Hollywood never told the truth about love. It learned very early that truth doesn’t sell. Narrative sells. The oldest trick in the studio book wasn’t lighting or editing—it was romance as product. First, you market the story, then you market the couple, then you market the fallout when the couple inevitably burns to the ground. Somewhere between the kiss and the autopsy you sell tickets, magazines, streams, jerseys, and dignity. The industry has always known the rule: love is not a feeling; it’s an asset class. The only thing that’s changed is the interface. Yesterday it was Photoplay and Louella; today it’s Instagram and an army of parasocial auditors with spreadsheets. The lie didn’t die—it got a ring light. The studio era approached fakery with the subtlety of city hall paperwork. You were under contract, which meant your life was, too. You belonged to an organization that owned your hours, your hemline, and your “private” dinner plans. MGM didn’t just make movies; it ran a morality...

Simone Ashley walked the runway in Elie Saab at the L'Oreal Paris Défilé Show for Paris Fashion Week yesterday. The 30-year old Bridgerton star looked absolutely radiant in this number. Gold is definitely her colour! Source: Getty

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Greetings fellow hussies, and welcome to another kickin' edition of Manor Music Monday. I say "kickin'' cause DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing some fantastic tunes to get you movin' and grovin' tonight at our exclusive after-hours "Love Hole Lounge." Hold on tight - wheeeee! - 'cause were speeding straight to the heart of Memphis soul with a songstress who was born in Missouri. Confused? Don't be. But be prepared to be wowed. Yes, it's the invincible Ann Peebles. Born in Missouri to a family of 11 children, she started singing as a wee one in the choir of her father's church - and also with the family's group, The Peebles Choir, who were often the opening act for touring gospel stars like Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers. It wasn't long before she was stepping out as a solo performer, and in the 1960s, she was slaying with her own brand of gritty, deeply felt R&B at clubs in St. Louis, then Memphis. It was in Memphi...

Sophia, Sophia, Sophia, come sit with me, pretty lady, and let's reminisce over better times together.  *glasses clink to good times of the past, and to good times that we will make sure to have in the future*

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Dogs are proof that evolution occasionally takes pity on us. Wolves looked at humans fumbling with fire and said, “Fine, we’ll handle loyalty and enthusiasm. You just try not to burn the world down.” The result is the modern dog: part babysitter, part comedian, part therapist with boundary issues. They understand about three human words, ignore two of them, and still manage to run entire households by sheer force of personality. A dog will greet you like a returning war hero for coming back from the mailbox. A dog will eat your shoe and then look at you like you are the one who should apologize. A dog will sit on your chest, breathe directly in your face, and convince you that this is affection, not a power move. So yes, it’s Sunday. The floor is open. Show us the canines who own your furniture, run your schedules, and give you better eye contact than most men.

Saw this sweet 'ol gal the other day and though time has not been kind to her, she takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. This 71 Galaxie 500 Country Sedan has clearly been through it, but she keeps on keeping on. I don't know the backstory, but maybe 50-plus years ago it was the first car a young couple bought, and maybe they raised a family, maybe they loaded groceries in the back, or took their kids to intramurals, or maybe they went for a drive to let off steam after an argument, or maybe they just turned up the radio when a good tune came on, like this beautiful 1971 song: This is probably what it looked like when it was brand-spanking new, right off the assembly line: Respect this gas-guzzling survivor, and have a happy Sunday Open Post, darlings.  Photos: AK

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There are cats, and then there are Maine Coons. A regular cat loafs on the couch and ignores you. A Maine Coon walks into the room like it owns the property and is checking whether you paid rent. They’re not pets so much as hairy roommates with boundary issues. Nobody really knows where they came from. The sensible answer is New England barns and cold winters. But sensible answers are dull, so folklore insists on better ones: that they’re Viking ship cats, or half raccoon, or descended from Marie Antoinette’s secret French escape cats. Science disagrees, but science has never looked a Maine Coon in the eye. If you’ve ever stared into that shaggy face and thought, “This animal could have pillaged a coastline,” you understand why the legends persist. Their size is half the story. Normal cats hover around ten pounds. Maine Coons double it without blinking. They stretch across couches like a bad Airbnb guest. Their tails look stolen from raccoons, their paws look designed for snowshoeing, ...

Aaron Sorkin's 2010 film, The Social Network , is getting a sequel over 15 years later. The new film is going to be called The Social Reckoning  and will star Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. The film will tell the true story of how FB engineer Frances Haugen (played by Mikey Madison) enlisted the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horowitz (played by Jeremy Allen White) to expose Facebook for its harmful effects on teens and its knowing proliferation of misinformation, which contributed to acts of political violence. The original exposé was published in 2021.  The Social Reckoning is set to start production next month, with an anticipated release date of October 9, 2026.  Sources: Variety, The Associated Press