Page 1 Roundup (07/16)

The Daily News: ‘Teach it to each other first’: At funeral for teen shot by stray bullet, the Rev. Al Sharpton puts spin on Black Lives Matter message

CBS News: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discharged from the hospital and doing well

Gr8er Days: This is why Willie Aames was the first pick for 'The Blue Lagoon'

Towleroad: Toppled statue of slave trader replaced with statue of ‘Black Lives Matter’ activist  

NPR: Oklahoma governor tests positive for coronavirus

NewNowNext: Netflix’s 'Say I Do' will give you just what you need -- a good ugly cry

THR: TV Academy sues to stop auction of Valerie Harper's four Emmy statuettes she won for playing Rhoda Morgenstern, which it says are only on loan

The WoW Report: 27-year-old model who inherited his 81-year-old husband’s life savings says he’s no gold digger

Greg in Hollywood: After Covid-19, hunky NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky is finally feeling like his old self

Boy Culture: Nick Cannon, fired for anti-Semitic comments, accuses Viacom of racism and unfair business practices

SF Gate: Airbnb asks people to donate money to landlords, backlash ensues

Queerty: Who wore it (aka nothing) better: model Pietro Boselli or the statue of David?

New York Post: NYPD officials attacked, bloodied at Brooklyn Bridge police-brutality protests

 ‘The Golden Girls’ home can be yours for $3 million but it’s not even close to Miami

Spirit airline employees battered in violent brawl over delayed flight

The Washington Post: White House backs away from Fauci attacks days after promoting them

New police video reveals George Floyd’s desperate pleas before his death

St. Louis prosecutor receives death threats as Donnie defends couple who pointed guns at protesters

The New York Times: A brazen online attack targets VIP Twitter users in a bitcoin scam

In publishing, ‘everything is up for change’

It’s long past time to get that beard under control

ABC News: Walmart and Sam's Club to require all customers to wear masks

The Wall Street Journal: Biden expands lead as Trump’s approval drops

The greatest coronavirus risks when you fly

Scrabble traditionalists decry online innovation, especially the baby dragons

Hot Cat of the Day: Someone's tail needs to be paid for working overtime!

People Bid(s) Valerie Harper Goodbye

Some members of the Mary Tyler Moore group I belong to on Facebook have been expressing dismay that Valerie Harper only got a refer instead of the cover of People magazine, as Mary had when she died. But after being greeted with a few blank stares by even some Gen Xers at work when I said we should run Valerie’s obituary, I’m just happy she’s out front at all.

Valerie Harper Laid to Rest in L.A. as Daughter Gives Speech During Funeral (2019)

Enjoy other times Rhoda was the celebrity bible’s cover girl -- and Mary's goodbye -- below .. 

Valerie Harper Is Ready to Say Goodbye (2013)

Rhoda’s Revenge (1980)

With trainer-cum-husband Tony Cacciotti

Surviving Twin Sitcoms (1975)

Dick Schaal, Valerie's first husband about whom she writes very lovingly in her “I, Rhoda,” memoir, played four different characters on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: Howard Arnell, his brother Paul, Chuckles the Clown and Dino; three characters on “The Bob Newhart Show”: Carol’s boyfriend with the bad feet named Don Fezler (aka Dr. Scholl); Don Livingston and Chuck Brock; one on “Rhoda” (as Charlie Burke); before becoming a regular on “Phyllis” season one, as the dimwitted photographer Leo Heatherton. Schaal died in 2014.

Legendary Actress Mary Tyler Moore Dies at 80 (2017)

Mary Tyler Moore's Grieving Husband Speaks Out: 'Oh to See Her Smile Just Once More'

Inside Valerie Harper’s Final Reunion with Her Mary Tyler Moore Costars

Inside Valerie Harper's Friendship with Mary Tyler Moore: 'We Had a Great Time with Each Other'

Remains of the Day (09/09)

NYT Magazine: "Giovanni’s Room" revisited

Dlisted: Open post hosted by a drunk woman’s “weird” Subway sandwich order

KIT212: Jockstraps are for jump pages (don't view at work unless you work at a bathhouse)

CNN: People who live in blue states live longer

Boy Culture: Was your teenage bedroom plastered with posters of your favorite pop stars, too?

France 24: "It doesn't matter if my [new] movie isn't released in the United States," says Woody Allen

EW: Valerie Harper laid to rest in intimate funeral in Los Angeles

Back2Stonewall: Thousands march in Sarajevo's first gay pride parade

Instagram: The Aaron Schock gun show

Towleroad: Uber driver ejects couple for being gay

The Randy Report: Gerald McCullouch discusses his second film about male strippers (did you see the SAD ending to the first one??????)

The WoW Report: Ryan Murphy brings to Netflix “A Chorus Line” miniseries, an Andy Warhol docuseries plus Jessica Lange as Dietrich!

UPI: "Brady Renovation" bittersweet without Florence Henderson, Robert Reed

Slog: Marianne Williamson is a kook,but that doesn't mean the media shouldn't accurately report about her

PinkNews: Another day, another Western country's LGBTQ rights take a hit

NewNowNext: Beloved “Project Runway” designer Chris March dead at 56 (ICYMI)

Gr8er Days: Can you believe Pam Shriver married this (former) piece of ass?

Greg in Hollywood: When Joe met Ida and Martin on "Rhoda"

Hot Cats of the Day: Harvey's cousins Mimi and Josie get recognition today for enduring a five-hour tennis match yesterday with a bunch of screaming Argentinians cheering Nadal on!

Remains of the Day (09/03)

Arts & Collections: Debbie Harry is still pop artist' dream as the ultimate '80s "rock chick"

Instagram: Sexy Noah Rubin may have a second career as a model

The New Yorker: Linda Ronstadt has found another voice

Deadline: New York's Paris Theatre ends seven-decade run as Midtown film mecca

Good Housekeeping: The most popular slang the year you were born -- mine was "freak flag" courtesy of Jimi Hendrix!

Towleroad: School principal who fought to ban books over "homosexual content" arrested for lewd photos of children

New York Post: Meet the hot UPS delivery guy driving (wo)men crazy in NYC

The Randy Report: Mayor Pete leads campaign fundraising in New York

Dlisted: Open post hosted by the "bi-chair"

Michael Musto: Sam Harris of 1980s "Star Search" fame: They knew I was the "little gay kid"

Crooks and Liars :Anti-LGBTQ West Virginia GOP lawmaker resigns over prostitution ring

USA Today: I hope the right will be happy when there are no qualified doctors, nurses or researchers in this country -- just reality TV contestants.

Los Angeles Times: Valerie Harper and the timeless cool of Rhoda Morgenstern (an appreciation)

EW: Debra Messing slams Trump and turns his tweet about her into call for action

America: What does a church open to LGBT Catholics look like?

AIA New York: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen featuring Signe Nielsen, FASLA, Founding Principal of Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

Boy Culture: Adult performer Nick Dent's got a new movie -- but it's not what you think

NYT Editorial Board: Fix the Electoral College -- or scrap it

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Hot Cat of the Day: Even when he's on the clock, Bailey always has time for a little lovin'

Valerie Harper Dies at 80

RIP, Rhoda. Thanks for all the laughs. xo

Remains of the Day (08/22)

WSJ: Mustaches: Not just for Movember anymore

Dlisted: Barack Obama’s trying to get his hands on Aretha Franklin’s inauguration hat 

KIT212: Did this hunk lose a bet?

The New York Times: Their mothers chose donor sperm -- the doctors used their own

The Daily News: New Jersey man caught with arsenal of guns, Nazi paraphernalia, slave "manual"

Instagram: It's not funny unless someone gets hurt

Curbed: Meryl Streep slept here

Newsweek: Cory Booker discusses transgender nephew at candidate forum

KIT212: Feast your eyes on Chris Hemsworth in a fitted dress shirt

New York Post: Priest accused of stealing $98K from church to pay Grindr hookups

The Randy Report: Porn set of charity show?

EW: LGBTQ books are being censored in middle schools. Authors are speaking out.

Rolling Stone: How Woodstock 50 fell apart

Reuters: Homophobia seen rising in European countries without gay marriage

The WoW Report: Former GOP chairman arrested in Idaho for masturbating (in a wig) outside his ex-wife's apartment

Metro Weekly: Transgender service members can sue over Trump's military ban, federal judge rules

Towleroad: Delusional Log Cabin Republican spokesman says LGBT community is better off under Trump than it was four years ago(!)

Boy Culture: In bed with sex bomb Griffin Barrows

And here's wishing Valerie Harper a very happy 80th birthday!

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Master of Suspense 😽😹 Via: @ohshima_moa

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Hot Cat of the Day: I love a kitty with a flair for the dramatic!

Badges of Honor

Of course I want to be best friends with the person who took the time to make these employee badges!

Page 1 Roundup (08/15)

The Daily News: Catholic church in Pennsylvania spent decades covering up for hundreds of pedophile priests, panel finds; several named had New York ties

There's a new Girl Scout cookie on the block

Body found in Jamaica Bay believed to be that of missing Queens woman

New York Post: Woman stabbed English tourist to ‘rid the house of evil’: cops

Movie producer’s daughter found dead in the Bronx

Page Six: Matt Lauer agrees to pay Annette Roque up to $20M in divorce

The New York Times: Transgender woman makes history in Vermont governor’s primary

JT Leroy film with Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart to close Toronto Film Fest

TPM: Roger Stone posts, deletes swastika-filled image of Trump crew

The Washington Post: Sarah Huckabee lies and then apologizes for false statement about black employment

Decider: Valerie Harper and Roseanne Barr were both cut out of their family sitcoms -- although for drastically different reasons

The Wall Street Journal: Rhododendron? Hydrangea? America doesn’t know anymore

A Date That Will Live in Infamy

So Trump gets FDR's quote wrong ... 

and Melania screws up the date. 

But it's the thought that counts, right? I'm sure if Mr. and Mrs. Obama had done something similar no one would have said a thing ...

From HERE.

Valerie Harper Turns 78

Thanks to Greg in Hollywood for making note of Valerie Harper's birthday (I'm a day late!). Damian and I have been on a "Rhoda" kick thanks to MeTV recently picking up the beloved spinoff. The show was never as funny or well-written as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." But the relationship between the three female leads -- Rhoda, Ida (Nancy Walker) and Brenda (Julie Kavner) -- was so endearing and rang so true that it was always a pleasure to watch. (And Joe's HAIRY CHEST helped me blossom into a young woman back in the day.) We're only on Season 2 now. But I watched the show as a kid and am already dreading -- as is Damian, for the first time -- the impending separation from Joe, although Rhoda's post-marriage life definitely had some memorable moments.

Her memoir, "I, Rhoda," made me fall in love with her even more.

Happy birthday, Valerie! I know you're been through your share of health struggles in recent years. But here's hoping you're surrounding by people who love and adore you in real life as much as your TV fans love and adore you from afar.

I was so devastated when I heard about Valerie's brain cancer that I bought this issue of People. Four years later, Valerie is still around and the magazine is long since lost!

Mary Tyler Moore Reportedly in Grave Condition

Sick to my stomach about Mary Tyler Moore. Sadly, the outlook isn't great for most of the women of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," who reunited on "Hot in Cleveland" in 2013 as if I had been granted one wish. 

Long live Georgia Engel ...

Fun Couples: Valerie Harper and Debbie Harry

  With Blondie popping up everywhere -- stream the new album HERE, watch them on "The Daily Show" HERE, watch Deb do a funny PSA HERE , read how Deb and Chris Stein are defending a musician friend who was mixed up in the Philip Seymour Hoffman overdose HERE -- it's hard for even me to keep up. But seeing this photo of Debbie Harry with Valerie Harper from when they were both on "Good Morning America" (watch Blondie HERE) earlier in the week is by far my favorite!

How hot does she look here?

She Might Just Make It After All

Valerie Harper's terminal brain cancer is 'pretty close to remission,' say doctors 

Wow! So this is why she's going to be on "Dancing With the Stars." Still, while her doctors say her cancer is responding to treatment now, it will almost surely come back. Still, for now she's defying the odds.So happy for her and her family -- and her fans. Read HERE.

Terminally Cool

Valerie Harper 'Dancing With the Stars' Despite Terminal Brain Cancer 

God, I love this woman. I'd be too lazy to be on that show without cancer. What an inspiration to us all.

Harper's Bizarre

   I don't think we've ever seen a Hollywood star announce he or she was dying, and then promptly go on a whirlwind media blitz before. But Valerie Harper, like her beloved character Rhoda Morgenstern, always did things her way, so I couldn't be happier to spend this precious time "with" her. I saw her on "Access Hollywood Live" the other morning at the gym and she was simply beaming, which only caused me to break into tears on the treadmill. (My still-aching foot wasn't helping.) As an encore, an upcoming reunion of the women from  "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on "Hot in Cleveland" is about the best thing I could think of for her ... other than a miracle.