News Round-up: Paul Glass, Tony DiMera, Watros

Radio is Dying, but Music Has ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Jeff Giles at PopDose has published an excellent interview with ONE LIFE TO LIVE music supervisor Paul Glass.

On his relationship with executive producer Frank Valentini: "We work very closely to find the right performers and scenarios for these shows, as well as for the montages. Frank and I have been working together for over 10 years and are almost always on the same page with what we like. He’s such a huge part of making what I do possible."

CORRIE'S Kym Marsh and Jack Ryder granted divorce after she admits adultery
CORONATION STREET star Kym Marsh and former EASTENDERS actor Jack Ryder have been granted a divorce after she admitted committing adultery. The couple were not at London's High Court for the two-minute hearing where a decree nisi was granted.

The actress admitted starting a relationship with HOLLYOAKS actor Jamie Lomas while she was still married.

DAYS: A fatal fall at a pier
Philip and Tony battle it out Friday on DAYS OF OUR LIVES and Tony won't live to tell about it. Philip orders Tony to return the plans for the lucrative fuels project so he can get his job back at Titan.

"It happens on the docks, where nothing good ever happens," says Jay Kenneth Johnson, who plays Philip Kiriakis. "Philip is willing to do anything to get back the respect of his father. To do that, he needs to scare Tony a little bit. He doesn't go there to kill him. However, bad things do happen on daytime."

Like long-term character Tony DiMera biting the dust.

"They have words and start parting ways. As Tony is walking up the steps of the pier, he turns around and the railing gives out. Tony falls 8 feet onto a perfectly placed stake of wood, much to Philip's horror and surprise."

INTERVIEW: DAYS' Darin Brooks (Max)
"I define [Max] as the lost boy trying to find his reason, his love, and who he is. He was abandoned, so he's always going to go out of his way to make someone else feel they are not. He's a hero, but has been hurt to the extent where he might be dangerous."

Gay group’s media strategy has paid big dividends, even with daytime soap operas
Megan Basham of WORLD Magazine writes: "While same-sex weddings on television are hardly new (a lesbian ceremony featured heavily in a FRIENDS episode from 1996, for example), the real-life drama surrounding legal challenges to California's recently passed constitutional amendment against homosexual marriages has made the milestone all the more significant. By tying the episode to Proposition 8, those associated with ALL MY CHILDREN have reaffirmed the perception that the entertainment industry is of a single mind on the issue."

Cynthia Watros to star in "The Caterer" at Whitefire Theatre
LeVar Burton and Emmy winner Cynthia Watros will star in writer/director Brian Alan Lane's The Caterer, to play the Whitefire Theatre, April 10-May 10. The play tells the story of a man who sells you your appropriate death. The cast will also include James Hiroyuki Liao, Rachel Kanouse, Alejandra Jordan, Burnadean Jones, and Angelle Brooks.