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OPEN POST: Betty Broderick Has Died

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Source: AP Betty Broderick, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, has passed away of natural causes at the age of 78.  Broderick's case became a national sensation when details of her marriage and messy divorce from her ex-husband, Dan Broderick, came to light. The two were originally married in 1969 and went on to have four children. Betty worked and supported her family while Dan went to medical school and then law school, eventually becoming a successful medical malpractice attorney. In the early 1980s, Dan began an affair with Linda Kolkena, who was his legal assistant. Betty grew suspicious and erratic, with Dan eventually filing for divorce in 1985. Dan and Linda married quickly after the divorce was settled, and Betty moved to a new home with the pair's children.  Betty continued to harass Dan and Linda, breaking into their home and leaving threatening voicemails on their answering machine. Betty was jailed...

Birthday Hors

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Candice Bergen - American actress - 80 Noah Centineo - American actor - 30 Grace Gummer - American actress - 40 Chris Zylka - American actor and model - 41 Audrina Patridge - American tv personality, model and actress - 41 Sasha Farber - Australian professional dancer and choreographer - 42 Rosario Dawson - American actress - 47 Matt Morris - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 47 Andrew W.K. - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer - 47 Daniel Franzese - American actor - 48 Chris Diamantopoulos - Canadian actor - 51 Tamia - Canadian singer-songwriter - 51 Dylan Lauren - American businesswoman - 52 Ghostface Killah - American rapper and member of Wu-Tang Clan - 56 Dave Gahan - English singer-songwriter, member of Depeche Mode - 64 John Corbett - American actor and singer - 65 Amy Hill - Japanese-American actress and stand-up comedian - 73 Alley Mills - American actress - 75 Billy Joel - American singer, songwriter and pianist - 77 Clint Holm...

OPEN POST: Two Old Smokers

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Two Old Smokers, 1950 Charles Spencelayh

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Sir David Attenborough - British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, writer - 100 6ix9ine - American rapper - 30 Katy B - English singer-songwriter - 37 Nyle DiMarco - American model, actor and Deaf activist - 37 Trisha Paytas - American actress, singer and media personality - 38 Michelle McManus - Scottish singer, columnist and tv presenter - 46 Matthew Davis - American actor - 48 Josie Maran - American model, actress and entrepreneur - 48 Martha Wainwright - Canadian singer-songwriter and musician - 50 Enrique Iglesias - Spanish singer-songwriter - 51 Candace Nelson - Indonesian-born American pastry chef and tv personality - 52 Karen Gravano - American reality tv personality - 54 Darren Hayes - Australian singer-songwriter, music producer and composer - 54 Marta Sanchez - Spanish singer - 60 Melissa Gilbert - American actress - 62 Michel Gondry - French filmmaker and musician - 63 David Keith - American actor and director - 72 Alex Van Halen - American musician, origin...

OPEN POST: Hosted By "Today On Cooking With Brooklyn Beckham:" SURF & TURF! with Glazed Carrots

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Thelma Houston - American singer and actress - 80 Rico Nasty - American rapper and singer - 29 Alexander Ludwig - Canadian actor and musician - 34 Brandon Jones - American actor, musician, model and producer - 38 Natalie Mejia - American singer, model, actress and dancer - 38 Aidy Bryant - American actress and comedian - 39 Chiara Ferragni - Italian blogger and businesswoman - 39 Matt Helders - English singer-songwriter and musician - 40 J Balvin - Colombian singer - 41 Scheana Shay - American tv personality, actress and singer - 41 Aliyah O’Brien - Canadian actress - 45 Frenchie Davis - American broadway performer and singer - 47 Gunhild Carling - Swedish musician and multi-instrumentalist - 51 Breckin Meyer - American actor - 52 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Swedish singer and stage performer - 58 Traci Lords - American actress and singer - 58 Michael E. Knight - American actor - 67 Ned Bellamy - American actor - 69 Peter Reckell - American actor and musician - 71 Amy Heckerling - America...

Open Post: Hurry Up And SLOW. DOWN. With This Kicky '66 Thunderbird!

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Sometimes it feels like things are happening too fast, that the news cycles are accelerating before we can even process what happened in the first place. But you owe it to yourself to take it easy. You deserve it! Look, whether it's 1966 or 2026, lots of stuff's been going on, but we'll weather whatever the world has to throw our way, we always do. And speaking of...in 1966 the Oscars were televised in color for the first time , as well as the first and only color episode of the original Perry Mason series, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist:"  I've never drag-raced (or raced in drag). I'd much rather take a nice leisurely drive along the shore in this '66 Thunderbird. There's some things you just can't hurry--the Supremes know what I mean: Happy Open Post, darlings! Photo Credit: AK

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Emily Armstrong - American singer and guitarist, lead singer of Linkin Park - 40 Emily Alyn Lind - American actress - 24 Noah Galvin - American actor and singer - 32 Naomi Scott - English actress and singer - 33 Meek Mill - American rapper - 39 Sasheer Zamata - American actress, stand-up comedian and writer - 40 Adrianne Palicki - American actress and model - 43 Gabourey Sidibe - American actress - 43 Raquel Zimmermann - Brazilian model - 43 Chris Shiflett - American musician, lead guitarist of the Foo Fighters - 55 George Clooney - American-French actor and filmmaker - 65 Clay O’Brien - American rodeo performer and former child actor - 65 Gina Riley - Australian retired actress, writer, singer and comedian - 65 Roma Downey - Irish actress, producer and author - 66 Julianne Phillips - American former model and actress - 66 Tom Bergeron - American tv personality and game show host - 71 Alan Dale - New Zealander actor - 79 Bob Seger - American retired singer-songwriter and musician -...

OPEN POST: Dominic Sessa as Anthony Bourdain

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Credit: A24/EW This August, A24 will be releasing their biopic on Anthony Bourdain. Tony , which is directed by Matt Johnson, and is expected to focus on Bourdain's early culinary experiences in 1976 during his time in Provincetown, Mass.  Dominic Sessa, who rose to fame after his breakout role in The Holdovers,  will play young Bourdain. Other stars on the cast include Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones and Rich Sommer. This kind of biopic seems like something Bourdain would probably not approve of. But you can't tell that to Hollywood! Will you be checking out Tony this summer?  Credit: World of Reel

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  Ilene Woods - American actress and singer - (1929-2010) Nathan Chen - American figure skater - 27 Hannah Jeter - American model and tv host - 36 Adele - English singer-songwriter and actress - 38 Skye Sweetnam - Canadian singer-songwriter, member of Sumo Cyco - 38 Brooke Hogan - American tv personality and musician - 38 Clark Duke - American actor - 41 Henry Cavill - British actor - 43 Vanessa Bryant - American businesswoman, philanthropist and model - 44 Lynsi Snyder - American businesswoman, owner and heiress of In-N-Out - 44 Craig David - British singer-songwriter - 45 Danielle Fishel - American actress and director - 45 Hank Green - American science communicator, novelist and entrepreneur - 46 Vincent Kartheiser - American actor - 47 Tina Yothers - American singer and former actress - 53 Kyan Douglas - American tv personality and stylist - 56 Kurt Sutter - American screenwriter, director, producer and actor - 66 Brian Williams - American journalist and tv news anchor -...

OPEN POST: Music Manor Monday With The Powerful Miss Toni Fisher!

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Greetings music lovers, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, this entry being, I hope, a brassy antidote to the mess that has become The Met Ball, or the East Coast's most famous Jerk Parade, tonight with Extra Jerk and Tupperware Titays (with apologies to dearly departed Tupperware). Can anything work to counter this gory dumpster fire of tacky, mess and blurgh? DJ Li'l Scratch believes so, and tonight at the Manor's exclusive after hours club, "Huh? Wha? I'll Have That With Sloppy Oral," he'll by spinning delicious tunes by a brassy singer you're guaranteed to be delighted by. Yes, it's Miss Toni Fisher, a performer who's giving us serious "growl, snarl, snap" above. Don't mess with Miss Toni amirite? Her time in the spotlight was brief. She was a Hollywood nightclub singer for only five years, recorded just one LP - 1960's "The Big Hurt" - and scored only two Top 40 hits, the first one being ...

Birthday Hors

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Marilyn Martin - American singer-songwriter - 72 Rex Orange County - English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - 28 Alexander Gould - American actor - 31 Grace Phipps - American actress, singer and dancer - 34 Little Boots - English singer-songwriter and DJ - 42 Dallon Weekes - American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer - 45 Lance Bass - American singer, dancer, actor, producer, podcaster - 47 Erin Andrews - American sportscaster and tv personality - 48 Kimora Lee Simmons - American businesswoman, fashion designer, tv personality - 51 Mike Dirnt - American musician, co founder of Green Day - 54 Will Arnett - Canadian and American actor and comedian - 56 Kate Garraway - English broadcaster and journalist - 59 Ana Gasteyer - American actress, comedian and singer - 59 Randy Travis - American singer-songwriter and actor - 67 Pia Zadora - American actress and singer - 72 Oleta Adams - American singer-songwriter and pianist - 73 Michael Barrymore - English come...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 05/04/2026

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John Lewis marched and bled so The Voting Rights Act could become law. Hundreds more died. But John Roberts and his largely racist, Republican Supreme Court have destroyed Lewis' legacy - and demolished The Voting Rights Act.   American democracy may never recover. This is not hyperbole. Years ago, when Roberts was about to be appointed to the Supreme Court, Lewis warned us:  "Under Roberts, I feel that the leadership of the Court will promote politics over the protection of individual rights and liberties. Roberts may be a brilliant lawyer, but I wonder whether he can really understand the depth of what it took to get the Voting Rights Act passed. The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society. Roberts's memos reveal him to be hostile towards civil rights, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. He has even said that Voting Rights Act violations, and I quote, 'should not be made too easy to ...

OPEN POST: With That Tacky-Ass Free Magazine From Your Elementary School!

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If you were tiny in the 1970s, 80s or early 90s, you were likely subjected to "Dynamite," a tacky-ass free magazine distributed to elementary school kids nationwide starting in kindergarten, as well as at children's doctors offices, or really any place with which to reach a pre-teen audience. Why tacky-ass? Because it was essentially a massive nationwide free advertising vehicle, which pushed the likes of "Shields and Yarnell," for example, a sub-par network variety show starring married mime performers. And really, who else would give this forgettable Vegas act a nationwide magazine cover but "Dynamite," much less the here today/gone tomorrow actor who played Juan on "Welcome Back Kotter?" I said what I said.  The magazine also included half-hearted  tricks, games and contests, but the focus was mostly on what was later called "advertorial content." Again, this was distributed in elementary schools. When it wasn't trying to pu...

Birthday Hors

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Rachel Zegler - American actress and singer - 25 Desiigner - American rapper, singer-songwriter - 29 Mary Lambert - American singer-songwriter and spoken words artist - 37 Michael Kiwanuka - British singer-songwriter and record producer - 39 Poppy Delevingne - English socialite, actress and model - 40 Meagan Tandy - American actress and model - 41 Cheryl Burke - American dancer, model and tv host - 42 Rebecca Hall - English actress and director - 44 Farrah Franklin - American singer and actress - 45 Emily V. Gordon - American writer, producer and podcast host - 47 Eric Church - American singer-songwriter - 49 Willie Geist - American tv personality and journalist - 51 Christina Hendricks - American actress and former model - 51 Dulé Hill - American actor - 51 Bobby Cannavale - American actor - 56 Jeffrey Sebelia - American fashion designer, musician - 56 Amy Ryan - American actress - 58 Nina Garcia - Colombian-American fashion journalist - 61 Karen Huger - American tv personality...