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11 hours ago, Videnbas said:

Yeah, I was going to say Ivana's murder too. That was a suspenseful storyline, even though the viewers always knew the identity of the murderer (or maybe because of it). 

I don't think that's a bad idea, and something I wish soaps would do more. Stop trying to surprise or shock the viewers with unexpected twists. There are so many spoilers around, and everything has already been done before so the audience will figure it out anyway. I know that I can get just as much pleasure from watching the characters reacting to events and trying to solve mysteries without it having to be a mystery for me.

57 minutes ago, edgeofnik said:

Charging someone for murder is a meticulous process. This is why B&B has failed in all attempt to do anything crime related. Have they ever had a successful/riveting murder story? That's a basic staple of soaps and B&B somehow can't grasp the concept.

Maybe Ivana's murder? But that was almost 30 years ago....

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

She disagrees with you. That doesn’t make her unhinged.

Sshh, don't let anyone hear you say that! Nowadays it seems like many people take differing opinions as a personal insult.   

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

That's fine...given that he supported anti-gay candidates and views while indulging in alleged various activities with other men, I simply don't care in this instance about my decorum with this type of person. I'm just too fed up at this point. I am the same with  Lindsey Graham. If there was a way on here for people to block posts, I would say do that. Unfortunately there  does not seem to be.

I'm very well aware of who Madison Cawthorn is and what he's done, and you can think whatever you want of him and call him whatever you want. I just feel that referring to him in a derogatory way as a Miss plays upon the sterotype of gay men being feminine, which isn't true. And it also implies, to me at least, that being feminine is a negative trait, which again isn't true. That's all. I'm sure there are other ways to show disdain for someone than falling back on old stereotypes.

8 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Miss Madison, a loser through and through,  likely too brain dead to even be able to cash in. The only thing that bothers me is that it was homophobia which helped cinch his loss - telling the GOP they will be rewarded if they simply  ramp those attacks up further. 

Best of luck flashing your abs with Aaron Schock at Coachella, you Nazi-fried potato. 

Maybe it's just me, but referring to a man as Miss, while talking about homophobia, doesn't really feel ok to be perfectly honest.

On 4/20/2022 at 7:41 AM, Wendy said:

She was also on the short-lived political comedy, The Powers That Be, with John Forsythe and a pre-Frasier David Hyde Pierce, who played her suicidal hubby. (Yes, it was a comedy.)

I loved The Powers That Be!     Such a contrast seeing John Forsythe in a comedic role when I had up till then only seen him as Blake Carrington.

It had a spectacular cast for such a short-running show: John Forsythe, Holland Taylor, David Hyde Pierce, Valerie Mahaffey, Peter MacNicol, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robin Bartlett, Eve Gordon and Elizabeth Berridge.

Remembering Donna Summer on this day, 10 years since she left us.   

She was also the mother of actress Gaynor Faye, who has starred in both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

The final result, with total score (jury+televoting)

 Some very noticeable discrepancies between the juries and the public: Moldova, Australia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands. Not to mention Switzerland who got the dreaded nul points from the public.

And just like predicted.... the televotes went in favour of the Ukraine. Not at all surprising, but still slightly disappointing. 

There's no doubt in my mind that they got a lot of sympathy votes they wouldn't have received under normal circumstances.

I recognize Scott Baio, Kevin Sorbo and Ricky Schroder, but who's the fourth one? 

One song that really has grown on me is the Netherlands. A powerful ballad without the vocal gymnastics that other countries indulge in, and I love that it's performed in Dutch.

After everything she has gone through this is really not something she needed.