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Great idea. But still no hits after a month!

Mwai Kibaki (1931-2022) President KIbaki is well and about to be discharged (Kibaki's aides greeting people at the morgue) Age at death: 90 Known health issues: Strokes in 1983, 2000 and 2016, road accident in 2002, hospitalised in critical condition in 2017, continuosly in hospital in recent years with lung issues. Cause of death: Natural causes. Alignment: A popular and funny president after the monster who was Daniel arap Moi.

Richard Nixon died on this day 28 years ago, aged 81. Today's interesting subject fact: Nixon considered having a domestic political opponent killed while he was in office. In 1972, investigative journalist Jack Anderson was targeted for assassination by senior White House officials (these were Watergate's E. Howard Hunt and the late G. Gordon Liddy). Anderson consistently wrote negative articles focusing on White House-related scandals, and Nixon stated "we've got to do something with this son of a bitch". A mole was sent to Anderson's office, but Anderson's secretary removed them from the premises due to suspicious activity. The CIA also surveilled Anderson, but were chased away by his children, and mocked the agency's incompetence. As these didn't work, the officials decided assassination was their last option. They decided to either smear a lethal dose of LSD on the steering wheel of Anderson's car, place poisoned drugs in his medicine cabinet, kill him in a car crash, or stage a mugging... then spying on the Democratic Party's HQ became the top priority, and the idea was aborted. Anderson died in December 2005 at the age of 83, 11 years after Nixon.

Watched the documentary.Bill appears to be doing brilliantly for 90.Still exercises regularly and even physically recreated getting punched by Mike Baldwin in the Rovers throwing himself back on the table.Possibly the most mentally and physically sharp 90 year old I have seen. Barbara Knox contributed and looks and sounds fairly frail now.

Nah, I think for main list picks it's alright to have them bumped randomly once a year. I get the potential for disappointment, but for some of the more obscure names, especially to non-UK readers like me, it's always nice to be reminded they exist.

Kibaki dead as mentioned elsewhere:

Mwai Kibaki dead:

Harris didn't look as good in this photo last month.

American actor Mark Damon (Wiki) is 89 today

Plaque unveiling at BBC Riverside Studios allows everyone who has Bob Harris, Carole Ann Ford or Frazier Hines in their teams to realise this is not their year.

American rapper Machine Gun Kelly is 32 today

Peter Frampton is 72.

I’m not British anyway so I apologize not knowing as much as you do and I only changed my tone since I just don’t want a full argument to break out here I’m not sure what the British Public thinks so that’s why I guessed since I’m not British so my sincerest apologies to you.

Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson celebrates his 85th birthday today.

Perhaps he's looking for the shark tank chair activation button.

You'd think it would be safe now with Philip gone.

You'll be OK with Motherland then.

David Kearney, a bluesman known as 'Guitar Shorty', has died. He was 87. https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2022/04/21/bluesman-david-guitar-shorty-kearney-september-8-1934-april-20-2022/

This feels really difficult to police as Biblio has said. By this measure, you'd still be allowing the pick of Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, because he has a cameo as a captain of a navy boat and not as himself. Two other inconsequential examples to throw into the mix (inconsequential as they're very recent films and the people concerned are all fairly young - and I'm picking these examples simply to illustrate the point as they came to mind): 1. In a recent Ryan Reynolds film 'Free Guy' set in the world of video games, the actor Chris Evans (not the ginger DJ) has a brief cameo as himself reacting to a character wielding Captain America's shield - I assume that despite being an actor with several credits to his name, he would not be a legit pick for this film because it is only a cameo as himself? What about Claudia Schiffer's cameo in 'Love Actually' when Liam Neeson's character has been going on about how much he likes Claudia Schiffer and he meets a woman who is the exact spit of her called Carol at the airport? 2. In the 2018 film 'The 15:17 to Paris' about the American tourists who disarmed a knife-wielding terrorist on a train, all the Americans on the train were played by themselves, despite not being trained actors. An extreme example, perhaps, but would they be suitable picks as they're playing themselves? In my last round, I picked Gwyneth Jones in the film 'Quartet'. She's an opera singer and has never appeared in another film, but played the role of one of the musical residents at the care home, but she'd be fine by this measure. It feels a very grey area, and I do see your point, it can be frustrating when you see some left field choices that don't feel in the spirit of the game, but that's part of the fun of dead pooling, thinking outside the box, trying to creatively interpret the rules. When we start complicating things to allow some actors and not others, it becomes very open to interpretation. Biblio's rules are fairly straightforward: the film has to have been cinematically released (even that's under strain now with streaming) and they must have a confirmed appearance in the film - otherwise, it's up to you! Personally, I'd leave it as it is, but just my 2 cents.

If it were a contemporary drama and a character appears on a daytime chat show and they get a real life chat show host to play themselves to add authenticity to a scene it seems a legitimate pick likewise if a well known person appears in a comedy to provide a significant joke. Imagine Bill Gates being the customer at an IT helpdesk for example I don't see a problem with it in this context Also there are occasions where actors play exaggerated versions of themselves (more often on TV then film though) In particular I am thinking of Wil Wheaton in The Big Bang Theory I also do not see that it gives a player a particular advantage as getting a film combination with three drain circlers on one play bill who are all famous for other reasons is not easy I will think on it during this round but my inclination is to allow it in future rounds

Come Reaper do your thing

As requested in the DDP thread, @Predictor has been removed from this pool, including the list of teams on Page 1, the scoreboard on Page 1, and the most recent leaderboard posted on this page. Should they change their mind and wish to return, they will be welcomed back with open arms. Thanks @Predictor for being part of this strange group, and I hope you find peace with yourself soon.

At the time Private Eye printed a genuine extract from a Charles Dickens novel, purporting to be an account of Maxwell. I can't remember which character or which novel it was, but it was spookily accurate. I sent it to my mum, who was a Dickens fan and had read everything he wrote. She loved it. I'll come back and edit if I remember more about it. Well, amazingly I've found the actual cutting. Looked inside a book of my mum's where she kept odd scraps and notes, and there it was. I'll post it here and possibly somewhere else if there's a more appropriate thread. Enjoy!

Shocking omission from this year's list.

Sorry but that pic took me back to the days of shrunken head man from that well known film....