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Adrienne Frantz’s tribute to her TV mom:

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Erika Slezak’s statement on her website.

These gut punches don’t land any more softly.

Taglines for the new RHONY cast:

Olivia gets her third No. 1 (after “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”) and becomes the first artist to debut their lead singles from their first two albums at No. 1. Tracking suggests Morgan will reclaim No. 1 (for a 14th week) next week:

I’ve posted this before, but it’s ABC’s Summer 1998 “Where the Boys Are” promo featuring singing from Catherine Hickland. Kinda cringe but I love campy stuff like this (this clip won’t embed so you have to click). This one is just for AMC, but, somewhere out there, there’s a longer and even cheesier version for the full ABC soap lineup.

https://youtu.be/uHSAZtBXNtk

Madonna’s first message since her hospitalization. Says she plans to reschedule the North American leg of her tour and begin in Europe in October.

I did not expect Jabeur to obliterate Kvitova like that. When were these ladies’ matches played?

Hurkacz was serving incredibly. He probably would have been any other player.

Eubanks with the break in the fifth set!

If Eubanks takes it, he’ll play Medvedev, a winnable match for him on grass.

Edit: He did it! Stefanos was lucky to get this far. If that Murray match hadn’t been suspended and continued the next day, he probably would have lost, as Murray had all the momentum. Eubanks can definitely take Medvedev. He might even have a road to the final, but Alcaraz or especially Berrettini (who seems back in form) would be huge challenges, no doubt.

22 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

The matches start too late on the main courts. Both men and women's matches went the distance. 

Oy at the Wimbledon scheduling.

Hmmm… I would have totally been in awe and maybe a little afraid of Beverlee McKinsey had I met her when she was alive. I adored her, of course. I don’t think I’d faint over anyone (unless someone came back from the dead). There are a lot of people whom I’d gush over like Paul Anthony Stewart, Alicia Coppola, or Victoria Rowell.

Canadian actor Jordan Buhat  

Has CLB spoken about an illness or a procedure he’s had done on his eye? They looked very irritated in his last appearance.

Kevin Anderson is following Caroline Wozniacki out of retirement.

Will make his return in Newport.

Are they really gonna have Novak and Stan start this late?

Ken a.k.a. “Billy”

Interesting how some of JG’s favorites like Jason Thompson, MCE, and Melissa Ordway are waaay down the list. (Not gonna look a gift horse in the month. Part of Y&R’s improvement this year is those three being featured less.) I’m actually surprised that Courtney Hope isn’t top 10 for the year so far. Sharon Case only recently got a story yet was on enough to be top 10.

Just now, Donna L. Bridges said:

Not AMC/Opal but on AW she played plenty of drama.

Yeah. I’ve seen a bit of her on AW and other soaps like Generations. She’s definitely capable of playing the drama but I was curious. Jill Larson had a lot of dramatic moments as Opal later on.

12 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

As far as I'm concerned, Dorothy Lyman and Darlene Conley are probably the most comedic actresses to ever grace daytime. Then, of course, you consider how easy they were able to turn the tables back to drama.

Is there a great example of Dorothy Lyman’s Opal in a very serious, dramatic scene? I haven’t seen anything of hers where she wasn’t playing comedy. It’s a shame she wasn’t around for Jenny’s death. Did she only submit comedy for her two Emmy wins as Opal?