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It’s the 122nd anniversary of Cary Grant’s birthday so I’m obligated to share Mel Brooks’s beloved Cary Grant story. I don’t think there’s a chat show that he hasn’t told it on but my first and favourite was on Clive James. youtu.be/9QbATFlTaZs?...
Mel Brooks - The Cary Grant Story
YouTube video by cult mania
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January 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It’s the 122nd anniversary of Cary Grant’s birthday so I’m obligated to share Mel Brooks’s beloved Cary Grant story. I don’t think there’s a chat show that he hasn’t told it on but my first and favourite was on Clive James. youtu.be/9QbATFlTaZs?...
Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve was born on 18 January 1950.
January 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve was born on 18 January 1950.
From 1964, "My Girl" by The Temptations, featuring David Ruffin who was born on 18 January 1941.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ff2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ff2...
My Girl - The Temptations (1964) (HD Quality)
YouTube video by mleroy
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 PM
From 1964, "My Girl" by The Temptations, featuring David Ruffin who was born on 18 January 1941.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ff2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ff2...
From 1966, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" by The Temptations featuring David Ruffin, #BOTD.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQe...
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations [HQ]
YouTube video by Known2God
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January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
From 1966, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" by The Temptations featuring David Ruffin, #BOTD.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQe...
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
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Happy birthday John Boorman 🎂
📷 Callum Bibby, 1985
"Movie-making is the process of turning money into light."
📷 Callum Bibby, 1985
"Movie-making is the process of turning money into light."
January 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Happy birthday John Boorman 🎂
📷 Callum Bibby, 1985
"Movie-making is the process of turning money into light."
📷 Callum Bibby, 1985
"Movie-making is the process of turning money into light."
"...Gable is an intensely realistic sexual presence; you don’t fool around with Gable. But with Grant there are no pressures, no demands; he’s the sky that women aspire to. When he and a woman are together, they can laugh at each other and at themselves."
Critic Pauline Kael on Cary Grant, #BOTD
Critic Pauline Kael on Cary Grant, #BOTD
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"...Gable is an intensely realistic sexual presence; you don’t fool around with Gable. But with Grant there are no pressures, no demands; he’s the sky that women aspire to. When he and a woman are together, they can laugh at each other and at themselves."
Critic Pauline Kael on Cary Grant, #BOTD
Critic Pauline Kael on Cary Grant, #BOTD
Angelo Cesselon's beautiful poster for the Italian release of "The Third Man" from 1949.
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Angelo Cesselon's beautiful poster for the Italian release of "The Third Man" from 1949.
Repeatedly regaining the lead following assorted mechanical issues, Rodríguez drove nearly all of the laps at the 1000km race held at the Österreichring in the early summer of 1971. Fellow drivers and his team manager said it was possibly his most spectacular race.
Pedro Rodríguez, #BOTD.
Pedro Rodríguez, #BOTD.
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Repeatedly regaining the lead following assorted mechanical issues, Rodríguez drove nearly all of the laps at the 1000km race held at the Österreichring in the early summer of 1971. Fellow drivers and his team manager said it was possibly his most spectacular race.
Pedro Rodríguez, #BOTD.
Pedro Rodríguez, #BOTD.
"The world has lost a comic genius. I've lost my best friend."
(Stan Laurel)
Oliver "Babe" Hardy, born 18 January 1892.
(Stan Laurel)
Oliver "Babe" Hardy, born 18 January 1892.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
"The world has lost a comic genius. I've lost my best friend."
(Stan Laurel)
Oliver "Babe" Hardy, born 18 January 1892.
(Stan Laurel)
Oliver "Babe" Hardy, born 18 January 1892.
He has moments in the excellent documentary "Baseball" by Ken Burns that stay with you long after: angry, painful, articulate words and deep emotions while looking into the camera. Baseball great Curt Flood was born on 18 January 1938.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
He has moments in the excellent documentary "Baseball" by Ken Burns that stay with you long after: angry, painful, articulate words and deep emotions while looking into the camera. Baseball great Curt Flood was born on 18 January 1938.
"My screen persona is a combination of Jack Buchanan, Noël Coward and Rex Harrison. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be, and, finally, I became that person. Or he became me."
Cary Grant - born Archibald Leach on 18 January 1904.
Cary Grant - born Archibald Leach on 18 January 1904.
January 18, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"My screen persona is a combination of Jack Buchanan, Noël Coward and Rex Harrison. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be, and, finally, I became that person. Or he became me."
Cary Grant - born Archibald Leach on 18 January 1904.
Cary Grant - born Archibald Leach on 18 January 1904.
“Brando was wonderful to me. He made me laugh, the things he’d do. I’d be playing a scene, and he’d show up off camera, straight faced, with a silly fake bird in his pocket. His support was so powerful, it helped me a great deal. What can you say about someone that generous?”
(Al Pacino)
(Al Pacino)
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“Brando was wonderful to me. He made me laugh, the things he’d do. I’d be playing a scene, and he’d show up off camera, straight faced, with a silly fake bird in his pocket. His support was so powerful, it helped me a great deal. What can you say about someone that generous?”
(Al Pacino)
(Al Pacino)
From 1968, James Earl Jones - performing in "The Great White Hope" - and visitor Muhammad Ali. Both were born on 17 January.
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
From 1968, James Earl Jones - performing in "The Great White Hope" - and visitor Muhammad Ali. Both were born on 17 January.
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Nils Asther in "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" - BOTD
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Nils Asther in "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" - BOTD
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When big rain & flash flooding occur overnight/on weekends, news cameras can’t feed Aus broadcasters the dramatic pictures that shape news content. It doesn’t mean the record rain event you experienced didn’t happen, or that people weren’t evacuated from flooding overnight. ⛈️
#NSW #Sydney #BigRain
#NSW #Sydney #BigRain
The State Emergency Service has responded to over 1400 calls for help as intense rainfall sweeps across coastal NSW. #national #nsw
Flash floods and landslide in Sydney as wild weather hits
The State Emergency Service has responded to over 1400 calls for help as intense rainfall sweeps across coastal NSW. #national #nsw
www.theage.com.au
January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Ruby, My Dear
YouTube video by 60otaku4
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A gorgeous poster by Robert Falcucci for the 1931 running of the Monte Carlo Rally.
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
A gorgeous poster by Robert Falcucci for the 1931 running of the Monte Carlo Rally.
From left to right, jazz greats Django Reinhardt, Jack Teagarden, Stéphane Grappelli and Earl Hines in Brussels, 1948.
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
From left to right, jazz greats Django Reinhardt, Jack Teagarden, Stéphane Grappelli and Earl Hines in Brussels, 1948.
Nils Asther, born 17 January 1897.
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Nils Asther, born 17 January 1897.