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Something to put a smile on your face.

Not to mention, Phantom Thread. She kept Daniel Day-Lewis on his toes in every scene they shared and that's no easy feat!

Casting news for the final season of The Crown. Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret in the final season of The Crown Have we even discussed the fact that Imelda Staunton has been cast to play Queen Elizabeth in the final season? It's mentioned in this article as Manville and Staunton are evidently close friends, but I don't recall having seen it here.

Quote from the article I linked above" "It will look at what would happen if Peggy Carter received the Super Soldier Serum and Steve Rogers instead received an armor suit from Howard Stark."

Well, we've known for over a year now that we're getting an alternative Peggy/Steve timeline as part of the Disney+ animated series, What If; just not the one from Endgame. https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-reveals-disneys-first-what-if-story/

An article today in Variety on the upcoming Aretha Franklin film biopic, "Respect" also includes a small update in its final paragraph on when we may see Season 3 of Genius. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/jennifer-hudson-aretha-franklin-respect-trailer-1234691389/ Quote: "Actress Cynthia Erivo is also set to star in her own on-screen role as the Queen of Soul in “Genius: Aretha,” however the National Geographic biopic was also pushed back due to COVID-19. The limited series is now set to premiere sometime this fall."

Adding to the chorus of fans of the opening credits: They weren't just perfect 70s opening credits, they were perfect 1970s ABC action-show opening credits! NBC and CBS shows had a slightly different look and feel to them. Wow, that end tag! Just hearing the name Daniel Whitehall had my hair stand on edge just a bit.

Variety is reporting that the latest Aaron Sorkin penned film, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" is close to being picked up by Netflix, in the hopes of a pre-Election Day release. What a cast! https://variety.com/2020/film/news/netflix-paramount-trial-of-chicago-7-aaron-sorkin-1234642937/

Truthfully, as much as I wanted a send-off performance for Haley Atwell as Peggy Carter, (although Endgame gave us the very best possible one!) what I was really hoping for was one final appearance of Dominic Cooper's Howard Stark. With the upcoming episode's jump to the '70s, we're firmly in the John Slattery as Howard time-frame, which saddens me. 😔 I doubt we'll see Howard at all at this point. I thought we had a perfect spot for a Jarvis sighting with the reference to "Howard's man" in the Noir episode, but it was not to be.

While it made more sense production-wise to have both Stephanie and Bryan video chat with two former Top Chef winners who just happen to be their best friend and kid brother, respectively; it should be noted that Stephanie's husband and Bryan's wife were most likely en route to Italy at the time of the call. Even if they already were in Italy, they would have been in a hotel room or some other location that might give away the surprise of having them be there at JT for the announcement of the winner. All this is to say, I was fine with this bit of producer shenanigans, especially since the call between Stephanie and Kristen was so delightful and genuine, it had me in tears. Best friends are family too, in my book.

Congrats to Marcel and his wife, but more importantly, it's great to see you here @cooksdelight!!! I'd been wondering why we hadn't seen you posting all season. Hope all is well with you. Good to see you back.

Fabulous finale!

Sounds like a round 3 win for Melissa.

Damn it!

I hope all three chefs continue the excellence through all four courses. Make it impossible for the judges. I like all three of them so much!

Wow, those mushrooms!

It wouldn't have happened with the knife draw as we saw it. Stephanie would have picked Gregory right off. They worked so well together during the season.

I'm crying at these video calls home!

I'm glad that Tom's back visiting the kitchen for the finale. I missed that last episode!

If you're able to stay up late enough to watch the episode live tonight, don't forget that there's a Live Chat Episode Thread. Doesn't get more "in the moment" than that! Good luck tomorrow. May you get the results you're hoping for.

Kevin has a new Facebook post up on his FB page about this TC season, his physical and mental battle for survival, along with an apology for comments he's made along the way. I've posted the FB link in the "Chefs/Cheftestants of Top Chef" thread.

Additional comments this afternoon on Kevin Gillespie's Facebook page, on the All Stars' season, on his physical and mental health battles to survive, along with an apology and other comments. Embedded here, but you can click on it and you'll go directly to the FB post.

Kings rank higher than a Princess. 😉 I highly doubt the name means anything in terms of who was named Top Chef. I'd bet the video was filmed before the finale was.

You may have discovered this already, but Jessie Graff has been added on IMDb as an uncredited cast member for this episode. She's at the bottom of the Full Cast list.

I don't remember her from Murder One either. 😄 Then again, between Daniel Benzali and Stanley Tucci, all the other actors in that show were overshadowed. I wonder if it's streaming on any of the major platforms. I'd like to see that one again. As to Mary McCormack, we'll have to agree to disagree. Your opinion's just as valid as mine.