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2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

 

Wait... are you saying Constance Towers was in-the-running for the role?? How did TPTB miss out on casting her...? Oh, the magic we could have potentially had.

I know her name was floated. @BetterForgottencould probably confirm.

39 minutes ago, irishguy1985 said:

Meghan’s Out!

 

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/01/meghan-mccain-is-leaving-the-view-report/

Not a shocker. You could see it coming particularly in recent episodes.

I know people like Ana Navarro, and she’s a good personality with a lot of humor, but her opinions don’t vary enough from the other ladies.

They need a sharper, more mature conservative woman than Meghan (who’s still willing to surface uncomfortable topics that should be addressed by those on the left). Sad that no one immediately comes to mind.

Bev was irreplaceable. You couldn’t just plug in Random Grande Dame (Constance Towers, Barbara Rush, and whoever else was in the running) and not lose something essential. And I say that as someone who wanted Marj to succeed initially (before I realized she was miscast—she was glorious on AMC, though).

As usual, people are getting screwed by the schedule.

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10 minutes ago, Chatty Cakes said:

I hate soap opera births so I will delete today’s eppy. Thanks for the heads up!

It’s different from the norm so might be worth seeing lol. I’ve never seen a hornier-looking labor.

5 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

 Ava is feeling a bit neutered. As much as i don't like the mob stuff. Ava needs to be involved in the mob. She's a Jerome after all.  I feel like the stalker story is dragging on. 

Agreed. It’s like they can’t handle two female mafia mavens in Port Charles at the same time for some reason.

Maura’s great, and I know people love her with Marcus Coloma, but I’m not feeling Ava these days. I need her with more of an edge.

4 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

Galen in a terrible "cowboy' accent. 

Ron must be hitting the edibles harder these days.

Girl, what is this talking teddy bear? Who’s the voice?

That old rumor that HK was subject to some alleged improprieties from Muhney, which he’s vociferously denied and she’s never addressed in any way, to my knowledge. And that she can basically do whatever she wants at Y&R in exchange for being a company girl and keeping mum? Not sure I completely buy it.

29 minutes ago, FrenchBug82 said:

I am not sure what is being implied here

 

B&B and these porny water-birth scenes….

Steffy is straddling a shirtless Finn while gasping and moaning like she’s taking the big D.

Oh God.

16 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSS ASHLEY!!!! LET THOSE HOES KNOW WHAT'S UP!!!!

 

AND YAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS TO LA DAME GETTING LAST POINT AND CENTER!!!! And easily my favorite. 

 

I have to admit that I like Gizelle's though Kenya did it better.  

 

And Robyn has to be trolling fans at this point with that tagline.

 

Actually I like all of them. It is like everyone knows what's up. lol. Mia ain't here to play. Candiace ain't here to play. Wendy ain't here to play. Just...wow...this will be a great season. 

I hope so. Potomac’s gotta hold it down for the entire HW universe for me at this point. They’ve yet to disappoint me.

Meanwhile, Nishioka beat Isner. Yoshi’s YouTube channel is gonna be lit.

Speaking of Isner…

Nishikori actually winning an early-round match in straights? Wow.

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6 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I don't buy the idea of the endless NYC screwups being justification of the Georgia voter law that is there to make sure Republicans  can overturn any election result they don't like, and has already led to a number of black election officials being fired without reason.

 

That tweet reminds me of the recent tweets I've seen on Critical Race Theory and how those who claim to be on the left love to take right wing positions and adopt them in order to show how fair and just they are as individuals, even though this does nothing but aid further fascism and censorship. 

I took that tweet out of my post since it’s a bit of a distraction but here it is for reference:

https://twitter.com/RobGeorge/status/1410060493486710790?s=20

12 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I did say it wasn't over yet, from the getgo. One interesting thing that I am seeing is the reports concerning the precincts that are reporting the most absentee ballots.

And NYC elections are as messy as I remember.

 

We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial RCV round by round elimination report. We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have patience.

— NYC Board of Elections (@BOENYC) June 29, 2021

Holy sh!t. Heads need to roll.

NY1 coming with the scoops.

1 hour ago, ironlion said:

I agree that $Bill is too cartoonish. He’s over the top and too much of a jerk, but surprisingly was a breath of fresh air in his scenes on Y&R. This most likely because it was like having Brad back in a different form. Frankly, they need Bill more than Bold does. 

Totally agree. Again, I wouldn’t be against a show swap for some characters.

Eboni just bangs that same note over and over and over… and over. It’s exhausting. Again, this is 7-8 episodes in. We’re approaching the midpoint of the season. And I blame Bravo.

Last summer, post-George Floyd, the Vanderpump Rules firings, and the overall cultural reckoning that was happening, it was clear that the zeitgeist wanted Ramona and the rest of these ladies to have a reckoning of their own. Enter Eboni, with her preachy elementary-school history lessons. They assumed the audience would be, Yaas queen! Black girl magic!  This current season would have played differently a year ago. But I think people now, post-pandemic, are just craving a messy fun season with some new faces.
 

Right now, Eboni feels like a killjoy. Should she have to bite her tongue if she feels abused or dismissed by these ignorant, sheltered white women? Absolutely not. But this isn’t good television. It’s repetitive and suffocating. (And when it’s not Eboni’s preaching, it’s Leah’s fake tears and “drunken” melodrama. Plus her dead-eyed sister Sarah.)
 

It speaks to the challenges of addressing difficult topics on reality TV. RHONY is doing a sh!t job of it right now. This is a series that has dealt with uncomfortable things like death (which ultimately led to the powerful episode of Dorinda and Carole in London) with a deft hand. Over time… Not all packed in few episodes.

I sense producers wanted Eboni and Bershan to compete for that black girl apple, which is very problematic in ways that they weren’t aware of. It’s performative wokeness.

That said, we’re seeing scenes, like with Luann and Victoria, that we should have seen earlier.