My take

DR board owner, Rick's banner. At least someone there has a sense of humor.

Time to expose the dirty laundry. The Douchebag Royalty board banned a member who posted here recently criticizing them in my comments section, and without a warning no less! Also another member got banned for simply linking the Diva blog; so much for "no holds barred" bullshit. Oh, and you can't lurk there anymore either. Freedom of expression is alive and well at Douchebag Royalty. Apparently members aren't allowed to comment here or link the blog. Anyone is welcome to comment here. The Diva promises that I won't tattle on anyone who comments here from Douchebag Royalty.

Back to important things, like the pre-emmy noms. The problem with the nominations is mostly the writing. Most of these actors are pretty good, but the writing is just crap for them. So here's to the actors for doing a great job with absolute crap. The Diva believes a lot of these actors would be Emmy nominees/winners if they were on a different show.

The lead actress nominees are Renee and Lauren. Both excellent actresses. I believe they got picked because of Kate's cancer and Theo's autism. Both stories, unfortunately, weren't that great. Kate's cancer was about Chloe and Dan. Lexie mostly just freaked out every time Theo got lost.

The lead actor nominees are Thaao and Peter. Thaao could get the pre-nom just by reciting limericks, he's that great of an actor. Unfortunately he had very little story. But his scenes in the hospital lockdown storyline were some of the best of the year. Peter's acting has never impressed me but he did have his pancreas storyline and Shawn's death.

The best supporting actress nominees are Arianne and Tamara. Tamara was a huge surprise to me. I thought Peggy McCay had a lock on this category. She was great with dealing with Shawn's death. Also she was fabulous with the Trent murder storyline. I love Arianne. She should have been in the lead category. But I do think she has a strong chance of getting a nomination in supporting. It's hard to break into the "lead" category as a young woman. Leann Hunley could have been nominated too. She steals every scene she's in. Also, the supporting category is friendly to actors that are comical.

The best supporting actor nominees are Jay and Stephen. Those are good picks. I would have picked Joe M instead of Jay. The Diva is ok with Jay's pre-nom.

The outstanding younger actress nominees for DOOL are Rachel and Molly. Rachel's great. No problem there. Molly, seriously, wtf?

The outstanding younger actor nominees for DOOL are Darin and Blake. Blake should get an Emmy nom this year. I think he should have gotten one last year. He was fantastic as stalker Nick. Darin doesn't impress me at all. Never has.

Good luck to all the DOOL pre-nominees!