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21 minutes ago, carolineg said:

JJY as Mac as worst? The Australian accent was dropped after a few months lol

JM as Stefano as one of the best. I did not know he was American for years. 

Yes, I was stunned to hear Joseph Mascolo’s normal accent when I was a kid. I guess it’s easier when your parents are immigrants, and you’ve heard the accent a lot or are even fluent in the language. Same with Melina Kanakaredes as Eleni on GL.

I was surprised to hear Fiona Hutchison’s flat American accent as well, but her parents are British.

16 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Bad: Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey; Not only does it sound fake, but it makes this 61 year old man sound like he's 81

Yeah, I wish he’d just abandon it. He looks better than he has in 25 years. A shame that he sounds so ridiculous.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

 

As per usual.  She is so self absorbed she has her own pity party when Liz is going through the same thing on that very day.  This is one of the first times I felt like she actually felt sad about Sonny dying though.

Is Jason allowed to be more concerned about Jake than Carly ever lol?

She’s so shrill! It’s like whistle tones.

And Laura Wright needs to give the scriptwriter who penned that “cup of coffee” monologue for Carly a good ass-whoopin.

6 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Ok these Liz and her family scenes are making me nauseous 

Carly’s fücking annoying today too.

Watching Quebec-born Kathleen Gati play German doctor Obrecht on today’s GH got me thinking: what are some of the best and worst accents you’ve seen actors do on soaps over the years? 

I’ve always marveled that both actresses who played Southern-fried Opal on AMC, Dorothy Lyman and Jill Larson, hailed from Minneapolis of all places. 

I may have missed episodes, but it feels like ages since we saw Cyrus.

19 minutes ago, FrenchBug82 said:

Has anyone ever remarked on Lily's tendency to date white men? I don't care as a viewer and I wouldn't care if she were a real person but it seems to me there would be a very interesting subtext to play with a good writer.

That would be amazing, but they would never go there. A show like This Is Us is far more daring about addressing racial issues like that. I actually think a lot of primetime series would tackle that nowadays, with the racial reckoning going on. Even The Good Doctor had a black doctor who had to wrestle with her own internalized racial bias against black patients.

I’m gonna need Lily to pop Victoria. I hate that it’s over that loser Billy, though.

AH and CK have good adversarial chemistry. Glad that they’re finally leveraging that. Long overdue for them to trade barbs.
 

Still they could have taken it further IMO. I don’t know why they want to be so “restrained” in terms of conflict.

Richard Burgi looks so much better without that foppish turtleneck.

The folks over at Goldderby think RSW is the next Ryan Gosling, but he almost looked like he was laughing during that scene where Ciara kicked Ben out of her hospital room. So bad.

Just now, FrenchBug82 said:

I detect a pattern here... (see some of my earlier posts).
 

I think WL is smart and talented enough to adjust (like the currently thriving Tom Pelphrey, who did The Most on GL and even recently on his well-regarded turn on Ozark).

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From Brazil  

Great interview.

Oy, Musetti.

OK, he pulled it off. Big win to beat Schwartzman, but he almost choked it from 5-1, 40-0 up.

From Mexico  

The HFPA has always been a garbage organization.

OK, that’s the end of Sharon Osbourne then...

On to the next...

47 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

I don't think even Alison Sweeney can save this DULL murder mystery. 

They FUBARed this story.

Dafuq? These scenes with Steffy and Finn are shot and edited SO awkwardly.

Why is every single person drawing out these paternity reveals? It’s BEYOND stupid.

11 hours ago, Ponds said:

Me three....I liked him at first, but he isn't the least bit attractive to me after that.

I think he’s attractive but there’s something a bit exhausted-looking about him now. Like he’s sorta over what he’s been asked to play, and he’s physically tired. Yesterday, it looked like his eyes were half-closed. I can’t say that I blame him, if that’s the case.

I guess they just chem-tested Jack and Tara? 

This show is such bullish!t. I watch it almost as an exercise in what *not* to do in storytelling.

Not quite connecting with the Tara actress so far, but reserving my judgment.

Amazing actor.

From Israel  
 

Speaking of the Grammys, I loved Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s performance as Silk Sonic. Nice, respectful yet whimsical take on ‘70s soul.

Plus I’ve been listening to Quiet Storm all weekend on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Hqm6veYJM3yf8C4LhboKp?si=t9Rdd_LFSUK2dQA7aN8oMg

29 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

I'm expecting a psycho ex or a meddling parent played by a 90's television star. 

Totally what’s going to happen if he’s not killed unceremoniously.