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Trent Reznor - American musician, singer-songwriter, producer, composer - 61 AJ Mitchell - American singer-songwriter and musician - 25 Kree Harrison - American singer and musician - 36 Ross Butler - Singaporean-born American actor - 36 Leven Rambin - American actress - 36 Nikki Reed - American actress - 38 Tahj Mowry - American actor and singer - 40 Derek Hough - American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and singer - 41 Lena Waithe - American actress, producer and screenwriter - 42 Rochelle Aytes - American actress and model - 50 Kandi Burruss - American actress, businesswoman, producer, media personality - 50 Andrea Corr - Irish musician, singer and actress - 52 Sasha Alexander - American actress - 53 Josh Homme - American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - 53 Jordan Knight - American singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of NKOTB - 56 Alicia Arden - American actress - 57 Tabatha Coffey - Australian hairstylist, businesswoman and tv personality - 57 Thom Filic...

OPEN POST: Isabella Rossellini and Joan Collins at Cannes!

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  Source: Isabella Rossellini on instagram Here are the iconic Isabella Rossellini and the iconic Joan Collins gracing Cannes this week. The two are starring in The Duchess and I,  a British drama directed by Mike Newell that focuses on Wallis Simpson's final years living as a widow and recluse in Paris. Collins plays Simpson, who suffered from many illnesses and became increasingly incapacitated around 1978.  Rossellini plays Suzanna Blum, a French lawyer who assumed control of the Duchess's affairs after the Duke of Windsor's passing in 1972. Blum isolated Simpson from family and friends, dismissed her staff, and sold off valuable heirlooms to personal contacts both before and after Wallis's passing in 1986. Blum maintained that all actions reflected the Duchess's explicit wishes, though she often withheld any documentation of her authority. Here's a photo of the two in full costume:  Credit: Venetia Scott, courtesy of British Vogue Will you be watching The Du...

Birthday Hors

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Richard Page - American musician and singer-songwriter - 73 Miles Heizer - American actor - 32 Kirstin Maldonado - American singer-songwriter and actress - 34 Ashley Wagner - American former competitive figure skater - 35 Thomas Brodie-Sangster - English actor - 36 Jermaine Fowler - American actor, comedian, producer and writer - 38 Behati Prinsloo - Namibian model - 38 Megan Fox - American actress - 40 Alex Pall - American actor and composer - 41 Joseph Morgan - English actor - 45 Jim Sturgess - English actor and singer-songwriter - 48 Lynn Collins - American actress - 49 Melanie Lynskey - New-Zealander actress - 49 Jason Acuña - American stunt performer, tv personality,pro skateboarder, actor - 53 Tori Spelling - American actress - 53 Khary Payton - American actor - 54 David Boreanaz - American actor, tv producer and director - 57 Tracey Gold - American actress - 57 Ralph Tresvant - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 58 Janet Jackson - American singer-songwrite...

OPEN POST: La Garcome

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La Garcome, 1925 Jean-Gabriel Domergue

Birthday Hors

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Mike Oldfield - English retired musician, songwriter and producer - 73 Sophie Cookson - English actress - 36 Stella Maxwell - British-Irish model - 36 Andy Murray - British former professional tennis player - 39 Ashlynn Yennie - American actress - 41 The Kid Mero - Dominican-American writer, comedian, tv personality, artist - 43 Jessica Sutta - American singer-songwriter, former actress - 44 Alexandra Breckenridge - American actress - 44 Jamie-Lynn Sigler - American actress and singer - 45 Zoltan Bathory - Hungarian-American musician and martial artist - 48 Caroline Dhavernas - Canadian actress - 48 David Krumholtz - American actor - 48 Ahmet Zappa - American musician and writer - 52 David Charvet - French-American singer and actor - 54 Emmitt Smith - American former football player - 57 Greg Wise - English actor and producer - 60 Giselle Fernandez - American actress and director - 65 Ron Simmons - American former professional wrestler and football player - 68 Mary Jo Buttafuoco - ...

Who is April's Shitbag of the Month?

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Our first April contender is Katy Perry. The 41-year old popstar found herself in hot water this month when Ruby Rose shared that she had been sexually assaulted by Perry back in 2010. Rose alleges that she was at a Melbourne nightclub laying on a friend's lap, when Perry approached her and stuck her crotch on the actor's face. Rose says she was violently ill immediately after the assault. Police are allegedly investigating the incident. Perry has denied the claims and says that Rose has a history of making "serious allegations against various individuals that have been denied by those named." Source: MTV Well, looky here! Our second contender was actually married to our first contender once upon a time. How romantic! Next up is actor-turned-religious-guru Russell Brand. Brand, who won SBOTM twice last year, is keeping his shitbag streak alive and well this year. In April, Brand admitted to sleeping with a 16-year old girl back when he was 30. He says that it was tota...

OPEN POST: Hosted By "Today On Cooking With Brooklyn Beckham": DUMP DINNER!

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Birthday Hors

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Ian Astbury - British singer, founding member of The Cult - 64 Miranda Cosgrove - American actress and singer - 33 Rob Gronkowski - American former football player - 37 Matt Cardona - American professional wrestler and actor - 41 Mark Zuckerberg - American businessman and philanthropist - 42 Amber Tamblyn - American actress and author - 43 Dan Auerbach - American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - 47 Martine McCutcheon - English actress and singer - 50 Natalie Appleton - Canadian-British singer, member of All Saints - 53 Shanice - American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer - 53 Gabriel Mann - American actor and model - 54 Sofia Coppola - American film director, screenwriter, producer and former actress - 55 Cate Blanchett - Australian actor and producer - 57 Fab Morvan - French “singer”, dancer, model, was half of Milli Vanilli - 60 Raphael Saadiq - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer - 60 C.C. DeVille - American guitarist, member of...

OPEN POST: See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet!

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I was at the gas station the other day when I heard this horrendously loud car go roaring by, but it was gone in a flash. Buuuuut it must've went around the block because it roared right in. I asked the owner if I could take a picture (because I've never seen a '58 Delray in the wild) and he kindly gave his permission. He plans to restore it, yay! Delray's were the economy Chevys of their day but even at nearly 70 years old, this gal looks pretty damn swank as far as I'm concerned, and when she rolled off the assembly line in 1958 she outshone every Cadillac and Rolls Royce on the block. 1958 Chevrolet Delray 2-Door Sedan (2 of 7) | Photographed a… | Flickr One of the things I love about those Fabulous '50s is the unbridled optimism. There just seemed to be an assumption that things were going to keep getting better and better, which is why I love watching videos like this, the kitchen...OF THE FUTURE:  Of course, the '50s were also the Golden Age of live te...

Birthday Hors

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  Bea Arthur - American actress, comedian and singer - (1922-2009) Debby Ryan - American actress and singer - 33 Morgan Wallen - American singer-songwriter - 33 Tommy Dorfman - American actress - 34 Candice King - American actress - 39 Hunter Parrish - American actor and singer - 39 Lena Dunham - American writer, director, actress and producer - 40 Robert Pattinson - English actor - 40 Sunny Leone - Canadian actress, model - 45 Mickey Madden - American musician and former Maroon 5’s bassist - 47 Samantha Morton - English actress and director - 49 Pusha T - American rapper - 49 Itatí Cantoral - Mexican actress, singer, dancer and producer - 51 Brian Geraghty - American actor - 51 Tish Cyrus - American manager and producer - 59 Alison Goldfrapp - English musician and record producer - 60 Darius Rucker - American singer-songwriter and musician - 60 Stephen Colbert - American comedian, writer, producer, actor, tv personality - 62 Dennis Rodman - American former professional b...

OPEN POST: George and Amal Looking Golden

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  Credit: Joe Maher/Getty Here are George and Amal Clooney attending the King's Trust 50th Anniversary celebration in London yesterday. George sported a broad smile and Amal sported a 2007 Alexander McQueen dress with matching gold shoes.  Cameron Diaz actually wore this same dress for the Shrek the Third premiere back in 2007. Who wore it best?! Credit: JIL Studio Source: Vogue

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Steve Winwood - English musician and songwriter - 78 Cuban Doll - American rapper - 28 Odeya Rush - Israeli actress - 29 Malcolm David Kelley - American rapper, singer and actor - 34 Robbie Rogers - American former professional soccer player - 39 Emily VanCamp - Canadian actress - 40 Clare Bowen - Australian actress, singer and dancer - 42 Nathan Fielder - Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer - 43 Domhnall Gleeson - Irish actor and screenwriter - 43 Rami Malek - American actor - 45 Aaron Yoo - American actor - 47 Malin Akerman - Swedish-American actress - 48 Jason Biggs - American actor - 48 Christian Campbell - Canadian actor - 54 Jamie Luner - American actress, voiceover artist and chef - 55 Samantha Mathis - American actress - 56 Kim Fields - America actress and director - 57 Tony Hawk - American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur - 58 Deborah Kara Unger - Canadian actress - 60 Carla Hall - American chef, tv personality and former model - 62 Vanessa Estelle Willia...

OPEN POST: Monday At The Movies With "Blonde Ice!"

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DJ Li'l Scratch and I will be back with "Manor Music Monday" after Memorial Day, but in the meantime, I urge you to make time this week for "Blonde Ice," an underrated little film-noir from 1948 in which we're introduced to  Claire Cummings (played to perfection by Leslie Brooks), a high-society columnist with an voracious appetite for money and power and anything else she can get her paws on, like jewels, baby. jewels.  Unlike the typical femme fatale heroine who manipulates men into committing crimes, Claire is fatale in the most literal sense. Why? Because she does all the dirty work herself. A deliriously compelling  pathological predator,  she's surely one of the most ruthless female characters ever put on film. Directed with grimy film-noir assurance by Jack Leonard, it's a small miracle that this joyous, decidedly heartless B-movie programmer even got made. Enjoy! Art Credits: Film Classic Inc./Classic Flix

Birthday Hors

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Natasha Richardson - English actress - (1963-2009) Sabrina Carpenter - American singer-songwriter and actress - 27 Lana Condor - American actress - 29 Cam Newton - American former football player - 37 Prince Royce - American singer - 37 Blac Chyna - American tv personality, rapper - 38 Matt Giraud - American singer-songwriter, musician - 41 Holly Valance - Australian model, actress and singer - 43 Jonathan Jackson - American actor, musician and author - 44 Mary Elizabeth Ellis - American actress - 47 Laetitia Casta - French model and actress - 48 James Haven - American former actor - 53 Holly Frazier - American actress - 56 Karen Kilgariff - American writer, comedian, singer, author, actress, tv producer - 56 Jeffrey Donovan - American actor - 58 Tim Blake Nelson - American actor and playwright - 62 Martha Quinn - American actress, radio and tv personality - 67 Boyd Gaines - American actor - 73 Shohreh Aghdashloo - Iranian-American actress - 74 Frances Fisher - American actress ...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 05/11/2026, Plus My Apologies!

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The Wealth Gap continues to thrive. "People are living longer, and wealthy Americans in particular are spending large sums on longevity. They are also spending more on themselves with luxury travel and upscale retirement communities..." More RIGHT HERE.  Have you managed to save much for retirement and old age?  Also ... I'd like to apologize to you, my Manor mates, particularly Knockout Zed, for several nasty comments I made last week in the Lunocracy post about The Voting Rights Act.  I suppose I could offer excuses, like "I'm so sorry if anyone was offended" or "This is not who I really am," but, no, actually, this is me now, as JLo says. By way of explanation, though not as an excuse, these days just beneath the surface of my skin is so much hate and bile engendered by the Trump years that it takes only a flicker of an eyelash to set me off. Not good. I'll try to argue intelligently instead of emotionally in the future. Will I always succee...