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Joe | Golden Girl | Sondheimite | Musicals Aficionado and Graphic Designer | He/Him | @joebottomley back on Twitter.
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Gwyneth Paltrow pitching her scented candles:

Some personal news: meet my new replacement at the all new Observer newspaper. Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Russell T Davies should take note. This 14 year old should be writing for #DoctorWho

*Insert ‘lengthy mass debate’ joke here*

#BeaArthur died on this date in 2009. To honor her memory, I'll feature Dorothy quotes today. #GoldenGirls

@restingbeaface.bsky.social - Here’s one of my treasures signed by Bea 💜💙 - @goldengirlsfans.bsky.social @1mirandaallen.bsky.social @brandy25lc.bsky.social @goldengirls85.bsky.social @amandagapp.bsky.social

VOLUME UP 😁 a snippet from my interview with my friend BETTY WHITE 💜-a chat about “Hello Dolly” -miss this lady 💙- @goldengirlsfans.bsky.social @amandagapp.bsky.social @brandy25lc.bsky.social @randystravels.bsky.social @1mirandaallen.bsky.social @theggforever.bsky.social @restingbeaface.bsky.social

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

there's a local kebab place whose website claims to have a PDF of the menu, but when you open the PDF it's just a single photo of a kebab and chips

How I arrived at bluesky…..

Nicole Scherzinger singing With One Look with a bullhorn is the official start of Tony season.

A pencil #drawing of an orange that looks so realistic, you might think it’s about to roll off the page!

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

9 to 5 is currently airing on BBC Two. Staggering that the song was originally written for the film by Dolly Parton. Probably the best soundtrack to a film ever.

Beyond her famous reverse ‘dressing’ striptease, I love Lili St. Cyr for the intelligence, respect for her audiences, and grace under pressure she displayed as she faced the sanctimonious misogyny of Mike Wallace in this McCarthy-era interview: youtube.com/watch?v=GCwZ....

The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...

Going down the elevator in Severance, but it’s just me entering a room and forgetting why I’m there.

Betty White's impression of Bea Arthur took me out.

Presented by Wild Geese Productions in association with HFH Productions, Dear Annie, I Hate You runs at @riversidelondon.bsky.social from 7 May-1 Jun. It’s based on the story of writer/performer Sam Ipema who, on the discovery of a brain aneurysm, was told she might be dying at the age of 20.

Y'all I'm literally in shock! I can't believe this is actually real 😱

This portfolio is every bit the meaning of ‘Legendary’. Utterly incredible.

Broadway legends Patti LuPone, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Whoopi Goldberg, André De Shields, Nathan Lane, Liza Minnelli, and more look back on the roles of a lifetime.

Wait, was world peace just achieved? Has the war of queens finally ended?

A #GoldenGirls GIF you can hear.

Timeline cleanse: Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli rehearse the "Hot Honey Rag" during Liza's put-in for Chicago in 1975.

Thank you to whoever made this

These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask

Please stand for the singing of the national anthem.

Of course it will never happen, but it's always refreshing to see things laid out so clearly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If I was anywhere near the EU parliament there would be a diplomatic letter that just says “fuck off” in 24 languages being shipped to the WH right now

Exactly This! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽👇🏿

47 years ago tonight, Ann Reinking danced a now legendary trumpet solo as Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ opened on Broadway.

U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one

A croissant can be so healing.