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Thank you @Wendy for posting the new ET video of Mr. Braeden. Did you see that Mr. Braeden was on CNN last night -- he was interviewed after he evacuated, but before returning to see the ruins. On CNN he was talking about the fires and ranted about the incoming orange idiot. The video of that was posted on the previous page of this thread, https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/67972-yr-january-2025-discussion-thread/page/4/#comment-1984556 This is the movie "Den of Thieves 2 Pantera" that Eric Braden's son wrote, directed, and produced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_of_Thieves_2:_Pantera With everything going on with the fires, Mr. Braeden still had the presence of mind to choose for his TV interviews the past couple of days, to wear a jacket with the logo of his son's film. (maybe he evacuated wearing that jacket, but still, he was intentional about showing it -- he's proud of his son).

Exactly.

yes, thank you to @dragonflies

here it is in higher definition part 1 part 2

Eric Braeden on CNN -- Sorry for his loss, appreciate his spirit. LOL at him taking the opportunity to disparage "the orange idiot" on CNN. Braeden just lost his home, and yet instead of whining, he's having a serious discussion about fascism on CNN. Oh and look Acyn has already sent out quotes on bluesky and twitter Eric Braedon: The orange idiot went on television.. and claimed all kinds of things about Newsom and California and the water distribution. All nonsense.. What some of these characters are now disseminating on one particular network and on some podcasts is outrageous and very damaging to our nation. This is a great nation, trust me, I come from a nation that believed in fascist ideology for a while. And we certainly will not want to go into that again. But we are close to it because people want to simplify complex problems. The essence of fascism is to simplify complex problems and feed people who don't have time to read some bullshit. @dragonflies thanks so much for posting that video.

Per Kate Mansi's instagram stories, GH was taping yesterday and today, Wed/Thurs Jan. 8&9. She said she evacuated Tuesday or maybe early Wednesday? Yesterday she came to work after evacuating and arrived at work with only two hours sleep, and had to learn her scripts at the set, and Giovanni Mazza helped her practice her lines. She got to go home somewhere today? But not to her house yet.

President Ford’s son Steven Ford (Y&R's Andy Richards) spoke today (January 9, 2025) at President Carter’s funeral. Former President Gerald Ford had written a someday eulogy for President Jimmy Carter. Carter outlived him but the writing remained, so Steven spoke it today.

I just found this site which seems to have more concise and organized reports about the L.A. fires: https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/sunset-hurst-palisades-eaton-woodley-tyler-fires In addition to destroyed homes, at least one of each of these were destroyed: church, mosque, synagogue, bank, museum, restaurant, school, supermarket, and more.

This hasn't been stated anywhere. Do you have a source? Sofia Mattsson got pregnant several years ago, gave birth, and went on maternity leave from GH, and returned shortly thereafter. First child born in 2021 (Link) More recently, she gave birth to another child and took ZERO maternity leave from GH. Second child born in 2023 (Link) I have heard NOTHING about her being pregnant a third time.

January 2025. Lovely interview with Isabella Rossellini about the film Conclave, the city of Rome, nuns, her mother Ingrid Bergman, etc etc etc

And here https://x.com/EliandLani/status/1872442136073031852 https://x.com/EliandLani/status/1872441344142258655 https://x.com/EliandLani/status/1872436520709493196/ And a cute gif https://x.com/EliandLani/status/1872252640278823113

More pictures here: https://i0.wp.com/www.soapoperadigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sal-Stowers-Lamon-Archey-Quincy-Watson-Dion-Yancy.jpg https://i0.wp.com/www.soapoperadigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jackee-Harry-Mary-Beth-Evans-Sal-Stowers-Lamon-Archey-Quincy-Watson-Dion-Yancy.jpg https://i0.wp.com/www.soapoperadigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/James-Reynolds-1.jpg

Cameron Mathison lost his home today, too. Tracey Bregman lost her main California home in a fire a few years ago. She had just moved into her other residence in Nashville at the time, but was commuting to L.A. to film Y&R. Tracey is now posting on her IG stories empathetic words for all caught in the current fires, as well as the latest updates on refuges for animals

twitter: Los Angeles Fire Department announcements https://x.com/LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department discussion https://x.com/LAFDtalk Los Angeles County Fire https://x.com/LACOFD/status/ Cal Fire (State of California) https://x.com/CAL_FIRE The Fire Departments staff are too busy to post on all the social media at this point. (some of their twitter accounts are outdated by a few hours as new fires sprang up fast) I've been reading https://www.latimes.com/ to see the latest

Current list of fires in Los Angeles County (two pages right now) https://www.fire.ca.gov/ The newest one is the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills

@JAS0N47 thanks for the Burbank news update you posted. There have been additional fires popping up. Every time I check, it seems like there's another fire. As of January 8, 2025: Some of the current fires in Los Angeles County: https://www.fire.ca.gov/ Hurst Fire in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley Palisades Fire near the coast Eaton Fire in Altadena/Pasadena Woodley Fire in the Sepulveda Basin near North Hollywood Lidia Fire in Acton NEW: Sunset Fire near Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills

FYI, as @AbcNbc247 pointed out on the other thread https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/68008-article-‘general-hospital’-issues-statement-in-light-of-raging-la-county-fires-“may-prove-too-difficult-to-watch-for-some”/#comment-1984052 Cameron Mathison said today that his house was destroyed in the fire.

Thanks, Jason. I didn't know that Robin Thicke had appeared on Days as one of the Christmas hospital children. Makes sense, though.

I think Chanel was referring to her grandmother Olivia, played by Marla Gibbs.

This May 2022 rerun sounds annoying. Michael/Drew/Carly, Ned/Valentin, and Esme/Nikolas/Ava. I have no desire to revisit any of that. I don't really care about Chase singing to Leo and Brook Lynn. The Spencer/Sam scenes sound interesting but .... both characters are gone now, and they're discussing Esme, who I never want to hear about again!

I grew up on Peter Paul and Mary music. I didn't know any of this info about him Quoting the NYT obit: Mr. Yarrow had been accused of making sexual advances toward a 14-year-old girl who had come to his dressing room with her 17-year-old sister seeking an autograph in 1969. He served three months of a one-to-three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to taking “indecent liberties” with the girl. In 1981, Mr. Yarrow received a presidential pardon from Jimmy Carter, though the case continued to be an issue for many years during election campaigns for politicians whom Mr. Yarrow supported. In 2019, during the height of the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse of women, a scheduled performance by Mr. Yarrow at an upstate New York arts festival was canceled in response to protests. A remorseful Mr. Yarrow responded in a statement by saying that the organizers’ choice to exclude him was not “unfair or unjust.” “I do not seek to minimize or excuse what I have done and I cannot adequately express my apologies and sorrow for the pain and injury I have caused,” he said in a statement to The New York Times. In 1969, Mr. Yarrow married Marybeth McCarthy, a niece of the Democratic presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. (Mr. Stookey wrote “Wedding Song,” which has since been performed in their honor at wedding ceremonies around the world.) The marriage ended in divorce, but they remarried in 2022. In addition to her, Mr. Yarrow is survived by a son, Christopher; a daughter, Bethany; and a granddaughter.

This scene is some of the best of Y&R. And yeah Sandra Nelson rocks!