Hollywood Challenge 12/22/18

The Burkes have almost made it.  They both got large promotion bonuses this round, putting their money goal just a few thousand away.  They've already met the friend and hour requirements, so they're in the home stretch.  They also paid off Rachel's college tuition (she graduated, btw, and moved into her own apartment) and Michael became a teen.  The Pedersons continue to tread water financially.  They made a small payment on their college debt, but neither worked this round.  Faith did her celeb hours at the café, more for money than anything which is sad.  Neil should score a promotion next round (Faith might too) which will hopefully pull them out of their slump.  Sydney Drake had a pretty quiet day.  She did her personal training, chatted with Andrea on the phone, went to work, and got a promotion.  Not bad, but not exciting.  Since Jocelyn Silver had the day off, they spent some time working on that baby they both want.  Success!  Baby Silver is on the way.  Afterwards they did some celeb hours, etc.  Savannah Sanders moved in with Nolan Pederson right after graduation.  They are very different, so I'm not sure this is the best match.  He's Family, she's Romance, he wants 8 kids, she wants 1, he wants to get engaged to her, she has 3 bolts for Dante Silver.  Nolan would likely be better suited to Rachel Burke who is also Family and wants 7 kids.  For now we're going to see how things go.  Will Savannah and Dante cheat on the respective partners?  Will they get caught?  Will two relationships be down the tubes?  Who knows?  Speaking of Rachel Burke, she moved into her own place in the same building as Nolan, Savannah, Sydney, and the Silvers.  She immediately found a job in Law Enforcement and picked up a part-time gig as a personal trainer.  She also put in a call to a guy she met at Uni during her senior year.  She has a want to be best friends with him and 2 bolts, so we'll see where that goes.  Brandi Karr is doing well on her requirements; she just needs 2 more friends, 2 more celeb hours, and about $50,000 more.  Granted that last one is tough, and made even tougher by the fact that Caryl left for Uni this round, but both Brandi and Elise are high up in their careers so I don't think it'll be terribly difficult for them to achieve.  The Sanders paid off their Uni debt, Samantha got promoted to the top of the elder Dance career, and Brooke grew up to teen.  They have a long way to go on their money requirement.  Samantha will have to sell quite a few cookbooks in the next week in order for them to level up before Brooke goes to college and they get hit with another Uni debt.