'Tis the season and if there's anything I love more than museums (especially historic house museums) it's Yuletide and all the decorations associated with it. So here's some scattered across the U.S. of A. (all pictures taken from the accredited websites).  In Detroit, Michigan : The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. In Fresno,  The Kearney Mansion :  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC , with its spectacular Hanukkah Menorah: Also in NYC, The Merchant House Museum (the most perfectly preserved Greek-Revival townhouse in the country), decorated for the season. You can even attend readings of "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol 2025 - Christmas in New York 2025 ! A nd just because the backstory of this amazing old house is so fascinating, a little history about it. In Connecticut: The Bush-Holley House. In North Carolina: The Biltmore Estate. In Duluth, Minnesota (the home State of Sir Nubs): Glensheen House. There's a few historic homes near me that get...

Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's Caption This contest!

  Ozzy Osbourne - English singer-songwriter and tv personality - (1948-2025) Lil Baby - American rapper, singer-songwriter - 31 Jake T. Austin - American actor - 31 JT of City Girls - American rapper - 33 Pietro Boselli - Italian model and engineer - 37 Michael Angarano - American actor - 38 Amanda Seyfried - American actress - 40 Andy Grammer - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 42 Jaycee Chan - Hong Kong-American singer and actor - 43 Dascha Polanco - Dominican actress - 43 Brian Bonsall - American musician, singer and former child actor - 44 Liza Lapira - American actress - 44 Louise Roe - English tv presenter, model and fashion journalist - 44 Anna Chlumsky - American actress - 45 Jenna Dewan - American actress and dancer - 45 Daniel Bedingfield - New-Zealander-British singer-songwriter - 46 Tiffany Haddish - American stand-up comedian and actress - 46 Sean Parker - American entrepreneur and philanthropist - 46 Trina - American rapper - 47 Mickey Avalon - Ame...

  ►Zachery Ty Bryan (44) best known for his role in "Home Improvement" and having comic book Little Orphan Annie eyes, was arrested again. This is his 6th arrest in five years. He's on a first-name basis with police. At the rate he's racking up arrests he will be eligible for premier status. That will entitle him access to the express line for booking, his pick of a cell mate, and first dibs on the bunk. Membership does have its privileges. Zach's 6th arrest was for violating probation from a prior conviction for domestic violence. He's being held without bail at Eugene, Oregon.  But wait! His arrest comes with a bonus. His fiancee, Johnnie Faye Cartwright (32) was also arrested at the same time. She's facing charges that include DUI, reckless endangerment, and other stuff. She tried to run over Zach (with the kids in the backseat) and ended up in a ditch. Awe, ain't love grand. The couple not only share a passion for breaking the law but also collecti...

Credit: Getty Here are Rihanna and A$AP Rocky on the red carpet at the 35th annual Gotham Awards last night. Rocky was sporting Chanel and Rihanna wore Balenciaga.  Now, look. Riri is beautiful and she has a long history of bold and interesting fashion choices. But sometimes I have to wonder WTF she is thinking when she wears some of these ensembles. For something so baggy, this still looks very uncomfortable. And don't even get me started on the feather hat. What do you think of this look, Peckers? 

  Lucy Liu - American actress - 57 Gigi Goode - American drag queen and reality tv personality - 28 Charlie Puth - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 34 Cassie Steele - Canadian actress and singer - 36 Alfred Enoch - British-Brazilian actor - 37 Teairra Marí - American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress - 38 Seann Walsh - English stand-up comedian - 40 Action Bronson - American rapper, songwriter, chef, wrestler and tv presenter - 42 Jana Kramer - American singer and actress - 42 Yvonne Orji - Nigerian-American actress and comedian - 42 Aaron Rodgers - American professional football player - 42 Daniela Ruah - American-Portuguese actress and director - 42 Britney Spears - American singer - 44 Jason Collins - American former professional basketball player - 47 Nelly Furtado - Canadian singer-songwriter - 47 Monica Seles - Serbian-American former tennis player - 52 Wilson Jermaine Heredia - American actor - 54 Anthony “Treach” Criss - American rapper and actor - ...

     ► "Star Search", the original "America's Got Talent", is being dusted off from whatever Hollywood crypt it's been languishing in. The original aired from 1983-1985 and was hosted by Ed McMahon. It featured 8 talent categories including female and male singers, comedian, group vocal, and spokesmodel. Over the years, attempts have been made to make FETCH happen again including a 2003-2004 reboot with Arsenio Hall. It lasted one year.  In the original version, contestants competed for $100k prize. The losers were sent home with a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni and a big "womp-womp". Some of losers ended up becoming household names. The list of losers include Aaliyah (RIP), Alanis Morissette, LeAnn Rimes, Britney Spears, Christine Aguilera, Rosie O'Donnell, Usher, Justina Timberlake (Govt Name:  Justin Randall), Drew Carey, and Beyonce (who performed as part of a group, Girls Tyme). I'm willing to bet a case of beer that Tina Knowles cam...

Greetings, music trollops, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. Are you still bloated from the holidays? Do you just want to kick back and drink and chillax with a jazz songstress who knows her stuff and can whisk you away to Happyville? Then pay a visit to "Apres Holiday Boink-Boink," the Manor's exclusive pop-up lounge and donut eatery. Tonight only, DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing tunes by a cult songstress prized by jazz aficionados worldwide.  Presenting the delightfully named Dodo Greene. She's been forgotten by many, but give a listen: her voice is at once jazzy and bluesy and rock 'n' roll. She almost defies categorization, what with her husky, rhythmic, and always emotive, vocal delivery. In other words, she's an astonishing original. And if that's not worth celebrating, then I don't know what is. Born in Buffalo, New York in the early 1920s, she first turned heads while singing as a tween in her church choir, quickly ...

Cary can't tell if what he's just heard is a headline from The Onion or just the latest buffoonery he most certainly does not sanction. Neither can we, Mr. Grant. Neither can we. 

Gilbert O’Sullivan - Irish singer-songwriter - 79 Robert Irwin - Australian conservationist, tv personality, zookeeper, wildlife photographer - 22 Chanel Iman - American model - 35 Tyler Joseph - American singer and rapper - 37 Zoë Kravitz - American actress, singer and model - 37 Tatianna - American drag queen, musician and reality tv personality - 38 Vance Joy - Australian singer-songwriter and musician - 38 Janelle Monáe - American singer-songwriter, rapper and actress - 40 Charles Michael Davis - American actor - 41 Yolandi Visser - South African singer,rapper and songwriter - 41 Riz Ahmed - British actor and rapper - 43 Camille Cottin - French actress and comedian - 47 Mat Kearney - American musician - 47 Brad Delson - American musician, lead guitarist and a founding member of Linkin Park - 48 Laura Ling - American journalist and writer - 49 David Hornsby - American actor and screenwriter - 50 Golden Brooks - American actress - 55 Sarah Silverman - American stand-up comedia...

You guys, stop it! Just yesterday, Arianna Grande told us all to "be really careful" (and no doubt "mindful"), and stop talking about the obvious - that she and Cynthia Erivo are vanishing before our eyes, much like, eons ago, Calista Flockhart and Lara Flynn Boyle were turning into skeletor swizzle sticks. I know you remember.  Only now it's coming to us with a giant heap of "non-demi curious semi-binary" nonsense, which I suppose is the kEwL KiDs way to say, "We're really good friends but don't finger-bang." Or do they? Grande, according to an actual press release on the matter, recently revealed "why she and Erivo like to 'touch each other' so much, explaining that she likes to 'channel support' and 'energy' through her hands...." Honestly, I don't know if these two gals have an eating disorder or not - though if it looks like size double zero, it usually is - but I will definitely be happy whe...

  Des’ree – British singer and musician - 57 Emily Skinner – American actress - 23 Nats Getty – American model, socialite, designer and activist - 33 Magnus Carlsen - Norwegian chess grandmaster - 35 Kaley Cuoco – American actress - 40 Chrissy Teigen – American model and tv personality - 40 Omahyra Mota – Dominican model and actor - 41 Elisha Cuthbert – Canadian actress - 43 Clay Aiken – American singer, tv personality, actor and activist - 47 Gael Garcia Bernal – Mexican actor and producer - 47 Steve Aoki – American DJ and music producer - 48 Jessalyn Gilsig – Canadian actress - 54 Ben Stiller – American actor, comedian and filmmaker - 60 Bo Jackson – American former professional baseball and football player - 63 Cherie Currie – American singer, musician, actress and artist - 66 Lorraine Kelly – Scottish tv presenter, theatrical artist and journalist - 66 Stacey Q – American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress - 67 Deborra-Lee Furness – Australian actress - 70 Billy Idol ...