Faulkner

Word on the street is also that Eva Marcille (ex-RHOA) has filed for divorce.

Lol she loves a refreshing soda pop.

With as many gays on this board, there’s gotta be a few Lana fans among us:

Y&R has had so many tantalizing “What If’s” in the past 20+ years. So much potential snuffed out by cowardly people in power and bureaucrats.

Niccolo Neri (I believe he’s from Italy 🇮🇹 but he might be Italian-American)

David Tom was set up to fail, of course, by an unprofessional actress who tanked all her scenes with him and an EP/network who didn’t step in. My choice would be Joey on OLTL. He was such a bright, vital (if a touch naive) character with Chris McKenna and Nathan Fillion but became a watery forgettable (and just plain dumb) character with Don Jeffcoat in the role. No shade to DJ, who did his best, but the writing just wasn’t there for him. Joey was off the canvas for a few years, then, in a supreme act of casting WTFery, blond Bruce Michael Hall was hired to play Joey as a priest for like ten seconds, and it was clear that no one really had a grasp on the character anymore. Tom Degnan restored a lot of the heart and magnetism (and even some of the humor) to Joey in the show’s final years, but the character was off canvas for most of the 2000s. OLTL had probably 10 dozen Kevins, but somehow Dan Gauthier righted the ship before he too was written off.

Darrious 🇺🇸

Aside from Cynthia, who was a whiny Debbie Downer, the ATL ladies have all shined on these UGTs. Even someone as forgettable as Eva was on RHOA stood out. Kenya, Phaedra, and Porsha have also been great in this context. All very perceptive and, like they said, ATL toughens you up, so the petty drama doesn’t faze them as much. (Well, aside from Kenya’s battles with Ramona on the first UGT, but Ms. Singer would drive anyone nuts.) I’m glad there are no California ladies on this trip (even though I wound up enjoying Tamra more than I thought I would on UGT2). I’m also glad the fake phony facades that Gizelle and Candiace were initially showing were broken down. Those scenes of them chatting on the phone before flying to Thailand were a huge WTF. They despise each other and I’m glad they were finally real about it.

I think people might argue Ellen Dolan was a bit miscast, but I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen from Margaret Colin, Hillary B. Smith, and ED as Margo as ATWT. Y&R: Phyllis. Stafford, Sandra Nelson, and Gina Tognoni have all been great in the role, even though Stafford fell into her oddball patterns in the mid-2000s. GH: We’ll act like Jennifer Bransford didn’t happen (just like GH did when they inventively brought back the two most successful actresses in the role), but Sarah Brown, Tamara Braun, and Laura Wright have all played Carly to the hilt.

Interesting that it took until the early ‘90s for GH or AMC to make that shift, ATWT until 1999, and DAYS has held out completely. No attempt to, like, embed photos of the actors in the falling grains of sand LOL. And for a relatively brief period, both GH and B&B put actor names (plus character names) in the intro. Both have returned to only showing images (in GH’s case, due to obvious time restraints, and B&B did it for the 30th anniversary). Y&R has maintained using only actor names since the red “porn” opening, but a rotating selection of cast for each episode.

She looks about the same age as her onscreen kids. She would not miss a beat if she played Dru again. But seems like she’s constantly booked and busy anyway.

The Haitian Sensation 🇭🇹 @Taoboi @Gray Bunny

Succumbed to cancer at 43.

What’s also great about this UGT is a lot of the conflicts are fresh (now 1800 years ago like the Taylor/Brandi stuff) and it’s laying bare a lot of the beyond-the-fourth-wall machinations.

Porsha clocked Leah on her thirst. How she hogs attention, then plays victim when she gets it. She’s like a yappy child. Porsha’s perceptiveness and ability to cut through BS are underrated. Shame she isn’t able to do it for herself, of course. Gizelle’s role as inquisitor and troublemaker is so useful in this context. She’s a producer’s dream. It’s played out on Potomac because she needs to be more than that, but I feel like she should just visit other franchises and stir people up by asking pertinent questions other cast members won’t ask. But, as a full cast member when she has to bring more of herself to the table, she’s defensive and doesn’t pull her weight, and she’s also showing that here.

Amit from Israel 🇮🇱