This piece of scholarship will add so much to the "who threw the first brick?" discussion.

[quote] it wasn’t just anti-blackness and transphobia that saw Marsha not foregrounded in this story, but also neuro-normativity.

[quote]“It seems reasonable to conclude that Marsha Johnson was almost undoubtedly among the first to be violent that night and may possibly have even been the first. [bold]Marsha's inability to speak with any coherence and focus[/bold] is no doubt the reason we do not have a clear account of our own recollections.”

This important revelation about Marsha's incoherence, lack of focus, and neuro-abnormativity is bound to be groundbreaking scholarship. Sad to see it's Penguin Random House publishing this.

There is a guy at my gym who had one but removed it and he looks not as hot without it.

With the right-wing bullying amped up these days, I’m reminded of the bully Anita Bryant.

I’ve always wondered if she is deeply closeted.

A legend. I'm sad.

Me first...

One of the King and Queen’s closest friends died after becoming trapped between his bed and a wall when drunk, an inquest has heard.

His daughter told the coroner: “He would drink a litre of gin and a couple of bottles of wine in a day.”

His close friend Andrew Parker Bowles said he was "wild as a hawk in his youth and always great fun!"

Salisbury Coroner’s Court heard Mr Farquhar’s blood alcohol level was 4.5 times over the drink-drive limit when he died.

Known to his friends as “the captain”, he was close to both the King and Queen as well as the Princess Royal.

He was a regular visitor to the King’s Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, where he previously rented a farmhouse.

Ian Farquhar, 78, an Old Etonian and prominent huntsman, was found with his legs up in the air above his bedside table.

The retired Army captain, a former equerry to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, had developed a drinking problem in his later years, his daughter Victoria revealed.

On March 6, care worker Beth Gillingham arrived at his home near Chippenham, Wiltshire, for her daily visit and went upstairs when he did not respond to her calls.

She did not see the former huntsman until she peered down the side of the bed and saw him trapped against the wall.

The carer checked for a pulse but when she could not find one she called the police. Officers attended the scene and pronounced Mr Farquhar dead just after 1pm.

An empty bottle of Gordon’s gin, two empty wine bottles and a half-empty bottle of whisky were found at the property.

A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows the vice president leading the former president by 63%-34%, close to 2-1, among those who have already voted.

Something big is coming

Apparently, he had sex with a female whom he met via Jeffery Epstein, when Epstein brought her up to his penthouse in Trump Tower many years ago. The victim has come out on a 'Zoom Call' - she is a an adult woman now. This was leaked out from a guest (a victim of Trump's sexual assault herself) on Joy Reid's show tonight. The guest hinted it was not consensual, and hinted the woman was underage at the time.

The guest tried to talk about this story in detail on Joy Reid tonight, and Joy acknowledged the accusation but politely told her that they can't talk about it tonight as NBC has not confirmed it as true.

The Final Countdown

She had to be embarrassed by this one, right? Even more than "Albert Nobbs."

How could such a good cast - Glenn, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon - make such a stinker?

Discuss.

A new trend is on the horizon which is sure excite and captivate all Dataloungers!

Fridgescaping. The art of decorating the inside of your fridge for aesthetic pleasure!

What do we think?

I will miss Monica but I know the rest of these bitches will bring the crazy. Let's go!

The "new" New York ladies are back. And this time they're not fighting about cheese.

Don't get on me about the Fox News link as his daughter reported the news to Fox digital and other outlets have yet to pick up on the news.

Now commence mourning.

The conversation continues.

A videotape of him jerking off Arnold Palmer in the shower while screaming "Hitler is my homeboy" ???

Raping a toddler in front of an audience at one of his rallies?

Anything?

Vote below

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I am a Larry Shipper, a Larry believer if you will/

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Living in a senior center and delivering GrubHub. Thoughts and prayers.

The new series starts on Channel 4 next Tuesday Sep. 24.

I only see one rather cute guy in the lineup, but maybe the others have winning personalities.

More from Walford here.

Blah, blah, blah ... worst title ever ... blah, blah, blah ... never enough real gossip ... blah, blah, blah ...

"I stand by everything I said," Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady on the iconic sitcom, says in new interview.

When I was 15 yrs old….

A boy followed me into the restroom one morning. I thought nothing of it. He cornered me and then he pulled out a knife and stuck it at my chest. He said.” I want that jacket and I want it now. I said, get that fucking knife away from me before I turn it around and put it in your eyeball. He was stunned. He said who the fuck are you? Said who the fuck are you right back at him. Then I shoved him back. Hard. He flew about 6 feet and landed on his ass with the knife still in his hand. He got up, called me a fucking bitch and ran out of the bathroom. I just stood there in the mirror, wondering what was happening looking back I don’t blame him. He was desperate and he just wanted my coat. And mine was the coolest jacket in the school.

Starts Sept. 18.

Link has cast members including: Jon Lovett: As a podcast host, I get to travel the country with Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It,

Pick your top 3 and winner.

Kyle, Genevieve, Andy.

Winner: Andy

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

What type of a bisexual are you?

I'll kick things off with "Only the Lonely" by The Motels.

What's your opinion, what celebrity dick in first place?

Thoughts?

This is alleged in the book “Too real” by Dale Wheatley, the guy who made that embarrassingly terrible movie “Dons Plum” with Leo and Tobey in the 90s. L and T blocked the movie from being released as their careers were taking off and this guy has had an ax to grind ever since. He was part of Leo’s crew back the (this is pre pussy posse) and claims this “masturbation event” took place at his house (Dales) in his bedroom and the actress was one of the biggest TV actresses at the time and still a household name. Apparently actor Ethan Suplee of all people, filmed it or at least took some still photos according to court documents filed in relation to this movie not being released. He says Leo enjoyed humiliating her and was leading her on. He also insinuates that Leo/Toby were more than a little close in this book and also in past tweets. Link to an interview with this guy, interview starts at about 1:00:00

It is now the appropriate time of year to discuss Rosemary's Baby. Roman Polanski was extraordinary faithful to Ira Levin's novel.

Mia Farrow leads an eerie ensemble; John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Angela Dorian, Charles Grodin, Elishia Cook Jr., Patsy Kelly, Phil Leeds, Hope Summers, and RALPH BELLAMY as Dr. Sapirstein.

With music by Krzysztof Komeda and an unsettling plot, the film became a critical and commercial hit, In fact, the film was so effective, Hammer Horror legend Christopher Lee said it was the scariest film ever made.

What's your take on this?

She sure seems like it.

What do you think of this arse?

How are you spending your summer days in Genoa City?

Enjoying the Chancellor-Winters escapades?

Waiting for Diane and Kyle to get into a full scale war?

Savoring Victor's impending revenge against Jack?

Counting the days until Jordan escapes prison and returns to get revenge on Nikki and the Newmans?

She really understood the male of the species!

The grand, highly flamboyant star Alla Nazimova of Hollywood silent films lived an equally grand, flamboyant life off-camera. She was a box-office star for Metro Pictures. She played exotic, liberal women confronted by great anguish. She is known for starring in the lead role of Camille opposite Rudolph Valentino and other box-office successes such as Revelation, Toys of Fate and The Red Lantern.

Success in the industry led to Nazimova producing her own movies which were bold and experimental. They were also commercial failures though hailed as great artistic efforts today. She bought property on Sunset Boulevard and turned it into The Garden of Allah. Her home was the centerpiece for many glamorous private parties. She eventually turned her home into a residential hotel, later selling it and residing in Villa 24 until her death in 1945.

She was godmother to Nancy Reagan being close friends with Nancy's mother,, stage actress, Edith Luckett.

She was a LESBIAN. It is believed that Nazimova coined the phrase sewing circle as code to refer to lesbian or bisexual actresses of her day who concealed their true sexuality.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

93 years young. A baby.

Oh please! Oh please!

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

I’m going with “Beautiful” by Estee Lauder.

...When I hit the 🚫 button to banish a thread or poster they eventually reappear later. Why?

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner, known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district, has died after being injured at home last month when he plunged into an empty swimming pool while aboard a lawn mower. He was 76.

Turner, a Harlan Republican, was known for his folksy manner that endeared him to constituents and colleagues alike. Turner died Tuesday evening after his “hard-fought battle” with injuries sustained in the accident, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said in a statement Wednesday.

Norway just banned under-15's I hope they make it 18 worldwide, and then the kids realize how stupid it is an don't partake at all.

I’ll be in Columbus the last week of October, and I need your recommendations.

What are the must-see spots and things to do? What’s the gay scene like - if there is one? I’m one of those so-called coastal gays who’s never set foot in the Midwest, so I'm ready to explore! I’d also love some snappy day trip ideas, especially if they lead to the Great Lakes.

Help a homo out! Thanks, xoxo!

I’ve never seen such an extraordinary actor in all my life. She ruled early Hollywood like a Cleopatra. Full of passion, lust and grit. They sure don’t make em like Theda Bara anymore.

Would she?

Hallmark executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast “old people”.

Presumably they do not attract Hallmark’s target audience of Twitch addicted, PornHub addled Gen Zs.

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Seems really lazy to me.

She was at a Billie Eilish concert last night.

She's still hot.

He's not been in the news cycle for some weeks.

Did the Trump campaign decide he was damaging their chances or maybe did Trump think he got a bit too big for his boots and was stealing attention from him?

Has he been sidelined?

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I'm Barbara Eden, hiding from Desi in my dressing room.

Is anyone here planning to watch this?

Will they show Aaron getting it on with guys?

I have been watching clips of Nicky as Spencer for hours now and, wow. His talent far exceeded the writing and he managed to elevate every scene and storyline he is in, no matter how awful the dialogue. As you’re watching you know you’re watching a future star. He’s so good, but also has that “A-List star” aura. So much screen presence.

It’s no wonder he became a fan favorite on the show and gained a massive fanbase. The comments are all about how good he is and how he’s a star in the making.

The scene of him saying goodbye to the baby, so good.

Continue the MSNBC discussion here as Part 62 is full

Dear parents,

Stop having children if you aren’t gonna start raising them instead of having the internet raise them. The end.

Continue your discussion of each day's game here.

What are some old gay slang words you don't hear much anymore or don't read here on DL? I'll start:

Nellie queen

Butt pirate

'Mo

Carpet muncher

Sister-woman

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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!

For me, it’s noise pollution, specifically the kind inflicted by noisy lifted trucks driven by deplorables. I despise loud trucks and the loud losers who drive them. I hate all goddamned trucks and would be embarrassed to own one or even ride in one.

Be honest.

Meghan MyFather McCain turns 40 in tend days (October 23). Let's be her 40th Birthday Party !

I'm the hologram of her dead father John McCain, and I'm mingling with the other guests. "Oh my God, he came back to life !" is a constant comment I hear throughout the room.

Eva Mendes

Well?

Everyone talks about travel.

What else do you plan to do (or are currently doing) to keep busy in retirement?

What kind of look is this?

She has the appearance of someone who should wear a helmet at all times.

Harry Styles - likes cocaine, mushrooms and edibles

Louis Tomlinson - daily vodka drinker to the extent that he can no longer remember his own lyrics and has to have several sheets of them taped to the stage floor. In 2022, he broke his arm twice, the second time so badly that he needed hours of surgery and a steel plate put in. He was drunk and having a race with his backing band when he fell over.

Niall Horan - once bragged that he drank ten pints of Guinness a night every night on tour.

Zayn Malik - already let hard drugs derail his solo career for years but claims to have got his act together for his three year old daughter.

Is this one big umbrella or are Hispanics and Latinos different cultures? Do Cubans, Mexicans, Spaniards, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, identify as either group?

Anyone watching? She’s stumbling on some questions which seem to be gotcha questions and then doing phenomenal on others.

It does seem like Anderson is giving her pushback he would never give Trump.

Former President Barack Obama was front and center at Tuesday’s campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Detroit but was admittedly nervous to follow hometown hero Eminem — who introduced Obama and even inspired him to rap his biggest hit.

“I gotta say, I have done a lot of rallies, so I don’t usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem,” the former president said at the lectern before segueing into Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” and enthusiastically personalizing the song’s opening lines.

“I notice my palms are sweaty,” Obama started to audible recognition. “Knees weak, arms are heavy. Vomit on my sweater already, mom’s spaghetti. I’m nervous, but on the surface I look calm and ready to drop bombs, but I keep on forgetting!”

The former president laughingly waved off the cheering crowd before sheepishly pretending to walk away from the lectern, but returned to complete his duties in campaigning for Harris, who is neck and neck with GOP nominee Donald Trump in polls in the battleground state.

Eminem has released multiple takedowns of Trump, including a 2016 track that called him a “fucking loose cannon,” another rap in 2017, and mentions in his 2018 album “Kamikaze.”

For Eminem, whose self-titled 2000 effort “The Marshall Mathers LP” catapulted him into superstardom, nothing could be more important than stopping Trump for a second time — as he noted in his brief introduction Tuesday after urging people to “get out and vote.”

“I think it’s important to use your voice,” he said. “I also think that people shouldn’t be afraid to express their opinions, and I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution, or what people will do if you make your opinion known.”

Trump has recently proposed that the military should handle “radical left lunatics” and whomever he considers an “enemy from within” in case of civil unrest following November’s election.

“I think Vice President Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld,” Eminem said Tuesday.

I've never thought it's okay to kill your kids and I'm pretty sure if I had them I wouldn't kill them no matter what, but that's just me. Most parents murder their children just a little every day which is clearly preferable to what these monsters do.

Part III is close to filling up. Carry on here!

I think we need a universal signal to flash in public to those we suspect might be fellow DLers.

This morning at the doctor's office a guy brilliantly put a snippy receptionist in her place and I thought "he must be a datalounger" but I couldn't very well go up to him and ask. Many times over the years I've wondered if someone is a DLer.

If we had a signal to identify ourselves to each other, such as the "D" and "L" from American Sign Language it would be so helpful. There would be an understanding that there is no obligation to engage if the sign is flashed, just a "nod" or a "wink" to confirm. But then again, if you want to engage...

Any other suggestions for a universal DL "signal" or dare I say "gesture"?

WTF now, Muriel? I'm cool with gateway timeouts and FFs temporarily halting my stupid commentary but this is mysterious.

Anyone else have this issue? Is it just a mobile site thing?

I’m mutton dressed as slutty lamb.

I’ll be spending a few days there in March. Impressions? Must sees?

Hallmark Channel may want to consider a nickname like Ali’s Place: Alison Sweeney is about to celebrate her 30th movie for the media company.

This Time Each Year will premiere October 24 as part of the kick off for Hallmark Mystery’s Miracles of Christmas programming event. Sweeney plays Lauren, who was once in love with Kevin (Niall Matter) but nearly a year after their separation, they now focus on co-parenting their young son Charlie (Ezra Wilson). Despite the split, Kevin is determined to make their family whole again.

A special first look of the film will debut during Sweeney’s 10th Hannah Swensen movie franchise installment, A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery, that’s premiering October 4 on Hallmark Mystery.

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

[QUOTE]Israel blocked nearly all food aid for the past two weeks, leaving some 400,000 Palestinians with two options: stay and starve or flee to the south where there’s no guarantee of safety or shelters.

Weird how obsessed some of you are with #45!

A bit excessive, right?

Anna, I just don't know what to do about Carla.

Please take my timely poll.

The new set, the new studio, the new green opening, and the dreadful lack of a peppy opening tune.

DREADFUL. Have at it!

Dreamy Drake Hogestyn has passed away a day before his 71st birthday (R.I.P.).

Crazy Connie finally caught & crated off.

NuKristen brings Dr. Rolf back to help Brady somehow.

Newly awake Rafe is still in a "script coma" of the writing staff's own design.

Stephanie easily rolls over Everett's fresh corpse to cuddle with Alex the actor.

After many months of waiting, not a single damn episode of "Body & Soul" has been made yet.

Discuss.

Awful

Go get your woman, Hugh.

This one really made my eyes roll. Look, I’m not trying to downplay Trump’s threat, but come on! You’re a fucking lesbian cosplaying as a gender that doesn’t exist. And at that you’re white. I’m just tired of these nonbinary people whining for attention.

"Last year, there were 4,858 major crimes where a minor was accused or arrested, up from 3,543 in 2017 — a 37 percent increase."

"New York’s rise in youth crime reflects a national problem. While the overall number of violent crimes and homicides in America fell in 2023, arrests of juveniles for similar offenses increased substantially, according to the F.B.I.’s Uniform Crime Report, which collects statistics from around the country."

"“These are the future adults,” he said. “What are these kids going to be like when they’re 20 or 25 years old?”

"The police recently said a group of children, most from Venezuela and some as young as 11, were committing robberies at knife point in Central Park and Times Square."

"On Oct. 4, two boys, 12 and 13, were accused of assaulting David A. Paterson, a former New York governor, and his stepson as they walked through the Upper East Side."

"In that borough, 20 people under 18 had been charged this year with gun crimes through mid-October, with four charged in fatal shootings, according to the Bronx district attorney’s office. Thirty-four children had been shot so far this year, according to office numbers, four fatally."

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

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STOP THE NSANITY!!

Powter was down and out by 2020 but for 66 she's looking good. I wsh JLC wasn't part of this.

Il Syringo triumphs over Daddy Fritz in straight sets. On to the rest of the season.

I mean, seriously?

Doing Yard work or working out.

Good. That thug needs to do time for once.

What DL specific emojis should we create?

Kathryn Hahn!

Patti Lu!

One of those boys from that one show!

O face is perhaps to mild a description, it’s somewhere in between “double penetration” and “werewolf transformation”

My God his hair is nice

"To be fair..." "Not for nothing..." "Off-topic..." To his/her crédit..." 🤯

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.

Good.

Her past homophobic remarks and pro-Trump stance got a planned revival of the classic series canceled.

Is he verboten as a DL discussion topic these days?

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He was looking for money so I got up and looked with him.

He won’t get leads anymore, especially coupled with his unprofessionalism with the Haynes movie.

Defending the indefensible.

And the other guy on the couch says that the generals in Trump's cabinet should have been fired.

When does the fascist, treasonous words and behavior ever stop?

I did a search & nothing came up so I made this thread about the subject matter.

It seems 45 year old muscle man Big Mike attacked someone in a gym & made anti-gay comments afterwards.

I heard the guy who was attacked had to go to the hospital over this encounter.

The online fitness community is divided on whether he should be cancelled over his actions/comments.

Discuss.

Kamala has this in the bag but all the democrats need to do in these next two weeks is remind the populace that Trump is 78 and will be 80 in less than 2 years. They don’t need to talk about rapes, racism, or sexism. They had to walk a tightrope with this since her taking on the ticket because of the Biden factor. Trust me it will work.

Harris/Walz 24

Now with Kit Harrington and Sarah Goldberg.

August 11th on Max.

Where will I get my Moons Over My Hammy at 3 am?

of the French wife rape victim.

Hmmmm.

The Queen and the King of Detroit.

Early voting near me starts Sat. Apparently, you walk into one of the early voting sites (fewer than standard Election Day sites), have them verify your name and address on a computer, and then you fill out that corresponds to your district.

Why can’t we have exactly this on Election Day? Go to any site and you get a ballot based on where you live

Well, have you?

It's a spinoff of "The Good Fight," still one of the best series seen to date on a streaming channel, and itself a spinoff of "The Good Wife." The show just started its second season. Elsbeth is a "quirky" lawyer who's also a genius, played by the excellent Carrie Preston. It's always "Columbo"-style: they always start out showing the murder, and then Elsbeth solves it along with the NYPD. (She's working with a task force of sorts.) They usually have a recognizable actor playing the killer.

I'm mentioning it now because the season premiere is *right* up DL's alley: Nathan Lane is the main guest star, and the murder occurs due to what I can only describe as an etiquette-bitch meltdown, after a tall frau and her dudebro bf sit in front of him at a Broadway show, blocking his view & whining about needing to pee. Nathan has a *subscription*, goddammit! They pay dearly for their sins!

It's on Paramount+ if you have it, but also on CBS Thursday nights.

Hello. I just got back from McDonald's. I ate a burger and it tasted really good. I also had a chocolate milk and apple slices with a side of thin salty french fries.

I am in love with pizza also. But I do not like BK onion rings. They are too heavy in my tum-tum.

PEACE!

Starring Donald Trump as the Piglet. Carry on!

Previous thread below.

(yes, in this version there’s a piggy).

I was watching Don Lemon interview Trump supporters today and they are absolutely the worst sort of people one could imagine. They are selfish, ignorant, racist, sexist and incredibly stupid.

If Trump wins America is done for. I just don’t think it will recover. Especially with the immunity granted to Trump by the Supreme Court.

I feel sick. The Harris/Walz ticket is fantastic. It is my faith in Americans and the EC that is sorely lacking.

How can so many people be so utterly moronic?

It burns…

She found a GAY male. I hope he's not supposed to be her boyfriend/husband. He sounds as straight as Richard Simmons. I've watched her Trader Joe's hauls before and she's never shown this queen until today.

People are commenting on what a cute couple they are.

I am currently accepting your suggestions for a truly biting DL worthy protest sign. Give me your best!

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

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

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

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

He’ll star in Christopher Nolan’s next movie instead.

It seems like every day there are more and stranger stories of Republicans going off the rails.

Let's compile them here

Let’s have a Kiki, at Christmas no less! Share if you can find anything that out gays this video

Inexcusable.

Really well-done. Glenn Frey was a hot smokin' piece of meat back in the day. Don Henley seems like a prim school marm!

Joe Walsh seems dim but nice.

Poor Randy Meisner did not age well. He had a fabulous voice.

Supporters of both candidates seem locked in. A lot of them are already voting. There may still be a few “undecideds” but is there something that would cause people to actually change their support?

Tell us your fond memories, bad memories, pet peeves, mishaps, food likes and dislikes associated with this holiday. From childhood or adulthood.

Growing up my Italian immigrant mother always made lasagne which seemed out of place with the rest of the traditional Thanksgiving food. As an adult I have often also made it on Thanksgiving, it just brings back good memories.

Was viewed as a flop when released, but now I think it’s arguably David Fincher’s masterpiece and the best San Francisco film alongside Vertigo. Despite its frequent use as a location in films, very few films depict San Francisco’s spookiness correctly- it’s a spooky place.

The new Netflix Zodiac film also comes out at the end of the month.

He's very well hung too.

Does the datalounge agree with me that he's hot?

It went to #1 in the UK and a handful of other countries but peaked at 75 here in the states. Disgraceful. We really let them down throughout the 80s despite them continuously making great music. I’d even argue that their 80s music was better than their 70s music, when they dominated the charts.

Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton and Kool & the Gang will also be inducted at the Oct. 19 ceremony

Houston resident Elizabeth Francis, the oldest person in the U.S. and the third-oldest person in the world, died at the age of 115 on Tuesday.

Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death, according to LongeviQuest, a database on the world’s oldest people. Her validated age made her the 54th oldest person to ever live, and the 21st oldest American ever.

She had lived most of her life in Houston, where she lived with her 95-year-old daughter, Dorothy Williams. At the time of her death, Francis’ primary caregiver was her granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, according to LongeviQuest.

“Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a cherished member of the community,” a news release from the database said.

Francis was born in Louisiana in 1909 and has lived through several notable historical events, including two World Wars, segregation and a global pandemic. She had a sister who lived to age 106 before her death in 2011, according to LongeviQuest.

“Ms. Elizabeth Francis was America's Grandmother. She lived a life of faith and love, always crediting the Good Lord for her longevity. She was beloved by her family and community,” said Ben Meyers, a spokesperson for LongeviQuest. “They are in our prayers, especially her daughter Ms. Dorothy Williams, whom she lived with until the end, and her granddaughter Ms. Ethel Harrison whose joyful dedication made it possible for her grandmother to live at home even at age 115.”

“May Ms. Francis Rest in Peace; she will never be forgotten,” Meyers said.

He’s been rushed from prison to a hospital for emergency heart surgery.

Amazing. I predict within 20 years, one will only be allowed in the film business if they are related to someone already in it.

Let’s exclude two books — In Cold Blood, and Helter Skelter, as they are widely acknowledged to be the two greatest true crime books written in English in the 20th century.

With those two icons excluded, what is your choice?

The A list singer/actor/comic says the producer/wannabe rapper drugged him. Jamie Foxx/Sean “Diddy” Combs ("I know he poisoned Jamie Foxx"—Celebrity bodyguard claims actor reported Diddy to the FBI, did not suffer a stroke)

Incredible.

He's running out of his own men.

When I was in college and attending a lecture, I felt a hand very clearly pat me on the shoulder. I was sitting in the back and was against a wall. There was no one around me.

You can't make this up.

Hoo boy. This really wasn't very good. Anna Kendrick is fine as star and director and the guy who plays Rodney Alcala, the Dating Game contestant who turned out to be a serial killer, is excellent.

But the script is bad — a LOT of 21st-century feminism uncomfortably layered over the 1970s swingers' sensibility of The Dating Game. (Very mild spoiler: Anna's character throws away the prewritten smutty questions during a commercial break and ad-libs questions to show these men as dumb misogynists, which of course didn't happen in real life.)

The truth is that the real-life character never saw the killer again because she told the producers he was creepy and forfeited the date. That also doesn't happen in this.

And I have no idea what the title means vis-a-vis the actual movie.

Well, okay, not on the lam. But soon to be in the spotlight and on TRIAL! for 53 counts of fraud.

Accused of stealing money meant to help others in a universal basic income pilot program for trans people, as well as insurance fraud.

They had almost 60 in the trunk - the older couple put an apple tag on their after having 3 previous signs stolen. They found the car and drama unfolds.

They also filed a police report.

The mom was a beeeyotch - 'here you go Liberals'. More people need to put trackers on their signs.

I’m in DC this week to do the museums. Any suggestions of shows or exhibits or really anything that I shouldn’t miss?

Thanks in advance.

Best known for his 90s albums including "Girlfriend" and "Altered Beast."

He was about to go on as an opening act for Hanson when he became ill.

I spent the entire weekend covering the cabinets in the kitchen and two bathrooms with contact paper. It looks great, but what a bitch to install properly.

And I still have the closets to do, fuck!

[quote] Penny’s attorneys argue that the victim, Jordan Neely, was "insanely threatening" at the time of the incident.

Previous thread here:

I love comedy movies but nothing in recent memory has made me belly laugh. Bridesmaids was fun. My favourites are Ruthless People and Throw mamma from the train. I like Melissa McCarthy ( when shes not starring in her hubbys projects..please STOP doing that Melissa; its commendable but its ruining your legacy). I like the back and forth banter of old screwball comedies and I like Cary Grants comedic talents. Goldie Hawn is a favourite as is Death Becomes her. So, what movies made you LOL?

I went to visit her recently, and she is absolutely obsessed with Trump. I don’t mean obsessed like the people DL are. It’s way deeper than that.

She would spend up to eight hours a day watching MSNBC, and when she wasn’t doing that, she was either taking some kind of online class where they were complaining about Trump or talking politics, or she was talking on the phone to a friend about Trump. And then we would go out to dinner and she would start complaining to me about Trump.

I’m thinking maybe this is a way for her to channel her frustration about something else. At one point, I even said to her “if you hate Trump so much why do you want to spend 12 hours a day hearing about him?” And she just got this look on her face like she didn’t know what to say. Visiting her was a painful experience. I dislike Trump as much as anyone else but I sure as hell don’t want to hear about him all day long.

I was yelling at my husband for buying cheap small garbage bags because every time I opened the kitchen sink cabinet,the bag wasn’t properly in the frame. At bottom of my shopping list Friday I see “mousetrap?” written.

“Why mousetrap”?

“Well,I think I see little teethmarks on the bottom of the garbage bag under the sink.”

Open the cabinet, pull out freestanding metal shelves and everything stored in them (cleanser, Brillo, cascade) and I see a big white paper towel in the corner. I pull the pepper towel and behind it I see piles of mouse poo and the very large hole around the sink pipes. Smart little bastards, they pulled the paper towel out of the garbage and hid their entry/exit space. And their poo.

I have 3 cats. I thought mice were supposed to be terrified of the smell of cats. And believe me, overnight those cats make smells in their litter boxes. I hate to kill things. I’ve been leaving the kitchen cabinet door ajar for the cats, but I think my barricade of metal shelves will prevent cats from getting near the mice. I put paper towels down to catch poo and I’m still finding some. They’re not afraid

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a decades-old annual event in New York City, is typically an evening of lighthearted fare, with political and cultural leaders taking turns poking fun at one another and themselves.

But former President Donald Trump landed like a bomb onstage at the charity event on Thursday night, delivering a profanity-laden speech that saw him alternate between raging about the unfairness of his legal situation and taking hostile swipes at his enemies.

Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the transgender community over the course of roughly 30 minutes.

The white tie dinner, in which money is raised for Catholic charities, has customarily marked the last time both major party presidential candidates appear on the same stage before the election. Harris said last month that a conflicting campaign event would keep her from attending the event, something that Trump repeatedly seized on in his speech.

“But I must say, I was shocked when I heard that Kamala was skipping the Al Smith dinner,” he said. “I’d really hoped that she would come, because we can’t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy. We would recognize it anyplace in this room.”

He was frequently economical with his words, jabbing at Harris and Biden with a single insult. “We have someone in the White House who can barely talk, barely put together two coherent sentences, who seems to have mental faculties of a child, is a person that has no intelligence whatsoever—but enough about Kamala Harris,” Trump quipped.

The former president suggested he couldn’t wait to wash his hands of the vice president after Election Day. “When we hopefully win, dispose of her, I’ll like her a lot, but right now I can’t stand her,” he said.

Trump’s speech veered into transphobia as he speculated on Harris’ election chances. Addressing Schumer, he said, “He looks glum. But look on the bright side. Consider how woke your party has become, if she loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president.”

The former president cracked another transphobic joke later in targeting Harris’ running mate. “I used to think the Democrats were crazy for saying men have periods, but then I met Tim Walz,” Trump said.

He and Schumer were photographed together by the Associated Press as the dinner ended, speaking while seated at a table. The New York Post reported that Schumer and Trump had been assigned seats close to each other, “with only Cardinal Dolan between them.”

Dolan was in the audience as Trump swore up a storm onstage.

“I don’t give a s--- if this is comedy or not,” he said.

But the most important person who figured into Trump’s speech was, of course, himself. “I’m supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes,” he told the audience. “So here it goes,” he said, pausing for effect. “Nope. I’ve got nothing. I’ve got nothing!”

Trump added, “I guess I just do not see the point in taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a long time.”

What are the dumbest things you’ve ever thought in your life?

I thought that the Alaskan wilderness would have significantly fresher air that would’ve noticeable. I was quite mistaken. It was just like breathing any other air.

My mom thought blood was blue until it hit oxygen and then it turned red.

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margaret, Burgess Meredith.

Have you seen it??

Tinted windows on a car always make me wonder what the owner has to hide.

after she was ridiculed for doing an op ed comparing Trump to Hitler.

"I think this is essentially a way of people saying, 'I'm going to vote for this guy for whatever reasons, because I think he's going to lower taxes, or because he's in my political camp and I need a reason to do it... and the reason I'm going to give you is Harris is just as bad,'" she said. "They can't take it seriously because if they did, it says something very ugly about them. And I think that's the stage that we're at now."

Let's do a fun little DL demography exploration!

The winds of change have blown through the city of Port Charles.

Samantha McCall is scheduled to meet and untimely demise, now that Kelly Monaco has been fired.

There's a mini Pine Valley reunion taking place, ahead of the All My Children Christmas movie, with Tad Martin back as Martin Grey, Maria Santos Grey still in town as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez, Babe Carey awaking soon as a comatose Lesley Lu Spencer- better known as Lulu.

There was almost an As The World Turns reunion of sorts, with Jennifer Landon as Lulu and Van Hansis as Lucas Jones, joining the unsinkable talent Maura West.

Prodigal son Lucky Spencer has returned, proving to be more of his father's son as the day is long. Aiden has also grown up practically overnight.

Anna/Jason and Willow/Drew are succumbing to their desires, yet how long will they be able to keep fighting temptations?

The color of leaves aren't the only things changing in Port Charles.

I love medical scenes and I love the doctor's office, even if nothing comes of it. A gloved finger sliding into my ass... you can't make sense of a kink or fetish, but, oh Lordy...

And you?

Looking forward to this! I enjoy Gibney’s work. The History Of The Eagles had some very memorable DL threads.

Say what you will about Joan Rivers, the legendary New York comedienne who died 10 years ago today at age 81, but her signature catchphrase was far from misleading.

Joan could talk — ingeniously, loudly, viciously and off the cuff.

She talked about her bad luck in the bedroom, about plastic surgery, about Heidi Abromowitz’s fictional sexcapades, about Elizabeth Taylor’s weight.

Watching lots of old movies lately and I can’t help but wonder what might have been with some of the actors I’ve watched whose careers seemed somewhat short lived.

Samantha Eggar was a beautiful, stylish British actress who peaked in the 60s. Her career seemed to trail off in the 70s. She had the kind of cut glass English accent and looks that could rival Joan Collins on Dynasty. She also guest starred on a lot of Aaron Spelling shows in the 70s and 80s that I wonder if she wasn’t a consideration for Alexis too.

James Fox is another actor whose career somewhat lagged in the 70s when he decided to become an evangelical Christian. I sometimes watch Michael York in the 70s and wonder if he didn’t run of with Fox’s career.

I was thinking about The Walking Dead and how they destroyed Andrea's character. They kept putting her in absurd situations like sleeping with the Governor. There was a ridiculous scene where he chased Andrea through a cornfield in a pick up truck. It made me believe the actress must have been a total cunt and the writers were making her stupid on purpose.

“ A new up-and-coming class of Hollywood movers and shakers are among Entertainment Weekly's Breaking Big honorees at the 2024 SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Austin Abrams (Wolfs, The Line), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown, Top Gun: Maverick), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Grotesquerie), Ethan Herisse (Nickel Boys, When They See Us), Ebony Obsidian (The Six Triple Eight, Sistas), and Savannah Lee Smith (Cruel Intentions, Gossip Girl) will all join EW this year at the Savannah College of Art and Design's annual festival.

This year's SCAD film festival takes place Oct. 26-Nov. 2, and will also include dozens of screenings of recent and upcoming movie releases, including festival opener Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and directed by Steve McQueen; Cannes Jury Prize winner Emilia Pérez; Pamela Anderson's star turn in The Last Showgirl; Clint Eastwood's Juror #2; and the festival will close with Maria, Pablo Larrain's Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie.

Among the festival's many honorees is Jodie Comer, who will be presented with the Etoile Award. The actress, who won an Emmy for her performance as Villanelle on Killing Eve, most recently starred in Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, based on a true story about a 1960s biker gang. Comer, who won a Tony in 2023 for Prima Facie, will discuss some of her complex roles, her journey in the entertainment industry, and her evolution as one of today’s most dynamic and celebrated actresses.“

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has begun stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris. Bill Clinton is holding a series of campaign events for her in battleground states.

Yet the Democratic superstar many members of the party would like to see helping Harris has been absent from the campaign trail so far.

With just 20 days until the election, Michelle Obama has worked behind the scenes to boost turnout in key swing states, but she has yet to schedule an official appearance for Harris since the Democratic National Convention. Two people familiar with the matter said she has expressed fresh concerns about security following two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump.

Both Harris and Trump are receiving an unprecedented level of security after the former president faced two apparent attempts on his life this summer. Measures like more Secret Service agents and bulletproof glass are now commonplace on the campaign trail.

“After the two assassination attempts against former President Trump, the staffs of all the former presidents and first ladies recognized the new reality and so does the Secret Service,” a person familiar with the matter said, calling them “a wake-up call to everyone” to redouble their efforts on security “in light of the new reality.”

Her low profile stands out after her rousing speech in August at the Democratic National Convention, when she implored members of her party not to get complacent about the November election and repeatedly urged voters to instead “do something!”

Michelle Obama is expected to add Harris campaign events to her schedule as Election Day nears, five people familiar with the planning said, though nothing has been finalized at this point. She is expected to play a role in the “closing arguments” for the Democratic campaign, three of those people said.

By the time polls close on Nov. 5, another one of the sources said, “she will have made her voice heard.”

Michelle Obama’s office and the Harris campaign both declined to comment.

“While we are not able to comment on the specifics of our protective operations, safeguarding former President and Mrs. Obama is a top priority for the Secret Service,” USSS spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.

Several Democratic strategists have been eager to see an all-hands-on-deck effort from the biggest names in the party.

Another former first lady — Hillary Clinton — is scheduled to start campaigning for Harris in the closing two weeks, after holding several fundraisers for Harris since she took over the top of the ticket. Michelle Obama has not done any fundraisers for Harris during that period.

Michelle Obama has the unique appeal of being the most popular Democratic surrogate, in part because she has never run for elected office. In a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, she was the only one to receive majority favorability among registered voters.

For the most part, Obama has focused her political efforts in 2024 on “When We All Vote,” the voter registration and engagement initiative she launched in 2018, which will seek to mobilize 5 million voters this cycle, according to the group.

She views her role as a high-profile surrogate quite differently than her husband does, according to two people familiar with the dynamic.

“People sometimes forget: she’s not a politician,” one of the people said.

Obama has been open about her disdain for partisan politics, despite some in both parties speculating about her running for office in the future. Earlier this year, her office flatly stated that she does not intend to seek the presidency and reiterated her reluctance to re-enter the political fray in such a manner.

There is a sense among some party insiders that deploying Michelle Obama might be most effective at the very end, according to the person familiar with the dynamic.

“You have to pick the moment when you can move the needle the most,” this person said, “and that hasn’t happened yet.”

If so, how did it work out for you? I've been hearing polarizing opinions from different people, but I don't want to be on a cocktail of anti-depressants for life. I want something different. What do you guys think of this idea?

At least where I live it seems like just about every man aged 20-32 is wearing a mustache right now. Is this social media driven thing?

I like it on most men. I guess I'm an old school gay in that I'm still turned on by prominent display of secondary sex characteristics.

The lake scene in Leave Her To Heaven is still shocking in its coldness

FFS Meghan Markle is darker than her.

The cosplay is precious. I’m surprised she didn’t try to ride in on a kangaroo.

Two men in their seventies who have carried on a secret affair since their teenage years in Antigua

The BBC and Fable Pictures (Hullraisers, Rocks, Wild Rose, Stan & Ollie) have released brand new pictures from Mr Loverman, the forthcoming eight-part drama series based on Booker prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo’s best-selling 2013 novel of the same name. The series will air this autumn on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

The new pictures show Lennie James (Save Me, Line of Duty) as the exuberant protagonist Barrington Jedidiah Walker alongside three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D Clarke (Doctor Who, Informer), who stars as Carmel Walker, Barrington’s wife of five decades. Ariyon Bakare (Life, His Dark Materials) plays Barrington’s best friend and soulmate, Morris De La Roux, while Tamara Lawrance (Get Millie Black, Time series two) and Sharlene Whyte (Small Axe, Stephen) star as Barrington and Carmel’s daughters, Maxine and Donna. Tahj Miles (Death in Paradise, Small Axe), will play Daniel, Donna’s son and Carmel and Barrington’s grandson.

Barrington Jedidiah Walker, Barry to his mates, is a seventy-four year old, Antiguan born, exuberant Hackney personality, renowned for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits. Carmel, his wife of 50 years, senses that Barry has been cheating on her with other women. Little does she know what’s really going on: a secret, passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris.

Explain the thought process of a white person getting a nose ring. Are they really saying to themselves, so many people will want to fuck me now. Or I look so mysterious and exotic with the fucking hoop in a nostril. And no one will ever think how disgusting it must be to blow your nose.

And what about earrings in someone’s eyebrow. Do people actually think that makes me much more fuckable now? Or weird piercings in the middle of someone’s cheeks, like the chick in True Detective Season Five. Or piercing the uppermost part of your ear? Or getting ten piercings on the same earlobe? Are you supposed to be more fuckable? If not, I just don’t get it. And it looks just awful.

What is the thought process? Help me understand.

I'll go first.

Insufferable (dir. Nicole Holofcener)

Cheryl Stank (Nixon) is a woman who has it all, a handsome husband (Matthew Broderick), two non binary children (Elliot Page and Emma Corrin) and a successful business in marketing. When Cheryl goes viral with a video clip of her interaction with a black unhoused person is taken out of context and suggests she is a racist, Cheryl goes into damage control mode and hires diversity consultant Chidinma Zola Yuusuf (Erivo) to decolonise her family and business. Sparks fly as the Stank family look deep inside themselves to find out who they really are, and discover who Chidinma really is.

Featuring Laverne Cox as Cheryl's sassy maid who steals scenes and clothes from Cheryl's wardrobe.

50% of riders of the bus system in NYC have long ago stopped paying the fares. And the MTA has turned a blind eye to enforcement, well maybe until now. Back during the pandemic they were encouraging people to board the busses by the rear doors (where there is no pay point), and now more and more people have decided they're not willing to go back to paying. The city is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fares.

The first thing that needs to happen is the official(s) who decided to just let this ride for so long need to be fired.

Is Sheila really dead?

When will Steffy and Liam get back together?

When will Hope tell Douglas to hit the road?

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

Continue your discussion of the show here.

Does anyone remember this feel good coming of age romantic comedy? The Walt Disney film follows an awkward and nerdy teenage girl as she discovers she is the heir-apparent to a small European country.

Directed by Gary Marshall

Starring Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline Goodall, Erik Von Detten, Mandy Moore, Robert Schwartzman, Sandra Oh, Larry Miller, and JULIE ANDREWS

I decided to dress up for Halloween this year. I’ll be going as Ethel Mertz in her Japanese Eskimo outfit from the I Love Lucy episode “The Black Wig”. I will be sure to acknowledge that I’ll look like an ad for a trip around the world.

He was such a mess. A camp classic. He did this shit for decades. Do you have a favorite interview of his?

The Bourne Adjustment

Out of the six “Brady kids” she is the only Trumper. Maureen, Barry, Chris, Mike and Eve are Democrats and none agree with her but they’re all still friends, all but one, Eve.

Susan says she and Eve rekindled their friendship in recent years but now Eve seems to have withdrawn again and is angry that Susan supports Trump.

Place your bets here! I think it is most likely to be Travis Kelce, Pedro Pascal or Jeremy Allen White.

Wildcard: Lewis Hamilton Fug card: Barry Keoghan 2nd timers card: High Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as the Sexiest Men Alive Turns it down but is desperate to be a star card: Ryan Gosling

Re: Prince William, hear me out. Forget the fact that he hasn’t been actually sexually attractive since the birth of his first child. The BRF need positive PR and this would generate positive headlines in Britain for William being a Brave Husband and Son of cancer victims. He could speak some platitudes regarding cancer research and his environment awards ceremony.

Jonathan Bailey has had a good couple of years but Matt Bomer is more likely to be the first gay choice.

Gyllenhaal and his ass will be campaigning for Presumed Innocent.

The leaders of China, India and Turkey are there.

The summit is being held in Kazan, a city in the Russian republic of Tatarstan.

How many of you lot could point to Tatastan on a map.

I’m the daily slapping of the little homosexual boys.

Continuing our discussion originally started by Voice of the Night.

Prior thread:

Discuss your favorite mellow/easy-listening music.

The Alan Parsons Project had some gems.

Explain yourself

Tarsem’s spectacular film 'The Fall' is now streaming on MUBI in a stunning 4K restoration. It’s a beautiful fantasy with real locations and no CGI. Lee Pace stars, and the visuals are breathtaking. If you haven’t seen it, now’s the time.

James Carville was on the Upper East Side of Manhattan recently when he kept being stopped by anxious New Yorkers begging the famed Cajun political sage for some kind of guidance about how the November election would turn out.

He had nothing for them.

“They firmly believed that I had some kind of secret knowledge,” said the veteran Democratic strategist. “It’s the hardest thing in the world to tell someone who thinks you’re omnipotent that you’re really not.”

The tough-to-swallow truth for anxious voters of all stripes is that no one can predict the future, especially in an election that right now feels like the closest in most Americans’ lifetimes, though the outcome could end up more definitive.

Just weeks before Election Day, the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is deadlocked, with polls showing razor-thin margins in key battlegrounds and nationally.

“The polls — public and private — are closer in this election than any I have ever seen,” said Dan Pfeiffer, a former aide to Barack Obama. “Everything is within the margin of error, so we are at a point where polls are incapable of giving you much information about which way the horse race is trending.”

NBC News’ latest poll shows the race split exactly 48%-48% — a “dead heat,” according to pollster Jeff Horwitt, a Democrat who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff.

And the story is the same in other polls and polling averages, with Quinnipiac University pollster Tim Malloy saying the race “can’t get much closer.”

After polling misses in recent elections, few analysts today are willing to stake a bet. And there is zero expert consensus about the outcome, let alone the kind of consensus view that defined the final days of the last four presidential campaigns — in large part because much of that conventional wisdom ended up proven wrong.

A whole industry has emerged to parse the data and filter it through complex probabilistic mathematical formulas. But in a country balanced on a pencil tip, able to fall any direction with a proverbial gust of wind, all the data in the world still has analysts searching for synonyms for “toss-up.”

“It’s now literally 50/50,” Nate Silver wrote on X Tuesday. Republican pollster Frank Luntz summed up the election with a single gif: A coin flip.

The dynamic has Republican strategist Matt Gorman looking back to the 2000 election, which essentially came down to 537 votes in Florida and an overtime legal fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

“It’s going to be the closest since Bush v. Gore,” said Gorman, noting the likelihood of similar post-election legal fights. “There’s just so much more likelihood and political incentive for either side to drag this out.”

“Hope you’re ready to be eating turkey in Erie County!” he joked about journalists and campaign operatives decamping to the northwestern Pennsylvania battleground to watch ballots be counted during Thanksgiving.

The murderer Kyle Rittenhouse and MAGA "influencer/rapper" Forgiato Blow at Mar-a-Lago.

Found this on youtube.

Oh to be a fly on the wall behind the scenes for this episode.

The 2024 season is set to start on September 17.

I'm still glad there is no Tyra Banks despite her leaving over a year ago.

From the old thread re: Simon Winder, I liked Germania and Danuba, but found Lotharingia a weak afterthought.

Finished [italic]Sub Rosa[/italic], which I can recommend if you're a fan of Roman-era fiction such as the Falco series. I know ... a woman writing MM, ugh! Here, I think she did okay, although a bit awkward at times. Audio narrator has very pronounced "gay voice" which I think is his own, not for effect.

Finishing up a second book by Vendela Vita. Didn't like it any more than the other one, reads like a self-published un-edited work. I'm left wondering if she's published because she's married to successful Dave Eggers?

Anti-sex. Anti-drinking. They don't go out. They have zero sex lives. What gives?

Some lesbian commentators on YouTube have been saying lately that “lesbians are going extinct.“ In other words, lesbians are no longer identifying as lesbians, but rather as “queer“ or “nonbinary” or “trans.” Even Katie Herzog mentioned in one video that she knew a group of lesbians who lived together in the same house who all transitioned.

I’m curious to hear from the lesbians of DL. Are there still a lot of young lesbians who are identify as lesbian?

McFattie.

Don’t eat at McDonald’s or vote for Trump.

CNN’s Erin Burnett apologized to viewers Tuesday night while reading part of a report from The Atlantic in which it was claimed former President Donald Trump complained about picking up the cost for a deceased soldier’s funeral and referred to her as “a fucking Mexican.”

On Tuesday’s edition of OutFront, Burnett discussed at length a new piece from The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. Goldberg claimed to have spoken with sources who said Trump questioned why his generals could not be loyal to him in the way Hitler’s were.

Brianna was the 15 year old male born trans girl stabbed to death in February this year that saw a wave of vigils in the UK. A male and female teenager aged 15 were charged with the murder

The UK has very strict contempt of court laws so the information presented to the jury is the first time it has been made public.

As was suspected at the time Brianna wasn't killed simply because she was trans. The 2 perps have been diagnosed with autism and had an unnatural obsession with torture and murder and the girl attempted to kill Brianna by giving her an overdose, which she recovered from.

The perps then planned to kill a boy by strangling him and stage it as him hanging himself, but they couldn't afford the rope. The girl perp had told the boy perp that she really liked Brianna and she became the next target.

Parts of the court testimony made me think of Heathers.

Maybe she accidentally booked the cruise not knowing it "Taylor Swift themed" and couldn't stand hearing her music anymore.

What would happen at this point ?

Yaniv Gola, 52, terrorized his victims with hundreds of calls and text messages over a year period in which he threatened to injure, kill, or rape them, their families, and employees.

An Orthodox Jewish man who told a federal judge he’d struggled with his faith was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison Tuesday for anonymously threatening Jewish business owners, with a relentless, yearlong campaign of antisemitic slurs.

Prosecutors said Yaniv Gola, 52, of Philadelphia, terrorized his eight victims with more than 600 phone calls and text messages between August 2022 and November 2023 in which he vowed to injure, kill or rape them, their family members, and their employees.

Several of them told U.S. District Judge Kai N. Scott during a hearing Tuesday that they abandoned their homes, sent their kids to stay with relatives, purchased firearms or spent thousands on self-defense classes as Gola’s unending barrage of threats continued.

“I’m going to kill all you Jews,” Gola told Rich Goldberg, owner of Safian & Rudolph Jewelers and president of the Philadelphia Jewelers’ Row District, during June 2023 call. “You Jews are all so greedy. You should all be shoved back into ovens.”

Spoiler: she's not actually a Dame yet, which means there must be murky things in her cupboard

Famous for Evita and Cats, and fucking Tim Rice, she now hosts a Sunday afternoon radio show on the BBC.

Beloved by homosexuals of a certain age she's never quite achieved appeal beyond camp.

What does Datalounge think?

Here she is discussing Sondheim and performing a rewritten version of I'm Still Here that looks back on her career.

Jane Fonda is being tacky here throwing shade at Barbra Streisand. The fact is that Streisand was offered all of those roles before Fonda. It was rude of Jane to say, "Can you imagine?" Barbra has never been rude to her.

Sharon Stone commented on the video on Instagram: “Let’s just say Ms S sometimes has a thin grasp on the truth 😮😮😮😮😮”

Sharon saying that is ironic since she lies about everything. Last I heard from her, she was claiming that unknown individuals had stolen all of her money and taken control of her refrigerator.

Did he have a big dick?

Oh, this should be good.

[quote]Donald Trump is expected to visit a McDonald’s Sunday in Pennsylvania and “work the fry cooker”, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. This comes up as Trump has repeatedly claimed Vice President Kamala Harris never actually worked at McDonald’s. [Kristen Holmes]

Mike Jeffries, now 80, has been accused of exploiting young men for sex in cities around the world from 2009-15

The former chief executive of the American fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch faces new allegations this weekend of exploitation and abuse at sex events held around the world.

One witness said he attended a sex event in Spain with the former fashion boss Mike Jeffries and his British partner Matthew Smith, believing it was going to be a photoshoot, the BBC reported. Young men were injected with liquid Viagra at other events, according to witnesses.

A BBC Panorama investigation last October first revealed claims that Jeffries and Smith had exploited young men for sex in cities around the world from 2009 to 2015. A middleman involved in the events denied wrongdoing and said men went to the events “with their eyes wide open”.

A US lawsuit filed against Jeffries, Smith and Abercrombie & Fitch last year alleged “international sex trafficking and abuse of prospective models”. Legal representatives for Jeffries stated in court documents that he denied all allegations and, alongside Smith, asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit. A legal document filed on behalf of Smith was reported to state that the claim “does not detail any specific, factual occurrences” of an alleged sexual offence by him. Abercrombie & Fitch said last year it hired a legal firm to conduct an independent investigation. It said the current board of directors had not been previously aware of the allegations, and it had “zero tolerance for abuse, harassment or discrimination of any kind”.

Looks stupid and Travis Kelce is not attractive. He doesn’t have the face for TV. Sorry.

Kathryn and Naomi are gone but Vanita is back. A few hot new guys have been added to the cast. Now where the heck did John Pringle go?

He'll be at Penn State on Monday, Oct. 28 because someone was dumb enough to invite him

He could have been an NBA player

I am obsessed. He is hot as hell, some reels have hinted at a very muscular body, dark and handsome. Anyone know if he is the gay?

Complete raves across the board. This is Datalounge so we have to hate him now, right?

Teach us, mighty homosexual, the ways of your Christmas decorating and stuffing Santa’s sack.

Anybody else going to see this?

I like Vatican intrigue, whether in real life or a movie.

Is the Moscone Center a foregone conclusion or will they do something dramatic like the plaza in front of the Ferry Building?

With a skin-crawling Patrick Bateman adjacent ad that was quickly mocked.

Here's the OG Ad

I’ve outgrown my days of post-gym protein drinks for “gains”. I also wake up without an appetite for a proper breakfast. Is there any benefit to drinking old-people shakes like Ensure for breakfast relative to having some coffee with toast and fruit?

I was a Carnation Breakfast devotee for a couple years, but I’m an itinerant and I travel a lot from city to city. I can’t always find it at local supermarkets.

What are your favorites? Are they worth their weight, or would one be worse for wear?

Welcome to the Pole Hole, bitches! Continue goofing around

John Kelly, a former four-star Marine general and former chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, hammered his old boss in a stunningly public fashion on Tuesday -- just two weeks before Election Day.

Kelly, who had previously refrained from discussing his time in the White House so openly, said in expansive interviews with The New York Times that Trump's discussion of using the military against the "enemy within" -- who, in Trump's words included Democratic foes -- pushed him to come forward.

"And I think this issue of using the military on -- to go after -- American citizens is one of those things I think is a very, very bad thing -- even to say it for political purposes to get elected -- I think it's a very, very bad thing, let alone actually doing it," Kelly said.

The former general held nothing back, arguing that Trump could fit the bill of a "fascist."

"Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," he told The Times.

"So, certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America," he added.

Kelly went on to explain that Trump had said he wanted generals like those that Adolf Hitler had, a comment that Kelly found shocking and told the former president not to repeat.

The remarks from Kelly, while astounding coming from a veteran who attained such a high ranking in uniform, is just the latest to come from a former senior official in Trump's administration.

Mark Milley, a retired Army general and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, told journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is a "fascist to the core."

"He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he's a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country," he said.

Mark Esper, Trump's former defense secretary, said earlier this month that he feared Trump would use the military against his domestic critics and that he would likely have fewer guardrails in a hypothetical second term.

"My sense is his inclination is to use the military in these situations whereas my view is that's a bad role for the military. It should only be law enforcement taking those actions," Esper said on CNN.

"I think President Trump has learned, the key is getting people around you who will do your bidding, who will not push back, who will implement what you want to do. And I think he's talked about that, his acolytes have talked about that, and I think loyalty will be the first litmus test," he added.

Trump throughout his tenure has also praised authoritarians, including boasting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's intelligence, calling North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un "tough" and heaping praise on Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

Trump's campaign has hit back at the former officials, including going after Kelly on Tuesday.

"John Kelly has totally beclowned himself with these debunked stories he has fabricated because he failed to serve his President well while working as Chief of Staff and currently suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome," spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

Harris' campaign is anticipated to seize on the latest comments.

"The people who know him best are telling us Trump is unhinged and pursuing unchecked power that would put us all at risk. We should all listen," Harris campaign spokesperson Ian Sams said in a statement.

[quote]A light rain fell at the Zurich airport one Sunday morning in January 2023 as Sarah Kate Ellis made her way from a seat in Delta’s most exclusive cabin to a waiting Mercedes. It was there to chauffeur her to the Swiss Alps, where she and her colleagues would stay at the Tivoli Lodge, a seven-bedroom chalet that cost nearly half a million dollars to rent for the week.

[quote]Ms. Ellis, who was en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, doesn’t run a Wall Street bank or a high-flying tech start-up. She is the chief executive of the nonprofit organization GLAAD, one of the country’s leading L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy groups.

[quote]The group, which has an annual budget of roughly $30 million, paid for Ms. Ellis’s trip, as well as a day of skiing, according to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times and interviews with current and former employees and others with knowledge of GLAAD’s operations.

[quote]When Ms. Ellis traveled for work, there were first-class flights, stays at the Waldorf Astoria and other luxury hotels and expensive car services. Not to mention a Cape Cod summer rental and nearly $20,000 to remodel her home office, which was outfitted with a chandelier, among other accouterments.

I'm not complaining as I like the scruff.

What do you think?

Trump probably will still claim it was non citizens in Georgia that helped cost him the election, even though those 20 registrations have been voided. So Georgia can now boast that they have zero illegal voters who are not citizens of the USA.

And I agree with him!

(gift article)

He’s begging for $5 now for his campaign which he says is in a dead heat with his Republican opponent.

Oy.

She didn’t ask to be the center of attention, but she now is. Kamala Harris’s step daughter Ella Emhoff is now being unfavorably compared to Ivanka Trump after her appearance at this year’s Democratic National Convention.

That’s because there are some critics out there who think Ella could have done a better job of representing herself or at least dressing the part on what might be her step mother’s most important moment of her political career.

One person even showed a side by side photo of Ella and Ivanka on X (formerly Twitter) and captioned it with, “One need only compare a photo of Ella Emhoff to Ivanka at the RNC to understand why it’s an issue.”

“If your children can’t look dignified in public, how can you be expected to effectively lead your constituents. It’s disorder all the way down.”

Another critic wrote, “There’s even no comparison. Even Trump’s granddaughter was beautiful and dressed impeccable on top of speaking very well for her age.””

“Exactly – everyone in the family is always well presented and looks respectful in public!”

Another critic wrote, “That’s what makes it bad – if she was 16 I might be more forgiving, but she’s 25 and still dressing and acting like a teenager.”

“Ivanka does look personable though, whereas Ella looks like she just got the wrong fast food order.”

Another critic wrote, “I noticed this last night and thought the same thing – there is ZERO standards or accountability in that party, even in the little things. You can see it when viewing the people in the crowd.”

“I’m not going to criticize anyone who doesn’t want to wear makeup or be frilly, but they always have the ugliest, badly fitting clothes, and often greasy hair.”

So far Ella Emhoff herself has not made any comments about the matter. We will update you with all of the latest details once they come in. For now, drop us a line with your thoughts in our comments section below.

In the meantime, come back right here for all the latest updates and spoilers on your favorite daytime television shows and political news.

The House of Mirth is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Based on Edith Wharton's classic, the film follows a single social climber and she seeks a husband and burns many bridges in between.

Terence Davies writes and directs.

Starring Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Anthony LaPaglia, Dan Aykroyd, Laura Linney, Terry Kinney, Elizabeth McGovern, Johdi May, Pearce Quigley, Penny Downie, and Eleanor Bron

Discutez.

Here we go:

Donald Trump's campaign has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against the UK's Labour Party, accusing it of "blatant foreign interference" in the US election in aid of the Harris-Walz campaign. The complaint cites media reports about contact between Labour and the Harris campaign as well as apparent volunteering efforts, arguing that this amounts to illegal "contributions".

The BBC understands that Labour activists campaigning in the US presidential election are doing so in a personal capacity. The Labour Party has not issued an official response.

Specifically, the complaint cites newspaper reporting that Labour-linked individuals have travelled to the US to campaign for Harris. That reporting, the complaint alleges, creates a "reasonable inference that the Labour Party has made, and the Harris campaign has accepted, illegal foreign national contributions."

While not arrested, police seized her laptop and other electronic devices. Supposedly, they met in rehab.

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Races and Primary dates Inside,

where Abortion Rights and Global Boiling are on the ballot:

He’s Ashley Parker Angel’s business partner as far as his supplement product goes.

But he also seems to travel with Ashley a lot. He’s with Ashley and his son on a trip to Rome.

There is something about him that pings my gaydar.

Is this the guy who takes all the nude and underwear photos of Ashley?

because they don't back up her prior belief that puberty blockers are positive for trans kids.

It's a federally funded study, but she's decided we don't have a right to know. It's no wonder the public distrusts scientific experts and prefers to rely on know-nothings like Trump, when scientists act like this.

The link is free.

This sounds like a fun idea for a sitcom

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be laying down roots overseas.

The U.K.’s DailyMail reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex bought a vacation home in Portugal. The couple currently resides in the wealthy, coastal city of Montecito in California with their son Prince Archie, 5, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 3.

Several royal experts, who’ve heard whispers of the reported purchase, said that the location is an ideal choice for the pair.

"The number of people inside the royal family who are willing to proclaim their friendship for Harry and Meghan has dwindled to practically nothing," Christopher Andersen, author of "The King," claimed to Fox News Digital.

"No one wants to run afoul of the king and Prince William – it's that simple," Andersen claimed. "Somehow Prince Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie, who has a home in Portugal, has been able to straddle the fence – to remain in the king's good graces but also not turn her back on the Sussexes. Obviously, Harry and Meghan are very grateful for the loyalty Eugenie has shown."

"Purchasing a villa in Portugal has more to do with being close to a royal family member who is still genuinely fond of them than it does with being geographically closer to Great Britain," he claimed.

According to the DailyMail, Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, own a home in CostaTerra Golf and Ocean Club, a luxury development of 300 properties by the sea in Melides.

Jack, 38, works in marketing and sales for CostaTerra, the outlet shared. The couple and their two sons, August, 3, and Ernest, 16 months, split their time between Portugal and London.

"Eugenie has always been very close to both Harry and Meghan," said Andersen. "It comes as no surprise that the Sussexes would find the idea of owning beachfront property at the exclusive Portuguese resort appealing.

"It will be interesting to see if CostaTerra becomes the new Mustique, the Caribbean Island paradise that celebrities like Mick Jagger and David Bowie once flocked to after the late Princess Margaret took up residence there," he said. "That royal fairy dust is pretty heady stuff."

"Portugal is considered one of the safest places in Europe, which will resonate with Prince Harry’s paranoia that everyone is out to get them," said British broadcaster Helena Chard. "Many people are settling in Portugal due to tax breaks and quality of life. The stunning beaches will also appeal to Prince Harry’s surfing passion."

"Portugal is also a few steps closer to the U.K., which is a promising sign that they hope to work toward peace with the royal family," she pointed out.

I was surprised when a swarmy consultant guy who gave a presentation at our work had a wiki page.

Then I found out you can pay someone to make them for you (helpful apparently because, to get it published, not only does it have to adhere to certain rules but the writer has to already have made a number of edits to various wiki pages).

I might actually pay for one for myself. I've had a number of accomplishments that have an online trail to cite. Is $600 worth paying for a write up and publication?

Do you have a fav? I always thought they were all gay but apparently most were actually straight, at least in the 80s.

I'm sure you bitches will be having none of this.

A suspected drunken driver drove toward Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade while going the wrong way on an interstate in downtown Milwaukee Monday night.

Just before 8:30 p.m., a 55-year-old Milwaukee man driving an SUV traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 at the Marquette Interchange, approaching the motorcade, according to James Burnett, spokesperson for the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. As it drew closer to the motorcade, deputies stopped the SUV, Burnett said.

Deputies, who suspected the driver was impaired and saw an open container of alcohol in the car, conducted field sobriety tests and took other investigative measures, according to Burnett. They then took the driver into custody on recommended charges of operating while intoxicated and recklessly endangering safety.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation didn’t immediately respond to a request for video of the incident on Tuesday night. Video obtained by CNN affiliate WISN shows a vehicle moving slowly in a left-hand lane in the opposite direction while a collection of vehicles pass to the right.

No one was injured in the incident. The sheriff’s office deferred any questions about the motorcade to the United States Secret Service.

US Secret Service spokesperson Joe Biesk said the agency “is aware of the incident involving a motorist traveling in the opposite direction on the highway while the Vice President was in her motorcade.”

“We are grateful to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office for its response which allowed them to stop the motorist and take the driver into custody for DUI,” the statement said.

In the presidential race’s closing days, Harris was campaigning in Waukesha County Monday with former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. She also made campaign stops in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan.

The incident comes as strain has been placed on the US Secret Service during a busy campaign season and what Acting Director Ronald Rowe has called an “unprecedented and hyper-dynamic threat environment.”

Attention American Airlines passengers! If you're one of those overeager travelers who jumps the queue by boarding before your assigned group, the carrier is coming for you.

American Airlines told CBS MoneyWatch that it's piloting technology that alerts gate agents when customers try to board planes prematurely, meaning before their assigned boarding group has been instructed to line up at the gate. Such passengers' boarding passes will trigger an audible sound and display a message to gate agents. They will not be permitted to board and will instead be instructed to wait their turns.

"We are in the early phase of testing new technology used during the boarding process," the airline said in a statement. "The new technology is designed to ensure customers receive the benefits of priority boarding with ease and helps improve the boarding experience by providing greater visibility into boarding progress for our team."

"Some people are taking advantage"

The trial has been underway for several weeks at Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico, Tucson International Airport in Arizona and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia. So far, the results have been positive, an airline spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch.

Customers pay for early-boarding privileges, or earn them by obtaining elite status with a particular airline. So passengers who haven't paid for the perks and cut the line can anger others, adding to the frustrations of flying.

"Some people are taking advantage of the situation because there is no automated process, and you can in theory board with any group," said Scott Keyes, founder of flight deals site Going.com.

Still, Keyes understands why passengers might want to skip lines to board early.

"The most important perk you get with early boarding is access to overhead bin space," Keyes said, noting that passengers that board later often have no choice but to gate check their bags, which can be inconvenient. They don't have access to their belongings in-flight and wait for their luggage to be returned to them at their destinations.

American Airlines did note that with the new system, gate agents still retain some discretion over the boarding process. For example, if members of a family or a group that is traveling together are in different boarding groups, a gate agent can allow the customer in a later group to board with their companions.

That belt is not doing Brianna any favors.

Zowie! Did Whoopi share her Ozempic with her?

At 68, after Parkinson's diagnosis 18 years ago.

[quote]Los Angeles-born Newman rose to fame in the '90s as mainstay TV lifeguard Mike "Newmie" Newman on the long-running series, and was the only member of the hit cast who actually was a lifeguard. He appeared in 150 episodes of the series, which ran from 1989-2001 – more episodes of the show than anyone other than David Hasselhoff.

[quote]Newman was also a full-time firefighter and maintained his schedule at the firehouse while filming the show. When the series ended its run, he continued firefighting until he retired after 25 years.

Such an underrated song and video!

Don’t understand the importance of electing Kamala Harris to the tech industry. She gets elected, the seat of power shifts to San Francisco Bay at the most critical stage of tech development since the invention of the microchip. That’s why Elon is desperate. Because a Harris administration will decide the winners and losers in the artificial intelligence race.

washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/16/italy-surrogacy-ban-gay-parents/

A great thread that had my reading for hours. Tommy Lee Jones and Jared Leto come up with unsurprising regularity. Some, like Shaq have severe swings in reactions, some calling him the greatest, most friendly and others hating him. Michael Jordan and Kobe are not favorites either. This is a one of the best posts I've ever read on Musk:

Elon Musk. He stayed at a mountain resort that I worked at in 2018 . He was luckily only there for 3 days but he was an utter terror the entire time he was there.

He refused to be checked in at the reception area and demanded a private check in at his cabin which is fine but we ask ahead of time so we can staff properly for the later arrivals.

He asked for the youngest female concierge on staff to be sent to the check in with nobody else for "security" reasons. I took the check in myself instead of sending the 19 year old and took the largest and oldest driver I could find for security reasons.

He wanted the personal cell phone numbers for all female concierge staff. I said that is against out policy and set him up with the resort app so he could contact whoever was on duty for a prompt answer.

He harassed every single female employee so nastily that by the time he had been there for 12 hours every department switched him to only male staff. He didn't tip any of the wait staff or guides for any activities. He booked a private horseback ride that a wrangler was brought in specially for the day and then refused to go because he didn't like the colors of any of the horses available , and he wanted to ride a really "butch and muscular" horse. He meant a draft horse, which we had for pulling wagons but none for riding.

He also had insane demands. He wanted a 80 year old beautiful ponderosa pine cut down because he didn't like how the light hit it at sunset. He wanted shock collars put on the squirrels to stop them from being too loud. And he wanted us to trap a grizzly bear and bring it to his cabin for a few hours so he could take pictures and study it.

He was the rudest, stupidest and most arrogant POS I have ever encountered.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers turns SEVENTY this year!

"Seven Brides" is one of the great musicals of the 1950's and 1960's, competing alongside Singin' in the Rain, The King and I, South Pacific, High Society, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and many more.

Usually shown around Christmas time, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a classic musical comedy that the whole family can enjoy!

Are they similar to Italians? What are they like in bed? Do they have good hygiene?

Maxwell on TikTok is a cat whose owners have fitted with a collar on his camera to see what he does when he's outside during the day.

And he's a complete bully.

Even by his haywire standards, Donald Trump’s latest rhetoric and behavior is erratic, autocratic and vulgar and hints at four years of unpredictable leadership that may lie ahead if he’s elected president in 15 days.

Vice President Kamala Harris and top Democrats are seizing on the Republican nominee’s bizarre antics to inject new urgency and a sharper focus into her campaign, arguing he “demeans” the presidency and is “deranged.”

Ford CEO Jim Farley says he doesn't want to give up the Xiaomi Speed Ultra 7 he's been driving for the past half year.

"I don't like talking about the competition so much, but I drive the Xiaomi," Farley said while speaking to the British presenter Robert Llewellyn on "The Fully Charged Podcast." The podcast, which Llewellyn hosts, aired on Monday.

"We flew one from Shanghai to Chicago, and I've been driving it for six months now, and I don't want to give it up," Farley continued.

The SU7 is Xiaomi's maiden electric vehicle. The Chinese tech giant produces three versions of the car: SU7, SU7 Pro, and SU7 Max. Farley didn't specify which version he was driving.

"It's fantastic. They sell 10,000, 20,000 a month. They're sold out for six months," Farley said of Xiaomi's success with the SU7 earlier in the interview.

"You know, that is an industry juggernaut and a consumer brand that is much stronger than car companies," he added.

Representatives for Farley at Ford didn't respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

The popularity of the SU7 has come at a cost for Xiaomi. When Xiaomi reported its second-quarter earnings on August 21, its EV branch posted an adjusted loss of $252 million.

That means Xiaomi lost about $9,200 for each of the 27,307 SU7s it shipped that quarter. The SU7 is sold at a base price of 215,900 yuan, or about $30,000, and is available only in China.

A spokesperson for Xiaomi told BI's Matthew Loh in August that the company was looking to lower its production costs by increasing the scale of its EV arm.

"In addition, Xiaomi's first EV is a pure electric sedan, and its investment cost is relatively high, so it will take some time to digest this part of the cost," the spokesperson told Loh.

These aren't the first comments Farley or his fellow Ford executives have made about the scale or progress of China's EV industry.

After visiting China in May, Farley told a Ford board member that China's auto industry was an "existential threat," The Wall Street Journal reported in September.

In early 2023, Farley and his chief financial officer, John Lawler, were in China when they tested out an electric SUV made by the state-owned automaker Changan Automobile, the Journal reported.

The report said the pair was impressed by the quality of the Chinese-made EVs.

"Jim, this is nothing like before," Lawler told Farley, according to the Journal. "These guys are ahead of us."

Farley's comments have come as Chinese automakers continue to dominate the global EV market. Data compiled by the technology firm ABI Research for Business Insider shows Chinese automakers accounted for 88% of the EV market in Brazil and 70% in Thailand in the first quarter of this year.

Competing with rivals such as Xiaomi will be critical for Ford as it formulates its approach to the EV market.

Bill Gates has donated $50 million to Kamala Harris’ campaign, a political backing that was originally intended to be private.

The Microsoft founder confirmed the donation to The New York Times on Tuesday, saying “this election is different,” although he is still not endorsing Harris publicly.

“I support candidates who demonstrate a clear commitment to improving health care, reducing poverty and fighting climate change in the U.S. and around the world,” he said in a statement. “I have a long history of working with leaders across the political spectrum, but this election is different, with unprecedented significance for Americans and the most vulnerable people around the world.”

Two people close to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as the Times phrased it, “expressed concern about what a second Donald Trump presidency would look like.” Among the issues where the philanthropic organization tallies with Harris is on preventing cuts to family planning and global health programs.

Gates made his donation to Future Forward, a fundraising group supporting Harris, according to the Times’ report. Sources told the outlet that the tech giant had discussed his donation with former New York City mayor and one-time Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg, who “has considered a similarly sized gift.”

Conservative politicians Gates has previously backed include Alaskan Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Denali Leadership PAC and Arizona’s Charles Horne, according to OpenSecrets. But in the last two years, he has primarily donated to Democrats, including Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker.

An OpenSecrets graph shows that in 2018, he donated more than twice as much to Republican candidates ($4.72 million) as he did to their Democratic opponents ($2.18 million).

On the other side of the political spectrum, X owner and fellow billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to spend $140 million to get GOP rival Donald Trump re-elected.

Why is there not a new thread? And, yes I did a search.

We've definitely got no issues with these actors.

Netflix revealed Oct. 22 that Beef will be returning for a second season. And in the next installment of the anthology series, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny will find themselves at odds.

As for how the feud unravels? Well Netflix shared in its press release that season two follows a young couple who witness "an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner." As of now, there are no further details—including when fans can sit down to watch.

The show's creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jin shared his excitement about the new season, posting to his Instagram Story Oct. 22 and writing, "Here we go again."

And fans were equally thrilled about the news, with one commenting on Netflix's Instagram announcement, "I speak for everyone when I say we will be seated."

Season one of Beef starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong—who are both staying on as executive producers for the show—as strangers who nearly get into a car accident that sparks an intense feeling of road rage, and quickly escalates into finding new ways to destroy each other's lives. The show won eight Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, as well as Lead Actor and Lead Actress statues for Steven and Ali, respectively.

According to creator Lee, the show was inspired by his own experience with a road rage incident in the spring of 2019 when a driver behind him lay on his horn after Lee didn't move fast enough when the light turned green.

Lee recalled that the driver pulled up alongside him and "said a bunch of shit," he told Rolling Stone in 2023, "and zoomed away."

"I was like, 'You know what? That's not OK to do to someone. I'm going to follow you home,'" he explained, noting that he "didn't really have a plan."

Lee followed the other car down the freeway before pulling up next to him, giving him a two-fingered "I'm watching you" gesture and driving away. And in some ways the show has been cathartic, as he joked, "I honestly haven't had road rage since I started developing this show."

This is… fuck.

What if Joe Biden was the better candidate all along?

Joe is so done with Nancy P. He will never forgive her. Love how Barack and Bill kept her away from Joe.

Let's discuss the film that continues to win the worldwide affection of millions since it's premier almost 60 years ago.

Released in 1965, the musical follows an eccentric nun as she governs the seven children of a strict captain in the months leading up to the Third Reich's annexation of Austria. Based on the stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

Directed by Robert Wise

Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

With Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Ben Wright, Anna Lee, Marnia Nixon, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, Kym Karath, Daniel Truhitte, Gil Stuart, and ELEANOR PARKER as the Baroness

Nicolas Cage already lost his face to John Travolta in Face/Off — so he's not about to let AI steal his identity too.

Speaking at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, the Oscar-winning actor delivered an impassioned speech about the threat that artificial intelligence poses to individual actors and the movie industry at large.

"Film performance, to me, is very much a handmade, organic, from-scratch process," Cage said during a reception honoring a group of up-and-coming performers, according to Deadline Hollywood. "It's from the heart, it's from the imagination, it's from thoughts and detail and thinking and honing and preparing."

He continued, "There is a new technology in town. It's a technology that I didn't have to contend with for 42 years until recently. But these 10 young actors, this generation, most certainly will be, and they are calling it EBDR."

Employment-based digital replica, or EBDR, is a type of generative AI created through a performer's physical participation. It's one of two digital replicas permitted by the SAG-AFTRA deal negotiated with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers at the conclusion of the 2023 Hollywood strikes.

Per the agreement, even though the technology could lessen the amount of days that an actor is required on set, studios are still required to pay the performers their full rate. For example, if an actor only worked three days instead of five because of their EBDR, they would still be paid for the full five days. However, Cage's concerns about the technology go beyond wages.

"This technology wants to take your instrument," Cage warned his fellow actors. "We are the instruments as film actors. We are not hiding behind guitars and drums."

He added, "The studios want this so that they can change your face after you've already shot it — they can change your face, they can change your voice, they can change your line deliveries, they can change your body language, they can change your performance."

Citing his cameo in The Flash as an example of the technology at work, Cage urged his fellow performers to be skeptical and to "consider what I am calling MVMFMBMI: my voice, my face, my body, my imagination — my performance, in response."

He concluded, "Protect your instrument."

Cage has not been shy about sharing his concerns when it comes to technology altering a performance; he voiced a similar frustration in the wake of The Flash's debut. The film sees Cage appear briefly as Superman, but the actor has openly stated that his scene in the film wasn't the one he filmed.

"When I went to the picture, it was me fighting a giant spider. I did not do that," Cage told Yahoo Entertainment. "That was not what I did."

As Cage recalls it, he filmed a scene that saw Kal-El "bearing witness [to] the end of a universe," and added, "I had no dialogue [so had to] convey with my eyes the emotion.”

The Face/Off star addressed the subject again during a July conversation with The New Yorker. "I'm terrified of that," the veteran actor said of AI. "I've been very vocal about it."

He then lamented, "It makes me wonder, you know, where will the truth of the artists end up? Is it going to be replaced? Is it going to be transmogrified? Where’s the heartbeat going to be? I mean, what are you going to do with my body and my face when I'm dead? I don't want you to do anything with it!"

Why is this the new celebrity crime of the era?

Jeffrey Epstein

Ghislaine Maxwell

R. Kelly

Mike Jeffries

Allison Mack

Sean Combs

Because there’s nothing the gays love more than public sanitation!

I assume we all know that your typical American sewage system starts at your toilet, with a narrow pipe emptying into a larger pipe called a sanitary pipe that runs from your neighborhood to a sewage treatment facility. That’s assuming of course you have a sewage system and don’t need a septic tank.

Then there’s a parallel pipe called a storm water pipe, that takes rainwater from the street via catch basins in the road.

This is the typical system. But are any of you aware of an older and more eccentric sewage system in any location in the USA that is NOT A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM — something more old fashioned? Perhaps a larger connection of some sort in the house to the sanitary pipe? Some very old or very odd cities may have something else?

It’s an extremely odd question, I know, but if there’s some location in America where one can directly access a home from the sewage system it would help me with some fiction I’m writing.

Attendance is going to fall off a cliff next year.

You would think he would at least carry around a pair of flip flops in his purse.

Terrifying!

And his partner Ilona Maher is quite.... mannish.

When I was in college and attending a lecture, I felt a hand very clearly shave me on the palm of the hand. I was sitting in the back and was against a wall. There was no one around me.

SPOOKY

LOCK HIM UP

My boss has asked me to go on business lunches and dinners with company clients. I like meeting new people from all over the country and some international clients. All paid for with my company credit card. Well, my manager has asked me to go on what he calls extended dinner dates with clients that include visiting city attractions or theater tickets. All fine with me but I’m also being asked to host some clients in my home over the weekend. This makes me feel a little uncomfortable because I’m expected to persuade clients into starting business accounts with our company. Twice this sort of arrangement has led to me having sex with the client to get him to sign contracts. A win for the company but I’m starting to feel like this is blurring the lines with my personal life. Any advice?

They are coming for the predatory homos.

This week, I asked John Kelly about their exchange. He told me that when Trump raised the subject of “German generals,” Kelly responded by asking, “‘Do you mean Bismarck’s generals?’” He went on: “I mean, I knew he didn’t know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War. I said, ‘Do you mean the kaiser’s generals? Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals? And he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals.’ I explained to him that Rommel had to commit suicide after taking part in a plot against Hitler.” Kelly told me Trump was not acquainted with Rommel.

Speaking with comedian Troy Iwata for a recent segment on The Daily Show, Violent J confirmed that Harris is his preferred pick for the White House, saying “I want her to win because she’s a Democrat, and I love my mom.”

Elsewhere in the interview, he learned how to pronounce Harris’ first name — calling it “fresh” — and weighed in on a number of hot-topic issues, like mass deportation, which he said “fuck no” to. “Now I remember why I hated Trump, that wall shit,” he said. As for women’s rights, he believes in them (“they have the right to be the fuckin’ shit”), and as for environmental conservation, he thinks its time humans get over their superiority complex, saying, “Let me tell you what a superior animal is: a whale.”

YOU 🚬S CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING 🐮S, 🐀S MARRIED TO BEADY EYED 👸S, PRETENTIOUS 🪓WOUNDS AND, OF COURSE, ME, THE FUCKING ⭐️OF THIS 💩SHOW!

KEEP GOING BITCHES! I NEED YOUR HELP CONVINCING THAT ✝️👀✡️TO BRING ME BACK!

He issued an ominous threat to the venerable newspaper.

“The New York Times is one of the most dishonest of all,” Trump said. “I watched this New York Times, and it’s a classic. Wait until you see what I’m going to do with them, you’re going to have so much fun.”

The holier-than-thou, yarmulke-wearing Ben Shapiro interviews Trump...

Cutie.

Must be Tuesday.

33 years together, 26 married. Would ya believe it. Does anyone care?

It’s the best drama on television right now. It’s actually one of those shows that gets better each season, and the first season was fairly good. It’s also a refreshing to have the main core characters not be a a bunch of sociopaths.

Her silverware collection appears to be extensive.

On my walk to work this morning, a mack truck driver went to make a turn but was too late so the truck ended up sticking out in the middle of the road blocking the crosswalk. I had to go around and was a few inches away from traffic. My reaction was to make eye contact, give him two thumbs up, followed by some sarcastic clapping, and topped it off by calling him an asshole.

I feel like I have gotten really angry lately when dealing with the public. My job is very client-facing and I have noticed that requests I get that previously would have been "no problem" are now met with "ugh this fucker". Every trip on the subway is like pulling teeth and toenails because of the idiots that I have to interact with. I find that when I don't have to leave my apartment (nights and weekends) I don't leave my apartment.

This started well after I returned to work so I can't even blame it on the pandemic. I'm in my mid-forties...maybe it's andropause? I don't want to be a bitter old stereotype.....what can I do to be less of a raging bitch?

HER LADYSHIP HAWKS THE LATEST IN RELAXING ELECTRONIC FACIAL MASKS!

Move over Karen Read - another mysterious murder has taken interest in the Boston community.

Sandra Birchmore was a 23 year old single pregnant woman from Canton, MA who died in February, 2021 from 'strangulation'. She was fascinated by the police department since she was 13, and even joined the 'Young Explorers' of the police department, when she was a teen. She claimed she lost her virginity at 15 to one police officer (Robert Devine), who then introduced her to his buddies - two more officers known as the Farwell twins (Matthew and William). She was having sex with all three regularly, according to investigations, and ended up pregnant by the married Matthew (according to what Sandra told her friends).

She was found dead in her apartment - supposedly suicide by hanging from a doorknob (something prisoners usually do). Now the investigation shows she was most likely strangled, not death by suicide. The last person to see her alive was Matthew (caught on security camera at her apartment complex); he says he went the night before she was found to 'break off the relationship with her'. The three officers have left the police department since the death of Birchmore.

So Ashley Banfield (NewsNation) presented this tonight - is it a coverup ? Some kind of conspiracy ? Banfield will be investigating - and following the story as it unravels.

From Trump watches to Trump sneakers to Trump Bibles, Donald Trump has been hawking all kind of merchandise recently, partly because both he and his campaign are short on cash and partly because grifting is what he’s all about. So on one level, it’s not surprising that the Trump campaign is selling a T-shirt to commemorate the former president working at a McDonald’s in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. But on another level, it’s ridiculous, as Trump didn’t “work” at all; the restaurant was closed, he served a handful of pre-selected motorists items chosen by he chose, and his shift lasted about 20 minutes.

Nevertheless, on Monday afternoon the Trump campaign sent out an email (sender name: “President Trump - Fry Cook”) informing recipients that there’s a “McGift” waiting for them: a MAGADonald’s T-shirt. The “claim your shirt” button goes to fundraising page offering “every TRUE TRUMP PATRIOT” an opportunity to “order the official MAGADonald’s shirt before they’re sold out.” The suggested donations range from $45 to $1,000.

By Tuesday, the shirts were also available for a mere $35 (plus $7 shipping) from the official Trump campaign store.

While this may seem like an invitation to get sued, it appears that the mock-up of the shirt does not say “McDonald’s” or feature the “golden arches” logo. Plus McDonald’s has made it clear that it would like to stay out of the presidential race, though a statement from McDonald’s Corp. said it agreed to let the franchise owner and operator participate in the campaign event. Per the Associated Press:

In a message to employees obtained Monday by The Associated Press, McDonald’s said the owner-operator of the location, Derek Giacomantonio, reached out after he learned of Trump’s desire to visit a Pennsylvania restaurant. McDonald’s agreed to the event.

“Upon learning of the former president’s request, we approached it through the lens of one of our core values: we open our doors to everyone,” the company said. “McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next president. We are not red or blue – we are golden.”

Trump clearly loved playing fast-food worker and has not stopped talking about it online. On Truth Social, he’s posted or reposted messages about his stint at McDonald’s 15 times since Sunday.

Though Trump claimed in another post that he “checked with McDonald’s, and they say, definitively, that there is no record of Lyin’ Kamala Harris ever having worked there,” he has not provided any evidence to back this up. What McDonald’s actually said is that they don’t have 40-year-old records for specific franchises. Per the AP:

The company said it is proud of “Harris’s fond memories working under the arches” and noted the often-cited figure that 1 in 8 Americans works at McDonald’s at some point.

“While we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ‘80s, what makes ‘1 in 8’ so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had,” McDonald’s said.

The Washington Post was unable to verify Kamala Harris’s claim that she worked at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California, in the summer of 1983, but that doesn’t prove anything. As the paper put it, “The year 1983 exists on the other side of a digital curtain, in the Analog Dark Ages.” There’s no centralized database of everyone who’s ever worked at a McDonald’s franchise, let alone just for a few months.

It’s easy to see why Trump can’t stop talking about McDonald’s. It’s a great opportunity to insist Harris is a liar, since there’s probably no way to prove she worked there. Plus Trump is famously a huge McDonald’s fan. He likes the food (allegedly because he “had a longtime fear of being poisoned”) and he even appeared in a 2002 McDonald’s commercial:

Trump probably couldn’t handle working an actual shift at the fryer, but it seems like McDonald’s spokesman, not president, may be his true calling.

Oh, I wonder who he will cast. Imagine Timmy? 😂

Nicholas Alexander Chavez is right there.

Patrick Bateman, is that you?? 🥵🥵🥵

What happened to her? Last post is in 2022.

His blog hasn't been updated for two years.

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

She does look a little bit like Caitlyn Jenner. Maybe Barron Trump is adopted.

Civil suit that claimed the now 91-year-old sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in Los Angeles in 1973 has been settled to ‘mutual satisfaction’ of both parties

Would you feel safe on this 25 minute walk?

It truly is a waste, isn't it?

Like what do stupid fraus even do with it?

There’s something that happened specifically in the pronoun conversation too. I use he/him pronouns at this point. You [his wife Bethany C. Meyers] use she/her pronouns. Not to say that we’re opposed to they/them pronouns. I just really don’t care about it in the same ways that I did back in the day. Call me whatever you want, just make sure you call me a type of thing. I don’t mind it [they/them pronouns]. I truly don’t care.

I feel like a man more than I ever have in my entire life right now you know and I f***ing stand by that. It’s such a great feeling. It’s not to say that I won’t feel more fluid in the future, right? I can still f***ing sass out from time to time, but I’m in my truth right now and it’s real.

But there’s something that happened in our infertility where we were just experiencing roadblock after roadblock after roadblock and the pronoun conversation was this unnecessary roadblock that we were continuing to just face head on and I just had to let it go. I just had to move on. There was too much coming at us at once and that was part of just the release. There’s so much release that needs to happen to create life.

We are different people since having our first daughter Kilmer Dove … but shift happens and it’s real.

Actor Nico Tortorella, who previously came out as gender fluid and used they/them pronouns, speaking on his new podcast ‘Full of Shift’ how parenthood changed how he identifies.

He had a fun instagram for a while and then he just became boring.

A legend.

Search interest in “is ___ a musical” is at an all-time high in the US:

• Joker 2 and Wonka are the top trending musical searches in the past five years

• Utah and New York are the top states searching for musicals in the past week, and New York and New Jersey are the top searching for “Broadway musical”

• Search interest in The Wiz doubled in the US in the past week

• Search interest in Wicked is higher than Joker: Folie à Deux, in every state but three

The former University of Kentucky student who was seen on viral video unleashing a tirade of racial slurs against a Black student who was working at a dormitory front desk has been sentenced to a year in prison, a Fayette County Circuit Court clerk confirms to PEOPLE.

On Thursday, Oct. 17, Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy Vanmeter sentenced Sophia Rosing, 23, to 12 months in prison for the Nov. 2022 incident, according to the court clerk.

In August, Rosing pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of alcohol intoxication, PEOPLE previously reported.

One of the counts of fourth-degree assault was for kicking a police officer and biting his hand, court records show.

Rosing was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $25 fine.

On Nov. 6, 2022, in an incident that garnered national attention after it went viral, Rosing, a senior, was seen attacking Kyla Spring, a then-19-year-old freshman, who was working the overnight shift at the dormitory's front desk, the Courier-Journal, the Lexington Herald Leader and WLWT5 report.

Rosing was "very intoxicated," according to a police report cited by the Herald-Leader, and entered the campus residence hall without an ID, according to authorities, CBS News reported.

When Spring asked her if she was OK, Rosing began attacking her both verbally and physically, police said, WKYT reported.

Spring kept her composure as Rosing pushed her while yelling slurs at her, the video shows.

When Spring asked her to please stop, Rosing can be seen in the video replying, “No, thank you. You’re a n—. You’re a b—,” over and over again.

Arrested that night, Rosing pleaded not guilty.

She was subsequently expelled from the university and banned from campus by the university president.

After the incident, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto wrote in a letter to the university that Spring "acted with professionalism, restraint and discretion."

In an interview with CBS Mornings in 2022, Spring said she knew she had to remain calm, even while Rosing was verbally and physically attacking her.

"I wanted to make sure I acted appropriately so that I could keep my job because the script could have been flipped at any time if I had retaliated," Spring told CBS Mornings.

In a statement to PEOPLE, Rosing’s attorney, Fred Peters, called the sentence “extremely unfair and out of proportion” and “extremely harsh for a first offense where no one was hurt to the extent that they required any medical treatment whatsoever. Sophia was just completely out of her mind drunk.If there was a way we could appeal her sentence we would but unfortunately, I don't think there is any grounds at the present.”

At her sentencing, Rosing apologized in court saying she had never used the N-word before and would never use it again.

Rosing is being held in the Fayette County Detention Center.

The judge sentenced her to 12 months in prison for each of the four counts with the sentences running concurrently.

Whatever continues the grift ... whatever she has to do for that direct deposit from Daddy Vlad.

I assume she can now revert to her not-long-ago position that homosexuality be criminalized.

What are your thoughts on it?

Who do you love or love to hate?

I love and admire Harry Hamlin for starring in this movie.

It took real courage for a male actor in 1980/1981 to take on a gay role like this.

Kudos to both him and Michael Ontkean.

Sydney Sweeney has been cast as Kim Novak in Colman Domingo’s directorial debut, “Scandalous”.

The film is about Novak’s affair with Sammy Davis Jr.

[quote]Participation among Irish voters in the US is on the rise. The latest census data from Ireland suggests that between 25,000 and 35,000 people in Ireland are eligible to vote in this election cycle.

[quote]The seemingly glowing rapport between the Irish government and the Democratic party has been bolstered by Democrats Abroad Ireland who claim the change of ticket to Harris-Walz in July – which saw a massive 650% surge in voter registration requests – is now seeing people jet across the pond to do their bit. "They want to knock on doors, canvas or phone people up. This is Irish people and Irish Americans who are looking to volunteer. It's really been an explosion of interest and energy that I've never seen before and it's very welcome."

This is the cover! He is now transitioning from teen pop star to mature male artist!

Younger than Diddy, so we can rule out Frankie Valli.

For now, anyway.

And we can see her granny panties.

To continue our nice chats and bring you more photos of Sir Chonks-a-Lot.

Sometimes you gotta learn that once you become a multimillionaire street justice never pays. You just end up paying big $$$ to the scrubs who have nothing to lose. Queen Bey please school her.

They would never let Kamala get away with talking like that but Dump they just let him sink lower and lower.

Dan Reynolds is showing off his fit physique!

The 37-year-old Imagine Dragons frontman went shirtless while holding hands with girlfriend Minka Kelly as they went for an afternoon walk on Monday (October 21) in Los Angeles.

While Dan went shirtless in a pair of black shorts, the 44-year-old Friday Night Lights actress wore a white crop top and baggy jeans.

That's right! Halloween night! Right here on DataLounge, join us for a fun evening of frolic and supernatural hijinks as we communicate with the dead!

We'll be contacting...

JOAN CRAWFORD!

TITPIG!

LADY GAGA'S ACTING CAREER!

So be sure to chow down on your Mary Janes and Circus Peanuts before the fun begins.

Where, when and how? Is Diddy's breath as fowl as rumored?

Well, it's pay out time!

Have you ever tasted any decent ones?

I tried a pomegranate wine that was pleasantly dry.

Last thread got locked.

He also has one named Victory. What do you suppose they smell like?

Just a few years ago, the popularity and sales growth of 'plant based alternative meat' was skyrocketing. Gen X, and Millennials couldn't wait to bite into meat alternatives, including substitutes for chicken and beef. But prices started off high and remain high (a $4.20 price gap between 'real meat' and 'plant based alternative meat') and sales have dropped. Research has found the meat alternatives have not caught on with Boomers and Zoomers.

In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, sales soared to $1.8 Billion in the USA. Over the past few years, sales have been dropping - the most current sales figures have the US down to $1.3 Billion in 'meat alternative' purchases.

The percentage of households purchasing plant-based meats at the market is declining. Though Millennials and Gen Xers (with higher incomes) make frequent purchases, the meat alternative trend has not been a hit with the up and coming 'Zoomers' who find the grocery store items 'too expensive'.

Like All About Eve….and … go! TIA!

Mimi Hines, the Broadway actress who replaced Barbra Streisand in the musical "Funny Girl" in 1965 and stayed with the production for 18 months, has died. The actress died at her home in Las Vegas from natural causes at the age of 91.

Have you seen any that you would like to see get made into an actual show?

I love this one about a futuristic Golden Girls animated series =

Discuss.

Lock up your grannies!

The geriatric posho sex queen Jilly Cooper wrote The Rutshire Chronicles. Decades too late, it will be made into a TV series by Dominic Treadwell Collins who made various soap operas and A Very English Scandal.

The cast includes Doctor Who David Tennant (Tony Baddingham), Poldark Aiden Turner Smith (Declan O’Hara), EastEnders Danny Dyer (Freddie Jones) and most key, Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black, as well as a bunch of actresses I don’t care about.

Campbell-Black is based on top shagger Andrew Parker-Bowles.

Or rather: which photograph does DL like best, as the article is promoting a photo book, so we only get to see one.

Enjoy!

I became determined to lose weight when I ordered some new trousers and they were too tight, so I started exercising more and eating healthily and the weight dropped off.

But now I'm craving donuts, pringles, chocolates, and all the stuff supermarkets are selling for Christmas - panettone, stollen and those gingerbread biscuits.

I'm going to have fruit and yogurt but I want unhealthy food.

How can I stop my cravings? Please don't tell be to visualise Donald Trump eating donuts naked.

August 27th.

Continue the conversation.

I wanna beat the hell outta that self-satisfied, narcissistic f*g.

Another outcome of why women fear and LOATHE working with nut job straight men who become obsessed with them.

Can you imagine working with someone like this dude? Stressing the fuck out daily because some unhinged asshole is timing your breaks, wants to make you miserable at the office, does not get fired, and then shoots/kills you because you completely ignore him.

I feel genuinely bad for women who have to deal with shit like this while they’re just earning cash to pay their bills and save up for retirement.

Dead. All because some incel is furious that he can’t get laid unless he pays for it.

[quote]British lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve in principle a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years. The government says the decision will complete a long-stalled reform of Parliament’s upper chamber and remove an “outdated and indefensible” relic of the past. Britain is one of only two countries – the other is Lesotho – with a hereditary element to its parliament.

[quote]In 1999 the Labour government of Tony Blair evicted most of the more than 750 hereditary peers from the Lords, though to avoid an aristocrats’ rebellion, 92 were allowed to remain temporarily. A quarter-century on, 88 hereditaries are still there, an all-male group with an average age of almost 70. When one dies or retires, their fellow bluebloods hold elections to replace them.

Tyler Labine (Tucker & Dale Vs, Evil) as JD Vance

Emma Stone (in heavy prosthetics) as Laura Loomer

KNOTS LANDING is coming to streaming Aug 13 on the new Primetime Soaps by WB channel.

The 24/7 ad-supported channel is live now on @Plex w/ FALCON CREST. Eps stream in order, not on-demand.

Watch on streaming devices w/ the Plex app or online: watch.plex.tv/live-tv/channe… #SoapOpera

[quote] All males intuitively understand and empathize with their brother’s biological need to regularly ejaculate. That’s why it’s so important as men that we support one another, especially in all-male spaces toward this particularly masculine endeavor.

Trump’s cum dump can dish it out, but can’t take it…

If you are all out of vegetable stock what can you use in the pantry to just make regular gravy I plan to pour over white rice.

Kathy must be elated.

He isn’t my senator but he was just sort of standing around so I approached him for a conversation. He is kind of an asshole!

Why does he always run around in these oversized hoodies?

Just curious

That's a lot of money, but that must be quite the lake.

And how and where (state)?

Let's do a head count.

Sad.

Who are examples? Links please.

I would give each and every one of these cuties a hug and a kiss.

More important- Do we think he's hot?

I don't know if I consider him hot but nevertheless I would do him.

Fuck Ina.

Trisha Paytas is an influencer who has been successful on multiple social media platforms, including YouTube and hosting her podcast, "Just Trish."

And, recently, she sat down with Rainn Wilson on his "Soul Boom" podcast to talk more deeply about her life and fame.

One moment from the podcast that has a lot of people talking is when Trisha opened up about a psychotic break she had in September of 2021. "I went on Twitter, it wasn't even YouTube, and I was screaming, sobbing, like I couldn't control myself — I couldn't breathe. Just like shouting at people to leave me alone," she shared.

Right away, Rainn interrupts her, saying, "Let me just pause you right there. What is it about you...and I'm trying to really understand this. 'I'm so activated, I'm so triggered, I'm so angry, I'm so overwhelmed, I'm about to just lose my shit, I'm gonna have a psychotic break. But I gotta log in and hit live stream and put it on the tripod — and make sure my light is on. Now I'm going to have the psychotic break.'

"What's the deal with that, though? What is that impulse? Is it 'cause you're getting that reward from doing it? The more you have nervous breakdowns online, then the money truck backs up?"

Trisha also shared that she has borderline personality disorder. "I have trouble regulating my emotions. I thought relationships were more intense than they were. I would have these fantasies, but also, like, I would disassociate at the same time. So there was delusion, disassociation, and a lot happening," she explained.

At another point in the interview, Rainn also tells Trisha, "Three years without a gigantic online breakdown...feel free to have one here, though!"

Over the past few days, people have started resharing clips from the podcast on TikTok, saying Rainn was condescending to Trish.

And others, like TikToker cootyqueen13 who has garnered over 600,000 views — and a response from Trisha — are sharing their thoughts: "Everything she [Trish] was saying and sharing, there were so many moments where he would pause her and mock her for posting it online."

Some users have even gone viral with their skits reenacting the interview, like @pogsyy whose video has over a million views.

In general, people are pointing out how celebrities experience fame in a totally different way than influencers.

And a lot of people feel celebrities lack authenticity.

There were more than a few moments that people say were out of touch and disingenuous.

However, despite the uncomfortable moments, Trisha was applauded for how she handled the interview overall.

She loved being impaled?

I wonder what "Prince-Akeem"'s backstory is. A video game character? A descendant of the lost royal house of Iraq? Or maybe he's just cosplaying as an Arab-American this time, much like his blackface antics?

Never a boring moment on… The DataLounge™

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

Long awaited trailer for the conclusion of Ti West's "x/Pearl" trilogy finally dropped today

A slasher set in high 80s Los Angeles where our sex worker heroine strives to break into mainstream Hollywood meanwhile a violent serial killer slashes her costars to ribbons.

Laura Brannigan soundtrack serving the perfect giallo vibes!

Starting:

Mia Goth

Kevin bacon

Bobby Cannavale

Elizabeth Debecki

Halsey

Lily Collins

Billy Nesnidal

Posted this afternoon by officials in Tarrant County, where Fort Worth is located. 😳

"On the first day of Early Voting, Tarrant County had more than 58,000 ballots cast in the General Election. In one reported instance, a voter reviewed their printed ballot and found it did not correctly reflect his choice for President. The original ballot was spoiled, and the voter re-marked a new ballot with his preferred choice reflected ... These matters have been reported to the Texas Secretary of State's Office."

OTOH: "Tarrant County Elections has no reason to believe that votes are being switched by the voting system." Full letter at link.

Stay away from those Quarter Pounders, gurl!

Reboot lands pilot order at CBS.

Why not?!!

Was The Golden Girls something you watched when it was on air, or was it something you gradually watched/discovered since its release as you became more immersed in the culture?

This is so beautiful.

And all natural.

Just like when Barbenheimer opened the same weekend

Gladwick?

The greatest setback to civil rights since the MLK assassination.

CDC is working quickly to identify which aspects of the sandwich are making people sick. Developing story.

Two weeks after Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee said he would soon be representing at least 120 accusers against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the attorney filed his first six sexual assault complaints on Monday — including one from a man who claims he was a teen at the time of his encounter with the music mogul.

All six lawsuits, which were obtained by TheWrap, were filed in the Southern District of New York per the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, with the allegations stemming from between 1995 and 2021. Buzbee is representing four John Does and two Jane Does in these cases.

One of the four anonymous male victims claims he was 16 years old when he was sexually assaulted at one of Combs’ White Parties in the Hamptons in 1998.

According to the then-teenage victim, he was invited to the party at Combs’ mansion by a mutual friend, where he bumped into the rapper (an apparent picture of the pair from the event in question is included in the legal documents). “Combs took an interest in John Doe” and they engaged in pleasant conversation about the entertainment industry, per the lawsuit.

“When John Doe admitted his voice was not great, Combs assured him that did not matter. Combs made clear that the only thing that mattered was having the right look for the industry, and with it, Combs could transform Doe — or anybody — into a star.”

However, “Combs abruptly told John Doe that he needed to drop his pants. John Doe, caught completely off guard, confusingly asked Combs to repeat himself. Combs made himself clear. He instructed John Doe to drop his pants and expose his penis so that Combs could inspect it, explaining it was a rite of passage and the route to becoming a star, and also as a way to prove himself,” the suit alleges.

“Out of fear, anxiety and the imbalanced power dynamic between himself and Combs, John Doe then dropped his pants and exposed his penis as Combs previously instructed,” it continues. “Combs moved closer and grabbed John Doe’s penis and genitals with his hand. He firmly cupped and held onto John Doe’s genitals for an extended period of time.

During this time, Combs moved his hand in such a fashion to manipulate John Doe’s genitals, squeezing and feeling them … Combs abruptly then let go of John Doe’s genitals and told him that his people would be in touch. Combs continued with his party as if nothing had happened, but for John Doe, everything had changed.”

“We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves and will work to see that justice is done,” Buzbee shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. “We expect to be filing many more cases over the next several weeks naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”

Meanwhile, Diddy’s attorney Erica Wolff issued the following statement to TMZ following Buzbee’s initial press conference: “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.

Mr. Buzbee has not yet filed a single case in any jurisdiction. Mr. Combs looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court if and when claims are filed and served, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”

Halloween is among us, so let's have our annual discussion of a DL fav, Theatre of Blood.

Edward Lionheart was, in his mind, one of the great Shakespearean actors to grace the London stage. The critics, however, strongly disagree. After losing out of a Lifetime Achievement Award, Lionheart throws himself out of a penthouse window. Years later, his rivals start disappearing one by one...

Vincent Price leads a who's who of the London stage; Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Coral Browne, Dennis Price, Harry Andrews, Robert Coote, Arthur Lowe, Milo O'Shea, Eric Sykes, Joan Hickson, Diana Dors, Renee Asherson, Madeline Smith, and Sir Michael Hordern.

Couldn’t find a thread on this fantastic show. Anyone else watching?

Located at 1180 Guerrero St., the architectural gem retains its original grand facade, moldings, woodwork and decorative fireplaces. Over the past four decades, “a battalion of period craftspeople” has restored other elements to their original splendor, according to Joel Luebkeman of Compass, the listing agent.

“I’ve walked into hundreds of Victorian homes in my career,” Luebkeman said in an email to the Chronicle. “But when I first walked through the imposing front doors of 1180 Guerrero, I was awestruck by the feeling I had been transported back in time to a Gilded Age townhouse on 5th Avenue.”

It's still Mary Janes. Candy corn and circus peanuts are just as bad.

This is classic Corpse.

Singer, dancer and actor Shirley MacLaine has lived many lives, and she's documented them in her new memoir, "The Wall of Life," a photographic account of the Academy Award-winner's remarkable journey from Broadway to Hollywood and beyond.

The actress talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about her family; how dancing led to her breakthrough role in "The Pajama Game"; becoming the "mascot" of Hollywood's famed Rat Pack; and how she has never stopped inhabiting memorable characters.

This is the 1975 TV movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery

Giuliani assets will transfer to Georgia election workers he defamed

A federal judge has ordered former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to place numerous assets, including cash, jewelry and his New York apartment, into a receivership controlled by two former Georgia election workers as they seek to collect a $148 million defamation claim against him.

The 24-page ruling issued Tuesday orders Giuliani to place the assets into a receivership within seven days. But U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman of New York ordered the “immediate turnover” of Giuliani’s apartment on the Upper East Side, which is already for sale.

Liman also orders Giuliani to take legal steps that would allow the election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, to seek an estimated $2 million in legal fees that Giuliani has said he is owed by Donald Trump’s campaign organization and the Republican National Committee for his work leading Trump’s post-2020 election legal challenges.

MMW Merrick Garland will be among the first casualties of a new Harris administration

Merrick Garland will be among the first positions to change should Harris win

Garland is pretty much the definition of a pick who embodies Biden's style of calm, high-road centrist policy. Many have been disappointed by his lack of aggression regarding the defence of democracy and the prosecution of officials blatantly breaking laws, but I'm not surprised in the slightest. That was never going to be him, or Biden. They're both too status-quo, too establishment.

One of the largest differences I have noted between the Biden campaign and the Harris campaign is the level of aggression and tolerance for bullshit. Biden was very high-and-mighty and very tolerant. Harris, significantly less so. She is unafraid to campaign with low blows and personal insults, unafraid to call bullshit right to someone's face, and supports a more assertive attitude when it comes to prosecuting a defence of the law itself.

So, MMW, should Harris win, Garland will be one of the very first people replaced, and his replacement will be _noticeably_ more aggressive towards people flaunting the rule of law. I expect multiple subpoenas and indictments against everyone from Senators and Representatives at both the federal and state level, to billionaires like Musk, to local election workers, sheriffs, and police chiefs. I expect to see them being enforced with far greater assertion. I expect to see officials who refuse to comply with legal so poe as simply arrested and thrown in jail until they do so.

I can even see a new Harris DOJ persuing charges of corruption and accepting bribes against multiple Supreme Court justices.

She is more aggressive, more assertive, more confident than Biden.

And I'm totally here for it.

I can't decide between "I'm Coming Out" by Miss Ross or "Invincible" by Pat Benatar.

I’m gonna open the box…

What do we think?

There's a new scandal every few days (if not multiple times a day)

Let's keep track of them here.

Shocking

Actress Donna Mills, who turns 84 in a couple of months, announced that her 'baby' Chloe is going to make her a first-time grandma. (Most women who are 84 are usually sharing the news they will be a great-grandma, so this news is a bit 'different').

Donna Mills, best known for her role as Abby on the Dallas spinoff Knots Landing, recently shared a very exciting personal update: her only daughter, Chloe Mills, is expecting her first child. Mills seems over the moon to be a grandmother, especially since she adopted Chloe when she was 54 years old.

Chloe and her fiancé Travis Collings are expecting a baby boy. They shared the news in a joint Instagram post that read, “Baby Boy Collings coming in 2025”

Donna shared her own posts from the baby shower, full of blue balloons and teddy bears. She said, alongside the photos, “My baby girl is having a baby!! And we gave her the shower of her dreams. Can’t wait to meet the little guy. I know I’ll love him as much as I love her.” While Chloe will be a younger mom, Donna has previously opened up about becoming a mother in her 50s.

wow. Thanks, Putin.

She smiled and smirked when Trump made that cruel/glib remark about Amber Thurman, the pregnant girl who died because a hospital refused to treat her when she was bleeding out.

This bitch radiates vile indifference. And that prim WASPy Connecticut routine she affects is a fucking joke.

You can tell she hates being black.

Shad lash daysh!

Part of II Things that Annoy you, now in its 600th post.

I have to go to Dubai for business and I don't think I'll ever be closer (it's only a 4 hour flight from DXB) but curious if it's worth the hype. Obviously it looks amazing in pics.

I wonder how much land in the San Fernando Valley they own.

I love Sharon Horgan — especially in "Pulling" and "Catastrophe" — so I was interested in this immediately.

Five Irish sisters, one of whom is married to a complete asshole. He ends up dead, and the series uses flashbacks to spell out who did it and how.

I've only watched one episode, but so far it's a great dark comedy and Horgan is terrific.

Based on all the stories, it was a inevitable.

Jesus, she’s a fucking mental case. I hope she dies a painful death.

I have just heard the news that one of my best friends died last night, just two weeks after he had contact with a nefarious tall and handsome Hungarian tourist. I don't have details yet--but I think it was toxoplasmosis or virulent HPV. He confessed to me his lurid fantasies of having wild sex with those very unclean and uncut European cads. But his dream was to settle down with a good clean American and raise a family. I'm so sad he will never go on to fulfill those dreams.

This is the third friend in about 5 years who died soon after contact with uncut cock.

When she told her housemates to "Shut up and go to sleep! I've got to be at work early in the morning!"? This was of course after Sophia farted in bed, Rose prayed out loud and Blanche told Rose to get her bunny slippers out of her butt. Thoughts?

Gotta say I'm amazed there isn't already a thread. Spoilers obviously.

Not so much spooky /ethereal words but sounds.

Like this one below by Belinda Carlisle.

Go.

If you know, you know.

Fucking vote, cunts. And not for no Stein neither.

Grow some balls and say it out loud

He was always one of my favorites.

I wish that there was more information and updates on him.

Chris was adorable.

This’ll last about a second.

Just curious

A CNN investigation into “Swiss-made” watches being sold by former President Donald Trump led to an unexpectedly stimulating discovery.

Being the Republican presidential nominee hasn’t stopped Trump from hawking all kinds of products, including sneakers, Bibles, cryptocurrency, silver coins, and other items. Of particular interest to CNN reporters Steve Contorno and Scott Glover were the watches Trump sells. As it turns out, the watches were not actually made in Switzerland, which has strict rules on what products can be deemed Swiss-made.

Trump’s timepieces sell for hundreds of dollars, but one sells for $100,000. The website where they can be purchased describes them as “Swiss-made.”

However, CNN’s probe of the origin of Trump’s watches led them to a company called BestWachesOnEarth LLC, which has an address in a small town in Wyoming called Sheridan.

“[A] CNN investigation into the manufacturing and distribution of the Trump-branded timepieces dead-ended at an innocuous-looking shopping center in a small city in remote northern Wyoming, not far from the border of Montana,” the report stated, adding:

There, sharing a parking lot with a hodgepodge of businesses including an H&R Block, a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant and a “vape and hemp smoke shop,” is a nondescript office space that serves as the mailing address for TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, the company behind the new line of Trump watches. The building houses a daycare, but there is no sign of the watches Trump says, “puts you in a very exclusive club.”

CNN said that dozens of other companies claim the address, including the aforementioned Trump sneakers. Another company linked to the address is BestHoneyOnEarth.

Contorno joined Thursday’s CNN News Central, where he shared these findings with Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar.

“And I should mention, Boris, about that honey company, which, I left out the best detail,” Contorno said. “They sell ‘male enhancement honey,’ which is exactly what it sounds like.”

Sanchez and Keilar burst out laughing.

Yes, I caved, and renewed my subscription, but because of that I can post this for you. It's a long read; perhaps you can listen to it from this link. It has a theme criticizing Trump that I never considered before. Check it out!

That’s the lowest I’ve seen in years!

See how the GOP has gone quiet about the price of gas.

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

It looks nice.

It sucks when you're so fucking hot that the entire world just can't stop at staring you and touching you.

I just heard the news that one of my favorite colleagues died last night, just two years after retirement. I don't have details yet--but I think it was cancer. She couldn't wait to travel all over after retirement. I'm so sad she never go to fulfill those dreams.

This is the third person from work in about 5 years who died soon after retirement.

Paramount has filed a motion to throw out a lawsuit over the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” arguing that a nude scene with underage actors does not amount to “childhood sexual assault.”

Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 16 and 17 when they starred in the movie, which was directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The film’s famous bedroom scene includes a lingering shot of Whiting’s buttocks and a brief glimpse of Hussey’s breasts.

The actors, now in their 70s, filed a $500 million suit in December, alleging that Zeffirelli pressured them into performing in the nude. They accused Paramount, the distributor, of profiting from their sexual exploitation.

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.

Today the episode is “Hostage”. Season 4. Betty (Lee Merriwether) is kidnapped and held hostage by a hottie.

Apparently, no one told him what discovery is

Gay MAGA/travel influencer Garrett Bruno (@garrett.travels) was involved in a fatal car crash on 10/10 in West Hollywood. LA Sheriffs Dept is still investigating but have not filed charges. The WeHo times covered the accident but did not name Bruno, but he was outed in the comments section alongside allegations that Bruno was intoxicated and had killed the young woman seated in the passenger seat of the car he struck on Fountain ave (he was brought to the hospital in handcuffs). His IG went private after the accident but Bruno had undergone something of a public MAGA radicalization on IG in the last few weeks and had also shared aspirations of running for office in Florida and being financed by Keith Rabois, who he has fucked, and his husband Jacob Helberg. Any information on this pondscum and insight/pics re his MAGA coming out would be most appropriated.

Fired from New York magazine

There’s a conversation over on Reddit in which a lot of people are royally pissed off over a move the NFL is making to put the game that will be played Christmas day on Netflix. The pissed off people don’t want to pay for yet another service.

Consequently, I’m seeing a whole lot of references to “sailing the high seas,” by which I gather they mean there is a way to “pirate” broadcasts. Some people claim to have never paid a dime to watch a game for years.

I further gather that they speak in very guarded terms for fear that some watchdog may catch them if they speak clearly.

Does anyone here understand streaming NFL games?

And if this subject is touchy and dangerous, never mind. I don’t want to get anyone in hot water but I definitely would like to contain costs as much as possible.

Will Beyoncé be there?

Ariana asked for 20 free tickets to Elvira's show. She and her guests came backstage and Elvira posed for photos with each one. When Elvira asked if Ariana would like to take a photo she said "No, I don't do that." Then she left before the show started.

How Green Was My Pussy

Erase Her Head

A.I.: Artificial Internet Fan Art

What else?

He can nail me any time he wants!

Unfortunately, all the comments are from straight construction workers, saying that his work is shit.

Clearly, they're not seeing what I'm seeing.

I'm the driver getting his throat slashed on the I-5 freeway, while shooting a gun at the guy slashing his throat, after a 3 hour meth and fentanyl binge in a Tacoma crack den.

Thankfully, I was able to pull over to the side of the freeway, before I bled to death.

Voters in California, Colorado and Hawaii will have a chance to remove unenforceable language from their state constitutions banning same-sex marriage.

"aul Smith, a Georgetown law professor who argued the landmark 2003 Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down the country’s remaining anti-sodomy laws, said the high court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which struck down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, should serve as a cautionary tale.

“We’ve had the example of how Dobbs can take down a long-standing precedent. Suddenly there are these state laws that were sitting there dormant, that came springing back to life,” he said, referring to the dozens of states that now have abortion bans following the Dobbs decision. “These states don’t want their same-sex marriage bans to come springing back to life, so they’re going to do something about it, if just in case.”

Smith validated the potential concern, pointing to Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in the 2022 Dobbs decision."

I've been seeing clips of the Harris / Cheney campaign which hit three red states today. As much as I don't agree with Cheney (on just about anything) I'm so happy and impressed with her sticking by Harris' side and making the case for Harris as President. Never thought I'd see these days.

You can tell Harris and genuinely appreciative and fond of Liz Cheney. Cheney knows this is NOT her campaign, so she sits quietly a few feet away from Kamala. But when she is asked a question by a conference host, or when it's time for her to speak on behalf of Harris, she says what's needed to be said. She's really selling Harris to 'traditional Republicans' who would never vote for Trump (but would probably not vote for Harris either - until they hear Cheney). Bravo to both women !

(Yes, I know she's probably worked out a deal with Kamala to secure a space in her administration - and I don't mind those two doing this at all. I trust Kamala will give her a position which uses her talents best.)

Off and on for years-she’s great.Funny and informative. Free Speech channel mon-fri.

All your answers are in this bittle lottle!

What do we think?

It’s a natural part of the human body. I quite often hear cleanliness and hygiene as reasons for hating foreskin, but it’s just like any other part of the body. If you don’t wash your asshole in the shower or clean out your mouth in the morning, it smells god awful. And any good quality man is going to be clean.

He was an abusive asshole in the 80's and 90's, including some allegations of physical abuse. Why hasn't he been canceled? Is it because of The Princess Bride? His contrition doesn't matter. Fame and a career are a privilege.

Bret Stephens is like a bratty kid looking for attention, and Stephanie and Bill are not having it.

Stephens snotty attitude personifies why the NYT's coverage of Trump and the election is all wrong. Like Hillary Clinton said on Friday's Morning Joe, she had more policy details than any presidential candidate in history, and in the end, it didn't matter. She still lost to Trump because of vibes.

As an astrologer, we aren't particularly good at predicting elections (actually we're no better than random) but a strange thing happened this summer when there was a poll for presidential results, keeping in mind the candidates at the time were Biden and Trump.

Several responses said, 'This is so weird, neither one of them look like they are going to win."

This is one of my favorite I Love Lucy episodes.

When the giant loaf comes out of the oven it's like a GIANT ALIEN BONER!

Not a long sentence, though....?

She had it all. Her rugged good looks and her connections couldn't help. Life is funny.

We haven't had a thread to talk broadly about British shows and/or the PBS or Britbox viewings of them in the US for a while.

Starting off with something that apparently happened a few months ago....the sexy guy that played Spiros on The Durrells has been ACCUSED! of sexual harassment/assault/rape. (He was serving as a rep in EU parliament.)

With an all-star cast of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rosselini.

But it still looks like a ripoff of "Angels and Demons."

Also, this is Pitbull Awareness Month? Fuck that.

Which one of the following would you rather work for?

CBS is spinning off Elsbeth from the Good Wife and the Good Fight. Never watched the Good Wife, only know her from the Good Fight. Isn’t Elsbeth the character a bit too much to put her front and center of a show? I feel like that schtick could get old way too fast. What do you think?

On a side note: Should I start watching the Good Wife? Is it worth to go back?

Any truth to this rumor? Supposedly, actress Teresa Graves from the '70s series GET CHRISTIE LOVE! was Whitney's bio mom. John Houston had an affair with her, and after Teresa died tragically, Cissy took Whitney and raised her as her own. I never did think Whitney resembled Cissy in the slightest. Teresa would have been around 15 when she gave birth to Whitney, which could explain a backdoor adoption as John Houston was in his 40s at the time!

Bethany Joy Lenz claims she was given a shockingly blunt explanation of One Tree Hill, before signing on to spend nine seasons as Haley James Scott.

In her upcoming memoir Dinner for Vampires, the actress recalls having an awkward conversation with her manager, hours before her final chemistry read for the show. Lenz said it was the night before her screen test when she got a call from her manager, who had just spoken to an executive from the show.

"I have a direct quote that I’ve been asked to relay to you, to make sure you know exactly what you’re getting into before you sign this contract,” Lenz recalled her manager saying. She was then told exactly what the exec had said: “You tell her this show is about f---ing and sucking and if she’s gonna have a problem with that, she shouldn’t come in tomorrow.”

As Lenz recalls it, both her and her manager were speechless. But after a moment, she began giving the comment some serious thought.

At this point, Lenz — who was raised as an evangelical Christian — had previously turned down the opportunity to star in the Amanda Bynes sitcom, What I Like About You because she worried that playing a woman who lived with her boyfriend would “normalize ‘living in sin’ for young girls." (The role was instead filled by Jennie Garth.)

But despite the blunt warning about One Tree Hill, Lenz didn’t want to give up her pursuit of the show.

In her memoir, Lenz explains that she was attracted to the show because it “felt different from most bubble-gum TV with subliminal agendas.” She had no interest in limiting her career to stereotypical faith-based dramas that “lacked the complexity and nuance of real-life.”

She added, “Grit didn’t scare me, and the One Tree Hill pilot had grit.”

She was also comforted to know that she would fill the role of the “awkward girl next door” who she identified as the "most wholesome" member of the main cast.

"I didn’t feel too at risk of being objectified,” she wrote. “I believed in this show and its ability to send meaningful, uplifting messages to the audience.”

So she told her manager to pass her interest along: “Just tell him I understand what he’s saying. I’m not gonna try and stop them from writing about real teenagers. I believe in this show and I want to be a part of it.”

The next day, Lenz went to the chemistry read where she met Chad Michael Murray and landed the gig in the room.

Though she would stick with the show throughout its entire nine-season run, Lenz wrote that the “f---ing and sucking” comment would come back to haunt her whenever she made an effort to push back against creative decisions — including being asked to film a scene while wearing only a bra.

"When I stood my ground as a matter of religious modesty, my manger would get a call, 'She’s being difficult again. We told you what this show was about,’” Lenz wrote. “And, in fairness, they did. The ‘f---ing and sucking’ executive has been very clear about that. I guess I just looked at my character and figured that would be other people’s storylines.”

More information about Liam Payne’s tragic death is coming to light.

After the former One Direction member died on Oct. 16 at the age of 31 due to a fatal fall from a balcony at the Casa Sur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his official cause of death has been confirmed.

According to a release shared by Argentine officials, the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office No. 16 reported that the autopsy for Liam found his cause of death to be “polytraumism (multiple traumatic injuries), internal and external hemorrhage."

Coroners confirmed that the 25 injuries described in the report coincide with those expected from a fall at a height, while noting “the head injuries were sufficient to cause death, while the internal and external hemorrhages in the skull, thorax, abdomen and limbs contributed to the mechanism of death.”

The release confirms no evidence of defensive wounds were found to be present that would suggest “the intervention of third parties." A toxicology report is reportedly still pending, though the release confirms " series of substances were seized from the musician's room, which would prove a previous situation of alcohol and drugs consumption."

Prior to the autopsy findings, Buenos Aires emergency services chief Alberto Crescenti provided additional information about Liam’s fall, noting the singer’s injuries were so severe first responders were unable to treat them upon arriving at the scene.

“Our role was to head there quickly, give medical attention, and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life,” he explained to the Argentine publication La Nación in Spanish. “Based on what the team saw, there was apparently a cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death.”

He continued, “The team could do absolutely nothing. There was no resuscitation because it was confirmed that he had died. The whole body had very serious injuries.”

In Goosebumps: The Vanishing.

And this time, he's a dad.

He looks fantastic, by the way.

Sexy. Funny. Cute.

Does anyone have the a miniature cat? I think I'm ready for a pet and these are just too cute. What do I need to know?

Indie electro-pop outfit from Australia consists of Janet Planet, Sugar Bones, Reggie Goodchild, Clarence McGuffie. Anyone here a fan? Their new album 3 AM (LA LA LA) features a shift from their previous electro-pop sound towards a club-focused sound. The album is inspired by the band's move to London, and by British rave culture of the 1990s.

And just like that, Nixon churns out another dull-as-dishwater contribution to pop culture.

She shrugs off the whole Che Diaz arc, caring neither for fan outrage that Miranda went lez and dumped fan-favorite Steve, or for fan outrage that the show stunt-casted this weirdo and then fired them at the end of the season. She's not mad. She's not amused. She's not throwing wine. She's just...there.

Maybe all those hunger strikes have gone to her head.

Does this actually mean something different from what gay guys have done the last 40 years?

As far as I know there are two types of gay couples:

1. Open relationship = we play together or separate 2. “monogamous” = we play behind each other’s back

Is polyamorous different?

UTA will make him a star.

Anybody seen it? Seems to be one of the best reviewed new sitcom show. It's adapted from BBC . I have no idea what it's all about when I started watching but I quite enjoyed it so far. It's set in a B&B haunted by various ghosts - including a gay one and a hot yuppie guy. I think CBS might have hit show on its hand.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nespresso’s peanut sesame coffee. New seasonal flavor for the vertuo line. It sounded so odd, I figured I would give it a try with my last order.

Really, the best coffee I have had since switching from Keurig to Nespresso. I just ordered ten more sleeves

Any surprisingly good flavored coffee capsules you have had?

Australian fashion model Samuel Barrie

Yikes.

I booked a trip to Paris for late November, and I decided to stay near CDG airport and commute to the city daily, rather than staying in Paris itself.

What's the easiest way to Paris from a hotel near CDG?

I was thinking of catching the hotel shuttle to the airport every day, and then maybe taking a train from the airport to the city.

Is there a train from the airport to the city, and is it easy to navigate? Also, how much does it cost and how early/late does it run?

What stop(s) would be a good starting point to just get off at, and then walk around to explore the city?

I know this is a weird way to vacation in Paris, but I don't like being far away from the airport, especially in a big city that is unfamiliar to me, plus the language barrier.

Also, my return trip is early in the morning, so it's just easier for me to be close to the airport.

Trashed by offspring who identifies as "they/them".

Watch me twirl, Ma!

Shirtless in grey sweatpants with no underwear on? Someone is becoming desperate.

With that said, he’s so damn cute. 😊

Did your Mom make it in this?

As far as advocacy goes, this doesn’t really seem to make much sense. This would be like trying to further gay rights and endear gays to the public by showcasing junkie male prostitutes that OD’d in some back alley. I can’t believe that the people at HRC and GLAAD actually thought this was a good idea.

Hard to believe it’s been 17 years already since the infamous Don Imus incident. Even harder to believe that Howard Stern called out his racism, considering some of the things that Stern has previously said on air.

new face in the modeling industry

A "friend" he had travelled around Russia with set a trap for him. Kind of a cute daddy type. Gay? But there's something slightly off about him.

This stuck out to me: "Along the way, he opened an account on VKontakte, Russia’s Facebook, and befriended about 70 Russians, usually men younger than himself, many with security backgrounds. Mr. Whelan, a former Michigan police officer, said he was hoping to trade insignia."

(Link is free)

You don’t seem to hear about her as much as you did last year. Maybe her antics are just getting old.

Oy vey

WHY??????!!!!!!

Everything the Queen said in this motherfucking song, she did. I’m a survivor too.

The NY Jets just won another game with Aaron as quarterback against the New England Patriots.

So this season, they've lost one game (the first of the season), and they've won two.

DL favorite JUDGE JUDY blows out 82 candles on her birthday cake today.

Some gossip: Judge Judy and her husband Jerry (soon to be 91) was seen frequently around Newport, RI over the past few months. One one occasion, she decided to have dinner at a restaurant where the other famous TV Judge - Judge Caprio of the syndicated "Caught In Providence" courtroom show - was having dinner with his family. Caprio, who turns 88 in November, went public with his pancreatic cancer diagnoses last year. For many years, it was said there was quite a bit of animosity betwen Caprio and Scheindlin , as they went to war in the ratings from 2018-20. Caprio shared a Tik Tok video of their encounter, where he praised Judge Judy and her kindness to him and his family.

No word if Caprio and his wife Joyce celebrated today with Judy and Jerry on Judy's birthday.

They know their Mouse-addicted customer base will pay anything. Again, this is the price of the pass, not admission to the park:

[quote]As with all things Disney, pricing is date-dependent, and it varies by park. Disney’s Animal Kingdom comes in at the lower end of the scale, with prices between $129 and $199 plus tax per person. If you’re heading to EPCOT, expect to pay between $169 and $249. Over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the cost jumps to $269 to $349. But the most expensive option is, unsurprisingly, Magic Kingdom, where the pass will set you back anywhere from $329 to $449 plus tax per person.

I am eternally grateful that I am lacking the Disney Adult gene.

In the brand new documentary that just came out,, she's still bitter after all these years, now the tides have turned and all her denial of sexual abuse of men "not having the right equipment" has come back to bite her.

Yikes!

City Councilman Yusef Salaam and four other exonerated Black and Latino men accuse Trump of repeating his false claim that they pleaded guilty to the notorious 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park.

Jealous, bitches?

Are you basically bisexual? Do you occasionally sleep with women? Do you like masculine looking women?

Don’t

Does anyone like this German fantasy film starring Christel Bodenstein?

The theater community is searching for a beloved performer.

MJ The Musical star Zelig Williams disappeared on Oct. 3, with his missing persons flyer noting the 28-year-old was last seen at his home in Columbia, S.C., wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts and brown slides.

"According to authorities," reads the poster shared by Black and Missing, "Zelig was last seen driving in the Congaree National Park area, where his vehicle was found."

His family members initially believed he may have been in a car crash due to an alert from his phone.

“Around 9:50 Thursday morning, he left just normally as he would,” Williams’ aunt Christine McLaughlin Barber told local South Carolina TV station WACH. “About 10 minutes later, we received an SOS ping from his phone from one of his friends in New York, indicating a crash.”

However, they have since ruled out a car accident, according to the outlet.

While authorities search for the actor, his Broadway colleagues—including Hugh Jackman, who worked with Williams on the 2019 concert tour “The Man. The Music. The Show"—are urging anyone with information to contact the Richland County Sheriff's Office.

“Zelig we love you and are praying for your safe return,” Jackman wrote on his Instagram Story Oct. 10, per Us Weekly. “Please pass this message on!!!”

As for his family, they're also asking local residents to report any possible info on his whereabouts.

"Words can't express what our family is going through right now," Barber wrote on Facebook Oct. 10. "Please continue to share his photos and videos. The more we share the more people can get the word out to other states/countries."

She added, "Please continue to pray pray pray for Zelig to come home safe. WE LOVE YOU ZELIG."

In addition to playing Jackson 5 member Marlon Jackson in the Michael Jackson musical, Williams was also cast in Hamilton in 2015 as an ensemble performer.

Earlier this month, he celebrated a more personal milestone by ringing in his 28th birthday.

"28 only feels like a new thing because 27 I gave my full yes to Christ," Williams shared on Instagram Sept. 11. "This yes is a daily yes. Yes, I’ll follow you. Yes, I’ll stop following my old ways. Yes, I’ll praise you. Yes, I’ll change this and that. Yes, I’ll listen. Yes, I’ll let go. I only say yes because of His goodness and love for me. He is unmatched. Thank you, Jesus for being good to me this year and keeping me in all my ways."

Ambushing TMZ's Harvey Levin

I guess Republicans like killing babies after all

The film held its first screening last night and the reaction has been overall positive, with Denzel being declared the frontrunner and a lock for Supporting Actor.

Paul Mescal is the classic case of taking an indie actor and throwing them in a big studio blockbuster. It either works out (think Laura Dern in Jurassic Park) or doesn’t (think Alicia Silverstone in Batman & Robin), and it allegedly worked here.

Interviewed by The New York Times' Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Five times in a row, the GOP vice presidential nominee refused to say Trump lost that year's vote.

Watch the interview...

HA HA!

Police are investigating a vandalism reported at a store in Vernon that sells Donald Trump merchandise.

The incident was reported to police Monday just before 3 a.m. at the New England for Trump store on Talcottville Road, according to Lt. Robert Marra of the Vernon Police Department.

According to representatives from the store, someone “sprayed manure” all over merchandise at the store. They also wrote a number of things on the outside of the building like “nazi” and “fascist.”

Marra said the investigation into the vandalism is active.

I guess it only lasts a couple of weeks and then they look like normal hippos

True beauty is ephemeral, as they say

What’s it like?

I was tempted today by what purported to be an analysis of Trump’s political resurrection.

What brought Trump back to power?

1) the “gatekeepers to cultural respectability” a diverse group of people who have said things Stephens finds objectionable), 2) Biden (for running again, and for not clarifying in a 2022 speech that not all MAGAs are threats to Democracy), and 3) Democrats (apparently entirely represented by the Colorado Secretary of State) for seeking to enforce the 14th Amendment and for arguing against the Republican description of the American economy as “darkness at noon.”

Apparently, these sins are what compel the GOP to be an anti-democratic cult.

This is what passes for insight?

I liked Donna Pescow in this show and as Annette in Saturday Night Fever- he character was sad , pathetic and sympathetic all at the same time.

She looks like a version of Maude here.

Does the datalounge agree?

Popping up in some media, film, or tv show.

[QUOTE]The five men who make up the Central Park Five, and now call themselves the Exonerated Five, have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump over his slanderous remarks during the presidential debate in September.

How fucking insane!

He's such a ditzy Twink!

I'm fascinated by him because he's independent, he lives in an RV, he's fairly handy, and he seems really nice.

But he's so ditzy!

He has a mouse infestation in his camper, he doesn't really know how to drive, he can't cook for shit, and he's so clumsy!

Ethan also thinks that wet wipes constitute "taking a bath," and he's constantly breaking things in his camper.

I think he also has a few OCD type of phobias, which he hasn't really explained fully.

Nevertheless, I think he's adorable. And at least he has a boyfriend to keep him company.

And oh yeah, the boyfriend won't show his face on camera. Lol.

Watching “My Worst Ex“ on Netflix . It’s scary as hell.

Will there be a gay or lesbian episode?

Or is it just another day in the trail?

Don’t tell me those trans sisters blackballed him for life.

How did I miss this episode of The Office?

I was weirdly turned on by it.

This song is so damn beautiful. I've listening to it a lot lately: I can't get enough of it.

I hope there’s lot of gay sex.

Discuss.

They've promoted claims that Walz abused one of his former students.

Anyone else watching this documentary? We are about two thirds through it. It’s terrifying, but also fascinating.

Dana Carvey aced Biden as well.😂😂

We’ve all known people like this at some point in our lives. Women who keep accidentally getting pregnant by different guys. Guys who keep accidentally getting different women pregnant.

How is this even possible? You’d figure after a couple times, they would learn that they need to use some kind of protection.

It's a girl.

The tragedy-bitten star has spent a lot of time holed up at his Florida compound, still struggling with the deaths of wife Kelly Preston, son Jett and close friends like Australian songbird Olivia Newton-John.

Said a source: "In Australia, it's like Grease just came out yesterday. "There's this whole country where he has been consistently famous for over 40 years, in part because of his close friendship with Olivia."

“John’s supporters are aging out of the business and dwindling in numbers. When he's in L.A., he barely gets recognized anymore."

Are we all scandaled out yet? What is in the water?

Second day in a row. I'm an Eldergay who needs his elderbooks.

The last full sized Kmart in the mainland United States is closing.

Only a ministore in FL and some stores in Puerto Rico remain.

Customer consultant at Food Circus.

And possibly involved with Gio Benitez at one time?

Let's settle this once and for all.

Look at Nick’s face as Cooper is speaking. He turns his face and rolls his eyes. He can’t stand him lowkey 😆 but I’m sure he loves him all the same. Maybe it’s like a brotherly relationship? I mean they had spent 6 months straight filming, where they even had to live together as Murphy made them share a space, and then after filming finished they had some time apart but then once it was time for the show to premiere they had to do never-ending press all over the place for a good month. I’m sure by this point he was just over attention whore Cooper.

King Charles and Queen Camilla Arrive in Australia For Exciting Tour

I wish then much good fortune!

Poor thing.

Tay? Usher? I think she go with the unexpected and have someone like Teddy Swims sing it. It would really bring the country together.

I just walked over to feed and water Coz. Somebody or something stole his heavy duty plastic food bowl. I had to loan him an extra bowl that belongs to Sparky until I can solve the mystery. Btw… Coz is a wonderful white cat that lives in a tiny house I bought for him outside of my guest house. He is skittish and won’t let me get quite close enough to pick him up but he does allow me to get close by and he talks to me.

This one with Rocco Steele and Bruno Bernal gets me off. I get off at the ass eating. So hot.

And I’m not feeling great about it.

Hearing those words from family stings. I’m 29 and recently started seeing this great guy that I get along well with and really like.

No updates since 1957

This guy was hilarious as Streisand in the recording studio. Has he done any more videos recently ? Anyone know anything about him ?

What do you do when you've finally convinced a historically unpopular incombent to step down as the candidate? You sticker the new candidate's name on his bombing campaign and call it a day.

He was a great man, a great orator and the best politician Scotland has ever seen. RIP.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: an ardently antigay GOP politician is being accused of indulging in salacious behavior.

The latest antagonist for the tried-and-true tale is North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson, who has an abhorrent history of insulting and demeaning LGBTQ+ people. The ultra-hateful man has called homosexuality an “abominable sin” and criticized the trans rights movement as “demonic.”

In addition, he’s labeled the queer community as a “Satanic cult of perversion” and said queer allies are “disciples of Satan.”

You get the picture. Mark Robinson is very, very passionate about hating gay people.

He’s also apparently very, very passionate about adult films… according to six former employees and regulars of local adult film stores.

The Assembly, a reputable digital magazine in North Carolina, recently published an expose on Robinson’s alleged history as a regular to adult film shops. A man named Louis Money, who worked in several of Greensboro’s “windowless, 24-hour video-pornography stores,” told the publication that Robinson was a frequent customer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He alleges the homophobic Lt. Gov. came in five nights a week, often watching the steamy videos in private booths.

I thought this was from The Onion.

Trump is toast. Abortion and the economy. Suburban women are mad as hell. The election has already begun. And based on early data, we are winning!

Like every time you visit? My mom nags me. She projects her supposed health issues onto me and tells me I need to modify my diet. She tells me I drink too much. She tells me I shouldn’t travel here or there. She lectures me about political issues she knows nothing about and about how Eastern Europe is dangerous now and I shouldn’t go there even though she’s never been there.

Let's share the dish

When I watched these as a kid in the 60s and 70s, they weren't all that old, but they seemed to come from the very distant past.

Frankenstein 1931 had a lot of everything a boy looked for in a horror movie.

But we're just not into you that much anymore.

[quote] In 2023, the Census reports, Florida’s net migration fell by half from the previous year. While in 2022 Florida netted almost 250,000 new Floridians from other states, the highest total since 2005, that number fell to just over 126,000 in 2023. More concerning, the number of people leaving the state (510,925) was the highest since the Great Recession in 2008. As of last year, more people are still moving to Florida than are leaving it, but that gap is quickly narrowing.

A former rep for Sean "Diddy" Combs confirmed earlier claims that Prince William and Prince Harry never accepted his numerous invites to his infamous parties.

The royal brothers reportedly refused to honor these invitations despite the rapper offering to pay all their logistic bills if they agreed to show up.

In an old interview, Sean "Diddy" Combs revealed that he chose to invite the brothers to his parties because they were "young bucks getting into trouble themselves."

After Diddy's arrest, claims about him inviting royal princes William and Harry to his parties emerged. While sources certified those claims to be true, they also noted that the princes never honored those invitations.

A former rep for the musician, Rob Shuter, has now confirmed that not only did Diddy try to invite William and Harry multiple times, the rapper was also "obsessed" with the royal brothers.

"Diddy was obsessed with Prince Harry and Prince William," Shutter told the BBC, while also revealing that Diddy tried "more than 10 times" to get the duo to attend his soirees.

He added about the rapper, "Diddy thinks of himself as a king, so it makes perfect sense that he would like to have two princes in his entourage. Harry and William never accepted the invites, they were never part of his world."

If Harry and William had accepted the invites, they would never have had to cater to their logistics, as Diddy had always offered to "cover their travel, lodging, and even pay for their security."

However, this mouth-watering offer couldn't get them to bite, and fortunately, the duo's decision has helped them avoid the drama currently surrounding the rapper.

According to journalist Christopher Andersen, the royal princes had "made plenty of headlines with their party animal antics," which seemed to have led Diddy to make "a point of inviting them to his parties."

Andersen told Fox News, "But those invitations were wisely turned down, and after William and Kate [Middleton] got engaged [in 2010], Diddy got the hint and stopped inviting them altogether."

Regarding Diddy's persistence with the invites, the rapper himself seemingly provided a reason during a 2011 appearance on "The Graham Norton Show."

During the episode, Diddy told Norton that he only tried to invite the brothers because he was drawn to their then-reputation as thrill-seekers.

The rapper said at the time, "Before, when they were young bucks growing up, and they were getting in a lot of trouble themselves, so, hey, I was like, 'Why don't you come hang out with me?'"

Diddy, however, noted that the pair were "off the list" of people he invites to his parties.

On the recent thread about the golden years of Vanity Fair, I noticed there were other Dominic Dunne fans among us. His son Griffin has a memoir coming out in June, and it looks interesting.

Others?

Is this what we have to look forward to?

He walked around in fair isle sweaters then buck naked, last year in "The Swarm" and was quite the tall drink of water.

Now he's in "Joan", about a jewel thief.

DL experts, is this BDF, Scottish style?

Anyone else has noticed him?

Rob Smith, will you ever learn? However, I’ve always liked Marla. She’s always been a Democrat. Interesting seeing her root for Trump. Did he pay her?

Criteron's closet that is. He seems to have very good taste in film.

Asking for a friend.

It's the Times, so you KNOW they know frozen pizza!

Based on the list, I guess frozen pizzas haven't really changed in 30+ years.

There are actors where the first time I saw them in roles of significance, I ran to IMDb to check their names. Some people are simply talented.

However.

There are many, many, more I thought would go on to get great roles but didn’t. Sure, many have enviable careers that 99% of actors would kill for. But I expected more. That they would have more buzz surrounding them. Maybe that they would be more be bigger stars, or work consistently with world class or be competing with A-Listers for the highest quality shows or movies. Certainly, that they would have good roles in stuff that I like.

Harry Lloyd from Great Expectations.

Jason Dohring from Veronica Mars.

Natalie Dormer from The Tudors.

Matthew Lillard in Serial Mom.

Michael Biehn in The Terminator

Mischa Barton in Lawn Dogs.

Romola Garai from I Capture The Castle.

Shailene Woodley in The Descendants

He also loves himself way too much. But that is a different topic of discussion.

[quote]They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.

Winter is in the air and that's when I tend to make casseroles and with having my second job I suspect that I will make them even more frequently.

What are your favorite simple casseroles recipes? By simple I just mean I don't want to have to brown anything or use multiple pots- that's not my idea of a casserole.

My go to is layering:

cut chicken breast

quinoa

a ton of spinach

feta

add a lot of lemon juice, garlic, water and a few pats of butter. Bake, top with a bit of shredded mozzarella a few minutes before taking out of the oven.

He has Undertaker’s vote. 🤣

Such a shame so many never heard of him. He was hilarious.

Colton Underwood and Jordan C. Brown are going to be parents!

The former Bachelor star, 32, announced he is expecting his first baby via surrogate with his husband, political and philanthropic strategist Jordan C. Brown, 38, in an interview with Men's Health. The couple is set to welcome a baby boy in early October.

Underwood tells PEOPLE that he and Brown, who just celebrated their first wedding anniversary on May 13, can’t wait to be fathers.

“That was one of the things we bonded over early in our relationship. We both wanted to be dads,” says Underwood. “But it's been such an incredible experience for us to go through this together, and I cannot wait to watch Jordan become a dad.”

In February, Underwood opened up about his path to fatherhood to PEOPLE, sharing that he was chronicling his journey to become a parent on a new podcast, Daddyhood. At the time, Underwood shared that he and Brown had embryos made and frozen and were currently undergoing testing with their surrogate, whose identity they are keeping private.

“I think outside of the LGBTQ+ matters — the obvious discrimination and what's at stake for us — straight couples too, need to stop putting the blame on the women. I think that's one thing that I could at least say, from two men going through this, is I've had some fertility issues and struggles, and I don't think a lot of men openly talk about that," Underwood shared.

“I mean right away, my husband gets his results back for his sperm count and he had incredible, great numbers, and I got mine back and all my sperm was dead. And I think immediately I was just like, 'Oh, what does this mean? It means I'm sterile and can't have kids now.' And it was not a great feeling," he added.

The couple first began their in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy journey two years ago, right around the time they also started to plan their wedding.

Read the comments. These people are either insane or unbelievably stupid.

It was 42 years ago!!! I was 23!! I was in my first post college job in Clearwater Florida and would spend most of my time partying in Tampa!! Tuesday night 25 cent at the Old Plantation in Tampa and weekends at El Goya in Ybor City. I miss my hair, my 32 inch waist, my ability to drink on a weeknight and laying on the beach at Pass A Grille in St Pete using questionable sunscreen !! I remember most all the songs especially Gloria and Jump Shout for some reason. I survived someone was keeping an eye on me for sure.

When I was a kid I loved December Bride mostly because I thought Spring Byington was the funniest name I ever heard. Then I saw Florida Friebus.

Although there's still a check box to keep or get rid of offsite link previews in DL Settings, when I uncheck it, the check comes right back.

I liked not having links show up, especially NSFW links

Lisa claimed she had an abortion before becoming pregnant with Riley. Florida is a hub for Scientology so maybe she had the kid and gave it to the church.

Since the most recent comment on the summer thread is about the gays in Detroit, they get the place of honor as the thread photo.

(Until Mike Holmes Jr shares a photo in a jockstrap....)

A gay boy's dream.....

Alison Moyet! The Go-Go's! New Order! Garbage! A reunion of 'Til Tuesday! OMD! Whatever Buzzcocks are still alive after Pete Shelley died! And more!

She’s one of my favorite actresses. Her YouTube channel is a treasure trove of Walton’s recollections and interviews with other cast members. Plus she’s very athletic and into Scientology.

When it was all over they said “We’ll see you in 10 years”.

I thought “The fuck you will”.

I know Tasteful Friends is about aspirations for most of us, but here's a house many DLers could live in, one that's at the lower end of the price scale for coastal Eastern Massachusetts locations.