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You (& Wendy Williams) must be disappointed that's been cancelled.

She worked a lot in 70s & 80s TV, and still fairly regularly after that. The roles seemed to start drying up about 15 years ago. She was in ROOTS & the sequel.

I think the first part of the season may have been stretched out one episode too long, while the Kleinsasser storyline seemed rushed and left me with a 'is that all there is?' feeling. (Cue Peggy Lee...) Still enjoyed it, though.

Mom nearly busted at Six Flags — after guard says her shorts were too short A Colorado mom says she nearly got arrested at a Six Flags amusement park — when a security guard claimed her shorts were too skimpy. Bailey Breedlove, who says she has autism, wrote on Facebook that her family’s vacation to Frontier City Six Flags in Oklahoma City, Okla., on April 30 was ruined by the horrific “body shaming’’ experience. “I was terrified I was about to go to jail over a pair of shorts,’’ she said. Breedlove said the family trip went off the rails after “my daughter was yelled at by a park police officer for rolling down a hill on her heelies right next to me, I was holding her hand. “Then [the guard] proceeded to follow me and grabbed my shoulder to turn me around and proceeded to tell me my shorts were ‘too short,’ ” Breedlove wrote in the May 2 posting — which included now-viral video of part of the encounter. “I committed no crime and proceeded to walk to my boyfriend as I am autistic and have a hard time talking to officers,’’ the mom said. “She followed me yelling and calling for backup. “Then your incompetent manager showed up and began body shaming me. I was told I needed to go buy new shorts which I am not obligated to purchase anything I don’t want to. “Then I was threatened with criminal trespassing when I agreed to buy new shorts so my family could enjoy their vacation,’’ Breedlove said. “I was then pushed and escorted toward the entrance. Accepting this, we were about to leave and were blocked by your female officer from leaving and she pulled out her cuffs and demanded my ID,’’ said the woman — whose 11-year-old daughter can be seen in the footage sitting next to her mom crying. “When we asked for probable cause their answer was ‘because they are the police,’ ” Breedlove said. It appears the mom was eventually released without being cuffed or arrested — although she writes in the post that she has been banned from the park for five years. It’s not clear what dress-code policy Breedlove may have broken. According to Six Flags’ website, “In keeping with our family-friendly environment, and for safety reasons, Six Flags enforces a dress code. “Proper attire must be worn in the park at all times, including shirts and appropriate footwear. Clothing or tattoos with offensive language or graphics are not permitted at any time.” The mom was wearing a yellow Pokemon T-shirt. A Six Flags spokesperson told The Post in a statement that Breedlove “was initially stopped because her shorts exposed a significant portion of her buttocks.” But, the spokesperson said, the mother was escorted from the park “because of her behavior towards the police, our team members, and other park guests. “Six Flags does not body shame and did not remove this guest from Frontier City because of the length of her shorts,” the spokesperson added. Six Flags conducted an internal review of the encounter. Based on their findings, Breedlove “was given multiple opportunities to change or cover up, but refused. Instead, she responded with profanity and offensive conduct, including further exposing her buttocks,” the spokesperson said.

Lumbar radiculopathy (combined with spinal stenosis-- which I have in my neck AND lower back) has destroyed my life, though I haven't helped things by continuing to be very overweight. I also don't exercise because of the catch 22... exercising would help me, but it hurts to do it (and I'm lazy), so I don't. I've turned myself into an invalid at age 58. I've gone from walking with a cane to using a walker, just for the extra support. It hurts so much to walk (sometimes my back, sometimes my leg, sometimes both) that I have to psych myself up just to walk down the hall to take out the garbage. I barely left the house even before covid. I'm a hermit now, which makes me even more grateful for the work that has recently been done to save this forum. (I still grieve for the loss of ATKOL.) It's my lifeline to the outside world. The stenosis has also contributed to my lifelong ED, as it's been explained to me that the lower half of my body doesn't get all the 'signals' at full strength. No need to respond offering solutions; I know what I need to do. I just needed to whine for a minute. ☹☹☹

LIVING The 2021 Michelin star restaurant ratings are utter BS By Steve Cuozzo The Michelin Red Guide, the only restaurant “bible” published by a tire company, needs to be retired. Its New York City book — which released its star ratings online Thursday — has meant near zilch to anyone except Michelin-mad foreigners and ego-inflated chefs since it launched its hilariously error-strewn first edition in 2005. The 2021 book is all that, and worse. Announced eight months later than the customary September or October release, its star ratings for 68 eateries are as out of date as a Howard Johnson’s paper placemat menu — and about as useful. Michelin should have waited until this coming fall to bless Big Apple diners with its imperious, anonymously compiled twinklers. Instead, it plunged ahead with star rankings that might not reflect reality after the most tumultuous restaurant-industry upheaval in history. Michelin’s three-star winners are exactly the same as in the 2020 guide, which came out in pre-pandemic October 2019. The two-star roster is mostly the same as in 2020. The three-star galaxy consists of exactly the same five Manhattan places: Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernardin, Masa, Per Se and Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare. But of course, Eleven Madison Park will be a completely different restaurant than it was when Michelin last visited when it reopens on June 10 with an all-vegan menu after a 15-month shutdown. Even without 180-degree concept reversals, no restaurant in town has been reopened long enough to properly critique as they grapple with unprecedented upheavals to the dining scene. Take with a grain of sel Michelin’s claim that some inspections were done since recent indoor reopenings. One-star Bâtard wasn’t likely among them: It reopened exactly two days ago on May 5. Certain other important places on which the guide bestows stars actually remain closed — among them, the Modern, Le Jardinier, the Clocktower, Le Coucou and Blanca. The restaurant world hasn’t been normal since March 13, 2020. Most places served only outdoors, if at all, until two months ago. The tire-testers likely couldn’t have experienced many menus since February of 2020. Often chaotic and improvised outdoor service doesn’t count. Among those back in business, few can be their former selves after mass staff turnovers, ever-changing state and city rules, and the loss of many customers to the Hamptons and beyond. Since the March 2020 shutdown, major publications have held off on giving star ratings for a simple reason: It’s unfair both to readers and restaurants to subject places to unforgiving micro-scrutiny when chefs and employees are doing their best just to get by in extreme circumstances. But to Michelin, all’s fair in a pandemic. Bon appétit!

It’s a made-for-TV story. A California woman was reunited with her biological mother after 50 years apart — and discovered her mom starred on an ABC sitcom she used to watch as a child. “I grew up watching my mother on TV and didn’t even know it,” Lisa Wright told NBC’s “Today” on Friday, about actress Lynne Moody. Moody acted on the TV-show “That’s My Mama,” which ran for two seasons in the mid-1970s — and was a favorite of Wright’s adoptive family. “‘That’s My Mama’ — that was our must-see TV,” Wright recalled. “We all sat down and watched ‘That’s My Mama’ every week, and who knew? … that’s my mama!” Though she always knew she had been adopted, Wright didn’t start searching for her blood relatives until she grew up and had a child of her own, the report said. All she knew about her biological mother was that she had been just 18 when she gave birth. “My (adoptive) mom told me, ‘Your mommy loved you, but she was really young, and she knew she couldn’t take care of you,” Wright told the program. When she turned 54, Wright said her son suggested that she take a DNA test to find out her genetic heritage. The test led her to an uncle who told her the family had been searching for her all these years — and connected her with her birth mom. Both women happened to be living in Los Angeles, and first spoke over the phone a few years ago, before meeting in person. “A voice on the other end says, ‘Is this my daughter?’ And then I just went, ‘Oh, my God, is this my mother?’ ” Wright recalled. “And then she goes, ‘Yes, sweetie, this is your mom.’ It was just the most indescribable feeling.” Moody, for her part, said that “When I found out that she was my daughter, at that moment, it was like I was giving birth.” “I was on the floor in a fetal position, screaming and crying. I didn’t know how deep that hole was.” Moody said she never had any other children and had always dreamed of being reunited with her long-lost daughter. “As a mother, you never, ever, ever forget,” Moody said. “During those 50 years, all I did was try to learn how to live with it.” “Life is full of surprises sometimes — so hang in there no matter what your circumstances are,” she added. “Be open to miracles, be open to surprises, and keep the faith.” http://www.redrocknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Adoption.jpg

Milo Ventimiglia leaving the gym in short shorts: https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/milo-ventimiglia-shirtless-pic-from-new-season-of-heroes.44917/#post-2098329

Once again, I have no clue what you are talking about, but am extremely grateful that you're doing it. THANK YOU!

X-rays are negative on Kevin Kiermaier’s left wrist after the outfielder left today’s game due to what the team described as a wrist sprain. The injury occurred when Kiermaier was trying to steal second base in the second inning, and the center fielder looked to be in significant pain after jamming his left arm into the bag. It seems like another trip to the injured list could be in order for Kiermaier, whose career has been defined by both superb center field defense and (unfortunately) his inability to stay on the field. Kiermaier averaged just 105 games per season from 2016-19 due to a variety of injuries, including a past wrist problem in 2019. A left quad strain already sidelined Kiermaier for 12 days in April, though if there wasn’t any structural damage on his wrist, he could be able to return to action from this latest issue after another relatively short absence.

Kate Winslet is gaga for Wawa. The British actress is gushing over the American convenience store, that she grew to love as she filmed a HBO series about police investigations in Pennsylvania. The Oscar winner said the store played a key part in her research to prepare to star in “Mare of Easttown,”as Delaware County, Penn. detective Mare Sheehan. “So I subscribed to the Delco Times, so I would read this newspaper every day, and there would regularly be some article about Wawa,” Winslet told The Los Angeles Times’ “Envelope” podcast. “It almost felt like a mythical place, Wawa,” the actor told the outlet. “And so by the time I got there, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s real!’ It was like Lapland,” she said, laughing. “Walking into a Wawa ultimately felt, it was kind of an honor in a funny way because to me, that was the heart of Delco. To finally walk through the door of a Wawa, I felt like, ‘Ah, yes, I’m here! I belong! This is where it’s at!’ Wawa.” Winslet said the only thing she bought at the store was coffee, but enjoyed just “hanging out” in the Mid-Atlantic chain. She got a vicarious taste of American fast food from her co-star, Evan Peters, who she told the podcast would stuff himself with the chain’s seasonal “Gobbler” hoagie and then pass out in a food coma. “It was this gigantic sub, basically — or hoagie — and it’s like turkey and the stuffing,” Winslet said in the interview. “It’s basically a Thanksgiving meal in a hoagie.” The 45-year-old “Titanic” star said adopting a suburban Philadelphia accent for the show was one of the hardest adjustments of her career. Winslet reportedly shadowed police in Pennsylvania for months in preparation for the role.

But you never actually answered... Harry or Michael?

Tawny Kitaen, the legendary actress best known for her role in 1984’s “Bachelor Party” starring Tom Hanks, has died. She was 59 years old. TMZ reports the San Diego native died in Newport Beach, CA Friday. The coroner has yet to determine the cause of death. In addition to “Bachelor Party,” she also starred in 1984 French cult classic “The Perils of Gwendoline” and 2014’s “After Midnight.” She started out on the game show “To Tell the Truth” in 1976 (at 14?!? methinks somebody was older than 59) and eventually migrated into movies, achieving moderate success. The beauty was also featured in a few classic music videos, notably Whitesnake’s “Is This Love,” and “Here I Go Again.” She later married lead singer David Coverdale 1989, but the marriage only lasted two years. She then wed handsome baseball star Chuck Finley — with whom she had 2 daughters. They split following Finley’s claims that his wife repeatedly kicked him during a domestic dispute. Tawny is survived by daughters Wynter, 28, and Raine, 22.

“Big Sky” exploded the prime-time playbook by killing off ostensible star Ryan Phillippe in its premiere last fall — and it was just getting started. The grim reaper has dropped his scythe on several lead “Big Sky” characters since then with an alarming regularity on the popular ABC series, renewed for a second season earlier this week. “We’re putting out a casting call: ‘Come on to “Big Sky” and get killed!'” said Elwood Reid, 54, the showrunner for David E. Kelley’s drama, which unfolds in the Montana mountains and follows private detectives Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) as they hunt psycho truck driver Ronald Pergman (Brian Geraghty). “In an artistic sense, it’s fun that nobody’s safe. Also, from a disciplinary standpoint, if anybody causes problems [on the set], it’s like, ‘OK, you can catch a bullet tomorrow and you’re off the show.'” Reid is kidding, but “Big Sky” has been deadly serious in sending major characters to kingdom come and setting a new bar for unpredictability. Rick Legarski (John Carroll Lynch), the cheerfully toxic Montana State Trooper who shot Cody Hoyt (Phillippe) in the head to close Episode 1, eventually met his maker. After surviving a bullet to his head courtesy of Cassie, he was bludgeoned to death — in his hospital bed — by his crazed wife, Merilee (Brooke Smith). At least Carroll enjoyed half a season on “Big Sky”; veteran actor Michael Raymond-James lasted just three episodes before his character, Blake Kleinsasser — oldest son of the dangerously dysfunctional ranching family featured of late — was nearly decapitated by a shovel to the head, courtesy of his brother, John Wayne (Kyle Schmid) and died instantly. You can’t choose your family, right? “It’s become this thing on ‘Big Sky’ because we’re doing a show that killed off Ryan Phillippe and the audience is like, ‘Holy s–t, anything can happen to anybody on this show,'” said Reid, who’s also a novelist. “We say, ‘It’s “Big Sky.” You’re gonna die.’ It’s fun; it creates this anxiety with viewers where they think, ‘I don’t want to give my heart to this character because they could end up dead next week’ — and I think that’s what brings people back to the show. Take Legarski, who literally put a bullet in the head of the biggest star on [the show’s promotional] poster. That informed the show’s tone from there and I see no reason to deviate from that.” Reid said there are two elements to the show’s sudden-death template — hinting that there’s more to come in that department. “One of the things that allows us to do this is to get big-name actors who don’t want to commit to 14 episodes or three seasons (or more) of a TV series,” he said. “We can get really cool names, put them through the wringer and then promise we’ll kill them off. When you do that, actors, just like writers, pull out all the stops. The hardest thing for an actor is trying to modulate a TV performance for five or 10 episodes or seven seasons … but when you tell an actor you’re going to kill them off in three episodes, they pull out every trick in the book and make every moment count.” “[Rick] Legarski was a good example,” he said. “There was no secret we loved writing for him — John Carroll Lynch is an incredible actor — but David [E. Kelley] said, ‘Oh, I f–ked up, I shot him, but he’s not completely dead.’ So we brought him back and did the whole hospital scenario. “Sometimes you pull the trigger too quickly; the show wasn’t ready to get rid of Legarski. He brought a lot of color and energy to the series. The minute we killed him we were like, ‘Holy s–t, what did we do? We just killed our best player.’ But I think that’s the flip side of the nobody-is-safe coin: We have to make sure we get all of the story out of these characters.” Reid said the shockers, such as they are, take on different shadings once they become a part of a show’s DNA. “Yes, the audience will grow numb to it, but what they never grow numb to is letting them invest in a character. It’s like an arcade game or a bad action movie: Here’s a character who has a cup of coffee and gets hit by a bus. That will get old, but what never gets old is for me to pull out my crafty bag of evil tricks, like having Blake’s brother kill him. “If you’re just putting characters in there to kill them, it’s boring.”

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Any relation to Albert Pujols?

I am getting a lot of error messages the last few days when I try to edit posts, especially if the editing involves colors or emojis. Maybe because I'm still using Windows XP. ( Oops! We ran into some problems. Please try again later. More error details may be in the browser console. ) And I'm extremely grateful for the work you are putting in here.