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I remember that Jill was clearly salivating to pair Gibbs and Robin Christopher - Kevin and Skye. IIRC they bonded over having drinking problems and may have kissed once or twice. It was a very specific type of character - dark, brooding, soulful - and it wasn't Kevin. He seemed to have aged ten to fifteen years. It's to the very gonzo Malone 2003 regime's credit that they actually managed to reconcile this bizarre depiction of Kevin (along with Kelly), take ownership of some of it and rehabilitate the character. I know JFP blamed Florencia Lozano for not putting the pairing with Téa and Sykes over, and allegedly had planned to kill Téa off as part of the bizarre backstory for the short-lived Jared Hall before Roger Howarth agreed to do his trial balloon short return and usher FL out.

Jill liked her older actors - no one else's. (As for Scott and Bobbie at GH, that was a barely-there subplot and I didn't like shoving them back together, but yes she treated the actors poorly.) Michael Logan was always willing to follow a trend. The yes-man line on Kevin Stapleton's wildly unpopular firing (which helped alienate Laura Bonariggo) is laughable. Cat Hickland was great as Tess on Loving and The City, too. Yes, Lindsay worked out but that was because of Cat, not JFP. Her work as an actress saved the character many, many times.

They've said they intend to address Andy and Jerry more in the future, so that's enough for me.

Freema Agyeman has a role on yet another NBC medical drama this fall, New Amsterdam.

Oh, that's awful news. Some of my early memories of the show from PBS involve the Peggy cancer story which just got me in the heart. She was always one of a kind.

He's been in a ton of big movies for awhile now.

Brittany Allen (Marissa #1, AMC) - so reviled on AMC - has forged quite a respectable career in genre films over the last few years, mostly with writer-director Colin Minihan but also in the last Saw sequel. She stars again in Minihan's latest film, LGBT horror flick What Keeps You Alive. She's almost unrecognizable.

Both films were written and directed by Nicholas Meyer, so he wanted to bring her back. The script is around. But Paramount was nickel and diming the final film because they wanted to make the anniversary release date, and because Star Trek V had underperformed - they also felt the Next Generation movies were the future.

I adored her in The Wrath of Khan. Still sad her cameo in Star Trek VI - happily involved with Captain Kirk again, only for him to be called away on his diplomatic mission - was unfilmed due to budget and time.

If it was someone other than Ronan Farrow* I might wonder. His reputation for meticulous care and research re: these stories is now made. I think he is far too shrewd to be gamed out as a pawn for Trump - he probably considered that possibility first. Men with Schneiderman's problems can and do compartmentalize or rationalize. But there's a big difference between consensual stuff with two willing partners and clear boundaries, vs. an after-the-fact story one person with power tells themselves. I think the women's stories are all true. (* - Farrow's good work aside I still have my qualms about the original Mia Farrow/Woody Allen case, so I guess that makes me the worst kind of hypocrite for praising his journalism.)

Asia Argento - daughter of Italian horror legend Dario Argento whose films inspired me, and a popular actress and director in her own right since childhood - talks about the backlash to her involvement in #MeToo back home:

Awful story, but necessary to tell. Meanwhile:

A big new piece about Black Cube targeting ex-Obama officials at the behest of Trump:

A bit of a summation of Kyle's lengthy LA Times interview:

More Rudy reactions:

Rudy's Magical Mystery Tour continues!