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OPEN POST: Bells Will Ring, The Sun Will Shine!

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It's 1964 and all sorts of good stuff's happening. Sidney Poitier just became the first Black person to win the Best Actor award at the Oscars, 12 men have publicly burned their draft cards in protest of the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has been signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.  "Mary Poppins" has been released and is a smash hit, and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" aired for the first time. Also, The Dixie Cups are all over the radio with this ditty: So hop into your Cadillac Coupe Deville and head over to the Chapel of Love, or maybe make a pit-stop in Open Post and stay a while, darlings! Photo Credits: AK, Rankin-Bass/NBC

Birthday Hors

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Doug The Pug - American celebrity dog - 14 Jack Gleeson - Irish actor - 34 Naturi Naughton - American singer-songwriter and actress - 42 Sierra Boggess - American actress and singer - 44 Rachel Platten - American singer-songwriter and author - 45 Craig Melvin - American broadcast journalist and anchor - 47 Matt Czuchry - American actor - 49 Chad Muska - American professional skateboarder, musician and entrepreneur - 49 Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor - 54 Tony Stewart - American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver - 55 Louis Theroux - British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, author - 56 Timothy Olyphant - American actor - 58 Dan Abrams - American media entrepreneur, tv host and author - 60 Mindy Cohn - American actress - 60 Gina Ravera - American actress - 60 Ted Allen - American author and tv personality - 61 Tony Goldwyn - American actor and director - 66 Bronson Pinchot - American actor - 67 Judy Kuhn - America...

April's Shitbag of the Month is....

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  Surprising no one, D4vd won this month's poll by a landslide with 87% of your votes. Russell Brand was a distant second at 6%, followed by Scott Baio at 3%, Katy Perry with 4% and Farrah Abraham very last with less than 1%. Thanks for voting and see you soon!

OPEN POST: Aqua is Breaking Up

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  Credit: Michel Linssen/ Redfern Brace yourselves, Peckers: the 90s band, Aqua, are parting ways. The group, whose notable hits include Barbie Girl and Doctor Jones , announced the split on their instagram page. The Danish-Norwegian band has been together for over 30 years. In their post, they thanked their fans for all the support over the years and many comments shared their dismay over the news. Aww. 1997 me would be devastated! Source: Mirror News

Birthday Hors

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Jenny Berggren - Swedish singer and former Ace of Base member - 54 JoJo Siwa - American singer, dancer and actress - 23 Marshmello - American music producer and DJ - 34 Sam Smith - English singer-songwriter - 34 Eleanor Tomlinson - English actress - 34 Eric Lloyd - American actor - 40 Jon Kortajarena - Spanish model and actor - 41 Michael Che - American stand-up comedian, actor and writer - 43 Yo Gotti - American rapper and music executive - 45 Drew Fuller - American actor and former model - 46 Shooter Jennings - American musician and record producer - 47 Kim Zolciak - American tv personality - 48 Amanda De Cadenet - British photographer, author and media personality - 54 Rohan Marley - Jamaican entrepreneur and former American football player - 54 Alison Elliott - American actress - 56 Jason Gray-Stanford - Canadian actor - 56 Thomas Vinterberg - Danish director - 57 Geraldine Somerville - Irish-British actress - 59 Polly Walker - English actress - 60 Maile Flanagan - Ameri...

OPEN POST: Monday At The Movies With "Bewitched!"

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No, not TV's "Bewitched," but this truly unnerving little shocker from 1945 in which Phyllis Thaxter plays a heroine who may or may not be a murderous (and very slutty) psychopath. Yikes. Tackling the concept of split-personality decades before the likes of "Psycho," we meet Joan, a sweet young heroine possessed by a dark inner voice named - are you ready for this? - "Karen." Oh here go hell come, as they say, and in this case, hell do.  If you're like me and love the heavy shadowed film-noir look from the 1940s, this movie delivers the goods - and how. Yet it also possesses a haunting, dreamlike quality which makes Joan's mental struggle feel visceral. Directed with smashing visual style by Arch Oboler, who got his start as a playwright and lauded horror radio show producer, "Bewitched" unspools in a swift 70 minutes, and for me, remains an essential hallmark of early film-noir. More than that, it's just plain fun, and though it ...

Birthday Hors

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Michael Cretu - Romania-German singer-songwriter, founder of Enigma - 69 Violett Beane - American actress - 30 Spencer Breslin - American actor - 34 Taeyang - South Korean singer-songwriter - 38 Allen Leech - Irish actor - 45 Matt Long - American actor - 46 Stephen Belafonte - American producer and director - 51 Jack Johnson - American singer-songwriter - 51 Chantal Kreviazuk - Canadian singer-songwriter, songwriter, composer and pianist - 52 Teresa Giudice - American tv personality - 54 Tina Fey - American comedian, actress, writer and producer - 56 Martika - American singer and actress - 57 Nancy Juvonen - American producer - 59 Gina Liano - Australian barrister, author, entrepreneur and tv personality - 59 Sandra - German singer - 64 Chow Yun-Fat - Hong Konger actor - 71 George Strait - American singer-songwriter and music producer - 74 Terry Zwigoff - American director - 77 Reggie Jackson - American former professional baseball player - 80 Alana Stewart - American actress ...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 05/18/2026

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This isn't good for any of us. It's also one of a handful of reasons I'm glad I'm not young-ish (or rather, under my age of 39!). More RIGHT HERE.  No matter your age, do you think your job is safe from AI? And for how much longer?  Photo Credit: Boston Globe

OPEN POST: The Young Hussard

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The Young Hussard (early 20th century) Jean Geoffroy

Birthday Hors

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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...