Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Evening News

HOLLYOAKS 'terrorised by bomber'
HOLLYOAKS is apparently set to be rocked by a series of bomb blasts. The inhabitants of the village - filled with students and teenagers - find their lives turned upside down by a mystery bomber determined to cause havoc, according to the Daily Star.

Hundreds of clubbers will reportedly be caught up in the chaos when the first bomb is detonated in The Loft nightclub at its relaunch party. Nancy Dean, played by Jessica Fox, is injured in the explosion and soap insiders will not reveal if she survives.

AUDIO: Episode #1 of "The Nuke Fancast"

Noah and Luke fans debut the latest soap show on BlogTalk Radio.


ONE LIFE's Michael Easton bares his dark soul to TV Guide
For how much longer can ONE LIVE OT LIVE hang on to its top male star? On June 27–28 Michael Easton — who plays crimefighter John McBain — will officially launch a new career when he appears at the Wizard World fan convention in Chicago with his first graphic novel, Soul Stealer (DMF Comics). (Check out the cover here.) It won't hit bookstores until July 1, but early copies are circulating in Hollywood, and Easton has already had meetings with producers eager to put Soul Stealer in your multiplex.

"I've been thinking strongly about moving to the other side of the business," Easton says. "It's getting to the point where, as a grown man, I'm finding it strange to put on a costume and makeup every day."

AfterElton Liveblog of Tuesday's ATWT
"My boyfriend was pistol-whipped in a Brooklyn crackhouse and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"

PHOTOS: A Y&R wedding
Victor and Sabrina are getting married but Victor is not in any of these spoiler pictures.

EVENT: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to ONE LIFE TO LIVE
On Tuesday, June 10, 2008 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, The Paley Center pays tribute to one of daytime's longest-running series, ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Created by soap veteran Agnes Nixon, the tales of Llanview debuted as a half-hour offering on ABC on July 15, 1968. Ten years later it expanded to an hour and is still going strong, having been praised for its groundbreaking exploration of social issues and innovative story lines. Series creator Agnes Nixon, six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak, executive producer Frank Valentini, along with cast members Kristen Alderson, Ron Carlivati, Susan Haskell, John-Paul Lavoisier, Hillary B. Smith, Robin Strasser, and Bob Woods, will take part in the panel discussion about the show.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS score big with TV critics
The nominees for the 2008 Television Critics Association Awards have been announced and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, the best soap not enough people are watching, received several nods.

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
"John Adams" (HBO)
"Lost" (ABC)
"Friday Night Lights" (NBC)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"Ken Burns' The War" (PBS)
"The Wire" (HBO)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
"Damages" (FX)
"Friday Night Lights" (NBC)
"Lost" (ABC)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"The Wire" (HBO)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights")
Glenn Close ("Damages")
Paul Giamatti ("John Adams")
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
David Simon ("The Wire")

BLOG UPDATE: Former soap writer Tom Casiello
"We are young, and we are restless, and we’re not gonna take it anymore!!!"

Burton circling Depp's 'Dark Shadows'
Tim Burton is attached to direct an adaptation of '60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows. The Sweeney Todd director will reportedly helm the Warner Bros film, which is set up at Johnny Depp's Infinitum-Nihil production company. John August will write the movie.

Dan Curtis's DARK SHADOWS ran on US TV from 1966 to 1971. The series's popularity surged when vampire Barnabas Collins was introduced a year into its run.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly last year, Depp stated: "When I was a kid I wanted to be Barnabas. He was super-mysterious, with that really weird hairdo and the wolf's-head cane."

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