The Countess of Turkish Plastic Surgery;Katie Price There was a time when gilded mirrors, tufted velvet, and ornate chandeliers belonged in Versailles. Or at least Vegas. Now they’re crammed into 2,400-square-foot tract homes in Tulsa and TikTok apartments with no closet doors. Welcome to Baroque on a Budget — a cultural moment where American (and Brits) have decided that if you can’t be rich, you can at least look rich… right up until your Afterpay defaults. It’s not just aesthetic. It’s emotional.   The logical next step of a system where wealth is fantasy, class mobility is stalled, and appearance has become a survival mechanism. This is the Bravo Universe made flesh. Real Housewives meets a Buy Now Pay Later plan. Tesco caviar next to your kid’s orthodontist bill. Let’s start with the truth: envy drives American taste. Not inspiration. Not refinement. Just weaponized longing in soft focus. The national style has become a patchwork of borrowed grandeur — Greco-Roman faux ...

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!"

  Luke Hemmings - Australian singer, member of 5 Seconds of Summer - 29 Milly Shapiro - American actress and singer - 23 Cooper Koch - American actor - 29 Mark Indelicato - American actor, singer, fashion blogger, and photographer - 31 Erin Doherty - British actress - 33 Alexandra Shipp - American actress and singer - 34 James Maslow - American actor and singer - 35 Wizkid - Nigerian singer and songwriter - 35 Gareth Bale - Welsh former professional soccer player - 36 Sabrina Dhowre Elba - Canadian model, media personality - 36 AnnaLynne McCord - American actress and model - 38 Laura Carmichael - English actress - 39 Rosa Salazar - American actress - 40 Katrina Kaif - British actress - 42 Eleanor Matsuura - British actor - 42 Michelle Morgan - Canadian actress and film producer - 44 Jayma Mays - American actress - 46 Jenna Lewis - American actress - 48 Chris Pontius - American stunt performer and television personality - 51 Corey Feldman - American actor and musician - 54 Ra...

  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?

  Ian Curtis - English singer-songwriter and musician, lead vocalist of Joy Division - (1956-1980) Iain Armitage - American actor - 17 Mason Dye - American actor - 31 Olly Alexander - British singer and actor - 35 Alexander Calvert - Canadian actor - 35 Damian Lillard - American professional basketball player - 35 Tristan Wilds - American actor, singer-songwriter, and record producer - 36 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - American actor - 39 Taylor Kinney - American actor and model - 44 Laura Benanti - American actress and singer - 46 Travis Fimmel - Australian actor and former model - 46 Lana Parrilla - American actress - 48 Ray Toro - American lead guitarist and backing vocalist of My Chemical Romance - 48 Gabriel Iglesias - American stand-up comedian and actor - 49 Diane Kruger - German actress - 49 Jim Jones - American rapper - 49 Evan Marriott - American actor - 51 Brian Austin Green - American actor - 52 Scott Foley - American actor and director - 53 Beth Ostrosky Stern - American...

   ► After an exhausting 3 days of wearing couture, waving to plebs and sailing into Venice  in a mega yacht to attend Jeff Bozo and Dirty Sanchez wedding, new besties Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, and momager Kris Jenner needed to recuperate. They took their reign of entitlement terror to Spain where they sailed around the coast on a yacht the size of an aircraft carrier. The trio shared photos taken by Beelzebub Studios showing them sunning and planning their world domination. You just know these three harpies never leave home without their crew of photographers, stylist, make up artist, and hairdressers to capture impromptu moments like the one below. I can hear them say, "let's sit on these outrageously expensive custom made pillows to show the plebs we're just like them". Now take those pillows away and get our gold thrones.   Read More Comment : When I saw this photo, I immediately thought the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse needs to be updated to reflect moder...

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...

The Epstein Files, The MAGA Circus & The DNC Mime Show   HEADLINE ACT: MAGA EATS ITSELF -The Epstein Files “Don’t Exist” — just like the tooth fairy, Pam Bondi’s conscience, and the orange menace's reading comprehension.
 -MAGA hardliners are fuming, accusing the orange menace of running cover for pedo-billionaires while tweeting about hamburgers.
 -Laura Loomer’s Eye Twitch now has its own spin-off podcast.
 -Alex Jones wants a revolution. Again. From his mansion. With supplements. -But they are still waving flags and pretending the orange menace never said he wanted to end the Constitution. -Plenty of them are shouting "deep state" when asked about their dentist appointment. -Quite a number are sobbing into Freedom Fries because a Starbucks cup had rainbows on it. “You said you’d drain the swamp — not flood it with bleach and Botox.” — A MAGA supporter, probably, screaming into a Chick-fil-A napkin. SECOND ACT: THE DEMOCRATS – THE PARTY OF TAP DANCE AND TEPIDNESS 
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  Tanya Donelly - American singer-songwriter and guitarist - 59 Serge Gnabry - German professional soccer player - 30 Koe Wetzel - American singer-songwriter - 33 Conor McGregor - Irish mixed martial artist - 37 Sara Canning - Canadian actress - 38 Dan Reynolds - American singer and songwriter - 38 Ryan Sweeting - American former professional tennis player - 38 Peta Murgatroyd - Australian American professional Latin dancer - 39 Dan Smith - English singer-songwriter and record producer - 39 Phoebe Waller-Bridge - English actress, screenwriter and producer - 40 Dmitry Chaplin - Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor - 43 Dorit Kemsley - American fashion designer and tv personality - 49 Tiny Harris - American singer - 50 Jamey Johnson - American singer-songwriter - 50 Taboo Nawasha - American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, DJ, comic book writer - 50 Tiny Harris - American singer-songwriter - 50 Deborah Mailman - Australian tv actress and singer - 53 Loni Love - American com...

    Because not every good boy gets a second chance. We’re losing them. Not just the coral reefs, the bookstores, or the ability to sit in silence at a red light without checking your phone — but actual dog breeds. Noble, goofy, gallant, stubborn, snuggly creatures who once roamed castles, fields, and couches alike. Many of these rare breeds are on the brink of extinction. They didn’t get a TikTok handler, a quirky rebrand, or a PR miracle like the Frenchie. And now? They’re quietly fading into history.   Why Are Dog Breeds Disappearing?   Urbanization : Farm dogs and working dogs don’t thrive in condos.
 Trendy Breeds : Social media turned the dog market into a popularity contest.
 Specialization : Some breeds had one job — and that job no longer exists.
 Low Litters & High Costs : Rare breeds often have small gene pools and expensive care needs.
 “Designer” Dogs : Doodles and miniatures grabbed the spotlight, pushing heritage breeds into obscurity.   Breed...

    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...