Shocking, I know.

Continue here.

who wants my stuff?

Typical MAGA scum

So that's what you call it.

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[QUOTE]While Biden is likely to run again, party strategists are excited the “bridge to a new generation” is under construction and that there are options beyond Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg.

There's so much evidence. Share this story and urge your North Carolina friends to vote this snatch out.

Instagram “was able to purchase access to Representative Ocasio-Cortez that is unavailable to average citizens” by sponsoring a table at the gala.

The second ethics complaint, filed by the National Legal and Policy Center, alleged that the borrowed white Brother Vellies gown worn by AOC — which featured the alleged “Tax The Rich” in red lettering on the back — constituted an impermissible gift because it was “directly related to AOC’s ‘position with the House’ as a highly visible and controversial Member.”

Back in the 90s you could send in items to many fan clubs, like CD covers, and the artist would sign and return it, if you provided a self-addressed and stamped envelope. I did this many times and artists would sign and return them. I sent my cover to Daydream to Mariah and that bitch never sent it back. My CD was ruined.

AI is so fascinating

At the request of r241 and to avoid the wrath of r264 from the previous thread.

Continue.

Was this ever shown again after its first disastrous broadcast? Or was this like her Sesame Street episode?

Is the FBI still investigating what went down? What about PETA?

She started talking about her niece’s kid and how many “they” classmates she has. Interestingly, my mom thinks that gays and lesbians being shamed into having sex with trans people is appalling. She actually said “why would a gay man want to date a man with a vagina?” If a 70 year old woman gets it, why doesn’t everyone else get it?

No drugs found in system, per the coroner.

So she slammed into a house at full speed stone sober. Ok....

Anne Heche had no narcotics in her system when she crashed her car into a Los Angeles home in August, sparking a fire that caused her fatal injuries, according to a final toxicology report.

A week after the Aug. 5 crash, TMZ reported that Heche was “under the influence” of cocaine and possibly fentanyl, but not alcohol, citing law enforcement sources. An L.A. police spokesperson told TheWrap at the time that Heche, still clinging to life, was under investigation for felony DUI.

But on Tuesday, the LA County coroner said a final toxicology report showed the presence of benzoylecgonine, an inactive cocaine metabolite that only indicates past use. “Therefore there was no evidence of impairment by illicit substances at the time of the crash,” the coroner said.

A urine toxicology result detected “medications given to her after being treated in the hospital (including fentanyl) and prior use of marijuana, but not at the time of injury.”

The new toxicology report corroborates the account of an LA salon owner, who said the “Six Days, Seven Nights” actress visited his shop just minutes before the crash and seemed sweet and “coherent.”

Heche crashed her Mini Cooper into a an apartment garage earlier that morning, managed to get free as residents tried to help, and then sped away. Moments later she went careening down a residential street at high speed, plowing into a home where the street came to a “T” intersection.

The homeowner narrowly escaped injury. Heche was trapped inside her car for more than 30 minutes while the house burned, then was seen popping up from a gurney after firefighters finally extricated her and were wheeling her into an ambulance. She succumbed to her injuries the following week at age 53.

I just had to mute him on Instagram because I literally cannot take it anymore. Following him used to be funny. I was like, 'What is this absolute clown up to today?' I can't block him because he follows me and consistently likes my posts and I am a "Like Whore." And I'm not the Kevin Sessums troll -- I don't hate him. I just cannot sit by and watch him dive head first into oncoming traffic which is what he's doing in London right now. Sure, he gave up all his responsibilities. He's gloating over the fact that his stanky 6X6 room with a bathroom he shares with a guy named Zeus or whatever like it's a good thing. He lassoes every barista and salesclerk at boutique stores where he can't afford anything into taking a picture with him.

He pulled aside some poor haggard old woman in a museum and told her Lucian Freud would've loved to paint her and then chortled and said, "That's a compliment." There is no place on earth where that is a fucking compliment, Kevin. I'm done. I am not reading any of his Instagram or Facebook posts anymore but if you cunts discuss him here I will likely read what you say because I am only fucking human.

He's in this manic moonshot of a phase that's going to end with him hanging by one arm off the London Wheel screaming, "I NEED TO GET FUCKED RIGHT NOW," and honestly, I want something better for him. I want him to calm the fuck down and apply for section 8 housing in that brutalist old folks home in Hudson. He can go back to wandering around the back alleys getting free day old donuts from the Hudson bakeries and having the local librarians photocopy shit for him. I want better for Sesshie, I really do.

Your thoughts?

What’s going on in the city?

Where are a couple of years out from the worst of the pandemic so what are the hot new neighborhoods?

Bars? Restaurants? Clubs?

Please spill the tea.

How many spiders did you see? Do they greet you at the airport?

What was it like? What did he get from you, that his wife wasn’t providing for him at home ?

Your thoughts?

Did you love Barnes & Noble and Borders? Or did you prefer local shops? Tell us all about it.

Slut!

Who is considered attractive with close-set eyes?

Can be from any/all eras...

Can be from any/all eras and for both men and women.

If I don’t like what you said, then “this never happened.”

I'm not into fashion so never realized designer clothes were this expensive. Are they all like this?

I looked at a website selling Chanel out of curiosity, and everything was outrageously priced. 600 euro for a plain white vest. 3000 euro for a tweed jacket. 1000 euro for a basic black dress you'd see at a cheap department store.

Who buys this stuff? Is it only for the rich and privileged? What income bracket? What age? What attitude/outlook on life buys Chanel?

The clothes in H&M and Marks and Spencers is way cheaper and looks pretty much the same quality.

“Noticeable change” is coming to CNN.

Maybe Wolf will finally be given his walking papers?

I only caught this show in reruns a decade later, but good gravy, what a sex cauldron!

Erik Estrada was the designated beefcake, but I always had a thing for Larry Wilcox. His boyish charm was more appealing than Estrada's obvious horniness. And the uniforms!

How about you perverts? Did the motorcycles and daytime street justice of "CHiPs" turn you homo?

I’m considering both. I’m 60, in good physical shape. I lost significant collagen in my face. I’m looking like a long time HIV patient, even though I’m negative. Any feedback is welcome, even the DL snark ! Thanks

“The award show last night was going to make up an award for the alliterate one and her husband and present it to them. The couple much preferred being flown on a private jet across the country and being hosted in a $10,000 a night rental and not having to mingle with the nobodies who can't finance their next project. “

Do we think they really only mingle with people they believe they can monetize off of?

Share your reviews, cunts.

You need the money, right?

Bad Bunny Reigns Supreme; Queen Bey is Runner Up

Please bring all your endless complaints here about why Dominic tilts his head down while he talks, why Jack would have gone somewhere in Italy besides Sicily first, and how Tanya can possibly have ever seen a Monica Vitti film before since that's clearly impossible.

In a video message, Hadid thanked her agent Luiz Mattos and her mother Yolanda Hadid, as well as those less visible in the industry. "You all, my fashion family, were the ones who showed me who I could be and opened my eyes to the things I could do," Hadid said. "I want to share this award with all of the models who show up every single day, and work hard with little or no recognition. I know it's not easy and I see you. I am such a small part of a huge vision, and every person and every project is just as important as the next. This award is for all of us."

What do you bitchez think?

What kind kills you so quickly?

He can't go back to Hallmark I'm guessing.....

He's very talented I hope he gets more roles.

Should I ghost him, cancel him, or punch and delete him?

Asshole.

Let's discuss the greatest film about classical music. Based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart told decades later through the eyes of his rival, Antonio Salieri.

Directed by Milos Forman

Based on the play Peter Shaffer

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri

Starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Jeffrey Jones, Christine Ebersole, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillian, Jonathan Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Richard Frank, Kenny Baker, and ROY DOTRICE as Leopold

I don’t even need a trailer to see how bad the movie is with this poster!!! The movie looks absolutely ridiculous based on this.

I hate granite countertops and actually prefer laminate.

Next?

Cue breakdowns from the Gay Shawn troll. Pictures in Hola.

Thanks for the recipe you posted right before Thanksgiving. By the Sunday after TG we were turkied and brisketed out, so I decided to try your recipe.

Only alteration I made was sautéing sliced mushrooms in garlic and butter, and adding into the simmering cream sauce.

Served it with mustard and collard greens and basmati rice. Had to run out to the pet store, and when I returned that shit was GONE! Family left me one hunk of chicken breast and 3 tablespoons of the cream sauce.

The fuckers.

So, a big THANK YOU, Greg!

[quote] He explains that “the whole inspiration is kind of a midwestern ranchhouse family room in the basement.”

I believe him.

But plainer. Johnny, the early to mid 20s version.

Why is he posting goofy shit like this?

Timothée Chalamet is back (literally) as “Dune” hero Paul Atreides.

Chalamet shared a photo from the “Dune: Part Two” production with his back facing the camera. The actor dons a black hooded long coat that has a skeletal outline on the rear. Production for Denis Villeneuve’s sequel installment of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel wrapped in Budapest, Hungary and Italy earlier this year but now continues in the United Arab Emirates.

Per the official synopsis from Warner Bros. and Legendary reads, this follow-up film will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Florence Pugh, Souheila Yacoub, Léa Seydoux, Christopher Walken, and Austin Butler join the ensemble cast, with Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, and more stars returning.

“It’s like a chess game,” auteur Villeneuve told Empire. “Some new characters will be introduced in the second part, and a decision I made very early on was that this first part would be more about Paul Atreides and the Bene Gesserit, and his experience of being in contact for the first time with a different culture. Second part, there will be much more Harkonnen stuff.”

Chalamet also previously praised co-star Zendaya’s turn as Chani, who is now the lead character for the sequel.

“It’s amazing. She’s bringing exactly what she brought to the first one — which was incredible — but in greater abundance,” Chalamet told Variety of the “Euphoria” Emmy winner. “And she’s really become a sister. I’m so grateful to count her as a partner and a sister and a friend.”

A prequel series is also in the works at HBO Max, helmed by Emmy-winning “Chernobyl” director Johan Renck, who’s set to direct the first two episodes. The show is set 10,000 years before the events of the first “Dune” film and centers on the Harkonnen Sisters as they defend the future of humankind.

“Dune: Part Two” premieres in theaters November 3, 2023.

The other thread has been paywalled.

Victor's final appearance will be in late December.

Johnny & Thin Wendy were bested by Dr. Rolf.

Bitchy Rafe was finally taking Salem by storm.

Discuss.

TF is wrong with people.

There's no disputing she has a magnificent voice, but I always loathed her. Didn't care for her repertoire, her 'special needs' look or her laughable 'je suis croyante' interviews on French TV . We mocked her as kids.

In recent years there have been rumours that she's gay and of course it makes a bit of sense now because she's never been linked in all these decades to anyone and she's always refused to discuss her private life or her political views in interviews. Until now

In this interview with a gay TV presenter, from Le Figaro she discusses her compassion for the homeless, her support for abortion rights (!), and her support for gay rights (!). My Swiss French husbear says it's killing her, she's going to come out

I think she's been trolling us all these decades.

The interesting bit starts at 8.30.

He looks radiant...seriously

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are back in New York City.

The couple landed on Monday, arriving ahead of tonight's 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award.

Alongside Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to receive an award that honors their work as "exemplary leaders across government, business, advocacy, and entertainment who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social change and worked to protect and advance equity, justice, and human rights," per the foundation's website.

He's such an adorable guy. My favorite gay TV personality.

Okay, it's Cutthroat Island, but this is DL.

There aren't any hot people other than 19-year-old Moroccan Sami might show thick dick in his undies if we're lucky.

Even though I'm always disappointed the first episode with cast members, this show always seems to hook me in for an entire season.

Make your predictions for final 3 now just based on photos/bios.

Mine: Mike/Gabler, Jeanine, Elie

The actress, 50, took to her recently reactivated Instagram account Wednesday to reveal she and the 44-year-old musician were going their separate ways after almost 20 years of marriage.

Murder in Moscow and not the interesting Moscow...

Have at it bitches...

Link to part IV

He’s throwing temper tantrums and about to get kicked off his team. When will he come out of the closet and release that pent up bottom aggression?

God, I love watching that beautiful ass ride Cock.

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–Get rid of all your old bedding and switch to white. White sheets look good. You also know when they are soiled. You can wash them in hot water with a little bleach. Your linen closet will look better with all white linens. If you live alone or with one other person, you should own three or four sets of sheets plus additional pillow cases.

–Get rid of all your old towels and switch to white. Make sure you have a big stack of white washcloths.

–Get rid of all your old dishtowels and purchase all white kitchen lines (bar mop towels & flour sack towels)

–Remove everything from your kitchen countertops. Nothing says out of control like a kitchen that is cluttered with stuff. Appliances should be put away and should not live on the counter.

–Clean the kitchen sink every night before bed. Scrub it with Ajax or Comet and shine all the hardware.

–Go through your home and do some serious editing. Go room-by-room and make sure that everything that you have out is something you love. Be very intentional about everything that can be seen in your home.

–Clean your refrigerator and freezer – weekly.

–Install rheostats on all your lights.

–Get rid of random glassware and dishes. Matching glassware should be the goal. And why not have a set of all-white dishes?

–Edit your home bar. Get rid of things you no longer drink. Just keep the essentials.

–Purchase some house plants and take care of them. If nothing else, this shows the world that you are able to care for something.

–Well in advance of actually going to bed, prepare your bedroom for sleep each night. Just before dinner, I like to go in the bedroom and make sure the temperature of the room is how I like it. If it's winter, I preheat the bed by turning on my electric mattress pad. If it's summer, I turn on the air conditioner. I put the lights on and dim them. And I turn down the bed and fluff the pillows.

What other suggestions do people have for making one's home life nicer?

It seems like it hasn't been that long since Season 5, but I'm not complaining. This is my favorite way to work on my Spanish.

Young teens in Boston may head to the polls very soon.

The Boston City Council recently voted to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. This would make Boston the first major city in the United States to allow 16-year-olds to vote in municipal elections, but state and federal voting restrictions would remain the same.

City Councilor Julia Mejia said this move would help represent the many young people who are already working multiple jobs and making their voices heard by participating in protests.

“The notion that young people may not be mature enough to make decisions like this. . . often times it’s young people who are educating their parents and uncles and aunts and older folks about who’s running for office and why they should vote,” she said.

The proposal will now go to Mayor Michelle Wu before heading to Legislature. Other Massachusetts communities have tried to lower the voting age, but have yet to find any success. Let’s see if this one will make it happen.

Post a song or songs that has Morning in it.

Here's 2 from me: "Angel Of The Morning" and "Good Morning Starshine."

Can we try this again?

Her oldest daughter looks like she came from her shift behind the dumpster. And little sister isn't far behind. And best of all, Tori's getting paid for her family moments

The ex-wife must take some small joy that her kid is the best to come out of Dean's balls.

Opening exclusively in theaters December 23.

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

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

IN THE WALTON CHRISTMAS MOVIE, MA WALTON BRUSHES OFF JOHN BOY'S QUESTION ABOUT THE STOLEN TURKEY SHE WAS GIVEN. JUST A FEW MINUTES EARLIER SHE WAS HIGH AND MIGHTY ABOUT NOT BUYING A GIFT ON CREDIT. WHAT A BITCH! TOO GOOD FOR LAY A WAY, BUT NOT TOO GOOD TO RECEIVE STOLEN GOODS.

I met an Eastern European woman at a St. Patrick's Day party. She was dressed like a green fairy (everyone was wearing crazy stuff). When I asked what she did for work she said she sold a green smoothie. ??? The next day she tried to friend me on FB. Nope.

A lipstick alley source revealed that Zefron has lymphoma. I’m usually skeptical about these kind of things but it would make a lot of things make sense. Sad if true

Just checking in with DL's fav optometrist and Instahoe. He's got new video up on YT among other things.

Isn’t he just DELICIOUS looking? He looks like a young Val Kilmer, or if Brad and Leo had a gaybie.

I know he has a girlfriend, but lately… I’m starting to get a vibe,

A few weeks ago, he referred to one guy he was working out with as a “cutie.”

Also, he loved THIS photo shoot, I mean, what is it with gay men and furs? Is the photographer grooming him to be a gay twink?

Also, he follows Dylan Geick.

Nobody was inside at the moment of the shooting.

Hot beefy guy gets tackled by his dog, frequently shirtless, often shows (clothed) butt, never shows bulge.

He should start "an" OnlyFans like the Squirrel guy did.

No, I will not be linking his every Instagram post.

“It felt effortless. I was like, ‘Oh, so this is what it feels like to like someone.’”

Archuleta says that after coming out, he tried to engage with Mormon leaders about the church’s attitude toward LGBTQ people. However, it proved fruitless, leading him to WALK AWAY

“For my own mental health, I can’t keep putting myself in a place where it’s so conflicting where they say, ‘We love you so much, but at the same time, you must change who you are. Oh, you can’t? Then we’re going to ignore this problem’.”

Is it that we don’t embrace change as easily? I am a gold star gay, spent many years living in SF, and a life long Democrat. I moved to the center politically in the last 10 years as have most of my friends. Thoughts?

Chloe Grace Moretz?

Word of early screenings for Babylon is... mixed to put it gently. With a budget of $110 million it is looking increasingly unlikely to break even.

It would make her 4th high profile flop in a row, following Birds of Prey, The Suicide Squad, and Amsterdam.

So what happened? People keep telling me that she's Hollywood's brightest star since Jennifer Lawrence and is already overdue for an Oscar.

I’m listening to some old school faves today. Cheryl Lynn is a great singer who had several r&b hits between 1978-1989. She got her start by appearing on The Gong Show in 1976! She then went on to appear as The Wicked Witch of The West in a national tour of The Wiz before landing a record deal with Columbia Records. Her first hit was “Got To Be Real”. Her 1983 #1 r&b hit Encore” is my fave.

Not sure why these Helix threads end up behind paywalls, but here is Part 2, with Part 1 here:

Streisand has been writing her autobiography for nearly a decade and it was expected to come out this year. Hasn't happened yet, so I'm wondering if she's stuck on a title for the book ? Let's help her out and give her suggestions for what could be the title, and something as original as she is. (Please, not riffs on the titles of her songs or movies like "The Way I Am", "A Star Was Born" or "The Funny Girl". They've been played out to death over the years. ).

My Suggestion: "4 /24/42 " (her birthdate)

Why do some of you INSIST on trying to show us a photo, but instead of providing a link to JUST the photo, you post a stupid link to an entire page or article, that takes 5 minutes to load????

Are you really that stupid???

If you are trying to show us a photo, then JUST SHOW US THE PHOTO!!!! Post a direct link!!!

DO NOT post a link to an entire fucking page.

Morons.

Sad sad sad.

Well?

Stacked like a fitness model

My good friend, whom I’ve been around a lot lately, uses the word “forbidden” incessantly. He is preoccupied with it. I’m beyond over hearing him interject “forbidden” into every other sentence. Today I’d had enough and I flat out said “please stop using the word ‘forbidden’. I can’t take it anymore”. Now he’s acting offended and went home early. Ugh!

Just saw a preview for this, it starts Monday. Old threads are closed for some reason…let’s continue here!

There have been several spin-offs from sitcoms while the original show was still playing. Most of the time, it was secondary characters who the audience loved.

Do you think the spinoff star was always willing to go? Or do you think they enjoyed being the popular secondary character and the producers pushed them off the show?

These MSNBC threads are getting paywalled at increasingly fewer post counts.

Part 42 cut off at less than 300. It's a pattern. No idea why.

Says it makes the employees feel uncomfortable.

Excellent choice !

Trump must be throwing ketchup at the walls in Mar A Fatso as he's passed over once again.

The 20-year-old actor, who plays Lucas Sinclair on Netflix's teen fantasy drama, recently opened up about experiencing racism while starring on the show.

“My very first Comic-Con, some people didn’t stand in my line because I was Black,” McLaughlin recalled in videos posted by fans on social media. “Some people told me: ‘Oh, I didn’t want to be in line because you were mean to (Millie Bobby Brown’s character) Eleven.’ Even now, some people don’t follow me or don’t support me because I’m Black.”

The SAG-winning actor, who co-stars on “Stranger Things” with Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp and Brown, said it was difficult at first for him to wrap his head around his lukewarm public reception.

“When I was younger, it definitely affected me a lot, because you’re like, ‘Why am I the least favorite? The least amount of followers? I’m on the same show as everybody from Season 1,’ ” McLaughlin said.

He added: “My parents had to be like, ‘It’s a sad truth, but it’s because you’re the Black child on the show.’ Wow, that’s crazy. Because I was born with this beautiful chocolate skin, I’m not loved?”

But McLaughlin said he chooses to shake off the negativity and take the high road instead.

“With my platform, I’m going to spread positivity and love because I’m not giving hate back to people who are giving hate to me,” McLaughlin said.

“The leader’s entourage has not ruled out that he will lose the war, be stripped of power, and have to urgently evacuate somewhere.”

Fired!!!

BREAKING: Police tell us they were called to Senator Ted Cruz' home in River Oaks for a 14-year-old who themselves in the arm. The teen been taken to the hospital.

Does anyone know if it’s true that mustard is good to clean out your system?

I feel like this is hard look to pull off successfully.

Politics Family of fallen Capitol Police officer refuses to shake hands with McCarthy, McConnell at medal ceremony

By Scott MacFarlane

Updated on: December 6, 2022 / 3:21 PM / CBS News

The family of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick — his mother, father and brother — refused to shake hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the police departments that worked to save the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

What say we?

I’m worried about an acquaintance of mine I’ve known for several years. He’s 67 and retired. Somehow he has met this 30 year old guy from Vietnam who seems like a boatload of problems (no pun intended). They recently met and almost immediately, the Vietnamese guy was pressuring my friend into marrying him, buying him a phone and adding a new line to his phone plan, and co-signing a car loan and adding him to his insurance.

He was telling me about everything this Vietnamese guy was asking for and said it made him uneasy. He also said that the guy has a visa but the story seems shady, which is clearly why he wants to get married so quickly, because he’s illegal.

I told my friend to dump this shithead, and he keeps changing his mind, saying he’s going to break it off and then sticking with him. And I finally told him “if you’re too dumb to see that this is going to end very badly, then I can’t help you. After all what 30 year old falls head over heels in love with a 67 year old?” That must be some good pussy to risk financial ruin.

A place to come together, a place to celebrate, a place to discuss the muscular, misunderstood, Chris Watts.

Getting dragged on Twitter because people forgot he was a Republican.

I've been wondering this for years but forgot about J-Lo until she recently came back into the limelight with all the Ben Affleck stuff. What is her family background? Her actions over the past 20 years point to someone who has experienced severe dysfunction and possibly abuse, yet as far as I know, she maintains that she had a stable family home with parents who didn't divorce until she was well into adulthood. I know her dad is a Scientologist but haven't really heard any details on that at all. It seems very hushed up.

I saw an interview with her talking about Ben and how he's inspired a new album and she just seems so fragile and stunted and emotionally immature. Anyone have any insight?

A place to post underwhelming stuff.

“This permanent A list model/host has an option on the show she hosts that she hates hosting. She knows the network wants her to just walk away, but she is going to make them pay her entire salary plus some for not showing up.

Tyra Banks/Dancing With The Stars”

A. You could tell she hated being there as much as viewers hated having her there. The only time she looked like she was enjoying herself was during her first season. But last season and this, she looked like she hated being there.

B. Good for her in making them buy her out of her contract. I agree she’s terrible at the job but I also find her to add sass and comedy to it, and a bit of chaos that I found entertaining. She’s tied down in a big contract, so they’re hoping she walks away because they can’t let her go unless they buy her out. They’re trying to avoid having to pay her all those millions, but she’s a smart woman, she isn’t walking away unless they pay up.

I wonder if they’ll buy her out of her contract or just deal with her staying around…

Part 14 is paywalled (well into the 500s) so here is a new one to cover all the juicy stuff upcoming:

Waleses visit to Boston for the Earthshot Award ceremony first week of December

Sussexes visit NY a few days later to accept an award for smearing the British Royal Family with a defamatory and overwhelmingly likely lie

Are we taking wagers on whether the mysterious reality show about the Life and Loves of the Sussexes will at last drop by Netflix on 8 December?

The Christmas appearances by The Family at Sandringham, and the King's first Christmas message

And, Harry's book, equally mysteriously, is suddenly available for free on Amazon . . . what does that even mean? That is, is it money thrown away on PR, or do Netflix really hate the Sussex's guts by now and just want to get rid of them as fast as possible?

Stay tuned.

Link to previous thread.

Start with a touch of satire.

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Another day, another asshole "pastor."

It's too bad she resigned as it gives the Right a "win" but it's also tough being the one person in that position even with some supportive colleagues.

Breaking News: Indonesia has outlawed sex outside of marriage in a sweeping overhaul of its criminal code that also sharply expands its laws against blasphemy.

Seriously, WTF happened to her????? After she ate crow on her show she was never the same.

I’m thinking about doing that and turning off my phone. I really need sleep and don’t want to be bothered.

How disgusting. Why wouldn’t she take a photo with her great-granddaughter?

Did she fear it would be used for marketing purposes she had no control over?

Ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meaning once you come in last place, you are out

What would DL call this look?

I bought a new antenna and get Fox 5 and its affiliates now and was scrolling when I saw this beauty on my tv. I scrolled past him at first then quickly went back. They never said his fucking name in the time I caught him!

Anyone know who he is? 🥵

Quick back story about me. I was a popular jock in high school and college before coming out to my loved ones. I lost some friends but most have been amazingly supportive, especially my straight guy jock friends who've been there for me more than my family members at times, just as a friendly ear. I've been with my boyfriend off and on since 2020 and his friend group consists of other gay men and straight women. But if you ask him he 'can't stand' straight people especially the men which means my guy friends are enemy #1. He's especially passive aggressive when they visit but I suspect it's jealousy that there are other men in my life besides him. Last night he said he hates my friends and wish I wouldn't hang with them anymore even though they were around before he was but I also love my boyfriend. What would you do?

Elisabeth Finch was accused of lying about various health issues and left the show a few months back.

She confesses in an interview that she's a BIG FAT LIAR!

Continue talking about the Orange Man, Putin, Miss Lindz, and all the gang

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

Karen Hill will always make me cackle when she says this.

Sis is a fucking mess. I don’t know why we keep pretending otherwise.

I follow this guy on Youtube. In this one, he takes a day trip... alone. Heads to a distant thrift store and finds just one over-priced gewgaw. Goes to a family restaurant where it seems like they treated him rudely, so he decided not to eat there. Then a dog bites him.

How do you navigate the world as a single, aging gay man?

Me? 60 degrees F.

She is becoming the new JK Rowling. What is it with TERFS over there? Is it in the water for them to become so bigoted? She is responding to a tip sheet that assures men it’s okay if they have their period. The number one useful tip is not to use a maxi pad while wearing boxers because it would make a mess. Useful tips but this cow seems to be having a cow over them.

Let's discuss...

Not enough teachers, not enough nurses, not enough rail workers, not enough first responders. How much worse do things need to get before we take real action to remedy the dissolving social contract in this country?

Dump is always a go-to, and I'm fond of Cheetolini, but I've seen some truly witty epithets for The Orange One here. Which drags him best?

You can't do worse than Biden, who referred to him as "the Great MAGA King" today. A swing and a miss.

Who does it best?

Quite big tits.

Discuss the Georgia US Senate Run Off Election.

Vote for Raphael Warnock, if you are in Georgia.

Dear Lord, it’s cringe. 😬

Who thought of this?

However, this is right up cheesy Joey’s league I suppose.

I genuinely believe Headlines like this one for this article are what end up annoying straight people and making them pissed.

Either way, I think this is just temporary.

Looking great, folks!!! 😍

He’s still never gonna be on Mark’s level though.

I can remember a lot of adults who were openly assholes to kids when I was little. I was a kid in the 80s and can remember adults acting like they had a personal vendetta against me and other kids. I had a teacher in grade one who actually used to say I was retarded to anyone who would listen. I remember other kids being bullied by people in their 20s and 30s. It’s messed up looking back as an adult on the way these people acted. I don’t like kids but I’d never treat a kid or even a teenager like that. I feel like half the adults around me were psychos and it’s shocking that none of them faced consequences for their actions. Were you also surrounded by asshole grownups or was I just unlucky?

"You may not believe it, but even though I'm an actual prince, and a royal duke, of the United Kingdom, I don't always have all the answers for life's problems. Even though I am a trained and decorated master soldier, I don't always know in every situation immediately what I should do.

Which brings me to why meeting Meghan was the best thing to ever happen to me..."

--p. 12

I bet they've spitroasted a girl or guy together.

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Hasn't she been on some kind of redemption/rebranding tour to distance herself from this exact kind of shit? Can't help herself, can she?

I happen to be a pretty big fan since the Oingo days, and kind of shocked to see all the haters here? Weird. Why????? Might wanna watch some of his interviews. Hes a really neat guy...and not a freak Satanist. Lots of people seemed to get him wrong in those other threads...just a bit of research and you'll see. Also, he's always been eccentric and hes been working on his tattoos since the 90s. He just finished some up during lockdown.

She’s so freaking cute! Love her!!! What a sweetie.

"Thank you to all the supporters and fans of Archetypes who voted for us for this special People's Choice Award," she wrote in a Dec. 7 statement on the Archewell Organization's website. "I loved digging my hands into the process, sitting up late at night in bed, working on the writing and creative. And I loved digging deep into meaningful conversation with my diverse and inspiring guests, laughing and learning with them, and with each of you listening."

Calling the podcast "a labor of love," Meghan went on to thank her "amazing team who were each instrumental in helping to bring this series to life," writing, "Special thanks to Terry Wood who was my right hand in this special project, along with Catherine, Rebecca, Andy, Matt, and the wider team who all worked hard to make each moment resonate."

"Above all, huge thanks to each of you who voted," she concluded her message. "Your support means the world."

“PAGEBOY” is the title.

I can’t wait to read it.

Inspired by the recent “Holiday Affair” thread. I recently completed my annual Christmastime viewing of 1940’s “Remember the Night” with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. This is such a wonderful holiday film that unfortunately is not as widely seen and well known as it should be. Stanwyck is just excellent here.

[Quote]Celine Dion has not posted on her Instagram feed since June, making her emotional message on 8 September even more poignant.

It's all bullshit, of course. It was a message about the other queen.

Should Hello! take the place of our beloved DM?

This is NOT a poll.

His career is blowing up post-White Lotus. He’s finally getting decent roles at the age of 50.

For the love of God! Is DL turning into Point de Vue magazine?

In particular stop with daily new threads on Prince Harry and that wife of his, MM.

I hate both of them but I'm glad Rapp lost his bogus suit. It took all of an hour and twenty minutes for the jury to determine there was no battery.

Share your silly stories. When I was in 8th grade I tried to strangle myself by wrapping a towel around my neck and pulling. Surprise - it didn’t work and I just ended up coughing a lot.

Do they just need cocks up their twats? Or would they bite them off with their vagina shark teeth?

***No charges filed in gang rape case involving former Bills punter Matt Araiza***

Former Buffalo Bills and San Diego State University football punter Matt Araiza will not be charged in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

Araiza was one of three now-former Aztec football players named in a civil lawsuit. Zavier Leonard and Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko will not be charged either, according to the statement.

The office said sexual assault experts, district attorney prosecutors and investigators all analyzed evidence in the case, which included 35 witnesses, DNA results and 10 search warrants.

“Ultimately, prosecutors determined it is clear the evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges, and there is no path to a potential criminal conviction,” the office said. “Prosecutors can only file charges when they ethically believe they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."

The now-18-year old woman alleged that Araiza, then 21, had sex with her in the yard of a house near the San Diego State campus on Oct. 17, 2021. Araiza allegedly then brought her inside the house, where she says she was raped by Araiza, Leonard and Ewaliko.

The lawsuit says the woman, then a minor, immediately reported the alleged rape to friends and then to police the next day. Araiza was never arrested or charged following that complaint, and the allegation wasn’t revealed publicly until the filing of the civil suit in August.

After San Diego police investigated the allegations for nine months, it was not recommended that charges be filed when the case was submitted, the District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Araiza set an NCAA record in his senior season with a 51.19-yard punting average, and became known by the nickname “Punt God.” He was selected by Buffalo in the sixth round of the NFL draft and cut within two days of the lawsuit's filing. Leonard was cut by the Aztecs, and Ewaliko left the team weeks later.

I haven’t had them since I was a kid but decided to buy some now that I have a new pitcher, and I was shocked by how good these taste.

I made the grape juice and … YUM. It’s delicious!!!

Who wants to tell him?

The dude is Mexican. Smh.

How do these minorities get to rise to the top of WHITE supremacists movements? They are, by their own dogma, inferior.

These people are so pathetic it’s just astonishing.

Which celebrities are you passionately rooting for to fail both professionally and personally? Of course there have to be some famous people you just know you will never warm up to and thus want to see fuck up both in their career and in their personal life. I’ll go with Tom Hanks. I know he’s iconic and will (unfortunately) likely be famous forever, I just hope his nice guy act is exposed for the bullshit that it is. I hope he has a mini downfall a la James Corden.

Oh, Gladys.

Better pack some lube in your purse, cuz you're gonna need it bad!

Carry on! Let’s discuss what’s next! I think Musk takes away bathroom privileges until his new red check mark is implemented. The new, super-duper verified check mark that’s better because it’s better! Part 1 below.

I always hear married guys at work saying “don’t get married, don’t have kids.” And they praise me for being single (they don’t know I have a gay male partner) and traveling the world instead of raising a family.

Do these guys really mean what they say? Do they really hate being married and having kids?

Very relaxing....don't you just want to move there?

Has anyone else seen this happening? I don't think it's a huge thing at the moment, which is probably why I'm noticing it especially, but lately I just keep seeing online people who aren't gay men referring to themselves as "faggots" or talking about their "faggoty behaviour" or something like that. Often, they're straight or gay women.

We've had conversations before about the use of the word "queer" and some of us don't mind it and some of us really do mind it, but this seems somehow more obviously offensive. Or maybe you disagree, I'd be curious to know.

For me I'm just so confused by why they would do that, why they think they can do that, etc. I'm not a huge: "OMG, this is so offensive!" type person, but I do think this is pretty offensive.

I don't think, as I said above, that this is a huge thing happening, or whatever, but was just curious to discuss it, because I don't really have many other gay men around me at the moment I can point this out to and say: "can you believe this shit?"

As an example, here's part of a script from a podcast I came across recently:

Drew: When I think of Christina, I think cis woman.

Christina: Yeah.

Drew: I don’t think big faggot.

Christina: Yeah. No. Thank you. That is, actually, also a large part of my identity is being a gigantic faggot.

and later on:

Christina: Though I am a musical faggot, boy, do I hate Annie?

and:

Gaby: Then I started dating a bi cis guy and that was very freeing. Now, in retrospect, I think being with him, let me feel like a gay guy. Because I had short hair, he was bi, everything we did was very faggoty.

Just... WHAT?

Maybe a creepy question, but the sex offender alerts in my neighborhood got me thinking about this topic. Do you know any sex offenders? Are there any in your family? Do you maintain a relationship with them? Do you think they should have to register as a sex offender?

Nutcases the world over.

Who wants to go?

Because that is normal to me.

Explain to me, DL, what is the etiquette?

Anyone else feel this way? Life is too hard; I don't care if I sound like a whiney moaner for claiming that. Everything I need and want is out of reach. Owning a home, dental treatment, the freedom to pursue a career that doesn't make me suicidal and bored. Everything is too expensive. Unless you become a movie star or a doctor (or any other high-profile career), then you're likely to spend the rest of your life just paying rent and stressing about bills.

I'm sick of people who are born into the right circumstances getting everything handed to them. Inheritance, nepotism connections, emotional support, good looks, good social skills. Yes, I know average people from normal families can get good jobs/scholarships too, but you need to be in a good mental state to motivate yourself to make the most of your education. If you're a teenager/young adult from a bad situation, it's easy to fall between the cracks, just trying to get by day by day. And before you know it, you're almost 40 and still working low-paying jobs--it's harder to go back to college when you're an adult with bills and nobody to support you.

I've nothing against "welfare queens" or "losers on welfare" because they're usually low on self-esteem, come from unsupportive families, didn't make the most of their education, and are trapped in a poverty cycle. Yes, they can get minimum wage jobs, but they're still stuck with debts and poverty, and know they'll still be poor with a job. (Yes, I know poor people can get educated and train for a career, but that's easier said than done--especially once you're stuck in a rut.)

Anyway, I have a job and I hate it. I can't cope doing this for the rest of my life. I'm mid 30s and at this point, I'd rather just become a scam artist, like selling counterfeit goods or organizing a pyramid scheme. I wouldn't steal anybody's life savings or anything that would ruin lives, but I would do something like tricking thousands of people into a giving me 10 dollars a month or something like that.

Bad people are always getting what they want. I don't see the point in being good and honest anymore. I feel like Tony Montana from Scarface when he first came to America--fed up of crappy jobs, and wanting to make money through criminal activities because he was getting no respect as a dishwasher. I don't care if it's wrong. There's no point being the good guy.

Warnock fends off Walker.

Jealous, whores?

Well, suck it!

I don’t clean the litter box every day.

Hope this solves it and stop any remaining made up blasted out there rumours.

Listen! The most scathingly brilliant film about rich teen girls and nuns in on TCM at 12:45 am eastern tomorrow!

At a large Wall St bank that is currently going thru a not insignificant round of layoffs. As is unfortunately (IMO) the norm at large banks (at least in the US), anyone that got axed basically got called into a conference room where their manager delivered the bad news, and the now-disgraced employee wasn’t permitted to return to their desk. The manager then retrieved their personal items and security escorted them out.

So it got me thinking: putting aside how overall ridiculous and inhumane this is (yes I’m aware of the rationale proffered by employers) - to what extent is this a standard practice in other countries as well? Or is this mostly a US phenomenon?

Any sport, anywhere.

Who? Why? And how/what would you do?

❤️❤️❤️ much deserved. Very much earned.

A man who fell off of a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico after a few drinks shared his story of survival for the first time, describing how he trod water for almost a full day and fought off sea creatures while fading in and out of consciousness.

In an exclusive interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," passenger James Michael Grimes said he had a couple of drinks on the Carnival Valor on November 23, the night before Thanksgiving. He wasn't drunk, he said, but doesn't remember what happened next.

The next 20 hours of his life ended up being a fight for survival, he added.

Grimes shared with ABC that after telling his sister he was going to the bathroom at 11 p.m. local time that night, he regained consciousness in the ocean.

"I came to, and I was in the water with no boat in sight," Grimes told ABC. The cruise was headed from New Orleans to Cozumel, a Mexican island in the Caribbean, traveling through the Gulf of Mexico. For the next almost 20 hours, Grimes described how he trod water and fought for his life, encountering jellyfish and another unidentified sea creature with a fin.

"It came up on me really quick and I went under, and I could see it. And it wasn't a shark, I don't believe," Grimes said. "But it had more like a flat mouth, and it came up and bumped one of my legs, and I kicked it with the other leg. It scared me, not knowing what it was, all I could see was a fin."

As night struck and Grimes awaited rescue, he said that he had to eat objects floating by to sustain his energy, including a plank of bamboo.

"It gave some type of flavor in my mouth other than saltwater," Grimes told ABC. "I was never accepting that this is it — this is going to be the end of my life."

By 8:25 p.m. on Thanksgiving day, a Coast Guard tanker spotted Grimes and rescued him, according to CNN. Grimes did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

In a statement sent to Insider, Carnival said that the only way of falling overboard "is to purposefully climb up and over the safety barriers."

"We greatly appreciate the efforts of all, most especially the US Coast Guard and the mariner who spotted Mr. Grimes in the water," Matt Lupoli, a spokesperson for the company said. "Cruise ships have safety barriers in all public areas that are regulated by US Coast Guard standards that prevent a guest from falling off. No one should ever climb up on the rails. The only way to go overboard is to purposefully climb up and over the safety barriers."

Shant'a Miller White, a passenger who was onboard the ship with her husband and other family members for a Thanksgiving getaway, told Insider that Carnival partially left passengers in the dark regarding the mysterious overboard passenger.

"It was scary because so many people were having different conversations around the boat," Miller White said. "First the rumor was it was a child…then we found out it was an adult."

"We just heard them calling a name over the intercom," she added.

During Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday night, White said passengers were informed that the boat was rerouting to undergo a search and rescue mission.

"When we found out someone had went overboard, or fell, or jumped, or whatever the case may be, I instantly was very nervous and scared," White said. "And didn't know what was going to happen because we didn't have cell service at the time because we were so far out."

The news of Grimes's rescue was eventually crowdsourced, Miller White said.

"I found out that the Coast Guard had rescued him when I received service on my phone and from my family sending screenshots of the news," Miller White said. "I'm grateful and thankful to God that he is alive, but I will say that I don't plan to ever go on Carnival again because I don't feel they were empathetic to the other 3,000 or so people on that boat for all that was going on."

Carnival did not respond to specific questions about Miller White's experience.

HBO has beat them all to be first out of the gate dropping a series on November 3rd. Will Mandy Matney and her vocal fry make an appearance on the streaming platform? Good to see that the Stephen Smith story is definitely going to be highlighted. From the opening images it looks like there will be re-enactments, can’t wait to see who they’ve got to play all these buffoons.

The Irish guy is cute. The gay guy is adorable. I’ll continue watching for them.

Ok hear me out. Yes I was a major fan and yes I’ve been disillusioned with her recent antics but it just hit me: she is a genius.

If you have never experienced age discrimination then you will have no idea why she is doing what she is doing. You would not get the inspiration and why this is so bold and punk rock.

She is once again ahead of her time and basically the essence of her current form is an expression of fighting back against age discrimination and putting it in the face of everyone and making them see that they are wrong.

She didn’t back down or give in. She is fearless and I’m sure there is someone who can espy all this better but once I felt the sting of going from a twink to a man I was forced to suffer the indignities for which she challenges.

And that was just a taste of what older people go through.

I hope someone can articulate this better for me bit LONG LIVE MADONNA. THE QUEEN OF ROCK AND ROLL.

all this past week. Hopefully the pace keeps up

Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey

Regina M. Rodriguez in Colorado

Zahid N. Quraishi in New Jersey first Muslim federal judge in US history

The actress explains why she loves "the backbreaking part" of her job but offers some choice words (154 of them, in fact) for the pretenses of stardom: "Let’s break down all the walls so that we can just get down to business."

Both are/were buffoons and the quarrel between the two was just a clown show. McCain was by no means a saint himself. He deserved to be ridiculed and was indeed captured and treated like a sissy little pussy in Vietnam. Why are people pretending he was a war hero?

They were the soundtrack of my teenage years, and my appreciation for them has only deepened as I've gotten older. Bro snobs loved to shit on Meg White for her "rudimentary" drumming, but I always thought it sounded great and served the music perfectly. Jack White was and is a great guitarist. I especially loved the heavy blues rock sound on their earlier records.

I've always found this one extremely bizarre and felt really bad for this girl—she seemed to have some sort of developmental disability/emotional problems, but the details are too weird: She gets into several car crashes while driving around aimlessly, one of which results in her car catching on fire, triggering panic attacks. Finally, during one of these "episodes", her car is found crashed in the woods, but she is never seen again.

Other honorable mentions: The death of Blair Adams, the Blind River Rest Stop murders, and the disappearance of Patricia Meehan.

How many of you jerked off to this?

Well hello! Welcome to my "Let's be" thread.

The world's biggest whore continues to whip tits out, act the silly bimbo, and fall all over other men at any opportunity, as the World Cup 2022 kicks on more fully.

And because Jack's been trying so hard to focus and do well at his official job (footballer) as well as rampant whoring, tomorrow is a game in which Jack might actually get to come on and stay on the pitch for full time, instead of squirming on the bench and feeling the loads swirling inside him for sixty minutes because he can't typically control his cock-hungry neediness. Hard work really does pay off.

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Cancel culture is now going after the comedy classics! Fuck these bitches!

"Is it twue what they say about Bwack men! It's twue, It's twue!!"

Was Claudine ever taken seriously as a singer, with that breathy little girl voice?

Was she just a sexualized fantasy for Andy Williams and other older men?

Police are appealing for help to track down a wanted man from Tameside.

Robert Rimmer is wanted in connection with on ongoing investigation into drug-related offences in the Humberside area, police said. He is originally from Ashton-under-Lyne.

The 36-year-old has links to Hull, Cheshire, Liverpool and Blackpool. Officers have warned members of the public not to approach Rimmer if they see him.

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

New video of Shawn in wet trunks climbing a tree in Jamaica:

I watch just to see Lewis' chunky butt.

Is that so wrong?

Hot OF model. What do you think?

www.soma4ever.com

Anyone here develop the hots for your brother when you were a teen, but were too timid to make a move? For me, anytime I got to see my brother naked, I was there!

I think it looks good, but then I like biographical movies and films about family dynamics. One thing that caught my attention: Spielberg picked a relatively unknown Canadian to play himself. Smart, especially after the West Side Story debacle with Ansel Elgort. I hope more directors follow suit. Let's see some fresh faces. Please. There's a whole world full of talented, non-famous actors out there.

Being realistic, how will their story turn out? Will they divorce? Will Meghan be the next Ellen/Kelly Clarkson talk show queen? Will Harry have a public freakout that will make people wonder "are Megan and the kids safe?'

Also, what does the future hold for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp? How will that mess unfold?

DC/WB have decided not to move forward with making a third film!

I would like to see his sweet baby James.

I would too if this was my husband.Yuck.

Most of it looks like crap she got from world market, pier one and Tuesday morning.

Your thoughts?

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A group of teens become the targets of a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume known as Ghostface.

Directed by Wes Craven

Written by Kevin Williamson

Music by Marco Beltrami

Starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown, Henry Winkler, Liev Schreiber, and Drew Barrymore.

Dlers xmas

State officials on Tuesday announced they will begin the process of closing Chuckwalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County and are planning cutbacks at six more prisons, including a women’s facility in Sacramento County.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has set March 2025 as the anticipated closure date of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe.

It is the third prison Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has moved to shut down. The California Correctional Center in Lassen County is expected to close by June. Newsom’s administration also closed the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy last year.

The closures are possible because of California’s shrinking state prison inmate population. State prisons last week held about 94,000 incarcerated people, down from about 120,000 in 2019 and about 160,000 in 2011.

Closing prisons saves money. The state this year expects to spend about $18.8 billion on its prison system. California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office earlier this year estimated that shutting five state prisons would save $1.5 billion a year.

But the cuts all have ripple effects on local economies. The City of Susanville sued to block Newsom’s plan to close the Lassen County prison, aiming to protect jobs in the community. A judge in September allowed the plan to go forward, dismissing the lawsuit.

California prison officials will be deactivating certain facilities at Folsom Women’s Facility; in Pelican Bay State Prison; at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo; California Rehabilitation Center in Riverside County; at California Institution for Men in San Bernardino County; and at California Correctional Institution in Kern County, according to a CDCR news release.

The state also plans to get out of a $32 million annual lease with CoreCivic for California City Correctional Facility in Kern County, ending the contract in March 2024. That will effectively end the use of that facility as a state prison.

“California City Correctional Facility is the last contract facility in CDCR. It is a leased facility with our CoreCivic partners since 2013, and was necessary to help address overcrowding in state prisons,” prison officials said in the news release. “Now that the term of the lease is expiring and there is additional space at nearby facilities, it makes sense to transition our staff and population into our state-owned facilities.”

CDCR officials said they carefully evaluated the options for prison closures in accordance with the 2022-23 budget and California Penal Code requirements. They also said they considered the costs to operate facilities, the impact of closure on the surrounding communities and the workforce, housing needs for all populations, long-term investments in state-owned and operated correctional facilities, public safety and rehabilitation and the durability of the state’s solution to prison overcrowding.

“CDCR and the administration are working to minimize impact to staff and the communities,” prison officials said in the news release. “This will include options to transfer both within and outside of impacted counties, and identification of employees for redirection to neighboring prisons where there are existing identified vacancies.”

Amber-Rose Howard, executive director of the prison closure advocacy group Californians United for a Responsible Budget, said it’s important for California to have a “roadmap” for future prison closures that focuses on community investment and is informed by the experiences of people most harmed by incarceration.

“Our community applauds this move toward reversing California’s terrible history of prison expansion,” Howard said in a news release. “We hope yard deactivations are done safely, and that they are an indication of the future prison closures we all know are possible over the next several years.”

Hosting a story time at the library? GIRL PLEASE!!

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Has there ever been a female porn star more beautiful than her?

Let's discuss her...

It makes perfect sense . It’s pretty transparent if you think about it.

(Meaning the part between the nostrils hangs down low and is prominent.)

Can be from any/all eras.

Please post pictures if you can.

Thanks!

Much better.

My friend thinks she has the most perfect nose ever and I was curious to know what others thought...

Bette Midler tweet at R1.

Or who does Madonna look like?

Who are all of the Madonna lookalikes?

Can be from any/all eras...

I'd be all over this if I were 10 years younger, or 30 years older.

Everyone has their favorite one, and people differ greatly as to which they love the most.

I am not including Lady Susan (an early experiment, which she got tired of and finished off quickly, and never published), The Watsons (left unfinished at her death) or Sanditon (ditto).

And I am asking about the actual novels themselves--not which one made for your favorite TV or film adaptation.

Your thoughts?

What should I do ?

do you want to join?😍

... claims to have slept with 200 men after American Pie. I was surprised to see how much more attention I have gotten from men since I approached my Daddy era, I guess she is experiencing the same thing

Variety: “… a dull ramble.“

Shocking, I know.

They're obsessed with "grooming" and think straight kids are going to magically turn gay if they watch a drag show or read a book with gay characters in it

Surprised this didn't get more attention. But at around 1 hour and 2 minutes into this interview he says yes to is he bisexual and says he is sexually open for everything.

I know there has been gossip but this is the first time he has discussed it publicly.

Dominion is also seeking to get Rudolph too but hasn't been scheduled yet

they've also forced Pirro to a deposition twice!

Hannity once and they're fighting to get him a second time too

reading the article, the lawyers don't think this will end in settlement and will instead head to trial. Wow

Be honest.

Kumail Nanjiani is Steve Banerjee

Murray Bartlett is Nick De Noia

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

And Whoopi too!

"Sordid Lives" Director Del Shores, ex husband, Jason Dottley went on a Twitter Rampage and made wild accusations about his marriage to Del Shores and went on to Personally Attack Leslie Jordan, after his death. Calling the beloved funnyman, a "liar and a piece of shit". What does Datalounge think of this , or does DL even fucking care?

Ever since I was a kid people have said that and I wanted to know if there was any truth to this.

Has anyone else heard this?

Mid-face meaning the space between the eyes and mouth...

Can be from any/all eras...

Anyone else watching this reality show about a woman who left her orthodox Jewish family and community to become a fashion designer in NYC!

Interesting. She’s a hoot. Lots of gay positivity

It’s a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom home. And it’s quite nice!!!

Your THOTs?

This usually happens with long threads over 100 replies. I click on the thread and may be 50 out of 100 replies load. I keep hitting reload and maybe a few more replies appear or none at all. How do I fix this? thanks.

Stevie is such an Angel! Always showing love and respect to the stars who come after her. I wonder if we will get a collab!!!

Damn that was quick. Thanks Auscaps

One one episode Zack and Kelly are dating and the next they're not, even though they haven't broken up, then they're dating again, then they act like they don't know each other. WTF!

I searched for another thread. Weird it’s on a Tuesday. I missed the red carpet. Someone be a dear and do a fashion police thread later.

They’re celebrating Shania. Billy Porter and Harry Styles there.

Expecting number four. They have three girls from before. He must want a son really bad. Or is it that he just loves fucking her preggo body and nursing on her tits once she starts lactating?

He just graduated HS in May, and is already a Mayor!

Numerous pocketbooks fall out of this qween's mouth when he goes into rapture about this 1958 DeSoto- which happens to be a beautiful car.

What's YOURS?

Previous thread is almost full so time to start a new one.

The Tournament of Champions upon us! So, we need a new thread for all Tournament talk!

Post your comments about the daily Jeopardy! game here.

Who's going to be crowned this year's champ?

Who are some of the most boring, bland celebrities you can name? Not necesarily unattractive or terrible actors, but someone who is just overall mediocre.

Helen Hunt come to mind for me. There is nothing dynamic about her. Her plain face and straw hair. Her wooden character. Her lack of sparkle. She is the human equivalent of a burlap sack.

Like That Girl?

He is only 35. I didn’t even recognize him.

Met him recently…

She seems to have been a big deal at one time, and then just up and quit the business. Were you a fan?

He died of heart failure.

Does another woman have the ability to make you blush? For instance, I told my supervisor she was making me blush after she gave me very nice compliments on a informal discussion we were having via slack. Now I am wondering if she thinks I am joking or flirting with her. What would you think?

It was on the U.S. Bank login page today.

Tim Miller’s new book reveals the ways he and his fellow GOP operatives poisoned the national discourse and helped enable the rise of Donald Trump.

He was a closeted gay man while working for Jen Bush

In case you needed more proof that she's crazy

Oh dear.

What do we think they did while vacationing?

*giggles*

Do you think Caroline Kennedy and John Kerry skipped the event which they were def supposed to be at because of the Susan Hussey thing? I mean, it seems like a stretch - it’s nice like W or K said it. But the timing is v suspicious.

Let's discuss.

But so can’t decide which cake to purchase.

Help me, DataLounge, you’re my only hope.

Two heads, four arms, one body.

Shared genitals.

They work as an electrician.

Can be from any/all eras and for both men and women...

-Dr. Anthony Fauci biopic may be the perfect Oscar vehicle for Steve Martin.

-Naomi Judd biopic focused on the last year of her life.

-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf possible role for Octavia Spencer

Thank God for Dan. I love his take on everything. He’s intelligent, sensible and makes me weak in the knees. Those gorgeous blue eyes..

Here are the bakers for Season 13. We've got the wacky older lady, some nerdy scientist types, a Polish guy, a Malaysian, a pretty teen girl who will probably be kept on longer than she ought to be. Any early guesses on who you think will make the finale?

Prince Harry made a surprise stop on Veterans Day.

The Duke of Sussex, 41, visited Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, last Friday afternoon, touring the USS Arizona Memorial, PEOPLE confirms. A somber site in American history books, the battleship was bombed by Japanese forces in December 1941. Over 1,100 crew members died in the attack, which drove the U.S. to enter World War II.

Harry visited the memorial in a personal capacity. The USS Arizona Memorial on the island of Oahu is a short flight from his home in Montecito, California, where he lives with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children, son Archie, 3, and daughter Lilibet, 1.

"He kind of approached us," Dan Conover, who was also touring the USS Arizona with his family on Friday, tells PEOPLE.

"I moved out of his way because he's royalty, I figured I'd let him do his thing. He basically gave me a greeting," Conover, 23, explains. "He was very respectful and courteous and nice. I moved out of his way, and he kind of patted me on the back and said, 'You're all good mate.' It was a simple interaction, but he was very nice and courteous and respectful."

The eyewitness added that there was an expert "who was basically explaining things to Prince Harry — 'This is what happened on this day, how the USS Arizona, etc.' "

The outing was likely emotional for Prince Harry, who served in the British Army for 10 years and completed two tours of Afghanistan. Before stepping back from his senior royal role, he held three honorary military titles — Captain General of the Royal Marines, Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington and Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving, Royal Naval Command.

November 11 is Veterans Day in the U.S., and Remembrance Day in the U.K. In honor of the solemn holidays, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a new photo and simple statement on their Archewell Foundation website. In the black and white snap, taken by their wedding photographer Chris Allerton, the couple faced military personnel, including a serviceman holding an American flag.

"On this Veterans Day and Remembrance Day, we honor service members across the world," Harry and Meghan, 41, wrote. "These brave men and women, as well as their families, have made tremendous sacrifices and embody duty and service."

"We are proud to work with so many organizations that support veterans and military families, including The Invictus Games Foundation, The Mission Continues, Team Rubicon, Scotty's Little Soldiers and The Greatest GENERATIONS Foundation. Today and every day, thank you for your service," the statement wrapped.

Last year on Veterans Day, the couple paid a surprise visit to a New Jersey military base. At a luncheon for service members and their spouses at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Meghan and Harry discussed topics like mental health and the importance of community.

Me: standing rib roast. Still pondering sides but definitely some kind of potatoes.

This means the story is being drastically rewritten. Bailey’s character is supposed to be a 21 year old ingenue having his first sexual experience with a man. Bailey is 34.

Bailey’s character is supposed to be much less attractive than Bomer’s character as well, while these two are both equally attractive.

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

There's been a troubling shortage of elder-abuse threads lately, so I figured I'd spice things up with a fresh dose of aging and decrepitude, in case any of our young neighbors had ideas about finishing their dinner this week.

As we age, our bodies fail us. Hair changes color. Skin dries out. Muscles, joints, and bones ache for no damn reason. And the old chap simply REFUSES to rise to the occasion, no matter how many pills and powders you buy on the internet.

So enlighten us, Eldergays. What human oddities do we have to look forward to once we pass our thirties?

Let's discuss the biographical film of Ludwig von Beethoven. While not as good as Amadeus, Immortal Beloved is a fun film that has good performances and great music.

Directed by Bernard Rose

George Solti conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in the divine works of Ludwig von Beethoven

Starring Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Johanna ter Steege, Valeria Golino, Marco Hofschneider, Christopher Fulford, Michael Culkin, Miriam Margolyes, Barry Humphries, and ISABELLA ROSSELLINI

Is he still acting? Does he still sing/perform?

Shannon Epstein, the 25-year-old niece of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), was arrested in an extremely dramatic, combative event at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans on November 24 after being kicked off her plane. The Times-Picayune reports that Epstein had asked a family she perceived to be Latino on her flight if they were “smuggling cocaine.” (The family has not been identified.) When airline workers decided to remove her from the flight and the plane returned to the gate, she became “increasingly irate,” and the incident escalated at the airport.

When deputies tried to arrest Epstein at the airport, she fought back. Per the Times-Picayune:

In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said. They were treated there by paramedics.

All the while, Epstein shouted that the deputies were going to lose their jobs or end up in jail, boasting that she was related to powerful people and that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump, Rivarde said. Chris Christie did not return messages left Friday at two telephone numbers associated with him.

Seven deputies were needed to handcuff Epstein to a wheelchair, so that she could be moved to the airport security office, Rivarde said. She continued to shout vulgarities and try to bite deputies, he added.

The Christie family is no stranger to criminal scandals. Epstein’s uncle, who ran against Trump in the the 2016 Republican presidential primary before buddying up to him for several years, infamously shut down a New Jersey bridge at rush hour to punish a mayor who refused to endorse his re-election bid.

Epstein was booked with six counts of battery on a police officer, made her $10,750 bail, and was released from the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on Thanksgiving Day. The case will likely move to federal court.

Susan Powter was the crazy Aussie dynamo who was all over American TVs in the 80s and 90s begging us to 'Stop the Insanity!' She did exercise videos, diet books, infomericals, a television talk show, and much more that gained her quite a following. She had short blond hair and white pale skin - sort of Tabatha Coffey before Tabatha Coffey graced out screens. She made loads of money, then filed for bankruptcy in the late 90s (I think it was because she owed the IRS so much in taxes).

Last I heard about Powter, she came out as a lesbian in the mid-2000s, after two marriages and two children. Don't know if she still has her diet empire these days.

(Speaking of Coffey, whatever happened to her ? She dropped off the radar !)

Bros!

It’s about orgasming!

I predict one of the Kardashian will be in a plane crash. They won't die.

Britney will accidently kill somebody.

Ryan Reynolds will get arrested for a domestic dispute, destroying the happy family image with Blake.

Ellen Degeneres will have a public meltdown.

Harry will cheat in Megan.

Amber Heard will attempt suicide. Depp writes a song mocking the situation, then one of Amber's fans shoots him at a concert.

In the last 6 weeks or so, three different medical providers have suggested putting me on Wellbutrin as part of a smoking cessation plan. It seems weird that all three immediately said Wellbutrin as opposed to other methods i.e. nicotine patches, lozenges etc.

Is this the new "wonder" drug that we're going to pay the consequences of in a few years?

Also, what is the term for when a drug that was developed to treat one malady is then used to treat something else e.g. Viagra? Off brand?

Also (part 2), any experiences taking Wellbutrin, positive or negative?

Thank you kindly.

It started when she accused a Latino family of being drug mules.

Her name's Shannon Epstein!

Eleven charges against this delightful 25-year-old lovely! But she didn't block a bridge!

He’s a cutie pie but almost all his posts are thirst traps now. Nothing substantial.

[QUOTE]Matt Araiza allegedly led her inside and threw her onto a bed. The woman claims he then gang raped her with two of his football teammates at the time. The woman claims it went on for an hour and a half.

There is no more objective press in this country. While Fox News will run negative stories about conservatives but bury and spin it, I’ve noticed that liberal media has become so polarized to the point they won’t even run stories against their agenda. This AOC story, good luck finding it on any liberal sites.

I know magazine photoshoots and Instagram are photoshopped, but what about movies and music videos? Celebrities never look as good in real life as they do in their projects. I didn't know you could photoshop a moving image. Is it just good lighting, face tape and highlighter? How do they look so good?

And Greg's recipes?

I’m excited now.

Polio has been discovered circulating in the city sewage, and its mad as hell. Thankfully, we can all count on Musk to begin manufacturing solar powered iron lungs.

They have arrested, charged and sentenced many of the grunts but so far no arrest of the Willard Hotel crew that organized and operated the coup attempt.

We know who did it. Why no arrests? Don’t the grunts want the leadership to go down too? They abandoned them.

Can be from any/all eras.

Let’s discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-Up, with Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin, Veruschka, and scored by Herbie Hancock.

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder.

“I realize you don’t really know Buckley,” Susie Carlson wrote via email in 2014 to Hunter Biden, a Georgetown graduate and the son of the then-vice president. “Maybe you could meet or speak to him and he could send you a very brief resume with his interests and grades attached.”

...

“I can’t thank you enough for writing that letter to Georgetown on Bucky’s behalf,” he wrote. “So nice of you. I know it’ll help. Hope you’re great and we can all get dinner soon.”

Trump is DEAD TO ME.

Mitch McConnell is DEAD TO ME.

Lindsey Graham is DEAD TO ME.

Ted Cruz is DEAD TO ME.

I just got a big cheese box for an early Christmas present. I have not been much of a cheese eater in the past and wonder what kinds of cheeses are better for cooking than others. Is there some that should only eaten raw?

Even if a man has a butch appearance, can he still be masculine if his voice is fem/obvious?

Just curious to hear different opinions on this...

Quite big tits.

Oh God, I hope this isn’t true. I think he would crack. The beardog would have to 5150 him.

He must be so proud of her. When will they have their next romantic get together?

I’m sure we have done this before, but I must know your current opinions on this VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

My top 2 are WATER ON GLASS and CAMBODIA.

Ye hit with consulting bill:

It is because many of them come from a low socioeconomic background? Because many of them were abused as children? There must be some reason.

Matt Taibbi has broken the story on Twitter suppressing the Hunter Biden scandal during 2020 election

The Twitter Files, Part One: How and Why Twitter Blocked the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

In a nutshell - The Biden campaign asked the Twitter moderation team to remove some posts and accounts that featured Hunter Biden dick pics, which is basically a form of revenge pornography.

THAT IS IT

The first thing on his IG bio says, “Father. Author of MISS MEMORY LANE.”

Is he having kids soon?

Linda sounds sincere in her final interviews, and claimed Deep Throat was a 90 minute filmed rape.

Do you believe she was a complete victim, or a willing and eager participant?

Thread got deleted again.

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

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

Quick back story about me. I was a popular jock at Hotchkiss and Cornell before coming out. Like I had to come out because I was the cum dump in my frat, the one who provided relieve when it was too cold to go out or the girls were too complicated. My straight guy jock friends and frat brothers have been there for me more than my family members at times, just as a friendly ear. I've been with my boyfriend off and on since 2020 and his friend group consists progressive queers and fluids and some fag hags. But if you ask him he 'can't stand' straight people especially the men which means my guy friends are enemy #1. He's especially passive aggressive when they visit but I suspect it's jealousy that there are other men in my life besides him. I mean half of them have pumped loads into me. My nickname was Big Red Rosebud. Last night he said he hates my friends and wishes I wouldn't hang with them anymore even though they were around before he was but I also love my boyfriend. What would you do?

I'm midway through. Some things that haven't been widely discussed in the media:

- He started smoking at 10. TEN. Where he got a steady supply of cigarettes at that age isn't addressed.

- His mother was press secretary to former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau, father of Justin. He played with Justin as a kid and once beat him up.

- He moved to L.A. at 15 to live with his father, John Bennett Perry, who was a working actor and the Old Spice model. His father was a functioning alcoholic who drank at least six vodka drinks a night. When it started to affect him, he just stopped cold turkey. Matthew says something like "Meanwhile, I've spent upwards of $7 million trying to get sober."

- He was impotent through his teen years when other boys were walking hard-ons. His girlfriend Tricia Fisher (sister of Carrie) finally was able to give him a boner and from then on he had sex "with every girl in Southern California."

- When he checked out of a Swiss rehab clinic he had to spend $175,000 on a private jet to get him back to treatment in L.A. Once there he found the L.A. rehab wouldn't give him the same taper-off drugs that he got in Switzerland. So he rented another $175,000 and flew right back.

I'm just getting to the "Friends" years (he skips around a bit).

Nasty!

And why?

Links appreciated.

A *modified* doll face thread

The cute doggie is Charlie @2dudesandadoodle

Guess what? I am going to share with everyone here, my recipe for the [bold] BEST [/bold] recipe for gingerbread. I am not a big fan of gingerbread—except for this recipe. It's particularly good warm from the oven and served with whipped cream or lemon sauce. I hope you'll give it a try!

[bold] GREG'S SHOCKINGLY GOOD GINGERBREAD RECIPE [/bold]

[bold] INGREDIENTS [/bold]

-1 cup sugar

-1 cup molasses (I like to use Grandma's Molasses)

-1 cup vegetable oil

-3 eggs

-¾ teaspoon salt

-1 teaspoon cloves

-1 teaspoon ginger

-1 teaspoon cinnamon

-2 cups flour

-2 teaspoons baking soda

-1 cup boiling water

[bold] PROCEDURE [/bold]

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease and lightly flour an 8-inch square pan.

3. Put sugar, molasses, oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl and beat with a big whisk until smooth.

4. In another bowl, combine the salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, flour, and baking soda and stir with a fork until well mixed.

5. Stir the dry ingredient mixture into the first mixture. Add the boiling water and beat briskly until smooth. [bold] NOTE: [/bold] This is a thin batter.

6. Pour into the pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

7. Cut into big squares and dust with powdered sugar [put powdered sugar into a fine sieve or mesh strainer]. Serve warm topped with lightly sweetened whipped cream or lemon sauce.

Talk about someone growing into their looks. Fuck all, I would bang him seven ways to Sunday. Chapped lips and all

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

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

Robin Roberts interviews Michelle Obama, and talks about her new book "The Light We Carry," and 30 years of marriage to Barack Obama.

Part I.

Svetlana is eyeing a map of the Donbas where she dreams of a home near Mariupol. Myrtle is woke and is not having it. She will report her to HR and try to get her deported. Which of the guys will be transitioning at the start of the New Year? Who is grooming whom? What more is there to say about this glorious picture?

He seems to be advertising on Twitter.

Not the Tallahachie bridge, bitches......no ma'am!

That tramp in Genoa City tried to jump but I did it first and I was FABULOUS!

CANNONBALL, bitches!

What are supporting performances that stole the entire movie.

Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards

Discuss

Let’s go!

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time (18:18 GMT). The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers) in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. Of the eight U.S. Navy battleships present, all were damaged, with four sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. A total of 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded.

Beautiful bro

so strange, SC threads keep getting paywalled prematurely.

Who are they?

Batman would have a field with this dude. He's... The Baggage Handler!

He, and anyone else who supports this needs to be removed from Congress, since he violated his oath.

Colto and Tyler Posey will finally have work again!!!

After the movie a reboot of the series titled “Wolf Pack” will be on our way.

All six seasons of the series are coming to Paramount+ this December.

Chef Rachel is back.

Fraser is the first male Chief Stew.

There's an Eddie lookalike on the Deck Team.

And Captain Lee might be calling it quits!

Premieres Monday, November 21 on BRAVO.

What's the extent of security you will need as the Mar a Lago employee cooperating witness? Sounds like a nightmare.

#2, #3 would fuck

What do you think Keri Lake is doing today? Flicking her bean?

I need to purchase a new mattress. Do you think avocado is worth the hype? What do you recommend?

I prefer to sleep on the cooler side.

Anyone here go through this? If so, what was the procedure and why were the results bad?

I had picked out a jacket for him during a Black Friday sale. But now I see he has an Amazon Wishlist. My partner said I should forget about the jacket and just give him something he really wants from his wishlist.

The problem is everything he’s listed is so expensive.

GoPro Hero Max 6K - $549.98

Astro Max Drone X - $209.99

Nintendo Switch - $299.99

PlayStation 5 - $499.99

HTC VIVE Pro - $799.99

Lush 3rd Generation - $129.00

Funko POP! Collection - $299.99

Xtreme 3 Gamer Chair - $349.99

LogicTech Pro Webcam - $329.99

MacBook Air - $1299.99

iPad Pro 12” - $1499.99

Should I still give him the jacket or just pick the cheapest thing on his wishlist to give him?

I had a feeling that a call for this might be coming, though it might have more impact coming from Clint, or Meryl, or Denzel. Still, every other category is blind to the sex of its contenders.

I wonder if she's even a member, though now that she has identified as nonbinary it is probably dying to have her to diversify their ranks. Questions, however, remain: 1) Will there then only be two awards -- Lead and Supporting? 2). Will the number of nominees remain at 5 or go to 10 to keep the field at 20 up for awards? 3) How long before a string of white men winning the sole award will further complaints about inclusivity arise? 4) Right now, leading contenders include Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, and Cate Blanchett. The whole point is that Tár is absolutely and singularly a woman and that is central to its plot. Perhaps a woman could have been The Whale but a woman could not have been Brendan Gleeson's former best friend the way Farrell is.

Who wears tightie whities? Who wears luxury Versace briefs everyday? Who is a Calvin Klein or Giorgio Armani kind of guy?

Who wears jockstraps on the quiet? Who wears Y fronts? Who wears some of the underwear brands promoted by pornstars and instances like pumped and Andrew Christian? Who wears stripped underwear or boxer shorts of their national flag? Etc etc!

Who ever believed that would happen?

I did search DL for this new story; so apologies if it's already been posted somewhere.

This is an astonishing story. An old German Prince wanted to overthrow the government and install himself and his band of merry men as the de facto head of state and leaders. They even approached the Russian government to see if they'd do business with the new German King.

They were willing to kill people to achieve this insane mission.

The world's gone mad.

Sarah Connor, Lara Croft and The Bride say hello, stupid.

Let's discuss this gorgeous and tragic man...

HA.HA.HA.

What all plastic surgery has she had done?

Now that it's December we're moving into full winter reading mode, so I thought I'd start a new thread (especially since it takes for a while for the last one to load since it's quite long and has been going on for months).

What are you reading over the holidays? is there anything you particularly want to be given for Christmas?

I just purchased Elif Batuman's "The Idiot," which was all the rage about three-four years ago (I'm always slightly behind with reading the biggest new releases), and I very much want to read "The Whalebone Theatre" by Joanna Quinn (even if it was recommended by Jenna Bush Hager and Queen Camilla jointly for their reading clubs) because I love big epic stories set against WW2.

Bi porn? Tranny porn? Fat porn?

Confess!

He was *perhaps* less charismatic than Michael, but Jermaine's vocal tone was equally good as Michael's--perhaps not as clear and pure, but deeper in feeling and much warmer than Michael's.

His hit solo singles were quite good and catchy, but he never really caught on like Michael, or even Randy.

Was it attitude? I know he was envious of little brother Michael, whose instant charisma was off the charts, but there are plenty of other assholes who become and remain stars. So what's the deal? Plus, he was sexy in a way Mike could never be.

Here he is on "I'll Be There," on second lead vocal. Just stunning and beautiful. It demonstrates the warmth, intimacy and depth I referred to earlier.

[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.]

Avatar: The Way of Water is finally here, and critics are saying the film is actually, good? Scratch that — they’re saying it’s “masterpiece.”

James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to the 2009 blockbuster has been met with rave reviews online, much to pretty much everyone’s astonishment. The film continues the story of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his journey on the planet Pandora, where he must save the Na’vi people from a new forces threatening to destroy their home. The film also stars Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang.

The first reactions to the sequel have been overwhelmingly positive, with many praising the film’s visuals, action sequences and performances. Critics have called the film “visually stunning,” “epic” and “breathtaking,” with some even calling it an “unbelievable masterpiece.”

The film’s special effects have also been praised, with many noting the incredible detail and realism of the CGI. The action sequences have also been praised, with many noting the intense and thrilling fight scenes.

Consider us shocked. Maybe it was worth the wait after all.

[QUOTE]The defendants are in their late 90s or even centenarians, but German prosecutors and Nazi hunters are determined that they face justice. Last month, 101 year old Josef Schuetz became the oldest former Nazi to be convicted.

I like these old classic movies the most.

The Man Who Came to Dinner - starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley

Holiday Affair - starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh

Christmas In Connecticut starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan

I hope it’s good!

What is everyone's thoughts on lip lifts?

(A lip lift is a surgical procedure that shortens the length of the space between your nose and mouth.)

And what celebrities do you think would benefit from one?

Oh, pardon me, he soiled himself. We must be polite even to a madman responsible for terror, torture and destruction of the Ukrainian people.

By request - the other thread was not full but was loading slowly.

They say Zoroaster was horse hung. Eldergays, recount your Zoroastrian adventures.

I bes anserin y'alls ahem uhm...kweshins.

Go!

Get ready to read about all of the hilarious and heartwarming adventures of Super Hot Daddy Andy Cohen! I read his prior books and they were fantastic, better than Faulkner or Joan Rivers. He’s a really talented writer. Preorder your copy today!

These people are the worst, you know the couples that bloat each other’s egos up, are delusional, and think they’re better than everyone else. Think Bobby & Whitney, Harry & Meghan. Who else? Do you know any?

After saying Parliament should be dissolved. Citizens blocked Castillo’s attempted escape from police

He is edible for sure!

And you thought those mozza stix from TGIFriday's had actual mozzarella cheese in them ? Nonsense !

The baby’s cute too.

Am I the only one here on DL who doesn’t look 10-20 years younger?

I was a gawky bullied teen and had my first kiss at 21. I grew into my looks around that time and made the most of it in my 20s. I thought I had more time though, not expecting to begin looking like the discount section of a spirit halloween in my mid thirties.

For what it’s worth, I’m in very good shape, a lifelong athlete, white, have all my hair. Just look tired, sallow and like shit. Finding it hard to cope with my new invisibility.

I know all this shit is so shallow and some people get mauled by pitbulls, cancer or blown up in wars but i’m still finding it hard to get a grip about my rapidly decaying physical form.

He is in his 70s now and seems quite humble for someone who broke down barriers back in the 70s. He walked around the streets of S.F. in skin tight low-rise jeans, with a very visible VPL (before that was a thing like it is now). He was never in the closet and always openly gay, which meant all doors were closed to him, so he had to build his own career.

Very interesting man, from a poor aristocratic family in Germany, to photographer to pornographer.

The Moore County Sheriff’s Office says is investigating incidents at multiple electric substations in Moore County that were shot up on Saturday night as a “criminal occurrence,” causing more than half the county’s electric customers to lose power.

A press release from the sheriff’s office said that shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday that, “As utility companies began responding to the different substations, evidence was discovered that indicated that intentional vandalism had occurred at multiple sites.“

”Moore County Sheriff’s Deputies and various other law enforcement agencies within the county responded to the different areas and are providing further site security,” it went on to say

Anyone with any information about this act of violence should contact the Moore County Sheriff’s Office at 910-947-2931.

Workers from Duke Energy and authorities from the sheriff‘s office were at the substation off N.C. 211 near West Pine Middle School looking over the damage around midnight. Deputies were scanning the the area for bullet casings and other evidence, and vehicles were going through the woods in search of more evidence at the scene.

In a text message to a reporter, Chief Mike Cameron of the Southern Pines Fire and Rescue Department confirmed that substations had been shot at. He said the agency is “preparing to be out of power for 24 hours.”

Heavy police presence was around several gun shops and Wal-Mart in Aberdeen around 10:30 p.m. after reports of looting. One woman was detained in front Wal-Mart and police were conducting a headcount of employees outside of the store.

Data from the website poweroutage.us showed that more than 40,600 local electric customers, or about 63.7 percent of the county's customers, were without power was of 10:30 p.m. About 38,000 of those customers are Duke Energy subscribers.

David McNeill, a district representative for Duke Energy, told The Pilot late Saturday that at least two of the company’s substations were vandalized. He said he did not know the extent of the damage or how the vandalism occurred.

The power company first reported outages shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, starting with more than 2,000 customers without power in areas along the U.S. 15-501 and N.C. 24-27 corridor around and in Carthage.

At 9:42 p.m., emergency scanner traffic reported several explosions heard in Carthage.

I'll start with Chuck Connors for "The Rifleman." He really played a wide range of emotions on that show and delivered a performance I'm sure many wouldn't have expected from an ex-baseball player. (Just check out the episode "The Vision" in which Mark, his only son, had a near-death experience for just one example.) Looking back, it's surprising to find that Connors was never even nominated for his work (though he would receive a nomination years later for "Roots").

What would be your choices?

In the wake of the November 20, 2022, mass shooting that killed 5 and injured dozens at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, there has been a significant rise in noxious discourse across social media platforms, vilifying LBGTQ+ communities and individuals by labeling them ‘groomers’ and ‘pedophiles.’

This messaging, being echoed and amplified by politicians as well as social media influencers including some affiliated with the far right, is contributing to an atmosphere of suspicion, and in some instances, calls for violence. The attack, and apologetic responses to the attack, has emboldened violent accelerationist neo-Nazi groups, who are celebrating the attacker and linking the incident to mainstream discourse about LGBTQ+ people.

The old thread was full. Continue the discussion here.

My friend just gave me this book for my birthday and it has some of the most beautiful photos in it. It really captures that golden era of being gay in NY in the late 70s, early 80s before the Reagan years went full throttle. I’m definitely a fan of Tom Bianchi now. I would like a copy of his Fire Island book but it’s a thousand dollars on eBay?! Does anyone have any other gay photography book recommendations?

I’m a concert and everyone is standing the entire time while filming on their phone.

In the wake of their well-publicized romance, GMA 3 hosts TJ Holmes and Amy Robach have been pulled from the host chairs, according to ABC. They are still employed by the network.

i heard a lot of ppl been saying that

greg knows german which is another sockpuppet of defacto, aka germangayguy

One of the lesser known holiday films, "Holiday Affair" has its own charms. Namely, newcomers Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum, & Wendell Corey in a post-war triangle. This modest movie has a more natural feel than some of the bigger yuletide-themed classics. Janet's lovely as the war widow & single mom and noir faves Mitchum & Corey are nice guys. Very appealing "Affair," my look here:

Here's a great gift that someone gave me several years ago:

A towel warmer.

Getting out of the shower and having a nice warm [white] towel to wrap-up in is so nice!

I highly recommend a towel warmer for a gift that is certain to be very much appreciated.

The Brendan Fraser renaissance (dubbed the Brenaissance) has arrived.

On Tuesday, A24 released a first-look image of the actor in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming drama The Whale. The film is centered on Charlie (Fraser), a reclusive English teacher suffering from a compulsive eating disorder who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, Elle (Stranger Things breakout Sadie Sink).

The film is an adaptation of MacArthur-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter's acclaimed 2012 play of the same name and will also star Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, and Ty Simpkins. Aronofsky's first directorial effort since 2017's Mother! starring Jennifer Lawrence, The Whale is set to premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

"Adapting my play into a screenplay has been a real labor of love for me," Hunter previously told Deadline. "This story is deeply personal, and I'm very thankful it will have the chance to reach a wider audience. I've been a fan of Darren's ever since I saw Requiem for a Dream when I was a college freshman writing my first plays, and I'm so grateful that he's bringing his singular talent and vision to this film."

"It's gonna be like something you haven't seen before," Fraser told Unilad last year of the film. "That's really all I can tell you. The wardrobe and costume was extensive, seamless, cumbersome. This is certainly far removed from anything I've ever done but not to be coy… I do know it's going to make a lasting impression."

Fraser was last seen on Doom Patrol as Cliff Steele (and Cliff's alter-ego Robotman). He also had a supporting role last year in Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move, but The Whale will mark the actor's first time back as a leading man since 2013's straight-to-DVD Breakout. And the Brenaissance is just beginning: he also has upcoming roles in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon and DC's Batgirl as bad guy Garfield Lynns/Firefly.

The Whale does not have a theatrical date yet.

Has to be the sexiest actor right now!

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

No carbs

Anyone notice that since COVID no one can be bothered to respond? Personal or business. Send an email or text and you’re lucky if you get a response in 2 weeks, much less without 3 follow-ups. Pick up the phone? Forget about it. What’s up with this?

Did she die?

I don't understand the Old Navy commercials with Jennifer Coolidge. It was easier to make sense of those old Obsession commercials.

Was this Rosie's attempt at a live variety show on NBC which aired in November 2009 ?

You'll never guess.

At least some of you wouldn't.

Woman travels to Mexico with friends and comes home dead.

Joey - New York

What a piece of shit. It has all the elements to be a classic but just can’t get there. The direction is horrible, the look is almost right, but the casting is off. Why wouldn’t Macy’s participate?

Some TikTok craze. (Gen Z doing Gen Z things.)

What do we think of it? Do we hate it just because it's Gaga? Or is it actually a cool dark, goth pop song?

It's a deep cut from her Born This Way album.

I like it WAY more than the title track, that's for sure.

I like billionaires who give back.

It’s a new era of Asian Kings

I find myself almost sending bitchy comments in work emails and chats. Then I realize, whoops, I'm not on Data Lounge.

Walker voters are out in full force

SURPRISE!

First it was VYVANSE after our Queen, Miss Vance.

Now there's LINZESS, clearly an homage to the Senatrice.

Just wondering if you know of anyone like this - if you live near/work with/wait on/see them every day.

I don't want to be mean and say D-listers or the like, but I'm not talking A listers.

Even for laughs, depictions of animals who had no idea what they were consuming, and therefore, could not consent to its effects, is wrong.

And yes, I realize it's the humans who are the butt of the joke, but still.

It's a tough one, I don't know who I would say...

Damn. Sucks.

Why is this poster so impolite? I don't think I like him.

I gotta update my 'fappin' to felons' file.

Why were/are her looks so underrated?

Please explain...

Omg. Sounds delicious!!!

“Directed” and personally curated by DuVernay, the ice cream flavor features a mix of vanilla ice cream with salted caramel swirls, graham cracker swirls and gobs of chocolate chip cookie dough.

Available in both milk-based and non-dairy versions, the pints will begin shipping across the country next month.

What's this loser been up to lately

What do you think of him and his looks, etc?

Let's discuss...

Madison Cawthorn's super short goodbye speech perfectly summarized his toxic legacy.

Outgoing Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., hasn’t been showing up to work lately, but he still managed to end his short-lived term with as much controversy as he started it with.

Cawthorn, who lost his re-election primary bid back in May, began his term in 2020 by lying about verifiable facts like owning a business and training for the paralympics. He got married, divorced and was caught trying to get on an airplane with a gun on two separate occasions, at two different airports. A few months before the election, he turned quite a few heads with allegations of coke-filled orgies involving his Senate colleagues.

But the congressman, who once claimed he was “raised on proverbs and pushups,” has seemingly ended his unorthodox congressional tenure by going after what he says is the real threat facing America: “metrosexuals.” In a short speech from the House floor on Nov. 30, the former GOP wunderkind bid his co-workers goodbye with more cliches about manhood than a Miller Lite commercial in the 1990s.

“It used to be a rite of passage in this country for young men to be punched in the face when they did something stupid,” Cawthorn subtly began, seeming to wholly ignore any female colleagues in the room. He said he had to “ask the young men of this nation a question” but went on to ask seven questions instead — seven questions too many, if we’re being honest. “Will you sit behind a screen while the storied tales of your forefathers become myth?” he asked. “Or will you stand resolute against the dying light of America’s golden age? Will you reclaim your masculinity? Will you become a man to be feared? To be respected? To be looked up to? Or will you let this nation’s next generation be its final generation?”

As a woman, I’m not sure the disgraced congressman cares very much what I think about his various burning questions. But as the author of a book about masculinity, I’m going to take a rhetorical stab at them anyway. Because if we actually want our boys to grow up to become good men, a guy who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, and who was sent a letter signed by 150 of his former college peers corroborating his predatory behavior, shouldn’t the one setting the new rules of modern masculinity.

Cawthorn claims America is on the “precipice of disaster” because “our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable, and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind body and soul,” but his vision of manhood is what should really scare us. A man who lies, carries weapons into airports, allegedly mistreats women and believes that other men should be “punched in the face” when they make mistakes does not embody values like liberty and justice for all. Neither women nor men can thrive in an environment that punishes them into submission and forces them to abide by outdated gender norms. Cawthorn’s speech felt like an extreme parody of his own party, filled as it was with extremely dramatic warnings about “sickly” sons controlled by a “nanny state.” But sadly it wasn’t that far removed from some of his conservative colleagues’ sensationalized views about the plight of men.

SCOTUS strikes again! Determining that "religious freedom" is more important than human rights or dignity. Just understand that SCOTUS would never rule that "religious freedom" trumps the right to service of any other protected class. That includes a Jew refusing service to a Muslim. This sets the stage for anti-gay sentiment to be protected by religious freedom. And these "religious" people probably don't believe in God, never go to a worship service and lead lives of debauchery.

The LGBTs should be less concerned with the alphabet and more concerned with the forces conspiring against all non-heterosexuals. Conspiracy funded courtesy of flaming gay vampire, Peter Thiel.

Who's tapping that ass?

It needs to be tapped.

At only 31, why would you need to do this even if it's not that invasive, especially with side effects?

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

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

Why didn't this made a bigger splash, especially on the forums like DL? I'm sure Audrey is kinda insane, but still, why would she made something like this up? She was dating her brother, so she could easily had inside info on all the other family members.

Or when you end a relationship you are DONE and you don't see the point in talking to that bitch anymore? Which is it?

The casting is so bad I wondered someone did it on purpose. The reviews were terrible so i was actually expecting something awful, but it is as good as before, only with awful casting:

Imelda Stanton: as someone said in another thread , she could’ve played the queen mother. Or the queen’s maid. She is terribly wrong in this. Hellen Mirren should’ve played her.

Jonathan Pryce: another great actor, but so wrong as well. Charles Dance should’ve been cast.

Lesley Manville: here they aren’t even trying anymore. I like Lesley but she looks or acts nothing like Margaret. She looks better and more elegant that the old manicurist.

The Queen Mother: they are using a balding, thin, chav. This is pure trolling.

Dominic West: looks or acts nothing like Charles. But in this case i have no alternative suggestions….

The one that is good is Diana. Has the voice and posture down to pat. Very good acting.

[QUOTE]America shouldn’t provide unlimited control of strategic defense systems to an ally of Vladmir Putin. That’s why we propose legislation that will immediately halt all U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

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

The bottom (though he's usually a top) Samy Dogrham has 70s style bush for days.

Linked site should be relatively spam free

Do you have many mentally ill relatives ? Two of my first cousins are psychotic, there's a history of mental illness on my father's side, people just becoming cathatonic for the rest of their life, my ex has major BPD, etc. I avoid them like the plague, I don't even speak to them on the phone, if they want to contact me, = email. How do you deal with them ?

Part 1 got Murieled

But! Now enhanced & improved with the presence of Hot Aussie Daddy Actor/Model Boyfriend Ryan Faucet!

Continue

Labor Day marks the end of summer, so what are you reading right now? Are you transitioning to heavier reads, or will you wait until the winter for that?

I am finally reading "There There" by Tommy Orange. It's got a huge cast of characters, almost like a Dickens novel, and it's pretty dark so far.

Just finished watching Drag Race UK and Liverpool so far has made a significant impression on the show.

Wondering what the climate was like in the past, like say when the Beatles were stomping around there, to now. Has it mostly remained to same? Gotten more liberal or was it always somewhat liberal?

I'm a Yank and not well traveled, just trying to get a picture of what it is like to live in Liverpool.

The View continued after P.art 26 $$$

Be nice to Sunny, let Sara talk more, have Ana on more and Joy's joyful moderation must continue on Whoopi-free Fridays!

Going onto to Datalounge everyday is THE gay highlight of my day. It's my only gay social life. Its the epicenter of my internet life. I will watch videos on youtube. I will read news stories at bbc.com and nyt.com and watch some porno at xvideos or xhamster and watch tv shows on Netflix and Amazon but the center of my internet life is still datalounge. I will pause whatever I'm watching on YouTube or Netflix so I can see how many approvals I've gotten today for my comments. It makes me feel popular. Sad 😐 but true.

I say they're their own kind of beauty.

Cute guy, reminds me of Billy Magnussen.

Living the UES life in a lovely townhouse.

This is likely only temporarily until Comcast buys it.

Such a weird movie. I'm amazed they managed to get an R rating for it. It's been getting rave reviews so far, I thought it was just "meh" personally. Mia Goth plays two roles roles in the movie, Maxine, as well as the old lady, Pearl. I don't know how in the hell they pulled that off because there are scenes were they're both together.

The movie is VERY graphic as far as the sex scenes and nudity goes though. The kills don't start until like an hour into the movie, but some of them are rather funny and gloriously bloody. Definitely not for kids.

How will that turn out?

I think he's sort of good looking, but I still don't get it.

We're always cunts about everyone here but I want to say something nice.

I really have a massive amount of respect for Christina Applegate and for finishing her show. She's done some interviews where I just felt a need to be supportive. She's dealing with a lot and still did great work.

I don't care if she's fat now.

That's all.

Ultimately, a good or bad thing for their brand? Both looked on good form , attractive, happy and in love - were seen as celebrities. And they got to say bad things ab the family. But Harry was asked about money and seemed completely shocked to get a tough question, indeed incapable of answering one. I suspect the couple feels it was a triumphant success.

Twenty-nine years after getting his big break playing Benny Blanco from the Bronx in Brian De Palma's "Carlito's Way," John Leguizamo still can't get over the "odd experience" of watching Al Pacino in the lead role playing a Puerto Rican.

The movie is based on the 1975 crime novel by Puerto Rican author Torres that follows Pacino's character, Carlito Brigante, a gangster who's released from prison and decides to go straight.

But trying to make money to escape New York City and head down to Florida to live out the rest of his days leads him back to the underworld, where he crosses paths with up-and-comer Benny Blanco (Leguizamo). The two clash, leading to Blanco killing Brigante at the end of the movie.

The role launched Colombia-born Leguizamo up the ranks in Hollywood as he held his own across from the legendary Pacino. But looking back on the experience now, he admits seeing Pacino, who's Italian, trying to be Latin was strange.

"I know he's trying and he's a great actor, so brilliant, he was my hero," Leguizamo told Insider. "But it was odd, man."

"It's an odd experience to be a Latin man in a Latin story written by a Latin man and the lead guy's a white guy pretending to be Puerto Rican," he continued. "I'm not going to lie, it's surreal. It was surreal. I turned the part down a few times and then eventually I decided to do it."

Leguizamo added that "it was a thing of the times." Before "Carlito's Way" Pacino memorably played a Cuban in De Palma's 1983 movie "Scarface."

Things have clearly changed 30 years later, but the actor admits even today he doesn't know if "Carlito's Way" could be made.

"They might not make the movie because you have an all-Latin cast. That's the problem. That's why 'Encanto' is crazy because it was the number one movie in the world, what more proof do you need?" Leguizamo said, noting the Disney hit in which he played the Bruno character. "I'm not seeing the greenlights of those projects. Greenlight the goddamn things."

Leguizamo recently voiced his frustration with the lack of Latin stories being told by Hollywood when he wrote an open letter on the topic in the Los Angeles Times in November.

"'Encanto' being No. 1, Bad Bunny being No. 1 in the world, and election-wise, we have won so many seats as Latin people," he told Insider. "If you get the middle man out of the way we win all the time, but when we have to rely on a studio head's opinion or taste it's when we lose because they don't look like us, they don't get our story, and they won't put us on. I don't understand that."

Leguizamo can be seen in the new movie "Violent Night," which is in theaters now.

Here is a list of all the albums that are currently persevered in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Which albums do you think should be included? Are there any that should be kicked off the list?

Growing up in California I've always wanted to live in New York City. Mostly from what I saw in movies. I'm wondering how different it is now then it was back in the 70s and 80s.

on how to alleviate the pain when bottoming? I have had sex 4 times and it still feels awfully painful that im scared to do it again 😞

In light of Kirstie Alley's death, I was wondering if cancer that advanced would show any abnormal results in routine bloodwork of an unsuspecting patient who had regular (every 6-12 months) checkups.

I saw today that they're saying she had colon cancer, so of course timely colonoscopies are important-- but say she didn't have colonoscopy but still kept regular physicals and bloodwork -- would an advanced cancer not show any signs in any of this?

I have some health anxiety and when I hear of people dying within weeks of discovering they had cancer, I always wonder these things.

Thanks, and apologies for being leas-than articulate right now -- I need to be asleep but I'm wondering about this.

There's a lot riding on this movie, three more to come after this. Could it be James Cameron's first flop?

Has anyone seen the new product of The Hours at the Met?

The reviews are a bit mixed, but I thought I’d go to see Renee Fleming while she was still kicking around.

Please let this attitude carry over to the voting booth!!

Embracing the jailbait twink look in the tradition of his namesake Noah Hathaway.

He had a hot ass (and possibly bulge) but he couldn't live forever.

Rare December Atlantic disturbance forms.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Andor (Disney+)

Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

The Crown (Netflix)

Euphoria (HBO)

The Good Fight (Paramount+)

House of the Dragon (HBO)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

Diego Luna – Andor (Disney+)

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)

Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix)

Mandy Moore – This Is Us (NBC)

Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Andre Braugher – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Ismael Cruz Córdova – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)

Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)

Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC)

John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)

Matt Smith – House of the Dragon (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Milly Alcock – House of the Dragon (HBO)

Carol Burnett – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)

Julia Garner – Ozark (Netflix)

Audra McDonald – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO)

The Bear (FX)

Better Things (FX)

Ghosts (CBS)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Reboot (Hulu)

Reservation Dogs (FX)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Bill Hader – Barry (HBO)

Keegan-Michael Key – Reboot (Hulu)

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs (FX)

I do.

SEATTLE — Before dawn on a recent day in the port of Seattle, dense autumn fog hugged Puget Sound and ship-to-shore container cranes hovered over the docks like industrial sentinels. Under the dim glimmer of orange floodlights, the crew of the tugboat Millennium Falcon fired up the engines for a long day of towing oil barges and refueling a variety of large vessels, like container ships.

The first thing to know about barges is that they don’t move themselves. They are propelled and guided by tugs like the Falcon, which is owned by Centerline Logistics, one of the largest U.S. transporters of marine petroleum. Such companies may not be household names, but the nation’s energy supply chain would have broken under the pandemic’s pressure without the steady presence of their fleets — and their crews.

“We’re a floating gas station,” said Bowman Harvey, a director of operations at Centerline, as he stood aboard the Falcon, his neck tattoo of the Statue of Liberty pivoting from the base of his flannel whenever he gestured at a machine or busy colleague nearby. Demand is solid, he said, and the enterprise is profitable. The company’s client list, which includes Exxon Mobil and Maersk, the global shipping giant, is robust. But manning the fleet has become a struggle.

Multiyear charter contracts for key lines of business — refueling ships, transporting fuel for refineries and general towing jobs — are locked in across all three coasts, plus Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, Harvey said. Yet as pandemic-related staffing shortages have eased in other industries, Centerline is still short on staff.

“Hands down,” Harvey said, “our biggest challenge right now is finding crew.”

Safely moving, loading and unloading oil at sea requires both simple and highly skilled jobs that cannot be automated. And the labor supply issues in merchant marine transportation are emblematic of the conundrum seen in a variety of decently paying, male-heavy jobs in the trades.

Over the past 50 years, male labor force participation, the share of men working or actively looking for work, has steadily fallen as female participation has climbed.

Some scholars have a grim explanation for the trend. Nicholas Eberstadt, the conservative-leaning author of “Men Without Work,” argues that there has been a swell in men who are “inert, written off or discounted by society and, perhaps, all too often, even by themselves.” Others, like Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard V. Reeves, put less emphasis on potential social pathologies but say a “male malaise” is hampering households and the economy.

Centerline employees are among about 75,000 categorized by the Department of Labor as water transportation workers, a group in which men outnumber women 5-to-1.

Though the gender split in the industry is more even for onshore office roles, workers and applicants for jobs on the water are predominantly male. Centerline says it has roughly 220 offshore crew members and about 35 openings.

Captains and company managers agree that changing attitudes toward work among young men play a part in the labor shortage. But the strongest consensus opinion is that structural demographic shifts are against them.

“We’re seeing a gray wave of retirement,” Harvey, 38, said.

Even though replacements are needed and, on the whole, lacking, there are new young recruits who are thriving, such as Noah Herrera Johnson, 19, who has joined Centerline as a cadet deckhand, an entry-level role.

On a Thursday morning out in the harbor, Herrera Johnson deftly unknotted, flipped and refastened a series of sailing knots as the crew unmoored from a sister boat that was aiding the refueling of a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. A small crowd of curious cruise passengers peeked down as he bopped through the sequences and the sun’s glare began to pierce the fog, bouncing off the undulating waves.

“I enjoy it a lot,” Herrera Johnson said of his work as he sliced some meat in the galley later on. (Some kitchen work and cleaning are part of the gig and the fraternal ritual of paying dues.)

I love AI so much

And what movies did she turn down, not get, want to do that she didn't, did she regret not doing, do you wish she would have been in, that you think she would have been good in, etc., and why?

Also, what movies did she not want to do, dislike doing, regret doing, etc.?

Let's discuss...

Congratulations boys!

Well, clearly Muriel has a problem with the tennis threads - and short of any explanation - I assume it's because of people starting a new thread as soon as they get paywalled. I pay so this doesn't impact me - and because I really value discussing tennis with the misfits on here - Can I propose:

1/ We let future threads run on after they get paywalled

2/ Regular contributors to tennis threads who don't pay consider maybe doing so?

I realise not subscribing is a point of principle for many, but Muriel is clearly not backing down on this, so maybe it's time to 'take one for the team'?

What do you think they were now that the year is coming to an end?

Two of Hawaii's largest volcanoes are erupting simultaneously.

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted for the first time in decades on Sunday night. Nearby, Kilauea is also erupting — both on the archipelago's Big Island.

Dual eruptions haven't been seen since 1984.

"This is a rare time where we have two eruptions happening simultaneously," Jessica Ferracane, a spokesperson for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, told CBS News. "To the people of Hawaii, this is a very sacred event that we are watching."

The Kilauea volcano, which is smaller and more active than Mauna Loa, had been erupting since 1983, and in 2018, its lava flows destroyed hundreds of homes on the island. Recently, its eruption activity has been confined to the crater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Scientists say two new lava flows formed Tuesday on Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (EMA) said Wednesday afternoon that there is "still no immediate threat to populated areas" from the Mauna Loa eruption. According to the EMA, the lava was about 3.5 miles from Saddle Road, which connects the east and west sides of the island.

Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said experts are monitoring the lava's movement.

"It could just as easily shift and start another flow as well and we'll just watch it very, very carefully. We are thinking very, very, much about advances," Hon said.

Ash and sulfur dioxide from the eruption could negatively affect air quality across the state, the state health department said.

The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park remains open but visitors are urged to check the park website for closure updates, safety alerts, air quality and other information.

Hackers linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million in U.S. Covid relief benefits, including Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance funds in over a dozen states, according to the Secret Service.

The theft of taxpayer funds by the Chengdu-based hacking group known as APT41 is the first instance of pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly, but may just be the tip of the iceberg, according to U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity experts.

The officials and experts, most speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject matter, say other federal investigations of pandemic fraud also seem to point back to foreign state-affiliated hackers.

“It would be crazy to think this group didn’t target all 50 states,” said Roy Dotson, national pandemic fraud recovery coordinator for the Secret Service, who also acts as a liaison to other federal agencies probing Covid fraud.

The Secret Service declined to confirm the scope of other investigations, saying there are more than 1,000 ongoing investigations involving transnational and domestic criminal actors defrauding public benefits programs, and APT41 is “a notable player.”

And whether the Chinese government directed APT41 to loot U.S. taxpayer funds or simply looked the other way, multiple current and former U.S. officials say, the theft itself is a troubling development that raises the stakes. One senior Justice Department official called it “dangerous” and said it had serious national security implications.

“I’ve never seen them target government money before,” said John Hultquist, the head of intelligence analysis at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant. “That would be an escalation.”

The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.

As soon as state governments began disbursing Covid unemployment funds in 2020, cybercriminals began to siphon off a significant percentage.

The Labor Department Office of Inspector General has reported an improper payment rate of roughly 20% for the $872.5 billion in federal pandemic unemployment funds, though the true cost of the fraud is likely higher, administration officials from multiple agencies say.

In-depth analysis of four states showed 42.4% of pandemic benefits were paid improperly in the first six months, the department’s watchdog reported to Congress last week.

A Heritage Foundation analysis of Labor Department data estimated excess unemployment benefits payments of more than $350 billion from April 2020 to May 2021.

“Whether it’s 350, 400 or 500 billion, at this point, the horse is out of the barn,” said Linda Miller, the former deputy executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, the federal government’s Covid relief fraud watchdog.

By the time Covid relief funds appeared as a target of opportunity in 2020, APT41, which emerged more than a decade ago, had already become the “workhorse” of cyberespionage operations that benefit the Chinese government, according to cyber experts and current and former officials from multiple agencies. The Secret Service said in a statement that it considers APT41 a “Chinese state-sponsored, cyberthreat group that is highly adept at conducting espionage missions and financial crimes for personal gain.”

Ambassador Nathaniel Fick, the head of the State Department’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, said cyberespionage is a long-time Chinese national priority aimed at strengthening its geopolitical position.

“The United States is target No. 1, because we are competitor No. 1,” Fick told NBC News. “It’s a really comprehensive, multi-decade, well-considered, well-resourced, well-planned, well-executed strategy.”

American officials have blamed Chinese hackers for the Office of Personnel Management, the Anthem Health and the Equifax breaches, among others.

Ray Charles, “Hit the Road, Jack”.

Asleep at the Wheel, “Boogie Back to Texas”.

Steam, “Na Na Hey Hey, Goodbye”.

Your suggestions?

No surprise

"I wish I knew how to quit you."

Give us your list.

Wellbutrin, Lipitor & Xanax

Showdown in Little Italy

Wow. He always spoke about that film like he was embarrassed by it. I guess he’s had a change of heart.

Why don’t men seem to go for this “smart” look these days?

His name will be released next week. Sources have said that his DNA was traced back to a prominent Philadelphia family.

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

Here's an old feud that's classic DL catnip. Betty White and Bob Barker, both prominent animal rights activists, apparently had a few rocky feuds over the years of their semi-friendship. The most public of these involved an elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Betty believed zoos were essential to promoting conservation and education on wildlife issues. She supported the Zoo's plan to expand the elephant habitat.

Bob Barker believed zoos were abusive and should be closed, and he opposed the Zoo's plans.

This feud severed the friendship, according to this dated article from your grandma's favorite source of "real news."

Does anyone have any other information about their relationship over the decades? What's the world of chummy celebrities who love animals (call it "Bestie Bestiality") really like?

Lourdes Leon

Keith Urban

Tori Spelling

Prince Harry

So what's the point of state nondiscrimination laws? One can always scream "Jesus made me discriminate!!!"

Conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic toward an evangelical Christian web designer’s bid to avoid working on same-sex weddings as they weighed the latest clash between religious conservatives and LGBTQ rights.

But after two-and-a-half hours of arguments that included a broad array of tough hypothetical questions directed at both sides, it is unclear how exactly the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, will rule.

Lorie Smith, who opposes same-sex marriage on religious grounds and runs a business in Colorado designing websites, is seeking an exemption from a state law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public accommodations.

Smith sued the state in 2016 because she said she would like to accept customers planning opposite-sex weddings but reject requests made by same-sex couples wanting the same service. She argues that, as a creative professional, she has a free speech right under the Constitution’s First Amendment to refuse to undertake work that conflicts with her own views.

Civil rights groups say Smith is asking the conservative-majority court for a “license to discriminate” that would gut public accommodation laws that require businesses to serve all customers.

Justices in the conservative majority seemed generally supportive of the notion that Smith should not be forced to express sentiments to which she disagrees, with Justice Clarence Thomas noting that policing speech was not how public accommodations laws like Colorado's were traditionally applied.

"This is is not a hotel. This is not a restaurant. This is not a riverboat or a train," he said, referring to businesses required to service all customers. Other conservative justices, including Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, asked similar questions.

It has such a positive aura to it. It’s a song that always makes me smile and feel good, and you can hear the happiness in her voice. I love it so much.

The Outro lyrics always get me and I sing along, out loud.

“We are just like the waves that flow back and forth

Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning

And you're there to save me

And I wanna thank you with all of my heart

It's a brand new start

A dream come true

in Malibu”

Following her buddy Cowell in the 'I survived a fire' stakes. Yikes.

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Who are they? Jack McGee is great at playing an asshole.

The previous one was paywalled.

For abortion charities.

Fantastic!

She's just amazing!

Let's discuss...

"What A Wonderful World" - this sets my teeth on edge every time I hear it! "I see friends shaking hands/sayin' how do you do/they're really saying/I love you...." NO THEY AREN'T!!!! GOD, I hate this drivel!!!

Kanye or Hitler

What do we know about this gamine little desert rat?

Chuando Tan is an actor, model, and photographer from Singapore. He was born in March, 1966 and looks half his 56 years...the guy is delicious !

Somebody must remember. Was is glorious? Did you rip off the roof and stay in bed?

George explains the origins of his catchphrase.

It's a cute story.

Developping....

They clearly spent coin on this, it looks exactly like the movies. Great casting of young Galadriel.

Donkyteefs is kicked to the curb!

How is this fucker going to pay his bills, now that he's alienated his latest grift in record time?

He is on the red carpet with Mommy. It's creepy that CZJ decided to let the boobs hang out in front of junior.

Did he have something done?

New York's new law has reactivated rape allegations against the venerable Doctor, resulting in fresh new lawsuits.

After takings it for over 10 years! The withdrawal isn’t pretty, but I’m already feeling like my old fabulous self again !

But drag queens can

[Quote] EXCLUSIVE: With a new children's book out that celebrates family, faith and biblical wisdom, actor-writer-producer Kirk Cameron cannot reach scores of American children or their families in many U.S. cities via the public library system because over 50 public libraries have either outright rejected him or not responded to requests on his behalf.

[Quote] Many of the same libraries that won't give Cameron a slot, however, are actively offering "drag queen" story hours or similar programs for kids and young people, according to Cameron's book publisher and according to a review of the libraries' websites and current program listings.

Sorry to link to fox.

I want to eat fries. From McDonalds. The old school ones cooked in tallow. With extra salt.

I'm the Brevelle Smart Oven that Chasten bought with his book money. It can zap a TV dinner in the time it takes to view five Taylor Swift TikTok videos. Peter said it was stupid to buy this when they already had an oven AND a microwave AND a toaster oven, but Chazzie has a bit of his own money this year, so a splurge it is!

Happy Birthday, Ellen!

So young!

Carl should say "gay" all he wants to DeSantis's face.

That must have been fucked.

1) Whiney

2) Bully

3) Lame

Let's start with this...

I love when ridiculous trash like this comes across my screen. Did the psycho parents put him up to this? Did the little boy have a dream about 9/11 and mommy couldn't help but feel she always knew he was her special little indigo child? Everyone in the comments is buying it! If my spawn turns out to be not all that promising maybe I'll give this grift a run. What tragic event would you coach your child to lie about having experienced in a past life? My favorite part is when the parents talk about how he is completely alienated from other kids and how their lie is destroying his social life and reputation. Inspiring! Her goal is to make life as easy as possible on Cade :)

All I want for Thanksgiving is a Boebert Loss.

Previous thread

He just storied this.

I am fucking rrrrrrrrragging.

Is it true what people say -- that they have an uncanny ability to detect if a man is Gay within moments?

I keep telling people they have more to fear from coyotes than mountain lions.

Pauvre la Belle.

Parts of the property are tastefully done, but I can't get past the signs that they clearly have a brood of positively Farrow-esque proportions. And what do you think of the use of turquoise as an accent color in all spaces? Artful or overdone?

Given the clues, it's possible this property is/was owned by an athlete from Kansas City's professional soccer team.

any1 watched?

+ pluses:

i am super glad they did not do woke casting, would have ruined the immersion

the scene transition & the love story are more fluid than the 1981 version

- minuses:

the gamemaster was no bodacious nicholas clay 4 sure

dialogues & demeanor r rather modern, lacking the grace & social context of the 1981 version

the movie painted the disabled husband as the villain, so the movie comes off strangely cruel toward disabled ppl since it tried 2 b woke, modern, & 2022

very feminist, yet the girl was made 2 exposed more w/ more nude scene

also, somehow, it is showing the girl being bored of men talking about politics & econ, it is rather anti-feminist and made her looks stupid

finally, the movie shown the girl taking care of her post-war disabled husband & it seems like so much of a burden, that her sister screamed 4 the husband 2 get his own personal caregiver. The wedding vow includes in sickness & in health 4 a reason ladies. In the 1981 version, lady chatterley was by the husband's side 2 take care of him without grievance, and only tagged a nurse in when the husband got worse. There was more realistic tenderness between the chatterley couple in 1981.

“What didn’t you do to bury me?,” the Duchess of Sussex has asked as she signed off the final episode of her podcast series with a pointed quote.

She finished the twelfth episode of her Spotify podcast, Archetypes, by reading out the quote by Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos: “What didn’t you do to bury me? But you forgot that I was a seed.”

It brings an end to her series, during which she has interviewed dozens of guests about the archetypes - or “limiting beliefs'” - that women hold, saying she has “learned so much about them and also myself”.

The Duchess concluded the episode by saying: “I feel seen, I had never considered that in using my voice, that I would feel seen, but I do.

“Many moons ago I heard a quote that I will share with you today because as we talk about labels, tropes and boxes that some may try to squeeze you into and roles and stereotypes that are attributed to you that don't quite fit the full person that you are, this [quote] is what I wanted to leave you with.”

She added: “To that point my friend, keep growing and I’ll see you on the flip side. As ever, I’m Meghan.”

Meanwhile, she also revealed that Prince Harry advised her men should appear on the last episode of the Archetypes podcast to “broaden the conversation” about gender.

Until now, her Spotify podcast has exclusively featured interviews with women, something she said was “by design” so that women could be “heard and understood”.

However, she admitted that “at the suggestion of my husband,” the conversation and effort had to “actively include men” to challenge the “labels, tropes and limiting beliefs” that women hold.

Meghan invited Trevor Noah, Andy Cohen and Judd Appatow to feature on the final episode of the series, calling them “thoughtful men” who are behind “some of the most successful movies and TV shows”.

She said: “Until now, outside of a quick pop-in from my husband in the first episode, this show has featured exclusively women’s voices - and that’s by design.

“It’s important to us that women have space to share their authentic, complicated, complex and dynamic experiences…But through that process it also occurred to me, and truth be told at the suggestion of my husband, that if you really want to shift how we think about gender…that we had to broaden the conversation and we have to actively include men in that conversation and certainly in that effort.”

The Duchess added that to tackle the archetypes - or “limiting beliefs” - she has discussed in the series, that “it has to be larger than just conversations with women”.

“I thought for this final episode, wouldn’t it be interesting to sit with some men, hear their thoughts, and see what they think of Archetypes.”

Speaking to Andy Cohen, the American TV host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show Watch What Happens Live, the Duchess revealed that while filming Suits, she had asked to be on his show but was turned down.

“I was such a huge fan and…I was so eager to be on your show because I was such a [Real] Housewives fan at the time, and I just couldn’t get booked, Andy. So thanks for being here with me,” she told him.

Cohen responded he “had that feeling,” saying: “Oh my god, if it turns out that Meghan Markle actually expressed an interest to be on Watch What Happens Live - it is now the biggest blunder in 13 years of the show.”

She then said she “didn’t want to embarrass him” by bringing the incident up, but “thought it was funny to try to remember how things were”.

“Though I couldn’t at the time get on the couch to talk to Andy on his late night show - I was certainly well aware of his other big creation. The Real Housewives franchise,” she added.

Cohen asked: “The million dollar question is do you still watch the Housewives?”

The Duchess said that she “stopped watching the Housewives when my life had its own level of drama that I stopped craving [other peoples’]”.

Just disgusting, I believe it all.

Guilty guilty guilty!

DELIBERATE CRUELTY by Roseanne Montillo takes a fresh look at Truman Capote's viscous and savage attacks on Ann Woodward (who was accused but acquitted of murdering her husband Billy Woodward.

Ann Woodward struggled to live down her infamy, spending much of her time in Europe in self imposed exile from NY and other American society that shunned her like the plague. But in 1975 Truman Capote was set to release a new book rehashing the Billy Woodward murder all over again. When Ann Woodward found out about this she soon took her own life.

Truman Capote was truly a nasty bit of work wasn't he?

Kim Fields and Loretta Swit are besties!

The man's last Facebook post is sad (see link below)

A man who jumped to his death at Disneyland was a school principal due in court Monday on child endangerment and battery charges — which he blasted in a social-media suicide note.

The jumper was identified by authorities as Christopher Christensen, 51, who had been the principal of Huntington Beach elementary schools for 22 years, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

Court records show that he was due in court for a pre-trial conference hearing Monday for the two misdemeanor charges — which he directly blamed for his suicide in a lengthy Facebook post just before he leaped from the Mickey & Friends parking garage.

“I hate when people leave this Earth with so many unanswered questions. So, I hope this provides some insight and perspective,” the proud one-time “administrator of the year” told his Facebook friends in a calm tone.

What cheese board would you suggest Biden? I read somewhere he's doing just that.

Today in Everything in the Royal Family Continues to Be Incredibly Awkward™, Volume II of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's new docuseries is dropping on the exact same day as Kate Middleton's Christmas carol special.

The palace just revealed that Kate Middleton is joining King Charles for Royal Carols: Together At Christmas at Westminster Abbey, an event that is going down on December 15—when Volume II of Harry & Meghan airs.

[quote] "This year's carol service is dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the values Her Majesty demonstrated throughout her life, including duty, empathy, faith, service, kindness, compassion and support for others," the palace said in a press release. "These principles are shared and personified by the inspirational guests who have been invited to the Abbey in recognition of their tireless work to help and care for those around them."

Truly unwell at this timing. As we know, the royals are in a state of meltdown over the Sussexes' forthcoming Netflix docuseries, though the palace's plan at the moment is pretty much to pretend it doesn't exist.

“It’s likely going to be tricky but the intention is to keep heads down and keep going,” a royal source tells Vanity Fair. “It’s a tried and tested strategy and has served them well in the past. William is letting his work speak for itself as we saw in Boston and the King has a busy program of events. The message from the palace will be duty.”

That said, Prince William "could be more inclined to speak out particularly if he feels he has to defend himself or the family over something serious like racism,” so things could change depending on what Harry and Meghan discuss in the docuseries.

Reminder: Volume I of Harry & Meghan drops on December 8, so prepare your life accordingly.

Not much in the way of official confirmation, but also no denials after about 24 hours circulating on Twitter.

Let's just remember that if you were a gayling in the mid-90s, you weren't watching Power Rangers for the intricate plots and dazzling special effects.

I’m going for German citizenship by descent. Many European countries will give you citizenship if you have (relatively recent) ancestors from there.

Pete Doherty. An ugly, unkempt, addicted mess.

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

Hormones?

To change eye color, lose weight or grow taller (especially the last, since it's the only thing of the 2 you can't naturally change about yourself)? I discovered them before summer, have been listening to some height ones to see if I could gain a few inches, but I still have no results to show. Have you ever tried them? Would you mind doing so and tell me if they've worked for you and what you've done to make it happen?

I grew up with my mom making homemade meals and baked goods. My parents limited how much junk food and soda we had.

Maybe it's the forbidden fruit aspect that makes it appealing, but I love going to our Walgreens sometimes and picking up some trashy type treats.

I got the new Snowflakes white cheddar Cheetos, a bag of the Stauffers holiday shortbread cookies, and a Hostess fruit pie (I used to want them when I saw the Hostess commercials as a kid but my Mom wouldn't buy them, said they were junk).

One man's trash may be another man's treasure, anyway what do you like to buy and where do you buy it? I only go to Walmart maybe once a year but I know they are great for trashy treats too.

Indonesian - if you are caught having gay sex, you can be jailed for one year

Even if you are American, and vacationing in Indonesian and get caught having gay sex (outside of marriage)

They will lock you up in jail for a year.

www.pharmacy1990.com

Evil

Everyone knows he was gay. But was it known during the Perry Mason years? He doesn't ping to me. Eldergays, did you know he was a gay men, back in the day?

This is my story.

My father in law died today from an intestinal rupture. Last week he had eaten something that made him sick. He went to the doctor and they didn't test him, didn't know what it was. We thought it was food poisoning possibly from leftover Thanksgiving Day food. His symptoms worsened but he was 79 and stubborn and kept saying if it didn't clear up he would go to the doctor. The symptoms worsened quickly - diarrhea, vomiting, stomach bloating, fatigue, pain, weakness. He kept hydrated but things worsened to the point he got so sick last night that he died from an intestinal rupture. He was a relatively healthy man for his age, low blood pleasure, no diseases, physical maladies.

In this time we know that he also ate blackberries from Aldis. It was the only thing he ate that my mother-in-law didn't eat. They have already embalmed him without doing an autopsy which my husband was pushing his mother for. But we still have the blackberries. Is there a way still to see if the blackberries were contaminated? Who do you turn to to even test? Is it too late to see if that is what he died from? I don't even know where to begin or who to ask. Do you file a police report if you suspect something like this might be the cause?

All I have been doing is googling and dealing with trying to get my husband back home to PA tomorrow. Does anyone have experience with this? Please help. And I know DL can be a witty, catty place. I come here for that sometimes. But right now I ask for a little compassion and that people please refrain.

Tucker proves he can still come up with new ways to be hated!! He accuses Pete of "Anti-Gay Victimhood Narrative"--whatever the hell that is!!...By the way---EVERY right wing Q-Conspiracy ends with the word "narrative". No Joke.

Tonight I'm going to try this way of preparing pasta. All the ingredients (linguini, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced onion, sliced garlic, red-pepper flakes, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil, coarse salt, and ground black pepper) are cooked in water in one large straight-sided skillet.

Has anyone ever tried this method?

I’m the star on the tree. I can’t be topped. 🌟

Not surprising to say the least.

Does anyone remember shows like Freddy's Nightmares, Monsters, Tales From the Crypt, and Tales From the Darkside?

I used to love those

As a take on the popular DL spin-off thread, let’s think of popular LHOTP spin-off ideas.

How about Feud: Mary vs Laura - what happens when the sisters disagree as grown ups? Nellie Knows Best - America’s favorite know-it-all schools us in absolutely everything. Return to Walnut Grove - rebuilding the town for the next generation. Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie - all about the schoolhouse and the kids who learn there. The Real Housewives of Walnut Grove - drama in the eyes of the prairie wives. Oleson - the untold story of the Oleson clan. The CW’s Little House on the Prairie (2022) - more of a reboot - with a D-list sexy Gen-Z racially and ethnically diverse cast.

Share your ideas below.

And we'd still know who they are:

Jodie, Rosie, Oprah, Ivanka, Melania, Elton, Steadman, Jussie, Hillary, Armie, Timothee', Tina...

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1957

It's pretty goddamn perfect.

She's ruined it! Why couldn't she leave it alone? She looks nothing like what she did at her supermodel peak. She looks like a completely different person. She would have looked better without any procedures.

After a short battle with cancer. 71 years old

"Death House" (1972)

For Secret Santa I got half a jar of Nivea cream with hair in it. 🤮

Was 33 years ago.

So sad.

They really know how to treat a man.

I’m so jealous when I hook up with a guy in his 40s or 50s who is instantly rock hard. I’m only in my early 40s and already I have to kiss and grope to get hard. Maybe I need to de-stress or cut out the porn.

I’m Kirstie Alley’s Pier 1 commercials.

From our patron saint of cultural sensitivity.

I mean, other than "statue". I saw this pic on Reddit and couldn't believe I had forgotten all about these. They used to ubiquitous in the '70s, but I don't think I've seen any since. Rush of nostalgia, even though they're hideous.

Was that a saying that they then made into a song and movie or did the song originate it?

Hallmark is confidently looking ahead at its future without Candace Cameron Bure, Danica McKellar and others who left for GAC Family.

Best known for starring in Hallmark's Aurora Teagarden Mysteries franchise and annual Christmas movies, Candace exited the network in April. She appeared to follow in the footsteps of her co-star Danica who departed in October 2021. Fellow Hallmark leads like Jessica Lowndes, Trevor Donovan and Jen Lilley have also left for GAC throughout the past year. But according to Hallmark executives, the company isn’t sweating over it.

During a Television Critics Association press conference on Wednesday, Hallmark executive Lisa Hamilton Daly gave insight about their roster changing.

“We’ve kept a lot of our talent under options, save for Christmas movies. We’re looking for new talent all the time,” she said at the event, according to Variety. “I think there’s a lot of talent out there that we’ve worked with in the past that GAC is now working with.”

Lisa continued: “I think that we also are constantly trying to evolve the talent pool that we’re working with. We have, I think, retained almost everybody that we’re really excited to have. So that’s where we are.”

Hallmark President and CEO Wonya Lucas emphasized that the channel’s talent is also special because of their friendships, which remain intact after recent departures.

“Our talent, they know each other. They have a great relationship and that’s the secret sauce we have as Hallmark,” she said. “That continues today. We have existing talent that’s been with us a long time, and we have a new talent that we’re bringing in as well. And they all feel part of this Hallmark Channel love and so that that will be consistent; that is consistent in the past; that’s consistent today.”

Both Candace and Danica are set to star in and be executive producers for GAC Family and GAC Living content. Apart from acting, the Full House cast member will also help oversee and curate programming, plus create year-round seasonal TV shows and films.

That said, Danica signed a contract through 2023, which means she could return to Hallmark. But Candace seems to be all in with no end date in her involvement with GAC and no future appearances planned in the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries franchise, per Deadline.

Ready, mug cradlers? Time to talk about bitchy buyers, hot contractors and the belle of Paris, Adrian Leeds!

Oh, and before we leave summer, let's have one more look at hockey bro's badonkadonk. *sigh*

Don’t tease unless you can put your money where your mouth is and show us the goods!!!

Is she closeted?

ABC ices them for an "unspecified" time.

Your thoughts?

Can you even imagine being able to go to your GP and and say "No more pills. I'm done."

Let us don our gay apparel

Remember, no modern women...

it is such an old timey tradition thing, in which most kids had farmer parents and they were needed 2 harvest the field

it is no longer the case

most households have the mother working, so summer is a huge childcare issue 4 them

this also solves so many problems:

- we could have more times 4 kids 2 learn life skill, like tax, plumbing, cooking, nutrition

- ppl would respect teachers more, since they actually work yr round

- keep kids off the street, off the gang, which would boost public safety

- more time 2 do lessons, since american public school system actually is inferior to the global standard

What would your top 10 list look like?

My cousin made a comment about how many glasses of wine his sister had, which made her very loud and defensive about NOT being an alcoholic. They spent the rest of the day apart and bitching each other out to anyone who'd listen.

With Qatar v Ecuador about to kick off, I'm starting THE DL thread for the tournament. Footy fans express yourselves here on all the games and accompanying tournament silliness.

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I'm curious.

Ginch-like creature Hough shares Lensa custom avatars.

Lindsey Graham

Milo

Who else?

Whoops ! Not a great day to be a Trump.

A jury found two corporate entities at the Trump Organization GUILTY on all 17 counts of tax fraud this afternoon, including charges of conspiracy and falsifying business records. The verdict in NY state court was reached after 10 hours and 2 days of deliberation. Sentencing is to be held on January 13, and Trump Organization can face up to $1.6 M in fines.

Trump (who was not on trial) blasted the verdict as a part of a Democrat-led “MANHATTAN WITCH HUNT!”