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Deadline hears a reboot of “The Facts of Life” is in early stages at Sony Pictures TV, with Appian Way, the company run by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson, in negotiations to produce the project alongside Jessica Biel via her Iron Ocean Films. The potential series is looking for a writer. The studio declined comment. “The Facts of Life,” a spinoff of “Diff’rent Strokes,”aired on NBC from 1979-88, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the decade. Charlotte Rae starred as Edna Garrett, a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, NY. Garrett later is promoted to school dietitian, and four of the girls move into new quarters above the cafeteria. She eventually leaves the school and opens her own business, with help from her girls. The series focused on issues that teenage girls face such as drug use, sex, eating disorders and peer pressure. “The Facts of Life,” created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, was nominated for three Emmys over the course of its nine-year run, including lead actress in a comedy for Rae. The series starred Lisa Welchel as Blair, Kim Fields as Tootie, Mindy Cohn as Natalie and Nancy McKeon as Jo. Sony TV recently successfully rebooted the Norman Lear classic “One Day At A Time,” which is heading into its third season on Netflix. There have been two revivals of 1980s multicamera comedies to return to broadcast TV, “Roseanne” on ABC last season, and “Murphy Brown” on CBS this coming season. (“Roseanne” was canceled in May over star Roseanne Barr’s racial tweet and will be replaced by a spinoff series, “The Conners.“) Additionally, the 1980s sitcom “ALF” also is plotting a comeback at Warner Bros. TV and is currently looking for a writer!!! (I just hope Alf hasn't aged badly... it's so sad when you see great stars of yesteryear get old!)

MALDEN, Mass. — A 1-year-old motorist has been pulled over for driving without a license — but he got off with a “cuteness warning.” Police in the Boston suburb of Malden say they staged the traffic stop Tuesday afternoon after spotting Grayson Salerno driving a red toy Mercedes convertible along a sidewalk. An officer pulled his cruiser behind Grayson, switched on the blue flashing lights and pretended to write a ticket. Photos and video of the incident have been widely shared on social media. Grayson’s mother, Cori Salerno, says she’s tickled the mock misdemeanor has made so many people smile. It’s doubtful the young offender understands the charge. He was wearing a T-shirt with the inscription: “I have literally no idea what you are saying.”

I thought this topic was going to be about Jeff Stryker's & my birthday.

When I was in Yeshiva (until I was paroled in 5th grade) we'd sing In 1492, Columbus was a Jew. He sailed with the British, and made a kiddish. I think we were just going for the rhyme.

A beauty shop robbery in Silver Spring, Maryland, erupted in an epic brawl with flying fists and wig whipping. Police are asking for tips to apprehend the suspects who snatched wigs and assaulted employees.

I get lazy and let my hair get shaggy before I get it cut. Over the years I've gotten several comments about how women pay a fortune to get curls like mine as my hair cascades to the floor around the chair. That footage could be kinda hot...

His real crime was this haircut...

Definitely. Good One.

Psst... wanna buy a nice watch REALLY cheap? Man’s $135K watch stolen by woman he met at nightclub: cops Another well-heeled horndog had a pricey watch stolen by a woman he brought back to his Manhattan hotel room, police said Thursday. The 34-year-old mark was first targeted at Tao Downtown in Chelsea early Wednesday, and he asked the woman to come back to his room at The Mark Hotel on East 77th Street just before 3 a.m., cops said. When the pair got to the room at the five-star hotel, the man put his $135,000 timepiece from luxury Swiss watch manufacturer Patek Philippe & Co. in the room’s safe, authorities said. At some point the man took a shower, while the woman stayed in the room, cops said. When he got out, he noticed his watch was missing. Police say the man confronted the woman about the missing watch and she denied heisting it before leaving. It was unclear whether or not the safe was properly locked. On Wednesday, the man checked out of the hotel where rooms and suites range in price from $645 to $10,565 per night. The man gave cops the hotel’s address as his home address, police said. Last year, a pair of women robbed nearly $80,000 worth of jewelry from men who suddenly got dizzy and passed out in their luxe Manhattan hotel rooms. In August 2017, an elderly Florida ladies man was robbed of a $3,000 watch by two women who seduced him at the Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue. Also that month, a Saudi diplomat’s $30,000 watch and other bling was pilfered by a hot date he brought home from celebrity haunt 1 Oak.

Senior citizens brawl at Costco over free samples Things got a little dicey at a South Carolina Costco after a couple of septuagenarians got into a physical altercation over some free samples. According to police, a 70-year-old man claimed the incident began while he was standing in line for a free piece of cheese at a Costco in Greenville. As he was waiting, another older man, 72, “cut in line, took some cheese and walked off,” according to an incident report obtained by The State newspaper. But it didn’t end there. Later, as the 70-year-old was waiting for a free cheeseburger sample, he saw the alleged line-jumper approaching and addressed him, sarcastically telling the man “he could get in front of him because he knew he would just cut the line anyway.” The 72-year-old then allegedly called him a “jerk” and clocked him on the side of his head, knocking off his hat and glasses, according to The State. No arrests in the July 26 incident have been made yet, as the senior citizens have had different versions of the incident, WHNS-TV reported. The 72-year-old had left the warehouse-style store by the time police arrived, but admitted to being involved in an altercation at Costco when contacted by police later. However, he told police he hit the younger septuagenarian because he felt threatened by him, according to WHNS. Police are hoping to review surveillance footage from Costco to clarify what exactly happened.

Does this guy seem like the type who would spend a lot of money on 'product'? Police are investigating after a Virginia woman reportedly fatally shot herself while handcuffed during a traffic stop last week. Sarah Wilson, 19, was a passenger when police pulled over her boyfriend’s vehicle on July 25 in South Norfolk, Va. During the traffic stop, police handcuffed Wilson and left her to wait near the vehicle as police struggled to arrest her boyfriend, identified as Holden Medlin, 27. While officers dealt with Medlin, Wilson managed to get hold of a gun and shoot herself in the head. Wilson was still handcuffed when she fired the weapon, but a police spokesman said the gun was not a police firearm. It was not immediately clear how she was able to access the weapon. Wilson’s death was ruled a suicide, but her mother questioned the police version of events. “Something went very, very wrong,” Dawn Wilson told WRAL-TV. “Even if their story is true … they dropped the ball. My daughter is gone.” Police body-camera footage was not available because the system had been “knocked offline” during the officers’ struggle with Medlin, who ultimately was subdued and arrested with the use of a stun gun, the newspaper reported. He was charged with possession of oxycodone, suboxone and paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm with schedule I or II drugs and fleeing from police. Even if the camera had been working, it likely wouldn’t have captured Wilson’s death because the officer wearing it had been working to detain Medlin. Police found several phones, ammunition, drug paraphernalia and a bag containing a .22-caliber rifle while searching the vehicle. Virginia police are conducting an investigation. No officers involved have been placed on leave.

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Hubba Hubba! Who's hiring him for his words?

My former roommate & I got into the habit of saying 'launder' instead of 'do the laundry'. As in... I don't WANNA launder! (said in the whiniest possible voice)

I check my alerts first, then check for new posts to topics I've started, then peruse the forums in whatever order I'm in the mood for that day (some days I just can't deal with any more politics). P.S. I was taught the plural for words ending in 'ium' is 'ia', but have never heard anyone say stadia, and I was taught the plural for words ending in 'um' was 'a'. However... The current entry from the Oxford Dictionary says: The plural of forum is usually spelled forums; the plural fora (as in the original Latin) is chiefly used when talking about a public square in an ancient Roman city. I always wondered why this isn't the M4M Message Fora.

Two Nevada teens have confessed to fatally beating their mother and burying her in a shallow grave because “they couldn’t take her complaining,” according to an arrest report. Dakota Saldivar and Michael Wilson, both 17, were arrested early Wednesday after their mother, Dawn Liebig, 46, was reported missing from her Pahrump home on Monday. They now face charges of open murder, conspiracy to commit murder and domestic battery with a deadly weapon in the stabbing and bludgeoning attack, KVVU reports. An investigation was launched after a man from Idaho called the Nye County Sheriff’s Office to request a welfare check at Liebig’s home, claiming he didn’t trust the children living at the residence. A detective later responded and found Liebig’s cellphone but didn’t locate her, leading him to open a missing person report, according to an arrest report obtained by the station. Investigators then contacted another man who claimed Liebig’s sons gave him differing stories about her disappearance. The man told detectives he believed Liebig was dead “due to the type of family she is in,” according to the report. Detectives then visited the home and interviewed Saldivar and Wilson, who provided inconsistent stories about their mother’s whereabouts. After a search of the teens’ phones and the discovery of a text that read “my mom passed away,” Wilson confessed that he and Saldivar stabbed Liebig before burying her body in a 2-foot-deep grave. Wilson also claimed that Liebig asked the teens to kill her before leading detectives to the shallow grave, not far from where the murder weapons were buried, according to the arrest report. Wilson told detectives Liebig had adopted him five years ago. It’s unclear if Saldivar was also adopted, according to the station. Saldivar told detectives during subsequent interviews that he and Wilson decided on July 19 to kill Liebig because “they couldn’t take her complaining,” police said. The last post on Liebig’s Facebook profile is from July 19. A picture of four male teens sits atop the profile. “Im a mom that hopes she did okay,” the profile reads. “I want my boys to become the men I hope for. I live for them.” Police records obtained by KVVU indicate that Saldivar and Wilson planned to stab Liebig in the jugular vein so she would die quickly. They waited for her to go to sleep on July 19 and Wilson stabbed her in the neck. Saldivar then bludgeoned her in the head with a hammer about 20 times, according to police. Liebig even cried out for help, screaming for Saldivar and Wilson since she was unaware that they were attacking her, Saldivar told detectives. The gruesome, 25-minute attack ended only when the hammer perforated Liebig’s skull. She was then stabbed in the back of the neck with a pocket knife before her body was buried in the desert, according to the report. One of the teens later led detectives to the shallow grave where Liebig’s body was found and also led investigators to the murder weapons, Sgt. Adam Tippetts announced on Facebook. “Further interviews were conducted and both juveniles finally confessed that a few hours prior to the murder, they had a fight with Liebig and were tired of her parenting style and demands on them,” Tippetts said. “They stated they waited until she fell asleep then attacked her. The juveniles recounted a graphic stabbing and bludgeoning. They stated that this attack lasted for approximately half an hour while Liebig fought for her life.” Saldivar and Wilson were booked into the Nye County Detention Center, where they were processed as adults, Tippetts said.

If you've got the time...

I thought everyone having smartphones surgically attached to their hands made wearing watches passe.

A school district in Arizona is building a tiny home community for cash-strapped teachers who can’t afford local housing. The small town of Vail, located about 25 miles southeast of Tucson, has an average home price of $258,000 and no apartments within the 425-square-mile school district, CityLab reports. This leaves many of the local school teachers, whose salaries range from about $38,000 to $46,000, commuting from Tucson in order to live somewhere they can afford rent. “The lowest rent you can find for a house in Vail is $1,200,” Sydney Scharer tells CityLab. Scharer teaches fifth grade at Senita Valley Elementary School and makes $38,000 a year. The only way to afford rent was for her and her fiancé to live in a 600-square-foot apartment about a 30-minute drive from work for $850 per month. “It was the closest thing we could get to Vail and still keep our rent reasonable,” she said. But now, thanks to a new housing community, Scharer and soon others, will be able to live in a neighborhood of two dozen 300- to 400-square-foot homes on district land. The tiny home community is being built on five acres near what’s set to become the town city center. Scharer and her fiancé just moved into the site’s first tiny home, a one-bedroom, 400-square-foot property she’s renting until her own customized tiny home is complete. On a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, her monthly payments will be about $700 a month. The homes will be available both for purchase and rent, with the project being supported mostly by local investors. The district is spending $200,000 on infrastructure and teachers and staff will pay $125 a month to cover the cost of renting the land, which will include utilities and internet, CityLab reports. John Carruth, the school district’s associate superintendent, told CityLab he acknowledges that the issue is not only limited to housing options but teachers’ salaries. Arizona ranked last in the country for elementary teacher salaries and 49th for high school, AZ Central reports. “The best model is to compensate teachers so that they can afford a home like anyone else can,” Joe Thomas, president of Arizona Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union, told City Lab. “I don’t think it’s any more complex than that.” “I think it’s a creative approach, but I don’t know if it values the work and the contribution that educators make in the community. Maybe if we can just move away from tiny school budgets,” he said. Carruth said the district already contributes 89 percent of its budget to employee salaries and that a 10 percent bump wouldn’t be enough to solve the affordable housing issue. “The majority of our teaching stuff is under 35. They’re dealing with this. We’re trying to solve something we can control,” he said.

Does she drink regular or decaf?