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Wow, could this be some sort of f*ck you to Ellen or am I being a sh*t stirrer?

Chris Overton was on Hollyoaks too.

Cast your mind back to 2007 on Days of Our Lives. I know what you're thinking ... I am here for pleasure, not torture. But my fellow doubters I have a gift for you. Everyone remembers the blowfish known as Willow Stark, but do you remember her brother Jed Stark, who looked like he was going to be paired with Abby (Ashley Benson), before disappearing after a small handful of episdoes? Here's what he looked like then ... And here's what he looks like now!!! You can find much more goodies on his instagram @frankmentier Plus, for bonus points, I think it's pretty obvious he's an out and proud gay man too!

Courtney Grosbeck (Coco Spectra, B&B) was on the season premiere of Homeland Sunday night. Since she's playing the lead's niece, I expect it will be a recurring role.

Tell me someone else has read or at least skimmed this recent interview with Quincy Jones. He drops some fun Hollywood T about Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackspon, Marlon Brando and more! http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quincy-jones-in-conversation.html

Thank you both keeping this going while I couldn't. My two biggest problems both sets of nominations are that Mother! should not be anywhere near a Razzie and I wish the Oscars didn't go the basic route nominating Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington again. However, the Oscars more than make up for it by nominating Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, & Mary J. Blige. It seems the acting categories are locked for Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand, Alison Janney, and Sam Rockwell. I just wish Laurie Metcalfe and/or Saoirse Ronan could sneak a win in. But at the ame time, how amazing would it be if we could say OSCAR WINNER MARY J. BLIGE from now on? And to connect this to soaps (barring the obvious nomination of Margot Robbie), Rachel Shenton, who played the very popular Mitzeee Minniver on Hollyoaks in the early 2010's is part of the short film THE SILENT CHILD which is nominated for Best Live Action Short.

SAG Award Winners Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: “The Big Sick” “Get Out” “Lady Bird” “Mudbound” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Judi Dench, “Victoria & Abdul” Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER) Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name” James Franco, “The Disaster Artist” Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” (WINNER) Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Steve Carell, “Battle of the Sexes” Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” Woody Harrelson,”Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water” Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound” Hong Chau, “Downsizing” Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick” Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (WINNER) Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” For a complete list of winners, click here!

Producers Guild Award Winners Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture: THE SHAPE OF WATER For a complete list of nominees/winners, click here!

DGA Nominations Feature Film Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Jordan Peele – Get Out For a full list of nominees, click here! Critics Choice Award Winners BEST PICTURE – “The Shape of Water” BEST ACTOR – Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” BEST ACTRESS – Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY – James Franco, “The Disaster Artist” BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY – Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” For a full list of winners, click here!

BAFTA Nominations BEST FILM CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Peter Spears DARKEST HOUR Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh LEADING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool FRANCES McDORMAND Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri MARGOT ROBBIE I, Tonya SALLY HAWKINS The Shape of Water SAOIRSE RONAN Lady Bird LEADING ACTOR DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Phantom Thread DANIEL KALUUYA Get Out GARY OLDMAN Darkest Hour JAMIE BELL Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Call Me by Your Name SUPPORTING ACTRESS ALLISON JANNEY I, Tonya KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Darkest Hour LAURIE METCALF Lady Bird LESLEY MANVILLE Phantom Thread OCTAVIA SPENCER The Shape of Water SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER All the Money in the World HUGH GRANT Paddington 2 SAM ROCKWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WILLEM DAFOE The Florida Project WOODY HARRELSON Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri For a full list of nominations, click here!

Golden Globe Winners Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama: Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama: Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy: James Franco, “The Disaster Artist” Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture: Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture: Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” For a complete list of winners, click here!

National Society of Film Critics Winners Best Film: “Lady Bird” Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” (Runners-up: Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”; Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”) For the complete list of winners (and runners up), click here!

Producers Guild Nominations The Big Sick – Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel Call Me by Your Name – Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, and Marco Morabito Dunkirk – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan Get Out – Sean McKittrick, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Jason Blum, and Jordan Peele I, Tonya – Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, and Tom Ackerley Lady Bird – Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O'Neil Molly's Game – Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, and Matt Jackson The Post – Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, and Kristie Macosko Krieger The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh Wonder Woman – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder, and Deborah Snyder For a list of all the nominees, click here!

Writer's Guild Nominations ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani; Amazon Studios Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers; Neon Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig; A24 The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro; Fox Searchlight ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics The Disaster Artist, Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Based on the Book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell; A24 Logan, Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold; Based on Characters from the X-Men Comic Books and Theatrical Motion Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox Film Molly's Game, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the Book by Molly Bloom; STX Entertainment Mudbound, Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees; Based on the Novel by Hillary Jordan; Netflix For a full list of nominees, click here! NYFCC AWARD WINNERS Best Picture Lady Bird Best Actress Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Best Actor Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Best Supporting Actress Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, The Floirda Project For a full list of winners, click here!

Just wanted to let you know that even though I don't comment, I read every episode. Keep on, keeping on and I can't wait to see what you have in store for SALEM in 2018.

You think you know everyone that has been accused of assualt or been assaulted themselves? Well, here is a handy (not the best term in this case) guide to all of them to make sure you know who all the creeps are. http://www.creepsheet.com/by-the-numbers/

I'm currently reading episode recaps from the early years on a wikia site. When the first couple DVD volumes came out, someone graciously posted the episodes on YouTube. I hurriedly watched what I could, but they unfortunately stopped doing so to my knowlegde. Watching them, I was fascinated by the character of Alison Gibbons and reading about her further in the recaps that fascination only grew. It's a shame Emmerdale felt the need to always have such upheaval in the earlier years, because I think she should have lasted a lot longer. The fact that she came out of prison, having the tragedy of both her husband and child's death on her shoulders, never feeling it was right to move on with another man depsite constant interest. It was a bit of a weird show in that, once a charactr started to get a proper build up, they were hastily written out never to be heard from again. A strange way of thinking.

I binge watched season two of THE CROWN during the last couple days, and in one of the episodes to my surprise, up pops Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy) as a secretary/confidant to a Lord Altrincham.

Thank you for posting the GG nominations. Glad to see someone else in here. SAG Nominations Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role JUDI DENCH / Queen Victoria – “VICTORIA & ABDUL” (Focus Features) SALLY HAWKINS / Elisa Esposito – “THE SHAPE OF WATER” (Fox Searchlight) FRANCES McDORMAND / Mildred – “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” (Fox Searchlight) MARGOT ROBBIE / Tonya Harding – “I, TONYA” (Neon) SAOIRSE RONAN / Lady Bird McPherson – “LADY BIRD” (A24) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Elio – “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” (Sony Pictures Classics) JAMES FRANCO / Tommy Wiseau – “THE DISASTER ARTIST” (A24) DANIEL KALUUYA / Chris Washington – “GET OUT” (Universal Pictures) GARY OLDMAN / Winston Churchill – “DARKEST HOUR” (Focus Features) DENZEL WASHINGTON / Roman J. Israel, Esq. – “ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.” (Columbia Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role MARY J. BLIGE / Florence Jackson – “MUDBOUND” (Netflix) HONG CHAU / Ngoc Lan Tran – “DOWNSIZING” (Paramount Pictures) HOLLY HUNTER / Beth – “THE BIG SICK” (Amazon Studios/Lionsgate) ALLISON JANNEY / LaVona Golden – “I, TONYA” (Neon/30West) LAURIE METCALF / Marion McPherson – “LADY BIRD” (A24) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role STEVE CARELL / Bobby Riggs – “BATTLE OF THE SEXES” (Fox Searchlight) WILLEM DAFOE / Bobby – “THE FLORIDA PROJECT” (A24) WOODY HARRELSON / Willoughby – “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” (Fox Searchlight) RICHARD JENKINS / Giles – “THE SHAPE OF WATER” (Fox Searchlight) SAM ROCKWELL / Dixon – “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” (Fox Searchlight) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THE BIG SICK (Amazon Studios/Lionsgate) GET OUT (Universal Pictures) LADY BIRD (A24) MUDBOUND (Netflix) THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Fox Searchlight) For the full list, click here!

That role was like a magic wand.

Critic's Choice Awards Nominations Best Picture The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out Lady Bird The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Actor Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name James Franco, The Disaster Artist Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger Tom Hanks, The Post Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Best Actress Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Patrick Stewart, Logan Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name Best Supporting Actress Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Hong Chau, Downsizing Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip Holly Hunter, The Big Sick Allison Janney, I, Tonya Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water For a complete list of nominees, click here!

Gotham Independent Film Awards Winners: Best Feature (Previous Winner: MOONLIGHT) Call Me by Your Name The Florida Project Get Out Good Time I, Tonya Best Actor (Previous Winner: CASEY AFFLECK - Manchester by the Sea) Willem Dafoe as Bobby Hicks – The Florida Project James Franco as Tommy Wiseau – The Disaster Artist Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington – Get Out Robert Pattinson as Constantine "Connie" Nikas – Good Time Adam Sandler as Danny Meyerowitz – The Meyerowitz Stories Harry Dean Stanton as Lucky – Lucky Best Actress (Previous Winner: ISABELLE HUPPERT - Elle) Melanie Lynskey as Ruth Kimke – I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Haley Lu Richardson as Casey – Columbus Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding – I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson – Lady Bird Lois Smith as Marjorie – Marjorie Prime For a full list of winners, click here! -- National Board of Review Best Film: The Post Best Director: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Best Actor: Tom Hanks, The Post Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Post Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird For a complete list of winners, click here! -- Satellite Awards Nominations Best Film Best Director The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk Get Out God’s Own Country I, Tonya Lady Bird Mudbound The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sean Baker – The Florida Project Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Jordan Peele – Get Out Dee Rees – Mudbound Best Actor Best Actress Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread James Franco – The Disaster Artist Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour Robert Pattinson – Good Time Jeremy Renner – Wind River Harry Dean Stanton – Lucky Jessica Chastain – Molly's Game Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water Diane Kruger – In the Fade Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie – I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name Dustin Hoffman – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mark Rylance – Dunkirk Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Holly Hunter – The Big Sick Allison Janney – I, Tonya Melissa Leo – Novitiate Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird Lois Smith – Marjorie Prime For a complete list of nominations, click here!

Just my speculation, but I'm betting once Jamie Lomas is done with I'm a Celebrity ... Warren will be back in Chester.

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