DramatistDreamer

This is kind of hilarious. Not even Del Potro could be bothered with the tennis this year. 🤭 A Buzzy U.S. Open Got an After-Party to Match the Vibe

By Friday, I knew that neither he nor Pegula were winning their final matches. The entitlement, particularly with Fritz is grating. Jim Courier mentioned something in commentary last week and he said of the American players in the SF, only Tiafoe wasn’t a child of wealth and privilege. Fritz’ family is rich and Navarro and Pegula are billionaire heiresses. It really doesn’t say much for the illusion of opportunity that the USTA is always trying to create. I think this is part of the reason why tennis now bores me in a way it never has before in all my decades of following the sport. I get that tennis has roots in the aristocracy but for the better part of two decades, all of the major tennis bodies have been trying to convince us that tennis was a sport that espoused egalitarian values and that it was a sport of opportunity to all comers. Well, for awhile it seemed so. Not really, not anymore. Tennis Channel (certain figures anyway) must think that Fritz is the second coming of Pete Sampras the way they talk about him sometimes. I see very little resemblance between the two. The both had dark hair (when Pete had hair) and they both grew up in California. That’s all I got. That’s it.

Dang @Errol I didn’t know you have been dealing with this! This goes beyond simple trolling, this is sick. Offensive doesn’t begin to describe it.

I have had these types of instructors and yeah, I never showed up to class unprepared lol.

Maybe it’s just me but I have no interest in watching Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner play in the Men’s final tomorrow. Although I always found Darren Cahill to be a relatively affable guy, I am finding it one hell of a coincidence that he has connections to three tennis players who have failed drug tests.

Are folks actually going to suggest that Joe Rogan’s platform is a viable one for a serious candidate?! He makes Charlamagne tha god look like Walter Kronkite! And honestly, I wouldn’t waste my time with Charlemagne on a normal day.

People are leaving out the role of Comey, the FBI and the e-mail server faux-scandal in the demise of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. I am not saying not to be cautious but there are some stark differences between 2016 and now. It’s going to be interesting to watch this upcoming debate. Irrespective of who the moderator is and to mute or not to mute mics, I seriously doubt that VP Harris will allow Trump to stalk her on the stage like he did Hillary.

Wow, long COVID. R.I.P. to a giant of music.

Guys please don’t misunderstand me. I am no not saying that Capitol was the inspiration in any way shape or form. I am saying that perhaps perhaps the possibility that there are soap fans who are open to characters involved the profession of public service (aka politics) within the framework of a daytime drama might have encouraged someone to go on ahead and pursue that story thread (out of many other threads that they had been developing). Yeesh, it’s not that serious, it was a thought.

Even when he has guests I am excited about seeing, I have to be honest, because of his manner of conducting these discussions, I lose interest pretty quickly unless the guests take over the conversation and relegate him to the sidelines. It’s a struggle for me to watch his videos. I still have not watched the recent video featuring Melanie’s interview. And the clips he uses are in a total state of deterioration.

Count me in the minority who loved OG Craig and Sierra (*shrugs*). I missed the Locher Room stream. Did you catch it @Soapsuds? Just saw the stream count…yikes! Alan’s channel is definitely losing steam, he’s getting so little engagement.

Julianne Moore was the onscreen pairing but Weber was also once married to actress Finn Carter who portrayed Sierra Esteban Montgomery. Tonya Pinkins, who played Heather Dalton also mentioned their friendship and her brief crush turning into some kind of weird energy between them when Weber and Carter became a couple and how Pinkins felt somewhat hurt by it, although I can understand how a married couple could become protective of their relationship to the point of exclusion when their job requires them to be romantically intimate with actors who are not their irl partners. They were all relatively young and there were probably misunderstandings at work.

In the Olympic Games thread, you can find the original story of what happened to Rebecca Cheptegei as she was still clinging to life but tragically, she has now succumbed to her injuries due to a violent attack by her partner. As much as people assume that DV is discussed, there hasn’t been nearly enough discussion of this issue in a comprehensive way. UGANDAN OLYMPIC MARATHONER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI DIES AFTER FIRE ATTACK

Sadly, I saw this breaking news on BBC World News this morning. May she rest in peace.

Revisiting this thread to see that the previous two threads concerning mass shootings have taken place in the same state. Awful and unfortunate coincidence.

Hmm, I am thinking of the actresses connected to Weber during that time, both onscreen and off…that would be too much to ask for lol. I am really really going to try to catch this live.

Yeah, it’s the reason why the NYT can repeatedly reference Trump’s full page ad requesting reinstatement of the death penalty especially for some falsely accused teenagers in their newspaper, while essentially abdicating their responsibility for publishing (and accepting the money) for said ad.

Indirectly related, as this athlete participated in the Olympic Games. There has been a very disturbing trend of gender based violence against athletes, particularly long distance runners in Kenya. This violent act involving an Ugandan runner based in Kenya who suffered severe burns after being set on fire. Back from Olympics, Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei set on fire As much as we (myself included) criticize (with good reason) the content and tone of the NYT, I think they have a bit more detail and context to the story on why this case may be as about gender-based violence as it is about a land dispute. An Olympic Runner From Uganda Is Severely Burned in Gasoline Attack In either case, I don’t think this issue has gotten nearly enough attention.

Considering the issues with commercial real estate and vacancies in NYC, they are probably leasing the space at a good discount.

Very interesting to see those clips and partial episodes presented with Italian dubbing. None of those appear anywhere on YouTube to my knowledge. There were some scenes that showed what looked like the culmination of the competition between John and Lucinda for the hospital board seat. Interesting bit of background here that at the beginning of this storyline, Lily #1 played by Lucy Deakins was in the role (although she isn’t shown in these uploads) and by the end of the storyline, Martha Byrne (Lily #2) has taken over the role after Deakins departure to pursue movies roles. (There was a similar odd turnover of actors who portrayed Ambrose Bingham, with what seemed like a mid episode replacement of one for the other, until I realized that two partial episodes had been put back to back 😂) What looks like the moments before the culmination of the competition between John and Lucinda where a decision is made for the board seat, there was that very insightful portion of the scene where John and Lyla are canoodling in Rex Whitmore’s office before he arrives and Lucinda is seated and is forced to take in the image of Lyla and John’s embrace and she definitely does not like it! 😂 It’s really cool to look at that moment in reference to where John and Lucinda will be in another year and some months later. Despite that, we later see that evidence that this is a particularly turbulent period in John and Lyla’s relationship and the beginning of the end of their romantic relationship. Getting to hear the dubbing of Marisa Tomei’s character Marcy in Italian tickled me for some reason. I do think the dubbed voices at least they tried to match the timbre of the original actors’ voices. What was going on with the theme song chosen?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Love_(The_Adventures_song) The theme song chosen was fine but the fact that the iconic theme wasn’t chosen and then the dizzying super fast spinning of that globe was something else! And most of the actors used in the opening theme clips were no longer on the show at that point. I’m guessing they were three years behind in the Italian broadcasts because these clips and partial episodes are clearly from 1985 (Frannie and Kevin are a couple and Marie Kovacs is an active and alive character on the canvas) while, the theme song used is from 1988 but what really gave me a clue is the commercial with the trailer from a movie starring Roberto Benigni and Walter Matthau called The Little Devil. Craig and Sierra in the flower of their youth as their romance blossoms while Lucinda becomes more fixated on trying to lure Craig by baiting him with opportunities for advancement and higher salary, which Lyla objects to and she was right to, of course. Seeing those scenes with Heather and Tucker, which I don’t remember seeing…Heather got closer to marriage with Tucker than she got with Roy but what happened?? She clearly got cold feet in both instances. Since Heather and Tucker are in my AVI, inquiring minds want to know! In a parallel universe, I would like to believe that somehow that after Heather left Oakdale and landed in Chicago, she and Tucker reunited somehow and eventually got married and had some kids. Seeing Betsy show up for the wedding with a bag of things paying homage to wedding tradition and to comfort a clearly nervous Heather reminded me that while Lindsey Frost didn’t really display much romantic chemistry onscreen, she had great friendship chemistry with her onscreen friends (Heather, Sierra, Tucker, Craig).

The fact that most of us already knew that this was going to happen doesn’t make it any less satisfying. Yes, I also know that this will only mildly bite the Saudi and Qatari investors but still to watch the value of Jack’s shares tumble and so precipitously, well, it tickles me. Musk’s Twitter investors have lost billions in value

Haha and James and then Florida’s reactions are hilarious! Thanks for that laugh @DRW50. Todd certainly must’ve gotten his talent from his mama.

That era of music when nearly every East Coast rapper and singer had to have Fat Man Scoop’s voice on their song. This is sad. Fatman Scoop Dead After Collapsing Onstage: DJ Was 53 And condolences to actor Todd Bridges on the loss of his mother Betty Bridges, an actress and acting coach in her own right. Betty A. Bridges, Actress and Mother of Todd Bridges, Dies at 83

Lol, not the contents of the giant Capitol thread, but the idea that soap fans might be interested in having politicians and their business embedded in a daytime soap opera.

Oh, fake Ambrose Bingham, we hardly knew ye! It looks like a medley of episodes in one video lol. Betsy with shorter and longer hair.