DramatistDreamer

Speaking of singers and singing on ATWT, I recently read that Emmy Rossum (Phantom of The Opera, Shameless) played the first Abigail Williams/Snyder on the show. I don't remember this but again, I was on and off with the show in the 90s. The dates listed for her are confusing, depending on the source. Does anyone know what dates she was on the show, exactly? Or better yet, are there any clips of her as Abigail uploaded on YouTube?

When I read an article about this, I thought it was some odd satire but sadly, I see that it really happened. Bizarre to have a man in the WH who behaves as if he believes that he is always on the set of some reality television show.

Why was Tulsi Gabbard even still there?! Tom Steyer is simply taking up space to continue his vanity campaign when I believe he could be far more effective tackling some critical issue from his base, like the fact that legitimate, very active voters in Ohio are being kicked off the voter rolls, or even agitating the impeachment issue on his own, as he did in the past before he decided to launch this campaign. I hope that the number of candidates is whittled down by the next debate and that other broadcasters besides CNN and NBC will provide the debate platform going forward. I suspect PBS will come in later once they know they can have a more constructive, focused debate with fewer candidates. I was able to watch via CNN's website, although I don't subscribe to cable but these debates need to be more accessible to even those without Internet access (believe it or not, there are still people out there who don't have reliable access) or cable. And CNN always seems to neglect the very same set of questions each and every time they conduct these debates.

This!

That was before I was born, perhaps someone knowledgeable about Kim's early history can answer that specific question. I have seen episodes from a few years late in '79 and she was definitely not singing. I even think that at one point, in the very early 1980s, when she was married to Nick Andropoulous, they were running a Greek restaurant together in the episodes that I saw. I also remember Kim doing some "volunteer-ish" type of work, helping Barbara and Lisa out at the boutique for a costume ball, etc. I think until the mid '80s, Kim was a kind of floater, not really deep in any one specific career. I also remember that, around '86, there was a bit of a power struggle between Bob and Kim over her desire to work outside of the home. Bob thought she should've been satisfied with being a wife and mother and Kim wanted a career. When Lucinda, with John's approval (plotting with John who wanted full custody of Andy and thought a job would distract Kim, making her vulnerable in any custody battle) decided to offer a plum position hosting a talk show on WOAK, it proved to be an offer that Kim couldn't resist. The most I remember was that wedding reception duet between Bob and Kim and we heard Kim's recorded voice during the stalking/Doug Cummings murder mystery.

You're probably right. It's been so long ago that I don't remember the details but the Chelsea character seemed out of place with the Reardons to me. Chelsea seemed closer to a Southern belle in the midst of the Midwestern working-middle class Reardsons. Just didn't fit.

I'm not sure whether you mean characters who sing or singers who appear on the show but I don't entirely agree with you. ATWT did fairly well with (very) sparingly use of singing in the 1980s. Whitney Houston & Jermaine Jackson launched a hit while on the show and future Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins sang some beautiful solos while on the show as Heather Dalton. Even the thriller mystery surrounding Kim Hughes (Kathryn Hays) that used her backstory as a lounge singer as a the means to get into a stalking then murder/mystery story was done incredibly well. I think that the show used it more effectively in the 1980s which was the right thing to do for the world of the show but became heavy handed in the next decade.

Ugh.

Oh, I remember Chelsea Reardon singing on GL. It seemed very odd and out of place then too.

Whew, thank goodness I missed those parts! Like I said, I was on and off with ATWT from the 90s onward. Although, again ,by spring of 1993, Marland was gone. I suspect that the constant singing was filler by a writing team that needed to buy more time after a sudden death. JMO.

To be honest, I don't remember Bryne singing until the mid 90s, around 94 (although I had dropped out of watching ATWT regularly for a few years during the 90s). Wasn't Marland basically dead by then?

Just another day in Bizarro-land.

Is Kei not still being coached by Michael Chang? This is not generating as much conversation as last year's ATP stars but I wonder whether there might be some maneuvering behind the scenes to change the minds of these players. Just as I said last year, nothing about this sounds good.

Many people said that Harris was getting too far ahead of herself on impeachment, but she turned out to be right (funny how quickly people are willing to dismiss the words of a former prosecutor regarding matters on the law). Harris made some salient remarks with passion, which sad but unsurprisingly were overlooked. This thread is worth a watch. I don't know whether the rest of America will catch up with Harris in time, perhaps she truly is too far ahead for this country.

The woman in the first photo is definitely Lisa Loring who played Cricket Montgomery, Margo and Craig's sister. I haven't seen that episode in years so I'm not sure about the other two. Were there no closing credits?

It should be clear to all but the dumbest Trump supporter why Putin chose to help rig the election in favor of Trump.

Yeah, I read that original article (at another platform other than the NYT) and it was basically that infighting between two of Trump's staff members (Mulvaney and Cippollone) ended up botching the rollout. The other aspect is that because Gowdy is still under lobbying restrictions until January (which, shocker, nobody checked), by the time he could be added to the legal team, the impeachment inquiry may very well have been decided. Brilliant guys, huh?

The E.U. already has Boris Johnson over a barrel, as he has been discovered to be going to the E.U. with his tail between his legs in secret (or what was supposed to be a secret) application for extension, which he vehemently claimed he'd never do in public. No doubt, the E.U. is invigorated and girding for a fight with Trump. They seemingly have plenty of energy to spar with Trump, who has been provoking Germany, France and other E.U. countries.

Trump will want to paint this as a "win" but in reality, China (which has other pressing battles to face) is facing pressure on their imports from India, a country with a population comparable to China and larger than the U.S. Both countries are desperate for a truce as both have a sh*tload of domestic and diplomatic problems in which to contend.

As a candidate, as a Senator, as one of the highest ranked black women politicians, she'll still be relevant regardless.

I don't get my knickers in a twist like other tennis fans when I see players exhorting themselves because I know it's likely that the player is desperately trying to pump themselves up and summon up some courage. People were seemingly put out when Monfils was trying to pump himself up during his QF against Berrettini but anyone who has paid attention to Monfils' career knows that he gets very nervous at times of high stress in a match and he was trying to alleviate the stress, but people insist on falling back on assumptions and stereotypes. I do think that Zverev, even as he tries to exhort himself, it often seems like it's not coming from a genuine place--just kind of like he doesn't truly believe but it sort of looks cool. If that is the case, he just kind of wasting his energy. It's just aggravating when I see people policing people's behavior at every turn. If he's doing something worth a warning, a point penalty or a fine, by all means he should face consequences. Otherwise, leave it alone, let the players be themselves a bit more. It's tiring to see so much nitpicking sometimes.

Things have descended into chaos at lightning speed.

What policy though?