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I figured it probably was mentioned already but I just joined here a few months ago. I figured it was okay to post again even if already posted, because ... what he says in the full youtube is so deep about so many things (not just acting).

Chadwick Boseman's full commencement address at Howard University in 2018 was 36 minutes long. Kamala Harris retweeted this 8-minute segment which is all about Chadwick was hired and fired on All My Children for the role of Reggie Porter (the character later adopted by Jackson Montgomery). Almost all of these 8 minutes are about racial representation on TV/film, using AMC as an example. I won't try to sum up what he says -- just listen, he says it so eloquently. Note that he mentions the lack of specificity. fyi, he mentions that he hopes that his questions to the producers about stereotyping helped to change the way the character would be written for the Black actor who replaced him. (He doesn't give the actor's name in this speech, but we know that the Black actor who replaced him in the role was Michael B. Jordan). Here is the entire commencement speech, which gives context to why he spoke about his AMC experience: If you watch the whole youtube, there is more. he said he was sort of blackballed for a while because AMC had put out the word that he was "difficult".

He visited these children to uplift them, while he himself had cancer and told nobody.

White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says. A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report

All the NBA playoff teams are inside a "bubble" at Walt Disney World, Florida. Today, the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team chose to boycott their scheduled playoff game today. They felt that they represent Wisconsin and ... in light of what happened in Kenosha Wisconsin ... they could not go on. Their statement: The NBA later announced that because the Bucks weren't playing, then the other two playoff games could not proceed today.

Re supposedly "liberal" media outlets giving news with a right-wing skew: I read things on CNN, nytimes.com, washingtonpost, etc. and then I check The Guardian. The Guardian is usually more accurate. https://www.theguardian.com

The soapcentral bio for Jill says you're right. https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/jill.php

It's embedded in the post above yours, when you have the time to watch it. Just the speech. No commentators.

^ Biden's full speech. Just the speech. On C-SPAN with no interruptions.

Full story: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903710638/postmaster-general-climbs-down-but-democrats-press-for-answers-and-assurances

Obama's full speech.

Eva Longoria was featured in several classic episodes of Y&R this summer as the villain character Isabella Braña. She is doing the first speech to introduce the start of the Democratic Convention Mon Aug 17th at 9pm Eastern Daylight Time. Most of the convention will be virtual. schedule for the week: https://www.demconvention.com/schedule-and-speakers/ The parts that are 9-11pm EDT Mon-Thurs will be televised. How to watch the convention: https://www.demconvention.com/watch-the-convention/

August 16th: Today is Madonna's birthday. When I drive around in my car with Madonna songs playing loudly.

In the replies to that twitter thread, it was pointed out that the man in the video is wearing a NYU Langone Health hospital shirt!

Oooh thank you for the recap. This is a great to know about ... in leading up to the Classic episode that was aired (during "Emmy Winners Week") on Mon June 22, 2020 -- Originally Aired: Jun 27, 1984, where Traci attempts suicide.

"BRL" ? Is that 160 Brazilian reals? Currency converter says that is $29.50 in US currency. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=160&From=BRL&To=USD