Faulkner

Now Zverev is down a set and 0-3 to Fognini (who could always fall apart or... not).

Wow, Lajovic just routined Thiem. What the hell happened there?

Just now, YRBB said:

The main reason why people sometimes "prefer" Epperson lies with the Ashley character, who was an incredibly complex, brilliant, seemingly harsh and cold person (but with so, so much more underneath). BE would never be able to play that, and thus, words like "softer," "sweeter," "nicer" are used to describe BE's version. Only... that's not really Ashley, is it?  Which brings us back to the 'issues' with Ashley as a character.

 

And, yeah, BE was stunning, charming, and appealing. That doesn't change the fact she almost played Ashley in name only.

 

 

 

I agree with this. I totally loved BE for what she was (gorgeous, charismatic, warm but steely when required), perhaps because I only *really* started watching Y&R after she assumed the role. (I was in elementary school for ED’s ‘80s heyday.) Plus, the show as a whole was simply much better during BE’s stint than during ED’s later runs.

Wow, Daniil must really be in Stefanos’s head. Now 4-0 against him, and this was their first clay meeting. Apparently, it was a really tense, awkward match (shocker).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An update from Alex:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt Bomer, Tuc Watkins, et al. will reprise their roles in a Netflix adaptation of their Broadway production of The Boys in the Band.

 

 

 

Whoa. Grigor is teetering on the precipice, and given how Rafa wiped the floor with RBA today, his plummet is all but guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These dudes... I posted a few of these earlier, but they’re IG embeds that make the page load so slowly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh she’s hardcore Nolefam... way, waaay more than me. I think the tennis media goes after Novak for many reasons, most of them B.S., but their mentioning his place of residence wouldn’t be first on my personal list of grievances. I just like seeing where everyone lives all laid out. I wish the chart was more extensive.

I wonder if there’s just a sense of inevitability to a lot of these scenarios. If it wasn’t O.J., would it have been something else, as media was already trending into the oversaturated 24/7 celebrity scandal mode? O.J. was a perfect storm, though. You couldn’t craft a story to trigger so many deep American and human fascinations and anxieties (racial, sexual, you name it). How could anything have competed with that? 

 

Was O.J. the single most disruptive news event in soap history? I remember the Iran Contra hearings resulting in several preemptions. 9/11? Watergate?

An interesting list, no doubt, but aren’t Istomin and Kukushkin (and for that matter, Isner, as Florida is part of the U.S.) based in their countries of origin, if this chart is to be believed?

 

 

Lots of Frenchmen in Switzerland.

More ‘80s Brit stuff.

 

 

Yeah, that’s boring. I hate to say it. Not interested in Rinna doing cabaret shtick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just saw this. Wow.

 

And Sonego beat Khachanov.

Decent day for the Italians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can’t criticize King Roger (and Stefanos is also on the Rolex team):

 

I have to say, most of these guys look amess, especially Kei. FAA and Mischa look good, and that’s about it.