We at Soaps-Now, Kris Allen Daily Source, and TheEntertainmentEmpire would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and we hope God blesses you on this special holiday! :) Happy Birthday Jesus & Don't Forget to remember the reason for the season!
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She is healthy, gorgeous, and amazing – Michelle is out of her mind happy.Congratulations Michelle! God Bless You and hope you much happiness in the future! Read more...
Mark Hapka (Nathan): Any special plans this holiday season?
I rallied my entire family up this year and am meeting them in Buffalo, NY (where Christmas FEELS like Christmas)! Then I catch a flight to Orlando to see my Florida parents for a couple days before I drive out to Miami to meet my boys for New Years!
Taylor Spreitler (Mia):
Do you have a favorite childhood holiday memory?
My sister and I staying up all night to see Santa, she saw him I never did.
Molly Burnett (Melanie):
What is your favorite holiday food?
MY MOMMY'S COOKIES!!! They're like Russian teacakes, and melt in your mouth.
Gabrielle Rodriguez (Gabi):
Do you have a favorite childhood holiday memory?
I remember when I was ten, my dad got me a dirt bike for Christmas, but he never told my mom about it. On Christmas morning, when we woke up and saw the huge bike right by the tree, I was super excited, but my mom went insane! She was furious. I guess she was worried I would hurt myself, like my dad did when he used to race. Luckily, I never did, and now, we look back at that Christmas day and laugh.
Louise Sorel (Vivian):
Do you have a favorite childhood holiday memory?
Christmas trees have always been my favorite memory and for a Jewish person it's not so common.
Eric Martsolf (Brady):
Any special plans this holiday season?
To spoil my kids rotten before they get to the age where they realize it!
Crystal Chappell (Carly):
"Any holiday traditions you care to share?
My family and I trim the tree with Christmas music every year.
In reality, he has shown the resiliency of the character for which he is known. Stenbeck has been killed five times on As The World Turns. He fell out of a cargo plane, was shot twice, went down in a helicopter crash and tumbled off a lighthouse. But, somehow, he always returned.After his graduation from The University of Mississippi, Herrera headed to New Orleans to get a feel for big city life. Once he got adjusted, he set off for New York and studied acting under Stella Adler while waiting tables. ATWT came calling in 1980 and the rest is history. Herrera, however doesn't see James Stenbeck as a villain,
He is a European aristocrat. I've known some of those guys. You think laws mean anything to them? James looked at most people as though they were real stupid. If he wanted something they had, he took it. But he also felt justified ... that he was right in his heart, soul and mind.When the success came, so did the disease. He has been in remission since 1999 and credits his brother's immune system for keeping him alive. His medical case brought him to the forefront of stem cell research and in 2005 he testified about the importance of it on behalf of Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. His book, The Cancer War, can be read online for free at TheCancerWar.com.
EVERYONE PLEASE WATCH! Maybe TBL can end up on another network.The first three episodes will play at YouTube starting TODAY. Another two unaired episodes will premiere Monday, December 21. All five of the roughly 40-minute episodes will be shown without commercials, thanks to a sponsorship deal with electronics company Hewlett-Packard.
How does everyone know that I have a baby BOY on the way! It's true and he's gonna be a special child of God! Another prophet will b born!God Bless You and Congrats!! Read more...
• Show runner Gary Tomlin is determined — and rightfully so — to secure Emmy winner Suzanne Rogers her second statuette! Word on the set is that Mickey Horton will die which will drive Maggie back to the bottle. Brilliant, much? Yep! I can’t wait to see this … You just know Lucas (Bryan, you look amazing, by the way! Welcome back!) will be dying to utter the cliché, “Pot. Kettle. Black.”Read more...
What makes you decide it's time to give Hope a case of "SORAS" (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome)?Brad Bell: Steffy was a bit of an island. She was our twentysomething and we needed to round that out, so we brought in Kim Matula as Hope and Zack Conroy as Oliver -- two great, interesting actors who are going to bring a whole new generation to the fore.
• A little late to the party, but I just screened Betty White’s death scenes — and I have to agree Brad Bell may just take his second Emmy Award in 2010. I prefer Bell Junior take home best writing this time around instead of best show. And finally get a chance at delivering an acceptance speech! You know, just to shake things up a little bit. But you know the unpredictable Emmys! Good work, Brad. I’m proud of you. Like your sister-in-law, Maria Arena Bell, you are a master at short-term death arcs. Now, how about the long-term writing of your show?Read more...
So there’s no cause for concern? I hate to be paranoid here but a lot of us were creeped out by Moonves’ cold, cavalier attitude toward soaps in that CNBC interview he gave on the day of the cancellation. He’s just not showing the love.
I think we’re now down to the six soaps that will survive. For me there was no surprise that ATWT was cancelled. Their business model wasn’t working. I had [prior to the cancellation] spoken to people at P&G and they were very free with the information that they were losing money and they wanted to either find a way to make ATWT profitable or get out of the game. So they had to pull the plug and CBS had to pull the plug.
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We Started on April 2, 1956. Nobody knew whether the actors and crew were capable of a half-hour show a day, live. It was all live, which is quite different from now. I used to call it “summer stock in an iron lung.”Read more...
My character, Penny Hughes, was America’s sweetheart at the time. It was the ’50s, and back then women were good or they were bad — there was no in-between.
The women were long-suffering. You suffered if your character fooled around and wasn’t married. Something terrible would happen: Your child would die or whatever it was. Always, the women paid, for any mistake.
You couldn’t get divorced. Any man that was interested in Penny, when he got cast, could not sign a long contract. Because the only way you could get rid of him was to kill him! There was such a succession — my name turned out to be Penny Baker Hughes Baker Wade Maguire, and then one other name I can’t remember.
One of the favorites of the day was Penny and Jeff — that was everyone’s favorite couple. Mark Rydell was Jeff — he’s a famous director now; he did On Golden Pond — he and I were Penny and Jeff.
I don’t know about anybody else, but Mark and I had a romantic relationship. Which I suppose was the reason it was appreciated by the audience.
There would be these page-and-a-half monologues, and they’d be all emotion — you’d be crying all day. And there were no hairdressers or makeup — we were responsible for that. We had one wardrobe person for the show. I had six outfits, and I just kept wearing them.
I used to get my hair done at the Larry Matthews Salon on 57th, where all the hookers went. It was a 24-hour salon and I would have to go at 5 in the morning because I’d have to be on set by 7. So there’d be all these hookers there getting freshened up. It was certainly interesting.
We would go to rehearsal at 7 in the morning, and we were on the air at 1:30, and at 2 we would be through with that show. And at 2:30 we would have the next day’s script and we would sit at a table and read it and cut it to time. Because we had to come out on time. You had to learn the cuts, word for word, because they would cut on a certain word. If you didn’t say it exactly right, the boom man might not be in the right position and you could get a concussion standing up!
Irna Phillips, the head writer, used to get mad at me, because in my time off I would go do plays, and not be Penny, and I was supposed to be Penny all the time.
Penny would never drink or smoke, and of course I did both. It was in the contract — we weren’t supposed to do anything. If there was a publicity shot, they’d take the glass and the cigarette away, and the next day I would get this fl ack [saying], “You ungrateful wretch! You’re Penny, you’re supposed to be the grieving widow.” And I said, “No, no, you don’t understand. I’m not Penny.”
Irna would have a fit. She’d write something for the show, she’d have me say to my thenhusband, “You know, Gloria and I are very much alike.” And he’d say, “Now Penny, Gloria is beautiful and talented.” Things like that.
I broke all the rules, and then I would say, “Just fire me! Go ahead! I don’t want to be on this show anyway!” Every time they’d come up with something, I’d [refer to my contract’s end and just] say, “’68!”
And they would know exactly what that meant. I was looking seriously forward to that.
When Victor's away his kiddies don't play nice! Are we seeing Amelia Heinle showing a glimmer of hope as a fierce Vikki!?
"JaManda fans, cherish your time with Chrishell Stause while it lasts: Soaps In Depth hears that the show is in the process of recasting the role of Amanda. Though earlier this year the actress announced she was leaving AMC, she planned to continue playing Trevor's mom on a recurring basis after the soap moved to California later this month. But rather than wait to recast the part until after Stause moved on to other projects, we hear that AMC may go ahead with the change much sooner. An AMC rep has no comment."
