Silver Raven

Steve just out of the hospital probably shouldn't be drinking. The buttoned up shirt with a suit jacket and no tie always looks like a Goodfellas look, to me. We know Brady is stupid, but he's apparently so stupid he doesn't realize that Eve not wanting him to obsess about Victor planting the drugs is because she's involved. Not a very smart move on Gabi's part to Tell All to Kate. Loving Evil Scheming Gabi, though.

How is it that Israeli actor Brian George keeps getting cast as Indian or Pakistani characters? From Babu Bhatt on "Seinfeld" to Raj's father on "Big Bang Theory", and now he's costarring as the father of the lead character in "I Feel Bad".

I was reading a conversation between movie reviewers in this morning's paper and they all agreed that Black Panther is the best movie of the year so far. They then went on to mention other movies I've never even heard of.

Meggy just makes crap up. She claimed that Obama didn't endorse Ocasio-Cortez because she's a socialist. No, he only endorsed 80 people, there are 435 Congressional races, plus he also endorsed state legislative candidates. He was only endorsing candidates in close races. Secondly, in her claim about the trillions of dollars that it would cost to fund Medicare for all, she didn't mention that the number is less than what Medicare costs today just covering a limited number of people.

Ciara is a lot more patient with Hope than I would be.

Gabi jogs like a duck. Gee, Kate used to love Chad. But it's fun now to see that Gabi knows.

Nationals cut Shawn Kelley after he had a tantrum on the mound in the last inning of their 25-4 blowout last night. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/nationals-jettison-kelley-after-his-outburst-on-mound?

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line just set a record for the longest time at number one on the country charts. Of course, they broke the record held by "Body Like a Back Road", so it's not much of an achievement.

All four remaining soaps are threatening to boycott the Daytime Emmys unless changes are made to the voting system. https://daytimeconfidential.com/2018/07/31/soaps-threaten-to-boycott-daytime-emmys

I do wonder how the guy in the Chevy ad knows "those are our cars" instead of "that's my car."

The Mariners want $180 million from the city of Seattle to upgrade Safeco. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mariners-want-180-million-from-taxpayers-for-safeco-field/281-578563304

Please, Ben, press charges. "We threw punches because we were in love." Er, okaaaaayyyyy God, Claire is the worst. How is Victor going to learn a lesson, Maggie, when you keep letting him off the hook? I still don't understand what Eric had to apologize for.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. of Toronto has eleven straight games with at least two hits. Only four players in the history of major league baseball have done that.

Carolee Carmello absolutely slayed in Gypsy. What a set of pipes. And what a stage presence. That's a legend. David Hess was Herbie, and he brought a lovely poignancy to the role. Chelsea Turbin as June was very good. Austen Danielle Bohmer was Louise. I thought she was rather wooden. Pretty, but not a great performance. Cory Lingner was Tulsa, and his "All I Need is the Girl" was a show stopper. Jackie Piro Donovan as Electra actually made me sad, because the role is so small, and she's bigger than that. Amy Bodner as Tessie Tura was a comic delight.

Braves announcers Joe Simpson and Chip Caray went ballistic because the Dodgers wore shorts and T shirts during batting practice, calling them embarrassing (I guess including Chase Utley's strike out cancer T shirt). https://deadspin.com/braves-announcers-throw-exquisitely-awkward-tantrum-ove-1827954894?

Weezer has a new cover of Toto's "Africa". Why make a cover if you're going to redo it note for note?

As long as they include the Silver Surfer.

Jeez, Aquaman looks cheesy af.

Did Marlena's father ever walk her down the aisle at one of her many previous weddings? Oh, come ON, Ciara! You didn't hear what Claire was saying when she grabbed Tripp and hugged him? Why bother, Maggie? You whine and whine then just let Victor do what he wants. Ciara can't decide if she wants Tripp or Ben. Kassie DePaiva earned an Emmy today. "That list of photos"? Hope just stood there and watched, hoping Eve would kill Ben. Ooh, Jennifer walking in on Vic and Eve's conversation was a nice touch. I like investigator Jennifer much more than Holier Than Thou Jennifer.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The Disney takeover of Fox has been approved. Welcome the FF4 to the MCU.

Disney is working on a new movie, Sadé, about an African girl with magic powers who works with the country's prince to fight off a sinister force. Ola Shokunbi and Lindsey Reed Palmer will co-write the screenplay.

Did Ted really need to hightail it out of bed with Kate to put his next note under Will's door? Did we know that Marlena's father died a few years ago? Brady is such a jerk. "Sonny and I used to be married, so I know for a fact that he would never harass anybody." Uh, about that amnesia thing ... Aw, poor Paul. But why the hell would they meet in a public place like that after Will lied to Paul about what he was going to be doing?

They're sure setting up the Nicole return, aren't they?