Behaviour is behaviour. How is addressing Aretha’s pettiness NOT supporting Mavis?

Very well said!

I was kidnapped and sold at the age of three, and I understand Mary J. Blige COMPLETELY. 

Yeah, the doc came up in the course of the discussion. She truly just pushed herself constantly and was a tireless workhorse. Apparently the night before she died she was down at a small comedy club downtown trying out new material. 81 years old, over a hundred million dollars accumulated, and she was up late at night…

There is a great doc about Joan, “A Piece of Work”. It  might be on Amazon. I wondered if they took the scene at the end of episode 2 where Deborah kept all her tapes, etc and told Ava to digitize them, from that film, Joan had 3x5 cards of all her jokes in filing cabinets.

Agree re the line about Ava’s clothing choices. It was very VEEP like.

I definitely find myself relating to that weary cynicism a bit more these days. We’re all so damn tired. But what’s funny is that I don’t necessarily find her unlikable. Abrasive, yes, but I don’t think she’s unkind to those people around her in abusive ways - that scene of her eating fancy steak with her dogs about…

I watched the first two episodes over the weekend, it is tremendous. Smart and funny - even if I was slightly upset that I now identify with the “old broad” and not the “young woman” in these sorts of stories.

I’m still baffled by this. Maybe it’s Demi’s sense of entitlement? Like, because she’s battled an eating disorder nobody is allowed to sell anything but full-fat iced creams? Some of us like a low-calorie treat even if we don’t have an explicit health reason to need one. Is there something wrong with that? I don’t…

There are so many stores and brands that offer “diet-friendly” options (whether referring to a specific medical condition, a weight-loss diet, or either/both), that I’m so perplexed why she chose to jump on this particular small business. Like, has she never heard of diet soda...? My only hope is that by pushing them…

And of anyone to be undone by scandal it was Prince Philip. . . .

If Philip heard about the Oprah interview (he probably didn’t) he probably cackled and laughed at it.  He was always a fan of saying shocking things.

Never. underestimate. Oprah!

Actually, my feeling is that Philip’s decline began during the Obama administration. He just couldn’t handle the shock of a black man being POTUS. When will Obama take responsibility for killing this beloved Prince?

This was all Twitter was about this morning. “Who will blame Meghan for Phillips death first? Daily Mail? Piers Morgan?”

DING DING DING! You just proved my point perfectly. They want to bring in “fresh” meat. There is nothing ageist, sexist or anything else about it. They are selling a product. They need new customers. So does Addison.

“I mean, the majority of these goblins are in their forties. I think Rae is the only “fresh” thing at that table to begin with”

This is how I feel when HR sends out warm fuzzies after a bunch of people donate their own sick time for some employee in crisis.

Wouldn’t be wonderful if we had a system of health care that people wouldn’t have to depend on the kindness of strangers?

Ozzy’s first two solo albums (released in the 80s) are metal classics. They are the two that featured the late Randy Rhoads on guitar before he died in a plane crash.

Sharon has NEVER been a nice person. There were stories told about her in the 90's about how awful she was to bands at Ozzfest. I'm 100% not surprised and happy she's getting it as hard as she has given it. Racist dusty bish.