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Filming out of sequence makes It much easier to group scenes when it comes time for editing in the post, which also means that it is more cost effective. I can imagine, however that it would mess with an actor’s sense of continuity, especially if an actor has done a very intense scene, or has to begin with a very intense, having done something completely different in an out of sequence set of scenes shot previously. That screen shot is hilarious. Should I watch this episode? I still have yet to see it.

This is surely an insignificant issue but I can never get a dark screen on this site. Not with Android and now, not with iPad. Is there a way for me to fix this? Am I even in the correct thread?😟

IAL got points for their cast alone. It was a cute little sitcom. The humor was lukewarm but cozy simply because the cast was made up of actors who could deliver (well, most of them, as you stated).

Naomi Osaka heading to her first final in a year, after beating Belinda Bencic.

Oof. I wonder whether there could be more stories like the one Paul Rodriguez described?

The thought of Allie's motives in wanting to get closer to the Abbott family, namely Jack, being suspicious was the first thing I thought of when I read about this character. I can't believe they are not writing it this way! Those are some of the most interesting kinds of characters on soaps, especially a Bell soap, which this soap seems to barely resemble anymore. It would give Allie some agency as a character, if viewers weren't quite sure of her motives, at least at first. Give her an air of mystery. And I think it would have been so much better to keep Keemo just within close range.

There is a way that Keemo would have added even more complexity if Allie was torn between loyalty to her father and wanting to build a relationship with Jack. There was no need to kill Keemo, who didn't even need to be onscreen to present a conflict. Also, WTH does putting Nate in a suit have to do with the building of three corporate centers. Does Josh even know that Nate is a Hastings? I guess he chooses to conveniently forget that there was ever a Barber family. SMH

😂 Or her twin sister Deveny (faux Angela from B&B).

TBH, I am very dubious on the claim that he was asked to leave as it seems to have been made belatedly, after a different claim had been made. JMO but the Academy knows they're being criticized for allowing Will to accept his award and give a speech onstage and on camera and are self-conscious about appearing like they weren't proactive about the situation, which we know they weren't. They were probably relying on Chris to press charges and Chris being Black and probably imagining both he and Will getting shot by police should he contact them, elected not to take that type of action.

According to TMZ (usually I don't give the time to but somehow it came across my TL), the Academy lied about asking Will to leave. This is why I stated that there are conflicting statements on this.

This nonsense was still going on?!

FYI, in the U.S. alone about 700 lives per day are still being lost due to COVID-19. A smaller number compared to its peak, but that is still 700 lives per day, on average.

The question is if. There are conflicting statements that came from the Academy itself. The Academy has already set many dangerous precedents. The aforementioned Allen and Weinstein. Roman Polanski's standing ovation. Many are now citing Adrien Brody grabbing and kissing Halle Berry without her permission as what would be called sexual assault today.

I basically stopped watching daytime soaps several years ago because all I ever seemed to be doing was thinking how differently I would write stories on the daytime soaps I had been watching. After awhile, it got too mentally exhausting just to watch and I realized that not only was I no longer enjoying what I was watching but it was causing me frustration just to watch.

Summer of Soul was such a treasure of a documentary. Questlove earned that award! (I don't like the idea of deserve vs. undeserved).

Elina Svitolina is taking some time off. I didn't see her matches in IW or Miami but just seeing her in the stands and she looks weary. (Gaël also looks somewhat sluggish in his matches too).

Then it's time to find a new therapist. Around the time, I had just finished listening to the audiobook of his autobiography, I checked out his YouTube channel and it documented aspects of him co-writing his memoir and he did have some kind of therapist there. I don't know whether she is his regular therapist, but, at times, he was ducking and dodging the process, missing writing deadlines and no one really called him out on his avoidance. Maybe he needs to see someone else. Chris Rock has been open about seeing a therapist. He said he was diagnosed with some type of learning disability. In an interview last year, he said, in his romantic relationships, women would ask "what's wrong with you?" He said his therapist said he has difficulty reading social cues, like interpreting facial expressions, mood and body language. I just think it is really interesting to see what happened on Sunday evening through the prism of all this. Now there is confusion over conflicting statements about whether Will Smith was asked to leave and refused. At this point though, the Academy awards people will probably be forced to act in some sort of way. What that looks like, I guess we'll see. Honestly, they need to stick the whole ceremony on YouTube, put the ads on a crawl on the bottom of the screen. No breaks, except a brief intermission. This ceremony has descended into a boring parade of corporate sponsors with some clips, speeches and skits in between. Corporate interests have done to the Academy awards what they've done to the Olympic Games. Dulled them.

JMO but it's unlikely that Will will win an Oscar again, at least for acting (perhaps as a producer). I likened his winning for his portrayal of Richard Williams as almost comparable to Jennifer Hudson winning for playing Effie White in Dreamgirls. I'm not sure if people know what I mean by this. Although, tbh, I still think that someone like Sterling K Brown would have been better cast to play Williams but Smith had cultivated such goodwill (no pun intended) that many people felt it was his time. Also, the story of Richard Williams and Venus and Serena Williams is unlike any other story on earth and it was also seen as a sort of celebration of them. The regardless of whether people believed Dominic or Denzel were better (and many people did) this season, knowing the kind of person they believed Will to be, they didn't want to see him lose again. But after this display (I just read an article where Pedro Almodóvar claimed that watching Smith rant in his acceptance speech was like hearing the rants from a cult leader), Will will have to give an undeniably phenomenal performance to ever get an award for acting again. Before the Academy awards ceremony, someone suggested that Will do theater (I don't know why more movie actors won't do theater, it would improve their craft), Macbeth jokes aside, I have thought that he and a few other actors should gave been doing theater for years. But for now, I just think Will needs therapy, he's been carrying around some serious baggage and he can't lift it anymore.

The same Russian television host that referred to Trump as a "partner" has now referred to Gabbard as Russia's girlfriend.

You're welcome.

FAST stands for Free Ad Supported Television. It is for streaming platforms, set top boxes as well as digital transmitted via app and website. It differs from OTA (Over The Air) which mainly refers to television transmission that uses an antenna.

A type of streaming called FAST is becoming a big deal now. More and more entertainment companies are using this platform to stream their entertainment titles from their libraries, particularly their classic holdings. I have seen several reports on this over the last couple months. There have even been a few video seminars and teleconferences on the matter. It will be interesting to see how many more companies large and medium, even small companies get into it. Years ago, I mentioned Sony's Crackle and some people were dismissive. Now all the major entertainment companies have either got their own version of Crackle or are in the process of building one. SonyCrackle, IMDB TV, Tubi, etc. are basically versions of the FAST model. B&B is now using YouTube's platform to stream classic episodes. Days Of Our Lives is dipping their toes into YouTube (it remains to be seen whether it will include more). Will any other companies that have produced soaps get onto the FAST model to start streaming their classic soap titles? Once upon a time when I proposed this, I was told it was impossible due to music rights. I made the rebuttal that it was possible if a show could work out an agreement, maybe to promise not to sell episodes (like SoapClassics did) or maybe provide a link to the companies where people can buy downloads or stream the music heard in the show. Well whatever B&B managed to work out, they are clearly able to stream episodes with original music, including popular music intact. A onetime powerful soaps producing powerhouse like P&G, who currently advertises their products during B&B's YouTube channel-- will someone there finally see sense and build their own YouTube channel dedicated to their entertainment titles?

Even though she's a flake, I expected Susan Collins to vote in favor of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson being confirmed to Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Admittedly, I am also bitter about the last twelve years, particularly the last decade. The actors and longtime fans of the show deserved much better imo. I get that some people saw little problem with the show's final years but I am not one of those people. I am not even talking about sets, wardrobe or hair and makeup but storytelling, and overall treatment of the cast/crew. We have heard from more than one person who described the toxicity practiced by some in the executive production arm of the show. It's been confirmed. You cannot convince me that that level of toxicity did not rot the inner workings of that show. I once worked BTS of a toxic television show. The rot will eventually work its way to the core. If the show had managed to keep some of its soul, and the camaraderie that the majority of the actors who worked on the show during its best years, I would have been more at peace with it ending, but since its cancellation, the negative accounts of the atmosphere there have been trickling out, particularly those final years. What a sour taste it leaves on my palate, that I avoid watching any episodes from that final era.

I agree and had been saying that they should have short storyline arcs with these characters coming into town on occasion, the way Penny and David once went back and forth. It wouldn't have cost that much but it would have required organization, and the show became a mess in the last decade or so.