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This is all so awkward.

The Devil is possessing and/or controlling more than just Marlena. The entity seems to jump in and out of her. For example the devil entity was in Doug - Doug back in October, before it took Marlena. It briefly possessed Susan, etc. That's conventional possession where the entity is inside someone controlling them. Separately from that, this year's devil entity can also morph into taking on the appearance of other characters of any gender (out of thin air) such as Eileen's Kristen*, and others. Looks like it will do another tactic this week helping Jan Spears to morph into Belle's form. It's taken a while for everyone to figure out what's going on. John figured it out, but then MarDevil locked him up. Shawn and Belle figured it out and the entity wants to stop them, so that's probably the reason for the Jan Spears scheme. *yes Eileen was appearing as a devilish apparition of lustful Kristen while meanwhile elsewhere in Salem, Stacy was appearing as UnpossessedRealKristen who was plotting a jailbreak. And meanwhile Stacy was appearing as UnpossessedSusan and briefly as PossessedSusan. Eric Brady returns at the end of Friday Dec 24 episode (or beginning of following week). The Day of Days promo showed him in priest collar. I assume he does the exorcism.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/saturday-night-live-omicron-paul-redd-charli-xcx-1235137830/ quoting pieces of the Variety article: "It’s understood that numerous cast and crew members have tested positive for COVID in recent days" There was widespread speculation on social media on Friday about whether Colin Jost would be seen in his usual role as co-anchor with Michael Che of the “Weekend Update” segment. The New York Post reported that Tina Fey was being recruited to appear on “Weekend Update,” the segment she anchored from 2000-2006. A knowledgeable source said Fey had been approached to “pop in” on tonight’s show but not in the “Weekend Update” segment. A source close to Fey noted that she was already on board for a cameo appearance to tonight to salute host Paul Rudd on his fifth time out as “SNL” frontman, joining a short list of stars who have hosted five times. “SNL” is also known for its famously raucous after-parties. Those gatherings have been tabled for most of this season in a nod to the pandemic, although a few hosts have thrown their own post-show events, as Kim Kardashian did at Manhattan’s Zero Bond in early October. end quote

Thanks for posting. Yeah, Barash made a Nov. 6 instagram post that he'd just recovered from COVID. (We didn't know at the time that the movie was being filmed).

behind the scenes of rehearsing and filming the Santa dance. twitter video in three tweets.

Eileen Davidson and Lisa Rinna's "Real Housewives" connection was used to draw their viewers to "Beyond Salem". Ali Sweeney used her Hallmark movies connection to draw her Hallmark fans to "A Very Salem Christmas".

Sweeney has been doing Hallmark movies for years. She spends several months every year filming them in Canada. She produces some of them. She promotes them relentlessly. She does more than one every year. Every time one is released, she does talk shows to promote it. She also promotes them on her social media. All of her recent interviews promoted both her actual Hallmark movies and "A Very Salem Christmas". She makes sure her fans know about everything she does - she's a businesswoman. She probably did more promotion for A Very Salem Christmas than Peacock or Sony.

Yes. With the added injoke that Ali Sweeney does tons of Hallmark movies, so she could draw her viewers to this.

Replying to something discussed a few pages back. In the Dec 10 Sami/Nicole catfight, that Alexis and Krystal line - I don't think it was from Ron. It was probably from Jamey Giddens who was the breakdown writer for that episode.

The Jarlena shot filmed through the fireplace was mentioned by Deidre in an interview. Love the parallels between grandparents and grandson!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/nicole-kidman-javier-bardem-interview-being-the-ricardos-pressures-1235062363/

Giving credit to source of above screencaps: https://twitter.com/abetterlizard/status/1471454092111265800 and https://twitter.com/abetterlizard/status/1471450970790019080 ------- Deidre said they rehearsed the dance numbers a lot and that Martsolf coached them. Male Santa strippers: Xander (Paul Telfer) Brady (Eric Martsolf) Tripp (Lucas Adams) Johnny (Carson Boatman) EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) Nick (Blake Berris) Drag Santa ladies: Sonny (Zach Tinker) Will (Chandler Massey) Chad (Billy Flynn) Emcee: Leo (Greg Rikaart)

Edit. I found some tweeted screencaps from A Very Salem Christmas. Tried to post here. Will add in my next post.

You didn't know Eric Martsolf works it? He has done lots of musical theater. He always hams it up and dances at in-person fan events. From his biography on his website -- live theater Mamma Mia! -- Sam Carmichael [ Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza / CA ] Li'l Abner -- Abner [ Reprise! Series / CA ] Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat -- Pharoah [ Kodak Theatre / CA ] Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat -- Pharoah / Levi [ 3 Osmond National Tours ] Happy Days (Musical) -- Count Malachi [ Falcon Theatre / Director Garry Marshall ] Hot In Hollywood -- Self [ Avalon / CA ] Knight Life -- Sir Handsom / Dark Knight [ Santa Barbara CLO / CA ] Generation Girl -- Protorious [ American Renegade Theatre / CA ] Peter Pan -- Captain Hook [ Irvine Barclay Theatre / CA ] Grease -- Danny Zuko [ Dauphin Theatre / PA ] The Music Man -- Olin [ Alex Theatre / Glendale, CA ] Christmas Carol -- Young Scrooge [ Smothers Theatre / CA ] My Fair Lady -- Higgins [ Dauphin Theatre / PA] As You Like It -- Prince Orlando [ Mermaid Theatre / PA ] Li'l Abner -- Abner [ Dauphin Theatre / PA ] Let the Good Times Roll -- Chad [ Celebrity Theatre / TN ] Boys From Syracuse -- Sergeant [ Dauphin Theatre / PA ] Arsenic and Old Lace -- Jonathon Brewster [ Fullerton Theatre / CA ] Bye Bye Birdie -- Conrad Birdie [ Irvine Barclay Theatre / CA ] By George! -- Lead [ Hershey Ampitheatre / PA ] Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber -- Lead Soloist [ Papermill Playhouse / NJ ] Oliver -- Bill Sykes [ Fullerton Theatre / CA ] Jingle Bell Rock -- Lead [ El Portal Theatre / Hollywood, CA ] --------------------- Earlier this year, the character of Brady Black was offscreen for a while, "on the run" with Kristen DiMera. This was written into the plot while Eric Martsolf was rehearsing for, and then appearing on stage in a musical. Here are some 2021 clips of Martsolf in Mamma Mia on stage https://www.facebook.com/officialericmartsolffanpage/videos/449832146500405/ https://www.facebook.com/officialericmartsolffanpage/videos/3190077201225227/

They taped last week. I didn't see the interview but I think Access will post it tomorrow.

John and Marlena want each other, but she's a widow, and he's married to Kristen in this alternate reality. I wonder if the alternate reality is a mirror for what happened in "real Salem", when Marlena was married to Roman and John was a widower.

Video within the arcticle. https://etcanada.com/video/cfe628a4-5cf0-11ec-9275-0242ac110003/deidre-hall-on-days-of-our-lives-holiday-special-a-very-salem-christmas/ If you can't see the video on their site, there's a copy of the video on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ETCanada/videos/331482955159675

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-health-public-health-4997be1bcf591fe8b7f1f90d16c9321e Read the whole article. RFK Jr. and his organization are much worse than I realized. RFK Jr has written a book full of nonsense about Fauci. Even RFK Jr's own family members disavow what he's doing. So sad. He was great for rivers decades ago. But now. NO. just no. Ingo met with RFK Jr on Dec. 4, and posted an instagram pic of them together promoting RFK Jr's book.

https://soaphub.com/days-of-our-lives/deidre-hall-previews-days-of-our-lives-a-very-salem-christmas/ Deidre says Sami and Marlena are running the pub and "hoping to make ends meet". John is with Kristen, but he and Marlena want to be together.

Well yeah a couple would work way better than their sappy friendship.

soaps.com interviews about "A Very Salem Christmas" Deidre https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/617323/days-of-our-lives-very-salem-christmas-preview-deidre-hall-marlena/ Eileen https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/617536/days-of-our-lives-very-salem-christmas-movie-preview-eileen-davidson-kristen/ Zach and Chandler https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/617634/days-of-our-lives-chandler-massey-zach-tinker-preview-salem-christmas/

I hate the friendship of Lani and Kristen. Just hate it.

Can this thread please be re-titled "Former GH actor sues" instead of "GH: actor sues" ... I'm feeling petty and pissed off at the stupid former actor.