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RAINCOASTER'S KLASSY MANOR MOVIE NIGHT PRESENTS: "Lair Of The White Worm!" This Thursday, 3/12, at 9PM EST!

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This one is a absolute must! Blood, nudiness, sacrilege, plus the best trick of all, Amanda Donohoe as a fanged, slithery killer. Yes, it's Ken Russell at his russelliest in this 1988 horror delight. As this rave New York Times review describes it:  "The new creature in the neighborhood is Lady Sylvia Marsh, who, as played by Amanda Donohoe, is the very essence of drawing-room naughtiness. That she is also the embodiment of the legendary white worm, or at least some sort of worm-related priestess, is icing on the cake...she may drive a sports car and wear fashionably deadly looking sunglasses, which suggest normalcy of a certain sort, but she also appears in kinky black underwear to polish off a victim..." Oh, and there's also a wonderfully louche Hugh Grant.  In other words, Raincoaster, our klassy Manor movie curator, has picked another delightful winner. So mark your calendar now for this coming Thursday , March 12th, at 9pm EST. See you there! Photo Credits: Ves...

OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With The Exotic Les Baxter!

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Greetings, hors, and happy Manor Music Monday! Are you coherent? Can you stand? Or more to the point, do you miss that hour so cruelly lopped off on Saturday night? Perhaps you're feeling a bit loopy. Or exotic? Or more to the point, if you're feeling the voodoo that you doo (doo), then by all means, run, skip or skedaddle to "Social Lube," the Manor's exclusive cocktail lounge and nail salon, because tonight only, DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing outta sight tunes. Do you recognize this fella? Probably not, but you've definitely heard his music, and if you were around in the 1960s, then you know him very well, because there's no better practitioner of exotic lounge music. In fact, he's considered the best. Yes, it's Les Baxter, who started out as a popular swing band leader, then segued into "exotic" music in the mid-1950s, collaborating with the starry likes of Yma Sumac.  From there, he carved out his own path, and trust me, his mus...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 3/9/2026!

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Devo Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)

Birthday Hors

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  Barbie - American doll and icon - 67 Sunisa Lee - American artistic gymnast - 23 Cierra Ramirez - American actress and singer - 31 Suga - South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer - 33 Bow Wow - American rapper and actor - 39 Brittany Snow - American actress - 40 Bobby Campo - American actor - 43 Chingy - American rapper - 46 Matthew Gray Gubler - American actor, filmmaker, model, painter, illustrator, author - 46 Oscar Isaac - American actor - 47 Kerr Smith - American actor - 54 Jean Louisa Kelly - American actress and singer - 54 Emmanuel Lewis - American retired actor - 55 C-Murder - American rapper - 55 Shannon Leto - American musician - 56 Juliette Binoche - French actress and dancer - 62 Steve Wilkos - American tv personality - 62 Kato Kaelin - American actor and media personality - 67 Linda Fiorentino - American former actress - 68 Martin Fry - English singer-songwriter, composer, musician and record producer - 68 Mary Murphy - American choreographer and ...

OPEN POST: 70s Sunday - Iran Air Stewardesses in 1979 Before the Revolution

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Photo credit: Vintage Everyday

Birthday Hors

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  Carole Bayer Sager - American lyricist and singer-songwriter - 82 Kit Connor - English actor - 22 Montana Jordan - American actor - 23 Benny Blanco - American songwriter and record producer - 38 Milana Vayntrub - American actress, comedian and activist - 39 Kat Von D - Mexican-American tattoo artist, tv personality, entrepreneur - 44 Nick Zano - American actor - 48 Freddie Prinze Jr. - American actor - 50 Hines Ward - American former professional football player - 50 Boris Kodjoe - German actor and former model - 53 Andrea Parker - American actress - 56 Camryn Manheim - American actress - 65 Lester Holt - American journalist and news anchor - 67 Aidan Quinn - American actor - 67 Gary Numan - English musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer - 68 Micky Dolenz - American musician and actor - 81 Susan Clark - Canadian actress - 83 Gayla Peevey - American former singer - 83 James Van Der Beek - American actor - (1977-2026) Lynn Redgrave - British-American actre...

OPEN POST: What is Your Favourite TV Show Episode?

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Credit: AMC I was recently perusing IMDB's list of the top-rated TV show episodes of all time. All the heavy hitters are there: "Ozymandias" from Breaking Bad , "Everyone's Waiting" from Six Feet Under (IYKYK), and many from Game of Thrones and Better Call Saul . "Shoot" from season 1 of Mad Men would be in my list. Betty shooting her neighbour's birds after having been rejected for modeling was a perfect representation of her pent-up rage at the life she now lived and how far removed it was from her old modeling days when she was independent. What a compelling character. I also enjoyed all the Roseanne Halloween episodes. It's a shame Roseanne is such a POS because that show was such a comfort watch for me. What TV episode would top your list, Peckers?

Birthday Hors

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  Maurice Ravel - French composer, pianist and conductor - (1875-1937) Woah Vicky - American model, businesswoman and rapper - 26 Amanda Gorman - American poet and activist - 28 Hailey Clauson - American model - 31 Haley Lu Richardson - American actress - 31 Bel Powley - English actress - 34 Abigail & Brittany Hensel - American conjoined twins - 36 George Salazar - American actor, singer and musician - 40 Brandon T. Jackson - American actor and stand-up comedian - 42 Greta Lee - American actress - 43 Laura Prepon - American actress - 46 Chrystee Pharris - American actress - 50 T.J. Thyne - American actor - 51 Jenna Fischer - American actress - 52 Tobias Menzies - English actor - 52 Jay Duplass - American filmmaker, actor and author - 53 Dina Cantin - American tv personality and entrepreneur - 54 Peter Sarsgaard - American actor - 55 Matthew Vaughn - English filmmaker - 55 Rachel Weisz - British actress - 56 Cameron Daddo - Australian, musician and presenter - 61 Bret Easto...

OPEN POST: Castles in the Air

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Castles in the Air, 1885 Anders Zorn

Birthday Hors

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  David Gilmour - English musician, singer-songwriter, member of Pink Floyd - 80 Tyler, The Creator - American rapper, record producer - 35 Alaska Thunderfuck - American drag queen and singer - 41 Yael Stone - Australian actress - 41 Bubba Sparxxx - American rapper - 49 Beanie Sigel - American rapper - 52 Shaquille O’Neal - American former professional basketball player - 54 Amy Pietz - American actress, singer and dancer - 57 Moira Kelly - American actress - 58 Connie Britton - American actress and singer - 59 Madonna Wayne Gacy - American musician - 62 D.L. Hughley - American actor and stand-up comedian - 63 Tom Arnold - American actor and comedian - 67 Stedman Graham - American educator, author, businessman and public speaker - 75 Stephen Schwartz - American musical theatre lyricist and composer - 78 Anna Maria Horsford - American actress - 78 Kiki Dee - English pop singer - 79 Valentina Tereshkova - Russian engineer, former Soviet cosmonaut - 89 Mary Wilson - American singer...

OPEN POST: Hosted By "Today On Cooking With Brooklyn Beckham": Marshmallow Macarons!

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Birthday Hors

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  Murray Head - English actor and singer - 80 Gabby Barrett - American country music singer - 26 Madison Beer - American singer-songwriter - 27 Taylor Hill - American model - 30 Sterling Knight - American actor, singer and dancer - 37 Jake Lloyd - American former actor - 37 Riki Lindhome - American actress, comedian and musician - 47 Kimberly McCullough - American actress and tv director - 48 Papoose - American rapper - 48 Jolene Blalock - American actress and model - 51 Niki Taylor - American model and tv hostess - 51 Kevin Connolly - American actor and director - 52 Eva Mendes - American actress - 52 Matt Lucas - English actor, comedian, writer and tv presenter - 52 John Frusciante - American musician - 56 Paul Blackthorne - English actor - 57 Rena Riffel - American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, director - 57 Charlie&Craig Reid - Scottish actor and composer, members of The Proclaimers - 64 Talia Balsam - American actress - 67 Adriana Barraza - Me...

OPEN POST: Statement Jewelry--Is Too Much Ever Enough?

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See, Barbara Rush understands the assignment. It was a Wednesday and she was due on the set of "Mannix" to play the boring role of a boring girlfriend of a boring murder victim but she was so determined to make an impact in her scant eight minutes onscreen that she raided the Universal wardrobe department and swiped these eye-catching earrings and voila: Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her efforts! Similarly, La Crawford had a glorified supporting role in 1965's "I Saw What You Did," and though her role wasn't pivotal she cannily understood that her accessories could make her the standout, and really, has anyone ever rocked a pearl necklace like Joan? And how about Liz in "Boom?"  Although it was savaged by the critics and a box-office disaster has anyone ever forgotten her jeweled headdress? Stars: they're just like you and me (if we could clasp on some flashy bracelets and baubles worth gazillions of $$$ to make ourselves feel better), so ...

Birthday Hors

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  Catherine O’Hara - Canadian-American actress - (1954-2026) Andrea Bowen - American actress - 36 Draymond Green - American professional basketball player - 36 Erin Heatherton - American former model - 37 Josh Bowman - English actor - 38 Margo Harshman - American actress - 40 Scott Michael Foster - American actor - 41 Whitney Port - American tv personality, fashion designer and author - 41 Drew Houston - American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox - 43 Landon Donovan - American former professional soccer player - 44 K Michelle - American singer and tv personality - 44 Len Wiseman - American film director, screenwriter and producer - 53 Brittney Powell - German-American actress - 54 Ivy Queen - Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, rapper and actress - 54 Chaz Bono - American writer, musician and actor - 57 Patsy Kensit - English actress and former member of Eight Wonder - 58 Evan Dando - American musician and Lemonheads frontman - 59 Paul W.S. Anderson - English f...

OPEN POST: Paris Hilton's Skincare Ad

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We need to break out the Photoshop Awards for this one. Here's 45-year old Paris Hilton posing for photos to promote her skincare line, Parivie. The luxury skincare products are designed to protect skin from the stressors that come with a "modern lifestyle" by strengthening the skin barrier and targeting fine lines. It looks like the blur tool certainly targeted her fine lines in these photos. Credit: Paris Hilton/Instagram, Allure magazine