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Exactly. It's even more clear in his above-posted video that respectfulness is his intention.

https://x.com/greg_vaughan/status/1975959887307030893

Greg Vaughan instagram video statement https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPjVQkZDYl6/ His ig account doesn't embed, but here is the full video. Well worth watching! https://bsky.app/profile/autigers4ever.bsky.social/post/3m2p35pimck2q

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPXFxgfEliP/ deidrehall_official Jane Goodall. An exquisite humanitarian. An unspeakable loss.

Shanna Moakler's video montage of all the headlines about GV's casting: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPeog8pjuRN/ shannamoakler 🎬 Big news alert! The secret’s out — my man @thegreg_vaughan is officially part of the cast of @beyondthegatescbs 🖤 I couldn’t be prouder of him — his hard work, talent, and heart are finally getting the spotlight they deserve. The world’s about to see what I see every day — a total powerhouse on and off screen. Catch him on your TVs this fall on Beyond The Gates! trust me, it’s going to be 🔥👏 #beyondTheGates #GregVaughan #ProudMoment #TVMagic #FallPremiere

If Bill reconciles with Dani, and Greg Vaughan's character gets with Nicole, then we'll have a similar scenario to Queen Sugar, with Timon K Durrett and Greg Vaughan playing men involved with two sisters from the main family.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPcR4IlktUd/

okay but Martin & Smitty's children aren't twins. Per the dialogue, Tyrell is one year older than Samantha. But yeah the show seems to treat them similarly so I get what you meant. Oh so you think Carlton could be Tyrell&Samantha's bio-dad? Interesting theory.

GV has stated a few times over the past several years that he'd be open to returning as Lucky, so I guess GH didn't pursue it?

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I haven't had time to watch for a few weeks. Just happened upon this scene on Ambyr's IG. First, I'll post a screengrab from the comments of Ambyr's IG post, Taby responding to the characters in the scene Here's the IG post https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRQYvXgIir/ ambyrmichelle_ 💔 THIS is the kind of work that made me fall in love with acting. To be able to lose myself so completely in a character that all you see is her — her flaws, her fears, her heart… her humanity. Perfect or not. Even the hidden pieces she never wanted anyone to see. Thank you to the writers for creating such a layered, complex character. Eva is constantly stretching me, growing me. @michelevaljean Thank you to every single person behind the scenes for your endless hard work making us look good. Thank you GOD for trusting me to bring Eva to life. ✨ Thank you @therealkimcoleman for taking a chance on me. 🫶🏽 And thank you all for the love. I’m really feeling it. 🥹💖 #beyondthegates #actress #explore #fyp

Rutina Wesley and screen partner Greg Vaughan (Nova and Calvin) At the wrap party and the end of the final season of Queen Sugar. The party was at Oprah's estate.

Fyi, since spring 2025 Greg Vaughan has been public about his relationship with Shanna Moakler. Shanna Moakler is a model and former Playboy playmate who is friends with Kelly Monaco, and almost did a podcast with Kelly. Interestingly, both Shanna Moakler and Daphnée Duplaix are both currently working as judges to select new 2026 Playboy playmates. More on all of that on this SON thread (Link)

On DAYS, Elia Cantu plays Jada Hunter, who is a cop. DAYS simply put her into Sal Stowers' slot after Sal left -- a Black female cop -- but didn't write much for her. Elia has elevated the little bits that DAYS has given her. After Queen Sugar ended, and GV was back fulltime on DAYS, DAYS decided to pair Elia's Jada with GV's Eric Brady. It wasn't done organically - something was written that they both liked jogging and lived in separate rented rooms upstairs from the Brady Pub. It felt (to me) that the show decided "oh well GV worked with a Black woman on Queen Sugar, so let's write that in for Jada" -- but no real romance was written. Both actors did what they could with it. Then Jada got pregnant and Nicole got jealous, and Jada ended up choosing to abort. Many of Jada's storylines felt thrown together, (but that's been true of most of the characters on DAYS). (Elia Cantu deserves better! ) All I'm saying is -- don't judge how GV would be with a Dupree woman, based on the Eric/Jada pairing - because DAYS wasn't written well. You can get a better idea from watching Calvin/Nova on Queen Sugar.

On Queen Sugar, Greg Vaughan was almost the only white actor in a soap about a Black family. The main characters were three siblings. The lead sister was "Nova", played by Rutina Wesley: and Nova's lover was "Calvin", played by Greg Vaughan. The male sibling was named "Ralph Angel", played by Kofi Siriboe, and his girlfriend-later-wife was "Darla", played by Bianca Lawson. The other sister was "Charley", played by Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and her cheating ex-husband was "Davis", played by Timon Kyle Durrett. The other main character was their Aunt Violet, played by Tina Lifford. It was a great series and all seven seasons still stream on Hulu. Ava DuVernay created and produced the show. The Calvin and Nova romance was complicated and well done. Rutina's Nova was a feminist, bisexual, a political activist, and a writer -- a very strong, intelligent, and creative Black woman. GV's Calvin was a married cop who was leaving his wife for Nova. After a few years something from the past surfaced -- he had to face up to what he had done many years ago as a rookie cop -- he didn't act to stop someone else's racist violence when he could have. He faced up to it and served jail time -- they didn't just handwave it. Nova had other lovers while he was in jail. He came back eventually and they had a difficult reunion but love won out eventually. Rutina was the stronger character of the pair, and Calvin understood this and supported her choices in life. All I can say is, I bought their romance, it felt real. Here is a random assortment of twitter photos of #calvinandnova through the years: https://x.com/hashtag/calvinandnova

oops wrong thread

That casting has been confirmed by Errol and now has its own thread https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/69467-btg-hot-hire-spotted-on-set/

Paramount exec George Cheeks on the BeyondTheGates set for Clifton Davis' birthday

regarding the Memorial wall of photos and recasts: I would have preferred a photo of the OG Edward Quartermaine, David Lewis, to be on the wall. John Ingle never felt like Edward to me, and it's always weird for me to see Ingle's portrait on the memorial wall.

I'm watching Jane Goodall videos. very uplifting. R.I.P Ms. Goodall! Her talks still resonate.

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Thankfully Pope Leo is not like Cardinal Dolan! Sept. 30, 2025 - Pope Leo press conference at his summer residence in Italy. A reporter asked what Pope Leo thought about Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago -- because Cardinal Cupich wants to award a prize to Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin -- and Durbin happens to support legalized abortion. The Pope replied that he didn't know the specific details of that proposed award, but he could reply in generalized fashion as follows -- (I am paraphrasing) -- it's important to consider the lifetime of a person and to consider the whole person and what they have contributed to the good overall. And not to oversimpify ethical issues but instead to have deeper understanding. Durban has been in politics for over 40 years if you combine his terms as a representative and as a senator. Here is the video and actual quotes: https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-criticizes-inhuman-treatment-immigrants-us-2025-09-30/ Quoting Pope Leo: As I myself have spoken in the past, it is important to look at *many* issues that are related to what is the teaching of the Church. Someone who says “I am against abortion but says I’m in favor of the death penalty” is not really pro-life. So someone who says “I am against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” End quote.

I just watched this. It's a collection of videos of Charlie Kirk quotes through the years. He is so full of hatred, racism, violence, and misogyny. I thought it was interesting & scary how the commenter at the start and end of the video pointed out that this is the current mainstream Republican view. Yeah. More people need to be aware of this. (if you can stomach it)