Greetings music lovuhs, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. Or perhaps should I say "tap-tap, tap-tap-tap" since it's National Morse Code Day, too. Send this to likeminded nerds:  ( ... --- ...). It's   the universal Morse code distress signal, dont'cha know. 'Cause we're living in stressful times, aren't we?  It's time to decompress, if only for an evening, and at the Manor's exclusive "Tug Job" bar, vapory and snackery (warm, cheesy cassava bread is served all night!), DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing tunes by a  performer whose career as a big band singer, Broadway, movie and TV star stretched over 50 years. Do you know who it is? If you guessed Fran Warren, you're right. And, yes, you can also add Sexploitation Queen to her resume, since she played the cranky mom in " Toys Are Not For Children ," a beloved 1972 psycho-sexual drama extraordinaire. Fran really did do it all! It was the early 1940s ...

Pete Ham - Welsh musician and singer-songwriter - (1947-1975) Froy Gutierrez - American actor and singer - 28 Cassie Randolph - American tv personality - 31 Allison Iraheta - American singer - 34 Lovely Mimi - Vietnamese-American media personality, artist and nail salon owner - 36 Martha Hunt - American model - 37 Lizzo - American rapper and singer - 38 William Moseley - English actor - 39 Jenna Coleman - British actress - 40 Patrick Stump - American musician, singer-songwriter, member of Fall Out Boy - 42 Ari Graynor - American actress - 43 Sally Hawkins - English actress - 50 Nigel Barker - Reality tv personality - 54 Kylie Travis - Australian actress - 56 Matt Reeves - American filmmaker - 60 Anna Chancellor - English actress - 61 James LeGros - American actor - 64 Rande Gerber - American businessman - 64 Sheena Easton - Scottish singer and actress - 67 Kate Pierson - American singer, lyricist and founding member of the B-52s - 78 Ann Peebles - American singer-songwriter - 7...

Listen, I'm not saying these assassination attempts on 47 are faker than his burnt Turkish apricot tan, but I've seen more convincing death scenes in a rural Arkansas high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. They couldn’t even get hired to wear a Goofy suit at Disney World because they are so unconvincing. The facts don’t add up. Their performances are so lazy that the effort to hard sell these narratives only works on the feverish indoctrinated cult members. You need MAGA atrophied brain matter to not give yourself a concussion with eye rolls. Let’s break this down because it is too much. They are doing too much.  The Butler Rally: A Masterclass in Melodramatic Timing Let's start with the pièce de résistance: Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. We are to believe that a 20-year-old with a rifle can climb onto a rooftop 400 feet from a former president during a campaign rally, and no one notices until he starts shooting.  Yes, some guy just gets up on a rooftop with ge...

Gen X beauty, the cool, detached, slightly subversive aesthetic embodied by women like Winona Ryder, the real Supermodels (Linda, Christy, Naomi, Kate, Shalom, Helena), Sade Adu, Lisa Bonet, Angelina Jolie, and Uma Thurman, to name a few, is having a quiet but very intentional resurgence, and companies are paying attention. This is the anti-performative face of beauty: matte skin, undone hair, minimal fuss, a kind of emotional distance that reads as power rather than effort. In a market saturated with hyper-curated routines, poreless skin, and influencer maximalism that no one with a life has time for, brands are rediscovering the commercial appeal of restraint.  You’re seeing it in campaigns that lean into healthy, realistic skin,  pared-down makeup, and a return to individuality over algorithmic perfection. It’s not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, though; it’s strategy. Consumers are fatigued by overkill and searches for unrealistic optimization, and Gen X beauty ideals offe...

Bronagh Gallagher- Northern Irish singer and actress - 54 Luke Bracey - Australian actor - 37 Jemima Kirke - British-American artist, actress and director - 41 Ms. Dynamite - British singer and rapper - 45 Jordana Brewster - American actress - 46 Channing Tatum - American actor and film producer - 46 Stana Katic - Canadian-American actress - 48 Pablo Schreiber - Canadian-American actor - 48 Fredrik Eklund - Swedish real estate broker, reality tv personality, author - 49 Tom Welling - American actor, director, producer and model - 49 Mckenzie Westmore - American actress - 49 Shondrella Avery - American actress, model and comedian - 55 Tionne Watkins aka T-Boz - American singer-songwriter, actress - 56 Jacqueline Laurita - American tv personality - 56 Marianne Jean-Baptiste - English actress and director - 59 Kevin James - American comedian and actor - 61 Jet Li - Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, former wushu champion, actor - 63 Michael Damian - American actor, recordin...

Credit: Warner Brothers It's April 25th, and you know what that means: Miss Congeniality Day! In the film, which came out 26 (!) years ago, Miss Rhode Island, played by the lovely Heather Burns, described April 25th as her perfect date. "It's not too hot, it's not too cold, all you need is a light jacket!" It is definitely too cold here in my neck of the woods, but hopefully some of you Peckers are enjoying the weather today!

Andy Bell - English singer-songwriter - 62 Maggie Rogers - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 32 Jonathan Bailey - English actor - 38 Sara Paxton - American actress and singer - 38 Jay Park - American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer - 39 Daniel Sharman - English actor - 40 Rachel Lindsay - American media personality, attorney and podcaster - 41 Jillian Bell - American actress, comedian and screenwriter - 42 Melonie Diaz - American actress - 42 Jacob Underwood - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer - 46 Marguerite Moreau - American actress - 49 Emily Bergl - American actress - 51 Jason Lee - American actor, filmmaker, photographer - 56 Joe Buck - American sportscaster for ESPN - 57 Gina Torres - American actress - 57 Renée Zellweger - American actress - 57 Rory Feek - American singer-songwriter - 61 Hank Azaria - American actor, comedian and producer - 62 Jeffrey DeMunn - American actor - 79 Talia Shire - American actress - 80 Stu Cook...

A Summer Tea Party, approx. 1910 Louis Wain

Captain Sensible - English guitarist, singer-songwriter - 72 Kehlani - American singer-songwriter - 31 Jordan Fisher - American actor, singer-songwriter - 32 Joe Keery - American actor and musician - 34 Jack Quaid - American actor - 34 Katherine Webb - American model and tv personality - 37 Tyson Ritter - American musician and actor - 42 Alexis Ohanian - American Internet entrepreneur and investor - 43 Kelly Clarkson - American singer-songwriter, tv personality and author - 44 Austin Nichols - American actor and director - 46 Danny Gokey - American singer - 46 Eric Balfour - American actor - 49 Rebecca Mader - English actress - 49 Derek Luke - American actor - 52 Barry Stock - Canadian musician, member of Three Days Grace - 52 Damon Lindelof - American screenwriter, comic book writer and producer - 53 Chipper Jones - American former professional baseball player - 54 Melinda Clarke - American actress - 57 Aidan Gillen - Irish actor - 58 Mark Vanderloo - Dutch model and actor -...

 

Roy Orbison - American singer-songwriter and guitarist - (1936-1988) Chloe Kim - American snowboarder - 26 Charlie Rowe - English actor and musician - 30 Gigi Hadid - American model and tv personality - 31 Caleb Johnson - American singer - 35 Dev Patel - British actor and filmmaker - 36 Jessica Stam - Canadian model - 40 Taio Cruz - British singer-songwriter - 41 Jaime King - American actress and model - 47 Joanna Krupa - Polish-born American model and actress - 47 John Cena - American actor and retired professional wrestler - 49 John Oliver - British and American comedian, writer, producer, actor, tv host - 49 Kal Penn - American actor, author - 49 Aaron Dessner - American musician and songwriter - 50 Barry Watson - American actor - 52 Melina Kanakaredes - American actress - 59 David Tutera - American celebrity wedding planner and tv host - 60 John Hannah - Scottish actor - 64 Valerie Bertinelli - American actress and tv personality - 66 Craig Sheffer - American actor - 6...

I saw "Project Hail Mary" ( in the theater! ) last night and I loved all two and a half hours of it (it's even better than "Cats" )! I've been hearing about how good it is, but I had no idea what it's about (I hadn't seen any ads, probably because my tv's always on MeTv and most of the ads are for term-life insurance), but it isn't a religious film, it's sci-fi, but not drearily dystopian or aliens committing horrors. I can't remember any movie where I've smiled so much all through it. A brief precis: something molecular called astrophages are eating up the energy of the sun, which could lead to our planet's extinction, as well as other stars in our universe, except for one star. A ship has to be sent to that one star that hasn't been affected to figure out why, and to stave off our own destruction. Sounds pretty grim, huh?  Well, it ain't. Ryan Gosling is Dr. Grace, a professor at a middle school for brainiacs, and he...

Amelle Berrabah - English singer, former member of Sugababes - 42 Machine Gun Kelly - American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor - 36 Amber Heard - American actress - 40 Michelle Ryan - British actress - 42 Cassidy Freeman - American actress and musician - 44 Daniel Johns - Australian musician - 47 Shavo Odadjian - Armenian-American musician - 52 Willie Robertson - American tv personality, businessman, author - 54 Ingo Rademacher - German-Australian tv actor - 55 Eric Mabius - American actor - 55 Sherri Shepherd - American actress, comedian, author and media personality - 59 Sheryl Lee - German-born American actress - 59 Jeffrey Dean Morgan - American actor - 60 Ryan Styles - American-Canadian actor, comedian and producer - 67 Peter Frampton - English guitarist, singer-songwriter - 76 John Waters - American filmmaker, writer, actor and artist - 80 Janet Evanovich - American writer - 83 Jack Nicholson - American retired actor and filmmaker - 89 Issey Miyake - Japanese fashi...

Credit: Martin County Sheriff's Office Tiger Woods! With 42% of your votes, the serial DUI-er and Tr*mp bestie has taken the top spot. Domestic abuser, Taylor Frankie Paul, came in second at 23%, followed by Jonathan Majors (16%), Rebel Wilson, (11%), and, finally, Timothée Chalamet (8%). Thank you for your votes and we will see you next month!