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Hana Mandlikova.

Tom Pelphrey (GL, ATWT) has joined the ensemble cast in the Netflix limited-series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s Atlanta-set novel A Man in Full, with David E. Kelley as writer/showrunner/EP and Regina King as EP and director of three episodes. Pelphrey will play “Raymond Peepgrass. Subordinated, libidinous and frustrated, he is an oppressed and lowly loan officer on the verge of personal and professional chaos. He wants respect, but he’ll settle for sex, vengeance and some money.” Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane will lead the cast.

I’ll wait to hear who he’s playing, but my first impression is meh. This is about a decade too late to be inspired casting.

Where was this Jaida at the roast? LMAO.

Shubham from India 🇮🇳

I posted some Instagram stories featuring songs for Kate’s birthday over the weekend, and none other than Carson Boatman (Johnny, DAYS) liked one of them. Very funny. Also LOL:

Lizzo is No. 1, but isn’t it INCREDIBLE how stable “Running Up That Hill” is?!?! No. 3 for a second week.

Taylor is a good addition, even though she went off the rails for me on Girls Trip. Brandi would be an even better addition, but not sure how it would work logistically (where does she live now?).

Danny from the U.K. 🇬🇧

Wuthering Heights Day celebration in Sydney:

A very different role for Nichelle:

Very sad news.

She was so poignant as Neil’s mother and deserved an Emmy:

Aw, I met her once. Very sweet lady in addition to her history making. We’ve lost two black icons today. News story with further confirmation from her team:

He can tick my box:

The franchise is incredibly overexposed, overextended, and overproduced, that’s for sure.

Actor Jermelle Simon 🇺🇸

Kind of a meh end to a fun season. I don’t like a whole episode of lip-syncs. (They should have added in some spoken-word clips to mix it up, like they did with the Designing Woman Julia Sugarbaker monologue. Like maybe doing Tyra’s rant to Tiffany from ANTM, if they could secure the rights. Hell, even Erica Kane’s Woman of the Year meltdown from AMC would be epic. At least give the queens, especially folks like Jinkx, the ability to show a different skill set from vamping to pop tracks. Throw in some jazz like Ella again. Do a power ballad. It would have made the show more interesting and less one-sided.) This whole All Stars season really was RuPaul’s Best Friends’ Race, with zero negative judging or on-screen feuding. But it’s funny how almost everyone in this all-winners’ cast has posted something negative on social media about either how they were portrayed or BTS favoritism.