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Courtney Hope is cute as can be and a very appealing actress.  On B&B she was in a romance storyline with Pierson Fode's Thomas (a character that had been odious) and darned if that didn't turn out to be one of the best things going.  PF left the show and CH was left at loose ends.  I hope she turns up somewhere because she is a lot of fun.  I hear she can do rom-com, Mal!

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On 2/17/2018 at 2:41 PM, Jaded said:

Y&R should cast the actress who played Sally on B&B to play Summer on Y&R. I had to do a double take when she first appeared as Sally because of the resemblance to Gina Tognoni.

I read your first sentence and thought, oh yeah, she does resemble Michelle Stafford. Then read your second sentence and had to laugh. I like your idea,  she'd make a great Summer. And would make the character likable for the first time since she was SORASed.

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 You have to wonder what these soap writers are thinking.  For awhile, on B&B, the Sally character and her boyfriend (Thomas?) were touted as THE couple.  Then they hinted at a pairing with Liam.  Then they were back to the same, tired Hope/Steffi.  Soaps have no bench...no younger actors that are up-and-coming. 

They have shipped off most of the off-spring on Y&R. Where is the future?  After Nick, Victoria, Sharon, ever-young Phyllis (!) and the rest...who do they have?  They should be really grooming the younger set - Noah, Summer (recast), Jack's son (don't know who he is but he is apparently Keemo), a final recast of Adam (though he is not really the "young" set), etc.  These all have ties and should be tied into stories Right Now!  It is jarring when they are brought on-board all of a sudden.  They look like they dropped in from another planet, they can't relate to their mothers, fathers, etc.  Because we haven't seen them for years.  They aren't mentioned.  They just appear one day.  

There are the Cane/Lily twins...who is there to pair them with?  A suddenly dropped in Reed, I guess.  We feel no bond with these characters and it is not the actor's fault.  Their presence should be felt a good bit of the time; if not in person, then a parent/sibling reading emails from them, saying they Skyped...went to visit, etc.  

I realize that actors leave for other projects; recasts are part of the game.  Why are they having so much trouble casting a younger set?  Late-teens, early/late 20s, etc.  

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I agree. Our favorite actors are aging and there isn’t a younger group to believe in or become invested in. We do not care about any of this younger group not only because they’re written for so poorly but because most of them are just terrible actors. The only good actress in recent memory was Sally on B&B and she was let go because the writers couldn’t find a good story line for her. Such a shame!

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Agreed about mistake getting rid of RA/Noah. Courtney Hope?! I don't watch B&B but just googled her and I think she could make a great recast Summer if she is a halfway decent actress (and sounds here like she is?). 

Signing on to everything Kemper said above!! They need to cultivate this under-30 group with a re-cast Kyle (and honestly the last Kyle wasn't bad, just remember he left the same time as Billy Miller and Michael Muhney but he hadn't made a negative impression) and Summer. Faith needs to be SORASed to 16 and in school with Reed, Mattie, etc (one or the other doesn't one do GC High and the others Walnut Grove?). Also, bring Fen back on canvas. 

They don't have to be front and center all the time, but just there so there is a clear next generation that won't feel like they dropped from the sky. You need to breed some familiarity. 

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10 minutes ago, JasonCC said:

I don't watch B&B but just googled her and I think she could make a great recast Summer if she is a halfway decent actress (and sounds here like she is?). 

She's ok (better than the Summer we had!), but she looks way too old to be Nick's.

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6 minutes ago, ByTor said:

She's ok (better than the Summer we had!), but she looks way too old to be Nick's.

Christel Khalil can laugh at him and say  "They got me playing a mom to 20somethings and you're older than me! You'll do it and you'll like it!'

Courtney Hope as a relative to Mariah on her dad's side could be cool. I think he's dead but maybe she could be her cousin or young Aunt?

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29 minutes ago, TobinAlbers said:

Courtney Hope as a relative to Mariah on her dad's side could be cool. I think he's dead but maybe she could be her cousin or young Aunt?

I unpopularly am kinda happy to have her off B&B, so I don't particularly want her on Y&R.  She annoys the hell out of me the way she begins every sentence with "look" and turns every sentence into a question by ending them all with "okay?"

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3 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

the brooks sisters and julia newman are returning for y&r 45 anniversary on mar.26.

according to michael fairman they started taping today.

That's the date of Nick's and Chelsea's wedding.  Are they guests?    

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5 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

the brooks sisters and julia newman are returning for y&r 45 anniversary on mar.26.

according to michael fairman they started taping today.

 

1 hour ago, Snaporaz said:

That's the date of Nick's and Chelsea's wedding.  Are they guests?    

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Sort of.......

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6 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

the brooks sisters and julia newman are returning for y&r 45 anniversary on mar.26.

 

I have vague childhood memories of them. Julia had gorgeous hair and made an appearance about 10 years ago? Julia was one who had the boyfriend Victor trapped in the basement and fed rats to. Now Victor looks like a dead rat. 

And the sisters. I think one played the piano? Eric on Bold and  Beautiful was involved with them. 

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I'm excited to have Brittany back. I never thought we would see her again, ever. I am now worried that they will be killing off JT though, which I'm not happy about.

Mal, when I kept saying "Kill off JT" I meant the actor who plays Billy. Not the character JT who I actually like, damn you.

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Plus, Thad is absolutely gorgeous.  Can you imagine him playing Cane?  Billy?  How much fun and interesting an actor with looks, presence and talent would be?  How we could be drawn into a story?  Instead we  have Cane (horrible actor)...Billy (he isn't sexy)..Devon (mind numbing), Nick (well, he has the looks) etc.  I remember when "Jagger" first appeared on GH.  He was absolutely gorgeous but could act.  Sexy.  Can't remember his name...Antonio something.  He was in quite a few made-for-tv movies, I think, after his GH stint.

An actor doesn't even have to be great-looking.  Luke (again, from GH) was actually pretty homely.  But he could hold the screen when he was on and he had off-the-charts chemistry with "Laura"..and he was a good actor.  The pairing was long and drawn out.  Same with "Patch" and "Kayla".  These roles were written as anti-heroes..the actors were good...the scripts didn't pander to certain fan-bases (well, maybe a little).

Why do we end up hating some of these characters?  Resenting them?  Why?  Because they aren't well-written, they aren't great actors, they are shoved at us at warp-speed.  And the casting people only want kind of vanilla-looking people.  Looks and acting-wise.  Still cringe every time I see Cane.  Cannot Cannot Cannot stand him, his pasty face, his whispering, his attempts to emote, his slinking around, his actual being able to breathe.  

Will stop and try to picture sun and sandy beaches.  And kittens.  All the news this past week has done a number on my psyche and well-being.  I rant.  Because I can.  

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I'm excited to see Britney, because I wasn't watching during that "teen set" era and feel I have never quite had the same investment in that group as the viewers for who that 1999-2002 period is their Y&R do. Billy Miller is "original Billy" to me (well besides random baby/toddler actors) and I always feel a little cheated I only met adult Colleen right before she died. I feel I'd appreciate Lily and JT more too if I'd have been watching during that period.

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38 minutes ago, Capricasix said:

Is that Wyatt? (I only read that forum occasionally, but I do know who Waffles and Hauxdi are ?)

Certainly is!  He's called Chickenhead because of that rooster thing he has going on on top of his head :)

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I don't find him physically attractive At.All., but, damn, he has crazy chemistry sometimes.  He was totally flat with stupid Steffy and Hope, but he was great with Ivy and, I can't believe this, but I ❤ Wytie!  It's the first time I've liked Heather Tom with anybody, from Y&R or B&B.  

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3 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

I don't find him physically attractive At.All., but, damn, he has crazy chemistry sometimes.  He was totally flat with stupid Steffy and Hope, but he was great with Ivy and, I can't believe this, but I ❤ Wytie!  It's the first time I've liked Heather Tom with anybody, from Y&R or B&B.  

Not even Ryan? I loved Victoria and Ryan back in the day.

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7 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I do not want Sharon and Nick to get back together for the umpteenth time. Let Nick be single for a long time.

But he can't live alone!  Baboons live in groups - (and this part I LOVE) - called a congress.  That explains a lot......

Besides, who would pick off his nits?  Who would he flash his engorged butt at?  Where, pray tell, would he get his refill of toenail clippings?  Nick needs his ruffage......

Bless the beasts and the Newmans, give them shelter from the storm......

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On 2/23/2018 at 4:28 PM, ByTor said:

Certainly is!  He's called Chickenhead because of that rooster thing he has going on on top of his head :)

He could play Sam Rockwell's younger brother. 

I ff'd over a scene where a girl with a strange face was whining about Liam being mad at her and HTG I though it was Miley except her tongue didn't roll out.

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18 hours ago, jewel21 said:

Not even Ryan? I loved Victoria and Ryan back in the day.

I've never been a fan of the character Victoria, so I didn't like Ryan with her.  I liked Ryan in every other pairing he was in except for her.  Because I'm a cold-hearted bastid, I even laughed when Ryan and Nina were having sex while Victoria hid in the closet and listened.

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On another big soap forum someone mentioned almost offhandedly that AH is leaving the show. This is supposedly happening in conjunction with however JT's storyline wraps up. Has anyone heard this? That would be major news, soap-wise. (And of course when I went back to re-read the comment it had been deleted. DUN DUN DUNNNN!)

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59 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

On another big soap forum someone mentioned almost offhandedly that AH is leaving the show. This is supposedly happening in conjunction with however JT's storyline wraps up. Has anyone heard this? That would be major news, soap-wise. (And of course when I went back to re-read the comment it had been deleted. DUN DUN DUNNNN!)

That would be rather jarring to me. I guess because she seems like she could actually be Victor Newman's daughter.

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On ‎2‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 12:25 PM, Joimiaroxeu said:

On another big soap forum someone mentioned almost offhandedly that AH is leaving the show. This is supposedly happening in conjunction with however JT's storyline wraps up. Has anyone heard this? That would be major news, soap-wise. (And of course when I went back to re-read the comment it had been deleted. DUN DUN DUNNNN!)

Is it possible that the person posting that just got mixed up and thought the person leaving Y&R was AH rather than MCE?

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37 minutes ago, Toomuchsoap said:

Is it possible that the person posting that just got mixed up and thought the person leaving Y&R was AH rather than MCE?

I bet that was exactly what it was.

So now Dick is all "oh, Sharon I'm so sorry for what I put you through (and I can't wait to put you through more or worse the first time your foot slips again.")

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Is it possible that the person posting that just got mixed up and thought the person leaving Y&R was AH rather than MCE?

Yeah, it is but the comment seem to suggest that her rumored departure had something to do with TL and their marriage/pending divorce. It would be odd to put MCE into that scenario. Whatever, it seems highly unlikely to me that it could happen without getting leaked. Her leaving would be major since Victoria is pretty much a legacy character at this point.

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