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TMZ: All My Children's ex-Tara Is Stayin' Alive.

Fox News: A surprise guest at the "Nanny Diaries" dinner was a young knockout Norwegian actress I wrote about several months ago. Ewa da Cruz (pronounced "Eva") is a drop-dead Audrey Hepburn look-alike. She shows off a wild sense of timing and humor as a madcap heiress on the CBS soap As the World Turns.

AfterEllen: Why do lesbians hate The L Word?

Fayetteville Observer: Like any good soap actress, Patricia Mizen has her toolbox of soap-acting staples. Mizen, who grew up in Fayetteville, will put all those skills to the test in I Wanna Be a Soap Star, a reality-show competition on SoapNet. The fourth season begins tonight at 8 p.m. Mizen is competing against nine other aspiring soap stars for a 13-week contract role on NBC’s Days of Our Lives.

Roanoke Times: Ashlee Holland, who had stepped into her tub an aspiring actress, would step out of it with some bright new prospects. Tonight, the former Roanoker makes her prime-time debut on the reality series I Wanna be a Soap Star.