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Hate articles like this. Saying someone looks amazing, and setting them up for a bald man named Shug to comment that they're hideous/repulsive. She's alive, firstly, and looks as expected when you consider she used to have a BMI of 106 and store fat in her forehead.

Ruth Handler died on this day 22 years ago, aged 85. - Handler would found a plastic furniture company with her husband Elliot. Due to falling sales in World War II, the Handlers would begin making dollhouse furniture, and in 1945 the company was renamed to "Mattel". The dollhouse furniture sale success led to the company fully entering the toy market. - In 1956, Handler would visit Germany, where she would notice a doll based on a comic book character named "Bild Lilli". She would bring one home for her daughter to play with, and noticing the absence of adult-aged female dolls in toy stores (girls would tend to play with baby dolls), decided to redevelop Bild Lilli for an American audience. Three years later, the doll would release, Handler would name it after said daughter- and the rest is history: Barbie's boyfriend Ken would follow in 1961, named after the Handlers' son. - Handler would have a mastectomy following a diagnosis of breast cancer in 1970, and would develop her own prosthetic breasts under a new company, "Ruthton": They were known as "Nearly Me"s. - Handler would resign from Mattel in 1975 after she was reported to have made fraudulent financial reports; she was fined and had to serve 2500 hours of community service. - Handler was later diagnosed with colon cancer and died from complications of surgery treating it. Interest in her surged following the 2023 Barbie movie, where her spirit would be played by Rhea Perlman.

Why admit this on Stern's show of all places? A ratings boost for Howard?

Very open about her bowel movements. She has a great sense of humor. https://www.eonline.com/news/1400150/christina-applegate-explains-why-shes-wearing-adult-diapers-after-sapovirus-diagnosis

That'll be Sunak next Friday I expect.

I know I have already got the points, but good old Laurence Broderick actually got a BBC obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgy0531x54o My faith in humanity is restored. Just a wee bit.

They should neve have got relegated last IMO.

Charisma, darling, charisma.

First of the first. Sonja Christopher reportedly dead: Source seems reputable. DDP pick.

As I predicted in October, albeit you had the good grace to make it interesting by threatening to collapse! Congratulations Biblio, now if you could see fit to throw 3 points our way next weekend, I'd be most grateful.

Funny how other countries' nationalised rail networks are efficient, cheap and no less reliable than ours. We already own about a third of the network because they have to keep taking franchises off their fat cat mates who couldn't run a piss up in a brewery. Might as well go the whole hog and make it official.

As opposed to the roaring sucesss of the privatisation of British Rail is........

IMDB is now claiming Pamela Mant died on 13th October 2022 in USA.

Great, but my personal favourite is Nights in White Satin, which was a Hayward composition.

I think she's probably big enough to have her own thread.

27th April 36 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 34 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 32 Manic Street Preachers—Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 29 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 29 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 28 Adele — Chasing Pavements +4 28 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 27 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 24 Coldplay — In My Place 23 Busted — Year 3000 22 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 18 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 18 Pink — Get The Party Started 16 Kelis — Trick Me 16 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 14 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 14 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 06 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 00 Daft Punk — One More Time -6