DramatistDreamer

With the exception of Haiti, The Dominican Republic (which share an island) and Puerto Rico, most of the Caribbean have relatively low numbers. The only aspect that makes me hold my breath is that many islands are now opening up again to tourists but under strict guidelines that makes me wonder whether tourists will actually want to go through all those hoops, though I believe it is necessary. For instance, every island that is opening up to tourists will require pre-testing and will be tested again. If the test is positive, the tourist(s) will be sent back ASAP. In Cuba, in particular, there will be police guards on shuttles to make sure the tourists are immediately shuttled to their hotels which will be located on 5 "islands" (sandy, low-lying islets off the coast of Cuba) where they will stay at all inclusive resorts, away from the Cuban public which tourist will have no contact with. Of course, they'll be tested and any tourists testing positive will be sent back to the destination from where they departed. I believe that tourists will be tested either at the airport or a location near the airport, that way if the test is positive it will be easier to send them back.

Surprised no one has posted this here.

When OLTL 2.0 was on the web as a TOLN soap, I had this image of Corbin Blue's character being connected to Carla, perhaps her grandson and VR would play his mother but I knew no one in daytime was brave enough to do it. Perhaps if PP hadn't been such a structural mess, the idea might have stood a chance.

I wonder if VR will have guests on her podcasts? If she could get Stephanie E. Williams, Tonya Lee Williams and Tamara Tunie and Tonya Pinkins, etc. to talk about their daytime experiences...that would be a hot ticket! I really want someone to interview those actresses because I don't think anyone's asked them about their experiences in daytime in the last decade or more.

This f*cker. He's the worst (I was going to call him a child but that would be an insult to children everywhere). He has so much blood and death on his hands and all because he can't take one single thing seriously about this damn pandemic. Hell won't have him, at this point. That's how vile he is.

These folks are still out here harassing people? Don't they know how the story is going to end??! Speaking of trash, Has the WaPo always done this type of thing?

Yes, Mary Pierce's father was eventually banned from Tour events. I don't remember whether that also covered Slams, which are governed by the ITF.

NY AG James gets the job done!

Rosemary Prinz was one of the featured players in a virtual production of Tartuffe, part of the Alliance Française co-production of the Molière In The Park series. Alan Locher should try to have Rosemary Prinz on a livestream as it seems like she could have access to the necessary tech to participate.

Rosemary Prinz (Penny Hughes, ATWT) was one of the featured players in a virtual performance of Tartuffe, part of the Molière In The Park series. I will post the link in the As The World Turns thread, if anyone is interested in watching.

When Coco had her initial breakout success, quite a number of people were complaining about what they perceived as the age eligibility rules holding her back. I think the heck not! Those rules are there for a reason. The pro-tennis entities tend to chew up their prodigies and then when disenchantment and burnout happens, those same entities look to point fingers at the players. Donald Young is a prime example of this. It wasn't him crumbling under the weight of expectations as much as it was him pushing back against being constantly told that his parents weren't good enough to be his coaches and that he should dump them--by the way, it was Donald Young Sr. who was coaching Taylor Townsend all during last year when she had her thrilling run in the U.S. Open--then when Young started to show a distinct lack of confidence, instead of seeing how they could help, the USTA was there to snicker and tut-tut about how they were right. Speaking of Townsend, the same USTA did a lot of emotional damage to her psyche but last year, she seemed to have been on the road to finally starting to meet her potential with some confidence. For me, it's too soon to tell which way Coco will end up but she certainly has the talent and the tools to become a great player.

The WTA has the age eligibility rule, which many complain about but is there for a reason. I think the target should be the parents, guardians and the adults. Yes, parents get barred if the behavior is particularly egregious but in a sport where minors are allowed to compete at the highest levels, there should be some resources available for an athlete to turn to if they are being abused by a parent and/or coach. Nothing is 100% fool-proof but not to have anything at all in place is dereliction of duty. Another issue is what constitutes a minor is totally different in Europe than the U.S. Even so, there should be some resources for adults as well, although if an adult doesn't want to take action, there isn't much anyone can do. Not to even try though, is unconscionable.

The question is which tennis association? The ITF? The WTA? Tennis Australia? Tennis has eleventy billion associations, all of them ineffective at pretty much anything.

While I do agree that Dokic's narrative was covered poorly in the media, many journalists seemed to mostly cover how defensive the family appeared to be, the father's statement that he believed they were being discriminated against because of their Serbian identity made any stories accusing him of being an ogre (which he was), practically radioactive as it would be viewed through the lens of xenophobia (which sadly, the British media had a habit of engaging in xenophobic comments). Another problem with stopping abuse in tennis is the fact that players act as independent contractors as there is no players' union. In fact, there appear to be more protections for tournaments than there are for players. It was even worse 20 years ago. You had Damir Dokic and Jim Pierce who were obvious terrors to their daughters, but you also had parents who were seen as aggressive but not abusive, like Peter Graf, Steffi's father. I remember watching a biography of Steffi and one childhood friend, who went pro around the same time as Steffi, recalled Peter Graf slapping Steffi, after Steffi complained that she was tired and didn't want to practice anymore. Then you had Pete Fisher, a dentist and tennis tutor who taught the likes of Pete Sampras and Alexandra Stevenson, who is now a registered sex offender after having served three years in prison for child molestation. By the time I learned about him, it seemed as if it were an open secret. You also had the svengalis who set very bizarre regimens for their pupils (e.g. Patty Schnyder) akin to cult-like mind control, isolation and weird dietary restrictions. Sadly, tennis is rife with abuse of all kinds (racial, psychological, physical, sexual) and part of the problem is a glaring lack of even minimal oversight and protections. One basic step that could have been taken and should have been taken a long time ago is to form a players' union that instituted some protections and protocols for player well-being. If it isn't obvious that this sport needs one, I don't know what it will take.

Yeah, I haven't had cable in about a decade now. Unfortunately, I still know who Van Jones is from the time he bounced out of the Obama administration. I understand that some people just clash but in the years since then he's only become more problematic.

Now that I think about it, those spa scenes with Lily, Emily and Carly isolated and trapped in on space with basically only themselves and one occasional dayplayer probably looks a lot like what might happen in soaps during this pandemic. All the things that we've complained about over the years, about characters never interacting and being in their own bubbles seems like something the remaining daytime soaps might dig in further now.

When I started to read this sentence starting with "The Czech women..." I thought you were going to talk about their history of leading very messy personal lives. I thought Vaidisova was messy but Petra Kvitova beats Nicole by a country mile!

I took it as, they're actresses who wanted to work and they likely had formed a camaraderie on set because they had only each other to work with during that time and probably actually got along. Sometimes that's all it takes to paper over the rest of the dreck. It was really interesting to hear Colleen Zenk talk about those ridiculous Barbara storylines with fondness for years but in her most recent livestream, she discussed why she often talked about it in such glowing terms and it was because she had been going through a lot of upheaval in her personal life and work had become a lifeline, of sorts. She also enjoyed working with Trent Dawson who proved to be highly supportive during a very vulnerable time for her. Listening to her recount all of the traumatic things that had been going on in her life made it very clear, for the first time, why she felt the way she did. Sometimes it's not even about the quality of the work but the fact that the work was there when it was needed the most.

Rallying the troops? Girding for a battle? Or perhaps taking one of their infamous oaths?

Same. I know that it was popular with quite a number of fans that were still watching the show but I really wonder whether it would be as popular if the show had not been, in general, so dreadful by then.

I think ATWT should have written Michael Louden's character "Duke" as having passed away on the show. By the end, the show desperately needed a dose of reality and other than Hal's passing (which was disappointing by writing standards), it really lacked for it, which went against the "grounded" more realistic nature of the show. ATWT was never really a show that had characters running around trying to save the world from a polar freeze or having one character being demonically possessed for like, a year.

We all pretty much know that there is a slim chance that those warrants are enforceable, so it is more likely an act that the Iranian government is carrying out according to their principles. Having said that, there is some sort of psychic release seeing the words arrest and Trump in the same sentence.

How do folks not know about Van Jones?? There is a reason why Obama tossed him out of his administration. FWIW, more follow up on this scandal.