Out: AS THE WORLD TURNS is finding out there is such a thing as bad publicity. The CBS sudser is making international headlines as fans protest the show -- and some boycott the entire network -- until gay supercouple Noah Mayer (Jake Silbermann) and Luke Snyder (Van Hansis) are given another kiss. It's possible the protests of the past week may still spark a positive outcome. A veteran actor on the show tells Out, “Producers are rethinking their decision. To say they are panicking is an understatement.”
Buzzyworthy Radio: AUDIO: A discussion about the lack of kissing between Luke and Noah on AS THE WORLD TURNS and the fan campaign in support of the show.
Marlena De Lacroix: Patrick Erwin writes: "Remembering Douglas Marland: Highlights of a Great Career" and "Actors Recall Their Marland Moments, Part 2.
E! Online: Why do soap-opera characters come back from the dead? Because they love crowds, apparently. The latest daytime ratings show ABC's ALL MY CHILDREN had its best week in five months when recently revived Jessie (Darnell Williams) returned to the arms of his "widow," Angie (Debbi Morgan).
Playbill: The ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit concert, which was held March 2 at Town Hall in Manhattan, raised $300,000 for BC/EFA. To date the ABC fundraisers have raised a total of one million dollars for the charitable organization.
Freakonomics: Don't use lottery numbers from TV shows. ABC television show LOST included a sequence of winning lottery numbers. The combination didn’t match the Powerball numbers, though hundreds of people had played it: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. Numbers on a Powerball ticket in a recent episode of a soap opera, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, didn’t match, either.
UPI: A performer whose nude image appears on a promotional poster for London's Royal Opera House claims the photo was altered to shrink his genitals. ctor Juan Pablo di Pace, 28, whose picture has appeared on billboards and flyers since he appeared in the chorus of Verdi's Rigoletto in 2001, claims the 2005 poster for the show was altered to shrink his penis, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. Di Pace, who starred in BBC Scotland soap opera RIVER CITY after leaving the Opera House, said he also objects to the continuing usage of his photograph despite the fact that he no longer performs at the venue.
Marketing Vox News: Soap Opera Digest has launched a batch of online games, some of which can be customized with the faces of soap stars or promotional images from shows.
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