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Hillary is furious — and while Clinton advisers think that may save her, it’s making the lives of those who work for her hell.
“Hillary’s been having screaming, child-like tantrums that have left staff members in tears and unable to work,” says a campaign aide. “She thought the nomination was hers for the asking, but her mounting problems have been getting to her and she’s become shrill and, at times, even violent.”
In one incident, Hillary berated a low-level campaign worker for making a scheduling mistake. When the girl had the nerve to turn her back on Hillary and walk away, Hillary grabbed her arm.
Hillary’s anger may be stoked by fear — her poll numbers have slipped by 10 points in one week on the eve of the Democrat debate.
Bill Clinton and Hillary’s campaign team are concerned that her anger may surface at the wrong time. They are concerned that she could have a serious meltdown in front of TV cameras, which would make her look so out of control that voters would decide she doesn’t have the temperament to be commander in chief.
“We’re having some success in giving her some chill pills,” says a campaign adviser.
The goal is to channel her anger and make her focus on Republicans, not on her campaign aides and fellow Democrats.
“Hillary’s always at her most effective when her back is to the wall,” says one of her longtime political advisers. “After weeks of pounding and pummeling by the press, she’s mad as hell and isn’t going to take it any more.”
The plan is already in play. Over the past two weeks, she has slammed the Benghazi hearings as nothing more than a Republican-instigated political witch-hunt aimed at suppressing her poll numbers.
She’s bashed the Supreme Court and the National Rifle Association over the Second Amendment.
She’s thumbed her nose at President Obama by coming out against one of his major foreign-policy goals — the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
And with her approval, her opposition research team has been collecting dirt on Vice President Joe Biden, which Hillary’s camp is prepared to release to the media if Biden enters the nominating race following his family summit this weekend.
“She’s beginning to understand that she can use her righteous anger and indignation to good effect,” said the adviser. “After all, her anger is in keeping with the mood of the American
electorate.”
Nigerians have been anxious for several weeks waiting for the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees who have eventually started to be revealed. Though some of the names in the initial 21-man list come as no surprise to some people, the concern of Nigerians is if the ministerial nominees without portfolios would not have defeated the purpose of screening? Oladele Hakeem, the Naij.com editor, says Buhari has a surprise package for Nigerians by not naming the portfolios of his nominees.
President Muhammadu Buhari

The drama finally ends

The suspense created by the announcement of the ministerial nominees was fever-high. People were anxious to hear if the president would surprise Nigerians with the calibre of people he would work with if they scale the hurdles of screening at the end of the day. They wanted to know who he was bringing on board.
Personally, I was indifferent because I believe the nominees will not disappoint the nation if they finally become full-fledged ministers.
President Buhari had promised Nigerians he would announce his nominees by September ending, which he did. The manner and way in which he did it was heart thudding. This was due to the fact that as the morning of September came knocking without the list, some people had started making all sorts of inflammatory comments.
Buhari’s critics did not waste time as they started pummeling him with all types of talks. Some of them even cried wolf where there was none. They said Buhari would renege on his promise because he is a politician. And that a politician is always double-faced.

Buhari, a man of his words

In my own thought, I had the strong feelings that the president would not lead the people to the garden path. He has an unblemished track record. He had hardly ever disappointed his followings.
As the clock continued ticking, and it was some minutes to 4pm on September 30, news was still rife that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, had yet to receive the list. At that point, the adrenaline had risen. Different comments were made on social media like: ”Is this the change we asked for?” ”President Buhari, the Senate president is yet to receive the list.”
The other angle people’s thinking swerved to was how the president could send a very important list all the way from New York, USA, where he attended the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations. Why didn’t he send the list before his trip?
Be as it may, the president’s senior special assistant on National Assembly matters for the senate arm, Senator Ita Enang arrived with the list and presented it to Saraki. The Senate president afterwards confirmed on his twitter page he had received the list.
I never had a single mixed feeling from inception about the ministerial list not getting to the senate leadership after September 30. I believe Buhari would send his nominees as at when due.

The nominees and the dust generated

When Senator Bukola Saraki read out the names of the ministerial nominees on the floor of the senate, he hardly spent more than two minutes doing the reading. He informed the assembly that it was a partial list. That they were still expecting the remaining list.
Some names he called may not appeal to his taste-buds, but he had no choice than to call them.
Immediately the 21 man nominees were confirmed, politicians and apolitical citizens alike started reacting as usual. While some gave kudos to the president for the type of people he nominated, some said there was nothing special about the list.
One of the major headaches of those against some of the nominees was that they were former governors who had one or two graft cases hanging on their neck. They were not comfortable with them. They specifically mentioned the former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi. They stated that it meant the noise generated about the president’s anti-corruption crusade is ephemeral and one sided.
To me, nobody is guilty unless he is charged  and a court of competent jurisdiction pronounces so.
The spokesperson of the senate, Dino Melaye, addressed newsmen after the Senate president read the list. He said the senate would do a painstaking job during the screening exercise slated to start Tuesday, October 13. He said it would not be a usual business. He added that the senate would welcome all sorts of petitions sent to it by Nigerians against any of the nominees.
It really looks as if the senate is talking tough. But it should be careful not to bite more than what it can chew. The senate should not say in the name of screening, thereby steps beyond its boundary by ridiculing itself by asking unnecessarily questions.
The upper chambers even said the former senators among the nominees, Senators Udoma Udoma and Chris Ngige will also be screened. They said they will not be allowed to just take a bow and leave despite being former senators. It is the tradition in the senate that former senators are allowed to take a bow and leave without being screened.

The senators should tread gently

Imagine a senate assembly which has been constituted since June 8 threatening fire and brimstone. No single tangible bill has been passed from then to date. The senate is saying it will leave no stone unturned during the screening. The senators should be cautious with the way they will go about the exercise next week. They should not portray themselves as if they have an axe to grind with the nominees and by extension the president.
As if it was a written script, immediately Senator Melaye said petitions would be welcomed, one of the nominees in the person of Rotimi Amaechi was put in the eye of the storm. He is facing a stiff opposition from his successor, Chief Nyesom Wike who said even President Buhari will not save him from persecution for corrupt charges while he was governor of Rivers state.
Wike has set up a committee of judiciary of inquiry to investigate Amaechi. Time will tell if Amaechi will survive Wike’s onslaught or not.
One of the pieces of advice I have for the senators is that they should not harbour and display acrimony during the screening. They should know Nigerians are keenly watching all their actions. Definitely, the citizens will be studying their body language during the screening as nobody would be interested in whipping up of sentiments.

Buhari has not done anything out of the blues

Looking at the nominees, I believe the president was spot on by nominating a person like Babatunde Raji Fashola. The former governor of Lagos state made the state the toast of other states, especially during his first term. He is a round peg in a round hole.
During Umaru Yar’Adua’s time as the nation’s president, Nigeria political posted an article online on July 10, 2007, titled: “Ministerial List: Senators worry over nominees’ portfolios.” In the article, people reacted the same way they are reacting now to the president’s ministerial nominees without portfolios. Some of the questions asked then included: why ministerial nomination without their assigned office? Was President Yar’Adua hiding anything from Nigerians?
The truth is that Buhari’s list is not shrouded in secrecy. The Nigeria political then captured the situation as follows:
”The non-attachment of portfolios to the list of ministerial nominees is provoking palpable angst in the senate. Already, only 17 out of the 34 names submitted have been given security clearance which is expected to start today (that is July 10, 2007). The non-inclusion of the portfolios first caused a sharp division among senators after the list was presented.”
There is nothing new with what is happening now and what happened then. There is no difference. The president has absolutely not erred by not assigning portfolios to the list he sent. Really, Buhari has not goofed.
If the die-hard antagonists of the nation’s number one citizen lambast the nominees with glee, scorn and disdain, they might be in for a big surprise. This is because I believe Buhari is approaching issues methodologically.
In addition, tonnes of petitions could be filed against some nominees. This will not be the first of its kind. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, a one-time PDP national secretary, had series of petitions filed against him during his nomination as minister in 2007. At the end of the day, he succeeded in the screening exercise and went on to become the foreign affairs minister.
Nigerians need not ruminate on why Buhari did not assign portfolios to his nominees, but should be more interested in what he has up his sleeves after the nominees become ministers.
Oladele Hakeem, a content editor with Naij.com, holds a BSc (Hons) from UNILAG, a PCWC from NIJ and an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from UI. He writes from Ikeja, Lagos.
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The rule that every ministerial nominee must be endorsed by at least two senators from his/her state will be enforced by the Nigerian senate as the upper chamber prepares to screen prospective cabinet members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. 
The senate position was revealed by the chairman senate adhoc committee on publicity, Dino Melaye, today, October 8, while speaking to newsmen.
 
According to Melaye, the red chamber would abide by constitutional provisions and  senate standing rules for screening the nominees next week.
The rules clearly states that every ministerial nominee must be endorsed by at least two senators from his/her state, which puts the likes of former governors of Lagos and Rivers state, Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Amaechi at risk.
Already, the senators from Rivers state has already submitted a petition to the senate concerning Amaechi’s nomination,
The Rivers state government has already issued a statement saying  for looting the state’s funds.
 
Also,  over the ministerial nomination of the former governor of the state.
According to The Cable, except there is last-minute realignment of political forces regarding the issue, some of the ministerial nominees may not scale through.
On his part, Fashola has been having a running battle with political forces in Lagos state, which some political analysts say is the handiwork of his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
A civil society organisation in Lagos, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders
The petition which was dated Saturday, October 3, had asked the Senate not to confirm the former Lagos governor stressing that the legislative arm should deem it necessary to visit Lagos first before screening Fashola.

At the weekend, chieftains  which according to them falls short of expectations. Some expressed doubt that the president was committed to fighting corruption with the calibre of  people he intended to appoint as ministers.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have  so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7. , embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise.
The former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi’s ministerial nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari has received the backing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South South region.
Prince Hilliard  Eta
Making their position known today, October 9, via a statement, the national vice chairman in charge of the region, Prince Hilliard Eta said the party will stand solidly behind the former governor to become a minister, despite oppositions from the Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike and senators.

The statement which was signed by the media assistant to Prince Eta, Bassey Ita further stated that Wike and his co-travelers were embarking on a wild goose chase by opposing Amaechi’s nomination.
According to The Nation, he said those protesting Amaechi’s nomination  through spurious claims and accusations are embarking on a fruitless effort that can only lead them to a futile end.
 
Parts of the statement read: “Amaechi was unjustly witch-hunted and persecuted by the PDP machine in Rivers state led by Wike because of his (Amaechi’s) role in fighting down the evil machinations plotted against the good people of the state by the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”
 “Wike and his likes cannot assume the triple role of the complainant, prosecution and judge in their case against Amaechi as there have desperately shown in their several protests and attempts to thwart his emergence as Minister of the Federal Republic.
“As a result of the brazen desperation by the Wike-led PDP machine, they have forgotten that the extant laws provide that everyone is innocent of whatever accusation until proven otherwise.
“Wike and his ilk were showing the world that it cannot even hide nor pretend on their dance of lawlessness carried over from their hey days when the drums of impunity were conspicuously being beaten aloud.”
Already, the senators from Rivers state has already submitted a petition to the senate concerning Amaechi’s nomination,
Meanwhile, the Rivers state government recently issued a statement saying  for looting the state’s funds.
 
Also,  over the ministerial nomination of the former governor of the state.
In a related development, some APC chieftains whose names are reportedly on the ministerial have  so they can successfully scale the screening process billed for Wednesday, October 7.
, embarking on intensive prayer sessions to come out unscathed aster the exercise
This much was revealed to our correspondent by Comrade Olowofala Olatunji, the Lagos state council 1 chairman of the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), during a brief chat on Friday evening.
The union leader, who had been bullish in his initial comment following the decision by the Indian company to lay off such a large number of staff, noted with a smile on his face, that the reinstatement remains a major victory for his group.
Some of the workers during the protest in Lagos a few weeks ago, they seem to be happy now after the recent development
Pandemonium had struck on Friday, September 11, when the management of the company announced that it was laying off over 700 workers over several acts of discrepancies which our correspondent gathered, were summed up by their request for a union to regulate some activities.
The workers had taken to the streets of Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state to protest the sudden decision by the company to strip them of their means of livelihood, as the union leaders also showed solidarity.
 
But reports on Friday evening showed that the workers have been recalled and normalcy has also returned to the company.
Olowofala told Naij.com that the company has agreed to have the union and have also agreed that the workers who were sent away have since resumed.
“They have resumed since last week because we have achieved our aim there.
“Everything has returned to normal now and the workers and their employers are in good terms because we have all reached a common ground,” the elated union leader noted.
Confirming the latest development also was a staff of the company, Eniola Emmanuel, who affirmed that although everybody had yet to return to work, those who had been reinstated have gotten new contracts from the company.
According to him: “Everything is really fine now. Although everybody is yet to be recalled, those who have resumed have gotten new contracts from the company and everybody is quite happy to return to work after the long lay-off.”
This reinstatement will come as a huge relief for the staff of the company who had lamented their ‘unjust’ sack by their employers.
An expectant mother narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Tipper fully loaded with sand ran into her shop along Ado – Afao road, in Ado – Ekiti.
The driver of the Tipper with registration number ADK 216 XB was reported to have lost control and ran into the shop where the woman was selling planks.
File Photo of an accident that occurred on Thursday evening. Photo: Linda Ikeji
 
Some sympathizers and witnesses told our correspondent that the driver of the Tipper took to his heels immediately the incident occurred, allaying fear that the woman had died.
They blamed the accident on excessive speed by the Tipper driver and called on the state government to urgently intervene in the incessant cases of accident and killings of people on the road involving Tipper drivers.
Similar incidents have happened in the area, the recent being the one from last Saturday, where five persons reportedly died at the Deeper Life Junction along Ado-Afao road in Ado-Ekiti.
In a related development,
Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi ya ziyarci Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, Bukola Saraki inda ya nema a saukaka mashi wajen tantancewa.
Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Rivers Rotimi Amaechi
Amaechi yaje wajen Saraki be domin ya samu sauki a lokacin da za’a tantance shi a gaban majalisar.
Zaben Amaechi da akayi yana samun kalubalen sosai a majalisa domin sanatocin da suka fito daga Jihar shi har sun kai koke suna zargin shi da rashawa.
Gwamnatin Jihar ta fidda sanarwa inda ta bayyana cewa koda Amaechi ya zama minista, wanna ba zaya fidda shi daga bincike ba. Wata majalisa ta bayyana cewa Amaechi ya ziyarci Saraki a ranar Talata 6, ga watan Oktoba da misalin karfe 11:45 na dare, bai fita ba sai karfe 1.
Amaechi ya tafi ne tare da wani maitaimaka mashi inda ya bukaci Saraki daya manta baya sannan ya taimaka Mashi domin ya taallake.
Famous Nollywood actress Mosun Filani Oduyoye has been away from the screen since she got married. Her recent attempt at producing a movie two years after she got married led to the speculation that there is a crack in her marriage. 
Without uttering a word to clear the air about the crack in her marriage, Mosun in a breath taking outfit which complemented that of her husband attended a burial ceremony arm-in-arm with her Barrister cum politician husband Kayode Emmanuel Oduoye in Abeokuta, Ogun state.

Mosun was seen moving around her Barrister cum Politician hubby with security personnel at the event which took place on Saturday, October 3.
Though not frequent in movies lately, the mother of two has been enjoying marital bliss with her husband.
Mosun is presently working on a new film from the stable of her outfit Beauty and Brain Concept which is titled Different Strokes For Different Folks.
A recent report carried by The Polity Weekly, a Kaduna state based newspaper, that Governor Nasir el-Rufai is set to wed the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, has drawn reactions from Nigerians.
According to “The Polity Weekly” newspaper headline, Governor Nasir El-Rufai is set to wed President Buhari’s daughter Zahra Photo credit: Omo GbajaBiamila

The report though doubtful, has generated much reactions from some Nigerians who took to social media to express their opinion.
Read their tweets below:
This is not the first time Nigerians would be reacting to stories of societal wedding. Recently, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, came under harsh criticism following Responding to the criticism,

Parents are constantly shamed for their choices. From how we feed our children to how we educate them, everyone has an opinion. The result? Moms and dads feel endlessly judged for the choices they make — even if they have no other options. This week, families around the country are sharing their inspiring, funny, honest, and heartbreaking stories with Yahoo Parenting in an effort to spark conversations, a little compassion, and change in the way we think about parenting forever. Share your story with us — #NoShameParenting.
Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff know what it’s like to feel judged — both have been in the public eye since they were kids, acting in movies and TV shows, topping the pop charts, and landing in plenty of paparazzi shots along the way. But now the one-time child stars have grown up and are parenting kids of their own — Hilary is mom to 3-year-old Luca, with ex-husband Mike Comrie, and Haylie welcomed her daughter Ryan, with fiancé Matt Rosenberg, in May. Now the siblings and best friends have teamed up with Similac to form the Sisterhood of Motherhood in an effort to end the dreaded mommy wars. The Duffs talk with Yahoo Parenting about the times they felt mommy-shamed (including one headline about her son that Hilary will probably never forget), how they tune out the haters, and the moment they caught themselves judging another mom.
We at Yahoo Parenting are really trying to do what we can to stop all the parent shaming, which I know you guys are too. Why is it so important?
Hilary: Being a mom of a 3-year-old, and with Haylie being a new mom, it was surprising to see how often and how heavily you feel judged for the littlest things. For example, I felt judged when I decided to start supplementing with formula after seven months, or when we got my son vaccinated or put him on antibiotics for an ear infection. People were like, “You should really try oil remedies.” Other moms can be so heavy-handed with advice, so my sister and I were excited to encourage other moms be positive with one another and end mommy wars. It’s a bigger conversation than just us.
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One thing I love about this campaign with Similac is that it’s not just about the judgment you feel but also the judgment you are putting out there. It makes you responsible for what you’re saying to other people. We need to shift our focus to raising healthy and happy babies, instead of concentrating on which mom is doing what.
 It’s hard enough to be a parent. It’s the most joyous thing you’ll do and also the most challenging. I think it’s really isolating — everything just changes so quickly. Your life is not your life anymore. I put so much pressure on myself to do everything right, and so do all mothers. We think we should have all the answers — we need to breastfeed perfectly or discipline perfectly —  but there are challenges every day. I had a baby so young that none of my friends had children. So I had to learn that no one way is going to work for every single family or every child; it’s about staying in your lane and doing what works for your kids.
It’s hard enough for parents of high school seniors to provide guidance on the college-search basics, from location and academic rigor to class size and housing. But these days, there’s something just as important that needs to be addressed: the very real possibility of sexual assault on campus, and how seriously schools take the issue. Luckily, the White House is offering a primer on the topic for both students and parents, revealing the four vital questions to ask any college you’re considering.
The guide is the latest component of “It’s on Us”— a campaign the Administration launched last year to prevent sexual assault on college campuses — and one that’s been shared exclusively with Yahoo Parenting ahead of its official public release.
“One in five women are sexually assaulted by the time they leave college. One in five,” Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, tells Yahoo Parenting. “Men are sexually assaulted, too, but in fewer numbers. So we launched this campaign to raise awareness about what is an epidemic, and to try to end it.”
 The One Question All Parents Should Ask on College Tours
The campaign has so far involved a slew of campus activities — from bystander intervention programs to lessons aimed toward clearing up the definition of rape (sex without consent) — at more than 300 colleges and universities around the country. “But another component of it,” Jarrett says, “is what are the colleges and universities doing?” In order to aid parents and incoming freshman when it comes to gathering that information, “It’s on Us” suggests asking every school being considered the following questions:
  1. Does the college or university have a Title IX coordinator? This is the employee responsible for assuring the school is compliant with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded school or activity. “They’re required by law to have one,” Jarrett explains. “It’s an indication that they take their responsibility to help to provide a safe environment very seriously.”
  2. What’s the college or university doing to prevent sexual assault from ever happening? “We don’t ever want it to ever happen on a campus,” she says, “and so ask them: What are you doing to ensure my child will be safe here, and free from sexual assault?”
  3. If it does happen, what is the college or university doing to make sure it’s properly taking care of the accuser — and the accused? In other words, what kind of a process do they have in place for that?
  4. What are they doing to help people who have been victims of sexual assault? In the event that the unthinkable does happen, know what types of student support services are provided.
“And if they can’t answer those four questions,” Jarrett advises, “well, find another college.”
Answers to these questions are most crucial for those entering their first or second year of college, as, most often, sexual assault occurs during a young woman’s freshman or sophomore year, usually by someone she knows, according to a fact sheet about “It’s On Us.” And only 13 percent of rape survivors report their assault. “The culture of violence and silence at our college campuses contradicts everything we stand for as a country,” the literature notes.
Allison Tombros Korman, executive director of Culture of Respect, a national campus assault prevention, support, and awareness organization, applauds the campaign’s latest efforts.
“I think these are really important questions to be asking, and that this is a solid list,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. She would add to the list, she says, by suggesting parents “dig a little deeper” on each question — asking for details about the approach to prevention education, for example, and about whether or not there’s a trained investigator in the event that assaults to take place. Also important to know: if victims receive not only long-term physical and psychological care, but supportive accommodations, such as a change in housing or the ability to finish out a class online.
“The more parents — and students — ask these questions, the more colleges and universities understand this is something they need to tackle head-on, and address transparently,” she tells Yahoo Parenting regarding the “It’s on Us” guide. “It reinforces to everyone that this is an issue to be taken seriously.”



Big happenings in the Gilmore Girls universe this week: Oct. 5 marked the 15th anniversary of the show’s debut on The WB network, and Gilmore fans have a new destination for watching (by which, of course, we mean re-watching) episodes: the UP network, which now airs GG on weekdays.
And because we’ll take any opportunity to gab about those girls that had the gift of it, we’re sharing 34 of our favorite Gilmore Girls facts, at least some of which, we’re betting, you might not have known.
1. Gilmore Girls was the original show title, though it was briefly changed to The Gilmore Way before finally being locked in as Gilmore Girls. The inspiration for the Gilmore name: the Gilmore Bank at the Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles, which merged with (and changed its name to) Grandpoint Bank in 2013.
2. Hollywood agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone worked with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to develop Gilmore Girls, and he has said part of the inspiration for the show’s focus on the mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) was the 1999 movie Drop Dead Gorgeous, which he produced, and the relationship between characters played by Ellen Barkin and Kirsten Dunst.
3. Sherman-Palladino was a writer and producer on Roseanne. She earned an Emmy nomination for co-writing the classic Season 4 premiere “A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” in which Roseanne agrees to take daughter Becky to the doctor for birth control pills. Also writers on Roseanne: Sherman-Palladino’s future husband and Gilmore executive producer Dan Palladino, and Mike Gandolfi, who Sherman-Palladino hired to play Stars Hollow Books owner Andrew.
4. Roseanne was often a notoriously contentious place to work. At one point, star Roseanne Barr assigned the writing staff T-shirts with numbers on them, referring to them by the numbers so she didn’t have to remember their names. In Season 6’s “Just Like Gwen and Gavin” episode of Gilmore Girls, Yale Daily News editor Paris Geller (Liza Weil) gives her newsroom staffers hats with numbers on them for the same reason. Still, Sherman-Palladino credits her experience on Roseanne with teaching her to “make the small big, and the big small,” a hallmark of GG scripts.
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5. Graham was hired to play Lorelai just a week before the pilot episode was scheduled to be shot in the Toronto suburb of Unionville, and just a month before Gilmore Girls was scheduled to be announced as part of The WB’s fall schedule at the 2000 Upfronts in New York.
6. Bledel had no TV experience when she was cast to play Rory. To help her get used to starring in a series and dealing with life in Hollywood, Gilmore producers asked Edward Herrmann, who played Rory’s grandfather, to act as her mentor. He would take her for regular dinners at Musso & Frank, the old school Hollywood eatery that’s been featured in movies like Ocean’s Eleven, Ed Wood, and The Day of the Locust.
7. Herrmann and Kelly Bishop (Lorelai’s mother, Emily) both won Tonys in 1976, her for A Chorus Line and him for Mrs. Warren’s Profession.
8. Sherman-Palladino’s dad, Don Sherman, was her inspiration to create the Gilmore character Kirk (played by Sean Gunn). Don was a TV actor and writer, who appeared on shows like Gimme a Break, Maude, and The Monkees and wrote episodes of Love Boat and Bridget Loves Bernie.
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