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A warning that this report may be triggering, so please keep this in mind, as to whether you want to listen to the details included in this summary of court room testimony. Also of note, the first man to accuse Kelly of sexual abuse came forward to present testimony several days ago.

No worries, @Faulkner I'm passionate but I don't take these things personally... anymore, lol. When the WS' on court careers were at their heights, it was a different story, lol. For me, it's the media's infantilism of Novak, as if he is someone who lacks agency. I realize that they are grasping for any type of narrative that feels familiar, since, with so many of the players they usually talk about ad nauseam aren't here, they can't access the usual storylines (as tired as those ones were), and they are fearful of exploring the Zverev, Basilashvili and DV aspects, so they jump on the same trope. It's probably making me a bit cantankerous because it's just tired. It's not going to impact Djokovic's on court goals in any way, it never has.

Something to do, other than each other? Kidding.

The irony of people speaking of Afghan women and their dystopian future with pity when Roe v. Wade has been in peril for years.

And so did Roberta Vinci, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands several rounds before her. I remember, lol. There was plenty of cheering for her opponents.

Sorry but not even remotely the same thing. Serena is American, the USO is her "home" tournament. That would be like Novak not getting any regard in Serbia. By the way, Venus got some of that same low-key hostile reception at the USO (it's pretty obvious why). In a match against Mauresmo, Martina Navratilova once remarked how strange it was to her that the spectators appeared to be cheering for the Frenchwoman over the American (Venus). When the Williams went to other countries to play they often got high-key hostile receptions but it wasn't talked about. Both were booed in Paris. There was the one time Serena broke down during her match against Henin. Other than that, you didn't hear them whine about it, and the press and commentators certainly never pondered it the way they did with Novak. Serena got support because all the Great White Hopes that the tennis media had hoped would supplant her (including Sharapova) never did. People comparing Novak to Serena, someone who got actual death threats seems tiresome and disingenuous. So what if the NYC crowd doesn't like him. He's beloved in Serbia, nobody's pouring out racist vitriol about him in his home country, isn't that what counts? EDT: The Isner-Monfils match doesn't compare, any more than the Novak in NYC situation. Isn't has never been close to being #1. Both Williams Sisters had already been #1s and brought in massive television ratings, so much so that CBS made their first final a prime-time match but they were still getting hostility and poor court assignments pretty deep in their careers.

Yes, I dug up this post because I knew Welteroth wouldn't stay for long. She's had a respectable career, why would she throw away what she'd worked so hard to build?

If only Steve Kent were next, but that would mean Sony actually cared about Y&R.

Apparently, Stefanos dragged Novak into the whole kerfuffle, saying he learned to take strategic bathroom breaks from Djokovic.😂

Is Aga still getting fillers? She looks much older than the last time I saw her.

Not to make this an East Coast soaps vs. West Coast soaps thing, but I have noticed that many of the actresses who have had noticeable work done have been on West Coast based soaps. Many of the actresses, especially those over 40s have been allowing themselves to age more gracefully. Of course, they care and take care of themselves but they seem more likely to still resemble themselves, just a bit older than when we last saw them, rather than drastic, unrecognizable changes.

I agree. If he doesn't do right by Days, the fans will likely savage him but that's none of my concern.

Considering the fact that perennial fu*ck ups like JG get multiple chances to screw up soaps, why should Giddens get any less of an opportunity, lol? That's not love, not from me, it's not. It's just the current reality of the situation. Very few writers actually want to write for these soaps these days. At least it's somebody who hasn't been on the soap merry go round for decades and ruining shows.🤷🏾‍♀️

What personalities are they working with??? The ones who win the most lack them and the ones who do have attractive personalities don't consistently win enough. Also, matches are not being televised on regular broadcast television nearly enough, so people have to make efforts to actually find these matches (assuming they want to pay for TC, TC+, ESPN, ESPN+. Not enough people want to pay for all these subscriptions strictly to watch tennis when they can subscribe to Disney+ and HBO Max and Netflix and get first run movies that everyone is talking about. Tennis folks just don't get how any of this works. When you imply that one of your most attention-grabbing players is lazy, how will that draw view new viewers? Nothing against a player who just puts her head down and "goes to work" and plays matches, but how does this draw in viewers? Folks forget that sports are supposed to be entertainment. Yes, tennis needs to promote players other than stars, but let's be real, in the early days of their career, nobody was promoting Venus and Serena except their father, Richard Williams. Only hardcore tennis fans knew who Roger Federer was until he upset Pete Sampras at Wimbledon. And most people outside tennis knew little about Rafael Nadal until that long+@ss match where he beat Federer at Wimbledon in darkness, with only television cameras to light the courts. Tennis matches need to be back on regular television where you can watch a match with a regular ole' antenna, even a half dozen matches per year on CBS, NBC and ABC could make a big difference. When even PGA/LPGA has more matches on CBS than tennis, you know there's a problem.

Oof, couldn't be me.😩😬 BJ was such a forgettable character. Although I was too young to really 'take in' the stories before 1983-ish, familiarizing myself with some 1981 characters via YouTube (what little there is from that era) over the past few years, the closest I can think of the 2005 era-type character where a BJ could exist is the era where a Brad Hollister existed, and even Brad was anchored to other ATWT characteristics who were actually worth watching.

Speaking of getting crushed... US Open not doing well with admissions. Ticket prices are rock bottom, as low as $6!! After a year of no spectators allowed, I guess it's not exactly a stampede for seats. US Open better start preparing for the next phase of the ATP/WTA Tours without the mega-stars that guarantee butts in seats.

She really looks great. As glam as Lisa is, Eileen is very down to earth. Beautiful. As for the last several years of that show, y'all know how I feel...that show wasn't even As The World Turns, more like the show formerly known as...

Ugh, Lee Scratch Perry and Ed Asner gone before yesterday afternoon!😔 Venturing into this In Memoriam thread can sometimes break your heart.

These soaps and their production companies should be embarrassed at what is going on at GH. No self-respecting organization or company that requires its workers to be in such close proximity in a daily basis would allow this. Especially one supposedly back by such a large corporation as Disney. How does a company insure such people? Anyway, This response seems spot on for such occasions as this.

ITA.

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Same. Just this morning, I read this article.

He's got many followers and his tweets tend to get trends going.

Listen, that's cool for Jamey!

"Victor Newman" is trending y'all!