Wendy

5 hours ago, reallyhateskateonlost said:

Actor strike is on.

I don't want to see rich people striking.

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/actors-are-going-on-strike-after-talks-with-major-studios-and-streaming-services-fail/ar-AA1dNIZI

You need to actually do some research. Like any industry, the wealthy "name" actors account for the "1%" in the acting world. The rest barely make enough to live. In addition, AI is now a threat.

Oh, no! I always liked Nicolas Coster. Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara was a riot! (Of course, I am well aware that he appeared on many other soaps prior, but Lionel was my first real exposure to him.)

He also had a small, but great, role in the movie, Betsy's Wedding with Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, and Anthony LaPaglia as the prospective father-in-law of Ringwald's Betsy.

Rest in peace, Mr. Coster. Thanks for the laughs - and even a tear or two!

On a final bittersweet note, at least he and his youngest son are now reunited. (I still recall him talking about having a child later in life in SOD and how sad it was that that son died so young.)

Because the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Hell, who am I kidding? It's about $$$$$$$$. Screw democracy!

Alas, this can all go sideways quickly. Why?

Guess who the judge is?

AILEEN CANNON.

I know.

Irna Phillips sounded like she was...a bit unhinged, to put it kindly. Thank goodness no one listened to her as far as Alice Horton went.

I think the bigger question is, will there even be scab writers this time around? Because from everything I'm reading, the WGA is really digging in against that this time around, assuming writers want to be a part of that union.

Makes me wonder if ABC will indeed raid their back catalog. Maybe do some theme weeks honoring lost actors/characters? Like have a week devoted to Alan Quartermaine, Edward Quartermaine, Bobbie Spencer, etc.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Funny how they used names of fictional characters with real names of the Knots crew.

Actually, I think a lot of shows do this! A therapist on one of the L&O shows had the same as name as one of the crew members in the credits.

Must be an easy way to get options.

One of my favorite songs of Tina Turner's:

Sing with the angels, Tina!

Chiming in that actors are like the rest of us and timelines can be skewed in their minds. That said, I also believe Jed Allan was referring to Wanda De Jesus. He was not shy in his dislike of her.

Just more "peaceful protesting", right-wing, Nazi style.

Deadline has another WGA Strike article up with various photos. One photo includes Thomas Ian Griffith and Mary Page Keller. Griffith seems to rock a gray beard.

All pictures are labeled, albeit in tiny lettering, but scroll among the other photos and you should come across it. (Just click the above link.)

Just now, John said:

then she will want Harris Impeached. She wants President McCarthy

Yawn. She can't do jack schitt. This is just more performance theater for the knuckle-dragging MAGA cult.

2 hours ago, John said:

Oh & MTG is trying impeach Biden again as part of her impeachment week. Ughhh

So she wants President Harris? Whatever to that lunatic.

Clearly, Haley Pullos has problems, both legal and personal.

DUI could have resulted in her killing someone or herself. All that said, if Molly is recast for good, maybe...have Lexi play Molly if the show is determined to have Kate Mansi?

(I know, likely too confusing and whatnot. But a nice fantasy of an idea.)

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

Well, life isn't always fair.

Yup, this.

Just now, wonderwoman1951 said:

 

all true — but kathryn hays was on atwt for 38 years, liz hubbard for 24. and not for nothing, ‘world turns and guiding light WERE ON CBS! and over the years those shows generated 10s, if not 100s of millions of $ for CBS. so one might think that would supersede the NEWS aspect of their passing.  

I get what you're saying, but at the time Bobbie and Luke appeared with the whole Luke/Laura/Ice Princess craze, GH transcended "just" soap press. As someone said, it became a cultural phenomenon.

For better or worse, that never happened for the P&G soaps, so as unfair as it may be, the passing of actors from those shows won't get much notice.

13 minutes ago, Joseph said:

I See That Bill Had A really hard time being faithful in those Years!!! I heard Brenda Benet's suicide maybe had to do an ill fated affair with Bill and SSH harassing her non-stop! I always felt like she was a 1980's Carole Landis!

Now Talking About Suzanne Roger's, I was thinking about making 1 to maybe 5 tribute to Maggie, My first choice is Maggie And Her Men and The 2nd is Maggie And Her Children (Janice, Melissa, Sarah(3), Summer, Daniel and Stepsons Bo and Philip) What y'all think???

Ditch Daniel and Summer, pretend they never existed, and this sounds decent.

8 hours ago, antmunoz said:

Guessing that because Zeman was still on an existing show, still appearing and working, it’s more newsworthy than the draths of actors that haven’t been seen onscreen, from shows that were cancelled, over a decade ago. 

And Jacklyn Zeman, along with Anthony Geary, Genie Francis, etc., LITERALLY saved GH from cancellation and helped turn it into the pop culture phenomenon that GH became in the early '80s.

That soap reached viewer numbers at that time that NO other soap has or will ever see.

In that context, I get why a rival network would acknowledge Jackie Zeman's passing.

Copied from the article thread in the news forum here:

Saw this on Twitter. I still can't quite believe it. Bobbie may have become marginalized, but JZ still was a link to GH's great past.

Barbara Jean Spencer was a great bad girl gone good...or at least, a gray character.

May Jaclyn Zeman rest in peace.

15 minutes ago, Vee said:

It's been fantastic purely for the faithful, who are pre-sold on Trump. It's not fantastic for CNN, which has been trying to pretend its pivot to 'the center' is Serious Journalism and that this event would not be an embarrassment. Both of those objectives failed. Most people didn't watch this live, they watched the ugly highlights on Twitter. They should never have done this.

 

 

You'll see (and are already seeing) the usual Beltway wagon-circling for poor valiant Kaitlan Collins who is one of the gang - she even roused apolitical access robot Peter Baker to her defense while he was studiously ignoring this event - but make no mistake, it was a disaster for their rep.

But the issue is, once again, the media has learned jack s*h*i*t from 2016. Keep pushing this POS, and he can once again have a chance next year.

And that will be the end of our democracy. Not hyperbole. FACT.

But as long as CNN and its ilk get $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, they no longer give a rat's f*u*c*k.

And today...Allen, TX at the outlet mall there. Thanks, GOP.

Failed Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker may be in some deep financial doodoo involving wire fraud. No wonder he seemed so comfortable, running as a Republican!

7 hours ago, marceline said:

So much dirt is going to come out about SCOTUS. That whistleblower is someone who used to work with Jane Roberts and saw her use her position to screw the rest of them. These Federalist Society types have no doubt made serious enemies of lots of people. People who will be more than ready to shiv them now.

Too bad there is no accountability for SCOTUS. They get to make laws for OTHERS. But THEY don't have to follow them! (See Clarence and Ginni Thomas as more examples.)

14 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I also liked the closure between Hope/Harris. They were good together, but Hope belongs with Bo. I wonder what they’re going to do with Harris now

I have a theory, bit it's sort of tied to a possible casting spec/spoiler posted some time back, so I can't say here.

But I'm so glad Bo/Hope are together.