News Round-up

Backstage with Kelli McCarty: ACME Comedy Theatre
The former PASSIONS actress turned adult-film star told Michael Fairman: "It was not uncomfortable to me, but on a regular set you are going to take breaks and get a cup of coffee, or going to go to Kraft Services. And a couple of times, during the sex scenes, they yelled, 'Cut' because they were changing their lighting. I was going to go get a bottle of water and my co-star was 'keeping himself up' sort of speak, to continue the scene! When the 'five' was over, I was like, "Well that has never happened to me on the PASSION's set. So, it was silly and I laughed out loud."

SAG solidifies ouster of Allen
The new leadership at SAG on Sunday did its level best to make sure Doug Allen won't be returning as the guild's exec director of chief negotiator. There was no official announcement following a bicoastal board meeting, but a guild insider said the board had "readopted and reconfirmed" a motion to remove Allen from both positions.

Cady McClain on how she was like her characters
"So what part of me was Dixie? The part that loves deeply and unconditionally, that forgives, that is kind, that strives to be gentle and led by goodness and faith, that wants to be loved and a part of a loving family."

"What part of me was Rosanna? The part that has tried to rise above my fears of being judged while judging others out of fear, that strives to not lose my cool when inside I am shaking, that (mistakenly) thinks she can control an outcome, that loves wit, style, and quick repartee, that wants to be loved for who she really is inside."

GL's Jessica Leccia rediscovers love of ice cream
“I started eating ice cream again. I hadn’t eaten it in awhile, but I’m back on it, like a drug. Recently, it’s been chocolate chocolate chip. It’s bad, but it’s so good.”

Renee Elise Goldsberry expecting a baby boy
Former ONE LIFE TO LIVE star Renee Elise Goldsberry and her husband, attorney Alexis Johnson, are expecting a baby boy this spring. She is believed to be approximately six months along in the pregnancy. This is especially welcome news for the couple, as their first pregnancy ended in miscarriage in 2005.

Wife of CORONATION STREET star Bill Roache dies
Sara Roache died at the age of 58 at the couple's home in Cheshire on Saturday. Officials from the soap said she had not been ill and the exact cause of her death has not yet been released.