MrWonderful

Finally becomes a hit for me.

One of my favorite comedies ever. And her turn as the resentful estranged wife in The War Of The Roses was great. Also, bonus points for playing Chandler's dad (yep!) in a guest starring role on Friends.

Same. And yes, I'm sure many will score here.

Came here to post the pic that was already posted in the Trump thread, sorry about that. I'll definitely take the Under on 89.5 years lol.

I totally disagree. The only thing Trump has going for himself is good genes. But he's very unhealthy and obese and I don't know if you've noticed this, but he's been seen without his ridiculous orange makeup more lately (such as when he's playing golf), and he looks clearly, clearly more aged than he did even last year. I give him a shot at 90 because of the genes but everything else would point to that not happening. And yes, I know you can have obese people living well past 90 at times, but it's generally not a good bet. He doesn't just act like a child, he eats like one, too, and between that and the stress he looks like he's under, I could see him going much quicker than you're anticipating. Oh, and he's also showing cognitive decline. Perhaps not as obviously as Biden is, but yeah, it's most definitely there.

I don't see Clinton making it to 85 because of his heart problems, and in fact I am not sure he sees the next DNC in 2028 (assuming there is a DNC in 4 years). I'd honestly guess that Biden outlives Clinton, but it could be close. Bush would be a massive favorite over the two of them and also over Trump; all 3 of Clinton, Bush, and Trump were born in the summer of 1946. As was noted, Bush has good genes and is in reasonably good health and he also clearly looks the best of those 3 (and Biden, duh). I'd expect him to see his 90's.

He just took the stage in a wheelchair at the DNC. He looks pretty rough, frankly. People were emotional in the arena, I think not realizing just how much he's deteriorated.

Looking at old pics of him, and damn, he was handsome as hell. RIP.

A major bump here. I have no idea how this has happened, but if he is indeed in the clear, this would be pretty remarkable, so good for him. As you can see and hear in the link, he says he was told yesterday morning that he underwent his last radiation treatment, that the cancer could not be detected, and that his condition was "very manageable" going forward.

I've had Samu on my top 50 list for a few years running now, and didn't have his father and uncle. Oops!

Legendary Golf Hall of Famer Chi Chi Rodriguez has died at the age of 88. I grew up watching him kick ass on the Senior Tour in the 1980's and 1990's with his trademark showmanship and style. Twenty-two Senior Tour wins (including 2 majors) and 8 PGA Tour wins, for 30 wins in all. Not too shabby. RIP.

The Democrats are on quite a roll right now. Though the moderates preferred Shapiro, there would have been some potential issues with him, and Walz was the "safe" choice. He comes across as a jovial, grandfatherly type (even though he's only 60 and even though he's looked much older than his age since his 30's), and he has a folksy, and, yes, maybe a bit of a hokey style. But it's no-nonsense and he goes right to the heart of the issues as he sees them, pulling no punches, and I think that will play will in large swaths of the country and certainly in the Midwest. And he's funny, too. Shapiro is a brilliant orator (almost Obama-like, and he's drawn those comparisons), but perhaps Walz's style will lend itself well to this campaign. It's almost been a 10-point turnaround in the polls since Biden dropped out and now that Harris is the candidate. Not even an assassination attempt could create a long-lasting bump for Trump. His RNC convention speech was a horrific mess and it's gone off the rails for them since then. Of course, there's still time for it to swing back to him if Harris looks terrible in interviews, but I don't expect her to look worse than him if they actually debate. Frankly, I don't see how that's even possible. Some betting markets actually have Harris favored now; I see that she's getting 55 cents on the dollar on PredictIt, for example. Some still have Trump as a very slight favorite, but considering that Trump was -310 just three weeks ago, yeah, this has been quite the turnaround for the Democrats. They've just been galvanized since Biden dropped out.

Former 6-year big leaguer Billy Bean (not to be confused with the former GM Billy Beane), who was in an MLB front office position after his playing days, has died at the age of 60. He notably came out of the closet in 1999. RIP.

Shapiro has become the -160 favorite, the first time in this short window in which someone has better than Even odds. It's been reported that Harris will reveal the pick no later than Monday, and that the first appearance together with the VP pick will be at a rally on Tuesday...in Philadelphia, PA. I mean, this screams Shapiro, doesn't it? The campaign has said not to read too much into that, but come on. It is true that if Harris wins PA, the pathways open up considerably for her for an Electoral College win. A PA win for Trump means that Harris basically has to run the table in the other swing states. If they think that Shapiro guarantees a PA win, I can understand the pick.

If it was, it was literally perfect, nothing was off. Not even a nanosecond. Which makes me think it was her singing live. But you're right, even if it wasn't, like Pavarotti's final performance at the Torino Winter Olympics, it was still inspiring.