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Only recently, did I find out the Melina Kanakaredes' middle name is Eleni! MK speaks fluent Greek so when she'd be murmuring in Greek, it was authentic-- she put so much of herself into that character! I do agree that they had no interest in the character after MK's departure, which is a real shame but had they looked hard enough, perhaps they could have found someone who at least had great chemistry with Frank Dicopoulos. The recast might not have been as perfect as MK but I got the distinct impression that they were going for just another woman, who kind of had ethnic features with long dark hair. They were focused on the wrong aspects. Perhaps they believed that lightning could not have struck twice, so they gave up trying altogether.

"Miss Thing" is exactly right. Speaking of trash people who keep potentially earth-shattering information under wraps, Pfizer should be ashamed not to at least fully pursue the possibilities.

At least TPTB were smart enough to appreciate what they had and actually wrote compelling material for them for a time. Betty Rea, who also did casting for As The World Turns, really know how to pick talent. Sharp and Long not only had wonderful chemistry with each other but they fit seamlessly within the group of college age/early 20s of Bridget (Melissa Hayden), Julie (Jocelyn Seagrave) and Dylan (Morgan Englund). It's a shame it had to come to an end. Glad you enjoyed that episode. I'm on a serious nightly GL binge everybody, and I can't seem to get out of it! I'm watching an episode where Nick McHenry compares Roger Thorpe to Rupert Murdoch. The episode

From what I've read, most people under 30 who live in China, don't know what happened in Tiananmen Square, it's basically been scrubbed from Chinese history. This sounds promising until you read the rest. There truly needs to be a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Speaking of the Grants, I was in the Best Soap Scenes thread and got caught up in David Grant and Kat Speakes and fell down a YouTube rabbit hole with some of these episodes and this one is particularly special because it features some really sweet and charming moments between the two and you guessed it-- Kat's first time. The chemistry between Monti Sharp and Nia Long is just 'off the charts' wonderful here. @Darn @DeeeDeeI wanted to alert you to this episode because it's pretty special.

Soleil Moon-Frye and Cherie Johnson remain close IRL so the show probably could get Cherie on the show as well. They could probably get a good number of the original kid cast to make appearances.

I thought everybody knew that Roland Garros, the French Federation of Tennis are an absolute mess. I mean, look at how they screw their own French players. Also the ITF is also a mess. They use players as a human shield rather than take responsibility. The tennis media promotes it because they revel in chaos and the attention they hope it brings to them. Even when they're wrong they still keep on promoting bogus stories.

Trump's tailor hates him.

Thanks @Errol. EDT: Yay, it looks like it's working for me!

The one time I put my hope in Sloane (I mean the only time) and that bruja fails me! Sis can go kick rocks!

Yeah, most of the people that I have on Ignore, I had all the boxes checked yet I'm still seeing their posts in threads. So add me to that list, lol.

Disgusting, is all that I can say.

Did anyone see this?

That Monfils/Thiem match was the worst of the tournament so far. Lackluster and joyless. No entertainment value whatsoever.

P&G soaps definitely had a fascination with bringing back their most roguish characters back from the 'dead' in the 1980s! I'm always fascinated by the careers of bit players on soaps, especially when soaps were at the height of their popularity, so it has been interesting to see actresses like Bai Ling and Sharon Washington (who played Karen Kennedy, a secretary at Spaulding) have careers that are flourishing. I had no idea that Bai Ling had appeared on GL until binge-watching some 1993 episodes.

Stephanie with Debbie Allen and Eartha Robinson, who also has a bit of a soap connection. Or at least she had been romantically linked with an actor, Russell Wong who was once on a soap.

FWIW, her role on the show wasn't really all that prominent in terms of a speaking role. She was really part of the all important dance sequences. Ironically, I think Stephanie was probably featured a bit more prominently when she was on the show because judging from this photograph, her character had dated Leroy at one time.

Don't know if these B&B promos were posted previously but oh my goodness. This B&B promo that takes place during an episode of Guiding Light is particularly amusing. When the announcer says "Yeah, right!" after Brooke's remark shows that even he's not buying her line.

You didn't know that?! She was a professional dancer before she became an actress. I believe I read that she did a stint in The Wiz. Yeah, both Jasmine Guy and Stephanie E. Williams are professionally trained dancers. Before Victoria, there was Stephanie.

In the British Parliamentary system, being the head of the party doesn't automatically mean becoming Prime Minister when elections come around. With the mess that the Tories have been creating, there's a good chance that the Conservatives could get dumped. Jeremy Corbyn is no prize and Labour have their own issues but their party is not the one that pulled the Brexit rip cord, so they have that going for them. And if things really become as chaotic as they are predicted to get, things will look even worse for the Tories. Some things I've learned from my time living/studying in England is that the Brits really hold onto their traditions and their history and their bitterness. A people who still invoke wartime language when speaking of Germany won't soon forget it if they are brought low by the Brexit aftermath. Speaking of being brought low, I am loathe to make any prognostications about politics (presidential or otherwise) but if Trump gets reelected, the U.S. will definitively be at the end of its time as any sort of world power. The two self-immolations that have happened in front of the White House lawn in the past two months will pale in comparison to what will lay ahead. I'm not prone to exaggerations (I said it was going to be life and death for many if Trump got elected, which has turned out to be the case) and I believe that it will be even more dire for many people.

At first I wondered whether that was Stephanie E. Williams or Eartha Robinson but looking at the face (even though it's a blurry image that goes by fast), I'm convinced that this is Stephanie, and not Eartha, who is doing the Russian Splits alongside Jasmine Guy. Both Eartha and Stephanie did choreography with Debbie Allen.

Yes, it's called a Russian Split. via GIPHY