EVENING NIGHTCAP: Lou Phillips Needs Friends. Brooklyn Beckham Whines About Critics. RIP To Richard Roundtree. Coffee Badging.

 

 

The story about Lou Phillips reminded me of something my mom did when I was little. My parents became friends with another family. Their kid was strange and gave me the creeps. My mom kept insisting we be friends. We had nothing in common. They would occasionally come over for dinner and if they brought the weirdo kid, I would sneak out of the house or make up some excuse to avoid them. Back to Lou:  In the story below, his real estate agent reminded me of my mom: Don't force a friendship. Bleech. 

►  Lou Diamond Phillips (remember him?) recently moved to Scarsdale, NY with his wife and kid. Um, okay so what. Nothing special about that. But what IS raising eyebrows is that his realtor posted an SOS on social media pleading with the people of Scarsdale to be his friend. WTF? Read More

Lou Phillips. Photo: NY Post Page Six

Comment: I'd be pissed if my realtor did that. It's embarrassing and lame. You know what occurred to me: I wonder if Lou asked her to do this so he can relive his past glory days when people cared about who he was."Oh look honey, it's Lou Phillips from La Bamba & Young Guns".  Lou who? Yawn.  Who knows. It was strange of his realtor to post it.

► Richard Roundtree, best known for his role as John Shaft in "Shaft" has died. He was 81. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.  Richard was a former college football player and model who launched his acting career in Broadway.  In 1971, he was cast in the role that would define him and pave the path for Black actors in action movie leading roles. He appeared in the 6 sequels that followed of the Shaft film franchise. Other big screen credits include Inchon (with Laurence Olivier), City Heat (with Clint Eastwood), Seven (with Brad Pitt), and George the Jungle (with Brandon Fraser). He also appeared in TV including the mini series Roots, The Closer, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Generations, Alias, and countless other shows. In 1993, Richard was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. He became the spokesperson for male breast cancer and breaking down the stigma of men diagnosed with it. Richard was married twice. He's survived by his 5 children. Read More

Richard Roundtree. Photo: Kyle Kaplan / Warner Bros./ Courtesy Everett Collection // Deadline

Comment: Richard really paved the road for Black actors to be cast in leading roles, including Samuel Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and countless others. Shaft is one of my favorite action movies - I never get tired of watching it. Richard was as classy, cool, and suave in real life as the character John Shaft that made him famous. He never let fame go to his head nor did he brag about his career fortune. Throughout his life he stayed true to his belief of giving something back to help others in need. Condolences to his family.  

► Coffee badging, the modern day version of "stick it to the man (boss)" is how many employees are bucking the return to the office directives. With many companies threatening to fire employees if they don't haul their asses to the office, employees are ratcheting up the passive aggressive meter with this new trend.  Here's how it works: You show up to the office, grab a cup of coffee, hang around for little while making sure everyone sees you, and then leave. Employees are justifying this by saying, "hey, I  showed up to the office like you asked" (just not staying all day).  Read More

Comment:  Alright...who blabbed? Another thing Tick Talkers Tik Tokers ruined for the rest of us. Damn kids and their big mouths. 

► The Kitchen Menace (Govt Name: Brooklyn Beckham) is whining about the critics who dare to question his culinary prowess. In a recent interview with Insider the nepo baby, wannabe chef, inept photographer, and failed soccer player said: Read More

 "Cooking makes me happy. I have more important things to worry about than people saying a little bit of rubbish about me.”

Brooklyn Beckham. Photo: Brooklyn Beckham Instagram

Comment:  Oh Brooklyn, we say more than a "little rubbish" about you or your cooking skills. We say YOU SUCK. What galls me about this clod of crème fraîche is that he calls himself a chef when he's had no formal training of any kind. This dweeb hasn't even taken a class at a Learning Annex. I just want to take that whisk in his hand and slap that caterpillar off his smug punk face. Then, dunk his head in that bowl of batter.