Cheryl E Preston

Thursday on The Young and the Restless, as Victor is basking in the glory of the moment, each of his children are dealing with their own personal issues that bring some unexpected circumstances their way. The Newman patriarch is having the time of his life and even former enemies including Michael, Jill, Jack, Chris and Paul, give honor where it is due. All of them acknowledge that in spite of everything, Victor has been very successful in business. Meanwhile Phyllis, who was not invited is working the room and causing hard feelings everywhere. She has one moment where she shows herself to have compassion when she agrees with Sharon tegarding Kyle and Summer. Sharon had said they are clearly in love and deserve happiness because life can be short. Both Nick and Rey seemed stunned that Phyllis took this position.

Spoiler alerts from Celeb Dirty Laundry indicate that a fan favorite is returning to The Young and the Restless in a few weeks. Tristan Lake Leabu will be back in Genoa City on March 2nd and his character’s arrival will not be a pleasant one. Reed’s return is related to his mother who will be hospitalized after being stabbed. Soap Dirt, Celeb Dirty Laundry, and Soaps She Knows all say that Amanda’s ex Ripley will attack Victoria during her father’s 50 year Newman Enterprises celebration. Rey was supposed to have sent this stalker packing after he gave Ms. Sinclair a final goodbye. Obviously he stayed in town and has been plotting to get even. Billy had thrown him out of Amanda’s hotel, so Ripley wants payback.

Jeanette DuBois, known by her stage name of Ja’net Dubois was found dead in her California home on Tuesday February 18. It is believed the 74 year old actress died in her sleep the previous night. DuBois is best known for her role as Willona Woods,, the neighbor of the Evans family on "Good Times" from 1974 through 1979. She had roles in the movies, "I’m Gonna Get You Sucka" and "Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle". The actress was also on episodes of the television shows, "Sanford and Son", "The PJ's", "A Different World", "ER", "The Facts of Life", "Moesha", 'The Steve Harvey Show", and "The Wayans Brothers".

Spring has not sprung but the Easter season is officially upon us. The Sunday when Christians observe the resurrection of Christ is still eight weeks away but advertisers are milking the holiday even earlier than last year. Valentine’s Day was on Friday February 14 and Saint Patrick’s Day will not be here for another month. Even so, on the 17th day of the second month of the year, the commercials began. I saw the Cadbury Bunny twice on CBS and once on ABC in less than an hour. About 10 minutes later there was the Reese’s chocolate bunny merging with peanut butter as Marvin Gaye sang Let’s Get it on.” This commercial has been on network television for about a week.

Victor’s big moment arrives