Steve Winwood - English musician and songwriter - 78 Cuban Doll - American rapper - 28 Odeya Rush - Israeli actress - 29 Malcolm David Kelley - American rapper, singer and actor - 34 Robbie Rogers - American former professional soccer player - 39 Emily VanCamp - Canadian actress - 40 Clare Bowen - Australian actress, singer and dancer - 42 Nathan Fielder - Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer - 43 Domhnall Gleeson - Irish actor and screenwriter - 43 Rami Malek - American actor - 45 Aaron Yoo - American actor - 47 Malin Akerman - Swedish-American actress - 48 Jason Biggs - American actor - 48 Christian Campbell - Canadian actor - 54 Jamie Luner - American actress, voiceover artist and chef - 55 Samantha Mathis - American actress - 56 Kim Fields - America actress and director - 57 Tony Hawk - American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur - 58 Deborah Kara Unger - Canadian actress - 60 Carla Hall - American chef, tv personality and former model - 62 Vanessa Estelle Willia...

DJ Li'l Scratch and I will be back with "Manor Music Monday" after Memorial Day, but in the meantime, I urge you to make time this week for "Blonde Ice," an underrated little film-noir from 1948 in which we're introduced to  Claire Cummings (played to perfection by Leslie Brooks), a high-society columnist with an voracious appetite for money and power and anything else she can get her paws on, like jewels, baby. jewels.  Unlike the typical femme fatale heroine who manipulates men into committing crimes, Claire is fatale in the most literal sense. Why? Because she does all the dirty work herself. A deliriously compelling  pathological predator,  she's surely one of the most ruthless female characters ever put on film. Directed with grimy film-noir assurance by Jack Leonard, it's a small miracle that this joyous, decidedly heartless B-movie programmer even got made. Enjoy! Art Credits: Film Classic Inc./Classic Flix

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The Wealth Gap continues to thrive. "People are living longer, and wealthy Americans in particular are spending large sums on longevity. They are also spending more on themselves with luxury travel and upscale retirement communities..." More RIGHT HERE.  Have you managed to save much for retirement and old age?  Also ... I'd like to apologize to you, my Manor mates, particularly Knockout Zed, for several nasty comments I made last week in the Lunocracy post about The Voting Rights Act.  I suppose I could offer excuses, like "I'm so sorry if anyone was offended" or "This is not who I really am," but, no, actually, this is me now, as JLo says. By way of explanation, though not as an excuse, these days just beneath the surface of my skin is so much hate and bile engendered by the Trump years that it takes only a flicker of an eyelash to set me off. Not good. I'll try to argue intelligently instead of emotionally in the future. Will I always succee...

Should we wake him up or let him sleep in? 

Donovan - Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - 80 Missy Franklin - American former competitive swimmer - 31 Halston Sage - American actress- 33 Jake Zyrus - Filipino singer and tv personality - 34 Gia Gunn - American drag performer - 36 Lauren Potter - American actress, advocate and comedian - 36 Mat Franco - American magician - 38 Odette Annable - American actress - 41 Lee Hyori - South Korean singer - 47 Kenan Thompson - American comedian and actor - 48 Todd Lowe - American actor - 54 Andrea Anders - American actress - 51 Helio Castroneves - Brazilian auto racing driver - 51 Leslie Stefanson - American actress and sculptor - 55 Dallas Roberts - American actor - 56 Erik Palladino - American actor - 58 Young MC - American rapper, singer and actor - 59 Linda Evangelista - Canadian fashion model - 61 Bono - Irish singer-songwriter and activist - 66 Victoria Rowell - American actress, screenwriter, director and producer - 67 Paige O’Hara - American actress, ...

Source: AP Betty Broderick, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, has passed away of natural causes at the age of 78.  Broderick's case became a national sensation when details of her marriage and messy divorce from her ex-husband, Dan Broderick, came to light. The two were originally married in 1969 and went on to have four children. Betty worked and supported her family while Dan went to medical school and then law school, eventually becoming a successful medical malpractice attorney. In the early 1980s, Dan began an affair with Linda Kolkena, who was his legal assistant. Betty grew suspicious and erratic, with Dan eventually filing for divorce in 1985. Dan and Linda married quickly after the divorce was settled, and Betty moved to a new home with the pair's children.  Betty continued to harass Dan and Linda, breaking into their home and leaving threatening voicemails on their answering machine. Betty was jailed...

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Two Old Smokers, 1950 Charles Spencelayh

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Thelma Houston - American singer and actress - 80 Rico Nasty - American rapper and singer - 29 Alexander Ludwig - Canadian actor and musician - 34 Brandon Jones - American actor, musician, model and producer - 38 Natalie Mejia - American singer, model, actress and dancer - 38 Aidy Bryant - American actress and comedian - 39 Chiara Ferragni - Italian blogger and businesswoman - 39 Matt Helders - English singer-songwriter and musician - 40 J Balvin - Colombian singer - 41 Scheana Shay - American tv personality, actress and singer - 41 Aliyah O’Brien - Canadian actress - 45 Frenchie Davis - American broadway performer and singer - 47 Gunhild Carling - Swedish musician and multi-instrumentalist - 51 Breckin Meyer - American actor - 52 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Swedish singer and stage performer - 58 Traci Lords - American actress and singer - 58 Michael E. Knight - American actor - 67 Ned Bellamy - American actor - 69 Peter Reckell - American actor and musician - 71 Amy Heckerling - America...

Sometimes it feels like things are happening too fast, that the news cycles are accelerating before we can even process what happened in the first place. But you owe it to yourself to take it easy. You deserve it! Look, whether it's 1966 or 2026, lots of stuff's been going on, but we'll weather whatever the world has to throw our way, we always do. And speaking of...in 1966 the Oscars were televised in color for the first time , as well as the first and only color episode of the original Perry Mason series, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist:"  I've never drag-raced (or raced in drag). I'd much rather take a nice leisurely drive along the shore in this '66 Thunderbird. There's some things you just can't hurry--the Supremes know what I mean: Happy Open Post, darlings! Photo Credit: AK

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Credit: A24/EW This August, A24 will be releasing their biopic on Anthony Bourdain. Tony , which is directed by Matt Johnson, and is expected to focus on Bourdain's early culinary experiences in 1976 during his time in Provincetown, Mass.  Dominic Sessa, who rose to fame after his breakout role in The Holdovers,  will play young Bourdain. Other stars on the cast include Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones and Rich Sommer. This kind of biopic seems like something Bourdain would probably not approve of. But you can't tell that to Hollywood! Will you be checking out Tony this summer?  Credit: World of Reel