Rita Coolidge - American recording artist - 81 Madeline Brewer - American actress - 34 Victoria Monét - American singer-songwriter - 37 Jamie Dornan - British actor, model and musician - 44 Katya Zamolodchikova - American drag queen, actor, author, recording artist - 44 James Badge Dale - American actor - 48 Darius McCrary - American actor, singer and producer - 50 Julie Benz - American actress - 54 Wes Anderson - American filmmaker - 57 D’arcy Wretzky - American musician, original bassist of the Smashing Pumpkins - 58 Tim McGraw - American country singer-songwriter, record producer and actor - 59 Judge Milian - American tv personality, lecturer - 65 Ray Parker Jr. - American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - 72 Glen Ballard - American songwriter, lyricist and record producer - 73 Dann Florek - American actor and film director - 76 Paul Teutul Sr - American reality tv personality, founder of Orange County Choppers - 77 Joanna Lumley - British actress, presenter, f...

(source: Paramount Pictures) Greetings, Manor Hors! Periodically, "The Roving Pecker" presents urgent missives from filthy esteemed guest writers. Today's is from GlamourDoll! What exactly is "camp"? Wikipedia defines it as: "an aesthetic and sensibility that regards something as appealing or amusing because of its heightened level of artifice, affectation and exaggeration, especially when there is also a playful or ironic element." In other words: too much... but in the best possible way. The term itself dates back to late 1800s Victorian times. Fanny Park (Frederick) and Stella Boulton (Ernest), both born male, performed in drag and lived as women both on and off stage. They were arrested in 1870 for "conspiring and inciting persons to commit an unnatural offence" (Victorians were, unsurprisingly, no fun), but were ultimately acquitted. In a letter, Fanny described her “campish undertakings,” giving us one of the earliest recorded uses of ...

 

Luke Friend - English singer - 30 Olivia DeJonge - Australian actress - 28 Travis Scott - American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer - 35 Mac DeMarco - Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer - 36 Ana de Armas - Cuban-Spanish actress - 38 Dianna Agron - American actress and singer - 40 Gal Gadot - Israeli actress and model - 41 Lloyd Banks - American rapper - 44 Kirsten Dunst - American actress - 44 Drew Seeley - Canadian actor, singer and dancer - 44 Kunal Nayyar - British actor - 45 Justin Vernon - American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist - 45 Sam Heughan - Scottish actor, producer, author and entrepreneur - 46 Amanda Palmer - American singer-songwriter, musician and performance artist - 50 Johnny Galecki - American actor - 51 Leigh Francis - English tv presenter, actor, writer and comedian - 53 Jeff Timmons - American singer-songwriter and producer - 53 Adrian Pasdar - American actor - 61 Lars Von Trier - Danish film direct...

I thought for sure this beaut was a Ford Fairlane, but apparently it's a 1957 Ford Tudor Sedan. But whatever it's called, it's gorgeous! A s always, please note my exceptionally professional job of obscuring the license plate.  In '57 there was a lot of great shows on tv, and some terrific movies too. For my money, "Witness For The Prosecution" is the most fun, suspenseful and ultimately satisfying 116 minutes you could spend in a theater that year (that ENDING!). Also, if your mom was driving you to elementary school or picking you up after, it's very likely you heard this song, and you could also see it on Ed Sullivan that year: So wake up, little Susie (and Sammie), wake up--after all, it's Open Post, darlings! Photo Credits: AK

China Forbes - American singer-songwriter, member of Pink Martini - 56 Katherine Langford - Australian actress - 30 Foxes - English singer-songwriter - 37 Crystal Hefner - American model - 40 Qveen Herby - American rapper, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur - 40 Zane Carney - American singer-songwriter, guitarist - 41 Megan Boone - American actress - 43 Jay Cutler - American former football player - 43 Tyler Labine - Canadian actor - 48 Derek Mears - American actor and stuntman - 54 Andre Agassi - American former tennis player - 56 Master P - American rapper, record producer, record executive, actor, entrepreneur - 56 Uma Thurman - American actress - 56 Paul Adelstein - American actor - 57 Carnie Wilson - American singer-songwriter and tv personality - 58 Steve Blum - American voice actor - 66 Michelle Pfeiffer - American actress and producer - 68 Eve Plumb - American actress, singer and painter - 68 Daniel Day-Lewis - English actor - 69 Kate Mulgrew - American actress and auth...

I have noticed that lately bumper stickers don't seem to be as prevalent as they were, say, 20 years ago. Every once in a while I'll spot a lonely sticker, and take special delight whenever I see a car whose bumper looks like this header photo. Nice to have some reading material when I'm at a red light behind one of these. Have you ever put a bumper sticker on your car? I have seen a few over the years that have tickled me, but it seems like one little bumper sticker says so much about you as a human. They are deeply personal and I don't know if I could commit to one. If you could choose to have one bumper sticker to represent yourself, what would it be?  Feel free to share any memorable ones you've seen over the years! Credit: reddit

Jimmy Barnes - Australian singer-songwriter - 70 Melanie Martinez - American singer-songwriter - 31 Jenna Ushkowitz - American actress, singer, producer and podcast host - 40 Harry Shum Jr. - American actor - 44 Jessica Alba - American actress and businesswoman - 45 Alex Riley - American former professional wrestler and commentator - 45 Drew & Jonathan Scott - Canadian reality tv personality, entrepreneur, entertainer - 48 Michael Carbonaro - American actor, magician and improv artist - 50 Caroline Stanbury - British businesswoman and reality tv personality - 50 Penelope Cruz - Spanish actress - 52 Eric Vale - American voice actor - 52 Jorge Garcia - American actor and comedian - 53 Elisabeth Röhm - American actress and director - 53 Violent J - American rapper, record producer, professional wrestler - 54 Bridget Moynahan - American actress and former model - 55 Jackson Galaxy - American cat behaviourist - 60 Too Short - American rapper - 60 Kim Gordon - American musician, sin...

Greetings music lovuhs, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. Or perhaps should I say "tap-tap, tap-tap-tap" since it's National Morse Code Day, too. Send this to likeminded nerds:  ( ... --- ...). It's   the universal Morse code distress signal, dont'cha know. 'Cause we're living in stressful times, aren't we?  It's time to decompress, if only for an evening, and at the Manor's exclusive "Tug Job" bar, vapory and snackery (warm, cheesy cassava bread is served all night!), DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing tunes by a  performer whose career as a big band singer, Broadway, movie and TV star stretched over 50 years. Do you know who it is? If you guessed Fran Warren, you're right. And, yes, you can also add Sexploitation Queen to her resume, since she played the cranky mom in " Toys Are Not For Children ," a beloved 1972 psycho-sexual drama extraordinaire. Fran really did do it all! It was the early 1940s ...

Pete Ham - Welsh musician and singer-songwriter - (1947-1975) Froy Gutierrez - American actor and singer - 28 Cassie Randolph - American tv personality - 31 Allison Iraheta - American singer - 34 Lovely Mimi - Vietnamese-American media personality, artist and nail salon owner - 36 Martha Hunt - American model - 37 Lizzo - American rapper and singer - 38 William Moseley - English actor - 39 Jenna Coleman - British actress - 40 Patrick Stump - American musician, singer-songwriter, member of Fall Out Boy - 42 Ari Graynor - American actress - 43 Sally Hawkins - English actress - 50 Nigel Barker - Reality tv personality - 54 Kylie Travis - Australian actress - 56 Matt Reeves - American filmmaker - 60 Anna Chancellor - English actress - 61 James LeGros - American actor - 64 Rande Gerber - American businessman - 64 Sheena Easton - Scottish singer and actress - 67 Kate Pierson - American singer, lyricist and founding member of the B-52s - 78 Ann Peebles - American singer-songwriter - 7...

Listen, I'm not saying these assassination attempts on 47 are faker than his burnt Turkish apricot tan, but I've seen more convincing death scenes in a rural Arkansas high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. They couldn’t even get hired to wear a Goofy suit at Disney World because they are so unconvincing. The facts don’t add up. Their performances are so lazy that the effort to hard sell these narratives only works on the feverish indoctrinated cult members. You need MAGA atrophied brain matter to not give yourself a concussion with eye rolls. Let’s break this down because it is too much. They are doing too much.  The Butler Rally: A Masterclass in Melodramatic Timing Let's start with the pièce de résistance: Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. We are to believe that a 20-year-old with a rifle can climb onto a rooftop 400 feet from a former president during a campaign rally, and no one notices until he starts shooting.  Yes, some guy just gets up on a rooftop with ge...

Gen X beauty, the cool, detached, slightly subversive aesthetic embodied by women like Winona Ryder, the real Supermodels (Linda, Christy, Naomi, Kate, Shalom, Helena), Sade Adu, Lisa Bonet, Angelina Jolie, and Uma Thurman, to name a few, is having a quiet but very intentional resurgence, and companies are paying attention. This is the anti-performative face of beauty: matte skin, undone hair, minimal fuss, a kind of emotional distance that reads as power rather than effort. In a market saturated with hyper-curated routines, poreless skin, and influencer maximalism that no one with a life has time for, brands are rediscovering the commercial appeal of restraint.  You’re seeing it in campaigns that lean into healthy, realistic skin,  pared-down makeup, and a return to individuality over algorithmic perfection. It’s not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, though; it’s strategy. Consumers are fatigued by overkill and searches for unrealistic optimization, and Gen X beauty ideals offe...

Bronagh Gallagher- Northern Irish singer and actress - 54 Luke Bracey - Australian actor - 37 Jemima Kirke - British-American artist, actress and director - 41 Ms. Dynamite - British singer and rapper - 45 Jordana Brewster - American actress - 46 Channing Tatum - American actor and film producer - 46 Stana Katic - Canadian-American actress - 48 Pablo Schreiber - Canadian-American actor - 48 Fredrik Eklund - Swedish real estate broker, reality tv personality, author - 49 Tom Welling - American actor, director, producer and model - 49 Mckenzie Westmore - American actress - 49 Shondrella Avery - American actress, model and comedian - 55 Tionne Watkins aka T-Boz - American singer-songwriter, actress - 56 Jacqueline Laurita - American tv personality - 56 Marianne Jean-Baptiste - English actress and director - 59 Kevin James - American comedian and actor - 61 Jet Li - Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, former wushu champion, actor - 63 Michael Damian - American actor, recordin...

Credit: Warner Brothers It's April 25th, and you know what that means: Miss Congeniality Day! In the film, which came out 26 (!) years ago, Miss Rhode Island, played by the lovely Heather Burns, described April 25th as her perfect date. "It's not too hot, it's not too cold, all you need is a light jacket!" It is definitely too cold here in my neck of the woods, but hopefully some of you Peckers are enjoying the weather today!

Andy Bell - English singer-songwriter - 62 Maggie Rogers - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 32 Jonathan Bailey - English actor - 38 Sara Paxton - American actress and singer - 38 Jay Park - American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer - 39 Daniel Sharman - English actor - 40 Rachel Lindsay - American media personality, attorney and podcaster - 41 Jillian Bell - American actress, comedian and screenwriter - 42 Melonie Diaz - American actress - 42 Jacob Underwood - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer - 46 Marguerite Moreau - American actress - 49 Emily Bergl - American actress - 51 Jason Lee - American actor, filmmaker, photographer - 56 Joe Buck - American sportscaster for ESPN - 57 Gina Torres - American actress - 57 Renée Zellweger - American actress - 57 Rory Feek - American singer-songwriter - 61 Hank Azaria - American actor, comedian and producer - 62 Jeffrey DeMunn - American actor - 79 Talia Shire - American actress - 80 Stu Cook...