From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://pagesix.com/2018/04/04/lauren-graham-on-if-gilmore-girls   
   will-ever-return-again/   
      
   Lauren Graham thinks we’ve said goodbye to “Gilmore Girls” for real this   
   time.   
      
   “I feel very satisfied. This always felt like a special, a limited series,”   
   Graham said of the four-episode Netflix revival during a talk at 92Y   
   Tuesday. “I do think that’s where it ends.”   
      
   Graham, who was promoting her newest book, “In Conclusion, Don’t Worry   
   About   
   It,” said that getting the chance to return to Stars Hollow was “probably   
   the best feeling I’ll ever have as an actor.”   
      
   The revival wasn’t easy to make, though. The loss of Edward Herrmann, who   
   played patriarch Richard Gilmore in the show’s original run, blanketed the   
   set. For Graham, the loss of her mother, who died in 2005, broke through in   
   scenes where Lorelai was discussing Richard’s passing.   
      
   “It was such a strange combination of a piece of material and a person I   
   loved and lost,” said Graham, 51. “It all gets mixed up. And I want to   
   honor   
   his memory.”   
      
   Graham continued: “Something about that Netflix show was about my mom for   
   me … I just felt her presence and I felt that loss through those characters   
   and stories.”   
      
   Following her original stint as Lorelai, Graham moved on to “Parenthood,”   
   where she met her boyfriend of more than eight years, Peter Krause, and   
   became friends with her on-screen daughter, Mae Whitman, who moderated the   
   event.   
      
   Thanks to the way both shows handle familial drama, “Parenthood” is   
   oftentimes seen as the precursor to “This Is Us,” a distinction both Graham   
   and Whitman poke fun at and agree with.   
      
   “Have fun at the Emmys! We paved the way,” Whitman, 29, quipped.   
      
   The duo eventually discussed Graham’s third book, which follows her novel,   
   “Someday, Someday Maybe,” and “Talking as Fast as I Can,” a book of   
   essays.   
      
   A self-described “alternative to Dr. Seuss,” Graham’s latest is a   
   modified   
   version of a graduation speech she gave after her dad signed her up for the   
   gig without telling her.   
      
   “When I have stresses and pain and fear I can text you and get the wealth of   
   knowledge. This [book] felt like you talking,” Whitman praised.   
      
   Graham, who shared that writing is “much harder” than acting, said an   
   alternate title for the book of inspiration would be “Don’t Be Afraid to   
   Suck.”   
      
   “Almost nothing I’ve ever done did I ever have the confidence to do,”   
   Graham   
   admitted. “I didn’t have confidence, I just had drive. If you wait for your   
   self-esteem to catch up, you’ll never get anything done.”   
      
      
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   http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/04/from-angelus-to-the-gentlemen-the-   
   -best-monsters-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-7371591/   
      
      
   From Angelus to The Gentlemen: The 9 best monsters from Buffy The Vampire   
   Slayer   
      
   Amanda Keats   
      
   All were terrifying and brilliant to watch.   From blood-thirsty vampires to   
   robot wannabe stepdads, via a child-killer with terrifying teeth and a swim   
   team turning into giant fish, Buffy The Vampire Slayer had all manner of   
   monsters – demonic and human alike. Some threatened horrific violence,   
   others preyed on the weak, and others still took great pleasure in handing   
   out cruel psychological and physical torment.   
      
   All were brilliant to watch. After all, it’s not like we would have sat   
   through seven seasons of the show if the only bad guys Sarah Michelle   
   Gellar’s   
   Buffy had to contend with were easily disposed of with Mr. Pointy.   
      
   Here are the very best (and most terrifying) demons from the much-loved   
   show:   
      
   Cheerleader - The mom in 'Witch', an episode from series 1, a wannabe   
   cheerleader got a little too desperate to make the team as she injured all   
   those who blocked her path to cheerleading glory. When the Scooby gang   
   investigated, they discovered that the girl was actually the girl’s mother,   
   who used witchcraft to swap bodies with her teenage daughter. This witch   
   will let nothing stop her – not even her daughter. Not the best parenting   
   role model.   
      
   Mayor Richard Wilkins III - Talk about abusing your power. All smiles for   
   the camera, this sinister foe from series three was a very difficult one for   
   Buffy to defeat. He was harder to get to – with his mayor persona offering   
   plenty of security and standing in the community – and his creepy, upbeat   
   demeanor was always followed with a little something that reminded you just   
   how evil he was. He wanted all the power. He wanted to eat all the students.   
   He wanted utter destruction. And he came pretty close to getting it. Of   
   course, he also ate that tediously annoying principal, so he wasn’t all bad.   
      
   Faith - The devil-may-care attitude Faith brought with her when she first   
   appeared in series two made for a refreshing change. Up until this point,   
   we’ve   
   seen Buffy being pretty rebellious and not following the rules. So when   
   slayer Faith arrived, we realized just how agreeable our Buffy has actually   
   been up to now. When Faith turned and joined the dark side, she had already   
   learned so much about Buffy that she could use this insider knowledge to   
   torture her in really cruel and intimate ways – which only made the betrayal   
   that much harder to take.   
      
   Angelus - A cursed vampire forced into a life of good, Angel became a firm   
   ally to Buffy and her friends in series one. But when happiness with Buffy   
   in series two removed the curse and turned him back to his formerly evil   
   self, the cruelty that he then unleashed knew no bounds. Rather than just go   
   on a killing spree, Angelus took great pleasure in tormenting his victims   
   and toying with Buffy and her friends, sending sinister notes, leaving   
   drawings of them sleeping, watching them from a distance and killing the   
   people they love.   
      
   The Gentlemen - 'Hush' is one of those episodes that is so popular with fans   
   that people immediately know what you’re talking about if you reference it.   
   That is largely due to the terrifying demons referred to as ‘The   
   Gentlemen’.   
   They showed up in this masterpiece of an episode, stole the voices from the   
   residents of Sunnydale, and proceeded to rip out their hearts. The Gentlemen   
   were silent but deadly and utterly chilling to watch.  They levitated a few   
   inches from the ground and have a maniacal grin permanently fixed on their   
   faces. Most sinister of all though, was that when they attacked you, nobody   
   will hear you scream.   
      
   Glory - What demon am I facing, Buffy asked, when she first encountered   
      
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