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ABOVE: Today, Lana Turner would be 104. There are (roughly) 15,000 or so 104-year-olds on the planet right now, so it could happen! Today's birthdays HERE.

P.S. Ricky Martin acted with her in her final on-screen performance ... on a two-part episode of The Love Boat:

BELOW: Keep reading for more ...

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TIKTOK: A dad's voicemail left for his son, who had just come out to him by letter, has 1M+ views and counting.

PINK NEWS: This is the kind of online LGBTQ+ journalism GLAAD's too a'scared to honor.

NYT: Judge bars DOGE from accessing sensitive systems ... it has already accessed.

HUFF POST: Trump just demolished science funding, because of course he did.

INSTAGRAM: Trump announces he is firing everyone at the Kennedy Center, installing himself and taking over who gets what awards. So, end of an era.

TWITTER: Hard to pick which part of this is the most revolting — queer doxxing, employees forced to justify their existence to 19-year-olds or Musk's family shacking up on government property.

BREAKING: A government worker reports that fresh-faced 19, 20, and 21-year-olds from DOGE are running 15-minute kangaroo courts to decide if federal employees keep their jobs.

Bureaucracy just turned into an episode of Shark Tank, but with interns holding the gavel. pic.twitter.com/a608dzs8KG

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) February 8, 2025

YOUTUBE: Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) was misgendered by Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) — who once said Hitler had a good point, and who has employed an actual pedophile. To her credit, McBride went on with her speech, ignoring the slight:

MGC: Marti Gould Cummings, NYC-based LGBTQ+ activist, is engaged! Marti and John Robbie will continue to fight for equality while celebrating their hard-fought right to wed. Congrats!

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BOSTON GLOBE: A New England facility auctioned off its Stradivarius for $11M to fund scholarships. Yes, I watch Antiques Roadshow in a state of arousal.

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EXTRATV: RIP Tony Roberts, 85. I spoke with him after a performance of Morning's at Seven. He was full of piss and vinegar over his thoughts on the production.

KENNETH IN THE (212): The English Teacher is coming back for Season 2.

CELEBRITY  INSIDER: Michael Urie won a Critics Choice Award for his supporting work in Shrinking (and Hannah Einbinder won for Hacks). In their speeches (after a hilarious bit), they said, “Trans lives matter.” (When Urie talked supporting queer kids, the camera person made sure to pan to Jodie Foster.) Hannah spoke about climate change on the same day Trump extolled the virtues of plastic straws: