "She had lots of freedom in the conservatorship and the restrictions were there to protect her. She's not protected anymore."

Our Britney sources are angry at what's happened since the conservatorship ended, saying she's gotten absolutely "no justice" ... and that involves her finances.

We're told Britney has been spending a fortune and is in real danger of going broke. Our sources say she's been going to French Polynesia, staying at The Brando, and spending close to a million dollars each trip between private jets, hotels, staff, etc. She goes every month or 2. We're told she also goes to Hawaii almost monthly by herself, taking a private jet, staying in the Presidential Suite at the Four Seasons, and dropping $350k a trip.

"She cannot afford this. She had $60 million when the conservatorship ended, and she's now where the conservatorship started -- in danger of going broke" ... one source said.

As we reported she's paid north of $4 million to her attorney, Mathew Rosengart.

It looks like a book cover, which I love. I can not wait for a trailer to finally release.

Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader wrote and directed this new film and cast Richard Gere (who he worked with on American Gigolo) and Jacob Elordi.

Jacob must be pinching himself to be working with a legend like Schrader, who has worked on such amazing films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo and more.

Set up like the "Jeopardy!" gameplay, the show's "answer-and-question" format will focus on music, film, TV, stage, sports and more. Episodes will premiere on Prime Video across the globe.

"Pop Culture Jeopardy is its own cultural moment, marking the first time the iconic franchise will premiere exclusively on a streaming service," said Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD originals unscripted and targeted programming, Amazon MGM Studios. "With a team-based approach and pop-culture focus, our global Prime Video customers will exclusively experience this innovative spin on Jeopardy! while testing their knowledge on topics that both define and transcend generations."

There's no host yet for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!," but the show will also be executive produced by "Jeopardy!" EP Michael Davies. Info on the contestant application process will also be available soon.

Besides "Sports Jeopardy!," past "Jeopardy!" offshoots include "Rock & Roll Jeopardy!," which ran on VH1 from 1998 to 2001; and "Jep!," a children's version that appeared on Game Show Network from 1998 to 2000. The original daytime "Jeopardy!" launched in 1964, and the modern syndicated version premiered in 1984. In recent years, the series has also spawn several primetime iterations: "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time," "Jeopardy! National College Championship," "Celebrity Jeopardy!" and "Jeopardy! Masters."

John Kennedy, Bob Marley, Judy Garland and John F. Kennedy Jr. are my faves. Number two and three of Prince are good.

In March, Brian Austin Green came clean about his years on Beverly Hills 90210 and his behavior toward then-girlfriend Tiffani Thiessen Shen she joined the cast as Valerie Malone in 1994. Valerie was “bad girl” in town which meant plenty of steamy sex scenes that Green couldn’t handle at the time.

“I’d never been in a real serious relationship before,” he said of their romance which lasted from 1992 until 1995 on Shannen Doherty’s Let’s Be Clear podcast. “I used to bring Tiffani to events, so she knew everybody from then and then all of a sudden, she’s doing sex scenes and s**t with people that were like my family and my brothers. It was strange. I remember I was really just f**king jealous and boisterous.” How did Thiessen feel about the situation? Well, fans finally have their ans

The 50-year-old actress described herself to Us Weekly as “nervous” when she joined the cast during the fifth season because it was a “show that was already established.” From what it sounds like, her time on the long-running series was a mixed bag. You learn a lot from all different types of jobs and people right and so I have a lot of great memories. You know, there’s a lot of hard memories, but there was a lot of great memories,” she admitted. “At the time when I started, I was actually dating Brian [Austin Green]. That probably made it a little bit easier for me.”

While it was easy to make friends with the cast, Thiessen shared that Green’s feelings about her character’s interactions made the situation “definitely stressful and hard.” She added, “I had a boyfriend who definitely was probably not the most secure with me being there. I also had my own insecurities about being on a job that, again, was very established. There were relationships that were super close that I wasn’t a part of.”

Thiessen doesn’t “hold any grudges” toward Green because “we were all young and stupid.” As for her friendship with Green now, she noted, “We’re both adults. I mean, our split was pretty amicable. It was easy, like, truly. He moved on. I moved on, and we had to work together.” But, it sounds like Green is still a little embarrassed by his young adult behavior. “Looking back on it, I can’t imagine what that was like for her,” he summed up on Doherty’s podcast. “I can’t imagine what it was like for her being with me for three years at that point and then having to do these scenes and having her f**king boyfriend, who she lives with by the way, freaking out the way that I was.”

Who knows what's up? Please give us an idea.

I just take Vitamin D3, Fish Oil, and Zinc.

Masked and hooded mobs have an unhappy history in the US. Many find them intimidating due both to this history and to the suggestion that the people wearing masks are seeking to avoid any accountability for participating in the political actions they are taking.

The counter-argument that technology makes it possible to identify people and to reveal their identities to social media which can lead to harassment.

Should you be publicly protesting for a cause if you are unwilling to accept some blowback?

Beau de Mayo was fired after finishing two seasons, so they probably put up with his cray cray for as long as possible knowing they had a hit on their hands.

Kate McKinnon-grew up on Long Island, but speaks with an old-fashioned type accent.

Congresswoman Haley Stevens grew up in Michigan. Speaks with an odd Southern type accent.

“ The Australian actor and Gen Z superstar is having a serious moment”

I couldn’t agree more. He’s building quite the little filmography for himself through the indie market and that’s a genius move. Leo did the same thing years ago before transitioning to big studio films (and becoming at huge megastar with Titanic). Timmy did the same thing and most recently we’ve been seeing that with Paul Mescal. 3 out of the 4 also were on hit shows before getting movie roles (Timmy being the only one who hasn’t starred on a series, but did star in a play!).

If he stays on this route he will be our new indie darling and have a long career past “Euphoria” fame. I stated this after watching both Priscilla and Saltburn. He was phenomenal in both and honestly I think he was the highlight of Saltburn. He’s the heart of the film. The center of it all. He is magnetic. You can’t take your eyes off of him while he’s on screen (unless Rosamund Pike is on screen stealing the shine of everyone with perfect performance, of course).

TCM is showing a documentary from 2019 about how Asians were portrayed in Hollywood and how white actors took the roles of Asians in film. The full documentary is linked below. On DL we have at times discussed films with stereotypical Asian portrayals and actors who have done so-called "yellowface" including Charlie Chan films, Katherine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Linda Hunt, DL fave Luise Rainer ("So young.") and, of course, Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Do you still watch these films, or are they offensive to the point where you no longer watch them?

Like night and day.

”For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent.

On the other side of the metal barricades that day, Police Officer Harry Dunn couldn’t stand what he saw as he defended the Capitol and its inhabitants from rioters on Jan. 6, 2021. Ultimately, the Maryland resident watched lawmakers he had protected vote to acquit former President Donald Trump and deny the violence and trauma that led to the deaths of some of his fellow officers..."

The big reveal: she’s a man.

Kelly Clarkson finally admits it, just like Oprah did:

‘Kelly couldn’t keep up her charade any longer and she knew she had to get honest or she was going to be exposed,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively.

‘In a sense she was backed into a corner it was either she tell her fans or she be included in the list of other celebs who were lying about their weight loss journey.’

Kelly Clarkson finally came clean about using a weight loss drug because she feared being exposed, insiders have claimed

She insisted she is not using Ozempic - but did not disclose the drug doctors have prescribed for her.

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Lol!

Sounds like he was putting something in extra in the dressing. 💦

I guess is Becky ok with it?

Sometimes you have have to dip into it - I could watch this ALL NIGHT!!

I am a man in my early 30s married to a man in his mid-50s. We have always been in an open relationship: we met at a sex party. When we met I was always a bottom and he a top. Over time, however, he has become obsessed with bottoming. He never penetrates me, even in a group, and has starting expressing jealousy about the tops that I attract. I feel he is throwing our life away in pursuit of a pipe dream and I long to get back the dominant top that I married – a role he is suited for physically. He has been looking at escort websites, which I find depressingly inevitable. How can I wake him up to reality?

I'm the smell of lingering splooge!

How do you handle your "dirty laundry"????

Where did you learn your technique?

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Jazz Sax icon was 78.

Deadline is predicting $40 million which seems wildly optimistic to me. There is still a review embargo which usually is a bad sign.

Peacock, Netflix and Apple+ will offer a bundle, to compete with the Max/Disney+/Hulu bundle

A new set of Times/Siena polls, including one with The Philadelphia Inquirer, reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.

NEW NYT/Siena poll:

“Nearly 70 percent of voters say that the country’s political and economic systems need major changes — or even to be torn down entirely.”

78% of 18-29 & Black voters are in that camp. 73% of what NYT considers “working class.”

I haven’t lost some of my blankets in years because my washer dryer is too small to fit them into. Maybe I should go to the laundromat and wash them there but I don’t like putting my stuff into a washing machine with other peoples stuff in it maybe there was bleach and that might irritate my skin which is a big no-no.

I hate poodles

New hunger strikers will now refuse to eat until they are too hungry.

Some faculty engage in 24-hour hunger strike in “solidarity’

Counter-protestors skip breakfast.

Trump will never stop inciting his base to violence while continuing to claim plausible deniability. And we all know how this movie ends. Someone is going to ultimately get killed before the public finally says enough is enough and the MAGAts are put to shame like the proto-brownshirts that they are.

It is inevitable. We are in a pressure cooker. It is only a matter of time before it blows.

So who is it going to be? One of the Trump trial judges? The President of the United States? You? Me?

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

after horny athletes admit to orgies amid competition

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

This is a good photographer too, Greg Harris did awesome covers for Ryan Gosling and Cillian Murphy for GQ

Chris Hemsworth is trying to sell an action movie

This looks like an ad for Dillards

Tell us about your crazy, creepy, eccentric, OCD or amusing co-workers and their antics.

Years ago my boss was thrilled when the wife of a doctor he had been unable to get a business meeting with responded to a job opening.

She arrived for the interview with two huge boxes of donuts for the office. She came to a conservative, professional office dressed in Bohemian new agey, mother earth attire. She brought a "portfolio" that showcased her crafts (scrap booking, pottery making, all unrelated to our industry) and also her EIGHT children's activities and musical awards. He hired her!

First day on the job she freaked everyone out by having all her kids come in at lunch time and assemble in the breakroom in a line oldest to youngest and take turns stepping forward and reciting their name and age like something directly out of The Sound of Music. I expected them to start singing the Do Re Mi song.

Within days she decorated her office with dozens of vintage mannequin busts of flappers from the 1920s (photo below) and costume jewelry displays like at a thrift or consignment shop. Employees, clients, building maintenance and employees of other businesses in the building complained about her weirdness.

He fired her within a couple of weeks. We all watched from the window as she dragged all her mannequins out to the parking lot one by one, beat them against the pavement and then threw them in the dumpster.

I'm not exaggerating any of this and boss never got a meeting with her husband.

Since COVID, she’s just doing voiceovers, Old Broad movies for Netflix, and maybe a Fast movie or two.

Is she too old now for leading roles? No one seems to be missing her in the upcoming “Furiosa”. Is she the at elder Kathleen Turner stage of her career?

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

Every day there is some chain which is going bankrupt (or usually, has gone bankrupt three years ago). The right are constantly talking down the economy every day to get the people to vote against their economic interests and install republicans. Every single day there is a story, usually a false one, but the normal situation in business allows them to identify bankruptcies every day if they choose - just to talk talk talk down the economy. The best economy any of us have ever experienced. And they are especially doing that i n Canada because they hatte TRudeau with the heat of a thousand suns. Hell, they would take Kevin Trudeau over Justin Trudeau. He's more like them anyway.

Cunt.

Mostly of interest to LA folks, but I know he did some national stuff as well.

God, I miss Airline.

Ham Planet Tiffany is going to SUE Southwest because she can't fit in one seat!

This has NEVER happened to her before!

What's your favorite Neil Young song

Dorothy Jean Tillman II's participation in Arizona State University's May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.

In between came associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees.

When Tillman successfully defended her dissertation in December, she became the youngest person — at age 17 — to earn a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health at Arizona State, associate professor Leslie Manson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” for a story Monday.

“It’s a wonderful celebration, and we hope ... that Dorothy Jean inspires more students,” Manson said. “But this is still something so rare and unique.”

Tillman, called “Dorothy Jeanius” by family and friends, is the granddaughter of former Chicago Alderwoman Dorothy Tillman.

When most students are just learning to navigate middle school, her mother enrolled Tillman in classes through the College of Lake County in northern Illinois, where she majored in psychology and completed her associate's degree in 2016, according to her biography.

Tillman earned a bachelor's in humanities from New York's Excelsior College in 2018. About two years later, she earned her master's of science from Unity College in Maine before being accepted in 2021 into Arizona State's Behavioral Health Management Program.

There will be one last Downton film. At least for now. I’m sure they will make more eventually!

Anyone watching? this guy Damian Hardung is pure sex. New series on Prime.

In the opening monologue of Fareed Zakaria: GPS Sunday, host Fareed Zakaria argued that criminal charges would likely not have been brought Trump if he were anybody else. The CNN host made the remark as part of a commentary in which he argued that the Democratic party is currently fractured and the Republican party is united. And one of the reasons for the unity, according to Zakaria, is a widespread belief that the former president is getting a raw deal.

“The trials against [Trump] keep him in the spotlight, infuriate his base — who see him as a martyr and even may serve to make him the object of some sympathy among people in general who believe that his prosecutors are politically motivated,” Zakaria said. “This happens to be true, in my opinion. I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump.”

Zakaria went on to cite a recent CNN poll which found 56 percent of Americans are skeptical that Trump can receive a fair trial.

Not Oprahs. [italic]Orcas.[/italic]

The Cook Political Report shifted its rating for the key Nevada U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, moving it from “Lean Democrat” to “Toss Up.”

The move by the highly respected, non-partisan publication is certainly unwelcome news for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democrats facing an uphill battle to retain their majority in the U.S. Senate. Republicans are eyeing several seats held by Democrats in deep red states like West Virginia, Montana, and even Ohio, which has been safely in the Trump column in recent years. Schumer currently holds a 51-49 majority in his caucus and can only afford to lose one seat and keep the majority — if Democrats retain the White House.

First-term Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is up for reelection in the perennial swing state, where President Joe Biden remains unpopular.

Cook’s Senate and Governors Editor Jessica Taylor wrote up the analysis for why Nevada had shifted right, saying, “Ultimately we are moving this race because of the unique forces at play in Nevada. A combination of a newer electorate that Rosen must win over, Biden’s lagging numbers and the unique post-COVID economic hangover in Nevada make this race a Toss Up.”

Sam Brown, a U.S. Army veteran, leads the pack of half a dozen plus Republicans vying to take on Rosen in the general election. Nevada’s primary is June 11th and the race shifting away from Rosen even before her opponent has been decided is an ominous indicator of the troubled waters she faces.

𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 “𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆.”

The House has voted….

Why the long face? Ozempic.

Amid the weight loss treatment’s skyrocketing popularity, surgeons believe that Hollywood is experiencing a spike in the side effect known as “Ozempic Face.”

Several doctors claimed to the Daily Mail that celebs from John Goodman to Sharon Osborne are among those hit hardest by the alleged condition.

For the uninitiated, some side effects of taking Ozempic include sunken eyes, gaunt cheeks and saggy skin, often making the user appear older and more deflated.

Teigen's face looks evil now and Gayle looks like my mom (not bad, just not somebody I particularly care to see in a bathing suit)

I’m watching him on The Conners and he’s put on a tremendous amount of weight. I realize he’s 52 and has always been in the sticky side, but he looks really unhealthy. This is a picture from this year.

Beginning with a hot guy with stupid hair

And for chrissakes, why do you have any at all?

Count any Jesus portrayals in all media including metal, wax, toast, and macramé.

2016 American documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. In it, Herzog ponders the existential impact of such things as the Internet, robotics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of things on modern human life.

Beauty, elegance, and not being Audrey Hepburn made her an international star.

Her screen career was short but legendary: High Noon, The Country Girl, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Swan, and High Society. Then, at the height of her career she became a literal princess when she married Rainer III, Prince of Monaco.

As Princess of Monaco, she focused on bringing ballet, opera, fashion, and horticulture to the People of Monaco. She was also the first female board member of 20th Century Fox, an author on both poetry and horticulture, and she sought to historically restore Newport, Rhode Island.

However, tragedy struck in 1982 when she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while driving and drove off a mountain at the age of 52.

My Toilet’s Full But My Heart is Empty

Leave them the fuck alone already!

I’m so sick of this toothpick bitch. I’ll buy it if she does a lezzie shoot with Gayle King.

Werk it, gurl.

This is MAGA.

"When Donald Trump attacks the integrity of judges hearing cases against him, his followers often respond with posts urging that the jurists be beaten, tortured and killed."

The knives are out!

Entered my life today. I admired his ass and body thinking hot hot hot then he entered my life. I didn’t know. Now I’m stalking him on search engines having fantasies even though there is almost 20 yrs age difference but he instantly expressed interest in me. He’s got guns, ass, looks and is my type up and down and back again. Nice nice nice and am told genuine. Popular at work, etc. oh I’m doomed because I’ve got a crush and I’ll probably act on it but probably shouldn’t but if given much more of a morsel of meat I won’t control my flesh!!!

For me it's Zombie S by Electric California (discounted)

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Judgment Day,” finale of the limited series “A Man in Full,” now streaming on Netflix.

I remember her recording of "Some Enchanted Evening" and her success during the 1970s cabaret scene, but not much more. I know she had legions of avid fans, especially among gay men. So I decided to give a listen to see what I was missing.

My gosh, she's mostly terrible! Where did she learn to sing like that? Her sound is an odd combination of twee and fraught.

Give this one a listen: Melissa Manchester's "Come In From The Rain" a pretty song that Toni Tennille did justice to, but listen to what Jane Oliver does to it....OMG.

Should I buy one? or are they too trendy?

Pride had to put out a statement.

Not quite a natural beauty

Ben Carson is back.

“The Voice” Season 26 is bringing in two new superstar coaches, with Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé both set to appear in the next season of the singing competition series.

The announcement was made as part of the NBCUniversal upfront presentation to advertisers on Monday in New York. Snoop took the stage at Radio City Music Hall to announce he was joining the show before introducing Bublé. Bublé (briefly) tried his hand at rapping before launching into a performance of “You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You.”

Snoop and Bublé will join returning coaches Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani in Season 26.

[quote]A large, long-term trial of the weight-loss medication Wegovy found that people tended to lose weight over the first 65 weeks on the drug – about one year and three months – but then hit a plateau or "set point." But that early weight loss was generally maintained for up to four years while people continued taking the weekly injections.

[quote]The findings, published in Nature Medicine, come from a fresh analysis of data from the SELECT trial, which was designed to look at the drug's effects on cardiovascular health. The trial – a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial – specifically enrolled people with existing cardiovascular disease who also had overweight or obesity, but did not have diabetes. In all, the trial included 17,604 people from 41 countries.

I don’t know if I feel worse for the children or the ducklings and their mother.

Miracles never cease......Patti LuPone had something POSITIVE to say about a project......

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

Paging Doctor Aaron Rogers! Paging Doctor Aaron Rogers!

"Pasteurization kills H5N1, but raw milk has "high concentrations" of the virus. Please don't drink raw milk."

Died too young, much more handsome than his son Robin. Big hairy chest. Canadian ergo bisexual.

I remember him showing off his BIG FUCKING DICK AND BALLS in one of those Battle of the Network Stars shows. He even played with the speedo to show it off.

BIG DICK AND BALLS.

But I can't find it anywhere. Maybe it was too much.

I don’t work for just anybody.

Job Overview: We are currently seeking an experienced and highly organized Executive Personal Assistant to support a high-profile Actor/Director based in New York City. This dynamic role involves managing intricate schedules, coordinating travel arrangements, and overseeing day-to-day operations for the client’s multiple residences. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, adaptable professional with a strong work ethic and a genuine passion for their role.

When we are together we know where we belong.

Marginalized people- they're coming for you.

British viewers were *shocked* to see an erect penis in the final episode of A Man in Full.

A DatatLounger was quoted as saying:

[quote]'Viewers shouldn't be forced to see pornography. This trend will end in tears as it's depressing, unmysterious and taking away some of life's magic.'

👇More to come from a banned source.

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Continue the cunting here.

Evil bitch Kathy lumbers to the stage in part 3 of the reunion and Sutton faints at the site of the old cow.

-Will Andy put Dorit on the basket of his bike so they can fly over the moon and get home to the tristate area?

-Will Annemarie headbutt Crystal with her big ass forehead?

-Will Avi faint when he sees Sutton being loaded into an ambulance?

Tune in and find out!

Will you be watching?

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again premiered on NBC in May of 1990 and found its way to home video shortly thereafter.

Comics were a big deal in 1990. Batman had gone boffo the year before, comic book sales were breaking records, The Flash was about to premiere that September, and everyone was speculating as to which four-colour character was going to be the next big hit. Punisher? Captain America? Brenda Starr? Archie? Yep, even Archie got some live action.

In this made-for-TV movie starring Christopher Rich, Lauren Holly and Karen Kopins, the whole Archie gang gets dragged into the burgeoning 90's as neurotic 30-something yuppies looking for a bit of deconstruction. This was mostly geared towards grownup-ish fans of the comics (c’mon, who didn’t go through an Archie phase, even for just a couple of weeks) as well as fans of the classic 60's Filmation show. Unfortunately, the pilot wasn’t picked up and the flick ended up buried on VHS.

It’s a niche byproduct of a bygone era, but I’ve always had fond memories of Archie’s very double-digestible return to Riverdale. I think anyone with a passing curiosity about this time capsule will find Jughead’s rap rendition of ‘Sugar Sugar’ worth the price of the rental alone. -Pop

Broadway doesn’t go for booze and dope, but Broadway Joe sure does.

Other notable on-camera catastrophes?

I’m enjoying the first season. I like the hot nerd.

Heartbreaking that she, who wrote one of the best stories about Alzheimer, was suffering from dementia for so long.

I love her work. Anyone elseafanhefe?

I've recently commenced viewing the acclaimed Starz series "Black Sails" (2014) now available on Netflix. Despite it not being my typical genre preference, I found the historical fiction portrayal of Nassau pre-Treasure Island compelling. It was surprising to learn that Toby Stephens, who portrays Captain Flint, is the son of Maggie Smith.

There’s a good balance of great acting, mystery, history, sex, shirtless men (and sometimes naked men with full frontal nudity), and great writing.

And now, for some wonderful news.

"New research out of London, Ont.’s Western University is shedding light on a potential cure for ALS, in which the targeting of the interaction between two proteins can halt or fully reverse the disease’s progression..."

Does anyone else like her fiction? Some of it is just too over-the-top and flowery for me (like "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"), but when she really gets it right, she's superb, both in terms of structure and style.

She became a national celebrity after the success of her first book, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." She followed it up with the gay novel "Reflections in a Golden Eye," which was incredibly dark and caused a huge sensation because it dealt with a closeted gay Army officer -- prompting Mrs. George S. Patton to cancel her subscription to Harper's Bazaar for serializing it. (btw, I always thought her baroque titles were her idea, but they were actually her publisher's--she originally wanted to entitle the two works "The Mute" and "Army Post.")

McCullers was a very strange woman. She could not write unless she got drunk, which was for that reason most of the time--which was terrible for her because she suffered from horrible effects of rheumatic fever as a child, which gave her multiple strokes, the fourth of which killed her at age fifty. She thought she was straight (and married a handsome man, who later killed himself), but dressed in men's clothes and eventually cut her hair like men did at the time. She apparently never had sex with a woman, so far as anyone knows, but she became romantically obsessed with women and would stalk them (like Katherine Anne Porter) or befriend them then stalk them (like Gypsy Rose Lee).

Navin Johnson, a homeless person sleeping in a stairwell in Los Angeles, addresses the camera directly to tell his life story.

The white adopted son of black sharecroppers in Mississippi, Navin grows to adulthood naïvely unaware of these circumstances. He is unable to dance in rhythm to the spirited folk songs played by the family, but finds that he can do so perfectly to a champagne-style song on the radio. Seeing this moment as a calling, he excitedly decides to leave home and travel to St. Louis, where the broadcast originated. Along the way, he adopts a dog and names it "Shithead" after angering the guests at a motel by waking them up in the middle of the night, having misinterpreted the dog's barking at his door as a warning of a fire.

Jamie needs to show dick or I will stop watching.

Richard Rankin needs to show that lovely furry body.

NO ONE will tune in for the dull as dirt story this year.

The FBI and DHS are issuing this Public Service Announcement to provide awareness to the public of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOS) or their supporters potential targeting of LGBTQIA+-related events and venues. Foreign terrorist organizations or supporters may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month.

I just can't...

The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Opening Night of TEFAF New York 2024. Guests included Tory Burch, Alessia Fendi, Martha Glass, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Charlotte Groeneveld, Phyllis Hattis, Yaz and Valentín Hernandez, Robyn Joseph, Brooke and Oliver Kennan, Lauren and Sean Kelly, Meghan Klopp, Jeremy Kost, Delphine and Reed Krakoff, Elizabeth Loomis, Eva Lorenzotti, Claudia Overstrom, Polina Proshkina, Renee Rockefeller, Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer, Brooke Sinclair, Martha Stewart, Jamie Tisch, and Vera Wang.

Here is another Colt model from years ago who no one knows what happened to. He was a hetero man who went by Martin under Colt. He did some nude modeling in 1998 only, at 26 years old.

I sure liked what I saw!

OK, which one of you bitches wrote this?

[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.]

Conservatives on DL would have had me believe this would have been a toss-up between New York and California!

"Louisiana scored dead last for the second year in a row in the annual "Best States" rankings released last week by U.S. News and World Report.

U.S. News staff ranks each state based on specific criteria: crime and corrections, economy, education, fiscal stability, heath care, infrastructure, natural environment and opportunity."

usually the Times interviews with actors somehow make the actors look annoying, either unintentionally (as with Laura Linney this month) or intentionally (they always have it in for Goop, but they always let herself hang herself with her own words--and she always rises to the occasion). I thought this one with poulson was quite good because she admits she's had an odd career, but she also comes across as intelligent and not monstrously egotistical.

I know she is a controversial actress on DL, though.

Let that casket dance commence!

Based on the criteria you think are important to greatness. Define "small city" as you wish.

MERCHAN: You have the right to be present during the trial and to assist your attorneys….do you understand?

TRUMP: “Yes."

MERCHAN: If you disrupt the proceedings, you can be excluded from the courtroom and committed to jail based on your conduct and the trial will continue on in your absence…do you understand?

TRUMP: “I do.”

MERCHAN: If you do not show up there will be an arrest...do you understand?

TRUMP: "I do."

I’m Britney Spears in ‘Meth Puss’.

"...the grandson of the former president told People it’s “gotta be hard” for Jimmy Carter to see his wife lose some of her memories, he noted that “they’ve experienced everything that you can together. I think the beautiful thing is that they are still together.

“They are still holding hands … it’s just amazing,” Josh Carter added..."

Hot.

$360,000 for 4 years and you don't even get a graduation.

Discussion about the Lardos Niall Hogran, Lewis Fataldi and Fat Niko continues here.

Blubbery Niko and Gainer Gemma are getting ready for the Booze Cruise.

A vote for Donald Von Shittezenpants is a vote for the airlines to go back to fucking you over. Don't be a simp for the airlines. Vote for Biden/Harris to give the finger to the airlines (...and big pharma, and big oil, and to Putin and fascists the world over).

What are you?

Rats are quick-witted, resourceful, versatile, kind

Lucky numbers: 2, 3

Lucky colors: blue, gold, green

Lucky flowers: lily, African violet, lily of the valley

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

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

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

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

WARNING- Dollface Thread

I’m watching one his documentaries based upon a recommendation here.

She was cold, withholding, emotionally (and sometimes physically) abusive, and homophobic.

She died 20 years ago. When I was younger, I decided she "did her best." As I grow older, I realize she really didn't, and she made a conscious choice to abuse her children.

I’ve watched Gosford Park to death. Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, ditto. Howard’s End? Know it by heart. Remains of the Day? I never really got into it. I’ve committed the entire series of Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes adventures and curious problems to memory. Downton Abbey doesn’t quite have it.

I need a wordy, low violence movie with no Hercule Poirot in it. Help me, Datalounge! You, Google, IMDB, and Amazon Prime are my only hopes!

In front of dozens of screaming kids, no less.

DOLLFACE!

I guess Jesus will give him the audience he needs.

It’s super nice but I don’t know how I feel about it yet. I just wanted a new regular air fryer.

It comes out in September!

Nikki Haley? DeSantis?

Did anyone else see thi tonight?

It's like "The Talented Mr. Ripley" meets "Capote vs. the Swans" meets "Square Pegs."

I'm not.

I hate hot weather.

And from the forecasts, it's going to be extra hot this year.

Oh, joy.

“Places, Please” is centered on “Lillian Hall, an actress who is synonymous with Broadway. Throughout her long, illustrious career, she has never missed a performance—not for her daughter, not for illness, not for any reason. Yet in the rehearsals leading to her next Broadway production, her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most. Suddenly, Hall is forced to reckon with the past and the price she has paid for the choices she made in her life and her art. Can she repair a lifetime of parental neglect? Can she reconcile herself to the demands of aging, its real and perceptual debilities? Can she navigate the shoals of self-doubt and loss, the betrayals of others and of her own body? Will she go down in the record books in a blaze of glory? Not without a fight.”

It seems Lange and Bates are attached to this. Although they aren’t yet listed on the film’s official IMDb Pro page, Robin Beauchesne and Chris Clark (XIII) have been credited as “Make-Up Artist to Jessica Lange” and “Hair Stylist to Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates,” respectively.

In 2021, Meryl Streep was set to star in this film, which is being directed by Michael Cristofer and was supposed to begin filming in New York during the summer of 2021. In 2022, Glenn Close replaced Streep, and Kathy Bates joined the cast, with filming set for January of this year.

I don't know- I am almost 45 and starting to contemplate death and aging, ect.

I have noticed I get a weird anxiety in the spring/summer-- and this year its beyond -

I feel that you are supposed to be so happy and excited for summer- I guess this time of the year signifies youth and the future..?

But all I really can think of is my impending death and that things really are NOT good, despite the weather indicating otherwise.

I live in the northeast on the coast too, so I feel I should be happier just because the beach is here. No- its like death.

I’m not sure I follow the headline, but this is DL Catnip and titties were grabbed.

The son of Citi Private Bank’s former CEO allegedly groped a woman during a New Years party at a ritzy Bahamas resort, prompting her husband to slap the 19-year-old in the face, according to a new report.

Spencer Charrington, 19, was arrested but released without charge for allegedly touching Diana Gagnon, 35, as she danced at a Moulin Rouge-themed party at the 600-acre Albany Bahamas luxury resort, the Daily Mail reported.

Gagnon’s husband, Phillipe Gagnon, 55, allegedly warned the theater student to “get the f–k out of here” before slapping him twice in the face when he refused to leave.

I want to get a VPN. What’s good?

I find him very attractive.

He has a typical Irish look, which I love.

He also has a great body and a nice ass.

Right?

He was the favorite to win, but was disqualified just hours before the finale.

I love his Europapa video.

That sucks!

Many are wondering what's going on in New York City and why so many women are getting randomly punched in the face while just walking down the street?

If you happened to be scrolling on TikTok on Monday, you may have come across a video of a woman telling her story about being punched in the face as she walked down the street. And then scrolling further, you may have come across another. And then another. So just what's going on in the city all of a sudden that women are being punched in the face for no reason?

Content creator and influencer, Halley shared a video on Monday morning telling her disturbing story of how she was just punched in the face while walking down the street. The evidence, a large egg on the right side of her forehead, told just as much of the story as she did.

"You guys. I was literally just walking and a man came up and punched me in the face," she began the video that quickly went viral with more than 21.3 million views. "It hurts so bad. I can't even talk. Literally, I fell to the ground, and now this giant goose egg is forming, and I'm like, oh my God. So crazy."

More than 10,000 comments quickly flooded the comment section of the video. While many wanted to know if the police were called and if she's okay, others shared that they also had a similar issue happen recently.

"It happened to me as well, a whole slap because he didn't like my hat," one person shared. Another added, "OMG I saw someone else post the same thing happened to them last week."

A follow up video shared more of Halley's story, as well as an update.

"I was just walking on the sidewalk, and my head was down, and I was like looking at my phone, just sending an email. But there was so much room on the sidewalk and literally nobody was around, and I guess this man, I don't know if he punched me or if he elbowed me. I literally passed out," she said.

"I think he just was really mad that my head was down. He was walking his dog, so he took it upon himself to body check me and let me know to be conscious of my surroundings."

Halley said after being punched, she fell to the ground and "blacked out for a second." When she got up, the man was screaming at her. That's when she got up and ran away out of fear.

One follower suggested, "Do you remember what area you were at? Nearby businesses may have security cameras facing the sidewalk." Another viewer wrote, "Wait, this is the 2nd video I saw like this today!"

In another follow up video, Halley explained that she did go to urgent care to get checked out. She also revealed that she did call the police and was told that her story matches another one they recently got.

No one warned them about Irish humor

I know what I'm watching tonight.

Any other filmed theater productions of musicals you can recommend?

Just having Covid multiple times and all the vaccines, plus the constant stress of the direction the world is going in general, does heavily tax your body and your immune system. It seems like a lot of people are constantly getting sick now, people that I used to remember only being sick once, maybe twice a year, are now sick every two months some people every three weeks. What the hell is going on?

I just finished watching Roma Downey play Jackie in the 1991 miniseries “A Woman Named Jackie.” Roma wasn’t bad - she attempted the accent, but was too conventionally pretty for odd looking Jacqueline. It had me wondering, who was the best Jackie?

Jello molds with lima beans were GROSS but I miss Pineapple Upside Down Cake- that was tasty 😋

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring in this series! No one else could bring such pathos, pain, and heart to this singular character,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios. “Along with our brilliant producers and partners at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, we couldn’t ask for a better team to explore this reimagining of such an iconic character in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.”

will the royal family let them file for bankruptcy or help them out?

Ugh. I hated the first.

3-D models of Egyptian faces taken from mummified remains.

All the questions will be 100% about pop culture, from music to movies to Broadway to celebs etc. It will be the first time a Jeopardy show will be 100% streaming and not on tv. It will stream on Prime globally.

Here we go.

I think if you have the legs and the thighs to justify it, shorts are acceptable at any age. Opinions please.

August 29th.

What could they talk about?

She is a terrible tv host. Everytime someone sends me some YouTube or TikTok clip of a cool celeb being interviewed and then I realize they are on HER show with her fake laughter and terrible timing. And for the record I don’t even think she is a fake person in real life, she is probably down to earth but she is just a terrible tv host with no charm. Give me Kelly Clarkson any day of the week.

California native Jeff Aquilon was a student at Pepperdine University in 1978 when he was discovered. Aquilon was captain of the water polo team and Bruce Weber was holding a casting near the college when he spotted Aquilon and told him he should come audition to be his new model for a big photoshoot. Many young men showed up, but it was Aquilon who impressed Weber and his crew the most. They took an instant liking to him and he won! Aquilon would be featured in GQ magazine

In May of 1979 Aquilon would make the cover of GQ magazine (pictured below), and the rest would be history. Throughout the 80s he was the top working male model for numerous years, booking campaigns, booking runways with every big designer and being featured in every magazine you could think of. He worked with every top photographer and was a favorite in the industry.

He married model Nancy Donahue in the early 80s but they would get divorced. He later married again and had 4 children. Him and his family live in Santa Barbara. He is now the Director of Academic & Institutional Technology at Westmont College in Santa Barbara.

A man is told that his boat is an eyesore and must be obscured by a tall fence

The man complies and builds the fence but has a muralist paint a trompe l’oeil of the boat on the fence.

Let the lust over the 19-year old Christopher Atkins resume!

Alas, fair-skinned guys rarely age well. On the other hand, he's worked steadily as an actor ever since, so good on him!

Any affordable city with friendly people that isn't full of MAGA republicans.

At the GLAAD Awards

Post them here.

SCOOP @PuckNews: Rob Marciano, the ABC News & Good Morning America meteorologist, has been fired from the network, per sources familiar. Multiple staffers had made complaints about Marciano’s behavior over the years and he was at least temporarily barred from main GMA set in NYC.

Any Datalounger who has thought about losing weight at a milk farm run by Betty Hutton, tune in!

Ever been there? How do you handle it and what is your advice?

It's happening to me. They both bitch to me about each other and I do see their points and agree with it. they are not bad people but I don't know what to do.

Drunk-ass micks are at it again:

It was supposed to bring two cities closer together, but the Dublin-New York portal has been closed down temporarily after reports of “inappropriate behaviour”.

Sculptures had been placed in both cities, featuring live streams that allowed residents of one place to see the other. The innovative idea allowed grandmothers to see their grandchildren, performances of Irish jigs were beamed across the Atlantic and there was even a proposal.

But in less wholesome behaviour, New Yorkers and Dubliners were seen flashing their rear ends at each other, an OnlyFans model bared her breasts and one Dubliner even taunted the Americans with images of the Twin Towers on 9/11.

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I remember some people claiming it was better at the time lmao. It sounds even worse 22 years later and somehow dated while the original doesn’t sound dated at all.

We're all watching this, yes?

June 16th.

The nutbag ruined Dune 1&2.

May 14, 2024

She was banned from the set of "The Amanda Show" after expressing concern for Amanda Bynes.

Not a very revealing article but it may encourage others [who don't have NDAs] to speak up.

[quote]when Schneider, the head writer of "All That," heard that a female producer had met with Denberg to discuss her weight gain, he was angry... he should have been the one to have that conversation... he understood what it was like to be overweight. At first, Denberg appreciated the support. But the conversation shifted... Schneider started showing her clips of pornography on his computer. The "grand finale," Denberg said, was a video in which a woman performed oral sex on a donkey.

[…]

[quote]During her four seasons starring in "All That" between 1994 and 1998 [...] he lashed out at her on set, played porn for her on multiple occasions, and once initiated phone sex. Denberg said that looking back, she's disturbed by the power imbalance between herself and Schneider

[…]

[quote]In a statement to Business Insider, Schneider, now 58, said Denberg's accusations are "wildly exaggerated and, in most cases, false."

[…]

[quote]It started with frequent phone calls... they would regularly discuss sexual topics and, once, Schneider initiated phone sex. When "All That" filming moved from Orlando to Los Angeles in 1996, Denberg said she began spending late nights at Schneider's home, sometimes sleeping over. While they were not sexually intimate during these sleepovers, Denberg said they would give each other massages and that Schneider frequently played porn on his computer.

[…]

[quote]When Denberg visited "The Amanda Show" set, the 13-year-old Bynes looked "gaunt," she said. While Denberg didn't interact with Schneider directly, she said she overheard him say that the show had to stop filming recently because Bynes was tired.

[quote]Given her own negative experiences with Schneider, she decided to speak to Schneider's boss, Brian Robbins, the executive producer and cocreator of "All That." […] she told Robbins she had once thought Schneider could be a mentor to her. She burst into tears and explained that she was worried about Bynes. She said Robbins did not ask any follow-up questions but told her Schneider hadn't had it easy either.

[quote]Even before the meeting, Denberg did not trust Robbins. He and Schneider were longtime friends, having starred together in the 1980s hit "Head of the Class."

[…]

[quote]she made an appointment at Nickelodeon's New York headquarters. In the 2000 meeting, she recalled telling Albie Hecht, the president of Nickelodeon Entertainment, that Bynes was in trouble. She said Schneider was a problem and didn't care about anything except himself. (She said she did not discuss her sexualized encounters with Schneider with either Hecht or Robbins.) Hecht listened politely... he later called her to say Nickelodeon had rearranged Bynes' shooting schedules in an effort to make them less taxing on the actor.

[quote]When Denberg was back in Los Angeles, a friend who worked on "The Amanda Show" called to tell her that her photo had been hung in a guard shack, banning her from the set, Denberg said. Someone who worked on the show confirmed to BI that Denberg's photo had been posted and that it was common knowledge that she was barred after expressing concerns about Schneider.

Weinstein & Cosby were open secrets for years, Schneider will have his day.

Link to Part I

Brokeback Mountain reimagined

Gregory Neale Harrison was born on May 31, 1950 in Avalon, Catalina Island, California. After HS he served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a medic for two years. After two years he received an honorable discharge in 1971 from the Army as a non-religious conscientious objector.

After the army he began working as a doorman for a nightclub. One night while working he met actor Jason Robards who took notice of the young man, and encouraged him to get into acting, as he had the looks for television. Harrison took the words of encouragement as a sign and quit his job and moved to LA immediately. He began taking acting lessons as well as vocal and dance, and began working in theatre and musical theatre. In 1973 he booked his first job, as one of the students in “The Harrad Experiment”, an uncredited extra role. In 1975 he booked his first speaking role, with a role in “Trilogy of Terror”. He would do another film and a few guest spots on television, but it was him landing a guest spot on the super-hit series “MASH” in 1976 that would help him get more steady work.

After appearing in one episode of “MASH” in 1976 he was cast in a role in the film “Fraternity Row” and then a supporting role in the TV film “The Gathering” in 1977. After that he was cast as the lead of the TV series “Logan’s Run” that same year. The series only lasted 14 episodes before being canceled in early 1978.

In 1978 he was cast in a supporting role in the hit mini-series “Centennial”. In 1979 he would land the role that would be his most successful, one of the lead roles of the hit CBS series “Trapper John, MD”. The series was a spinoff of MASH. He would star in that series for over 6 years, leaving midway through season 7. While on the show he starred in numerous television films, but most notably he was the lead of the tv movie “For Ladies Only” in 1981, a tv movie about a man from Iowa who moves to NYC to become an actor but becomes a stripper to make money when he goes broke. The film gave him a huge following with women and gay men. In 1986 he starred in the miniseries “Fresno”, playing a character that spoofed his character in “For Ladies Only”.

After “Trapper John, MD” he did more small films and tv movie before jointing “Falcon Crest” in 1989, in what would be its final season. In 1990 he starred in his own sitcom “The Family Man”, which was canceled after one season despite CBS trying to build it an audience. Throughout the 90s and 00s he would star in many tv movies and do many guest spots on tv shows. In 1994 he joined the series “Sisters” for one season.

In 2020 he joined the cast of General Hospital as Gregory Chase.

He played Billy Flynn in a touring production of Chicago, and he was the male lead in each film of the Au Pair trilogy. He also appeared as Benjamin Stone in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies and starred in the original Broadway production of Kander & Ebb's musical Steel Pier.

He has been married for over 40 years and has three daughters and one son via adoption.

In the 80s he fell deep into alcoholism and became a cocaine addict. He entered himself into the Betty Ford Center for help.

It's quite something.

Amazon smartly chose not to put it in theaters where it would have flopped like Ryan Gosling’s movie did,

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

Released June 13.

Who will be watching?

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

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

Do you? Your sister-in-law? James Corden? Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Well I ask you, good sir, who enjoys being a cunt, and why?

# 1:

Last week was challenging for officials at “The Mecca” of HBCUs. The administration had been busy at the start of the school year trying to calm nerves over violent incidents on and near campus, only to have a student pistol-whipped and robbed during the holidays.

And as fury over student housing conditions faded, fresh controversy exploded, forcing the university to make amends to its 2024 nursing class on Saturday with a special graduation ceremony at Capital One Arena.

Days before the rescheduled ceremony, an uprising with broken glass and angry family members shaking their fists forced Howard University to cancel Thursday’s original ceremony.

Here’s what happened. The Cramton Auditorium, where the ceremony was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., reached capacity before all the family and friends of the 280 College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences graduating students could enter the facility, according to The Hilltop, Howards’ student newspaper.

About 100 fuming guests stood outside the auditorium when security closed the second set of foyer doors.

They began chanting, “Let us in,” as anger and frustration reached a boiling point. TikTok user @destinymarilynn posted a video of the chaotic scene.

“Wowwww @Howard Universty do F*CKING better. Im student here and can plan a graduation ceremony better that your unprofessional faculty. Yall have a whole field that can be utilized, why would you try to cramp everyone in one auditorium,” @destinymarilynn wrote.

Someone broke the glass door in the foyer during the commotion, which folks inside the auditorium could hear. Keynote speaker Dwain N. Esmond was asked to pause his speech.

“𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏,” Dean Gina Spivey-Brown told the seated audience, who booed her.

However, D.C. Fire and EMS denied shutting down the ceremony, saying that an emergency team responded to a medical call from the campus police.

Students and families were heartbroken. “I didn’t even get to walk. I didn’t get to walk. I graduated magna cum laude and I didn’t even get to walk, Halle Ragoonanan told NBC News Washington, adding that she experienced similar heartbreak during the pandemic.

“I’m the (high school) class of 2020,” she continued. “I didn’t get to walk for my high school graduation and I didn’t get to walk for my college graduation.”

The AFL has handed Jeremy Finlayson a three-game suspension for words said during Gather Round. He directed a homophobic slur toward an Essendon Bombers’ player which was picked up on an AFL umpire’s microphone and was also later self-reported by Jeremy Finlayson.

That seems like a reasonable consequence to me. Clearly it's unacceptable to use homophobic slurs (he's reported to have said "faggot") while playing and there has to be some consequences otherwise others will think it's OK.

However, what disappointed me is how many supporters thought the three-game suspension was too extreme of a punishment. Most seem to think it's normal to trade insults on the pitch and that homophobic slurs aren't a problem. I know sport gets a homophobic reputation, but I had thought it was overstated in the past. However, the reaction to this incident showed it's likely a majority hold homophobic views.

It's no wonder there's huge reluctance for professional sports players of pretty much any sport to come out, even in countries that most would think are more accepting.

Well, soccer to our North American friends.

A group of professional footballers in Germany are planning on coming as gay on the same day next month, according to a report.

Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung (PAZ) reports that the players will collectively come out on May 17 – the International Day Against Homophobia – as part of an initiative in Germany aimed at encouraging players and people working in football to come out.

The initiative has been set up by Marcus Urban, a former pro footballer who is gay.

The majority response from football fans has been one of anger... "No one cares", "Stop making football about politics" etc. Yet if no one cares, why are so many football fans pissed off about it? And why do they never admonish straight players for going public about their girlfriends and wives?!

“ Purchase: “On a whim, I bought a mountain-lion pelt in Crested Butte, Colo., where I was hiking. It was a major tripping hazard, but more pointedly, it didn’t fit the vibe of our home or my personality,” said Manuel Navarro, design director at the Austin, Texas, office of IA Interior Architects. “Even our cat hissed at it every time she walked by it.” ”

Who should have won?

She's a hack. Discuss.