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I thought the actress who played the anchorman's wife was superb. I also really liked Noelene.

I told somebody about this a couple of months ago & he liked it, and now I got @jeezopete to watch. He said: finished it yesterday. That was a fun roller coaster ride! So glad to see there will be a season 2

Did you watch THE NEWSREADER yet?

My best friend pretty much agreed with my assessment. In fact, I think she liked it a bit less than I did.

I'd have to give it a partial thumbs up. Too often I found characters or their behaviors annoying, and how the hell did Toni get so fluent in English living how/where she did? There was also one particular thing about the ending that I found ridiculous, but I won't mention any spoilers here. I also thought they should've used other actors to play Franklin and Irene in the 20-year flashbacks. Makeup and careful camera shots did not make them believable. And, while I don't think she did it intentionally, Sissy Spastic's voice drove me up the wall the entire series. Half of her dialogue was spoken in a dramatic whisper, which annoys the crap out of me. Mariska Hargitay's been doing that forever on SVU. Almost every interrogation of a perp or conversation with a victim is done in a similar tone. Meloni used to do it a lot the last few seasons before he left and it started turning me off to a man I'd been totally turned on by. I don't notice him doing it in the new show.

I bet a lot of his parishioners would like him to beat them off. THANK YOU, FOLKS! I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

Why would a priest have an obviously gay girlfriend? THANK YOU, FOLKS! I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

FROM THE SEASON FINALE:

'Broke' Amber Heard spotted shopping at TJ Maxx in the Hamptons

So why aren't you in Mexico right now to... um... wish him a Happy Father's Day ?

Or it's the ultimate realism. Maybe the ABBAtars (you got the terminology wrong) reflect real life. You need acts with every member still living, so you can capture their movements and record some dialogue. I actually think it could be even better with an act that still performs. As well as the ABBA show was done, they still used the original vocal recordings, so it's not like seeing a 'new' concert. However, if (for example) The Rolling Stones actually sang songs over & over for the weeks it would take to make all the recordings and measurements necessary, they could market it as "We're too old to travel around the world anymore, so we did a special farewell concert for all our fans and all the people who never got a chance to see us." Then again, I'm the only person in America who actually saw them in concert (Radio City Music Hall, 1979), so maybe that's affecting my opinion.

Do you have a Roku? https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/133422-aussie-series-the-newsreader-on-roku-channel/

Nice shots of Mike Colter shirtless on the season premiere of EVIL. I actually think this one has a chance of happening.

I just started this last night. Carrie & the original Yellow M&M are indeed excellent as the 2 leads.

OOPSIE! OOPSIE! OOPSIE! Sanchez & Aguilar went on the IL today. It can't be a good sign when all of your Jesuses are hurt, right? 4 HR, 12 R (8 in the 5th) for Mr. No-Run-Support tonight.

I just watched it on HULU. No commercials once it starts. They were both excellent, but I didn't love it as much as I'd hoped I would. It was a bit slow and wordy. I'd still recommend it.

I know @tyro recently passed away and @quoththeraven hasn't posted in awhile, leaving @FreshFluff as our only active female, but yesterday I noticed posts by a new person, @KateNickolson. So, Kate... first of all, WELCOME! Secondly (not meant to be rude, but) are you a woman? If so, it'll be nice to have another female perspective around here.

Even Leona Helmsley would've said that's a bit much... or maybe she'd have sent a fan letter. NYC man sues mom for being a terrible landlord William Koeppel, 62, has filed documents with the Surrogate Court of Manhattan accusing his mother, 84-year-old Roberta Koeppel, of being a negligent landlady. He is also suing to have his mother and sister, Alexandra, replaced as trustees of the brood’s real estate profile. The litigious lad claims his mother has instructed management company First Service Residential not to make repairs at the family trust’s 10 buildings, which are located in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island. Instead, she has allegedly instructed the company to ignore issues and simply pay the violations fees in the name of saving money. In depositions filed with the court, Roberta claimed she visits the properties occasionally and trusts the management company to deal with all repairs and violations. This isn’t the first time Roberta has made headlines for being a less-than-stellar owner. In 2020, the Public Advocate’s office listed her as the 47th worst landlord in New York City. Between just two of the 10 properties, she was at the time averaging 442 open Department of Housing Preservation and Development violations. Last year, however, she didn’t make it onto the notorious list. Despite being estranged from his relatives since his father’s 1996 death, after which Roberta inherited the properties, William is currently set to inherit eight of the buildings after his mother passes away. The other two will go to his sisters. But he claims that, as a result of his mom’s mismanagement, the buildings are losing value. The situation is quite bad, he details in court documents, stating that the properties collectively have more than 1,000 violations. Even before the mother and son stopped talking 25 years ago, there was already extreme tension between them, Crain’s reported. Roberta’s cousin, Harriet Charles, testified in an affidavit that the mother would lock her son in dog crates and closets when she didn’t want to deal with him as a child. “As long as I have known Roberta, her entire world revolved around acquiring more money and wealth, and most often at the expense of others,” Charles said. “In my opinion, my cousin Roberta would throw anyone under the bus to get her way when money is at issue.” https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/nyc-man-sues-mom-for-being-a-terrible-landlord/

The Brad Garret JimmyJohn's commercials.