DramatistDreamer

Wow, there are enough accolades to describe his influence on music and culture. All that can be said for now is R.I.P. Mr. Quincy Jones and my condolences to his family and loved ones.

People seem to want to dismiss or forget the Comey factor. Repeatedly. I am not singling out anyone in this thread but in general, I have noticed the panic (though I generally avoid it because I am not on Twitter) but if we’re going to compare, include all the information in making comparisons. That’s all I am saying.

Despite a lot of Russian meddling, Maia Sandu was reelected president of Moldova. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-holds-presidential-runoff-election-amid-claims-russian-meddling-2024-11-03/

Apologies if this has been posted previously but this is a very strong ad.

¡Dios mío! Those floods are tragic, many lives lost.

It’s sad (and frightening) that we live in a society where a woman can get expletives hurled at her or slashed in the face if she dares to ignore a random man who catcalls her in the street but here we are.

For those reasons, in the back of my mind, I guess there is some lingering concern about having too many of the same people who presided over the deterioration of daytime soaps presiding over the production side of BTG. I know they need a certain number of experienced hands if they want to hit the ground running but a few of the names don’t really inspire a whole lot of confidence but I am keeping my mouth shut and my mind open on this, with hopes for the best.

However this enterprise turns out, it must be an amazing feeling for MVJ to experience her long cherished dream coming to fruition.

While I do find it disconcerting that Tuareg separatist groups are joining forces with some Al Qaeda, it is giving Wagner a taste of their own medicine while broadcasting the atrocities committed against local Malian civilians by Wagner on their own Telegram channel for a Russian audience to witness. If only, this could mean the beginning of the end of the Wagner group on the continent of Africa. How Wagner’s Ruthless Image Crumbled in Mali

It was something I always expected to happen. The writing for these characters still seems to be mediocre but I guess we will see if the quality of writing for BTG will really challenge the remaining soaps to step up their standards.

Jenny gave a damn good speech.

Wow, I remember seeing a headline showing him with a quote about mental health and how guys need help too but I thought he meant in general. I had no idea that he was struggling. I think more players have struggled with this than has been made public. I had always hoped that Grigor and Gaël would each win at least one major before they retire, but more and more I doubt this will happen. If tennis industry would stop trying to label players as machines and superhuman and accept that some days players struggle, I think tennis as a sport could finally be a sport of our times. Personally , I don’t find much entertainment value in pickleball but pickleball allows people to accept that people sometimes have limitations (injuries, age, restrictions on level of ability) yet can still enjoy the game. At least don’t frame the situation as a player being weak if they need help.

I have been paying the barest amount of attention to tennis but I saw that clip of Ugo Humbert taking Carlos Alcaraz out of the Paris Masters tournament and man, the French fans were rocking that entire arena. It must have been a Davis Cup-like environment!

The only thing that struck me as “off” about the place was the fact that the wait staff appeared to be overwhelmingly male (at least during brunch, which tends to have a high number of diners who are women) who seemed to flirt A LOT, likely trying to get tips (and perhaps, the occasional phone number) but nothing particularly scandalous. Noa did seem to suggest (if not state directly) that he felt she was two-timing him with Combs (he basically put out a timeline where things overlapped) but in any case, this is not 2003 where people might have been interested. Nobody cares.

And trying to “out” celebrities as having attended a party thrown by Diddy, you gotta love the misspellings of names (Robert Dinero? Who’s that?). Combs is clearly a sleaze but I doubt every social event that he hosted was a “freak off”. I twice attended brunch at Justin’s, the restaurant named after one of his sons. There were no orgies or drug fueled bacchanalia going on when I was there.

Recently, I heard a radio show, where the host lives in Florida and spoke of his experience voting for the first time since migrating to the U.S. He said he voted Democrats down the line. He said any candidate that had “D” by their name, he voted for them…he doesn’t care what anyone said, what words came out of their mouths, he was voting Democrat. 😂

Seems as though her 1st husband is only too eager to throw her under the bus. Yikes! https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-ex-husband-involved-diddy-freak-off-parties-1234935577/ When I saw the headline, I knew it would be him.

Everyone associated with TFG eventually lands there. https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-ordered-attend-1-million-voter-lottery-suit-hearing-philadelphia-cnbc-2024-10-30/

Having Neto seen an episode, I couldn’t personally compare it to Dallas. The people behind the show’s PR appear to want to cast Landman as an Upstairs/Downstairs where “Roughnecks” meet “Oil Magnates”.

Absolutely, although I live in a reliably blue state.

Much like the ratio of relatively fresh faces to veterans in front of the cameras, how I wish that consideration had been made and applied to crew on the production side.

Where I live has a sizable Puerto Rican population and the MSG rally comment is still getting a LOT of attention.

It’s still infuriating, to say the least.

Once again, women’s voices are being dismissed in the media, down to the very end. And we’re only the ones who are voting in higher numbers. Please don’t dismiss VP Harris’ words to disqualify Trump but lend a hand to his voters. She’s the one running, can we remember that? Also, can we remember which presidential candidates once threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans in the middle of a crisis which was costing lives? Which candidate wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland? Can people try to keep perspective for a few days? This is not entirely about media, actual people and their chaotic attention spans bear some responsibility for the fact that so many are so ill informed at this late stage.