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Don’t judge a book by its cover! Views (from Zillow, virtual tours, etc) of penthouses in Miami, pre-collapse. Move-in ready! Lovely, innit. SC

To misquote Oscar Wilde. Bou implied it, you inferred it. That said, I completely agree, what a load of utter bullshit.

And not one of them saw it was all going pete tong and got out? That said, my Swedish isn't up to much so I didn't check the link to see if it was on take-off or before they got to a safe to jump height. Weird if not though.

This article about Kevin Spacey's comeback film mentions that Vanessa Redgrave isn't up for travelling anymore: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/07/faye-dunaway-to-star-in-kevin-spacey-comeback-film

He wrote and directed “Chafed Elbows”, which is one way to get ahead in Hollywood.

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Newest interview with the presidential couple

So Sweden has, during the last ten days had a execution-styled murder of a cop committed by a 17-year old (30.6), an incident where a train ran over two children and one adult that is being investigated as a murder case (7.6) and now a plane crash that killed 9 people?

Been a week or two since I've moaned about this godawful thread. Got to keep your hand in.....

Patrick Wright (wiki) joins the 100 Club next week. American film and television actress of the 50s and 60s and one of the few players left who appeared in sketches of The Three Stooges. New LA Times interview with her here. Picture included, looks pretty good. Says the secret to her longevity is "lots of sex".

British 400m relay silver medallist at the 1964 Olympiad and broadcaster Adrian Metcalfe, reportedly dead: https://www.worldathletics.org/heritage/news/adrian-metcalfe-obituary

DEAD: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/former-himachal-cm-virbhadra-singh-dies-of-covid-complications-at-87-279722

Huh, I'm lost? I was rooting for Denmark, on the spurious reasons that I quite like Denmark, and am a sucker for sporting underdogs? And you don't get more underdog than your best player nearly dying on the fucking pitch! (But being honest, I am fairly chilled about this English team. No outright gobshites like John Terry or Ashley Cole or the like in the side to make you root for Andorra instead!) I tend to ignore Windsor's hategasms about everything in his own country tbh. (But yes, 44th in the world Scotland actually qualifying for something and holding the joint-favourites to a draw was an achievement in context. Unionists who see everything in society through the lens of Sturgeons smile are as bad as the cybernats imo.)

German right-wing MP Martin Hebner dead of brain cancer (undisclosed) at 61: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/martin-hebner-ist-tot-a-1b7b33c2-363c-4d09-85d3-85e51604f62e

The Donald is suing the obvious tech giants over censorship and also suing the people who own them. So, he's taking on individuals richer than him in a metaphorical dick waving contest that may involve the best lawyers money can buy being given the opportunity to grill Trump in court about what he says, writes and means by it all. This'll rival The Crown for real life drama, then https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57754435

Twitter reports coming in that British wrestling legend Cyanide Sid Cooper has gone over the ropes. By which I mean, he's dead. Awaiting confirmations, etc etc

Assassinated did you say?

Well, who knows? It'll pop up on Find A Will or The Gazette in due course, I'd imagine. Might be a mistype on one or the other, certainly I'd prefer family and friends notifications.... Interesting chap, apparently Ken Dodd engineered his big break as a magician, and Danny La Rue's dress designer also designed Mr Lindsay's fabulous costumes. Simpler magic for simpler times, but nonethless not forgotten.

People are reporting that this is the death notice for Alan Braden: https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/19247048.Alan_BRADEN/ IMDB agrees: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102945/ DDP Pick this year. I'd be absolutely astonished that the national press have not picked this up if this is true.

Professional golfer Gene Siller was shot and killed on Saturday while at the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Georgia, according to local reports and the Georgia State Golfing Association. Siller was reportedly responding to an issue on the course's 10th hole when a man in a white truck pulled his vehicle onto a sand trap nearby, according to the Post. When Siller went to talk with the man in the vehicle, he was shot and later died. SC

Shatner gets a show on Russia Today, just like Larry King! https://nypost.com/2021/07/01/william-shatner-to-host-new-show-on-russian-state-run-tv/

You shall not ...pass..

Winston Groom, american writer of the famous novel-turned-film, Forrest Gump, died at 76 years. He is also known for such nonfiction historical works as Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847.

Report on the Twitterpunchcard that German born British jazz poet Michael Horovitz has writ his last.

It is being reported that Leon Greene died on 19th June: The report really gives a good summary of his career. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338839/ Awaiting the usual press reports.