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It wasn’t a good look. Following last month’s unfortunate mixup, Brian Laundrie doppelgängers are buying up special T-shirts online to ensure they’re not confused for the infamous fugitive. The identity-solving couture surfaced on Etsytees and other online T-shirt bazaars as the search continues for the MIA fiancé of murdered TikTok influencer Gabby Petito. For just $22, the shorn-headed, beard-wearing men of the world can buy a T-shirt, hoodie or crewneck sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase: “I’m just bald. Nope! I’m not Brian Laundrie.” The confusion-clearing clothing comes in colors ranging from white to gold and fits anyone up to a...

My daughter just tipped me off to this - it makes me chuckle. As a Cruz supporter, I urge FR to not make a flame war out of this. (Due diligence: a Google search doesn't show that this has previously been posted.)

Canadian photographer François Brunelle is on a mission to find 200 doppelgängers around the world. "It is not about looking like famous people," his website explains. "The fact that two persons, totally unrelated to each other, sometimes born in different countries, share the same physical appearance is really the essence of the project."

Can we criticize the Catholic Church without having our faith and loyalty called into question? It seems that the answer is “no.” A climate of theological McCarthyism has infected the institutional church, particularly around the issue of abortion. Selective public condemnations by a handful of conservative bishops are a Sword of Damocles over Catholic leaders who have experienced drive-by denunciations from the pulpit. It is unfair that a Catholic presidential nominee – or a Catholic United States senator or member of Congress – who personally opposes abortion but has genuine convictions that a blanket anti-abortion law would not work in...

Got some great laughs from this website. I hope you do to! Enjoy.

Saddam Hussein lookalikes have been out in force to take part in an open audition to play the former Iraqi dictator in a West End play. By 11am, 14 wannabes stood queuing outside the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, west London, donning black berets, khaki flak jackets and black moustaches. Those aiming to win the part included a woman and men much taller, smaller, fatter, thinner and paler than the real Saddam. But theatre impresario Raymond Gubbay says he's optimistic of finding the right person. He said: "I'm pleased that so many people have turned up here. We have other lines...

Here's my early suggestions: Looking for parts in Iraq the movie? Saddam Hussein: Vicente Fox Vladimir Putin: Gollum from Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers Dominique de Villepin: Barbara Streisand