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Raquel Welch was one of the most stunning women ever in front of a camera, putting the dream in the dream factory. She was also incredibly striking in her charisma and mere presence. She was a movie star to her bones, even if she never really fit in, due to her personality and Hollywood's general inability to figure out what to do with women who want something different. She made some very interesting films in the '70s, a number of which became cult classics or inspired later directors (Hannie Caulder, Last of Sheila, among others); in many ways her career path resembles Sharon Stone's. She also kept herself out there for decades after what could have been a brief burst of fame, without ever leaning too far into self-parody status.

I guess you could say Deirdre Hall as well, but she didn't have as much fame as Susan managed to have.

It's official: A few days ago, I was reading an interview with a woman who talked about her court battles with Feinstein in the early '70s (the woman ran an adult theater), and it reminded me of just how long Feinstein had been in politics, and in positions of power. I'm sorry that her later years have revolved solely around talk of dementia, and some absolutely ghoulish statements from the dead end left, rather than her body of work. I'm glad that she, or someone around her, has decided to do the right thing. Even if my politics are probably not that close to hers in various areas, that never matters at a time like this. I hope her last years are comfortable and peaceful.

The early material with that Jerry Lanning character was probably hers.

Until reading this I thought she had passed away...

Thanks. I'd never heard all those personal details, especially about Redstone's relationship with her father. Moonves' gut was clearly telling him the truth, but he had too many sycophants to see sense. Good riddance.

I'm probably making him even more of a bogeyman but given his completely dismissive attitude when ATWT and GL ended, not even bothering to show any grace, I do wonder just what toxicity/contempt his people exuded over the last 15 years of their lives.

This originally aired on the UK TV channel TPTV, after being gone for many years until a 2021 rediscovery. The uploader rearranged the special into the proper order.

I think Andy looked great, but unfortunately there were strong rumors at the time that he was fired by a higher up at CBS Daytime because he was not attractive enough to them.

I just thought the character was incredibly draining and whiny, and I felt like her relationship with Andy was very heavy going. I know she had reasons to be the way she was, but similar to my fatigue with Martha Byrne's Lily and Yvonne Perry's Rosanna, I just didn't really care. I watched ATWT for characters like Lucinda or Julie, or Jessica, or Margo (pre-misery) or Melanie Smith's Emily, not ingenues in eternal angst. I do think Hayley deserved better, as she was very likeable when she temped as Harley on GL in the late '90s. The main problem with Andy was what supposedly led to his final firing in 2000 - not being a generic piece of ass in the pecs-and-abs-obsessed '90s lineup.

I remember that the show was still very well-rated in that penultimate season. I guess CBS wanted rid of it. I can't blame them, as that season was just plain bad, and a horrid use of Julia Duffy.

Leonard Staab and Jocelyn Seagrave in cowboy gear on a Regis and Kathie Lee fashion show. https://archive.org/details/live-with-regis-and-kathie-lee-february-4-1993

You can see Hayley Barr and Scott Defrietas in a fashion show on Regis and Kathie Lee. Hayley is much more animated than she tended to be on ATWT. Scott is adorable as always. https://archive.org/details/live-with-regis-and-kathie-lee-february-4-1993

Joan Van Ark interview. https://archive.org/details/live-with-regis-and-kathie-lee-february-4-1993

I won't lie, when it's gone a part of me will be relieved, but I will miss getting to see what people have to say about a topic without having to go to 5-6 different boards, and I will miss some of the more casual acquaintances I have on there that I don't really want to talk to much outside of Twitter. The political media is loathsome though.

I grew up hearing various Burt songs on oldies radio stations, those songs that were a part of the background of our lives (Walk On By, I Say a Little Prayer, Alfie - he and Dionne Warwick and Hal David were fated to be together), but it wasn't until I watched this Sessions at 54th episode back in the late '90s, with Elvis Costello and Burt, that I was truly swept away by the complexity and exquisite agony of his work. Sometimes when I go back and listen to those old songs again, all the way from Dionne, to Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head, to What the World Needs Now, to many others, I'm reminded of just how good they were and how easy it is to take that level of brilliance and nuance for granted. I also treasure this performance with the one and only Dusty Springfield.

That first ad airing the day Douglass Watson passed on sends a chill up your spine. (the second I imagine older viewers probably said - wait, Gwen's supposed to be a bitch now?)

DAYS did run in other countries, like the UK. Not sure if it has in recent years.

After GL was over he made it pretty clear he'd only stayed that long because that way the family would have steady income and Margaret Colin could do more of the projects she wanted...and he also said he'd delayed back surgery for years because of his GL schedule. After all that he definitely did look better than I had expected in the interview, considering almost 15 years have passed (that makes me feel so old...).

The media who are going on about how much fun and 'like Parliament' the braying at the SOTU was, while blaming 'both sides,' are disgusting people. It's all fun fun fun to them, as our country grinds to a complete halt.