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Venus looked amazing especially. This warmed my heart honestly. Long story but several years ago now, I worked with a girl that won a title that you would know. I was with a local for about 15 years in the system. Scholarship organization. After several years in our state of coming close, people around her encouraged her to come to us. You have to win a local in the system to compete at State and the group had a couple of local pageants in the system that she bounced between for 3 or 4 years. After those several years, her group told her to come to our competition because well...we did have the magic touch. She won our local, and then won State and then won the whole thing, as we always suspected she would. During her year she came into contact with the Williams sisters, and they invited her to a couple of events. Galas if you will. Actually totally galas. The national organization did not approve the appearances, even though she offered not to wear the crown or sash or anything. Contract did not allow it, and ultimately they deemed these were not 'appropriate' appearances because their "brand" was so important. That tells you enough about the 'brains' at the top of this organization. After that year I slowly backed away from involvement, and plus, we won it all. Well, she won it all because that's how our local was. The girls are competing, not us. Other locals in our state could never figure it out. And it was as simple as building them up, teaching them to believe in themselves, and watching them go get it. But after that experience I wasn't interested anymore. Her year was spent doing sponsor visits and doing what she was told. It was terrible. And we sat back, talked on our 'bat phone' with her, got all the dirt from the inside....and were shocked and amazed at the stupidity of how easy it could have been, to truly have a (insert the title right here) truly be 'relevant' and get us back in the media and on websites everywhere. Good for the Williams sisters. ("not appropriate appearances". HA! My God.

My sister put it so well. She's never liked Osaka (neither have I actually), but my sister's words yesterday were so appropriate. She said "My Lord what's wrong with her NOW!!? What does she want NOW?" Very simple, but I think that's what everyone is thinking and that's the attitude she's cultivated among the public. Maybe without even knowing it. I think that's how we all feel, LOL.

I’m sick of hearing about Naomi. Tired of the drama. At this point she’s become the poster child of rich people mental health problems and it’s coming across as attention whore central. As Dolly said - come down off the cross, somebody needs the wood.

That's what Republicans do. And if there are good ones they don't speak out enough against the bullshi*.

30 is the new 52? She looks like she went to the Hunter Tylo and Lisa Rinna Spa for Lips and Unmovable Face.

GL - not really a re-write really but the Clone's death was done pretty well in the end. Although it would have been somewhat morbid I would have brought in Audrey Peters (Sarah) to play the Clone in the last few weeks of her life. It would have been like Reva seeing herself die, and her mother die again, and maybe some thought about what it would mean in the end to clone people.

I passed by and saw Steffy wearing houndstooth today. I like houndstooth (I really do, I'm a guy and wear it). But I wonder if that wardrobe person is still there. They announced about 2 or 3 or 4 years ago (I don't remember) someone new, fashion forward, Italian? Taking over wardrobe and how it was going to be excellent. That's when the downhill started that I DO remember when I was watching and the wardrobe was immediately actually barf worthy. In regard to the reports of massive crying on Brooke's part, I haven't seen it, but weren't they kind of always foisting that on Katie? Has Brooke taken over the role of Katie now for the crying department? I was a GL fan and Kim Zimmer/Reva was the appointed cryer for CBS. This sounds like it may be surpassing that territory. In GL's defense, Zimmer was a good cryer. You believed it for sure.

Love Bob Moses - Love Brand New.

I hadn't seen a match in a while and tuned in to Tennis Channel (I think?) to see the match in Monterrey. Madison is back to being Madison. Arm, wrist, hair...some kind of injury.

From yesterday...she's posted a few times now, Andy taking her to appointments.

I didn’t expect to like them but a few things are cute. And not as much $ as I was waiting for. Cheap no but not over the top expensive, and in line with a lot of brands.

This is the one I remember reading about! Thanks!

I never watched AW really, and I'm sure it's buried within this board somewhere, but can someone give me a synopsis that is out there or description...even if you didn't watch AW, I know this is legendary because it's one of those things that everyone (or most people) who were soap fans just know about. But what is the story/background on all of the speculation that happened about - someone lost a baby or the baby died or something, and a character picked up a pillow or doll or something and fans jumped at it, and pointed to it, bringing it up repeatedly - that she must have had twins. There must be a 2nd baby by the way she coddled a doll or pillow. I'm sure someone here knows. What's the story or where can I read about it?

I tuned in briefly today. Blah. I don't know why, I just don't care who ends up with Ridge and it's not making me want to watch again. I'm kind of tired of seeing women fight over men who are flawed and awful also. I think that means I'm in the majority of people who tuned out of soaps all together. Yuck. Adult kids trying to reunite their adult parents. Ick.

I saw something on Twitter yesterday about the Number 1 player returning - ATP tweeted it. People replied...do you not even know? Because there was a picture of Novak. People replied isn't Medvedev #1 now?

I think it's a problem. This is happening in tons of sports, where they're being buried on newish streaming services - like the Olympics and Peacock - but NBC at least did show a lot. Networks, other than Golf, American Football, and College Basketball are ignoring people that don't want to go look for it. College sports like Lacrosse, Women's Softball you have to search for it. I don't see U.S. Gymnastics covered like it used to be, not even important meets. Ditto Figure Skating. But Tennis I believe is by far the worst for coverage because it was a big sport. Burying it on Tennis Channel or wherever else has killed the sport on TV. Meanwhile networks like ESPN/ESPN2 are covering pickleball and cornhole. Nothing against them, but they have no real history. Yes, people play it, but it's just not the same for me. Maybe I'm crazy. Ditto, along with Austin, but I never played competitively in High School because my team was too good and everyone knew who was going to make it. LOL. One year I was kind of excited and worked at it - then didn't 'go-out' for the team - we had Seniors graduate - 4 of them seeded, but we got 2 ridiculously talented exchange students, and other guys who had been close to making the team were clearly ahead of me in the eyes of the coaches. So there was no point. But I admired and followed the people you list on TV, and it was because of TV that I got to see Tennis. That doesn't happen now.

Really hit or miss. The last time I saw her I thought she needed to lay off the Twinkies.

Well he and his wife are major shareholders in a company developing a "cure". He can't be pro-vax or say that vaccinations are OK. It would go against his investment in a company whose goal is to 'cure' the cold. Covid is of the same line as the common cold I believe I've read. So there's never going to be a cure likely, but he's sticking to his own (albeit stupid) guns. And pocket book.

That was the main problem with the storyline for me. I kept saying at the time....everyone is OK with this? It's a problem in general for B&B which is - just another problem they've always had. These people are supposed to be world-famous - but then almost no one knows them. Stephanie was lost and homeless for God sake, and that was back when B&B was GOOD. It never made sense. The fact that there's no paparazzi makes no sense. Then they go to Australia or Monaco and they're popular and recognized THERE?? But with Maya, that was the whole issue for me. Some resistance, continuing bad press, even Rick just taking a TINY bit of TIME and having some ISSUES with Maya, before really realizing that he LOVED her would have done it for me. We got nothing. It was terrible. In regard to cult stories, I remember reading once that GL/Pam Long pitched the idea and they didn't go for it. That was in the 80's....for some reason they said it was too controversial. It would have been interesting for one of the 4 musketeers to have gotten wrapped up in something like that.

I've only seen it a couple of times in passing - I saw her in a scene about a week into the role? But I would agree with those that say Hunter who? I know I read some pretty smug things that she said about not returning to B&B, but really - from what I saw this actress is more likeable and seemed more natural in her delivery than Hunter ever did. Daytime isn't what it used to be but from what I've seen, this could go down in what remaining history of Daytime that there still is, to be one of the best recasts ever. I could give examples of great recasts but the ones I think of, the actors or actresses made the role their own or changed it. To me, this is almost like it's what Taylor should always have been. Several Dinahs on GL were very very good recasts, but they each did something different with the role. Ditto with Blakes. Maybe their best recast for me would be Maureen (that will always be Ellen Parker to me - afterward and looking back, Ellen Dolan was not Maureen). I don't watch GH but I'd say from what I have seen that Cynthia Watros is better on GH than Stafford was (I don't know a ton but from the little I saw, GH got the golden end of that trade). On World Turns the recast of Frannie a couple of times comes to mind of excellent recasts or replacements, along with most Margos....Dolan might not have been Maureen but was a great Margo. This one looks like a great recast/job albeit I'm kind of saying it from the outside.

Thanks - I couldn't get to that article above. I knew I saw it somewhere...

From what I read wasn't it (or isn't it?) about to become The Sherri show?

Ugh. Well not much solace but at least the loss was to someone from Argentina. There's a part of me that still wants him to somehow stay in it and return. I would love to see him advance a couple of matches at a Slam. He would get a ton of support.

I can't stand tudor-style, but it's beautiful. Tudor always reminds me now of Jon Benet Ramsey's house. It was tudor-ish I think. It does look somewhat sterile but the grounds and pool look nice.

I saw that. You could tell by the way she was acting the last time (well, the last time I saw) her on Twitter. Someone posted an 'interview', but it was someone just trying to talk to her really. Chris Evert tweeted it out and said, this is not OK or something. But in the video someone asked her about where she's been, and at first she said 'can we go inside?' Like she wanted to say something. Then she looked sideways like someone was watching her (because I'm sure they were)...and then, the person who asked the question was standing right there...she said "I can't hear you, I'm sorry?" It was so obvious that she's been yanked back/put in her place. Did she appear at the Olympics? I thought for sure, maybe I missed it, but it would be very much like them to trot her out for a lot of parade opportunities to show how happy she is.