Saturday, February 16, 2008

News Brief

CBS: VIDEO: Pat Benatar performs on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

Press Association: HOLLYOAKS actors Loui Batley and Simon Lawson are so keen to give something back to the industry they work in that they're setting up their own workshops. The pair, who play Sarah Barnes and Simon Crosby, hope to give help and advice to 11 to 16-year-olds keen on getting ahead in the acting biz.

Dytime Confidential: AS THE WORLD TURNS: Further Evidence of an Anti Luke and Noah Kiss Conspiracy.

Out in Hollywood: Sorry, at no time during this fantasy do these two crazy kids (ATWT's Noah and Luke) kiss. Why would they? Just because it's Valentine's Day? Just because they love each other and are attracted to each other? It's become a distraction, this whole non-kissing thing. And insulting to the gay storyline and the fans of the show.

Kentucky.com: John Veach Rogers Sr., a former Lexington businessman and community leader also known for his tenor singing voice, died Thursday at his home. He was 95. A few years ago, about 250 people showed up at Lexington Country Club for the 90th birthday party for Rogers Sr., thrown by his son, John Veach "Gil" Rogers Jr. of New York, who plays the character Hawk Shayne on the soap opera GUIDING LIGHT.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: EVENT: Working Women's Survival Show (Left) — 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 23 and noon to 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at the St. Charles Convention Center, One Convention Center Plaza — Jay Kenneth Johnson, DAYS OF OUR LIVES actor, will take the Main Stage at 1 and 5 p.m. Friday — $6.50 for advance tickets available at Shop 'n Save stores; $8.50 adults, $6.50 seniors over 60 and children 6-11, for online ticket orders, children under 6 free — 636-669-3000 — www.wwssonline.com

Dispatch Online (South Africa): Forget the forever teary Brooke Logan on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL or the conniving Anne of GENERATIONS – local soapie, RHYTHM CITY City hits where it hurts.

North-West Evening Mail: EVENT: CORONATION STREET fans are in for a treat when Ken Barlow actor William Roache visits a local venue. The actor will grace the stage at Whitehaven’s Rosehill Theatre on Saturday, March 8, from 7.30pm.

Bedford Today: HOLLYOAKS hunk Jamie Lomas shed his bad boy image by helping a Biggleswade woman's charity bid. The actor, who plays Warren Fox in the Channel Four soap, organised a raffle of the male cast's calendar to raise £110 for Susan Singleton's fundraising appeal.

1 comment:

  1. You have a typo here - that story about Gil Rogers is not about his father's 90th birthday - it's his father's obituary.

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