I Am A Swede

 

 

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I think another problem  is the soaps no  longer are willing to write older characters as older characters. You have people who are 70 or 80 written as being much younger. There is no real sense of generations, history, or community.

 

25 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Uh, he's an actor. Is that who you thought was on this list?

Adewale Adeyemo otoh, is the Deputy Secretary Of Treasury for the U.S. 

Of course I know he's an actor!  

Like I said, I was just skimming through the list and saw the name Adewale, and he's the only Adewale I had heard of, so for a split second, no more than that, his image popped up in my mind.

 

3 hours ago, marceline said:

I love when Hillary Clinton decides to troll. The list of sanctioned Americans is kind of hilarious. I mean: Jen Psaki? She must be heartbroken. LOL!

 

Skimming through the list and coming to number 12 I thought "what has Adebisi from Oz done to Russia"?  

And then I realized that that was Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje! 

 

You know, reading that article about Paula really brought it home how much I miss the older characters on Emmerdale nowadays. I know that the Covid epidemic is a big reason for their absence but still.... Diane's departure really left a big hole on the canvas, in more ways than one.  

I miss the (unholy) trinity of Betty, Pearl and Edna sitting in the Woolpack, offering their (sometimes unwanted) opinions on everything and everyone, like a Greek chorus.  

Speaking of that, has there been any on-screen explanation for Pearl's disappearance or has she just vanished into thin air? If any explanation has been given I must have missed it.

Aww.... I miss Paula (and Betty)    

 

The result at the BAFTA Awards:

 

^^

Oh, wow. That is really unexpected! 

 

 

13 minutes ago, OzFrog said:

@I Am A Swede I thought you’d be listening to this… I’ve had this on repeat all day!

 

Nah, I'm more in the mood for nostalgia right now..... 

 

 

I no longer watch on a regular basis, but back when I did watch the couple with the most intense (non-romantic) chemistry on B&B was obviously Stephanie & Brooke. Susan Flannery and Katherine Kelly Lang worked so well opposite each other. I quickly grew tired of the Brooke/Ridge/Taylor love triangle and could never understand why those two ostensibly intelligent women kept fighting over that undeserving block of wood. Instead it was Stephanie vs Brooke that kept me watching.

 

Naomi Osaka: Former world number one in tears after heckling during Indian Wells defeat

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

@I Am A Swede

 

How sad.   I usually look out for things like this, but I have missed this completely.

I'm so glad that we got those dvd-releases of early Emmerdale Farm, so we could see some of his work. I liked him.

Too bad we didn't get any more dvd's. It would have been so nice to maybe get the entire 1970s. I guess the cost outweighed the benefits....

 

 

 

What the hell is going on in Russia! Have they (Putin and his cronies) completely lost their minds?  

War in Ukraine: BBC suspends its journalists' work in Russia

Our public broadcaster SVT has also pulled out their correspondent in Russia.