Greetings music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday! As we near the winter holidays, I think back to the year we've all had - and how we all need a break from the madness. For me, vocal jazz always does the trick. So what do we need tonight? We need DJ Li'l Scratch, who'll be cranking tunes at the Manor's own "Moist Muffin Lounge and Dinette." What will he be playing? A gal you may not have heard of, and I bet'cha you'll take her for granted once you listen to her - or at least the first time around. Some things sneak up on you. Confused? I'll explain. When I first played Pam Garner's 1960 LP, "Pam Sings Ballads For Broken Hearts," I was contemplating the herculean effort it might take to rearrange and scrub my work station (contemplation is such hard work!). The LP ended and I thought, "Meh, Pam's okay." My desk remained a mess. But a day later, while preparing chicken breasts and realizing that...

  Surya Bonaly - French retired competitive figure skater - 52 Chandler Canterbury - American former child actor - 27 Maude Apatow - American actress - 28 Alana Haim - American musician and actress - 34 Camilla Luddington - British actress - 42 Ronnie Radke - American singer and rapper - 42 Charlie Cox - English actor - 43 Michelle Dockery - English actress and singer - 44 Brendan Fletcher - Canadian actor - 44 Adam Brody - American actor - 46 Geoff Stults - American actor - 48 Lee Jung-jae - South Korean actor and filmmaker - 53 Stuart Townsend - Irish actor - 53 Imani - Ethiopian rapper - 54 Michael Shanks - Canadian actor - 55 Helen Slater - American actress and singer-songwriter - 62 John Lee Hancock, Jr. - American filmmaker - 69 William Orbit - English musician and record producer - 69 Julie Taymor - American director and writer - 73 Don Johnson - American actor, producer and singer-songwriter - 76 Rodney Bingenheimer - American radio disc-jockey - 78 Cindy Birdsong...

Today's OP is a SQ for all you HO HO HOs : Which Christmas movie character are you inviting to your Christmas party? For me, it's definitely Frosty the Snowman. One of the hardest things about hosting a party is getting everyone to GTFOH when it's over. But with Frosty, room temperature does the job for you! Macabre? Yes, but nothing a few decorative holiday hand towels can't handle 💅 Who's coming to your Christmas party, hors?

  Sophie Monk - Australian singer, actress, tv personality and model - 46 Barbie Ferreira - Brazilian-American model and actress - 29 Tori Kelly - American singer-songwriter and actress - 33 Offset - American rapper and songwriter - 34 Vanessa Hudgens - American actress and singer - 37 Alex Gaskarth - British-American musician - 38 Candiace Dillard Basset - American tv personality, singer and actress - 39 Mike Fuentes - American musician - 41 Jackson Rathbone - American actor, singer and musician - 41 Michael Owen - English former professional soccer player - 46 Tammy Blanchard - American actress - 49 Leland Chapman - American bail bondsman and bounty hunter - 49 KaDee Strickland - American actress - 50 Miranda Hart - English actress and comedian - 53 Tia Texada - American actress and model - 54 Michaela Watkins - American actress and comedian - 54 Beth Orton - English musician - 55 Natascha McElhone - British actress - 55 Ted Raimi - American character actor, director and wr...

Jacob Elordi is now famous enough that we feel the need to ask him his opinion on things like AI. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the Frankenstein and Euphoria actor said that he has no tolerance for the technology. "It's just so fucking boring...I would much rather kiss on the beach, and read a novel, and be sunburnt." Um yeah, I think most of us would. It seems Elordi was trying to convey his fatigue about the constant conversation being had about AI and its implications. But this response sounds like something a modern-day philosopher like Jaden Smith would say. Perhaps we should just stick with asking him about his workout routine and how Olivia Jade's rowing career is going. Source: Vanity Fair

  Credit: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage Kevin Spacey! With 39% of your votes, Spacey takes the top Shitbag spot for November. Mike Smith ranked next at 26%, followed by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (17%), Shay Mitchell (10%), and Scarlett Johansson with 8%. As always, thank you for your participation. We will see you soon for the final Shitbag of the Month for 2025. Then we will determine who takes the crown for the year!

  Dick Van Dyke - American actor, entertainer and comedian - 100 Maisy Stella - Canadian singer and actress - 22 Emma Corrin - English actor - 30 Dermot Kennedy - Irish singer-songwriter - 34 Cody Califiore - American reality tv personality - 35 Katherine Schwarzenegger - American author - 36 Taylor Swift - American singer-songwriter - 36 Amy Lee - American singer-songwriter and musician - 44 Cameron Douglas - American actor - 47 Tom DeLonge - American musician, co-founder, co-lead vocalist and guitarist of Blink-182 - 50 Debbie Matenopoulos - American tv host and journalist - 51 Christie Clark - American actress - 52 Bart Johnson - American actor - 55 Jamie Foxx - American actor, comedian and singer - 58 NeNe Leakes - American tv personality, actress, presenter, businesswoman, author - 58 Dorinda Medley - American tv personality - 61 A.B. Quintanilla III - American record producer, songwriter and musician - 62 Steve Buscemi - American actor - 68 Morris Day - American musician...

Check out this mama elephant who's had quite enough of a curious rhino following her calf. Fortunately for the rhino, he seems to know when to fuck off. Nature's wild, y'all!

  Eric Schenkman - American guitarist, singer, composer, co founder of Spin Doctors - 62 Sky Katz - American actress and rapper - 21 Lucas Hedges - American actor - 29 Kate Todd - Canadian actress and singer-songwriter - 38 Gbenga Akinnagbe - American actor and writer - 47 Bridget Hall - American model - 48 Maren Ade - German film director, screenwriter and producer - 49 Mayim Bialik - American actress, game show host and author - 50 Hank Williams III - American musician, singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist - 53 Mädchen Amick - American actress and tv director - 55 Jennifer Connelly - American actress - 55 Regina Hall - American actress - 55 Tracy Austin - American former professional tennis player - 63 Daniel O’Donnell - Irish singer and tv show host - 64 Sheree J Wilson - American actress, producer, businesswoman and model - 67 Sheila E. - American singer-songwriter and drummer - 68 Cathy Rigby - American actress, speaker and former artistic gymnast - 73 Bill Nighy - ...

Greetings, Manor Hors! Periodically, "The Roving Pecker" presents urgent missives from filthy esteemed guest writers. Today's chilling entry is from Raincoaster! The snow. The pure, driven snow. The beautiful snow. The sparkling, seductive snow. The deadly snow. We in Canada know that the snow, the gorgeous and mystical messenger of Winter, can be as fatal as it is stunning. But Hugh Walpole, the largely-forgotten but once-popular writer, was born in New Zealand. Nonetheless, he was educated in England from early childhood, in a series of schools which terrorized the delicate lad, so much so that he expunged all but the most prestigious from his entry in Who's Who. His style nods to Horace Walpole (no relation except in the Gothic and psychological nature of their writing), Nathaniel Hawthorne (particularly in this story), and to his dear (perhaps intimate) friend Henry James. Mannered, tense, subtly building to a climax that seems inexorable but may also be nothing ...

 

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