As a Hollywood actor, John David Castellanos is protective of his image. He stays in phenomenal shape and looks much younger than his 50 years. But he admits to a fact that might be considered unflattering: He receives alimony from his former wife. To be exact, $9,000 a month. "The law provides" for it, says Mr. Castellanos, who for years starred as John Silva on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. More women are paying alimony, or maintenance checks, to their ex-husbands as they make inroads in the workplace. Mr. Castellanos says he has acted in or produced five movies since the breakup of his marriage, including a couple of projects that he says are nearing completion. If any of these projects strike gold, he says he would gladly forgo alimony.KNIGHT RIDER series officially a go
NBC has picked up KNIGHT RIDER as a series for the 2008-2009 schedule, and it's going to need some re-tooling. That's the phrase they love to use in the business to describe all the work that's needed to turn a turkey -- albeit one with great ratings -- into a successful series. And KNIGHT RIDER, as conceived in that TV movie/back door pilot, needs some major work. Justin Bruening, who was perfectly fine as Jamie Martin on ALL MY CHILDREN, has to do more than just look good behind the wheel. This isn't Hamlet, granted, but he has to make the character intrinsically more appealing that just another pretty face.
BEAUTY AND THE GEEK visits the Y&R set
Now that the beauties have partnered with the geeks on BEAUTY AND THE GEEK, it's time for a geek makeover and a visit to the set of the #1 rated daytime drama "The Young and the Restless." The six remaining geeks receive a head-to-toe makeover before writing and performing a prom-themed love scene with their partner on Tuesday, April 8 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET). Joshua Morrow and Michelle Stafford welcome the teams, offer guidance for kissing scenes ("no tongue") and serve as judges as the beauties and geeks perfect their writing and acting skills.
South Africa blackouts change B&B schedule
Electricity-saving measures will be expanded from next month to include nationwide prime-time blackouts in television broadcasts, the SABC announced on Tuesday. It said transmitters would shut down across the country between 6pm and 9pm on weekdays, when Eskom experienced peak demand. There were 200 000 television sets in South Africa, roughly half of which used only the free-to-air SABC and eTV channels. The blackout would mean rescheduling of programmes. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, for example, would start at midnight on SABC1.
TV can educate the public on health and social issues
The CBS soap opera THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, aired in more than 130 countries to millions of viewers, is the most widely viewed in the world. Shows with such a large viewership hold inestimable power - the power to entertain, of course, but also to educate. In 2001, led by an effort of Population Communications International (PCI) - a non-profit group that pioneered the use of soap operas to educate the impoverished - the writers of B&B decided to inject health education into their show. In one episode, the character Tony tells his girlfriend, Kristen, that he is HIV-positive. Following a particularly emotional scene, a toll-free number for a disease control center provided by the show received an influx of more than 5,000 calls.
SPOTTED: Don Diamont at Morton's
Don Diamont, a.k.a. the studly pool-boy-turnedbusinesman Brad Carlton from THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, a.k.a. the soap that turned 35 last week (and also celebrated its position as the No. 1 soap for an astounding 1,000 weeks straight), did the filet-thing at Morton's in Toronto over the weekend.
GH heals mother/daughter pains
Jeneé Osterheldt writes: Mothers and daughters are strange creatures. We’re at a constant tug of war, an impossible love. We’re friends and enemies, teachers and students, consistently pushing and pulling one another into joy and pain. But just when I think we have nothing at all to talk about, nothing in common at all, one thing keeps reminding me otherwise. It’s GENERAL HOSPITAL."
Guy Pearce: 'I got lucky after NEIGHBOURS'
Former NEIGHBOURS star Guy Pearce insists his career only took off in Hollywood because he 'got lucky'. The actor played Mike Young in the Australian soap opera two decades ago and has gone on to become a major player in Tinseltown. Whilst promoting his new movie Death Defying Acts, he speculated about some of the stars who've emerged from the soap over the years, saying: "I don't know what it is, some people just get lucky. "Other people are exceptionally talented and it doesn't matter what they do they're just going to succeed at it. Some people are just in the right place at the right time."
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