I’m the Gen Z Kweens who will act like they were her biggest fans.

Is there a part four already created? I can't find it.

Pauvre la Belle.

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.

Praising Hitler and Nazis. He’s obviously very mentally erratic. Someone get this guy some help. Even Alex Jones is like, dude, you’ve gone too far.

Oh, Gladys.

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

My super rich friend from Ireland (circumcised) is coming to visit me. He has a 7 figure job at his mom's company so money is no object to him. He's too snobby to stay at my place so he'll be booking a hotel suite. I'll have my name on the room as a guest so I'm looking for something fun, maybe with an indoor pool. What do you recommend?

Bros!

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?

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons (not out yet, but very gay friendly to the point I suspect he’s bisexual)

Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco (raised in LDS, married pansexual)

Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees

David Archuleta

The only straight Mormon musician I can think of at this point is Brandon Flowers of the Killers.

And really scolds Judge Aileen Loose Cannon

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.

She always seemed strange to me. Does she still act?

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

Are the rumors true? Is the leaked allegedly bonking photo legit?

Bond has to be well hung, after all.....

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?

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

Why do you think that is?

Ridiculous entitled frightbat, or simply elderly person out of touch? Either way, this article written by someone who knows her has a striking sentence: that her accuser, in rushing to the media, could have acted with some grace. Interesting: have we lost a sense of grace?

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.

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.

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Now that we know Harrison Ford (who is 80) is starring in yet another Indiana Jones film, let’s take a cheeky guess at some potential titles for a very senior adventurer. For example:

Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Upstairs Toilet

Indiana Jones and the Last Bottle of Anacin

Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Reverse Mortgage

I drove my invalid mother to another state and left her in the parking lot of a hospital in her wheelchair. She had Alzheimer’s and wouldn’t have been able to tell anyone anything. I never heard a word about it.

Anyone?

On Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time, MTV was launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia (which took place earlier that year) and the launch of Apollo 11. The words were followed by the original MTV theme song, a vivid rock tune composed by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen.

The first music video on MTV, which at the time was only available to homes in New Jersey, was the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star". It was followed by Pat Benatar's "You Better Run".

So what was MTV like in its first era? The 1980s of rock and roll, new wave, and early hip-hop.

When did it start going downhill and when did you stop watching?

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?

Let's discuss...

What do you think of Alex? Is she insane? A queen? Is it all an act?

Murder in Moscow and not the interesting Moscow...

Have at it bitches...

Link to part IV

Continue here

¡FROY!

We've been locked out again.

Continue here.

At the suggestion of r538 in the previous thread.

Continue.

Is this shocking to anyone? Lmao.

Everyone Trump pushed pretty much failed.

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.

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?

TNT will start airing the show, starting Monday July 12.

They're going to be starting with Season 1, but my understanding is that the show is already up to Season 3.

So is it worth watching?

I'm a Brenton Thwaites fans, so it would be worth watching just for him.

Although I don't want to waste my time if it sucks.

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?

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Chloe Grace Moretz?

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.

It was very well produced. Too bad it wasn’t released as a single in the US, but luckily I got to see her perform it live earlier this year.

Prince Archie shows no sign of the negroid race.

The last thread went to 600 replies - I'm sure we have more to say about him. Here are his pecs from his most recent Twitter video.

That you even lost phone service?

Currently, I’m starting a temp job next week that will allow me to pay rent and catch up on my car payments.

I’m ordering a government phone, plus getting on SNAP and free internet. That’s how broke I’ve been.

And YEP, I’ve been working, and it’s still not covering it.

Anyone who isn’t on What’sApp or doesn’t have a. iPbone? I have no way of communicating with them. Our landline allows out of state calls to come in, but only a few out, before charging outlandish fees to my roommate, who is the homeowner.

It’s been REALLY tough.

I finally made a decision to really dig on, get a better job, and go for it.

It’s time to really fix my fucked up financial situation.

The only reason I can post on here, is because my roommate is allowing me to use his WiFi.

I cannot believe I’m in this situation, but here I am.

I just wanted to let others know who are downtrodden as a result of a financial crisis, to not lose hope.

Just become as proactive as possible, and it works.

Easier said than done, o know, but it’s the only way out.

I miss talking to my friends. They probably think I ghosting them.

I am absolutely not.

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I love a hot chest on a man. This guy’s pecs, however, appear boob like. Are they implants? How the hell can they jut out so far?

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...

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.

Why is he posting goofy shit like this?

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.

I’ve noticed a rise in homophobia among people I know in the last few years that wasn’t present before. I don’t think these people were 100% accepting before but they never said anything hurtful or openly homophobic. Now they’re very vocal about how sick the whole gender thing is in their mind. They’re openly critical of all LGBT. They think trans and gay is the same thing and interchangeable.

Well, there goes that. Rogue SCOTUS strikes again!

I know all of her hits. I'm a casual fan, never listened to whole albums. She always got flak for not having a big voice but I'm curious, are there any songs she has that really showcase surprisingly decent vocals?

For example, a lot of people who don't know better falsely accused Dionne Warwick (before she smoked her voice away) of being limited like Diana Ross. If you simply go off of Dionne's studio recordings you might miss her (former) talented range and power. She really shined from the 60s to early 80s in live performances during which she'd bring out the big guns and wow everyone. It's rare that someone performs better than the studio recording but Dionne used to do that over and over again

so is Diana as limited as critics accuse her of, or did she too hold back any impressive aspects of her singing abilities during her heyday as a top singer?

Please list any songs of hers you think show strong vocals. Whether they were singles or just album tracks

While reminiscing about her wedding to Sam Asghari, Britney Spears revealed she didn't recall being that "present" at the special event.

“Wow I got married this year not sure I was honestly that PRESENT because I haven’t had real consciousness in 3 years,” the singer, 40, wrote in a lengthy since-deleted Instagram post on Wednesday, November 9, according to Page Six. “There was a lot of talking and SPEAKING at the party !!! Not for me unfortunately because when you can’t breathe your body cant relax enough to speak !!!”

Spears noted that she has since been breathing better, adding, “Its been a while for me !!! I CAN NOW … I just hope my family breathes well today !!!”

That same day, the pop star gushed about being reunited with Asghari, 28. "Here’s my husband !!! He’s been gone working !!! Supposed to be a week, but ended up being a whole month … it was really hard … he’s home now acting up … I know he’s pretty hot 🥵🥵🥵 !!!" she captioned an Instagram video of the model at the gym.

Spears' candid confession about her nuptials comes nearly six months after she exchanged vows with Asghari. The couple tied the knot at their home with a star-studded guest list, which included Madonna, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, Selena Gomez and Donatella Versace.

The pair started dating after they met on the set of her 2016 "Slumber Party" music video. "I was like, 'He was really cute, this guy was really cute,' so I called him," the "Circus" performer shared in a radio interview in 2017. "He's just a really fun, funny person."

Asghari, for his part, recalled being worried about making the wrong first impression. “I was excited that I [would] get to meet one of the biggest artists of all time. I had butterflies,” the personal trainer, who played Spears' love interest, said during an interview with Men’s Health in July 2018. “She said, ‘Hi, I’m Britney,’ and I said, ‘I’m sorry, what’s your name again?’ I tried to be funny. I don’t think anybody got it.”

After one year of dating, the duo made their relationship Instagram official in 2017. Us confirmed that Asghari and Spears were engaged in September 2021. “The couple made their long-standing relationship official today and are deeply touched by the support, dedication and love expressed to them,” his manager, Brandon Cohen, shared in a statement, two months before the Grammy winner's conservatorship was terminated.

Ahead of their wedding, Asghari praised his strong connection with Spears, telling Entertainment Tonight in March, “Everything’s amazing. We’re so excited to start a new chapter, and everything’s so positive from here on out. Everything is going to be new from here on out."

This is absolutely not a trolling thread. I'm in a genuine dilemma with a friend of mine.

He has very bad mental health, attention deficit disorder. He's forever starting projects and then abandoning them. He's meant to have been writing several non-fiction books for goodness how many years and they never get finished, that's if they ever get started in the first place. He posts constantly on social media about the latest thing he's working on, which invariably comes to nothing before something new catches his eye instead.

He's always been bisexual, and I've known he's had relationships with men and women.

Now of course I don't know what is going on inside his head but in the last year he's declared he's a "demi boy", then a "demi girl" and now he's "failed as a man" and wants to transition in his mid-40s.

I can just see this is heading for a huge car crash - if anyone was ever going to regret going down this path it's him. I can't believe for one second that this is going to make him any happier. As I say, I can't know what is really going on inside his head so I'm questioning if I need to intervene or try to talk him out of it or just leave well alone. But it really feels like he's latched on to declaring he's trans as just the latest diversion in trying to 'fix' himself.

He's already set up a go-fund-me to start treatment early next year (which mercifully few people have contributed to).

If it does make him happy then all power to him...but there are so many red flags I just think he's going to fuck himself up even more.

We all know about Crawford, Davis, Lana turner or McLaine, but many others are thought of as nice people, sort of flew under the radar, but were in fact horrible mothers. Who are they? and who is the worst ?

Is Steve Sandvoss still single?

Wes Ramsey is a hot daddy.

Also, I had no idea that Khary Payton (Walking Dead) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Super Pumped) were in this movie.

Boy, I had such a crush on Steve Sandvoss.

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)

Was he under the car with Jay Leno when the burning gasoline spewed out?

I bought the Blu-ray at Barnes & Noble today on a whim, largely so I could have the opportunity to watch this moment in high-definition to my heart's desire (I also really like the movie, which is unusual because I am really not a sports movie fan—but it's funny).

Bottom takes it like a champ

Please post a Youtube clip of what you feel is one of the most perfect live performances you've ever heard. It can be anything from Pop to Opera and everything in between. I know we've all got our favorites. I'm really interested in some that might have been overlooked. This one definitely hasn't been overlooked. It's been covered many times, originally for a 1955 film called "Unchained," but 25-year-old Bobby Hatfield's performance of Unchained Melody on the Andy Williams Show in 1965 blows me away every time. Especially the high C he hits at the end and the smile of satisfaction when he nails it.

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

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

Sean Connery - Zardoz

He was a creative genius with extraordinary multitalent and his vision in cimema was ahead of its time. I absolutely love him as an actor and director. Most importantly, as person, he had a heart, sensitivity and compassion for others. He is not known outside France which is a shame (other than french cinema lovers like me).

Is he highly valued in France as a cinema legend or only in theatre?? I think his work in cinema is terribly underrated. Do you know anything about him personally?!

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?

What presented about 6 weeks ago as sinus issues and then possibly into a sinus infection. Sinus headaches, swollen nasal passages. Teledoc said to try Flonase and Clairitin and also sent me for a PCR which came back negative.

Felt somewhat better, but two weeks later, got bad again and teledoc prescribed antibiotics. Midway through the course, tenderness around my left eye socket and more headache pain over the left eye, getting increasingly worse. Afrin doesn't help, ibuprofen or Naproxen doesn't help. I'm also in the middle of a short course of prednisone for a back issue which finishes tomorrow.

Last night, my left upper lip started to feel numb and my left eye was watering and I had pain behind it. Saw an ENT this morning who scoped my nose and checked ears and throat and could see no infection. He suspected migraine, even though I have no history. He prescribed Imitrex, which I took today and has done nothing. My upper left teeth are now numb, as well. No pain in the mouth, no swelling, no bleeding. I called my dentist to see if I needed to make an emergency visit and he never called me back.

ENT said if the Imitrex didn't work, we would do a CT scan of my head, but the first appt isn't for 2 weeks. I am in constant pain and I just want to figure out what this is and fix it. I'm reluctant to go to the ER even though I'm not sure I can take the pain much longer.

Anyone with any similar experiences? Obviously I'm not looking for a diagnosis in lieu of going to a doctor, but I'd love to hear that i'm not going to have to give away all my stuff. Thanks.

Two University of Pittsburgh students have been charged with abuse of a corpse for an alleged incident that took place during a class in November.

Classmates of Amay Gupta and Sonel Jimenez, both 19 years old, reported inappropriate behavior regarding medical cadavers to Pitt police.

The human cadavers were being used in a university anatomy lab class in Victoria Hall on Nov. 4.

During a class about muscle groups, Gupta allegedly inappropriately touched and made inappropriate comments about a male cadaver.

Jimenez allegedly inappropriately touched a female cadaver and made inappropriate comments.

Gupta and Jimenez are scheduled to appear for preliminary hearings in Allegheny County Court in January.

A University of Pittsburgh spokesperson issued the following response:

“The University of Pittsburgh is committed to upholding the dignity of, and respect for, all donors whose selfless acts of giving enhance and enrich education.

As soon as the University became aware of the incident, the appropriate offices, including Pitt Police, the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, and Compliance, Investigations and Ethics, were notified. It was determined that the alleged acts were criminal in nature, and the suspects have been charged.

Members of the class who witnessed the incidents received information about resources available to them, including counseling services and Title IX programs.

The University is working with the relevant organizations regarding family notifications.”

Although Mario Lopez deleted his now-infamous, unsolicited Election Day tweet advising people to check their 401Ks and voted accordingly. I guess that human bicep feels empowered now that so many Latino men are pro-Trump.

Now that his looks have finally faded, his tendency to be smug and self-important is overwhelming.

So has Mario Lopez always been so irritating and Republican?

Unless their parents were stars and they had a stable household, it seems like the answer is no.

From Carrie Fisher and Kristy McNichol's mental illness to the death of Aaron Carter today, it seems like few of them escape the repercussions of being a commodity (and often, open to abusers in the entertainment field).

I'm I don't know where to begin because the cumbersome functionality is the off-grid smug Woody Harrelsonesque so groovy I'm actually a dick of message boards.

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 50 best gay movies – the most essential LGBTQ+ films ever made.

With the help of leading directors, actors, writers and activists, we count down the best LGBTQ+ films of all time (March 2022).

A *modified* doll face thread

The cute doggie is Charlie @2dudesandadoodle

Biden (and every other Democrat) wants people of color to have an earlier voice in choosing our nominee. This is bad news for Buttigieg.

This is a Studio City home. She paid more than the asking price as well, according to the article,

Colorized and sound added.

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.

Developping....

True gymspiration

I really think she at least delt the first blow. I think Katy was being a catty bitch and got called on it.

Same with Kayne/Kim, she definitely left them in her dust.

Jake G. too. We all thought he was gay but turns out he’s a lady killer.

But in each case they came for her first. She doesn’t start this shit. People thought she was an easy mark. She was at the top so they kept trying to get a piece of her.

Anyhoo, she’s left them all in social shambles but at least they still have their millions (billions?). I’m sure they aren’t hurting.

Florida has suspended backup quarterback Jalen Kitna indefinitely after his arrest on child pornography charges.

Kitna was arrested Wednesday after a search of his apartment. He’s facing charges of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.

“We are shocked and saddened to hear of the news involving Jalen Kitna,” a statement from Florida said. “These are extremely serious charges and the University of Florida and the [University Athletic Association] have zero tolerance for such behavior.”

Per the Gainesville police, Kitna was arrested after he allegedly shared child sex abuse images on Discord, a popular online communication server. According to the arrest report, Kitna was at his apartment when police arrived.

[quote] “Detective Montague contacted Kitna at the residence and interviewed him,” the arrest report said. “Kitna stated that he remembered sharing the two images but believed them to be ‘legal’ since he found them online. Kitna advised that he realized he should not have shared those two images based on the reaction from the other Discord user he shared them with. Kitna advised shortly after that his Discord account was deactivated and that he assumed someone reported him to Discord.

[quote] “Kitna stated that he received an email from Discord stating that his account was deactivated due to violation of the terms of service. Kitna’s electronic devices were seized as part of the search warrant. Preliminary analysis of the devices revealed three additional images of child sexual abuse material.”

Kitna signed with Florida in the fall of 2020 and the redshirt freshman has served as the primary backup to Anthony Richardson in 2022. He’s the son of former NFL QB Jon Kitna and was a three-star recruit in the class of 2021. He appeared in four games in 2022 and threw 14 passes and one touchdown.

Part 1 got Murieled

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

Continue

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.

What say we?

Because of confusion I am officially going to try to finish this as carefully as possible. The time is coming. Mark can easily see what is happening. I will keep you posted as I am able.♥️🙏

Lmaooooo. Good. Get lost.

Yes!!!

Cue the MAGA crowd howling like banshees.

what do we think?

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

Last sad days for Miss America. The pageant photographer should be sent back to Sears’ Portrait Studio.

Jessica Simpson was a famous "virgin" for years, but it was well-known that her sphincter was her mode of enveloping a chosen gentlemen caller's manhood

Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige in "Fright Night" could feast on me as long as he'd please.

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A movie made for Datalounge!!!!

Oh, my.

Could I be wrong? Sure. But where are these people in real life?

If you go to a site like Twitter or Reddit, or in the past Tumblr, you are awash in posts by people declaring themselves to be nonbinary, queer, pansexual, omnisexual, demigirl, and “trans” (by which I mean not real trans but “crossdresser” trans).

I live and work in the Bay Area, a known hotbed for weirdos, and I work at a tech company with tons of 20 somethings. I have never encountered anyone in the workplace claiming to be nonbinary or demanding to be addressed as they, ze, zir, or anything else. Furthermore, while in grad school doing my MBA in the Bay Area, I was in class with many 20 somethings. Not once did I encounter anyone in any of my classes demanding to be addressed with fancy pronouns or declaring to have any bizarre identity.

I’m convinced that much - or most - of the stuff that you see on Reddit and Twitter is just some kind of online fantasy, and that the people claiming these identities don’t even really believe it. Most likely these “nonbinary transmasculine queer demigirls” online are just regular old girls in real life.

Not unattractive types likes like Mitch McConnel or MTG.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is average looking, but not unattractive/ugly.

Martin Heinrich

Gavin Newsome

“Noticeable change” is coming to CNN.

Maybe Wolf will finally be given his walking papers?

Beautiful?

Why is one so hairy and the other not hairy at all?

HAHA, CUNT.

My number 1 choice would be the 2 hours of footage of Cleopatra (1963) that the public never got to see.

I hope one of these days that it is found and that the whole 6 hour film finally gets released and seen the way it was intended to in the first place!

Guess she didn’t live forever. How sad.

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Many of us do stereotype them. "Top of the morning" isn't something they say (anymore, perhaps?), so don't say it to them as an introductory greeting.

Other things, too, all explained in this enjoyable video.

1) There is no way that the girlfriend of the thief (I can't even remember the characters', they were so dull) would be escape scott free. There is no way. Hawaiian surfer dude will eventually give her up. And it was her idea. She should go to jail.

2) Why could Jake Lacy's character just leave the island after STABBING a man to death the day before. Bullshit. They would keep him a little while longer to check his alibi.

3) I don't even care about the 16 year old son of the family who decided to stay on the island. Mike White, this was not some great statement that you felt you had to make. In the real world, he will become a teenage prostitute to fuel his idiotic need to be on a canoeing team.

What do you think, DL? Could this gay Marine general be a dark horse candidate? Could he be the man we need to take down Trump?

ELON MUSK CLAIMS to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network’s new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform.

Several prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had their accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed directly to Musk to ban them and far-right internet trolls flooded Twitter’s complaints system with false reports about terms of service violations.

As the Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin noted on Twitter, the suspended users include Chad Loder, an antifascist researcher whose open-source investigation of the U.S. Capitol riot led to the identification and arrest of a masked Proud Boy who attacked police officers. The account of video journalist Vishal Pratap Singh, who reports on far-right protests in Southern California, has also been suspended.

Among the other prominent accounts suspended were the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, an antifascist group that provides armed security for LGBTQ+ events in North Texas, and CrimethInc, an anarchist collective that has published and distributed anarchist and anti-authoritarian zines, books, posters, and podcasts since the mid-1990s.

All four accounts had been singled out for criticism by Andy Ngo, a far-right writer whose conspiratorial, error-riddled reporting on left-wing protests and social movements fuels the mass delusion that a handful of small antifascist groups are part of an imaginary shadow army called “antifa.” In a public exchange on Twitter on Friday, Musk invited Ngo to report “Antifa accounts” that should be suspended directly to him.

Name 3 or less gifts you do want for Christmas.

The other thread is paywalled.

And there's a lot more to talk about.

haters gonna hate! 😤

He sent her a coconut donut cake. Which I'm sure Rosie didn't waste.

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

Herschel Walker or a Hershey* bar?

Working to save family after " consensual relationship." He was always one of my favorites.

I will be moving to Palm Springs full time next year. No family lives out where she is and most of her friends are moving closer to their kids up state or out of state. She is in her early 80's. She has 1.4 mil in investments not including her home worth 900,000 which is paid off. I would like her closer to me so should she buy a brand new home in the desert? Should she sell her home in the Valley or rent it out? She can pay cash for the new house which is about $650,000 without incentives which she qualifies for of 36,000 discount. DL finance experts is this wise move for her? She is opening to it. Plus we have 5 other family members living close by in the desert.

Woman travels to Mexico with friends and comes home dead.

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How many of you jerked off to this?

Sexy AF

As you may know, Ye has announced he’s running for the Presidency again in 2024. He asked Trump to be his VP (apparently during dinner at Mar a Lago where white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes came along for the ride—and Trump was pissed…about being asked to be VP).

Milo is managing the campaign. And no, this is not a story from The Onion.

I'm the exchange of icy barbs over whether to set the Arabia Ruska stoneware or the faïence de Gien that Susan shipped to NY from Paris, where she spent healing time in the puces after her heroic service in Sarajevo. Or whether to set the table at all! Stack the plates and self serve.

I finally saw this and all I have to say is the entity was the freakies looking thing I've seen since The Babadook. I actually had a dream last night featuring that thing.

With bizarre casting and a spotty judging panel, this will be the biggest trainwreck in All Stars history.

Anyone watching?

"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!!!

I read this on Daily Mail, but I can't link for some reason. I think this is so sad. He had a drug problem apparently. I remember the Frisco Jones storyline and then when Kristina and Jack got together in real life. Omg, General Hospital had so many compelling storylines, Luke and Laura, etc. I'm sorry about this young man.

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

Poo Shoes does an extra special rendition of "The Christmas Shoes"

The Datalounge Chorale ends the show with "God Rest Ye MARY Gentlemen"

Who else is appearing?

This link was sent to me by a West End pal to illustrate beautiful breath control, fine elocution, etc. He calls it the perfect performance.

Are you in agreement?

well?

“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’.”

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He also says we need to be kind and respectful to everyone no matter what they are too, which I agree with. You don’t have to agree with gay marriage but still be respectful to those who are gay or do support it. And vice versa. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I know some of you will disagree.

There’s a documentary about Patricia Highsmith opening next month and an (!) indecent adventurous graphic novel about her out soon. I’ve only seen the movies Carol and The Talented Mr. Ripley, but am thinking about reading her books. She seems like such an enigmatic and complex person, and someone firmly planted in mid 20th century. I’m intrigued that Marijane Meaker, a prominent author and her lover for awhile, is still alive and I look forward to what she has to say. I think she’ll be the voice of reason within the documentary.

Anderson, I don't doubt your grief, but haven't we heard all this before? Why is this being sold as "news"?

Any inside gossip about people we'd be surprised to learn are smokers?

Being Seung Won 🇰🇷

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!

From '70s sitcoms to modern prestige classics.

She also dated Patricia Highsmith

RIP

Those of you who lived it?

“Many of the scenes seem to have been shot in a spirit of tense desperation. The comedy doesn’t land, the romance takes too long to get going, and the tearjerking scenes are spoiled by a meta framework that makes Showalter’s job even more difficult.”

A regular had the runs tonight and fed us steaming hot lava cake straight from the tap! BLISS!

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

Why were the actresses who played George Jefferson and James Evans wives old enough to be their moms.

This seems like a weird coincidence. The two most popular black sitcoms of the 70s, and matriarchs were both born during the silent film era. Weezy and Florida Evans, the characters, were not old, but the actresses are nearly 20 years older than Sherman or John Amos. Hollywood is weird.

He has been in the ICU for over three months...

Have you heard this?

President Obama rallies Georgians to vote for Senator Raphael Warnock, who has an impressive civil rights record.

Obama then exposes Herschel Walker and his absurd stupidity to the masses.

Worth a listen

Fox isn't even reporting on the recent Special Masters halt. They want him to go away at this point.

Thank god. I fell asleep during it.

A two-dose HIV vaccine generated antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 people (97 per cent), with no severe side effects.

The early-stage trial was designed to demonstrate safety and a proof-of-concept for a relatively novel approach to HIV vaccination. It is unclear whether the vaccine protects against HIV. Based on the antibody levels generated by the two-dose regimen, booster doses are expected to be required.

Developing an HIV vaccine is particularly difficult because the virus rapidly mutates into new strains, which somewhat evade immunity.

As a result, many groups of researchers are seeking to develop vaccines that stimulate a type of immune cell called B-cells to generate so-called broadly neutralising antibodies. These work against parts of the HIV virus that vary little between strains. During any viral infection, only a fraction of B-cells that are specific to the virus make broadly neutralising antibodies. When it comes to HIV, incorporating viral proteins into a vaccine may activate this subset of B-cells.

To assess the effectiveness of this approach, Juliana McElrath at the University of Washington in Seattle and her colleagues recruited 48 volunteers without HIV to test a vaccine that stimulates B-cells to make HIV-specific broadly neutralising antibodies, based on laboratory and animal studies.

The vaccine contains part of a protein found on the surface of HIV, called gp120, which helps the virus enter cells.

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She was a gifted actress. I’ve remained troubled since her death was announced in 2015. Her husband kept it secret for many months saying it was her wishes.

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Rocky Mount police said two "toddler-age" children spent hours in the cold in the backseat of a car overnight while two dead bodies were in the front seat. Employees at Barnhill Contracting Co. on Construction Drive in Rocky Mount discovered the bodies around 6 a.m. Thursday when heading into work. Police arrived shortly after, at approximately 6:15 a.m. Officers believe the two people, 24-year-old Destiny Wiggins and 28-year-old Devone Brown, were shot and killed inside the car right outside the business. Neither was a Barnhill employee. The bodies were found inside a Cadillac, according to an employee from the tow company that responded to the scene.

"The children's safety was the biggest thing," said Caleb Braswell of Coastal Wrecker towing. "It is something they will deal with the rest of their lives, especially if that was their parents." The two children found in the car were Wiggins' daughters, her sister told WRAL News. They were not physically injured, but they were transported to UNC Nash Healthcare after being exposed to cold temperatures – lows dropped into the 30s overnight.

Since 1952, Sight and Sound magazine has conducted a poll of critics to determine the greatest films of all time. Bicycle Thieves topped the first list, then Citizen Kane held the top spot until 2012, when Vertigo ranked as number one.

This year, the top spot went to Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles. Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Get Out made the top 100, as did three films each by Billy Wilder and Stanley Kubrick.

TIA.

LOL Nancy Reagan High School

It's hard to believe, but it's been almost 30 years now since we lost gg.

The man is total garbage and an utter hypocrite

Do any dataloungers remember this little ditty. It was on at such an odd time 7pm or 7:15pm. The show was a bit above my head in 1973 being that I was only 7 years old but even as a little kid I enjoyed the open/closing. Something about this show SO reminds me of All In The Family.

“The fact that people think feeding my child makes me a [slut] is outrageous,” she penned in the body of a subsequent post, punctuating her indifference to the backlash with a laughing emoji.

And a number of breastfeeding advocates came to the chuckling mom’s defense against detractors, arguing that her exhibition is “totally natural.”

“That’s right, mama. Feed your baby. If you had smaller breast, these comments would be different,” cheered a supporter.

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!

This question is definitely for those Dataloungers of other nations, but we Americans can also answer, since many of us are unfamiliar with the other regions and people of our country.

Stupid, like her father.

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?

One of King Charles III's top team members at the palace has resigned after claims of racism were made against her by a guest who attended a Buckingham Palace reception to combat violence against women on Tuesday.

Domestic abuse activist Ngozi Fulani says she was repeatedly asked racially-loaded questions about her heritage and background by the palace aide at the reception, which was hosted by Queen Camilla.

In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the member of the royal household has resigned and apologized after "unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments" were made.

Outlining the full conversation on Twitter, Fulani, who was born in Britain and attended the event on behalf of Sistah Space — a support group for African and Caribbean women affected by abuse — claimed she was asked questions like "what nationality are you?" "where do you really come from?" "where do your people come from?" and "what part of Africa are you from?"

The courtier has not been named by Buckingham Palace, but her name has been widely reported on social media.

"We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made," the statement continued. "We have reached out to Ngozi Fulani on this matter, and are inviting her to discuss all elements of her experience in person if she wishes.

"In the meantime, the individual concerned would like to express her profound apologies for the hurt caused and has stepped aside from her honorary role with immediate effect. All members of the Household are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies which they are required to uphold at all times."

The racism allegations come as Prince William and Kate Middleton travel to Boston on Wednesday for three days of events leading up to William's Earthshot Prize awards ceremony on Friday evening.

In a statement Wednesday, a spokesman for the Prince and Princess of Wales said: "I was really disappointed to hear about the guest's experience. Racism has no place in our society. These comments were unacceptable and it's right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect."

Fulani attended Queen Camilla's palace event to highlight the campaign against domestic and sexual abuse of women. Fulani was invited by Safe Lives, one of the charities Camilla, 75, has long supported.

Following the event, Camilla issued a rare personal tweet on the royal family's Twitter account.

"Today, a remarkable group of people gathered at Buckingham Palace with one aim – to see the end of violence against women and girls. I was deeply moved and inspired by their stories. With determination and courage, we will see the end of these heinous crimes forever," she said, signing the message from "Camilla R," standing for the Latin word for queen, "Regina."

Anyone have any good ideas for Christmas dinner dessert? Prefer something not very complicated. Thank you.

He had a great ass but he couldn't live forever I guess

Anyone watched? I'm getting ready to watch this tonight and I confess I find this case fascinating. LDS bitch kills husband, brother and 2 kids after getting involved with crazy apocalyptic cult leader. The 20/20 segment is good too.

audio included at link

bitch didn't want to answer a question about her book after she got out of prison. Her publicist didn't tell the host not to ask about it. The host did not ask about stuff the publicist did mention

when will her fame fade? It's shocking she's been famous for almost 15 years now

the hosts are right-people know her mostly for going to jail!

This is prompted by the threads on Hunter Moore and his sentence of being banned from social media. Can that actually be monitored?

DL loves to hate her. Share your favorites by this sad bitch. I am partial to the guitar-based songs on Ultraviolence, but I also love every single track on Honeymoon (which I sort of think is her unsung masterpiece).

TAMPA — Elsie Perez suffers from acute renal failure and receives dialysis three times a week. Every month she frets over how she will make ends meet.

“Everything has gone up and it is very difficult to live in these conditions,” said Perez, 54, a Mexican-born mother of two adult children.

Perez is a Democrat but now she regrets it. She pointed to the unique challenges she faces with inflation and the economy.

“That’s why I voted differently,” she said.

Similar to the United States. Across the population, more people (5 per cent) identify as bi than gay (3 per cent) or lesbian (1 per cent), which is a new development. Taken altogether, 7 per cent of the population identify as being attracted to more than one gender. The study also found that 2 per cent of the population identify as ace or asexual.

But what’s really striking about the data is the generational differences it shows: younger generations are less likely to identify as straight and Gen Z in particular is far queerer than its predecessors. Within Gen Z, only 71 per cent of people identify as straight (compared to 91 per cent of boomers) and 14 per cent identify as bi or pansexual (compared with only 2 per cent of boomers.) Interestingly, given how often you hear that lesbians are ‘going extinct’, Gen Z are more likely to identify as lesbians than Gen X-ers or Boomers. Another surprising figure is that more Gen Z people are identifying as asexual (5 per cent) than gay (2 per cent) or lesbian (3 per cent).

Looking at who Gen Z actually say they are attracted to – rather than just how they identify – provides even more notable results. Only 53 per cent of Gen Z consider themselves exclusively straight, and 40 per cent have patterns of attraction that could be described as queer. This suggests that as LGBTQ+ relationships and identities have become less hidden, more and more people are coming out.

Across history, sexual identities and behaviours have always changed in line with the prevailing social attitudes of the time, so this is nothing new. There is probably no fixed, innate percentage of the population who are LGTBQ+; these are things that can emerge in line with the environment around you. There are probably some boomers who haven’t been tortured by a life of closeted bisexuality, but might have had some fun experimenting with their sexuality if they’d grown up in a time when this was more permissible (obviously, plenty will have been doing it anyway, regardless of social censure). If more people now feel they have the freedom to deviate from a prescribed heterosexual norm, this is surely a sign of progress. Stonewall’s report also shows that there are no observable differences in sexual orientation across ethnicity, social class and education levels, which refutes the idea that “coming out as LGBTQ+ is in some way an affectation of the more privileged in society”.

Artists are here to disturb the peace y'all.

All she has these days is nudity, even if it's 30 years old.

All I want for Thanksgiving is a Boebert Loss.

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But I would if I saw him go in one

Two clips were shared on a Facebook page last week ... with one appearing to show Ontario woman Solstice Pecile pulling a horse in a moving vehicle while on an isolated road.

In the footage, it sounds like Pecile is yelling at the horse while fiercely yanking the animal by its muzzle.

"Walk!" Pecile says in the video. "Good girl."

In the other video, which appears to be the aftermath of the pulling session, the horse seems to be bleeding from its hooves. The woman appears to have the horse's blood on her hands, and she can be heard calling the animal the R-word while seemingly chastising it.

Nothing better

Writing this Op-Ed for World AIDS Day

I believe that televised awards shows are not a forum for expressing personal religious, social or political views. However, I have not objected when fellow performers have worn red ribbon to express their support for AIDS research; that's their choice. My choice is NOT to wear a ribbon.

Soap Opera Digest readers should know wearing a red ribbon is no longer entirely voluntary. Those who began by offering ribbons to performers now resort to extreme tactics in pursuit of their express goal of 100 percent conformity. When performers arrive at an award show, individuals who attempt to pin ribbons on them accost them. A performer who declines may be accosted at the pre-show reception, again while waiting backstage and again at the press conference after the show.

Offering these ribbons to celebrities was, in my view, a benign and pro-social act. On the other hand, aggressively badgering performers to compel the wearing of ribbons is not only demeaning to AIDS victims and to the desperate need for an all-out research war against the disease, but an offense against personal freedom.

By attempting to force 100 percent conformity, these activists are now attempting to make the red ribbon a visible litmus test for separating those individuals who empathize with AIDS victims and support AIDS research from those who do not. This is a misguided and dangerous notion.

First, it misguidedly politicizes human tragedy. These red ribbons provide a means by which public figures can appear to make a 'politically correct' statement in favor of a cause they do not support.

Second, any attempt to force conformity to a single social agenda attacks the freedom of expression. The extreme activities that resort to harassment to compel actors and actresses to wear these ribbons are practicing a '90s brand of McCarthyism – and their behavior is deplorable. Our community was devastated by political extremists in the 1950s and again became a target during the last presidential campaign. It surpasses belief that men and women in the entertainment field would resort to shameful practices that the enemies of artistic freedom have used against us.

Sadly, it falls to some of us who ardently support AIDS victims and AIDS research to resist these tactics by personal example. Believe me, the easy way out would be to pin the ribbon on and keep silent. But I won't, because I don't want these appalling tactics to succeed.

I have noticed whilst following twitter trends related to englands national football team playing in the euro matches just how many gay football fans in the UK fancy and have a thing for the footballer Mason Mount.I too have now joined the group of many gay brits who find this guy rather sexy and adorable! He has obviously been a bit of a hit in the gay community with a gay fanbase for a while but I have only just discovered the joys!

Anybody else like him?

They're ready!

IT IS FINALLY HERE!!! The day all of us tasteful friends were looking forward to! The annual Pantone color of the year!

So?

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?

He must feel pretty confident to take this to trial!

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.

I'm worried for Marky

CNN on Wednesday informed employees that layoffs had commenced, a move that is expected to impact hundreds of staffers at the global news network and mark the deepest cuts to the organization in years.

Chris Licht, who took over as chief executive of the network in May, described the cuts in an all-staff memo as a “gut punch” to the organization and told employees that “it is incredibly hard to say goodbye to any one member of the CNN team, much less many.”

Employees at the company had been anxiously bracing for the layoffs since Licht informed them last month that “unsettling” changes lie ahead.

Licht said that on Wednesday the company would notify a “limited number of individuals,” largely paid contributors, that they have been let go. He said the company “will notify impacted employees” on Thursday. Licht said at the conclusion of the cuts he will “follow up with more details.”

“It will be a difficult time for everyone,” Licht candidly said in his memo.

CNN declined to say on Wednesday how many employees precisely would be impacted by the layoffs.

The layoffs come as media companies are being battered by brutal economic headwinds that have taken a bat to the advertising sector. Licht noted in October, when he signaled large cuts were coming, that there is “widespread concern over the global economic outlook” and that CNN “must factor that risk into [its] long-term planning.”

Other media organizations have also cut costs as they work to best position themselves for the stormy economic climate. Disney (DIS) said last week the company needed to restructure, and AMC Networks (AMCX)announced Tuesday that it would cut 20% of its staff. Social media companies such as Facebook (FB)-parent Meta, which also rely on advertising revenue, have also executed layoffs in recent months.

CNN, which still posts profits in the hundreds of millions of dollars, was spared from the cuts that wreaked havoc on the industry during the pandemic. Prior to this year, the last major cuts to occur at the organization were in 2018 when less than 50 people lost their jobs as the company restructured its digital business.

The cuts to the organization also come after CNN’s former parent company, WarnerMedia, merged earlier this year with Discovery, creating a media juggernaut laced with billions of dollars in debt and a need to slash costs across the board. The merger had just been completed in April when the company announced it was shuttering streaming service CNN+ a month after it was launched

David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that was formed when WarnerMedia and Discovery became one, has promised investors that he will find more than $3 billion in savings in the combined organization.

After Licht took over as head of CNN, he conducted a months-long review of the business. That review led to him identifying changes that should be made, Licht said in October. Some of those changes have already been implemented, as CNN has made smaller cuts to parts of its business in the last several months.

Licht said in his all-staff memo on Wednesday that employees affected by this week’s cuts will be notified “through an in-person meeting or via Zoom, depending on your location.”

“In those meetings, you will receive information specific to you about notice period or any severance that would apply, and your anticipated last day,” Licht said. “I want to be clear that everyone who is bonus eligible will still receive their 2022 bonuses, which are determined by company performance.”

Licht acknowledged that the cuts will “affect both our departing colleagues and those who remain” and promised to provide employees “resources designed to support” them.

“Let’s take care of each other this week,” Licht said.

Let the baseless assumptions continue unabated....

The workplace was a hospital in the early 80s. Her name was Renee. She worked in the postal department. Everyone else in the office were admin workers/medical secretaries. Very fast walker. She was polite and gentle-natured, but very awkward, easily flustered and mostly kept to herself---the office loner with a somewhat despondent, tense aura. She was the youngest person in the office, there were a few others in their twenties, but Renee looked 19/20 at most. Everyone else was over 40. It was a cliquey place, and she didn’t fit in. She never went to the cafeteria for her break and would always go for a walk instead. I never once saw her eating or drinking, but she was constantly chewing gum. She didn’t look sickly thin, but she was petite for sure. She was very pretty, like a brunette version of Diana Agron. Never wore make-up or dressed up. Her surname was Greek.

She would get very stressed out if people put messy handwriting on envelopes and would go around the office on an almost daily basis, asking people to re-write the addresses more clearly. She wasn’t aggressive about it but seemed uncomfortable and fed up as she went around the office with the envelopes. The office bitch, Hannah, snapped at Renee one day and said: “You’d have to be blind not to understand that address.”

Renee, who obviously hated working there, huffed, and snapped back in an irritated tone. “And if it gets lost in the mail, I’m the one who gets in trouble. I don’t know why it’s so hard for you to write clearly. What happens if the postman can’t understand your scribbles?” The office was very quiet, and people were watching. Renee, who usually avoided confrontation, continued her rant. “That goes for all of you. I’m sick of looking at your scribbles every day. Write clearly please!” Then she stormed back to the postage area.

She only worked at the hospital part-time. One day, I had to go into the postal area to sort something out. I ended up talking to her, just to see if I could get any information about her life. She claimed to be studying a trade at a nearby school but was very vague and wouldn’t go into detail. She said she would only be working at the hospital temporarily while she worked towards her actual goals but wouldn’t go into detail about what they were. The only bit of info I could get was that she liked writing and was on a roller derby team. I also questioned her about the guy who picked her up almost every day after work (a gorgeous, presumably Italian American, who resembled a young Andy Garcia—I used to see him down at the docks a lot, working on boats. Leather jacket, tight jeans, necklaces—this dude looked like a stereotypical mafia type, and this was New Jersey). I asked if he was her boyfriend. Her response, with a slight smile and dismissive shrug, was, “sometimes.”

I’m pretty sure Renee had a gambling problem. I used to see her all the time hanging around the seaside casino with her boyfriend. There were rumors that she had an abortion. Anyway, she quit about three months after her “write clearly” outburst. I never saw her again. I always wondered what happened to her. After she left, the boyfriend wasn’t seen anymore either, not even at the docks where he worked.

She’d be almost 60 now. I googled her name and found somebody who might be her, but I’m not sure. No Facebook page, so I don’t know if she married/had kids, but there is a fan page. There aren’t many pictures on the fan page, but there is a picture of a middle-aged woman who somewhat resembles her. She’s still pretty in an older woman way, but if it’s her, she definitely had a nose job. If this is the correct woman I’m looking at, she went on to be a successful author of young adult and children’s fiction, plus horror. She also owns a small drama theatre in New York.

Those beautiful blue-green eyes, those thick black curls, those succulent lips…

He is best known for playing the hot popular boy August in the Swedish gay series “Young Royals.”

He is the most interesting character on the show.

We want more nakey August!!

I’m July of 2021, Nancy Pelosi said unequivocally that Biden did not have the power to forgive student debt. She was absolutely correct in that Congress has the power of the purse and only Congress has the power to discharge debt. Something changed in her opinion and she was in support of the forgiveness plan Biden announced earlier this year.

Now the plan is facing legal changes and is on hold until these challenges are processed through the courts. Hopefully it will be able to proceed.

I can’t help but think it was a ruse, a losing gambit. A promise the President knew would go nowhere. Pelosi was also in support because she also knew it would go nowhere and therefor wouldn’t overstep Congress. In the end debt doesn’t get forgiven and the Democrats have a new cudgel to beat the Republicans.

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Manu Raju

[quote] Schumer takes procedural steps to bring up bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Tammy Baldwin told me they have enough votes to break a filibuster. First procedural vote expected Wednesday

Sen. Tammy Baldwin

[quote] The Respect for Marriage Act will protect marriage equality and ensure individuals in same-sex and interracial marriages are guaranteed the same rights & freedoms as every other marriage.

[quote] We are going to get this done for loving families across America.

It’s a new era of Asian Kings

Ex-Mormon escort tells all.

The paper which shall not be linked says it's Lady Susan Hussey, recently of The Crown, and actual godmother to Prince William and longtime lady in waiting to the Queen.

What about you?

I know he has several DUIs -- that is certainly not good. But why the constant whispering campaign on DL about how evil he is? It is starting to remind me of Tammy Cruise gossip that never amounts to anything.

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

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

Of course I mean the ones who still look male not the ones who look like women

Announced on her Twitter page.

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.

I have weird feelings about sex. I was shy growing up and lost my virginity at 22. I’m now 46 and I’ve led my sex life in the dark. I refuse to sleep with anyone if the lights are on. I don’t know if I’m asexual, but I guess I like guys. Growing up, sex seemed like something only other people did. I don’t think it’s dirty or shameful, but it’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that real life people are actually having sex right now. Even though I know it’s normal and natural, it always seemed like this taboo thing that only porn stars did. When I lost my virginity, I remember looking in the mirror to see if I looked different somehow, as in, do people have different *vibes* after experiencing sex? I don’t mean the afterglow. I mean sexually active people looking somehow different to non-active people.

When I watch a movie, I google the actors/actresses to see if they have children. If they do, then I find out the date of birth. After that I used one of those online conception calculators to figure out an estimate of the conception date. Then I look up the actor’s IMDB page and try to figure out what movies came out the year their child was born/conceived. Then I look up filming dates and think “so he had sex right before filming this movie, maybe during.” It’s hard to explain but I find it morbidly interesting to know when somebody had sex. Does recent sexual release translate to the screen? Maybe it’s immature. I didn’t grow up religious.

It's not just actors. I feel this way about everyone who shows evidence of sexual activity. My co-worker gave birth in September, so the baby must have been conceived in late December. I remember looking at December photos on her Instagram page and thinking, “she either had sex a few days before this picture, or a few days after.”

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

And you were the only bottom.

She looks like an overdeveloped toddler with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome who grew up downstream from a pig farm.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hate rats? Are you a “somewhat bloodthirsty” New Yorker with excellent communication skills and “a general aura of badassery”? Then you might have what it takes to be the city's new rat czar.

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration posted a job listing this week seeking someone to lead the city's long-running battle against rats. The official job title is “director of rodent mitigation,” although it was promptly dubbed the rat czar. Salary range is $120,000 to $170,000.

“The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty, determined to look at all solutions from various angles, including improving operational efficiency, data collection, technology innovation, trash management, and wholesale slaughter,” reads that ad.

The posting is whimsical, but the job is daunting.

New York City leaders have been trying to control the rodent population for generations, with mixed results. Sightings of rats in parks, sidewalks and other places in the city have recently increased.

City rats have survived a multimillion-dollar effort under former Mayor Bill de Blasio that focused on more trash pickups and better housing inspections in targeted neighborhoods. The city also launched a program to use dry ice to suffocate rats in their hiding spots.

Adams, when he was borough president of Brooklyn, once demonstrated a trap that used a bucket filled with a toxic soup to drown rats lured by the scent of food.

Now, the Adams' administration is looking for a top rat bureaucrat to become the public face of the city's eradication and education efforts.

“Cunning, voracious, and prolific, New York City’s rats are legendary for their survival skills, but they don’t run this city – we do,” claimed the posting.

Applicants are expected to have a crafty sense of humor and “to lead from the front, using hands-on techniques to exterminate rodents with authority and efficiency.”

It makes me so fucken mad. This bitch did it to me one morning and I decided she wasn’t going to get away with it. I followed her to what I assume was her workplace and pulled up beside her as she walked up to the door. I told her she was lucky I didn’t turn her into street pizza right there. She starts cussing me and that’s when I got out and

And when did she look her best?

And that will be all she wrote for Twitter. He’s fucked.

It's been sort of funny to see-- they all bought them thinking they were doing something great for the environment but now that Musk has become a MAGA hero, driving a Tesla can feel like wearing one of those red baseball caps-- an endorsement of Musk and everything he stands for.

Right now I'm hearing a bunch of "if it keeps up we're going to sell it" shit along with fake concerns for "the workers" who the Tesla owner now feels badly for because they were so clearly bullied and psychologically abused.

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

She can be one-note, but she’s had many moments of brilliance. I think her performance in American Beauty is overrated, but I think she should have won the Oscar for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool.

If so, who? Denzel Washington?

YASSSSSSS!

Ashley FINALLY leaving Michael's ass, get money gurl 💰

Kurn stepping out on Ray, that old hussy Jizz-elle getting too friendly with Candiace's husband?

We are ONLY discussing FACES here!

Can be from any/all eras and please post pictures if you can!

Thanks!

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?

(No judgement, it is what it is)

So, here’s the situation. I’m at the end of my work life. I’ve worked for the past 40 years and I’m ready to retire next year.

I have a lot of experience in my field/role, have certifications and a long history in management with a well-known large corporation

Im trying to lay low and just ride out this ridiculous job until I retire. The company is a two-bit staffing company, and without going into too much detail, they’ve done some sketchy stuff and most of the operations team are in India (nothing wrong with that), and we hire the worst employees

My team leader resigned a while ago (liked him a lot) and now I’ve been assigned to another person. I told my manager I have more experience etc and don’t feel this new team leader really doesn’t know anymore than me.

So today the new team leader sends me a long ass MS teams message, how she wants to learn about about my territory, etc. two paragraphs full off bullshit.

I ignored her message all day.

Should I talk to my manager again on this - tell her I don’t need this type of team leader and micromanaging? Or just let it go, eat more work shit, and then just quit when I’m ready?

It’s a Friday night and I want to have some fun, but everyone is so lame. I just want to punch them.

Why were/are her looks so underrated?

Please explain...

Apparently JW tweeted a pic of Hunter Biden smoking crack with his dick out and Twitter took it down because it violated terms of service.

GOP seem ecstatic about it, though I doubt it will happen.

This whole story seems to have been pretty well coordinated, with Greenwald and Woods on Tucker Carlson, the Post and Fox News having stories ready to go.

Detailing government collusion in censorship of political discourse on the platform. He has also repeatedly tweeted about "psyops" implying that intelligence agencies are active on Twitter.

And do they know each other? I mean other than 'hello, goodbye.'

Sam Bankman-Fried woke up on Monday still a billionaire, even as his cryptocurrency empire was beginning to unravel. By Friday, his fortune was completely wiped out.

Based on net worth calculations by Bloomberg, Bankman-Fried was worth about $16 billion at the start of the week. But as his crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, the value of his assets was reduced to zero in what Bloomberg called “one of history’s greatest-ever destructions of wealth.”

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022.

She's such a great gay icon!

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.

After a controversial stance against same sex marriages and LGBTQ clergy members was upheld by a slim majority in 2019, congregations across the country are seeking to leave the denomination through a meticulous process called disaffiliation. Although the two conferences meeting this weekend do not cover the Dallas-Fort Worth area, up to 439 churches across Texas could be granted approval to leave the denomination along with their properties. In this process, the UMC is allowing churches to leave the denomination while retaining their properties and assets as long as certain steps are taken before the end of 2023. Church congregations must first reach a 2/3 majority vote in favor before being approved by their annual conference. Many conservative congregations are leaving UMC, believing the stance passed in 2019 has not been enforced. However, some churches deny leaving over LGBTQ inclusion and point to a variety of differences from finances to theology. The two regions meeting Saturday are theTexas Annual Conference, based out of Houston and covering east Texas and Tyler, and theNorthwest Texas Annual Conference, which encompasses the Texas panhandle and Lubbock. They are two of six conferences in the state. In the Northwest Conference, more than half of its roughly 200 churches are seeking approval to officially disaffiliate, a spokesperson confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. If approved at the specially called session this Saturday in Lubbock, 145 churches would sever their relationship with the UMC promptly at the end of this year. In the Texas Conference, 294 out of its 598 churches are seeking the same approval Saturday. The Texas Annual Conference is the third largest in the country, according to its director of communications, Shannon Martin. In a written statement, Bishop Scott J. Jones said he is praying for those who are leaving and he is "encouraged by the hope of new beginnings for all of our United Methodist Churches." UM News reported last week that annual conferences across the country have approved the withdrawal of 1,314 churches from its over 30,000 total since 2019. In September, 81 churches in the Central Texas Conference, which covers Fort Worth, were approved to disaffiliate in a special session. The conference currently has 185 congregations, and at least two more have voted to leave. Encompassing the Dallas area is the North Texas Conference, which includes 276 churches. While fifty-four churches have entered the process, only six have held a vote and reached the two-thirds threshold vote to leave. Ten others decided to remain with the UMC before going to a vote, as of November 2.

Cutie

Hot to death x 2

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Poor Alex. Literally and figuratively.

Debuting this month!

Am I the only one who thinks the California Raisins version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is good?

What other Christmas songs do you think are underrated?

Hoping to learn from other's experiences. An elderly relative can no longer be fully independent. Trying to figure out best way forward. Mean and caustic drunk so many in family have distanced. A recent hospital stay and recuperation in a rehab for PT have given a small time window when detoxxed to figure out next steps. I have heard that many AL facilities have active social drinking scenes and that it's possible to be evicted for excessive drinking or poor treatment of staff. If I try to set up home care and Uber, treatment of aides and drinking are also factors. Narcs and drunks are so difficult and so many bridges have been burned. Anyone BTDT and have tips for how to create something workable? TIA.

I bet you didn't know that because it's been ERASED FROM HISTORY.

What are some of Marsha P's other accomplishments that have yet to be acknowledged?

Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in the U.S. for the first time in eight years Wednesday. But their trip has already been overshadowed by fresh accusations of racist conduct by the royal institution and scenes of NBA fans booing the couple and chanting “USA, USA” as they sat court-side at a Celtics vs Miami Heat game in Boston.

William and Kate arrived in the city for a three-day visit ahead of the Earthshot Prize, the prince’s environmental awards ceremony taking place Friday. It is also their first overseas trip since Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September, which granted them their new titles as Prince and Princess of Wales, after King Charles III assumed the throne.

It’s not the first royal trip that has garnered controversy for Prince William and Kate. In March, they made headlines when their tour of former British colonies in the Caribbean sparked republican demonstrations. The couple was forced to cancel the first stop in Belize due to protests, and were met by demonstrations in Jamaica and the Bahamas—with many demanding reparations and apologies from the crown. All three nations have since announced plans to re-evaluate their place in the Commonwealth.

Below, what to know about William and Kate’s royal trip to Boston, and why racism allegations back home may cast a shadow over the success of their trip.

The basketball snub occurred just hours after the royal family’s latest controversy unfolded on home soil; Lady Susan Hussey, William’s 83-year-old godmother and a long-standing lady of the household, resigned from her royal duties amid allegations of racist conduct that saw her repeatedly ask Ngozi Fulani, a Black British charity worker, “where she really came from” during an event on Tuesday.

The event led by Camilla, the Queen Consort, saw around 300 guests invited to Buckingham Palace to support her campaign against domestic violence. Fulani, an attendee, heads up Sistah Space, the U.K.’s only domestic abuse charity specifically for women and girls of African and Caribbean heritage.

According to the BBC, Fulani recounted the full conversation she had with Hussey, including repeated attempts to know where she was “really” from despite the charity worker reminding her that she is British. In a subsequent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Fulani described the exchange as a “violation” and an “interrogation.”

“I have to really question how this can happen in a space that’s supposed to protect women against all kinds of violence,” Fulani told the radio hosts.

In a statement forwarded to TIME, a Kensington Palace spokesperson yesterday said they are “really disappointed” to hear about Fulani’s experience. They added that “racism has no place in our society” and that it was right for Hussey to resign over her “unacceptable” comments.

The basketball snub occurred just hours after the royal family’s latest controversy unfolded on home soil; Lady Susan Hussey, William’s 83-year-old godmother and a long-standing lady of the household, resigned from her royal duties amid allegations of racist conduct that saw her repeatedly ask Ngozi Fulani, a Black British charity worker, “where she really came from” during an event on Tuesday.

The event led by Camilla, the Queen Consort, saw around 300 guests invited to Buckingham Palace to support her campaign against domestic violence. Fulani, an attendee, heads up Sistah Space, the U.K.’s only domestic abuse charity specifically for women and girls of African and Caribbean heritage.

According to the BBC, Fulani recounted the full conversation she had with Hussey, including repeated attempts to know where she was “really” from despite the charity worker reminding her that she is British. In a subsequent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Fulani described the exchange as a “violation” and an “interrogation.”

“I have to really question how this can happen in a space that’s supposed to protect women against all kinds of violence,” Fulani told the radio hosts.

Leonardo DiCaprio came close to never playing his arguably most famous and iconic character when he somewhat butted heads with James Cameron during the audition process for Titanic.

In a video career retrospective for GQ published Tuesday, the Oscar-winning filmmaker spent a good portion of time talking about his 1997 historical drama epic, which for a span of years was the top-grossing film of all time.

Beyond his initial consideration of rebuilding the entire doomed ship (which launched in 1911 and sank on April 15, 1912), and his liking for Gwyneth Paltrow in the role of Rose before he met Kate Winslet, Cameron spilled on casting DiCaprio as Jack, which almost fell apart over the actor's poor attitude during auditions.

"There was a meeting with Leo and then there was a screen test with Leo," Cameron said, setting the scene. "The meeting was funny because I am sitting in my conference room, waiting to meet an actor. And I look around, and all the women in the entire office are in the meeting. They all wanted to meet Leo. It was hysterical."

The filmmaker said the first meeting went well and DiCaprio "charmed everybody" so he was asked back for a read with Winslet, who had already been cast. It did not go as smoothly. At least, not at first.

"So he came back a couple of days later, and I had the camera set up to record the video," Cameron recalled. "He didn't know he was going to test. He thought it was another meeting to meet Kate. So I said, 'Okay, we'll just go in the next room, and we'll run some lines and I'll video it.' And he said, 'You mean, I'm reading?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'Oh, I don't read.' I shook his hand and said, 'Thanks for coming by.' And he said, 'Wait, wait, wait. If I don't read, I don't get the part? Just like that?' And I said, 'Oh, yeah. Come on. This is a giant movie that is going to take two years of my life, and you'll be gone doing five other things while I'm doing post-production. So, I'm not going to f--- it up by making the wrong decision in casting. So, you're going to read, or you're not going to get the part.'"

DiCaprio reluctantly agreed to read and was indignant until the camera was rolling, Cameron claimed.

"So he comes in, and he's like every ounce of his entire being is just so negative — right up until I said, 'Action.' Then he turned into Jack," the director explained. "Kate just lit up, and they played the scene. Dark clouds had opened up, and a ray of sun came down and lit up Jack. I'm like, 'All right. He's the guy.'"

My Dad wants a new cooler for Christmas. Is Yeti really the best out there is there anything comparable?

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

(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!

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.

21 Ennismore Gardens: A duplex apartment incorporating as its private entrance the original front door, main stair, and the principal parts of the raised ground floor and first floor of a house developed 1868-1874 by the Earl of Listowel together with the private park across the street for "persons of standing." It is just under 3000 square feet and with 3 or 4 bedrooms, two large reception rooms, and 3 bathrooms. Ceiling heights are 4.11m (14.5 feet.) At the front of the house the bowed bay of the ground floor is arranged as a reception room/dining area and above it on the first floor is another reception room, rectangular, with tall French doors that open to a balcony/terrace of 140 square feet that overlooks Ennismore Gardens, "a five minute walk from Hyde Park, The Albert Hall and Harrods" with transport links close by at Knightsbridge, South Kensington and Sloane Square. A monument in the park commemorates former resident Ava Gardner who lived at No. 34.

The big black bookcase/TV cabinetry in the two large front rooms are a case of love/hate I suppose. In my case I don't love them, but don't altogether hate them either. I would live with the for a while and think about it. The historic features of the entrance, hallway, stairs, and the two principal rooms are the real prizes; the bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchen are more of a mixed bag. I would keep the two upper bedrooms (nicely each on its own level) as such, and turn the larger bedroom ("D"on the plan) on the entry floor into a library/office and make the tiny cabin of a bedroom ("F") into a coat room/store room/something more useful. It's just an apartment that makes more sense as a luxurious 2-bedroom, than a cramped or awkward 4- or 3-bedroom space.

It's hugely expensive, but I love the two big front rooms on different floors, the plan is good, the space is big without being enormous, and having the original entrance for your private use gives the feel of a house. And the smoker's balcony and the huge windows overlooking Ennismore Gardens are great.

What do you think?

A 19 year old college soccer player dating a 50 year old man. A match made in elder gay heaven.

No, I don't care about the lesbians. Start your own thread.

I think my first ever crush as a little boy was Scott Schwartz. I was like 6 or 7 when The Toy came out and I ached for him. It's funny looking back on that because I am pretty sure he is a fat ass now. But I would still do him, just to cross it off my bucket list.

I would!

I'm getting disgusted at the right-wing response to their recent photo together. This ends now.

Her pussy stinks but I love it.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been accused of taking a private photographer into Buckingham Palace without permission during their farewell tour in Britain, after a behind-the-scenes image was broadcast to millions in their new Netflix trailer.

The one-minute-long advert for the Duke and Duchess’s new documentary shows a series of black-and-white photographs, taken at their Frogmore Cottage, their wedding evening reception, and on holidays.

One picture appears to have been taken inside Buckingham Palace, showing them walking out of the garden entrance.

By convention, anyone wishing to film or shoot in the Queen’s home requires permission, with “strict protocol” surrounding imagery in what is considered private quarters.

The Telegraph understands that the presence of the photograph was the subject of a written palace complaint at the time, as aides noted that the couple had not asked permission to shoot inside the Queen’s home.

The Sussexes are not thought to have been made personally aware of the warning.

“It’s fair to say there was surprise to see there was a photographer,” said one source, adding: “In usual circumstances, you need permission to take pictures in that area.”

A second said: “There is very strict protocol about bringing a film crew or photographer. Usually a memo would be sent to the Queen to get approval.”

The photographer was not asked to leave, The Telegraph has confirmed.

One insider said the appearance of a private photographer had been noticed by household staff at the time, as the Sussexes came and went from the palace.

They had travelled to Britain in March 2020 for what became known as their “farewell tour”, including a string of public engagements from a secondary school to the Commonwealth Day Service.

While here, they were followed by photographer Chris Allerton, whose work shooting the Duchess during a private visit to the National Theatre and at an emotional farewell to staff at Buckingham Palace was released and published soon afterwards.

In it, Prince Harry and Meghan walk hand-in-hand towards an exit of Buckingham Palace, where two footmen hold the doors open for them.

The Duchess is wearing a winter coat and distinctive heels, carrying a small handbag that appears identical to an outfit she wore to a Goring Hotel farewell lunch for staff that week.

One source described the presence of an unauthorised photographer as a “genuine violation” of the Queen’s household, saying he was spotted by so many that news “wouldn’t have taken long for it to go round the building”.

They predicted that there could be more images to come in the documentary or printed elsewhere, with the Sussexes also holding events in the the Belgian Suite and 1844 Room, and the offices of staff.

The picture was one of at least a dozen behind-the-scenes shots to be aired in the Netflix trailer.

Others include images of Prince Harry and Meghan kissing in their Frogmore Cottage kitchen during the same week, and what appeared to be the Duchess crying during a phone call with her head in her hand.

“It is certainly stretching the definition of privacy,” said one critic after the trailer was released.

“For a couple who have been privacy-obsessed, in 60 seconds they have shown raw emotion, private places, photos never before seen.

“They’ve blown their own protestations out of the water and detonated their own privacy policy.”

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s lawyer has previously insisted that their challenge of “unlawful violations of privacy” is different from sharing their lives on their own terms.

“[It] doesn’t mean, just because you assert your human rights, that you then become some kind of Trappist monk and take a vow of silence, you’re not allowed to discuss anything,” Jenny Afia said in 2021.

“That’s not how privacy works. Privacy is about the right to own and control what personal information you choose to share with somebody.”

I always find it too gamey. It would be my last choice of protein.

King 🤴🏾

Who are they?

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

I can’t wait!!!

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.

A whole meal

Today at whole foods was shopping for a corporate luncheon. My colleague, Liza and I were waiting in line in an overcrowded unusually disorganized store. Some douche in a tuxedo in front said fuck that I'm going to Vons. He placed his groceries in our cart and 😉.

A very attractive blonde ringing up our aisle announced, we apologize for the delay, half our staff is out due to covid. That is when very loudly a tall, fairly attractive black woman with big hoop earrings said, We don't need to know that" The cashier didn't respond. She continued,"The shit makes not wanna shop in this store" also on her cell phone, "look imma call u back and tell Tyrone he betta have my money when I see him". I chuckled and nervously held it. She noticed an intense stare from a middle aged fella behind her and asked,"what is you looking at". I'm going to fast forward this story because there's a lot ranging from contempt to humor from other shoppers in the store.

At some point Liza asked the woman, "Can you please calm down with your theatrics, I have a migraine." That is when the woman went off, "you dumb white bitch stay in your lane. This store is crowded and ghetto" she added. People were appalled. I chimed in that she needed to relax and move back. She cursed us out the entire time the worker was bagging our groceries. When we were exiting the parking lot we encountered her at an intersection, driving a BMW I might add. "She rolled down her window and screamed, "And you betta watch yo back in them streets". Liza and I looked at each other. Liza asked me, "Do you think shes Trans." We both laughed as I I sped off.

Either being wealthy yourself (now or at one time) or knowing someone or dating someone who was extremely wealthy? Tell us about it.

December 2

REDRUM

MURDER

REDRUM

MURDER

Check your boilers, and avoid roque mallets, DLers!

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

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

He's such a cutie!

We must stay focused, brothers!

This year’s Best Actress appeared to be sewn up with Cate Blanchett’s riveting turn as a classical music conductor in Todd Fields’ Tar. That was until Michelle Williams as Mitzi Fabelman premiered in Steven Speilberg’s latest at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Fabelmans won the Audience Award and Michelle has decided to go Lead, not Supporting where she had been considered a lock.

Will Cate win #3 and deprive Michelle of her first win after what will certainly be her fifth nomination?

This race is likely to keep DL’s Oscar queens in a tizzy through March.

I can't be the only DLer ignorant as to what exactly this term means?

Is this one of those words that everyone thinks they know but really don't?

What say you?

Ahhh….because it was all grandstanding BS

How common is it? The examples I know of personally are Luke and Laura, and Sami and EJ.

–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?

He admits that he was a little surprised by how accepting teammates were when Thomas Hitzlsperger came out, though that was after Thomas retired from the sport. Regardless, the coach went on to say that "European teams have never been as tolerant, multicultural and multi-religious as they are today. Of course there will always be homophobes on the outside. But I hope gay players come out soon because it would have an enormous impact on society.”

Come out, Ronaldo. (Wishful thinking, of course.)

They’ve been teasing this for years and it’s finally arriving next month, November 17! A dark mysterious at sea Bermuda Triangle international supernatural SciFi thriller. Miguel Bernardeau formerly Guzman of Elite is in this as well as one of the Jonases of Dark. It looks fabulous and chilling!

who is your fave?

Me: No animals, lack of interest or even active dislike of animals. I'm not talking about people who travel so much and can't have one, I'm talking about people who freak out when a dog or cat is around or pushes them away in distaste.

The original cast included Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Chamberlain, Sally Kellerman, Larry Kert and Priscilla Lopez.

Despite a healthy advance sale and much audience anticipation, it closed four nights later without having officially opened. Merrick placed an infamous ad in The New York Times, announcing that he shut down the production "rather than subject the drama critics and the public to an excruciatingly boring evening

As Richard Chamberlain said years later, "We made the mistake of thinking Mary Tyler Moore could do something other than say "Oh Rob!" or "Mr Grant!"

Moore was convinced that Merrick planned to fire her soon after opening night....If only

I have one of those and it’s the best ever!

Ok, I'l admit it, I'm a Tinderella queen. I briefly moonlighted as a drag queen in the 80s, so I know how to do passable makeup. Now with photoshop it's so easy to make a great profile and catfish amazing, beautiful straight guys on Tinder. Oh my fucking god, it's so hot! So many masc, built guys desperate to get their rocks off. They'll swipe ANYTHING and with a hot profile pic, you're guaranteed to get into hot and heavy chat with lots of str8, masc, horny guys.

I'm currently messaging about a dozen, and they love telling me what they want to do to my 'slit' and my 'pussy'. It makes my hole so fucking wet! Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure, but I love it. I don't feel like I'm deceiving them. Most of these guys are entitled, white, misogynist, racist, homophobes so if I can get dick by exploiting them a bit who gives a fuck? I can host when my husband and kids are out, and I have a setup with dimmed lights, and a gloryhole. I have str8 porn playing, and I dress up in lingerie and a wig. I'm in my late 50s, balding, and overweight, but with a wig I look totally passable. I think I must have tricked about two dozen 'str8' guys, who dumped loads in my throat or in my pussy - I always say 'pump, dump, and leave'. So far being a human spermtank is great, but what I most love is that I'm poz. These str8 deplorables don't know what they're getting into.

If you knew how awful these guys are, calling me all sorts of degrading misogynistic names while they pound my faggot holes, you would totally agree with this setup. It's karma for these entitled deplorable men that they're cumming inside a poz, tatted fuckpig. I'm a fucking sewer swine, and love the unwashed man smells from all these jacked, str8, hot masc guys. Foot smell, sweat, smegma, unwiped asses, gym socks. I fucking love it, and my hole literally leaks when a str8 jock comes over from the gym to dump a load of cum and piss in me. I 've perfected my female voice, and I'm totally fucking passable!

The pilot episode was set in San Francisco and the actor playing her father and brother were different and lousy. It's interesting but I much prefer the regular cast and the setting in Brooklyn Heights.

It is a glioblastoma, stage 4 (actually they're all called stage 4). She was diagnosed last July, underwent surgery when she was told they got it all, then had a course of radiation treatments and oral chemo. Two months ago she had a clean MRI. She had another one last week and this morning was told that the tumor has returned, this time in an area that is unoperable because it is too close to the motor cortex. They told her she has perhaps 4 - 6 months left.

I have been following the "Joe and Mark" thread and the "diagnose me" thread, so I know we've had more than our share of these situations DL lately. To say that I am devastated is putting it mildly. She is a wonderful woman and has been a great friend to me. I will do anything and everything I possibly can for her, but I can hardly comprehend the degree of loss - it's like looking over a cliff. I have been in a fog all day because I can hardly believe this is really happening.

Aswemove is hot

CNN has uncovered at least 4 interviews from Walker’s Texas home about his Georgia Senate run.

The US constitution says senators must be 30 years old, a citizen for nine years, and “shall … when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen”.

Last thread got locked.

Cate’s gunning for that 3rd Oscar.

A complete list of the NYFCC’s 2022 winners follows.

Best Film: Tár Best Director: S. S. Rajamouli, RRR Best Actor: Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Tár Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, Nope Best Animated Feature: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick Best First Film: Aftersun Best Foreign Language Film: EO Best Nonfiction Film: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Special Award: Jake Perlin Special Award: dGenerate Films Special Award: Jafar Panahi

What’s your favorite blue song?

Front page story from last Sunday's NYT.

Seems sad all way round; for surrogate, child and Chinese man who just wanted to have a son.

To be clear Xu Wenjun has stuck with narrative that his "wife" cannot have children. But close friends tell another story.

"In Cambodian court testimony, Xu said his wife could not bear a child. But Xu’s friends, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of antagonizing the Cambodian authorities, said that his situation was more complicated: He had no wife and was open about being gay. Hun Daneth said Xu told her about his sexuality. LGBTQ couples cannot adopt in China, and gay or single individuals are precluded from surrogacy in most countries where that practice is legal."

Apparently gay Chinese have been flocking to Cambodia in good numbers over years for surrogacy services using eggs from Russian or Ukraine women.

AMAZING!

Starting over? Good Morning America star Amy Robach and her husband, Andrew Shue, “just drifted apart,” a source tells In Touch exclusively about the couple amid the ongoing T.J. Holmes romance rumors. Sharing that Amy and Andrew are “already living in separate homes,” the source’s insight comes just a day after the former Melrose Place star, 55, deleted all social media photos of his wife.

Followers were quick to notice that Andrew erased all pictures of Amy, 49, from his Instagram account on Wednesday, November 30, shortly after images surfaced online of Amy and T.J., 45, together despite them legally being married. The two GMA cohosts deactivated their respective Instagram accounts after news broke of their apparent outings.

The last photo that Amy shared of her husband via her since-deactivated Instagram account was in July. Over the past year, though, she posted multiple moments of them together at home and on various vacations. However, eagle-eyed fans noticed that she was not wearing her wedding ring in several of her online posts throughout October and November. On November 18, Amy and Andrew sold their New York City apartment for $5.2 million, In Touch confirmed.

Amy and Andrew have been married since February 2010. While they don’t share children together, the morning show anchor is a stepmom to his sons from a previous relationship, Nate, Aidan and Wyatt. For T.J.’s part, the journalist has been married to wife Marilee Fiebig since March 2010. They share daughter Sabine together, whom they welcomed in January 2013.

Andrew’s Instagram cleanup came just hours after Daily Mail published photos of Amy and T.J. looking cozy together on several occasions in New York City throughout November. One snapshot captured the duo having drinks at a bar on November 10. Another picture revealed T.J. placing his hand on Amy’s backside on November 13. The pair were also spotted holding hands in an Uber in a photo taken on November 28.

Amy and T.J.’s friendship became a fan-favorite for ABC viewers, as the television reporters have spent time together in the past training for a half-marathon among other amicable outings. Their onscreen banter also became a staple for GMA.

Amy and Andrew have not publicly addressed the relationship rumors. Reps for the cohosts and GMA did not immediately respond to In Touch’s request for comment.

Nevertheless, multiple sources told In Touch that Amy and Andrew are dating.

Their relationship is an “HR nightmare” for the network, one insider exclusively told In Touch, explaining that Good Morning America is “desperately trying to figure out” how to handle the speculation.

Previously, Amy revealed that she and Andrew experienced a bump along the road in their marriage when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing a bilateral mastectomy and six months of chemotherapy in 2013, Amy was declared cancer free and has been since then.

“This was not something I would wish on anyone’s marriage,” she explained to People in 2015, adding that their rough patch lasted for “several months.”

Onlyfans has the hotties

the Center for Countering Digital Hate said

the use of slurs against gay men up 58%

and the daily use of the n-word under Musk is triple the 2022 average

What slurs have to seen against gay men on twitter?

Remember, no modern women...

The few I've known (well, the ones who were raised Southern Baptist, none of them practiced as adults) all exuded a noticeable ... confidence? Arrogance? Entitlement? I can't really put my finger on it, but it was common to them all.

In your experience, is this a Southern Baptist thing? I haven't picked up the same vibe from current/former Methodists, Lutherans, Catholics, or other mainstream denominations.

(Mormon men are a whole other thread.)

Pink

So far LAID OFF Twitter employees have not received their severance

Continuing coverage of the people of CNN....

CNN must be reading these threads, as they have fulfilled my request of non stop Joey Jackson. He has been on at all hours of the day, when does he sleep? Do they give him cocaine or something?

I also enjoy hot daddy Boris Sanchez on the weekends, yassssss🔥

"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?

Twitter Takeover Who Is Paying for Twitter? Inside the Takeover Twitter’s Essential Workers Download Your Twitter Data Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said.

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1.3K Read in app Elon Musk, who took over Twitter in October, has described himself as a “free speech absolutist.” Elon Musk, who took over Twitter in October, has described himself as a “free speech absolutist.” Credit...Carina Johansen/NTB, via Reuters By Sheera Frenkel and Kate Conger Sheera Frenkel writes about misinformation and social media platforms. Kate Conger reports on Twitter and Elon Musk.

Dec. 2, 2022 Updated 2:16 p.m. ET Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up on the social media service an average of 1,282 times a day. After the billionaire became Twitter’s owner, they jumped to 3,876 times a day.

Slurs against gay men appeared on Twitter 2,506 times a day on average before Mr. Musk took over. Afterward, their use rose to 3,964 times a day.

And antisemitic posts referring to Jews or Judaism soared more than 61 percent in the two weeks after Mr. Musk acquired the site.

These findings — from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League and other groups that study online platforms — provide the most comprehensive picture to date of how conversations on Twitter have changed since Mr. Musk completed his $44 billion deal for the company in late October. While the numbers are relatively small, researchers said the increases were atypically high.

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?

And why?

Links appreciated.

On DL, one hears Indiana and Indianapolis maligned as shitholes of a state and a city, respectively. However, looking at real estate listings online, it's not as inexpensive as I thought it would be and there are a variety of architectural styles compared to some other midwestern areas. Hoosiers, spill the tea! Indiana, yay or nay?

Exclude the obvious, like Gary Busey and Hilary Duff.

Will Smith had a special forcefield around him at the premiere of Emancipation: his family.

The actor, making his first red carpet since his Oscars meltdown, was surrounded by family at Regency Village Theatre in L.A. on Wednesday. Jada Pinkett Smith was on his arm while all three of his children — Trey, 30, Jaden, 24, and Willow, 22 — were by his side.

Will stars in Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua, about an enslaved man who escaped a Confederate army labor camp. The Apple Originals film also stars Ben Foster and Charmaine Bingwa.

Will didn't shy away from the spotlight on the carpet despite the scandal. He and Jada were not to be missed in large part due to her white show-stopping Stephane Rolland gown that ruffled out behind her.

At one point, Will planted a kiss on Jada's bald head as she leaned into him. The 2022 Oscars drama, which saw Will storm the stage and slap presenter Chris Rock, stemmed from Rock making a joke about how Jada could have a role in a G.I. Jane sequel because of her bald head. Rock was apparently unaware Jada has alopecia. In one of Will's subsequent apologies, he said "a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally."

Will's mother-in-law, Adrienne Banfield Norris — who co-hosts Red Table Talk with Jada and Willow — was there as well to support the family. She attended along with her husband Rodney, but posed for photos with her daughter.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Will received cheers from the "crush of photographers" as he arrived on the red carpet. He replied playfully, "What's the deal? What's the deal?" — though presumably knew his first red carpet since the drama would be a big one.

Will then spent a "spent a good chunk of time posing for photos with the cast" as well as Apple executives, the outlet reported. He then made his way down the red carpet, "generously giving time to each outlet."

Will also smiled as he signed autographs for fans lining the street outside the theater.

The last time the Smiths were all on the red carpet together was March 27 at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. The night was a mix of high-highs and low-lows. While Will won the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard, it was eclipsed by his outburst earlier in the evening. In addition to storming the stage to hit Rock, he returned to his seat and preceded to curse him out. Nonetheless, the show continued, Will got a standing ovation for winning his Oscar and he and his family went out to celebrate at the after-party, where he danced to one of his famous hit songs.

Will later resigned from the Academy, which subsequently banned him from the Oscars for 10 years.

The Oscar winner issued several apologies, which received mixed reception, and kept a pretty low profile until returning to the spotlight for this movie. Leading up to it, he attended small screenings — often with friends and supporters. He also made a cheery visit to his former high school, along the road of his redemption tour.

Earlier this week, he sat for his first late-night TV interview since the drama. Chatting with The Daily Show's Trevor Noah, he admitted he "lost it" on Oscars night, blaming years of bottled emotions, dating back to his childhood witnessing his father abusing his mother.

In press leading up to that, Will said he would "completely understand" if audiences aren't ready to see him on the big screen again after the Oscars incident. However, he said his focus is on the team that made the film, saying they "have done some of the best work of their entire careers, and my deepest hope is that my actions don't penalize [them]."

While Will is banned from the Oscars, he's still eligible to be nominated for Best Actor for this project.

On the red carpet Wednesday, he told Extra, "This is definitely a freedom movie … the power of faith, the power of family. It's history, but I think it captures it in a way that feels modern… It's not 'eat your vegetables'… It's a real cinematic spectacle."

I won't be surprised if this has been posted before. I don't know how to look for a poll, but hey, even if that's the case, let's go another round.

Was sitting with some older family members on Thanksgiving night and they had WoF on so was forced to watch. Hahaha.

Well that and ate so much really just couldn't move....

Good to see young gays out, proud and secure in themselves. Noah's bf isn't that bad to look at either.

OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — A man described as a “person of interest” in the killing and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma admitted to a woman that he killed the men and “cut them up,” according to a prosecutor's affidavit.

Authorities believe 67-year-old Joseph Kennedy shot and killed the four men on Oct. 9 at Kennedy’s scrap yard, according to the affidavit unsealed Thursday and signed by Assistant District Attorney Carman Rainbolt.

Kennedy told a woman in Gore, Oklahoma, that he killed and dismembered the four men because they were stealing from him, according to the affidavit, which was filed by prosecutors who were seeking to increase Kennedy's bond.

The dismembered bodies of Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were found Oct. 14 in the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a town of around 11,000 people that's about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Tulsa. The men were believed to have left a house in Okmulgee on bicycles the evening of Oct. 9.

One of Kennedy’s court-appointed attorneys, Gregg Graves, declined to comment Friday.

Kennedy was arrested Oct. 17 in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, while driving a stolen vehicle, according to Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice. He was later extradited to Oklahoma.

Kennedy has not been formally charged, but Okmulgee County Jail records show he is being held on $10 million bond in connection with a 2012 charge of assault and battery with a deadly weapon for which he was still on probation.

A telephone message left Friday for Rainbolt and Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski was not immediately returned.

I don’t clean the litter box every day.

Leslie Jordan, Irene Cara, now Christine McVie. They kick and then you never hear a word after on how they died. Am I just being a tinhat?

I have been thinking about this lately and I think there's a good chance a millennial will make to the White House before a Gen Xer.

Instead all they will air is recycled CNN documentaries and shows from Discovery Investigations (their sister station)

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

Sexy AF

It looks tacky as fuck in this clip, and all the straights look sleazy and dull. Did any of you sneak in and take a look around?

It’s femicide!

His global fame is based on people Thirstin for him

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

Still has fame on social Media

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.

One long night with the founder of the sluttiest gay cruising app.

I’m “wankers”

By myself, driving from the airport in KC.

Anyone been there? What's the best place to stay? I've got a room at the Saliva Falls Precious Moments Inne.

What's the gay scene? Any good restaurants? What should I know about Kansas? It's my first trip.

It's true I'm on the Spectrum but I'm fairly high functioning and am eager to appear normal and maybe get fucked. What are the males like?

[quote]The number of people identifying with ‘No religion’ jumped by over 8 million, from 25% to 37% between 2011 and 2021. Christians are now a minority in the Census results for the first time, and are outnumbered by the non-religious in Wales. The number of people ticking ‘Christian’ in England and Wales has fallen most steeply, from 59% to 46%.

[quote]The latest results represent an increase in the pace of change, with both the growth of the non-religious and the decline in the religious occurring at a faster rate than between 2001 and 2011. The non-religious grew by almost 60%.

God, I love watching that beautiful ass ride Cock.

-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

Not sure if another Part 2 was started but the stock market is still getting pounded.

More lube, please...

Let's say, March-June 2020.

I can't really explain why, because that was such a shitty time. But on the other hand, I had a strange peace. I was living alone, and working from home. The first few weeks of lockdown weren't great, and I remember watching Andrew Cuomo's daily news conference religiously, to try to quiet my anxiety. There was a feeling of impending apocalypse, and the world was like I'd never seen it before. There was also a strange feeling that nothing really mattered. After the initial fear subsided, though, I fell into a nice routine, and being alone with no social obligations was quite enjoyable. It lasted through April and May and the early summer (although I really didn't socialize again until late 2021).

I find myself wanting those early pandemic days back, especially now, when things are kind of back to normal (but not really).

Fake relationships are too boring. I'm talking about fake plane crashes, invented stalkers, fake illnesses. Jussie Smollett territory basically.

They seem to be "en vogue" and many are very pretty, but at $100 minimum a piece, they might as well be nice. Would you indulge ? who does ? is it pretentious ?

VERY cute.

It’s only 50 Oz (I wanted a smaller one for iced teas etc) and it’s so pretty. It’s glass and the cover is steel. I’m so happy with this purchase.

Is it worth a trip?

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Job openings now exceed workers by 4 million.

Are they all going to OnlyFans?

[quote]A passenger on an Antarctic cruise died and four others were injured after their Viking ship was struck by a "rogue wave," the cruise line said.

[quote]The incident happened on Tuesday around 10:40 p.m. local time while the Viking Polaris ship was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, Viking said.

I thought for sure there'd be an existing thread on this but, weirdly, there isn't. (I did search, I swear.)

It's a six-episode comedy series starring Will Arnett as a police detective, and features celebrity guest stars (including Sharon Stone, Annie Murphy and Kumail Nanjiani) who don't get a script and have to improvise all their dialogue.

It was a light, easy watch, and I thought it was (surprisingly) pretty funny!

Anyone else watch(ing)?

Happy New Year 🎆🎊 and pass the cake!

This week’s guest stars are Shelley Smith and Jamie Farr!

December 1984

I’m watching on GSN!!

.. from cops and school district.

I won't go to Chick-fil-A, or Hobby Lobby etc, I am wondering if other people vent and complain about the stances these companies take and then still go through the drive through and eat those fries. And do they sit in your stomach like a rock?

hosting only

What’s the deal with them?

Shoots and kills mom over VR headset.

For those who defended this walking lump of Human feces, please explain to us again what a “champion of freedom” this cunt is. And so, so brave isn't he? He’d rather give up everything and suck Putin’s dick than come back to face the consequences. Ironically, had he come back, he likely would have been out of jail by now and achieved some level of positive fame. This man’s cowardice amazes me.

Wonho should be OP pic

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.

It was a Thanksgiving to remember for a local State Farm worker on a Carnival cruise. After downing a few cock tales with co-worker Jake, the man who fell off a Carnival ocean liner and treaded water for 20 hours before being rescued literally swam with sharks and miraculously survived, but there's one big mystery -- how many drinks did this dude consume before going overboard?!?

The 28-year-old told a family member he was going to the bathroom, and that's the last anyone saw of him. He doesn't remember going to the bathroom, falling off the ship or hitting the water.

The first thing he recalls is that he was on the ocean floor with no boat in sight. He was actually passed out in the water after the fall. Unreal! But God kept him afloat for a bigger purpose. He was cold and hungry and survived by eating whatever floated by.

James was treading water in an area known as a feeding ground for sharks, and it appears he encountered at least one. You gotta watch the video and hear how he survived that.

Stars Eaten By Sharks

LAUNCH GALLERY

Eventually, he saw a freighter and swam with the little energy had left ... heading toward the vessel. When a Coast Guard chopper lifted him out the water, the first thing he did was warn one of the military guys he was naked!

Straight guys were so easy to find on Craigslist.

Sends people flying.

What are some subtle things that stick out to you that make a person new money vs old money?

For me, if a person starts talking about their love of opera, Shakespeare, wine, scotch, classic literature, and so on, I would think they would be more old money.

If an individual starts bragging about their bigger home, Mercedes, Birkin bags, etc. they are more likely "new money."

So fuck the New York Times and their Pitchbot-worthy op-ed and `news divisions who constantly whine about everything that Biden does.

Having lived on both continents I am still always struck by how Puritanical Americans are. Even among the most progressive liberals in the US you still see this.

Europeans were way ahead of the US on gay rights too.

"Heartstopper" star Kit Connor came out as bisexual Monday, saying he felt forced to share his sexual orientation after he was accused of queerbaiting by viewers of the popular Netflix show.

In a rare Twitter post, the British actor wrote: “Back for a minute. I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show. Bye.”

While Connor did not say exactly why he felt forced to come out, he posted the message weeks after he said he was "deleting Twitter" amid accusations of queerbaiting, or benefiting from appearing as queer without claiming the community explicitly. That followed the emergence of photos showing him holding hands with Maia Reficco, his co-star in “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.”

“this is a silly silly app. bit bored of it now, deleting twitter :),” Connor said in the September post.

Alice Oseman, the creator of "Heartstopper," which she launched as a webcomic and later as a graphic novels series, shared her support Monday, writing in response to his tweet: “I truly don’t understand how people can watch ‘Heartstopper’ and then gleefully spend their time speculating about sexualities and judging based on stereotypes.

“I hope all those people are embarrassed as F***. Kit you are amazing,” Oseman wrote.

Kizzy Edgell, who plays Darcy Olsson on “Heartstopper,” tweeted late Monday: “I love u kit im sorry this has been so disgustingly rough on you. [You’ve] been treated so unfairly."

Fans also rushed to support Connor, with a Twitter user writing: "HOW can one watch a show like Heartstopper and the take away being that you as a viewer/fan/whatever have the right to know the most private aspects of the actors life? Especially when it comes to this. All love in the world to you Kit."

Another wrote: "So sorry that you’ve literally been forced out before you were ready. Not that you should have ever had to out yourself. People really miss the entire point of this show and the web comics. We love you Kit, sorry you had to do this."

Connor plays Nick Nelson, a high school student who starts to develop feelings for classmate Charlie Spring, played by Joe Locke, as he tries to navigate and understand his sexual identity.

In May, Connor had also appeared to comment on Twitter about questions and comments around his sexual orientation, writing: “Twitter is so funny man. apparently some people on here know my sexuality better than I do…”

In an interview in May, Connor, who was joined by Locke, spoke about the positive impact he hoped "Heartstopper" would have on fans, saying that "to have a show where it’s just very positive, [with] a generally positive outlook on life and being a queer teen, I think that’s an extremely important thing."

"It’s a show that younger audiences can watch with their family and their parents and that can lead to very important conversations between parents and their children," he said. "I think that it just basically brings societies steps closer to normalizing being queer."

He said he had also received positive feedback from fans, particularly over one scene in which Nick comes out to his mother, played by Emmy and Academy Award winner Olivia Colman.

“There was a tweet from a ‘Heartstopper’ fan, and they essentially tweeted out that they used that [scene] to come out to their parents,” Connor said. “That one scene was able to give this person the comfort and the confidence to be truthful to themselves, be honest with their parents and just be unapologetically themselves, and I think that’s a beautiful thing and a real honor, especially for someone who is 18 years old like me.”

Has she gone senile?

Poor Meemaw Dolly.

It's horrible!

now in my 50s, I sometimes look back and think, "wow, you were really a cunt". I remember way back in my late 20s, when I was a model and single, this nice german boy who would come to my place to nurse me when I was ill, cuddle me when I asked him to. He was cute, clean, very nice, very tall, I often asked him to lie on top of me, without sex, because he would cover me from head to toe like a blanket, an I loved that, and he would oblige, no matter how long for. He would come over immediately if he called and I was unwell, cook for me, feed me soup, that kind of thing. one day he asked if I wanted to be "with him". I casually said "no". I thought I could do much better at the time. Men where falling over themselves to fuck me. He looked so hurt. he muttered "how can you not love me, I love you so much". That was the last I saw of him. I would like him to know that he dodged a bullet. I've aged to become a raging DLer. What's your story ?

Bitch was wild and looked good

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.

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

...you were watching Saturday morning cartoons and your mother vacuumed and it made the picture on the set go wonky?

Seems like it

No, not Montecito.

I Just cannot live in a country that elects this idiot as president. I gotta draw a line somewhere.

The wide open space, the sense of seclusion, and small town Americana seem quite appealing.

Sigh

I know that Hollywood is supposed to be liberal and open minded, but I still think that Hollywood is controlled by straight male Studio Execs, Directors, Producers, etc.

I have to wonder if openly gay males are treated badly by these "alpha males?"

I was watching Yellowstone and the Executive Producers are all straight douchebro males like Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan (and crew), and I was wondering what it's like for gay guys like Ian Bohen to work on that kind of set.

It doesn't seem like a very gay friendly environment.

Especially in Marvel movies, Science Fiction movies, Westerns, and Action movies that dominate Hollywood.

[quote]It's a win for those with C. diff and a milestone for microbiome-based therapies.

This story has everything! (...that you'd never want to happen to you.)

I was reading another thread where someone commented on how people generally don’t have gender identities and it got me thinking. I’m a man but my whole life I never really thought about whether I “feel like a man” (or a woman). I know what it feels like to have a penis and play with it (oh how good it is) but I never questioned whether anything I did made me a man or a woman. I don’t know what it feels like to be anyone but me, not even what it feels like to be another man, let alone a woman.

The “my gender doesn’t match my sex” rhetoric seems like it’s based more on gender stereotypes and expectations than anything innate. Put another way, my hatred of football doesn’t make me a “woman” any more than liking both football and the color pink makes someone sexless.

Is anyone following? I get the emails from Deadline. It's interesting that the women are all testifying under Jane Doe, but the stories give you enough details that Helen Keller could figure it out, ie Danny's last serious girlfriend before Bijou.

They even have their own music video to celebrate, check it out below! Web link to all of them inside. Personally, I just see the colors I like already, Terracotta, Chartreuse, and Teal, but they need to dress them up with fancy assed names.

I retired from the military and am able to go into a retirement home which will take care of me for life. For a minimal fee, I get room, board, activities and the best health care available. The stickler is, I have to be healthy, and be qualified for independent living, meaning no major health problems, before I walk in the door. I have no family and feeling the stress of life at 68. I just am tired of all the bullshit life now entails. The upside is I can save money for first class travel and luxuries, instead of worrying about painting the house, new air conditioning and new roof. I can also keep my car. I don't know.

Would you do it?

I would marry this good looking man myself.

The future does not look bright.

Just re-watched The Family Stone last night. He is so cute in it. I always thought he was the cuter, more talented, Wilson brother.

He was also in another cult classic, Idiocracy. (Which now seems like non fiction)

Any fans? He’s now 51, never married. Only known gf Drew Barrymore. Wonder what’s up there.

There were some good recommendations in the first thread so I made another one. Continue.

LB Mayer would have rechristened him Tim Chambers. That's a movie star name!

Chrissy Teigen wore a shower curtain. Is she pregnant, again?

An Alabama man who rescuers pulled from the Gulf of Mexico hours after he was reported missing from a cruise ship doesn't know how he wound up in the water, he told ABC.

James Michael Grimes, who treaded water for a large part of Thanksgiving Day before he was rescued, doesn't remember falling off the Carnival Valor, he said in an interview aired Friday on "Good Morning America." The 28-year-old had lost consciousness and simply awoke in the water, he said.

"I came to. ... I was in the water with no boat in sight," Grimes told ABC. Grimes and his family were just hours into a cruise -- departing Thanksgiving eve from New Orleans to Mexico -- when he vanished. His eventual rescue, which happened after a bulk carrier crew saw him in the water and alerted the US Coast Guard, was "one of those Thanksgiving miracles," a Coast Guard official has said.

Grimes was at an onboard bar with his sister before walking off to use a restroom around 11 the night before Thanksgiving, his sister recalled, according to a Carnival statement to CNN. He'd had drinks on the Valor, but was not inebriated, Grimes told ABC. He doesn't remember leaving to find a bathroom, he said. He simply "regained consciousness" in the ocean, with the Valor nowhere to be seen, he told ABC.

The next many hours -- perhaps more than 15, the Coast Guard has said -- Grimes just tried to stay afloat and was "dead set on making it out of there," the told ABC.

"I was never accepting that this is it -- this is going to be the end of my life," he told the TV network. 'It scared me ... all I could see was a fin'

He battled confusion, fatigue, and some sort of creature below. "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. 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," he told ABC.

At another point, Grimes grabbed a floating stick that "looked like bamboo" -- and he started chewing it. "It gave some type of flavor in my mouth other than saltwater," he told ABC.

When Thanksgiving day started passing into evening, the water "started getting colder -- at that time, I thought, you know, 'How much longer am I going to have to be out here?'" he said.

Grimes' family had reported him missing at noon on Thanksgiving. The ship called the Coast Guard that afternoon, and the service sent an alert to all mariners in the Gulf to scan the water for him. The water temperature in the Gulf was just above 70 degrees on Thanksgiving night, Lt. Seth Gross, a search and rescue coordinator for the USCG, told CNN last week.

Grimes eventually saw lights from a tanker ship, and swam toward it, he told ABC. That ship's crew spotted him around 8:25 p.m. and alerted the Coast Guard, which sent a helicopter crew to hoist him out of the water, the service has said.

"The first thing I actually told (the Coast Guard rescuer) was, 'I don't have any clothes on,' because I didn't. I ... stripped out of everything," Grimes recalled to ABC. "He said, 'That's fine.' ... I was just thinking, 'Thank you. You are like a guardian angel coming down for me.'"

Grimes was taken to medical personnel at a New Orleans airport, and then transferred to a hospital. Grimes lost some weight from the ordeal, ABC reported. He said the experience changed him, but he is not opposed to going on another cruise.

"I might not get within 10 foot of the rails, but I definitely would be open to go on another cruise, because I really didn't get to go on this one," he told ABC.

Voting underway now

Another hot queer artist

Prince William and Princess Catherine have been looking quite at home while on their trip to Boston for their Earthshot Prize Awards—having stepped out looking radiant in coordinating suits and given a glimpse at their sweet chemistry while watching a Boston Celtics game courtside. But as happy as they seem to be on their visit, residents are apparently not so happy to have them.

While some in Somerville, Massachusetts, are appreciative of the fact that the British royals will bring some positive attention to Greentown Labs, an incubator for startups aiming to tackle the climate crisis with tech-fueled innovation, they are also annoyed about the inconveniences the Wales' visit will cause for the city—traffic, for example.

A main concern on the social channels is how difficult it will allegedly be for residents to get to their local grocery store Market Basket, located on Somerville Ave. A block of the avenue, from Dane Street to School Street, will be blocked during William and Kate's visit to the area today, according to an email city officials sent to residents on Wednesday, The Boston Globe reported.

Both directions of travel, the sidewalks, and parking will also be closed to the public, and the MBTA’s route 87 bus will be temporarily rerouted, the city reportedly said, adding that the move was made "to accommodate security measures for the British Royal visit."

A spokesperson for Market Basket said the store will remain open, with access from the Union Square side, per the Globe. But even the Somerville city councilor is outraged at the possibility of having one entrance to the local supermarket temporarily, partially blocked for the royals' historic visit—their first to the U.S. since 2014.

"Hey, did you know that the royal family is visiting Ward 2 tomorrow? Yeah, me neither until I read it in the press," City Councilor Jefferson Thomas Scott wrote on Twitter yesterday upon the royals' arrival in Boston.

"I didn't invite these people and was unaware of this visit until you found out too," he added. "The City is not handling the Prince and Princess of Wales' itinerary, so the times of these transits and closures ending is unknown."

Scott additionally pointed out that he wasn't sure how many "lookie-loos" the royals would draw, and advised locals to avoid the area where the prince and princess will be altogether. "Also unknown is the number of lookie-loos. I've heard no estimates, but it might draw a crowd. (I hope not.)," he wrote.

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.

They are popping up all over, but many are overpriced or have low or mid quality product. Any recommendations for some good ones?

He’s FLAUNTING it.

[quote]In a cultural moment shaped by countless challenges, Pantone’s color of the year for 2023 is a bold shade of red that speaks to the strength and vitality needed for forging a more positive future. PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta, a vibrant and nuanced shade of crimson red, is a study in balances: drawing on both warm and cool tones, the color’s origins are grounded in nature with an electrifying hue that can be found in both the physical and virtual spheres, speaking to the diversity of our contemporary world.

"President Biden just had one of the best first term off-year elections in history. Quit underestimating President Biden. Conservatives' hostility to the Biden administration tends to blind us to just how effective Biden has been on his terms."

I’m the thought that any man who engages me in conversation wants to rape me. They’re like literally so creepy.

WASHINGTON — The Infowars fabulist Alex Jones filed for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy Friday in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, citing nearly $1.5 billion in damages juries awarded this year to the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims, who won a series of defamation cases against Mr. Jones after he lied for years about the school shooting on his radio and online show.

The filing comes atop the bankruptcy filing by Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, in late July. The new filing could further delay payment of the damages to the families, who would need to seek payment through the bankruptcy courts alongside other creditors. But it could also force a greater degree of scrutiny on the finances of Mr. Jones’s empire.

The pic of him in jeans is even hotter than the naked pic

Couple days past 25! It was like yesterday, DL!

In July 1920, the editorial page of The Washington Progress, a North Carolina newspaper, took up the problem of lynching and laid the blame squarely on Black people. The editorial offered a pro forma nod to legal respectability by acknowledging that “lynching is deplorable and cannot be approved.” But this show of condemnation was made merely to allow the editorialists to write that Black people were the root cause of lynching because there were too many cases where a ”white woman” was attacked by “a brute of a negro.” According to the editorial, “The negroes might as well realize this fact once for all. If the best element of the colored people will [choose to,] they can aid in stamping this crime out to retain the good feeling that now exists between the races. No matter how much lynching be deplored if this thing continues the crime of lynching will multiply.”

Sarah Churchwell quoted this editorial in her 2018 history Behold, America, noting that it shows how lynching was used to reinforce white supremacy. Lynching may have existed outside the law, but it upheld the racist status quo. Though the supporters of the white supremacy frequently deplored the transgression against legal authority, they remained willing to use violence to both smear the Black victims of lynching—and to terrorize the survivors. Lynching was no mere act of passion carried out by its perpetrators alone. It was an act of social violence that served racists who would never personally dirty their hands by tying a hangman’s noose.

On November 19, a gunman opened fire at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo. The shooter killed 5 people and injured 25 before he was brought down by patrons. Mass shootings, including those motived by homophobia and transphobia, have become all too common in 21st-century America. What made the Club Q shooting a new development was the way the extreme right reacted to the incident. They abandoned the customary calls for thoughts and prayers accompanied by expressions of sympathy for the victims. Instead, rhetoric on the right that called to mind the lynching culture of the late 19th and early 20th century. The victims were blamed for their own deaths and injuries, with repeated suggestions that the very existence of gay and trans people in public spaces is a provocation that caused the crimes.

Matt Walsh, host of a show for The Daily Wire, suggested that the alleged problem of children attending drag shows was the root cause. “According to the left, the drag queen-child combination has become dangerous,” Walsh claimed. “They say it’s a ‘lightning rod’ for violent backlash.” He added, “But even by their version of events, if it’s causing this much chaos and violence, why do you insist on continuing to do it? If according to you, it’s like putting people’s lives at risk, if the effort to have men cross-dress in front of children is putting people’s lives at risk, why are you still doing it? Is it that important to you?”

On his nightly show on Fox News, Tucker Carlson featured Jaimee Michell, founder of an anti-trans group called Gays Against Groomers who blamed what she called the “evil agenda” of gender-affirming care for young people. According to Mitchell, “unfortunately, the tragedy that happened in Colorado Springs the other night was expected and predictable. We all within Gays Against Groomers saw this coming from a mile away. And sadly, I don’t think it’s gonna stop until we end this evil agenda that is attacking children.”

The victim blaming of Ellis, Walsh, and Michell should be seen as not just bigotry but also implicitly a threat. The right is trying to create a new lynching culture, with LGBTQ people as the target. The lynching culture of Jim Crow America had both a legal and extrajudicial side. The legal side were all the laws that affirmed white supremacy. The extrajudicial side was the actual lynching, which was often winked at by the police and respectable society.

Uptalk much?

What's the best way to get in touch with him?

A seance?

A conjuring?

A talking board?

An invocation?

I'm in desperate need of a mundane and very basic recipe. ASAP!

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.

Sam the Butcher was not a regular character, before anyone asks.

I’m addicted to him. He’s so fucking hot.

This bitch killed her husband with arsenic for a life insurance payout, and tried to poison her own children. She fled town when they exhumed the husband’s body, she started a new life with a new identity, met a man, then she faked her death, and came back to him as her own identical twin after losing 20lbs and dying her hair blonde.

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.

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!

“This A list show runner/actor/director/movie producer seemingly only hires thirsty men from IG, who he thinks he can have sex with or admire. He definitely will harass.”

Who do we think it is?

I think Tyler Perry.

Until recently, perhaps the biggest contretemps King Charles III had faced during his young reign involved his irritation at having to use faulty pens. That changed this week.

On Wednesday, longtime royal aide Lady Susan Hussey said she was leaving her role after she made prejudiced comments to a Black guest at a Buckingham Palace reception — an episode that immediately brought to mind Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s explosive allegation of royal racism last year.

At the reception, held Tuesday for organizations working against violence against women and girls, Hussey encountered Ngozi Fulani, who works for Sistah Space, an organization that helps women of African and Caribbean descent who have been victims of domestic violence. In a tweet that included a recap of the events, Fulani recounts how a woman she refers to only as “Lady SH” made a series of increasingly uncomfortable remarks about Fulani’s ethnic background, at one point asking her, “What part of Africa are YOU from?” Despite Fulani’s insistence that she had born and raised in England, Hussey kept pressing. Fulani tweeted that, after telling her that her parents had come to the U.K. in the 1950s, Hussey declared, “I knew we’d get there in the end, you’re Caribbean!””

The woman was identified in the press as Hussey, though Buckingham Police did not confirm her identity. In a statement, a palace spokesperson said, “We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details. In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made.” The spokesperson also specified that Hussey wanted to apologize for the incident and was stepping away from her role with the royals.

The palace’s quick response, which presumably included shoving Hussey out the door, contrasted with its hesitance to address the allegation Markle made during a blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey last year. The Duchess of Sussex claimed that, before she and Prince Harry’s son Archie was born, unnamed royals had raised concerns about his potential skin color. The palace’s brief statement days 36 hours later — in which it said, “While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately” — was criticized by many.

Per The Telegraph, Hussey had served as a lady-in-waiting for Queen Elizabeth II for more than 60 years and had stepped into an honorary role — formally a lady of the household — under King Charles III. She is a close friend of the king and is Prince William’s godmother. William’s spokesperson, speaking for himself, said, “Obviously, I wasn’t there, but racism has no place in our society. The comments were unacceptable, and it is right that the individual has stepped aside with immediate effect.”

I love his house.

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?

Behold... VIVA MAGENTA!

Looks like shit. The blinds about it being awful are probably true.

This song was so far ahead of it's time, but message still resonates even more so today.

Monick for Monique

Izzac for Isaac

Mellanie

Will Smith has shared a message for those who might be feeling a little conflicted about watching his new movie following his 2022 Oscars slap controversy.

"Emancipation" is set to be released in theaters on December 2 and stars Smith as a slave named Peter who flees a plantation in Louisiana after nearly being killed.

Premiering on Apple TV+ a few days later on December 9, the movie is the actor's first on-screen appearance since he was banned from attending the Academy Awards for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock.

In a new interview with FOX 5's "Good Day DC," journalist Kevin McCarthy asked Smith what he "would tell people who say 'I'm not ready' or 'it's too soon'" to watch the actor again.

"I completely understand that if someone is not ready, I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready," he said.

Smith added that his "deepest concern" is if his involvement in the film will damage his collaborators' reputations and their chances of being recognized by Oscars voters for their work on the film.

"Antoine has done what I think is the greatest work of his career," he said of the filmmaker Antoine Fuqua, who previously directed "Training Day" (2001), "The Magnificent Seven" (2016), "The Equalizer" (2014), and its sequel, "The Equalizer 2" (2018.)

Smith also namechecked his costars Ben Foster and Charmaine Bingwa, as well as the film's "brilliant" cinematographer Robert Richardson, costume designer Naomi Shohan, and costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck.

"The people on this team have done some of the best work of their entire careers, and my deepest hope is that my actions don't penalize my team," he said.

The actor added that he hoped "the material" and "the timeliness of the story" would be what people focus on, not him.

"I'm hoping that the good that can be done would open people's hearts at a minimum to see and recognize and support the incredible artists in and around this film."

Since the 2022 Oscars in March, Smith has apologized publicly and said that he has reached out to apologize to Rock, but the actor still received backlash from several comedians and fans.

WASHINGTON – House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy served further notice Sunday that his potential speakership will be politically volatile, saying he will try to keep three high-profile Democrats off of certain committees.

Democrats said McCarthy will do whatever his right wing wants him to do because he still lacks the votes to land the speaker's job.

In stumping for the position, McCarthy has targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., members of the House Intelligence Committee.

McCarthy and other Republicans have for months said these members' past statements and actions regarding issues like Israel, China and Russia should keep them off these committees.

"I'll keep that promise" to remove them, McCarthy told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."

Schiff and other Democrats said McCarthy is trying to court support from hard-right conservatives like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. – who was expelled from committees during a 2021 vote of the full House because of her incendiary statements about Democrats.

"I suspect he will do whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene wants him to do," Schiff said on ABC's "This Week." "He is a very weak leader of his conference, meaning that he will adhere to the wishes of the lowest common denominator. And if that lowest common denominator wants to remove people from committees, that’s what they’ll do."

McCarthy is favored to become Speaker of the House when Republicans take over the chamber next year – but it is not yet a done deal.

Conservative Republicans like Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona and Matt Gaetz of Florida said they will oppose McCarthy. Every vote counts because the GOP majority will likely be no more than 10 seats.

"He does seem to be struggling" to get to the 218 votes necessary to win the speakership, said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is expected to be Democratic leader in the next Congress.

"Let's see what happens on January 3," Jeffries said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who is retiring from Congress and ran afoul of McCarthy over the latter's support of Donald Trump, told CNN the presumed speaker has made a lot of promises to Greene and other hard-right conservatives.

Right-wing Republicans won't be happy if McCarthy has to cut deals with Democrats to get essential business done, Kinzinger said, and he could wind up as their political hostage.

"I, frankly, don't think he's going to last very long," Kinzinger said. "Maybe he will prove me wrong. But it's sad to see a man that I think had so much potential just totally sell himself."

Me and my sister used to watch that movie all the time. Jennifer Love Hewitt looked so hot in it, and Sigourney is always amazing.

If they remade it these two would be a great duo.

Opera fans, what would you suggest for a novice like me?

His side of the story. For the first time, Collin Gosselin candidly addressed his time at various institutions, revealing how the experience ended his relationship with mom Kate Gosselin.

Collin, 18, recalled being placed into the Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute after his mother claimed he required assistance for his "special needs" in 2016.

"It was definitely hard, like, not being in the media to kind of explain everything 'cause, you know, I wanted to take time for myself and I wasn't able to give the truthful answers," he told Entertainment Tonight on Monday, November 28. "I mean, there were just things out there, you know, not my words — other people’s words. It was tough, but, you know, it's good now to be able to put my own word out there."

According to Collin, his time in two different institutions affected his mental health. "Institution — [it was a] scary place, but I learned a lot about myself," he added on Monday. "I was in a dark place mentally. I think being in a place like that does more damage than it helps you."

He continued: "I spent my 13th and 14th birthday there, so I was young. I didn't have a lot of life skills. I didn't really know even what to expect, what to think of being there at the time, so I was hopeless and, you know, I figured out how to write to my dad and that was kind of one thing that kind of helped me mentally figure out that there was a way out of there in fact."

Collin recalled how that time caused him to cut ties with his mom, saying, "After being there, I didn't have a relationship with her. Even before then, I don't think we had much of a relationship and I think that just kept tearing it even more down so."

The former child star also reacted to Kate's past quotes claiming he has special needs. (Jon previously stated that Collin has ADHD.)

"It's unfortunate that that's how my mom, you know, phrased me as a person," he shared. "You know, I don't see those things and I don't think anybody else sees those things, but if that's how she sees me then, you know, that's her point of view and I hope that, if we met again one day, she would understand that, you know, it's not the case."

Kate, 47, first became a mom when she gave birth to twins Madelyn and Cara in 2000, whom she shares with ex-husband Jon Gosselin. Four years later, the pair welcomed Collin and his sextuplet siblings — Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Leah and Joel.

After a decade of marriage, Kate and Jon, 45, called it quits. The TLC personalities eventually began battling for custody of their children amid their messy split. In 2016, Jon revealed that he hadn't seen his kids in years.

“[The twins] stopped coming [at 12 or 13]. I was just like, 'Hey, do what you want, be with your friends' and then it just became, ‘They're not coming.’ Then I had six [kids]," he detailed to ET at the time. "I was just focusing on the ones that did come and then a couple years went by and then Collin stopped coming. I thought, maybe he just wants to do stuff with Mommy or whatever, and then it became long-term."

It was revealed that same year that Kate had placed Collin in treatment. Jon ultimately removed the teen from Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute after his son begged for help in a 2017 letter, which was later made public.

"I told Mom I want to live with you, she said no. But right? She can't choose for me. I'm old enough now, I'm YOUR son, not hers. She was abusive to me after I left your house. I'm sorry. Take this to court because … you’re my dad, my savior," Collin wrote in the letter. "I'm counting on you to get me out of here. Daddy, I love you. Save me. Please come FAST. I love you. Help me. BYE."

Jon was awarded legal and physical custody of Collin in December 2018 after Kate and her attorney did not show up to court.

"It didn't really bother me," Collin said about his mother not fighting for custody. "I mean, it’s like I said, it's on her own terms and if she doesn't want to show up she doesn't have to show up."

Whoopi Goldberg reflected on her classic role as Oda Mae Brown in the 1990 film “Ghost,” telling Variety that her late co-star, Patrick Swayze, advocated for her to get the part.

In a cover story, Goldberg said she was among a list of women considered for the part of Oda Mae, including Patti LaBelle and Tina Turner, but that Swayze fought for Goldberg to get the role.

She said the late actor and the film’s director, Jerry Zucker, flew to Alabama so that Goldberg and Swayze could read lines together.

Goldberg told Variety she instantly felt a connection with Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2009.

“He and I just took to each other,” she said.

Goldberg memorably acted as Oda Mae, a storefront psychic who helps murdered banker Sam Wheat (Swayze) connect with his living girlfriend (Demi Moore) to warn her of impending danger.

“The Color Purple” actor said that she and Swayze would joke about feeling uncertain about how the movie would come out while they were filming, wondering whether it would be “the dopiest thing we’ve ever done,” she said.

Goldberg’s iconic performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress award at the Academy Awards in 1991, making her the first Black woman to receive an Oscar in 50 years.

This actually works

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

How excited are you right now?!

How do you tactfully suggest that you would , you know, be happy with to have their stuff ?

[quote] ...Lohan said in a statement she was at first skeptical of the combinations, but she was "amazed at how delicious it was."

Naturally I won't trust anything Lindsay Lohan said.

The scalper bots snap them all up. The artists hold back and sell their own tickets on resale sites, on top of the already insanely expensive “Platinum, VIP” etc. options. The whole concert ticket process needs to be overhauled. Going to concerts now is about as fun as air travel, only plane tickets are cheaper.

They're demanding a "revote" because they think the election was "stolen"

And it's in Indiana.

Could they not have found a little porkpie hat?

French movie queen Mylene Demongeot, who had the misfortune of being very similar to Brigdette Bardot, starting at the exact same time, but managed to shine as a terrific comedien and fresh international presence in classics like BONJOUR TRISTESSE, THE CRUCIBLE, THE SINGER NOT THE SONG, FANTOMAS, or the DOCTOR series died yesterday.

Read this fascinating article about a mobile vasectomy clinic operating in Flyover Country.

Of particular interest are two of the patients profiled here. One is a cutie polyamorous truck driver who eats vegetarian, and t'other is an antivaxxer redneck who doesn't want to add to his seven children. Joplin is such a colorful little shithole of a town!

What's the verdict here? Should this be more widespread? Or is it only a matter of time before the natalists start protesting/banning/bombing these facilities too?

DL, you are wise and experienced. Please continue to share your collective knowledge of actress Kate Jackson with me.

What's YOURS?

What frozen, packaged or canned foods do you recommend? Humus or cheese and crackers can only go so far.

Stouffer's Lasagna duly noted

Jealous, whores?

Well, suck it!

The Beautiful City

White House looks fab and there’s hunky Eyes Wide Shut attendants.

Tim Cook, Robin Roberts, just saw doppelgänger of Jared K.

Will Pete be there?

Oh, damn. they switched to an interview. Stupid. It’s all about the guests.

Park Poleon 🇰🇷

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'?

For those who are paywalled or locked out on subscriber-only.

It's matchday 6, and the 2nd round of the groups. Currently we're on England vs. USA.

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

Christian Pulisic is schooling World Cuppers by insisting you call his sport soccer, none of that football shit, earning him the nickname Captain America.

Why did Trump so often blast diarrhea from his shorts? Was Melania in charge of getting him cleaned up or was her focus strictly on ripping children away from families and plagiarism?

The film stars Irene Cara, Philip Michael Thomas, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, and Tony King. Curtis Mayfield served as the composer and producer of Sparkle's songs and score. With a plot inspired by the history of The Supremes, Sparkle is a period film set in Harlem, New York during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It presents the story of a musical girl group that ends up breaking apart due to individual issues each member faces. This film not only "recreates the magic of a special period in American history, but it explores the effect of Harlem's musical and social culture on the rest of the world", as well as the linkages to black power6

What can you tell me about this area for a retired person? My family lives in NJ, about an hour from here. It’s much cheaper, cost of living wise from NJ, but I don’t know much about the area. Any thoughts or suggestions is appreciated.

Join the fun!

Now this a Karen.

He was CNN Politics Reporter and Editor-at-Large

CNN says they want to move in a new direction - what direction could that be, that Chris Cillizza couldn't move with?

Jessie James Decker is firing back at internet trolls ... calling them super lame for body shaming her ripped kids -- and her former NFL star hubby, Eric Decker, is cosigning on her message.

Jessie initially received the hate on her social media page on Saturday -- after she posted a photo of her three children looking shredded on a Mexico beach.

While celebs like Julian Edelman, Golden Tate and Kelly Rowland loved it -- other hecklers threw insults Jessie's way, accusing her and Eric of overtraining their kids ... and even digitally editing their bellies.

On Monday, Jessie took aim at the haters -- calling the allegations completely baseless.

"Being accused of photoshopping abs on my kids (I can’t help but laugh) or … the polar opposite over 'overtraining' our kids makes me realize how bizarre our world has gotten regarding the body and what’s normal and what’s not," she said.

"We preach about body positivity and acceptance but my kids having a mass amount of genetic and built muscle from athletics is 'weird'?"

The 34-year-old country singer went on to explain her kids, who are 8 years old and younger, are simply active -- saying one's in gymnastics, one is in love with football, and the other is a big dancer.

"I'm proud of my children and encourage them to live their dreams," she said. "So we'll see y'all at the 2032 Olympics, and wearing Bubbys jersey in the stands and dancing at Forrests rock concert✌️"

Eric, who played in the NFL for 8 seasons and is known for having a rock-hard body, praised his wife for the note ... writing, "U get [it] mama bear."

I’ll be the DLer responding from the local Burger King while sipping on their 65 cent senior coffee!

Are they always a little eccentric?

More Brosexual Hijinks

Sweet potato pie is THE desert of the South regardless of race. However, I have noticed that nonSouthern whites seem oblivious to it and how incredibly delicious it is. They continue to consume pumpkin pie, despite it being such a pale, unsavory standin for the much sweeter, flavorful sweet potato pie. However, black northerners rightly prefer sweet potato pie.

It’s all relative, of course, but do tell how you achieved the beach house, the trips to Europe, the Mercedes, the Rolex, the plastic surgery, the LV luggage, etc.

In light of the slating Olivia Wilde is getting on here for being a total Harvey whore and faux feminist, Elizabeth Holme's sentencing and Michelle Obama's grievance about the perception of her hair from white people, is there a single American woman in the headlines this year that doesn't have some negative aspect to their nature?

Robin Meade, anchor of HLN “Morning Express” since 2001 has been FIRED - and the show cancelled

In its place HLN will simulcast CNN "This Morning" in a cost cutting move

In addition HLN will no longer air any live programming - everything aired will be CNN documentaries that can be aired over and over again Ad nauseam.

What are it’s defining characteristics and accoutrements?

Sweltering

I have this gorgeous personal trainer. He is clearly flirting with me. He is stretching me in places I didn't even know existed. It feels very intimate.

Is hooking up with a personal trainer a good idea? Does this ever end well? Should I hold back? There is a bit of an age difference. He is a really good trainer, I would like to keep working with him.

Please share your experiences and wisdom (from both perspectives).

It’s so motivating to have a hot buff dude touching you and complimenting your physique

What should I do?

We're the British tourists thanking the driver as we get off the bus.

Choose one and post combos inside.

I need to get inspiration in order rev up for my coming new year's resolutions.

Please post accounts of beautiful people living the good life.

Feel free to ignore if you're depressed. They don't bother me, because I know it's all a sham or gilded cage anyway! I just like to fantasize.

Nothing is more gauche, of course, than someone who suddenly became rich.

The original Wiz isn’t woke enough for the people running Broadway now. I bet they will make Evilene a TERF.

I decided to go Christmas caroling in the small, Midwest town where I live last night. It was completely on a whim and I was not under the influence of any substance or off of my psych meds. It was 7 pm when I stood outside my neighbor’s front door while singing “The Holly and the Ivory”. I saw he and his wife peer at me through their blinds but they didn’t come to the door while I sang the timeless carol.

I then walked across the street and proceeded to stand at another neighbor’s front door. This neighbor is a middle aged to older woman who lives alone, I sang “O Holy Night”. She almost immediately turned her lights off. Once again, I was ignored. People are bitches.

Caught this at the theater tonight. Hilarious!

DL fave Beverly D'Angelo is awesome as a foul mouthed, ball busting grandma.

Over the top gore but used for comedic effect. Great bit where the little girl takes inspiration from having watched Home Alone.

What are some of your gift ideas for the holidays this year?

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?

This morning at 8 a.m., New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien received a letter from Bill Baker, unit chair of the Times guild, that was signed by more than 1,000 employees. Subject line: “Enough. If there is no contract by Dec. 8, we are walking out.”

Anyone watching this? I was so excited and looking forward to this but I'm really bored and disinterested just watching the first episode. Does it get better. They released 3 at once.

What is going on with people lately?

He told the cop he didn’t regret it and would do it again, too.

Nightwing’s ass made a splash with gamers, so much so that someone rushed to take his suit off and have him fight naked!!! This is so funny.

OMG GURLS!!!! WE MUST GO!!!

What do you get when you cross a bunch of fairy tale princesses with the music of pop icon Britney Spears and the ideas of second-wave feminist Betty Friedan? You get a very buzzy new musical now officially on its way to Broadway. Once Upon a One More Time will begin preview performances May 13, 2023 at the Marquis Theatre ahead of a June 22 opening.

The story centers on a book club of fairy tale damsels—including Cinderella, Snow White, and the Little Mermaid—whose own stories get a rewrite when a fairy godmother gives them Friedan's landmark 1963 feminist tome The Feminine Mystique. The new tuners features an original book by Jon Hartmere (bare: a pop opera) and a jukebox score of Spears hits such as "Oops I Did It Again," "Lucky," "Circus," and "Toxic." Along with the other pop jukebox musicals & Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, Once Upon a One More Time will be the third musical running on Broadway belting tunes from the Princess of Pop.

The announcement of Once Upon a One More Time also comes on the day of Spears' 41st birthday.

Once Upon a One More Time premiered November 2021 at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. under the helm of married creative partners Keone and Mari Madrid, well-known choreographers in the world of urban dance. They have created for several televised dance competition shows as well as various video for recording artists including BTS, Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, Flying Lotus, and Kendrick Lamar.

The Madrids will continue with the show in their Broadway debuts as directors and choreographers, leading a creative team that will include creative consultant David Leveaux (Nine, Romeo and Juliet), scenic designer Anna Fleischle (Hangmen), costume and hair designer Loren Elstein, lighting designer Kenneth Posner (Wicked, Beetlejuice), sound designer Andrew Keister (KPOP), and projection designer Sven Ortel (Newsies). Lead producers are James L. Nederlander and Hunter Arnold.

Casting will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster for Britney Spears Fan Club members December 2 and to the general public December 5.

Meaning once you come in last place, you are out

It's my first year teaching freshman English at a community college, though I've tutored for a while. I've heard endless sympathy for the students over the aftermath of pandemic learning, but less for instructors. And it's fucking HARD. They're coming in less prepared, absences are at an all time high, everyone has mental health struggles which they don't prepare you for at ALL to support. You have to wear so many hats and take so much blame for relatively low pay. They're more fragile, harder to teach than ever, and the school solution is to increase class sizes.

I care about the kids, but there are days I just want to teach the lesson and not be expected to play Superman for all this bullshit.

The republicans just killed a bill that democrats had worked hard on to give the rail workers 7 days off.

Only 7 days. And the republicans killed it.

I hope they go on strike. Christmas be dammed. This is the only way they are going to get any bargaining power and they should strike anyway.

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.

This is like something that they came up with by doing a focus group with the five gayest men on Twitter

I have no idea how I escaped it for this long, but it finally found me. I have a bad cough, stuffy nose, headache, dizziness and my chest hurts. Got any tips to make it better? Ps: I'm triple vaxxed.

????

Trump ass licker Cannon gets humiliated by having her decision overturned.

What with TV, movies and music, are there still any American terms that draw a blank in Britain?

Gave head a month or so ago and the North guy was thick and i felt bad because my buck teeth kept grinding on his shaft.

Has this happen to others and would a soft mouth gaurd help from hurting him?

Often cited as a the alpha and omega of cinema at its best.

Why 1939?

Gone With the Wind

The Wizard of Oz.

Snow White

Rebecca

Stagecoach

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Ninotchka

Wuthering Heights

Why was this year when the lights were going out in Europe so productive of so much quality?

Discuss.

I absolutely believe it. It’s pretty transparent if you think about it .

This Vanity Fair article is a preview of the openly gay formerly Republican operative’s account of Trump’s corruption of the Party. He is brutally honest about his own role as well as his former colleagues and acquaintances.

Byron Perkins, a defensive back for the Hampton University Pirates, was in a dark spot a month ago. He wasn’t being authentic to himself and it was causing pressure in his life, he told Outsports.

LATEST VIDEO FROM SB NATION Peyton Manning: golden boy, playoff choker ... Legend

Over the last month, he had realized that being in the closet as a gay man was eating at him. And that needed to change.

“I’ve been self-reflective and trying to prioritize what makes me happy and makes me feel alive,” he said. “I thought it could be just football and school, but there was a component missing. And recently I’ve been able to figure out that I haven’t been fully happy because everyone didn’t know who I was. Authenticity is everything to me.”

Today he came out publicly as gay in a powerful message of love for everyone in his life.

“I’ve decided that I’m going to make a change, and stop running away from myself,” Perkins wrote on Instagram. “I’m gay, let it be known that this is not a ‘decision’ or a ‘choice.’ Yes, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m going to be.

“Simply put, I am who I am.”

I heard that if I appear on Stairway to Stardom, I could be a star! 💫

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

And when did she look her best?

Let's discuss.

Variety: “… a dull ramble.“

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.

And the Lordt said, let them have CAKES!!! 🍑🍑🍑

Halloween is upon us! Let's discuss the best performances in a horror film.

Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Perkins in Psycho

Deborah Kerr in The Innocents

Christian Bale in American Psycho

Donald Sutherland in Don't Look Now

Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Richard Johnson in The Haunting

And did he die of AIDS-related causes?

Can be from any/all eras...

Gay flogging is entertainment in Afghanistan. I guess it's progress that they didn't push them off buildings.

I trolled it in the past. Good place to go if you like to troll conservatives.

Also a good place to go if you like to post your anti-trans, anti-choice, and racist B.S. You'll find many ignorant gay compatriots there.

I almost cried 😥

Sexy AF

I am disgusted.

“ There is a lot of buzz around town right now about this on again off again superhero in the DC universe who has apparently angered some guy with whom he shared a bed from time to time. The aggrieved party is talking all kinds of stuff about the superhero, and none of it is good.”

Hmmmmm

Release date is Dec 16.

Just disgusting, I believe it all.

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

It's interesting what happens after they meet.

I set the subtitles and I'm picking up on some of their conversation.

The "straight" guy seems to be into the gay guy.

What do you think?

Give it to them good!

Have a laugh:

A paper bag over her head would be an improvement. At least it could catch the shit coming out of her mouth. That, and we're sick of looking at it...

This was a very interesting watch. ‘I did not have a father growing up. I had one parent and a dangerous obstacle.'

Following the devastating shooting on Saturday (19 November) Libs of TikTok, run by Chaya Raichik, attacked non-profit organisation, Dragutante.

Dragutante is a Colorado-based group created to provide a safe stage for aspiring drag performers aged eight to 18.

Posting on Twitter the account wrote: “This organization in Colorado teaches kids how to become drag queens and helps kids ‘safely experience the art of drag on stage.”

It then tagged Colorado state representatives Leslie Herod and Brianna Titone to claim they have “promoted and encouraged this child drag organization and performance”.

Owner of the account, Chaya Raichik, who has branded herself a “stochastic terrorist” in her Twitter bio, has since been slammed for the role she has played in stirring up hatred against the LGBTQ+ community in the months leading up to Colorado Springs shooting.

Misinformation shared by the account has previously led to bomb threats being sent to children’s hospitals.

First one I ever really liked. Guy Pearce as Scrooge!

Allegedly the storyline begins in the 1960s with Indiana Jones and his goddaughter Helena, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Apparently, they go back in time via a portal at Stonehenge to both the Roman era (as seen in set photos) and to the 1930s during the time of the original films. There old Indy meets young Indy and in one of six different endings both are killed off before Phoebe takes up the hat and whip as a female incarnation of the character – or at least one who takes up the mantle as a sort of Lara Croft...

How I refer to the normal moms vs the ones obsessed with pregnancy, babies, all the trimmings of toys and cribs and kids' TV. Some people into mommy culture seem more in love with the baby/toddler stages of life than they are with their kids themselves.

I-I mean loft.

I think this is what Kanye needs.

A big rise over the last decade. And it's not even predominantly elderly women, either. Lots of middle-aged Moms and the like. But with men there seems to be no great increase in patients.

Why? What specifically is it about females and their lifestyle that could be causing this? Or has the incidence not actually changed while the number and accuracy of diagnoses have?

Any updates? Has New York's first "queer-forward" restaurant ever reopened? Are the pronoun pins gathering dust behind the counter? Or has the storefront quietly become a Dunkin Donuts?

New York DL, we need you to update us.

[QUOTE]There’s a good chance the stellar first quarter won’t be a flash. A recent poll of economists registered an average forecast of 6.4% growth throughout 2021. If so, it will mark the fastest growth spurt since 1984.

I always loved it, and the video.

Looking forward to seeing this film.

Or, just another right-wing homo participating in anti-LGBTQ+ hate. The guy's name is Justin Wells, and he sits back while Carlson not only spews "groomer" crap and adolescent anti-gay jokes (mostly about Buttigieg). I'm sure he's one of those gays who thinks he's one of the "responsible ones" like the prisspots who used to always whine about Gay Pride parades.

Oh, and Carlson has had the head of some organization called "Gays Against Groomers" on his show multiple times. Her name is Jaimee Mitchell.

Now while much of this is going after the "T", as usual it winds up being much more than that.

What a scumbucket.

This is pretty intense. Sounds like another Q Anon mental casualty.

On road trips we played "The Alphabet Game". You'd string together the alphabet using road signs you passed. "A Applebees, B Applebees, C court, D drive" etc etc. Did anyone else play this game? We also had one where we tried to spot as many different state licence plates.

"In New York, they gathered at Jungle Bird, a favorite post-work bar near Twitter’s Chelsea office. They commiserated, gossiped, swapped numbers and email addresses, and promised to keep in touch as they looked for new jobs."

The first look at the Gay Angels for the final season have been revealed. HBO is dropping the last installment in December, and as exciting as the news of the Angels are, the discussion with James McAvoy and his passion for the role makes me very interested to see what he’s going to do with Lord Asriel. And honestly I’m just relieved that we’re getting the whole series without a hitch. And of course Ruth Wilson has been nothing less than spectacular all along as well.

You can buy scented candles everywhere.

Is this an aging thing, a post pandemic thing, a because the world sucks thing, or a depression thing?

I used to love traveling and for the first time ever I have no desire to go anywhere far or on vacation. I would rather be home. Eating out isn’t very interesting and they always give you too much and then you have to worry about calories for the rest of the day or the next. Bars don’t seem a lot of fun anymore- the few independent or neighborhood bars that still exist.

I still like outdoor stuff and nature but I’d just as much go for a walk around where I live most of the time instead of facing a hour or hours drive back from “nature.”

Is anyone else experiencing this? Where you would just rather be home?

I’m the post about ‘Kamala Mama, Yassss’.

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.

Just checking in. This goes for hook ups too, anything more than kissing.

Does not include sexting.

[quote]Records show that the 27-year-old congressman purchased the home, located at 2213 SW 52nd St., in August. The Citizen-Times in Asheville reached out to Cawthorn's spokesperson, but didn't get a comment about his plans once he leaves office on Jan. 3 or whether a potential upcoming move would be permanent.

[quote]If Cawthorn makes Southwest Florida his new permanent home, he might have a chance at reigniting his political career back up. Lee County's voter demographics show 149,731 votes cast by Republican voters out of the 276,255 overall votes counted during the 2022 midterm elections.

[quote]However, he will need to physically be in North Carolina for upcoming court dates. The Citizen Times reported he is set to appear on Jan. 13 in Mecklenburg County District Court on a charge of carrying a loaded gun while going through airport security.

[quote]His other North Carolina court dates include Dec. 12 in Cleveland County on a charge of driving while license revoked and Feb. 2 for a speeding charge in Polk County.

How did he pay for this?

I know it's someone that posts here!

Any particular reason? First time? How are you doing or do you anticipate any problems?

Ready to settle down. Won't be long now until he has that cunt knocked up.

“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’]”.

Specifically, I’ve dealt with 2: Fred Schneider is insufferable, full of himself, and has been seriously over the whole thing for 2-plus decades but knows it’s his only financial gravy train. Kate Pierson is LOATHED by anyone who’s ever had the misfortune of actually dealing with her, especially in the Hudson Valley where she lives. Grifter trophy wife is a trailer-trash nightmare; lots of burned bridges; massive unpaid bills to contractors; and it’s all headed for public embarrassment. Both Schneider and Pierson, quite openly, can’t stand their fans or performing live anymore. May their “final tour” be everything they deserve!

I found this recently and thought some of you would eat it up.

I'm amazed by how many of these I had never heard of before, like Mary Chess Tuberose (supposedly the favorite of Lana Turner). Mary Pickford's favorite, Crepe de Chine, was hugely popular in the 1920s and then seems to have vanished.

I love that he first one listed for Joan Crawford is Jungle Gardenia. She must have worn it with Jungle Red nail polish. (Oddly, this says Frank Sinatra also wore Jungle Gardenia!)

LMAO. So basically Olivia tried to cover up her own cheating by making up a rumor about Florence cheating on Zach Braff. That certainly explains Miss Flo's contempt toward her.

Ladybug has one in each orifice or is she getting DP’d?

Are they caused by fat? Why do some eldergays have great chests, while others have grandma boobs ?

Who's your most hated Shakespearean or Elizabethan drama character, for petty reasons? They're not a villain, necessarily (though they can be), you just cannot stand them.

Mine is Lord Capulet. What a gross, ugly, social-climbing piece of shit human. And his corny jokes at his parties enrage me. "God's breath" blah blah blah shut up you old withered dick!

❤️❤️❤️ much deserved. Very much earned.

Anyone else feel she shouldn’t be given this platform to speak?

A word to our eldergays as you age... make sure upon admission to hospital you're nowhere near anyone who posted here.

Better than La Belle's?

Fat whores weeping in the north!

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

Gay men are faggots and queens. Lesbians are dykes. Trans people are trannies and cock choppers. What about nonbinary people? Other than “transtrender” I haven’t heard anything.

The seated guy in this pic also goes by the name Vince Armstrong where he claims to be a 'straight' 'alpha' findom.

So Jeffy is paying to hang out with 'straight' bros?

Surprisingly articulate. No grunting like I expected. No "Like" after every other word. Oh and he's fucking hot.

My doctor said I was type 2 diabetic and put me on metformin. 500 mg twice a day with food. I have been monitoring my blood glucose levels closely. My waking level is 150-170, pretty high and as high as 200 an hour after meals. I follow a strict diet of no/low sugar, no white carbs. lean proteins and lots of vegetables. I messaged my doctor that I was concerned that my levels were still high ON Metformin. He has not messaged back. Any ideas? God help me I don't want to go on Ozempic...it makes you puke...

Who wants my stuff?

I woke up around 5:30 am. Went to the restroom, went back to bed, and I felt perfectly fine.

By 10:00 am, I was spiking in and out of fever. No matter how many blankets I threw on the bed, I was freezing and shivering with chills. After an hour or so, it went away, and then the chills came back. All day, chills and no chills. Fever, then my temperature drops.

My bones are in pain, and my nose and throat are in bad shape.

Even my jaw hurts whenever I attempt to drink water. Such a weird illness.

I’m completely vaxxed and have my flu shot.

Has anyone here had what I described?

Quentin Tarantino

Beyonce

In-n-Out Burger

Netflix

Silver Lake

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lawrence

Congratulations boys!

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

which actor do you think was most effective in his/her/their film acting debut? vote or comment.

My husband and I got married 3 years ago. I've always wanted children. Sadly, carrying a pregnancy would be impossible because, duh, we’re men. That's why we had to go for other options and decided on surrogacy.

My husband's sister already had 3 sons (ages 10, 8, 3) and agreed to be our surrogate for a very fair monetary compensation. I never liked her but it was a very kind thing she did for us. Unfortunately, due to complications she ended up passing away on the same day our beautiful boy was born. Next week is his birthday and of course I invited his cousins and their father. Note that I didn't force them to accept the invite in any way or ask for any gifts.

I didn't get a reply, instead the father called my husband and was furious. That made my husband mad at me. Apparently I wasn't supposed to invite them? Which he never mentioned by the way. We already had a fight about celebrating our son's birthday on his actual birthday (my husband wanted to pick another date but I'm not about to let my son feel guilty for something that wasn't anyone's fault). Besides, I feel like it would've been worse if I HADN'T invited them. Should I not have bothered inviting these ungrateful cunts?

Ang Lee is directing and cast his son Mason Lee in the lead role!!!

I saw him at his New York talk and thought he was getting beefy. He’s going to have a hell of a time getting into shape for Superman.

Ok, I'm hard...

'The penises, at least here, serve a purpose. They are symbols of the guru Drukpa Kunley, a.k.a. The Divine Madman, whose shrine is just up the path from the town. The Divine Madman was, let’s say, unconventional. He drank a lot, ate a lot, hunted, and slept with lots of women. The tale of his defeating evil spirits plaguing the region, according to my guide, involved him using his penis that was not only aflame but so engorged it required two hands to hold and direct. "

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?

I've never heard of any of these.

God. I can’t wait. I love Redd and Kitty!!!

A Florida judge accepted a former college student’s plea deal Monday for the random 2016 killing of a well-loved couple, allowing the now 25-year-old to plead guilty by reason of insanity and avoid jail time.

Austin Harrouff — who was found by police chewing off one of the victim’s faces — will now be sent to a secure mental health facility until doctors and a judge determine that he is no longer a danger to society, according to Florida news station WPLG.

Circuit Judge Sherwood Bauer made the decision after two psychologists determined that at the time of the brutal killings Harrouff, then 19 years old, had suffered an “acute psychotic episode” and was unable to distinguish right from wrong.

But the decision did not sit well with the families of John Stevens, 59, and Michelle Mishcon Stevens, 53.