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https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/elon-musk-still-lags-bill-gates-in-philanthropy/ Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of the e-commerce company he founded 27 years ago, he announced in a stunning new letter to employees on Tuesday. The 2nd richest man in the world said the switch will take place in the third quarter of 2021 when Amazon Web Services CEO, Andy Jassy, will take the reigns. Bezos, 57, will then become executive chair of Amazon’s board, the letter states. “I intend to focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives. Andy is well known inside the company and has been at Amazon almost as long as I have,” Bezos said. “He will be an outstanding leader, and he has my full confidence.” The announcement comes just 90 minutes before Amazon reports what is expected to be a blowout holiday quarter earning report. “As much as I still tap dance into the office, I’m excited about this transition,” Bezos said, adding that he will focus on “the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post, and my other passions.”

Dorothy: Ma got a letter from Gina Marie Donatelli. Her cousin Joe is hanging new wallpaper in Tony Bennett's guest bathroom. Rose: Oh, I love Tony Bennett. Blanche: Oh, so do I. He was always so sweet to me. Dorothy: Blanche, you dated Tony Bennett? Blanche: Honey, I did more than date him. He may have left his heart in San Francisco, but he left his shorts on my radiator. Rose: You're kidding. Blanche: Hell, no. Picture this... (end of episode)

I pity those teenage boys... forever scarred by almost being run down by an old man. ? ? ?

Dixie would be mourning if she weren't already dead.

People barely out of diapers complaining on this site about aging.

The D-team: Zak Spears, Brian Hawks, Dick Masters, Rod Phillips The E-team: Famous names I wasn't really that excited about: Mike Branson, Al Parker, Jeff Stryker, Kevin Williams

Yes, but with all of that jumping, did they ever actually get around to having sex? ??????

Drag names work better when they have, you know, actual first names incorporated into them.

WTF is the second one supposed to be?

Pearl Onion, Candy Gramm, Sara-Ann Rapp, Tish Ewe, Minnie Padd, Jen Trify, Jen DerBias, Frieda B. Ewe-Andme

Ann Choavee, Bea Keeper, Bea Leaver, Kay Kupp (and her married name Kay Kupp-Coffey), Kay O'Pectate, Carrie-Ahn Wayward-Son, Anita Hipp-Replacement, Terry Cotta

Names I use to order product samples for my friend: Claire Voyant, Winnie Bago, Crystal DeKanter, Sandy Aygo, Virginia Hamm, Belle Pepper, Virginia Beech, Carol Ina,, Vita Mehta-Vejamin (think I LOVE LUCY). An old thread on the topic: (I'd get banned for just reviving it) https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/clever-drag-name.42904/

The movie “Mass” starts and ends with the Christian hymn “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” It’s a slow, reassuring tune famous for its use in all three acts of “Our Town,” the classic American play about parents and children, why we go on living and what we leave behind when we die. “Mass,” which premiered Saturday in the Sundance Film Festival, tackles all of those timeless topics, too, and I’d reckon the “Our Town” shoutout is purposeful from writer-director Fran Kranz. But his drama is also haunted by a modern plague the people of Grover’s Corners could scarcely imagine: school shootings. Kranz’s poignant debut feature, which mostly takes place in one tense room around a folding table, knocks the wind right out of you and then lingers in your mind for hours, if not days. Several years after 10 local high school students were murdered in a massacre, the mother and father of one victim and the parents of the gunman, who killed himself, meet face-to-face for the first time in a church basement, seeking some kind of closure. It’s a brave premise, handled sympathetically by Kranz, that allows for a quartet of visceral performances that doesn’t come along every year. Heck, every five years. The parents of Evan, the victim, are Gail (Martha Plimpton) and Jay (Jason Isaacs). Gail can barely will herself to walk into the building at first, and she is determined to find out how the monster who killed her son was created. Were there early warning signs? Could it have been stopped? Hayden’s mom Linda (Ann Dowd) and dad Richard (Reed Birney) not only lost their child on that awful day, but have been blamed over the years by many of the families of the students he killed. A lawsuit was filed against them. Could they have done more? Were they good parents? And the most heart-wrenching: Are they allowed to fondly remember their boy? You see, Kranz has not attempted to coldly psychoanalyze a killer — Hollywood’s favorite thing to do — but instead suggests what the healing process might look like after living through a nightmare. The first remark to really shake us up comes as the couples are sharing old photos, which their therapists have suggested. Gail hands one to Linda and says, “That’s the last Christmas.” Silence. Later on, while talking about the unfathomable challenge of being the parents of a loathed murderer, Linda painfully confides, “The world mourned 10. We mourned 11.” There are many such striking moments. Plimpton and Dowd’s relationship unpredictably switches over and over again, from professional to combative to conciliatory and back. Dowd, with a monk-like calmness suggesting years of self-reflection, is the adult in the room — until an unforgettable moment late in the film when everything changes. Plimpton begins as a fortress who’s unwilling to hear anything she doesn’t like, and gradually comes to realize she’s sitting across from two other humans who also lost a kid. Neither actress is playing a British queen, or is smothered by prosthetics in a weighty epic — and I know it’s only January — but these women have given two of the best performances you’ll see all year. Isaacs and Birney (who film audiences won’t recognize, but is a brilliant stage actor who wowed Broadway with “The Humans”) have more restrained roles. Their characters clearly feel they need to stay strong for their wives, not to mention their own masculine pride, so their occasional cracks are affecting. Viewers, I’m sure, will be hesitant to watch “Mass” when it’s widely released. It confronts one of the ugliest stains on American life that frightens us on the news all too regularly and that we pray never happens again. But, more importantly, the film beautifully expresses humanity’s best aspects — our capacity to forgive and connect with the most unlikely of people. As Emily says in “Our Town,” “Let’s look at one another.”

Peruvian lawyer caught having sex during virtual court hearing A lawyer has gone viral in Peru after he stripped off and had sex while still on-camera during a live-streamed court case, according to reports. Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles had been taking part in a virtual hearing involving a feared local gang, Los Z de Chanchamayo, when he shocked the judge and other viewers Thursday with his X-rated display, according to Todo Noticias. Robles completely stripped off, then started kissing an equally naked woman who soon straddled him, according to video that went viral on Twitter. The outraged judge, John Chachua Torres, immediately called a halt to proceedings — ripping Robles for having “disrespected the dignity” of the court, Todo Noticias said. “This lawyer has lacked the honor and dignity of the profession,” the judge said. The Junín Bar Association later also stressed that it “strongly rejects” the “obscene acts” as it called for a swift investigation into his future in law. Robles — who has yet to publicly address the sex scandal — was replaced in the case, and faces a probe by Peru’s Public Ministry as well as the bar association, according to The Sun. His case is just the latest scandal over officials being either underdressed or getting carried away as live stream cameras record their shame. In September, married Argentinian MP Juan Emilio Ameri resigned after cavorting with his girlfriend during a virtual session of congress — pulling down her top to kiss her newly enhanced breasts.

The B-team: Rob Cryston, Lee Ryder, Nick Rodgers, Ken Ryker (for looks only, not performance) The C-team: Jack Simmons, Cutler X, John Davenport, Chad Johnson (for body/cock only, not performance or face) It feels wrong to leave out my long-lost twin, Jeff Stryker (we were born on the same day), but his performances were boring to me, and his on-screen persona grew tiresome eventually.

Marilu Henner liked this feature on Tony Danza.

Several people have made videos out of Rascal Flats' What Hurts The Most & Brokeback scenes. The song feels like it was written specifically for the movie.

I don't find him all that attractive, at least not in that pic. And when I saw the headline of the thread I thought "I've never met @TruthBTold -- what the hell does he know about my childhood?" ? ? ?

Easton's first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5", both entered the UK Top Ten, and she was the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same Top Ten since Ruby Murray. In 1981, "9 to 5" (retitled "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" for the US market) topped the US Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu, and she became one of the most successful British female performers of the 1980s. A six-time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1982 and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres". She has received five US Gold albums and one US Platinum album. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 45 singles total worldwide, and had 20 consecutive US singles, including 15 US Top 40 singles, seven US top tens and one US No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She also had 25 top 40 hits in international territories around the world. In Canada, Easton scored three gold and two platinum albums. She has sold over 20 million records and albums worldwide. Easton became the first and only recording artist in history to have a top 5 hit on each of Billboard's primary singles charts, with "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (both pop and adult contemporary), "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers (country) and "Sugar Walls" (both R&B and dance). Easton's other hits include the James Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only", "Strut", "U Got the Look" and "The Arms of Orion" with Prince, "The Lover in Me" and "What Comes Naturally". She has worked with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid & Babyface, Patrice Rushen and Nile Rodgers.

Chad Douglas, Jon King, Rick Donovan, Tom Chase