Maru - Japanese internet personality and cat icon - 18 Charlie Plummer - American actor - 26 Daisy Edgar-Jones - British actress - 27 Harry Jowsey - Australian actor - 28 G-Eazy - American rapper and record producer - 36 Billy Gilman - American singer - 37 Mark Ballas - American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician, actor - 39 Kasie Hunt - American journalist - 40 Bryan Greenberg - American actor and singer - 47 Prince Poppycock - American singer-songwriter and performer - 47 Will Sasso - Canadian actor, comedian and podcaster - 50 Greg Berlanti - American screenwriter, producer and director - 53 Carl Anthony Payne II - American actor - 56 John C. Reilly - American actor - 60 Kristin Scott Thomas - British actress - 65 Roseanne Cash - American singer-songwriter and author - 70 Nell Campbell - Australian actress, singer and former club owner - 72 Alfred Molina - British-American actor - 72 Jim Broadbent - English actor - 76 Sybil Danning - Austrian-American actre...

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Oh, Hallelujah, fellow hors, Donna Mills' old photographs are here to deliver us from our sins! Lay thine eyes upon this majestic vision and a lifetime of transgressions, past and future, will be simply washed away. Amen!

  Richard Ayoade - British comedian, actor, writer and director - 48 James Charles - American beauty YouTuber and makeup artist - 26 Trinidad Cardona - American singer-songwriter and social medial personality - 26 Steve Lacy - American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer - 27 Sarah Jarosz - American singer-songwriter - 34 Ryan Coogler - American filmmaker - 39 Heidi Range - English singer, former member of Sugarbabes - 42 Lane Garrison - American actor - 45 Kelly Monaco - American actress, model and reality tv personality - 49 Jewel - American singer-songwriter, poet and humanitarian activist - 51 Maxwell - American singer-songwriter and record producer - 52 Jason Nash - American comedian and internet personality - 52 Guinevere Turner - American actress, screenwriter and film director - 57 Laura Wasser - American attorney - 57 H. Jon Benjamin - American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician - 59 Melissa McBride - American actress - 60 Tom Tykwer - German ...

  Introducing my new line of curated free range microplastics that will add that missing ingredient to any dish. Available in 3 flavors: Chef's Blend, French Medley, and Spicy Island Zing .           

Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's Caption This contest!

  Morrissey - English singer-songwriter - 66 Camren Bicondova - American actress and dancer - 26 Novak Djokovic - Serbian professional tennis player - 38 Julian Edelman - American former football player - 37 Molly Ephraim - American actress - 39 Apolo Ohno - American retired short track speed skating competitor - 43 Daniel Bryan - American professional wrestler - 44 Nazanin Boniadi - British actress and activist - 45 Maggie Q - American actress - 46 Ginnifer Goodwin - American actress - 47 Katie Price - English media personality - 47 Sean Gunn - American actor - 51 A.J. Langer - American former actress - 51 Alison Eastwood - American film director and actress - 53 Naomi Campbell - English model and media personality - 55 Michael Kelly - American actor - 56 Brooke Smith - American actress, photographer and author - 58 Johnny Gill - American singer-songwriter - 59 I.Marlene King - German producer and director - 63 Denise Welch - English actress, tv personality and broadcast...

From thisiscolossal.com: "Julian Baumgartner, of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago, condenses over 40 hours of delicate swiping, scraping, and paint retouching into a 11.5 minute narrated video..." Everything about this is fascinating, the devotion and talent art restorers have, and the beauty they save for the whole world to see. It's a field that's always interested me, and it seems so much more sophisticated and scientific now than the restorations I used to read about when I was younger. I hope you enjoy the video (his voice is so relaxing) and you can read the article here:  Watch a Conservator Delicately Remove Murky Varnish and a Warped Wooden Panel From an Aging Painting — Colossal Happy Wednesday Open Post, everyone!

Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's Caption This contest!

  Mr. T - American actor and retired professional wrestler - 73 Kevin Quinn - American actor - 28 Tom Daley - British diver and tv personality - 31 Sarah Ramos - American actress - 34 Mutya Buena - American singer-songwriter - 40 Gotye - Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter - 45 Tay Zonday - American youtube personality, singer-songwriter and voice actor - 43 Fairuza Balk - American actress, musician and visual artist - 51 Noel Fielding - English comedian and actor - 52 Angelica - American former latin pop singer - 53 Taylor Sheridan - American writer, producer, director and actor - 55 Lisa Edelstein - American actress and artist - 59 Kevin Shields - Irish musician, singer-songwriter, producer - 62 Nick Cassavetes - American actor, director and writer - 66 Judge Reinhold - American actor - 68 Al Franken - American comedian, actor, writer and media personality - 74 Carol Potter - American actress - 77 Leo Sayer - English-Australian singer-songwriter - 77 Ronald Isley - Ameri...

I am always searching for pop culture happenings to see if anything piques my interest, and lo and behold, something has. Just when I think this story will die on the vine, it doesn't, and it grows and twists, which is rare in an era of hyperpublicists and iron-fisted curation of celebrity narratives and images. Stories like this require a perfect recipe of timing, luck, and a stubborn cast of players whose room-reading skills are shockingly horrible. Topped with a heavy dollop of gargantuan ego and a pinch of recklessness, garnished with entitlement, this dish is still simmering on the stove.  This story has been developing for months, with recent news that Blake Lively plans to testify in her ill-conceived case against Justin Baldoni next year. Baldoni is counter-suing for hundreds of millions and leaking salacious tidbits to the press, feeding the news cycles with fresh red meat. His astute team has taken the temperature and knows we need a distraction from the bleak political l...

  I am a big reader and have only recently embraced the art form that is the audiobook. They can add an extra layer to your reading experience, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Many factors are at play: who is the voice actor they've chosen? Did they choose just one voice for the whole book, or one for each character? Did they use sound effects? Musical accompaniment? Did the author themselves read the book (looking at you, Stephen King)?  Do you enjoy audiobooks, Peckers? If so, what were the best ones you've listened to? Do you have any voice actors you've especially enjoyed? Image source: Vanity Fair on instagram

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  Joe Cocker - English singer - (1944-2014) Doug The Pug - American celebrity dog - 13 Jack Gleeson - Irish actor - 33 Naturi Naughton - American singer-songwriter and actress - 41 Sierra Boggess - American actress and singer - 43 Rachel Platten - American singer-songwriter and author - 44 Craig Melvin - American broadcast journalist and anchor - 46 Matt Czuchry - American actor - 48 Chad Muska - American professional skateboarder, musician and entrepreneur - 48 Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor - 53 Tony Stewart - American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver - 54 Louis Theroux - British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, author - 55 Timothy Olyphant - American actor - 57 Dan Abrams - American media entrepreneur, tv host and author - 59 Mindy Cohn - American actress - 59 Gina Ravera - American actress - 59 Ted Allen - American author and tv personality - 60 Tony Goldwyn - American actor, singer, producer, dire...

  ► Warner Brothers Discovery decided not to renew its contract with Sesame Street. The reason? Network execs are, "prioritizing content for adults and families". That's code for, "we want to create crap shows instead of teaching children anything meaningful". Sesame Street has been part of society for 56 years and is much loved. But not by MAGA. The show, along with NPR and PBS are being threaten by The Felon In Chief because he and his minions think it's "woke" and a gateway of liberal indoctrination. IMO, I think it's because they have problems counting to 10 and don't understand how the alphabet works. B is for Bigot. G is for Grifter. Anyhoo, back to our story: All of this forced Sesame Street to take out a "roommate wanted" ad on Craig's List. So, who answered it?  Netflix, to the rescue! The show will continue as we know it (airing on PBS) with a few new touches. No, they're not going to have a spinoff of Emily In P...

Welcome, music sloots, to another edition of Manor Music Monday, where we can all jam with music and share it with everyone in the Manor. Better still, at the Manor's "Deez Nuts" after-hours lounge, DJ Li'l Scratch will be spinning tunes from a melodious missy we'll all enjoy. Intrigued? Wanna know who? For that, let's time travel back to the 1930s, shall we? Hold tight. Wheeeeee! Phew, that was fast (I think I hurt my coccyx!). But here we are - and there she is. The lovely and talented Midge Williams. "Midge whooooooo?" you may ask. I did, too, but she looked so fetching years ago when I saw her on CD covers and in photos that I decided to find out what her deal was. What I discovered is a largely unheralded jazz singer who really ought to be in every jazz lovers library. Why? Start with her creamy-smooth vocals, which curl flirtatiously around the lyrics in songs like "It All Begins And Ends With You" or "I'm With You Right Or W...