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Siegfried Fischbacher, one-half of the flamboyant big cat illusionist act Siegfried and Roy, died Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 81. Fischbacher was reportedly terminally ill with pancreatic cancer and recently underwent an operation to remove a tumor, according to the German publication Bild. He was released from the hospital earlier this month and was being cared for at home by two hospice workers, the outlet reported. The legendary magician’s death comes less than a year after the passing of his longtime stage partner Roy Horn due to complications from COVID-19. The German-American duo met on a cruise ship, where they bonded over Horn’s pet cheetah, Chico, which he had smuggled on board. The duo’s act — which blended tiger-taming with David Copperfield-esque magic and a gaudy dose of Liberace glitz — launched in Sin City circa 1967. But it was their $30-million, 14-year-run at the Mirage theater, beginning in 1989, that propelled them into global stardom amid the height of the era of excess. In 2003, Horn suffered a gory career-ending injury when Mantacore, a 400-pound Siberian tiger, sunk its teeth into his neck during a live performance — on his 59th birthday, no less — at the Mirage hotel-casino. In a 2019 interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the performers said they had made peace with the infamous mauling incident that killed their careers. “I really don’t miss it,” Fischbacher said at the time. “We have been on stage in Vegas just by themselves for 40 years on stage, you know? And we had the most successful show in the history of Las Vegas anyway.”

Ever read Johnny Got His Gun?

That's over 100,00 White Castles you couldn't buy.

A Canadian woman was caught walking her partner on a leash as if he were a dog, a hilarious but illegal attempt to get around Quebec’s newly imposed curfew to slow the spread of coronavirus, local media reported Monday. The woman was spotted walking alongside her fake-dog husband in the city of Sherbrook around 9 p.m. Saturday, an hour after the curfew went in effect, according to CTV News. They were each given a $1,500 fine for violating the rules. The new measures prohibit Quebec residents from leaving their homes between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., but they provide numerous exceptions, including one for dog owners. The order states that “a person who must go out so that his dog can do its business” is allowed to do so within 1 kilometer from their home. Essential workers, students with in-person night classes and anyone heading to a pharmacy or hospital are also excluded. Police said the Sherbrook couple did not cooperate with officers “at all” and insisted they were following the rules — despite not having a real dog with them. The woman vowed not to pay for the ticket and said she would accumulate them, the Sherbrook Police Department told local newspaper La Tribune. The fines start at $1,000 and can get as high as $6,000 for repeat offenders. Besides the couple, whose names have not been released, more than 700 other people were reportedly fined during the first weekend under curfew in Quebec. The heavily criticized order, which remains in place until Feb. 8, is a response to a surge of COVID-19 infections in the province, which has seen more than 230,000 confirmed cases and nearly 8,800 deaths since the pandemic began. Quebec Premier François Legault said the goal of the curfew is to prevent people from visiting elderly family members, according to CTV News. “What we’re targeting with the curfew, and we saw it over the holiday period, is there are far too many people in homes who are going and visiting those who are 65 and over,” he said. “That’s why we put the curfew at 8 p.m. That allows us to reduce the number of private gatherings.”

Really? They say he's got ONE of the most smoldering eyes? Who says that? A cyclops?

I have distressing, but not unexpected, news. When I opened the check, the top flap stuck to the bottom of the check a bit, and part of the routing numbers across the bottom were torn off. I finally went to deposit it tonight, and the ATM wouldn't take it. I assume even if I feel brave and go into a branch, they won't be able to take it, either. Now I'll have to wait several years for the Dept of Finance to turn it over to the Dept of Unclaimed funds, at which point I'll be able to claim it. Damn! I was really counting on that money. Now I really hope Biden gets that $2000 stimulus check passed!

Oh dear! You mean there's another reason not to watch a show I never had the slightest interest in?

Why do you assume he wasn't talking about the singer from Destiny's Child? OMG! Was he in some kind of horrific accident?!?!? What happened to his other eye? :eek::eek::eek:

Esparza wasn't completely nauseating in his return to SVU, but thank God it appears to be just a one-off and he won't be recurring.

Some people are VERY serious about their milk purchases... A Connecticut man has been arrested for stabbing a grocery store cashier in the head over the price of a gallon of milk, according to authorities. Hichman Asfir was getting his groceries scanned at a Walmart in Waterbury on Sunday when the violent incident occurred. Police told the Stamford Advocate that the suspect became enraged when the 19-year-old clerk informed him of the price and then whipped out a pocket knife. ”Asfir walked around the register, grabbed the cashier by the hair and then stabbed her with a folding knife to the left side of the head,” police said in a press release. The victim was then rushed to Saint Mary’s Hospital to be treated for a puncture wound behind her left ear, police said. She was in stable condition in wake of the incident and is expected to make a full recovery. The victim told officers she did not know her attacker. Sarah Scovill, who was shopping with her young daughter at the time, recalled the horrific attack in an interview with WFSB. She was in the self-checkout when the stabbing unfolded. “Immediately, she started screaming,” she recalled. “I still can’t get the screaming out of my head. It was like a horror movie. She was grabbing her head and she then fell to the ground and was shaking on the ground.” Asfir was arrested on charges including first-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace. He was being held on $500,000 bond.

Bruce Willis was asked to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid on Monday after he refused to wear a mask, a spy tells Page Six. The spy says people inside the store became upset that Willis, 65, wasn’t wearing a mask — despite having a bandana tied around his neck, which he could have easily pulled up. We’re told the “Die Hard” star, who was photographed at the store without a mask on, walked away without making his purchase. A rep for Willis didn’t return Page Six’s request for comment. Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in California, has surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths. Willis has spent much of the pandemic quarantining with ex-wife Demi Moore and their grown children, Scout, Rumer and Tallulah, at the family’s home in Idaho. Speculation buzzed last year that Willis’ current marriage to wife Emma Heming was on the rocks given her choice to stay in Los Angeles with their young kids, Mabel and Evelyn, but Scout later cleared the air on the rumors. According to Scout, one of her stepsisters stepped on a hypodermic needle in an LA park and had to wait for test results. “My stepmom had to be in LA waiting to get the results from taking her to the doctor,” Scout said. “So, my dad came up here and then travel got crazy so my stepmom stayed in LA with my little sisters.” Eventually, the two families reunited under one roof.

Posts were lost that said I had figured out what to use $5 of my $5.74 on... My 2 boxes of Raisin Bran Crunch Vanilla Almond have arrived!

And to open more?

So what are the differences between this pandemic and your memories of the one you experienced in 1918?

What a silly question. It's wherever I am at the moment! Guess I'll never be going to Colorado.

A boy can dream, can't he? Hey, I'm still not over CRASH beating out BROKEBACK for Best Picture either, but to dismiss a food just because Paul Haggis was the director of that over-praised mediocrity is a bit much, IMHO.

I just laugh at all the 'virgins' in videos that moan in ecstasy (and beg for the top to go harder) as giant cocks slide in easily 'the first time' they are getting fucked.

Actually, I'm wondering if the administrators here could get in trouble for allowing a minor to participate.

And the point of your little anecdote is to brag to tell us all how young you look? ???