Monday, December 1, 2008

News Round-up

On World AIDS Day, a tribute to actors we've lost
Included on the list are ANOTHER WORLD's David Oliver (Perry), Dack Rambo (Grant) and Howard E. Rollins, Jr (Ed).

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: Funeral For A Friend
The grande dame of Genoa City, Katherine Chancellor, got an oh-so-grand send-off when she was believed to be dead after a car accident. Even though she's actually alive and kicking — Kay thinks she's Marge, and will be slinging hash at a diner — Y&R brought back a slew of past cast members to pay tribute at her funeral. The returnees and actress Jess Walton (Jill) shared their thoughts with soapoperadigest.com on taping this monumental episode, plus some of their fondest and funniest memories of Jeanne Cooper.

Y&R in Top 10 Canadian Yahoo internet searches
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was the #9 most searched entertainment item on Yahoo in Canada in 2008.

EASTENDERS in top 10 in the UK
EASTENDERS came in at #10 in the United Kingdom's Top 10 Yahoo searches of 2008.

EASTENDERS Larry Lamb speaks about his father on RICHARD AND JUDY
Lamb has candidly spoken out about his relationship with his father, when appearing as a guest on RICHARD AND JUDY. In the show, which airs at 8pm on Tuesday 2nd December on Watch, Lamb describes his father Ronald as "evil".

Lamb describes how similar his EASTENDERS alter ego Archie Mitchell was to his father saying that it was "exactly the sort of trips my father used" and that he "spent a lot of time with a shrink talking about this."

Lamb goes on to say that he confronted his father about it all saying:

"He had wrecked so many people’s lives, including mine, and as I said to him at the time, 'if you want to start playing the truth game with me, now’s not a good time because I’m carrying forty nine years. I remember, forty nine years of it with me, I’ve had you for forty nine years. And if you want to hear the truth boy you’re going to hear the truth, so just lean off.'"

Philippines TV Awards
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. dominated the 22nd Star Awards for Television 2008 held at SMX Convention Center near SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City Sunday evening. SINE NOVELA PRESENTS: MAGING AKIN KA LAMANG was named Best Daytime Drama Series.

A return to LIGHT
GUIDING LIGHT is ringing in the New Year with a huge buzz centered on the surprise return in January of Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding, the part he began playing 26 years ago.

This will mark the fourth time Aleksander has acted in the role. When he last appeared, in 2004, it was believed that Phillip had been killed off. Two years later, Phillip was shown to be alive and there have been tantalizing hints since then about a possible reappearance.

2nd Annual Daytime Royalty Awards
The winners were announced on last night's episode of "Buzzworthy Radio."

2008 AfterElton Visibility Awards: Final Voting Now Open
Soap related nominees include:
Man of the Year - Van Hansis
Favorite TV Drama - HOLLYOAKS, AS THE WORLD TURNS, BROTHERS & SISTERS
Favorite TV Comedy - UGLY BETTY, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Favorite TV Character - Luke, ATWT; Kevin, B&S; John Paul, HOLLYOAKS; Scott, B&S
Favorite TV Couple - Luke & Noah, ATWT; Kevin & Scotty, B&S; John Paul & Craig, HOLLYOAKS; Christian & Olly, VL
Favorite TV Episode - VERBOTENE LIEBE Episode 8/01/2008 (Christian comes out in the boxing ring); HOLLYOAKS Episode 9/19/2008 (JP and Craig's sunset ending); GREY'S ANATOMY Episode 4.14 "The Becoming" (the gay soldier episode); AS THE WORLD TURNS 7/03/2008 (Cyndi Lauper's guest appearance); BROTHERS & SISTERS Episode 2.16 "Prior Commitments" (Kevin & Scotty marry)
Favorite Kiss - John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean on HOLLYOAKS, 9/19/08 (the sunset ending); Luke and Noah on AS THE WORLD TURNS, 4/23/08 (first kiss after the long drought); Scotty and Kevin on BROTHERS & SISTERS Episode 308 "Going Once...Going Twice" (the kiss on the street in front of the bank); Two gay soldiers, GREY'S ANATOMY Episode 414 "The Becoming"; Christian and Olli on VERBOTENE LIEBE Episode 8/01/2008 (the boxing ring kiss)
Favorite Straight Ally - Judith Light
Worst Gay Moment - AS THE WORLD TURNS camera pans to mistletoe during Luke and Noah kiss

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