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

  Joan Osborne - American singer-songwriter - 63 Isabella Sermon - English actress - 19 Riele Downs - Canadian actress - 24 Maya Hawke - American actress and singer-songwriter - 27 Jaden Smith - American rapper, actor - 27 Derek Chadwick - American actor - 30 David Corenswet - American actor - 32 Sky Ferreira - American singer-songwriter, model, and actress - 33 Alexis Dziena - American actress - 41 Sophia Bush - American actress - 43 Lance Gross - American actor and model - 44 Milo Ventimiglia - American actor - 48 Sebastian Maniscalco - American comedian and actor - 52 Kathleen Robertson - Canadian actress, producer and writer - 52 Beck - American musician, singer, songwriter, - 55 Billy Crudup - American actor - 57 Michael Weatherly - American actor and producer - 57 Lee Tergesen - American actor - 60 Rocky Carroll - American actor and director - 62 Robert Knepper - American actor - 66 Kevin Bacon - American actor and musician - 67 Monty Don - British horticulturist, broad...

  ► Over the weekend, Mel B (51) of the Spice Girls sashayed down the aisle to marry husband #3, hairstylist Rory McPhee (37). IMO, Rory looks like David Spade with dark hair. Her bridesmaids were her 3 grown kids - well, 2 of them are grown adults and one is 13. The future ex-husband #4 wore a kilt from the costume dept of Braveheart. Mel opted for a dress from the Stridex Acne Collection. The only member of the Spice Girls who attended was Emma Bunton (Baby Spice). I guess she had nothing better to do. In case you forgot (like I did), Mel B was kicked out of the group last year for spilling secrets about them. I have no idea what those secrets were. Probably that Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) never sang and lip synced her way to fame; or that Gerri Halwell (Ginger Spice) is not a natural redhead. Who the heck knows...or cares. The Spice Girls are about as relevant these days as Quiznos Subs.   Read More   Rory McPhee and Mel B. Photo: Max Mumby/Indigo; Getty Images...

Flower Seller by Diego Rivera  The systems are cracking. The air is thick with cruelty. Basic decency has become a radical act. And the orange menace and his fanboys are circling the country like flies over a half-dead empire, selling grievance like Tupperware and calling it salvation. So yeah, it’s a lot. And if you're feeling afraid, exhausted, betrayed, or like maybe this whole American experiment is in its final season — you're not wrong. You're awake. But here’s the sacred truth underneath all that noise: This isn’t the first time the world has tilted toward the monstrous. And it won’t be the last time it tilts back toward the light.   Step One: Call It What It Is This is a storm. This is spiritual weather. And you don’t fight a storm by pretending it’s a breeze. You say: “This feels unsafe. This feels overwhelming. And it makes sense that I’m scared.” You are not paranoid. You are not dramatic. You are not “too sensitive.” You are conscious. And in a time of mass del...

Greetings, fellow tramps, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday - this week with an extra-long holiday hangover. But you know the solution to that, don't you? More cocktails! Obvi. And tonight at the Manor's swingin' club, "Pocket Rocket," bartenders will be serving Hank Panky cocktails , while DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing outta-sight tunes performed by a somewhat forgotten chanteuse who richly deserves rediscovery. I speak of Rita Moss, a dazzling jazz-pop vocalist whose "Talk To Me Tiger" from 1966 is a thrilling, one-of-a-kind LP. Known for her stunning four-octave range, Rita only recorded five full-length LPs (that I can find), and trust me, you'll never forget her once you've heard her. She's often compared to  Yma Sumac , but I think of her more as a precursor to  Minnie Riperton , what with her eerily floating, way-up-high soprano, ersatz instrumentations and jazz-pop stylings. The title track is actually the LP...

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

  Toto Cutugno - Italian singer-songwriter, musician and tv presenter - (1943-2023) Maddie Marlow - American singer-songwriter - 30 Ashton Irwin - Australian musician, drummer of 5 Seconds of Summer - 31 Ally Brooke - American, former member of the girl group Fifth Harmony- 32 Toni Garrn - German model - 33 Eve Hewson - Irish actress - 34 Jack Whitehall - English comedian, actor, writer and tv personality - 37 Cassidy - American rapper - 43 Michelle Kwan - retired competitive figure skater - 45 Mally Mall - Brazilian-Egyptian hip-hop record producer and rapper - 48 Hamish Linklater - American actor - 49 Berenice Bejo - French-Argentine actress - 49 Troy Garity - American actor - 52 Lisa Leslie - American former professional basketball player - 53 Kristen Vangsness - American actress and writer - 53 Christian Camargo - American actor - 54 Nathalie Simard - French Canadian singer - 56 Cree Summer - American actress and singer - 56 Robin Weigert - American actress - 56 Amy Carl...

You know that sinking feeling in your gut? The one that hits when you read the news and realize the lunatics aren’t just running the asylum—they’ve firebombed it and are selling tickets to the rubble? Yeah. That one. Every day is another headline torn from the fever dream of a meth-addled confederate flag enthusiast. Supreme Court decisions written by people who seem to think it’s still 1854. Elected officials who mistake their Twitter accounts for divine revelation. Billionaires tweeting memes while democracy bleeds out in the corner. And then there’s that one. The Orange Menace. Still slouching toward the podium, still howling, still grifting, still somehow not in prison. He’s a walking indictment of everything broken in this country. And yet, here we are. Again. Because fascism is nothing if not persistent — and nostalgia for white male dominance is America’s favorite opioid. The Republican Party is no longer a political party. It’s a deranged cult. A fascist talent show. A deat...

If you're reading this, you're probably a dog person. Or at the very least, a person who suspects a dog might be the only one capable of reaching that quiet, hurt place inside you and saying, "You're not alone. I'm here." Emotional Support Dogs aren't just pets. They're balm, they're medicine, they're four-legged miracles trained in love and presence. And the best part? You don’t always need to train them — some just show up ready to do the job, whether you paid for a certificate or not. Let’s be clear: Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) are different from service dogs. They don’t need to perform a specific task like guiding the blind or detecting seizures. Instead, they support your emotional health through their very presence, and that can be life-altering. Many people get a letter from a licensed therapist or psychiatrist to certify their ESA, but the bond — that unspoken language of love — often arrives long before the paperwork. So who needs...

Darlings, throw on your pearls and peel yourself off the fainting couch — this Sunday, we’re going somewhere deliciously decadent. Tonight’s setting? A roaring 1920s dinner party that would make Gatsby feel underdressed. There is no specific year — we’re simply in the 1920s, the decade that invented champagne-soaked chaos.   Arrivals & Aesthetic The guests arrive in chauffeured Hispano-Suizas and Packards, stepping out in velvet cloaks, chinchilla wraps, and the occasional scandal. Josephine Baker glides in like silk dipped in firelight, fresh from a Paris revue. Ernest Hemingway, still smoldering with youth and trauma, saunters in with a flask of something strong and a story twice as strong. And Cole Porter? He’s already at the piano, turning your indiscretions into sheet music. Dorothy Parker is parked on a tufted velvet chaise in the corner, armed with a gimlet, ready to dismantle everyone’s ego in ten words or less. “Brevity,” she purrs, “is the soul of lingerie.” Oscar Wil...

  Kate Nash - English singer-songwriter and actress - 38 Zion Williamson - American professional basketball player - 25 Jack Duff - Irish singer - 26 Manny Machado - American professional baseball player - 33 Cody Fern - Australian actor and director - 37 Ranveer Singh - Indian actor - 40 Gregory Smith - Canadian and American actor and director - 42 D. Woods - American singer-songwriter - 42 Eva Green - French actress - 45 Kevin Hart - American comedian and actor - 46 Tamera Mowry & Tia Mowry - American actresses - 47 50 Cent - American rapper and actor - 50 Larsa Pippen - American reality television personality - 51 Big Mike - American rapper - 54 Inspectah Deck - American rapper and hip hop producer - 55 Brian Van Holt - American actor - 56 Heather Nova - Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet - 58 Brian Posehn - American comedian and actor - 59 Robin Antin - American dancer and choreographer - 64 Jennifer Saunders - English actress, comedian and singer - 67 Allyce Beas...

    There’s a common misconception that cats are aloof little sociopaths who tolerate humans only because we feed them. And while it’s true that some cats would absolutely watch you die if your head got stuck in a cereal box, others — many others — are pure, purring medicine. Welcome to the tender underbelly of the feline world: emotional support cats. *** The decadent symbolist painter, Gustav Klimt was inseparable from his cats. They roamed his studio like furry muses, often curling up on velvet while he painted gold-laced skin and mythic women. Klimt lived as privately as his cats — and created work that purred with sensual defiance.   Klimt let his cats climb on canvases, spill paint, and nap in silks. He never scolded them — he said they “understood texture.” *** Dogs are loyalists. Cats are curators. A dog wants your approval. A cat wants you to meet their standards. And when they do choose you? It’s spiritual. It’s selective. It’s elite. Cats don’t offer affec...