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News for the week of 05-Jan-2015

by Carol Banks Weber

A lingering sinus infection turned into a medical nightmare for Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki), which she detailed December 22nd on her Facebook. Unfortunately, she didn’t have a doctor of her own, so she resorted to one she could find. He, like most in the medical establishment, prescribed the usual regimen for sinus infections, which includes antibiotics and steroids. Not many people can tolerate these medications, even though — for most — they do the job. For Scott, they didn’t; they only made her condition worse, she detailed. The long and the short of it is, she found relief, slow and steady and naturopathic with the recommendation of those she knows. Read her entire FB here, and send good wishes. “It started on Thursday, November 13. I had been sick with a sinus infection for a couple of weeks, which also included a hellish cough. I had already missed some work, which, in my business, you had better be half dead to call in sick. I was. At least I felt like I was. I had a constant fever, had no energy, was very pale and just couldn't beat this thing. For reasons too complicated to go into here, I found myself with no personal physician at this time in my life. The previous week I had found a week's dose of the antibiotic, Zithromax, in my medicine cabinet and happily started taking it, thinking I would finally feel better. I finished it. I felt better for a day or two, then plunged into feeling worse than ever…”

Eileen Davidson (Ashley) and Lisa Rinna (ex-Billie, DOOL) are proving to be the best part of watching Bravo’s Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills. So far, they are the least dysfunctional-looking. Davidson is charming, engaging, and real around her normal husband and adorable son. Rinna is the picture of Buddha-Zen, wanting to be everyone’s friend and refusing to engage in stupid Brandi-drama. The episode featuring her taking care of her ailing parents up in her hometown of Medford, OR really resonated with viewers. It was real, heartbreaking, and relevant, not the usual flimsy, flighty glam BS. But that all seems to change in the next episode coming up when Brandi is shown tossing a drink in Davidson’s face and Rinna is exploding in a possessive rage over some woman going after her husband. The two daytime actresses were on Access Hollywood recently to dish the behind-the-scenes, which Michael Fairman has on video. They told hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover it was quite different to be on the show than watching it. Let’s hope the other reality-TV ladies don’t swallow these two up in lurid stupidity.

Gossip for the week of 05-Jan-2015

by Carol Banks Weber

TPTB almost replaced Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) with Jessica Tuck (ex-Megan, OLTL), on a temporary basis, due to lingering health issues, reported Daytime Confidential’s Jamey Giddens December 22. Multiple sources gave Giddens the word. “While sources at the soap opera maintain the serial was only in talks with the One Life to Live, Days of Our Lives and True Blood alum, other insiders claim Tuck was hired and already in hair and makeup. However, an ailing Thomas Scott was able to reprise the iconic role of Nikki Newman before Tuck filmed any scenes… I hear Y&R showrunners Jill Farren Phelps and Chuck Pratt were very concerned for their leading lady’s health above all else.”

 

Star Magazine’s staff posted December 24th that Eileen Davidson (Ashley) looks like she had work done, including a nose and boob job throughout the years. The staff referred to Michigan plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Young for the speculation. Based on a review of photos of the actress from the past, he claimed: “Eileen’s nose appears to have been dramatically thinned… It’s now missing the bulbous nasal tip it had when she was young, and looks quite refined. Overall, it looks good, if not a touch narrow, which was a very common result of older nose jobs.” Young also commented on Davidson’s conservatively enhanced breasts. “I suspect she’s had them swapped out for new ones by now, as many women do. They fit her frame well now and are not overdone.”

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