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And both episode numbers end in "47".

Okay so it looks like, in August 2023, the NYTimes author was moved from a focus of writing on sports into a newly-created "Culture" position at NYTimes. Per his IG post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv-9doQP-r6/

Bio of the NYTimes article author https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-abrams Quote: Jonathan Abrams I am a reporter for The New York Times covering national culture news. I write about the intersection of sports and culture as well as the changing cultural scenes in the South. My Background I was a sports reporter for The Times from 2008-2011, covering the N.B.A. and other sports. I then worked as a staff writer for ESPN’s Grantland magazine and Bleacher Report Magazine. I rejoined The Times in 2020 as a general assignment sports reporter. I am the author of several books, including “Boys Among Men,” about the N.B.A.’s prep-to-pro generation of players from 1995-2005. and “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop” which documents hip-hop music’s rise, spread and impact from hundreds of interviews with artists, DJs, producers and executives. I grew up in Southern California and attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in print journalism. Journalistic Ethics At The Times, our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. All Times journalists are committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I strive to use a diverse set of voices and perspectives in my reporting.

^ thank you for the gift link! ------------------------------------------- https://x.com/MicheleValJean/status/1887196942163452027 Michele Val Jean @MicheleValJean February 5, 2025 Wow. The freaking @nytimes Let's goooo! #BeyondTheGates #BTG #Feb24 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/arts/television/beyond-the-gates.html https://x.com/MicheleValJean/status/1887199244534358348 Michele Val Jean @MicheleValJean February 5, 2025 Awesome - except for the part where I'm called a co-creator. I'm the creator, for the record. ------------------------------- from MVJ instagram stories:

Re: TV Line's January 31st article detailing all the characters and their archetypes and actors https://tvline.com/lists/beyond-the-gates-cbs-soap-opera-cast-premiere-date-tamara-tunie/beyond-the-gates-tamara-tunie-anita/ Remember the 90-second promo video embedded in that article that I (and others) could not see. I noticed that Michele Val Jean tweeted that she couldn't see the video embedded in that article either (she knew it was there, but it wasn't visible on her device), and she tweeted thanks to the person who tweeted it. Thanks to detroitpiston for linking to the tweeted video and to Joseph for sharing an unlisted youtube. Anyhow, for anyone who might need it, here is the raw mp4 file of the video embedded in that Jan. 31 TVLine article: https://vid.connatix.com/pid-0763198a-5674-4e21-af3d-1f1bb2122b83/8009b150-7983-44ee-aa45-cf739d44e4f6/mmid-8cda1a69-05c1-5ad1-2ade-c59f9aecc270/1.mp4

Yes there's reporting on the exit, and yes the recast was Joey. There's a thread with details in the spoiler section here: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/68149-gh-actor-leaves-former-yr-actor-in/

Yes BTG should have Clarence. I'm sure the actor Brad Sanders would be up for helping BTG in whatever way. I remember that Brad Sanders was not approached by CBS for Y&R's 50th, so he approached CBS execs himself... so then Y&R wrote him into a brief part of one episode. He appeared as Clarence *within the episode*. “One of the radio stations said, ‘Look, man, you need to be a part of the 50th anniversary. You should be there!’ And I said, ‘Yeah, let me call!’ So I called [Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS] Margot Wain and she called [Director at CBS] Danielle Unger and they were like, ‘Yeah, it sounds great!’ And they set it all up.” https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-brad-sanders-on-bringing-clarence-back-to-the-young-and-the-restless/ The scene was: Clarence was giving a scoop on his show about Tucker McCall, which Audra was watching online. This aired Dec. 27, 2023.

Kim Coles on her return as the deranged Nurse Whitley King https://www.tvinsider.com/1174381/days-of-our-lives-kim-coles-returns-whitley-king-interview/

Feb. 5, 2025 from TVLine: Step ‘Beyond the Gates’: Behind the Making of CBS’ Groundbreaking Soap (VIDEO) https://www.tvinsider.com/1174515/beyond-the-gates-cbs-behind-the-scenes-cast-video/ Here is the raw mp4 file of the embedded video, for those who can't see it on the webpage of the Feb. 5 article: https://vid.connatix.com/pid-70112737-439d-4df2-8b0d-c37d7caa07a8/d59b5bbc-a185-478f-9875-5f6c1e4900a1/mmid-9fa9bf8c-e371-4788-30af-31de51230f49/2.mp4

. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFrR84ypuLf/ Feb. 4, 2025 finolafilona (Finola Hughes) Yeah, pardon the video! So excited I cut off everyone’s heads 🤷🏻‍♀️ But anyways… Tune in tomorrow!! @jenniferhudsonshow .

... Oh I really like this idea! And Elizabeth did it without Jason, so yeah.

Yeah it's 2025, not 1955. But the current U.S. government wants to bring us to 1825. (Not trying to derail the GH thread, as there's an entire Politics thread at SON for that.) To stay on topic, I'm just saying that I'm curious how ABC/Disney will respond to the current political climate. I hope they won't derail progressive storylines on GH or primetime, but who knows. I just want Sasha to make her own decisions. As Khan pointed out, they might not even say the *bortion word on the show. And I agree with CarolineG and others upthread: Seeing as how Sasha suffered so much in so many storylines, and already lost one child, if she chooses to keep this child, I hope it goes well. And yeah she CAN raise the child herself. She's a grown woman!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFqizKSTkMj/ beyondthegatescbs Mentally preparing for absolutely nothing getting past y’all. 🫡 #beyondthegates #karenhuger #soapopera #whattowatch #newsoapalert #drama #meme .

Some of the "Kamala HQ rapid response team" twitter account staffers are now working for the Democrats. https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/dnc-social-media-trump-kamalahq Their social media name is: "fact post" or "fact post news" most of the accounts are @ factpostnews but the facebook is just plain @ factpost https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social https://x.com/factpostnews/ https://www.instagram.com/factpostnews/ https://www.threads.net/@factpostnews https://www.facebook.com/factpost

yeah the "talent" tab and the "about" tab on the paramountpress site have definitely been updated.

In response to the racist massacre in June 2015 in Charleston SC, activist Bree Newsome removed the Confederate flag. Also in response to what happened in Charleston, Biden decided to run for President even though he hadn't planned on it, because he wanted to stop racism. At the time, I appreciated both of them ... ------------------------------ But this happened in March 2024 -- Bree Newsome didn't want Biden reelected because of Gaza, and she claimed skepticism about Project 2025 -- she said it was a fake conspiracy theory. ------------------------------ https://x.com/BreeNewsome/status/1765067470170447936 @BreeNewsome Mar 5, 2024 Folks the project 2025 stuff is getting a little embarrassing now I’m sorry 🥴 --------------- https://x.com/BreeNewsome/status/1765068185873903963 @BreeNewsome Mar 5, 2024 Let’s think about it— a “secret plan” among Republicans that no one acknowledges is real including the people we must reelect to protect us from it. It’s a little qanon-y at this pointnt, primarily about defending Biden’s nonsensical renomination. ---------------------------------- https://x.com/BreeNewsome/status/1765069030057202052 @BreeNewsome Mar 5, 2024 “Project 2025” is evoked in response to people objecting to Biden’s nomination but then no explanation is given for how reelecting Biden saves us from the hush hush “Project 2025” ---------------------------------- I have heard Bree mentioned in the past in such discussions, so her quotes may be familiar to some of you, but I just discovered those tweets. Wow.

Again this should not be a surprise. February 2024: Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property” and suggested Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the strip. He made the comments in an interview at Harvard University. (The interview was posted 7 March 2024 on the YouTube channel of the Middle East Initiative, a program of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, but was recorded 15 February 2024.) Article from March 2024 about the February 2024 talk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/jared-kushner-gaza-waterfront-property-israel-negev It was from this Youtube, which I haven't watched but I did find the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtaIHr5S0ts

The OP was talking about Friz fans, not Liason fans.

Biden was slow to condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza, and never used the word, but it was clear (to me) that he didn't approve. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were CLEAR that the only correct path forward would be a two-state solution with both Palestine and Israel internationally recognized. Some of the American voters were supporting Palestine but not looking at the big picture. How could anyone trust Tr*mp about anything? The Project 2025 playbook was clear: Only support WASP straight men who claim to be Christian. Regarding the Democrat American voters who who voted against Biden because of Gaza ... what did they think was going to happen? **Speculation-opinion only** I think Netanyahu intentionally, for many months, delayed the hostage deal with Hamas, leaving Israeli citizens in captivity, so as to time the release with American politics. Israel was ready to get rid of Netanyahu before all this happened. He seemed (to me) to play this out for his own power. It was obvious (to me) they were using the Iran-Contra playbook. So it would seem that Netanyahu promised a Trump Casino Hotel in Gaza? /end speculation The irony is that M*sk being a nazi made a video screen appearance at the neonazi rally in Germany couple of weeks ago, and he said that it was time for Germans to stop thinking about the past -- clearly meaning: stop feeling guilt about the Holocaust. I mean he said it at a neonazi rally the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day. Trump gave the reins of the U.S. government to M*sk. What does Netanyahu think will happen now ?

same.

Update from Tr*mp-Netanyahu news conference: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/04/benjamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-israel-gaza-middle-east-ceasefire-latest-live-news?filterKeyEvents=true#filter-toggle-desktop Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza Strip and says US troops will be deployed ‘if it’s necessary’ Netanyahu calls Trump the ‘greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House’ at a new conference alongside the US president Trump says Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza. Trump says US will 'take over' the Gaza Strip and 'level' it Trump says he has not taken a position about Israel sovereignty over the West Bank and would be making an announcement on the issue in the coming weeks. He wants to deport Palestinians from Gaza, and then turn it into a international seaside resort. "the Riviera of the Middle East". He thinks it can become a safe, relaxing Mediterranean luxury zone. (really) Ever the real estate scammer.

Deaths predicted due to shutdown of USAID https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/04/deaths-predicted-amid-the-chaos-of-elon-musks-shutdown-of-usaid Tr*mp wants to shut down aid to South Africa because it wants to return some white-owned lands to the public. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/donald-trump-cutting-funding-south-africa-land-confiscations-cyril-ramaphosa (Not a coincidence that Tr*mp advisors are whites who have lived in South Africa: El*n M*sk, David Sacks, and Peter Thiel.)

Rubio is now Secretary of State (US equivalent of "foreign minister"). The biggest news is that El*n M*sk shut down "USAID", (the foreign aid agency) calling it "a criminal organization" on his twitterX. USAID employees were fired and locked out. Congresspersons showed up at the USAID office to complain, and were not let in. Rubio intends to fold foreign aid into his Dept. of State. USAID is the largest giver of foreign aid, including medical/humanitarian aid worldwide. That's all shut down. Including things like vaccines and AIDS treatments in countries that cannot afford them. Explainer about USAID from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/what-is-usaid-donald-trump-elon-musk-foreign-aid-freezes USAID is funded by Congress, so the Executive Branch should not be able to shut it down. But there is so much chaos right now, that Congress simply cannot catch up to what's happening, and everything is being steamrolled through by El*n M*sk working for Tr*mp. ______________ I have a twitter account, just to read things, but I don't tweet. Moving over to bluesky. I still read a few twitter accounts by people who haven't moved over to bluesky yet. Anyhow, a couple of years ago, I blocked El*on M*sk on twitter so that I wouldn't have to see his nonsense on my feed -- that was back when it was selfish arrogance. Am now becoming aware (by news reports) by the utterly evil things that M*sk is outright proclaiming on twitter. To think this creep is running the U.S. government right now? He's technically Tr*mp's unelected consultant/minion, but he seems to have been given full leeway to do whatever, in the capacity as the person running "DOGE" Dept of Government Efficiency - created by Tr*mp for M*sk to run. Not created by Congress.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lhevo7cdew22 Trump signs an order to withdraw the US from the UN Human Rights Council and "review American involvement and funding in the UN" (I didn't embed the bluesky post because it's a video of Tr*mp saying those things, and we don't really need to see his face again. But you can click to see/listen if you want) ---------- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/trump-netanyahu-gaza Trump says Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza President in effect endorses ethnic cleansing of territory before hosting meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3lhedepidos2g https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html non-paywall copy of same NYT article: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/thousands-of-u-s-government-webpages-have-been-taken-down-since-friday/