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Chris McKenna and Maurice Benard on CNN Dec. 2025 discussing McKenna's (and Benard's) bipolar diagnosis

Kirsten Storms update

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSmDA2pDYW2/ December 22, 2025 kirstenstorms Seasons Greetings, my insta-friends!❤️ I hope everyone is enjoying the winter break with their family and loved ones. Although the cold weather has been met with a lot of complaining from me (to anyone around me), I’m kinda LOVING it. And I definitely freaked out at the sight of some *very small* snow flurries…that melted as soon as they touched…anything. Couldn’t get the smile off my face in that moment if I tried. 😁 (Don’t judge, I was born in Florida and moved to California). OKAY… I’ve received a lot of social media support on this subject, so I want to give an update on my medical situation. My last appointment was with a new Neurosurgeon in St Louis. He told me that I am in the “gray zone” for the aneurysm procedure. It’s not super small, but it’s not at the mandatory surgery size. Basically, I can keep monitoring it - or have the coiling done, BUT he told me I wasn’t in immediate/“OMG! it’s going to burst tomorrow!” kind of danger. Obvi, great news. 💁🏼‍♀️ Trying to see if I’m comfortable with the “wait and see if it gets worse” plan. I do know that I am not eager to hop right on the operating table. (Plz refer to my post in 2021, following my craniotomy. The pic of the back of my head will *possibly* convey why this topic is a little difficult for me to openly discuss. And of course there was that surgery back in Jan this year 🙅🏼‍♀️). So, as I sit in this “gray zone”, pondering my plan, I want you guys to know that I really do appreciate the messages and stories offered of your own experiences. I needed those….and I had no idea (weird how that works, right?). Super easy to be silly and have fun on these platforms, but getting deep about online rumors and my feelings about them? Hah….i’d rather switch to decaf coffee. (My psychologist would tell me that’s a clear example of “avoidance”.) Welp I’m out of jokes, so I’m gonna say 🎄HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🎄and maaaaybe you will be seeing me back in Port Charles soon. ✨🎅🏼✨

Others have guessed that it might be Jordi Vilasuso, so I looked for profile pics to compare... From his final Y&R episode April 19, 2022: from his instagram April 2024

screencap, and then lightened as suggested on other thread

Well my family put up the tree two days before Christmas -- ALWAYS! My parents always gradually introduced Christmas decorations to our home over the 4 weeks before Christmas... but the * Christmas tree * went up on December 23rd, always. The first few weeks of December were about "anticipation". Then we did "celebration" over the twelve days of Christmas! Lots of parties. We NEVER took the Christmas tree down before January 6th -- because it was still Christmas for us! It was forbidden to take it down before then! Always interesting to see different family traditions.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/831262943056460

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the above copy of the Season 2 promo required me to log into facebook to view. this encoding works without logging into fb. https://www.facebook.com/reel/831262943056460 UPDATE: New Season 2 promo thread (with promo on YT, twitter, and fb) https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/69660-btg-season-2-promo/

update: the gifs were choppy partial copies. Here's a full copy of the dance

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December 2025 Colton Little , at GH Christmas party, via ig stories of Adrian J. Anchondo (Marco Rios, GH). Also Colton on the beach with Anchondo in Puerto Rico, and dancing in Puerto Rico -- on the "soapstars where are they now" thread here (Link to post)

via ig @javichondo -- Adrian J Anchondo, who plays Marco Rios, GH Colton Little (Andrew Donovan, DAYS) at the 2025 GH cast Christmas party. Also pictured: Rory Gibson with fiancée Alicia Aruelas, and Katelyn MacMullen. Colton Little and Adrian Anchando in Puerto Rico this week Trying to post the ig story video - I couldn't embed the original which has music .. sorry for the low quality via free gif -- Colton DANCING in Puerto Rico (gifs behind spoiler tag because the gifs keep looping on repeat)

Here's the trailer of that 60 minutes episode

Missy Claire Egan haircut https://www.instagram.com/p/DSQGIa7CXWj/ missyclaireegan 2025 has been the Year of the Snake, time to SHED BABY!!! What will YOU be shedding as this year closes?!🐍 (special thanks to my wonderful hair babes, @whitneycolleen & @bre_lynn_hair 💞)

December 18, 2025 John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois sign off after their final "CBS Evening News" broadcast

on the next GH, misc. scene snippets from Monday Dec. 22

Sneak peak scene for Monday Dec. 22 "GH Sneak: Lulu Asks Sonny and Laura for Help" Lulu talks to Sonny and Laura about her concerns re: Gio and Rocco and Dante, and the upcoming Christmas tree trimming. She doesn't want Dante to cause fighting. on abc.com https://abc.com/video/4e852d91-a1b6-4f90-9ce6-0755a41ae212/ on hulu https://www.hulu.com/watch/3396208d-8935-4651-82f8-b02eab7e391f on twitter (Link) on bsky (Link)

Well yes of course. Just sayin that the BTG cast came to some of those events -- I was reading BTG actors' social media which talked about the events. Procter & Gamble sponsored the Cincinnati Music Festival in July, BTG actors were there, and there were actors visiting the P&G museum in Cincinnati -- -and CBS publicity was there also Several posts from actors in Cincinnati on the behind-the-scenes BTG thread re: that (Link to one of the posts) (more before and after that post) July 25, 2025 BTG press run in Cincinnati was coordinated by this publicity team from CBS (at least that's the impression I had from the posts back then) CBS Network Entertainment: Noelle Llewellyn (ig "newyorknoelle") https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelle-llewellyn/ CBS Studios: Dio McCollin (ig "dio.marisol") https://www.linkedin.com/in/dio-mccollin/ Edit to add, there was a lot of cross-promotion going on. CBS was also doing promotion for a "BIG3" basketball game happening the same weekend in Cincinnati, which a few of the cast watched.

Meg Ryan https://www.instagram.com/p/DSYB2NVEgnF/? megryan Oh how we will miss this man… Thank you, Rob and Michelle, for the way you believe in true love, in fairy tales, and in laughter. Thank you for your faith in the best in people, and for your profound love of our country. I have to believe that their story will not end with this impossible tragedy, that some good may come, some awareness raised… I don’t know, but my guess is that they would want that to be hopeful and humane, to be something that brings us all to a greater understanding of one another and to some peace.

oh wow. So perhaps the remaining CBS publicists via SmithHouse aren't really savvy as to what/how to promote BTG? Earlier this year, and even a few months ago, that P&G was doing the best at promoting BTG, holding live events in various cities. I think that currently, the best BTG promotion is from the cast social media ig and tiktoks -- they do a great job -- but --- that doesn't really promote the show unless mainstream media (or CBS) reposts/regrams what the actors post.

Here you go from official B&B facebook page video preview for week of Dec. 22-26 https://www.facebook.com/reel/876896371540818 Embedded video: