Contessa Donatella

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Personally, I think that if you aren't comfortable doing love scenes, then your character (if you have a job) should not be eligible in any way for a romantic pairing. The modesty issues having to do with clothes do not bother me. Not being able to simulate love making is an issue.

Amanda Setton is an observant Jew.

Funny. LW & the GH Costume Designer are literally best friends. He dresses everyone with special love & attention but especially Laura. He dressed her for the Stephen A. Smith event 2 weeks ago. Me, I thought the wedding was very special with the florals & the pastels & a very pleasing palette. Just last week on TwiX Alan Locher invoked the memory of the wedding of Cassie to Prince Richard & I pulled a 50 second clip of just the "I Do's". LW totally looked like a princess right out of a fairy tale.

Digest said PM/Korte will continue into midsummer.

Oh, no! Don't encourage him!!!

I agree! I'm completely with you on this! I don't think I need authenticity in 14 year olds!

The way I describe Korte is priorities: 1-Jason, 2-angst, 3-Carly, 4-whatever Frank says. I believe it to be a sound analysis. It's really hard to say about things like that with them. When they got back from the strike, they wandered around talking to everyone, because they had no idea at all what they wanted to do with anyone, at all. Just totally blank. They decided, hey why not, by default, let's have Chase propose to Brook Lynn. This is an actual example of the way they think, or don't think, as the case may be.

Now that is totally backwards. Carly was clear that she did it, that both Michael & Drew told her not to, that it was entirely her own fault. She said it in the beginning. She said it again recently. And, she said it in between. It's Nina who is always blaming Carly, not the other way around. Or at least it was Nina. That has now changed & I like it. And furthermore Carly told Drew not to turn himself in!!! I mean, there's facts, what actually happened onscreen. BITD Nina was like the Carly haters on TWiX. Why are they angry at Carly today? Because it is a day that ends with a Y. Last week Carly was not on the show, except for 3 seconds on Friday's "NEXT ... on General Hospital!" But, did that stop the haters? No, it did not. They bitched about Carly every single day.

Drew & Nina are not lovers. They are fuque buddies.

True enough, but she still was a hellacious teen!!!

And besides having to learn so many. They also have to *forget* yesterday or it gets in the way of today. Here they are as a couple, Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun & the book they wrote together. Granger was both famous & infamous. He was openly bisexual, always, saying he didn't come out, because he was never in. He was said to have performed over 7 decades, beginning in movies in the 40s, doing movies in other times, doing theatre, finally doing a soap. Notably he had an affair with Leonard Bernstein, the last affair before the "Maestro" married a woman. I can't recall the famous & gorgeous women he was with. That was all before he & Calhoun met & they were together from that point, on, until their deaths.

Uh, Sami would like a word with you about your list.

He wasn't. Friday was their Episode #46. M-F a month is 23 days, so in effect, they'd been on air, for 2 months. And, they were smack dab in the middle of May Sweeps. Traditionally, the rule of thumb is either 6 months or 2 Sweeps periods. As has been said by others here already, this is unprecedented if they fired him this quickly. Clearly Friday was their first BIG DAY. We have learned from Steve & Harrington in a podcast last week that Cates & Jason have taped "action scenes." Also Finola said something which made it sound like Pikeman is about to heat up but maybe not conclude for 4-5 more weeks. This says to me that we are just now getting into the thick of it. It seems to me that they have thrown out not only the bathwater and the baby but the whole damn nursery.

I confess to not understanding what is going on with Holly. One minute with Nicole, she is monstrous. The very next minute, with Marlena she is all phooey I was a terrible person, guilty, seeing how monstrous she was, ... HUH? I honestly recall, as a teen girl, that moods were AWFUL. Is she just having teenage mood swings? As for NuTate I am still getting used to the change. In the hall at school yesterday, he was fine, or maybe even slightly better than fine.

From the Star Billing Blog: On September 29, 1969 Bright Promise debuted on NBC. The scene opened outside with people walking & the words Bright Promise appear big & bold on this visual field & as Dana Andrews walks into the frame & the words are replaced with "Starring Dana Andrews". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnhhGoDkEk

It's one of the mere handful of soaps to feature star billing.

Nitpick: Albert Alarr not Alan. It's awkward as hell. She was a total nepo hire. There's no reason to think she was qualified. The optics are so very bad. But none of that is a basis for firing her. It is a mess & not the soapy kind of mess we love so! Did anyone but me think that Thursday Sarah didn't have enough dialog? I swear she spent half the day mugging! Meanwhile Xander had way too many words!! The only other thing is why Steve is keeping Kayla on some kind of "need to know" basis.

What I'm thinking about doing is having a zoom watch party!

So what do you think about his being acting coach?!

Where does the information that he quit come from?

Beautiful!

May be of interest ...

I'm not familiar with those threads. Tell me the right one's name & I'll be glad to pop it there, too. And, yes, the more I think about it I'm getting angry at the very idea of rushing toward Linda!!!! I am very sad about DavidF!!

@Efulton and anyone else who ordered the Video/Photo pkg as a non-attendee: AW60 Event: Just msgd with Karen & they are editing & hoping to add content & plan to distribute end of month. So, I know 3 people, closely who attended. James posted about talking to different people & also msgd a bit. 1st item of several: When Linda Dano arrived, the crowd kind of rushed up & at first prevented her from getting in & down the stairs & totally into the room where they were. So, Linda left early. And, I would just add, GOOD GRIEF! Some people just do not engage their brains at times. How awful! 2. Susan Keith Got to meet this darling women on Saturday. Susan Keith became famous playing Cecile de Poulignac on #anotherworld from 1979-1981. After a contract snafu that caused her to be fired, she joined the premier cast of #Loving as Shana Sloane Vocheck Burnell from 1983-1994. She meet her husband James Kibred and they married May 17, 1986, about month after their co-stars Susan Walter and Linden Ashby married. We talked and I shared the story idea I felt could have boosted both #anotherworld and #texas. When Eliot Carrington returns from Cambodia, of course Brava would want an interview with him. Cecile, of course would sabatoge Pat who wanted to interview him because of her familiarity with him. Cecile in the process of gathering background and interview Eliot, stumbles on the secret of Dennis’s parentage and partners with Vicki Bellmen. She uses it as payback against Iris, but finds another warrior in Paige Marshall. For context, Susan was 20 when she began playing Cecile. 3. Anna Holbrook Was thrilled to meet and talk with the brilliant Anna Holbrook who played #anotherworld Sharlene Frame Matthews Watts Hudson from 1988-1991, 1993-1997 and 1999. Found out, much like Judith Light, she never really wanted to do soaps, but Anna felt Sharlene was a challanging character, and she understood how losing someone in war could change them (her dad died in Vietnam, just as Sharlene’s husband did). She shared the sad news that David Forsyth who played John Hudson suffered a stroke seven years ago and was not doing well. 4. Ricky Paull Goldin More of me and Ricky Paul Goldin. We had a nice conversation about him playing Jake on #AllMyChildren “How interesting can it be playing a doctor?” I said “Let’s as Vincent Irrizary!” Ricky: “Man! The bro is intense!” So we spoke about Vincent for a few minutes and my pleasure in meeting at #theyoungandtherestless fan event. 5. Larry Lau More with The Laurence Lau! We had a goid conversation about his playing Brian Wheatly on #AsTheWorldTurns. He said he was proud of that work and I told him he nailed it. We discussed some friends I have who went through coming out later in life after being married, one who the choice came down to coming out or suicide. We discussed the conflict of wanting to be oneself, but needing to belong. From the research he told me he did, he really got it and it came through in his performance. 6. Barbara Rodell This is what daytime soap royality looks like. Barbara Rodell began her soap opera career on the short lived A Flame in the Wind, playing Linda Skerba in 1965. She took over the role of Lee Randolph on #anotherworld in 1967 until her character was killed off in a car crash. She next became the popular Jill Claybourn on #TheSecretStorm for two years till that characterwas killed in a plane crash. During a casting roundelay between #TheSecretStorm and #guidinglight Rodell took over the part of Leslie Jackson Bauer from 1971 to 1973 while Lynne Adams who had previously played the role took over the part of Amy Kincaid on #TheSecretStorm. Barbara, according to Daytime TV polls, became the most popular Leslie, but when Lynne Adams returned, Barbara was given the role of Joyce Coleman on #astheworldturns from 1974-1981. For those who may remember as the world turns during this time, Joyce gave Lisa a good taste of her own medicine. I got the honor of talking with Ms. Rodell for a few minutes, explaining how much I enjoyed her as Joyce. She told me how much she loved working with James Douglas who played her ex-husband (and Lisa’s love interest), Grant Coleman. When Joyce had to shoot Grant, Barbara called James up and told him how upset she was that she had to do that and James Douglas said to her “That is why you play this part so beautifully. If they hired a real b$&ch to play this, it wouldn’t work. You bring your goodness and heart to her, and that’s why the audience keeps you here.” I asked if she was approached in 1976 when Lynn Adams again wanted to leave the part of Leslie on guiding light if she wanted to go back there having such a success in that role. She said she was not approached about that. When I said, I was sorry that she did not continue and soaps. After leaving the part of Joyce. She did tell me she was offered to be an actresses replacement during her pregnancy on #onelifetolive but that she turned that down. I am assuming that was for Erica Slazak and that the part then went to Christine Jones. Ms. Roel told me that she is awaiting the publication of a book that she has written. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the name, but we can search Amazon under her name and hopefully that book will come up. 7. Nadine Stenovitch Nadine Stenovitch was the third and final actress to play Josie Watts Sinclair on #anotherworld from 1997-1999. Nadine has moved in to a career in horror films including the Fear Pharm series and Silent Night, Zombie Night. 8. Paul Michael Valley Paul Michael Valley played #anotherworld Ryan Harrison from 1990 to 1995, another victim of Executive Producer Jill Farren Phelps. A gradute of Juilliard, Paul has an extensive theater background. We had a great conversation about his working with Anne Heche. As he said, “I graduated from Juilliard, then became a student of “The Anne Heche School of Acting”. Because Paul did not have any camera experience and Anne had a couple of years, she did some upstaging. But Paul had very found memories of the show and Anne. He was very gracious when I told him I had a heavy crush on him back in the day. #anotherworldreunion #anotherworldmemories (Probably more tomorrow) 9. Anna Stuart Got to meet this soap opera queen! Anna Stuart has been in daytime since 1971 when she began on The Doctors daytime soap 1963-1982 , but her signature role was as #anotherworld Donna Love from 1983 to 1999. I brought up how much I like her as Mary Smyth on #AllMyChildren. She said “I liked that role, but Susan Lucci wasn’t having it.” I made her laugh by quoting a line from Valley of the Dolls, “There is only one star that comes out of a Helen Lawson show, and that’s Helen Lawson and thats ME, baby!” She broke up and thanked me for making her laugh. 10. With Ariana Munker Chase (Marianne Randolph - 1975 - 1977) - her abortion story began my 24 year relationship with #anotherworld #anotherworldreunion #anotherworldmemories. She begqn on The Doctors in 1973 as Greta, then moved on to As the World Turns s Melinda (1978-1980), and Ryan’s Hope as Amanda Kirkland (1983). This photo was taken bybher lovely husband Jim Teitzell. 11. **CORRECTED PHOTO** Marcia McCabe (Bunny Eberhardt - 1995). Marcia came to fame as Sunny Adamson on Search for Tomorrow (1978-1986), nd went on to feature parts on #OneLifetoLive, #AllMyChildren and #astheworldturns. She was married to former actor and #anotherworld executive producer Christopher Goutman (who was there, but I was not inclined to take a picture of him).