DramatistDreamer

I remember an interview Ryan did a few years ago with Jane Pauley (CBS Sunday Mornings, I think?) and her time on ATWT was mentioned (they showed clips but those could have been edited into the segment in post). She didn't seem particularly fazed by it. She said had very little experience then. In a podcast interview, Scott Bryce told an anecdote about how when Ryan was leaving, he mentioned to Larry Bryggman that he believe she would make it big in movies and Larry had an incredulous expression, because he thought Ryan was very quirky (when quirky was bad, apparently). In the interview last summer, Bryce was like 'Was it right, or was I right?' Marisa Tomei has been very candid about feeling overwhelmed by the rapid pace and little rehearsal time of daytime soaps. The irony is, with all her theater experience, I think she'd be much more capable of handling the pace now.

Seems like Pandora's box has been permanently pried open and it's not just actors showing their intolerance. An Estee Lauder executive just lost his high-salary job after posting some racist and incredibly odd and embarrassingly unfunny meme.

Just proof of just how quickly things can change. Speaking of how things can change quickly, I wonder if that interview that Sam Elliott did (that is getting so much backlash right now) will impact Jane Campion and/or Benedict Cumberbatch? And if so, how much?

The last I heard, he got fined, other than that, I have no idea. On the Svitolina/Ukraine/Russia news. What about the ATP and ITF? In order for the neutral flag idea to work at Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, etc., both Tours need to participate in this.

She looks to be in fine form. It's a pity if the show doesn't get renewed, they may have been a tad too late bringing her in. Sometimes timing is everything.

Speaking of propaganda-

Morgado has taken a brief break from his obsession with Ana Ivanovic to report erroneous information, so I see? Good that Svitolina gave some clarification on her remarks because it was getting around that supposedly she was refusing to play against Russian and Belurusian players, which would sound similar to the refusal of some countries to compete against Israeli athletes (tennis had this own version of this a decade or so ago), which would be discrimination. When you have so-called "journalists" like Morgado spreading misinformation, it sure doesn't help things.

This is a good speech. I giggled when Will Smith mentioned that the Williams/Price family would not put their names on the film until they saw the final cut ("...cuz we do be messin' stuff up sometimes"). Venus looks gorgeous 😍.

Venus at the SAG awards.

As 2022 BHM draws to an unceremonious end, this piece is a reminder that the month is not just a valedictory of all the accomplishments and achievements, but also time for reflection of the struggles and the tragedies born of ignorance and why there is such a need to learn this aspect of history, if we ever hope to break that sad cycle. Reading this, it never left my mind that Trayvon Martin would have been 27 years old. I am left to reflect on what might have been, who he might have become, if given the chance.

Perhaps I might also post this in the Journalism/Media thread but I thought it would get a bit more 'sunlight' in this very active thread. 🙄 Journalists tripping over their own racism.

That's how I had hoped As The World Turns would end.😔

That was my first guess but it will probably be Brooke, in an alcoholic stupor, imagines being choked by Stephanie's ghost.

First Wonder Woman, now Catwoman/Batman. Could Been be getting some Marvel side money?

The shade of it all made me cackle.

Wow, you know he's one of the people who crossed my mind (along with Oksana Baiul) today? It never crossed my mind, however, that he would actually be in Ukraine right now! I hope he and his loved ones stay safe.

Considering the trauma she went through at the beginning of the pandemic, it's a good sign that she is not carrying those feelings into this diagnosis, but this time, at least she has the protection of vaccination.

This is incredible.

Interesting article, expressing so much of what I had been thinking about how the Russian people viewed Putin during Crimea vs how they view him now: so many are in shock over the man they thought they knew (but was likely there all along). When I lived in NYC, I went to a Ukrainian restaurant at least once and it struck me, the number of Russians who had eaten there regularly. There are even a number of Russians who concede that borscht is of Ukrainian origin, though they both love it, it just goes to show what I have felt since the beginning of this emerging conflict between governments- ordinary Russian people do not want this war, as they view Ukrainians as kinfolk. That is why we are finally seeing large crowds out in the streets.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was always the frontrunner for that SCOTUS nomination. She once clerked for retiring justice Breyer. Good luck to her in the Senate confirmation hearings. I hope the process will not be nearly as contentious as some have contended. Hopefully there will be enough votes for, at the very least, VP Harris to cast the deciding vote. Who know? Maybe Murkowski and wishy-washy Collins might want to make a nod toward history, in a good way. EDT: I meant "Who knows?" Geez!

Hasn't Vesely beaten him before? Seems like that's the only time Vesely emerges is to beat Djokovic.

Don't forget though that Putin had the tacit approval of a number of Russians who either agreed with his stance on Crimea or just didn't say anything, believing the issue not worth fighting about. Perhaps their opinions were really the only ones that Putin actually cared about to begin with, that he had enough tacit approval of Russia to "swing" the next election. Putin sort of set the bar for the leaders of many Eastern countries being indifferent to what the West really thinks and how they see them. I genuinely believe that Putin doesn't care what the West thinks, I doubt he ever did. Negotiations and summit appearances were a mere tool to him, to either stall or try to maneuver a way to get closer to what he wanted. For the past five years, the West has paid and continues to pay minimal attention to the African continent but Putin does. Read on Russia's activities in the Congo. And even parts of West Africa, in countries where the leadership leans autocratic, but weak.