Ciao, dear Peckersluts! It's been a busy week for this hor, so today's post will be a quick guessing game:  Do you recognize the beloved actor this little cutie grew up to be? I'll reveal later tonight!

   Welcome celebrity guest chefs Walt and Jesse from Breaking Bad.     

Everyone thinks that being a superstar (and 20th Century Fox's top female draw of ALL TIME--yes, I'm talking to you, Darryl Zanuck!) means that life is all caviar and champagne in buckets, but the reality is far more grim: the paparazzi have something new called "telephoto lenses" and they can catch us at our absolute worst.  Take this picture, for example: I was innocently attending to nature when Ron Galella stood up on tiptoe and shot this photo through my bathroom window. Despite my complete lack of makeup, at least I was adequately clad for the task. The moral of this story? No matter what you're doing, always dress as if a crowd might stop by, because it just might happen. Happy Open Post, darlings! Photo Credit: Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast via Getty Images

Gareth Cattermole/Getty Christina Aguilera was in London yesterday attending the Burlesque: The Musical photocall at the Savoy Theatre. XTina is the executive producer of the show and her music will be featured throughout. If this dress looks familiar, it's because she sported the same Versace number way back in 2003 during the brand's Fall campaign. What a throwback! Versace

Greetings, hormigos, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with a li'l Creole spice, and who doesn't want that, amirite? Today's fetching jazz and R&B singer wasn't just born to Creole parents in Louisiana, she was also a gifted songwriter and violinist. And, yes, she slayed in the 1940s and 50s. DJ Li'l Scratch can't wait to play all of her tunes for you tonight, so be sure to swing by "Rim Job," the Manor's after-hours club and car wash. You won't be sorry. Savannah Churchill is that good.  And get this: unlike most Black singers of her day, Savannah didn't start singing and performing at her church - "Wait, what?" you say - but instead at her school, where she also excelled at the violin.  With her stunning beauty and fair complexion, she could have easily passed as white, which surely would have benefited her career. However, she steadfastly embraced her Black heritage.  It wasn't long before she ...

  Elephant Family by Andrea Napolitano They rumble in frequencies we can’t hear, hundreds of feet apart. They console with trunks, mourn their dead, and remember everything — especially kindness. They don’t shout to be understood. They stand closer. They grieve, they gossip, they guard the smallest members of their herd like living treasure. And if an elephant doesn’t like you? You’ll know. Quietly. Permanently. I want to speak that kind of language — low, clear, intentional. Not the human noise of “shoulds” and “sorries,” but something softer: I see you. I hear you. I’ve got you. That’s elephant talk. And maybe today, I’ll try using it.  

Filming of Practical Magic 2 has just gotten underway and Nicole Kidman took to instagram to celebrate the Owen sisters' reunion! The original film, which was released in 1998, wasn't a huge box office success but has garnered appreciation over the years for its cozy small-town atmosphere.  The sequel, which is set to release in September of 2026, will see the return of Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing reprising their roles as Aunt Jet and Aunt Franny.  Evan Rachel Wood, who played Sally's daughter Kylie in the original, posted to instagram saying that she was not asked to be in the sequel despite her having offered to be in it, even if it was for "one scene or one line." New stars will join the cast including Lee Pace and Maisie Williams.  Are you going to check out Practical Magic 2 when it is released? Were you a fan of the original? Sources: The Wrap, Edge Media Network, Nicole Kidman/instagram

A relative sent this to me recently after it was spotted in the wild, and obviously I am obligated to share it with you hors. The glamour of Dolly is always around us, dear Peckerloves - as omnipresent and essential to life as the very air we breathe - you just have to know where to look!

  

I receive lots of artsy stuff on my phone from Gurgle alerts (or whatever the hell it's called) because hey, I'm an artsy kind of dude, and articles like this delight me. It's funny and sweet and just exactly what we all need sometimes. Courteously of Street Art Utopia:  Playing With Statues (19 photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA ! She is clearly not here for his bullshit: Meanwhile: "Did you see what Archimedes was wearing last night when it started raining upon the Acropolis? His raiment might as well have been transparent! It is likely he will sire bountiful offspring with that mighty phallus which bounces to and fro so distractingly beneath his garments, but my sympathies are entirely with the overburdened whisker biscuit of his chosen mate!"

  Source: reddit Even though we are in the middle of July, spooky season looms right around the corner! A reddit user just shared this photo of their local Jo-Ann Fabrics store (RIP) having been taken over by the Halloween pop-up. Will you be doing any Halloween shopping soon, or do you wish Summer would last forever?

Greetings, fellow chippies, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today highlighting one of my favorite genres: Swing Era Jazz! Popular from the late 1920s through the mid-40s, its distinctively bouncy Big Band sound - those "swinging" eighth notes make the rhythm seem uneven and springy - guarantees that my spirits will soar and I'll be up on my feet. You, too? Then you're in luck, because tonight, at the Manor's exclusive "Jumpin' Junk" after-hours bar and dinette, DJ Li'l Scratch will be spinning one of its finest practitioners. In other words, it's time for some high-kicking fun with swing legend Ivie Anderson.  When I did a search to find pictures of her, it seemed like she was always laughing, or making others laugh. Below, she's having a fine old time with the fabulously named jazz trumpeter,  Hot Lips Page . And, yes, I would have. Ivie knew how to put on a show. Born in Gilroy, California, she was orphaned as a ch...

    In Williamsburg, before the rents ballooned and the irony calcified, there was a window of time when people believed they were creating something important. It was 1997/8 and for one humid, candlelit evening, we were in Notting Hill — or at least pretending hard enough that it almost held. This was before 9/11, before algorithms, before Uber and influencers and curated realities. Nostalgia has turned it golden, but even then, we knew something delicate was happening. Fragile. Possibly delusional. But pure in its own chaotic sincerity.   The apartment belonged to Caulder, a 29-year-old gallerist with no formal gallery and no formal income. He wore tuxedo pants every day and claimed not to believe in chairs. His loft had one couch, no television, a salvaged butcher block table, and a faint, inescapable scent of eucalyptus.   The party began late because parties always began late. The guests arrived in staggered waves, all limbs and linen, clutching wine bottles wit...

  Back on July 3rd, participants braved the Madrid heat to race in the streets wearing heels no shorter than 5.9 inches! This is a part of the Pride Month activities and both runners and supporters came out in droves for the event. Phew! My feet hurt just looking at this! Here are some more photos: Source: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

I'm a particular fan of Bleecker's mugshot game, "Guess the Offense", so let's play today! What, oh what, could this ethereal earth angel have possibly done to land herself in the slammer?! I'll reveal the ALLEGED crime later tonight! Reveal: Hors, meet Christa Sokacz of Louisville, KY, arrested for the following!  Escape Second DEGREE (Identity/Facility)  Violation of a Kentucky  Order of Protection/DV Probation of Violation (Felony Offense) 

 

"Hey gang! I know it's summer vaca but I just had to call you, you'll never believe it! As a reward for my (almost) straight-A grades last year (okay, I got a C in chemistry) (what do you expect, I'm a cheerleader, lol), my parents just bought me a brand-new Galaxy 5000! Isn't it the most, to say the least? "Oh! And I saw a new girl from Austria named Sandy signing up for next semester and she's dreadfully pretty and I just know we're going to be life-long friends! She said she's going to try out for the cheerleading team. Oh, I'm sure she'll be peachy-keen, jellybean - though I bet she hasn't got even half my moves! Behold:  "Oh, well, see you in September!" The older I get the more stupidly sentimental I become. Much love to these two beautiful people, Olivia Newton-John and Susan Buckner, both gone now. (Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures) Wistful, but happy, Wednesday, darlings. Don't forget to show us your own cheerlead...