Remains of the Day (0316)

Baseline: KIT212 favorite -- and an inspiration for this blog -- Tommy Haas calls it a career

The Randy Report: Media banned from Mike Pence's meeting with gay Irish PM Leo Varadkar

Dlisted: Elton John was a bit of a cunt to Ellen DeGeneres when she came out

Back2Stonewall: Texas newspaper edits out references to same-sex couple in obituary for 'religious and ethical reasons'

Towleroad: Comedian James Adomian rips "Saturday Night Live" for not casting openly gay man in 30

Greg in Hollywood: Darren Criss can give me a shoulder massage in a tank top anytime he wants

Boy Culture: Madonna Polaroid cache up for auction

The Daily Mash: Last human to use two spaces after a full stop dies

BosGuy: Did you say you likes furry daddies?

Daily Intelligencer: Nancy Pelosi is good at her job and she should keep it

Brooklyn Vegan: Netflix adds more classic "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episodes

Curbed: New High Line installation is an ode to the Statue of Liberty

Gr8er Days: Isabella Rossellini on her return to Lancome at 62

The New York Times: Louise Slaughter, 16-term liberal congresswoman from New York, dies at 88 after suffering head injury in fall

NewNowNext: Another man has tested HIV positive while taking PrEP

Savage Blog: Wife of Internet troll files for divorce

OMG Blog: Dan, Ollie, Ash and Austin from "Ibiza Weekender" get naked in their hotel room

AP: Maria Sharapova withdraws from Miami with forearm injury

People: Zoë Kravitz brings back Bonnie's long braids as "Big Little Lies" Season 2 filming kicks off

The Washington Post: Crazy Donald may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of White House shake-up

WGNTV: White working-class voters had a reason to be made in 2016, they were just mad at the wrong people

Reuters: Top general says U.S. not coordinating against Russian cyber threat

It's Either Sadness or Euphoria: Looking for your next book? Check out reviews of Julie Schumacher's "The Shakespeare Requirement"; Gae Polisner's "In Sight of Stars"; Fredrick Backman's "Us Against You"; Jessica Strawser's "Not That I Could Tell"; and Neal Shusterman's "Scythe"

From @pokeypotpie: “Morning nose kisses (and nibbles) from the Bopster.” #catsofinstagram

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Hot Cat of the Day: Morning nose kisses for Dad!

100 Years of Ingrid Bergman

Exceptional interview by Dan Callahan with Ingrid Bergman's three daughters -- Pia Lindstrom, Ingrid Rossellini, and Isabella Rossellini -- to mark the 100th anniversary of the legendary screen star's birth. When forced to pick, I cite Ingrid as my favorite actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood if for no other reason than she was undoubtedly the most beautiful.

“What’s extraordinary and unique about my mother is that she means something in so many different countries,” says Isabella. “Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis, they mean something in America, mainly, but they didn’t have the European films. Mother means something in Sweden, in Italy, in France, in London, and in America. If you think of her, you think of her in all those different countries. She was once asked, ‘Where are your roots?’ And she said, ‘I don’t have any!’ Can you imagine?”

Read it all HERE.

Dearest Mother

#swoon

 

Tired Old Queen at the Movies: 'Notorious' (1946)

This week, Steve Hayes reviews Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious," starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains.