Emmy Predictions

Look for my Emmy predictions on Thursday and a grid of the picks from the "experts" on Friday morning. And be sure to check back Friday night after the telecast to see how we all faired.

Meanwhile, here's a look back at the 2007 Emmy predictions. Note that I have corrected one pick made by Michael Logan last year from a previous version of this grid.

Evening News

Marlena De Lacroix's Emmy Predictions
"I’m not overly excited about this week’s Daytime Emmys. I could be fluffy and say it’s because they moved the ceremony to L.A. several years ago and I don’t get to go and to buy a dress, and to me (I attended here in New York 23 years in a row) the Daytime Emmys was always about The Dress. But the truth is, daytime drama, which I’ve spent most of life my loving, is a collapsing industry, and I just don’t feel very celebratory."

AUDIO: Interview with Jon Lindstrom
Soap vet Lindstrom (RITUALS, SANTA BARBARA, GENERAL HOSPITAL, PORT CHARLES) stopped by "Buzzworthy Radio" to discuss his soap career and talk to fans.


WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Natalia Cigliuti
Natalia Cigliuti (ex-Anita, ALL MY CHILDREN) has joined the cast of TNT's RAISING THE BAR, the latest series from producer, Steven Bochco. Playing newly hired public defender Roberta "Bobbi" Gilardi, she will co-star opposite Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Jane Kaczmarek, as well as Teddy Sears, Melissa Sagemiller, Currie Graham, J. August Richards and Jonathan Scarfe.

Heather Tom auctioning off her Emmydress for HIV/AIDS charities
Celebrating her Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for her work as Katie on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (which is her 12th nod overall), Heather Tom decided to make this year really count by collaborating with Jack Mackenroth. Not only has the season four PROJECT RUNWAY contestant designed her gown, but the duo will also auction off the dress with the proceeds going to amfAR, National Association of People with AIDS and San Antonio AIDS Foundation. The auction, held on ClothesOffOurBack.org, will help bring attention to National HIV Testing Day on June 27th, which is just one week after the actual Daytime Emmys.

Liveblogging ATWT: The Nonstarter Wife
AfterElton's Brian Juergens writes another hilarious liveblog on Wednesday's episode of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

VIDEO: Behind the scenes on-set with soa's "Milk Maids"
Catch GENERAL HOSPITAL'S Rebecca Herbst behind the scenes of SOAPnet's healthiest campaign ever! EDITOR'S NOTE: The subscriber edition of this week's Soap Opera Digest came with a fake cover with Herbst on it (with the name changed to Milk Digest).

PJE Los Angeles / Tera Patrick Red Carpet Blowout Tonight
PJE Los Angeles Apparel red carpet blowout to launch the line's new premium t-shirt collection in partnership With Tera Patrick, the world's most popular adult film star. Bradford Anderson (GENERAL HOSPITAL) and Texas Battle (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) are among the celebrities attending.

Can a fake tan ever be classy?
On EASTENDERS this week, Dawn gave her baby a fake tan for a beautiful baby competition, to be asked: "Is that jaundice?"

BLOG UPDATE: Joe Diliberto
"Don't call them cougars, but AS THE WORLD TURNS' Kim, Susan and Lisa not only got lines on the same day, they were all organically integrated into front-burner storylines involving ... uh, less-mature actresses. Marie Masters' Susan defended daughter Alison's lawsuit from Kim's criticism. Kathryn Hays' Kim quite rightly defended Chris and the proud Hughes name. It was also a nice wink to fans when Susan brought up her tryst with Bob as grounds for Kim to hate Ali. While Kim has also been seen lurking in the periphery of the Katie/Brad/Janet hijinks at WOAK, when was the last time we saw Eileen Fulton's wonderful Lisa? Yesterday, Paul asked Lisa to boot nutty Sofie out of the Lakeview, but then changed his mind and asked her to the let the troubled young woman stay."

A Sneak Peak at LOGO's Upcoming SORDID LIVES

News Brief

INTERVIEW: Cameron Mathison
Is Cameron Mathison trying to dethrone Ryan Seacrest as the busiest man in show business? Are his soap days over? What's happening at the Emmys. Find out in his TV Guide Canada interview with Nelson Branco.

John James returns to ATWT
John James will return to AS THE WORLD TURNS as serial murderer Dr. Rick Decker on Tuesday, July 15th, and Wednesday, July 16th. James was last seen on ATWT in November 2004 when Rick disappeared after his plan to kidnap Barbara went awry.

Between his ATWT stints, he has appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as Jeff Martin and starred in the film Illegal Aliens.

Naelee Rae joins the cast of GL
Naelee Rae joins the cast of GUIDING LIGHT as Clarissa Marler beginning June 25th.

Where soap fans go to lather up
Fans of soapcentral.com have come to expect timely casting and plot alerts about their favorite daytime dramas from the Web site. And they get a little steamed when that doesn't happen. "I get these angry messages, saying, 'You should fire all the people who work for you,' " says Dan J. Kroll, the site's founder. "It's a great compliment that people think that this is the product of a large organization. They don't realize it's just me in my pajamas trying to get the items done so I can go get something to eat."

Hollyoaks admits to filming less & less in Chester
Popular Channel 4 teen soap HOLLYOAKS has admitted it is using Chester less and less as a location because of daily filming pressures. Chester continues to be the setting for the fictional suburb of Hollyoaks but a rigorous schedule means the cast is no longer able to venture out from their studio in Childwall, Liverpool.

PHOTOS: Darin Brooks throws himself a party
On Friday, June 13, 2008, DAYS OF OUR LIVES Emmy nominee Darin Brooks threw a party for a few of his closest friends.

INTERVIEW: DAYS star Arianne Zucker
"'m having a blast. I am having such a great time. Part of it is because, every time I pick up a script, I giggle. I think that between the writing and everyone behind the scenes and in front of the scenes, Days is such a positive place to be that you can't help but have a great time. On top of that, I'm the character who gets to say what everyone is thinking! No filter! It is a blast. And now you're seeing some layers with her – a little bit."

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Andrea Evans (Tina, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; Rebecca, PASSIONS; ex-Tawny, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-PattI, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) 51
Robin Christopher (Skye, GENERAL HOSPITAL/ONE LIFE TO LIVE/ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Lorna, ANOTHER WORLD) - 42
Eddie Cibrian (ex-Cole, SUNSET BEACH; ex-Matt, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 35

Evening News

Parade and Soap Opera Digest team up for Emmy coverage
To celebrate this year's upcoming 35th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS, which airs June 20, Parade.com and the editors of Soap Opera Digest have teamed up to bring you some extra Emmy info.

TV Guide asks "Who Are Today's Sexiest Soap Stars?"
TV Guide Network is looking to tally up and show off today's sexiest soap stars — both the chiseled, six-pack-toting fellas as well as the wavy-haired, born to come-hither femmes. "Just to be clear, we are not looking for the prettiest or the most talented. We want sexy. Nominate your favorites. Just remember to spread the lust, giving kudos to both actors and actresses."

Find out where your favorites landed when TV Guide Network counts down SOAPS' SEXIEST STARS on Sunday, July 13, at 8 pm/ET (the women) and Sunday, July 20, at 8 pm (the men).

Tristan Rogers to NIGHT SHIFT
The rumors are true! GH's Tristan Rogers will reprise his fan fave persona, Robert Scorpio, in the second season of SOAPnet's original series, GH: NIGHT SHIFT, set to debut in late July.

HOLLYOAKS stars to take to field for city charity
The stars of hit TV soap HHOLLYOAKS will descend on Worcester on July 12 when they take on a Worcester All Stars team at football. The soap actors will play in the celebrity football match in aid of Worcester-based charity Leukaemia Care at St George's Lane.

BLOG UPDATE: Michael Fairman
"Just when you thought we got rid of soaps most convuluted plot of last season 'The Reliquary,' it's back just in time for the Daytime Emmys to be handed out! The Outstanding Younger Actress category features it, in a top-notch performance by, "Y&R's" Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes. Friday night June 20th, should put her and 'The Reliquary' into Emmy immortalization.

Soap vet Rosemary Prinz to Star in "Voices of Swords"
Former AS THE WORLD TURNS and ALL MY CHILDREN actress Rosemary Prinz will star in Kari Floren's new drama VOICES OF SWORDS, directed by Spider Duncan Christopher, presented by Right Down Broadway Productions at off-Broadway's Urban Stages (259 W. 30th St.) for a strictly limited engagement from June 18 through 22.

Prinz stars in a new play about an indomitable woman, Olivia, who employs a personal organizer, Alexis, to win the battle with her wayward son. Unfortunately Alexis can't organize her own life, much less anyone else's. Fortunately Alexis shows Olivia that losing the battle can sometimes mean winning the war.

TV Squad Soap Report: Dead but not gone
Death on a daytime soap is kind of like death in science fiction: it may be the real thing, but then again, maybe not.

ATWT Casting Notice

ATWT has put out a casting notice for the character of Randi, a female cop who shares scenes with Henry and Mike per the audition script. In the audition scene, Henry and Randi are in the Lakeview dining room and Henry is trying to get Randi to go on a real date with him and to forget about Mike. Randi isn't interested but Henry finally makes her see that Mike isn't around or interested so she agrees.

These audition scripts are sometimes nothing like what would actually play out on the show so take it with a grain of salt.

News Brief

INTERVIEW: ATWT Emmy nominee Van Hansis
Michael Fairman has a wonderful interview with Van Hansis on his ONSOAP site which includes audio clips. Hansis: "I think it’s difficult if you don’t know why your character is doing what he is doing. Your job as an actor is to figure it out, even if it has to be the natural thing the character would do. On soaps, no character learns from their mistakes. So, you will come across issues that a person did in real life and they do not make those mistakes again. But with soaps, you have to suspend that part of your brain and do what is asked of you."

Emmy excitement is no act for DAYS stars
Thaao Penghlis: "Normally, when you are living in another country, you usually share this kind of news with a phone call to the family. My initial reaction was shock. I have found in life that when you expect something, it doesn't happen."

Rachel Melvin: "What you have to remember is I never won anything in my life. I never got the roles in plays. Not cheerleader. Nothing. She [her mother] told me that all of the people who got the play roles, when they got to Hollywood, they would not be able to handle the rejection as well as I could."

EASTENDERS' McFadden hurt on set
EASTENDERS star Steve McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell in the soap, has had an emergency operation on his hand after falling downstairs on set. Doctors put pins in his bones and gave him 30 stitches after he was taken to hospital near the BBC One show's Hertfordshire studios. The 49-year-old star, who missed two days of filming, has gone back to work with a splint in his arm.

BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel "(Gay) Pride and Prejudice"
"Luke and Noah’s romance on As The World Turns is one of the hottest stories on soaps right now. Multiple sites post their scenes on-line and analyze their every move. The story has generated mainstream media attention and increased interest in the long-running soap among the sort of hip, young viewers the genre is dying to attract."

PHOTOS: Tom and Margo's 25th Anniversary on ATWT
Tune in on July 2, 2008 to watch Oakdale's longest-married couple toast their quarter decade of togetherness -- and receive a very special gift from mother-in-law Lisa.

FOX 411: Debra Jo Rupp
"For some odd reason, Debra Jo Rupp – she played ditzy Kitty Forman on THAT 70s SHOW for 200 episodes and should be loaded – had an under five walk on, on AS THE WORLD TURNS last week. Maybe she’s a fan, who knows?"

Hometown shout out for ATWT makeup artist Estes
Perry Meridian High School alum Eldo Ray Estes won his fourth daytime Emmy recently for his work as key makeup artist for AS THE WORLD TURNS.

Victoria Rowell: Diva on the scene
On her positive experience with foster care: "I don’t think it was as rare as we are led to believe, there are 100’s of thousands of people who go unheard – 'unsung heroes' while dedicating there lives to someone else’s children."

BLOG UPDATE: Lynn Liccardo "Connecting the Dots - The Emmy Episode"
"If TPTB can produce an Emmy episode with nothing but conversation between characters exploring relationships and revealing history once a year, how about once a month? Or, better yet, try once a week."

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Dan McVicar (Clarke, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 50

Producer Robert Calhoun dies at 77

Robert Calhoun, best known to soap fans for his runs as Executive Producer at AS THE WORLD TURNS and GUIDING LIGHT has passed away. He died of lung cancer in New York on May 24th at age 77. Calhoun won a 1987 Daytime Emmy Award for producing AS THE WORLD TURNS and was nominated for five more Emmys as a producer and two as a director.

Calhoun's work over the years ranged from helping to launch the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to translating Italian film scripts into English while working in Italy in the early 1970s.

Calhoun was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He graduated from the U. of Maryland, after serving three years in the U.S. Navy. His early work in the theater included a stint as production supervisor for Eva Le Gallienne's National Repertory Theater, during productions of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," where he met his lifelong partner, the actor Farley Granger, in 1963.

Calhoun subsequently moved to Southern California, where he worked on early productions at the Mark Taper Forum. In 1970, Calhoun moved to Italy with Granger, and spent several years living in Rome. He went back in the mid-1970s to Southern California and the Mark Taper, where he directed plays for the New Theater for Now program.

After a few years, he returned to New York to work in daytime television.

Calhoun was co-author of Granger's memoir, "Include Me Out," which was published in 2007.

He is survived by Granger, two brothers and a sister.


This photo shows Farley Granger, left, and companion Robert Calhoun and dogs Luke and Molly in Rome in 1972.

UPDATED:
- March 2011 - Farley Granger Has Died At Age 85

DC Podcast: Nelson Branco's Emmy Predictions

On today's Daytime Confidential Podcast, TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco joins Luke and Jamey as they make their predictions on who will take home the Emmy at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday.

Picks are made for who should win and who will win from Outstanding Show, Writing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Younger Actor and Younger Actress.

Nelson reveals which episodes the stars submitted and who had strongest episodes and who's episodes didn't even compete.

Check back here later this week for full list of all the expert's Emmy picks.

Evening News

Soap Watch: Antonio Sabato Jr. in GH spinoff
EW.com has confirmed that Antonio Sabato Jr. will be reprising his role as Jagger Cates on the second season of the GENERAL HOSPITAL spinoff NIGHT SHIFT. Sabato is scheduled to appear in all 13 episodes of the second season, which debuts in late July. Sabato was on GH steadily from 1992-94, and last appeared in 1995 around the time that his on-screen brother, Stone, was dying of AIDS. His presence on NIGHT SHIFT should stir things up for a pregnant Robin (Kimberly McCullough); she is still very emotionally connected to Stone, who was her first love, and Patrick, her baby daddy. Jagger was also previously married to the now-dead Karen Wexler, who had worked as a stripper for Sonny when he was an up-and-coming mobster.

Soap Opera Festival returns
They got the name "soap operas" from sponsorship by Cincinnati-based soapmaker Procter & Gamble, and Joyce Becker knows better than most how much this area is awash with bubbly fans.

She’s brought her Soap Opera Festival here periodically since the late 1970s and will return June 29 for two shows at Kings Island. Becker will play hostess as audience members take pictures and ask questions of four cast members from CBS's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Emily O’Brien (who plays Jana), Christian LeBlanc (Michael), Greg Rikaart (Kevin) and Daniel Goddard (Cane).

B&B's Wagner has 7-1 odds in golf tourney
A record purse of $600,000 highlights this year's American Century Championship -- the premier celebrity golf tournament in the United States. The 54-hole challenge takes place July 11-13 at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL's Jack Wagner sank a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole in 2006 to take home the $100,000 first-place prize. He has seven top-five finishes in the tournament and oddsmakers current list him at 7-1 odds to win.

Liveblogging ATWT: Invasion of the Boyfriend Snatchers!
AfterElton's Brian Juergens play by plays Monday's episode of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

BLOG UPDATE: Carolyn Hinsey
"I had a great day at ONE LIFE TO LIVE Friday, watching Phil Carey's triumphant return as crusty ole Asa Buchanan. Wait till you see the scenes between Asa and Bo, airing in mid-July — Bob Woods will break your heart. Bo says all the things to his Paw that he always wanted to say, finally bringing the conversation around to an achingly sweet moment between the two."

Leven Rambin Leaves NYC For L.A. For Role On Fox’s TERMINATOR

Recently departed ALL MY CHILDREN star Leven Rambin will be leaving NYC this Thursday for the city of angels for several months to work on TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, which is in its second season and will premiere on Monday, September 8th.

She will be playing Reilly, a young new friend who is quick-witted and quick on her feet (and has interactions with the famed character John Connor, of course).

Rambin plans on dividing her time between the coasts and will be coming back to NYC for a farewell bash soon: "I need to have a proper send of to the land of the lucid, laland, Terminatorville!!"

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Kale Browne (Miles, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; Frank, ROCKLAND COUNTY; ex-Sam, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Micheal, ANOTHER WORLD) - 58
Ian Buchanan (ex-Greg, ALLMY CHILDREN; ex-Joshua, PORT CHARLES; ex-James, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Duke, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 51

Soap Stars at Tony Awards

Laura Bell Bundy (GUIDING LIGHT), Laurence Fishburne (ONE LIFE TO LIVE) and Marisa Tomei (AS THE WORLD TURNS) were among the former soap stars on hand for last night's Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall celebrating the best in Broadway. "In the Heights" won as top musical, "August: Osage County" for best play and "South Pacific" for best revival.

News Brief

TV Guide Canada's weekly "Nelson Ratings"
Nelson Branco reviews the Technical Emmys and names his top shows, actors and moments to watch this week.

BLOG UPDATE: Cady McClain
"I know its a sad moment to see the end of the Tad and Dixie story… but never say never! Who knows what TPTB have in mind, or what will happen with me workwise. Its in God’s hands, as my mother would say. Meanwhile, I am cooking up tunes!"

PHOTOS: Max's final moments in HOLLYOAKS

It's the end of an era in a fortnight's time when HOLLYOAKS favorite Max Cunningham is dramatically killed off from the Channel 4 soap.

Goldsberry struts into Broadway's Rent tonight
Former ONE LIFE TO LIVE star Renée Elise Goldsberry joins the Broadway cast of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Rent" tonight, playing the role of Mimi. The actress succeeds Tamyra Gray and will be the final Mimi of the show's 12-year Broadway run.

INTERVIEW: B&B star Texas Battle
"From my first day there, everyone accepted me. It’s like family. I can’t say that anybody stands out because I like working with everybody. On the weekends, I enjoy the time off but part of me wants to get back to work. And a lot of that is because I want to see my friends."

AMC's Mathison in Windsor
ALL MY CHILDREN star Cameron Mathison was in Windsor Saturday night during the taping of a new reality show, INSTANT BEAUTY PAGEANT, at Devonshire Mall. The show is slated to air on E! network this fall.

PALEY CENTER RECAP: Long Live Llanview!!!
The Film Panel Notetaker reviews the 40th Anniversary Tribute to ONE LIFE TO LIVE held at the Paley Center in New York on June 10th.

DAYS actress Renton and boxer attend Dogs in Danger
Several dozen reality TV personalities and their pooches put on the dog at a Beverly Hills mansion Saturday at a benefit for Dogs in Danger, a group that promotes the adoption of canines in shelters. Kristen Renton from DAYS OF OUR LIVES pranced down the red carpet set up on the driveway with Roxy, one of two boxers she has rescued. Jai Rodriguez of the Animal Planet show GROOMER HAS IT turned up with his 5-year-old Yorkie, Nemo. Ryan Seacrest was there too -- but with no dog or date in tow.

CORONATION STREET's Kym Marsh's fancy dress birthday bash
Kym Marsh is one of the sexiest women in soaps - and now she's bagged herself a hottie. Marsh is getting serious with Jamie Lomas from HOLLYOAKS.

Emmy Predictions: Serial Drama
* Supporting Actor
* Younger Actress
* Younger Actor

BLOG UPDATE: AMC's Ricky Paull Goldin
"Hello people...have you been watching?! I just got finished watching the action sequences with the helicopter, I was really really impressed with what they did. This is the direction that daytime is going in. Audiences (and that includes you and me) are far more sophisticated than the days of old, so you gotta give them what they want. What an honor it was to be asked to be a part of all that."

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Kale Browne (Miles, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Sam, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Micheal, ANOTHER WORLD) - 58
Ian Buchanan (ex-Greg, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Joshua, PORT CHARLES; ex-James, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Duke, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 51

Don't Miss The Tony Awards!

The Tony Awards just started on CBS. Be sure to tune in to see how many folks from the soap world you can spot.

Here's a picture of Alec Baldwin (ex-Billy, THE DOCTORS) on the red carpet. He is one of the presenters tonight.

Flashback: ANOTHER WORLD 1981

This episode features many fan faves and includes appearances by a shirtless Ray Liotta (Joey Perrini), Christopher Knight (Leigh Hobson) and Ed O'Neill (Lenny).

Be sure to check out the P&G Classic Soap Channel for more episodes from the Procter & Gamble archives.

News Brief

Happy Father's Day - Soap dad's reflect
Jack Wagner (Nick Marone, B&B): "The best part is always watching them grow. It is such a bizarre process. To watch them grow, you have to grow with them. You have to understand when they want to be let go. It is a different world than when I grew up. Kids are into computers and cell phones, and that is a whole disconnect compared to the way I grew up. I have to constantly adjust and understand it more before I can discipline it. It is finding a way to participate in their life, which is so unlike the one I grew up in."

Shawn Christian (Dr. Daniel Jonas, DAYS): "What is really beautiful about being a dad is I get to expose my kid to all the little things I take for granted, and I get to see it through his eyes brand-new."

Daniel Cosgrove (Billy Lewis III, GL): "My kids are still young, and as they are getting older, I see them through different phases of life, from baby to toddler, reaching different goals. I know that everything I do and say they are absorbing. How that will manifest itself, I don't know. I have a huge impact on their life. This is a long-term investment, and I cherish every day of it, even when it is the most frustrating, hardest thing and you are, 'Oh, my goodness, I am going to go out of my mind.'"

ABC, PBS win big at Daytime Emmys
ABC and PBS took home ten Daytime Emmys a piece Friday night, as the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences held the kudofest’s annual creative arts awards in Gotham.

VIDEO: Former OLTL actress Kerry Butler
Kerry Butler's current role in the Broadway hit musical "Xanadu" has earned her a Tony nomination for best actress. Now she's taking her talents off the big stage and into the recording studio. The star stopped by the THE EARLY SHOW's "Second Cup Cafe" Saturday to perform music from her debut album, "Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust."

Soap rivals frolic in waves
EMMERDALE babe Victoria Hawkins gets to grips with her new man as they frolic in the Spanish surf. Victoria, 25, couldn't hide her joy as she tussled with rival soap star Kevin Sacre on holiday in Majorca.

Kevin, 28, who plays HOLLYOAKS bad boy Jake Dean, playfully dunked the sexy actress into the sea after giving her a piggyback swim. The TV couple became an item after meeting at the British Soap Awards two months ago.

Victoria usually does the breaststroke as man-eater Sharon Lambert in the ITV1 sheep-and-sex saga. But Channel 4's Kevin will hope she's less shallow in real life.

Julianne Moore has new film out - Savage Grace
Moore, 47, got her earliest recognition for her role as Frannie Hughes on the soap opera AS THE WORLD TURNS, but it wasn't until her early 30s that she began to make a mark in film, most forcefully by playing a marital spat in Robert Altman's Short Cuts naked from the waist down. In her new film, Savage Grace, which opened Friday in limited release, Moore plays Barbara Baekeland, a onetime actress who married the heir to the Bakelite plastic fortune.

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Eileen Davidson (Ashley, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL/THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Kristen, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Kelly, SANTA BARBARA) - 49
Kristoff St. John (Neil, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Adam, GENERATIONS) - 42
Greg Vaughan (Lucky, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Diego, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 35
Jordi Vilasuso (ex-Tony, GUIDING LIGHT) - 27
Ryan Marsini (ex-River, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 16

The Nuke Fancast - Episode #3

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Yasmine Bleeth (ex-LeeAnn, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Ryan, RYAN'S HOPE) - 40

Creative Arts "Technical" Emmy Winners

The 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy® Awards were presented at a black-tie gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time-Warner’s Columbus Circle complex in New York City. More than 1,000 performers, producers and craftspeople involved in daytime television, including drama, talk shows, children’s programs, game shows and lifestyle programs from both the East and West Coast congregated at a single ceremony to honor the winners.

The star-studded cast of presenters included Alex Trebek (host of Jeopardy!), Jack Hanna (host of Jack Hanna's Into The Wild and Director Emeritus at the Columbus Zoo), Caroll Spinney (Oscar of Sesame Street), Kevin Clash (Elmo of Sesame Street), Bob McGrath (Sesame Street) Chris Knowings (Sesame Street), Christopher Lloyd (voice of “The Hacker” Cyberchase), Bindi Irwin (Bindi the Jungle Girl) Animal Planet, Jamie Durie (host of Victory Garden on PBS and recent gold medal winner at the Royal Horticultural Society), Ben Bailey (host of Cash Cab) Discovery, John Tartaglia (Johnny and the Sprites) on Disney Channel, Sandra Lee, (Creator and host of Semi Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee), Food Network, Candi Milo, (voice of Dexter from Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory and Astro Boy from Sony Pictures Television), Danica Lee, (voice of Ming-Ming Duckling on Nickelodeon), Todd English, (host of Food Trip with Todd English), Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza, (co-hosts of Creative Juice and Witchcrafts on the DIY Network), Peter Ishkhans, (host of Peter Perfect on the Style Network), David Newell, (“Mr. Speedy Delivery” from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood), Tom Silva and Roger Cook from This Old House and Ask This Old House.

Stars from drama shows included: David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler) and Brianne Moncreif (Colby Chandler and David’s onscreen daughter), All My Children; Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord) and Brittany Underwood (Langston Wilde) from One Life to Live; Ellen Dolan (Margo Montgomery Hughes) and Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara Ryan) from As The World Turns; Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) from The Young and the Restless; Murray Bartlett (Cyrus Foley) and Bonnie Dennison (Daisy LeMay) from Guiding Light.

The soap winners by show:
4 One Life To Live
2 As the World Turns
2 Guiding Light
1 All My Children
1 The Bold and the Beautiful
1 Days of our Lives
1 General Hospital
1 The Young and the Restless

Winners by category:

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design For A Drama Series (tie)
AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS
PATRICK HOWE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
TIM GOODMANSON, ART DIRECTOR
KAREN HLIPALA, SET DECORATOR
CATHERINE MCKENNEY, SET DECORATOR
DENNIS DONEGAN, SET DECORATOR

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, CBS
WILLIAM HULTSTROM, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAVID HOFFMANN, ART DIRECTOR
ANDREA JOEL, SET DECORATOR
JOE BEVACQUA, SET DECORATOR
FRED COOPER, SET DECORATOR

Outstanding Achievement for a Casting Director For A Drama Series
GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC
MARK TESCHNER, CASTING DIRECTOR

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design For A Drama Series
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
SUSAN GAMMIE, HEAD COSTUME DESIGNER
DAVID BROOKS, COSTUME DESIGNER
SALLY LESSER, COSTUME DESIGNER

Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing For A Drama Series
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS
JONATHAN SMILOWITZ, EDITOR
JIM FRIESEN, EDITOR
BRIAN BAGWELL, EDITOR

Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling For A Drama Series
DAYS OF OUR LIVES, NBC
MARGIE PUGA, HAIRSTYLIST
MATTHEW HOLMAN, HAIRSTYLIST
GARRY ALLYN, HAIRSTYLIST
KIM SALVATORE, HAIRSTYLIST
MONICA SEBEDRA, HAIRSTYLIST

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction For A Drama Series
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
SCOTT DEVITTE, LIGHTING DIRECTOR
ROBERT BESSOIR, LIGHTING DIRECTOR

Outstanding Achievement in Makeup For A Drama Series
AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS
ELDO RAY ESTES, KEY MAKEUP ARTIST
KIMBERLY BRAISIN, MAKEUP ARTIST
STEPHANIE GLOVER-MCGEE, MAKEUP ARTIST
ANETTE LIAN-WILLIAMS, MAKEUP ARTIST

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And Composition For A Drama Series
GUIDING LIGHT, CBS
GARY DEINSTADT, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER
BILLY BARBER, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER
ROBYN CUTLER, SUPERVISING MUSIC DIRECTOR
BRIAN D. SIEWERT, COMPOSER
DANNY PELFREY, COMPOSER
CHIELI MINUCCI, COMPOSER
MARK STEPHEN ROSS, COMPOSER
KENNETH EBERHARD, COMPOSER
LINDA LAWLEY, COMPOSER
MICHELE VICE-MASLIN, COMPOSER
RON KOMIE, COMPOSER

Outstanding Original Song (tie)
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
Song Title: Chemistry
LANCE HORNE, COMPOSER, LYRICIST
PAUL S. GLASS, LYRICIST

ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC
Song Title: Little Starr
KEVIN BRIODY, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing For A Drama Series
GUIDING LIGHT, CBS
CHARLIE JONES, PRODUCTION MIXER
ROBERT DREW PRIMROSE, PRODUCTION MIXER
STEVE WATSON, PRODUCTION MIXER
THOMAS INESON, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER
THOMAS BORNKAMP, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER
DOUG KENT, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER
ANDREW C. CAPUANO, BOOM OPERATOR
CHARLIE IACONO, BOOM OPERATOR
ANTHONY VALENTINO, BOOM OPERATOR
ANTHONY BUTCH INGLESE, BOOM OPERATOR
ERIC SHUTTLEWORTH, BOOM OPERATOR

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control For A Drama Series
ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC
MICHAEL V. POMARICO, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
RICHARD WESTLEIN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
TOM SHEPARD, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
WILLIAM TYNAN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
GEORGE MONTANEZ, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
FRANK FORSYTH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
ADAM KEITH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
ROBERT AMBRICO, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
ERIC JOHNSON, ELECTRONIC CAMERA
YONEETE COMMARE, SENIOR VIDEO CONTROL

Evening News

Soap veteran Ellen Wheeler follows a new script
Ellen Wheeler knows a thing or two about reinvention and survival.

In the 1980s, the Emmy-winning actress portrayed twins Marley and Vicky Love Hudson on the soap opera ANOTEHR WORLD. She moved to ALL MY CHILDREN as one of the first characters on TV with AIDS. In the late 1990s, she reprised her role as Marley Hudson on ANOTHER WORLD. Because she didn't resemble her on-camera twin, the writers decided that Wheeler's Marley would be crushed in a car wreck and then, while recovering, burned and disfigured in a horrible hospital fire.

Wheeler is still blazing soap opera trails.

Now working behind the camera, the 46-year-old executive producer of GUIDING LIGHT early this year ditched the format used since the 1950s to produce soaps: three large pedestal cameras to shoot scenes in a handful of studio sets. As part of her gutsy gambit, GUIDING LIGHT crews now use hand-held digital cameras to rove the three dozen small sets constructed within the hulking CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan and outdoors in nearby Peapack, N.J.

Wheeler is trying to create a more modern look to attract younger viewers -- and keep the show alive.

"This is all about making sure that soap operas stay vital," Wheeler says, sitting in a wooden pew in her sparse New York office, which has been converted into a set. "We just couldn't sit quietly and let ourselves slide away into the night."

Axed Miller from AMC speaks out
"I kind of figured it would happen," admits Billy Miller, whose been let go as AMC's bad boy Richie. Find out how he got the bad news and buzz on where he might land next in the June 24 Soap Opera Digest.

Catching Up With ATWT's Billy Magnussen

News Brief

Nelson Branco's weekly "Suds Report"
Shocker: OLTL’s Erin Torpey returns! Antonio Sabato Jr. works the NIGHT SHIFT! Pre-Emmy party gossip! GL hires four head writers! DAYS brave social-issue story! Michael Tylo speaks on son’s tragic death! Stop the presses: Dylan Bruce is Canadian!

Duffy back to B&B
DALLAS vet Patrick Duffy (ex-Bobby) returns as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL patriarch Stephen Logan on June 20.

Tweaked OLTL Tale Adds "Original" Jess
Michael Logan at TV Guide reports: What the Tuck? There's already a hitch in those fantastic One Life to Live 40th anniversary plans I revealed earlier this week. Fan fave Jessica Tuck, who was supposed to be seen in a Heaven sequence as her late, great character Megan, had to bow out of the gig yesterday due to a scheduling conflict. (Souces say the conflict is High School Musical 3, but I have no confirmation of that).

This is not just a big disappointment for us Tuck-anistas, it's a big headache for the show because her appearance was no mere cameo. OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati had wanted Megan to serve as a celestial guide for her mama Viki (Erika Slezak), who will visit the Great Beyond after dying in a car crash — a major two-day plot twist (airing July 21-22) that riffs on one of the soap's most famous stories from the 1980s.

The scenes shoot this coming Monday. The clock is ticking. What to do? Carlivati, who is quite the brain-stormer, quickly picked a different dead Megan to be Viki's guide — that would be Megan's namesake (and Viki's granddaughter), baby Megan, who died by miscarriage in 1999 when her mom, Jessica, was the victim of a hit-and-run.

Back then, Jessica was played by another fan sensation, the much-missed Erin Torpey — and that's who's gonna come back to the show and play baby Megan in Heaven! Granted, it's a little weird, but it's certainly a creative way to solve a casting crisis!

BLOG UPDATE: Marlena DeLacroix
"Introducing Soap Shrink, a column by a real life practicing therapist, Damon L. Jacobs, that diagnoses and analyzes our favorite characters. Damon has an M.A. in psychology and is a New York-licensed marriage and family therapist. What is going to make this fun is that Damon is also real life longtime soap fan, one of Marlena’s Thinking Fans who looks at soaps from the same sophisticated and humorous perspective you and I do. Each week Damon will pick a character and analyzes him or her."
On the Soap Shrink’s Couch: General Hospital’s Carly Corinthos Jacks

WORLD: Eyeballs stuck to same TV shows including B&B
According to ratings firm Eurodata TV Worldwide, which listed highest ratings worldwide for 2007, CSI, about a team of forensic experts, drew 83.9 million viewers, beating out sequel show CSI: MIAMI and HOUSE as the globe's most popular TV drama series.

In the TV comedy category, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES attracted 61.5 million viewers, beating MONK and UGLY BETTY.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 26.2 million viewers was the most popular soap, against two Mexican telenovelas DESTILANDO AMOR and MARINA.

In 2007, Eurodata listed the same three programs as the world's most popular for 2006.

The figures, based on ratings in 51 countries with a potential 1.6 billion viewers, were released today by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata.

DJ Mills wins soap roles
Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has reportedly scooped roles in THE BILL and HOLLYOAKS. Speaking to The Sun, Mills admitted: "I loved my part in The Bill very much, although I would like to catch some actual criminals next time.

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Lesli Kay (Felicia, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Lois, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Molly, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 43

How I Spent My Morning...

at Good Morning America to see Cyndi Lauper up close and personal. Be sure to check out her visit to AS THE WORLD TURNS on July 3rd. Please ignore my horrible dancing at various times during this video.

Evening News

SOAPnet announces Daytime Emmy red carpet show hosts
Rebecca Budig (Greenlee, AMC), Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake, AMC), Finola Hughes (Anna, GH) and Lawrence Zarian (TV Guide Channel) have been named correspondents for SOAPnet's 2008 LIVE FROM THE DAYTIME EMMYS, which airs from 6-8 p.m. on SOAPnet on Friday, June 20. Budig and Goldin will juggle red carpet arrival interviews while Hughes and Zarian keep the focus on fashion.

David Canary: Football star to soap star
David Canary, former football standout for the University of Cincinnati, still knows how to double-team the opposition. After 25 years spent juggling the roles of twins Adam and Stuart Chandler on ABC’s ALL MY CHILDREN he’s won five Daytime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama. He'll go for No. 6 next Friday.

"People see Adam and Stuart in those split-screen scenes and they say ‘wow, what an actor," he said. "But it’s not as hard as it looks."

Checking in with Cameron Mathison
"I've always found, frankly, that my best work as an actor is when I can bring more of myself to a role. These newer opportunities let me bring my personality and my goofiness and my high energy, so I feel very comfortable with these things, actually."

BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel
Interviews with DAYS, B&B and GH stars from Monday night's Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) bash in honor of this year’s Daytime Emmy Nominees.

Night Music Concerts, with Ebersole and Raines, Presented June 12-14
Grey Gardens Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole (RYAN'S HOPE; ONE LIFE TO LIVE) plays Desiree Armfeldt in the June 12-14 concert peformances of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music at Boston's Symphony Hall. The three concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall also feature GUIDING LIGHT star Ron Raines as Fredrik Egerman and Bobbie Steinbach as Madame Armfeldt as well as the Boston Pops orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.

Mark Pinter in the theater and on the couch in new play
"I’ve been in the business for 33 years," Mr. Pinter said. "When I started, I wanted a career in theater, but went down the daytime TV path for 20 years while raising a family. I find it extraordinary that I can go back to the theater. I find it very exciting. I am also finding a wealth of roles for me. That I am the right age to play. And fortunately, with regional theater, someone is always doing a play I’d like to do."

NY Pre-Daytime Emmy Party

Several New York soap stars attended Marcia Tovsky's 19th Annual Pre-Daytime Emmy Awards Party held at Nikki Midtown last night including Ewa Da Cruz, Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Bonner and Melissa Claire Egan.


Other stars in attendance included Ilene Kristen, Van Hansis, Colin Egglesfield, Amanda Baker, Jason Tam, Brittany Underwood, Brandon Buddy, Marnie Schulenburg, Billy Magnussen, Dylan Bruce, Caitlin Van Zandt, John Driscoll, Bonnie Dennison, Bree Williamson, Trent Dawson, Marie Wilson, Billy Miller, Jon Prescott, January LaVoy, Kevin Spirtas, Jessica Leccia, Yaya DaCosta, Sterling Sulieman and Brianne Moncrief.

Last Week's Daytime Nielsen Ratings

From the ABC Daytime Ratings release for the week of June 2-6, 2008:
* ABC clinched its fourth consecutive victory as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-49 (1.4 rating/909,000), defeating key competitors NBC and CBS by a sizeable 17% (vs. 1.2 rating apiece).

* In Women 18-34, ABC was home to Daytime's Top 3 programs with "General Hospital," "One Life to Live" and "The View" stacked at No. 1 with 1.0 ratings apiece.

* For the second straight week, "One Life to Live" was Daytime's No. 2-ranked program in Women 18-49 (1.5 rating/966,000), surpassing time period rival CBS' "As the World Turns" by a sizeable 36% (1.1 rating/715,000).

* In Women 18-49, all ABC programs ranked among Daytime's Top 5, marking the second straight week the network has owned 4 the Top 5, and the 9th straight week the net has owned at least 3 of the Top 5: "General Hospital" (No. 2T, 1.5 rating/1.01 million), "One Life to Live" (No. 2T, 1.5 rating/966,000), "All My Children" (No. 4T, 1.3 rating/832,000) and "The View" (No. 4T, 1.3 rating/831,000).
* In Women 18-34, ABC delivered Daytime's Top 3 programs, marking the 9th consecutive week the network has placed 3 among the Top 5: "General Hospital" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/349,000), "One Life to Live" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/337,000) and "The View" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/320,000).

* Continuing its dominance of Daytime's 3 o'clock hour, "General Hospital" overshadowed time period competitor CBS' "Guiding Light" by a robust 148% in Women 18-34 (349,000 vs. 141,000), by 61% in Women 18-49 (1.01 million vs. 627,000) and by 32% in Total Viewers (2.93 million vs. 2.22 million).

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of June 2, 2008:

Daytime Rank:     Total Viewers       Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 CBS         3.51 million        No. 1 ABC    1.4/909,000
No. 2 ABC         2.97 million        No. 1 NBC    1.2/781,000
No. 3 NBC         2.40 million        No. 3 CBS    1.2/776,000

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)

Program                    Net             Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless   CBS             1.7/1.10 million
General Hospital           ABC             1.5/1.01 million
One Life to Live           ABC             1.5/966,000
Bold and the Beautiful     CBS             1.3/845,000
All My Children            ABC             1.3/832,000

News Brief

The quite real Restless Style for women
Life doesn’t often imitate art when it comes to the daytime soaps, unless you have an evil twin who’s a closet serial killer. But in the case of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS art is very much imitating life these days.

Last month the CBS soap debuted an online fashion and lifestyle magazine, RestlessStyle.com, to tie in with the launch of a similarly named print magazine on the TV show. While the print publication is fake, the online one is very real. It includes beauty tips, of course, but also red carpet event coverage, videos, horoscopes and playlist downloads.

Web tie-ins are becoming almost a necessity to maintain the attention of an audience, younger women, whose favorite primetime shows all have an extensive internet presence.

CBS has INTURN, an online-only reality show that offers the winner a role on AS THE WORLD TURNS. AMC has web extras like a couple’s wedding video and wedding album. DAYS OF OUR LIVES has a blog by the show’s writers.

Nelson Branco's Daytime Emmy Predictions
Nelson writes: "Who will win the coveted Emmy statuette on June 20? Your guess is as good as mine, because insanity is impossible to analyze or predict!" EDITOR'S NOTE: Check back next week for our summary grid of all the expert's picks.

HOLLYOAKS actors return for wedding
HOLLYOAKS fans will be pleased to see some familiar faces returning to the Chester-based soap in the coming weeks. Long-time stars Sarah Dunn and Darren Jeffries return for the on-off marriage of Steph and Max.

Jeffries played OB for 10 years, and only quit the teen soap in February, when his character followed girlfriend Summer to London. Dunn left for pastures new in 2006 after playing blonde bombshell Mandy Richardson for more than a decade. Mandy fled when her marriage to Tony (Nick Pickard) broke down following their daughter Grace's death.

BLOG UPDATE: Lynn Liccardo
"Based on the handful of OLTL episodes I’ve seen this week, I do have a suggestion for the incoming GL writing team – and ATWT’s as well: longer scenes, long enough to let the emotions resonate with viewers. On yeah, one more thing for GL: maybe with FOUR headwriters, there will be enough manpower to write full episodes, instead of the half-assed music interludes that tell us nothing about character and do nothing to advance the story. Of course, since GL has no real story."

Amanda Seyfried 'embarrassed' by her stint on ATWT
"At times Amanda seems excessively self-critical – as borne out by the comments she makes about her first acting role, in the daytime soap AS THE WORLD TURNS [as Holden and Molly's daughter, Abigail]. Though most 15-year-olds would have been delighted to win a role on a widely watched soap opera, Amanda admits that she was in tears at her performance, 'because I knew it sucked. I was so embarrassed that I’d be on air and be a failure.' She remained on the show for 27 episodes, and then stopped: after that faltering start (and shaken by the events of 9/11), it took her another 18 months to return to acting [as Joni on ALL MY CHILDREN]."

Mark Sullivan returns to ATWT as Reg
Mark Sullivan returns to AS THE WORLD TURNS next week as Luke's friend, Reg Addington, President of Oakdale U's GLBT group. Reg shows an interest in the now-single Luke, much to Noah's chagrin. Sullivan previously appeared on the show back in February when his character invited Luke and Noah to a wild party at Tony's parent's lake house.

AUDIO: The Rwandan ARCHERS
Picture yourself in rolling farmland, the hubbub of village gossip mingling with the bleating of lambs. Now imagine that instead of rainclouds over fields of wheat, a bright African sun blazes over sweet potato and cassava plants. And on top of discussing the latest harvest, the villagers also describe the best way to fit a condom.

Welcome to the African Ambridge. URUNANA, the ARCHER's style radio drama from Rwanda, is hotly tipped to win the One World Special Achievement Award for Development Media on 12 June.

Ten million Rwandans tune in to the latest instalment from the fictional village of Nyarurembo twice a week. The soap is complete with its own loveable rogue, love affairs and agricultural anecdotes.

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Nadine Stenovitch (ex-Josie, ANOTHER WORLD)

For those who didn't know, Nadine is now married to her ANOTHER WORLD love interest John Littlefield (ex-Gary).

Evening News

Soap Watch: Haskell Comes Home to Llanview
On what enticed her to return: "I trusted Frank and I knew that Ron [Carlivati, head writer] was back in charge, and I quite like him. And I knew that he was aware of the character. That was one of the concerns about the previous head writer [Dena Higley]. She really didn’t seem to. But you know, I feel safe there and it’s not my first time around, so if I’ve got questions or ideas, we’ll all just figure them out together. But the amnesia part sounded good to me. They said I’d be working with Trevor [St. John] and Michael [Easton, John McBain] and that also sounded good to me."

On the length of her stay: "I have a certain time that we’ve agreed to, but it’s still a little flexible in the end. As far as story line, though, I really don’t know. I just know what it was coming back for and that was kind of interesting to me. The whole amnesia thing is kind of fun. I asked Frank when he was going to send me information on what Marty had been up to and he said, ''Oh, you don’t have to worry about that. She doesn’t remember.’' Okay! Great! You don’t even know how much help that was for me."

OLTL Celebrates No. 40 with Blasts from the Past
Michael Logan from TV Guide reports: Long before Passions came along, One Life to Live was daytime's wildest soap — especially back in the Reagan era, when Viki (Erika Slezak) had an out-of-body experience during brain surgery and wound up on a space ship to heaven. To celebrate the ABC soap's 40th anniversary next month, OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati will revisit that celestial 1987 plot by having Viki die — just momentarily, of course! — in a car crash.

"This time, heaven will be a very modern high-rise — Viki will go up the elevator floor by floor, encountering all sorts of dead characters along the way," said Carlivati. Among the former stars making angelic returns are Phil Carey (Asa), Mark Derwin (Ben), Stephen Markle (Mel) and Jessica Tuck (Megan). OLTL's legendary creator, Agnes Nixon, will also appear in heaven.

That's not all. Carlivati will redo the famous '80s plot where Tina (Andrea Evans) survived a plunge over the Iguazú Falls in Argentina, only this time, creepy Carlo (Thom Christopher) will force Tina to watch in horror as he sends her daughter Sarah (Justis Bolding) over a waterfall in Mendorra. Fan favorite John Loprieno will return as Tina's ex-hubby, Cord.

And remember the time Clint (Clint Ritchie) was knocked unconscious and time-traveled to the Wild West? Carlivati will riff on that plot, too. "Bo (Robert S. Woods) and Rex (John-Paul Lavoisier) are hit by lightning and wake up in 1968 — the same year OLTL hit the air," Carlivati says. The kicker: Bo has become his pop, Asa, and Rex has become the young Bo.

All three homages air July 21–22, but the Bo-Rex twist will play out for several weeks, maybe with dire consequences. Says Carlivati: "If they can't find their way back to the future, Rex will be drafted and sent to Vietnam."

AMC casts Petey Cortlandt
Soap Opera Digest is reporting newcomer Daniel Kennedy has landed the recurring role of Petey Cortlandt on AMC. Petey, the son of Opal and Palmer, will return on July 11. Mitchel Federan last played the part in 2002.

BLOG UPDATE: DAYS Headwriter Dena Higley
"I had a crappy week at work. I don’t know how else to describe it. For anyone who thinks I just make stuff up for DAYS and it’s perfectly realized on the TV screen, I’ve got a flash for you… I strike out more than I hit. So many times I’ll work out a story only to have it axed. It’s not that I think I’m always right. But sometimes the rejection and the sense of 'fighting City Hall' is just exhausting emotionally, physically and (worst of all) mentally."

Liveblogging ATWT: Guess who's coming to dinner?
"Come on, come on ... where are the gay breakup fireworks? No, we watch the girls pack for camp. Ooooh boy. Riveting."

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Felicity La Fortune
Off the Boat Productions presents a by-invitation-only reading of the screenplay "Curvalicious" on June 16th at Chelsea Art Museum. Written by Florina Rodov and directed by Caitlin Moon, the reading boasts the talents of Carly Jibson, Felicity La Fortune and Seth Kirschner. La Fortune is familiar to television audiences for her work on ALL MY CHILDREN and RYAN'S HOPE.

Hunter Tylo joins forces with the American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation in Public Awareness Campaign
The newly organized American EpilepsyOutreach Foundation (AEOF), epilepsyoutreach.org, has joined forces with Hunter Tylo in a nationwide campaign toraise awareness of seizure disorders and to educate the public on first-aid tips for someone experiencing a seizure.

"My 19-year-old son, Mickey died this past fall of 2007 after suffering aseizure. It rendered him unconscious and he fell into our pool and drowned. Noone heard a thing and there were people around -- it was a silent killer. Irealized then how little people know about this disorder that affects somany," said Hunter Tylo of CBS soap THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, who also serves as national spokesperson for AEOF.

Y&R: Katy Perry Behind the Scenes

Go behind the scenes with music artist Katy Perry as she guest stars on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, airing on Thursday, June 12th.

OLTL: Tina and Marty are back!

DAYS: Anatomy of a Love Scene

DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars Jay Kenneth Johnson and Nadia Bjorlin reveal the ins and outs of making a love scene work.

News Brief

EASTENDERS' summer of red hot plots
EASTENDERS bosses are apparently promising viewers a summer of red hot plots. The residents of Albert Square are going to be rocked by a series of dramas and romances, according to the Daily Star. A source told the paper: "Fans won't know what has hit them with these plots."

Max Branning - played by Jake Wood - apparently returns to Walford after daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald) sends him a text pretending to be from his wife Tanya begging him to come home.

But when he arrives he finds Tanya (Jo Joyner) is happily in a relationship with his brother Jack (Scott Maslen). Max is furious and plots revenge, which could prove dangerous for Jack, who has managed to hide the real reason he left the police.

Meanwhile, pregnant Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) is trying her best to avoid Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) but he follows her on her family holiday and makes it clear he wants to be there as the father of his baby. Roxy's sister Ronnie (Samantha Janus) is stunned when their father Archie (Larry Lamb) turns up.

And it seems Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is set to find love again with Max Branning's saucy sister Suzy (Maggie O'Neill).

BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel
Bibel interviewed Y&R stars Jeanne Cooper, Kate Linder, Christian LeBlanc, Tracey Bregman, Nia Peeples and Tammin Sursok at Monday's Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy celebration.

INTERVIEW: AMC's Rebecca Budig answers questions from fans
"I DO love working with Thorsten. We have a nice thing there, but I think the powers that be really love Kendall and Zach as a couple and are resistant to break them up. We shall see."

Ex-EASTENDER Shaun heads to THE BILL?
Former EASTENDER Shaun Williamson is apparently set to guest star on THE BILL. It seems the actor will play gang leader Dave Monks, who comes under scrutiny during an international drugs smuggling investigation. The actor told The Sun: "I had forgotten about the long days and how hard the actors and crew work on a continuing drama. But everyone has been fantastic to work with."

DVRs lifting network TV? Copy that
The growing popularity of digital video recorders is brightening the picture for network TV, which has been buffeted by steady erosion to cable.

Only 23% of TV homes owned a DVR in May, Nielsen says. But that's nearly double the 12.4% average for the 2006-07 season. And because DVR users watch more TV than others, their impact on ratings is magnified.

"People with DVRs have the capability of watching this stuff whenever they want," says ABC's Larry Hyams, adding that the most-recorded shows have ratings 40% higher in DVR homes.

Problem is, until recently, networks haven't profited from procrastinators. In a compromise, they can now charge advertisers for delayed viewership, but only within three days. DVR users also can more easily skip commercials.

AUDIO: Kate Linder Interview
On Tuesday's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visited with THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap.

ARMY WIVES Musters Record Audience
The second-season premiere of ARMY WIVES (starring former ALL MY CHILDREN star Kim Delaney) set ratings records for Lifetime. About 4.5 million people watched the premiere Sunday night (June 8), making the episode the most-watched original series telecast in the cable channel's history.

CELEBRITY CIRCUS starts tonight
Look for former soap stars Antonio Sabato Jr. (GH, B&B) and Christopher Knight (AW) to be among the celebrities on tonight's 90-minute opener.

Is Father Kieron really sticking with HOLLYOAKS?
Last week, Sharon Marshall announced on THIS MORNING that, owing to online petitions, HOLLYOAKS bosses had made the decision to keep Father Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendriks), as opposed to killing him off as various rumours have suggested.

However, a source at the Channel 4 soap's production house Lime Pictures tells me that "the fate of Kieron has yet to be determined".

Daytime Emmy Goody bags
Today, glotosleep.us announced that they are making their flagship product, the popular non-addictive alternative to sleeping pill, GLO to SLEEP™ masks, available to all of the nominees and media at the 2008 Daytime Emmys at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18th and 19th. The top-ranked cast and crew of the THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, as well as the other nominees and media, will be receiving GLO to SLEEP™ masks, the healthy alternative to sleeping pills, which assist the wearer to achieve natural sleep without the use of electronics and are made from lightweight, hypoallergenic materials in the U.S.

TV Squad Soap Report: GH gets graded
"To put it bluntly, GENERAL HOSPITAL needs some intensive care. The show is suffering from post-dramatic stress disorder, not traumatic, dramatic."

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Stephen Schnetzer (ex-Cass, ANOTHER WORLD/AS THE WORLD TURNS/GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Marcello, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Steve, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 60
Micheal Swan (ex-Adam, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Duncan, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Brad, GUIDING LIGHT) - 60
Peter Bergman (Jack, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Cliff, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 55

ABC Daytime Emmy Press Release

STARS ATTENDING 35TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMYS®

WHAT: "The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards," hosted by Cameron Mathison ("All My Children," "Dancing with the Stars") and Sherri Shepherd ("The View")

WHEN: Friday, June 20, 2008 (3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., PT)

WHERE: The Kodak Theatre (6801 Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Avenue)

WHO: Confirmed to attend: (subject to change):

Bradford Anderson, Tyra Banks, Brandon Barash, Texas Battle, Brandon Beemer, Julie Berman, Blake Berris, Nadia Bjorlin, Nazanin Boniadi, Roscoe Born, Tamara Braun, Darin Brooks, Sarah Brown, Dylan Bruce, Rebecca Budig, Tyler Christopher, Bradley Cole, Crystal Chappell, Shawn Christian, Claire Coffee, Jason Cook, Daniel Cosgrove, Ewa de Cruz, Bryan Dattilo, Doug Davidson, Eileen Davidson, Trent Dawson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kassie DePaiva, Don Diamont, Josh Duhon, Bobbie Eakes, Michael Easton, Sonya Eddy, Beth Ehlers, Melissa Egan, Judi Evans, Mary Beth Evans, Farah Fath, Nicole Forester, Jennifer Gareis, Anthony Geary, Ricky Paul Goldin, Nancy Lee Grahn, Van Hansis, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Winsor Harmon, Susan Haskell, Richard Hearst, Carolyn Hennesy, Shelley Hennig, Jon Hensley, Rebecca Herbst, Drake Hogestyn, Finola Hughes, Thorsten Kaye, Kent King, Kelley Menighan Hensley, Leann Hunley, John Ingle, Jay Johnson, Ashley Jones, Lesli Kay, Jimmy Kimmel, Maeve Kinkead, Lauren Koslow, Jennifer Landon, John-Paul Lavoisier, Jessica Leccia, Kyle Lowder and Susan Lucci.

Also attending: Stephen Macht, Billy Magnussen, Cameron Mathison, Peggy McCay, Kimberly McCullough, Rachel Melvin, Alicia Minshew, Debbi Morgan, Robert Newman, Stephen Nichols, Minae Noji, Tom Pelphrey, Thaao Penglis, Regis Philbin, Jon Prescott, Peter Reckell, Robin Riker, Kristen Renton, Jim Reynolds, Sebastian Roche, Suzanne Rogers, Marcy Rylan, Judge Judy Sheindlin, Marnie Schulenburg, Chauntee Schuler, James Scott, Melody Thomas Scott, Sherri Shepherd, Jake Silbermann, Tina Sloan, Cornelius Smith, Jesse Lee Soffer, Kirsten Storms, Alison Sweeney, Heather Tom, Gina Tognoni, Aiden Turner, Jack Wagner, Barbara Walters, Megan Ward, Maura West, Darnell Williams, Montel Williams, Marie Wilson, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Laura Wright, John J. York, Judge David Young, Kim Zimmer, Arianne Zucker, among others.

SCHEDULE:
1:00 p.m. Media arrives on the Daytime Emmy Red Carpet
3:00 p.m. Kodak Theatre press rooms (levels 1 and 5) officially open; check-in outside of theater on level 5 (next to the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom)
3:05 p.m. Red Carpet officially opens
4:30 p.m. Red Carpet officially closes
5:00 p.m. 35th Annual Daytime Emmys broadcast begins
7:00 p.m. 35th Annual Daytime Emmys broadcast ends

Evening News

GUIDING LIGHT writer reshuffle
Christopher Dunn, Lloyd "Lucky" Gold and Jill Lorie Hurst have been appointed Headwriters of broadcast history's longest running program, GUIDING LIGHT, as announced today by the show's Executive Producer Ellen Wheeler. Dunn, Gold and Lorie Hurst will join current Headwriter David Kreizman to create two new headwriting teams that will work together to bring their vision to the screen.

"I am thrilled about the new roles that David, Jill, Chris and Lucky will play on the headwriting teams at GUIDING LIGHT," said Wheeler. "Since GUIDING LIGHT adopted its revolutionary new production model at the start of the year, we have made major changes to nearly every aspect of how we produce the show. I believe that appointing collaborative headwriting teams will help to expand the show's vision and storytelling ability in this new model. Our new headwriting teams are made up of extraordinarily talented individuals who all respect the rich history of GUIDING LIGHT and are all very dedicated to mining that history for the future success of the show."

Kreizman joined GUIDING LIGHT in 1995 as a Production Intern and during his time with the show he has worked as a Production Coordinator, an Associate Producer and began writing scripts and breakdowns for the show in 1997. Kreizman became Headwriter in 2004. Kreizman lives in New Jersey with his wife Natasha, who he met working at GUIDING LIGHT, and their two children.

Dunn joined GUIDING LIGHT in 1999 and was Co-Headwriter from 2001 - 2002. He began his daytime career as a breakdown writer on Santa Barbara and has also worked on the writing teams of Sunset Beach and General Hospital. Dunn has been married to Catherine Sedwick for 17 years. The Dunns live in California with their 11 year-old daughter Emma.

Gold began his writing career playwriting at Edward Albee's summer workshop in Montauk. Gold's plays have been produced at the Eugene O'Neill Foundation, the Seattle Rep and McCarter Theatre among others. He has written extensively for film and television including work on Marvin's Room and Shakespeare in Love. Gold is co-creator of the PBS American Mystery Series, produced by Robert Redford and Rebecca Eaton. In daytime, he has written for One Life to Live, Another World and GUIDING LIGHT. He joined GUIDING LIGHT in 2001 and has been with the show ever since. Gold lives in New York City with his wife, daughters and their dog.

Jill Lorie Hurst joined GUIDING LIGHT in 1994 and spent her first five years as a writer's assistant. During that time Lorie Hurst was partnered with then assistant producer David Kreizman to write a couple of sample scripts for the show. Jill decided to keep her assistant job and wrote part time, while David went on to write full-time. Shortly thereafter, Lorie Hurst was made a script editor, a job she's held on and off depending on the needs of the writing team and executive producer. In May 2007 Lorie Hurst was named Story Producer when the writing team was reorganized. Lorie Hurst lives in New York City with her husband Tony Hurst, their dog Scout and cat Molly.

INTERIVEW: Eden Riegel is no Imaginary Bitch

"Everybody on ALL MY CHILDREN has been so supportive and they are watching [Imaginary Bitches], so that’s so great. We try to get Cameron (Mathison) and we’re still hoping to. We were best friends growing up, it’d be really fun to get him in there too. We just know so many good actors, there just aren’t enough roles for them, so we’ll have to keep doing episodes so we can get them all in there."

Deidre Hall hosts radio show
Deidre Hall, Marlena on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, is co-hosting Clout!, a radio show accessible online at www.AirAmerica.com, Mondays through July 14. Hall provides commentary on an inspirational book entitled "The Power of Now."

Tutti Frutti Y&R Wedding
Little Richard performs a shocker of a wedding — Jeffrey and Gloria's elopement — on YOUNG AND RESTLESS June 30. This isn't the first soap wedding the legendary entertainer has performed — he officiated at Nora and Bo's nuptials on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in June 1995.

Liveblogging ATWT: The Break-Up
Brian Juergens at AfterElton provides his blow by blow account of today's episode of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

DAYS to tell autism story
Beginning on the June 24 episode of DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Dr. Lexie Carver (Renee Jones) and Commissioner Abe Carver (James Reynolds) will learn that their 3-year-old son has autism. The story will be based on the real-life experience of Days head writer, Dena Higley and her family.

Eddie Cibrian and other men aging really, REALLY well
"I think we all have to admit that Cibrian is one of those fortunate actors who will only be getting better roles (and better looking) with age."

Peter Bergman: "I passed out" during daughter's birth
"Both [kids] were C-section deliveries, but when Connor was born, dads weren't allowed in the delivery room during the procedure. Three years later, it was okay, but I wasn't much help because I kind of passed out. I didn't handle the blood terribly well. At one point, [my wife] Mariellen said, 'Can we make at least this part about me?'"

Y&R's Tammin Sursok on moving to L.A.
"Having been on HOME AND AWAY for so long you think everything comes quite easily, but there are so many talented people in Los Angeles and you have to completely start again."

InTurn Season 3 Episode 17: The Winner is Revealed.

Justin, Nell and Michael return to the AS THE WORLD TURNS studio where Chris Goutman announces the newest INTURN to join the cast.

Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception

Tracey E. Bregman, Emily O'Brien, Nadia Bjorlin and Alison Sweeney were among the attendees at The Academy Of TV Arts & Sciences presents The Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception at the Warner Music Building in Burbank on Monday.

Other attendees included Judi Evans, Christian LeBlanc, Jeanne Cooper, Thaao Penghlis, Texas Battle, Kate Linder, Leann Hunley, McKenzie Westmore, Brandon Beemer, Tracy Ross, Tammin Sursok, Tamara Braun, Robin Riker, Raya Meddine, Rachel Melvin, Patrika Darbo and Nia Peeples.

News Brief

TV Guide Canada's weekly "Nelson Ratings"
Nelson Branson revies last week's soaps, gives this week's viewing cheat sheet, and names his top-rated actors and shows!

FOX 411: P&G soaps ratings slide
"The ratings dropped once again last week for CBS’s AS THE WORLD TURNS without star Martha Byrne. Of course, there are some who think CBS and sponsor Procter & Gamble are simply trying to drain their audiences and cancel this show and GUIDING LIGHT. It would be a unique approach. The latter show continues its own ratings descent thanks to its piss-poor production values"

AUDIO: Interview with Cady McClain
Cady McClain visited "Buzzworthy Radio" last night to discuss her roles as Dixie on ALL MY CHILDREN and Rosanna on AS THE WORLD TURNS, her music and to speak with fans.

Stuntcasting a quick fix for ratings
ABC's UGLY BETTY cast Lindsay Lohan (ex-Alli, ANOTHER WORLD) as a former high school rival of the show's eponymous lead, played by America Ferrera.

"Lindsay was interested in doing TV," says series creator Silvio Horta. "I thought she'd be a great fit with the show. She appeared briefly in the finale this season in flashback, and then we'll see her in five episodes in season three starting in September."

But increased viewership alone isn't the only reason shows opt for the unanticipated guest star. Achieving verisimilitude was what brought former CBS newsman Dan Rather to ABC's DIRTY SEXY MONEY, according to Craig Wright, that show's creator.

"We needed a journalist, and the first person who came to mind was Dan Rather," Wright says. "He's deeply respected and trusted, yet he has a subversive corona, which is perfect for the show. We're actually having him back in the new season."

The casting of Rather and other non-entertainment luminaries -- such as investor Warren Buffett on ABC's longtime sudser ALL MY CHILDREN in March -- also testifies to the blurring of lines between the real world and fictional realms.

More on Guy Burnet's return to HOLLYOAKS
Burnet told Digital Spy: "I've had so much support from the McDean fans since I left the show. It's great to have the opportunity to reprise the storyline and give viewers a resolution to the Craig and John Paul story."

Producer Bryan Kirkwood added: "The Craig and John Paul story is one of the biggest and most successful that Hollyoaks has told, winning many awards and legions of fans. I'm delighted that Guy has agreed to come back and excited to see how viewers will react to what we have in store."

"Beauty and the Beast" coming to South Africa with GL stunt coordinator
Rick Sordelet will be the Fight Director for the Disney show. Sordelet has worked on twenty-three Broadway shows including Tarzan®, Aida, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Titanic worldwide; also The Prince and the Pauper at the Lamb’s Theater. Rick has staged over 1,500 professional productions all over the world. He is the stunt coordinator for GUIDING LIGHT and an instructor for Yale School of Drama and The Neighborhood Playhouse. Married to actress Kathleen Kelly with three beautiful children, Kaelan, Christian and Collin.

Today's Soap Star Birthdays

Susan Haskell (Marty, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Granya, PORT CHARLES) - 40
Jonathan Bennett (ex-J.R., ALL MY CHILDREN) - 27

Evening News

INTERVIEW: AS THE WORLD TURNS actress Noelle Beck
"I'm loving my new job. It's been interesting. This is not an easy task. Martha did such an incredible job and was so loved. She has a huge fan following. I think it's going to take time for people to accept me as the new Lily. I've had really enthusiastic responses from the crew and cast, Jon (Hensley, Holden) especially; he's really excited and encouraging. I hope the fans give me time to prove that I can bring a new perspective to the role and I hope they will enjoy it."

AUDIO: Interview with DAYS star Renée Jones
Popular DAYS OF OUR LIVES actress Renée Jones stopped by "Buzzworthy Radio" this afternoon to talk about her role as Lexie Carver and take questions fans.


VIDEO: AMC on location
Scenes from today's episode of ALL MY CHILDREN were filmed at the Port Washington Yacht Club (re-christened the "Pine Valley Yacht Club").

OLTL Emmy nominee does double duty
By night, he plays a successful if sleazy businessman urging his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter, Jean, to smoke pot and lift her top so he can see her breasts. By day, he plays one of the nicest guys in the world, with a wealthy, age-appropriate girlfriend. It's a demanding 24-hour cycle for actor Brian Kerwin, who radically alternates daily between portraying Steve Heidebrecht in Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" on Broadway and Charlie Banks on ABC's daytime soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

Rosie Malek-Yonan on GH
Rosie Malek-Yonan returns to daytime television joining the cast of ABC's longest-running daytime drama series, GENERAL HOSPITAL, as Farah Mir in a recurring role that debuted today.

Most recently, she worked opposite Reese Witherspoon in Rendition which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Under the direction of Oscar winning director, Gavin Hood, the film also stared Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, and Alan Arkin.

Malek-Yonan is an Assyrian activist, actor and author. She brought the Assyrian Genocide to the limelight with the publication of her book, "The Crimson Field" and is an outspoken advocate of issues concerning her Assyrian nation.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Former GL and AMC star Michael Tylo
"I have learned that when a writer knows what they are doing, you know what the writer wants. I did what Agnes wanted," Tylo said about his former boss. "I always saw her. Then, there was another writer (Winser Washam), but it did not ever veer off from what she wanted. Agnes knew what she was doing from the get go, I never had any qualms or cautions. I just did it, and knew if it worked I did it right. Agnes, Bill, Marland, they were the best writers I have worked for. It was my privilege to know them."

Monte Carlo TV Festival Opens
The 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival opened last night with the European premiere of the full-length television film Father, based on Andrei Platonov’s short story "The Return." Attendees of the screening included actors Greg Rikaart (Y&R) and Drake Hogestyn (DAYS), Christel Khalil (Y&R) and Deidre Hall (DAYS).

The Hot Nude Guy from the Sex in the City Movie: Gilles Marini
If you found yourself thinking that Marini looked familiar, you've probably seen him ABC's UGLY BETTY where he played Wilhemina Slater's stylist, or maybe as Jean Luc on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. He has also appeared in DIRTY SEXY MONEY.

Amber Tamblyn joins THE UNUSUALS
Former GENERAL HOSPITAL star Amber Tamblyn has signed on as the female lead in ABC's drama presentation THE UNUSUALS.

INTERVIEW: GUIDING LIGHT actor Lawrence St. Victor
"Remy's been giving goo-goo eyes left and right, but he's now focusing his attention on Ava. He cares about her and her well being but let's be honest, he's crushing on her."