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Andrew was basically Malone's alter ego, IMO. No one wrote him as well and few understood him.

She looks better than she did those last few years overly made up on the show, IMO.

There are tons of quietly right-wing/evangelical types in daytime onscreen, at least. Most of them have always had the good sense to keep it out of the work and out of the stories, which is how I've tolerated it.

I may risk going back again to see it with a larger audience! That's how good it is.

Seriously, why did Stitch do this?

Listen, he'd fit in well at DAYS. I'll let him live.

I'm glad for him.

You set a mandate by firing people. Period.

I figured I might as well make a thread so we can get our reactions in. (Or just me) Saw it today. It's very good, better than even I'd hoped. The music is almost a match for Philip Glass' classic score, and Nia DaCosta (whose debut film, Little Woods, I found just okay) did stunning work as a director, you can see why Marvel immediately called her for Captain Marvel 2 - the horror/kill scenes are a work of art. But the best thing about is the social/class/culture commentary, even more pointed than the original. Some critics, like Angelica Jade Bastien at Vulture (who often hates everything) found it too didactic; I thought it was amazingly layered. Vanessa Williams' return was great - she still looks amazing and was heartbreakingly on point. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's every micro-expression was spellbinding to me. How Bastien can say he did a poor job is beyond me. Teyonah Parris was incredible as well, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett was hysterical and completely different from what he typically plays. Colman Domingo is always stellar. I had a copy of the early Jordan Peele and co. draft. The final film was considerably different from that version, but it wouldn’t have been appropriate to do what that did. A lot of the characters and beats are the same, but in the original script (SPOILERS for the movie): I think this revival was very nearly the equal of the original film, and that's about all I can ask for. Excellent.

ABC needs to start cutting heads if Frank won't do it. This isn't like when you fire a fan favorite and keep your head down and wait for it to blow over.

Erika was very vocal about deciding retirement sucks and stays busy in life after soaps. I love her.

Tomfoolery!

I really need to catch up lol.

Who doesn't love Kasi Lemmons?

Classic Sony. I do not think he is long for his job - the drumbeat is too big.

How high do you have to be for that opinion? I do think Haiduk is very talented and was put in an impossible job and acquitted herself despite very inconsistent writing. I also think it's tacky of them to have Eileen play Kristen on the webseries (IF she is playing Kristen, which remains to be seen) if Haiduk is still employed on the mothership at the same time. That being said, tacky or not, do I think they should have not done this if Eileen was available and willing to play Kristen: Absolutely not. I'm not mad about it because there will forever only be one. The only thing I'd change is they could've done Haiduk the courtesy of dismissing her first.

He sounds like Will Ferrell doing James Lipton on Inside the Actor's Studio!

Oh, dammit. Nader had a lot of rough years IRL, but he never stopped having that class, presence, intensity and above all that voice. I started watching in his and Erica's heyday together, and I never got over him. Even after what he lost to drugs, he came back strong against all odds and a lot of doubts on AMC 2.0 in 2013, and was a very strong part of the new show after so many years and so much grief. That made me so happy then. I'm glad we got to see him one last time, and that he was able to make everyone remember he was the dark prince.

A well-researched piece on the Jeopardy disaster:

The negotiation phase of Politico's mourning begins: