DramatistDreamer

Thanks for posting @Soapsuds. I will be sure to give this a listen a little later.

This wasn't directed towards me, I know but it's such a fascinating question and ironically, one that I had been thinking about recently. Just my perception, of course, but had Norcross stayed, I could see the issue of Thorne having either some form of mental health issue or psychiatric break being explored. There were so many signs pointing in that direction before, during and after Ridge's shooting. I think because of Norcross' good looks the issue of mental health could have been explored as happening to anybody, even the rich, well-bred and those seemingly having everything going for them in life. Remember on Y&R, Bell Sr. used the character of Ashley Abbott (the "Beauty"), the second born child of an illustrious and prominent family to have a psychiatric break, so I could definitely have seen the second born of the illustrious L.A. based first family of fashion going through something similar. It would have been interesting to see Norcross and Eakes together onscreen. I think Eakes is strong enough an actor to have pulled off the pairing in a believable way. It would have been an interesting dynamic to see, for many reasons. Soaps aren't the best as maintaining long-term issues like physical or mental ailments, so I wouldn't expect B&B to fully explore the issue of Thorne having mental illness, but I could see the exploration of Thorne dealing with the aftermath of a psychiatric break or a mental health issue over several months to a year. The writing used to be at least that consistent back then.

At this point, I'm not going to argue about whether she deserved or didn't deserve the Oscar, especially when there have been actors who have spent less than ten minutes on screen and won the Oscar (no offense to Alan Arkin) and nobody said sh*t about it.

So entirely shameful.

Picking up on the thread of distinguished ATWT alum, there is a NYT article regarding the 30th anniversary of the movie My Cousin Vinny that centers around Marisa Tomei's Oscar winning performance and the backlash she faced on account of her win and how she faced and ultimately overcame it.

I remember Cahill once briefly split with Haley. I don't know what sorcery she pulled to get him back but they worked together for awhile after that initial split. I do think Cahill probably wanted to stop traveling for quite some time and is likely burned out but it probably would have been better for Amanda had he not made an agreement at all.

Apparently, citing burnout, Darren Cahill abruptly ends his coaching tenure with Amanda Anisimova, who has been through quite a lot of personal upheaval in the last two years.

I thought about that too. I won't count on it. He almost never does his homework on these things. We know he's not interested in getting any better either.

Well, Ms. Pinkins is in my AV so you must know that I am a fan of her work. She is known for being very blunt and I hope she's ready to take over the interview.

Unfortunately, not surprising. Only apologists would pat themselves on the back (or pat the Census Bureau on the back) for what was essentially a cluster f*ck operation.

Initially, I had absolutely no earthly care about this apparent break up between Matteo Berrettini and Ajla Tomljanovic. None whatsoever...until I saw someone's tweet that Felix Auger-Aliassime apparently unfollowed Matteo.😲 Here I thought they were such good friends (or so the commentators keep telling us any time they play each other). I know that Felix's girlfriend is Ajla's what... cousin or something? But what could Matteo have done that would make Felix, his supposedly good friend, and seemingly such a mild mannered friend at that, unfollow him on social media? And who are the people who actually monitor the unfollows of others?? Apparently, he's following again, or never stopped? Boy, I can't believe I'm following this adolescent drama! 😂

OMG. Your comment gave me the laugh I needed today.

Second cancelled cooking-centric show for Daphne Oz and this one canned in far less time than The Chew.

This is said to be the closest race in the history of free elections in South Korea (since 1987). One voter described the election as choosing the least hated candidate. And the election result is seen as more of a referendum on outgoing President Moon Hard-on, whose administration is seen as failing to live up to campaign promises. Despite the Reuters headline, it is in no way like "you know who", so I hope Americans seeing it do not make the mistake of drawing false equivalence as there are many differences.

Every single time James Stenbeck ever returned to Oakdale in the 1980s. When Craig's plane went down in Greece, and viewers were shocked to discover that he had survived it when the ATWT showed two women nursing him back to health on some remote island.

I think it's the makeup tbh. When Giorgi is on the court sans makeup, she looks younger than this.

His character was interesting on Mad Men but that was definitely a supporting character to Christina Hendricks' character Joan, which presented an intriguing dynamic in how many unknowns there were as to the true nature of their relationship. Wolk definitely gives a supporting character type. In those instances, you really need to weave a complex persona and backstory, as well as running story. That's how he'd best work dramatically, imo.

Tennis Twitter can be irascible but sometimes the meme and the replies mix in a hilarious way. The comment that mentioned a one-time quote by Giorgi about how she didn't "watch woman tennis" as the reason why she's hanging out with Lepchenko, because she doesn't realize that Lepchenko is suspended (yet again) for taking a banned substance. Also, why does Giorgi look like she's in her 50s in this picture??!

This series (which got a second season renewal fairly early on) seems to be very popular. The casting, while not perfect, has been very solid, imo. Vernee Watson and Daphne Maxwell Reid are both appearing in the season finale. It would not surprise me if OG "Aunt Viv" makes an appearance in season 2, at some point. And by OG "Aunt Viv", I mean the actress who portrayed her, Janet Hubert.

Ordinary people seem to have little interest in seeing the ordinary on their screens, I guess. And yeah, mayonnaise stories and bland characters ain't gonna cut it these days. Time has moved on but I think Hollywood still has a hard time letting go of those types of characters and stories. This is the same type of thinking that led to many industry folk to label Woody Allen as some type of genius. His stories are usually all about centering bland white guys.

We talked about some of these issues over the course of this pandemic.

It's as fascinating what/who the media does not mention-- Venezuela. Does that mean that they are taking calls from the United States? Or are people not up on this one?

NYC's loss is The Leadership Conference's gain.