Faulkner

Oof. I would have loved to have had a professor who looked like him. JvD was only 42 then, which seemed so old (of course I was in sixth grade), but 42 in 1992 was more like mid-50s today. He had this Paul Newman-esque thing happening. He also made challenging scenes feel so effortless. Having to play those levels of a rather douchey Ross trying to put up a lawyerly front while Blake and Holly projected their needs upon him—scolding Blake and trying to reason with Holly—not easy. I loved that era of GL so much.

I really think JvD was a crucial part of my youthful… awakening. Man, he was gorgeous.

NYT:

TMZ has picked it up - warning: there are alleged photos of Liam’s body in this article:

Recency bias and pandering, of course. Cruz & Eden and Mac & Rachel being that low (and Todd/Blair being that high or Liam/Steffy being mentioned at all) is silly, but so are these lists. L&L are undeniably tops—even if it confirms something weird about how our society views or dismisses violent sexual assault against women. Our views on heterosexual romance has been traditionally tinged with male violence against women, from movies with heroic male partners slapping women to the “take me!” ethos of romance novels, even from female creators. It’s an uncomfortable reality but I’m glad at least they didn’t attempt to whitewash L&L out of existence, as media outlets have been pressured to do with problematic yet still popular old content. Roger and Holly were much more honest and unwavering about the reality and lifelong consequences of rape—I think calling them a “couple” almost cheapens their unique dynamic.

Lucky Chloë Sevigny sharing a lip lock with NAC: