Greetings, reading sloots! It's time once again to share what books you've been reading, which ones to avoid, but mostly, which ones you heartily recommend, because we could all use a good yarn in These Trying Times™, amireet? Speaking of reading - in bed or on the couch - if you're like me, your eyes have started that slow, inevitable betrayal which demands reading glasses. Shudder. And if you're also like me, you don't invest in those $200 designer frames, you buy the cheapest damn pharmacy readers you can find. Why? Because you know their lifespan will be tragically brief. The moment the phone rings, someone dares to knock (the nerve!), or the hubs emits a sound requiring immediate attention, those glasses are flung off faster than  a flimsy cocktail dress during a tawdry alleyway encounter (no one can see you except that homeless dude peeking out from the Dumpster!). I jump into action, dismissing the wee plastic cheaters with a negligent - but stylish, always s...

Elvis is in the building - and he's making a sandwich! I made it, too (and ate it) so you don't have to (though you might want to). The first rule of any culinary masterpiece is that the end product is only as good as its individual ingredients. That's why I started with Wonder Bread, because fine dining is never about health, it's about the flavor (or, to paraphrase one Betty Perske, the deep-brewed flay-vuh!). Take 2 slices of Wonder Bread, spread them both with thick smears of Jif (for my taste, a typical PBJ should utilize about a quarter of a jar) and add sliced banana to one piece: Then add some crisp, possibly-purloined bacon to the other slice: Then smash one slice against the other and inhale deeply. Not gonna lie, this was fan-friggin'-TASTIC! I made two and enjoyed the hell out of them. Some versions of the Elvis Special call for the sandwich to be grilled, but that just sounds unhealthy to me.  And (lest you think the bacon/peanut butter combo is unprec...

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

  Jessica Cleaves - American singer-songwriter - (1948-2014) Joe Burrow - American professional football player - 29 KiKi Layne - American actress - 34 Teyana Taylor - American singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer, choreographer - 35 Grace Chatto - English musician, member of Clean Bandit - 40 Raven-Symoné - American actress, singer-songwriter - 40 Trinity The Tuck - American drag queen and recording artist - 40 Patrick Flueger - American actor - 42 Xavier Samuel - Australian actor - 42 Summer Phoenix - American actress and musician - 47 Acid Betty - American drag queen, performer, actor and singer - 48 Emmanuelle Chriqui - Canadian-American actress - 50 Evelyn Lozada - American tv personality, model and spokesperson - 50 Meg White - American retired musician - 51 Arden Myrin - American actress and comedian - 52 Donavon Frankenreiter - American musician and surfer - 53 Brian Molko - British-American musician, singer-songwriter - 53 J Mascis - American singer and guitarist - ...

  ► About 2 weeks ago, Tara Reid's claimed that her drink was spiked by someone at a hotel bar in Rosemont, IL (a Chicago suburb). Tara ended up being carted away in a stretcher and taken to the hospital to undergo a bunch of test. Scary stuff. The cops are still on the booze clues case and waiting for test results. In the meantime, police reviewed surveillance videos and found no evidence that a Spanish fly was slipped into her drink. Video showed the actress with drink and the bartender placing a napkin over it (standard practice) when she stepped out to smoke a ciggie. While she was outside, the video showed the drink where she left it at the bar with the napkin on top and no one messing with it. Anyhoo, Tara made some comments yesterday that are giving off a whiff of back peddling. She said the media twisted her words and that she's being bullied and judged for something she doesn't recall.   Read More   "I’ve been honest about the fact that I don’t remember any...

Credit: AFP via Getty Here are Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, attending the Marty Supreme premiere last night. The couple sported outfits made of the same orange tarp material designed by Chrome Hearts. I'm really loving Timmy's struggle 'stache and Kylie's cross accessories. The class is unmatched! Maybe these two crazy kids really are meant for each other. Orange you glad true love isn't dead?

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

  Imogen Heap - British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - 48 McKayla Maroney - American retired artistic gymnast - 30 Ashleigh Brewer - Australian actress - 35 Simon Helberg - American actor and comedian - 45 Jesse Metcalfe - American actor - 47 Tré Cool - American musician, Green Day’s drummer - 53 Kara DioGuardi - American singer-songwriter, record producer and music publisher - 55 Jakob Dylan - American singer-songwriter - 56 Lori Greiner - American tv personality and entrepreneur - 56 Allison Smith - American actress and singer - 56 Kurt Angle - American retired professional wrestler - 57 Brian Bell - American musician and singer-songwriter - 57 Felicity Huffman - American actress - 63 Mario Cantone - American comedian, writer, actor and singer - 66 Rikk Agnew - American musician - 67 Donny Osmond - American singer, dancer, actor, tv host and former teen idol - 68 John Malkovich - American actor - 72 Joan Armatrading - Kittitian-English singer-songwriter...

     ► Every year, the snobs at the Color Institute sit around a conference table and flip through color swatches to select the color of the year. For 2026 they selected Cloud Dancer (Govt Name: PQ-11-4201TCX). First, let's examine the name. Cloud Dancer sounds a horse running the 5th at Belmont. Or maybe the committee members are fans of  the movie, Dances With Wolves. IMO, Cloud Dancer has a whiff of American Indian culture appropriation. Now let's talk about the color.  Based on the swatch below, I could describe it as grandpa's dingy undershirt after 17 washes. Or classroom whiteboard, circa 2016.  In the old days, this color was called off-white or eggshell white. A spokesfailedartist for Color Institute (CI) coughed up this eye rolling explanation:    Read More "At this time of transformation, when we are re-imagining our future and our place in the world,  Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is a discrete hue offering a promise of clarity,”...

Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. You are, as they say, in the right place at the right time, just like our delightful jazz, pop and deeply soulful songstress was back in the day. But more on that in a sec. Did you know that today is National Chocolate Brownie Day? Isn't that delightful? Aren't you hankering for some now? Then make sure to head to the Manor's exclusive "Salty Glue" after hours club and dessertery, where DJ Li'l Cat will be spinning tunes by a songstress who's career was short, but impactful, and where "special" Alice B. Toklas-approved brownies will be served on a first-some-first-serve basis.  Meanwhile some gals know just how to style their hair:  Yes, it's the renown Brenda Holloway, who retired from showbiz...at age 22. Whaaaaat ? You are intrigued, no? Brenda was multitalented. As a youngster in Watts, LA, she played the piano, the flute, the violin, and later, wrote or cowr...

If you're looking for a good way to get through the worst timeline in the history of timelines, just do what Joan does! Simply cover your ears and you won't hear a thing! * bliss *