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P&G probably wouldn't have allowed her to do what she wanted. It would have been interesting to see how Pam Long reacted to MADD's directive to fire the ailing Michael Zaslow. She wrote him in as David Rinaldi at OLTL, which was one of the only good things about Pam's stint there.

Oy. Suddenly the clay court season looks slightly more interesting.

Matt Bomer, Tuc Watkins, and the rest of The Boys in the Band cast talk about the new Broadway production:

OSCAR NOMINATIONS Best Picture: “Call Me by Your Name” “Darkest Hour” “Dunkirk” “Get Out” “Lady Bird” “Phantom Thread” “The Post” “The Shape of Water” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Lead Actor: Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name” Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread” Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” Lead Actress: Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” Meryl Streep, “The Post” Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water” Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World” Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Supporting Actress: Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound” Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread” Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water” Director: “Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan “Get Out,” Jordan Peele “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig “Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: “The Boss Baby” “The Breadwinner” “Coco” “Ferdinand” “Loving Vincent” Animated Short: “DeKalb Elementary” “The Eleven O’Clock” “My Nephew Emmett” “The Silent Child” “Watu Wote/All of Us” Adapted Screenplay: “Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory “The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber “Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green “Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin “Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees Original Screenplay: “The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani “Get Out,” Jordan Peele “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh Cinematography: “Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins “Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel “Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema “Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison “The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen Best Documentary Feature: “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” “Faces Places” “Icarus” “Last Men in Aleppo” “Strong Island” Best Documentary Short Subject: “Edith+Eddie” “Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405” “Heroin(e)” “Knife Skills” “Traffic Stop” Best Live Action Short Film: “Dear Basketball” “Garden Party” “Lou” “Negative Space” “Revolting Rhymes” Best Foreign Language Film: “A Fantastic Woman” (Chile) “The Insult” (Lebanon) “Loveless” (Russia) “On Body and Soul (Hungary) “The Square” (Sweden) Film Editing: “Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss “Dunkirk,” Lee Smith “I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel “The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory Sound Editing: “Baby Driver,” Julian Slater “Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green “Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King “The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood Sound Mixing: “Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin “Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill “Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo “The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick Production Design: “Beauty and the Beast” “Blade Runner 2049″ “Darkest Hour” “Dunkirk” “The Shape of Water” Original Score: “Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer “Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood “The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell Original Song: “Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige “Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens “Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez “Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Makeup and Hair: “Darkest Hour” “Victoria and Abdul” “Wonder” Costume Design: “Beauty and the Beast” “Darkest Hour “Phantom Thread” “The Shape of Water” “Victoria and Abdul” Visual Effects: “Blade Runner 2049” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 “Kong: Skull Island” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” “War for the Planet of the Apes”

Phantom Thread really overperformed. Didn't see the Lesley Manville/PTA/Best Picture nominations coming. Darkest Hour gets an unexpected Best Picture nod. Glad Holly Hunter was snubbed. She had the least interesting performance of all The Big Sick's principal cast. James Franco snubbed, and the Oscars dodge a bullet. No Best Director for Three Billboards, which dings its frontrunner status. Not a single nomination for Wonder Woman even in the tech categories. I knew Tiffany Haddish wasn't getting nominated, but she had to be disappointed not to see her name while she was announcing the nominees.

LOL. Hantuchova only reached one GS semifinal.

I'm not watching the ESPN coverage partially because I'd not get any work done or any sleep due to the time difference but also because I despise the commentators.

I'd be delighted if Chung somehow made it all the way. I really like his moxie. He's been getting none of the press of the European, Aussie, and North American NextGen players even though he literally WON the NextGen event in Milan. Berdych has never been likable to me, but even I admit that his seeming resurgence is a good story after every pundit (like the arrogant and boorish Justin Gimelstob) wrote him off.

So looks like McDormand/Oldman/Janney/Rockwell are locked for Oscars. Damn, I wanted competitive races for once.

Oh I definitely remember Mac got a lot of story. But it still struck me as weird that he'd be the final face, just because that has been traditionally reserved for the icons of their soaps like Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, Victoria Wyndham, or Susan Flannery, not just the leading man du jour. Yeah, Labine had a fondness and reverence for Rosalind Cash that was palpable. It's so sad that she was only 56 when she died. She seemed like such a wise elder when she was only just two years older than what Kristian Alfonso is now.

And GL was reverting to The Reva Show, and Pam created the damn woman. Who knows? Granted, B&E's first year with Rauch was very entertaining before they went sci-fi/fantasy/Godfather, and again Pam Long's OLTL was not good in a lot of fundamental ways, so it may be an instance of be careful what you wish for.

I wonder if Pam Long was asked and turned them down. GL started slowly going to hell right after Santa Barbara went dark, so it may have been an opportune time to bring her back, especially when Nancy Curlee was on her way out and they decided to have the show head-written by committee for a year. She could have spared us Megan McTavish. I wasn't crazy about Pam Long's OLTL, but at least she knew GL well.

^That's a good one. I like the verses and pre-chorus especially.

What is going on with that match? Halep served for it three times and couldn't close it out? I know she can be flaky, but...are they trying to outdo Isner/Mahut? UPDATE: Halep finally closed it out but had to play the equivalent of two extra sets to do it. Not great for someone prone to injury.

I'm hoping the early singles are red herrings, but it's weird that I like the Timbaland single better than the Pharrell one (Timbaland seems tapped out these days while Pharrell still produces bangers when he wants to). Of course, these are my fave JT songs:

I believe so. The same vest and collared shirt.

I'll try to do better.

I always found it odd that John J. York was the final face, other than the possibility that he was last alphabetically. I always thought the final shot should go to one of the show's stars. (Plus I always hated Mac.) I loved Vanessa Marcil's and Rosalind Cash's shots the most.

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Just need a dash of color in the mix.

Not sure how many JT fans exist on this board, but I figured there might be a few even though many find him a bit problematic for throwing Janet and Britney under the bus. I thought Justified, FutureSex/LoveSounds, and the 20/20 Experience albums were all fantastic. His new album is out soon ahead of his Super Bowl halftime performance, and he's released a couple of songs. I actually quite like the first single "Filthy," but the song he released today is.... not good. I almost feel like he's punking us.

Executive producer Whitney Cummings explains why she wanted to bring back Roseanne in the Trump era: http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/roseanne-in-the-trump-era.html

Nishioka just took out Kohlschreiber in a five-setter with a ton of momentum swings apparently. I really like him, and it sucked that he tore his ACL when he was on the verge of really breaking through. Good start to his return, though. Wow, how childish of Coco. I see she's back to her old, entitled ways.