Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who noticed that, while even MILLI VANILLI bailed on trump's birthday, EVERYONE showed up for President Obama, including all the living Presidents, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Common, Eddie Vedder, Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg...
People showed up for the REAL ones.
Michael Steele: "This is a moment that can be about the country. And I think a lot of people are looking at it that way."🙏💪
🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials:
“I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match.
The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars.
This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.”
The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle.
And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters?
Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line.
The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”
Julia Roberts: Renee Nicole Goode is not a symbol. She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world.
And I am honored to celebrate her life and her legacy tonight, because the life she gave is our responsibility to carry.
Keeping Them Honest, the president speaks out against what he calls the worst violence he's ever seen in politics. He's not talking about the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He's referring to what was done to the attackers. What used to be called the due process of law.
The biggest revelations of this promo tour for me are Golda and Adjoa. I discovered their strength in their desire to show what is right. They weren't afraid to point out the mistakes of interviewers; they encouraged us to see the world with more open eyes and hearts.
Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the work by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from completion. https://t.co/s194th9Itn
A 75 anni, Richard Gere ha condiviso una riflessione semplice ma profondissima sul tempo che passa.
Sono invecchiato, sì.
Ma il cuore è rimasto giovane.
L’anima non ha età: resta ferma a quando abbiamo imparato a sentire davvero.
E oggi so che questa è l’età perfetta.
Perché ogni anno lo è.
Ogni fase della vita regala qualcosa che nessun’altra può dare.
Invecchiare non è una sconfitta.
È un privilegio.
Uno che non tutti hanno la fortuna di vivere.
Non si tratta di combattere il tempo, ma di camminare al suo fianco.
Di restare vivi dentro.
Di custodire la curiosità, la dolcezza, la capacità di stupirsi.
Perché il vero segreto non è sembrare giovani.
È avere lo spirito sveglio fino all’ultimo giorno.
E quando succede, tutta la vita diventa un dono.