Sunday, 19 Sep, 12.38pm GMT/7.38am EDT
The final 2 minutes and 19 seconds of the Luke half of LuRe. 🙁
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Liveblog follows…
Reid: Like this guy. “Chronic fatigue.” Want to ship him C.O.D. to a leper colony, see how tired he is then.
Luke: Your treatment methods are very unorthodox.
Reid: Oh, listen to you, trying to sound all clever. You want to make me happy? Get me out of here. I don’t enjoy being held hostage.
Luke: Oh, that wasn’t my decision. That was the judge’s. But as long as you’re here, you might —
— Reid and Luke
Sep 15
Episode LiveBlog | 16 September 2010
Fri 17 Sep 5.34am GMT/12.34am EDT
Today’s clip, in Full HD, courtesy of smuchshypush:
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7.54pm GMT/2.54pm EDT
Previews:
DustNet’s baby Lorenzo’s christening – they ask Jack to be godfather.
Lily: Who knew John Dixon would be the answer to my prayers?
Holden: I thought that was my job (could they have written a cheesier line?)
Margo/Katie having some idea simultaneously. Chris convalescing at Katie’s place where REID should be: Tom, I’m scared.
Bob: I can’t believe I’m retiring.
Just one more left.
Sep 15
News and Updates | September 15, 2010
UPDATE, 15 Sep, 8.50pm EDT: SOS Pulse Results were just posted for the week of September 6th. Van #2, Eric #3, LuRe #2. Can’t believe Van’s not #1, but gotta give credit to Eric for coming in #3, despite dying 20 minutes into his only episode and having probably fewer than 2 dozen words to say!
UPDATE, 15 Sep, 7.41pm EDT: Michael Fairman just confirmed on Van’s Facebook that the “special interview” promised for this Friday immediately following the last ATWT is indeed the one with Van Hansis! It will be posted 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific Time. As MF put it himself, “We saved the best for last.”
CBS has on its website a series of photos, classic clips, and interviews. I didn’t see a photo or interview with Van, but there is a great photo of Eric and a truly awful interview (it’s so old, or the transcriber was so bad that he refers to the blind guy as Luke!).
Speaking of Eric, yesterday’s Buzzworthy interview on BlogTalkRadio is available for download via iTunes in PodCast form. Incidentally, in case you missed it, his July 26th interview with OutTakes on BlogTalkRadio is also available via iTunes if you follow this link.
Over at ATV Network, they are taking a poll of best Best TV/Film Gay Kisses (it won’t hard to guess which one I suggested!).
In the meantime author Kate Davies, who has made several blog entries about Reid and LuR has posted a hysterical and spot-on list of 10 Things I’ve Learned from the End of ATWT.
Van was busy posting on his Facebook page last night (contents only visible to those whose Friend requests he’s accepted). Among some new entries to the music mix he’s been posting, and his usual gracious thanks to the adoration, he mentioned having done a “recent” interview with Michael Fairman.
Meanwhile, Michael Fairman tweeted late last night: “Very extra special interview coming on Friday right after the final episode of ATWT airs on all coasts. Can u guess who it could be?” Not sure if these are one and the same…unless Michael’s actually managed to get TPTB to respond to some of the outrage.
Last: donations in honor of Van’s birthday on September 25th can be made to the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Van’s alma mater. In the meantime the Eric Sheffer Stevens/Doctors without Borders is still creeping up, and currently stands at $16,520.
Sep 14
Interview LiveBlog | ESS on BuzzWorthy (BlogTalkRadio), 14 September 2010
Okay – liveblog is about as complete as it will get until it becomes a transcript (ETA 1-2 months from now!).
The good news: Eric was able to pre-emptively diffuse a lot of the angst surrounding his earlier comments about him personally being happy with Reid’s end. Given comments on fan boards, I was a bit worried that this interview could get hijacked, but personally I think he gave a very reasonable and articulate response. The bad news: the caller gushing was SOOOO enthusiastic, we didn’t get to hear a whole lot from Eric! There were 2-3 good questions, with really long answers, then not much else.
So, without further ado….Highlights:
- When asked if he felt bad for the fans, ESS responded: “I’m gaining a fuller appreciation of the significance of that. When asked the question initially, from a storytelling POV, Ii said yes, I loved it. But I’m not a viewer – that’s a fun story to tell. I’m becoming aware because I’ve read TONS of comments now in response to interviews of the impact of it. Not just to viewers but to anyone who’s gay and who would love to see a happy ending for a gay couple. I am becoming more and more aware of how disappointing the ending was.”
- Would he have done/wanted a love scene? “Yeah, that was the most natural place to go, so yeah….. Ideally you want to be able to portray it. If it’s a moral thing, it’s ok that the straight people are hopping in and out of bed but a loving relationship between two men is immoral???….but that’s where we are as a group of people in this country.”
- Re: DWB: “They’re at over $16,000 now….I check in on that frequently…pretty amazing – and for it to be done in my name is humbling. That’s unbelievable – congrats for everybody involved – that’s a lot of money for a charity – all in the last 3 weeks…I love that charity – it’s one that I support personally.
- More big words (not that anyone’s counting): “levity”…oh, and apparently “vicissitudes” which I missed but was happily noted over at the ESS forum ;)
Sep 14
News and Updates: September 14, 2010
Eric Sheffer Stevens will be doing a CALL-IN INTERNET RADIO INTERVIEW TODAY AT 1.00 PM EDT with BuzzWorthy at BlogTalkRadio.
In the meantime, the long-awaited Michael Fairman follow-up interview with ESS was posted over the weekend along with a new Soap Opera Weekly interview with Van Hansis.
Speaking of Mr Hansis, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that Van’s birthday is coming up on September 24th 25th (oops, sorry about that, Van!). For a few years now, fans (and I will give a BIG PROPER SHOUT OUT TO THE VAN/NUKE FANS who came up with this idea long before Reid Oliver made his appearance in Oaktown) have been donating to a scholarship at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in honor of Van Hansis. A particular theatre student has been designated as the recipient and Van has been in touch with the student.
Gifts toward the fund are fully tax deductible. Just prior to Van’s birthday, Walnut Hill will send a letter to Van notifying him of this gift, as well as a list that includes the name, city, state and country of each participant. Fans contributed over $15,000 in 2008 and 2009.
In the meantime the Eric Sheffer Stevens/Doctors without Borders continues to attract attention. With a current total raised of $16,350, the ESS campaign is currently the number one fundraiser for Doctors without Borders listed on the FirstGiving.com website. It accounts for over 1/5th of all contributions to DWB raised on FirstGiving.com and is a whopping $8,000 ahead of the second-most successful fundraiser on the site.