Sunday, July 18, 2010

NEWS: Roache, Roerig, Franco, GL, DARK SHADOWS

Linus Roache to play homophobe on CORONATION STREET
According to The People, Linus and James Roache will play son and grandson to Ken Barlow, who is played by their real father, veteran actor Bill Roache. In the story to be broadcast in September, Ken Barlow discovers he has a long-lost son, Lawrence (played by Linus Roache), and a grandson, James (played by James Roache). Lawrence, however, hates his son because he's gay.

VAMPIRE DIARIES' Zach Roerig loved his FNL job
"That whole experience in general was great," Roerig said of the work on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. "It was probably one of my favorite acting jobs in my career thus far just because it was ... so close to home. I was able to wear my own cowboy boots for some of it, things like that.

VIDEO: James Franco on Saturday's GOOD MORNING AMERICA
"I'm very interested in the structure of soap operas," the actor told ABC News' GMA. "It was a different form of entertainment that I had ever worked in. There were performances with different levels and intention that can get audiences thinking in a different way than just about a fictional story."


GUIDING LIGHT segment on 60 MINUTES repeating tonight
Morley Safer interviews the actors and writers behind broadcasting's longest running drama, GUIDING LIGHT, as they celebrate the soap opera's incredible run and discuss its cancellation after 72 years.

27th DARK SHADOWS Resurrected Convention
The late '60s ABC gothic soap opera about the Collins clan and their deep, dark secret of family vampire Barnabas is the focus of this weekend's 27th Dark Shadows Resurrected Convention.

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