Faulkner

This guy from Thailand 🇹🇭 IMG_1107.mp4

Xander’s hairy pecs are putting in WORK on the daily. At this point, they deserve their own “Starring” credit like the late, great Frances Reid. And ELI in the towel!

Yeah I saw that afterwards (I didn’t watch the match in full). He’s getting pummeled for that. Look at Pavs making big moves at 29. Good opportunity to make the final with the semi against Zidansek.

From France 🇫🇷

Texas and Loving.

Mulcahey also wrote for Justin Deas on Santa Barbara. JD’s mugging was at least more appropriate on SaBa because he was playing a broad, oversexed schemer used mostly for comic relief.

GH is doing very basic soap stuff. Like having big secrets that viewers are waiting to be revealed (Sonny being alive, Brook Lynn and Valentin’s baby actually being Maxie’s). The only “suspenseful stories” we’ve had on Y&R in recent months was Chelsea framing Adam and Kyle hiding his son’s paternity from Jack (why would he care that much?). I’ve been somewhat enjoying GH, but I also don’t want to overrate it for doing things that we’d normally expect from even bad soaps back in the day. Y&R is soooo flat and uninspired, it’s pathetic. I don’t even think it’s a step up from DAYS, production-wise, and if it’s going to be “character-driven,” they need a stronger writing staff. Of all the remaining soaps, Y&R characters have the least distinctive, individualized voices. Even Faith’s dialogue as a teen doesn’t stand out much. Speaking of off screen, Amanda is working on Sutton’s case, but where has he been? Have we even had a scene with Sutton and Naya/Imani yet? We should have seen Amanda at an Ames/Benedict family dinner at this point (forgive me if I’ve missed that), but I suppose that’s beyond Y&R’s shrinking budget at this point. (Hell, they could have had dinner at Society, for heaven’s sake.) We get strained meetings in the Grand Phoenix lobby instead.

Genie Bouchard had arthroscopic surgery on her right shoulder: https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1DmBZrstT/?utm_medium=copy_link

The men’s draw is shaping up mostly as expected. The bottom half is all of full or half Russian parentage.

Second week at No. 1 for BTS.

Xander got “left at the altar” by Kristen/Sarah, married Chanel, banged Nicole, and is now mixing it up with Gwen. He’s basically the straw that stirs the drink for any story right now.

From the little I saw, it seemed like he was legit injured or maybe just overexerted himself to take the opening two sets.

And Musetti retires against Novak… lordt.

Meanwhile, after falling two sets down (in two TBs)… And Sakkari beating the brakes off Kenin, yikes…

Novak is making a mess of this match against Musetti. Oy. Should have known not to get my hopes up. Meanwhile, Coco is cruising.

From NYC 🇺🇸

I’m listening now. I just ❤️ her.

Aw. Michael Cole is now the last surviving member of the Mod Squad.

And they’re playing favorites with people who are on the last legs of their careers. And then when the other big superstar (Naomi) withdraws early, they’re caught flat-footed. Pretty much they’re now relying on Coco, who they prefer over even Rafole.

It doesn’t help that they only show the big stars, so people can get familiar with the up-and-comers. Like I get it, but it’s short-sighted and a self-fulfilling prophecy. They are replaying Federer/Koepfer on NBC (both of whom are now out of the tournament) instead of letting people watch Fokina/Delbonis, one of whom will make the quarters. NBC’s ratings don’t make me any money either way. I just wanna watch some competitive tennis, big stars or not.

Rybakina just took out Serena. NBC’s coverage of this tournament is… weird, to say the least.

So Kirsten Storms had brain surgery to remove a cyst that had split in two? https://deadline.com/2021/06/general-hospital-star-kirsten-storms-acknowledges-recent-brain-surgery-1234770061/