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https://deadline.com/2026/01/thomas-causey-dead-star-trek-movies-sound-mixer-1236682282/

I don't think he's a good actor at all, although he has a lovely body.

You're probably right, but I'd think there are some others on the canvas who are in a younger age group and would appeal to older viewers even less (does anyone care about Stephanie or Alex?)

Generations - (November 1,1990) Generations - (November 16,1990)

The City - (December 17,1996)(Partial) The City - (December 18,1996)(Partial)

We won't get those headlines until names like MBE and Stephen Nichols go (not saying I want them to go - I just won't be surprised as that happened 2-3 times with them).

Thanks @Soapsuds @janea4old I don't know how to embed on Instagram.

I'd keep the Ashfords, but I'd like to see the Wards back too.

GH isn't interested in black characters having major roles.

I can't say it's a horrible decision to write out Tate and Holly (I'd actually go one further and rest Brady as well), but getting rid of Johnny and Chanel is a very stupid idea. Johnny is a key character for EJ if you want to have stories for EJ beyond interchangeable feuds and getting his dick out. And Chanel was a likeable presence who wasn't related to 80% of the canvas and was a believable partner for Johnny. She also added diversity which didn't feel like tokenism. And if any casting choices are made on whether the men are good looking, Boatman was one of the better men on the show in that department. Clearly Greg Rikaart has a lot of connections, as shown by his getting that podcast, but I still don't know why RSW is still there. His popular character left the show years ago and he's just there like a bad smell, a sneering mannequin. There are 3-4 men on the show who fill that role better than he can, and several of them can even act.

Murder Between Friends, starring Joan Collins, Nadia Bjorlin, Jacob Young, and for international flavor, former EE actor Toby Alexander-Smith, is out now on streaming, per an Instagram post from Joan's account.

I never knew that. They had such long-range plans for her and actually stuck to them. I wonder if Julie ended up getting the bitch material intended for Dinah.

I have to say no to Felicia, but Tracy I'd appreciate. Alexis would be interesting, but she'd never do that to Molly. Speaking of fantasy pairings, I am seeing some try to push Kristina/Jacinda.

So sorry @slick jones I hope all is well.

The Siobhan scene with the police training still makes me laugh and is what I associate this recast with.

I wonder what stories Billy and Vanessa had planned - the custody battle, obviously, but I wonder if there were any others in the works.

Drew has done so many horrible things I forgot about Ned. I'm glad there was some kind of response, and that Olivia went back to her old mob moll days (I would say back to her Bensonhurst days, but I can't see Lois toting guns). And that it was Edward's gun (with Tracy then giving it to her). It's nice that the Quartermaines are now robust enough to have two different factions, and they don't feel incomplete if they aren't interacting. Their mutual enemy in Drew helps, even if, as others have said, I wish there were some who might have been more on his side (before he went completely off the rails), to add more family conflict. If he is ever semi-redeemed and they bring anyone else in, like Justus or relatives of Justus, that could work (I know some have suggested this before). Tracy already knowing it was Martin so fast makes me think there won't be much payback for him, which is a shame, because if they are going to keep MEK around the character really needs to pay for what he did twice now, to Tracy of all people.

I'd like to see if he changes, but it's hard to imagine (I'm still surprised Phil did, somewhat). The main question is whether Jake Wood still feels invested, which he didn't seem to for a number of years before he left. At least he does at the moment.

You can feel all the emotion with Todd McKee in that last scene, as there's no reason for Ted to be so emotional. I wonder if he would have stayed if they'd done anything with the character. I'm glad they at least brought the character back for the final year.

They should just say it's the same character. Whoring around should be as encouraged for gay men on B&B as it is for anyone else.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/11/derek-martin-who-played-charlie-slater-in-eastenders-dies-aged-92 Derek Martin had a long career in TV - many may remember him for the hair-raising stunts he was involved in in early '70s Doctor Who, or his role on Only Fools and Horses, or his lead role in the Law & Order series which scandalized the country in the late '70s. For me, he will always me Charlie Slater, the patriarch of the Slater family. Charlie was a deceptively simple role, but he had to play a man who loved his daughters yet was deeply unaware of what was going on with them, a man who could be comic relief but was also deadly serious, a teddy bear who could give a severe beatdown. I remember the scene where his disgusting brother Harry tried to shake his hand as he was leaving Walford, and Charlie spit in his face. A very raw, unflinching moment in a land of fake slaps and punches. There was something special about the OG Slaters, something that has never been recaptured in the many cobbled together versions we've had since 2006. And Derek was the core of what made them special. There was something pure about him which couldn't be replaced. His relationship with Kat was devastating, moving, and had an honesty I miss on soaps.

I wish they would do what Knots Landing did with Valene and Ben and have the guy be very naturally funny, caring and warm, drawing a line under her past love interests (without demeaning those relationships). For some reason the show has decided to give this type of relationship to Molly in how Cody is written with her, but still, they could try with Laura.

I zoned most of that out too, oddly. I think because I was struggling to care around that point.

That era is where I first saw Fletcher. In his white jacket, pining over Chelsea. Jay Hammer always did pining and the everyday moments and a bit of humor so well, I couldn't help liking Fletcher, even if his sanctimony annoyed me.

I thought it was OK - my main complaint was they were too vague. We needed at least one or two solid moments. I'm still enjoying individual scenes, relationships, performances. Once that stops I will go back to not watching, as I often have.