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An absolute legend, and a huge part of my childhood. RIP.

Madonna seems in considerably better voice (and face) than I've seen her in a long time on this new tour. I wasn't sure if it would be like a snuff film based on what I'd seen of her lately, frankly. Her voice is never going to be what it was but it's seemingly improved from recent lows (as has her plastic surgery).

Suzanne Somers was just always there on TV to me. I thought she was immortal at this point. What a shame.

Lord, I forgot about Jed Allan's Edward.

My first and best memory of her will always be the great Catherine Martell of Twin Peaks. Rumors abounded about Piper almost making an appearance in Season 3 but passing due to the very secretive and very sudden call schedule on that project, but she always remained very fond and complimentary of the show to the end. I wish she'd done it after all.

RIP Piper Laurie.

The great Piper Laurie has passed away.

IIRC, Tracy was instrumental in driving Rena's Lois out of town and out of Ned's life in '96, when she came back and made her life hell. They clashed over Ned, everything blew up and both characters left town within days of each other. Lesli Kay's Lois and Tracy did overlap in the 2000s but I assume their scenes were minimal. I have no idea if they shared any at all but NuLois was a C-level character at that time.

Priscilla Presley is featured in this brief BTS video for Sofia Coppola's new film about her life with Elvis: I have had very little time for Priscilla as Jenna on the show (or in her diabolical guest stint on Melrose Place), but I'll always be very fond of her because of the Naked Gun films.

I think with Sarah's original Carly, the relationship was more complex as well. Tamara's Carly who became the full blown mob queen, that changed for me (and I liked Tamara). I think his relationship with Brenda was also complicated and volatile well into middle age, something I only appreciated much more once they were both much older.

How many days is Lois on this week? Asking for a friend.

The Fifteenth Doctor's theme:

To paraphrase the comedy classic "What About Bob?", burn in hell, David Gregory!

Wow:

LMAO! Same.

New theme: Who is already deep into filming Series 15. Nice to see RTD does not intend to resume the long Chibnall gap years.

Trying to keep this thread completely abreast with the unspeakable horrors in Israel and Gaza seems counterproductive; we're all probably doing that solo. So I'll stick to what I'm good at: Dunking on Jake Sherman.

Legendary comics creator Keith Giffen has died. Giffen is known best for his classic work on my beloved Legion of Super-Heroes and his irreverent, fun revival of the Justice League in the late '80s, as well as co-creating Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy, Lobo, Ambush Bug and many other characters and books. But I grew up with, and loved best, his controversial late '80s revamp of the OG Legion in 1989, the "Five Years Later" Legion, which was basically thirtysomething in space with a bold new art style, formal/panel experimentation, no uniforms or codenames and a lot of controversial changes, where the teenage superheroes had grown up, gotten old and tired, facing down a corrupt universe that had left them behind. It was both of a piece with the deconstructionist movement of the period in comics yet also way ahead of its time progressively; a mature, epic saga, it's only been more appreciated in recent times.

I don't remember either. It did happen ludicrously quickly. It seemed fine when Sabrina and Felix arrived on the scene. IIRC Deception had spa/wellness elements back in the day at some point? But yeah, I also thought it was odd. And yes, Ron and Frank's fixation on Milo mirrored their fixation on other ill-equipped hunks on every show they've each been at (including Nathan at GH).

She did. Lucy was supposedly very successful with CoeCoe Cosmetics when Sabrina and Felix found her in NYC(?). Big glam office. Things being Ron Carlivati though, CoeCoe went under in record time and Lucy was back in PC for good. And ofc Ron's Deception spa story (with Milo as the Face of Deception! ugh!) never happened because Genie quit when Frank tried to make her take recurring. I don't think it ever opened, as far as we know anyway.

I've been wondering that myself. This was in fall '03, deep in Malone's mad second run. Flash/Sarah, possibly? But she would've been aged up slightly from Shanelle Workman.

Kelly Monaco has an interesting new anniversary interview up. I've enjoyed Kelly as Sam sometimes, but it's baffling that she (like so many other played-out characters) is now marking 20 years at the show with LW not far behind.

Kelly Monaco has (somehow) marked 20 years on GH and has a new interview out. This tidbit is buried in there:

He got so old in the last few years since COVID! Real fast. Kelly Monaco too.

I mentioned it when the cast list first became public, but E.J. Bonilla (Rafe, GL) is in the truly unfortunate The Exorcist: Believer.