► The angry Keebler Elf (Govt Name: Ellen DeGeneres, 68) is promoting her "Kind Science" skincare line via the informercial route. Yea, a shameless cash grab for someone with a reported net worth of $500 million. The name is kinda stupid. Kind Science? As to what...Unkind Science? Anyhoo, the line was co-created  in 2021 with Victoria Jackson (the skin care guru and not the ex-SNL MAGA nutjob). When she still had her talk show, Ellen wasn't shy about plugging it to the audience. When she got cancelled for being an angry, mean elf with a Napoléon complex, the product became an elf on the shelf. The new infomercial features Ellen asking people to "come up, buy it" while looking like she lost a fight in a laundromat dryer full of random socks.   Read More Ellen DeGeneres in new informercial for Kind Science. Photo: Kind Science / MSN.com Comment : Ellen is the last person who should be selling skincare products. She looks like she sleeps inside a food dehydrator....

Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with music to keep you warm - even scorching - especially for those if you in bone-chilling, snow-laden lands hither and thon. Did you know? At the Manor, every climate is represented. Just turn a corner on our grounds and it's Fall, then Summer, and so forth. We've got that Narnia-type shit going on (sans closets). But I digress. Tonight, at "Sweating Like A Skerd Gerbil" bar and gourmand nuttery, DJ Li'l Scratch is bringing us a songstress who's smooth with a refreshing spike of 'tude, which is really the best way to describe Marlena Shaw, an unheralded diva who conquered jazz, soul, R&B, disco, gospel and blues, and all with equal aplomb. In other words, she's surfed with the times, from The Apollo Theatre as a ten-year-old phenom, to the present day, where she performed at a major jazz festival in the Netherlands. Some divas never stop. Until they have to. Sadl...

  Eva Cassidy - American singer and musician - (1963-1996) Ellie Bamber - English actress - 29 Paul Mescal - Irish actor - 30 Lil Debbie - American rapper, model and fashion designer - 36 Julia Fox - Italian-American actress and model - 36 Zosia Mamet - American actress and musician - 38 Gemma Arterton - English actress and producer - 40 Emily Rose - American actress - 45 Shamita Shetty - Indian actress and interior designer - 47 Bárbara Mori - Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer - 48 Rich Sommer - American actor - 48 Shakira - Colombian singer-songwriter - 49 Marissa Jaret Winokur - American actress and singer - 53 Jennifer Westfeldt - American actress, screenwriter, director and producer - 56 Dana International - Israeli singer - 57 Adam Ferrara - American actor and comedian - 60 Michael T. Weiss - American actor - 64 Kim Zimmer - American actress - 71 Christie Brinkley - American actress, model and entrepreneur - 72 Duane “Dog” Chapman - American t...

He bungled his big boy takeover of Greenland, his ICE initiative has resulted in two government-sanctioned murders (as of this writing), consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest rating since 2014, and our European allies are fast abandoning us. Is it any wonder that Trump's approval ratings have tanked to historic lows?  Even a substantial percentage of MAGA faithful are wondering when the good times will roll, since tariffs have caused prices to go up in almost all sectors, not to mention the continuing flood of damning, stomach-churning Epstein files. Oh, and Black History Month? "What's that?" says Trump.  This first year of Trump's second Presidency has felt like ten years. If  Democrat politicians don't grow a spine - instead of sitting back and pining for the midterms - then doom is certain. The only amusement we'll enjoy will come from the rest of the world, like Italy, which recently made a home crafts suggestion:

 

The Internet needs to be spanked, because a group of stinky-poos came for Liza this week. But luckily, Liza, glorious legend that she is, snapped back. And it was all because of her new album cover, which troglodytes were quick to say resembled Rhianna's "Girl Gone Bad" album cover from 2007. "Nyah, nyah, nyah," the lesser-thans sneered, acting as if they caught Liza make a major whoopsie (or a major Beyonce) (you decide). But Liza kindly, yet firmly. put them in their place. She knows Rihanna, of course, and “I did a tribute to her ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ with the album art. Some people got it, and some people didn’t! But nobody needed to be unkind. With social media, everyone can be a critic. And I realize people use this space to amplify their voice. To those who defend me when my age, decisions, appearance and art are under fire, I’m very grateful. It takes courage to stand beside a friend when things are difficult. You know who you are. And I love you very mu...

  Dionne Bromfield - British singer, tv presenter and tv personality - 30 Julia Garner - American actress - 32 Harry Styles - English singer-songwriter and actor - 32 Laura Marling - British singer-songwriter - 36 Heather Morris - American actress, dancer and singer - 39 Ronda Rousey - American professional wrestler, actress, former judoka - 39 Lauren Conrad - American tv personality, fashion designer and author - 40 Abbi Jacobson - American comedian, actress, writer, producer and illustrator - 42 Gavin Henson - Welsh former professional rugby player - 44 Jason Isbell - American singer-songwriter and actor - 47 Rachelle Lefèvre - Canadian actress - 47 Julie Roberts - American singer-songwriter - 47 Big Boi - American rapper, singer, record producer and actor - 51 Michael C. Hall - American actor and singer - 55 Hynden Walch - American actress and comedian - 55 Brian Krause - American actor - 57 Pauly Shore - American actor, comedian and filmmaker - 58 Meg Cabot - American no...

 

  Current Household at Casa de Fleur: 2 cats, 1 comedian Cockatoo, 2 dogs, many horses, most of which are my kids' sport competition horses, so not really pets but pampered like they are, some are mine and Fleury's, 3 ponies, one that is an obnoxious brat and maybe not cut out for anything but hanging around if the trainer can't get him to behave, 2 mini horses that belong to Baby-1 is a bully and thinks he's a stallion. The farm has all kinds of animals, MIL's chickens, working dogs, barn and stable cats, hunting dogs, and whatever wild foxes lurk, deer, rabbits, and icky badgers. Spring is around the corner so I expect the dumpings of boxes of kittens and puppies to show up , Petsagain. Sigh. 

  Credit: Backgrid Surprising nobody, Elon Musk has taken the top turd spot this year with 69% of your votes. Russell Brand, who faced multiple sexual assault allegations this year, was a distant second with 9.5%. Steve Bannon came third with 6.5%, and Jeff Bezos and Dean Cain were tied at 3.4%. Kim K followed up with 2.6%, her ex-husband Kanye followed closely behind at 1.7%, matching the Riyadh comedians. Finally, Kevin Spacey and Jay Cutler also tied at 0.9% each. Thank you for your votes this year and we will see you shortly for January's roundup!

Credit: Getty Alexander Skarsgard has been spotted in flip flops not once, but TWICE this week. His first offence was photographed above while he attended the Sundance film festival in chilly Utah. It appears he didn't suffer from frostbite on his little piggies, so the 49-year old decided to grace us with his bare toes again this Friday for the SNL promo video he shot with Cardi B and Chloe Fineman: Credit: NBC How do you feel about these looks, Peckers? Would you like to see more Hollywood men sporting flip flops?

Jean Simmons - British actress and singer - (1929-2010) Joel Courtney - American actor - 30 Nikita Dragun - American internet personality, make-up artist and model - 30 Tyler Cameron - American tv personality, model and general contractor - 33 Tyler Hubbard - American singer-songwriter and musician - 39 Marcus Mumford - American-born British singer-songwriter, musician and record producer - 39 Megan Ellison - American film producer and entrepreneur - 40 Gemma Collins - English media personality and businesswoman - 45 Justin Timberlake - American singer-songwriter, record producer and actor - 45 Tiffany Limos - American actress - 46 Bobby Moynihan - American actor and comedian - 49 Kate Shindle - American actress, singer, dancer and AIDS activist - 49 Kerry Washington - American actress - 49 Paul Scheer - American comedian, actor, filmmaker and podcaster - 50 Jackie O - Australian radio and tv presenter - 51 Anna Silk - Canadian actress - 52 Portia de Rossi - Australian-American r...

Greetings, Manor Hors! Periodically, "The Roving Pecker" presents urgent missives from filthy esteemed guest writers. Today's is from Darkside! Pour out a glass of Herb Ertlinger's Fruit Wine . The entire world is still shuddering with the shock at the news that actress, comedienne, and Canadian icon Catherine O'Hara has left us at the age of 71. Born in Toronto in 1954, she began her career after college by joining the acclaimed Second City comedy troupe, where she honed her skills into becoming one of the funniest comic actors in recent history. Eventually, she and a small group of colleagues banded together to create "SCTV" ("Second City Television"), one of the most acclaimed and influential comedy shows in the history of TV. Perhaps inevitably, "Saturday Night Live" came calling in 1981, but O'Hara declined the invitation. Long-standing rumor states it was because she was scared off by writer Michael O'Donoghue s...

Dancer Maria Catharina Wilk (1853-1928)

  Gene Hackman - American actor and novelist - (1930-2025) Danielle Campbell - American actress - 31 Eiza González - Mexican actress and singer - 36 Jake Thomas - American actor and director - 36 Khleo Thomas - American actor, gamer, host and entrepreneur - 37 Becky Lynch - Irish professional wrestler - 39 Kid Cudi - American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor - 42 Wilmer Valderrama - American actor - 46 Lena Hall - American actress and singer - 46 Josh Kelley - American musician and singer-songwriter - 46 Andy Milonakis - American comedian, actor, rapper and internet personality - 50 Yumi Yoshimura - Japanese singer, member of the duo PUFFY - 51 Christian Bale - English actor - 52 Olivia Colman - English actress - 52 Jemima Goldsmith - English journalist and screenwriter - 52 Chris Jacobs - Tv host and personality - 56 Carolyn Kepcher - American businesswoman - 57 Jody Watley - American singer-songwriter - 67 Brett Butler - American actress, writer and stand-up ...