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They won't make any effort to actually showcase their black cast but will put them on the Jennifer Hudson Show. It likely shows they don't think Beyond the Gates is actual competition. Given the minimal amount of viewers for soaps now, they probably aren't wrong, but they have given a lot of their fans every reason to move (at least if the likes of Guza and Carlivati weren't there).

Thanks. Those are such soap names, especially for that era. I wonder what his plans were for them.

If it was to shore up Sasha it is counterproductive as her parents are barely on and all they did was end a decent enough relationship she had. If they still wanted to have her get pregnant with Michael's child there were other ways to break her and Cody up.

Thanks! I don't really know anything about that character.

I don't really think she left because of her marriage. She was visibly burnt out with the show. Staying would have given her more money but if she wanted to go, I don't think she was wrong to go. They got so much wrong with Fallon until the final season.

The odd part is they haven't even tried to recreate most of the Aaron/Robert relationship, unless they think the only reason they had fans was Robert being unpleasant to people and being a Sugden. It's all so half-hearted. I still assume the whole thing is just so John will be revealed as evil or an abuser and Aaron will have to be saved from him. Either that or he will just leave town, like Pierce's son who was presumably meant to be much more than he was (a shame as I liked the actor).

Putting her in a romance with an actor over ten years her senior - a number of actresses like Sarah Polley (not from AMC just in case someone points that out) have spoken about their regrets over being put in those situations. I'd say most movies or shows now wouldn't put an actor her age, or Mick Hazen's age with what he played on ATWT, through that, but given the big rollback on any basic decency we're seeing, who knows.

That's a good line. Even by 1987 a number of viewers may not have known she even had brothers.

The "left him for dead" part makes me think someone else killed him. Given that they have apparently hinted of John Sugden killing people, my guess is it's him.

I remember Shelley's Iris as the one on the cruise, yes.

I would guess it may have just been long enough to wrap up the Cecile/Iris storyline. Shelley had a busy theater career, so she probably had a set limit. She's listed in their synopses up to the week of the 7th-11th, although that may just be mentions of her - I could swear I remember a scene of her saying she's going on a cruise though.

IIRC, most of the people who commented in the article are tied to progressive groups, which means those who pandered to Trump and are getting dust (unless they just really, really love Marco Rubio) are still scared and silent.

I think Iris' last scenes with Shelley are her saying she's going on a cruise? She's not bad in those, although I haven't seen them in years, since my AWHP tape.

They don't care. They believe there are all kinds of people lining up for those jobs. Or, as some have speculated, they will just force prisoners to work the fields. Or once they gut Medicare and Social Security they'll put old people in the fields. I hope Maylene and Bobby are ready. And based on Trump gutting FEMA, they can just sleep in the fields instead of worrying about having a house.

The first time I saw those scenes, I was repulsed. After seeing more clips and hearing audio of Beverlee's Iris being hysterical at the drop of a hat, I understand her choices more. I think the real mistakes are in the later scenes where she goes so over the top without any shading. It doesn't help that Mac is so calm, which only shines more of a light on her histrionics. She also lacks the charisma which Beverlee used to help make you care about an unsympathetic character.

I think when you cast Zendaya then the whole fanbase and media campaign around her becomes an innate part of the story. Sometimes that can work for a film - all the baggage Demi Moore brings to The Substance, for instance - and sometimes it can't.

Given the major roles some of the writers who made GH what it now is will have at BtG I'm not sure if the shows will be as separate as we may hope. I do agree GH can never improve if risk-averse Frank is still there. Unfortunately, the ratings dropping as soon as they made any slight change last year probably just makes it more likely they will stick to what they have until they are canceled.

I didn't care for her on Emmerdale (not really her fault), but I know she is an icon. I was heartbroken to hear about her having dementia.

I think that's a topic no interviewers are likely to go into. I think Alan has improved a little, but I often forget about his show being on or I just don't really have the patience. I also think doing them live is a waste of time because he doesn't really go into the live questions anyway.

I could agree about Queer, but I think everything about Challengers was intensely tied to that brain dead tiktok mentality as soon as they got Zendaya involved. The focus became about her, and oh see those cute dumb boys follow her, our fashion queen, and so on. It got his film more interest than it might have otherwise (there's only so many times you can get people to care about which straight actor might or might not kiss another boy this time), but I think the choice to become about Zendaya shut down most major awards consideration, especially now that we're past the MTV Movie Awards era. I know the soundtrack was widely praised, so the rejection of even that might mean there's some kind of bad blood surrounding Luca at present with certain voters. I do agree Isabella got a career nomination, but I prefer her to who else might have been in (I would say Danielle Deadwyler deserved the nod instead, but I don't think they would have chosen her). I like Sebastian Stan well enough, but I think getting nominated for playing Trump may do him more harm than good in the long run.

I think this is who Lulu has always been. Abrasive, obsessive. You could argue they are just writing her in service to their pets, but I think it does make sense with Lulu's history. They at least they seem to have her in the right place with her relationships, if not her job (she isn't doing enough with Laura but I have never found any of Laura's relationships especially interesting, aside from the one with Lesley). Lucky is the return where they truly seem to have no interest. Maura West is an interesting actress for me because I loved her early work as Carly but after she came back, the show put the character through so much trash, I felt like she had to put on a shield to get through it. And the same has been true for Ava, which has led to a very artificial, performative sheen in a lot of her work. This hasn't been helped by a long string of flat-to-outright-bad leading men. I do think she works well with Rick Hearst. The long break from acting seemed to benefit Rick because while he was always a good performer, sometimes you could see all over his face how constipating the material he was given was (not just on GH, but through his soap career, maybe aside from getting to play a monster on Y&R). He doesn't look as pinched now and just has a real glow. If he stays, I hope that can last.

I'm happy for Guy Pearce, Isabella Rossellini, Jeremy Strong, although I won't be watching. I'm also glad to see those Luca Guadagnino movies snubbed. I know some people loved them, some critics and viewers I respect, but overall I did not care for the marketing or tone of them, or the way most fans treated them as fetish material or as an excuse to push Zendaya as their fashion queen, then acted shocked when their memefests did not magically materialize into awards contenders. They seem to have no value beyond people who like to get horny over straight actors playing gay (or doing a half-assed version of a very vague bi tease) and who make fancams. These are stunted softcore by way of music videos. Maybe Luca can team up with Bruce LaBruce, who would at least have used real parts if he was going to have Daniel Craig rutting around for awards bait. Challengers was, with a few exceptions, a movie that will only be remembered by people who think being cute on letterboxd is a mark of quality. Zendaya will likely never be able to get out of a very limited box and no amount of style and expertly orchestrated media will change that. That's not unusual for stars, but you can't be shocked when she doesn't get an award. I'm sure if she stays around long enough she will get a nomination, deserved or not...if the Oscars are still on by that point. Emilia Perez seems to be almost universally hated, which makes sense. I'm more surprised that awards voters like it so much. I guess they managed to package othering and degrading stereotypes for a new era.

Angela also had an NBC TV movie in 1988 called Shootdown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootdown_(film)

Her last album was a big flop. And it seems her streams fell after her warbling off-key for Trump, refusing to shake Kamala Harris' hand, allegedly throwing a fit backstage, etc. Carrie Underwood, Nelly & More Inauguration Performers Up in Sales