BetterForgotten

Yes, and Shania is the only women to have 3 diamond certified albums - The Woman In Me (1995), Come On Over (1997) and Up! (2002) (I guess 4 if you consider that COO is double diamond). In UP!'s case, it was a counted as a double album (since she had one that was a pop mix and one that was a more country mix), so the sales counted twice when it was certified by the RIAA. Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and Britney Spears each have two diamond certified albums.

Her entire career has been built on trying to follow the same template Twain masterfully did in the late 90's. But I do think Taylor had more of a reputation in the country scene/Nashville than Shania ever did. Shania was always an outsider in Nashville, and country music purists always detested her, so she had nothing to lose by doing more pop oriented material (thanks of course to her then husband Robert "Mutt" Lange of course). Taylor, on the other hand, has built the entire foundation of her career in Nashville, first as a songwriter and then as an actualized artist. So possibly alienating that section of her base is a potentially risky move. Taylor's success is really only concentrated in America though. Though she's toured Europe and other parts of the world, she's NEVER had the same following internationally that she has in the US/Canada. I wonder if her more pop leanings are an attempt to make her a more global star. Shania at her peak was a GLOBAL star. Her 1997 album, Come On Over, isn't just classified as the best selling country album ever, it's the best selling album for a FEMALE ARTIST EVER, in both the US AND WORLDWIDE.

I must say, I like that she asked someone from the golden age of music videos, Mark Romanek, to direct her video. He's done great stuff for Madonna, En Vogue, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, and Fiona Apple to name a few.

I still don't understand how AW could be blamed for SB not being a ratings success, but oh well. Plans must have changed when Generations was a failure in itself. Poor AW, it was the bastard child for both P&G and NBC it seems, at least from the 80's onward.

I wonder what she did to make Beyonce even consider appearing on the same track as her. She's been begging Beyonce and thirsty for a collaboration for years now.

Perhaps, but Sharon didn't go to school with Michelle and the others though, right? They were just childhood friends that grew up together in Walford.

Wasn't it said during that time that Sharon went to public school with Tom and the others? That couldn't have been true as Sharon went to private school on-screen at least.

Tom was a retconned character that was Sharon's love interest soon after she returned in the early 00's. He was given a false backstory of having grown up with Sharon, Ian, and Mark Fowler, even though the character never existed in the 80's. There was some type of quick love triangle with Sharon, Phil, and Tom, but it really didn't go anywhere. He was only on the show was for like 6 months, and was one was the first character axed when Louise Berridge became EP in 2002. He obviously died in the fire Little Mo and Tremor set in their final standoff. Aw, memouries, I miss those days.

Looks like they're burning down the Slater house again: http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/eastenders-spoilers-another-fire-will-leave-least-one-slater-family-member-fighting-life-video/

Kat and Anthony were nice until the whole thing with Zoe. I never liked those two sharing men, it was a bit revolting, but they do still have chemistry. They are clearly trying to reboot Sharon back to 1995. She even had the same hairstyle last night as the one she had when she left Grant and the show in 1995.

Camptastic:

American debut? Didn't Oxygen air the show (like 6 years behind) for like 3 minutes back in the early 00's?

Patsy was totally right when she said Bianca had run her course as a character. It's really time she leaves as they keep giving her the same damn story over and over again. I don't think the show is in a good place at all right now, everything seems to be falling apart.

I didn't know where else to put this, but I stumbled upon a local article from a North Carolina publication that was published a few months ago where they interviewed Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest (most famous for being HW's of GL). Anyway, Nancy says she was offered the HW position at GH in 1996. I assume this was to replace the Labine's, but she declined (even though, apparently, she was consulting for GH and AMC in 1995) due to being pregnant with her third child. Anyway, I wonder how different the show would have turned out, we may never have gotten Guza at all. Does anyone remember anyone else being mentioned in the press at the time as possible replacements for the Labine's? It interesting that ABC apparently wanted Curlee, but went with Guza (paired with Karen Harris) when they couldn't get her. Or it could have been they wanted Curlee to replace Guza (as Guza left in late 1996 to do Sunset Beach), but no idea on the timing... http://www.newsoforange.com/news/article_471ac8fa-681a-11e3-abf7-0019bb2963f4.html

God, both Ben Hardy and Matt DiAngelo are such bad actors. Hardy is way too hammy and overdone, and DiAngelo is so stiff.

Oh, so I guess the surprise was Rainie returning.... Nothing against the actress (who is wonderful) and character, but this isn't a surprise to promote on Twitter...

DTC is promising another "surprise" in tonight's episode. If this is Carter related, I have absolutely no f.ucking interest. https://twitter.com/dominictc/status/478434864283521024

It's cool, I wouldn't have been offended, lol. It seemed like the show really hit its stride with the 3 episode a week format, and just couldn't sustain the same quality with 4 episodes. I wonder if the BBC ever regrets the decision to go to the 4 episodes format (which albeit, was initially successful when the first Friday episode in 2001 beat Corrie in a highly publicized timeslot clash).

1994 episode with the car lot fire. I loved Pat telling Carol, "I know you, you've had more traffic through you than a black wall tunnel." The era just before and after Sharongate seemed like a really strong period for the show. But look at that ridiculous hat on Natalie, despite that, I've always had a soft spot for Lucy Speed/Natalie.

As expected, Sharon's attack looks to be all about Shirley and her confessing her love for Phil I can't believe we're at the point where Sharon (an original character!) is being used as an interloper to Phil and Shirley's supposedly great love. The Carter family and Shirley propping has got to end. I hope the next producer dismantles this entire family and kills Shirley violently.

New Sharon promo:

The Millers were entirely forgettable and such a bad attempt to cash in on Shameless and the chav lifestyle. Sometimes I used to think the show had an unwarranted backlash from 2004-2006, and then I watch some of the episodes from those years, and I can see why the press tore it shreds and why the ratings fell. It's still amazing to think about how popular and lauded the show was during the 1998-2002 era, and then it all suddenly fell to pieces in the mid 00's.