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Brandy has signed on alongside Eve and Naturi Naughton: https://deadline.com/2021/03/brandy-star-queens-abc-hip-hop-drama-pilot-1234709087/

It’s likely Drake will unseat Olivia Rodrigo next week with “What’s Next,” with his “Wants and Needs” debuting at No. 2.

It is. I have to remind my mom that she’s not fully vaccinated until two weeks after her second dose, which she’s still waiting to get.

When Roger Howarth is outacting you in scenes, it’s time to reflect on your life choices. I kid re: the above, but Wes has gone completely off the rails. He’s playing to the cheap seats with these big, loud, obnoxious “classically trained” acting moments. But dude the camera’s right there.

8th week at No. 1 for Olivia and a record-extended 52 weeks (a full year!) in the top 10 for “Blinding Lights.”

WTF was Zende’s MUAHAHA and then a cut to the opening credits? This show is just so half-assed.

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NFL linebacker Mychal Kendricks 🇺🇸

From Jakarta 🇮🇩

That’s definitely her voice.

From Taiwan 🇹🇼

Indeed. She’s captivating. And soaps have trotted out tons of people, even actors who are also professional singers, to perform over the years, and it’s almost always embarrassing. GL is a cut above.

Gloria Loring could flat-out SANG!

From Orange County, CA 🇺🇸

Yeah, even after her weak OLTL, I too was stoked to see what she could do at GL. But it felt like a caricature of a lot of her previous work, with the quirky “humor” (May Merisi), extending the mob stuff with the Santos family, sad deaths of children (Cassie/Richard), shoehorning in social issues stuff (Reva and the human trafficking story that led to Catalina’s arrival), etc.

Sometimes we learn that failures are the results of interference from the highers-up, but Claire Labine’s uneven OLTL and nearly disastrous GL come to mind. Both felt like self-parodies. That’s after her triumphant GH run and the well-earned respect for co-creating and writing Ryan’s Hope.

Kvitova owns Muguruza.

From Miami 🇺🇸

From Nigeria 🇳🇬

Zende is a Forrester, but you would hardly know it from this show.