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There’s no telling how long this will be up but someone posted Spacey Unmasked episodes on YouTube.

^^ CZ sorta looks like James Lipton.😂

People used to blame Robert Adamson for Noah not getting storylines but I had repeatedly said that regardless of which actor is cast, the writers never seemed to be able to write an age appropriate story for that character since he reached adulthood. It seems like the writers are incapable of writing for more than one character in any given age group at a time, e.g. if both Noah and Kyle are on the canvas, they can only write adequate stories for one and the writers have obviously chosen Kyle. Similar to how it has always been once Chelsea and Chloe were on the canvas simultaneously.

Hopefully Williams was able to have some involvement in the upcoming revival of Home before he died.

There was a jazz radio station based in NYC called CD 101.9 FM which would play all types of jazz (from big band, to bebop and fusion) and when they would play fusion Sandborn, Chick Correa and George Duke are three names who would get the most mentions on that station. And yes, Spyro Gyra.

We probably discussed this song a few years ago, either in this thread or in a separate thread concerning popular music used on soaps but this song has an interesting history. James Dunne and Pamela Phillips-Oland wrote it and the original version was first performed by Dunne and Tonya Pinkins for the soap, then performed on the show and recorded by Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston. Clive Davis wanted the song included on Whitney’s debut album (which was the 1st album I ever bought and it’s still in my record collection). Anne Murray and a second cousin to Kenny Loggins recorded a country version of the song (apparently released even before Whitney and Jermaine’s version hit the charts) which went to #1. Over the last few years when a soap opera themed podcast has interviewed Tonya, especially when they ask about her time on ATWT, I wished that someone would ask her in depth about having been the first singer to perform the song, in a duet with one of the actual songwriters but the questions never seem to go beyond the superficial and the need to pour some “tea”. It would be interesting to hear from the songwriters on how their song ended up debuting on ATWT.

For all you White Collar fans, Matt Bomer is participating in a Variety FYC Fest in L.A. next month.

OTDIH, many Americans may be unaware that this happened but it did.

I remember reading about this when the story broke. https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/40101063/usta-ordered-pay-9m-player-sexually-abused-coach

Try the Private Message feature to Errol or Toups.

Not to put anyone down but Westerners tend to be narrowly focused on one single cause. I mean people have been consistently slaughtered in Sudan for over a year with little notice by American media or people, with the exception of those communities more directly affected.

Thanks @DRW50I haven’t forgotten about this, hopefully I can watch this before the weekend is over.

Why not present the person with the award while they are still alive, lucid and well enough to take in the love and appreciation? Kimberly Sullivan was likely the last character that Irna Phillips ever created? How can any daytime television programmer with an active brain cell fail to acknowledge this? ATWT was cancelled in 2010, Ms. Hays appeared on the Locher Room during when, 2020? The Emmy people had a full decade in which to present her with an award. To me, that says that the folks who program the Daytime Emmy show want to acknowledge the soaps as little as they could possibly get away with, by only focusing on the ones still on air, with the lion share of the awards show dedicated to “service programming”. 2010-2012 were years that soaps were seemingly going out of fashion and in the following years, once the tributes were over, the Daytime Emmys seemed ready to “turn the page” and “Turn Off The Light” and shine the spotlight on other types of shows, like those service shows. With a brand new daytime soap, perhaps this attitude will change but you can’t recapture what has been lost once human beings pass away.

This is unsettling. https://www.yahoo.com/news/serena-williams-dragged-trump-trial-212628293.html

The Daytime wing of N.A.T.A.S. lacks the sense that God gave to a flea, which is why the show spent years being banished to the HLN wilderness. Can you imagine, if they would have given Kathryn Hays a Liftetime Achievement Award while she was still among us? I bet they could’ve gotten Julianne Moore to present, if they planned it properly and promoted well, that could’ve gotten a bump in ratings too. But now, it’s too late.

They were likely thinking there would be more opportunities to come so perhaps they decided to highlight the three characters that were on the show in the first decade of the series. However, there is no excuse for Kathryn and Larry to be left out of the next class of after Helen, Don and Eileen. And after them, it should have been Colleen and Elizabeth in the following class. Even after the show’s cancellation, it still could’ve been done. Monty Hall got his Daytime Lifetime Achievement Award way after he had retired, so why couldn’t all the ATWT actors? I had been saying this for years.

Hays’ work ages so well because it’s understated. Her naturalistic approach doesn’t date itself like some other performances, she subtly draws in the viewer. It may not have gotten awards (it’s inexcusable that they never awarded her an Emmy for lifetime achievement though) but it certainly gets respect. People are welcome to challenge me on this (well, except for anyone on Ignore in which case I won’t bother to check for your response 😂)but I have often gotten the distinct impression that P&G either lacked interest in or was unable to understand the process of campaigning for their actors when it came to Emmy awards. Maybe they didn’t think it was worth it or thought it was beneath them to campaign on behalf of their actors.

OMG, that last comment from Whoopi!😯🤣🙃

People talk about “quiet quitting”. Apparently, Camila Giorgi has quietly retired. https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/camila-giorgi-silently-walks-away-after-name-appears-on-itia-s-retired-players-list

I read the bills up for consideration today and see that apparently, legislation determining whether a citizenship should be added to the 2030 census and I wonder whether this takes precedent over more urgent business that is already overdue. Sigh.

Even at FDIC??! https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-probe-finds-widespread-sexual-misconduct-fdic-sources-say-2024-05-07/

So I heard that TFG’s defense team requested a mistrial and the judge said no. A mistrial for what? If Daniels offered too much information in her testimony, the judge can simply order it stricken from the record and instruct the jury to disregard.

Whoops, wrong thread.

Also, we don’t need to see religion play out extensively onscreen but I wouldn’t mind seeing family members enter the house after church, dressed in Sunday best getting ready for an elaborately prepared Sunday dinner. Who is invited, who is not, the “the Upstairs/Downstairs aspect with the machinations and conversations going on between the cook and housekeeping staff, could be an interesting view not portrayed in an American daytime soap opera before. It doesn’t need to be a regular thing but maybe an episode around Easter time etc.

Have you tried going to the Support Desk? If not, that should be your first place to post this comment.