Contessa Donatella

Louise, what memories & Brooks with her! Other favorite domestics: Lucinda's butler Matthew, Ginger on GL, Vivian of course on AW. A notable butler & a notable cook at the Qs. DAYS Ivan taking care of Vivian Allamain all of those years. Oh, on AW Carl had a driver who sometimes had other duties: Ito? I recall him being Asian. I always felt sorry for Louise & Brooks when Mac & Rachel would fall out. How difficult it must have been for them with all that tension & heaven forbid they be in the room for one of their fights, which were violent & mean-spirited & loud!

I was under the impression that it is always wrong to post private email unless there is some threat of bodily harm. But I think your doing so brings up an interesting point since it shows that I had known about the illness/disease since the prior April if I am wrong & you are right & my point was to break the news why didn't I post it ages ago? My reply is that my point was never about scoop or breaking news. Somewhere in this onslaught you've said I posted about some actors having an affair. I have zero idea what or who you're talking about. You mention a cast member's medical condition which about a dozen people discussed & someone NOT ME began the discussion at least a month before I joined it. Is everyone who took part in that conversation based on having concern for the actress in trouble or just me? There are definitely things that are not true ... and they are not lies told by me. Probably they are things being misremembered.

Yes, that was his last appearance.

In my usual video hosting site, acct: shallotpeel, title of video is: 1998 SOD Awards Show (This is abridged, soaps only.) The 14th Annual SOD Awards Presentation 1998 with Drake Hogestyn & Leeza Gibbons hosting Opening Number introduced by Linda Dano, the segment follows & it’s Guys in Drag in Daytime AW Cass & Jake DAYS Ivan & Ivan again GH Kevin & Mac BEACH Eddie (Peter Barton) The first winner isn’t shown, from AMC, playing Liza ‘s mother, she even thought to thank her cat Clark. I think her cat entertained the judges in style. Of course this is Jennifer Bassey, who plays Marian Colby. From AW Judi Evans, Tom Eplin & Lisa Peluso presenting Best Villainess Clips of Watros, Allison Sweeney clips (Days Sami), Gina Tognoni. Alli wins. B&B’s Barbara Crampton & Ian Buchanan present Best Villain. Roger Howarth wins. Show (off) clips of ATWT & B&B Jennifer Bassey & Michael E Knight present Best Male Newcomer & Jensen Ackles wins. Dominique Jennings, Sherri Saum & Jason George present Hottest Romance & Hayley & Mateo win. Sharon Case, Jennifer Gareis & Josh Morrow present Best Younger Female Lead & Sarah Joy Brown wins. Show (off) clips of DAYS & GH Vanessa Marcil & Ingo present Favorite New Couple & Philip & Harley win. Michael Nader & John Callahan present Best Female Newcomer where this is not shown but it’s a female from Y&R, Trisha. Jon & Kelly Hensley present the special Editor’s award which goes to Bob & Kim from ATWT. Kathy Hays, may she rest in peace, was both classy & entertaining. Debbi Morgan & Mitch Longley present Best Male Scene Stealer & John Ingle won. Rhonda Ross Kendrick & Henry Simmons presented Favorite New Character & Laura Wright won for GL’s Cassie. Kristoff St. John & Shemar Moore presented Hottest Female Star & Sharon Case won & among others she shouted out Bill Bell & the camera found him in the audience. Show (off) clips : GL & beginning of OLTL ….

Yes. He was asleep in the living room, over in the chair that is sideways to the room, but faces it & he had one of his bad dreams in the exact same way as always & as always it woke him up. Is that a thing? Are there bad dreams that for some reason always wake you?

Yeah, I was fickle. I abandoned baby watch & just tried to think of really well matched pairings. Yeah, they sent Carter & Thomasina away far too soon for my way of looking at things. I REALLY liked them & they were rare being both young & African Americans.

Really an excellent point. I'm worried about Derek but he's not working. The Duprees being too good somehow ... well, if they say it instead of be it, okay yes, I would worry but as long as they keep on being good, geeze, that's something to celebrate, not worry!!! Party on?!

I've been behind & just got caught up & the last 3 days were amazing!

I figure that was really hard for Dom to do. I completely GET why they wrote it the way they did but I wonder if it was necessary. Meanwhile I have 2 really icky ideas in my head. Drew is going to blame Tracy KNOWING it was not her. Dante is going to blame Lulu. After that, everyone else is going to be mad at Lois. Tracy is going to double down on wanting to get rid of Sonny. Sonny's going to be more dug in to stay because he now has a new descendant.

Okay, there was a kiss but there's talk about making someone jealous so I see it must have been Valerie being a VERY GOOD friend to Kristina. Thanks, all!!

I'm going by clips so it's possible that the fan who did the editing made it look a different way than it was.

What in the world is this even meant to be about? I said I absolutely am not playing, period. OH! Okay, thanks. I did not know how she is a Spencer & I was trying to make it work.

Thank you, so Valerie Spencer who had an affair with Dante & who dated Kristina played by Lexie & is a half-sib to Carly, yes? Or am I all wet?

Well, that is weird, huh?!!!

Yes, just so. Thanks for the info. I could tell this was going to be a big thing with ShawnD in this danger! Especially love that the little guy is Andrew! Edit to ADD: Carly & Bo did not know each other before this event. And, it seems that right now Hope is dead. Carly is thin enough & she volunteers to go down in this hole. She gets all the way down, and to ShawnD. She can tell from his breathing that that is okay & whether he is asleep from trauma & exhaustion or if he is unconscious, either way, he is okay, or as okay as is possible in these fairly dire circumstances. Up above, besides Bo, there are guys who know what they are doing. So, with their help, Carly secures ShawnD in this kind of a sling thing & they slowly bring it up, up, up, till he reaches the surface. A crowd has gathered. A shout goes up. ShawnD is rushed to the hospital. Carly is with him every step of the way & at the hospital she examines him. He is okay! Nothing is broken. There are not any internal injuries. Only one problem: he can't hear.

Vicky's best was Ryan. Heck they even got together in heaven. Jake's best was Paulina. Carter & Thomasina. Sally & Catlin. Marley and ?

Beth Ehlers thanked Beth Chamberlain by name from the mic saying she was THE BEST person to be in a triangle with. Generally speaking I loved Judi's Beth but then also strongly liked BethC's Beth but I did not like the whole Lorelei stage!!!

Yep, it seemed temporary, lasted 3-5 minutes, then BACK! Yea. Thanks.

Unhappy camper!

I just edited the 1998 SOD Awards & Laura Wright won Best New Character for Cassie on GL. Also Philip & Harley won something of some name for them as a couple & when they finished saying their effusive thanks at the mic, Grant picked Beth up & literally threw her over his shoulder & walked backstage that way. I mean, it's great that Beth Ehlers is a good sport, right?

Agree to disagree. I think both Jason & Carly do human connecting pretty much all the time. Sonny is different. And I think Jason's return is pretty clear. It was, and is, about Jason's capacity for self-sacrifice & his capacity to dedicate himself to a thing or person or whatever in a very singular, possibly even extreme way. Steve has tried to make the point to fans that Jason would have possibly done this for other people, not just for Carly. If I try to follow that to some conclusion, I ask myself who? Danny? Yes. Jake? Yes. Sonny? Yes. Sam? I'm not sure. Liz? I think so, probably. Monica? Definitely. Any other Q? No. Spinelli? Strong maybe. What do you think? One thing that helps me think about it is the speech he gave when he talked about getting the new ink. (tatooed arm) Valerie Cooper? Or Spencer?

A lot of very interesting commentary, thanks! Thoughtful, considered, etc. I found myself chuckling since as a current fan of GH one thing we lack is romance. Here, you're complaining about too much. I sure get it when it manifests as Fight about G, make up, Fight About G again. That's a stuck couple, right? Who needs it?!!! Wrong Donna, yeah, sorry, it has to be survived. The Right Donna DOES return. Criticisms of Felicia Gallant .... No comment.

Now, you are just not being grateful for the right things!!! There was not even ONE Elvis on velvet!!!! I want to say how magnificent I think it was that we are so unified in our condemnation of the show giving little Ally to Sam & Amanda, so quickly & relatively young & so newly married. Paul, here, I love your description of a different couple that they could have been. Xanthe, I similarly love your suggestion here, a GREAT one, of how if they simply MUST do the bambino thing how they could have made it better by giving Amanda a very realistic struggle with becoming a mom, etc. So, I'm sorry that most of us would put Sandra Feguson/Robinson smack in the middle of any pack, as average, but it's nice that some of us saw more, substance, when we got to Brunette Amanda!! FAST FUN FACT, gleaned from a Locher room: Tucci is not only lucky enough to be Stanley Tucci's baby sister but she & Lorna #1, Alicia Coppola are besties & godparents to each others kiddos & talk on the phone every day.

I just edited a DAYS episode 8-27-90 with Eve, Nick, Julie, John, Izzy, Victor, Bo, Carly, some young guy named Chad, Johnny Corelli, business men/thugs from a movie that is going to be made & from a construction company, little kid friend of ShawnD's, ShawnD although he is at the bottom of a long narrow hole & is either asleep or unconscious. Full closing credits with voiceover: Next on Another World: Vicky, posing as Marley, will she be able to fool Jamie? Then, on Santa Barbara something about Mack & Gretchen, whoever they are.

Paul, as for me, in general I am VERY interested in reading these. So, from my POV, you could post one every week & I would be all smiles. As for what shows I would be interested in: everything but Valiant Lady, Portia/Life, 5 Daughters, Another Life, that's it.