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Did Cooper croon a looney tune? Now whatever happened to Parcheesi? A neat period feature with some of the women of TP, including Peggy. Chris Isaak and Kyle on location for FWWM from the MTV VMAs. I had no idea they were on-set at the same time.

Wow - Clint Ritchie's name (OLTL) is shown in the opening credits of a fictional "Rick Dalton" Western in the new trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (at 0:16).

Wow - Clint Ritchie's name (OLTL) is shown in the opening credits of a fictional "Rick Dalton" Western in the new trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (at 0:16).

Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino speak fondly of Luke Perry re: his work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

To be clear, the "original plan" is what ended up onscreen: Jessica and Natalie are both Viki's daughters.

This is a surprise:

Nora was talking to Bo on the phone as she got ready to head out to leave town, and asked him to pick up burgers from Rodi's.

From Sheryl and Quincy Jones:

He was a Targaryen. The dragons are loyal only to them. More including an interview with Isaac Hempstead Wright:

I see Jon did in fact leave the Watch and just join the Free Folk with Tormund. That makes me happy. Back to Ygritte's land.

But in fairness, isn't that exactly what a culture of denial is? They sold an image of the closeted actors to the predominantly heterosexual and (often) domestic female audience. They may be in on the real story but that's still selling a product. I absolutely don't think the magazines weren't in the know, but I do think they specifically reinforced a sanitized delusion, just like in the old Hollywood studio system. It was a lie agreed upon and a selling point. I don't condemn anyone for things being as they were, but I am under no illusions about it not being a comfortable fiction willingly sold to an often clueless public.

Additional thoughts: I was very very happy with that last Small Council scene - seeing Bran, Tyrion, Grand Maester Sam, Davos as Master of Ships, and uh, Bronn (well, him getting Highgarden and all the coin he wants makes sense) all strategizing and bickering like a classic Small Council. That fuels many story ideas folks can dream about, I suppose. And Podrick and Brienne looked glorious in their golden armor. I hope Brienne can love again someday. Arya's ending called back to her Queen Christina ship moment at the end of - was it Season 4 or 5? I was happy she got to keep adventuring, but regained her humanity. I think they've done a very good job of that in the last three seasons, after the unspeakably tedious stuff in S4-5 with the Faceless Men. They made a concerted effort to make Arya reclaim her humanity and identity and it paid off. Maisie Williams has done real, visceral work when she could've just leaned on being a fan favorite caricature when people just wanted Arya to be their fanfic queen killing all the bad guys on her list like some idiotic cartoon. Loved the House Stark sails on the ship. I do hope Arya will be back sometime, for her sister and for Gendry. Sansa's arc is obviously not without its issues. She did not need to be raped to evolve, and putting those words in her mouth this season was a mistake. But I think the Sansa of the last three seasons has also been very strong, and human and not a robot or ice queen. And I think Sophie's done great work. Bran being king floored me but makes me happy. I was always a big fan of Bran and his supposedly 'boring' story - I do think it was too jarring an adjustment last year when nothing prior indicated he would 'stop being Brandon Stark', but Isaac played it well. It's probably fanwank but Bran seemed considerably more in touch with his humanity and his final scenes, with a touch more warmth and good humor, especially in the Small Council. Maybe he gains more of a handle on his divided self as he adjusts to being both Bran and the Raven. This season, and the last one are definitely flawed, but especially Seasons 5-6. The last season was quite rushed, this one less so. But it was a mistake IMO not giving both seasons ten episodes, to fully explicate Daenerys' turn more for the skeptics. (I didn't find it in any way OOC or extremely sudden, but I do feel it was a bit rushed.) And I don't buy that Grey Worm/Torgo Nudo (his real name?) would not demand either Tyrion or Jon or both dead. There's absolutely no way the Unsullied and Dothraki would leave Westeros without at least one of their heads. IMO Jon's life should've been the (willing on his part) price for peace in the Six Kingdoms. But, hey, it's a solid finale for me. Jon's ending was bittersweet. I still felt he should've died, but I liked that ending, the hint of a more open society blended from before and beyond the Wall with the free folk. Was he leaving with them? I couldn't tell. And now some interviews, including a few wonderful and very candid ones with Emilia, both different and essential reads. Emilia is so underrated by audiences and critics IMO and did amazing work on this show, often while facing life-threatening illness.

I warned people not to sleep on my boy Bran. That plucky little dude has been my underdog since Season 1.

This is touching:

I missed this from Nora's last GH stint - start of the clip, Nora explains Matthew and Destiny are engaged. (It also seems to be implied that Dani is Nora's paralegal, but a last name and gender aren't mentioned so I'm not buying it. The law is not Dani's scene IMO) Nora also mentions "the Clyde Tuggle case" - as in Billy Clyde Tuggle from AMC.

Thaao is so obvious, lol. He used to have photo spread after photo spread in the soap mags of himself traveling the globe with 'young friends' or 'nephews'. Nic Robuck was barely closeted even when he was on OLTL. People knew about his partner/future husband even then, he wasn't really hiding it at all. I have to assume ABCD was what made him stay schtum.

On the CW show she was a renowned actress who had come back to be a special guest adjunct to the West Beverly drama department or something. Link to Errol's story re: Shannen's remarks.

Oh, jeez.

IIRC the Becky Lee return was originally in '96 or '97 with Victor Browne in the role. Per Michael Malone's plans before he was let go, Drew and Rachel were going to fall in love and Becky Lee was going to turn out to be a bigot against their relationship. This was thankfully kiboshed, but they did turn her into some sort of schemer. The Samuel Ball Drew was later on, and I don't think JFP ever was invested in him. So she killed him off to create sweeps drama.

Because he sucked.

Not that it'll happen either way, but if this was a proper revival I wouldn't keep the CW 90210 in continuity. So there'd be no Kelly having had a kid with Dylan (who was a deadbeat dad) or working at West Beverly. Would she or Brenda* have had a child with Dylan - maybe, but he wouldn't have abandoned the kid. * - it's worth pointing out that for years when Dylan was off the original show they made a point of saying he was back with Brenda. They only went back to Kelly and Dylan when he returned and Brandon was out of the picture. But I have no real dog in that fight. I don't think the audience really cares about Janet so I'd probably have Steve either divorced or keep Lindsay Price off-contract. And yes, having Val back for at least a stint would be a must at some point, even though Jennie has turned her mean girl shít on her these days and Tiffani is busy so who knows if she'd ever agree.