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From Miami 🇺🇸

Who said Isner was Nadal’s biggest threat at Roland Garros because they had that five-setter waaay back in 2011? It was hilarious.

Good guesses. It’s easy to take titles so literally (when in reality people often don’t).

Opelka and Isner both out in R1, to Goffin and Steve Johnson, respectively.

I guess we won’t know, of course, unless someone spills the tea. Certainly could have been another producer, but I’m not that familiar about who was crew on AMC in that era. (Just saw Casey Childs was also a producer then, as was Ginger Smith.) Probably would end up being some pencil-pusher whose name we’ll never know.

Could it have been Brian Frons? Chadwick also mentions a female exec, and Jean Dadario Burke looks to have been the EP around January 2003. Gordon Rayfield was HW, so could have been him as well?

In relative terms, huge ratings for the commercial-free Black Panther airing on ABC Sunday night. Scored a 1.4 18-49 demo rating, making it the highest-rated telecast of the past week, and the tribute special got a 1.1, the second highest-rated telecast this past week (tied with Wednesday’s Big Brother). And both were up against the MTV VMAs last night.

Some close-by places like Bermuda and a lot of Caribbean nations are now open for U.S. travelers, but not sure about the restrictions. Also not sure if they’d be the most popular places to go during hurricane season.

From Beirut, Lebanon 🇱🇧

That’s funny with JT going in on GH for their big Elizabeth Taylor cameo. Very smart, well-spoken guy.

From Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭

Candiace must have felt great with Wendy taking the heat from the ladies off of her for once. I don’t think I’ve laughed harder, or rewound a scene as many times, as T’Challa attacking Wendy, with the other ladies cowering together in a corner (and Candiace frozen with a fork in hand for self-defense). They are really milking the anticipation for the Michael Darby revelations. They were shown in the previews last week and again this week. (I suppose they’ll actually air next week.)

Ryan Coogler (director of Black Panther) has penned a tribute. He says he didn’t know Chadwick was ill. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-panther-director-ryan-coogler-pens-emotional-beautiful-tribute-to-chadwick-boseman

Benoit Paire tested positive for COVID inside the bubble and is out of the U.S. Open. More on the Pella/Hugo Dellien situation. Both were disqualified from Cincinnati for “having prolonged contact” with Pella’s physio, who initially tested positive but has had several negative tests since. https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2020/08/2-players-out-of-western-southern-open-after-covid-contact/90165/#.X0CNZHxpm-Y.twitter

From Goiânia, Brazil 🇧🇷

It was in the AMC Tribute Thread as well as the Where Are They Now?