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I also really liked BMH as Joey. His initial re-introduction as a handsome mystery man in the first days of February '03 was brilliantly done and made Joey a presence again. Hall was very green but had real soul and pathos and even a bit of authority in his role as a curate and with his family, I felt. He clicked with Melissa, Bree, Erika and Dan Gauthier. It was sticking him in a truly horrible love triangle with Jessica Morris and Joey's cousin (Flash) that screwed him. I think Malone and Griffith had intended to use bringing Joey (and later Kevin, the cynical, calculating mini-tycoon, his counterpoint) and the girls all back to Viki at once as bringing the show's heart back. But so many of their stories were a disaster.

IIRC they tried to go the Scott DeFreitas/Brian Bloom approach with Chris McKenna at first, and tested him with Reiko Aylesworth's Rebecca in '93. I remember those scenes. They then clearly concluded he was too young and SORASed. He did look (and was) very young. The adult and very handsome McKenna would never have gotten on Brian Frons' (or Frank Valentini's) short list, even seven years ago - not a typical soap hunk, too old. Shortly thereafter I believe he turned up on Y&R and his look has always been very versatile, as I said earlier, between younger and older - but his type is just not what ABCD or Valentini's OLTL was remotely interested in.

Rudy's excellent on Twitter:

He seems to vary wildly between looking absolutely tore up with premature age and/or bloated, and getting it together. But he seems to be doing better career-wise. I dunno. He doesn't look as bad as he did a few years ago, that's for sure.

Speaking of Jesse McCartney, last time I saw him he'd aged like milk. Transitory boyband fame had left him looking rough on Fear the Walking Dead - like, he could've feasibly taken the JR role back from Jacob Young. Hope he's doing better.

I did not recognize Tommy Michaels. Wow. I had it bad for him when I was a kid, too.

More apologia from Jared and Ivanka printed from them by Maggie Haberman, but the delicious takeaway here is the lede. Trump sours on the Boy Adventurer:

I personally thought the Father Joe thing was very apt for Joey - becoming Andrew's soulful successor. I thought it made a lot of sense for the character. I probably wouldn't still have Joey in the priesthood but I would have his connection to the faith and Andrew still be a major part of the character and his background going forward - like why he left the church.

Yes, and the fringe church seems very sketchy.

Not sure who the lady in red is on the OLTL side. McKenna's look seems to vary based on what show he is doing. He can look younger and older but he stays busy. I'd still have him back as Father Joe!

I also never accepted Bree, or the DID story. I just really hope Melissa Archer is making good choices, based on some of what I've seen and heard. I never had to worry about her until recently. Mia Korf has not aged. Karen Witter looks good. Kirk Geiger looks homeless. Tom Degnan got old very fast. Very classy of Nathan and Josh Kelly to show, given their continuing outside careers. Chris McKenna with Erin and the still-terrifying Kirk Geiger:

Illeana Douglas has always been semi-protected due to her long and public association with Martin Scorsese. But she didn't become as big as she could've because of stories like this. I'd actually gained a bit of respect for Julie Chen given some of the topics she and the other women on The Talk discuss - I had no illusions about her being married to the boss, but she came off as less of a Stepford/trophy wife than I previously gave her credit for. I don't condone what she's said, but I also imagine she and many at CBS are now in impossible positions. Regardless, Moonves has had this coming a long time.

Barbara Crampton (Y&R) has been having a big resurgence in horror film for the last decade. Vulture profiles her:

I had a feeling. Don't ask me why.

This cracks me up because it's what we've all known for years but somehow the people who work and live with Trump still never see it coming - he never pays his bills or does unto others. And even when faced with Cohen implicating in a crime, Trump still won't pay him off.

Rudy Giuliani is an everlasting gift:

This is neat:

Great new interview with Chrysta Bell.

And scene.

"Green currency"?

Welp!