DramatistDreamer

There just aren't any words to describe this time we are all living in.

Mannarino can surprise folks sometimes. I don't know how he'll do in the next round but, if he's feeling good, he could give Rafa a match. I'm still thinking about how much stock I want to buy in Karatsev, I will need to see more of what he can do in major tournaments over time before making any judgements. He knows the potential. Before she got derailed by injury, her father's death and COVID, Anisimova was on a really strong and winning trajectory.

Oh man, Meatloaf R.I.P.

I don't know why people are so shocked that Amanda Anisimova could win that match. As much as I love Naomi, based on what Anisimova has gone through in the last couple years, I knew Amanda would be hungry and based on how she handled Bencic, I knew Anisimova would be confident and coming to win. I don't do draw sheets or predictions but, at the very least, I knew Osaka would have a fight on her hands with Anisimova.

What an egregious set of acts committed over such a long period of time. Truly awful.

That "Siuuu" chant is so Stiuuupid!

Oof!

Being in the midst of watching B&B: From The Beginning, I'm seeing a number of minor characters portrayed by actors that make me wonder whatever happened to them? For instance: Stacey (the character and the actress' first name) from Griffey's diner, where Rocco Carnet and later, Donna Logan worked. Also, every Black character on early B&B, like -Valerie, the Art Director for Eye On Fashion magazine, played by Michelle Lamar Richards. -Fawn The Fit Model at Forrester Creations. *Apparently, I have found her, she is Stephanie Cumberland* https://www.presenting-you.com/about-stephanie-cumberland/ -There was another Black woman at FC, I think she may have been an Admin or Executive Assistant? I think the character might have been named Vivian? An actress name Angelique De Windt played Vivian, but I am not even sure this is the character who worked at Forrester. Apparently, De Windy runs a company called B. Loved Productions? I just saw this and am trying to read about what they do. https://www.blovedentertainment.com/education

For the majority of her run, Dolan experienced a very different ATWT than Colin and HBS. Similar to how vastly different Amanda Seyfried views her experience as a young actress on ATWT from say, Martha Byrne or Julianne Moore. It was a different show. Ellen may have begun her run under a Marland pen, but things had already begun to change (as Laurence Caso was the Exec. Producer by then) and would drastically change by the mid 1990s. In the end, she spent many more years in a completely different environment from the one in the 1980s where Colin and HBS performed. Nothing against the movie, as I enjoyed it, but it was the aspect of asking more about her time on the movie than the reason why most people would tune in for the reunion livestream, because let's face it, no exclusive movie fans would tune into this YT livestream in the first place. By the way, how many views did this video get? I guess I could check myself.

Tennis journalists like Ben need to keep on Tiley to get him to answer these questions and then sports journalists need to succeed the tennis journalists, and then the mainstream journalists after that. The people in charge of this sport are doing a grave disservice to the people who follow and support this sport. Speaking of which, are these folks greedy or what?!

That goes to show how much I remember her- I don't even think about her anymore.

ESPN seems to be making an especial effort in making it that much harder for fans to see and enjoy tennis. They get worse every year.

Machine, Sinema, Tim Scott. Such horrible humans. Republicans, well, they're a given, but those Senators mentioned above pretend to be principled but they're not and now they can't hide it as they've been attempting to.

Thanks @Faulkner. When Virgil Abloh passed away, it was an almost non-stop Twitter stream on the Vogue account. It will be interesting to see if Vogue will do more today and in the coming days to memorialize ALT.

Speaking of voting rights law inaction and self-described moderates getting in the way, This was has been trending topic today-

To read see ALT in his interviews about his memoirs in his final years, to see how forlorn he sometimes appeared, even amidst the bravado, it made for such a contrast of having seen him out and about in NYC over a dozen years ago. May he now find some rest. Has Vogue formed a response yet?

Chris Bernau definitely did so much for that character- he was that good. When you see what came after, it was obvious how much of a factor Bernau had been in that character's success.

He's no longer blogging but if you're on social media, maybe see if you can message Roger Newcomb. He used to run the We Love Soaps blog, which was a wonderful source of information. The blog isn't really active these days but it's still up and I believe Newcomb is on Twitter and likely Facebook, there's even a YouTube page. Good luck, in any case.

Oh no! Keep the faith, this genre has some long living folks. (Although, sometimes I do fear that this pandemic could be having a deleterious impact on some, who might be have been more active in prepandemic times). Have you thought of reaching out to one of those soap history bloggers on social media? Sadly, the We Love Soaps blog seems all but completely inactive at this point but they may have a contact E-mail or something.

Wow, that's a relief and what are the chances of two Ted Tinlings on EON?! Also, just realizing that auto correct is misspelling Tinling. Still, tennis and soap actor Ted Tinling did have a fascinating life. Postumously, He was discovered to have once been a spy! Hope someone can connect you to the alive actor Ted Tinling.

Sorry to tell you this but Ted Tingling died years ago. Tingling was a well known designer of tennis dresses for some very esteemed tennis players, many, if not all were inducted into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame. Tingling himself was inducted into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame as a contributor. He had quite an interesting life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Tinling

I was shocked when I saw her in the draw. I thought she was still on her honeymoon. I wasn't expecting much, tbh. Raducanu decided to move her feet in this match.

What could have been. Probably because by the time I began to watch GL for the first time, Hope Bauer had already left the canvas, I never thought about her coming back after Maureen's death but it would have made perfect sense for so many reasons! With Alan-Michael still on the canvas, Hope would have added a very interesting dynamic. I did get the sense that by the mid 90s that the show seemed anxious to move away from the classic soap matriarch, which was a big mistake for a show like GL.

Even with all the noise and chaos of ever changing protocols, etc., this needs attention. The United States prison system continues to be a travesty.

Glad that I never got onto his work. For years, I felt odd about not having seen Buffy (I had only seen the movie) and I never saw Firefly. I only have a marginal understanding of who he is (in my defense, I'm a theater person) but now I'm not sorry to be unfamiliar with him or his work. He sounds like genuine trash.