OMG I went to LA just before the coronavirus last year and I saw Parasite and Jojo Rabbit at the Arclight on Sunset. And now it's gone forever.

Bring anyone back?

I have several hot foot masters that I worship. It’s so popular all of a sudden. All of these alpha hot straight dudes who spend hours at the gym every day are loving gay subs sucking their feet assholes and cocks. It’s great!

And, of course, has to make it about herself.

They filmed this earlier today. Omg. They’re so cute together 🥺

Each year, the National Recording Registry chooses 25 recordings for preservation that are judged to showcase “the range and diversity of American sound heritage.” The choices are made from hundreds of nominations. This year’s list of 25 includes Janet Jackson‘s record-setting 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814, which received the most votes in the public nomination process last year.

The stylist who prepped Janet Jackson’s look for her infamous 2004 Super Bowl appearance with Justin Timberlake tells Page Six that Timberlake pushed for the “wardrobe malfunction” in an attempt to outdo Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera, who had wowed the world months earlier by scandalously kissing at the MTV Video Music Awards.

I HOPE HIS CAREER IS DEAD!!!

I'm so glad I wasn't around when he was big - all the movies, TV shows and records. He must have really been in people's faces for years.

YUCK!

Here he is being all goofy and charming and mugging at the camera. Crazy kooky guy!

... Meghan was telling her media that Philip's illness was designed to "Muffle" her voice

Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man

With Alex gone, guest hosts will be trying to fill his shoes for the rest of the season.

This is the thread where we discuss each day's episode and our various impressions of the contestants.

.....

Continue discussing SpongeBob Squarehead here!

I don't want to look like her.

I want to look like her. Tiffany Welles is my idol!

Inspired by comments in the “Dean Martin Was so Slimy” thread, Peter Lawford sounds like a beautiful mess:

[quote]Wasn't there some story of Peter Lawford’s mother visiting LB Mayer's office when Peter was a teenager and warning LB that Peter might have homosexual tendencies? Rumors of Peter's bisexuality continued all his life. It was said he and Dominick Dunne were part of a gay surfers' cabal in Malibu in the 1950s.

[quote]Peter Lawford's fetish was S&M according to his last live in girlfriend. She said he had to be whipped and humiliated. His mother seemed to take sadist delight in humiliating him and I never read why she did that. He had no self esteem because of her. I think the bitch was demonic.

[quote]After Christopher was born, Peter complained to his wife Pat that the baby cried too much, slept irregularly and made the house and his clothes smell like shit. He convinced Pat to have their first born child live with a nanny in an apartment down the street. BTW, Christopher was born on the same day as Joey Luft and in the same hospital.

[quote]Peter Lawford would watch his own son fuck prostitutes. Yes. He actually did that.

[quote]Peter dated Dorothy Dandridge but had to keep it under wraps because of people's views on mixed marriages. Understandable. I read that he was heartbroken when she died. He was one of her pallbearers. I don't know why he went off the rails like he did. He really turned into a dirtball in his later years; his toupee in the 70s was so awful, looking like a mogwai on his head.

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Hot.

I was a child when this was on but my Grandma would watch it. All. The. Time. Lmaooo. I remember it well, and the reboots that were tried.

God some of those men were 🥵

For me, it's Charmin.

Everyone knows that my first stop on any vacation is a trip to the store to get Charmin. Even when I went to Mexico. If I worry that there might not be charmin available, I take a few rolls with me.

Susan Monica's property seemed eerie to others — especially because she allegedly said at one point 17 bodies were buried there.

Monica was born Steven Buchanan in California in 1948. She served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Following an honorable discharge, she began living as a woman.

“She got into an engineering career and was very successful,” former Jackson County Sheriff’s Detective Eric Henderson told “Snapped,” airing Sundays at 6/5c on Oxygen.

In 1991, Monica bought a 20-acre farm in rural Wimer, Oregon. She had a herd of pigs, raised chickens, and ran a wrought-iron fence and gate-building business named White Queen Construction.

When Monica first bought her property, it was undeveloped woodlands. She erected a large barn and started work on a house. In 2013, she hired Robert Haney. “He was her handyman, laborer, carpenter. Whatever she asked of him, he did,” former employee Sean Leimanis told “Snapped.”

Robert had found Monica through an ad on Craigslist.

“My dad and Susan Monica had a deal. My dad would get part cash and be able to stay on the property. My dad agreed to build a house from the bottom up,” son Jesse Haney explained to producers.

Jesse said his father enjoyed the peace and quiet of living alone out in the woods. However, things got a little too quiet in December 2013.

“We hadn’t seen or heard from my dad for two months. We just all started to panic,” Jesse told producers.

On Jan. 1, 2014, the Haney kids drove out to check on their dad. They spoke to Monica, who claimed she hadn't seen him since he quit four months earlier.

“Susan Monica said that my dad just basically left. She wanted us to come retrieve our dad’s stuff,” Jesse told producers.

But when they saw his trailer, the Haneys knew something was wrong.

“His leather jacket was there. His dog was still running around and all his tools were there,” Jesse. said “It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.”

The Haneys filed a missing persons report with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. They learned months had passed since anyone had seen Robert and he had lived on cash, all of which made it difficult to track his movements.

Detectives drove out to Monica’s property to ask her about Robert’s disappearance.

The property was cluttered with vehicles, debris and makeshift structures. “I’m thinking to myself as we’re pulling up, ‘Are we in The Twilight Zone here?’" Henderson recalled.

Monica told them Robert had lived and worked on her property for six months but took a bad turn in the fall.

“He received a concerning phone call from a family member that she had been the victim of assault and he was really upset about that,” she had said, Henderson told producers.

Monica claimed Robert then began drinking heavily and acting erratically. She said he eventually told her he was going away for awhile and asked her to take care of his dog.

Authorities were able to track Robert's Oregon Trail Electronics Benefit Transfer card. They learned it had last been used in December 2013 at a Walmart in Grants Pass, Oregon, about a 25-minute drive from Monica’s property.

“It had been used at a date after Susan Monica said that he had disappeared,” Jackson County Deputy District Attorney Allan Smith told producers.

Detectives then reviewed security camera footage — which showed Monica using Robert’s EBT card.

“That’s when I was like, ‘OK, we got something else going on here,'" Henderson said. “I was really concerned that there was some foul play involved.”

Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on Monica’s property. Officers were taken aback by the squalor, which included piles of garbage, rotting food, and industrial waste.

“I would describe that property as eerie. There was a very strong order there, a lot of decay,” former Jackson County Sheriff’s Detective Julie Denney told “Snapped.”

Name a song lyric that defines you. The title is my own.

Will Rocco ever come visit?

How about you guys?

The Middletons in. Boris Johnson sends regrets.

Supposedly they can only have 30, so who will be left out?

How come nobody listens to his music?

Am I eldergay if I know the words?

What did you bring?

I can't bear to look at Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel.

Saying all that needs to be said since 2012.

I’m a big fan of camp and have watched a ton of so bad they’re good movies but nothing will ever beat Showgirls. Over twenty years after it was released me and my friends still quote it to each other constantly and I watch it a few times a year. It’s not Citizen Kane but there something really special about Showgirls. It is true cinematic magic.

I'm on Season 1. It is actually a very funny show. It's sort of like a subversive I Love Lucy. The supporting players really make it, Niles, CC, Sylvia, and Val are great. Even the kid actors aren't annoying.

Gretch!

His performance as Tony Montana is right there with Michael Corleone. It’s incredible that both roles were by the same actor.

A sad state of affairs in our country yet again today.

"My name is George Maharis. And I've got a secret." Do tell, George.

Hate him

I just don't get people.

After finding an old thread about Dorothy Lamour, it got me thinking. Which stars of yesteryear were without doubt homophobic? Usually there's a lot of conjecture but with Lamour there's this little titbit:

"I'm no prude. I know you have to come up a little bit modern. But all this filth and homosexuality and sex and nudity today are ruining any hope of our young people having the beautiful life".

I know Ann Miller softened as she got older, but what about any others?

Josh Hartnett stars in Raoul Peck's experimental hybrid docuseries for HBO about colonialism and genocide in Africa and the Americas. “We would prefer for genocide to have begun and ended with Nazism,” muses filmmaker Raoul Peck in the voiceover that steers his four-part hybrid docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO). “This would indeed be most comforting.” But genocide was made a prerequisite for the establishment and expansion of America — a fact as obvious to some as it is unacceptable to others. Drawing on the work of historian Sven Lindqvist, from whose 1992 book (and a line from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness) Peck takes the title of his project, the I Am Not Your Negro director argues that, though guns, germs and steel played their crucial parts in the Western colonization of Africa and the Americas, it was a 19th century idea that the extinction of “inferior” races was part of the “natural” course of history that gave Europeans ideological cover to annihilate or brutally exploit the peoples native to those continents. The West won, he asserts, because it was willing to wipe out entire civilizations.

But that summary belies the beauty, the intimacy, the creative leaps, even the whimsies in Exterminate All the Brutes, which approaches the history of European colonialism — starting roughly in the late 1400s, when Columbus set sail and Spanish anti-Semitism and Islamophobia solidified the unscientific concept of race as blood-based — with an essayistic stream of consciousness, especially in the docuseries’ first hour. Peck also employs meta-reenactments — many starring Josh Hartnett (the series’ only recognizable actor) as a kind of colonial Zelig who pops up in the American West and in Africa — to reinforce the continuity between exterminations across the globe, as well as to reinstate the shock of an individual killing, even when real-life victims number in the millions. In a similar technique, Peck often zooms out on photos of victims — say, of a Native American child who’s revealed to be surrounded by dozens of fellow Brown students forced into Christian schools (in a practice that often involved abducting children from their parents) — in an effort to memorialize both the tragedy of the one and the group.

With Exterminate All the Brutes, Peck seeks to shift our perspective, again and again — to get us to see the founding of America as inherently genocidal, to situate race relations today within a centuries-old exercise of homicidal racism and soul-destroying greed and to sit with the mind-boggling amount of suffering that European and American colonial powers inflicted. When a time-lapse graphic illustrates the 12 million captives taken from Africa to the Americas, for example, it moves slowly enough for at least an iota of that oceanful of needless torture to sink in. (“Trading human beings — what sick mind thought of this first?” asks Peck in his forceful, lyrically aphoristic prose.) In case we’ve grown inured to seeing white men kill Black and brown tribespeople — a script passed down to children in the form of playing “Cowboys and Indians” — Peck has Hartnett’s colonizer murder a group of Black men in modern-day clothes in seemingly contemporary Africa, perhaps to see if the different context makes historical genocide feel any more morally shocking, any less an inevitability.

Carry on with discussions of the road to the finale..

Link to part 4:

What are their thoughts on eating out a woman's pussy? I had a guy tell me he loves to do it and that most women he's known can only cum that way, but that most of the guys he knew will not do it. Another guy told me most men thought vaginas are ugly and that it's scary down there.

lmao.

Sexy.

Smart.

Sophisticated.

Debonair.

Hot Body.

He's got it all.

I read that a certain American pseudo-Royal who will not be attending Prince Philip’s funeral has called Her Majesty to offer her condolences. This made me wonder if the Queen has cell phone.

If she does, and your were in her circle, what would the caller ID be?

I guess even his retina found Crenshaw’s support for overthrowing an election and tepid response to the Insurrection on Jan. 6 too much for itself, and like Crenshaw’s Texas base is trying to secede... from his eyeball.

The procedure involved injecting an air bubble into his remaining good eye to try to prevent further retinal detachment. Now he must lay face down for a week to keep the bubble pressure against the back of his eyeball.

“Why didn’t I think of that?” La Senatrice was overheard commenting.

God, I love this movie. I was reminded of it in the Winona Ryder thread. I recently rewatched it on Prime and thought it held up beautifully. Cher, Ryder, and Ricci are perfection in it.

TMZ posted the video and story today.

“A U.S. Army Lieutenant was repeatedly pepper sprayed and physically attacked by a cop ... all over the fact he didn't have a rear license plate.

Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, was driving his Chevy Tahoe in Windsor, Virginia when cops noticed he didn't have plates. You can see from the bodycam, the Chevy appears to be new and there's a registration attached to the window. Once cops lit him up, he drove a little under a mile before pulling into a well-lit gas station.

It's hard to watch. The cop with the bodycam is unrelenting ... screaming at Nazario to get out of his SUV. At one point the Lieutenant says, "I'm honestly afraid to get out." The cop barks back, "You should be!"

Nazario has his hands up in the air the whole time, but the cop is increasingly frustrated and then amps things up, pepper-spraying Nazario 4 times. His dog was in the back choking from the pepper spray.

Nazario is pulled out of the SUV and is sobbing as he's ordered to the ground and cuffed. He claims one of the cops told him if he complained, they'd throw the book at him with all sorts of charges -- obstruction of justice, eluding police, assault on a cop, etc.

The incident went down December 5, but the bodycam video was just released. Nazario has filed a lawsuit alleging a violation of his Constitutional rights.

It's interesting ... the younger cop who is watching as the other officer is barking orders seems uneasy, but ultimately does what his superior tells him to do.“

Jesus, Joseph and Mary!

I’ll let you know if it’s worth subscribing.

While quarantining at home i can not help but wonder how and what are they know? Have you guys heard anything about it or have any guess?

Put your recommendations here.

Anyone ever seen "The Betsy"? I was thinking of watching it. It appears to have had terrible reviews, but the cast and premise are interesting.

He was so hot. He could have become wealthy if he’d played his cards right. What happened?!

Jeeze, what a waste.

Is it breakfast, lunch or dinner?

Well?

Don't shout at me if it's already bin posted!

Discuss.

Tell us about your guilt. If I was fleeing a house where the next door neighbor's dog is always howling or they have loud parties every weekend I would be thrilled to be getting out but of course would feel bad for the new owners!

In his most candid comments to date, DDK reveals new details about the contract dispute that led to his incendiary exit.

She is living her best life!!!

Reporter: "Why is it that police officers in the United States keep killing young Black men and young Black women at a far far far higher rate than they do white people?"

Brooklyn Center, MN, Police Chief Tim Gannon: "I don't have an answer to that question."

That surprises me. NYC is ranked #31 for population within city limits, based on the "city proper" sorting at this Wikipedia article (though it could be 32, depending on how Chongqing is ranked).

It's larger urban area population is ranked higher at #11.

8 of the largest urban areas are in Asia.

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So, who played the best TV Mom?

A Japanese all-girl punk band who played Ramones songs, Japanese punk songs and songs with cutesy lyrics about ice cream and candy?

Kurt Cobain loved them and had them open for Nirvana.

And their most famous song is their cover of DL face Carpenters "Top Of The World"

Were they supposed to be camp? Cool? A little of both?

Were they well known outside of music nerds? Did they ever get radio play beyond the "alternative" stations of the 80s and 90s?

Were Madonna and Cher-loving eldergays even aware of their existence?

In the '70s, I had as big a crush on Shaun Cassidy as anyone, but looking back at these pics, I don't even find him attractive. Anyone else still have a thing for him?

Questions for fans of this show - a show I've never understood the popularity of. Any help would be appreciated:

1) Does Nikki ever show a side other than a remote/cold, monotone snob who sounds like she has a stuffed up nose? Have we ever seen her cry? Be funny? Be angry? 2) Does this show have any humor in it? Has it ever? 3) What's the deal with Katherine and her nails? Why is she always posed with her hands at her face and those TALONS on display? 4) Whatever happened to Carol, Jack's secretary with CP? Did she just disappear and they never mentioned her again? 5) Same deal with Lynne, Paul's secretary that was the daughter of a writer (this show is two for two - I'm sure she and Lauralee Bell "auditioned under a different name.") 6) WHY is this show popular? NOTHING happens and everyone is either austere, on-the-nose or both.

Amazing singing!

It's good to see America finally getting back to normal, like pre-COVID days.

Continue on...part one below.

Looks like Jonny boy has been out twice now in different pap shots...alone! Mmm?

Plastic surgery is a no win Ponzi scheme.

Now. I know there’s a thread dedicated to him already but it’s a new year, and this gif deserves to be seen.

Oh Henry. This is even worse than Corey Booker and Rosario Dawson.

Can't believe there's been no discussion on him - he has BDF for days.

My partner was the safe choice. Years later, we’re stable and safe but he doesn’t fulfill me intellectually or emotionally.

Yet, again, he’s safe.

You?

Is it me or does he look like he has a touch of the downs? He has to be, hands down, one of the dumbest porn stars out there. Watching him outdo Dave’s Wavey as far as tard value? I didn’t think that could ever have happened.

Sylvester Stallone joins Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club.

I grew up watching Rhoda reruns--the show apparently ended six months before I was born--but I'd gone almost 43 years without ever having seen an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

I am watching it on Hulu, and it's considered one of the greatest sitcoms ever for good reason! It's not hilariously funny, but it's really lovely. It gives me the warm fuzzies. And all the characters and actors are wonderful (although Ted annoys me). MTM really sparkles, and Valerie Harper and Ed Asner would steal the show if Moore's performance wasn't so consistently adorable.

A few superficial things stand out:

--Valerie Harper is extremely pretty and also the funniest person on the show. It really takes suspension of disbelief to pretend she is the dowdy, desperate loser compared with Mary. She got her own spinoff for good reason. The casting is odd based on her appearance, but I can understand why they cast her anyway given her charisma and delivery.

--I love the Mod dresses, and I don't even mind Rhoda's '70s bohemian thing so much...but the men's hair! Is! Awful! Mary had a new suitor almost every week during the first season and some were pretty cute but other than mullets, I can't think of a hairstyle that would have diminished their attractiveness more than the weird long-short semi-shag hairdos of the era. A lot of them look like the puffy hairdos old ladies usually have.

--I know people loved Cloris Leachman, but I only knew her from the end of the Facts of Life. I'm so impressed her Phyllis character was so fully formed even in the pilot episode, and I had no idea that Leachman was so pretty when she was younger.

--Mary's romantic-interest-of-the-week thing without any of them carrying forward to the next episode is kind of strange to me. I don't really like it, but thinking about it, I realize Jack Tripper had a new girlfriend every week, and even Seinfeld did two decades later, so I'll assume that they did this as an act of feminism to show that a woman's life doesn't have to center around a guy.

Betty White hasn't shown up yet but I am looking forward to her! 🥰

After watching most of S1, I read about MTM (I never paid any attention to her.) and was surprised and kind of devastated to learn about her personal life. It makes her performance of this optimistic, plucky character even more impressive.

Ever notice he never faces the camera head-on? He's always posed in a 3/4 profile. Reminds me of Rona Barrett.

I need to understand

Of course they'd all find ways to insert their insanity into other threads (Kamala is over 50 and wears flip-flops! Meaghan said she liked Nomadland!) but it would be a start.

Part 3 is almost full

Damn Jacen Zhu is getting THICK. Id be smacking that pretty ass! 🤚🏽🍑

[QUOTE] Jack, 16, who lives in London, is clear about why he goes to the gym. “Muscles are attractive to girls,” he says. “Pretty much anyone who is popular at school has muscles.”

Let us continue the discussion of this beautiful body and his instagram/snapchat stories

[quote] “Once you decide that you’re the bad person everyone thinks you’ve become, it’s hard to find the good guy you once were,” Biden writes. “Eventually, I quit looking for him: I decided I wasn’t the person everybody who loved me thought I was anymore.”

This New York Times summery makes me want to read the book.

[quote] The book is equal parts family saga, grief narrative and addict’s howl. Here is what readers will learn.

[quote] He remembers the accident that killed his mother and sister.

[quote] His romantic relationship with Beau’s widow stemmed from ‘grasping for the love we had both lost.’

[quote] While his father was vice president, Biden spent a month in a Washington apartment bingeing on vodka.

[quote] He purchased crack from a homeless addict who later moved in with him.

[quote] Biden doesn’t make excuses for his addiction, but describes feeling ‘alone in a crowd.’

[quote] When it comes to Ukraine, Biden’s account is as dry as toast.

[quote] He credits his wife, Melissa Cohen, for his sobriety.

He says he was forced into identifying as someone and something he isn’t. He’s angry.

Lovely lush music with very catchy guitars riffs. Dry vocals though. This should have been a Spandau Ballet song but without Tony in the band it wouldn't work.

They have a patent for decentralized streaming.

Theta was 12 cents. It is over 3 dollars

Theta fuel was .0009 it is now almost 10 cents

Its still early. VERY early.

Thats all.

So, I'm kind of assuming Whedon is essentially cancelled for a bit, but I have a serious question about his latest show, "The Nevers" on HBO.

Before all the controversy over his treatment of actors came out, he quit the show. He was, apparently, creator, writer, director, and show-runner. Then Covid hit. He claimed that the stress and difficulty of production during Covid wore him out and he was stepping back.

HBO subsequently split the show into two pieces... the first six episodes that will air next month, and then a "second half" of the season consisting of the final four episodes of the season, airing "to be determined", possibly this fall.

Do you think he knew the stories were coming out, and stepped back before they hit?

Did he REALLY leave voluntarily?

Will he continue to make money from the show as it continues on without him?

I'm really curious about the behind the scenes stuff going on with this show, almost more than the show itself. Which I will be watching. I wonder if it will be noticeable when we get past the shows that were all Whedon, and which are written, directed, produced, and run by someone else.

Because it was so weird/funny/crazy/whatever

Years ago someone here claimed that John Barrowman would post personal ads saying things like "I have a hungry ass and it needs feeding"

I think of that every time I see him in something

The Finn-Chase Family plays a dangerous game of coffee roulette:

Who will chug from the tainted mug?

What cruel blow will said cup bestow?

Will the fiend behind the fouled caffeine finally get his just desserts with that?

What words on a Grindr profile make you NOT massage a guy?

Whenever I see a guy post a list of what they do and don't do, I swerve messaging them.

This election is far from being sealed and delivered for Joe. There are reasons for the Democratic nominee to worry about the handful of key states that could ultimately decide the election. Biden's lead in several crucial swing states is slightly lower than Hillary Clinton's was at this point in the 2016 race, polls show.

Nice rear shot here as he mounts his ride, why do we think?

A volcano exploded resulting in global cooling. That triggered a Late Antique Little Ice Age. And that decimated harvests.

Discussion about the fat best friends Fataldi and Hogran and their fat, blubber lover fan, Gemma.

Farewell, ripped Hugo Boss underwear model.

Doctors prior to WWII used to deworm humans annually like we do dogs and horses, now we’re just filled with parasites.

COMPLETE THAT DAMN MISSION, ALREADY!

I can't stand looking at that smug, rat-faced bastard anymore. I don't care who he's boning, he needs to be off my screen.

Dump Trucks only

Coming June 18th.

Trouble ahead for Ander and Omar.

"I’m leaving Substack. Now let me tell you why. " (Short answer - because of "anti-trans bigotry").

(Skipping paragraphs of self-aggrandizement)

...

"Yet, targeted harassment of individual marginalized people, especially trans people, goes on openly on this website without any action taken by Substack. Graham Linehan, a retired comedy writer who was kicked off Twitter for targeted harassment and transphobia, uses his Substack exclusively to target trans women. He has multiple pieces targeted and doxxing specific trans women in particular. That even this behavior doesn’t lead to censure from Substack is a sign of how little the service cares to protect people from abuse. It indicated the complete failure of the moderation policy they’ve put to paper, but never into practice."

...

"More personally, I can’t ignore that Substack is particularly benefiting from and encouraging a culture of anti-trans bigotry. They’ve done this at a time when there is a powerful movement to roll back the bodily autonomy and healthcare of trans people. Just last week, Arkansas Senate passed a law banning gender-affirming healthcare for trans kids, including reversible (and medically recommended) puberty blockers and hormones. If the governor’s veto is overruled, this will kill and irrevocably harm trans children — and it is the point. This year, over 80 similar ‘model bills’ aiming to roll back trans rights and outlaw treatment have been proposed in numerous state legislatures."

(To summarize - he disagrees with some writers using the platform and wants them banned, but Substack won't do it. So he is flouncing off to a cheaper platform).

This clip of ANTM is going viral and people feel Tyra is always extra hard on darker skin black women. They’re upset.

Beautiful boy!

Begins February 17th

Starts March 19th. I've heard rumors that the show will deal with racial issues within the MCU, such as how the government react to a black man becoming Captain America. I hope we get some flashbacks to Bucky's past and watch him deal with the psychological damage of being Hydras sleeper assassin. I am a little worried it won't push the boundaries of the MCU as much as WandaVision did.

I'm watching the beloved S6 episode 'Henny Penny, Straight No Chaser' right now and Dorothy is questioning Sophia's sudden interest in chess out on the lanai. Sophia explains that it's the perfect game for Sicilians, a country that's "very warlike and dead ass broke".

So, once again...the circle remains unbroken.

His only social media seems to be twitter. He doesn't even have an OnlyFans page. Even though his Twitter page is private, he has about 130,000 followers. I assumed he was letting pretty much anybody follow him. I tried to follow him and got no response. Has anyone else tried to follow him?

Discuss!

"Christie Brinkley, 67, stuns in strapless swimsuit with 'sonshine' Jack"

The cute son looks pained.

The ugly celebrities thread had several people mentioned because of their ugly thick eyebrows. I love big eyebrows! I think they're sexy. Who else has them, just for my sole benefit?

Anyone watching this on Showtime?

The early seasons were so good.

I used to like Frank, but now all he reminds me of are those disgusting Deplorable MAGATS.

His character is so much LESS funny now, 10 years later. All I see is a Trump supporter.

Anywho, this is the lead-up to final season which starts on December 6 on Showtime. Covid masks, and all.

You'd think they would wear pants instead. I mean it is not even summer yet, isn't it a bit too early to be wearing shorts?

They are in North Carolina, so it really hot there now?

Don't you think they should be wearing pants?

Vote below and discuss

A career defining performance.

BWAHAHAHAAHAHA

There were more people objecting to it than actually attending.

Ronen Rubinstein was anxious for his family and friends back in his native Staten Island to watch the second episode of “9-1-1: Lone Star.” He told them he was playing Rob Lowe’s gay son on the Fox procedural, but he wasn’t sure what they’d think of the very steamy encounter between his character, T.K. Strand, and his future police officer boyfriend Carlos Reyes, played by openly gay actor Rafael L. Silva.

“Carlos and I have a huge make-out scene where we, like, burst through the door, and we’re ripping our clothes off,” Rubinstein says. “It’s super hot and it just goes on. It just doesn’t stop. We’re, like, crashing against the walls, and then we end up on the couch. I warned my parents and my friends for months. I said, ‘Listen, I understand if you guys don’t want to watch it, I understand you probably might say some really ignorant, close-minded stuff or you just might not want to watch it and I get that too.’ ” In the end, it didn’t matter what they thought because T.K. and Carlos were a hit. As soon as clips of the scene were released, fans of the drama series, produced by Ryan Murphy, crowned the couple “Tarlos.”

As much as the series is fiction, there was something very real happening for Rubinstein. The 27-year-old actor found himself coming to terms with and accepting feelings that he had suppressed for as long as he can remember.

“I fully identify as bisexual,” Rubinstein says in an exclusive interview over Zoom from his Los Angeles area home. “I literally just got goosebumps saying that. It feels so good to talk about it, it feels so good to finally be comfortable with it.”

Rubinstein called his awakening “a journey” that was enabled by his work as an actor.

“The biggest thing for me is where I come from, it’s like people like me and people who have identified as bisexual or gay or as any part of the community, you’re just not welcomed. It’s as brutally honest as that,” he says. “It’s either you faced insane amounts of profanity, like the F-word was thrown around all the time or you would get your ass kicked if you were gay. So there was definitely a fear of sort of embracing how I felt. I was definitely more aware of it in high school. I was aware of my feelings and how I started looking at men, but I couldn’t talk to anybody about it.”

“Tarlos” paved the way to today. “The fans, especially the Tarlos fans, it’s one of the biggest reasons that I finally felt safe and comfortable to talk about it and to finally embrace it and be happy about it,” Rubinstein says.

For support, he’s turned to “9-1-1” co-creator Murphy, Silva and, yes, his girlfriend Jessica Parker Kennedy.

“She’s actually one of the first people that sort of respectfully called me out on it,” Rubinstein says of Kennedy. “She’s like, ‘Is there something we need to talk about?’ And I said, ‘Maybe.’ I didn’t know how that conversation would go. And it went probably as good as it can go. She definitely encouraged me to be vocal about it, just to live my truth. She’s like, ‘I love you for who you are, your full self and people will love you for who you are and your full self.’”

His relationship with Kennedy hasn’t changed since coming out as bi. “She just sometimes jokes, ‘Just don’t leave me for Harry Styles,’” Rubinstein says with a smile.

Rubinstein says he approached me with the idea of coming out as bisexual in an interview with Variety because he wants to help queer youth who may be struggling. “I want people to know that this is a hopeful and a happy story,” he says. “I want people to know that they’re not alone and it’s definitely okay. Trust me, I know that it is not easy. My path has not been easy at all, but it’s just one more thing that I can share with people to help them and let them know that I’m here for them.”

Watched this one last night and I've now seen all the best picture nominees. I don't get the critical love for this at all. It fails at most of the basic tenets of good movies. There is no character arc for the protagonist (in fact we never learn anything about him). There is no character to care about. The acting is fine, of course, but it's just like a Wikipedia version of what happened and then the movie ends, along with the now obligatory real life footage and titles telling us what happened to the characters. Blah.

Do we agree with her? It is currently only on health insurance in less than half of states.

Actress, fashion icon and talk show host. For a while there in the 1980s, she was EVERYwhere. She's still around today. Tell us about her.

Pasty and fat with cellulite.

As much as I hate to admit it, mine was Ricky Schroeder. I know he’s a complete asshole And before I’m accused of being a pervert I’m six years younger than him.

See what happens when you edge for too long?

What type of everyday dishes do you have? I have Jasper Conran for Wedgwood.

It's time for another VPL thread. This the place to post the latest and greatest examples. Sure helps with the Covid blues.

The Coronavirus Freakout threads began earlier than March, but I feel that for many of us, this time last year was when the shit really got real. I'm glad that all of us freaks have made it this far. These threads have been islands of sanity in a sea of idiocy.

This one hurts. I liked him.

He throws all the blame on Trump.

He claims that the GOP was sane prior to Trump.

Sure

I used to see these beauties at my grandmother's cottage.

Continue your discussion of the Sirius/XM show, Howard, Robin, the staff, Wack Pack and more...

Because part three is almost full.

Any buff guys with six pack abs here wanna share your advice? No drugs

Oh hell yes!

Tell me all about it. What is it actually like? I know some of you bitches have been there.

I wanted to be a priest when I was a teen

What kinds of shoes do you think are in there?

I thought that they were best episodes of the entire Star Wars series.

I feel like it beat the original 4,5, and 6 simply because the technology was better. But I think that the acting in A New Hope and Empire Strikes back was fantastic. Return of the Jedi, not so much.

1, 2, and 3 were the absolute worst. Way too much CGI. The characters barely looked real. By far, the acting was the worst of all. Hayden Christensen and Samuel Jackson were horrible. Even Ian McDiarmid hammed it up a bit too much.

The best episode of all is episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker. I can watch it over and over again, which is something that I can't say for any other episode. The acting was great. Just "enough" action scenes, and the story was beautiful.

Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac were the perfect combo. And they're all very likable.

So why were the critics so harsh?

Which of you DLers attended this Spanish wedding in 1061 and what gifts did you get the grooms?

Apparently people are willing to spend $21k in order to have that video again?

He claims “Apu” is practically a slur now.

“I really do apologize,” Azaria said. “It’s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.”

An ill-fated attempt to kill the bugs in my bedroom has led to a situation where I think I have accidentally inhaled white spirit fumes and also deltamethrin. Is it ok to be back in the room? I have aired out the room with both windows open for eight hours, and washed both off substances away from surfaces, but I can still smell lingering vapours. My breathing has been mildly wheezy all day, and I have had a weird sluggish agitated feeling as well as dry sore eyes. There’s nowhere else I can sleep..:/

Tell me all about it. I think their impossible language keeps many people from knowing the real country. I find it historically very romantic, all those impossible noble names and the soldier's fancy costumes. And I think the men are really fabulously handsome (I love this blond guy from the Kristen Bjorn movies). Nobody on DL ever seems to mention it much as a travel destination, other than maybe Budapest. What is the countryside like? Are the people friendly (seeing that you'll never be able to communicate with them, unless they speak English)? Who are some famous Hungarians that a DL'er should know, other than the Gabor sisters?

When is Phillip Mena going to be promoted to cable television's first nude anchor?

I've been waiting a long time.

Can't wait.

Starring Susan Hayward It’s on TCM right now. I’m enjoying it!

This acclaimed biopic tells the cautionary tale of Broadway star Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward), who by the age of 20 has risen to fame due to the efforts of her pushy mother. Though a success on stage, Lillian has her hopes of happiness dashed when her fiancé dies tragically, and responds to her loss by drinking. Alcoholism and a string of failed marriages destroy Lillian's career and ultimately leave her destitute. After a brush with death, however, Lillian resolves to return to the spotlight.

"Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, rises from No. 3 to No. 1 for its first week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
 “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, rises from No. 3 to No. 1 for its first week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Mars unlocks his eighth Hot 100 No. 1 and Anderson. Paak earns his first. Plus, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” enters the Hot 100 at No. 8 and Masked Wolf notches his first top 10 as his breakthrough hit “Astronaut in the Ocean” ascends 12-10. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 17) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 13). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

It seems capable of different movements and sounds.

For me it's Bette Midler singing Wind Beneath My Wings.

Holy fucking shit. This show is [italic]amazing[/italic]. It’s based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, co-creator of The Walking Dead. I could have sworn I first read about it here, but I did a DL and Google search and didn’t find a thread for it. Anyway, it’s fun, smart, intriguing, extremely graphic, and a total love letter to all comic books, from the X-Men to the Watchmen.

Warning: The last third of the first episode is [italic]insane[/italic].

McBongo will reprise his role!

I wonder how this will work.

I’m the guy who doesn’t understand the purpose of these threads!

This hung daddy cagemeat has Momma’s mussy hissing and spewing like Old Faithful! Yum!

Knob

Wanker

Uni

Mum

Brilliant!

Maybe I should have joined in the protests and looting after all.

Sugar daddy pays all his bills and rent, plus $1500 cash a month to spend.

And they haven’t fucked yet.

“Our arrangement was centered more around an emotional connection…I didn’t want to give it up easily and him leave me.”

Muriel murieled "Post Pictures of Gorgeous Gay Men" Part 23. So here's Part 24, with our guy Justin Clynes.

“I got to tell you, I’m a supportive, ardent Democrat, passion and everything, but the English faculty at Amherst has too much power in this party,” Carville said in an interview this week with former Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol. “They really do. And they come up with all of these different things, and when people see that, they don’t like it because it’s not what their life is.”

He cited efforts to defund the police as a chief example of what he founded concerning, saying it had been “a terrible drag” on Democratic candidates, as well as “cancel culture” and identity politics.

“I don’t know of a single person that thinks of themselves as a ‘person of color,'” Carville said. “I really don’t. I had Ruben Gallego, who’s a Democratic congressman from Arizona, and we did much better in Arizona than we did in Texas or Florida, and he said, ‘I’ve never heard anybody use the word LatinX.’ And that’s just not the way people talk. It’s not what they — It’s just not the way.”

He actually said that.

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s Republican Party.

(And before you fascist trolls chime in with “he was only kidding”: Nope. He really is that stupid, and so are you.)

Who’s used it and what was your experience like?

The Ultimate

I hate those stupid art pieces with cutesy sayings on them like "Live, laugh, love" or "Keep calm and......"

Eviscerates, I say !!!

I do not agree with him fully, not even half but he does have a few valid points. What says the Datalounge ?

(NOT the scat troll.)

I was in a Zoom meeting today and the guy heading it up started with, "My previous meeting went late, wish I had a chance to pee!"

This is a work meeting and none of us knows each other particularly well. And ... who says that during a work meeting at all? Maybe my upbringing was too WASP-y (or too MARY!!!!!) but I would never talk about bodily functions like that around coworkers. Just ... go pee, for chrissakes, instead of telling us about it. The meeting can wait one freakin' minute.

Was it proven in your mind?

Speaking to People magazine today, Corden said: “I used to go on a crash diet every January. By April, any progress I had made at the beginning of the year was already out the window. With WW, it’s a different story. I can eat what I love, and the app everything — it keeps me focused. And guess what? I’m down 20 pounds since the start of this year,” he revealed to the outlet.

“WW has changed my life without disrupting my life.” In addition, Corden also revealed that he will put his weight loss on display in a new ad for WW that will start airing over the weekend. While the star has been very open about his weight loss journey, this dramatic transformation still comes as a surprise. If you missed it, back in February, while talking to Oprah Winfrey the actor said, “I’ve lost 16 pounds, and I’ve been doing some exercise, which I hate.”

“I just can’t bear it, so I’m using the word hate. But my wife [Julia] she’s so good at it. My wife is actually planning a little circuit for us after this so we do it together.” “We do some weights, and these little runs. I moan about it constantly and then I have to begrudgingly say later that afternoon that I do feel better about myself,” he said. “So that’s what we’re doing, but it’s about support. At the very least we’ll just take a walk together, which is really lovely for us."

Where do you get your coverage? Employer? Medicare? Marketplace? How much do you pay per month for your coverage? Are you generally satisfied with your coverage, or unsatisfied?

I’m intending this mainly for US-based DLers but it would be interesting to hear from other countries as well.

I have Medicare but I’m told I need a separate policy to cover nursing home care. Anyone have recommendations for how much I need, what it should cost, and reliable insurance companies? I’m comfortable, but not wealthy, and I don’t have a financial advisor.

Recent studies show that the old "two spaces after a period" rule makes texts easier for readers to process mentally.

What`s the rule here on DL?

Is it me or has PBS been sort of overly preoccupied with WW2 lately? So many series on WW2, either dramatic or documentary style. It’s freaking me out. Too much scary war in the air.

Nothing comes to mind.

The other thread has been paywalled. Long live the new thread!

[quote] So men's SF are RBA vs. Sinner and Rublev vs. Hurkacz

Sunshine single.

It's going to be mostly about Erika

not sure what Dorit's storyline is this year

With Teddi and Denise gone, Crystal and Sutton are the new housewives

Anyone see it? Mrs O was gone? Did they cover the controversy? Or just more hen talk about feelings, celebs and food. Enquiring minds want to know.

Aside from racism and the complete lack of gay and women’s rights the 1950s looks like a near idyllic time to be alive. People could earn a living wage and buy a home easily, people were well dressed and polite and life had beauty to it. Why couldn’t we have just become more accepting of others but kept all the good things about that way of life? Why did we have to just do away with all of it?

big thighs, no six-pack, I'm in heaven

His life was very interesting. His mother made him dress as a girl till he was 5. And there is so much more.

Pelosi hammers numerous people in Washington in a new biography.

Pelosi unloads on the Squad, at one point adopting a child-like voice when discussing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and offers the Squad this blunt advice: “You’re not a one-person show. This is the Congress of the United States.”

Pelosi scoffs at President Obama for not being able to deliver his home state votes for Obamacare — "Why are we having a problem with Illinois?" — and bristles at Obama getting sole credit for the deals she got through Congress.

I think he posts here. KEEP CUNTING, SCOTT!

Recently one of our neighbors put up a frog statuette up for display outside their house. I find it really creepy and my daughter hates it. She is absolutely terrified of it. Now she refuses to go on walks.

I went to the house to ask the owners to move the statuette so it was no longer on display or scaring my daughter but they declined. I immediately reached out to a neighbor, who is vice president of the HOA, hoping to “force them to take the statuette down.”

The neighbor said the statuette is a violation of HOA bylaws, so the frog’s owners were forced to take it down and are now being fined. Good, the asshole gets what he deserves for refusing with my polite request.

My hubbie says that I took it too far. I see it differently. The statuette is destroying the aesthetics of the neighborhood and is scaring the children.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup's latest update on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identification finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as LGBT. The current estimate is up from 4.5% in Gallup's previous update based on 2017 data.

Currently, 86.7% of Americans say they are heterosexual or straight, and 7.6% do not answer the question about their sexual orientation. Gallup's 2012-2017 data had roughly 5% "no opinion" responses.

The latest results are based on more than 15,000 interviews conducted throughout 2020 with Americans aged 18 and older. Gallup had previously reported annual updates from its 2012-2017 daily tracking survey data, but did not routinely measure LGBT identification in 2018 or 2019.

The identity question asked in 2020 offers a greater level of detail than the question asked in previous years. Now, respondents indicate their precise sexual orientation, rather than simply answering "yes" or "no" to whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Different approaches to measuring LGBT status can produce varying estimates of its incidence in the U.S. population. Results from Gallup's new question do appear comparable to those from its prior question. The 1.1-percentage-point increase in the 2020 estimate (using the new question) compared with the 2017 estimate (using the old question) is about what would have been predicted from the recent trends. The LGBT percentage rose an average of 0.3 points per year in 2016 and 2017. Assuming that trend continued the past three years, the total increase would have been about one percentage point.

Majority of LGBT Americans Identify as Bisexual

More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% identifying as lesbian and 11.3% as transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-gender-loving. Respondents can give multiple responses when describing their sexual identification; thus, the totals exceed 100%.

Rebasing these percentages to represent their share of the U.S. adult population finds 3.1% of Americans identifying as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian and 0.6% as transgender. Currently, 86.7% of Americans say they are heterosexual or straight, and 7.6% do not answer the question about their sexual orientation. Gallup's 2012-2017 data had roughly 5% "no opinion" responses.

The latest results are based on more than 15,000 interviews conducted throughout 2020 with Americans aged 18 and older. Gallup had previously reported annual updates from its 2012-2017 daily tracking survey data, but did not routinely measure LGBT identification in 2018 or 2019.

The identity question asked in 2020 offers a greater level of detail than the question asked in previous years. Now, respondents indicate their precise sexual orientation, rather than simply answering "yes" or "no" to whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Different approaches to measuring LGBT status can produce varying estimates of its incidence in the U.S. population. Results from Gallup's new question do appear comparable to those from its prior question. The 1.1-percentage-point increase in the 2020 estimate (using the new question) compared with the 2017 estimate (using the old question) is about what would have been predicted from the recent trends. The LGBT percentage rose an average of 0.3 points per year in 2016 and 2017. Assuming that trend continued the past three years, the total increase would have been about one percentage point.

Majority of LGBT Americans Identify as Bisexual

Our men--especially gay men, are suffering with a MASSIVE health disorder. It's called BIGOREXIA!!!

Are you a Bigorexic? Take our quiz:

-Do you look (body posing) at your body body in the mirror more than 5 times a day? (Bigorexics check an average of 9.2 times a day with the most extreme checking their reflection more than 50 times)?

-Do you disbelieve people who comment on how big you are and instead find fault with your musculature?

-Do you constantly think your body needs to be leaner and more muscular?

-Does it drive you crazy thinking your body is too small?

-Do you find yourself reading up on new training methods, diets and supplements?

-Do you eat special high protein or low fat diets or use food supplements to improve your muscularity or to help you bulk up?

-Do you ever wear baggy clothes because you wish to hide the body you feel is too small? Or do you avoid situations where your body might be seen, such as the beach, because you think you are not muscular enough?

-Do you still train and work out even when injured because you fear losing muscle mass?

-Do you find it difficult to cut back on the hours spent working out and training?

-Do you compare yourself to others and feel envious when you see someone bigger than you and find yourself pre-occupied with this for sometime afterwards?

-Do you ever perceive that others are snickering at your puniness?

-Have you turned down social events, taken time off work (or passed up on a higher-paying job), had relationship problems or skipped family responsibilities because of your need to work out?

-Do you feel you look horrible in speedos?

Answering "YES" to any of these questions might mean that you are suffering from BIGOREXIA! Data Lounge is here to help you!!!

Who are you rooting for?

Not only is this New England Patriot handsome as hell, but he has a butt to die for.

I live in a really small town surrounded by other small towns for miles in all directions. I was just wondering if anyone else here was in a similar situation.

Me (checking in on the phone): What are you doing?

80 year old mother: I just got back from Dunkin’ Donuts. I’m drinking a Coolatta. It’s got a lot of stuff in it that’s bad for me. I didn’t really want it but today was the last day they were free.

Me: How much did you save?

Mother: They’re not cheap. I think it was $3.

"It's practically a slur at this point," he says of what the character represents.

"The winner of the 2-pound prize for a particularly lubricious puzzle in 1972 was a Mrs Rosalind Runcie, wife of the-then Bishop of St. Albans, later Archbishop of Canterbury in the Thatcher years. There's truly no end to the surprising circles into which Driberg's life and pen could propel him."

What a mess.

Eldergays, please share your recollections.

...being offered on ebay

When the first season aired it was on every mag, ABC advertised the hell out of it and it seemed to hit at the right moment. Yet, it seems to be almost totally forgotten, unless the Teri Hatcher drama is mentioned. Compare the show with Sex and the City, which ended the same year DH started, Sex is still talked about, it had two movies and is now getting a follow up series. I could see a DH revival happening but I doubt it would ever bring in the same hype and would only last for a season.

Today I've seen three commercials advising seniors to buy a life insurance policy to cover funeral expenses and have money left over for the family. Are these legit and if so, is there anything in the small print to watch out for?

After all, we’ve been told in no uncertain terms that it would be impossible for the mRNA in a vaccine to become integrated into our DNA, simply because “RNA doesn’t work that way.” Well, this current research which was released not too long after my original article demonstrates that yes, indeed, “RNA does work that way”. In my original article, I spelled out this exact molecular pathway.

The other thread maxed out, so you can continue to discuss our working-class gone posh designer and lifestyle advisor.

Why not begin by spending a perfect day in Edinburgh. COVID be damned.

“Hey, Leo, when was the last time you were in the ghetto?” Rivera pompously remarked during the exchange.

Quite understandably, Terrell did not appreciate the racist question.

“How dare you say that?” he responded. Then the two men proceeded to yell at one another until Hemmer eventually stepped in to bring things to a visibly-tense close...

[QUOTE]Are you one of those guys that constantly looks in the mirror & obsesses over the ideal physical look? A recent study conducted by professors at the University of Hawaii found that 20-40 percent of men are dissatisfied with their physical appearance.

I immediately recognized his dancing because he was also in REM’s Uberlin video

Summary borrowed from a Waybig poster:

[quote]I really like her shows, it was so random to hear him on an episode.

[quote]The quick and dirty: He talks about how fake porn is.

[quote][bold]He really seems to have separated himself Benjamin from his character "Griffin". It is actually really odd how he discusses "Griffin" almost as if he dissociates the experience of random sex acts for pay as not being himself Benjamin, that is all "Griffin". He presents "Griffin" as him acting or being an actor. For example, when he is on social media he takes on the character "Griffin" and talks about searching for random cock on a Friday night, when in reality he is Benjamin on the couch watching Veep. Benjamin is boring and doesn't do that. He doesn't drink or do drugs or party, etc.[/bold]

[quote]He goes into being gay, or possibly reverse bi-curious. Discusses G4Pay performers and how difficult it is to work with those models and how he avoids it now. Pay/compensation, how it was good, then bad, then good. STD's: [bold]he got syphilis from an oral scene.[/bold] [Wonder if that happened at Chaosmen?] The rise of STD's even with Prep.

[quote]It is really worth a listen....but it might rock some of the hardliners on this blog who think things like "straight guys can't sleep with men" and that "gay guys actually enjoy every scene they are in even with a gay guy", "there is not such thing as bisexual". Where the rest of us who know porn is mostly acting and fantasy, will mostly just node and say, yeah, thats what I thought.

[quote]Oh, I do like how he discusses with porn being so available now, gay men think porn is normal and how sex really is in real life or in relationships; how it's created unrealistic views of sex. I totally agree with that. Anyway, it's a really good interview.

Push to get major corporations to oppose significant voting restrictions Republicans in the state are on the verge of approving

I will be watching Sex and The City for the first time. For those of you've that watched it, tell me if you enjoyed it. Has it stood the test of time or will watching it now seem dated? Is there anyone else who has never seen it before?

What's his story?

Nancy comes across as much more sympathetic in this article, but Ron was a complete asshole.

I remember being in my late 20s and hearing how as soon as your hit your 30s your body is constantly hurting. I’m nearly 40 now and never feel any physical pain yet people I went to high school with so plain about constant back pain or already need to use canes. When will my body start hurting?

Gwyneth Paltrow's candle scent has now at last become an actual perfume you can buy, so that every woman--and every man!--can walk around town smelling just like her vagina.

There are reviews of it on Fragrantica, and the suggestions for the "This Reminds Me Of..." section are brilliant (use the arrow on the right hand of that feature to see more of the other suggestions).

Is this a purchase or pass?

Surfers and skaters are portrayed as hot and edgy, but they're kind of nasty and most of them you really wouldn't want to fuck.

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

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

(not Bon) Jovi already bugs. He is a weird cross between Duckie and Tim from 90 Day.

Brandon the farm boy with the smothering mother is doomed.

Mike and Natalie (Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction), I am waiting for her to face off with Uncle Beau.

Zied has lost weight and is looking better, Becky girl you in danger.

Another cougar with a younger man that wasn't on this episode and another couple they didn't show yet.

DL sleuths could you help to identify this guy?

It debuts soon, and looks so good! I will def be watching

. It looks like a dark, serialized version of Mean Girls.

I need to but I don't trust that they have their shit together. How can you properly social distance? The mask irritates me while walking into a CVS. Can't imagine working out with one on.

How are you keeping safe in the gyms? ARE you going to the gym?

Hot damn

I’m an NOLA ex-pat and desperately miss the city. French Quarter Fest would normally be starting tomorrow but is postponed due to COVID.

I want a crawfish pie, a Natchitoches meat pie, a gumbo, some etouffee, maybe some beignets and a frozen daiquiri.

This week, an unlicensed cosmetic surgeon pled guilty to reckless manslaughter for injecting silicone into a New Jersey man’s penis, killing him, the Associated Press reports.

As part of her plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop additional charges related to illegal breast and buttock injections she allegedly administered while awaiting trial.

According to police, Kasia Rivera, 38, performed the botched penis enlargement procedure on 22-year-old Justin Street in her home on May 6, 2011. From NJ.com:

The injection shot directly into Street’s bloodstream, shutting down his organs, and he died as a result the following day, authorities said.

A medical examiner later determined Street died from a silicone embolism, and his death was ruled a homicide, authorities said.

Answering questions from her attorney, Olubukola Adetula, Rivera on Tuesday acknowledged she was not trained as a medical doctor and she was neither trained nor licensed to administer the silicone injection. “You injected the silicone into his penis?” an Essex County prosecutor reportedly asked Rivera in court on Tuesday.

“Yes,” she replied.

In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors recommended a five-year prison sentence for Rivera, who, as a native of Jamaica, also faces possible deportation. Her sentencing is scheduled for October 19.

This is supposed to be a gay-theme music video—basically they’re cruising each other, right?

There are subtitles. They mention a girl. I’m confused.

Just because the last one was so lively until it fizzled into the ether, as they do. The last thing I read Miss Sessums was doing much media socializing on Facebook.

Discuss.

Charlyne Yi is speaking out against James Franco and Seth Rogen in a new post about how she tried to quit the movie The Disaster Artist.

The 35-year-old actress got her big break in Seth‘s 2007 movie Knocked Up and he was one of the producers on The Disaster Artist, in which she played the role Safoya.

In an Instagram post on Thursday (April 8), Charlyne accused James of being a sexual predator with a “long history of preying on children.” She also accused Seth of being one of his enablers.

“When I tried to break legal contract & quit Disaster Artist because James Franco is a sexual predator, they tried to bribe me with a bigger acting role. I cried and told them that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted, that I didn’t feel safe working with a f–king sexual predator,” Charlyne wrote in her post. “They minimized & said Franco being a predator was so last year and that he changed… when I literally heard of him abusing new women that week.”

And VERY sexy!

Why is it such a toxic work environment?

McDonald's bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit

Popeye's spicy chicken

Steak 'n' Shake steak burgers and peanut butter cup shakes

Sonic onion rings

has just flogged her house, sorry, sprawling estate, for $47MILLION.

it's unbelievable the money these sorts of people have these days.

It's totally out of balance.

Krasnik voted to be “free of L.G.B.T.” two years ago to satisfy conservative voters. Now, the mayor regrets the move, which has led to censure from other European countries and put funding at risk.

She posted photos of her outfit while out with her hubby for dinner.

Sis looks SO GOOD!!!

Sashay and slay QUEENONCE

Have you had an interracial relationship?

Any challenges specific to the interracial aspect? Any positives?

Springtime is here and so is Froy !!!

Margot Robbie: Average at best, yet keeps getting cast in big movies and working with top Hollywood directors. Looks can only get you so far, so her agent must be out of this world. She's like the female Brad Pitt.

But there are still many empty apartments.

Cute.

Who's had him?

PS...love his pasta!

Where are you in the process of scheduling you covid vaccination?

What vaccine did you get (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson&Johnson)? Another, offered in your country?

What side effects did you get?

I was friends with these twins from Bangladesh back in the early 80s. They had a younger brother who seemed to be fascinated with feces. One time when I spent the night I woke up to go to the bathroom. When I turned on the light there was a piece of green feces (from Now & Laters?) sitting on the sink with two short wires sticking out of the top like antennas. They also liked to serve egg on everything. They had a birthday party where they had hamburger on buns with scrambled egg on it. They also had a houseboy who was a bit effeminate. Their mother wasn't around, so I have to wonder what went on with the father and that houseboy. I can still picture him sitting on the kitchen floor with a plucked chicken.

I watched this last night after not seeing it for 15-20 years.

What a fun little movie this is! It made me nostalgic for not only the 60s that this movie portrays, but also the 90s when a movie like this could still get made.

The New England aesthetic is so beautiful and I love the attention to detail of the changing seasons. The dialogue is wonderful and all of Charlotte’s inappropriate, half-baked thoughts felt so real to me and what I actually would be thinking when I was a teenager, especially all her thoughts about Joe. And Joe, man, what a stunning hunk of a man.

Cher is so effortlessly cool as Mrs. Flax. Each character is just so unique and quirky and it really makes you long for the freedom of the 60s and people not being such horrid cunts to each other back then. Even little Christina Ricci is fantastically weird as Kate.

It drags a little bit in the middle, and Charlotte’s virgin pregnancy is a little bit much, but it’s a classic nonetheless. I just felt like I was home watching this. This is the type of movie that just feels so right to me, and it could never get made today 🙁

....was Val Thor an alien or an angel?

Discuss.

Perpetual victim Sheryl Underwood has a a tawdry past of her own. A former Republicans, she was a regular on BET’s Comic View back in the day. I agree that deplorable Sharon Osborn should have gotten the chop, but shouldn’t Miss Thing be held accountable for her own rants about “teh gays?”

Surprisingly (or not), in spite of the pandemic and associated lockdown of 2020, our reading log of last year did not fill 2 threads. Chalk it up to a US election year, lack of access to in-person libraries and bookstores and people preferring to stream rather than to read. Speaking for myself, in the opening post of 2020 I announced my plan to read Moby Dick - it remains unread as I stuck mostly to comfort reading mysteries and thrillers.

To kick things off - here is a photo of the young Joseph Heller.

So, DLers, what will be your first read of 2021?

What's on your viral load?

Cause there aren’t more important things going on in the world right now.

My 2 roommates are RF's and also "healers" which is basically code word for being a whore. So I guess "healing" has a price. They're nice guys, but as someone who's mother is from India and a father from Mexico, I find it offensive that white men are co opting rituals they know nothing about and whitewashing it so they can light a candle and then go have an orgy with other "fae" folk with annoying yoga names. Am I the only person who finds that movement annoying?

Any DLers watching? Just finished the second episode and I’m surprised that I actually like it.

KC and Jax - who call themselves "Hubsters adventuring outside the box in our California dreamland"

Just tweeted this photo out with the caption "San Diego hot tub night with the boys!"

Maybe they all have gotten both vaccinations. It is possible.

They’re like two large pizzas.

She’s back! After a dozen years hopping around between New York City, the Hamptons and Lisbon, Portugal, Madonna has decided to set down some multimillion-dollar roots in Los Angeles.

Though she’s recently been on the East Coast, where she celebrated Easter in the Hamptons, the shape-shifting pop star returned to the City of Angels last year amid the Covid-19 quarantines, and while in town as been holed up in a lavish rented estate in the Coldwater Canyon area of Beverly Hills. Her decision to stay a while just might have something to do with the the biopic about her life that she’s slated to direct and that she has co-written with Diablo Cody.

I went to Sea World in Orlando.

It was pretty empty. It was moving away from live animal shows because of public criticism.

Without the whales, etc, what’s the point?

This thread is a continuation of the one linked below.

I'm the fact that American drinks are generally not poured to measure...and are half the price of the ones in the UK.

If someone would simply post this on all US/UK related travel sites, threads like this would be unnecessary.

Another gay parent.

What a dirty little slut

Dear Gentile Angelinos,

Soon we eldergays will be finding our ancient NorCal asses overnighting in Ventura en route to the Palm Springs area to check out places for our twilight ("Earings and Kaftans") years.

A decision must be made: To take the scenic PCH (aka Highway 1, in our native language) to The Ten (I-10 East) via Santa Monica or WeHo for lunch, then straight through the belly of Los Angeles out to PS? Or, to take The 101 (101 East), then 210, eventually to The Ten? Haven't driven down the PCH in decades and would like to see it (still worthwhile?), but have never taken 10 all the way through LA. Have driven BUR to Ventura several times recently. It's OK, but dull. Rush hour (like, starting at 3:00pm) is, of course slow, but wasn't a nightmare. Only been to Palm Springs once and flew. It will be the fiance's 63rd and on a Friday. Is the 10 a nightmare? Is the PCH and an hour or two in West LA worth the diversion? We might take one or the other route home to SF.

What say you?

All opinions most appreciated!

As far as I’m aware this is ground that was heretofore unbroken: LA white girl culture funnelled through the sound of 90s Memphis rap. Are you hyped on this track, Dataloungers?

Both had difficult journeys from childhood fame to adulthood. How are both faring these days and whose life is more of a car crash of the two of them?

Carrie-Anne Moss is opening up about the challenges she's faced as an over-40 actress.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, the 53-year-old Canadian star — best known for playing Trinity in the Matrix franchise — recently joined friend and fellow actress Justine Bateman, 55, for a candid conversation about aging in Hollywood. Former Family Ties star Bateman has recently released a book, FACE: One Square Foot of Skin, about the scrutiny her looks have received as she resists pressure to undergo plastic surgery.

Speaking with Bateman for the 92nd Street Y event, Moss revealed that she too has been treated differently as she ages.

"I had heard that at 40 everything changed," Moss, whose credits also include Memento and Jessica Jones, shared. "I didn't believe in that because I don't believe in just jumping on a thought system that I don't really align with.

"But literally the day after my 40th birthday, I was reading a script that had come to me and I was talking to my manager about it. She was like, 'Oh, no, no, no, it's not that role [you're reading for], it's the grandmother. I may be exaggerating a bit, but it happened overnight. I went from being a girl to the mother to beyond the mother."

Moss did not divulge which project featured the role. She went on to admit that seeing your appearance change onscreen can be "kind of brutal."

"You don't feel like you've aged much and suddenly you're seeing yourself onscreen," she said, adding, "I would look at these French and European actresses and they just had something about them that felt so confident in their own skin. I couldn't wait to be that. I strive for that. It's not easy being in this business. There's a lot of external pressure."

The actress, who wrapped filming on The Matrix just as she turned 31, will reprise her role of Trimity opposite 56-year-old Keanu Reeves in the upcoming Matrix 4.

What attracts these losers to our site?

[QUOTE]President Biden called for calm in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minneapolis shortly after the police chief there said the officer involved mistakenly used a gun instead of a Taser.

Never saw these before.

I know more straight than gay people who are into Morrissey.

Are you a fan of Morrissey or The Smiths?

Continued Discussion...

If I could save time in a bottle...

Do you know of anyone with PD? What are the first symptoms? How long can they expect to live? Can they go about their lives without drastic changes? Do they die sooner than other healthy people?

Is there any proof that he plays for our team other than those high school musicals and apparent feminine face( which is stereotyping TBH ) ?

Despite its rocky first season, ZEP pulled off getting a season two. As in the past, Alex Newell and Sylar Astin are carrying this show on their backs, and they seem to have realized this and are prominently featured this season. Thankfully Lauren Graham exited the series in the first episode, and despite Peter Gallagher’s character demise he has shown up in video, which is welcomed.

Seemingly, with an unlimited music budget the songs have been strong and the work force choreo has been improved and Leaf could be the breakout star this season. Liking it or hate watching it, come share your opinions, while gazing at the beautiful, sexy, hairy chested form that is Sylar Astin.

Hello Darkling, my old friend....

Here's the list, in case you forgot them:

I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange Gods before me

Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day

Honour thy father and thy mother

Thou shalt not kill

Thou shalt not commit adultery

Thou shalt not steal

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods

Some tales of the whole "Moses and the Ten Commandments" say that the first time Moses went up the mountain, he came down with the secrets of the Kabbalah to be given to the people, but he destroyed them when he saw that the peasants couldn't handle themselves for forty days without turning from God. So he went back up the mountain, and came down again, but this time he had the Ten Commandments, for the "Children of Israel" - because they were not ready for the wisdom of the Kabbalah and instead needed a simple list of rules to live by.

There's no "none" on this poll because I KNOW none of you heathens are that innocent!

What are your fashion rules?

His name is Dakota.

Five minutes in and it's a lie-fest already.

Sheryl and Elaine's therapy session live on camera. Kind of gross to watch the display of victimhood play out with the woke therapist. If they were honest about any of it, Sharon would be there, too.

Carrie Ann wondering if she's brown enough to talk.

Amanda apologizing for being too white.

Hilarious.

[quote]Bakers say the UNESCO listing would protect a know-how that has passed through generations and shield the baguette from imposters around the world.

[quote]The UNESCO "intangible heritage" marker - meant to recognize oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and methods of traditional craftsmanship - already covers ancient methods of making flat breads in Iran and Kazakhstan.

But what does DL think?

Okay.

What is taking the Manhattan DA so long to charge Trump????

Face shields, protests, and strippers!

Québécois actor in the series On Becoming a God in Central Florida. Alors? Tall skinny geeky oui, mais un beau gosse quand même?

The anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson asked wealthy American backers to help him claim asylum in the US, the Guardian has learned, while his team approached the Republican senator Ted Cruz’s office about securing a visa.

Court documents released in the US show the English Defence League founder discussed moving his family to Texas in 2019, where he would earn money by speaking at venues “including evangelical churches”.

Such was the influence of Robinson’s supporters that they asked advisers to Cruz, the Republican former presidential candidate, for legal advice on securing an extended visa for “someone who needs protection”.

I've been going through my parents record collection and I've enjoyed listening to some of the gems they have in their collection.

HOWEVER, there's a ton of records by 1970s soft rock/country-ish/singer-songwriter groups that haven't retained their popularity over the years and that I've never listened to, beyond maybe a hit or two by a few of them. Are any of their records worth dusting off and playing? If so, which one should I listen to fist?

Or just the Qanon faction?

I just finished watching Falling Down with Mr "got cancer from eating cunt" Michael Douglas. What a horrid movie. Every character is a Jupiter-sized cunt. I bet LA really is that miserable, where everyone absolutely hates everyone else. Another one is Crash with Michael Pena, the worst actor ever, and Matt Dillon. Why are movies about LA always so awful?

Jabba seems to be infecting every thread these days, so I'm just gonna block it.

Interview from this past December. Shame on Madonna, Lenny and the music label execs for trying to rip her off. At least she got significant money but I hate how Lenny and Madonna keep lying about it, acting as if what they did was original.

What was the original inspiration for ‘Justify My Love’?

The song was a letter that I had written that I happened to have on me when I was hanging out in the studio with Lenny and Andre. After they sampled that beat and laid the synth down, Lenny asked me if I wanted to try laying a vocal down. I said sure and pulled out the letter and just spoke over the top of the music.

Can you give a snapshot of what happened with the songwriting credit controversy?

The snapshot is this: Lenny, Andre and I create this amazing song in the studio. Lenny and I take it to the head of Virgin Records to let him have a listen. He asks me for my copy. I hand it over thinking I will get another one. I never got another one. A few months later, Lenny asks me to hang with him in NYC where he tells me Madonna is doing the song and that if I want any money for writing credit I would have to sign an agreement to stay silent about my roll. The song comes out, Prince called me up and said, “What’s up with that Madonna song, I know that’s you.” I, for the first time admit to having written the lyrics and recording the original track. Prince is disappointed as we are just about to release a spoken word record on Paisley Park Records. He says that people are going to think that I am copying Madonna. I hire a lawyer and sue for credit.

Where does ownership of the song stand now?

I own twice the amount I was offered in our ‘hotel room deal’; but most importantly, my name is in the writers’ credits.

Did you like Madonna’s version?

It is exactly like the version I recorded. I couldn’t even tell if she had used my original background vocals in the chorus it was so close. Every word placement and expression was like the original.

Did you record this version as a way of “taking the song back,” so to speak? Or because you just wanted to do something different with it?

I have never looked back or felt like I needed to take anything back. I am fully in the moment of my life. I happened to be in Copenhagen rehearsing for a show in Bremen, Germany a couple of years ago, and the guys I was performing with asked me if I would consider doing ‘Justify My Love’ live. I said I don’t know, we can try it and see how it sounds. That live performance is on Youtube. It felt good and natural so we decided to record a version of it for potential release one day…and here we are.

Tell us a bit about your musical approach to the song.

My approach to the song was to read the letter I had on me. It was very personal. I just imagined I was speaking to the person on the other end of that letter.

Your version eschews that in-your-face sexuality of Madonna’s version. Is there a different message you think the song needs to convey?

Not really. She understood my passion and delivery from the original. That is why the song is so powerful. My version captured the raw emotion of a deep love affair and Madonna did an incredible job replicating it.

How do you feel about the song and its history now that you’ve finally recorded this new version?

I think that everything about the song is perfect. How it was written, why, that it landed in Madonna’s hands, that it was so stylistically mine that Prince knew it was me upon hearing it, and that I ultimately wound up with credit. I’m very proud to call the song mine and to be able to perform it. I wish people could hear the original, but it’s exciting to be sharing this new version with everyone.

I can't believe I scooped this before Edwin posted it! Maybe because I follow Youtube rather than TikTok.

I see Dylan is going the "hard-sell peddler in your face" model of influencing. He can't talk about the army or his life without cramming products in your face.

Hosted by hands on openly gay New Kids On The Block member Jonathan Knight. Anyone like it?

lol always an experience. Love the note she hits

and look she's skinny again! yay!

It’s about Cristina la Veneno, the Spanish Trans Woman who became famous and is considered one of the most beautiful trans women ever.

I was thinking of watching it but usually like to see if others liked it when it comes to something I need to read subtitles throughout on lol.

I saw a clip of this a while ago and it’s lived on my brain rent free. I just finally learned that scene I saw (I didn’t know where it was from) was from this limited series.

Anyone saw it?

DL fave Charlie Knepper and his boyfriend now have a YouTube channel where they post their inane, eye roll-inducing, and disgustingly sweet videos.

The cynical, borderline eldergay in me is nauseated by their youthful stupidity, but at the same time, they seem really cute together and the stunted romantic in me kinda loves it.

What say you heartless bitches? Yay or nay?

I’ll go first: Im only attracted to straight men.

Enjoy.

“Thunderforce” is now out on Netflix and I just watched this morning. She’s hilarious and the 80s soundtrack is fabulous!! Highly recommend for some comedic relief! The gays will love this film!

What's it like to tour, especially an international tour?

How has it changed over the years?

How does a musician, say, like a violinist, get jobs?

Dear Froy i love you and i know you might be heartbroken from Richard but he ain't no good for you. You should not spend your time waiting on him you are young and cute and so handsome please find someone who won't hurt you and live your life. Love you xx

Here is part 5 for those who wish to continue.

Link to Part 4:

Hilar and a delight!

This is sad, bit aren't models supposed to avoid carbs?

Holy FUCK, this guy is fine! Beautiful face, beautiful cock, perfect body, and he fucks like a machine. Dear Mom: I'm ready to get married now!

How embarrassing and sexy it is to present his hole in this way?

*I should say primarily white women, but even non-white women dye their hair blonde.

There's something very primitive about the "blonde hair" meme. Is it white worship? A status symbol? Meant to represent peak feminine beauty?

Shannyn Sossamon

Claire Forlani

Monica Potter

Gretchen Moll

Boomers. Thread closed.

I’m clacking my circuit fan and screeching “Yasssss Kween”, as the newest Lil Nas X song plays at the club.

I have to admit, I feel sorry for this kid, he was cute and seemed like a good kid. Whereas, I don't have much sympathy that thug, Floyd.

[QUOTE]A well-built wall is an imperfect but functional deterrent against the most reckless forms of border crossing. It’s a barrier against sudden future surges of mass migration.

There's been rumors of a couple porn stars like Trenton Ducati and Leo Domenico seen around SF with their girlfriends. Is any of this true? Have any of you seen "actual" gay porn stars who say they are gay,but secretly might be bi or heteromantic?

The hot Spaniards are back in class and as always partying, drugs, betrayal and murder are mixed in with school work and competitive scholarships. Now poor Lu throws her Valentine’s Day party with an upside down theme and the boys have to dress as sluts. Guzman comes in tight jeans and a halter. Polo ends up in yet another MMF, and Omar has an illicit kiss with someone who is not his hot boyfriend Zander.

After two weeks, the accusations and the negative reports all died down, I am not familiar with NY state politics but I am assuming he is "safe" now, am I right?

Hello hunties,

What companies are you investing your coins into? What cryptocurrencies are you holding (hodling?)

I am invested in Ericsson, the Swedish telecom company. They are blazing a 5G trail in Europe and are one of the better 5G bets as far as the potential for market capitalization.

When it comes to cryptocurrency, I am acquiring Cardano (my safe pick) and Dogecoin (my meme pick). I also buy Bitcoin (small amounts) here and there, so it's building up

I think it's important to have at least one safe pick and one meme pick when you are buying cryptocurrencies. The meme pick takes the edge off, and there may be a chance it goes to the moon. Luckily, Dogecoin is now a top 20 crypto thanks to Elon Musk, so it's not a complete meme pick.

My strategy is to Acquire Over Time (AOT). I buy $50 to $100 of crypto a week, every week.

Crypto is a market with still INSANE potential for growth. Bitcoin could very possibly hit $1,000,000 in price, for example.

Crucial advice: NEVER invest in anything that you don't understand. If you don't understand cryptocurrency, don't invest in it. Read and research it first.

Carry on.

Sitting at a restaurant and he obviously didn't find me attractive. He himself was a big baldie. Was practically silent throughout the entire meal.

I had a temptation to run to the bathroom and climb out the window, and in retrospect I should have done it.

What does DL have to say about this? She seems to be maligned here, generally speaking. I do think she has let her feelings get the better of her by recurrently making social media posts responding to her detractors. It appears from the outside that she doesn't have a publicist. Either that, or she's made enough cash now that she doesn't care what happens.

[quote]Lana Del Rey just released her new album Chemtrails Over The Country Club yesterday. And now she’s already announced a follow-up album, Rock Candy Sweet, which she says will be out on June 1st — and responded to a Harper’s Bazaar article titled “Lana Del Rey Can’t Qualify Her Way Out Of Being Held Accountable.”

[quote]“Just want to say thank you again for the kind articles like this one and for reminding me that my career was built on cultural appropriation and glamorizing domestic abuse,” Lana wrote on her Instagram story. “I will continue to challenge those thoughts on my next record June 1 titled Rock Candy Sweet.”

last year, dataloungers who lived outside nyc were gloating that the city seemed on the cusp of some irreparable damage. the subways were abandoned but for homeless people. crime was soaring post-riots. work places were staying empty. businesses were closing.

but dataloungers who lived in nyc had a different view. the subways were never easier to use. any crime was not happening where dataloungers lived. nyc would become a mecca for work-from-home because why work from home in scarsdale? and the businesses that were closing would leave room for new and more interesting businesses to start up.

so what's the deal? is nyc back? is it suffering?

TikTok star Noah Beck has been accused of being homophobic and mocking feminine men in his videos so a lot of people are trying to "cancel" him.

Now he's clearly trying to make himself look better by hanging out with gay YouTubers Larray and James Charles. But does he ping for anyone else?

Skip to 14:48 for Noah in short shorts.

If I was to engage in some unholy dalliances with a taken man, I would have kept it to the grave! Yet, DLers proudly spin the yarns on this uncomfortable topic, often in full gory details. It is so hard when you are here for tasteful friends, but the unpleasantness just keep showing up. Anyone feel the same?

Have we worshiped at the font of Lance Parker before? He was reply 235 on the now paywalled Naked Men 2020 - Chapter I.

Admittedly, Austin Wolf is a sexy MF.

He has made a name for himself by have sex with apparently random guys who allow him to film them fucking in public areas.

Would you let him fuck you?

So much grifting: Wayne LaPierre has led the National Rifle Association for 30 years, but his implacable image looked threadbare in bankruptcy court. Mr. LaPierre acknowledged that he had secretly taken the N.R.A. into bankruptcy — without telling even his top lieutenants or most of his board

I just picked up the complete series at Wal-Mart for $39, which I thought was a steal. It's running for $100+ on Amazon.

This has got to be one of HBO's peak shows. Fantastic writing, brilliant performances, infinitely relevant. And wonderfully gay.

Any fans?

Oh.

This photo of President Jair Bolsonaro with Army Chief Edson Pujol, Navy head Ilques Barbosa and Air Force chief Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez (the latter three all just resigned) looks like a bunch of German guys.

I'm really shocked. She was young. I enjoyed listening to her on a range of serious legal topics on news panels. She also appeared on the Wendy Williams show talking about legal issues celebs faced.

He appeared in a video last week as an ally for Trans Day of Visibility. From the hair, the eyebrows, and the kimono, at first I thought he himself was transitioning.

I'm kind of getting a "Buffalo Bill" from "Silence of the Lambs" vibe from this photo.

[QUOTE]”Dynamite,” which is the K-pop group’s first song entirely in English, charted in over 50 countries. The video also opened at No. 1 on the YouTube Global Top Songs chart, and has remained on the chart for 32 straight weeks.

He admitted it.

After all, she's suffered the dual losses of her husband and her cousin.

Chet Hanks is doing the most bro

"Rami was a good friend of mine," she told Dax. "We were [in] the same crew. We did the Crucible together senior year, we were the leads in it together—all these things."

As Rami rose to mega fame following his role in Bohemian Rhapsody, Rachel posted a throwback pic on her Instagram of the two in high school.

In the pic, the two were in New York City and looking pretty excited about being there. She jokingly captioned it, "Hey @ramimalek where'd you get that gold chain? #tbt #oscarworthy #dontforgetthelittlepeople."

"I had posted a throwback of us from our senior trip to New York. We're super nerdy...just the dorkiest picture of the both of us. But I throw it up, 'cause it's funny and I think it's so important to be able to make fun of yourself," Rachel recalled about the photo.

However, it doesn't seem Rami was a fan of her posting it, and he DMed her to take it down.

"It wasn't like, 'Hey! How are you?!' It was straight to: 'I would really appreciate if you take that down. I'm a really private person.'"

DL, do we think Rami was being a bitchy diva?

Watch! It won't disappoint, I promise.

Why is she so fugly? Both her parents are reasonably attractive.

The Boston Police Department allegedly hid accusations of child molestation against Patrick Rose Sr., a former patrolman who became the president of the police union.

An investigation from The Boston Globe found that Boston Police knew of the evidence against Rose regarding the allegations, and still allowed him to serve as a patrolman.

According to the newspaper, the police department filed a criminal complaint against him in 1995 for sexual assault involving a 12-year-old boy. The complaint was dropped, but the department conducted an internal investigation which found that he likely committed a crime.

Boston Police wouldn’t tell the newspaper what disciplinary action was taken against Rose.

Even with these inquiries, the department allowed Rose to serve as a patrolman for 21 years, eventually becoming a head of a union that represents patrol officers, according to the Globe.

The investigation from the Globe further found that after the 1995 incident, Rose was still allowed to have contact with vulnerable children, and was even called to testify as the arresting officer in a child sexual assault case in 2006.

The news comes after Rose reportedly faces over 30 charges of sexual abuse of minors aged seven to 16 in Suffolk Superior Court. He is currently held in jail for $200,000 cash bail.

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey (D) told the Globe that the department’s behavior was “appalling.”

“It is appalling that there was a documented history of alleged child sexual abuse, yet this individual was able to serve out his career as an officer and eventually become the head of the patrolmen’s union for several years,” she added.

“Under no circumstance will crimes of this nature be tolerated under my administration, and we will not turn a blind eye to injustices as they arise.”

The Hill has reached out to the police department and police union for comment.

Rose is reportedly fighting the allegations brought against him.

“My client maintains his innocence to all of the charges that have been brought against him and he maintains his innocence to what was alleged to have transpired back in 1995,” William Keefe, a lawyer for Rose told the Globe.

Complete the sentence. Be very grand or tacky about it.

French MPs have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in less than two and a half hours, as part of a series of climate and environmental measures.

After a heated debate in the Assemblée Nationale at the weekend, the ban, a watered-down version of a key recommendation from President Emmanuel Macron’s citizens’ climate convention was adopted.

It will mean the end of short internal flights from Orly airport, south of Paris, to Nantes and Bordeaux among others, though connecting flights through Charles de Gaulle/Roissy airport, north of the French capital, will continue.

The climate commission set up by Macron had originally recommended the scrapping of all flights between French destinations where an alternative direct train journey of less than four hours existed.

This was reduced to two and a half hours after strong objections from certain regions and from Air France-KLM, which, like other airlines, has been badly hit by local and international Covid-19 restrictions on travel.

The chief executive of Air France-KLM, Benjamin Smith, has said the airline is committed to reducing the number of its French domestic routes by 40% by the end of this year.

The Socialist MP Joël Aviragnet said the measure would have a “disproportionate human cost” and warned of job losses in the airline sector. Other MPs, including from the Green party, complained that watering down the climate convention’s recommendation had made the measure meaningless.

Mathilde Panot, of the hard left La France Insoumise, said the measure had been “emptied”, while her colleague Danièle Obono said retaining the four-hour threshold would have made it possible to halt routes that “emit the most greenhouse gases”.

The French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir had called on MPs to retain the four-hour recommendation.

It added that banning domestic flights if a direct train alternative of fewer than four hours existed it would have a “real impact” on reducing CO2 emissions and would not adversely affect travel times or prices.

“On average, the plane emits 77 times more CO2 per passenger than the train on these routes, even though the train is cheaper and the time lost is limited to 40 minutes,” it said. “Our study shows that … the government’s choice actually aims to empty the measure of its substance.”

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Of course the officials mandating this can still travel on private or government jets.

Apparently her new music video is appropriating black culture.

Because every black person is just like this, apparently.

Beautiful

Reshoots would be too expensive given Hammer’s prominence in the film and the very large ensemble cast.

If you claim to be heterosexual, then no matter what race you are, you are white. You heard me. All heterosexuals are white because heterosexuality is performative whiteness. It represents a desire for conformity and authoritarianism. It is sexualized white supremacy.

Let the ennui ensue.

He says it's no big deal, he fucks all the time.

Geez, that poor girl.

“Sopranos” star Joseph Siravo, who played Tony Soprano’s father, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 66.

Siravo’s agent confirmed the actor’s death to Variety, noting that he died on Sunday following a “long, courageous” battle with colon cancer.

Siravo is best known for work in television as well as theater. On HBO’s “Sopranos,” he played Johnny Soprano — featuring prominently in flashback episodes to the 1960s — and later portrayed Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman, in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”

Other recent credits include TV series such as “For Life,” “The Blacklist,” “Made in Jersey,” “Dirty Sexy Money” and “Law and Order.” In film, he appeared in the Adam Driver-led “The Report” and Meera Menon’s 2016 film “Equity, as well as “Motherless Brooklyn,” “The Wannabe,” “Shark Tale” and “Night Falls on Manhattan.”

Born and raised in Washington D.C., the actor did his BA at Stanford before completing an MFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts theatre program. He made his screen debut in “Carlito’s Way” (1993) and soon landed the Johnny Soprano role in HBO hit “The Sopranos,” which ran for six seasons.

Siravo also starred in Broadway productions of the Tony Award-winning “Oslo” and “The Light in the Piazza.” Earlier in his career, he performed in a national tour of “Jersey Boys.”

The actor has countless off-Broadway and regional theater credits to his name, including Off-Broadway New York productions of “Mad Forest” and “Up Against the Wind,” as well as “My Night With Reg” and “The Root.” Regional credits include “Hamlet” at the Long Wharf, “Anthony & Cleopatra” at Berkeley Rep and “Last of the Boys” at the McCarter Theatre.

Siravo was also highly regarded as a teacher at various actor training programs in New York. After studying at NYU, where he trained under Ron Van Lieu, Olympia Dukakis and Nora Dunfee, he eventually joined the faculty of NYU Grad Acting, where he taught Shakespeare.

Siravo is survived by his daughter Allegra Okarmus; son-in-law Aaron Okarmus; grandson Atticus Okarmus; his sister Maria Siravo; and brothers Mario Siravo, Ernest Siravo and Michael Siravo.

A memorial service will soon be held for the actor.

Sunday, April 11 at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel hosts “On Assignment with Richard Engel: Our House.”

In the hour-long joint investigation with Bellingcat, Engel and his team investigate key moments from the Jan. 6 siege, including looking at those behind the planning.

It's going to be good.

How do you pass the hours?

Inspired by the miracle whip thread, let's come out a list of food items that you should throw away before the new date shows up at your doorstep.

- Velveeta - Miracle Whip - Kraft Shredded Cheese - Vienna sausage - Spam

feel free to chime in!

This board, especially the royal threads, seems to be full of right wingers.

with Jessica being in the news for being a drunken former fattie, WHET to big gay Joe, when last I heard he was frolicking on the beach with a male model.

A question for Eldergays. I watched Fatal Attraction for the first time last weekend and was in a state of confusion throughout. Glenn looked like a junkie scarecrow throughout but we were supposed to buy her as the femme fatale? Was it an ‘that was a look in the ‘80s that was deemed attractive’ thing? Please help!

First of all, it can’t decide whether it is a vowel or a consonant. Second, the word “nonbinary“ ends with that letter.

My insane Bf decided to leave a pen in his pocket, and now guess who have to deal with it? I have tried Peroxide and it would not budge. Any suggestion?

Love this

Hopefully the beginning of the end of so many republican politicians and the party in general opposing gay marriage and being so antagonistic towards gay voters. The electoral advantages in doing so are clearly waning.

Make the antisemites' worst nightmares come true and make them suffer as they made Jews suffer because they made Jews suffer.

Since Judaism is a religion of color, Israel can take over the whole Middle East for all I care. Oil belongs in the hands of God's Chosen People, not a bunch of homophobic white supremacists.

I can't wait to take a nap later. I'm ALWAYS tired: ALL DAY , EVERY DAY.

I can't find the original thread.

Adam Charlton deserves to be coverboy anyway.

Yikes! Use this thread instead of the 2029 one.

These two kids can’t seem to stay inside, or keep their hands off of each other. My goodness. They seem to just wanna fuck 24/7

Matt Gaetz and Dr. Jason Pirozzolo flew off to the Bahamas TOGETHER

Priozzolo paid for EVERYTHING - air travel, hotel, food, Gaetz didn't pay a dime

What could these two have in common to go off to the Bahamas together?

Why'd Margot Robie not do the role?

Because a gay and/or autistic victim of police murders should never be forgotten.

Parents? Siblings? How long and how do you feel?

I absolutely would and I feel that, given his recklessness, he would be into getting blown while driving, which adds a whole new element of excitement.

I have decided to buy one now, tons of options on Amazon from $30 to $1,000, any recommendations? If you have one at home, please share the model, prices, pros/cons...

That’s adaptive

She humblebrags about her frugality, yet shares how she's spending 10K on dog dentistry.

Oh, the humanity! To spend money on CHEESE!

There are a lot of them here, invading the DL. I'll start.

I am the UPSP Informed Delivery service I tout about as being tech-savy to everyone in 2021... I am also the hissing.

It's April. Fuck this shit. I want spring.

So it will be full of the BIPOC Trans!

Sis ATE this look!!!

She looks amazing.

This is a very good series, it is a Spanish series that has everything. There is eye candy for days, there is a gay storylines, Muslim storylines, a pregnant girl with HIV, corruption, betrayal, drugs and did I mention EYE CANDY and naked boys?!! It is subtitled so you have to deal with that but it's worth it.

Isn't that so passe for a World Leader?

All things Bradley, continued now into a sixth thread! I haven't been here for parts 1-4, but has this been used yet? He's so cute...

This one makes me feel both slightly melancholy and quietly hopeful.

Seems like some queen out there is PRESSED and is going the extra mile to defend Mrs. Alfred Steele.

Don't fuck with her, fellas!

This wasn't an easy decision for me to make. I have paid my bills and debts all my life. This includes 60k in undergraduate loans. I never in a hundred years thought I would be in this situation. My career and education moves all followed my heart and interests. This never proved lucrative. It comes down to being able to pay off my loans or being able to buy a small house or condo so I have some stability as a single eldergay. I have health issues that limit how much I can work. There's no math rebudgetung or second jobs to get out of this. I live month to month. And I'm not counting on any type of government bailout. Can you blame me?

A new surgeon is joining the ranks at Grey’s Sloan Memorial. Alex Landi has been cast as Dr. Nico Kim for the upcoming 15th season of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.

Landi’s Kim will be the series’ first gay male surgeon. ABC confirmed Landi’s casting, first reported by Deadline’s sister pub TVLine, but would not confirm the number of episodes or provide character details. Landi will join recently cast Chris Carmack, who will recur on Season 15, as well as Kim Raver, who returns as a series regular and Jeff Perry who returns as Meredith’s dad.

Landi, a relative newcomer, has credits that include a recent guest-starring role on CBS’ Bull.

The Shonda Rhimes-created Grey’s Anatomy, starring Ellen Pompeo and executive produced/showrun by Krista Vernoff, is now ABC’s longest-running primetime scripted series.

Grey’s Anatomy Season 15 premieres with a special two-hour episode on Thursday, September 27 at 8/7c.

Does anyone else love this song? It’s such a fun throwback and holds up so well. Sounds like something that would be popular today still.

It’s super sexy too! I never liked Nicole Scherzinger, but she was smoking hot and can dance and sing, and has a presence!! It’s weird she can’t break out alone in the states though.

WHET them?

Well, who are they?

They're not big on sex are they?

My grandmother always used to say "Always in moderation."

Over, and over, and over again.

I never listened when I was younger, but as I get older, I'm starting to realize how that little statement really works so well in life.

I really hate this age of huge, multiple tattoos. I know it's been increasing since the 80s but ugh.

For the past tense of the verb "lean".

Hurray for the old girl! If I had to travel to Vegas, I'd check out her cuchi-cuchi show.

Missed me?

We’re on the top of the vaccine chain

Too much?

How to get rid of them ?

Take off!

Run for your lives Ukraine DLers!

Anal-lyze away.

The entire family comes too!

Run for your lives Ottawa DLers!

...32 miles southwest of Mexico City in May 2007.

The science says it's doesn't have any identifiable genetic material know to man.

It was discovered in the trap while it was still alive according to eyewitnesses.

I've been binge watching several Australian TV shows like All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, The Heart Guy and now Underbelly, which I love. So naturally I've been curious about some of the stars I've seen on TV and movies from Australia.

Would someone from down under be able to answer my questions?

Is Martin Lymes from All Saints still in jail for sexual assault?

What is Georgie Parker doing these days? I loved her as Terry Sullivan; I watched All Saints up until her character was written out. I hated the reboot as an emergency room drama.

I remember a really cute actor named Damien Rice, who played one of the first gay characters on Australian TV

They have such good quality shows so far. Why do so many of the actors come to the US? It must be ultra competitive down there.

This vid opened my eyes to just how many sexy bros are working in Hollywood right now. :33

Apparently Estée Lauder thought men in the 1980s would want to buy this once they heard Liza Minnelli sing a song from a little-remembered (even then) Broadway show.

Gee, I wonder which demographic were aiming at!

Did Michael Jackson really talk like that?? Rofl.

DOO DOO? What adult uses words like that?

What a freak.

Is a true religion. And, apparently they are devastated by his death.

This is one of the best damn Country songs I ever heard in my life. I didn’t even know Country could sound this good.

A buddy and I were watching V the original mini-series from 1983 and he was shooting in his pants over how "hot" he is. I disagreed completely and argued that just because you have a hot, almost Olympic-type body but also have an ugly face, you cannot be hot. Marc Singer no doubt had a hot body in V and Beastmaster, but his face is like a turd sandwich. He has hot blue eyes, too, but it's not enough to make him "hot". Tom Ellis from Lucifer is a more recent example of having a hot body but ugly face. What do you guys think? Can you be "hot" if you have an ugly face.

OMG. Discuss.

All I can think of are "Que Sera Sera" for Doris Day and "Thanks for the Memory" for Bob Hope. Do any younger people have a signature song?

They’re so freaking adorable. Austin is def the top!

After years, and two competing #3 threads (one "just out" and one "Jut out), here we are on the fourth thread of jutting picks, so let's start us off right!

Is it awesome? Are you always aware of the monster between your legs? Does it make up a large part of who you are? The less blessed among us would like to know.

Please post your dick

In the late 80s, our big second hand color tv broke. We got a smaller second-hand black and white tv that we sat on the broke color tv as a stand.

She’s hot. Kehlani is shining on their path to success but is also acknowledging the privilege that helped pave the way.

The R&B singer, 25, has been one of the several queer artists to prosper within the current mainstream music scene, with two Grammy nominations and appearances on the Billboard 200 album chart. In speaking with The Advocate for the magazine's cover story, she said she recognize how their "straight and cisgender presenting" privilege has played a part in finding success. "I have a lot of privilege," says Kehlani, who uses she/they pronouns and identifies as queer. "I think a lot of artists who we talk about and say, 'Oh, they had to come out or they had to do this,' a lot of them can't hide it." A lot of it is very [much] in how they present. It's tougher for them," Kehlani said. "It's tougher for trans artists. It's tougher for Black gay men. It's tougher for Black masculine gay women."

While the "Bad News" singer shared on Twitter in 2018 to clarify that she identifies as "queer," she never felt the pressure to come out in her own personal life, mainly due to the way she presents herself.

"I didn't even really have to come out in my private life," said Kehlani. "I don't walk down the street and people look at me and go, 'Oh, I bet she's queer' or 'I bet that she's into women' or anything like that because of the way I present."

"That's all privilege and I think that there are quite a few artists who were truly at the forefront but weren't able to make the strides that I was able to make being 100 percent myself because of the way they present and the biases and the phobias of the American public and the world," she added. "I've been lucky, super lucky."

Nearly 40% of United States Marines who have been offered the COVID-19 vaccine have declined it, according to the Pentagon.

Of the 123,500 Marines that have had access to the vaccine, 75,500 Marines are either fully vaccinated or have only received one dose while about 48,000 have declined it, Communication Strategy and Operations Officer Capt. Andrew Woods told USA TODAY.

"We fully understand that widespread acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine provides us with the best means to defeat this pandemic. The key to addressing this pandemic is building vaccine confidence," he said, confirming a statistic first reported by CNN.

Woods said the Navy and Marine Corp were working to ensure that soldiers have accurate information about the safety of the vaccine and want to encourage people to get it.

The original thread seems to have broken or something. So carry on!

Listening to a DMX song from the late 1990s is like riding a wrecking ball through a gated community. The music video for Stop Being Greedy – one of many confrontational highlights from the rapper’s 1998 Def Jam debut, It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot – shows DMX hunting a wealthy white man across a mansion, before eventually feeding the poor soul like a T-bone steak to his pet pitbull; the rapper’s exhilarating, half-barked vocals gave the sense that he wanted to eat the rich.

It’s a song about the poor feeling so ignored that they have no choice but to confront the ruling classes (“Ribs is touching, so don’t make me wait / Fuck around and I’m gon’ bite you and snatch the plate”) and violently rip up their rules, and its message reflected an urge by DMX – who died on Friday at the age of 50 – to liberate a hip-hop culture that by 1998 had become too preoccupied with shiny suits in tacky music videos filmed inside a blingy Rubik’s Cube.

Stop Being Greedy was raw like Bad Brains’ Attitude or the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen were raw. It was a moment of pure punk defiance that administered CPR to hardcore rap, which was in stasis following the deaths of gangster rap kingpins 2Pac and Notorious BIG. By including at least four other songs (Get At Me Dog, Ruff Ryders Anthem, Fuckin With D, ATF) that could all qualify as rap Smells Like Teen Spirit moments on what was only his first studio album, X cut through MTV-era capitalism with the precision of Candyman’s rusty hook (blood and horror were all part of his work).

It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot and its sadistic yet brilliant follow-up, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, both reached US No 1 in the same year. With these powerful releases, DMX angled the spotlight back to those who had nothing in their pocket. He appealed to the underdogs and those who missed the frenetic, unapologetic energy of 2Pac, but also to white kids from the suburbs who needed a soundtrack for their Mountain Dew-induced temper tantrums. His conversational, often witheringly witty flow shifted from life coach pep talks to grave threats to enemies (“pluck you like a chicken wit’ your head cut off”). The music got bigger and more stadium-friendly as DMX’s career progressed across the 2000s, with urgent bangers such as Party Up, X Gon’ Give It To Ya and Where the Hood At each capable of starting a riot at a house party.

He also translated his magnetic alpha male energy into an underrated film and TV acting career. Whether boasting about being “untouchable” in cult gangster classic Belly, or tenderly dropping speeches about the beauty of growing orchids on the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, he always lit up the screen.

The reason he barked like a dog in his verses was because angry stray dogs became rare friends during various spells of teenage homelessness; they also became targets of his frustration, with DMX earning convictions for animal cruelty. During his childhood, he said to GQ he was violently abused by his mother (“she knocked two of my teeth out with a broom”), and he never really knew his father. In a 2020 podcast interview with rapper Talib Kweli, DMX cried as he recalled a male mentor tricking him into smoking a joint that was laced with crack cocaine at just 13. It was a life-defining moment.

On the career-best, gothic trap fable of Damien, DMX – who struggled with mental health and addiction issues – scarily switches between his own voice and a demonic monologue. His twisted alter ego represented the pain he carried from this childhood experience, showing a constant conflict between embracing the darkness of suicide and the light of life. His thunderous expression on the mic sounded like a man venting and purging, and these brutally honest sermons gave his fans the strength to move through their own personal traumas (today, this soul-cleansing energy is continued in the US by rappers like Denzel Curry, Rico Nasty and Jpegmafia).

Decided to check this out and stupidly thought Madge would be the worst thing about it. But I was wrong. Not even Julianne Moore could save this shitshow. Was this supposed to be the new and improved Basic Instinct??

Jealous Bitches? @gingerdiscourse

"As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace."

Show will resume April 12.

Apparently her birthday was yesterday but she is still lying on social media that her birthday is in January despite the Hollywood Reporter getting ahold of her public records a few years back.

Are his parents Gollum from LOTR and Jenna Jameson? Fucking GROSS! His boyfriend is also a child molester, and get a look at his IMDB page. I’ve never seen someone so hideous run up their own asshole having accomplished, nothing. It’s obvious he created the entire page himself. What a LONG bio for someone who is as relevant as Zach Shire at Str8UpGayPorn (someone as equally nasty)

OK, we're calling it.

For about 25 years, charming actresses who've made a splash in a breakout role with their beauty-brains-talent trifecta have been hard-pressed to avoid the inevitable. It's practically a rite of Hollywood passage for up-and-comers—especially the redheads—and a way of signaling that this 21-to-30-year-old woman certainly seems to have "it."

Because she just may be...The Next Julia Roberts.

It's meant as a compliment, of course. But dangling that crown in front of an actress' face is also pretty unfair, considering Roberts has starred in some of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time, was for awhile the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, won an Oscar, lights up every screen with her smile and has enjoyed the kind of career longevity that most actors don't even bother to dream of, let alone come close to achieving. In fact, the A-list only has, like, six people on it now, and Roberts has never budged from the top spot since Pretty Woman made her one of the most talked-about stars in the world.

So it's no wonder that people who make movies and who write about movie stars want to clone her, but the consistently unachievable nature of that mission for other actresses has only served to prove that there is no "next Julia Roberts." Which is why we officially closed that case on her 50th birthday—and are sending out a reminder Monday, for her 52nd.

First of all, purely semantically, it's impossible. Unless there's another person named Julia Roberts who is standing in line behind the one we all know, there's no next one. And thinking existentially, it's even more impossible: These women are all uniquely their own people, it isn't right to lump individuals into bite-size categories and there's no need to cut into Julia's Robertsness and pass out pieces of it to other actresses.

contd

As a kid I used to love Banquet pot pies and Banquet fried chicken. As an adult I don’t like them. I rarely buy frozen foods but every once in a while I’ll treat myself to a Stouffer‘s turkey tetrazzini. That stuff is like crack to me! So what’s your favorite? It can be sweet or savory.

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Is this really a thing? Sounds too good to be true

Why did they make her look so hideous in this movie?

I searched for the original thread but it looks it's been archived or something. Was almost full anyway so I decided to start another one.

I think I'm going to preorder Cyberpunk 2077. Apparently you can play as a gay male--the developers had a guy get out of the main character's bed when they were showing a preview at a convention. I'm a fan of games like Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Shadowrun so I think that this will be a good one. Oh, and Keanu Reeves is in it for some reason.

I am beyond excited. I had ditched all the other CW superhero shows so I’m glad this brings me back.

New Orleans will go I'm thinking.

It wasn't even close.

I've been visiting this website for 6+ plus years and been a regular poster the past 4 and I still don't understand why so many DLers are obsessed with fraus. (This obsession predates my time here.) In the past two months alone, forty different threads have been started about fraus -- either specific fraus or "Let's be fraus in spring!"-type posts. Not to mention how often "fraus" pop up in threads on unrelated or only tangentially related topics.

Why are a subset of DLers so preoccupied with fraus: defining them, discussing them, disparaging them, denigrating their lowbrow tastes?

Where did the frau hurt you??

The CW has ordered a pilot for a live-action Powerpuff Girls series.

This series, which was in development as of last August, will center on the girls who are now disillusioned twenty-something-year-olds who resent that they lost their childhood to years of fighting crime, according to Variety. The series will answer the question of whether or not the former team reunites once more when their crime-fighting skills are needed again.

This series comes by way of writers and executive producers, Heather Regnier and Diablo Cody, with the latter executive producing under the banner of Vita Vera Films. Regnier worked on the recent Veronica Mars revival, iZombie, and Sleepy Hollow while Cody is best known for writing Juno and working on Jennifer's Body and Young Adult.

Greg Berlanti, David Madden, and Sarah Schechter will executive produce the show under the Berlanti Productions banner. Erika Kennair and Warner Bros. Television will produce the show.

The Powerpuff Girls ran for six seasons for a total of 78 episodes between 1998 and 2005. The original animated series was created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network and centered around three superhero crimefighters by the names of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. These girls were created when Professor Utonium combined "sugar, spice, and everything nice with the mysterious Chemical X," as the show's intro reminded you with every episode.

HAROLD AND MAUDE screenwriter Colin Higgins wanted to do a prequel called GROVER AND MAUDE where Maude learns about stealing cars from Richard Pryor's Grover from SILVER STREAK, also written by Higgins.

Daddy is home where he belongs

ouch! 😲

then again I don't find her particularly funny.

Mark Wahlberg is ready to transform his body for his next movie.

On Thursday, the actor, 49, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he discussed his plans for his role as a boxer-turned-priest in the film Father Stu. Wahlberg, who is no stranger to going through major weight changes for his roles, revealed that he plans to gain 30 lbs. in six weeks for his new project.

"After we do the boxing scenes, I get to put on as much weight as possible over the course of the film, so I'm challenging myself to put on 30 pounds in the next six weeks," the actor told Kimmel.

The Ted star said he will be "eating lots of burgers and lots of buns" to gain the weight and is "looking for all the help he can get."

Wahlberg added that a "very smart" professional is working with him on the transformation.

"They want me to do it as healthy as possible and I'm like 'Dude, I've been on such a regimen for so long, I just want to eat everything in sight,' " the actor said.

"I want to go bakeries, I want to go to Denny's, I want to get pancakes, I want to get everything I can possibly get my hands on," Wahlberg added.

The actor said he plans to start gaining the weight as early as next week.

For his first big meal, Wahlberg said he hopes to begin with a '20-piece chicken nugget and 20-piece hot wings from Kentucky Fried Chicken with a six-pack of beer."

"Why not start with a bang?" the actor said, joking, "I might need a porta-potty too, but you know what, I'm ready to go."

The actor's weight gain will be a major transformation as he frequently hits the gym and stays in impeccable shape.

Wahlberg often shows off his buff body on Instagram, especially after starting F45 training — a fitness franchise that began in Australia and that the actor is an investor in.

Well?

Have you ever had an experience with a witch, Tarot, a psychic etc that became true or creeped you out?

It’s Louis Freese, which begs the question was James Charles not available?

I hooked up with a semi-famous actor. I went over mainly to see his TONY award.

He was a pretty good lay but when he went to the bathroom, because I wanted to prove to my friends that I had slept with him, I stole a small framed picture of him with a group of friends.

I was young and stupid at the time and I felt guilty about it for years. And then, it hit me, why not just send it back. So I did, with a letter of apology.

The Fantastic Film Festival Australia will be holding nude screenings of a film from Belgium:

Strip bare (or to undies) for this special event nude screening of Patrick. Set in a nudist colony, this Shakespearean tragi-comedy is riddled with intrigue, deceit and self-discovery.

Playing in addition to regular, clothed screenings of Patrick, these nude sessions give bold audiences a unique opportunity to engage in the unclothed spirit of the film.

We want this nude screening to be fun and safe for everyone, and ask all patrons to adhere to our guidelines for the event:

No photography Respect other patrons' personal space – antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated Restricted to patrons aged 18+ Please bring a towel to sit on Please arrive to the venue fully clothed - you'll be able to disrobe within the confines of the cinema Clothing is required should you wish to leave the cinema for candy bar items or the bathroom Staff members will be available for assistance and questions at the screenings

If you'd prefer to view Patrick fully clothed, in Melbourne we're running a simultaneous regular session and in Sydney, the downstairs section of the cinema will be a nudity-free zone.

It’s getting so negative. Looking for some respite!

Picking up where we left off. Everything is the worst and we are all doomed!

Original thread linked below .....

Mountbatten

All of this because of Brexit.

I’m so down.

For me, it's always Mystic Pizza, which makes me hungry for a cheesy thick crust pizza with everything on it.

Another one is Moonstruck, which makes me hungry for Egg in the Hole, or pasta with marinara sauce, garlic bread and wine.

That seems like the forgotten Middle Eastern country. How is it? Is it like UAE? Muscat sounds interesting. Tell me DLers, the good and bad of Oman.

Dear Gentle Angelenos,

Soon we (a pair of eldergays) will be finding our ancient NorCal asses overnighting in Ventura en route to the Palm Springs area to check out places for our twilight (a.k.a. earrings-and-caftans) years.

We will be passing through the Los Angeles area and are wondering: At which outdoor pools do the city's best college-aged divers, swimmers, and water polo players practice? We thought they might appreciate a supportive audience, some homemade snacks and perhaps some offers of ongoing mentorship?

TIA.

First and secondhand dirty knowledge you know about semifamous people!

Now that celebrity events are starting up again, it’s time to trot out a new beard to keep the female fan base happy and to let them believe that they too have a chance.

How long do we give this one?

He's so innocent!!

I’m obsessed with it but my new boyfriend isn’t impressed...

The Democrats face challenges to ever making these states Blue or Purple.

I wasn't alive in 1973 and have never really followed horse racing, but I just found a video of the 1973 Belmont Stakes and it's utterly remarkable. Watched it several times now and am still amazed each time. I love when they have to switch to a wider angle lens because Secretariat's lead has become so big.

Also watched the Preakness, where he's dead last for 25+ seconds and then passes the field to win.

I have to give a one off lecture about Bill Gates and the history of Microsoft to some children.

I am puzzled by why he was such a prick as a businessman, and turned out to be a wonderfully generous and helpful person whom I admire greatly. (Not interested in lunatic conspiracy theories.)

Did he always plan to give the money away?

How well did he personally know S Jobs?

So all the rest of you can go to Hell. Also, it's called 'sauce' not gravy, Bridge and Tunnel retards.

We have the worst songs list in another thread, but here we can come at it naming some songs we liked a lot but hardly anyone seem to reference anymore. They still sound good and give pleasure. Good novelty songs that are ripe for rediscovery, too can be mentioned.

Sylvia -- "Pillow Talk" -- one of the sexiest songs evah!

Blexican, huge supporter of gay rights, no girlfriend or baby momma. Any information on him?

The Great American Bake-off:

How would these actually work in real life? Would they just release a foul chemical odor into the air whenever anybody sat on them?

Philip seems to be on everyone's deadpool list for this year; should the eligible widow remarry? Who would it be? Does she have a young, gay, sidekick? Or what bachelors are available around her age? She should just tell her family to shove it and do what she herself wants, for once!

Jealous?

It looks like the situation in India is bad. That could happen here if they don’t roll out the daily announcements again.

I’ve seen too many massless hoards and I’m afar aid people don’t u sets tabs what can happen if they don’t knock it off.

Waffle House Index indicates how bad things are. They have incredible resiliency plans and can reopen after a hurricane or other major event with trailers and generators if need be. Waffle House closing and converting to take out only is a big deal. FEMA looks to Waffle House closure areas as high priority areas

For the love of fuck, make it stop!

Reese Witherspoon = "I'm still America's sweetheart!!!!"

Harvey Weinstein = "All women love the sight of me in a bathrobe"

Kevin Spacey = "There are no straight men, only men who haven't met ME"

What else?

Pete Buttigieg walked back Sunday on his claim Joe Biden's infrastructure package would create 19 million jobs in American – clarifying the plan would still create jobs, but at a much lower number of 2.7 million.

Fox News host Chris Wallace asked President Biden's transportation secretary why he 'misled folks' by claiming the number was more than 16 million than what he is now sharing.

'𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆,' 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒈 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅.

Wallace pushed Buttigieg on the claim, insisting there's a huge difference between the jobs numbers he shared last week to the ones he is now sharing on Sunday.

'It will create 2.7 million more jobs than if we don't do it and that's very important because there are people on this network and others saying with a straight face that this would somehow reduce the number of jobs,' Buttigieg argued in defense of his flip-flopping statistics.

He added: 'It's going to add jobs compared to doing nothing.'

'But would you agree that you and the president and Brian Deese, the economic advisor on this program last week, you all exaggerated the jobs impact?' Wallace didn't let up.

'Look, there are a lot of different analyses about just how many million jobs this is going to create,' Buttigieg deflected.

Last Sunday in an interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Buttigieg claimed Moody's estimated Biden's massive plan would create 19 million jobs in America.

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese pushed the same talking point last week in an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday' with Wallace.

'Secretary, you're the one who cited Moody's Analytics as 19 million, and it's actually 2.7 million, which is a bunch, but it's not what you said,' Wallace said when Buttigieg tried to bring up other analyses.

'It's part of a scenario that Moody says will create 19 million jobs, but the bottom line is it's going to add jobs and this is a direct refutation of people who are saying otherwise,' Buttigieg said.

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I live in Chicago and I have probably seen about five trans people before 2015. Now they are everywhere? Did they all move to my neighborhood overnight?

God forbid.

Daddy Figure:

Drunk? The lip fillers are horrible. It looks uncomfortable to watch her talk with those blow-job lips, slurring her words.

Are you concerned about Jessica, DL? Is it time to stage an intervention?

For those sexy guys who are more Hot than Gorgeous.

Examples: Luke Evans rather than Matt Bomer.

Russell Tovey rather Julian Morris.

Luke Macfarlane rather than Brandon Flynn.

Y’all get the drift.

And ‘Bi’ because it’s apparently the biggest chunk among Gen Z’s who identify as ‘LGBT’.

Hello!! I am a 34 year old gay man that needs help. After moving to Toronto 3 years ago to live with my boyfriend and live happily ever on December 15th 2020 he decided to end the relationship and throw me out onto the streets 10 days before Christmas, in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of a snow storm with -27 degree windchill. Nice guy huh?

Anyhoo I managed to get into a shelter after three weeks on the streets in the blasting cold. The shelter I was at was okay at first. It was quiet and calm. Then they brought in more and more people that had issues and just outright violent. Also someone has taken pictures of me sleeping in my bed in what is supposed to be a secure building and posted them to all of the gay social media sites and apps. VERY CREEPY and unsafe!! The staff would not do anything about it.

Last Friday on April 2nd I had to leave the shelter immediately because my life was threatened and someone pulled a knife on me. That was the last nail in the coffin for living in a shelter. Plus the staff and counselors there did not care that much about helping me at all with employment or housing. Either way I am on ODSP and receiving insurance cheques as I got hit by a car last year due to my injuries. Since I left the shelter after April 1st ODSP will not give me my shelter allowance for April. So basically I am broke until next month.

As of April 8th in the morning I will be back on the streets again unless I find someone who can help me out. I am hoping that Fife House and PWA can help me out in the morning. I will not go back into a city shelter ever again as I was almost murdered in one and there are creepy perverted people there who post photos of me sleeping on the internet. If someone has a couch I can crash on or a spare guest room I can use I would be ever so grateful.

I am looking for employment in my field as a Diesel mechanic. I finished my apprenticeship back in 2019. Just need to write the exam to get my license. But first I need to find shelter so I am off the streets and safe. Second I have been actively searching for employment since I left the shelter. I can clean your apartment, cook your meals, and fix your car if you have tools.(my tools are in storage in London) I am hoping that there is someone out there who can let me stay at their place for a little bit. I will try to pay as much for rent and food as much as possible. I have limited funds coming in throughout the month. But will try to pay as much as possible for food and shelter and hopefully I will get a job.

Please have a kind heart and give a helping hand to a fellow gay man. I am trustworthy. I am man of honesty and integrity. I try to help out as much as possible.

Facebook profile below - Thank You

Instagram is a league of its own for male instahoes using it as their main platform but tiktok seems super gay orientated content wise, twitter is most relaxed on porn and other mainstream apps others may prefer.

Which platform is the closest to sexy gay heaven for you?

I'm the 24-hour Donny and Marie marathon.

Should returning to normal be our goal when? Is it even possible?

My list is pretty long but I'll say Glenn Greenwald. I used to like him.

There is a thread for the best so I thought there should be a thread for the worst as well. Who are the worst simply because they're annoying or because they cannot act? For me it has to be Donnie Dunagan in Son of Frankenstein and Keith Almoney in The Blob.

Returns to ABC Wednesdays at 9pm EST starting tonight 10/21.

While I did find Cardi’s performance completely trashy and tasteless, I busted out laughing at her clap back, with receipts

I thoroughly enjoy web personality Charles Phoenix, "Mid-century pop culture expert", a flamboyant gay brother with a love of 1950's and 1960's culture. His website is www.charlesphoenix.com . Homes, cars, food, and clothing from that era are all things he enjoys studying and sharing with viewers. His Joyride videos for a number of classic cars from that period are delightful. Here is a sample video of a " dusk mauve metallic" 1960 Imperial Crown. It definitely would have been a favorite of the Gay Imperial Owners Club.

Meow.

There are probably other PCB of which I am more fond, but Alec’s Jack Donaghy playing the flute during a musical battle with Condi Rice tickles me so.

Too soon for a sketch with Phillip, Diana and Meghan?

He was on CBS again this morning shilling for the job. Now, I love Lavar. I do. I grew up with him. But how and why is he so entitled to this job? He exhibits no humility, just a blatant public push to be hired. He's gone as far as peppering his lobbying with race by recently telling Entertainment Tonight that they need to hire a black person.

Is Lavar the most qualified person for the job and, even if not, should the producers of Jeopardy hire him? What says Datalounge?

Let's keep the love going.

Part 1 below.

Feel free to chat about all things HGTV, DIY and/or the new Chip Gaines Ball Stank New Network here.

We usually kick these off with the divine Adrian Leeds, but I'm fascinated by the new show (new for HGTV, anyway) Escape to the Chateau and their hosts, Dick and Angel Strawbridge.

Angel loves bringing nature indoors.....though her hair color cannot be found in any natural setting! And Dick is as butch as the day is long........

"We will be forced to step onto the battlefield in a fight ... against the collective West." In another program, Soloviev "further claimed that Russia 'will be destroyed very quickly' if it 'loses Donbas' — a Ukrainian territory that is not Russia's to lose or to keep — because 'Putin's electorate won't stand for it.'" He even suggested this could lead to nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.

Has this pulpy 1975 movie been permanently cancelled? Gay, Marxist and Freudian, film critic Robin Wood, called it thee greatest movie about race ever made in Hollywood! He was kind of a prick, though. Most critics dismissed it as racist trash even then. I stay up late and snuck into the family room to watch it on HBO, with a 2 hour boner.

Hot guy

NYT writes about sperm donors

uh oh

Was listening to Pandora (I don't like Spotify) and Smooth Operator by Sade came on. It was the long version with the spoken intro. From the start I could tell something sounded "off" just from the percussion and sax solo.

When she came in with her vocals they sounded kind of flat, like it was a demo or live version (but it wasn't)......like no reverb or any effects on her voice. Yet the artwork showed the regular album version.

What gives?? (I recently read somewhere that maybe the Anita Baker thread that streaming services were using inferior versions??)

In March Cade Maddox got heat for registering as "Delivery Eats" driver so he could get the Vaccine. But he had good reason for it. He desperately needed his teeth done.

Once fully vaccinated, he flew to Turkey to get the procedure done.

Maddox says having the procedure done in Turkey was “much cheaper”, opposed to getting his custom chompers done in the United States.

Now Cade is showing off his pearly whites all over social media.

Was this all worth it?

I always thought this guy was the hottest! Does anyone know anything about him? Was he gay? Is he still alive? Thank

Will he make it another 100 before coming out?

I find them so sexy, just like chest hair

It was surprisingly good. I thought the two male leads had strong chemistry and passion, especially in the intimate scenes. What did you think? I rented it on Vudu tonight.

They have 3 of the biggest and most beautiful dicks in gay porn. And Dylan Maguire is genuinely handsome! I'm not a devoted fan of the too pretty Bel Ami production style, but can you just imagine being with 3 men like these guys?

I’m in a depressed mood and this always makes me feel better. No matter how many times I watch it I still laugh and feel good. Long live JOAN! Any positive vibes my DL family can send my way are appreciated. I LOVE YOU BITCHES!

Looks big and yummy to me.

Is he cut? I thought he was Canadian?

Interesting he came out at 14. He also says he grew up in Miami. I didn’t know that either.

I was trying to get caught up on the season. I just saw that the judges sent this amazing performer home before the top 24. What the fuck. I’m not even the biggest fan of country but this was fantastic! One of my favorites and THE most entertaining performance. And they sent some awful people through.

Joss Mooney

She is perfectly capable of doing interviews, of performing constantly, of recording and making money for her leeches, but she can’t drive a car? I mean, seriously???

This is fucking ridiculous.

She was perfectly fine. She looked like she didn’t wanna be there but clearly she isn’t the brain dead vegetable a certain psychotic hater on here makes her sound like.

Maga loving hgh abusing womaizer.

Is anybody watching this show? It's basically ballroom houses competing for best house. One of the judges is, of course, DL's favourite Munchausen's By Proxy victim -- Jameela Jamil.

I couldn't fall asleep last night and ended up binging the first 4 available episodes and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. There's something interesting about it, I don't know. I'm surprised that there are so many biological women in these houses and WHITE women, no less!

You whores are good at this. 7”? Over 8”?

I know we had a thread before where people mentioned their ages. I was surprised to see a number of posters in their seventies.

But who is our oldest poster? Do we have any posters over 80?

(I'm nearing 50 and not trying to be snarky, I am genuinely curious.)

A Hulu exec feared the show would remain PG-13 forever. The first question she asked them: when are the kids going to have sex? She breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing their answer.

From $5,000/week movie star to $5 hooker in less than ten years. Why did she have such a tragic fall in Hollywood after such a bright beginning. She was beautiful, talented, and by all accounts a nice person.

Too far?

Continuing the discussion... we're gonna need it.

Will he be a DL fav?

Two with Mariah - two more with another woman and twins expected with a third months after his fourth was born. Does the world need six Nick Cannon spawn?

And has since left Twitter.

She was upset people were calling her rich. She doesn’t feel strong.

Lil Mama, one hit wonder from the 00s, is planning on starting a hetero rights movememnt against "queer bullying". Good luck with that bitch. She's against trans people as well as the rest of whatever the letters are in LGBTQIASFDGDSART

[quote] “I’m about to start a heterosexual rights movement. Anti-LGBTQ Bullying.”

[quote] There are so many people afraid to give their honest opion (sic) because if they do the LGBTQ+ will hear what they want to hear and take statements out of context

[quote] “When I speak I’m not trying to hurt anyone, I’m just speaking my truth, just like you all.”

It looks like this will be the new normal.

Tahar Rahim (A Prophet, The Mauritanian) is smooth and sexy as the handsome, charismatic serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who robbed and murdered travelers along the 'Hippie Trail.' Lots of shirtless scenes.

Two episodes in, there's no sighting yet of Rahim's serpent.

Nothing but inbred parasites

What happened? Spaceman (single) only made the Billboard bubbling under chart. The album didn’t even make top 10.

One of my favorite tearjerkers. Lana Turner is gorgeous in this but the real star is Juanita Moore. What an exquisite performance. Susan Kohner was also fantastic and moving.

The funeral scene 😭

If anyone besides me is still watching Shameless, Frank should have died 10 times over by now.

Recently he did a double heroin and with his transplant (assuming the writers have not forgotten it) he has to die.

Steroids and all. He does look incredible. Shredded and [italic]ripped[/italic].

"We're receiving complaints about too much TV coverage of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," reads a statement on the BBC Complaints page, which invites disgruntled viewers to submit an email address to register a complaint.

Shortly after news of the prince's death broke at noon local time on Friday, the BBC was swift in clearing its entire schedule up to 6 p.m. Later in the day, primetime programs such as the "MasterChef" final — not to mention cult favorite "Gardeners' World" on BBC Two — were also pulled to make way for news specials and tribute programs for the 99-year-old duke.

Evening programs on the BBC, across many of its channels, included "HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Remembered" as well as two airings of "A Tribute to HRH Duke of Edinburgh," which featured interviews with Prince Charles and Princess Anne, presumably carried out shortly after his death.

On BBC Four, as of 10:45 p.m. Friday evening, there was simply a blank screen that reads "Programs on BBC Four have been suspended. Please switch to BBC One for a major news report."

[italic](I did a search and did not see a thread on this topic, I don’t actually care but the headline gave me a chuckle)[/italic]

We see each other daily, he's nice and I can tell he's a bit shy and reserved...i feel I've lost any sense of what it's like to ask another guy out!

Help, Dear Abby!

It is that time of year again when attention turns to making predictions about what the new year will bring.

Some names that spring to mind for me include Bob Barker, Prince Philip, June Lockhart, Liza Minnelli and Barbara Walters.

Winter is coming but short shorts 🩳 are still hot!

Harry and Markle: Take note. This is how it's done. You didn't have to write something as extensive as Pavlos did, but that nothing message that you two posted is embarrassing and hardly acceptable.

Watching “Arrested Development” and she plays George Michael’s teacher. She was certainly cute.

And just found out Jessica Walters died. She was sooo good in this role.

I’ve only ever had it cold, and am shocked some people eat it hot...

Gurl please ✈

Whenever someone offers me the option of having good news delivered first or last, I always say give me the good news last. I don’t see why anyone would want good news first because it would be overshadowed in moments by the bad news. Whenever someone is delivering the good news before the bad news, I am always bracing for the bad news, and all I leave that conversation with is the headline of the bad news. It’s much better to get the bad news out of the way first and then have it softened by the good news.

Please identify the correct subject of this sentence.

BLANK went to the store.

Female Maryland politician 'flew into a rage outside her ex-husbands house, bared her breasts then started waving them around with her hands'

Travis Kelce

He told the story about poor Rue last night on WWHL. I wonder if Bea or Betty offered to give her any money? They certainly had plenty of money to spare.

Every scene is excellent, compelling, beautiful, frightening.

Perfection.

Help! I have fallen down the YouTube algorithm rabbit hole.

I started watching reactions to first-time music listens and now they come up constantly and I can't resist watching some young people who listen to 90s/80s musicians I like for the first time. It's equally compelling as I hope they love Tori or Kate Bush or Bjork and boring as fuck since they rarely have much interesting to say. There's one young guy though who I think said he studies poetry who has really astute analyses of lyrics and music videos, and one really dumb young guy who is vapid but cute in a human puppy kind of way.

I've been watching the British gay guy/straight girl couple Joel and Lia overemote about US/UK differences.

There's a German girl who lives in Ohio and from whom who I have learned so much about Germany that I never thought I'd care to know, and several different people who teach or discuss conversational or "street" French.

It's so addictive but feels like junk food. I don't know if it's better or worse for me than TV, but it's been a decent escape from Trump news 24/7.

If you like Tori Amos at all, there's a guy on YouTube called YANTA who does perfect instrumental versions of her songs on piano and (realistic sounding but synthesized) harpsichord, organs, etc., including the sheet music.

Let’s limit movies with 1-3 cast in its entirety. No supporting characters with crucial spoken lines onscreen outside of these 1-3 cast members. How did these actors sustain interest or did they sustain interest? Was it a plot gimmick or did it aid the storyline e.g. part of the plot.

I really enjoyed Gravity (2013) with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. But Clooney’s character was gone for most of the movie. The film could’ve dragged on and given the heavy handed Hollywood treatment like other existential space movies in the past, but it didn’t and that’s partly why it worked. Bullock’s performance also held our attention.

Who would it be, and why?

I’d choose Jan Hooks. Her talent was enormous in comparison to her resume. Would love to have seen decades more of her.

This thread is yo discuss his body not his new beard.

Awwwww .......this is sad. And weird ... and a hoax ??

Off to try and find more pictures !

There have been rumors and some coy interviews with the actor playing him. If you've seen TFA you'd probably agree that he appears to be smelling cookies throughout the movie, even as he's piloting an X-Wing like a bad-ass and generally being Han Solo 2.0. The character is very gregarious and out-going, not at all fey, but just a smidge too "on." Super smiley and huggy. Cookie smelling all OVER that galaxy. You'd think Jedis were replaced with Keebler elves if you just watched him through the whole movie. It goes without saying that he's very handsome.

I do NOT think Finn is gay, although Poe probably wishes he were. I saw more sparks and chemistry between Finn and Rey, anyway. The people wishing for a Poe-Finn romance are clearly nuts, but is it nuts to think that someone decided to play this character as a cryto-gay and TPTB were on board with that? Is it a cynical attempt to attract gay dollars without actually making him a gay character? I know blockbusters are planned around the international market and this won't fly in Muslim/African/Asian markets, so are they trying to have it both ways? A character who "seems gay" to those looking for that, but who is otherwise asexual/"default heterosexual" to other audiences?

Will he "come out" in one of the next Star Wars movies? Or is Oscar Isaac just playing him "that way" to let it "fly under the radar." Is it intentional on Isaac's part? Is J.J. Abrams on board? How cool would it be to have a gay Star Wars lead character, even one who is never explicitly portrayed as such?

Should I book a Pfizer vaccine this week (it is so far from my home) or wait for the J and J vaccine? I prefer the J and J, but I cannot find available appointments at all. I could schedule and Pfizer, it far from my home though.

The J and J is the best right?

Why or why not? Who would be good or better if not Patrick?

Thanks to Reply 34 of the "Celebrities Who Would Have Better Careers if They Had Cooler Names" thread for the idea for this thread.

What about the furniture that is used in the final reveals?

this is great for Democrats. There's nothing more helpful to us than Trump continually bashing repub leadership. Let the repubs tear each other apart

Liz Cheney got off some good lines today.

On Gaetz: "As the mother of daughters, the charges certainly are sickening."

On Trump: "The former president is using the same language that he knows provoked violence on Jan. 6. As a party, we need to be focused on the future. We need to be focused on embracing the Constitution, not embracing insurrection."

I never saw it. I could never bring myself to watch it after reading Entertainment Weekly's review by LIsa Schwarzbaum. Possibly the most scathing indictment of a movie I've ever read. It is still my all-time favorite nasty review of anything, and with Oscars soon here, I wanted to share it with DL....

Post anything that comes to mind. Maudlin movies others love that you despise, or maybe share an amazing horrid review that's worth reading long after the movie has been forgotten.

She's 81.

Great interview:

I mean, holy crap!

He was such a hottie.

For whomever and whatever their gun may damage. Insurance companies should regulate this.

I think I finally have. I haven’t had a serious relationship in 6 years. All my friends are huge disappointments and don’t appear to give a shit whether they ever hear from me again. I think I’m finally done trying.

Is there no end to her talents?

Funny stuff

How was the experience? How were your peers? Did it affect how you viewed your sexuality? Have you checked up on your peers?

I went to an Evangelical school. I want to say that it was a horrible experience for me, but that is a little bit of an exaggeration. I was teased for being "different", but I am sure it wasn't that out of the ordinary. I recently checked on my peers and they seem to be doing well for themselves in a middle-class way.

I currently deal with so many issues that bother me and that will simply not vanish. I do not want to whine though.

How to avoid having to commit suicide? I do not think I will be able to. I live with my thoughts, body and whole being for 24/7 and it just seems so impossible to shed it voluntarily.

If so when did you go? What was your impression? What is there to do? How does it compare to Dublin?

Yep, I am looking for some professional pants that look good on dudes with nice butts. Please share links.

This should go well.

Crack dat back bro

They doing chiropractor themed Sean Cody videos now?

This will be interesting!

I like him, though, so it’s cool.

I recently read [italic]Let's Get Back to the Party[/italic] by Zak Salih and am currently reading [italic]Memorial[/italic] by Bryan Washington. Neither book features quotation marks when characters speak.

Is this guy really straight? Queerbaiter straight/trade or on the dl

Which one(s) were your favorites? I suppose some, especially in the military, have visited the site of ancient Babylon, although no one has located the Hanging Gardens or proven whether they even existed.

[quote] Of the original Seven Wonders, only one—the Great Pyramid of Giza, oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact. The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were all destroyed. The location and ultimate fate of the Hanging Gardens are unknown, and there is speculation that they may not have existed at all.

Take my poll please.

damn!

I'm a hardcore ass man, and I want to hear some stories.

I was standing in line at my local smoothie spot, and I notice this slightly tall Asian guy in front of me. He has the most incredible ass, I literally had to catch my damn breath. My eyes were buried in his backside, til' finally he grabbed his smoothie and left. I so badly wanted to follow him to his car just so I could gaze that ass longer.

Expect a lot of these “I was the sane one” exposés in the next year.

This is just a silly Sunday question that popped into my head.

And yes R1, I realize that this is a stupid question and that you leave such trivial concerns, like furniture polish, to the help. But for everyone else...

Given that Biden is already essentially too old to be President now. He should hold to the job for no more than a couple of years. Then Kamala should resign and Biden names Hillary Vice President, than Biden resigns. It seems only fair as Hillary was robbed in 2016 and it would make Republicans lose their shit!

Better than La Belle's?

Discuss

Are there any other interesting celebrity virginity stories or pairings?

I just watched Soleil’s documentary, Kid 90, Sheen refers to himself as “Charles” on messages on her answering machine.

Wasn’t Johnny Depp Winona Ryder’s first?

FINALLY!

Did anyone catch his recent remarks to the beltway press? The guy has lost it. His voice is failing, and he is scrambling to do what he used to so effortlessly. Even though everyone hates him, his power was undeniable. No longer.

I think Plump exposed him. And pulled back the curtain. He seems so basic now and struggling to get his footing.

Worthy of Larry King and Ina Garten.

Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street sets the records straight about the controversial sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended Mark Patton’s acting career, just as it was about to begin. Scream Queen follows Patton as he travels to horror conventions across the U.S.

Each new city unwraps a chapter from his life that is met with equal parts joyful and bittersweet detail, as he attempts to make peace with his past and embrace his legacy as cinema’s first male “scream queen.” Scream Queen also finds Patton confronting Freddy’s Revenge cast and crew for the first time, including co-stars Robert Rusler, Kim Myers and Clu Gulager, as well as Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund.

She achieved the record breaking height of 7" 7.25" in the mid 70's & weighed at the time from 440 to 480 lbs.

Sandy had traveled all over the world for public events. I'm surprised that there aren't more photos of her on the internet since she posed with thousands of newlyweds (& others) in Niagara Falls for almost a decade at the Guinness Book Of Records Museum there. There's maybe 2 dozen total on some search engines.

Did anyone here ever meet her in her various appearances in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Niagara Falls or her hometown of Shelbyville Indiana?

She lived longer than any other giantess in modern times & passed away at 53 in 2008.

Discuss.

Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie announced on Friday that she has given up her crown amid controversy surrounding her behavior at the Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant.

Pushpika De Silva won Mrs. Sri Lanka, but during the crowning ceremony on Sunday, Jurie snatched the tiara off De Silvia's head, claiming De Silva was divorced which is against the pageant's rules. De Silva, however, clarified in a Facebook post that she is separated, not divorced and said she was injured during the incident.

While taking off De Silva's crown she was allegedly injured and Jurie was arrested and released on bail Thursday in relation to the incident.

Jurie discussed the drama in a video post about her decision to step away from the pageant that has been "tainted" by the crowning ceremony.

"I will always stand for what I believe is right," the former title-holder said in a video while wearing her crown and sash. "Every beauty pageant has a set of rules and regulations. What I was pushing for from the beginning was a fair stage. The rules and regulations are equal to all. Rules aren't there so that we can find loopholes so that we can win at any cost. I believe rules and regulations are there for a reason."

She continued, "The Mrs. World pageant was not created to discriminate divorced or separated women but to celebrate the dreams of the married women." Jurie also implied that there are other pageants De Silva could have applied to as a separated woman.

"I know I burst a few bubbles, created conversation and even a discussion about class and values that a queen wearing a crown should stand for," Jurie said. "If class is defined by how one behaves in the eye of the public, I will let you draw your own conclusion on that. But if class is also defined by how you behave when no one is watching you and what values you stand by, that is the true test of character." The former Mrs. World stressed the importance of standing up for "values even if it means to stand alone in the front of disaster."

"My only intention was to stand up for the injustice caused to the competitors throughout this competition which was tainted with heavy politicization," she said.

At the end of the clip, Jurie said, "I am now ready to hand over the crown," before removing the crown from her head.

On Thursday, Jurie along with model Chula Padmendra were arrested on "charges of simple hurt and criminal cause" related to the crowning ceremony incident, police spokesman Ajith Rohana told BBC. Reps of Jurie and Padmendra did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's requests for comment.

They both are expected to appear in court on April 19, according to the Associated Press.

In a video of the crowning ceremony, published by the Colombo Gazette, Jurie told the audience, "There is a rule that you have to be married and not divorced, so I am taking my first steps in saying that the crown goes to the first runner-up."

She then removed the crown from the winner's head and placed it on runner-up, prompting De Silva to walk offstage, the video shows.

De Silva later said she suffered "injuries to my skull" when Jurie "snatched" her crown.

"So, even though that symbolic crown has been snatched from my head, I would like to inform you that I have already taken the necessary legal action for the injustice and insult that has taken place," she wrote in a statement translated from Sinhala.

The chief organizer of Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant, Chandimal Jayasinghe, also condemned Jurie's actions, telling BBC, "We are disappointed. It was a disgrace how Caroline Jurie behaved on the stage and the Mrs. World organisation has already begun an investigation on the matter."

Thinking of going to Scottsdale, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon. Has anyone been to any gay resorts? Partner s here but would like to be sitting poolside with other gay men.

I liked her in Night Moves with Gene Hackman and a very young Melanie Griffith. She looked a lot like Katharine Ross.

Is anyone gay in gay porn anymore?