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Joel Schumacher has died.

Danny was such an @sshole to Traci. It’s a very believable response, but wow. This was one of the better performances I’ve seen from Michael Damian, who could be uneven at best. Beth Maitland was just 26 when she gave this Emmy-winning performance. I suppose she was just above the cutoff for the new category for younger actress, won that year by TEB. Judi Evans had won Supporting Actress (for Beth on GL) the year prior at only 20 years old, so I do wonder if the real reason for the younger categories was to protect the veteran performers from daytime’s youth onslaught.

One of the many (admittedly low-priority) pluses of the COVID crisis waning in severity in NYC: no interruptions for these episodes for press conferences. LLB was such a bad actress. She’s come a LONG way. She reminds of the parody of the bad horror movie actors in the Geico commercials.

“Wait until you’re my age, Nikki. You’ll play the pity game too.”

I mean, Cricket should have called 911 instead of calling Danny fergawdsakes. Such a dimwit. 😂

Courtney Simon is a good get, but that’s a disappointing lineup.

I mean, Briggs is legendary for his dislike of Novak, but I can’t disagree with a lot of this.

From Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭

From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

Now Borna Coric has tested positive:

I’m not into celebrity worship, because we don’t know any of these people personally, but I’m still a fan of Novak’s game. I love his tenacity on court, his relentlessness, his problem solving and intelligence. How he silences his detractors by just winning. And I was inclined to root for him early on because the media always laid it on so thick to prop up Federer and to a lesser extent Nadal. He clearly has fans (which has helped make him an extraordinarily wealthy man with sponsorships), and I can understand why Nolefam can appear to be a bit aggressive considering how his exceptional career achievements have often been downplayed. That said... These past few months have been bone-headed decision after bone-headed decision from Novak and the people around him. The fact he lives in his own bubble only becomes clearer and clearer. I can see why he chooses to insulate himself from the media, but he’s very out of touch with reality. That Serbia hadn’t been as adversely affected by COVID doesn’t mean you can just throw an international exhibition with unmasked fans packed into stands and players hugging each other. It only takes one asymptomatic positive person to cause a spike in infection. It’s just common sense at this point.

From Indonesia 🇮🇩

For Drag Race fans:

From Mumbai 🇮🇳

My friend wrote this piece:

It’s funny: Patinkin has been notoriously a nightmare throughout his screen and stage career. But it feels like Homeland has successfully rehabilitated his image. The rot just feels like it ran deep on CM. That show is still under investigation for serious violations by the crew.

LMAO

I didn’t realize Scott Bryce’s son was a basketball prodigy. Pretty cool.

And yet Netflix has given her full rein to produce shows with abandon. I’m interested in seeing what materializes from that freedom. Will the cray-cray be that much more pronounced?