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Didn't know that. I imagine Sprina are on their way out anyway, so this situation will be a powder keg.

Feels like Carly is already in a very strong position on the canvas as it is, so I wonder if Korte already has a great deal of influence.

Speaking of media propaganda:

You're right. I have no trust in that paper. They have so much to answer for (as do the New Yorker, The Atlantic, Washington Post, etc.). I am just glad to see some part of the mask ripped off.

@Vee Thanks for the article. It's very much worth reading - I think we all knew how truly hateful and bigoted these people are, but seeing it in their own words (and knowing just how much they run this country) is sobering.

If he had been a much stronger candidate, and run a very different campaign, I think he might have had a chance of being competitive, but he never was. And he had some of the worst campaign people imaginable. Here's a profile on the top of that list: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/14/christina-pushaw-ron-desantis-georgia-00118242

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68051757 DeSassy has dropped out. This repulsive man put poor, black and lgbt people in his state through incredible hell, risked and ended the lives of so many through his grifting of medical paranoia, and is still doing so, all for the sake of what amounted to a vanity run, one of the worst Presidential campaigns I have ever seen. A complete and total piece of [!@#$%^&*]. I truly despise this man and what he represents. Oh and "Mama Bear" as well.

I mostly remember him from Port Charles when the show decided to give Joe more of an edge (even though Frank already filled that role). I was not watching very often by that point, but Gail was very handsome and charismatic, even if I still preferred the nice guy version of Joe. I remember him also being written out of Port Charles somewhat abruptly, leading to another recast (who was, IIRC, Latino, which led to some interesting contrasts with Frank and Mary). Sad to be losing so many soap actors lately who aren't that old. We hear a lot about how much life expectancy has cratered in America in the last few years, but it seems like we're truly feeling it now.

I can only assume Emerald Fennell is well liked (or has good connections) and it being British means it gets more support than American films along the same lines (although Glass Onion did get an Adapted Screenplay nod). It's also one of those "we're saying something...well not really," movies some voters love, like Crash or Green Book. Rosamund Pike is a gem but I would probably go for Carey Mulligan in Support over her (and take Carey out of Lead for Maestro). I would give Archie Madekwe a supporting actor nomination but there are already people even more deserving like Charles Melton who are going to be shut out anyway. Nothing about that screenplay deserves a nomination. They should invent a category for Barry Keoghan's ass before they give the screenplay any recognition.

I think all of that was retconned a long time ago.

I kind of wish they'd named it Ruby's, as Bobbie would have loved that. I wonder how many newer viewers even know Ruby.

https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/oscar-voting-closes-surprises-barbie-saltburn-1235873942/

@Vee We know how much the media turns a blind eye to Trump's endless race-baiting (like his latest attacks against Haley) but it's all the more pathetic, if not surprising, how much they ignore his clear decay, or even huge red sores on his hand. I don't think I could have more disgust for the press than I do today, which is saying a lot considering their history. And we're just getting started, especially with the dead end leftists and faux truth-tellers just waiting to remind us of how funny he is and/or how we shouldn't bother because nothing matters and the "uniparty" is what rules (although PS, Trump is still cool and real). And Haley will bend the knee in spite of his racism and now apparently blaming her for 1/6, because she is spineless and power-mad, just like Tim Scott, who just endorsed Trump, or this jackass, one of the most craven figures of all (and someone else the media worshiped and made into a god): So many of these egomaniacal grifters get so many passes that they then move into a realm where they can just spout whatever garbage they want and people either continue to peddle them as leaders or pretend they never platformed them into such toxic influence. Here's another from Andrew Yang, now swooped in to help Dean Phillips' blatant attempt to further drive down Biden's poll numbers. Loathsome beyond belief.

Thanks. I never did learn how to embed Instagram.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nerene-virgin-today-s-special-dies-1.7087572 As one of the kids who couldn't get enough of shows like this and Pinwheel when they aired on Nickelodeon, my heart hurts a little. Nerene was truly special; in ways I did not appreciate until I got older and saw how coarse so much kids' TV had become.

Thanks as always @slick jones

https://archive.org/details/all-my-children-january-26-1987-most

Thanks.

Thanks @slick jones I had not seen the Vicky Dawson interview. And RIP to Lynne.

Thanks. Nice to see Anna. I saw this clip that was posted a few years ago - the person was asking for help trying to figure out the background music. Not sure if anyone can help.

I wonder how much of the shift is down to some of the mixed/negative response the show got for the Mark and Rebecca/Mona story dragging out so much. Part was probably just down to trying to capitalize on the popularity of Dallas (and just Kobe/Long wanting to continue what they were doing at Texas!), but I guess that interim year can't have helped. It's just too bad they had to make Quint and Nola so goofy and small.

Has anyone from AMC said anything? I'm not saying I need cast members to performatively go out and pull their hair for us. It just seems like usually someone will remember a colleague. I wasn't expecting Selma Hayek to make a statement before an AMC alum.