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Mo’Nique would be a fascinating addition. A total loose cannon.

From Los Angeles 🇺🇸

Sending good thoughts to your family, @Soapsuds.

I can’t believe, all these years later, that name is still censored. The drama we used to have on these forums. 😂 Can we have some real fückery and just cast Florencia Lozano as Jennifer Horton? We already had KdP miscast as Kentucky Fried Eve, and you just know RC wants his Tea/Blair redux...

He’s absolutely stunningly gorgeous. Used to see him tanning with his bf on the Piers on the West Side back around when he was playing Cyrus.

Has Bravo ever sent a HW to a new city in the franchise? They’ve had guest appearances, I know. (Bethenny did BH to hang out with Kyle?) It’s interesting it hasn’t happened yet, or that they haven’t exploited the genuine friendships between women on different HW series with some kind of “all-stars“ limited series or something.

Soaps feel like a last bastion for conservatives in the culture wars, so I wonder how much impact these callouts will have.

Bryton richly deserved that Emmy. Devon read Carmen the house down. If only the show allowed him to be that passionate and committed more often... We’ve seen good actors tripped up by boring characters all the time on soaps. I know people didn’t love Prof. Korbel, but Eyal Podell was smoking hot and he and AL had chemistry IMO.

Novak should muzzle his father.

I don’t think she’d fit in at all on NYC, even with Leah, but when you put it that way, I’d kind of like to see her humbled a bit mixing it up with Dorinda, Luann, et al, even if she’s one and done. One of the reasons I stopped watching OC is she kept getting away with murder season after season. The NYC ladies would see right through her, and that would be awesome. But keep her away from BH: they have enough sh!t stirrers.

From Miami 🇺🇸

Mishael Morgan co-produced this Juneteenth video of her and fellow soap actors like Bryton, Sean Dominic, Christel Khalil, Angell Conwell, Tamara Braun, and Ryan Carnes speaking the words of MLK.

Miss Jill Scott knows how to serve intensity. Powerful story.

For longtime RHONJ fans:

That outdoor scene with Grace and Tony looked like EastEnders. Leigh McCloskey’s Kurt was just one of several men on ‘90s Y&R with bad ponytails, Michael Tylo’s Blade being another.

Watching today’s episode: Victoria Rowell was simply phenomenal as Dru. It just needs to be said. She more than secured her place as one of the great actresses of Y&R and the genre as a whole. Hope is still my favorite Victor pairing. There was such a sweetness between Eric and Signy.

From Orlando, Florida 🇺🇸

I do see a lot of pushback on those complaints. A select few of those bitching raise a good point: there’s a reason why heavily serialized programming doesn’t repeat well, especially chopped up like this. You’re left hanging with every cliffhanger, and there’s nowhere to push people to watch the continuation, as old episodes aren’t streaming. We here love watching old one-offs on YouTube as scholars of the genre, but dipping in and out of stories isn’t the best experience. But it’s not like they had a ton of time and resources to implement something different. Some of these people don’t seem to realize COVID’s impact, though, which is silly.

Nicki gets another No. 1.

Indeed on both counts. He had such an eclectic body of work, including writing three of the most iconic black films ever, Sparkle, Car Wash, and The Wiz.