Evening News

Y&R wins Preservation Award
The Los Angeles Conservancy has announced the recipients of its 27th annual Preservation Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. As always, this year’s winning projects reflect a wide range of efforts to preserve L.A. County’s architectural heritage.

The winners include:
Media Award: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS -- The highest-rated daytime drama on American television has introduced millions of people to preservation in the past year. In a storyline involving a development that threatened historic buildings, The Young and the Restless had key characters fight for preservation as a way to revitalize a community. This one bold stroke conveyed the value of historic resources to an entire nation through popular culture, a vital element in creating a true preservation ethic.

NBC's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Returning for Sure
NBC's Friday Night Lights will, indeed, be returning for a third season, according to series star Kyle Chandler. Chanlder recorded an interview yesterday for an upcoming edition of NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and confirmed that a deal to spread costs and continue the series had been struck. All that was left, he said Wednesday, was to "dot the i's and cross the t's." He was scheduled, and planning, to report back to Austin in June, he said, to start filming season three on location.

Liveblogging ATWT: I'll stand (near)by you, Luke!
Dennis Ayers liveblogs today's episode of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

Ex-AMC star Consuelos on Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel will present Mark Consuelos (ALL MY CHILDREN) as a widower who falls in love again in SAVING GRACE, coming later this year.

Ex-OLTL Emmy nominee Ebersole releases new CD in May
The legendary Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch bring their acclaimed live performance to disc on their latest CD, 'Sunday in New York.' Set for May 13th release on Ghostlight Records, the jazzy new vocal album was produced by Grammy Award winner Russ Titelman (Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon,) and features 13 tracks ranging from Rodgers & Hammerstein's “Surrey With The Fringe On Top" to Stephen Sondheim's “Not While I'm Around." Ebersole lost the 1984 Supporting Actress Emmy to Judi Evans of GUIDING LIGHT.

VIDEO: Episode #9 of SOFIA'S DIARY
Episode #9 of the Bebo online soap SOFIA'S DIARY is now available for your viewing pleasure.

"Fierce" Christian Siriano to appear on UGLY BETTY
PROJECT RUNWAY judge and Elle magazine fashion director Nina Garcia and fourth season winner Christian Siriano will pay a visit to Mode in an upcoming episode of ABC's award-winning comedy, UGLY BETTY. Garcia and Siriano will film their scenes in early April and the episode will air in May sweeps. How fierce will it be when Christian and Nina meet Betty, Daniel and the other Modies? Stay tuned.