Contessa Donatella

YESSSSS. They wanted to buy AW in 1998-99. Of course, soaps were a lot more possible then. You might be right, now.

Of course a reasonable person would do that. I could be wrong but I think he would shutter it before he'd sell it. SAG-AFTRA, Peacock & maybe even Sony could make his life miserable or they could make him "an offer he couldn't refuse" but I just don't think he'd sell. There was a rumor, just a rumor, that NBC tried to get him to sell it to them years ago.

Nice kitty. Is he a particular feline category? The thing you don't know about Westies as puppies is that they don't look like dogs they look like miniature polar bears. Here's Ruby at 8 weeks & in the picture is a 12 inch ruler. Also she didn't make a sound until 12 weeks & her first sound was this amazing big bark.

I was thinking, to Ken Corday, What would TracyQ say? Deny. Deny. Deny. Obfuscate. Of course, they're in different universes. She's in Port Charles REELY. And, he's in La La Land, REALLY.

As a matter of fact you did! 🤞

Thanks. My thinking was all compartmentalized. I was only thinking about Sonny WRT Robin & Stone. Now that Karen's been mentioned, I get it. Sonny getting her hooked on drugs was egregious. I'mJohn is entitled.

And I know that I definitely do not want a fight on my account. I want peace in the valley.

This is irrelevant but it's my birthday & I just got a delivery from my brother, sis-in-law & nephew. I love getting packages! pickles - sweet and bread & butter, olives stuffed with garlic, writing paper & my favorite TUL pens! I'm tickled. Back to the show, I haven't seen anyone say they read anything RonC said since he talked about how excited we should be to see his writing in, what, May? Hmm, no, this is GH. Me, I am just guardedly optimistic. I still haven;t found the date for that GL Alexandra dinner party scene I am after & I've read GL recaps from Sept. '90 to Apr '91.

Yes, but some say that the union could object if they weren't given enough time to have a fair shot at the writing. But, they were given time & a fair shot. Their first decision was to have Chase propose to BLQ.

I thought it was roughly 90 days. 9-27-23 to 1-17-24 oh that's more like 4 months. And, they'd had scripts on air since just pre-Christmas, so, say, 12-17-23.

One tiny little hope is that PM/EK stop saying Drewfus saved anyone! The show is hemorrhaging credibility with lines like that one.

Thanks for sharing that. ARI ROCKS! Someone with better eyesight than me has just told me there's a mic on the table for KTLA Channel 5. So, nightly news lead?

I think they're both quite good. Until Spencer comes back from the dead we can see her mourn, scenes with Ava, scenes with her family but of course, all the scenes of their romance will be MIA. I'm looking forward to some #Kraze stuff. Which reminds me, apparently somewhere unknown to me, they are calling them Blistina. I mean, that sounds clinical, in need of medication. Or maybe it's people making fun of them?

It relates to my saying that he struck again when Deidre told about him browbeating her during the taping of the plane boink. Just 2 specific examples. Not supportive of your overall take but of my alternate take.

Once Drake was in a cell, had been held prisoner for a long time, may have been chained to the wall, not sure, but his hair was the longest I've ever seen it & his beard was unbelievable. And, there was an awards show & Langan ordered Drake shaved & shorn & Drake argued against it since it would ruin story continuity but he lost & went to the awards show all clean shaven & short styled hair & in a tux & looked fabulous but the next day he looked ridiculous back in the cell with filthy dirty rags for clothes, etc., etc., etc.

I cry when I become so angry that is the only expression that I can find. So, I thought Anna was crying because she was furious. And it certainly was righteous anger if I am right about it.

Well, I agree, but I'd also like to add in Ava. Been there, done that, don't need to revisit it. Avery is a delight & that's enough of that. It's reached the point now where when Sonny is around any female, even if she should be in the Friend Zone, we all worry that it's a chem test.

I'll make it easy on you. You choose not to believe me here, which is your right. But, then, when you get a very garbled version of what I said on UglyX, there's no reason for you to believe it from there either. Doesn't make sense. Yes, it's true. I talked to a real person who read the script that was indeed the straw that broke the camel's back. Now, I return you to your regular speculation.

And, the whole time David O'Brien is such an incredibly talented nuanced actor!

Yes, me, too, exploitation for sure & getting her hooked on drugs is appalling. But, didn't rise to the level of rape.

🤔🙋🔮😉🤞🤣🤣🤣🤣About that "rumor", one of the things that was said was that we dodged a bullet.

Thanks for the reminder. Some fans consider that what Sonny did to Karen was a form of rape, even. This show gets me putting thing in separate compartments! Obviously since I was thinking only about Stone & Robin & not even thinking about Karen. Well, people don't want to hear it, but I can confirm it. This is of course a 'believe it if you want, don't if you don't' kind of statement. What was delightful on UglyX was that the fan reception was completely accepting, and respectful & even maybe liking the actress more.

She practices her Jewish faith by a kind of living with intentional modesty & that shows up both in wardrobe & in romantic expression. And the show honors that. (I know. I said I wouldn't. Damn.) I spoke about this on UglyX.

It's odd that I'mJohn hates Sonny. Because Sonny was there for Stone! And, Sonny & Robin had a special relationship. So I wonder what that story is.