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Surprised he's making the leap to US TV after all these years. He's a beloved UK actor. I keep meaning to watch his other hit, Goodnight Sweetheart.

Thanks. I never knew that. Even with whatever happened with Lalla and Tom, those ads are adorable.

She has looked really bad for a while. I have some big Elvis fans in my family and they keep up with videos from Graceland and such, and whenever they talk about them they talk about how bad she looks, how she has no light in her eyes, and that her kids are often the same way. She's had a very traumatic life and is obviously in some type of constant pain. I hope she pulls through, for her kids and her mother, but most of all for herself.

There was certainly intensity there as well (Gabrielle was meant to be the more primal side of him while Megan was lighter) but I don't think JDP's Max was as fully consumed. I do think they tried to write some light stuff with Walker but he was just a very heavy performer.

I would say Walker and Fiona had very intense chemistry, and of a very different sort than she had with JDP. Yes, reading some of the comments on Youtube for the Bloss reveal video - claims that the story was based on Woody and Soon Yi (!) and Liz apparently saying that Sherry left because they didn't know how to write for Blake (which I can believe), it's even more of a marvel that they worked as well as they did.

Frank/Jill, Ryan's Hope - Daniel Hugh Kelly (#3) had very strong chemistry with Nancy Addison. It was never the same for me, but Jerry ver Dorn did eventually find chemistry with Liz Keifer after Sherry Stringfield left GL. Peter Simon had chemistry with both Ellens (Dolan and Parker) on GL.

@BetterForgotten @Bright Eyes @Vee At first I just watched this (which was brand new to me - not even mentioned on IMDB) as I saw that it has Shreela Ghosh, who played Naima (a fave of mine), but it's a genuinely very strong family drama. There are a number of other EE actors in it as well, including the woman who played Sanjay's mother in the late '90s.

He didn't tell her, no. He was desperate for another child. I thought the whole story was gross and cheap, and showed how directionless the writing was by that point.

@SFK Thanks for finding that. Bobbie Wygant's soap gems are always a treat, and what a true surprise to find more Beverlee McKinsey content. I had to laugh that she seemed to be in a bit of conflict with Bobbie right at the start.

I did find her work fascinating - very ethereal. I think she isn't more talked about because she wasn't on the show very much, and the wrapup to the Samantha story was rushed and poor. Another "oh we forgot to get rid of this character" moment, which the end of 1840 was full of.

I think they had a sex bet in the late '00s but never actually slept together.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/ben-masters-dies-passions-julian-crane-1235218638/ This must be the fourth or fifth AW actor from 80-82 to pass away in the past year. I can't say I have seen most of the Jamie movie story.

Good news from Virginia last night, where Democrats managed to pick up a state senate seat for their narrow majority, preventing control from resting in the hands of a loathsome Conservadem (Joe Morrisey - look him up, it's not a pretty story). A narrow victory, leading to some spin, but it's still a victory, especially given the endless media fawning over the faux-moderate governor, Glenn Younkin.

I'm going to count this. https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/44820776.html#cutid1 Farah Fath has her middle finger up to the posters on TWOP & SON most everyday. i give it my all in every show. please stop talking sh*t about me for one g*ddamn minute. http://www.myspace.com/officialfarahfathfanpage

Always good to have a talent the caliber of Jane Elliot around. I hope they do right by Tracy. There's still something so poignant about her being one of the only Quartermaines left standing.

Yet another actor who appeared on AW in the early '80s passing away over the last year. I know that is logical considering this was 40 years ago...still, it's unsettling. I wasn't into Passions, but I always thought Ben Masters was a classically handsome, deeply charismatic actor, with a sly sense of humor that served him well on such an absurd show. He did a lot of roles, but Passions seemed to be the one that brought him the most note. And for a while, personal happiness (how long were he and Tracey Ross together?) Just yesterday I was looking through a Soap Opera Weekly from 2000 that had a Julian Crane advice column. Weird timing.

I've had my criticisms of Hounshell and the Beltway ecosystem, but this is still shocking, very sad news.

Others can say it better than I can, but she tends to live and breathe on far left campaigns and podcasts that mostly exist to help Republicans. She led protests against Hillary at the 2016 DNC. She was heavily involved in Jill Stein's campaign, doing an event with her in 2016. She loves purity contests, yet in 2020, before her first failed race for Congress (a race she could have won if she wasn't such a lousy candidate), she had a podcast that was, IIRC, sponsored by some big oil or pharma company. She has lost basically every election she's ever run in, yet still is treated as a serious candidate even though she's mainly just known for gems like these:

Thanks @victoria foxton . Sad to hear about Valerie's struggles. (it's a shame she had such a lousy role on ATWT - I don't even remember her exit...was it something involving a car incident?)

Big mixed feelings on this. I don't really trust anyone from the Lincoln Project, nor do I think that Democrats necessarily need to keep waiting and waiting for Feinstein to make a decision, but I have never trusted Katie Porter since she endorsed the corrupt grifter, and I do think it's a lousy ad (I also thought the book stunt last week was embarrassing).