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Is it true that it’s similar to Vanderpump Rules? More than just on paper…

I wonder if they’re overselling it for hype, but we’ll see. I’ve seen Nelson Branco and Alan Sarapa both tweet that they’ve learned some soap bombshell about which they’ve had to swear to secrecy (or else). I was curious if it was about the person texting Jack on Y&R or the B&B twist.

Hot Lamar 🇺🇸

The media is doing a sh!tty job at spelling Ketanji. I’ve seen Kentanji, Kentaji, the list goes on.

He’s a decently strong comedic actor when he wants to be, Billy Flynn. He was giving Justin Deas realness today.

I still think it’s Steffy-related and has something to do with Sheila keeping her role in Brooke’s ordeal quiet. Maybe she (alongside Thomas?) gets kidnapped and thrown in some secluded hideaway with some unexpected company (whether they be Ronn Moss’s Ridge or Phoebe or someone else). And that will account for JMW’s maternity leave, and her big return will be her and the unexpected company showing up alive in L.A. Also: potentially sets up a Finn/Hope/Liam triangle.

I believe only nominees and presenters are invited and a limited number of other guests are up to the studios behind the nominated films’ discretion.

Zach Tinker COMMITS to the material. Those tears were real, even though the words coming out of Sonny’s mouth were bullsh!t. So refreshing after FS phoning it in for years.

“Heat Waves” is No. 1 for a third week. To show how stale these charts are, “Stay” (which first topped the Hot 100 way back in AUGUST) is back at No. 2:

JG is treating JT like Mal Young treated Camryn Grimes.

R.I.P. AIDS took so many beautiful actors.

What’s the point of this sh!t? I have it on in the background. Seems like a rehash of everything we’ve already gone through and digested with Billy.

LOL. Soap-inspired porn parodies are such a missed opportunity. They should do a gay one and just name the “Slut from the Valley” Brook instead of Brooke.

King Vincene from France 🇫🇷 @Taoboi, do you know him?

The preferential ballot is only used for Best Picture.

Dai from Japan 🇯🇵

In the U.K., Jimmy McGovern went from writing Brookside and Coronation Street to creating the great series Cracker and one of my unsung favorites, The Street:

Ok, who watched this season? While it wasn’t as fresh as S1 (nor did it have anyone as fascinatingly trainwreck-messy as Jessica or as adorable as Lauren/Cameron), I thought it was a pretty great watch. Shake is a dick.

Melissa Salmons has also entered the world of Hallmark movies, like this one from last year:

Pam Long wrote those Dolly Parton movies for NBC, featuring Alyvia Alyn Lind (ex-Faith, Y&R) as the young Dolly. Current Y&R writer Sara Endsley comes from the world of cable Christmas romance movies (like the Melissa Joan Hart romp, “Holiday in Handcuffs”):

This veterinary doctor from São Paulo 🇧🇷