Faulkner

Keeping an eye on Aga. She’s in better form at Eastbourne than she has been in a LONG time.

Sheffer seemed like such a breath of fresh air initially. I remember Laiman had written Andy as faking paralysis, and it was such a silly, inane plot. Then Hogan’s stuff started, and he included a scene of Andy in a support group with people actually dealing with disabilities, and I thought, “That’s a character moment Laiman would have never done.” And the Rose D’Angelo doppelgänger story became so much more than a dumb lookalike plot, and he seemed to value Colleen Zenk. Of course, we all saw the misogynistic mess the show devolved into (Hogan giving the guys their “dicks” back).

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I’m coming to appreciate Tinsley. Of course, she’s the newbie and the most disposable, but she’s fun, young, and up for anything, yet doesn’t throw off the chemistry as much as Kristen or Jules. She’s willing to take a back seat, and that’s fine. She’s not gunning for a perch next to Andy at reunion like many other first or second season HWs. At the same time, I think she contributes a sort of dippy, drunken lightness. I like her (and her mom). These shows are like puzzles, and I feel like RHONYC has the right pieces at the moment. Perhaps that will change, but I’ve been loving the past season-and-a-half. Heather was one of the only things that worked about Seasons 5-6, and I wouldn’t mind seeing her again down the line. It was nice seeing Jill too (even under tragic circumstances), but then I remember all the things that led to her still-unsurpassed implosion on the show (in terms of falling from fan favorite to demonized). Then, I think, “Yeah, I’m good.”

Adorbs.

I hope she gets the help she needs because I fear we’re going to wake up to a sad and very final headline soon if she doesn’t.

This is becoming even more desperately sad and tragic. She was hospitalized just a few days ago after threatening to take her own life.

More than $17,500. A very expensive squirt, indeed.

Oh Novak. What a choke against a player he used to dominate and could have soundly beaten today. Encouraging week, but man.

Not to take anything away from Borna, but Federer has been playing badly (for him) all week (almost defeated by the likes of Benoit Paire, pushed by Denis Kudla), so I wonder if there is some underlying issue. He’s had months off so he *should* be fresh.

Meanwhile Kyrgios pays the price for yesterday’s antics:

CORIC BEATS FEDERER!

Berdych has pulled out of Wimbledon due to a back injury he’s been carrying for months:

I didn’t watch the Fed match with Kudla, but people said it looked like he was struggling. I wonder what was up. Meanwhile, in contradiction to the below tweet, RBA had to retire five games into his Halle semi against Coric after a nasty slip. Borna will be well-rested for Fed tomorrow. Mauresmo, breaking the glass ceiling once again.

An insightful piece on where a Darlene-focused show could go in the aftermath of Roseanne Conner’s death: http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-imagining-the-conners.html

Jeremy Chardy’s wife is just a knockout.

Tonight’s NYC is laugh-out-loud hysterical. Luann’s FOMO comments. Ramona’s delusions and Bethenny’s aghast reactions. The montage of the women declaring their sex-music preferences. Tinsley’s outrage that Luann’s arrest has bumped up her own mugshot in the search engine results. Luann’s recalling of her arrest and the ladies’ reactions. This show is lapping the other major franchises quality-wise.

Luann looks amazing in her THs, gotta say. Just an aside: the owner of that Conbody gym from last week reminds me of the country singer Kane Brown.

Marie Wilson Amelia Marshall Dennis Parlato Frances Sternhagen Ray Wise Paul Michael Glaser Stephen Joyce Sandra Reinhardt (aka Sandra Ferguson or Sandra Robinson) Anna Holbrook Valarie Pettiford Luke Perry Hilary Edson Christopher Cousins

I think Sugita is super cute.

Totally agreed. Luann was horrible. She’s become my favorite, and she still had entertainment value (the camel), but that was her nadir. Aviva was just straining for her “moments.” That confrontation with Ramona at the restaurant was just one vicious low blow after another. Having someone that toxic and bitter on the show now would throw off the chemistry they’ve worked so hard to reclaim.

Players who’ve beaten all the members of the Big 4 at least once: