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58 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:
And I get peeved that she wasn't on the stage that night with Helen, Don, and Eileen in the Lifetime Achievement EMMY segment either. She should've been apart of that class. Or they should've continued the tradition years to follow.
They were likely thinking there would be more opportunities to come so perhaps they decided to highlight the three characters that were on the show in the first decade of the series. However, there is no excuse for Kathryn and Larry to be left out of the next class of after Helen, Don and Eileen. And after them, it should have been Colleen and Elizabeth in the following class.
Even after the show’s cancellation, it still could’ve been done. Monty Hall got his Daytime Lifetime Achievement Award way after he had retired, so why couldn’t all the ATWT actors? I had been saying this for years.
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44 minutes ago, DRW50 said:
Kathryn always underplayed her material, which probably hurt.
Liz was likely seen as difficult, so that probably hurt her.
Hays’ work ages so well because it’s understated. Her naturalistic approach doesn’t date itself like some other performances, she subtly draws in the viewer. It may not have gotten awards (it’s inexcusable that they never awarded her an Emmy for lifetime achievement though) but it certainly gets respect.
2 hours ago, kalbir said:Elizabeth Hubbard has one Lead Actress win for The Doctors.
As the World Turns has three Lead Actress Emmy wins, Martha Byrne (2001) and Maura West (2007, 2010), and Lead Actress nominees Elizabeth Hubbard (1986-1992, 1999), Ellen Dolan (1993), Kathleen Widdoes (1994), Colleen Zenk (2002, 2011).
Notably absent to me are Eileen Fulton (she got one nomination for Supporting Actress in 1988), Kathryn Hays, Marie Masters, Hillary B Smith (she won for One Life to Live in 1994), Tamara Tunie.
People are welcome to challenge me on this (well, except for anyone on Ignore in which case I won’t bother to check for your response
)but I have often gotten the distinct impression that P&G either lacked interest in or was unable to understand the process of campaigning for their actors when it came to Emmy awards. Maybe they didn’t think it was worth it or thought it was beneath them to campaign on behalf of their actors.
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OMG, that last comment from Whoopi!
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People talk about “quiet quitting”. Apparently, Camila Giorgi has quietly retired.
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I read the bills up for consideration today and see that apparently, legislation determining whether a citizenship should be added to the 2030 census and I wonder whether this takes precedent over more urgent business that is already overdue. Sigh.
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So I heard that TFG’s defense team requested a mistrial and the judge said no. A mistrial for what?
If Daniels offered too much information in her testimony, the judge can simply order it stricken from the record and instruct the jury to disregard.
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Whoops, wrong thread.
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Also, we don’t need to see religion play out extensively onscreen but I wouldn’t mind seeing family members enter the house after church, dressed in Sunday best getting ready for an elaborately prepared Sunday dinner. Who is invited, who is not, the “the Upstairs/Downstairs aspect with the machinations and conversations going on between the cook and housekeeping staff, could be an interesting view not portrayed in an American daytime soap opera before. It doesn’t need to be a regular thing but maybe an episode around Easter time etc.
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3 hours ago, Mona Kane Croft said:
Off topic, but what's up with these new pop-up adds that cover the posts and have no delete X in the corner? They eventually disappear, but only to be immediately replaced by another pop-up. Makes it impossible to read an entire post. Plus, the reply button disappears from the bottom of the page, when these pop-ups are active. Anyone else noticed these? They don't always appear, but much of the time they do. Very annoying.
Have you tried going to the Support Desk? If not, that should be your first place to post this comment.
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Jones was luminous in Daughters Of The Dust”. May she RIP.
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And if the show is going to have youthful characters (which it should), I would like to see those youthful characters engaged in youthful activities, rather than on the current daytime television soaps where we see young people engaged in activities best reserved for people in their 40s and 50s.
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6 hours ago, NothinButAttitude said:
Question--do you all want the show to be kitchen sink with everyone being middle class, a melange of have/have nots, or simply upwardly mobile characters?
The show needs characters that reflect a spectrum of economic diversity or else it will become monotonous relatively quickly. Even if the core family is a wealthy one, wealthy people don’t just interact with solely wealthy people, particularly if their wealth is self-made, they will interact with others in work and other arenas. I am curious to see how this family made and maintain their wealth, I bet they don’t do it on their own. There will be support staff, at home and work, maybe at the hair salon and the barbershop, tailors, stylists, retailers and doctor’s offices, accountants and bankers, restaurants and cafes, hey, even delivery people —these are all opportunities to flesh out characters who aren’t wealthy but might naturally interact with members of a wealthy family. It cannot be just a bunch of wealthy people interacting with each other with no acknowledgement of others across the socioeconomic spectrum. Once we see “how the other half lives”, the story would feel too confining and dull.
But yeah, a show like this needs strivers in the mix. Hey, we all know that within many Black families there can be a mix of economic statuses. Remember Vanessa Williams’ character in Soul Food?
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Jack Dorsey is full of crap lol. Is anyone here on Bluesky?
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/05/jack-dorsey-says-hes-no-longer-on-the-bluesky-board/
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Please let someone get the word out to secure skilled hair and makeup people, especially hair…I don’t want to see and Party City wigs on people.
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27 minutes ago, Khan said:
Similarly, I hope the African-American characters don't have stereotypically African-American names that don't really exist outside of the Maury show.
But she was so GOOD at it:
I think there’s a lot of classic television that still airs/streams to enjoy it back in its respective era but this new soap is a chance to break new ground and offer some fresh characterizations and a fresh perspective.
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15 minutes ago, Khan said:
ICAM!!
It has become industry standard just by hanging around long enough. Similar to Y&R, they don’t have to do much to maintain loyalty from their base, I guess.
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Injury is difficult to contend with but it looks like Lehecka had an absolute fit.
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Byron Allen is not still trying to buy Paramount, is he??
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/thegrio-lays-off-video-pod-180744484.html
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33 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:
Sorry about that. You have more backbone than I do. I have stuck with twitter although I use spoutible more and more now. I updated my post to include the 3 tweets.
It’s not your fault. I blame Musk.
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On 4/20/2024 at 4:14 PM, DramatistDreamer said:
Has this been confirmed?
It seems as though there has been a lot of um, movement at Sony these days.
When I asked this question, somehow I suspected that Kent wouldn’t be fully relieved of his duties where Y&R is concerned. I would only have allowed myself to believe if had there been an official press release.
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18 hours ago, JaneAusten said:
Thoughtful thread by Tom Bonier on primary voters who did not vote Trump and it's something Biden=Harris should reach out to.
No longer actually having a Twitter account means I can no longer read threaded tweets.
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About “The Gates”, I really hope that MVJ avoids the pitfalls that today’s daytime network soaps have fallen into, staying wedded to the same tired tropes and stereotypical themes. Leave the old 20th century Dynasty style catfights where they belong.
Women can be as strategic and calculating as any man, show them as captains of industry who are capable of moving and manipulating people and situations as if they are grandmasters moving pieces on a chessboard. 21st century boss moves is something I would like to see. (*Insert GIF of Emily Stewart, seated behind a desk, reclining in a chair , heels atop the desk with a smug expression on her face-if I ever find that clip*).
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Why has this not been renewed? Not a good idea to allow a program that helped bridge the digital divide and in an election year. I know that the war in Gaza has dominated political discourse but it’s just not good policy to let something like this lapse, it gives people the impression that government doesn’t care about people in need.
The Affordable Connectivity Program Kept Them Online. What Now?
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As The World Turns Discussion Thread
in DTS: Cancelled Soaps
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The Daytime wing of N.A.T.A.S. lacks the sense that God gave to a flea, which is why the show spent years being banished to the HLN wilderness.
Can you imagine, if they would have given Kathryn Hays a Liftetime Achievement Award while she was still among us? I bet they could’ve gotten Julianne Moore to present, if they planned it properly and promoted well, that could’ve gotten a bump in ratings too. But now, it’s too late.