Full disclosure: I have no idea if I got the year or even the vehicle right but it was so beautiful I had to take a pic, and as far as I'm concerned it's a '72 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, so I'm going with it. Lots of big, important stuff happened in 1972 , and the biggest song of the year was this masterpiece: Whether it's the first time you've ever seen someone's face, or even if they're killing you softly with their song, killing you softly...with their song, happy Open Post and a very, very Happy New Year in a few hours, darlings!

  Val Kilmer - American actor - (1959-2025) Hunter Schafer - American model and actress - 27 Gabby Douglas - American artistic gymnast - 30 Drew Taggart - American DJ, producer and songwriter - 36 Psy - South-Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer - 48 Joey McIntyre - American singer-songwriter and actor, member of NKOTB - 53 Nicholas Sparks - American novelist, screenwriter and producer - 60 Michael McDonald - American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and director - 61 Scott Ian - American musician, member of Anthrax - 62 Bebe Neuwirth - American actress and singer - 67 James Remar - American actor - 72 Tom Hamilton - American bassist and songwriter, member of Aerosmith - 74 Tim Matheson - American actor - 78 Diane von Fürstenberg - Belgian fashion designer - 79 Taylor Hackford - American film director - 81 Sir Ben Kingsley - English actor - 82 Sir Anthony Hopkins - Welsh actor, director and producer - 88 Bob Bryar - American record musician and sound...

  ►An inside source is saying that Asshat Ashton Kutcher (47), "is desperate to make a comeback and revive his image". He's hoping his new FX series, Beauty, will be the vehicle allowing him to sit at the big kids table again. Ha, ha...good luck with that.  Ever since Ashton and his wife, Mila Kunis, wrote a letter of support for convicted POS Danny Masterson, the couple has been shunned, like a hooker at a Tupperware party. Not helping matters is Ashton's past close ties with ANOTHER convicted ahole, Sean "Diddy" Combs. As reported by the The National Enquirer (hey, don't knock it...they were considered for a Pulitzer Prize) a resurfaced interview of Ashton in The Hot Ones hasn't helped. In the interview Ashton, "admitted there were “a lot” of stories from Diddy’s infamous parties that he could not tell." Of course he can't tell. That would make him part of whatever f**kery Diddy was doing. It also makes Ashton guilty of having his th...

Vintage magazine ad, 1934 As the year winds down, some of us naturally slip into a period of reflection: thinking about what worked, what didn't, and what we might like to change for the impending new year. For others, January 1st feels like just another day on the calendar.  I would love to hear where you land. Do you have any special rituals around NYE? Are you making any resolutions for 2026? Please share below!

  Jeff Lynne - English, singer-songwriter and record producer - 78 Dominic Fike - American singer-songwriter - 30 V aka Kim Taehyung - South-Korean singer and member of BTS - 30 Mikey Eric Reid - American actor - 33 Ryan Sheckler - American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur - 36 Ellie Goulding - English singer-songwriter - 39 Caity Lotz - American actress, dancer and singer - 39 Andra Day - American singer-songwriter and actress - 41 LeBron James - American professional basketball player - 41 Kristin Kreuk - Canadian actress - 43 Eliza Dushku - American therapist and retired actress - 45 Yelawolf - American rapper and singer - 46 Tyrese Gibson - American actor and singer - 47 Laila Ali - American tv personality and retired professional boxer - 48 Lucy Punch - British actress - 48 Tiger Woods - American professional golfer - 50 Jason Behr - American actor - 52 Daniel Sunjata - American actor - 54 Dave England - American stunt performer and former professional snowboarder...

    ► MTV, which was a huge part of my formative years, is shutting down all musical programming channels on December 31. Welp, 2025 has been a shit show, so I'm not surprised. MTV debuted in 1981 with the first video "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles. Fast forward...a lack of foresight and streaming channels killed the MTV video star. Gone are MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live. Everything with music is exiting stage left, like Kristen Chenoweth's eye rolling performance in "Versailles".   Around 1999, MTV began investing heavily in crap reality shows like Jersey Shore, 16 & Pregnant, Pimp My Ride, Punk'd, Teen Mom, and The Osborne's. It ushered the era of vanity as a virtue and trashy behavior as cool. The results are seen with today's society where crass behavior has been normalized and the pursuit of materialism turned into a career track. *unwraps Werthers*.  In its early days, MTV was responsible for introduc...

Oh, Gloria, it's year's end, and you know what that means - one year closer until the inevitable laws of nature make all of our dreams come true. Just hang on a little longer, honey. It will be a lot better on the other side of this...

Welcome, music sloots, to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with a swingin' sister to kick you into the New Year with a big smile on your face - and these days, we need something to smile about, don't we? Please make sure and join DJ Li'l Scratch tonight at the Manor's exclusive after hours joint, "Liquor in the Front!" There, he'll be spinning tunes from a performer who started out as part of the "Cool School" sound on the West Coast in the 1940s and 50s, which was yet another movement that acted as a counterpart to bebop. If bebop was "hot-hot-hot" - being loud and fast (and competitive) - Cool Jazz was its "cool" counterpart, or chill, understated and sometimes intellectually detached. You know them when you hear them: Chet Baker with his fragile, whispered delivery; Peggy Lee with her minimalist singing, doing as much as possible with the teensiest amount of volume; and Chris Connor, famed for her vibrato-less v...

  Yvonne Elliman - American singer-songwriter and actress - 74 Dylan Minnette - American actor and musician - 29 Ross Lynch - American actor, singer and musician - 30 Jane Levy - American actress - 36 Alexa Ray Joel - American singer-songwriter and pianist - 40 Alison Brie - American actress, writer and producer - 43 Charlotte Riley - English actress - 44 Diego Luna - Mexican actor, director and producer - 46 LaToya London - American singer and stage actress - 47 Katherine Moennig - American actress - 48 Danny McBride - American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer - 49 Mekhi Phifer - American actor - 51 Jude Law - English actor - 53 Leonor Varela - Chilean-born actress - 53 Dallas Austin - American songwriter, record producer and film producer - 55 Jennifer Ehle - American actress - 56 Carlo Ponti Jr - Italian orchestral conductor 57 Ashleigh Banfield - Canadian-American journalist - 58 Evan Seinfeld - American musician and actor - 58 Lilly Wachowski - American direc...

  Having trouble keeping your sleep paralysis demon at bay? Then I have the solution for you - this Adam Levine pillowcase! Just don't look at it yourself before you drift off into a slumber. Vomiting in your sleep can be dangerous!

  Nigel Kennedy - British violinist and composer - 69 Madison De La Garza - American actress - 24 David Archuleta - American singer-songwriter - 35 Kingsley - American actor and stand-up comedian - 35 Jessie Buckley - Irish actress and singer - 36 Mackenzie Rosman - American actress - 36 Laganja Estranja - American choreographer and drag queen - 37 Thomas Dekker - American actor, musician, singer, director and producer - 38 Adam Gregory - American actor - 38 Taryn Terrell - American model, actress, stuntwoman and retired professional wrestler - 40 Sienna Miller - British and American actress - 44 Anna Trebunskaya - Russian-born-American professional ballroom and latin dancer - 45 Noomi Rapace - Swedish actress - 46 Aisleyne Horgan -Wallace - English tv personality, model, actress and columnist - 47 John Legend - American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer and actor - 47 Vanessa Ferlito - American actress - 48 Joe Manganiello - American actor - 49 Seth Meyers - Americ...

  Like many "celebrities," Jamie Lynn Spears shared photos of her family's holiday celebrations this year. But many were left baffled by one gift that she gave her 17-year old daughter, Maddie: an ATV. If you recall, Maddie was nearly killed back in 2017 when she was in an ATV accident. The then-8-year old was riding an ATV on her family's property when she tipped over and fell into a pond. The girl was trapped under the vehicle and her family had to act quickly to retrieve her. She was in a coma for two days, but luckily recovered from the horrific incident. Now, eight years later, her family chose to gift her an ATV. Spears didn't offer any explanation for the seemingly odd gift, and comments on her instagram are limited. Perhaps Maddie requested it? It is weird to see her and her 7-year old sister on the very same vehicle that nearly cost her her life, but to each their own! Source: Jamie Lynn Spears on instagram, People Magazine

  David Knopfler - British musician and singer-songwriter, original member of Dire Straits - 73 Timothée Chalamet - American and French actor - 30 Olivia Cooke - English actress - 32 Chloe Bridges - American actress - 34 Shay Mooney - American singer-songwriter - 34 Hayley Williams - American singer-songwriter - 37 Lily Cole - British model, author, film director, actress and entrepreneur - 38 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Jamaican track and field sprinter - 39 Pleasure P - American singer-songwriter - 41 Emilie de Ravin - Australian-American actress - 44 Jay Ellis - American actor - 44 Javine - English retired singer-songwriter - 44 Masi Oka - Japanese actor, producer and digital effects artist - 51 Wilson Cruz - American actor - 52 Savannah Guthrie - Australian born American broadcast journalist and attorney - 54 Bill Goldberg - American professional wrestler, actor and former football player - 59 Eva LaRue - American actress and model - 59 Salman Khan - Indian actor, film produ...

Greetings, Manor Hors! Today "The Roving Pecker" presents two boxed gifts for Boxing Day from our own Raincoaster. Dare you open them? Bwahahahahaha! Who is it? Smee. But the question is: is that good news or not? A jolly country house Christmas party. All the food, all the comforts, all the jollity of the season due the prosperous English gentry. A happy bachelor guest, excited for a grand holiday. A posh game of hide-and-seek. “Every player is given a sheet of paper. All the sheets except one are blank. On the last sheet of paper is written...Smee. Nobody knows who Smee is except Smee himself – or herself. You turn out the lights, and Smee goes quietly out of the room and hides. After a time the others go off to search for Smee – but of course they don’t know who they are looking for. When one player meets another he challenges him by saying, Smee. “The other player answers, Smee, and they continue searching. “But the real Smee doesn’t answer when someone challenges. The se...