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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    2 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

    I was bit shocked to see SW with that hair length though as I don’t remember that hairstyle on her—at first glance I thought she was Mitzi Kapture’s Anita Hodges until she spoke.

    Yeah, her look was off-putting. She’s gorgeous but I don’t think that style suited her.

    KHC/Damon with the same cut as JM and DD. “I should presently expire if I do not kiss you forthwith.” He was such a cornball Lothario.

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

    Thad looks so yummy.

    Who is GR sleeping with to get so much love from the soaps???

    It's great seeing HT as Victoria. What a difference!!

    GR was legit great back then. He’s talented but doesn’t get to show it much other than moments. I know he’s well-liked BTS and Kevin still has his stans even though he should have been killed off after this.

    EB’s “hair”… LOL. 

    The female cast looked very plasticky around this time. Patty Weaver looked amazing tho. Shame what they did to Gina’s. 

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

    Its Kevin locking up colleen and burning down Gina's....ugh!

    It's airing right now here.

    Josh Morrow and Don Diamont with dueling buzz cuts and Thad Luckinbill with his spiky boy-band twink hair.

    I still don’t f*** with Kevin due to these episodes. So disturbing. Greg Rikaart gives great villain, though. I wish these shows would allow him to play darker and not goofy.

    Nikki and HT/Victoria’s hair… Lord. Not sure why they had to be so blindingly blonde.

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

    in Discuss The Soaps

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    32 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

    Cynthia Preston was wasted; I would have loved to have seen her vs. Maura West when Ava came on.

    Oh god yes. They’d have been fire as adversaries.

    It’s so anti-drama to make characters invulnerable. Eff actors’ egos and/or writers having a hard-on for certain characters.

    35 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

    Faith was my favorite during the time she was on GH. Naturally she had to lose and die.

    Indeed. She had total ice in her veins. Plus, when God was painting the Cynthia Preston doll, he painted her FIERCELY. 

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

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    24 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

    I guess Lorie Brooks is the only one who managed to get one over Victor. 

    And they sort of punished her for that. Lame. Victor as this behemoth is so boring.

    18 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

    Well it's obvious that the person who managed to destroy Stephanie's life - take her husband, her sons and her company was Brooke Logan. That little girl from the valley. After witnessing Brooke and Eric's wedding, Stephanie had a stroke and lost her memory while driving, leading to months of living on the streets as a homeless woman. 

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    Sheila Carter got some good licks in as well. At least for a bit.

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

    in Discuss The Soaps

    Posted · Edited by Faulkner

    Whether it’s Victor Newman or Sonny Corinthos, Stephanie Forrester or (Bev’s) Alexandra Spaulding, these soaps all have big powerful characters that routinely crush the competition. They aren’t very easily rattled and typically have people around town quaking in their boots.

    But once in a while, they come up against a force not quite so yielding.

    For example, I love how Mary Kay Adams’s India gives as good as she gets against Beverlee McKinsey’s Alex on scenes I’ve watched from their time on GL. And we all saw how Connor pulled one over on the great Lucinda on ATWT.

    What other examples do you have of a character who squared up with one of the soaps’ alphas—and maybe if they didn’t “win,” they at least put up a fierce enough fight to make the oh-so-powerful character look vulnerable? Someone mentioned that Judith Chapman’s Charlotte Greer was the only character to strike fear in the heart of the unflappable Maeve Ryan on RH.

    Or perhaps there’s an actor who usually steamrolls through scenes, yet they finally met their match, à la Stafford’s Phyllis vs. Rowell’s Dru on Y&R?

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    RIP: In Memoriam Thread

    in Off Topic Lounge

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    9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

    So sad. 

    Lee Sun-kyun Dead: Parasite Actor Was 48 – The Hollywood Reporter

    How horrifying and tragic. So many celebrities from South Korea have taken their own lives in recent years. 
     

     

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    RIP: Former OLTL actor Kamar de los Reyes has passed

    in Discuss The Soaps

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    Going through his IG, he did look gaunt in recent months. Cancer can be such a cruel disease, whether it’s aggressive or lingers for years. His parents are both still alive according to his NYT obit. Their hearts must be shattered. Deaths around the holidays can ruin that season forever, as many of us know.

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    Did it ever annoy you that actors who were leads would put themselves in supporting

    in Daytime Emmy Awards

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    18 hours ago, dragonflies said:

    No cause it's been told to us ad nauseam that it's easier to win in supporting than it is in lead that's why those people did that 

    Same as the Oscars. In what world was Tatum O’Neal “supporting” in Paper Moon? Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People? Viola Davis winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing the same role she won a Best Lead Actress Tony for? Or even the reverse with Olivia Colman winning Best Actress in a movie where Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone were co-leads (and competing against each other in Supporting Actress). It’s all strategy to have the best chances to win. I wish there was a more objective way for placement but politics and powerful $$$$$ voices always get in the way.

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    Did it ever annoy you that actors who were leads would put themselves in supporting

    in Daytime Emmy Awards

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    15 minutes ago, kalbir said:

    Susan Lucci last nomination was 2002 but not sure if she submitted 2003-2012.

    Lead was for superstars and long-tenured veterans. Supporting was the holding tank for those who aged out of the younger category but were not quite at superstar level or had enough years to be considered long-tenured veterans.

    Yeah, that’s definitely shifted in the past decade as the soaps have dwindled and the perennials like Slezak, Zimmer, Flannery, Lucci, and Jeanne Cooper either have been largely sidelined or had their shows cancelled, retired, or died. We still have vet/star nominees like Bergman, Stafford, Maura West, and Finola Hughes, but folks like Mishael Morgan, MCE, et al. would have submitted in the Supporting categories back in the day.

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    Did it ever annoy you that actors who were leads would put themselves in supporting

    in Daytime Emmy Awards

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    Yeah, category fraud. I’m sure it was in deference to (or to avoid competition with) the more tenured marquee stars. Not sure if SL was still submitting throughout the 2000s. AM did get a Lead nod for Kendall in 2011 (alongside Debbi Morgan) but lost to Laura Wright.

    Back in the day, it often felt like Lead vs. Supporting was more about the performer’s public/industry profile vs. how much his/her character drove that year’s story. 

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