Contessa Donatella

17 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

I rolled my eyes at all the praise he was giving JG for her nomination and scenes.

Well, don't you think it is kind of expected that people say nice things about their scene partners? But, I get you with rolling those eyes of yours! Personally I just thought that B&B had more than their share of nods. Seemed strange.

Some of the others from Michael Fairman's Zoom. I don't think I am duplicating. Hope not. 

On 4/19/2024 at 9:43 PM, ReddFoxx said:

Newcomers will be cast, but the producers will likely look at who can handle the schedule so they don't end up losing cast members quickly. Joan Collins had an issue with the taping schedule of Guiding Light even though she is very experienced in acting.

She had something that was scheduled before she took the gig & she cleared her need for time off for it with Paul Rauch, then EP, and the one who got her for the gig. But then Paul was gone & regrettably Conboy was EP & he objected & things went to hell. It could have been prevented, should have been. But it wasn't a product of not being used to daytime. From all accounts Joan said that daytime people worked harder than anyone in the world but she buckled down & fit right in. At least this is what I recall. 

@titan1978  Thank you so much for so much information! You said Shelley Curtis & mentally I said, "Bingo!" 

@janea4old Thanks for the quotes from GH60 mag! 

17 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

He's referring to a fashion show he did with Ridge which relied on a secret ballot. Ridge won, but let Eric believe he'd won because Ridge knew Eric was dying. At the party, Eric found out that Ridge had lied, but instead of getting mad, told him that was the nicest thing he'd ever done. 

Thanks so much. From context I had figured out most of it! It never hurts to get clarification.

I still cannot get over this picture. 

16 minutes ago, Vee said:

Donna, I'm only indulging this despite having you blocked because I already addressed the rest of this mess when it got quoted in someone else's post. I never said anything about how or when SN was hired. I'm not disputing any of that. What I specifically said is that you going off the word of some Patch/Kayla fan on Twitter that Stefan and Katherine was 'always the plan' from Guza and Wendy Riche is nonsense. This is where reading and listening are fundamental and you just don't do that to anyone on this forum other than yourself. You get excited and start saying things that aren't accurate.

Now if you want to show me in black and white, in print, where Stephen Nichols or anyone else specifically claimed that Stefan and Katherine was always the plan under that creative regime, you can do so and I'll eat crow and eagerly apologize to you. But otherwise this is another example of you wanting to make yourself central to any conversation and not accepting it when you're not.

I'm sorry I misunderstood part of what you said. But what you posted is still weird. As if I were touting someone as gospel? No. And I don't think anyone who watched that could have mistaken that they were trying to recreate the "magic" of Patch & Kayla at GH. So you trying to cast aspersions on some fan who thought that is very odd. Literally, everyone thought that. And your repeated contention that I desire to be the center of attention is just bullshit & it's boring. You're better than that. So, are you now going to claim that they weren't making the mistake of trying to recreate what had worked at DAYS between the two actors? I'm anxiously awaiting that answer. 

12 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Guza actually wasn't head writer at the time.  It was Culliton then Iacobuzio/Whitesell.  Guza returned a bit later although you could feel his work once Culliton was gone.

Well, thanks again. I'm totally turned around. Clearly I've got to go look up when the Cullitons began PC with regard to this time at GH. 

59 minutes ago, Vee said:

 

There is zero chance Guza wrote Stefan and Katherine lol. And looking at yet another tiresome blocked post, there is actually zero in that anecdote that would suggest it was his plan or even that Wendy Riche planned to pair them up. It's just some Patch and Kayla stan with a (biased) personal opinion on Twitter being touted as the gospel.

1. The account was from SN's own account published in the GH60 Special Edition mag. What you have just posted is false. 

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

I think Luke was the one arrested for the shooting, but, yes, it was Stefan that shot Katherine and paralyzed her.

I am pretty sure Richard Culliton bungled a lot of the Stefan/Katherine stuff.  Along with the ditching of Miranda, who I believe was actual supposed to be a Cassadine and screwed up the original plan.   I don't think this one is all on Guza.

Okay. Thanks for that info. I nabbed Guza only because he was HW at the time.

And the anecdote about how SN was hired, contrary to what someone totally uninformed has stated here, came out of the GH60 Special Edition mag, SN's own account of the event. 

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Stefan/Katherine was such a weird pairing.  I get the idea of it all, but it truly didn't work.  It strange how SN/MBE had so little chemistry on GH.  The whole Katherine might be Stefan's sister story didn't help either.  Then her sleeping with Nikolas.  Oy, Katherine was such a mess of a character.

I always thought Alexis worked pretty well fitting into the cast, but in a lot of ways her identity wasn't quite as tied into being a Cassadine.

Recently I had posted about the way SN was hired to play Stefan. 

In case it is not known, he went to a GH fan event with MBE who was already Katherine Bell & Wendy Riche came over to meet him & wanted to talk to him & the role of Stefan came out of that! 

So, a huge MBE/SN fan on TwiX replies that Wendy knew exactly what she was doing & what she wanted from the pair but that the writer screwed it all up. So, that has to be Guza & I admit that I thought it was fouled up from the getgo. I mean he met her by shooting her. HUH?!! 

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Here is a summation of everything that I am thinking right now:

The show wants to bring down Sonny over the next two years. Jason and Carly will oppose Sonny and work with law enforcement to bring Sonny down. After the fall of Sonny the show will move away from mob stories and focus on the hospital. Sonny will kill Dex, and that will inspire Jason, Carly, and Josslyn to more actively oppose Sonny. Jason will associate with the Quartermaines again. Michael will rename himself and his kids Quartermaine.

The show will phase out the Chase family. Harrison will marry Brook Lynn and join the Quartermaine clan. Gregory will die shortly afterward. I think that Gregory will dance with Tracy at the reception and then drop dead. After his father's death, Finn will find an excuse to leave town.

Ava will follow Sonny down a dark path, which will eventually lead to her exit from the show. Ava is another mob character the show needs to eliminate in order to go in a different direction.

Laura and Kevin will adopt Ace and call him Ace Collins. Ace will be part of the Hardy-Webber clan. 

Alexis will become a lawyer again. She will then become Heather's lawyer and will get Heather out of prison.

Heather will live with Laura and help Laura raise Ace. Heather and Laura will become like sisters. Heather and Cyrus will fall in love.

Trina will meet a new guy at the wedding. They will date and have a healthier relationship than the one she had with Spencer.

Cam will be recast and return to the show in the summer. After the death of Dex, Josslyn will get back together with Cam.

Pikeman will be revealed as the new owners of Wyndemere. Pikeman will use the island and the castle as a headquarters. Valentin is the leader of Pikeman and the person who killed Austin. Valentin and Pikeman will be defeated by the end of the year and then Valentin will be off the show.

Lulu will wake up in the second half of this year. Her awakening will be followed by Lucky's return to town. Lucky will seek to get back together with Elizabeth.

Nikolas will remain in prison for the rest of this year, and until the writers want to use him again.

Spencer will remain missing until next year, when the role will be recast. He will find Trina in a committed relationship with a new guy, and a triangle will commence.

Esme will also eventually return in a year or two, but as a villain.

Mac will return and then Cody will reveal to him that he is his son.

Cody and Sasha will fall in love and eventually leave town together.

Molly will be killed either by her uncle or by his enemies.

Kristina and Blaze will get married and keep the baby for themselves. TJ won't be able to win custody of the baby in court.

Robert will retire. Holly will return to town one last time. Robert and Holly will then ride off into the sunset together.

I don't know if you have ever considered this, but there is this thing called "fanfic." 

5 hours ago, Althea Davis said:

I would like to see which episodes JG submitted... is someone knows - give me a heads up, I know it's Eric dying, but which episode... He was dying for a year and in the end, didn't even die.

John McCook was on Michael Fairman's Special last night. Begins at 26:00. He said he tried to show an arc because some people viewing do not watch the show. Described 3 scenes:

1. Relishing being back at his desk. Ridge present. The stapler is there. 

2. At home, hand shaking, tells Donna he is afraid. Collapses.

3. Party. Loves this man. But he is the best designer. Finds out he was lied to. Why. How nice that is. Falls to the floor & dies.

That doesn't sound like it makes sense. But that is what he said. 

Ari on GH, such a great idea. 

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Well, I for one, hope those rumors come true.  I wonder if the show would have any desire to bring on an AJ/Keesha child.  I think last we saw Keesha she was with AJ.

The rumor I've heard is Justus Ward's son. But, I would totally love a child of AJ & Keesha!!! So, I also hope the rumors are true! No idea that they are, though. I'm fine waiting to see. 

About Lulu, I understand that they do not want Emmy Rylan. Not at all! (I had no idea so many people disliked her so strongly but apparently they did!!!) Me, I did not find her objectionable. 

Do want Julie Berman but there's some problem. East coast? Not sure. No longer acting? Have zero idea what it is. 

Could possibly go for some other blonde actress. I can only think of Bree Williamson but she was already somebody, a surrogate. Can't think of her character name. But, there have to be lots of blonde actresses of the right age!!! 

Marci Miller! Inspired!

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's ridiculous Lulu is still in a coma.  I can understand it might be a bit more challenging to find the right Lucky, but there are plenty of blonde soap actresses in the world that could do Lulu justice and she would fit in so many stories.

Aren't there rumors some Wards are being cast?

Rumors, yes, no more than that, but, uh-huh. 

Agree abt Lulu! 

Markie Post, RIP but god, what a woman 

An oldie but still good.

Tonight in Michael Fairman's Zoom on YT with multiple actors asking them what was in their reels. Alley Mills talked about the metal in her body & the poisoning they've written in her story. Said Chris Van Etten idea & they have actual real life occasions that this has happened. & then she said, "Thank goodness, he is still with us." and then went on to compliment the new writer that she knew from B&B before. 

At first I thought she meant that he is alive but then, I wondered if he is writing breakdown. 

That is all. 

2 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I haven’t been this happy about a firing since Frons fired Guza, then Frons was fired, then ABC canned JFP all in a pretty quick succession.

I hope his good buddy Josh is out soon, but who do they replace him with?

Anne Sweeney, Frons's boss out also! What is one more than a trifecta? A superfecta!

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Tamara Braun is on right now.

@AbcNbc247

Mike Manning will be on Michael Fairman in a few.

 

Alley Mills now. 

9 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I am just speaking off minimal awareness and I agree writing this out can be more difficult than us actually speaking.

My point is Days probably wouldn't have promoted AZ.  She's in the middle of a lawsuit.  I assume she didn't want the extra hassle of trying for an emmy, and let's saying winning, in the middle of said lawsuit.  Because that might muddle some things as far as her case.  I am not advocating that this is right, but if she WINS a lead actress emmy there could be some ammunition against her case.

I am totally confused. 

However, I personally wish that actors would submit. But, how can I not respect that they might have other ideas? And I can't imagine any way that winning an Emmy would hurt her lawsuit. As far as I can tell everything she alleges has already been proven to have happened. What is a defense against facts already established? 

5 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Nope. Because then it would be a SPOILER.  

Huh?! Not a spoiler at all. See. 

4 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

And as the first...if not one of the first to call the Drew/Nina hate sex...YASSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And scruffy Drew at that. MMMMMMMMMMMMmm!!! lol. To much more hating. hehe.

Did you see my edit?! Sounds like you should keep it. 

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That was more of a time of experimentation in film, I suppose - some of the films that were mainstream successes at that time would cause jaws to drop today (I was just rewatching They Shoot Horses, Don't They not long ago), but when I first heard of/saw the movie I was surprised. And so much of it has held up today, no matter how much we think we've progressed. 

I avoided the Ryan Murphy adaptation at all costs.

I tend to watch anything Matt Bomer is in. (AMC, GL) It was excellent. Very very well done. Also quite true to the original. 

7 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Do we know if AZ even put herself up for contention?  I know some actors just don't for a variety of reasons.

I've not seen where anyone knows & I've looked. Did you see that Steve Kent is out at Sony? I believe he is named in her lawsuit! 

1 minute ago, AbcNbc247 said:

No, but he should’ve been

No way! Not for Charlie. An odd unlikable character.