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Thanks for all the updates! The new costume is fine, although I think it's going to look better in motion, and maybe with different shoes.

Thanks. That's surprising. I wonder why they changed their mind. I wonder if Lydia (was she originally a temp recast?) and her wonderful chemistry with Jim Pritchett changed their mind.

I'd be surprised if Bethel was let go. I thought she left partly due to wanting to focus more on her writing career.

Knowing he was the writing partner of Linda Creed, who also got so little praise and died so young, makes it worse.

After an election where NY Dems got roasted due to complacency and poor choices and a right wing state court, Kathy Hochul decides to just make all of that even worse. Shameful. This still has to be confirmed by the state senate.

Agree. She and Beverlee worked well together too - that same dignity with some fire underneath. Weird seeing people and pairing in the credits already gone by this point (Grant's Philip - Rick/Mindy...the latter putting Rick/Roxy to shame in that glimpse). Does it make me a sap to say this theme gets me a little emotional even as I don't care for most of the material in the eras it ran for.

Thanks for finding this @jam6242 . I hope the success of the new Elvis movie might lead more people to find and respect the various ladies of his films, who often shone in thankless parts. I have that article scanned somewhere (I guess it's probably on the SOD tumblrs too if those are still around) where she talked to SOD about her attack. Just awful. I haven't really seen her DAYS work but I remember that.

RIP Robert Gentry. I'm glad that huge chunk of summer '66 episodes survive, letting us see so much of his work. I wish more was easily available.

RIP Robert Gentry. Ross Chandler was, along with Ed Bauer, probably his defining role in daytime, and certainly a very rich part. I can see why AMC tried to keep him around after the rape story, much as that was a mistake. It's a strong story that has held up well but I wonder if they ever had any regrets. Was Ross ever mentioned after he left?

Robert Gentry is the third actor from AW's 79/80 period to pass away this year (Ray Liotta and Kevin Conroy being the others). It's going to be strange going back to rewatch any of that era. I wish I could see the material where he wooed and then dumped Cecile. A story that had massive ramifications for AW's next decade.

Another sad day for soap losses. I guess he may be best known for his GL and AMC work but he did many soaps. Another AW actor from that one timeframe (79-80) gone too.

I'm sorry that almost all of her EON work is gone. I wish I could see it as anything I have seen of her work as Martha is very strong.

I wonder if it's to send a message to the people who are saying they won't vote for McCarthy, who is so desperate he's out there squawking that he will kill the priorities of any Republican senator who votes to fund the government. It is telling how eager the House GOP now is to have MTG as the face of their party. They will just keep doubling down unless the public stomps them into the ground. I hope enough people see that, and that so many scare stories about turnout among Democratic-leaning groups being down this year will have some sort of effect to get more into gear for 2024.

Very sad to hear this. Sonya took a role which could be thankless or degrading and added so much heart. And clearly many in and out of the industry loved her. (the sound on the clip is very loud just to warn) (the sound on the clip is very loud just to warn)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/bob-dylan-reveals-his-tv-choices-are-positively-coronation-street

I know this is all sideshow material, but I'm fascinated at MTG and Boebert finally turning against each other. Some tweets claim Boebert has never liked her and wants to separate herself. I tend to wonder if MTG knows Boebert is on her way out. I could see her getting the Madison Cawthorn treatment (cut by the party for being such a huge money drain and pain in the ass).

I feel like the seams have been showing for several years now. Apparently this doesn't have Sally Kellerman, which is a big oversight.

The odd part is there's a little boy on Shortland Street now named Marley, so the name has more resonance than I realized today (that show is set in New Zealand, although I guess some writer could still be a huge AW fan...).

I do think Marley was in a strong place as a character during Anne Heche's last year or year and a half on the show.

The whole thing was poorly written false drama. Having her smash Dot and Jim's wedding photo left an especially bad taste.