What a difference a year makes! Nelson Branco reveals which actors entered the big leagues this year with their never-before-seen acting prowess.
AFTRA deal still elusive
Even as insiders insisted that a deal was within reach, AFTRA and the majors continued to test the town's patience by going down to the wire after three weeks of talks.
With rival thesp union SAG champing at the bit to resume its negotiations at 10 a.m. today, AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Televison Producers had been widely expected to announce a tentative agreement Tuesday. Negotiators had worked for nine consecutive days, including well into evenings in recent sessions, to finalize details.
Instead, no deal had emerged as of late Tuesday amid a news blackout. Much of the negotiations have been devoted to a single issue -- the companies' proposal that actors agree to drop the consent requirement for online clips -- and momentum has stalled on small details in recent sessions.
Boyne City's Forester nominated for Daytime Emmy
Nicole Forester (aka Nicole Schmidt) never expected to find herself on daytime television but now she is a star of GUIDING LIGHT and has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy. Forester, 35, who is the daughter of Boyne City couple Fred and Yvonne Schmidt, first appeared on the CBS show in 2005 taking over the role of Cassie.
"Cassie is a pretty tough cookie. She’s very direct and passionate about her family and who she loves. I love that she (Cassie) is direct. She’s certainly not weak or afraid to speak her mind. It’s wonderful when you get to play a character who is written to be strong and direct."
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"I left the show because they were not using me and as they were taking actors off contract and offering them recurring status, I felt that the best thing for me personally and for the character was to make a clean brake and move forward after a great 30 years. Of course I miss AMC but the people who I miss most, I am still in touch with."
The Nuke Fancast debuts Saturday at Noon ET This new podcast is brought to you by and for fans of the romantic pairing of Luke Snyder & Noah Mayer from the CBS daytime drama, AS THE WORLD TURNS.
EASTENDERS star in pigeon rescue
Samantha Janus is best known for playing feisty Ronnie Mitchell on EASTENDERS, but in real life the actress is a bit of a softie. She apparently told the Beeb how she took care of an injured racing pigeon in between takes on the BBC One soap.
"The poor thing was limping around the set of Albert Square," she said. "He was not only tired, but injured too. So I've taken care of him."
McKee hints at HOLLYOAKS departure
HOLLYOAKS actress Roxanne McKee has hinted that she may leave the soap when her current contract ends. The soap star, who plays Louise Summers, said that she would reconsider her future with the show in October.
"I'm not going to be there forever," McKee told Look magazine. "I don't mind the long hours but I'll have been doing that for four years in October when my contract ends."
FNL's Plemons stars in new NBC anthology series
Hanging suspended from the ceiling all night long might not appeal to your average actor. But the feat was freaky fun for Jesse Plemons (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), who stars in NBC's new horror anthology series FEAR ITSELF.
"I have a new respect for every actor that I’ve seen in a horror movie," Plemons says of his strung-up situation in THE SACRIFICE, the first of the series’ 13 stand-alone episodes, premiering June 5.
BLOG UPDATE: Former DAYS star and new mom Christie Clarke Barnes
"I never knew what sleep deprivation was until recently! All those cliches you hear over and over again are all true when it comes to having a child. Thank God, we have all these fantastic books to read over, ergonomic breast pumps to use,chlorine free diapers, strollers with two seats if you decide to have two children. My mom never had it so easy, that's for sure. I wonder what it will be like when Hannah is having children, my goodness the Jetsons here we come."
No slowing down Maura West's grandmother
The wavy gray hair and well-worn skin can't conceal the vitality 97-year-old Kathryn West may yet outlive. She won't be the fastest competitor in Saturday's 30th annual Freihofer's Run for Women. She won't even be running. She'll walk the 5K course, flanked by her personal trainer, Mary Rhinehardt, and almost certainly will finish last. Only the police car that sweeps the field will not pass Kay West.
Some people become more inflexible as they age. But West isn't like most people her age. On the computer West's three children bought her, she Googles and e-mails regularly. She travels frequently with her children, in recent years trekking to Hollywood (one of her 11 grandchildren, AS THE WORLD TURNS' Maura West, won a Daytime Emmy in 2007 for Outstanding Lead Actress), the Canadian Rockies and Ireland.
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HOLLYOAKS' Atkinson encourages folks to adopt a chimp
Former HOLLYOAKS tar Gemma Atkinson has urged animal lovers to adopt a monkey or ape. The I'M A CELEBRITY contestant and her boyfriend Marcus Bent, who plays football for Wigan, went to visit the newest 'member of their family,' chimpanzee Bryan, at Monkey World near Wool, Dorset.
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